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Imprint: Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1988 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First UK edition. This is the first book to examine closely the spy swaps, based on exclusive interviews with former American spies and counter intelligence agents as well as with Karl Koecher who was traded for Scharansky in 1986. Koecher was a KGB agent who, following his phony defection in 1965, had infiltrated the CIA and was the main discloser of American state secrets. 23. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 002928. ISBN: 0715393375
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Imprint: London, Century, 1984 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xiii + 137 pages. Quentin Crisp is his own unique creation. Commentator, stylist, entertainer, his incisive observations on life have taken him from a dusty room in Chelsea to a spotlit world stage. In this new and definitive compilation of his wit and wisdom, Crisp analyses not only himself, but art, sex, marriage, employment and even a visit to Australia and How to Cure It. His sense of irony remains untarnished, his timing impeccable, and his sense of style remains rakishly intact. B2C. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 009837. ISBN: 0712610685
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Imprint: London, Burns and Oates, 1958 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A Good clean, tight and unmarked copy but has crinkling to cover. 160 pages. The book is the choice as the Universe Book for the Lourdes Centenary, chosen in recognition of its simplicity and deep humanity with which the author ha told Bernadette's story. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R8. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010654.
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Imprint: London, Collins, 1988 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Following on from his first book 'Going For It !', the man known to millions as 'the man who liked the Remington shaver so much he bought the company', explains how to succeed as an entrepreneur and then keep on succeeding. Whether your pitch is a market stall or a conglomerate's boardroom the principle is the same - recognize your potential, maximize that potential and keep on maximizing that potential. A1E. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 007181. ISBN: 000215403X
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Imprint: Lewes, East Sussex, The Book Guild, 2004 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. As Teddy Bowman unearths the secret of his grandfather's long lost war diaries, an incredible tale of hardship and heroism, love and longing emerges. Corporal George Bowman is a stretcher bearer in the Royal Army Medical Corps on the beleaguered battlefields of the Somme in 1916 who gains a reputation as a selfless soldier, saving countless lives in the face of extraordinary adversity. Highly decorated for his bravery, George returns from the front with a string of medals, a permanent disability, and a deep rooted sense of the futility of war. PLEASE NOTE : A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.85 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** NOT EX LIB ****. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 005010. ISBN: 0857768426
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Imprint: London, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1981 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK edition. A Fine unmarked copy with VG + complete dustjacket. A study of the actor's life by the American biographer which captures the essence of Olivier, probing beneath the persona of the virtuoso classical actor and star to reveal his private motivation and strengths and flaws as a man. Kiernan , in tracing Olivier's long career, delineates his triumphs and his tragedies, to show how each served to define his character. 14 illustrations. 12. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 003877. ISBN: 0283986719
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Imprint: London, J. A. Allen, 1997 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. The author, Dr. Kiley-Worthington, is an equine behaviour and welfare consultant and ethologist, who has been engaged in research for over 20 years. The book examines the degree to which equines may suffer during various competitive disciplines of dressage, show jumping, cross country riding, long distance riding, racing and polo as well as looking at their role in hunting, riding schools, rodeo and circuses. The most exciting new area explored is the consideration of the welfare of equines throughout the world, in relation to theirminds and intellectual needs and suggests ways in which we may develop symbiotic relationships with horses, and thus work towards mutually beneficial living and working arrangements for humans and horses. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.978 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST B2A. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 005540. ISBN: 0851317049
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Imprint: London, B. T. Batsford, 1976 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good + unmarked copy with VG + price clipped dustjacket. An excellent travelogue which is not only informative and useful but is also entertainingly personal, bringing South Africa to life with a wealth of vivid personal experience, anecdote and historical background which the South African author peppers with an assortment of extraordinary characters. 25 photographs and 1 map. *** NOT EX LIB *** 311. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 004186. ISBN: 0713432527
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Imprint: London, Methuen Children's Books, 1979 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A VG + unmarked copy with complete dustjacket. Based on historical incident which brings alive 19th century life. For Joe Burkinshaw there was no choice, at the age of seven he had to join his brother working in the coal mine with no hope of escaping from the darkness, the toil and the danger and through the years of unhappiness during which he sees his brother killed and his mother crippled, he sets his mind on becoming free. Through an accident he finds himself bound as a servant to the mine owner but he flees and goes to Sheffield where he is press ganged into work at a steel works, then he flees again and ends up with a hermit and they live by poaching. Illustrated with drawings by Laszlo Acs. **** NOT EX LIB **** C3E. Illustr.: Acs, Laszlo. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 003471. ISBN: 0416868606
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Imprint: London, Collins / Fontana, 1967 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A near Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy. 208 pages. Professor kilpatrick's book discusses the content and structure of liturgy against a background of the New Testament and Christian history, and examines liturgical revision as affected by new theological interpretations and by developments of society and language in the English speaking world since the 16th century. The relations of life and liturgy, church and state, church and church, priest and people lead to a positive reconstruction including an outline of what a liturgy might be. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R7. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 006967.
