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Imprint: London, Mitchell Beazley, 1983 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format volume of 384 pages lavishly illustrated throughout. Derived from a television series, the book is about music and the men and women who wrote it and played it, set against the backdrop of the times in which it was created, tracing its development from the earliest rhythms and songs to the seemingly confused sound of contemporary music. A most informative work, sprinkled with anecdotes, asides and helpful references, and beautifully illustrated with more than 350 contemporary portraits, engravings and manuscripts as well as explanatory diagrams. **** A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.3 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** **** NOT EX LIB **** 22. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 008012. ISBN: 0855333820
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Imprint: London, Mitchell Beazley, 1982 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 384 pages. 350 illustrations. Music in time is about music and the men and women who wrote it and played it. It sets music against the backdrop of the times in which it was created, tracing its development from the earliest rhythms and songs to the seemingly confused sound of contemporary music. As surely as art or literature, music reflects life. The aim of the book is to put the whole fascinating picture in perspective. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.228 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 22. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 010000. ISBN: 0855333820
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Imprint: Zurich, Edition Olms, 2004 Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with just the lightest of edge wear. A very large format volume of 208 pages. Text in English, German and French. Peace Signs is the ultimate collection of posters and graphics from the war in Iraq, uncensored, political and thought-provoking. Over 200 full colour posters from artists and designers from over 22 countries, featuring artwork by the prominent American poster artists Seth Tobocman, Shepard Fairey, Winston Smith, Chuck Sperry, Sue Coe, Ward Sutton, Nicole Schuman and Mike Flugennock. Peace Signs is much more than a collection of 200 anti-war graphics relating to the Iraq War and the global protests leading up to the conflict. Peace Signs is about the collective effort of a worldwide resistance to war. These posters question the very definition of patriotism, capitalism and the imperialistic intentions of the US government. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.45 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 1. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 009198. ISBN: 3283004870
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Imprint: London, B. T. Batsford, 1989 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy in laminated boards. Coloured photographs by Derek Bonsall and drawings by Wendy Goodwill. The author has compiled a whole range of decorative designs for weddings throughout the year, covering all types of arrangements for the church, reception, bridal bouquets, bridesmaids' posies, together with useful advice. A1A. Illustr.: Goodwill, Wendy. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 005955. ISBN: 0713446366
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Imprint: London, Jarrolds, 1957 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which is slightly chipped to top and age faded to back. A charming account of Brittany visited by the author in all the seasons and explores all the departements with their medieval towns, chateaux, calvaries, fishing ports, seaside resorts et al to provide a definitive guide to the region in the early 1950's. 18 photographs and 1 map. **** NOT EX LIB **** C3A. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 002357.
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Imprint: London, Bracken Books, 1985 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which is price clipped. First published in 1885, this is a facsimile of the original in which two clergymen travelled around Victorian England, and their writings provide a delightful perspective of that age, as they conduct the reader on a tour redolent of biographical, literary and historical associations. 165 illustrations. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.85 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST **** 20A. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 007362. ISBN: 0946495467
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Imprint: London, Simon and Schuster, 2015 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xi + 370 pages. Nigel Mansell was one of the most fearless exciting and successful racing drivers of all time. Having worked his way up through the ranks, he got his first opportunity in Formula One racing for Colin Chapman's Lotus Team in 1980. Over the next 15 years he would go on to win 31 grands prix and become world champion in 1992. He followed it up by winning the IndyCar title the next year, becoming the only man ever to hold both titles simultaneously. In this compelling and frank memoir, Mansell looks back on his career and at the sport he loves. 22. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 010915. ISBN: 9781471150227
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Imprint: London, Collins, 2004 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine copy which has an inscription to front endpaper else unmarked with Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. xxxvi + 281 pages. This carefully chosen selection of the best loved hymns and readings is a staple for any bookshelf. Each reading or hymn is introduced with a brief history to the piece and its author, providing new levels of interest and a sense of context. The 200 hymns, reading and verses have been arranged alphabetically, and there is a set of indexes which detail first lines, themes, Bible references and authors. R1. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 009535. ISBN: 000717277X
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Imprint: London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1943 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on red cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with minor indentaions and bumping to lower corner tips. Internally there is a small name to fron pastedown else very clean, tight and unmarked. xii + 200 pages. The book incorporates a course of public lectures by Professor Manson. It is not the primary intention of the book to handle afresh the problem of the Messianic consciousness of Jesus, but rather to show how, on the basis of the confession of Jesus as Messiah, the early Church built up the structure of its distinctive witness to the Christian revelation of God. R1. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010772.
