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Answers to Mr. Macaulay's Criticism in The Edinburgh Review on Mr. Croker's Edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson. Selected from Blackwood's Magazine. Second Edition.
John Murray Albemarle Street, London 1856 Soft cover Fair Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
A 16-page pamphlet version of an article formerly published in Blackwood's Magazine. Sewn binding at the spine. Macaulay's criticism of Croker's edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson sparked a bitter feud between the two men. From the Prefaratory note inside the front cover: 'The republication, in a cheap form, for railway reading, of Mr. Macaulay's bitter and unjust article on Mr. Croker's edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson, has induced Mr. Murray to issue in a cheap form a series of replies to the assertions and criticism of that article.' Worn and torn; there is a tear, approx one inch, in the foredge of every page and another tear to the top edge of the front cover / title page. 307703
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. CXLI January to June 1887
William Blackwood & Sons Edinburgh and London 1887 Half Leather Very Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Handsomely bound in half brown leather with gilt tooling to the spine, 5 raised bands, red title panel and black volume spine label. Some rubs to edges and corners. Marbled boards, endpapers and all edges. The binding is nice and firm. In very good condition. Joints and hinges all very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine was a long running monthly literary journal. It began in April 1817 and, when it moved HQ to London in 1905, it became simply Blackwood's Magazine. A number of notable authors published their novels and other writings in Blackwood's; for example, George Eliot, Anthony Trollope, Margaret Oliphant, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, and many others. It ceased publication in 1980. This volume contains the first printing of part of the novel, Sarracinesa, by Francis Marion Crawford, probably the best known work of this prolific nineteenth-century author. pp. 1-876. HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to orders with a delivery address outside the UK mainland, as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO extra charges for delivery within the UK mainland; small charge likely for highlands, islands and N. Ireland. 105246
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57.00 GBP
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The Corinna of England, and a Heroine in the Shade; A Modern Romance (1809)
Anon. [attr. to Mrs E. M. Foster] ; edited by Sylvia Bordoni Pickering and Chatto London 2008 1851969241 / 9781851969241 Hardcover Fine No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback, no dust jacket (as published). Laminated boards. In excellent, fine condition; as new. pp. xxi, 155. Published in 1809, E M Foster's The Corinna of England was one of the earliest British responses to the publication of Germaine de Stael's widely-read Corinne, or Italy (1807). This edition will make available a novel of fundamental importance for a complete and thorough understanding of the British reaction to Corinne as well as of its cultural, social and gender implications. Chawton House Library series. 308065
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7.50 GBP
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Breviarium Romanum Ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restitutum, B. PII V. Pontificis Maximi Jussu Editum, Clementis VIII. & Urbani VIII. Auctoritate recognitum; In Quatuor Anni Tempora divisum. Pars Hiemalis.
Sumptibus Pauli Balleonii Venetiis 1707 Leather Bound Fair Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Breviarium Romanum 1707. The binding is in good condition but with some historic worming holes to the pastedowns and, to a lesser extent, endpapers. Worming is not invasive but there are some holes to a block of text towards the back of the book, approx. p. cxlx onwards - a small single hole to the first few pages, then a double hole; pages clxxxi-ccxviii have a slightly larger hole which partly obscures letters in the last two lines of text. There is a long repaired tear to page 225/226 - this is quite neat; there is a small amount of loss to the words in the bottom margin corner, affecting the bottom two lines of text. A few other minor repairs to pages. Four engraved illustrations including frontispiece. Black and red text in two columns on the page. Some pages are loose and a number of others are loosening. This copy would benefit from some careful restoration. Page edges marbled. pp. [16], 624, ccxliv. 24cm. Ribbon page marker is present but fragile. 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. 309094
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80.00 GBP
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82 Distinctive Houses from Architectural Record
Architectural Record F. W. Dodge Corporation USA 1952 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Hardback, no dust jacket. 3rd impression. Publisher's original brown boards, with titles in yellow. Boards are bruised at the spine ends and lightly rubbed at the corners. There is a small light brown stain to the outer closed textblock foredge. Otherwise very good clean condition throughout. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and plans. pp. 442. 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. 307782
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20.00 GBP
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Readers, Book II, with coloured illustrations