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Imprint: New York, Simon and Schuster, 1994 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, First printing. The gripping story of how Winston Churchill and the British Secret Service outwitted Adolf Hitler into invading the Soviet Union, a move that changed the course of World War II, allowing millions to die whilst saving Britain from almost certain defeat. The Pulitzer Prize winning author has uncovered documentation which exposes this untold story which adds a new dimension to Churchill's legacy. 15 photographs. 15. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 005523. ISBN: 0671767224
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Imprint: New Orleans, Subway and Elevated Press, 2002 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy. 168 pages. The book posits solutions based on the primacy of peace. These are thinkers preoccupied, above all with truth. And that's needed now more than ever. Writers include Angela Davis, Deepak Chopra.. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 011466. ISBN: 9780966646962
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Imprint: New York, Dodd, Mead, 1884 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Full title - The Very Joyous, Pleasant and Refreshing History of the Feats, Exploits, Triumphs and Achievements of the Good Knight Without Fear and Without Reproach the Gentle Lord De Bayard. Based on the original memoirs of Bayard by his secretary under the modest designation of "le loyal serviteur" who, although not mentioned, was probably J. De Mailles. The memoirs first appeared in 1527, three years after the hero's death. Profusely illustrated with a cover impressed with a design of the knight in red, gold and blue with decorated spine on grey cloth boards. Slight wear to spine head, tail and sides and to corner tips with some light scratches to back. Internally there is a small neat inscription to front endpaper, sporadic light marks to some pages but overall clean and tight. 260 pages **** The Fairly SCARCE Dodd Meads edition **** **** A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.5 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING ***** 13. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000128.
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Imprint: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1997 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine copy apart from a small date and small erased name to half title page. Fifth Edition. "The genetical lexicographer's dream and the most indispensable work of it's kind in existence." Organised to provide a quick understanding for students and non geneticists, it includes over 6,500 definitions of terms and species names relevant to the study of genetics and also features a chronology that spans 400 years of genetic study and an extensive bibliography. **** NOT EX LIB **** 12. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 003584. ISBN: 0195094425
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Imprint: London, Barrie and Jenkins, 1978 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket.which is price clipped. A comprehensive account of the life of Emile Zola and his novels for English readers. Contains 44 illustrations. . PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.18 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST A1B. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 000510. ISBN: 0214204030
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Imprint: London, Doubleday, 1994 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good unmarked copy with some minor very small bump to lower edge with VG non price clipped dustjacket which has light crease to back. The discovery of a large flattened circle in her father's Ten Acre wheatfield begins an incredible summer for Harriet, for the circle has been made by a space ship from the far off planet Pars and marks the arrival of someone special, Wiz, an alien who has come to spend his holidays on Earth in the form of a talking hare. Not only can Harriet's new friend speak any language and transform himself into any shape, from hedgehog to a cow, he also has wonderful plans for Harriet. Delightfully illustrated by Valerie Littlewood. 22. Illustr.: Littlewood, Valeri. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 005232. ISBN: 0385405324
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Imprint: London, Viking, 1993 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on blue boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear and a small bump to front lower corner tip. Internally there is a blank coloured bookplate of a badger to front pastedown else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good + copy. Dustjacket is not price clipped and is also Very Good +. The author is an acknowledged master of comic animal stories and the illustrations by Amanda Harvey bring to life the stories and will enchant children and adults alike. C3D. Illustr.: Harvey, Amanda. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 004136. ISBN: 0670842532
