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Imprint: London, Robson, 1988 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine uninscribed copy with Fine complete dustjacket. Translated by Josephine Bacon. The authors' research into the background and early life of Kurt Waldheim, elected President of Austria in 1986 who claimed that he had spent the war years as a law student. They claim that they discovered a shocking indictment, an incredible tale of 40 years of hidden truths, deceptions and international complicity. 8 photographs. *** NOT EX LIB *** 3. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 002567. ISBN: 0860515060
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Imprint: London, Chapman Hall, 1946 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First UK edition. Red title on cream cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a small contemporary name to front endpaper else clean, tight and unmarked and just a touch of foxing to top edge. A Very Good + copy. The American author is Lillian Bos Ross (1898- ?) and is a novel set in the Santa Lucia mountains above the Monterey coast and the Big Sur country in the late 1890's. B2A. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 003628.
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Imprint: London, SPCK, 1974 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. 117 pages. A restatement of the principles and practice of hearing confessions is long overdue. The enlarged role of psychiatry and pastoral counselling, the questioning of the special role of priesthood, the diminished sense of individual responsiblity, the influence of situation ethics are all factors to be reckoned with, no less than the practical questions of administering the sacrament. This practical guide for confessors was prepared for publication after the author's death by Reginald Cant, Canon of York Minster. Includes a memoir of the author by Gordon Hopkins. R1. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 009489. ISBN: 0281027706
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Imprint: London, Piatkus, 1994 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. An historical novel set in Cornwall where Barney Kernow is a self made Cornishman with rigid ideas about his childrens future. Harry, his eldest son, is to follow him into the family business, Frank and Godfrey are to enter into one or other of the professions, and Jessica, his only daughter, is to be a wife and mother. Nature has not obliged him, however, as Harry would rather be an artist and Jessica has a better head for business than all of them together. A rich tapestry of Cornish life at the beginning of the 20th century. **** NOT EX LIB **** **** NOT BOOK CLUB **** 154. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 005359. ISBN: 0749902620
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Imprint: Edinburgh, Lomond Books, 2005 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. 384 pages. Illustrations in the text. A thousand years ago Scotland was one of the first medieval European kingdoms. This immensely readable history charts the long, painful, sometimes tragic, often inspiring process that has formed Scotland today. A special and unique feature of the book are the 'windows' in the text which light up many fascinating aspects of the national story not normally covered in history books and present a range of outstanding people who at different times played a part in Scotland's life. 24. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010367. ISBN: 0947782583
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Imprint: New York, Bantam, 1994 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket. First edition, First printing. The author is President of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America and is regarded as a pioneer in the treatment of people with phobias, a public spokesperson on behalf of those with anxiety disorders and a living personification of the most successful type of therapy. Her story is one of success both as a patient and as a therapist and through case histories explains clearly the many faces of anxiety, including phobias, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder whilst offering techniques that can bring relief in weeks. *** A scarce title in the UK *** A1E. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 001708. ISBN: 0553081322
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Imprint: Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1974 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ copy which has bumping to two corner tips else clean, tight and unmarked with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. 433 pages. This comprehensive equine veterinary dictionary is indispensible to horse owner, student, trainers, grooms and anyone interested in horse welfare. Descriptions of diseases and conditions are followed by the recommended treatment, and drugs are listed under their chemical composition as well as under their trade names. Scientific names are cross-referenced under their common equivalents. An invaluable reference work. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.2 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COSTS 22. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 006033. ISBN: 0715357972
