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Imprint: London, Bantam, 2003 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. The South African author's second novel is of Primo Verona, a professional magician and soothsayer, who is born with a gift of clairvoyance so strong that he was able to predict his own mother's death while still in her womb. He is brought up on a rich diet of astronomy, philosophy and storytelling by his watchmaker father and widowed aunt, both survivors of Auschwitz and accurately reads the futures of the local Long Street community of Italians and Jews. A dazzling and evocative novel that mixes magical realism with war, love, death, betrayal and the afterlife. D4A. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 003568. ISBN: 0593051769
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Imprint: Boston, G. Schirmer, 1895 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gilt title and decoration to spine with raised bands in six compartments, half brown leather with leather corners and marbled boards. Light wear to spine sides, head and tail else very clean and unmarked. Top edge gilt. Internally marbled endpapers and very clean and unmarked. Uniform with Schirmer's Library of Clasical Music. Comprises The Maid of the Mill (Mullerliede), Winter Journey (Winterreise), Dying Strains (Schwanengesang) and 24 Favourite Songs. German lyrics and English translations by Dr. Theo Baker. 307 pages. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.3 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST **** 2. Book Condition: Very Good TEG. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 003530.
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Imprint: London, Orion Business Books, 2000 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK edition. A near Fine unmarked copy which has a little creasing to the top of some pages. Dustjacket is complete and also near Fine. Schwartz is an internatonally renowned futurist and business strategist, co-founder and chairman of Global Business Network, an international thinktank and consultancy, Leyden has written and spoken widely on technology and economic change and Hyatt teaches entrepreneurship at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. We are in the midst of a 40 year millennial transition, a period that began around 1980, we are on the front lip of a world wide economic boom - the long boom. For two major forces, fundamental technological change and a new ethos of openness are driving through our era, five waves of technology - computers, telecommunications, biotechnology, nanotechnology and alternative energy - are likely to bring big productivity increases that will lead to high rates of economic growth, in balance with nature. NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY 2. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 003458. ISBN: 0752820966
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Imprint: London, The Aquarian Press, 1970 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on brown boards which have a small light mark to front but no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. 225 pages. Interesting book with case studies analysing how to use psychic power. C3C. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000552. ISBN: 0850300126
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Imprint: Italy, Collana Di Ricerca Storica Schiapparelli, 1980 Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. TEXT IN ITALIAN. Special numbered edition 7030. Edizione speciale numerata per i Sigg. Farmacisti 7030. A history of pharmacies and pharmacists in the Valle d'Aosta, Piedmont. 96 pages with 91 illustrations in colour and 46 in black and white. 96 pagine con 91 illustrazione a colori e 46 in biamco e nero. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.0 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** 20A. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 004991.
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Imprint: London, Robert Hale, 1979 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK edition. A Very Good+ unmarked copy (near Fine apart from age toning to closed edges with VG price clipped dustjacket. A collection of short SF stories from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine with editorial hints and a story by Asimov and 15 other stories, including such authors as Martin Gardner, Randall Garrett, Frederick Longbeard, Nancy Kress and F. Paul Wilson. Illustrated throughout by various SF artists. C3D. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 003470. ISBN: 0709191693
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Imprint: London, Scribners, 1991 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK edition. A Very Good + unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. The American author's third novel which is a richly evocative exploration of art, genius, madness and society in fin-de-siecle Vienna, inspired by the short tormented life of the Austrian expressionist painter Egon Schiele (1890-1918). **** NOT EX LIB **** 15. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 002903. ISBN: 0356197778
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Imprint: London, Quiller Press, 1985 Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. Valerie Scott, editor of the authorative magazine 'The Map Collector' has selected the most colourful, attractive and significant maps of the County since that of Christopher Saxon in 1759, placing them in sequence leading up to a futuristic, satellite photograph. There is an historical survey by local author Hugh Barty-King. 11. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 005550. ISBN: 0907621562
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Imprint: Geneva, Heron Collectors Edition, 1969 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold decoration and motifs with cream and gold diamond pattern motif to front board on green leatherette boards. Green and gold decorated endpapers. Historical appendix. Yellow page marker bound in. 38 illustrations. Uniform with Women Who Made History Series. 11. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000776.