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Imprint: London, Cassell, 1969 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Good clean, tight and unmarked copy which has foxing to closed edges and a decorative bookplate to front endpaper. Dustjacket has repaired closed tears, some wear to edges, some loss to rear and is not price clipped. 242 pages. 37 illustrations and 3 genealogical tables. A biography of Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (1906-1968). Born in Athens, the youngest of the three daughters of Prince and Princess Nicholas of Greece. Her paternal grandfather was King George I, who was Danish and was placed on the Greek throne by Britain, France and Russia. Her maternal grandfather was the Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia. Thus, through her grandparents and through her great-aunt-by marriage, Queen Victoria, Princess Marina was related directly and indirectly to virtually every Royal house in Europe. **** NOT EX LIB **** C3B. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fair Stock number: 010209. ISBN: 0304934607
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Imprint: London, William Heinemann, 2004 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with a Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped.. First Edition, First Printing. 353 pages. Map endpapers. Illustrations and maps in the text. On 28 August 1815 the US brig Commerce was dashed against the rocks of Cape Bojador off the Western coast of the Sahara.and lost, although through bravery and quick thinking the ship's captain, James Riley, managed to lead all of his crew to safety. Or at least to safety from the immediate threat of death by drowning. What followed was an extraordinary and desperate battle for survival in the face of human hostility, hunger, dehydration and despair, as the crew were captured, robbed and enspaved. Sometimes together, more often apart, the sailors were dragged or driven through the desert by their new owners, who neither spoke their language nor cared for their plight - except insofar as they represented a financial investment in their own fantastically impoverished circumstances. An unforgettable true tale of survival, courage and brotherhood. D4F. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 011494. ISBN: 0434008893
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Imprint: London, Walker & Company, 1995 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy in pictorial laminated boards apart from a small name to front endpaper. First published individually in 1988 and 1991 and now issued together. Delightful tales from Dick King-Smith of farm animals, creatures and people, featuring Sophie and her brothers, all illustrated by David Parkins. 165. Illustr.: Parkins, David. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 007328. ISBN: 0744547113
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Imprint: London, Walker, 1995 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Small but very determined, Sophie loves animals and is going to be a lady farmer when she grows up. She's already got a rabbit and a cat and dog, but what she'd really love is a pony. Good fortune comes her way when she's invited to spend her summer holiday in Scotland with her best friend, Great Aunt Al'! This is the sixth and final book about Sophie and is as enchanting as all the others. Delightfully illustrated, as before, by David Parkins. 165. Illustr.: Parkins, David. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 008189. ISBN: 0744541182
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Imprint: London, Viking, 1991 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. Under your pillow is not the best place to hatch an egg but Jack does have a way with birds and, as he grows so do his pets, from budgies to bantams to ducks to an ostrich? Having had the luck to get an ostrich egg he is determined to hatch it, enlisting the help of a pair of geese as foster parents. What will they make of a giant son who sinks when he should swim, is in danger of trampling his brothers and sisters and runs faster than any bird on earth? C3D. Illustr.: Parkins, David. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 004143. ISBN: 0670832952
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Imprint: London, Collins, 1980 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ unmarked copy with VG+ price clipped dustjacket. The book is about Rachel Saint, a missionary and the Auca Indians of the Amazon jungle in Eastern Ecuador. It tells far more than her missionary work but tells the story of a young girl who at 17 had a vision and how a primitive tribe grew to love her, it is a story of great courage in the face of terrifying danger. She knew that her brother and four companions had been killed by the tribe and that no white man nor Indian had ever made contact with them in their whole violent history, she knew that they had so little regard for life that they killed their wives and children on a casual whim. But she went fearlessly to live with them and taught them the meaning of love and how to live in peace. Map endpapers and numerous photographs by John Wright. 24. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 004627. ISBN: 0002167409
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Imprint: London, Griffith Farran Browne, 1900 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title with coloured floral decoration to spine and front with coloured pictorial of schoolboy watching a sailboat to front on blue cloth boards. Boards are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a very small bookseller's label to front pastedown, a decorative prize bookplate dated Xmas 1908 to front endpaper and some sporadic light foxing to closed edges and some pages else clean and unmarked. Frontispiece of ship is tissue guarded. 384 pages. Not dated but circa 1900. First published in 1852, this was the prolific author, William Henry Giles Kingston's (1814-1880) third novel. Uncommon to find in such good condition. A1C. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 003993.