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Imprint: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1951 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark blue title on light blue cloth boards which have fading to spine and a small indentation to lower front but no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. xi + 352 pages. A set of studies which are linked together by two main ideas. One is that the substance of the Gospel 'is neither a dogmatic system nor an ethical code, but a Person and a Life'. The other is that the key to the New Testament is the notion of the 'saving Remnant'. *** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY *** R2. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010340.
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Imprint: London, Brockhampton Press, 1995 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy in laminated pictorial boards as dustjacket with dustjacket which has some creasing to inner flap. Foreword by Beryl Reid. An anthology of 23 cat stories from classic authors, cats which are comic, heroic, spoiled, fat and even a desert island cat, embellished with specially commissioned line drawings by William Geldart. D4F. Illustr.: Geldart, William. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 004105. ISBN: 1860191029
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Imprint: London, Michael O'Mara, 1997 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. 288 pages. A wonderful collection of 30 cat stories by celebrated authors delightfully illustrated by William Geldart. Includes: The Cat's Paradise by Emile Zola; Amours by Colette; My Boss the Cat by Paul Gallico; Dick Baker's Cat by Mark Twain; Ming's Biggest Prey by Patricia Highsmith; The Whie and Black Dynasties by Theophile Gautier; The Cheshire Cat by Lewis Carroll; The Cat That Walked by Himself by Rudyard Kipling; The Achievement of the Cat by Saki; The Story of Webster by P.G. Wodehouse; Particularly Cats by Doris Lessing. D4F. Illustr.: Geldart, William. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 008724. ISBN: 1854792512
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Imprint: New Jersey, Castle, 1991 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. Foreword by Beryl Reid. A collection that represents the cream of cat stories chosen for cat lovers by cat lovers, beautifully embellished by specially commissioned drawings by William Geldart. D4F. Illustr.: Geldart, William. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 003682. ISBN: 1555217575
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Imprint: London, Faber & Faber, 1974 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Silver title on blue cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally clean and unmarked with a little foxing to top edge else a Fine copy. Coloured photographic dustjacket is price clipped VG+. Foreword by Robert Dougall, past President of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. An indispensable guide filled with practical advice on all aspects of photography and also a section on the subjects being filmed and the comfort and survival outdoors of the photographer. 24 black and white photographs by the authors. C3A. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 002211. ISBN: 0571101712
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Imprint: London, Jonathan Cape, 1998 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which has a little creasting to top edge and is not price clipped. The Italian author's FIRST NOVEL and which is based on her experiences in Kenya, where she now lives. Set in contemporary Nairobi it tells of a white expatriate community who all know each other, meet at dinner parties, share the same doctors, eat at the same restaurants, sleep with each other and take the same drugs. It is a sharp dissection of white society and the moving story of a young woman, Esme, struggling to make sense of her place in Africa and her love for two men, one a Kenyan and the other a British journalist. *** NOT EX LIB *** D4E. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 002783. ISBN: 0224051237
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Imprint: Worcestershire, Fowler Wright, 1964 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on green boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is foxing to fore edge else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has some foxing. The aim of this present study is to examine aspects of her spirituality and doctrine which have frequently been distorted and misrepresented, to provide matter for prayer and meditation, and illustrate how applicableto the daily life of every Christian is the method perfected by St. Therese in her own life, and recommended to the faithful by six successive popes. R4. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 005744.
