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The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book
London: George C Harrap, 1933 Red cloth, no wrapper, pp287. All coloured plates (8) present. Inscription of prev owner on ffep. Some light spotting to the endpapers not affecting the rest of the book. Cloth slightly faded on spine. Bumping to the board edges and one white mark to the top right corner. Some soiling to the top edge of the book. Text and plates clean and tight.. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Jacket Missing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)
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A Guide to Staffordshire & the Black Country, The Potteries & the Peak
Market Drayton: Published By the Author, 2005 Black laminated boards, pp431. With an index and a section of colour photographs. A very comprehensive survey of the many cities, towns and villages that form the West Midlands, with information on the history and any manorial homes that may exist. A nice present for a local history enthusiast. Quite heavy book, postage will be slightly higher on this item.. First Edition. Laminated Boards. As New/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾&q... (more information)
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Personal Clues in Shakespeare Poems and Sonnets
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1934 Blue cloth with wrapper, pp199 including index. 'Dr Rendall subjects 'Venus and Adonis' and 'The Rape of Lucrece' to careful study, discusses their allegorical purport and intention as addressed to the Earl of Southampton by the Earl of Oxford.. First Edition. Hardback with Jacket. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)
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Treasury Of Kathe Kruse Dolls: Album 3
Arizona: HP Books, 1984 Hardback with d.j. pp 128. Richter shares valuable advice including facts about restoration, hints about prices and a section on imitators of Kathe Kruse Dolls. For the first time, head and body patterns of Doll I are shown, sketched by Kathe Kruse herself. Very good condition, no marks on book, only slight edgewear to jacket.. First American Edition. Hardback with Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... (more information)
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Patton At Bay: The Lorraine Campaign, September to December, 1944
London: Praeger Series in War Studies, 1999 Black cloth with wrapper, pp 295 including index. A study of a difficult and demanding experience of warfare, Patton's fighting tactics essentially failed in Lorraine. This book explains why. With maps, tables and photographs. The book has no faults, wrapper has curling to the top and bottom edge and a little bumping and wear to the spine.. First Edition. Hardback with Jacket. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)
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Objects of Vertu - The Collectors World In Colour
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1971 Hardback, red cloth with dust jacket, pp 124. Many colour illustrations and photographs of the objects described. Traces the history of objects of vertu from Renaissance times onwards, treating in particular detail the intriguing art of the enameller. Very good condition, minor wear to edges of book, pages clean and tihgt, jacket priceclipped, has some wear to edges.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... (more information)
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An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of Architecture in England from the Conquest to the Reformation with a Sketch of the Grecian and Roman Orders; Notices of Numerous British Edificies
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Green & Longman, 1835 Hardback, brown cloth wtih paper label to spine; 'With a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders; notices of numerous british edifices; and some remarks on the architectyre of a part of france.' Fourth edition, with very considerable additions, and new plates. Some damage to the pages, small tears, many etchings. Cloth darkened, paper label worn, however, pages tight and mostly clean (some light soiling) good working copy.. Fourth Edition. Cloth. Goo... (more information)
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Blue Mars
London: Voyager, 1996 Blue cloth with wrapper, pp616. A very slight yellowing to the page edges. Some light creasing and wear to the wrapper. Complete number line from 1 to 9.. First Edition. Hardback with Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)
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Green Mars
London: Harper Collins, 1993 Black cloth with wrapper, pp571. The second volume in the trilogy. Slight browning to page and wrapper edges. Not price-clipped. Price is on the inside flap but there is a number line present from 1 to 9 on the information page, suggesting a first printing, first edition. A little wear to the edges of the jacket.. Hardback with Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)
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Mr Lloyd George and the War
London: Chatto and Windus, 1920 Red cloth, pp222. With b/w plates. A few pen marks to the text and to the ffep. Uncut fore-edges. Some light soiling and fading to the spine and boards. Bumping to the edges. Some light spotting throughout. Lower hinges have the inner joints slightly exposed but board is not loose. Text still readable and clean apart from faults already noted.. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... (more information)
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The Fishermen's Chapel: Saint Brelade, Jersey
Stroud, United Kingdom: Societe Jersiaise, 1993 Brown cloth with wrapper, pp171 including index. Only very minor bumping to the edges of the wrapper, one v.small (less that 1cm) tear on the front cover. Tidy stamp of previous owner to ffep. Presents the findings of a six-year programme of repair and restoration of the Chapel.. First Edition. Hardback with Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... (more information)
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The Soviet Propaganda Network: A Directory of Organisations Serving Soviet Foreign Policy
London: Pinter Publishers, 1988 Black cloth with wrapper, pp 313 including index. "Profiles in detail those bodies which have traditionally been known in the West as International Front Organisations, and of their principal subsidiaries." Book and wrapper very clean and tight.. First Edition. Hardback with Jacket. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)
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Ballads of Old Birmingham & Neighbourhood
Birmingham: E F Hudson Ltd, 1951 Blue cloth, pp 182, with topographical index. A later edition of the book, with the ballads from the 1915 collected edition plus a further 58 ballads. Most refer to places within an area of fifteen miles from the centre of Birmingham. This copy is inscribed on the ffep from the author to the head of the Birmingham School of Printing. The spine and the upper board are faded slightly, and there is a bit of yellowing on the ffep, but o/w pages clean and tight.. Signed by Au... (more information)
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Approach To Art: Artist and Craftsman - Contrast, Similarity, Influence
London: Max Parrish & Co Ltd, 1948 Hardback pp 79. Sixty-Eight reproductions in colour and monochrome, printed in photogravure. A discussion with illustrations detailing the differences and similarities between the artist and the craftsman. Nice illustrations, everything from Rembrant to Disney. Very good condition, some yellow marking to ffep page and free endpaper.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)
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Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell: Theory of Knowledge: The 1913 Manuscript
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1984 Blue cloth with glassine wrapper, pp 258. With an index. "The Theory of Knowledge manuscript is the only book-length work on epistemology that Russell left unpublished in its original form...in addition to an accurate and readable text of Russell's own words, kept free of editorial apparatus, an historical introduction, a chronology, annotations, textual notes, and both bibliographical and general indexes have been supplied." Glassine wrapper has a couple of... (more information)
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A Long, Deep Furrow: Three Centuries Of Farming In New England
New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 1976 Hardback, brown cloth with silver lettering on spine, with dust jacket. pp 672. Many b/w illustrations. Very detailed reference work, but also a highly readable history. Mr Russell whose occupations throughout a long life have been both agricultural and scholarly, lets the early records speak for themselves. Book is very clean and tight - jacket has minor edgewear and slight fading to spine.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾... (more information)
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