W. R. Chambers, Limited [c.1901-1906] London Hard Cover Good No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"
Date of publication not stated but c. 1901-1906. Original green cloth with printed black design. Light rubs to spine ends and corners. Previous owner's name in pencil at the top edge of the title page. Some pencil and pen marks in the text (not extensive). 144pp. Binding quite firm. A good copy. 032917
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7.00 GBP
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Punch, Or The London Charivari 1907, Volume 133 - July to December 1907
Published at The Office Fleet Street, London 1907 Hardcover Good Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Comprises a single Punch volume, no. 133 for the second half of the year 1907. Original maroon cloth binding, with gilt stamped Mr Punch and black floral scroll pattern on the upper board. Blind stamped floral scroll pattern to the lower board and gilt caricatures and titles to the spine. The binding is faded at the spine and cloth frayed and bruised at the spine ends. Corners lightly rubbed and bumped. A few small marks to the boards. The binding is firm and inner hinges good - just short cracks to the top and bottom of the rear inner hinge. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Some very light foxing to first few pages and endpapers. Pages in very good, clean condition. pp. 1-468 [July 3 - Dec 25]. 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. 308478
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16.00 GBP
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Eve's Adventures: A Submarine Fantasy [Inscribed by the author]
Ashton, S. [pseud. of Eustace Fulcrand Bosanquet] ; illustrated by Dorothy Furniss Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd [1904] London 1904 First Edition Hardcover Fair No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Inscribed by Author(s)
Hardback. Blue cloth with gilt decoration. Publication date not stated but is 1904. Inscribed by the author at the top edge of the front endpaper. The inscription reads: Pamela, with the Author's love - [signed] EFB 10/9/4. The boards are bowed / bent and are rubbed at the spine and corners, with a short snag in the cloth at the spine, approx. 3cm from the base of the spine, fraying to the cloth at the spine ends and a short split of approx. 1cm in the cloth at the top of the spine / joint with front board and another at the bottom of the spine / joint with rear board. Some pale splash marks to the boards, which are also faded at the spine and edges. The binding is shaken in a few places but holds. Some bubbles to the pastedowns. Illustrated throughout with black and white line drawings by Dorothy Furniss, daughter of Harry Furniss; two of the illustrations have been coloured with watercolour paint (quite neatly though one has a smudge). A few minor grubby handling marks to pages. Overall an acceptable reading or reference copy of this scarce children's mermaid story. pp. 142. 106089
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15.00 GBP
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Punch, Or The London Charivari 1909, Volume 136 - January to June 1909
Published at The Office Fleet Street, London 1909 Hardcover Good Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Comprises a single Punch volume, no. 136 for the first half of the year 1909. Original maroon cloth binding, with gilt stamped Mr Punch and black floral scroll pattern on the upper board. Blind stamped floral scroll pattern to the lower board and gilt caricatures and titles to the spine. The binding is faded at the spine and cloth frayed at the spine ends. Corners rubbed and top corners bumped. A few small marks to the boards. Both inner hinges are cracked, exposing binding tapes. The binding still holds firmly on the tapes. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Some light foxing to first few pages and endpapers. Pale grubby mark to page 163. Pages are othewise in very good, clean condition. pp. 1-468 [Jan 6 - June 30], + Punch's Almanack for 1909 - The Coming of 1909 28 pages. 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. 104582
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16.00 GBP
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Isolarion: A Different Oxford Journey
Attlee, James Black Swan London 2009 0552775231 / 9780552775236 Paperback NEW 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Brand new paperback. Isolarion takes its title from a type of fifteenth-century map that isolates an area in order to present it in detail - and in that detail finds a greater truth. For James Atlee, that detail is Oxford's Cowley Road, a teeming, multicultural area of commerce, culture and diversity. 394pp. 051835
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7.64 GBP
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Punch, Or The London Charivari 1909, Volume 136 - January to June 1909
Published at The Office Fleet Street, London 1909 Hardcover Good Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Comprises a single Punch volume, no. 136 for the first half of the year 1909. Bound in a plain maroon cloth binding. Binder's mark on the front pastedown for H. Dight, Newport. Spine slightly faded and edges lightly rubbed. No previous owner's name or inscriptions. Some light handling marks (thumbing etc.) and creasing to pages. The binding is firm and sound. Light superficial cracks to bottom few inches of inner hinges. 1-468 [Jan 6 - June 30]. 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. 104583
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16.00 GBP
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Emma
