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801 |
Adams, H. G. The Life and Adventures of Dr. Livingston: in the Interior of South Africa;
London, James Blackwood, nd; (c18---?)
Good++/ No Dw; xxvi, 322pp Illustrated with tissue guarded Portrait frontis. & 60 charming engravings, the Drawings by Sargent, Harvey, Thomas, Wood & Smyth; Red gilt decorated covers with Title in medallion on front, dec. title on spine, bevelled boards; Few marks to covers; All edges gilt; " Comprising a Description of the Regions which He Traversed; An Account of Missionary Pioneers; And Chapters on Cotton Cultivation, Slavery, Wild Animals etc etc"
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802 |
Adams, Richard Shardik;
London, Allen Lane, 1974; 0 7139 0952 8 0 7139 0952 8
1st Edition; Very Good / Dw Poor; 526pp with coloured eps; Blue covers with bright gilt title on spine; Some fading where dw torn; Dw has 4cm triangular tear at front, few closed tears, price intact.
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804 |
Adams, Richard The Iron Wolf and other stories;
London, Lane, 1980; 0 7139 1341 0 7139 1341
1st Edition; Nr Fine/ Dw Nr Fine; 4to; 142pp with colour plates by Yvonne Gilbert and black & white drawings by Jennifer Campbell; Brown covers with title on spine; Dust wrapper has price intact. Fep owner-inscribed . Nineteen enchanting folk-tales from around the world.
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807 |
Adamson, Joy Living Free. The Story of Elsa and Her Cubs;
London, Collins & Harvill press, 1961;
1st Edit; Nr F/ Dj VG+; xii, 146pp with an introduction by Sir Julian Huxley; Coloured frontis. plus numerous b/w photographs, Maps on eps; Sequel to 'Born Free' Lovely pictorial boards; Dj has sl edge wear & a repaired closed tear, price clipped.
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809 |
Adamson, Joy The Story of Elsa;
London, Collins and Harville, 1966;
Nr F/ Dj VG; 318pp with numerous b/w photographs; Maps on eps; Yellow / blue covers with red label title on spine; Dw is price clipped with sm creases & closed tears.
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810 |
Adamson, Margot Robert Chapter and Verse;
Edinburgh, The Moray Press,1937;
1st Edition; Very good/ Dw Good; 305pp; Torquoise covers with black lettering; Dust wrapper has loss at spine extremities & top edge. "A dramatic novel set in a Scottish Highland village. m
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811 |
Adamson, W. A. The Enterprising Angler;
London, Jenkins, 1950;
1st edition. Hardback. xviii, 268pp plus 4pp Publishers catalogue. Green covers spoiled by a damp mark over the top half . Internally very good and clean. Dust jacket has small loss at bottom of spine ( 1" x 1".) closed tears, creases. Good- Dj Good- " An original and compendious book....including the author's novel theories about spinning-baits, salmon and trolling....."
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812 |
Addis, W. E. ( Edited by) The Book of Job & The Book of Ruth;
London, Dent, 1902;
The Temple Bible Series. Hardback. 24mo. Good condition. xxiv, 152pp with tissue guarded monochrome photogravure frontis. plus Notes, Biblical References in English Literature. Detached rose marker ribbon. Original green leather covers with gilt lamb, flag and cross motif on front, title on sunned spine. Wear to edges. Hinge, tape repaired and fragile. Top edge gilt.
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813 |
Adler, Irviing Illustrated by Ruth Adler Time of Your Life;
London, Dobson, 11957;
1st edition. Hardback. Very good/ Dust jacket Very good. 152pp with numerous text illustrations by Ruth Alder. Small purple pen mark on ffep. Blue covers with gilt title on spine. Dust jacket has price intact. " ..No Author has previously taken the subject of time for a book for young people."
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814 |
Adler, Warren The Henderson Equation;
N.Y., Putman, 1976; 399-11755-5 399-11755-5
1st Edit; Hardback. Very Good/ Dw Good++; 382pp; Blue covers with pale blue title on spine; Dust wrapper has some edge wear, price intact. No owners inscriptions. "The Chronicle's investigative reporting has brought down a hated and corrupt president. Now there is a lead which would destroy the paper's own favorite candidate in the forthcoming presidential election." z
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815 |
Aellen, Richard Crux;
London,m Hamilton, 1989; 0241129885 0241129885
1st edition.Hardback. Nr fine/ Dj Nr fine. 344pp. Red covers with gilt tile on spine. Dust jacket has price intact.