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Imprint: Wendover, Bucks, Peterhouse Press, 1983 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy in green cloth boards with Fine dustjacket. Two of England's foremost writers on gardening, and a highly talented artist have contributed each in their own way to celebrate the gardens at Glyndebourne, set in the Sussex Downs and surrounding the unique Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Ann Scott-James writes evocatively on the overall ambience, whilst Christopher Lloyd, with his encyclopaedic knowledge, writes with special reference to the plants to be found there. Elizabeth Bury has made a series of 20 watercolours which capture the gardens as opera visitors know them and also glimpses into the other seasons. **** NOT EX LIB **** 14. Illustr.: Bury, Elizabeth. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 009658. ISBN: 0946312001
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Imprint: London, Arlington, 1990 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. Foreword by Phil Drabble. A captivating tribute to dogs which have shown great intelligence and courage in the face of threatening and unexpected circumstances, based on the presentation each year of gold medal awards to dogs by the PRO Dogs charity. Roll of honour and photographic illustrations. **** NOT EX LIB *** 24. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 004762. ISBN: 0851407870
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Imprint: London, The Kenilworth Press, 1990 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine copy with name and date to front endpaper with near Fine complete dustjacket. The author was the wife of Sir Peter Scott the naturalist and recounts her life on a farm in the high veldt of South Africa, her sojourns with English and Scottish relatives, the development of the Severn Wildfowl Trust at Slimbridge and the Thjorsaver Expedition which culminated in her marriage. 90 photographs mostly by the author and chapter headings of a bee by Sir Peter. **** NOT EX LIB **** A1E. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 003136. ISBN: 1872082114
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Imprint: London, Lutterworth Press, 1965 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ unmarked copy with light foxing to endpapers and closed edges. Dustjacket is price clipped. An interesting and delightful book in which the naturalist and ornithologist has selected stories mostly about birds but also of other creatures. 13 stories by well known and not so well known authors embellished with drawings by Keith Shackleton. C3A. Illustr.: Shackleton, Keith. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 004699.
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Imprint: London, Chancellor Press, 1997 Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy in pictorial laminated boards as dustjacket with VG+ complete dustjacket. Introduction by John Cooper. On August 26th 1959 the British Motor Corporation launched the mini, designed by Alec Issigonis, whose brief was to create a small four seater that was cheap to run and had sophisticated handling. Not a success at first, it soon gained acceptance and during the next decade, egalitarian but modish and supremely manouevrable, it was adopted by the in-crowd and acquired a veritable cult status. The book provides a fascinating portrait of this motoring legend, explores all aspects of the mini phenomenon and its numerous derivatives. A very large format volume profusely illustrated. **** NOT EX LIB **** 1. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 005164. ISBN: 1851525475
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Imprint: London, Heinemann, 1984 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ copy which has light foxing to top edge else unmarked with G+ dustjacket which is not price-clipped. 599 pages. Here, in one volume, are the four celebrated novels of Paul Scott set in the closing years of British rule in India. The main events of the sequence of four novels - The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, The Towers of Silence, A Division of the Spoils - take place in the period between the Quit India riots of 1942 and the communal massacres that accompanied independence and partition in 1947. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY BOOK OF 1.5 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST 21. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 011457.
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Imprint: London, Methuen, 1955 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Blue title and girl and sword motif on grey boards. Some minor marks to boards with fading to spine. Internally clean and unmarked. A Good + copy. A juvenile adventure story of an expedition to the Arctic - to East Greenland. Coloured frontispiece illustration of children in a rowing boat with Eskimos and many other illustrations by Kiddell-Monroe. C3E. Illustr.: Kiddell-Monroe. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 002202.
