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Imprint: London, Macmillan, 2010 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 277 pages. When literary agent, Elsie Thirkettle is invited to accompany crime-writer Ethelred Tressider to dinner at Muntham Court, she is looking forward to sneering at his posh friends. What she is not expecting is that, half way through the evening, her host will be found strangled in his locked study. Since there is no way that a murderer could have escaped, the police conclude that Sir Robert Muntham has killed himself. A distraught Lady Muntham, however, asks Ethelred to conduct his own investigation. Ethelred, ably hindered by Elsie, sets out to resolve a classic 'locked room' mystery. Another ingenious outing for crime fiction's most mismatched double-act. L. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 008628. ISBN: 9780230714687
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Imprint: London, W.H. Allen, 1893 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt titles and black pictorials on red cloth boards. Boards have a small tear and wear to spine top, age darkening to spine and some marks. Internally the front and rear hinges are cracked but holding, a second front endpaper has been removed (although not a library copy) and there is a stamped name to half title page and to the top of the title page. Pages are clean and unmarked. 263 pages From The Spectator 7th April 1894 'This is a clever little sketch, with every appearance of truthfulness about it, representing life in a little Scottish town during the Crimean War. The characters, the incidents, the little details, are all as natural as possible. Probably the picture is really composite; so many interesting figures, so many notable incidents, could hardly have been collected into so small a compass of time and space; but the arrangement has been very skilfully done. The second part of the volume, 'In the Cannon's Mouth' is an experience belonging to the first Afghan War'. Sarah TYtler was the pseudonym of Henrietta Keddie (1827-1914) a prolific Scottish author. VERY SCARCE B2C. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010853.
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Imprint: London, Macdonald, 1970 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt title on green boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is some foxing to endpapers and a small name to half title page else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket is VG+ and is not price clipped. The Royal George stayed afloat for only 26 years yet had a long and extraordinary history from her launching in 1756 right up to the present day (the lions surrounding Nelson's column in London's Trafalgar Square were made from the salvaged metal of her guns). She played a leading part in Admiral Hawke's victory over the French at Quiberon Bay in 1769, played a minor role in the 1st Battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1780 when Admiral Rodney defeated the Spanish fleet, and Anson, Rodney, Boscawen and Howe were among the great sailors who flew their flag in her.Illustrations by Karen Osborne. **** NOT EX LIB **** 3. Illustr.: Usborne, Karen. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 006852. ISBN: 0356031101
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Imprint: London, Antique Collectors' Club, 1988 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy withnear Fine dustjacket which is not price-clipped. 279 pages. A most informative work on the subject which takes a good look at the mysteries and lore of book-collcting. The author passes on his wealth of knowledge covering book-making, the language of book-collction, the question of first editions, the matter of completeness and condition. Includes a lengthy glossary . D4E. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 011308.
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Imprint: London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2003 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine price clipped dustjacket. In making a film for the BBC, Uhlenbroek had to dangle from a balloon high above the rainforest, explore the tree canopy in Borneo, travel through the flooded forest of the Amazon where pink dolphins swim between the trees, journey through the dense jungle of the Congo, last refuge of our cousins the gorillas. The result is a marvellous account of her encounters with the world's most exciting flora and fauna, illustrated with 40 colour photographs, graphics and line drawings. A1E. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 005447. ISBN: 0340734205
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Imprint: London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1985 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with a little dusting to top edge with VG + complete dustjacket. Continuing the story of her life from 'Changing' published in 1977, the actress reveals her most personal thoughts and feelings about her stage and film work and her travels as UNICEF's Ambassador of Good Will, the first woman to hold the title, travelling in Cambodia, Manila, Ecuador. 3. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 003494. ISBN: 0297786016
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Imprint: Moscow, Progress Publishers, 1966 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial card covers are clean and unmarked with very light wear to edges. Internally there is light foxing to first and last page else clean, tight and unmarked. Cellophane dustjacket has a repair. An appreciation of Igor Moiseyev whose folk dance company of 110 dancers has toured the world. Photographer Yevgeny Umnov portrays the dances and the dancers in a few pages of text (TEXT IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN) and in 173 photographs, some in colour. 3. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: Good Stock number: 007742.
