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London, U.K. : Thames and Hudson, 1981 328 pages with 353 illustrations: 85 in colour, 268 photographs, drawings and maps in b/w; with index, sources of illustrations and select bibliography. Some age and shelf wear. Original dustjacket not price clipped - dj edges and corners worn - slight tanning to the dj's front and back flaps. Slight water damage to the lower edges of the back board of the book. Otherwise tight copy - no internal markings, clean text pages. " Professor Barraclough's book is not written specifically for Christians or for non-Christians; it takes Christianity as a historical fact and uses the resources of modern research to trace the way in which it has moulded men and events. The thirteen authors, all leading historians in their fields, have interpreted Christianity in its widest sense, exploring the religious life of ordinary people as well as the rituals of cardinals and kings."

Bourne End, United Kingdom: Etna Publishing, 1975 Collectible. Some shelf and age wear to the card wrapper - wrapper edges light rubbing with creases around edge and spine - internally the pages are in very good condition - clean pages with no internal markings.
First edition, no date on the front endpaper, but the drawings are dated 1975, unpaginated. The twelve b/w line drawings by Michael Bayley are secured in a paperback black card wrapper with cream writing - wrapper designed by David Howden. The drawings are of old surviving buildings in the Thames valley, with his handwritten captions, reproduced one per page. Contents: Foreword with a hand drawn map; The Old Manor House Mapledurham; Henley Church and the Red Lion; The Dog and Badger, Medmenham; The Guildhall and Red Lion, High Wycombe; Hurley Church; Marlow Bridge and Church; Cookham High Street; a riverside house, Maidenhead; Jesus Hospital, Bray; Oakley Court; The Cockpit, Eton; Church Street, Windsor.

London, U.K. : Penguin Books Ltd, 1981 1981 reprint of the 1978 edition. Age and shelf wear; some tanning to edges of pages. Clean text pages, no internal markings. Bowlby continues in this volume "his much acclaimed work on the importance of parental relationship to mental health. Here he considers separation and the anxiety that accompanies it; the fear of imminent or imagined separation, the fear induced by parental threats of separation, and the inversion of the parent-child relationship."

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Running Press , 1993 With an index. Slight age and shelf wear. Original dustjacket not price clipped. Dustjacket rubbed along edges. Tight copy no internal markings, clean text pages. "The practice of medicine touches everyone's life. In this funny, cynical, and poignant collection of quotes, physicians, writers, psychologists, comedians, celebrities, and philosophers share their views on birth, death, and everything in between.

London, U.K. : Dorling Kindersley, 2002 Slight age and shelf wear. Tight copy, no internal markings, clean text pages. Colour illustrations. "Your Guide to the 10 Best of Everything. ... Whether you are travelling first class or on a limited budget, this Eyewitness Top 10 guide will lead you straight to the very best Tuscany has to offer. Dozens of Top 10 lists - from the Top 10 Etruscan sights to the Top 10 hill towns, villas, vineyards and beach resorts - provide the insider knowledge every visitor needs. ... find your way effortlessly with the help of detailed maps and hundreds of photographs.

London, United Kingdom: Macmillan, 2008 339 pages. Original dustjacket not price clipped - on spine of d/j three very small indentations. Pictorial dustjacket. This is the 9th novel in the Fethering Mysteries series. As the title suggests - a body is found in the local bookies has all the mystery and intrigue of a Brett novel. Colin Dexter reviewing the book said: "Murder most enjoyable ... An author who never takes himself that seriously, and for whom any fictional murder can frequently form part of the entertainment industry."

London, United Kingdom: Faber and Faber, 1989 UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOF BOUND COPY for the cased edition. Prepublication first edition. [Probable publication date: 3 July 1989.] 340pp. Clean text pages, no internal markings. Novel set in the near future, by one of the leading white opponents of apartheid in South Africa, who was imprisoned for seven years for terrorism. Widely recognized as South Africa's finest Afrikaner poet, Breytenbach is also a distinguished novelist and artist. He has been awarded numerous prizes (literary and artistic) over his writing career (ie the APB literary prize in 1965; Hertzog Prize for Poetry in 1984, 1999, 2008; and Allan Paton Award for Literature). The Companion to African Literatures describes his writings as "marked by a combination of Kafkaesque skepticism and a celebration of life; images connect surreal worlds to the harsh and brutal realities of apartheid, magical realism to critical realism". This title is now out of print.

New York, N.Y., USA: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926 With seventy-four illustrations by photographic reproduction and seventy-four drawings. Published by Doubleday, Page. Illustrated throughout. Hardback. First Edition. American Edition. No dustjacket was issued with this edition. Blue boards. Age and self wear - spine is sun damaged - Binding good - no pages missing - clean text pages, no markings on pages. Front and back frontispages have yellow spotting - light spotting to half title page, title page, letter from Archbishop and contents page. Inside back cover has a brown envelop glued to it (where map of the Great Western Railway was stored - this map is missing). Inscription to previous owner on bottom corner of first frontispage written in black ink ("To Donald from Mr & Mrs Tomlinson, Christmas 1940"). British Cathedrals, fine photos and drawings with detailed essays, includes: Cathedrals and how to understand their architecture, and a special map showing the… Read More

London, United Kingdom: The Rough Guides, 1998 434 pages with colour maps. Written and researched by Jonathan Buckley with contributions by Rachel Kaberry and Hilary Robinson. Some shelf and age wear especially to cover edges - some slight creases to cover. Text clean no internal markings. At the time of publication this was advertised as the definitive handbook to Europe's most beautiful city. It includes lively accounts of all the museums and monuments, plus the lowdown on the Biennale, Carnevale and other events; critical reviews of restaurants and accommodation in every price range, plus the pick of the bars and shops. Full colour maps plus plans of the major churches and the waterbus system.