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Imprint: Paris, Librairie Ch. Delagrave, 1911 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cuir vert et marbré. Petit nom et la date. 510 pages. Très Bon État+. Table des Matières: Introduction; L'Ours et le Pacha - Folie-Vaudeville par MM. Scribe et Xavier; Le Diplomate - Comédie-Vaudeville en deux actes en société avec M. Germain Delavigne; Bertrand et Raton ou l'Art de conspirer - Comédie en cinq actes en prose; La Camaraderie ou la Courte-échelle - Comédie en cinq actes en prose; Le Verre d'eau ou les Effets et les Causes - Comédie en cinq actes; Adrienne Lecouvreur - Comédie en cinq actes en société avec M. Legouvé. 1. Book Condition: Très Bon. Binding: Couverture Rigide. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 008438.
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Imprint: London, Macmillan, 1984 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. x + 152 pages. Between 1946 and 1981 approximately 4,000 pages of Sartre's biographical discourse have been published - almost 2 million words. The average reader rarely associates Sartre's name with biography, but Sartre spent thirty years of his life engaged in oneway or another in writing the biographies of several poets, novelists and dramatists, and one painter. Towards the end of his life Sartre declared that of all the books that he had written those which came closest to his literary ideal were his biographies of Genet and Flaubert. Manifestly, Sartre's existential biographies are a network of contradictions which epitomise the contradictory nature of literature in the society in which we live. This book is an attempt to explain some of these contradictions. **** NOT EX LIBRARY *** 24. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 008410. ISBN: 0333319877
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Imprint: London, John Murray, 1973 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine copy (Fine apart from neat initials and date to front endpaper) with dustjacket which is price clipped. 185 pages. 12 illustrations. Lady Londonderry's Journal, published now for the first time, gives an extraordinary, gripping and vivid picture of 19th century Russia. A keen observer who writes in a curiously modern way, and her impressions are full of vitality and not primarily concerned with political issues. Lord and Lady Londonderryand their son Lord Seaham toured Northern Europe and encountered extreme discomforts on their travels. Lord Londonderry had been named by Sir Robert Peel as Ambassador to St. Petersburg in his short lived minority government of 1834-35 but was forced to decline the post, but subsequently he and his wife decided to visit Russia. The Journal describes their friendship with the Tsar and Tsarina, the splendours of Imperial Russia, palaces and museums full of treasures, ceremonies and first-hand accounts with graphic descriptions. **** NOT BOOK CLUB **** **** NOT EX LIB **** A1D. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 008707. ISBN: 0719528518
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Imprint: London, Souvenir Press, 1986 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A brilliant successor to 'The Illustrated Winespeak', its outrageously perceptive humour makes it a must for vintners and wine imbibers throughout the world. Ronald Searle, in his own inimitable way, introduces you to the time-honoured Wine Ceremonies of the World: from the USA (Blessing the Grapes - California Style) to the Far East (the Japanese Wine Ceremony); from Scotland (the Squeezing of the Bonnie Malted Grape) to South Africa (Colourful Ceremony of Offering Limited Recognition to the Black Grape)- and in passing, let him show you how many ways there are to open a bottle of wine. 25. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 010362. ISBN: 0285627651
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Imprint: London, Robson, 1989 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which has a little fading. 211 pages. 44 illustrations. The comedian and singer recounts his childhood in Swansea, his first job as a pay clerk cum tea boy at a colliery, his army days and one his more traumatic wartime experiences - his historic meeting with one Sgt. T.A. (Spike) Milligan. His account of the Windmill Theatre, touring in post war Britain, a rich cast of larger than life characters are a delight, as are his memories of Michael Bentine, Peter Sellers and the first Goon Shows. **** NOT EX LIB **** 23. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 005028. ISBN: 0860516245