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Imprint: Lewes, East Sussex, The Book Guild, 1991 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The author was born in Danzig, where he practised as a barrister until Nazi persecution forced him to flee to England, arriving three weeks before the outbreak of war, where eventually he was released from internment and entered the catering business, rising to managerial status in the Grand Metropolitan chain. This biography tells of his marriage of convenience so that he can find domestic employment and his subsequent internment on the Isle of Man hastens the arrangement's failure and he begins to work towards a reunion with his wife and son, the family from whom the political situation in Germany had imposed his divorce. From his earliest days as a boy soldier at the end of the First World War to the present, life's harshest experiences have not daunted his stoical acceptance of hardship and his story is told with uncompromising honesty and fortitude. 3. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 004048. ISBN: 0863326544
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Imprint: Lewes, East Sussex, The Book Guild, 1991 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The author was born in Danzig, where he practised as a barrister until Nazi persecution forced him to flee to England, arriving three weeks before the outbreak of war, where eventually he was released from internment and entered the catering business, rising to managerial status in the Grand Metropolitan chain. This biography tells of his marriage of convenience so that he can find domestic employment and his subsequent internment on the Isle of Man hastens the arrangement's failure and he begins to work towards a reunion with his wife and son, the family from whom the political situation in Germany had imposed his divorce. From his earliest days as a boy soldier at the end of the First World War to the present, life's harshest experiences have not daunted his stoical acceptance of hardship and his story is told with uncompromising honesty and fortitude. 3. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 005970. ISBN: 0863326544
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Imprint: London, B. T. Batsford, 1979 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ price clipped dustjacket. 32 illustrations and 8 maps. The author, Professor Rothenberg, is a military historian and presents in his book detail lacking in other surveys of the Israeli Defence Force. A unique study of the small beginnings. the ups and downs, apparent weaknesses and unsuspected strengths that have characterized the history of the Israeli Army during the last three decades. C3A. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 004409. ISBN: 0713419660
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Imprint: London, Collins, 1979 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to front endpaper with dedication 'To Mabel, to remind you of many happy times and with affection from Dorothy de Rothschild - May 1979'. Gold title on red boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. A near Fine copy. Dustjacket has creasing to top and is not price clipped. A large format volume of 175 pages. Profusely illustrated. INCLUDED ALSO is a leather bookmark from a binding in the library at Waddesdon Manor. Dorothy married James Armand de Rothschild at the age of 17 in 1913. He was 35 years old, the son of Edmond James de Rothschild of the Paris branch of the Rothschild family. In 1922 James de Rothschild inherited Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire which became their country home. After his death in 1957, Waddesdon Manor was bequeathed to the National Trust, but the surrounding estate and small mansion at Eythrope in Buckinghamshire were retained by Mrs. de Rothschild. She remained a strong influence on the preservation and development of the house and collections at Waddesdon. At her death in 1988 she left 94 Million Pounds, which was the largest probated estate in England at that date. Her book charts the story of Waddesdon Manor, built by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in the 1870's in the style of a 16th century French chateau. Filled with the magnificent and varied works of art the Baron collected throughout his life and embellished with carved wood panelling from old Parisian houses. Dying as a childless widower, the Baron was succeeded by his youngest sister, Alice, who continued to run Waddesdon in the tradition established by her brother. Note: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.85 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 11. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 008698. ISBN: 0002166712
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Imprint: London, Penguin, 2004 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A fascinating guide of hundreds of superstitions separated into chapters on Superstitions Around the Year; The Cycle of Life; The Human Body; Domestic Superstitions; The Occult; The Natural World; Trees; Natural Phenomena and Weather. Answers most questions about the intriguing and often bizarre world of superstition. B2B. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 007160. ISBN: 0140515496
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Imprint: Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1943 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on green cloth boards which are unmarked with just a hint of wear to corner tips. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. SIGNED BY AUTHOR with inscription to 'Surgeon Lieut. G. D. Cliff' and dated Feb. 13th 1945 on half-title page. 282 pages. 44 illustrations. Theodore Cleveland Roughley (1888-1961) was a zoologist and author. A1D. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010887.
