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Imprint: London, Harper Collins, 1996 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which is not price-clipped. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 330 pages. In 1945, Hitler unleashes the Blood Death on Britain as his final act of vengeance. Hoke, an American pilot and one of a tiny minority with a rare blood group unaffected by the deadly disease, has survived alone among the debris and the dead of London for three years. Now, in '48, a slow-dying group of Fascist Blackshirts believe their only hope is a complete transfusion of blood from one of Hoke's kind. Ever more desperate as their deaths approach, they're after his blood. 15. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 011267. ISBN: 0002242877
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Imprint: London, Hamish Hamilton, 1962 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on red cloth boards which are unmarked with no wear but with small fading to head and tail of spine. Internally very clean and unmarked. xii + 424 pages. 19 Illustrations and 4 maps. Pictorial end papers of the battle of the pyramids. Dustjacket has pieces missing at front and to spine head and tail. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.83 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST C3D. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Poor Stock number: 000321.
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Imprint: London, Fourth Estate, 2004 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. x + 288 pages. INCLUDES the original postcard accompanying the book, addressed to the Prime Minister. The author, a leading expert on globalisation, sets out the account of the greed and corruption, economic globalisation and external pressures which have caused Third World debt and provides a radical blueprint for addressing the crisis. She analyses the facts that 30 million people have HIV/AIDS and the world is letting them die, genocide is taking place in Africa, rainforests are disappearing and in Asia extremist organisations are gaining public support. Argued by Bob Geldof that 'Everyone should read this book' and praised by many such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu it is a compelling argument against an unjust international order. 22. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 001938. ISBN: 0007178980
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Imprint: London, Century, 1984 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front endpaper "Kind regards, Joan". A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a manufacturing defect in cutting the fore edge resulting in a little extra paper showing) with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. An historical novel set in the 1830's and is the story of an election in the town of Hertford and of it's inhabitants, betrayal, corruption and love. **** NOT EX LIB **** C3A. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 001478. ISBN: 0712609377
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Imprint: London, Quiller Press, 1989 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xviii + 192 pages. 27 illustrations. A wonderful biography of the creator of Britain's postal system but less known for his educational contributions, where his foundation of the Hazlewood School in Birmingham contributed much to educational breakthroughs, being at least 30 years ahed of Dr. Arnold of Rugby. His skilful supervision of the colonisation of South Australia and his decisive direction and rescue of the near bankrupt London and Brighton Railway would each rank as pinnacles in most people's lives. **** NOT EX LIB **** 16. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 004663. ISBN: 1870948327
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Imprint: Lewes, East Sussex, The Book Guild, 1994 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ complete dustjacket. A unique book about the sheer funniness of everyday life will almost certainly make you shed a tear or two over its whimsy-comical, tongue-in-cheek observations. Ever stared in bewilderment at a washing machine manual that looks like the computer program for the Star Ship Enterprise? sat in stunned silence at all the weird machinations of our science and technology? or fumed over dress sizes that bear no relation to one another and none to the human body? **** NOT EX LIB **** A1D. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 005016. ISBN: 0863328938
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Imprint: London, Souvenir Press, 1989 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Very Good+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format volume of 256 pages beautifully illustrated throughout in colour. Coloured map front endpapers. The book is the story of Thor Heyerdahl's love of mystery - and of an island and its people. Over 30 years ago, the man who did such important, pioneering work in Kon-Tiki wrote another book Aku-Aku about Easter Ispand. He was invited later to return to Easter Island and there confronted the conundrum of the famous haunting statues that stud the lovely island, massive and mysterious. How were they made? How were they moved? What did the natives mean when they had said, those many years earlier, that 'the statues walked'? PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.2 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 011124. ISBN: 0285629468