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Imprint: London, Century, 2003 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK edition, First Printing. A Fine copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The Chinese American author's novel set in China is a tale of the discovery of an American archaeologist's body and who is just one of many casualties at sites along the Yangzi river. The perpetrators are seeking a key to ultimate power - the Dragon Bones. D4B. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 001821. ISBN: 0712670262
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Imprint: London, Metro Publishing, 2009 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. First edition, first printing. 277 pages. Father Michael Seed has been at the privileged centre of events for a quarter of a century, and has played a uniquely influential role. In this memoir Britain's 'priest to the stars' covers his encounters with some of the prominent political and public figures of a generation, and gives a rare and fascinating glimpse of behind-the-scenes events in the corridors of power. For years he secretly gave mass to the Blairs in Downing Street, initially slipping through a rear, ground floor window, before it was leaked to the press in 2006. His has been a turbulent ride through life, denounced and envied by those who dislike his champagne style of Catholicism, loved by those who declare him a saint, and so admired by The Times that it demanded he be instantly made a bishop. His friendship with people like best chum Ann Widdecombe, Alan Clark, the Duchess of Argyll, Lord Longford, George Carman QC, John Paul Getty, the Duke of Norfolk, a host of royals and half a dozen prime ministers, has left little room for dullness. He provides insights into life in Westminster Cathedral and with Cardinal Basil Hume. R1. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 008610. ISBN: 9781844547708
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Imprint: London, Simon and Schuster, 2003 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First UK edition. Until now, the poetry of Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld has been hidden, 'embedded' within comments made at press briefings and in interviews. His preferred medium is the spoken word, and his audience has been limited to hard-bitten reporters and hard-core watchers of C-SPAN. Hart Seely uncovers the gems hidden within hundreds of hours of Rumsfeld commentary, in the form of Zen verse, haiku, s-onnets, lyric poetry and free verse. The result is a hilarious and irreverently revealing book both by and about one of the world's most powerful men - funny but deeply worrying how he came to be in the position he did. B2E. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 008301. ISBN: 07432539X
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Imprint: New York, Stravon, 1982 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. Hypnotism Fundamentals is a concise presentation of the current state of hypnosis, its theory, its application to medical and psychological problems, and its use to achieve a broad range of goals, as well as a complete and fully illustrated manual on how to achieve trance induction. 13. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 006272. ISBN: 0873960955
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Imprint: London, Piatkus, 1997 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket wjich is not price clipped. 257 pages. Erich Segal, the author of Love Story, returns with a new love story for the nineties. Paris, 1978. A group of idealistic young doctors join Medecine Internationale on a mission of mercy. Two of them, Matthew and Silvia fall in love. After a year together in Africa, they are swept apart by bloodshed and violence. Silvia suddenly vanishes and Matthew Hiller has been mourning ever since. He is a neurosurgeon at the top of his field, a pioneering specialist who has developed a radical technique for treating brain tumours. He is the obvious choice for Italian industrialist Niccolo Rinaldi to contact when his wife's condition has been declared inoperable by every other expert. Imagine Matthew's shock when he discovers his new patient is none other than the long-lost Silvia. 15. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 011032. ISBN: 0749904321
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Imprint: London, Collins, 1958 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First UK edition. Silver title on light brown boards which are clean and unmarked apart from a crease to tail of spine. Internally a few pages have light smudge marks else clean and unmarked. Overall a Good + copy. One of the more scarcer novels by the American author (18971983) from Moberly, Missouri who wrote 86 novels mostly covering the lives of doctors and nurses and was popular in many countries. A1B. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 001715.