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Imprint: London, Bloomsbury, 2000 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, first printing. After a chastening look at the history of futurology the author sets out to describe the world that's yet to come in the fields of environment, medicine, mind, home, work, leisure, politics, war, travel and space. Based on wide research and revealing interviews with leading international experts in the key areas of our lives, the book explores a vast range of topics from nanotechnology and genetic engineering to head transplants and teleportation. **** NOT EX LIB **** 12. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 005716. ISBN: 0747550875
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Imprint: London, Dennis Dobson, 1946 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on blue cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a small name to front endpaper and light foxing to closed edges and endpapers else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good + copy. Dustjacket has light wear to edges, two small repaired closed tears and is not price clipped.232 pages. 5 illustrations. Translated from the French by Ruth Bethell. Charles Péguy (1873-1914) was a noted French poet, essayist, and editor, and Catholicism strongly influenced his works. It is remarkable that no book has yet been produced in England about Péguy, and this translation from the French fills the gap. It is a complete biography taking in the whole of Péguy's life from childhood to his death on the Marne in 1914, by a bullet to the forehead. The author was his friend and colleague for many years. C3A. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 008395.
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Imprint: London, Geoffrey Bles, 1946 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Silver title on black cloth boards which are clean with some minor marks to front and just a touch of light wear to lower front edge. Internally there are a few spots of foxing to endpapers and two pages have a very small mark to the lower margins not affecting text else clean, tight and unmarked. Second impression (first was 1945). The book was written in the summer of 1942, at a time when the outcome of the war could still seem very disquieting, and appeared in French early in the spring of 1943, at a time when, whatever acts of desperation or machiavellianism Germany might yet try, her defeat and that of her partners seemed certain. Maritain reviews the role of Christianity and democracy at that crucial time. **** NOT EX LIB **** R5. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 006400.
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Imprint: Paris, Librairie Garnier Frères, 1930 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Complète en deux volumes. Âge fonçant à la colonne vertébrale et pages de garde, petit nom et date. Vol. I. viii + 543 pages. - La Surprise de l'Amour; La Double Inconstance; La Seconde Surprise de l'Amour; Le Jeu de l'Amour et du Hasard; L'École des Mères; Les Fausses Confidences; Les Sincères; L'Épreuve. Vol. II. 438 pages. - Les Serments Indiscrets; La Dispute; Le Préjugé Vaincu; Arlequin Poli par l'Amour; La Méprise; L'Heureux Stratagéme. 51. Book Condition: Très Bon. Binding: Couverture Souple. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 008462.
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Imprint: Newbury, Berkshire, Countryside Books, 1993 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. North Yorkshire has a great tradition of stories from a bygone age and a fascinating folklore and the author has compiled 25 curious tales including what is the story behind the first aeroplane flight 50 years before the Wright brothers? How did a hanged man rise again from the grave? Who are the 12 knights who slumber beneath Richmond Castle waiting to be brought back to life? Great Yorkshire characters such as Old Mother Shipton, a man who taught his pig to race, Agatha Christie, Lewis Carroll and Mary Stuart. Illustrations by Don Osmond. 51. Illustr.: Osmond, Don. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 003366. ISBN: 1853062561
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Imprint: Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1980 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine uninscribed copy with coloured pictorial boards in a slim octavo format. The author is a well known character in the world of international bridge and has collected in this volume hands from celebrated players that are memorable for a variety of reasons. All the hands discussed make points that will stimulate the ordinary player to think more clearly. C3C. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 002266. ISBN: 071537947x
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Imprint: London, Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme and John Murray, 1805 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION COMPLETE IN FOUR VOLUMES. Vol. I - Front board is detached. Boards have stains and wear. Neat name to front endpaper. 206 pages+ 2 pages of adverts. Front gathering (up to page 24) loose and held on by a single thread. Edges mostly rough cut, spine mostly worn away but generally very clean and unmarked and binding tight ; Vol. II - Boards stained with wear. Neat name to front endpaper 346 pages+ 2 pages of adverts. Contemporary pencil calculation to rear endpaper. Edges mostly rough cut, spine mostly worn away but generally very clean and unmarked and binding tight ; Vol. III - Boards stained with wear. Neat name to front endpaper 356 pages. Edges mostly rough cut, spine mostly worn away but generally very clean and unmarked and binding tight ; Vol. IV - Boards stained with wear. Neat name to front endpaper 344 pages + 4 pages of adverts. Edges mostly rough cut, spine mostly worn away but generally very clean and unmarked and binding tight. PLEASE NOTE A HEAVY SET OF 1.33 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 1. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010910.
