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The Crown of Success
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The Crown of Success

by A.L.O.E.

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London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1906. No dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, yellow titles on spine are a bit faded but still readable. Sunday School prize message (undated) on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's real name was Charlotte Maria Tucker, but she wrote as ''A.L.O.E.'' which was short for ''A Lady of England''. Originally published in 1862 (as "The Crown of Success: or, Four Heads to Furnish") one of the author's many stories for Victorian children, this one, written in a sort of "Pilgrims Progress" style, deals with four children and their education. No publication date shown, but probably early 1900s. 219pp, 4 colour illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Arendals Forsikringsselskab A/S 1860-1960: Med bakgrunn: Av Aust-Agders Seilskipssaga
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Arendals Forsikringsselskab A/S 1860-1960: Med bakgrunn: Av Aust-Agders Seilskipssaga

by Aalholm, O A; & Bryn, Thor

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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.
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Death Under a Little Sky
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Death Under a Little Sky

by Abell, Stig

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9780008517014
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0008517010
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London: HarperCollins, 2023. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends and to upper corners of black boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Signed by the author on black felt-tip on title page. First edition, with only a number 1 showing on rev of title page. The author's first novel, the story involves a former detective from the city moving to the country after inheriting a house from an uncle, and the discovery of a woman's remains in a local wood. 344pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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English Phonetic Texts
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English Phonetic Texts

by Abercrombie, David

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London: Faber and Faber, 1964. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, original owner's name on f/ep, otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book. A collection of texts given in phonetic (IPA) symbols, aimed at those studying phonetics and phonology of English. 125pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Peyote Religion Among the Navaho
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The Peyote Religion Among the Navaho

by Aberle, David F

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Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, 1967. Ex library copy with remains of paper labels inside font board and on f/ep, ink stamps on f/ep, title page and rev, and on page edges. Unclipped dustwrapper has creasing and small tears to the edges, and a lot of fading to the spine. Bumping to spine ends and corners, white library markings to top and bottom ends of spine, and some shelf-wear to bottom edge of blue boards, but otherwise a not too bad, internally clean and tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1966, this is a second printing from 1967. Deals with the use of peyote among the Navaho (or Navajo) people based on field work from between 1949 and 1953. A heavy book, packaged weight is over 1250g, so extra postage will be required from buyers outside the UK. 454pp, 26 b&w illustrations, 50 charts and tables.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.
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Denial
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Denial

by Ablow, Keith

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ISBN 13
9780749904159
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0749904151
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London: Piatkus, 1998. Minor bumping to the top corners of the red boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy on similar, unclipped dustwrapper, of this hard-cover story of a forensic psychologist and the search for a serial killer. 263pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Life of Thomas More
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The Life of Thomas More

by Ackroyd, Peter

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ISBN 13
9781856197113
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1856197115
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1998. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends of black boards, and the book smells a bit of being kept in a shed though this should fade. But otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover biography of Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII. Please Note: this is a heavy book, packaged weight is over 1kg, so extra postage would be required from buyers outside the UK. 435pp, 16pp colour and b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Fade to Grey
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Fade to Grey

by Adams, Jane

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9780333721544
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0333721543
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London: Macmillan, 1998. Some slight fading to spine of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The third of the author's four crime stories featuring Detective Inspector Mike Croft. First edition, the number line on rev of title page runs from 9 to 1. Signed and dated by the author on title page "Jane Adams Sept 18th '98". 261pp.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Bird
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Bird

by Adams, Jane

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ISBN 13
9780333687482
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0333687485
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London: Macmillan, 1995. A very good clean tight copy in similar unclipped dustwrapper of this hard-cover novel by the author of ''The Greenway''. No price shown on inner flap of dustwrapper, number line on rev of title page runs from 9 to 1. The story deals with a woman visiting her grandparents who raised her after her mother was killed, and her dying grandfather's visions of a hanged woman. 278pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Greenway
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The Greenway

by Adams, Jane

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9780333644249
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0333644247
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London: Macmillan, 1995. Minor bumping to the bottom end of the spine of black boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper of this hard-cover novel. No price shown on the inner flap of dustwrapper, number line on rev of title page runs from 9 to 1. The story involves the disappearance of a young girl on an ancient pathway in Norfolk and a similar event twenty years earlier. 203pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Arctic Island Hunter
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Arctic Island Hunter

by Adams, Paul

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London: George Ronald, 1961. Creasing and some tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, a tear to the illustrated page between pp64-65, but with no damage to the pictures, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's account of a year spent living on Spitzbergen in the company of an elderly Norwegian hunter Hilmar Nøis. 167pp, 45 b&w illustrations, 2 maps.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Hear the Train Blow
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Hear the Train Blow