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Imprint: Illinois, InterVarsity Press, 1992 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. A very Good unmarked copy with a small mark to back lower board edge else very clean and unmarked with complete dustjacket which has a stain to lower back. The author, President of World Vision, experienced the pain of war as a Marine Corps Captain in Vietnam, and again upon coming home to a country that didn't know what to say to him. He sees the pain of today's Vietnam as he visits to bring medical and relief supplies. A fast paced book filled with moving stories and memorable people whom he encountered. 15 photographs. A1E. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Good Stock number: 004347. ISBN: 0830812946
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Imprint: London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1998 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which has fading to spine and is not price clipped. xii + 372 pages. The author was the first career diplomat to be appointed American Ambassador to the Court of St. James's. As America's top representative in Britain from 1991 to 1994, his many friends in high places gave him easy access to Britain's political, economic and social life. The book is part memoir, part reflection and the subjects under his scrutiny are delightfully divergent, as listeners to his Radio 4 broadcasts will confirm, and provides a snapshot of the things which separate and bind our two nations. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.84 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** NOT EX LIB **** A1E. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 008289. ISBN: 0297815989
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Imprint: London, Chatto & Windus / Hogarth Press, 1990 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which is price clipped. 209 pages. 1 map. The author is famous for her marathon bicycle rides along the Himalayas, to Jerusalem and down the Nile. In the summer of 1988 she turned her attention to her home country to explore Britain and she writes vividly and entertainingly of her experiences, riding her trusty 18 gear bicycle, sleeping in a tent and carrying the minimum of equipment. **** NOT EX LIB **** 22. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 002265. ISBN: 070113416x
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Imprint: Atlanta, Georgia, Peachtree, 1983 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS with inscription on half title page. A Fine unmarked copy with price clipped dustjacket. The author has been pastor of Wieuca Road Baptist Church in Atlanta, vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention, president of the Georgia Baptist Convention and past president of the Foreign Mission Board. His wife is also a member of the board of trustees for Golden State Baptist Theological Seminary in San Francisco and both have written books, with William in demand as a motivational speaker. This book is a guidebook for modern Christians crossing the deserts of life and it's unique format follows Moses' journey across the Sinai through scripture, while Carolyn and Bill transfer the lessons of the bible to modern situations. R4. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 004726. ISBN: 0931948479
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Imprint: London, Pinter Publishers, 2000 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy. The first comprehensive account of European refugee crisis, affecting ethnic Albanians, Serbs and Roma, it describes and analyses the vacillations of seven EU member states (Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Sweden, Austria, Italy and France), concerning the management of the crisis. It also provides a revealing case study of the developing European policy on asylum and immigration following the Treaty of Amsterdam. 13. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 004357. ISBN: 1855676419
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Imprint: London, Robert Hale, 1974 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which has a taped repair. 221 pages. 27 illustrations and 8 maps. The real nature of a place sometimes becomes obscured by the simplified images of it which tradition somehow builds up. South Wales differs radically from its conventional image, and the author sets out to reveal the richness of its scenery and character. The book ranges over a wide spread of subjects and a strikingly varied mixture of places. **** NOT EX LIB **** C3A. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 007904. ISBN: 070914721X
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Imprint: New York, Vintage, 1996 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. xiv + 757 pages. Illustrations in the text. In the ruling circles of the Third Reich, Albert Speer was one of the most powerful figures. He was not only Hitler's architect and armaments minister but the Fuhrer's closest friend - 'his unhappy love'. In the dock at the Nuremburg Trials, Speer was one of the few defendants to take responsibility for Nazi war crimes, even as he denied knowledge of the Holocaust. Now this moral and psychological enigma is unveiled in a monumental biography by a writer who came to know Speer intimately in his final years. 51. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010415. ISBN: 0679768122
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Imprint: London, Macmillan, 2001 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. Seventh impression. A deliciously funny insider account of British politics and of the BBC from one of our most highly regarded political broadcasters. As ITN's political editor and with 30 years at the BBC coalface, latterly as chief political correspondent, John Sergeant is widely respected by both the denizens of the Houses of Parliament and fellow journalists. In this memoir, his mordant wit, keen sense of the absurd and acute powers of analysis pervade, with a wealth of funny anecdotes featuring many of the key political figures of our time. C3B. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 004147. ISBN: 0333904494
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Imprint: London, Collins, 1981 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK edition. A Fine copy in Fine but price clipped dustjacket. The journalist, ex politician and economist confronts the most important crisis of our generation, analysing it's roots and offering a challenging blueprint for our survival. He puts his finger on the problem, more prevalent now, of the effect of more expensive energy and the technological revolution on our declining economies; the historical forces that have led OPEC countries to seek, in the rise of oil prices, compensation and revenge for generations of exploitation and poverty; the despair of the Third World which has neither oil, industry nor capital; the former industrial giants such as the USA seeing their immense wealth drained by the cost of oil, their technological supremacy lost. An important and far seeing work which belies todays world situation. **** NOT EX LIB **** A1A. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 001774. ISBN: 0002168782
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Imprint: London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1920 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt and black titles on green cloth boards with paw print motifs. Some minor marks to boards with fading to spine and just a little wear to spine head and tail. Internally there is foxing to closed edges and sporadically to some pages else a clean and tight copy. Over 150 sketches and photographs by the author including 48 half-tone plates. Fourth edition January 1920 (first was November 1913). A delightful book featuring the cute coyote, the prairie dog, fox, marten, beaver, otter, rabbit, bobcat, bear and many more. B2C. Illustr.: Seton, Ernest Thompson. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 006685.
