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Fifty Celebrated Men: Their Lives and Trials and The Deeds That Made Them Famous
Ward, Lock & Co Limited London Decorative Cloth Good+ No Jacket 12mo - 7.25" Tall
The Youth's Library series. Red cloth boards with gilt and black titles and decoration. Spine is a little lightened, light wear to cover edges. Internally the pages are age-tanned and have some scattered foxing. No names or inscriptions. 311pp. Image availalble on request. 035515
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5.95 GBP
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Joseph Ashby of Tysoe 1859-1919: A Study of English Village Life
Ashby, M. K. ; with an introduction by E. P. Thompson The Merlin Press Ltd London 1979 085036180x / 9780850361803 Soft cover Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Second hand paperback. Good condition. There are some reading creases to the spine and a rubbed patch to the front cover. Faint imprints to the front endpaper from an old pencil price mark. Spine faded. A few foxing spots to the top outer closed textblock edge and a few light handling marks to outer closed textblock foredge. Binding is firm and tight. Pages clean. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. pp. xx, 303. 306739
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6.00 GBP
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The Dictionary of National Biography: The Concise Dictionary Part I From the Beginnings to 1900, being an epitome of the Main Work and its Supplement
Oxford University Press London 1969 Hardcover Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Original boards. There are some light marks to the boards. Grey marks to the bottom outer closed textblock edge and some small dark speckles to the outer closed textblock foredge. Boards just lightly bruised at the spine ends. Binding firm and square. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Light bruising to the dust jacket edges and there is a small snagged tear in the dust jacket in the titles on the spine. Front flap of the dust jacket price clipped. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. pp. vii, 1503. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. A VERY HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK mainland as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. Small surcharge may apply to UK highlands and islands and N. Ireland; larger surcharge for overseas destinations. NO additional charges for sending within the UK mainland. 306327
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10.00 GBP
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Brief Lives by John Aubrey
Aubrey, John ; a selection based upon existing contemporary portraits edited by Richard Barber The Folio Society London 1994 Hardcover Very Good No Slipcase Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
8th printing of this Folio Society edition. In very good, clean condition but lacks slipcase. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Printed on Hamilton Wove paper and bound in Berkeley cloth blocked with a design by Malcolm Harvey Young. pp. 324. 305513
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6.00 GBP
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The Dictionary of National Biography: The Concise Dictionary Part II 1901-1950, being an epitome of the Twentieth Century D.N.B. down to the end of 1950
Oxford University Press London 1967 Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Original blue boards. There is a small pale mark to the outer closed textblock foredge and to the edge of the dust jacket. Binding firm. Pages clean. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Dust jacket not price clipped. Some light rubs to the dust jacket edges and a short tear at the head of the spine. pp. 528. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. A HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for sending within the UK. 306236
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7.00 GBP
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Mission to Tashkent
Bailey, Lieutenant-Colonel F. M. ; introduction and epilogue by Peter Hopkirk The Folio Society London 1999 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
In good, clean condition but there is a forward lean to the spine and a page reference written on the front endpaper. No other marks. Slight bumps to a couple of corners. Lacks slipcase. Printed on Balmoral Wove paper and bound in quarter red cloth with paper sides printed with a facsmilie of the author's false passport as Joseph Kastamuni. pp. xxiii, 269. 104097
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4.50 GBP
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A Nomad in North America: Pen Pictures by a Sojourner in the New World
"Ben Assher" Robert Holden & Co. Ltd. 1927 1st Edition Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Blue cloth covers, badly faded at the spine and in patches on the boards. Some mottling to the cloth. Corners bumped. The front endpaper has been removed. Inside the pages are tanned and have some scattered foxing. 300077
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15.00 GBP
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A Fine Place to Daydream
Barich, Bill Collins Willow 2005 0007191804 / 9780007191802 First Edition Hardcover Fine Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
In excellent FINE condition. RRP. £15.99. First edition. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective archival film sleeve (which does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way). 101899
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7.50 GBP
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Dickens: Public Life and Private Passion
Ackroyd, Peter BBC Books 2002 0563534737 / 9780563534730 Hardcover Fine Fine Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Both the book and dust jacket are in excellent, fine condition. Unmarked. Appears unread / barely read. Dust jacket not price clipped [£16.99]. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. pp. 160. 303758
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8.00 GBP
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Forever Free: Elsa's Pride
Adamson, Joy Collins and Harvill Press London 1962 1st Edition Hardcover Very Good Fair Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
First edition. Original boards. The book itself is in very good, clean condition. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Binding firm and pages clean. The dust jacket is edgeworn, with tears and rubs, resulting creases, small loss at head of spine and corners and a larger piece missing from the bottom edge of the back cover and spine, approx. 10cm x 3cm. Dust jacket not price clipped. Some foxing to the underside of the dust jacket. pp. 192. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to orders with a delivery address outside the UK as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO extra charges for delivery within the UK. 105004
