Titles starting with A from marigold-books

London: The Scientific Book Club. Fair/Poor. Hard Cover. The book draws upon the whole body of alchemical writings, including many unpublished manuscripts; it is no resume of existing works, but an original contribution to the history of science & thought, more specifically to the history of chemistry. Undated; a Scientific Book Club edition. The cellophane-protected jacket is in poor condition, with open tears to the top, including a chunk missing at the back, and chipped at the bottom. Inner bo... more information

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Paladin. Good. 1976. Trade Paperback. 0586082247 Covers sunned; good overall. Owner's inscription to flyleaf. Pages lightly tanned; clean & bright & tight. An authoritative popular account. . ... more information

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London: Blandford. Good/Good. 1998. Hard Cover. 0713726687 Containing over 500 entries, this comprehensive illustrated dictionary is a veritable Pandora's box of alchemical information. As a practising alchemist & linguist, the author has been able to return to original sources and re-interpret their meanings. In particular, she has drawn on many Arabic and Kabbalistic manuscripts to provide an original viewpoint. Ms Fernando has also created over 160 original illustrations in b&w and colour ... more information

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London: The Aquarian Press. Good/Good. 1994. Hard Cover. 185538373X This beautiful volume describes both the material quest to turn base metals into gold and the more spiritual quest to unravel the mystery of life. With an enlightening introduction by Oxford medievalist Jeremy Catto. 62pp. Jacket with light scuffing; internally with faint tanning to pages' edging, which are in v .nice condition. Richly illustrated in colour. . ... more information

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Thirty Bedford Square, London: Jonathan Cape. Fair. 1949. First Edition. Cloth. Signed by Author Red cloth covers with light wear; some sunning, esp. to spine. Internally with light foxing to front & back endpapers. Hinge to inside back cover and bep with webbing partially exposed, remains sound. Fep with a personal inscription by Beverley Nichols: "For Betty Harris/with all good wishes/Beverley Nichols 1949". Pages in good condition throughout, clean & bright, similarly the evocativ... more information

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London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. Good. Hard Cover. Undated. Green cloth covers with bumped corners; the lower ones show some wear. Spine with gilt lettering; faintly sunned, with light edgewear to extremities. Sound overall. Cut pages faintly tanned; bar the odd foxing, faint corner crease, in good condition throughout, clean & bright. 180 pp. These are absolutely charming poems, often evoking Nature and all things faery, written by the young girls of Tormead School in Guildford, Surre... more information

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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. Good/Good-. 1974. Hard Cover. Dustjacket shows some wear; corner- & edgewear, small split to rear top edge; sunned spine; pretty good overall. Tan boards with gilt lettering in excellent condition; pp 75-80 with light vertical crease, otherwise pages in good condition throughout, clean & bright. 96 pp. . ... more information

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Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Fair. 1906. Cloth. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall Burgundy cloth covers show their age somewhat; surfacewear, scuffing, marking; edge- & cornerwear; heavily sunned spine with worn extremities, vertical edging; nevertheless, entirely sound. 1937 pencilled inscription to heavily tanned flyleaf. A noticeable closed tear to half-title page vertical edging. Rest of pages show the odd nick, crease, mark, one pencilled annotation, and the odd bit of foxing... more information

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London: Heinemann. Very Good/Good. 1978. Cloth. 0435147722 Dustjacket with light edgewear, the odd crinkle-crease, faint cornerwear, back cover with barely visible lightly etched scratching, which doesn't overly detract. Boards in immaculate condition; pages in excellent condition throughout. A nice copy. 48 pp. The contents embrace Pyramus & Thisbe/Pan & Syrinx/Echo & Narcissus/Arachne/Callisto. . ... more information

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Cassell & Co. Ltd. Good. 1931. Cloth. Heavily sunned and lightly worn spine, otherwise red tweedy boards in good condition. No dustjacket. Some foxing to fore edge. Faintly tanned pages with occasional foxing, in good condition throughout, clean & bright. Comprises Riceyman Steps, Elsie and the Child, Lord Raingo, Accident. (At over 1000 pp, will slightly affect postage costs.) . ... more information

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London: Sinclair-Stevenson. 1990. Hard Cover. 1856190021 An ex-library copy in protected dustjacket. Plastic wallet a tad worn. Usual stamps, labels; flyleaf with an area of surface damage where label has been removed. Faintly tanned pages clean & bright overall; a read and reading copy. 260 pp. Two sections of essays: Part I, Euphoria, on Travels; Part II, Right & Wrong, on Law at Work. With a powerful concluding essay on the trial of 22 former staff from Auschwitz. . ... more information

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New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Good/Fair. 1970. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Jacket shows much edge- & surfacewear; remains intact. Tan boards in good condition. Rough cut fore edge. Faintly tanned pages in very nice condition throughout, clean & bright. 430 pp. Presenting astrology as "a system of coherent symbolism", Rudhyar uses many of the same concepts expressed in Oriental philosophy, along with modern psychological theories, to demonstrate how the ancient scienc... more information

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Sidcup, Kent: Pythagorean Publications. Good/No Jacket. 1969. Hard Cover. 1969, fifth reprint. Large format hardback; worn, scuffed, dinted red covers with gilt lettering; sound. Light tape residue to inner boards. Printed by Pythagorean Publications on a Gestetner Electric 330, hence the home-made feel. Fore edge lightly dinted, marked. Bar the occasional light mark, scuff, corner crease, the faintly tanned pages are in good condition. 294 pp. With a preface by the author: "... one of my princip... more information

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Sidcup, Kent: Pythagorean Publications. Good/No Jacket. 1968. Hard Cover. Second reprint. Large format hardback; light surface- & edgewear, blue covers with gilt lettering; sound. Obvious tape residue to inner boards & endpapers; two final pages also. Printed by Pythagorean Publications on a Roneo 750 Electric, hence the home-made feel. Faintly tanned pages are in good condition. 212 pp. . ... more information

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Sidcup, Kent: Pythagorean Publications. Good/No Jacket. 1969. Hard Cover. Large format hardback; light surface- & edgewear, burgundy covers with gilt lettering; sound. Printed by Pythagorean Publications on a Gestetner Electric 330, hence the home-made feel. Bar the odd scuff, the faintly tanned pages are in good condition. 160 pp. With an introduction by the author. Subtitled: "Prescribing for the Vital Requirements of the Individual from the Evidence Offered by the Birth Chart." . ... more information

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London: Heinemann. Good/Fair. 1977. Hard Cover. Price-clipped dustjacket with some edge-/corner wear, to top especially, crinkling, chipping, the odd crease, small closed tear. Some sunning, to spine especially, the odd scuff, mark. Boards clean & bright, with the odd bump, doesn't overly detract. Pages faintly tanned, in nice condition throughout. The odd foxing, notably to end pages and inner jacket flaps. 192 pp. In this anthology, James Reeves has gathered together a wealth of poems and storie... more information

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