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Imprint: London, Orion, 2013 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An as New copy with dustjacket which has slight rubbing to front edge. First Edition, First Printing. 309 + 9 pages. A boy takes aim at a rook with his catapult. His friends watch in awe as the impossible shot strikes home, the bird falls, and for the first time death enters into William Bellman's life. It's a strangely disturbing experience and one he instantlt tries to forget. A man weighed down by tragedy has a drunken conversation in a graveyard. With a man dressed in black - who may or may not exist. And an extraordinary bargain is sealed between them. A curious new shop opens its doors in the heart of London - the first mourning emporium, providing everything from coffins to umbrellas. As the bereaved flock to Bellman and Black, William Bellman believes the past can finally be forgotten. Rooks, however, don't forget. 2. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 010998. ISBN: 9781409128014
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Imprint: London, Macmillan, 2007 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 347 pages. Second printing. 1677 - snatched from an Irish village by Barbary corsairs, a 17 year old Hector Lynch is sold at auction in Algiers. Befriended by fellow captive Dan, a Miskito Indian from the Caribbean, he finds himself in a bewildering world where life is cheap and only the quick-witted survive. To escape the horrors of the slave barracks, the two friends convert to Islam; then, serving aboard a Turkish ship, their vessel is sunk at sea. By a savage twist of fortune they are condemned to further slavery - this time for their Christian masters, when they are chained to the oar bench of a French galley with vagabonds and convicts for company. Throughout his ordeal Hector is driven by the need to find out what happened to his sister, Elisabeth, who was also kidnapped by the corsairs. He learns the chilling truth when he and his colourful band of brothers are shipwrecked off the coast of Morocco. 22. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 008367. ISBN: 9781405088886
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Imprint: London, Macmillan, 2002 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ copy with VG+ dustjacket which is price clipped. In search of the world's most famous castaway, the author travels where men were shipwrecked or abandoned in the days of pirates and buccaneers and lived to tell the tale. A Scottish sailor, Alexander Selkirk, has long been considered the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's story, so Severin heads for the island of Juan Fernandez, 400 miles off the coast of Chile, where Selkirk was marooned for four years. He also visits other remote islands and tells of other stranded sailors and combines a travelogue with brilliant literary detective work. 14 illustrations. **** NOT EX LIB ***** D4D. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 005708. ISBN: 0333905555
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Imprint: London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1938 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gilt title on red cloth boards which have light rubbing to front and just a hint of wear to corner tips. Internally there is a name to front endpaper , some foxing to endpapers and some age toning to margins else a clean, tight unmarked copy. Top edge gilt. Possibly signed by Merlyn Severn to below the tipped in frontispiece. A large format volume of xxix + 128 pages. Tipped in frontispiece and numerous photographic illustrations. Introductory essay and critical notes by Arnold L. Haskell. Note on the photography of the Ballet. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.3 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST C3A. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010885.