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Imprint: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1970 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a small name to front pastedown) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. vi + 403 pages. This edition brings together writings that have hitherto been dispersed among the many volumes of Rousseau's work and correspondence. A useful practical feature of the book is the inclusion of letters together with the didactic writings. The order of presentation is chronological and to each section is added a short introduction that seeks to situate it in Rousseau's production as a whole. The texts themselves are accompanied by many variants and explanatory notes. **** NOT EX LIB **** R2. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 008406. ISBN: 0198153996
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Imprint: New York, Walter J. Black 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Black title on red cloth boards which have some wear to spine head and tail and to spine itself which is faeded. Portrait of author to frontispiece. Internally there is a small name and date to rear endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. 457 pages. Not dated but probably 1920's. Six volumes in one. B2B. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000381.
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Imprint: London, Harper Collins, 1995 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on black boards which has one dent to lower front else clean, uninscribed and unmarked. Dustjacket is complete. The extraordinary and inspiring life of the first woman Speaker of the House of Commons, from humble beginnings as the only child of an impoverished textile working couple in the Pennine town of Dewsbury, an adventurous career as a dancer and a 'Tiller' girl, secretary to Barbara Castle and her progression through politics in the Labour party. 26 photographs. B2D. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 002359. ISBN: 000255531x
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Imprint: London, Harper Collins, 1995 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with price clipped dustjacket. The extraordinary and inspiring life of the first woman Speaker of the House of Commons, from humble beginnings as the only child of an impoverished textile working couple in the Pennine town of Dewsbury, an adventurous career as a dancer and a 'Tiller' girl, secretary to Barbara Castle and her progression through politics in the Labour party. 26 photographs. B2D. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 005074. ISBN: 000255531x
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Imprint: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1979 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy in an As New dustjacket which is not price-clipped. 149 pages. In the past 40 years the whole spectrum of light - the radio and microwave bands, infrared and ultraviolet light, X-rays and gamma rays - has been opened up for astronomy. Suddenly there is a whole new cosmic landscape to be seen - the landscape of the invisible wavelengths. In this book the author takes us on an imaginative series of voyages - voyages back along the path that the protons of light have travelled to reach the earth. 1. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: As New Stock number: 011283. ISBN: 019857553X
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Imprint: London, Deirdre McDonald, 1995 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The author's FIRST NOVEL is a powerful story of sexual obsession and superstition in the late 1800's, set against the backdrop of rural Gloucestershire and the great River Severn. Mary Cheyne, an orphan, discovers that she is the bastard daughter of the late squire, the result of a liaison with a beautiful gypsy woman and when she returns to claim her inheritance, she encounters the deep fears and superstitions of the villager and the enmity of her half brother, the new squire. She soon marries a young farmer and discovers the true nature of the awful legacy of her gypsy forebears and is subjected to the authoritarian demands of her husband. The first work in the planned trilogy. A1C. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 003745. ISBN: 1898094063
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Imprint: London, Paul Elek, 1978 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with gold title on red cloth boards with dustjacket which has a few surface indentations to back and is not price clipped. No one among her subjects enjoyed going to the theatre more than Queen Victoria, it was one of her greatest pleasures and she was one of its greatest patrons. From the age of 12 to 42 she was not only an enthusiastic devotee of ballet, opera, circus and drama, sometimes going as often as three times a week, sometimes more than once in an evening, she was also an ardent supporter of the Windsor theatricals. The book, by the noted theatre historian, shows her likes and dislikes and the performances she saw at many theatres and is well illustrated with 19 plates. 21. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 005470. ISBN: 0236401238
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Imprint: London, Paul Elek, 1978 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with gold title on red cloth boards with dustjacket which has fading and is not price clipped. No one among her subjects enjoyed going to the theatre more than Queen Victoria, it was one of her greatest pleasures and she was one of its greatest patrons. From the age of 12 to 42 she was not only an enthusiastic devotee of ballet, opera, circus and drama, sometimes going as often as three times a week, sometimes more than once in an evening, she was also an ardent supporter of the Windsor theatricals. The book, by the noted theatre historian, shows her likes and dislikes and the performances she saw at many theatres and is well illustrated with 19 plates. 21. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 010757. ISBN: 0236401238
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Imprint: Derby, BREedon, 2003 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Denny Rowland has created a unique archive of of Sussex, recording cities, towns, villages and familiar landmarks from aloft. His Polish-built PZL-104 Wilga four-seater single-prop aircraft has the ability to fly at extremely low speeds enabling the photographer to obtain pin-sharp images, flying at 1,500 feet over urban areas and down to 500 feet over the countryside. He has produced probably the finest ever selection of aerial photographs of Sussex. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.92 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** A1F. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 007384. ISBN: 1859833756
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Imprint: London, James Clarke, 1945 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on red cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a small name to front pastedown else very clean, tight and unmarked. 224 pages. The focus of interest in the book is in the edifice of Old Testament thought rather than in the foundations of its study. R1. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010770.