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Imprint: Paris, Aux Éditions Du Seuil, 1951 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 158 pages. Spine âge obscurci. Table des Matières: Introduction a la Vie Intérieure - Principes de la Vie Spirituelle; Méthode d'Oraison; La Spiritualité de l'Évangile. Sermosn Capitulaires. R7. Book Condition: Bon. Binding: Couverture Souple. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 009046.
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Imprint: London, Everest Books, 1974 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on green boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear, internally clean and unmarked with red cross bookplate to front pastedown. Dustjacket is complete and plastic protected. A true story of the author's role as a wartime intelligence officer and a mission into Rommel's headquarters. Winston Churchill is on record as writing that we had a spy in Rommel's headquarters who gave us accurate information. Actual names of the the famous involved have been kept but parts of the main story and some characters have been fictionalised for obvious reasons. C3B. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 000871. ISBN: 0903925141
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Imprint: London, The National Club with Monarch Books, 1998 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Foreword by Lord Mackay of Clashfern. The National Club was established in 1845 to bring a Christian perspective to bear on thelife of the Nation. To celebrate its 150th anniversary, it has commissioned a series of essays from individuals eminent in their own fields who share a common Christian faith. The essays demonstrate thar every discipline and subject can benefit from a specifically Christian perspective. R3. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 007757. ISBN: 1854243918
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Imprint: London, Burns and Oates, 1954 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on blue cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with just a light touch of wear to lower edge. Internally there is an inscription to front pastedown else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. viii and 245 pages. Comprises chapters on Background; Dedication; Spiritual Motherhood; Handmaidens of Mary; Appendices and additional notes. The book is an attempt to set forth the vow and virtue of chastity against the background of the religious life and the modern apostolate. **** NOT EX LIB **** R4. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 006017.
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Imprint: New York, A.S. Barnes, 1970 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good unmarked copy in card covers.An illustrated guide to 500 key figures in the American Musical and index to over 1,750 films. 192 pages. Illustrated throughout. 51. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010221. ISBN: 0489076539
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Imprint: Newton Abbot, Devon, David & Charles, 1985 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. Fourth extended edition revised with extra material by C.R. Clinker and Anthony Lambert. Volume 2 of the History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands. The history of the famous Highland Railway with it's route of over 500 miles serving some of Britain's most spectacular scenery. Brought up to date with extra reference material and colour. 43 photographs. 2. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 003317. ISBN: 0946537240
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Imprint: London, Hutchinson, 1989 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY GEORGE BULL on half title page with dedication. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine price clipped dustjacket. xix + 303 pages. George Bull O.B.E. (1929-2001) was a widely travelled author, journalist, translator and polymath, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Pietro Della Valle was a romantic, born in 1586 of an illustrious Italian family which boasted two cardinals. He wooed the woman of his choice for 12 long years: when her family gave her to another, he left Italy, vowing never to return until he had set foot in the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Twelve years of travel took him to Turkey, Persia and India, and were recorded in three distinctive books, of which only the Indian version has ever been published in English. Yet Pietro Della Valle was a man whose intrepid spirit, natural curiosity and knowledge of languages made him the perfect guide to the colourful and turbulent world of the 17th century. In this book George Bull has distilled an unforgettable Renaissance adventure from all three volumes. Illustrated endpapers and 17 other illustrations mostly taken from the Dutch edition of 1664-5. **** NOT FOLIO SOCIETY EDITION **** L. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 008128. ISBN: 0091741890
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Imprint: Tunbridge Wells, Midas, 1974 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ unmarjked copy with VG+ complete dustjacket. Born into a world where Nanny reigned supreme over the nursery and where little girls were fed on Virol and made to wear Liberty Bodices with bones, Antoinette du Vallon looks back over 65 full and fascinating years. A zest for life illuminates her vivid memories of boarding school, holidays in Ireland (including an encounter with George Bernard Shaw), housekeeping for Pa in Sussex, marriage, WVS duties in the Second World War, and her disastrous commercial venture. Irish relations and friends are entertainingly sketched in, as well as odd animals. A unique slice of social history delightfully illustrated by the author. B2B. Illustr.: Vallon, Antoinette Du. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 004586. ISBN: 0859360261
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Imprint: London, Chatto and Windus, 1991 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very good+ unmarked copy which has a very small indentation to front top edge and age toning to page edges. Dustjacket is VG+ and is not price clipped. 255 pages. In this absorbing autobiographical memoir, Blady is not so much the principal (although she has a crucial part to play) as the core symbol and catalyst. It is a true story of people, events, themes and relationships which together have formed a special pattern in Laurens van der Post's life. Unlike anything he has written before, it combines intuitive fantasy with a taut dramatic narrative as the story gathers pace to the climax of Blady's great race. Outwardly random occurrencesm from the writer's childhood in Africa to the death of his son from cancer, provide the framework for the searching exploration that follows - an exploration into fundamental aspects of the human spirit, its besetting ills and troubles, and the life-forces that keep it intact. B2A. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 010426. ISBN: 0701138025