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15.00 GBP
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Augustus Hare
Barnes, Malcolm Allen & Unwin 1984 004920100x / 9780049201002 Hardcover Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Brown cloth. some foxing to the outer textblock edges, first and last few pages and the underside of the dust jacket. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. DJ not price clipped [£20]. pp. xii, 240. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. 102805
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8.00 GBP
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Living Free: The Story of Elsa and her cubs
Adamson, Joy ; introduction by Sir Julian Huxley Collins and Harvill Press London 1961 Hardcover Very Good Fair Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Fourth impression, December 1961. First published in October1961. Original boards. Bumped at the base of the spine and lightly bruised at the head of the spine, with a slight forwards lean to the spine. Nice and clean inside. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Binding firm and pages clean. The dust jacket is very worn and torn with large tears previously repaired with sellotape to the front of the front cover. The old brittle tape has come away but has left marks behind. Resulting creases from the tears. The dust jacket is also slightly faded at the spine. Foxing to the underside of the dust jacket. Not price clipped. 146pp. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to orders with a delivery address outside the UK as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO extra charges for delivery within the UK. 105003
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9.00 GBP
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Animal Magic: A Brother's Story
Barrow, Andrew Jonathan Cape 2011 0224090593 / 9780224090599 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
In VG clean condition. DJ not price clipped [£18.99]. 324pp. 102164
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7.00 GBP
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Born Free: a Lioness of Two Worlds
Adamson, Joy ; with extracts from George Adamson's Letters ; preface by Lord William Percy ; foreword by Captain Charles Pitman Collins and Harvill Press London 1962 Hardcover Very Good Good Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
14th impression, May 1962. First published in March 1960. Original boards. Some very light foxing spots to endpapers. Binding nice and firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Pages clean. The dust jacket is edgeworn, with rubs, chips, tears and some minor loss at the head of the spine and the corners. Some significant foxing to the underside of the dust jacket. Not price clipped. 160pp. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to orders with a delivery address outside the UK as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO extra charges for delivery within the UK. 105002
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10.00 GBP
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The Later Wordsworth
Bath, Edith C. Cambridge at the University Press Cambridge 1933 First Edition Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Red cloth. Covers are a bit worn, with some rubs to the spine ends and some light marks to the boards. NOT an ex-lib copy though and contents are clean. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Some light foxing to endpapers / prelims. pp. x; 417. 302145
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15.00 GBP
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Sir Roger de Coverly
Addison, Joseph ; Steele, Sir Richard ; Budgell, Eustace ; edited by John Hampden, with wood engravings by Richard Shirley Smith The Folio Society London 1968 Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback. 2nd impression of this Folio Society edition. In very good condition. This is an ex-Folio Society file copy - on the front pastedown is a sticker with publication date, edition, number of copies printed (2500) and cost per copy. 158pp. No other marks. Lacks slipcase. 103764
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7.00 GBP
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The Diving-Bell & the Butterfly
Bauby, Jean-Dominique ; translated by Jeremy Leggatt Fourth Estate Ltd 1997 1857027795 / 9781857027792 Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. 3rd impression of this UK edition. In very good, clean condition. The binding is firm. Minor bruising to spine ends and dust jacket edges. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. The pages are slightly tanned /darkened. Dust jacket not price clipped. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. (Photographed without the film sleeve, to minimise reflection). 139pp. 22cm. 101733
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7.50 GBP
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Some Parliamentary Recollections
Agg-Gardner, The Rt. Hon. Sir James Ed. J. Burrow & Co., Ltd [c.1927] 1927 Edition De Luxe Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 8vo - 9.25" Tall Signed Limited Edition
No date stated. c. 1927. Edition de luxe. Numbered signed edition. Bound in blue leather which has a slightly padded feel to it. This copy has been hand-numbered (No. 67) and is signed underneath by the author. Corners are just a little rubbed. Top outer textblock edge edged in gilt. Other edges deckled / untrimmed. 246pp. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. 050466
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24.00 GBP
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General-At-Sea: Robert Blake and the Seventeenth-Century Revolution in Naval Warfare
Baumber, Michael John Murray London 1989 0719547067 / 9780719547065 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Publisher's original red boards. Both the book and dust jacket are in very good, clean condition. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Binding tight. DJ not price clipped. Spine of the dust jacket very slightly faded. 284pp. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. 304745
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10.00 GBP
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Pride and Perjury [Signed 1st Edition]
Aitken, Jonathan HarperCollins London 2000 0002740753 / 9780002740753 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s)