Austen, Jane ; illustrated by Hugh Thomson ; with an introduction by Austin Dobson Macmillan and Co., Limited London 1899 Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Thomson, Hugh
Hardback. Dark red / maroon blind embossed boards. 4th impression of this edition with the Hugh Thomson illustrations. There are a couple of minor marks to the boards and the spine is slightly fade. Light bruising to the spine ends. The binding is firm, though there is a light crack to the front inner hinge. A gift inscription written neatly at the top of the front endpaper (dated 1901). Deckled / untrimmed page edges. pp. xviii, 437, 6. Frontispiece illustration has tissue guard. Some foxing to the title page and frontis. A nice copy. 107120
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110.00 GBP
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Punch, Or The London Charivari 1909, Volume 137 - July to December 1909
Published at The Office Fleet Street, London 1909 Hardcover Good Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Comprises a single Punch volume, no. 137 for the second half of the year 1909. Original maroon cloth binding, with gilt stamped Mr Punch and black floral scroll pattern on the upper board. Blind stamped floral scroll pattern to the lower board and gilt caricatures and titles to the spine. The binding is faded at the spine, there is a one inch split to the cloth in the centre of the spine, and cloth is bruised and rubbed at the spine ends. Corners rubbed and top corners bumped. A couple of very light marks to the boards. The binding is firm; there is an approx. 2 inch crack to the front inner hinge. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Some light foxing to first few pages and endpapers. Pages are in very good, clean condition. pp. 1-468 [July 7 - Dec 29]. 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. 308479
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16.00 GBP
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Sense and Sensibility
Austen, Jane ; illustrated by Hugh Thomson ; with an introduction by Austin Dobson Macmillan and Co., Limited London 1896 First Thus Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Thomson, Hugh
Hardback. Dark red / maroon blind embossed boards. First edition with the Hugh Thomson illustrations. The boards have significantly faded at the spine. Bruises to spine ends, a small bump to the bottom corner of the front board. Light rubs to corners. There are a few slightly shaken spots in the binding / textblock but overall the binding is still firm. Inner hinges very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Frontispiece illustration has tissue guard. Light foxing to the endpapers and pastdowns. Deckled / untrimmed page edges. A nice copy. pp. xvi, 342, 6. 107119
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120.00 GBP
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Punch, Or The London Charivari 1911, Volume 140 - January to June 1911
Published at The Office Fleet Street, London 1911 Hardcover Very Good Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Comprises a single Punch volume, no. 140 for the first half of the year 1911. Original maroon cloth binding, with gilt stamped Mr Punch and black floral scroll pattern on the upper board. Blind stamped floral scroll pattern to the lower board and gilt caricatures and titles to the spine. The binding is very slightly faded at the spine. Minor bruising to spine ends. Hinges very good. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Some light foxing to the first few pages only; a few pages have short tears / nicks in the margins (margins only, not text); page 21/22 has a snag / tear in the margin next to the spine (again, margin only); a small section of pages (one issue) has come free from the last stitch of the binding (still perfectly soundly bound, just loose at the bottom stitch / bottom of the page); small brown mark affecting pages 178-190. This is a very good, solid copy in overall nice, clean condition. pp. 1-510 [Jan 4 - June 28]. Includes Coronation number for June 7, 1911. 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. 104581
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16.00 GBP
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One Summer
Ayres, Ruby M. Hodder and Stoughton Limited [c.1920-1930] London 1920 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Original red boards. Publication date not stated but is c. 1920-1930. A forwards lean to the spine. Binding is sound, hinges good. No names or inscriptions. A section of about 20 pages in the middle of the book has been bumped at the textbock edge, resulting in flattened creases to the top corners of the pages. 318pp. Ruby Ayres (1881-1955) was born in London. Her first novel Richard Chatterton V.C. was published in 1916, after which she produced almost 150 titles. Although Ayres was known primarily for her romantic novels, she also wrote serials for the Daily Chronicle and Daily Mirror, as well as motion pictures in the United States and England. Her play Silver Wedding, was produced in 1932. 304991
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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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The Beggar Man
Ayres, Ruby M. Hodder and Stoughton Limited [c.1920-1930] London 1920 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Original red boards. Publication date not stated but is c. 1920-1930. A forwards lean to the spine. Binding is sound, hinges good. No names or inscriptions. 253pp. Ruby Ayres (1881-1955) was born in London. Her first novel Richard Chatterton V.C. was published in 1916, after which she produced almost 150 titles. Although Ayres was known primarily for her romantic novels, she also wrote serials for the Daily Chronicle and Daily Mirror, as well as motion pictures in the United States and England. Her play Silver Wedding, was produced in 1932. 304990