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Imprint: London, Chatto & Windus / Hogarth Press, 1986 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine copy apart from age fading to page edges and an inscription to front pastedown. Dustjacket is also near Fine and non-price clipped. In conversation with Jean-Marc Pottiez who initiated the book based on a series of spontaneous discussions where he draws from Sir Laurens a fluent, fascinating commentary on many key issues and people of our time. Not merely biographical but also a book full of ideas, insights, people and events. **** NOT EX LIB **** B2C. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 002418. ISBN: 0701131683
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Imprint: London, Darton, Longman and Todd, 1978 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. xi + 129 pages. Sister Vandana is a member of the Order of the Sacred Heart. Born in India, she has for many years had a great interest in Hindu spiritual traditions, and has worked for a recognition of their authenticity by Christians. This book is written primarily for western God-seekers, but it is hoped to be of help to the growing numbers of Christians in India, especially vowed religious, who are looking for a simpler way of life, and one which is indigenous to India **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R8. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010128. ISBN: 023251416X
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Imprint: London, Collins, 1965 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. 221 pages. Deeply concerned with the dilemma of men and women in the world today, Father Vann, O.P., concentrates in this book on the practical aspects of faith. What is the relation between medicine and morals, science and faith, sexual deviation and Grace, holiness and humanness? How can the Church and the confessor help the patient towards sufficient emotional detachment to avoid the pitfalls of pseudo-vices, pseudo-virtues? What do we mean by 'natural', and what is the nature of man? And what above all is man's relation to other men and God? Father Vann stresses the importance of making clear the distinction betwee moral and psychological problems. R1. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 010341.
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Imprint: London, John Murray, 1998 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. vi + 298 pages. Loosely included is the Telegraph's obituary of the author (1920-2008). A brilliant historical novelist, anthologist and memoirist, Peter Vansittart can be looked to for a portrait of his country like no other. It starts in a land as much mythical as real, the Albion of Jack the Giant Killer, Arthur and Merlin, the Green Knight, 'stalking the edges of history'. This poetic or ideal England remains present at one level throughout his account of the more conventional heroes and villains, oppressions and advances in this island. 23. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 008579. ISBN: 0719557437
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Imprint: London, Rider, 1995 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price-clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 192 pages. A unique spiritual guide for Catholics and non-Catholics alike: full of wisdom and hope, from the one person who has gien us the greatest example of love in action in our time. R1. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 011322. ISBN: 0712674527
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Imprint: London, Rodale, 2003 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. A wide format volume 6.25 inches high x 9.25 inches wide. Foreword by Lance Armstrong. Six chapters : - What Every Kid Wants by Bill Strickland, Bicycling Culture by Mark Riedy and Joe Lindsey; History by Joe Lindsey; The Art of the Cycle by Nicholas Oddy; Mountain Bikes by Zapata Espinoza; The Greatest Race by James Startt. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photographs. A unique tribute to the global success of the bicycle that every cyclist should own. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.84 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 114. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 003624. ISBN: 1405034300
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Imprint: London, Octopus, 1984 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. 346 pages. This exciting anthology combines in one volume many of the best war stories ever written, both real-life and fictional. From the romantic grandeur of the Napoleonic era to the dehumanising horrors of the two World Wars from Europe to Africa. Authors include Robert Graves, Nicholas Monsarrat, Alistair Maclean, H.G. Wells, Leo Tolstoy, H.E. Bates, Norman Mailer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.85 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST A1E. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 011259. ISBN: 0706419642
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Imprint: London, Oxford University Press, 1963 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on brown cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a small name to front pastedown and light foxing to top edge else very clean, tight and unmarked. A VG+ copy. Dustjacket is also VG+ with minimal wear. This handbook has been compiled by the City of Oxford Education Authority's Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education and breaks new ground in the history of Religious Education in England. Its scope is wide, for it sets out to provide information about the nature of an Agreed Syllabus; to describe the pattern and content of the bible as a source-book; to offer sugestions for the effective conduct of the School Assembly (the 'collective worship' of the 1944 Education Act, Sect.25). R1. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 006524.
