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St Peter Port, Guernsey: Blue Diamond Ltd, 2003. No dustwrapper (as issued?), minor bumping to spine ends and corners of cover, original owner's name in pencil on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A history of the Guernsey company Blue Diamond Group, originally Fruit Export Company, originally a growers co-operative for marketing tomatoes. 181pp, colour and b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

St Leonards, NSW: Allen and Unwin, 1994. Paperback edition. A bookseller's ink stamp (from Alice Springs) on title page, also some numbers in ink. Otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book dealing with the treatment of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia from the arrival of the First Fleet to the mid 1990s. 275pp, some b&w illustrations.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto, Ontario: Dundurn Press, 1994. A crease to lower corner of back cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Contains seventeen essays by various authors on aspects of First Nations (Iroquois and Algonquin) history in what is now Ontario from the mid sixteenth century up to the present. 448pp, some b&w illustrations, maps and tables.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. No dustwrapper, bumping to spine ends and corners of red-and-black cloth-covered boards, original owner's name and date (July 1929) on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Based on a manuscript written in the 1840s by a James Tucker, the book deals with convict life in Australia in the early nineteenth century. 349pp, 5 b&w illustrations of original manuscript.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hambledon and London, 2003. A good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper, of this hard-cover book. Deals with the life and reign of the Anglo-Saxon king Aethelred the Unready (c966-1016). 263pp (about a third of the book is notes to the text), 8pp b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: W P Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, 1889. No dustwrapper, some wear to spine ends and bumping to corners of brown cloth-covered boards, original owner's Sunday School prize message dated 1891 on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with gilt titles on spine and black titles and decoration on front board still bright, of this hard-cover book. The story of Sir Walter Raleigh, written for young readers (at the time: the language would be too difficult for children nowadays). 216pp plus 16pp adverts, 4 b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1962. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A biography of Sir John sinclair of Ulbster, probably most-remembered for his "Statistical Account of Scotland", but also was an agricultural improver, MP for Caithness, and builder of the new town of Thurso. 291pp, 12 b&w illustrations, 2 plans.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Routledge, 1989. Hardback edition. Some creasing to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of black boards, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Classical Lives" series, this one looks at the fifth century BC Athenian statesman and general Alcibiades. 141pp, 4 family trees and a map.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1995. Minor creasing to the bottom edge of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the various Immigrant populations of New York from the seventeenth century Dutch up to the 1990s. 353pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Ward Lock, 1970. Ward Lock Reprints hard-cover edition published 1970. Some creasing to the edges of the unclipped dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends of red cloth-covered boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1823, the full title is ''Ancient Mysteries described:especially the English miracle plays, founded on apocryphal New Testament story, extant among the unpublished manuscripts in the British museum: including notices of Ecclesiastical shows, the festivals of Fools and Asses - The English Boy Bishop - The Descent into Hell - The Lord Mayor's Show - The Guildhall Giants - Christmas Carols &c''. 299pp, 11 b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Viking, 1996. Very slight creasing to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some yellowing to outer pages, some of the illustrated pages have been stuck together at the edges and pulled apart, with some damage to outer edges of pages but not to the illustrations themselves, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the experiences of British women in India during the Indian Mutiny (are we still allowed to call it that ?) of 1857, including those at Lucknow during the siege, at Cawnpore (there were a few survivors of the famous massacre), and elsewhere. 298pp, 34 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: JMP Publishing Services, 1961. Minor creasing and a couple of small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, some pencil notes by original owner on front and back endpapers and a few in the text as well, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. Deals with the murder of Colin Campbell of Glenure, also known as the "Red Fox" while riding through Appin in 1752. One James Stewart was hanged as an accessory to the killing, and Allan Breck Stewart, accused of the actual murder, escaped to France. Originally published in October 1960, this is a second impression from July 1961. 118pp, folding frontispiece.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Riga, Latvia: Avots, 1991. No dustwrapper (as issued), previous owner has written ''Riga'' on the otherwise blank spine, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Shows old postcards of Riga in Latvia from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, at the time that the country was still part of Imperial Russia. Text in Latvian, Russian, English and German. pages not numbered but about 120pp, illustrations of (mostly colour) postcards throughout.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Arendal: P M Danielsens Trykkeri, 1960. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of boards, a previous owner's bookplate on page facing title page, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Written in Norwegian. A history of the Norwegian marine insurance company Arendals Søforsikringsselskab up to 1960. 167pp, b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hedemora, Sweden: Gidlunds Bokforlag, 1989. No dustwrapper, some wear to spine end, corners and bottom edge of cover, some notes in pencil by previous owner on half-title and a gift message in ink. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover Swedish language book. The book deals with the ancestors and relations of August Strindberg. 326pp, a few b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Denoel, 1983. Slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, some yellowing to outer pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Originally published in French as "La Tapisserie de Bayeau", this is an English translation by William Courtney. Deals with the eleventh-century Bayeux Tapestry as a social document and as a narrative of events including how to read it in cinematic terms. 141pp, 6 folding colour pages showing the entire tapestry, b&w drawings throughout.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Thouvenin, Jean. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: W H Allen, 1942. Some creasing and small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some scuffing to ends of green cloth-covered spine, yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a not too bad, tight copy of this soft-cover book. The author, a Conservative MP in Churchill's wartime government, takes a swipe at the "old school tie" types who still controlled parliament. 127pp. First Edition. Paperback. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Constable & Company Ltd, 1918. No dustwrapper, a fold to top right-hand corner of front board, minor bumping to spine ends of blue boards but black titles on spine and front are all still clear. A previous owner's address in pencil on f/ep and a different one on title page, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in French in 1916, the book looks at German society just before the outbreak of WW1, including the author's views on German Women, the Jews, everyday life, and the theatrical world. The author was a cabaret performer and songwriter who lived in Berlin before the War. 248pp.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cape Town, South Africa: J H De Bussy, 1954. Unclipped dustwrapper is generally torn and creased along the edges, red cloth-covered boards have some damp-staining. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book looking at Rhodesia in the early days of White settlement. Prospectors, Native risings, all that sort of thing. 244pp, 23 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1947. Pelican paperback edition, published by Penguin in 1947, book number A171. Slight creasing to the spine and corners, minor scuffing to spine ends, a previous owner's name on first page, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy. Deals with English social history in the first half of the nineteenth century, particularly the miserable conditions endured by the urban working class, and the rise of the Chartists. 256pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.