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Imprint: London, Doubleday, 1995 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 524 pages. 43 illustrations. Robert Graves (1895-1985) was one of the greatest poets and polymaths of the 20th century whose long life matched the intensity of his imaginative output. This new biography, published to mark the centenary of his birth, is made with the full cooperation of the Graves family, who have made available previously unseen papers and photographs. The author's research has also uncovered many important letters in private and public collections. Her interviews with many people who have not previously discussed Graves in public contribute to a rich and complex portrait of an extraordinary and troubled man and a great creative artist. **** NOT EX LIB **** **** A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.0 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** 16. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 007287. ISBN: 0385404239
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Imprint: London, Doubleday, 1995 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 524 pages. 43 illustrations. Robert Graves (1895-1985) was one of the greatest poets and polymaths of the 20th century whose long life matched the intensity of his imaginative output. This new biography, published to mark the centenary of his birth, is made with the full cooperation of the Graves family, who have made available previously unseen papers and photographs. The author's research has also uncovered many important letters in private and public collections. Her interviews with many people who have not previously discussed Graves in public contribute to a rich and complex portrait of an extraordinary and troubled man and a great creative artist. **** NOT EX LIB **** **** A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.0 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** 16. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 010174. ISBN: 0385404239
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Imprint: London, Rider, 2002 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Third impression. Brought up in rural Ireland where her father initiated her into the healing arts, she entered a convent aged 16 and was a nun for 20 years, during which time she trained as a nurse and was sent to India, where she knew Mother Teresa. However her experiences in Calcutta made her believe it was young mothers who needed more care, but the only way to nurse them was to leave her order, and after gaining Papal dispensation, she found herself in the outside world, with only a change of clothes and little money, but an enormous taste for freedom. After a period of many new and exciting experiences in Paris, she was asked to nurse the Duke of Windsor up until his death, and some years later in London, she became Princess Diana's spiritual guide and healer, and studied acupuncture in China. R5. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 006579. ISBN: 0712614451
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Imprint: London, Collins, 1977 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which has a small closed tear at top of spine and is not price clipped. An historical novel set in the 18th century pastoral England and France at the time of the Revolution involving witchcraft and suspense. Because of her fathers financial ruin the heroine is forced to leave her home in England to take up a position as governess in France to the children of a cruel Count in his mysterious chateau near Nantes where she encounters bizarre members of his household. C3A. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 001831. ISBN: 0002222795
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Imprint: Peterborough, Arrival Press, 1997 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with red leatherette boards with Fine complete dustjacket. Silk page marker bound in. An anthology of 121 poems from people from all walks of life and covering subjects from remembrance to family values and from the environment to nature. A1D. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 003375. ISBN: 1857865731
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Imprint: London, Souvenir Press, 1986 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a gift inscription to front endpaper) with Fine dustjacket. 143 pages. Illustrated throughout. Centenary New Edition 1886-1986. The story of one of the most famous hotels in the world, the Raffles Hotel in Singapore. Named after Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of the former British colony. It was established in the 1880's by the extraordinary Armenian Sarkies brothers and under their eccentric and imaginative management it became the embodiment of expatriate colonial British life in the tropics. The rubber planters of Malaya and the Straits Settlements spent their leisure hours there, seeking in its Long Bar and its luxurious dining and and billiard rooms a relief from the monotony of their lonely existence. 300. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 009891. ISBN: 0285627449
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Imprint: London, Bloomsbury, 2000 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, first printing. xii + 404 pages. In his urgent new book, internationally renowned broadcaster and writer William Shawcross, presents the last two decades of war in which unorganised armies, often not under state control, have done as much harm as national armies. His horrifying account of modern genocide and dramatic stories of men and women who attempts to make and keep the peace is a powerful call to action which must be heard.. C3D. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 010168. ISBN: 0747548447
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Imprint: London, William Heinemann, 1935 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Purple cloth boards with gilt title to spine which is sunned also sun faded to front top and to back but little discernible wear. Internally there is some light foxing to closed edges and to some early and later pages but generally a clean, tight and unmarked copy. xii + 336 pages. Illustration of the assassination of Marat to frontispiece and 3 other illustrations. C3C. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000026.
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Imprint: Newton Abbot, Science Fiction Book Club, 1973 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a few small marks to top edge) with dustjacket which has tape reinforcing to the reverse edges. 16 bizarre tales of the future from the unique talent of Robert Sheckley (1928-2005). Includes 'The Petrified World', The Mnemone', 'Aspects of Lanranak', 'The Cruel Equations'. B2B. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 008142.
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