1st edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page; no inscription / dedication. In very good, clean condition. Dust jacket price clipped. No previous ownership names or inscriptions. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective archival film sleeve (which does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way). 392pp. 301411
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20.00 GBP
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William Allingham: The Diaries
Allingham, William ; edited by H. Allingham and D. Radford with an introduction by John Julius Norwich The Folio Society 1990 Hardcover Near Fine Slipcase Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Both the book and slipcase are in excellent fine condition. The slipcase is very slightly faded at the edges and has a mark to one side from what looks like a previous price sticker. 351pp. A HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to international orders as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO extra charges for delivery within the UK. 102400
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8.00 GBP
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Hans Andersen, By Himself
Andersen, Hans Christian ; translated by Mary Howitt ; with a preface by Violet Jacob George Routledge & Sons, Ltd London 1926 Hardcover Fair No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Hardback. Pictorial paper boards, green cloth spine. The boards are heavily stained, with rubbed corners and edges. Bruised spine ends. The interior is in good condition. Endpapers are browned. Light foxing. 317pp. 301402
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15.00 GBP
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A Woman Making History: Mary Ritter Beard Through Her Letters
Beard, Mary Ritter ; edited and with an introduction by Nancy F. Cott Yale University Press 1991 0300048254 / 9780300048254 Hardcover Fine Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
RRP when new was £35.00. Book and dust jacket in excellent fine unmarked condition. Clean, tight, appears unread. Not price clipped, the dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve (which does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear). pp. xii, 378. 303199
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15.00 GBP
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A Visit to Germany, Italy and Malta, 1840-1841 : A Poet's Bazaar I-II
Andersen, Hans Christian; Translated into English Grace Thornton Peter Owen London 1985 0720606365 / 9780720606362 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. In very good, clean condition. Binding firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The pages are tanned / browned, particularly at the edges. pp. 182. 043701
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8.00 GBP
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Virginia Woolf, A Biography. Volumes One and Two. Volume One: Virginia Stephen 1882-1912; Volume Two: Mrs Woolf 1912-1941
Bell, Quentin The Hogarth Press London 1972 0701202912 / 9780701202910 Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback; lacking dust jackets. Original light grey boards. Both in very good condition. A little bruised at spine ends and Volume Two has a small brown mark towards the base of the spine. V. 1 is a 4th impression of August 1972 and V. 2 is a 3rd impression of October 1972. Both volumes have a name and date written at the top edge of the half-title page and a previous owner's name and address sticker on the facing page, the reverse of the front endpaper. pp. xiii, [2], 230; ix, [2], 300. A HEAVY set - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK as this set bcosts more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for sending within the UK. 307571
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16.00 GBP
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The Young Ardizzone: An Autobiographical Fragment
Ardizzone, Edward Studio Vista Limited London 1970 0289797721 / 9780289797723 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Ardizzone, Edward
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. A number written in tiny, neat writing (in ink) at the top edge of the front endpaper. The binding is firm and pages are clean. Original green boards. The boards are lightly bruised at the edges. The dust jacket is also lightly bruised at the edges, and has a short tear to the bottom edge of the back cover. Front flap not price clipped. Some light foxing to top outer closed textblock page edge; no other foxing to page edges or pages. pp. 144. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. (Books photographed without the protective cover, to avoid reflections). 308997
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30.00 GBP
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Steep Ways and Narrow, A Layman's Autobiography
Bell, Vicars Faber and Faber London 1963 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Red cloth. A nice clean copy. No names or inscriptions. Tidy dust jacket; a few minor rubs to the edges. The DJ is supplied by us in a loose protective archival film sleeve to prolong the life of the jacket. (This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and is fully removable if preferred). 106pp. 302305
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25.00 GBP
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Lost Splendour
Youssoupoff, Prince Felix ; translated from the French by Ann Green and Nicolas Katkoff ; with an introduction by Count Nikolai Tolstoy
7.00 GBP
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Thinking of Home: William Faulkner's Letters to his Mother and Father, 1918-1925
Faulkner, William ; edited by James G. Watson
7.00 GBP
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About This Man Called Ali: The purple life of an Arab artist
Ghandour, Amal
12.00 GBP
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A Lucid Dreamer: The Life of Peter Redgrove
Roberts, Neil
8.00 GBP
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Present Past, Past Present: a Personal Memoir
Ionesco, Eugene ; with a new introduction by Robert Brustein ; translated from the French by Helen R. Lane
6.00 GBP
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The Young Ardizzone: An Autobiographical Fragment
Ardizzone, Edward
30.00 GBP
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Franz Kafka, A Biography
Brod, Max ; translated from the German by G. Humphreys Roberts and Richard Winston
7.00 GBP
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume IV, 1663 (A new and complete transcription)
Pepys, Samuel ; edited by Robert Latham and William Matthews
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