Titles starting with M from The Staffs Bookshop

Barbentane: Equinoxe, 1997 Hardback, yellow cloth with dustjacket, pp 127. French text. A beautiful book, many colour photographs of Provence, its landscape and it people. With notes in French. Very good condition of book, minor bumping to spine, jacket has minor edgewear.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Lipp, Steffen. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)

Subjects: TRAVEL / General;

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Kentucky: Collector Books, 1982 Blue boards, pp163 including index. Many colour illustrations. Slight bumping to the edges of the boards. Chapters on Identifying Faces, Composition Dolls and the groups of dolls from the fifties through to the late seventies.. Reprint. Printed Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... (more information)

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London: Richard Bentley, 1848 Brown half-calf with marbled boards and black leather label to spine. Raised bands and gilt on label. Marbled endpapers. Wear to the spine joints, splitting for about 2 inches on the upper board at the base of the spine. Boards not loose, scuffing to the edges and corners, gilt wearing away on raised bands. Marbled fore-edges, darkened. Some marks to some pages, but for the age text is clear and legible and no pages loose. Title page is just starting away from the spine.... (more information)

Subjects: FICTION / General;

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Los Angeles: Farago Publications, 1986 Cloth with wrapper, pp222 + index. Fully illustrated with colour photographs. With an introduction by Erte. Covers dolls from all eras but with a special emphasis on dolls from the Twenties. Features over 200 rare dolls from museums around the world.. First Edition. Hardback with Jacket. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Dennison, Bob (photographer). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... (more information)

Subjects: ART / General;

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Gloucester: The Thimble Press, 1983 Brown cloth with jacket, pp 156. The book sets out to distinguish the important differences between fantasy (primitive, magical thinking) and imaginative art (where the rational faculties are at work). Includes essays on Rider Haggard's 'She', Anderson's 'Ugly Ducking' and Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings'. Yellowing to pages, o/w very good, jacket clean and shiny, v. minor edgewear.. First Edition. Hardback with Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9... (more information)

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London: John Baker, 1964 Blue cloth with blue jacket, pp 144. With b/w photos and line drawings by J Henly. There are chapters on rivers and streams in general, on natural environment, on water survey and water control, on riverside trees and marginal plants, on water plants, on pollution, on year-by-year treatment and on mechanical aids. Very particular attention is paid to the problems of creating natural conditions suitable for spawning and growth, and the problems of restocking and balance are also d... (more information)

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London: Routledge, 1998 Soft cover, pp 257. With an index. 'In this volume, the marketing of a museum is not seen in terms of 'product', but rather as the process by which one can build a relationship between the museum and the public. This study is the ideal guide o the ways in which museums can overcome the numerous hurdles on the route to truly achieving a marketing orientation.' One crease in spine, some minor edgewear, one corner on front cover a bit curled, bottom-edge slightly soiled. Text clean... (more information)

Subjects: MUSIC / Genres & Styles / International;

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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991 Black cloth with d.j., pp 202 including index and 10 b/w plates. "Marvelous Possessions is a study of the ways in which Europeans of the late Middle Ages and early modern period represented non-European peoples and took possession of their lands, in particular the New World." Only v.minor creasing to the d.j. o/w great condition.. First Edition. Hardback with Jacket. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)

Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / General;

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London: Oswald Wolff, 1976 Grey cloth with grey pictorial wrapper, pp 235. With a glossary, bibliography and index. English text. Dr Sandford's book provides for the first time a comprehensive introduction to the mass media of West and East Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Historical background, present structure of the press and broadcasting systems, comparisons are then drawn not only between the countries but also between their media and that of the English-speaking world. Book is v.good, pages cle... (more information)

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London: Allen Lane, 1984 Blue cloth with wrapper, pp184. With an introductory interview with Maurice Sendak. "...presents a representative selection of the best work produced for children during the great flowering of the illustrator's art that began in England in the 1860's." Examples from Crane, Caldecott, Greenaway, Doyle, "Aleph" and others. A little bumping to the edges of the boards and a little wear to the edges of the wrapper. Price-clipped.. First Edition. Hardback with Jac... (more information)