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Imprint: New York, Gramercy, 2001 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. Fourteen tales which vividly evoke the period in American history, all of which were written during the war, with eyewitness accounts of military and naval battles, including the 'Merrimac' and the 'Monitor', Sheridan's hold against Grant and Sherman's March. Archival documents and photographs illustrate many of the stories. D4E. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 003513. ISBN: 0517162733
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Imprint: London, Dorling Kindersley, 2004 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a name to top edge of front endpaper). 328 pages. Reprinted with revisions. A definitive guide to Cuba with maps and coloured illustrations and photos throughout - everything a traveller needs to know. 50. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010896. ISBN: 0751348376
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Imprint: London, Harper Collins, 1997 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which has light creasing to top edge. First edition, First printing. This collection of letters to God from young children shows how Diana, Princess of Wales' desire to be an influence for good touched even the youngest hearts. Time and again the children remember her not for her beauty but for the way her very presence cheered people in a way few have ever been able to do. Illustrated throughout with photographs. R3. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 007306. ISBN: 0551031476
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Imprint: London, Ward, Lock, 1988 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy in pictorial laminated boards with Fine dustjacket. A large format book of 223 pages. Illustrated throughout with photographs and maps. The book gives detailed maps, directions, and a description of features along the way for 38 glorious walks. They vary from short essy strolls to tough long-distance treks, each graded for difficulty. 2. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 010940. ISBN: 0706368401
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Imprint: London, Bracken Books, 1985 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A collection of more than 80 poems beautifully illustrated throughout by George Wharton Edwards and which was first published in 1897. A wonderful little book which espouses the beauty, aspirations, experiences and passion of love. B2C. Illustr.: George Wharton Edwards. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 001336. ISBN: 0946495289
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Imprint: London, Sanctuary Publishing, 2001 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial boards of Muhammad Ali which are clean with a few, barely discernible, small dents to front. Internally very clean and uninscribed. A Very Good + copy. Dustjacket with photographs of Ali is complete and has some shelf marking which again are barely visible. Foreword by Lennox Lewis. A unique account of one of the world's greatest boxers and one of the 20th century's icons by his daughter and 50 boxers, actors and others, each revealing what Ali means to them. Profusely illustrated with photographs. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.07 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST A1B. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 002354. ISBN: 186074401x
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Imprint: Manorial Research/National Maritime Museum, 1989 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. 160 pages. Illustrated throughout. An international exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary 28 April 1989 - 1 October 1989. Comprises : William Bligh's Royal Navy by Richard Ormond; Jolly Tars Were Our Men by Nicholas Rodger; The Pacific - Great Unknown by Glyn Williams; Bligh and the Mutiny by Stephen Walters; Mutineer Who Made History by Glynn Christian; The Epic Open Boat Voyage by Andrew David; Guide to the Exhibition by Rina Prentice; Tahiti - Paradise on Earth by Bengt Danielsson; Tragedy of the Pandora by Ronald Coleman; Pitcairn - What Happened by Brian W. Scott; Turning a Mutiny into a Legend by Gavin Kennedy; Film-makers and Bounty by Glynn Christian; Elizabeth Bligh - Her Beginnings by Jasper Shackleton. 1. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 009446. ISBN: 0951312820
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Imprint: London, Thames and Hudson, 2006 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which has a crease to front. A large square format volume of 384 pages. 537 colour illustrations. Drawing on the unrivalled resources of Reuters, the world's biggest international news agency, The State of the World explores nine major themes that together provide a balance sheet for the questions all human beings ask. With incisive articles by leading Reuters journalists and brilliant photographs selected from an archive of literally millions, this landmark publication brings into focus the fast-paced and dramatic developments that have transformed our world in the first years of the new millennium. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 2.3 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 5. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 010173. ISBN: 0500543208
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Imprint: London, Blackie, 1930 Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Coloured pictorial boards by Stanley Lloyd which has wear to edges and marks to back. Internally there is foxing to closed edges and sporadically to pages, some darker marks to the margins of a few pages, a neat inscription to front endpaper 'To dear little Margaret with love from Auntie Dolly, September 9th 1932'. Binding is tight with no cracking of hinges. 16 full size colour plates are very clean and bright with numerous other illustrations in the text (of which one page has been neatly coloured in) by many illustrators including Stanley Lloyd, Topham, Joanne Ingall. Not dated but British Library has this as 1930. A most delightfully illustrated children's book of the period and quite uncommon to find in such a tight condition as most tend to have been pulled apart or nearly destroyed. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.2 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST **** 25. Illustr.: Topham; Lloyd, Stanley; Ingall, Joanne. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 006498.