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816 |
Aesop Illustrated by M. Maitland Howard Fables of Aesop;
London, The Bodley Head, 1926;
1st edition. Hardback. Very good condition. 132pp with 8 delightful coloured illustrations plus many black/white illustrations by M. Maitland Howard. Few light fox marks otherwise tight and clean. Pictorial covers with gilt title on front & sunned title on spine. Small scuff top of spine. A nice copy of a hard to find edition.
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817 |
Afghan The Wanderings of Asaf;
London, Jenkins, nd (c 1925)
Popular Edition; HBk; Very good/ No dj; 311pp with 8pp Publishers Catalogue; Orange covers with brown line drawings; " A rousing story handled with power and picturesqueness of detail"
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823 |
Aiken, Joan Illustrated by Pat Marriott Cuckoo Tree;
London, Cape, 1971; 0 224 00514 6 0 224 00514 6
1st edition. Hardback. Ex-Library. Very Good/ Dust jakcet Very good. 251pp with illustrations by Pat Marriott. Usual library markings. Very clean & tight book. Red covers. Protected dust jakcet has price intact. " Immensely exciting, weird and funny."
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824 |
Ainslie, Kenneth Pacific Ordeal;
London, Hart-Davis, 1956;
1st Edit ; Very good/Dw Good++; 251pp with double page maps & 6 b/w Illustrations; Green covers with silver title on spine; Dust wrapper has slight edge wear, price intact. An account of a cross-Pacific tow of four minesweepers.
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827 |
Ainsworth, W. H. Windsor Castle;
London, Collins, nd;
Library of Classics series. Hardback. 6^" x 4". Good+/ No dj. 382pp with frontis. Maroon covers with embossed motif on front, gilt title on spine. Small mark to front cover, very clean internally.
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828 |
Ainsworth, W. Harrison The Tower Of London;
London, Warne, nd;
reprint, G++/no Dw, 312pp with coloured frontispiece by R. Mills. Brown covers embossed in art nouveau style with gilt title on spine & black lettering. Page cracked at title page but firm, light soiling to back cover. hard to find in this edition.
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830 |
Ainsworth, William Harrison Windsor Castle, An Historical Romance;
London, 'Review of Reviews' nd ( c 1890's);
Softcover. Penny Popular Novels. No. 64. The Masterpiece Library . Abridged. Edited by W. T. Stead. Price One Penny. 60pp with 4pp period adverts including Pears Soap & Van Houten's Cocoa. Good condition with pages yellowing and wear to cover edges. Enjoy an early original paperback.
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837 |
Alcorn, Robert Hayden Riding High;
London, Hurst & Blackett, 1953;
1st UK Edition; Hardback. Very Good/ Dw Very good; 254pp with jacket design & 6 full page Illustrations by Michael Lyne; Dark green covers with gilt title on spine; Dust wrapper has closed tear, price intact. Small neat inscription. z
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839 |
Alcott, Louisa M Jo's Boys;
London, Blackie, nd;
Hardback. Blackie's Library of Famous Books series. Very good/ Dust jacket Good+. 304pp with coloured frontis. by Francis E. Hiley. Green covers with black line drawing & title on the front, title on spine. Protected dust jacket has small closed tear, slight edge wear.
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840 |
Alcott, Louisa M. Good Wives;
London, Sandle Brothers, nd ( c 1920's?);
Hardback. Printed in the Netherlands. Good/ Np dj. 188pp with illustrations by M. Langbroek. Back internal hinge cracked , tape repaired. Pictorial covers with green cloth spine.
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841 |
Alcott, Louisa M. Good Wives;
London, Gawthorne, nd;
220pp with coloured Frontis. & 8 b/w Illustrations by Frank Jennens; Yellow covers with gilt title; Good/ No dw. Covers soiled, internally tight and clean.
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843 |
Alcott, Louisa M. Little Women. A Story for Girls;
London, Blackie, nd .( c 1940's?);
Blackies " Famous Books" series. No 12; Hardback; Good/ Dj Very good; 288pp with coloured frontis. & 2 other coloured illustrations ( held in with old sellotape); Red embossed decorated covers with gilt title on spine; Dust jacket has chips and small closed tears, price intact.
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846 |
Aldrich, H. B. Air Scout;
London, The Epworth Press, 1938;
1st Edition; Hardback. Good++/ No Dw; 191pp with b/w Frontis.; Blue cover with black lettering. Covers slightly marked; Exciting Air Scout story.
