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Paris: Les Editions Robert Morel, 1961. Paperback. Good+. Decorated paper covers, with flaps, 5 x 7 inches. 83 pp, text in French. Covers slightly rubbed at edges, inside flap creased, small splits to base of spine; otherwise very good.

London: The Masterpiece Library. Paperback. Fair. Paper covers, some tears and chips to edges. Spine has been repaired with tape. Covers are detached. Pages are tanned due to age. Penny Popular Novels No. 28. No date. Edited by W. T. Stead. Scattered foxing. Size: 7 x 5 Inches

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1974. Black boards, unclipped dw, 339pp. Dw a little dusty, bumped with slight creasing at edges. Book itself vg.. 1st Edition. Hardback in Dustwrapper. Very Good/Good+.

Norway: New Compass Press. Paperback. VG. Corners and spine lightly bumped. Spine indicates unread. Size: 7 x 5 Inches

London: London Magazine Editions, 1970. 1st Edition. . Hardback. VG/VG. Light green boards, bottom of spine bumped. Red dustjacket in very good condition. Edited, with an introduction by Ronald Hayman. 198 pp. Size: 9 x 6 Inches

London: J.M. Dent, 1898. Hardback. Winifred Austin. Brown cloth boards, 60pp. Beautiful drawings of dogs. Externally, boards bumped and scuffed at edges; a few marks. Inside, endpapers rather tanned, tissue guard to frontis a little creased and hinge at frontis. becoming tender. Main text tight and otherwise good reading copy. Size: 17 x 23 Cm

London: Nottingham Court Press, 1983. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. VG/VG. Red boards (spine bumped) with dust jacket. Corners and top sides of jacket rubbed. 253pp. Foreword by John Mortimer. Size: 10 x 7 Inches

London: National Book Council, 1942. 1st Edition. . Hardback. Good. Paper-covered hardback, 72pp. A little dusty externally, but clean inside; good and tight copy.

Dublin: Mercredy, 1912. Hardback. Fine +. Oswald H Cuningham. 8'' x 5'', 147pp, + 30pp of advertisements at the back. Pictorial front board showing picture of jester and bull. Back cover shows advertisement for Rolls Royce. Boards worn at spine and edges. Front and end papers had come loose and have been professionally taped back in. A good reading copy.

London: Henry Colburn English and Foreign Public Library, 1811. Leather Binding. Original binding. Brown leather boards, 294pp. Preface indicates this may be the first edition. Publisher's list of similar titles of 'Works of Instruction and Amusement for Young People' on single page following preface. Silk bookmark detached found within. 2 neat signatures of previous owners respectively in pencil and ink on endpaper and page following. Leather binding covering worn and missing in places at spine and external boards; some gilt decoration still visible in places. Boards a little loose but still attatched. Brown tape has been applied by a previous owner to 2nd and third hinge to strengthen. Very light, scattered, occasional foxing to some pages. Main text block tight. More photos available on request. Size: 5.5 x 3.5 Inches

Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, 2011. Hardback. VG. with a foreword by Marina Kim, Ashoka. Corners and spine very lightly bumped ut vg clen and virtually as new. Size: 9 x 6 Inches

London: Quartet, 2011. 1st Edition. . Hardback with Dustwrapper. Very Good/Very Good. Black boards with dustwrapper, 304pp. Top edge of dw very slightly bumped but otherwiise very good and unclipped. VG

London: Peace News, 1964. Paperback. Good. With a foreword by Alastair Buchan. White and black paper covers. stapled. Corners and spine bumped. 'A Case for Civilian Defence,' by Adam Roberts, 'Psychological Problems in the Elimination of War,' by Professor Jerome D. Frank, 'Non-Military Defence and Foreign Policy,' by Professor Arne Naes and 'Deterrence and Liberation by Civilian Defence,' by Gene Sharp. Size: 7 x 5 Inches Approx

London: Studio Vista, 1973. 1st Edition . Good ++/No Jacket. Orange cloth-covered boards, 12 x 9 inches approx, 160 pp. Colour and b&w illust. with photos by Gabriel Monro. A few small white marks to front board, boards slightly bumped at edges and corners, but tight copy and internally very good.

Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 2007. Hardback in Dustwrapper. VG/VG. Blue boards with unclipped dust jacket. Corners and spine slightly bumped. 265pp. Size: 9 x 6 Inches Approx

London: Miniature Books/The Rodale Press, 1954. 1st Thus. . Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. Brown spine with red paper-covered boards, 36 pp. Attractively presented copy of the famous anti-smoking diatribe by King james I, accompanied by b&w contemporary illustrations. Foreword by Ann Hill. Boards a little bumped at edges otherwise a very good tight copy.

London: Downey and Co. Ltd, 1897. Hardback. Good+. Green boards with pictorial front board and spine, plus gilt lettering to spine. Corners and spine are bumped. White mark to right side of front board. Hinges cracked but text block tight. Small book plate to inside paste down.427pp. NB: This is a heavy book and may require extra postage costs. Size: 8 x 5 Inches

London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1940. Paper Cover. Fair/No Dustwrapper. Paper covers, 48pp. Little Lenin Library no. 19. Spine splitting so cover at risk of becoming detached. Inside clean and tight. Size: 8 x 5.5 Inches

London: The Apple Press, 1991. 1st Reprint . Very Good/Very Good. Green boards with dustwrapper, 127 pp. 11 x 9 inches. Many colourphotos.Price-clipped dustwrapper. Very good tight copy.

New York: Praeger, 1977. Hardback. Good+. Green boards, corners and spine a little bumped. Signed by Naomi Mcintosh to FFEP. Size: 8 x 5 Inches