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Imprint: London, George Allen and Unwin, 1986 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A clean and unmarked copy with some foxing to top edge with price clipped dustjacket. Map endpapers and 24 plates.The famous author sailor of the Kon-Tiki, Ra and Tigris expeditions was invited by the government of the Maldives to investigate recent archaeological finds there and despite knowing little of these 1200 or so islands in the Indian Ocean, and less of the language and customs of its people, he undertook the fascinating study. Maldive history was reckoned to have begun in AD 1153, or year 853 of the Holy Prophet, when the islanders embraced the Islamic faith and any pre Moslem relics were usually destroyed. *** NOT EX LIB *** D4D. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 005127. ISBN: 0049101048
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Imprint: London, George Allen and Unwin, 1986 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A clean and unmarked copy with some foxing to top edge with VG dustjacket. Map endpapers and 24 plates.The famous author sailor of the Kon-Tiki, Ra and Tigris expeditions was invited by the government of the Maldives to investigate recent archaeological finds there and despite knowing little of these 1200 or so islands in the Indian Ocean, and less of the language and customs of its people, he undertook the fascinating study. Maldive history was reckoned to have begun in AD 1153, or year 853 of the Holy Prophet, when the islanders embraced the Islamic faith and any pre Moslem relics were usually destroyed. *** NOT EX LIB *** D4D. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 011459. ISBN: 0049101048
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Imprint: London, Viking, 1998 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from age toning to closed edges) with near Fine dustjacket. xiii + 464 pages. 67 illustrations. Geneaological chart. To most English people George III was the king that went mad, to most Americans he is the king stigmatized in the Declaration of Independence as 'unfit to be the ruler of a free people'. In more recent years he has been depicted as 'Farmer George' or 'Mr. King', an absurd figure pottering about Windsor. In this absorbing book Christopher Hibbert reassesses a remarkable man who was widely loved by his subjects, a man of courage and sensibility and a generous patron of scientists, musicians, authors and artists. A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.94 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 13. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 010421. ISBN: 0670869414
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Imprint: London, Harper Collins, 1999 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is price-clipped. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 323 pages. 27 illustrations. Map endpapers. Accompanying their spouses in the most extraordinary, tough, sometimes terrifying circumstances, this book is an account of the courageous and unusual women who have been the backbone of the foreign service. Women who struggled to bring their civilization with them. The book is illustrated with archive material, extracts from original letters between the women and their families at home, maps to show the routes they travelled and the places they were posted to and pictures of ephemera to evoke the lives they led. The chapters cover: getting there; the posting; private life; embassy life; public life; and social life. A1D. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 011291. ISBN: 0002557142
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Imprint: London, Macmillan, 1930 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on blue cloth boards which have a small light mark to front, slight age darkening to spine with hardly any wear. Internally there is a name to front pastedown and an inscription to front endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. xii + 370 pages. Comprises: Part I - The Old Testament and After - The Jewish Sacrificial System in Our Lord's Time, The Historical Development of the Sacrifices, The Prophetical View of Sacrifice, Later View of Sacrifice. Part II - The New Testament - Introductory, Recovery from Sin - Life Surrendered, Life Transformed, Life Shared, Temple - Synagogue - Sacrifice, The Idea of Sacrifice in the New Testament. Part III - After the New Testament - Introductory, Eucharist and Offering, Sacrifice as Death, The Complete Picture. **** NOT EX LIB **** R3. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 007821.
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Imprint: London, Lutterworth Press, 1964 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on blue cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with just a touch of wear to spine haed and tail. Internally there is a small name to front pastedown else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket has a little wear to spine head and tail. The book re-examines the connection between the Son of man Christology in the early Church and the use and meaning of the title in Jesus' own teaching, it is therefore both an exegetical and a theological study. An introductory chapter deals with the Jewish background of the Son of man concept, the next six chapters, forming the main body of the work, examine in detail all the Son of man sayings in the New Testament : in Mark, Luke, Matthew, 'Q', material outside the gospels, and the fourth gospel. The final chapter surveys the total picture which emerges from the discussion of the various strands of tradition. **** NOT EX LIB **** R4. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 006467.