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854 |
Alexander, William Sketches of Life Among My Ain Folk;
Edinburgh, Edmonston and Douglas, 1875;
1st edition.Hardback. Good/ No dj. 248pp. Decorated covers . William Alexander was a 19th century Scottish novelist and editor of the 'Aberdeen Free Press,' in which these sketches first appeared. The Characters and Local life depicted in the stories are typical of the North East of Scotland in the 19th century.
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857 |
Allan, Francis J. Aids to Sanitary Science, for The Use of Candidatesfor Public Health Qualifications;
London, Bailliere, Tindall & Co, nd ( c 1890);
Hardback. 1st edition. Very good condition. iv, 236pp with black endpapers. Brown covers with black motif & lettering. on front. Chapters include : Water Supply, Removal and Disposal of Excreta & Refuse, Air Ventilation, School Hygiene, Disposal of the Dead and much more.
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859 |
Allan, John R. Illustrated by C. W. Bacon Summer in Scotland;
London, Mehtuen, 1938;
1st edition. Hardback. Very good/ No dj. 274pp with 5 decorated maps and endpapers by C. W. Bacon plus 8 plates. Orange covers with motif on front corner, title on spine. " A personal book written for those who wish to know something about life in our curious country. .. Now come to Scotland and see how the Scots live when they stay at home......"
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860 |
Allan, Mabel Esther The Wood Street Rivals;
London, Methuen, 1979; 0 416 08520 2 0 416 08520 2
Reprint; Hardback; Ex-library; Very good/ Dj Very good; 142pp with Illustrations by Shirley Hughes; Usual library stamps; Green covers with gilt title on spine; Dust jacket has price intact.
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861 |
Allan, Robert Border Lays and Other Poems;
Paisley, J. & R. Parlane, 1891;
1st edition. Hardback. Very good/ No dj. 269pp with 3pp Publishers Catalogue, Green slightly soiled covers with gilt tile on front & spine. , internally very clean & tight. Written in the venacular Scots tongue. Hard to Find.
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865 |
Allen, G. Freeman Locospotters' Annual 1960;
London, Ian Allan, 1960;
Hardback; 4to; 64pp with coloured & Black/white Illustrations; Laminated pictorial covers. Contents include the dawn of Diesel, Italian Crosti engines, South Devon/Trans Europe Express/Pacifics of Haymarket Shed/ The end of the Kentish Belle/-all as photo features, single line working in safety etc.etc.
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866 |
Allen, Hervey Bedford Village;
London, Heinemann, 1944;
1st Edition; Hardback; Very good/ Dj Very good; 285pp with coloured frontis.; Brown covers with motif & white lettering; Dust jacket has edge wear, price intact. " With colonial rebellion still smouldering , with Indian tribes upon the war-path, life on that Pennsylvanian frontier post in 1763 naturally presents all the elements needed to make breathless reading. "
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867 |
Allen, Hervey The Forest and the Fort;
London, Heinemann, 1943;
Reprint Oct. ( 1st Sept. 1943); Very good/ Dw Very good; 310pp with coloured Frontis.; Tan decorated covers; Dust wrappers a bit grubby, slight edge wear at spine extremities. Price intact. Turbulent life of the American frontier in the eighteenth century.
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870 |
Allen, Willis Boyd The Red Mountain of Alaska;
London, Partridge & Co, nd;
Hardback; Good-/ No dj; 320pp with 24 illustrations plus 32 pp Publishers catalogue; Pages age browned, lacks free front endpaper; Red decorated covers with gilt lettering; Cover has small split at hinge. Adventure & exploration in Alaska.
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871 |
Allerton, F.W Chrysanthemums for All;
London, Faber & Faber, 1952;
2nd imp.; Very Good +/ dw Good +; 100pp incl. index; Coloured Frontis with 4 full page photographs and numerous text illust.; Green cloth covers with title on spine, 1/2cm faded along bottom of cover; DW has edge wear, small tear top of spine, price intact;
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872 |
Alleyne, Margaret The Story of Sammy Sticklepin;
London, Warne, 1947;
1st Edition; Hardback; 61/2" x 5 1/2"; Very good/ Dw Very good; 43pp with coloured Illustrations; Surface rubbing where name has been removed on 1st page; Pictorial laminated covers; Dust wrapper has small closed tears, slight edge wear, price intact.
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873 |
Allingham, Margery Sweet Danger;
London, Heinemann, 1937;
Cheap 2/6d Edition. Hardback. Good-/ No dust jacket. 286pp with Map frontis. Guttering slightly exposed where free front endpaper has been torn out. Light foxing throughout. Black covers have a cup ring on the front, faded white title on spine. Bottom corner torn at the corner of back free endpaper. An Albert Campion and Magersfontein Lugg detective story.