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Imprint: London, Lutterworth Press, 1947 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt title on blue boards which have a very minor mark to front else clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a small name to front pastedown, age darkening to endpapers and some foxing to top edge else very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket is worn and heavily repaired. Second edition. The author traces the development of Apocalyptic Literature from its roots in the Old Testament Prophetic writings, then goes on to examine that literature in detail from the Book of Damiel to the Book of Revelation, including in his survey the non-canonical books. **** NOT EX LIB **** R3. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fair Stock number: 006990.
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Imprint: London, SPCK, 1967 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from minor bumps to top corners and lower spine) with near Fine dustjacket. xv + 307 pages. The book is a history of worship in Israel, from the age of the patriarchs until the New Testament period, and is an expansion of the Edward Cadbury Lectures delivered at the University of Birmingham in 1965. Professor Rowley begins by discussing the faith of the patriarchs and the ways in which the worship of Yahweh came into Israel. He goes on to discuss aspects of this worship during the monarchy: the cult, the temple, psalmody, and the relation of prophecy to liturgy. The institution of the Synagogue is then considered, and finally the book deals with the forms and the spirit of worship. Professor Rowley reviews all the current arguments on the subject with his usual sound judgement. R1. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 010304.
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Imprint: Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1976 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy which has a small bookseller's label to front endpaper with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Warmly received by its French audience, this is the first English translation of the Canadian author's work by Joyce Marshall. Stamped with the genius of one of Canada's major cultural celebrities, these reminiscences contribute various rays of light and intensity to a composite picture of summer in rural Quebec. The landscape, the river, the wildlife, the very season itself, become the major characters of this warm and affectionate idyll set in Charlevoix County. D4E. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 008344. ISBN: 0771078315
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Imprint: London, Bloomsbury, 1992 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Very Good + unmarked copy which has a few very small dents to bottom edge with complete dustjacket. The book traces the story of Mother Teresa's life, beginning with her childhood in Skopje, Yugoslavia where at eighteen she received her call to love and serve God, subsequently she was moved to journey to India, the country she was later to adopt as her own. The book centres on the step that she took when she received her second call, to live on the streets of Calcutta among the poorest of the poor. Illustrated by stunning photographs from every period of her life. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.88 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** R1. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 004050. ISBN: 0747512590
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Imprint: London, Michael Joseph, 1986 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good copy with inscription to front endpaper and ghosting imprints from dustjacket to boards. Dustjacket is not price clipped. A record of the experiences of a unique cross section of British society, evoking the good and bad times, of their National Service between 1945-1963. Legions of fresh faced 18 year olds were conscripted in the wake of the Second World War to oversee the dismantling of an empire and to garrison West Germany in the lowered temperatures of the Cold War. 3. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 005445. ISBN: 0718124596
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Imprint: London, Atlantic Books, 2001 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A novel of the making of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni where Mozart and Da Ponte, his librettist, meet with Casanova in Prague to discuss the opera. An acclaimed FIRST NOVEL by the son of the noted conductor Julius Rudel. B2C. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 001692. ISBN: 1903809207
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Imprint: London, British Museum Press, 1993 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. From opium in Stone Age Europe to petrol sniffing in Aboriginal Australia, intoxicants have played an important part in societies all over the world. In this thought-provoking book the author shows that 'magic mushrooms' in Siberia and New Guinea, the mysterious soma/haoma plant in ancient India and Iran, and yaje. peyote and tobacco in the New World all had a central role in religious or social life, and that the altered states of consciousness produced by each intoxicant are shaped by cultural values. 38 illustrations. **** NOT EX LIBRARY **** 11. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 007980. ISBN: 0714117366
