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London: George Allen and Unwin. First UK edition. This is a near fine copy. Issued without a jacket. The boards are in clean condition with very few marks on the front and back boards. A better copy than is usually found. The pages are also clean and without marks, foxing or ink. A near fine copy. First published in the US two years earlier, it is a childrens story about a girl that whereever she points something happens. Illustrated by William Pene Du Bois. A rare copy in this condition. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1968.
Everest + an Edmund Hillary signed Order of Service by Gregory, Alfred; Morris, Jan (James) - 1993
by Gregory, Alfred; Morris, Jan (James)
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Everest + an Edmund Hillary signed Order of Service
by Gregory, Alfred; Morris, Jan (James)
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Constable. First edition published by Constable in 1993. This is a very good or better copy. The jacket has light wear to the spine ends. It is not price clipped. The book has no foxing. The black cloth boards are gently pushed to a couple of corners. It is overall a presentable copy. On the half title page there is a previous owners inscription, then underneath this the author and expedition team member Alf Gregory has signed his name. Then on the title page Jan Morris has signed her name. She provided the forward for this book and was also in the expedition team, reporting on their achievements. This book comes with an Edmund Hillary order of service signed by Alf Gregory. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1993.
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The Magic Finger
by Dahl, Roald
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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The Goshawk
by White, T.H.
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- Hardcover
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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Jonathan Cape. First edition published by Jonathan Cape in 1951. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper has small amounts of wear to the spine ends and corner tips. There is a tiny tear to the top of the back flap. There is no loss and the jacket isn't price clipped displaying the correct price of 10s 6d net. The book in red boards with a goshawk motif on the front board is square and tight. The maroon topstain is bright and there is no foxing at all. There is a small previous owners name to the front free end paper. Overall a near fine copy. TH White's memoir about his attempts to train a Goshawk. A rare book to find in near fine condition. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1951.
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Round the Fire Stories
by Doyle, Arthur Conan
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Smith, Elder & Co.. First edition published by Smith, Elder and Co in 1908. This is a near fine copy. The boards are in excellent condition with very little wear at all. The deep red cloth has an even tone throughout including the spine. There is a faint cup ring mark on the back board. The odd corner tip is rubbed. The book is square and the pages are tight to the binding. The pages are also very clean and white, with no foxing or previous owners marks. Overall rare as it is in near fine collectible condition. 17 short stories by Conan Doyle about, in his words, the grotesque and the terrible. Includes the story - the beetle hunter. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1908.
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The L-Shaped Room
by Banks, Lynne Reid
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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Chatto & Windus. First edition published by Chatto & Windus in 1960. A near fine copy. The Una Bishop designed dust wrapper has a small tear to the bottom of the spine otherwise it is quite a crisp example and hasn't been price clipped. There are a few light marks to the lower panel. The book is excellent with very little handling wear. The author has signed her name to the dedication page and has corrected the dedicatee from 'Janice' to 'Jamie' as she often did when signing this book. A near fine book and rare signed. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1960.
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Crowds and Power
by Canetti, Elias
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- Hardcover
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Gollancz. London: Gollancz (1962). First UK edition. 8vo., blue cloth boards, with gilt lettering to the spine, with the original dust jacket; pp. 495, [i]; A near fine copy. The book has a small previous owner's address label to the front paste down. The spine of the dust wrapper is a shade tanned and there is a scuff mark to the top corner of the back panel. The jacket hasn't been price clipped. It is a sharp copy. The nobel Laureate's masterpiece about the psychology of crowd behaviour. Canetti poured 25 years of his life into researching the subject fired by an early encounter as a child with a hostile crowd at the outbreak of the first world war. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1962.
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The Magic Finger
by Dahl, Roald
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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$322.20
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London: George Allen and Unwin. First UK edition. This is a near fine copy. Issued without a jacket. The boards are in clean condition with very few marks on the front and back boards. A better copy than is usually found. The pages are also clean and without marks, foxing or ink. A near fine copy. First published in the US two years earlier, it is a childrens story about a girl that whereever she points something happens. Illustrated by William Pene Du Bois. A rare copy in this condition. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1968.