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Imprint: London, W.H. Allen, 1975 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First British Edition. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ complete dustjacket. A story of a remarkable single minded woman, daughter of a tempestuous pair of New England mavericks, she crashed the theatre as a headstrong girl, daring to appear in her first film at the age of 21 opposite John Barrymore in A Bill of Divorcement. The following year she won an Oscar for her performance in Morning Glory and has starred in many memorable films ever since. The author also shows her romantic involvement with Leland Hayward, Howard Hughes and Spencer Tracy. B2B. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 005029. ISBN: 0491019831
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Imprint: London, J.M. Dent, 1969 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy with VG complete dustjacket. The book is the result of a spring walking tour of Provence and provides a leisurely and detailed account of the journey, in which he was equipped only with a light tent, the minimum of camping gear and spare clothing, and a good pair of walking shoes. A wonderfully descriptive travelogue. 17 illustrations by the author and one map. A1E. Illustr.: Higham, Roger. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 004910. ISBN: 0460038656
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Imprint: Edinburgh, Mainstream, 2004 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine uninscribed copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. The moving account of the author's experience in 1986 when she and her Italian boyfriend were hijacked by PLO terrorists on a Pan Am flight from Bombay to Germany when it stopped in Pakistan, enduring 17 hours of terror. The terrorists were convinced that Pakistani troops were about to storm the plane and forces as many as possible into the aisle to massacre them and in the slaughter that followed 21 people were dead and over 100 injured. Catherine was near fatally wounded, her left buttock blown off by a grenade and in spite of his own injuries, her boyfriend Picci saved her life by dragging her, bleeding heavily, from the plane. Over the years that followed she endured over 20 operations to heal her mutilated body and also began two major lawsuits, one against Pan Am and the other for medical negligence. She had to call on every resource she had, physical, psychological, emotional and financial as she attempted to build her life. The title refers to an epiphany she had whilst on holiday in the Caribbean where she and her boyfriend danced together for the first time since the hijack. 22 photographs. 21. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 003216. ISBN: 1840188774
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Imprint: Cape Town, Zebra Press, 2003 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH DEDICATION to half-title page. xii + 308 pages. 18 photographs and some illustrations in the text. The book is an insightful, comprehensive and fascinating account of this extraordinary country. A lively narrative of Zimbabwe's history paves the way for understanding the present situation in a nation once hailed as an African success story. In a blow-by-blow report on the events of recent years, the author takes us behind the scenes in the governing ZANU-PF party, the land invasions, the presidential elections, the massacre of thousands of Zimbabweans, and the enriching of the ruling elite. 14. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 008995. ISBN: 1868726525
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Imprint: Bath, Parragon, 2001 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. A large format volume of 384 pages. 600 photographs. The book chronicles the heady years in which the group bestrode the pop world like a colossus. The 600 fabulous photographs, taken by Associated Newspapers' photographers, include over 200 from negatives never previously printed and are published here for the first time with a detailed commentary, which provides an insight into how The Beatles transcended pop icon status to influence an entire generation. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.34 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 22. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 009882. ISBN: 0752570455
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Imprint: London, Souvenir Press, 1985 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Silver title on black boards which have a small bump to lower front and a very small indentation to top edge but clean and unmarked. Internally very clean and unmarked. Dustjacket is complete with wear to top and lower edges and spine head and tail with shelf scuffing marks. An Adam Horne historical novel, where Captain Horne, newly returned from a successful assignment to rid the Arabian Sea of pirates, is summoned to the presence of his commanding officer, Commodore Watson. Watson is head of the East India Company's private fighting unit, the much derided Bombay Marine, the time being 1761 and the setting Pondicherry, the last stronghold of the French in the Indian Subcontinent. A1D. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fair Stock number: 002748. ISBN: 0285626515
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Imprint: London, Robert Hale, 1991 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very clean, tight and unmarked copy which has some light creasing to the top side of a few page edges VG+ with coloured dustjacket which is not price clipped VG+. An historical novel set in Scotland by the noted author of historical novels featuring Mary, Queen of Scots mother Mary of Lorraine who was forced into a marriage with James V of Scotland by the King of France. James dies after a battle with the forces of his uncle Henry VIII leaving her with a baby daughter as queen and the story is related by Mary's half sister Claudine. **** NOT EX LIB **** B2C. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 001128. ISBN: 0709042817