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Imprint: London, Thomas Nelson 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt title blocks with gilt sailing ship pictorial to spine and boy on horse pictorial to front on green cloth boards. Boards are clean with just a few minor marks to front and back and no wear. Internally there is a coloured decorative prize bookplate and light foxing to closed edges else clean, tight and unmarked. 317 pages with 5 coloured plates by various illustrators and coloured illustrated extra title page. Not dated but circa 1900's. First published in 1876. Uniform with the Kingston Library series. A children's adventure story featuring a sailing journey, mutinous threats, shipwreck, capture by Arabs and many escapes from danger. A1C. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 004001.
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Imprint: Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1993 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy in coloured pictorial laminated boards as dustjacket with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. An unusual insight to each historical site and an invaluable guide to the location, chronology, reasons for and results of more than 50 great battles of British history. There is a detailed map of each battlefield showing an interesting walk for each as well as pointing out fascinating historical facts relevant to the battle. In addition to the maps there are beautiful colour illustrations showing many facets of British history. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.84 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 28A. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 006271. ISBN: 0715390801
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Imprint: London, Bantam, 2015 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which is not price clipped. 315 pages. Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood) is on a major rescue mission! Hollywood was full of surprises, and now she's on a road trip to Las Vegas to help her friends and family. She's determined to get to the bottom of why her dad has mysteriously disappeared, help her best friend Suze and even bond with Alicia Bitch Long-legs (maybe.....). A further book in the Shopaholic series. 13. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 011193. ISBN: 9780593074626
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Imprint: London, Macmillan, 1895 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt title and decoration on blue cloth boards which have wear to spine head and tail and edges with age darkening to spine. Cracking to front and rear hinges. Contemporary name and address to half-title page. Occasional spotting to the margins of some pages. First Edition. 358 pages + 2 page publisher's catalogue. Under the Deodars - The Education of Otis Yeere, At the Pits Mouth, A Wayside Comedy; The Hill of Illusion, A Second-Rate Woman, Only a Subaltern: The Phantom Rickshaw - My Own True Ghost Story, The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes, The Man Who Would Be King; Wee Willie Winkie - Baaa, Baa, Black Sheep, His Majesty the King, THe Drums of Fore and Aft. A1B. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 011507.
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Imprint: Brighton, Book Guild Publishing, 2010 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH DEDICATION TO TITLE PAGE. Royalty, Hollywood stars and the fantastically rich have all come through the doors of the Grosvenor Hotel on London's Park Lane, one of the world's premier five star hotels. Its former General Manager divulges royal slip-ups, tales of wealthy excess, forgotten items by guests such as a box with half a million pounds in it, a Ferrari and a Rolls Royce. Princess Margaret used to be taken up to a retiring room, where a bottle of Famous Grouse whisky would be waiting for her and by the time she returned to the Great Room to watch the dancing, she would have consumed almost the entire bottle. Neil Kirby went on to own his own Hotel - the Langham in Eastbourne, a four star hotel. L. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 010903. ISBN: 9781846244414
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Imprint: London, Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1932 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title and owl motif on blue cloth boards. Spine age darkened but boards are clean with just a touch of wear to spine head and tail. Internally clean and unmarked with a little foxing to some early pages. Overall a Good + copy. Translated by H. J. Stenning. 244pages. Portrait of King Jerome to frontispiece and 15 other portraits. The king in the title is Jerome, Napoleon's profligate younger brother, who was given the newly created Kingdom of Westphalia. He fought at Waterloo. 1. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000309.