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Imprint: New York, Seabury Press, 1973 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED and INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpaper " To Phyllis and Hugh with best wishes from us both - William Marnell ". STATED FIRST EDITION. Black title on red cloth boards - a near Fine copy. Dustjacket is complete with a very small crease at top of spine VG+. A comprehensive study of the citizen in his relation to the free press, the right of the citizen to protection against the disclosure of information perilous to the public safety, his right to a fair trial and to his reputation, privacy and the right to live in a moral climate of his choice. The text is supplemented throughout with examinations of famous and lesser known court decisions. *** A SCARCE SIGNED copy in excellent condition *** C3B. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 001681. ISBN: 0816491399
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Imprint: London, Heinemann, 1980 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xi + 225 pages. 16 illustrations. Lourdes, a small town in the French Pyrenees, is the destination every year of over 3 million pilgrims, mostly between May and October. It has 400 hotels employing 4,000 guest workers: the Ciergerie Lourdaise produces a ton of candles every day; and the post office handles six and a half million postcards a year. All this has come about because here in 1858 a frail 14 year old girl, Bernadette Soubirous, experienced a series of visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary and discovered a spring of clear water in a cave. An absorbing and objective study of all aspects of Lourdes. R1. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 010262. ISBN: 0434450456
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Imprint: London, Macmillan, 2011 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 418 pages. Illustrated throughout. With the flair for narrative and the meticulous research that readers have come to expect, Andrew Marr turns his attention to the monarch and to the monarchy, chronicling the Queen s pivotal role at the centre of the state, which is largely hidden from the public gaze, and making a strong case for the institution itself. Arranged thematically, rather than chronologically, Marr dissects the Queen s political relationships, crucially those with her Prime Ministers; he examines her role as Head of the Commonwealth, and her deep commitment to that Commonwealth of nations; he looks at the drastic changes in the media since her accession in 1952 and how the monarchy and the monarch have had to change and adapt as a result. Indeed he argues that under her watchful eye, the monarchy has been thoroughly modernized and made as fit for purpose in the twenty-first century as it was when she came to the throne and a new Elizabethan age was ushered in. D4A PLEASE NOTE; A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.2 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 011530. ISBN: 9780230748521
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Imprint: Chichester, Sussex, Phillimore, 1988 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. Colchester is the oldest recorded town in Britain, important in Roman times, it is thought by some to have been Arthur's Camelot before the Saxons prevailed. The book reveals, in a profusion of carefully selected and well captioned illustrations, Colchester as it was in the 19th century up to 1950, when the physical fabric still remained largely Victorian and earlier. 23. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 008062. ISBN: 0850336627
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Imprint: London, Black Cat, 1991 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. A large format volume which is an invaluable and practical guide for all walkers and outdoor enthusiasts who want to explore and enjoy the rich variety of paths in England, Scotland and Wales. With 80 colour and over 120 black and white photographs and 60 specially commissioned maps, the book provides the reader with all the information needed to plan and walk through some of the best scenery in this country. **** NOT EX LIB **** 11. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 008035. ISBN: 0748102272
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Imprint: London, Picador, 2002 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The story of how one brave scientist unlocked the mystery of the most feared disease, a discovery made 100 years ago in Hong Kong, during an outbreak that threatened to decimate the island. A tense and frightening race was run in appalling conditions by two rival scientists : Alexandre Yersin - rigorous, solitary, cerebral - and the suave Kitasoto, unscrupulous, enigmatic, careless. Spiced with anecdotes, facts and chilling reconstructions, the author's investigations into plague in the modern world bring some disturbing facts to light. D4E. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 004814. ISBN: 0330483188
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Imprint: London, Harper Collins, 2005 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xiv + 298 pages. 45 illustrations. 1 map. Glossary. Second impression. When Philip Marsden first went to Ethiopia in 1982, it changed the direction of his life. What he saw of its astonishing antiquity, its raw medieval Christianity, its extremes of brutality and grace produced in him a restless curiosity and made him a writer. But Ethiopia at that time was torn apart by civil war, and the ancient heartland of the north was closed off. 20 years later,Marsden returned and the book is the account of a journey deferred. L. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 008795. ISBN: 0007173474
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Imprint: London, Constable, 1976 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine price clipped dustjacket. 153 pages. 30 illustrations. To many people the world over, the word 'Chelsea' signifies not the London Borough but 'the flower show - the Great Spring Show of the Royal Horticultural Society, when thousands of gardeners crowd into the great flower filled marquee to delight in the glory of British gardening. This book is the story of that Flower Show (and is therefore in part the story of the RHS which produces it), from the Show's earliest days - meetings of the RHS to which enthusiastic members would bring rare or excellent specimens from their gardens - through its first years as a public occasion, in the gardens of the Temple, to its transfer to the grounds of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, where it now flourishes annually. A1E. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 009689. ISBN: 0094610908