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The Goshawk
by White, T.H.
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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$289.98
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Jonathan Cape. First edition published by Jonathan Cape in 1951. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper has small amounts of wear to the spine ends and corner tips. There is a tiny tear to the top of the back flap. There is no loss and the jacket isn't price clipped displaying the correct price of 10s 6d net. The book in red boards with a goshawk motif on the front board is square and tight. The maroon topstain is bright and there is no foxing at all. There is a small previous owners name to the front free end paper. Overall a near fine copy. TH White's memoir about his attempts to train a Goshawk. A rare book to find in near fine condition. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1951.
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$289.98
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Round the Fire Stories
by Doyle, Arthur Conan
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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$451.08
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Smith, Elder & Co.. First edition published by Smith, Elder and Co in 1908. This is a near fine copy. The boards are in excellent condition with very little wear at all. The deep red cloth has an even tone throughout including the spine. There is a faint cup ring mark on the back board. The odd corner tip is rubbed. The book is square and the pages are tight to the binding. The pages are also very clean and white, with no foxing or previous owners marks. Overall rare as it is in near fine collectible condition. 17 short stories by Conan Doyle about, in his words, the grotesque and the terrible. Includes the story - the beetle hunter. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1908.
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$451.08
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The L-Shaped Room
by Banks, Lynne Reid
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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$354.42
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Chatto & Windus. First edition published by Chatto & Windus in 1960. A near fine copy. The Una Bishop designed dust wrapper has a small tear to the bottom of the spine otherwise it is quite a crisp example and hasn't been price clipped. There are a few light marks to the lower panel. The book is excellent with very little handling wear. The author has signed her name to the dedication page and has corrected the dedicatee from 'Janice' to 'Jamie' as she often did when signing this book. A near fine book and rare signed. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1960.
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Crowds and Power
by Canetti, Elias
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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$386.64
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Gollancz. London: Gollancz (1962). First UK edition. 8vo., blue cloth boards, with gilt lettering to the spine, with the original dust jacket; pp. 495, [i]; A near fine copy. The book has a small previous owner's address label to the front paste down. The spine of the dust wrapper is a shade tanned and there is a scuff mark to the top corner of the back panel. The jacket hasn't been price clipped. It is a sharp copy. The nobel Laureate's masterpiece about the psychology of crowd behaviour. Canetti poured 25 years of his life into researching the subject fired by an early encounter as a child with a hostile crowd at the outbreak of the first world war. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1962.
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Timeless Treasure,: Exploring Miniature Libraries and their Bookcases (1800-1932).
by Burley, Jason
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- Used
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- First edition.
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London, London, United Kingdom
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24 printed pages. 11 colour photgraphic illustrations. Index and Bibliography. 'Introduction', 'The History of Small Antique Bookcases', 'Caring for Your Mini Bookcases', 'Notable Examples', 'Investment Value' and 'Conclusion'. 15 x 21 cm. Perfect bound with colour pictorial card wrappers. Newly published in June 2024. This approaches collectable miniature books through the perspective of their original bookcases and draws from a number of different academic and reference sources, as well as on the author's own current stock. Jason Burley has worked in antiquarian bookselling since 1979, when he joined Francis Edwards, 83 Marylebone High Street, W1 as a Trainee Bookdealer. He opened his first independent bookshop in 1984 in Camden and jointly founded the multiple award-winning Burley Fisher Books in 2015. Jason has campaigned with Lord Bird to reduce Business Rates on UK bookshops and has sold miniature books since the mid 1980s -exhibiting 750 miniature books at Firsts London 2024 in the Saatchi…
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A diáspora da palavra: obras de autores portugueses impressas fora de Portugal, 1521-1550. Guia da exposição.
by DIAS, João José Alves
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New York, New York, United States
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Lisbon, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal / Centro de Estudos Históricos, Universidade Nova, 2021.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 110 pp., (1 blank l.), profusely illustrated, indexes of authors, places of publication, printers and booksellers. One of 500 copies. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this excellent exhibition catalogue. Alves Dias is one of Portugal's leading historians, and a distinguished bibliophile.***
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The Butterflies Fly-Past. with illus. by Mandy Shepherd.
by Simson, Clive
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- Used
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- 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 1994
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Special Offers Entomology . 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 1994. pp.xviii, 127 with 8 coloured illus. 8vo. New hdbk. in new dw. RRP £20.00. A fascinating book describing the authors experiences of studying butterflies in the UK. All native British Butterflies are mentioned at some point in the text, which is handsomely supported by 8 watercolour plates by Mandy Shepherd.