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Imprint: London, Everyman Guides 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy. 419 pages. 9 maps and map endpapers. Over 1,500 specially commissioned illustrations, drawings and photographs. Both a practical guide and a detailed source of reference to the culture, art, architecture and customs of Andalusia. Eight detailed itineraries take you on a comprehensive tour of the region, extensive coverage of the religious arts and traditions, its festivals, pilgrimages, costumes, music, literature, flamenco and natural history. Everything a traveller will need. B2C. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010248. ISBN: 1841592102
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Imprint: Harlow, Essex, Pearson Education, 2003 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. A large format volume of 188 pages. The Art of Sport offers a fascinating selection of sports photography taken by Reuters staff who have had the vision and ability to see and capture extraordinary sporting events. The book sets each photograph in context, outlining the circumstances behind the image: how the photographers came to be there at that moment and how they managed to document them. It showcases the two essential characteristics of the top photojournalist - a nose for a sporting story and an eye for a beautiful photograph. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.26 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 3. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 009252. ISBN: 1903684129
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Imprint: London, Macmillan, 1884 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Gilt title on leather spine with leather corners and buckram boards which have wear to spine sides, head tail and to corners and a stain to rear. Internally there are the occasional light marks to some pages, light staining to the top corners of last 140 pages or so but generally clean and unmarked with two pages (327-330) being loose. A strongly bound heavy volume of viii + 784 pages containing fiction by notable writers, poetry and essays on a wide range of subjects. Wonderfully iIllustrated throughout with ornamental friezes, initial letters, tail pieces and engravings and drawings. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.62 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 155. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010889.
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Imprint: London, Brombacher, 1979 Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. A large format volume of 364 pages. Illustrated. Second edition revised. This book is intended to be a tribute to those unknown 'behind the scenes' , chefs de cuisine and restaurateurs who have worked hard a lifetime to get the skill and experience which create such beautiful works of art, so-called menus. Over 100 top restaurants of international repute are here assembled. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.4 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 302. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 009940.
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Imprint: London, Frances Lincoln, 1996 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. 50 timeless prayers, from sources both ancient and modern with each prayer illuminated with a detail painting chosen from one of the world's great art museums renowned for their magnificent collections of religious paintings. Prayers from down the centuries include the beautiful canticles of Saint Francis of Assisi, and there are prayers for every occasion. R1. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 008358. ISBN: 0711210810
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Imprint: London, Guild Publishing, 1986 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. A follow on book to Walker's Britain, it is a detailed work with ordnance survey maps, detailed route finding directions, points of interest along the way and practical guidance for walkers. Ordnance survey map symbols to endpapers with photographs and drawings in the text. 160 walks and rambles. B2D. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 004674.