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Imprint: London, Hamish Hamilton, 1974 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on green boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally clean, tight and unmarked with a taped repair to a tear on one page. Dustjacket is complete with two small repaired closed tears and some creasing to top. In May 1808, the Spanish people exploded into a nation wide revolt against Napoleon's attempt to dominate their country, after he had deposed their royal family and placed his brother Joseph Bonaparte on the throne. This was the beginning of the five year long Peninsula War, and one of the first Spanish cities to become a centre of resistance was Saragossa, the ancient capital of Aragon and the leader of the insurrection was Don Jose Palafox. 14 illustrations. **** NOT EX LIB **** A1C. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 005137. ISBN: 0241024498
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Imprint: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1991 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. 'It is December in the twenty-first century, Cathy has a rather strange project at day-school this term. It all began with the word 'snew', which the encyclopedia mode on her computer tells her used to exist on earth in winter, long ago before the greenhouse effect. But what was winter? And what was the very peculiar festival that happened then? What were 'presents'? Who gave them and why? What was that thing shaped like a balloon, only heavy? And who or what was a 'Samper'? It's a very strange project indeed. Delightfully illustrated by John Eastwood. **** NOT EX LIB **** 165. Illustr.: Eastwood, John. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 005077. ISBN: 0192716581
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Imprint: London, SPCK, 2006 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a smudge to fore edge). iv + 202 pages. Spirituality workbook is many things: a book of riches and surprises; a guidebook for explorers who want their spiritual life to go deeper; an invaluable aid for those seekingto travel faithfully in a strange land; and it is itself a journey through the many facets of Christian spirituality. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R8. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010122. ISBN: 0281056455
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Imprint: London, Hutchinson, 2009 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, first printing. xxii + 312 pages. In the early 1990's, the African National Congress, led by Nelson Mandela, engaged in a historic and peaceful transition to power in South Africa. For some, the story of South Africa ended with that moment - the victory of the ANC over the bitter injustice of the apartheid regime, and Mandela's astonishing mission of reconciliation. Yet while the economy has grown steadily, as has a fledgling black middle class, and black South Africans have attained positions of great wealth and power, rampant inequality still remains. Violence is endemic in the townships and in the major cities. Race relations are fraught as whites struggle to find their place in the new order. President Thabo Mbeki's denial of the AIDS epidemic has led to thousands of unnecessary deaths and has been morally and politically dangerous, as has his failure to check the abuses of Roberst Mugabe's dictatorship in Zimbabwe, which has tarnished South Africa's reputation abroad. In this expertly researched account, the award winning journalist draws on his deep knowledge of South Africa and his relationships with its most important figures - Mbeki, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and of course Mandela himself. 12. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 008618. ISBN: 9780091926014
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Imprint: Bolton, Ross Anderson, 1984 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. x + 173 pages. 36 illustrations. Audrey Russell's career spans both the wedding of the Queen, then Princess Elizabeth, to the Duke of Edinburgh in 1947 and that of the Prince of Wales to Princess Diana in 1981. Between those dates, she was inside Westminster Abbey for the Coronation and several Royal Weddings; she attended 23 Royal Maundy Services; she commented at State Funerals, Memorial Services and many other national occasions. Overseas, she was a BBC commentator on the Queen's first World Tour in 1953-54 and subsequently on tours of and State Visits to many Commonwealth countries. Her book describes the highlights of her career and takes the reader behind the scenes, revealing many amusing incidents. The book also includes personal anecdotes of Fruity Metcalfe, the author's uncle and best friend of the Duke of Windsor; the young Benjamin Britten; Gilbert Harding; and Richard Dimbleby. 22. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 009893. ISBN: 0863600174
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Imprint: London, John Murray, 1920 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete 12 issues of this monthly periodical for 1920 which was the first introduction of this periodical. Card covers are age darkened and foxed. Internally there is a little foxing to some pages and staples are rusted. Contents are generally very clean. Contains essays and reports of topical discoveries and articles on a wide variety of subjects including history, science, medicine, astronomy, archaeology, See pictures for contents shown on the front of each issue. Of interest is the advertisements of the time. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY SET OF 1.2 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 011549.