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Imprint: London, Constable, 1991 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. From Athens to Mount Olympos, the home of the ancient Gods in Macedonia, the country echoes with place names which date back to Homer and Hesiod: Thebes, Boeotia, Delphi, Mount Parnassus, Helicon and many more. Here the author, writer and walker extraordinary, staged his latest marathon, and with his wife, backpacked through the bare Pindos mountains on routes unknown to tourists. He comments on the history and mythology of the whole country and meets with traditional Greek kindness in remote villages, and introduces us to the mysterious Vlachs or Wallachians, Europe's least known ethnic minority. 38 illustrations and 1 map. **** NOT EX LIB **** L. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 007688. ISBN: 0094698600
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Imprint: London, John Murray, 2006 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy with light creasing to spine and one back corner tip. 590 pages. 61 illustrations. Originally published in three volumes, this book is a distillation authorized by Betjeman himself. It takes the reader from Betjeman's troubled childhood in North London, through his blossoming at Oxford; a gay fling with W.H. Auden; a clandestine marriage to a field-marshal's daughter; pranks as a film critic; wartime service and probable espionage in Ireland, to the glory days of his later years as a much loved poet. **** A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.95 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** C3B. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 007573. ISBN: 0719564433
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Imprint: Books UK, 1993 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy in pictorial laminated boeards with VG dustjacket. A square format book of 166 pages. The internationally renowned design consultants at Pentagram have devised a collection of beautifully deigned and delightfully entertaining games. An ideal gift book for game players of all skill levels and areas of interest. 21. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 011025. ISBN: 0091781612
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Imprint: London, Debretts Peerage, 1991 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. 150 pages. Useful reference of notable people of Sussex. Illustrated. A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.9 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 5. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 010390. ISBN: 1870520076
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Imprint: London, Victor Gollancz, 1986 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. 219 pages. 15 illustrations. Here is a galaxy of odd and wonderful characters: sycophants and time-servers, royal lovers and intriguers, Chief Sewers and Grooms of the Stole. In the tradition of John Aubrey's Brief Lives Thomas Hinde invites us to share the public and private lives of some hundred characters at court - from Eudo, Chief Steward to William the Conqueror, to Frederick Ponsonby, George V's Keeper of the Privy Purse. Geoffrey Chaucer, Nell Gwyn, Barbara Villiers, Jane Shore, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Robert Carr, Sir Thomas Overbury, Fanny Burney, Abigail Hill, Talbot Edwards and the Earl of Rochester: these celebrated courtiers jostle with others less famous to form a procession of royal favourites; harlots and poets, adventurers and dwarfs, dukes and orange sellers. Most extracted titles and wealth or political power from their patron, others slipped from favour to rot in prison, or languish in genteel obscurity, whilst many Tudor courtiers had their careers terminated by the axe. **** NOT EX LIB **** A1D. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 008588. ISBN: 0575037679
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Imprint: New Jersey, Fleming H. Revell, 1975 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black title on grey boards which are clean and unmarked with a touch of wear to top of spine and a small dent to bottom. Internally clean and unmarked. Dustjacket with coloured photgraph of author is price clipped with a small closed tear to top. Foreword by Corrie ten Boom. The author 'Hansi' embraced Nazism when she was a teenager but at the end of the war her world lay in ruins, destroyed by the man she worshipped as a god. The true God led her to the New World and directed her to make a new life and to find the meaning of Jesus. C3B. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 002159. ISBN: 0800707400
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Imprint: London, Cobden-Sanderson, 1930 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Black title on blue boards which has some dulling to a portion of lower front and a small mark to spine else clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is light foxing to closed edges and endpapers else clean, tight and unmarked. Map endpapers. An interesting series of rambles in or adjacent to the Home Counties, first published in 1927, containing 19 walks each embellished with historical and local notes with some literary references. Includes an account of a murder at Radlett which a verse of a ballad by William Webb recalls 'They cut his throat from ear to ear, His brains they battered in, His name was Mr. William Weare, He dwelt in Lyon's Inn'. B2D. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 005246.