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Imprint: London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1948 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First Edition August 1948. Dark blue title on grey cloth. A very clean and unmarked copy with coloured pictorial dustjacket showing a map of Syria with a wasps' nest. Dustjacket has some wear and a small tear at top of spine but is complete. This is a novel of modern Syria and the author's presentation of the Levant is based on personal experience. An acclaimed novel which won an award from the Society of Authors. *** SCARCE WITH DUSTJACKET *** B2E. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Good Stock number: 001226.
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Imprint: London, Pelham, 1993 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Coloured pictorial laminated boards with slight bumping to top corners but clean and unmarked. Internally very clean and unmarked VG+. An invaluable guide full of practical advice by an art researcher of international renown and general editor of 'Miller's Picture Price Guide'. C3B. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 001665. ISBN: 0720719933
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Imprint: London, Constable and Robinson, 2006 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from minnor indentations to top edge) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 257 pages. Illustrated throughout. In the book Alex Marshall investigates how geological features; archaeological remnants of past civilizations; and layered networks transporting water, electricity, and people have shaped these cities through centuries of political turbulence and advancements in engineering - and how they are determining the course of the cities' future. From the first-century catacombs of Rome, the New York subway system, and the swamps and ancient quays beneath London, to San Francisco's fault lines, the depleted aquifer under Mexico City, and Mao Tse-tung's extensive network of secret tunnels belowBeijing, these subterranean environments offer a unique cross-section of a city's history. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.885 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** 14. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 008360. ISBN: 1845295404
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Imprint: London, Macdonald, 1973 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on red boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a mark to the upper margin of 2 pages, a light crease to the corners of 3 pages, else very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has a small closed tear and is not price clipped. xiv + 256 pages. 22 illustrations with sketches by the author and maps by Max Lennox. First UK edition. In this impartial and fast moving account, General Marshal describes the wars with the Nez Perce and Chief Joseph's battles against federal troops; provides a new analysis of Custer's last stand wih a demonstration of his military errors, and reconstructs the battle of Wounded Knee showing that an actual battle took place - not just a massacre, as is often believed. **** NOT BOOK CLUB **** A1E. Illustr.: Marshall, S.L.A.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Good Stock number: 008323. ISBN: 035604534X
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Imprint: London, Pelham, 1971 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ clean, tight copy which has a little light foxing to endpapers and some page edges with dustjacket which is not price clipped. 170 pages. 18 illustrations. The colourful story of a world famous cricket ground - Old Trafford. Lancashire, team of the year in 1970, its fine spirit matching its splendid performances in the county championship, the John Player League and the Gillette Cup, first played at Old Trafford in 1865, the year after the club was formed and 8 years after the first game ever played there, Manchester v Liverpool. **** NOT BOOK CLUB **** C3E. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 008139. ISBN: 0720705134
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Imprint: London, Hamish Hamilton, 1987 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine umarked copy (Fine apart from a minor indentation to top edge and usual age toning to page edges) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 279 pages. 'I was born frivolous and frivolous I have remaine, ' declares Arthur Marshall, brooking no interference in his pursuit of levity. And, he adds, 'I in no way regret it'. His countless readers will sigh with relief, send up three cheers, and press on with his new book, which is intended to amuse - and no nonsense about profundity or deep thought. There is plenty of useless information though. Did you know that Rupert Brooke could pick up a tennis ball with his foot? Or that there is a little-known illness called Lettucephobia? Or that Mr. Gladstone kept soup in his hot water bottle, just in case? Or that the Christian Science Monitor was once blessed with an editor called Silence Bellows? Well, now you do. 300. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 009897. ISBN: 0241123585
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Imprint: London, George Gill & Sons, 1898 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt title on red cloth boards which have a few barely noticeable small marks but no wear. Internally there is a small contemporary name to front endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. Lacks rear free endpaper. The Oxford and Cambridge edition. Not dated but first edition was 1898 and re-issued in 1922 but this seems to collate with the British Library 1898 edition of 189 pages plus a section on 'Our Lord's Teaching and 'Critical Notes' bringing the total pages to 211. 8 coloured maps. A scholarly account of St. Luke's gospel and life. R3. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 003858.