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Imprint: London, Longmans, Green, 1948 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Silver title on green cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there are a few spots of foxing to endpapers else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket has age darkening to spine with a small repaired closed tear. xxvi and 282 pages. May 1948 edition (first was October 1920). This is an established work on the fundamental principles of moral theology and their general application, which provides an ordered and authoritative account of the subject, supported by constant reference to Scripture, the Fathers, the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas and the great Anglican moralists. **** NOT EX LIB **** R1. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 006192.
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Imprint: London, Lawrence and Wishart, 1995 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy which has a small name and address label to title page and some minor marks to fore edge. 296 pages. In Me Jane, leading female film scholars from both sides of the Atlantic get to grips with masculinity and cinema. In original studies ranging from the Western to melodrama our contributors see masculinity as delicate, fragile, provisional; it is under threat, in danger of collapse, an impossible ideal. These signs of the masculine in films are recognised by women viewers who are subject to patriarchial masculinity in their own feminine formation but not subject to it in the sense that to be male is nevr their goal. The pleasures of the cinema-going are aso celebrated. 51. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 009367. ISBN: 0853158029
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Imprint: London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1999 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy apart from some light marks to fore and lower edges with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 1151 pages. 98 illustrations. 13 maps. First UK edition. The most celebrated American diplomat of his period, Kissinger was a major figure in world history and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. This third and concluding volume of his memoirs completes an outstanding work of contemporary history, full of startling insights and unsparing candour. It begins with President Richard Nixon's resignation, a man whom Kissinger knew perhaps more closely than anyone, and includes his final assessment of Nixon's tortured personality. Kisssinger continued to play a decisive role throughout President Ford's administration, and there are many intimate and sharply intelligent depictions of world leaders, including Mao Zedong and Leonid Brezhnev. This is a book abounding in crisis, as he details the agony of US extrication from Vietnam, the fall of Cambodia, the Greece-Turkey conflict over Cyprus, the origins of the war in Lebanon and the continuation of the Cold War at its perilous height. **** NOT EX LIB **** PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.8 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 12. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 008180. ISBN: 0297818945
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Imprint: London, Orion, 1997 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from age darkening to page edges) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. x + 197 pages. Introduction by Robin Waterfield. Interspersed with joyful diary notes about her present life - studying for her MA, walking her dogs and living on her boat and then back in All Saints' Convent in Oxford - this is the remarkable story of a woman who has succeeded in transforming herself from pitiful baglady to scholar and writer. Chris Kitch was born illegitimate and brought up in the rough streets of Bradford. Her step-father did not want her, all three of her children were taken into care soon after each was born. In and out of prison with no home, she existed in a twilight world of drugs and alcohol, prostitution and homelessness. Chris survived but her beloved friend Jean didn't, dying of drug abuse. With the pavement her pillow, Piccadilly toilets her 'home' and narcotics her only friend, she dragged herself out of the gutter and into years of rehabilitation, and her thirst for knowledge was reawakened and in 1993 she was awarded her BA Honours degree. **** NOT EX LIB **** 12. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 008593. ISBN: 0752803409
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Imprint: London, Macmillan, 1956 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Blue titles and motif on brown cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a strip of age darkening to rear endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket has a little chipping and is not price clipped. Second edition (first was 1955). xiv + 234 pages. 11 illustrations and 80 diagrams. Coloured front endpapers of International Code of Signals. The book presents within one small volume a complete basic instruction, explanations and reminders in all branches of amateur seafaring, from sailing to selling, from loglines to longitude by chronometer. Essentially practical, and written with professional authority, it discloses many 'tricks of the trade' which most amateurs may only acquire after years of experience. B2E. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 008354.
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Imprint: London, Collins, 1964 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ unmarked copy with some light foxing to endpapers with complete dustjacket. The book outlines the life of a typical bird from the egg through to the laying of its own eggs, shows how birds have become adapted for the kind of life the various groups have to live, describes the designs of a bird's body, externally and internally, and deals with the main features of feathers and flight, together with foods, feeding behaviour,nestsnesting and courtship. Illustrated with drawings by R.A. Richardson and photographs. 1. Illustr.: Richardson, R.A.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 004648.