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In Search of Nature.
by Ratcliffe, D.A
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- first
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- New
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- New
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- 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 2000
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Natural history Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 2000. pp.xii, 249 with illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP. £27.00. The distinguished naturalist, Derek Ratcliffe, passed away in 2005 aged 75. Born in 1929, this book tells the tale of his life from boyhood, when his interest in birds, butterflies, moths and dragonflies started to develop, through to the period in his life before 1970. Ratcliffe took the opportunity presented by writing this book of paying tribute to some of the people who helped him along the way and became lifelong friends.
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Native Plums (Prunus) of Gloucestershire. The Gloucestershire Pomona Series.
by Martell, Charles
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- Used
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- 1st. Ed. Pub. Gloucestershire Orchard Trust. 2018
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Special Offers Gardening . 1st. Ed. Pub. Gloucestershire Orchard Trust. 2018. pp.vi, 50 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New softback.
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A History of Whaling in Brazil. From royal fish to Japanese delicacy.
by Hart, Ian & Edmundson, William
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- 1st. Ed.
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Pequena., 2017. 1st. Ed.. pp.xxii, 234 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A new softback. This is the first book to describe comprehensively the history of whaling in Brazil, starting with traditional whaling as a Portuguese crown monopoly and culminating with the introduction of modern ships, equipped with harpoon guns in the twentieth century - an initiative led by a British company (Duder and Brother) in Brazil.
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Pears of Gloucestershire and Perry Pears of the Three Counties. The Gloucestershire Pomona Series.
by Martell, Charles
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- 1st. Ed. Pub. Hartpury Heritage Trust. 2013
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Special Offers Gardening . 1st. Ed. Pub. Hartpury Heritage Trust. 2013. pp.xiv, 214 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New softback.
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Antarctic Magistrate. A life through the lens of a camera.
by Hart, Ian
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Pequena., 2009. 1st. Ed.. pp.303 with many photographs. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Signed by the author, Ian Hart. This volume is a celebration of the life of Edward Beveridge Binnie, (born on the Falkland Islands in 1884) the eighth child of immigrant Scottish parents. The book traces his rise from humble beginnings through Falkland Islands Government service to becoming the first Antarctic Magistrate.
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Whaling in the Falkland Islands Dependencies 1904-1931. A History of shore and bay-based whaling in the Antarctic.
by Hart, Ian
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- New
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- 1st. Ed. Pub. Pequena. 2006
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Natural history Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Pequena. 2006. pp.xvi, 363 with many illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Signed by the author, Ian Hart. A fascinating account of the whaling industry in the Falkland Islands Dependencies. The sequence of events which led to the extension of British sovereignty in the Antarctic and the legislation & policing imposed by the Falkland Islands Government to control the burgeoning whaling industry are also discussed.
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Austral Enterprises. A History of shore, bay-based and pelagic whaling and sealing in the Southern Ocean encompassing the Southern Whaling & Sealing Company, The Kerguelen Sealing & Whaling Company and their associated enterprises at South Georgia, the Antarctic peninsula, the South Indian Ocean and South Africa.
by Hart, Ian
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Pequena., 2020. 1st. Ed.. pp.xx, 380 with b/w. photographs and illustrations throughout. 4to. New hardback in new dw. Print run of just 400 copies. Signed by author. There have been very few attempts to document British involvement in the whaling and sealing industry. This book describes, in detail, some of the major companies that undertook this trade and the profound effect this had on the whale and seal populations in the southern hemisphere.
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