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Imprint: Washington, Counterpoint, 2002 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price-clipped. First Edition, First Printing. xii + 308 pages. Part travelogue, part history, part reportage this is a vivid account of Sir George Scott, the unsung Victorian adventurer, who hacked, bullied. and charmed his way through uncharted jungle to help establish Brotish colonial rule in Burma. Scott was a die-hard imperialist with a fondness for gargantuan pith helmets and a bluffness of expression that bordered on the Pythonesque. He was also a writer and photographer who spent a lifetime documenting the tribes who lived in Burma's vast wilderness, like the Padaung 'giraffe women' and the headhunting Wild Wa, who claimed, curiously, to be descended from tadpoles.. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 011484. ISBN: 1582431205
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Imprint: London, Canongate, 2016 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy with an As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 332 pages. In Lisbon in 1904 a man named Tomas discovers an old journal. It hints at the existence of an extraordinary artefact that - if he can find it - would redefine history. Travelling in one of Europe's earliest automobiles Tomas sets out in search of this strange treasure. Thirty-five years later, a Portuguese pathologist devoted to the murder mysteries of Agatha Christie finds himself at the centre of a murder mystery of his own, and is drawn into the consequences of Tomas's quest. Fifty years on, a Canadian senator seeks refuge in his ancestral village in northern Portugal, grieving the loss of his beloved wife. But he arrives with an unusual companion: a chimpanzee. And there the century-old adventure will come to its stirring conclusion.. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: As New Stock number: 011041. ISBN: 9781782119203
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Imprint: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1978 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with Very Good+ price clipped dustjacket. The book by the Canadian astrophysicist is addressed to those whose research demands more than a cursory knowledge of interstellar dust. For the uninitiated, either beginning graduate students or experienced physicists and chemists, a wide ranging view of the available observational techniques, results, and their interpretation is provided. Selected phenomena are examined in detail and finally a synthesis of present ideas is undertaken in an attempt to establish a framework within which new research and applications can be formulated and approved. **** NOT EX LIB **** 12. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 005101. ISBN: 0198514581
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Imprint: New York, American Management Association, 1996 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine copy with a small neat name to front endpaper with Very Good+ complete dustjacket. The author is a noted writer, lecturer on the computer industry and this book is both a warning and a dramatic inspiration to business people worldwide. Leaders who understand the the business revolution are building 'cybercorps' - corporations which will take full advantage of cyberspace, a bloodless revolution but which will leave in its wake casualties and mayhem. As superhighways and software become ever more powerful, corporate structures need to be totally reinvented and this book assembles the pieces that work best and provides a picture of what future corporations must be like. B2E. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 005047. ISBN: 00814403514
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Imprint: London, Collins, 2008 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xiv + 304 pages. 28 illustrations. Highly ambitious and relentlessly motivated, James Martin has worked extraordinarily hard to become one of Britain's most successful TV chefs. It hasn't been a smooth ride and here he tells his remarkable story, looking back to his working class childhood in Yorkshire, relating the highs and lows of a career in the kitchen and revealing some of the astonishing events that have come with fame and fortune. 21. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 008731. ISBN: 9780007835119
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Imprint: Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1993 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A successor to the author's first book it is a marvellous selection of tales from old gamekeepers which is most beautifully and profusely illustrated, mostly in colour, by Philip Murphy. Filled with entertaining characters whose one abiding passion is their love of the outdoor life. A treat for every country lover. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.91 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST **** A1F. Illustr.: Philip Murphy. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 002409. ISBN: 0715300571