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Imprint: London, Granada, 1984 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. A behind the scenes look at the secretive world of Freemasons, a look at criticisms voiced by Freemasons themselves, a tightly knit all male society. The book examines the masonic system and practices, the members in all walks and positions in society and the KGB connection. A considered enquiry and one which will challenge many strongly held beliefs. **** NOT BOOK CLUB **** 16. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 002934. ISBN: 0246121645
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Imprint: London, Viking, 2003 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. In this essential guide-cum-memoir, India Knight dissects the singular pleasures afforded by everyone's favourite pastime - shopping. Part series of essays, part lists of essential information, you will never wonder about where to get the perfect 2-inches-off-the-waist pants again - a book for everyone who has ever had to part with cash, which is to say, a book for everyone - a true homage to shopping. **** NOT BOOK CLUB **** 2. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 007140. ISBN: 0670913731
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Imprint: Pattaya, Thailand, Pattaya Orphanage, 1994 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine copy which has an inscription to front endpaper with Fine dustjacket. The Pattaya Orphanage started when a child was given to Father Ray, and now, twenty years later, he has over 400 - orphans, deaf, blind, handicapped, street-kids and stateless old people. The secret to reading this book is to sit and ponder the quotations and photographs. Whilst you do this it is suggested you listen to the music you like best in all the world. It is a very personal experience and will leave you thinking about your own life and its direction. B2A. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 008910. ISBN: 9748902773
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Imprint: London, Souvenir Press, 1972 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very clean, tight and unmarked copy VG+. Coloured dustjacket is complete and has a few small tears, some chipping and spine is slightly sunned. An interesting subject covering the animal kingdom, the submissive personality, confrontation behaviour, the hereditary class system, the industrial ranking system and how dominance is signalled. **** NOT EX LIB **** A1D. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Good Stock number: 001083. ISBN: 0285620282
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Imprint: London, George G. Harrap, 1967 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. White title on red boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a small name to front endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good + copy. Dustjacket has a small repaired closed tear and a little wear to edges and is not price clipped. 334 pages. 29 illustrations. The inter-war years were a period of immense excitement in the French theatre. During this time, a host of young writers and young producers, breaking with the traditions of the new pre-1914 stage, came up with new themes, new dramatic techniques, and new production methods, to suit the new times and the new audiences. It is doubtful whether some of the most successful Parisian playwrights, Sartre, Beckett, Ionesco, would have ever have captured the attention of the general public or world had it not been for the avant-garde Atelier-Théâtre movement that prepared the way for them. Dr. Knowles's book is an attempt at describing what happened during this period, and to point to the influence that the ideas then current had on subsequent developments. **** NOT EX LIB **** B2B. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 008381.
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Imprint: Minnesota, SAInt Mary's Press, 1997 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fina apart from bumping to lower spine). 288 pages. 16 full page colour plates and illustrated chapter headings. The history of the Catholic Church is a story of people: Popes and peasants, heretics and apostates, saints and martyrs. Mostly the story shows how common people throughout the ages have passed on the faith and tried to live the life of Christ. R6. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 009715. ISBN: 0884893952
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Imprint: New York, Rizzoli, 1997 Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket. A very large format volume. Cuba is a land of mystery, at once antique and avant-garde, closed and cosmopolitan, a country of layers and contrasts. This luxurious book offers a look at a way of life that may soon disappear. A sharp observer, photographer Eddy Kohli captures the spirit of the people, work, land, and food in brilliant colour. Everyday images - light shining luminous thrugh the veins of a stretched tobacco leaf, the tatooed trails of a man's weathered face - become familiar icons of this foreign place. The impressionistic photographic vision of this lovely country is complemented by a poetic essay about a journalist who, in his visits to Cuba, is given profound insight into the true meaning of life. Perhaps that meaning can be glimpsed in these pages. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.4 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 5. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 009197. ISBN: 0847820653
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Imprint: Edinburgh, Canongate, 2008 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Hardeep Singh Kohli loves many things in life - but no more than food - he loves to eat it, he loves to cook it, so when he decided to travel to India in search of his roots, what obvious thing did he take with him - not a Lonely Planet Guide, not a BBC camera team, but a shepherd's pie and yorkshire pudding. The hilarious story of the comedian's attempts to cook his way round India, dishing up very British meals for the people he meets - a Goan mechanic, a Delhi socialite, a Mysore hippy are some examples. B2E. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 006733. ISBN: 9781847670908