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38.00 GBP
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876 |
Allmond, David Secret Heart;
London, Hodder Children's Books, 2001; 0 340 76482 1 0 340 76482 1
1st edition. Hardback. Fine/ Dj Fine. 202pp. Navy covers wiht silver title on spine. Dust jacket by Darren Hopes. A modern fantasy by a Whitbread Award & Carnegie Medal winner.
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877 |
Allward, Maurice Marvels of Jet Aircraft;
London, Collins, 1973; 0 00 106157 7 0 00 106157 7
1st UK Edition; Hardback; 10" x 7.5"; 157pp with coloured & black/white Illustrations by Rod Coleman, Giovanni Giannini & Jean Masse; Pictorial laminated covers. Based on the book by Yves de Bouard. Chapters on Jet Aviation, Jet Aircraft & Navigation. z
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878 |
Allward, Maurice F. The World of Space;
London, Collins, 1956;
1st Impression The Laurel and Gold Series; Good/ No Dw; 191pp with Illustrations by Bruce Green; Maroon coves with gilt lettering; ffep cut at bottom, remains of label on ffep, Technical School stamp on front foredge.
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879 |
Almedingen, E. M. Fair Haven;
London, Hutchinson, 1956;
1st edition. Hardback. Very good/ Dj Good+. 276pp. Light foxing to endpapers. Red covers with gilt tile on spine. Dust jacket by Chadwick has slight edge wear. "......It is Hal's story which forms the central theme of this novel, and is told wiht subtle poetry, a deep and sensitive understanding of Russia and her people.."
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881 |
Ambler, Eric A Kind of Anger;
London, Bodley Head, 1964;
1st edition. Hardback. Very good/ Dust jacket Very good. 250pp. Blue covers with gilt title on spine. Protected dust jacket by Arthur Barbosa has small closed tears, small scuff mark, price intact.
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883 |
Ambler, Eric The Light of Day;
New York, Knopf, 1962;
American Edition published Feburary 25, 1963 First and Second Printing before publication. Hardback. Very good/ Dj Good-. 243pp with Maps on endpapers. No inscriptions. Foredge untrimmed, top edge red. Green covers with gilt motif on front, title on spine. Protected Dust jacket by George Slater has closed tears, nicks, price intact. " The novel is set in Istanbul, the most Oriental of European cities. The protagonist is a down-at-the-heels adventurer with the somewhat discordant name of Arthur Abdel Simpson. This is a swift-moving, sophisticated, memorable novel, written in a fine tradition created and perfected by the author himself. "
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886 |
Ames, Jennifer Nurse's Story
London, The Romance Book Club, 1965;
Hardback. Good+/ No dj. 159pp. Green covers with black title on sunned spine. " What should she do--marry the rich planter , or follow her heart, which yearned for Tim, the happy charming man about town?......Well!!......
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4.00 GBP
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889 |
Amis, Kingsley The Old Devils;
London, Hutchinson, 1986; 0 09 163790 2 0 09 163790 2
Reprint 1986 (3 times); Nr Fine/ Dw Nr Fine; 294pp; Tan covers with gilt title on spine; Dust wrapper has price intact. Winner of the 1986 Booker Prize for fiction. "Outrageously funny"
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894 |
Anderson, Dr Ian Heart Attack;
London, Macmillan, 1980, 0333287355 0333287355
1st edition. Hardback. Nr fine/ Dust jacket Nr fine. 154pp with photographic illustrations. Navy covers with gilt title on spine. Protected dust jacket has price intact. " Understanding the causes, treatment and aftercare of coronary artery disease."
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895 |
Anderson, Ellery Expedition South;
London, Evans Brothers, 1960;
Cadet Edition; HBk; Very good/ Dj Good++; 192pp with Frontis, Map & black/white Illustrations; Navy cover with gilt title on spine; Dust jacket has price clipped. Owner's inscription on ffep. An expedition to the Falkland Islands Dependencies.
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8.00 GBP
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900 |
Anderson, Janice The Cat-A-Logue;
London, Guiinness Books, 1988; 0-85112-484-4 0-85112-484-4
Reprint; Hardback; 8.5" x 5"; Nr fine/ No dj; 128 profusely illustrated; Laminated pictorial covers. " Full of information....if you love cats you'll love this book."
Price:
4.50 GBP
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