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Imprint: London, Hutchinson, 1980 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. A personal vivid record of the broadcaster's life from his youth in Swansea, the tragi-comedy of his attempts to earn a living in the Depression, study at Oxford and his days in the BBC before the war and of his adventures as a war correspondent. His story is given freshness by quotations from some of his light hearted verse and by rough sketches from his notebooks. 17 photographs. **** NOT EX LIB **** C3A. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 001464. ISBN: 0091438905
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Imprint: London, The Sportsman's Press, 1992 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which has a small closed tear to top of spine and a little fading to spine. vi + 113 pages. 12 plates. In this comprehensive and very practical guide, Michael Veale discusses the spinning lure; plugs and wobblers; homemade spinners and spinners of foreign manufacture; light spinners and fly spinners; fly lure tying techniques and easy to make lures, mounts and spinners. He includes many of his own fly lures and spinning line patterns which have proved their worth in many years of experiment. ALSO INCLUDED is a hand drawing of lures (original design?) by a previous owner. C3C. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 008925. ISBN: 0948253584
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Imprint: London, Cassell, 1948 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ clean, tight copy which has a small neat name and date to front endpaper and a little light foxing to endpapers with dustjacket which has some chipping and is not price clipped. 330 pages. This brilliantly written book is a history of the development of the concerto from its origins in the 16th and 17th centuries to the present, with a critical list of concerto recordings. It covers the Early Concerto, the Concerto Grosso, the Early Solo, the Classical, the Beethoven, the Romantic, and the Modern. **** NOT EX LIB **** C3A. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 007706.
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Imprint: Dunedin, New Zealand, Square One Press, 2003 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy. Second edition (first was 1976). A history of the town of Clyde, in New Zealand, situated at the foot of the Dunstan Range on the east bank of the Chatha river, settled first in 1857 by the brothers, Alexander and Watson Shennan. Photo illustrations and map. 50. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 007520. ISBN: 0908562497
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Imprint: London, Macdonald, 1960 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on green cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear with a bump to one corner tip. Internally there is a small name to front pastedown and some light foxing to top edge else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has some wear with minor repaired closed tears. Translated from the Portuguese by Lomas Barrett. 21 illustrations. The breathtaking beauty of the scenery and the great literary and artistic heritage of Mexico, both of the Aztecs and of their Spanish conquerors, are evoked with great sensitivity. **** NOT EX LIB **** B2C. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 006186.
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Imprint: London, National Maritime Museum, 2004 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy in an As New dustjacket. A square format volume. 112 pages. Illustrated throughout with period photographs and art. This charming book draws on the photographic archive and other collections of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich to tell the extraordinary tales of all kinds of animal at sea. Liza Verity charts over 200 years of animals at sea, their human companions, the ships they sailed on and the voyages they undertook. A1A. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: As New Stock number: 011286. ISBN: 0948065567
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Imprint: Utah, Brigham Young University Press, 1979 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which is not price clipped. 187 pages. Illustrated throughout. The book is a history of mankind's war against animals, detailing the hunting to extinction or near extinction of animals, using as examples species or sub-species of whale, fur-bearing animals, buffalo, elephants, birds and big-game animals. A1A. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 008909. ISBN: 0842517146
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Imprint: London, BBC Books, 1994 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with a near Fine coloured photographic dustjacket which is not price clipped and has a little creasing to top. A wonderful portrait of a country which is full of surprises especially from the perspective of two wheels. It covers six regions with each tour evocatively described by the television broadcaster and cook, which was also a television series. Illustrated throughout with coloured photographs and maps. 11. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 002290. ISBN: 0563370513
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Imprint: London, Michael Joseph, 1983 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 304 pages with illustrations in the text by William Freeth. Map endpapers. The radio broadcaster and cook's book is about a summer bicycle ride diagonally across Britain - over 600 miles of Roman roads from Topsham in Devon to Musselburgh near Edinburgh. But the book is anything but straight: Tom Vernon flashes tantalising glimpses of individuals and places to make up a moving-picture of a people and their country. The effect is funny, pastoral, chatty, critical and quirky by turns - but always human. 16. Illustr.: Freeth, William. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 008097. ISBN: 0718123492
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Imprint: Paris, George Crès, 1914 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 424 pages. Portrait frontispice. Table des Matières: Livre I - La Grosse Presse; Live II - La Petite Presse; Livre III - Les Divertissements; Livre IV - Beaux-Arts et Belles Lettres; Livre V - La Science; Livre VI - Quelques Tèmoins; Livre VII - Coquelet et Compagnie; Livre VIII - Sur les Quais. Not dated but believe this to be 1914. B2A. Book Condition: Très Bon. Binding: Couverture Rigide. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 008509.
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Imprint: New York, St. Martin's Press, 1980 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. First US edition. An affectionate anthology of some of the most memorable and hilarious of disasters from opera houses all over the world amusingly illustrated with cartoons by Michael ffolkes.. A1E. Illustr.: Ffolkes, Michael. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 007579. ISBN: 0312346336
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