Birmingham: Waveney Publishing, 1998 Soft covers, pp 144. The first of Ron Smith's memoirs of growing up in Birmingham. With some b/w illustrations. As new condition.. Fourth Edition. Paperback. As New/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... (more information)

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Maryland: Hobby House Press, 1980 Green cloth with wrapper, pp234 plus pages for your own inventory. 561 b/w photographs. Covers a wide variety of paper dolls from pre-1900's to the 1970s, television, film and political. Very very slight wear to the edges of the wrapper. Heavy book, postage charged at cost.. First Edition. Hardback with Jacket. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)

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Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.: The University of North Carolina Press, 1974 Blue cloth, pp 448. Correspondence and Papers, November 10, 1775 - June 23, 1788 and Account Book, September 1783 - June 1788. Marshall was the 4th Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court. He was also involved with a survey of the James river and wrote a biography of George Washington. V.good condition, bumping to edges, slight flattening of spine. One mark to ffep.. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&fr... (more information)

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London: Granada, 1984 Dark blue cloth with pictorial jacket, pp 336. The sequel to 'Fear of Flying'. Slight yellowing to page edges. Jacket spine and back cover has fading. Signed and dedicated by the author on the title page. "To Stephen - with warmest wishes, Erica Jong - 1 Nov '84". First UK edition.. Signed by Author. First U.K. Edition. Hardback with Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)

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San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1995 Black cloth with wrapper, pp168 including bibliography and index. Gorgeous colour photographs illustrate a book that details the architecture and philosophy of two very different places, Sea Ranch in Northern California and Seaside in Florida. A little creasing to the edges of the wrapper, slight bumping to the boards.. First Edition. Hardback with Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (oblong). ... (more information)

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London: Alvin Redman Limited, 1955 Black cloth with d.w. pp 370, includes an index and 58 b/w plates. The memoirs of Crosby, who was part of the International set during the twenties and thirties, and prominent in the worlds of literature and art. Book has very slight scuffing to book edges and corners, jacket has chips, tears (the largest of which is 1 and a half inches) and the edges are quite delicate, but mostly intact and picture easy to see.. First Edition. Hardback with Jacket. Very Good/Good. 8vo ... (more information)

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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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London: George Routledge and Sons Ltd, 1937 Brown cloth, pp 296. 8 b/w photographs. Name of prev owner on ffep, slight spotting to endpapers and the foredges of the book, spine slightly faded and one v.small patch of cloth is worn the the lower board edge. Concerning the viceroys of India.. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)

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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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Lancaster: Imperial Publications, 1991 Black cloth with wrapper, pp352. Containing information on the copious amounts of paperwork required and generated by the SS, including medical records, sports awards and ancestry charts. With english commentary. Sticker from bookshop on ffep. Very clean and tight.. First Edition. Hardback with Jacket. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)

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London: Historical Publications, 2002 Blue board with wrapper, pp196 including index. "Professor Curl places religious buildings of the Victorian age in their complex settings and highlights the religious atmosphere, arguments and controversies of the time. He charts the progress of Gothic Revival, explains difference in architecture of various denominations, and outlines the influence of the chief protagonists involved." Many b/w and some colour photographs.. First Edition. Hardback with Jacke... (more information)

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Vitoria: Fournier Museum / Heraclio Fournier, 1982 Brown leatherette with black pictorial jacket, pp 344. Playing cards from the Fournier Museum, one of the largest collections of playing cards in the world, greatly enlarged by the purchase of the collection from the English card maker, Thomas de la Rue. Historically, the cards contained in this book represent a contiuous development fromt he 15th century to modern times. With 4,000 illustrations in full colour and 2,000 descriptions of packs. With a bi... (more information)

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1956 Red cloth boards with wrapper, pp51. Slight spotting to a few pages. Wrapper has been stuck together on the top edge with magic tape. 32 poems on mainly religious themes. Prev owner's name on ffep.. First Edition. Hardback with Jacket. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)

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Menston, England: The Scholar Press, 1970 Blue cloth with imitation blue leather spine. Reproduced (original size) from the manuscript in the Bodleian Library. Internally clean and tight. Boards have some wear on the head and tail of the spine and scuffing along the edges of the spine.. Reprint. Hardback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)

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London: T Cadell and Davies, 1802 Hardback, borwn mororocco leather with gilt order, marbled edges. Marbled endpapers. With engraving at frontis and three other plates. pp 124, essay xlix, 2 pgs. adverts for new editions of other works. Cover worn at spine and extremities, internally clean and tight. Pattern in the leather on spine.. Second Edition. Morocco Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... (more information)

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London: Routledge, 2000 Soft cover, pp 494. A newly edited and translated edition of the now-classic text that restores much of the original text that was subject to censorship by legal and academic Soviet authorities during the Cold War. Focuses on theories of myth, including the poetics of myth in twentieth century literature, the evolution from myth to literature, the myth and the ritual school of literary criticism, and the classic forms of myth. Some unobtrusive pencil marks and underlining. Otherw... (more information)

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Nelson, New Zealand: Published By the Author, 1996 Blue boards with wrapper, pp 344 including index. Many b/w illustrations in text. The author was the subject's wife. The record of a life spent in aviation, with particular emphasis on New Zealand. However, Popeye also trained with the Royal Air Force and spent time with the Atlantic Ferry Command. Ex-lib so normal markings, only minor edgewear to pages, light soiling, ffep not removed. Wrapper slightly streched but o/w clean and only minor wear.. Sig... (more information)

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London: John Russell Smith, 1870 Hardback, brown cloth with dustjacket, gilt on spine. Edited from the materials collected by John Brand, with very large Corrections and additions. With a new and copius index. Limited edition of 350 copies, ix, 304 [iv], 366 [iv], 381 [ii]. Title-pages printed in red and black. Original cloth, a little worn. John Brand (1744-1806), antiquary and secretary to the Society of Antiquaries, left a manuscript collection which was first edited and published in 1813 by Henry ... (more information)

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Somerset: Oxford Publishing Co, 1997 Black cloth with wrapper, unpaginated, 250 b/w photographs. Very slight edgewear to the wrapper, pages clean and tight on the book. There are no 'Patriots' left in existance; they were all cut up for scrap.. First Edition. Hardback with Jacket. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... (more information)

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London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1932 Blue cloth with gilt decorative picture of a wizard, pp 216. Here are the opening lines of the first story: 'Once upon a time there was a King named Gummelik, who annoyed a fairy. In those days this was a pretty hazardous thing to do; indeed, one of the neighbouring kingdoms was already being governed by a very contrite five-toed horse, and another by a thoroughly scared Prince Regent on behalf of an unexpected oak-tree growing in the second-best Throne Room.' Exterior c... (more information)

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