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Cambridge: The Rainbow Press. Hardback in Slip Case. Good+. Leonard Baskin. 'This edition of 200 copies, signed by the author and with a drawing by Leonard Baskin was set in Monotype Bodoni, designed and printed at Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge by Will Carter and bound by Gray of Cambridge. This copy is number 178.Blue leather boards. Gilt lettering to spine. In blue slip case, corners scuffed but good and tight. Book itself has spine faded but otherwise very good. Size: 8 x 5 Inches Approx

London: Oxford University Press, 1997. Very Good-. Blue cloth boards, 6 x 9½ inches, bronze lettering to front and spine. 179 pp, includes index, contains black and white illustrations. Small label affixed to back board, otherwise very good with no inscriptions.

Manchester University Press, 1979. 1st Edition. . Paperback. Very Good. Written in the Anglo-Norman dialect of Medieval French with introductio and comments by Ian Short and Brian Merrilees. Slightly bumped corners, but otherwise in a very good condition. Size: 21.5 x 13.5 Cm

Detroit: Gale Research, 1989. 1st Edition. . Hardback. VG+. Blue cloth boards. 10x8 inches, 261pp. Chapters on J.M. Barrie, Betsy Byars, Ann Nolan Clark, Paul Galdone, Patricia Lauber, Harry Mazer, Walter Dean Myers, Kay Nielson, Scott O'Dell, Reginald Ottley, Piero Ventura, Rosemary Wells. Boards very slightly bumped at edges, very slightly marked. No inscriptions. Heavy book - please contact us directly for best shipping cost. Size: 11 x 8½ Inches

1930. Hardcover. Good/No Dustwrapper. Written in Welsh. Illustrated with photographs. Dark red boards, bumped at edges, slightly scuffed and marked. Inscribed with name of previous owner.Good.

Seagull Books, 2010. 1st Thus. . Hardcover. G/G. Black cloth hardback with unclipped dustwrapper. Some scuffing & puncture marks to an area of rear board approx 2x2½ inches; corresponding small tears etc to equivalent area of rear dustwrapper. Otherwise a very good copy, appears unread. Size: 8½ x 5½ Inches

Bangor & Hull. Soft cover. VG-. Contributions by Raymond Williams, Sylvia Plath, Edward Lucie-Smith, Malcolm Bradbury, John Wain etc. Paper covers. 192pp. Edges slightly bumped. Spine creased.

Oxford University Press, 1943. Hardback. Good. Small neat inscription to FFEP, blue cloth boards, gilt pictorial front board with faded inscriptions on spine, pp 375. Size: 21.5 x 14 Cm

Oxford: Phaidon, 1978. 1st Edition . Very Good/Good+. Grey boards with dustwrapper, 182 pp. Contributors include Updike, Clive James, Bette Crouse Mele etc. Dw a little dusty, otherwise very good.

Faber & Faber, 1972. List of books by same author oppos. title pg. Index at back, 13 pp. Author's bio after index. Gray cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Edges sl. bumped. Paper dw, corners bumped, with small tear to top of spine. Descript of book to inside flap of dw. 196 pp; very good.. First.

London: Hirschfeld Brothers Ltd, 1907. Brown cloth boards with black decorative border, 5x3½ inches. xii + 257pp. Publisher's list to endpapers. Boards bumped at edges, rubbed. Browning to endpapers & title page.

La Louviere: Le Daily-Bul. Paperback. VG. Paper covers with glassine wrapper. Uncut pages. Inscribed & SIGNED BY AUTHOR (H. Storck) on fly leaf. Glassine wrapper slightly grubby, bumped with some small chips and closed tears. Contents very good. Size: 7 x 9 Inches

Paris. Hardback. Good+. NOURY, Pierre. Theophile Gauthier, illustrations de Pierre Noury, Ernest Flammorion Editeur. Paris. Inscription to FFEP dated 1946. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Corners of boards bumped. Size: 10 x 7 Inches

Rutland: Telefoto, 2005. 1st Edition . Very Good/N/A. Ring-bound card covers, 6 x 8 inches. Ceremonies from around the world. B&w photo to each page, showing each festival described. very good.

Rutland: Telefoto, 2006. 1st Edition . Very Good/N/A. Orange card covers.6x8 inches. Unpaginated. Full-page colour photo to each page of world festivals. very good.

Durham: DMLS, 1985. Paperback. Good+. Blue covers. Durham Modern Languages Series. General Editor W. R. Bridgwater. Edited, with Introduction and Notes by R. G. Maber. 96pp. First published 1983, reprinted 1985. Corners slightly bumped. Size: 8 x 6 Inches

Edinburgh University Press, 2006. Very Good. Photographic paper covers, 9 x 6 inches. 193 pp. 'An introduction to this area of media studies, and its distinctive methodologies, is followed by chapters on news talk, political talk, sports talk, radio DJ talk, talk shows, celebrity interviews and "reality TV"'.

Paris: Librairie Larousse. Hardback. Good. Yellow pictorial boards with pale bluey grey spine. Boards slightly tanned. No date but inscription to back front cover dated 1937. Front hinge very slightly loose, but book tight. Size: 5 x 7½ Inches

Paris: Didot, 1799. Hardback. Good. 5½x3½ Inches. Brown boards with gold border and imprinted detail. Spine rubbed and corners bumped. Some foxing to first and last pages. Pages tanned due to age. Owner's name written in front endpaper. Some watermarks to endpapers. 264 pp. Part of a series of eight books, but complete by itself. 'Edition stereotype, d'apres le procede de Firmin Didot

Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House (Soviet Novelettes), 1953. Good. V. Sveshnikov. Pictorial paper covers, 4 x 6½ inches. 118 pp. Covers slighly bumped, slightly grubby; otherwise very good.