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Imprint: London, John Murray, 1921 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete 12 issues of this monthly periodical for 1921 which was the second year of this periodical. Paper covers are age toned and some are foxed. Internally there is a little foxing to some pages and staples are rusted. Contents are generally very clean. Contains essays and reports of topical discoveries and articles on a wide variety of subjects including history, science, medicine, astronomy, archaeology, See pictures for contents shown on the front of each issue. Of interest is the advertisements of the time. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY SET OF 1.4 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 011550.
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Imprint: Stroud, Gloucestershie, Tempus, 2003 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. Piltdown in Sussex was the scene of the most daring archaeological hoax ever to be perpetrated upon the scientific community, when the discovery of a human skull and ape-like jaw was hailed in the press as the evolutionary 'missing link' between ape and man, but it was exposed as a fraud in 1953. For the last 50 years people have speculated on the identity and possible motive of the Piltdown forger and now for the first time, the life and career of Piltdown's 'discoverer', Charles Dawson, is put under the microscope with some rather startling conclusions. Piltdown, it would appear, was only one in a long line of hoaxes, frauds and academic deceptions. 51. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 005374. ISBN: 0752425722
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Imprint: London, Andre Deutsch, 1975 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket that has the price crossed out (although still shows). An account of four 'characters', whose fortunes are followed on an 'island' of rock on the African plain. One is a leopard who has been forced out of his territory, one a baboon, one a solitary nomadic lion and the last a hyena with a litter of cubs to feed. The setting is a composite of several actual places and his sources are scores of game wardens, scientists and even poachers and the objective is to present a drama of African natureas a whole. An unusual and fascinating book. 107. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 002452. ISBN: 0233966315
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Imprint: Newton Abbot, David and Charles, 1983 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. A marvellous guide to watching wildlife in the garden and park, pond and stream, hedgerow and wayside and the seashore. Practical advice on collecting and investigating for all ages to discover more of nature. Illustrated with 30 colour photographs and 170 drawings. Ideal for the family bookshelf or the car. **** NOT BOOK CLUB **** C3E. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 003357. ISBN: 0715384694
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Imprint: New York, Dutton, 1994 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which has a creas to front inner flap. This captivating and unique book tells the tale of six feline couples head-over-tails in that many splendoured thing called love, six unforgettable love stories as told through the cats' passionate correspondence. With paintings by Robert Crawford. D4F. Illustr.: Crawford, Robert. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: As New Stock number: 003556. ISBN: 0525937579
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Imprint: London, Longmans, Green, 1911 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on green cloth boards which are very clean with just a few very minor light marks to front with no wear. Internally there are three initials to front endpaper and some occasional light foxing else clean and unmarked. A Very Good + copy. Photographic frontispiece tissue guarded. Fourth impression. Translated by G. Schoetensack and edited with a preface by the Rev. Robert Hugh Benson. Von Ruville was professor of modern history and a member of the faculty of philosophy at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. The author, noted for his ' The Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham', outlines his conversion to the Catholic Church, a decision which aroused an extraordinary series of attacks on him. Published originally in Germany in pamphlet form. **** NOT EX LIB **** R1. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 003848.