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Japan Unmasked
Abend, Hallett The Bodley Head London 1942 Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback, no dust jacket. Reprint; was first published in 1941. Dark blue boards with titles in red to the spine. Spine ends lightly bruised. The binding is firm, inner hinges very good and text pages clean. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Pages just slightly darkened at the edges and there is a small pale stain to the front endpaper. pp. 322. 308786
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12.00 GBP
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A Guide to the Examination of the Nose, with remarks on the diagnosis of diseases of the nasal cavities
Baber, E. Cresswell H. K. Lewis London 1886 First Edition Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Olive green cloth. This is an ex-university library copy from the Anatomical Department Library at the University of Cambridge. It was evidently just for reference, rather than borrowing, as there are no borrowing marks; there are just a few department library stamps. The book is otherwise in VG clean condition. pp. xii, 163 + publisher's catalogue pages. 102585
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15.00 GBP
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Corsets to Camouflage: Women and War
Adie, Kate Hodder and Stoughton 2003 0340820594 / 9780340820599 Hardcover Near Fine Near Fine Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. In excellent, near fine condition. Clean, tight and unmarked. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Very mild bruising to the dust jacket edges only. DJ not price clipped. pp. x, 246. 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. 307942
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9.00 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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The Fables of Aesop, with designs on wood by Thomas Bewick
Aesop ; with designs on wood by Thomas Bewick ; with a niew introduction by Michael Marqusee Paddington | Two Continents Publishing Group USA 1975 084670076x / 9780846700760 Soft cover Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Large paperback. Spine faded. A light reading crease to the spine. Some foxing to the outer closed textblock edges. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. A reprint of the 1818 edition, with added modern introduction. 103658
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9.00 GBP
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On the Burning of Books
Baker, Kenneth Unicorn London 2016 1910787116 / 9781910787113 First Edition Hardcover New New Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
First impression. New hardback, in excellent fine condition. RRP. £25.00. pp. vi, 266. Ranging politically from Ancient China to the Nazis, from Animal Farm to Chairman Mao; religiously, from the Spanish destruction of the Aztec civilisation to Bloody Mary, from Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses to bibles in Islamist strongholds today; personally, from Samuel Pepys and Lord Byron to Dickens's letters, Hardy's poems, Burton's translations, and Philip Larkin's diaries.Alongside these telling examples are chapters on burning in war, accidental burning, royal burning - and lucky escapes. Baker reveals that while books, diaries and letters can be burnt, as a result of the invention of the printing press in the 16th century, very rarely can their content be expunged from the written record in history - the 'delete' button did not delete. Book burning today survives as a symbol, usually by desperate regimes, dictators and religious fanatics to impress the naive, warn the dissenter and rally the faithful. 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. 305777
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25.00 GBP
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Wings Over Hong Kong: A Tribute to Kai Tak - An Aviation History, 1891-1998
Akers-Jones, Sir David Pacific Century Publishers 1998 9622175422 / 9789622175426 Hardcover Very Good Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
This publication was sponsored by Duty Free Shoppers Hong Kong Limited. Glossy publication. There are a couple of abrasions on the early pages where the pages look as if they had stuck together around the edges. The dust jacket has some heavy foxing (mainly to the reverse) and is slightly wrinkled. The DJ is now supplied in a loose protective archival film sleeve. 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. 300623
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35.00 GBP
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Vita Nuova
Alighieri, Dane ; with an introduction by A. N. Wilson ; translated into English by Mark Musa ; illustrations by Daniel Egneus The Folio Society 2015 Hardcover Fine Slipcase Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Egneus, Daniel
Hardback with slipcase. In excellent, fine condition. As new. Still shrink wrapped. Bound in red cloth with a blocked illustration to the front board. Gilt page edges and a ribbon page marker. 308920
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25.00 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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![Eve's Adventures: A Submarine Fantasy [Inscribed by the author], Ashton, S. [pseud. of Eustace Fulcrand Bosanquet] ; illustrated by Dorothy Furniss](shop_image/product/106089.jpg "Eve's Adventures: A Submarine Fantasy [Inscribed by the author], Ashton, S. [pseud. of Eustace Fulcrand Bosanquet] ; illustrated by Dorothy Furniss")