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Imprint: London, Bloomsbury, 1988 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ copy which has a little foxing to fore edge, age toning to page edges and a decorative book plate to front pastedown else unmarked. Dustjacket is near Fine and not price clipped. First UK edition, first printing. viii + 420 pages. The book provides a comprehensive lexicon of the motion picture as art, technology, and industry. It is the only work of its kind to provide definitions in the categories of practical terminology - dealing with how movies are made; the language of business, production, and the box office - explaining the economics, history, and evolution of the film industry; criticism; and many other pertinent topics. Concerned with both professional and amateur filmmaking, this invaluable sourcebook defines practices and achievements from the earliest experiments with moving images in the Renaissance to the latest marvels in special-effects cinematography. Over 3500 exceptionally well-illustrated entries. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.96 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 11. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 009433. ISBN: 0747503028
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Imprint: London, BBC Books, 1993 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good + uninscribed copy with bumping to lower corner tips. Dustjacket is complete with a little wear and creasing. Konner examines the ever expanding frontiers of medicine, scrutinizing in particular the USA where technology is most advanced, he contrasts medical practice in the US with that in many parts of the world. He poses many questions such as is it right to spend thousands of pounds on hi-tech surgery for the few, while many are denied straightforward operations, should life be prolonged at vast expense, regardless of it's quality, is too much money spent combating AIDs as opposed to other widespread fatal diseases such as tuberculosis. Accompanied the BBC television series. *** NOT EX LIB *** A1B. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 002923. ISBN: 0563363770
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Imprint: London, The MInistry of Culture of the Russian Federation/The State Hermitage Museum/ Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy in black cloth boards with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format volume of 292 pages. Over 270 illustrations, including 99 plates in full colour. This extraordinary volume represents in colour 74 important Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings - by Monet, Renoir, Pissaro, van Gogh, Cezanne, Degas, Gauguin, Tolouse-Lautrec, and many others - taken to Russia from Germany after the end of the Second Word War and stored since at the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. Only two of the works, almost all of which had previously been part of several private German collections, have been reproduced in colour before. The paintings in the book were long thought to have been destroyed in the war. Only now has it been revealed that they spent the last half century hidden in the storerooms of the Hermitage, their existence a carefully guarded state secret. The special exhibition, which this book accompanies, held in the spring of 1995 in St. Petrsburg, marks the first public showing of any of the paintings in all of that time. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.76 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 2. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 009240. ISBN: 0297835165
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Imprint: London, Longmans, Green, 1898 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt title and ship motif on red boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear and with fading to spine. Internally there is a small printed name to front endpaper and light foxing to fore edge, else very clean, tight and unmarked. A new edition translated from the German. Portrait frontispiece tissue guarded, 62 illustrations, 3 fold out facsimiles and copy of the title and commencement of the Gospel of St. Matthew in the First Edition of the New Testament, 1522. An authoritative biography of Martin Luther. R1. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 004383.
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Imprint: New York, The Free Press, 1997 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from top corner creases to two pages) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xvii + 302 pages. 58 illustrations. Konosuke Matsushita (1894-1989) was a Japanese industrialist, the founder of Panasonic, and known as 'the god of management' in Japan. His accomplishments as a leader, author, educator, philanthropist, and management innovator are astonishing, and he invented management practices that are still used today. The book is both a biography and a set of lessons for careers and corporations in the 21st century. 12. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 009089. ISBN: 068483460X
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Imprint: London, Macmillan, 2000 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Very little is known about the political dynamics in states that have just experienced an internal war and Professor Krain examines what prompts leaders in post-revolutionary states to employ repression or accommodation through statistical analysis and case studies of Iran, Cuba, Nicaragua and Bolivia. He concludes with a series of policy recommendations for such states. Extensive bibliography and index. 16. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 001395. ISBN: 0333929918
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