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Imprint: London, Orion, 2014 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is no price clipped. 433 pages. First UK edition. 'It is said the Bintheyr Map to Everywhere will take its possessor wherever he or she needs to go'. Master thief, Fin, is unusual - when he's out of sight, everyone forgets he exists! He needs to find his mother - the one person who might remember him. Schoolgirl, Marrill, boards a pirate ship in a car park and is carried off to another world. She needs to find her way home. Fin and Marrilll are on a wild adventure to find the Map to Everywhere, but can they escape the Oracle - a dark and powerful wizard who seeks the map to fulfil a terrifying prophesy? 24. Illustr.: Harris, Todd. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 010920. ISBN: 9781444010541
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Imprint: New York, Harper Collins, 1995 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine non-price clipped dustjacket. The author is Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania and an acclaimed writer of cultural and domestic history. In this book he examines what we want from cities, how they have evolved and what accounts for their unique identities, from early Colonial settlements to the advent of the skyscraper, from changes wrought by technology, transportation and telecommunication and how urban spaces have been shaped by landscape and lifestyle. Marvelous detail of such cities as Montreal, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Savannah, Boston, New Orleans and Charleston. B2C. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 002891. ISBN: 0002550628
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Imprint: Cheltenham, Centenary Arts, 1992 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half title page with dedication. A Fine unmarked copy in a VG+ price clipped dustjacket. This is the AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL set in the late 18th century and charts the lives of Joseph Paget and his descendants as they move up and down the social ladder. It starts in Gloucester but moves to London where he discovers amorous and illicit adventures and is based largely on real people and events. C3B. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 001688. ISBN: 185421196x
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Imprint: London, Methuen, 1907 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt decoration and title to spine on mauve cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is some light foxing to some early pages else clean, tight and unmarked. 24 illustrations. Comprises Catherine of Siena, Beatrice D'Este, Anne of Brittany, Lucrezia Borgia, Margaret D'Angouleme and Renee, Duchess of Ferrara. 31 page publisher's catalogue to rear. A1C. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000466.
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Imprint: New York, PowerHouse, 2003 Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy. The book documents the U.S.-led military campaign from the perspective of some of the world’s most renowned and respected photojournalists who possessed extraordinary first-hand access to this unprecedented display of military precision, planning, and containment. Captured in Witness Iraq are the trials and tribulations of the coalition forces and the Iraqi people as the universally recognized terror of Saddam Hussein’s regime is brought to an end by U.S.-led coalition forces. Showcasing dramatic and compelling scenes of the three-week war, the book begins with the missile launch on Iraqi leadership targets and continues through the massive roll-out of tanks and troops in the desert, and from the fight of the Kurds in the North to the anticlimactic, but no less dramatic, fall of Baghdad. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE VOLUME OF 1.52 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 5. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 009396. ISBN: 1576872009
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Imprint: Barcelona, Editorial Escudo De Oro, 1974 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket. Built between 1905 and 1908 by the architect, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, as a headquarters for the Orfeó Català in Barcelona. This new artistic movement was called modernismo and critical analysis of it considers the building to be its most representative work. A1A. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 008911. ISBN: 843780020X
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Imprint: Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass, 1995 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on blue cloth boards which are unmarked with no wear. Internally very clean and unmarked. A near Fine copy. Dustjacket has a touch of wear to top edge. VG+ FIRST INDIAN edition (in English). A comprehensive work on the ancient Ayurvedic secrets for beauty care with insights into the powerful health promoting and enhancing methods and luxurious beauty techniques such that all levels of beauty, outer and inner, can be realized. A self care manual intended for both the lay person or those practising Ayurvedic treatment. Photographic illustrations in the text. SCARCE IN THE UK B2B. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 002071. ISBN: 8120812942
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Imprint: London, Dennis Dobson, 1963 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy apart from a small neat name and date to front endpaper with dustjacket that has age darkening to spie and is not price clipped. xv + 351 pages. An outstanding musicologist presents a comprehensive work which covers not only western music in all its periods and styles from the earliest beginnings to the forms evolving today, but also touches on the music of the Orient. **** NOT EX LIB **** 14. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 006509.
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