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Imprint: New York, W.W. Norton, 1990 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First edition, first printing. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ price clipped dustjacket. The discovery of the double helical structure of DNA by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953 revolutionised our view of life, of the genetic structure of living things; but it was, in a sense, only the first door to be opened. A number of mysteries remained, among them the question of how the information contained in our genes is translated into growth; what, in other words, was the machinery that converted genetic information into living substance? This discovery, transfer RNA, was the great scientific achievement of the author at Harvard, but it was not Mahlon's only achievement. He later came to head and carry forward the research of the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, a remarkable institution founded by his father, where earlier the birth control pill was developed, the other twin subject of the book. **** NOT EX LIB **** 13. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 005796. ISBN: 0393027546
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Imprint: London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format volume of xii + 244 pages. 100 black and white illustrations, 8 colour plates. Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) soon became aware that she was destined to 'create the twentieth century'. Brought up in Europe and the new frontier state of California, Gertrude never lost the sense of being a pioneer. In 1903 she moved to Paris and two years later bought her first Matisse, the notorious Femme au Chapeau, the most ridiculed work of the scandalous 'Fauve' exhibition. In 1905 Gertrude also met and began to buy the work of Picasso. With his portrait of her, a work seminal in the development of Cubism, and with her own writing of Three Lives, both in 1906, Gertrude Stein began to take her place at the centre of a group of artists and writers whose works were among the most important of the century. By the outbreak of World War I Gertrude, with her brothers Leo and Michael, had amassed the most important collection of modern art in the world. After the war Gertrude became mentor to several of the best known American writers, among them Ernest Hemngway. By the time of her death, Gertrude Stein had become a legend - she had been painted, sculpted and photographed by the most famous artists of her time. Her apartments at rue de Fleurus, and later at rue Christine, were landmarks in Paris. The book tells the story of the public personality and the deeply serious writer behind. It recounts the development and significance of her complex relationship with her brother Leo, with Alice B. Toklas and with Picasso, as well as her artistic relationships with the Cubists and the writers of the Lost Generation and her profoundly symbolic relationship with America, with France, with 'inside and outside reality', with personality and the nature of genius. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.95 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 14. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 009816. ISBN: 0297769901
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Imprint: London, John Calder, 1978 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy with a little light foxing to top edge. Dustjacket is also VG+ and is not price clipped. 261 pages and 35 illustrations. A comprehensive history of French theatre, its successes and failures, its movements and schisms, such as that of the avant-garde and the Boulevard, its competition with the cinema. He follows the careers of its actors and actresses, directors, companies, managers, critics and playwrights from Dumas pere et fils to Beckett, Sartre, Anouilh and Duras, and reveals a wealth of information about Armand Salacrou, Louis Jouvet, Jacques Copeau, Jules Romains, Paul Claudel, Jules Renard and many others. **** NOT EX LIB **** 14. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 007055. ISBN: 0714536504
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Imprint: London, Longmans, Green, 1953 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Purple title on grey boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good + copy. Dustjacket is complete with a little darkening to spine and some chip at the top. The famous dramatic critic of the Sunday Times analyses the connection between the theatre today and the ideas, motives and morals of contemporary life. The book contains descriptions and critiques of the chief productions in London in 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1952. *** NOT EX LIB *** *** NOT BOOK CLUB *** C3B. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 001915.
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Imprint: CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2017 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy Signed by Author. 184 pages. The Key to Loving yourself is a holistic self help book aimed at those people who are seeking an understanding of how they can improve their quality of life. It takes the reader on a journey and opens the door to a greater understanding of the mind, body and spiritual aspects of loving yourself. 50. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 011189. ISBN: 9781503244689
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Imprint: London, Viking, 1996 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK edition, First Pinting. First published in USA in 1995. A clean and unmarked copy VG+ with complete coloured photographic dustjacket VG+. The autobiographical journal of the author, a paraplegic since a car crash aged 19, who became a foreign correspondent and spent two years in the Middle East. He writes with black humour of riding a mule up a hillside in Iraq, having his wheelchair pushed at Ayatollah Khomeini's funeral by a friendly Iranian chanting 'Death to all Americans' and of life as a disabled reporter. *** NOT EX LIB *** A1B. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 001445. ISBN: 0670865044
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Imprint: London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1987 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. An historical novel set in Poland at the beginning of the nineteenth century where two young men, Glynde and Jan, English and American, meet dramatically and join forces to explore a lost kingdom. Parcelled out of existence by the great powers, Poland remains heroically a nation, still cherishing it's dream of reunification under it's own King, and Princess Isobel, beautiful, intensely ambitious, means to provide that King, whatever the sacrifice. 154. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 002795. ISBN: 0340406739