by Adam-Smith, Patsy

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9780140165388
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014016538X
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Ringwood, Victoria: Penguin Books, 1992. A crease to the spine and some fading to same, some yellowing to outer pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this paperback book. The author's account of her childhood in remote rural Victoria (Australia) in the years before WW2. 191pp, 8pp b&w illustrations.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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The Complete Greek Tragedies
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The Complete Greek Tragedies

by Aeschylus, Sophocles; & Euripides

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London: The Folio Society, 2011. Five volumes in slipcase. Some scuffing and marking to back edge of the brown slipcase (the side opposite the open end), but otherwise a very good clean tight set of hard-cover books. Five volumes, containing all the extant surviving plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, translated and with introductions by various authors. Volume 1 contains the plays by Aeschylus (Oresteia trilogy, The Supplicant Maidens, The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, and Prometheus Bound). Volume 2 has the plays by Sophocles (The Theban Plays, Ajax, The Women of Trachis, Electra, and Philoctetes). Volume 3 (Euripides) has Rhesus, The Trojan Women, Hecuba, Andromache, Helen, and The Cyclops. Volume 4 (Euripides) has Iphigenia in Aulis, Electra, Orestes, Iphigenia in Tauris, Medea, and Hippolytus. Volume 5 (Euripides) has Alcestis, Ion, Heracles, The Heracleidae, The Phoenician Women, The Supplicant Women, and The Bacchae. A heavy set of books, packaged weight would be over 6… Read More
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The Control of Biblical Meaning: Canon as Semiotic Mechanism
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The Control of Biblical Meaning: Canon as Semiotic Mechanism

by Aichele, George

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9781563383335
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1563383330
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Trinity Press, 2001. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. 259pp. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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A Touch of Chill: Stories of Horror, Suspense and Fantasy
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A Touch of Chill: Stories of Horror, Suspense and Fantasy

by Aiken, Joan

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9780575026674
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0575026677
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London: Victor Gollancz, 1979. Very slight creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, a tiny bit of bumping to top end of spine of green boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A collection of fifteen stories of horror, suspense and fantasy (as the title page has it) by the author. Issued in the US as "A Touch of Chill: Tales for Sleepless Nights", but with a different selection of stories. This UK edition has 'Lodgers', 'Mrs Considine', 'The Sewanee Glide', 'Listening', 'The Companion', 'The Rented Swan', 'Jugged Hare', 'A Game of Black and White', 'Time to Laugh', 'He', 'The Story about Caruso', 'The Helper', 'Power-cut', 'Who Goes Down this Dark Road?', and 'A Train full of War-Lords'. 190pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Macbeth: Man and Myth
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Macbeth: Man and Myth

by Aitchison, Nick

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9780750924436
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0750924438
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Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 1999. Slight scuffing to top corner of front cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Looks at the historical eleventh-century Scottish king Macbeth, as well as at how he is seen in legend and in dramatic sources. 216pp, numerous b&w illustrations.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Sarah Ballenden
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Sarah Ballenden

by Aitken, Alex

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9780968282588
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096828258X
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Kingston, Ontario: Artful Codger Press, 2003. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. A historical novel set in Ruperts Land, Canada in the mid nineteenth century and based around the real-life story of Sarah Ballenden, the Meti (mixed-race) wife of John Ballenden, Chief Factor of the Hudson Bay Company. 239pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Twelve Light Years
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Twelve Light Years

by Aitken, Margaret

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9780284987761
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028498776X
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Haddington: Albyn Press, 1988. Hardback edition. Some creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper and a half-inch tear to the left-hand side of front panel of same; minor bumping to corners of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's account of her life as a lighthouse-keeper's wife at two Scottish lighthouses between 1954 and 1966, firstly on Stroma in the Pentland Firth, then Buchan Ness near Peterhead. 156pp, b&w frontispiece, b&w drawings at chapter heads.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Illus. by MacInnes, Ian. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Midnight Sun, Arctic Moon: Mapping the Wild Heart of Alaska
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Midnight Sun, Arctic Moon: Mapping the Wild Heart of Alaska

by Albanese, Mary

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9781935347170
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1935347179
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Epicenter Press, 2012. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover and minorcreasing to spine, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. The author's account of her time living in Alaska between 1977 and 1987 when she worked for the University of Alaska in the Geology department surveying remote parts of the State. Signed by the author to original owner on title page "To .... Happy Trails, Mary Albanese". 216pp including 24pp b&w illustrations.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music
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Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music

by Alburger, Mary Anne

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ISBN 13
9780575031746
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0575031743
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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1983. Minor creasing to the top edge of the unclipped dustwrapper, some bumping to corners of brown boards, some yellowing to the pages and grubby marks to endpapers, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book dealing with Scottish fiddle music and those who played it from the late seventeenth century onwards, with much emphasis (six chapters) on the eighteenth century, two covering the nineteenth century, and a final chapter looking at the music up to the 1970s. 256pp, 20 b&w illustrations and over 100 tunes (reels, strathspeys, laments and slow airs) given in staff notation.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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