Subjects: JUVENILE FICTION / General;

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London: British Medical Journal, 1977 Paperback, pp 10. Blue card covers. An overview of the history of medicine in Staffordshire, including some famous names, such as Erasmus Darwin (Charles's grandad). Important physicians from the Restoration onwards, until Victorian times. One slight bend to top corner, no marks, very good.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Booklet. ... (more information)

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Edinburgh: George Scott, 1735 The Memoirs of Sir James Melvil of Hlhill: containing an impartial account of the most remarkable affairs of statue during the Sixteenth century, not mentioned by other Historians; more particularly relating to the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, under the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, and King James. In most of which Transactions the Author was personally and Publickly concerned. Published fromt he original Manuscript, by George Scott, The Second Edition,... (more information)

Subjects: HISTORY / General;

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London: Fourth Estate, 1991 Green cloth with wrapper, pp172. With Marcelle Padovani. Translated into English by Edward Farrelly. Born and raised in the midst of the Sicilian Mafia, Falcone became the one man they trusted, but his knowledge ultimately cost him his life. A little edgewear to the wrapper, book in excellent condition.. First English Edition. Hardback with Jacket. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)

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Surrey: Brooklands Books Ltd, 1984 Soft cover, pp100, plus adverts, many b/w photographs. Lots of different makes, including the Cougar, Cobra Jet, X-100. Specifications, road tests, new model intro's, racing. Minor wear to edges.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)

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London: Russell Ash/Windward, 1980 Blue cloth with wrapper, pp96 including index. A history of the mermaid and related sea-creatures, accompanied by 100 fascinating illustrations (32 in colour) including work by Rackham, Klimt, Bocklin, Magritte, Waterhouse and others. Looks at the meaning and symbolism of mermaids throughout history, from Elizabethan times to modern films. Jacket has some edgewear, one 1inch tear to the front cover but no loss, a couple of other small tears. A little bumping to the edg... (more information)

Subjects: ART / General;

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London: Macmillan and Co, 1879 Blue cloth with gilt decoration, pp168. Uncut edges. Some yellowing to endpapers. One of a limited edition of 40 copies. Includes chapters on Milton's early life, prose works and Paradise Lost. Fore-edges slightly soiled, bumping and rubbing to spine head and tail. Uncut pages.. Limited Edition. Hardback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)

Subjects: FICTION / General;

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New Hampshire: Marshall Jones Company, 1956 Hardback, drk blue cloth with dust jacket, pp 160. 18 b/w plates of the dolls featured in the stories. A collection of tales about dolls that have often travelled far distances over time and land. Some minor wear to edges of book. Jacket has wear to edges, edges of inner flap are uneven.. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... (more information)

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Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1981 Soft cover, pp 320. Spine faded, a few light bends in spine. Light edgewear, otherwise clean and tight pages. Research into the problem and the range of explanations for sex differences in science achievement have expanded rapidly over the past few years. Three perspectives are offered; first, competing theories of the origins of girl's under-achievement are evaluated. Short reports of original research follow, illuminating the problem as it presents itself... (more information)

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London: The Gresham Publishing Company, 1925 Blue cloth, Volume One pp266, volume two pp314. With folding tables and a few colour reproductions of railway posters. Many different essays covering passenger traffic, dock administration, and a brief history of the railway until that point. A little bumping to the edges and slight yellowing to a couple of pages and edges. Neat owner's name on ffep. . First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)

Subjects: HISTORY / General;

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Kentucky: Collector Books, 1985 Hardback, pp 269. Many colour photos. Toys are included from these American toy makers (and many more): Fisher-Price, Halsam, Mattel, Spalding etc. includes the Kenner Star Wars toys. Some bumping to corners, otherwise v.good.. First Edition. Printed Boards. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)

Subjects: ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Toys;

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