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Imprint: London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a little light spotting to top edge) with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 182 pages. Wagner Family Tree. This is the first Wagner dictionary with the emphasis on interpretation as well as information. It lists all his operas, all the characters, the main symbolic themes and ideas, together with a full biographical survey of the people important in Wagner's life, as well as lists of many later Wagnerians. L. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 011152. ISBN: 0297781103
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Imprint: London, Darton, Longman & Todd, 1999 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy. Foreword by Cardinal Basil Hume.First published in 1998. The author reflects on different aspects of prayer; the importance of silence; the role of the bible; praying with Mary and the saints; coping with common difficulties in prayer. The book is a distillation of what the author, a Roman Catholic priest and a Benedictine Oblate and formerly a monk of Mirfield, has learned in a lifetime of prayer. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R7. Illustr.: Obbard, Elizabeth Ruth. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 006168. ISBN: 023252288X
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Imprint: Aarau, Schweiz, AT Verlag, 1988 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Buch Fein mit Sehr Gutes Schutzumschlag. 288 pages. WUCHT 1 KILO. Veranschaulichte. Inhalt : Wie ich auf das Tier kam; Vom Wildtier zum Haustier; Das Nutztier und wir; Pferdezucht hat wieder Wind im Segel; Schweizer Viehzucht - ein Qualitätsbegriff; Mich kennen, heisst mich lieben, meint das Schwein; Ein Leben für Gigots und Wolle; Helvetia und die sieben Geisslein; Kaninchen - die lustigen Hoppler mit der Hasenscharte; Geliebtes Federvieh - Haustiere mit grösstem Rassenreichtum; Honigbienen - kleinste Haustiere mit grossem Nutzen; Wie die Schweizer auf ihre Hunde kamen; Das bekannte unbekannte Haustier Katze. Deutsch text. 24. Book Condition: Sehr Gutes. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Sehr Gutes Stock number: 007132. ISBN: 3855021678
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Imprint: London, Elm Tree, 1988 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine price clipped dustjacket. The well known political journalist presents a marvellous anthology of Westminster focused political humour embellished with cartoons by John Jensen. 2. Illustr.: Jensen, John. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 003676. ISBN: 0241124514
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Imprint: London, Harper Collins, 2005 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped.vii + 445 pages. 40 illustrations. As darkness fell on the evening of Friday, 28 October 1588, just weeks after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, two young Englishmen landed in secret on a Norfolk beach - they were Jesuit priests - and their aim was to achieve by force of argument what the Armada had failed to do by force of arms - return England to the Catholic Church. Eighteen years later their mission had been shattered by the actions of a small group of terrorists, the Gunpowder Plotters; they themselves had been accused of designing 'that most horrid and hellish conspiracy'; and the future of every Catholic they had come to save depended on the silence of an Oxford joiner, builder of priest-holes, being tortured in the Tower of London. Using contemporary documents, the book pieces together a deadly game of cat-and-mouse as Elizabeth and her ministers fought to defend the State and English Catholics struggled to defend their souls, and follows the priests - God's Secret Agents - from their schooling on the Continent, through their perilous return journeys and lonely lives in hiding, to their gruesome deaths on the scaffold. **** NOT EX LIB **** L. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 008456. ISBN: 0007156375
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Imprint: Darmstadt, Luchterhand, 1978 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Feinster Exemplar ohne Flecken mit laminiertem illustriertem Umschlag. Arthur Loosli, schweizerischer Illustrator und ex-Internationaler Bass/Bariton Sänger. C3C. Illustr.: Loosli, Arthur. Book Condition: Fein. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 008785. ISBN: 3472810025
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Imprint: London, Chancellor Press, 1988 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a very minor touch of wear to spine tail) with dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format book of 210 pages. The book brings to life the inspiration behind the world's best-loved buildings and explains the history of the individual styles of architecture that they represent. The growth and changes in building styles superbly reflect the history of civilisation from earliest times to the present day: architecture of religious communities, churches, and temples; the architecture of power, palaces, and the architecture of agriculture, commerce, and domestic life. A delightful introduction to all the major styles - Byzantine, Romanesque, Renaissane, Art Nouveau and Modern. Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of photographs, drawings, and cut-away artwork, and it relates lively anecdotes about people and events to bring the whole subject to life. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.05 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 25. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 011024. ISBN: 1851549969
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Imprint: London, Victor Gollancz, 1998 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, First printing. From the Flamenco guitarists in Seville to the Lebanese equivalent of the Spice Girls in Beirut, from fifties Cadillacs in Havana to riverside bars in Dublin, Jools Holland takes us on a grand tour of music, finding the beat in some of the most exciting cities in the world. He meets their most celebrated musicians, listensto their music and jams with the best of them. But the book is not just about music, as the life and soul of each city is revealed through his inimitable personality. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.85 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 23. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 009018. ISBN: 0575067004