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Imprint: London, Routledge, 1997 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from minor light bumping to top corner tips) and light creasing to the top margin corners of two pages. xiii + 255 pages. The book is concerned with privatisation in the UK, with whole industries such as water, electricity and gas supply have been afected. Companies studied comprise: British Airways, British Airports Authority, Britoil, British Gas, British Steel, British Aerospace, Jaguar, Rolls Royce, National Freight Corporation, Associated British Ports, British Telecomm. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY DISCARD **** 13. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010087. ISBN: 0415142334
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Imprint: London, William Heinemann, 1948 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Silver title and motif on blue cloth boards which are unmarked with no wear but a slight indentation to lower front. Internally there is a little foxing to front endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket has a repaired closed tear and has some loss to back. xii + 188 pages. 16 illustrations. The men and women in the book are sages, saints, scoundrels, soldiers, statesmen and sovereigns. The first lived more than four thousand years ago, while the last still controls his country's destiny. Each little biography is a piece of exquisite jade, carved with affectionate simplicity by an author in love with his art. Strung upon a thread in this book they make a necklace which shines with all the wonder and glory of all Chinese history and thought. Includes Yao the Sage Emperor, Lao Tzu the Mystic, Confucius the Teacher, Ch'in Shih Huang Ti the Fist Emperor, Li Shih Min the Founder of a Great Empire, Tu Fu the Poet, P'u Sung-ling the Story Teller, Sun Yat-sen the National Hero of Modern China, Chiang Kai-shek. B2C. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Good Stock number: 009711.
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Imprint: London, George G. Harrap, 1959 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on -blue boards which have some light marks and a little wear to spine head and tail and to corner tips. Internally there is age toning to endpapers else very clean, tight and unmarked. 256 pages. 118 photographs and some line drawings. The collection of photographs covers a scale ranging from the centimetre to the ten-millionth of a centimetre. The whole of creation lies within these dizzy depths of minuteness. Here we find the living cells that make up plants and animals; gaze at the pure, fascinating shapes of crystals. Then we pass into the irgin forest opened up by the electron microscope and discover viruses, micro-crystals and at last molecules. A1B. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 011029.
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Imprint: Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1993 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which has a small tear to bottom od spine and is not price clipped. Few groups of birds are more appropriately named than wildfowl, for they inhabit our wildest coasts and few remaining wilderness areas, yet most of the 38 species described here in detail are also widely familiar as they have been closely involved in our art, literature and sport for many centuries. Each species' account begins with a close look at the bird's history and conservation, to which are added details of distribution and population, plus sections on habitat, identification, behaviour, breeding, food and migration. The text is complemented by superb, specially commissioned paintings by Alastair Proud of all the birds described, plus silhouettes to aid identification, and many colour and monochrome photographs. **** A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.9 KILO WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST **** 22. Illustr.: Proud, Alastair. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 005688. ISBN: 0715399969
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Imprint: London, Museum Press, 1956 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. White title on green boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a small inscription to front pastedown, a few spots of light foxing to closed edges and a little creasing to some page top corner tips, else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has some chipping and light wear and is not price clipped. 232 pages30 illustrations. The author is a well known writer and lecturer on the game and in the book portrays the famous players who made the game - including W.G. Grace, William Parr, Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Pelham Warner and many others. **** NOT EX LIB **** B2C. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Good Stock number: 007859.
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Imprint: London, Hurst and Blackett, 1961 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. A complete cookery book devoted to meals which can be prepared in well ahead of time, some even days before, so that the cook is free to enjoy family or guests right up to the last minute before serving. In addition the book contains full instructions for preparation in advance, gives menus for Friday to Monday entertaining, all with detailed advice. B2E. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 007625.
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