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Imprint: London, Bison, 1979 Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A very large format volume of 350 pages. Profusely illustrated. The Atlas covers the entire spectrum of rail travel. It is arranged in alphabetical order by country by continent. Accompanied by maps obtained from the cartographers, George Philip, and enriched by more than 600 photographs. Brian Hollingsworth and his colleagues escort the reader through the countries of the world, along narrow-gauge, metre-gauge and standard-gauge tracks, over bridges and viaducts, through tunnels, across deserts and up the sides of mountains. The history and modern workings of urban rapid transit systems, national and international railroad systems are described in vivid detail complete with relevant statistics: gauges, lengths and heights of bridges and tunnels, passengers and freight carried, rolling stock, locomotive power, percentage electrified and so on. A detailed table of contents precede each section; countries which appear in more than one continent or are known by more than one name are fully cross-referenced. A detailed and complete index concludes the book. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.95 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 25. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 010009. ISBN: 0861240235
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Imprint: London, Viking, 1987 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 13. Illustr.: Beningfield, Gordon. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 004377. ISBN: 0670817554
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Imprint: London, Collins, 1988 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine copy with a Fine dustjacket which is complete.The author, now Bishop of Edinburgh, has held many clerical positions around the world including Ghana and America. In this compelling book he explores humanity's innate sense of the religious and the nature of belief itself and relates the Gospel story to his own life. A most personal story. R1. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 001754. ISBN: 0002152444
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Imprint: London, Simon and Schuster, 1992 Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format book of 176 pages. Photo illustrations throughout. Foreword by W.F. Deedes They were called 'the Swinging Sixties'. Skirts were short and the music was loud. In San Francisco the beautiful people had flowers in their hair. President Kennedy had proclaimed the New Frontier. Less that 3 years after his inauguration, on November 22nd 1963 he was shot dead. In the next few years his brother was also assassinated and so was Martin Luther King. It was in the 1960's that the USA and Russia stood closer to another global conflict and American troops became more committed to Vietnam. A detailed chronicle of a major decade. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.53 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 5. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 010855. ISBN: 0671711598
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Imprint: Maine, USA, Thomson Gale, 2006 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING JUNE 2006. An As New unmarked copy with an As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. Clementina Willoby is 26 years old in 1774, when the English dressmaker who trained her dies. She was promised the business, but finds it has been left to James Hunter who lives in Pennsylvania. Determined to obtain the shop she believes the previous owner intended her to have, she travels to Philadelphia to ask him for it. The ship she sails on is owned by Hunter and carries indentured servants, and she is appalled to see the dreadful conditions they endure. When she meets James she finds he is now interested in building a sawmill in the wilderness and is neglecting his shipping business. Discovering that his shipping agent is a villain, Clementina travels inland to warn James. **** NOT EX LIB COPY **** **** NOT LARGE PRINT **** SCARCE L. Book Condition: New. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 008523. ISBN: 1594144524
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Imprint: London, Leo Cooper, 1979 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Very Good dustjacket. A collection of 13 ghost stories, each with a military setting featuring stories by :- Washington Irving, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Barbara Softly, John Galt, B.W. Savile, James Grant, Capt. George Eliot, Arthur Machen, C.E. Montague, Robert Bloch, Seabury Quinn, Robert Sheckley. 23. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 003758. ISBN: 080522447
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Imprint: London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1996 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. A large format volume of 272 pages. Profusely illustrated. The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries represent Europe's greatest cultural flowering. During this period, painting, sculpture, architecture, poetry and music underwent an astonishing revival. In this extraordinarily rich book Professor George Holmes charts the spread of this new intellectual and artistic culture across the entire European continent, laying particular emphasis on the importance of the city as an agent of ciultural innovation. Drawing on extensive research he surveys the work of the great artists and writers in their social and political contexts. L **** NOT EX LIB **** NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.63 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 011469. ISBN: 0297835645
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Imprint: London, BBC Worldwide, 1999 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 224 pages. Profusely illustrated with photographs and maps. For most British people, the First World War was the Western Front, the trench line stretching from the Swiss frontier to the North Sea. It was there that the majority of the nearly nine million British and Dominion soldiers who enlisted during the war served and where most of the 947,000 who were killed met their deaths. Professor Richard Holmes, the military historian, focuses on Making the Front, Feeding the Front,Holding the Front, Commandin the Front, Enduring the Front, Breaking the Front. In a richly detailed and authoritative book, he skilfully clarifies the complexities of the Western Front, highlighting the political, military and human dilemmas of this the most bitter and bloody of wars. B2D. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 008686. ISBN: 056338493X
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