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HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Reprint.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1938* Publisher: Oxford University Press.* Binding and cover condition: Navy blue cloth, gilt title to spine and impresses logo to face. No bumps, slight rubs to corners, silk ribbon marker attached. GOOD.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with minor reading wear, owners signature to fep. Slight foxing to prelims, no marks to text, light tanning throughout. GOOD* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 342 pp. text. xxvi pp. advertisements at rear.* Description: Contents include An Afternoon Walk In October , On Cromer Beach , Waterfalls ? Alice Meynell, Inveni Portum - Joseph Conrad , Wilfrid Scawen Blunt , The Third Circle, On Inns ? Hilaire Belloc and many more.* A GOOD copy with NO MAJOR FAULTS. No dust jacket.*

Signet, 1962-01-01. 1st Edn. 2nd.Imp.. Paperback. VG+/VG/ND. Box 07 SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 1962(1961)* Publisher: Signet Classics.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing bearded man at a casement window. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge but light crease tofront cover. Somewhat aged. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no general tanning or other visible faults. Very slight colouration to page margins and edges. VG+* Illustrations: One b/w line drawn portrait to ffep.* Pages: 277 pp. text. xi pp. afterword, bibliography & advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- The House of the Seven Gables, although subtitled a romance, is a Gothic novel written beginning in mid -1850 by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in April 1851 by… Read More

Longmans Green & Co, 1903-01-01. 1st Edn. 5th. Imp.. Hardback. GD++/GD/ND. Box X41 HARDBACK ""UNCOMMON ORIGINAL COPY,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. * Impression: 5th.* Date of Publication: 1903 * Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co. * Binding and cover condition: Maroon linen cloth covered boards, gilt title to worn spine and blind impressed shield to face. Minor bumps, rubs to edges and corners and to head and tail of spine, light marks to both boards. GD.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND. * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Owners name to front paste down. Clean, crisp and tight with light reading wear, a few slight marks and pencil annotations to a few pages, considerable age to all edges. Heavy colouration to end papers. GD++.* Illustrations: B/w line drawings & diagrams throughout. * Pages: 143 pp. text. i pp. blank at rear.* Description: A drawing course for the use of candidates for Army examinations, and as an introduction to mechanical drawing. Written by… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1993* Publisher: Scala.* Binding and cover condition: Colour Photo-illustrated. stiff card covers. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly used. VG+.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: Colour b/w photo-illustrations, line drawings and maps within text throughout.* Pages: 95 pp. text. i pp. index at rear.* Product Description:- Written in the French language this guide to the Vatican City is copiously illustrated with colour photographs and has a line drawn sketch map inside the rear cover. It covers the Papal Residence, St Peters, The Sistine Chapel, The Gardens of The Vatican and a small history of the Vatican state..* This is a NEAR FINE copy with minimal shelf wear.* Papafana, Francesco

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1976* Publisher: Penguin.* Binding and cover condition: Line drawn illustration in orange, black and white, soft card covers. No bumps, light rubs & minor shelf wear to edges & corners. Single reading crease & dish to spine. Slightly aged. GD++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. Medium tanning throughout including all edges. GD++* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 309 pp. text. iii pp. advertisements & blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- Drawn together by a single theme - the culture and politics of the "barracoon" - V.S. Naipaul collection of essays touches on subjects as diverse as Indian society, John Steinbeck, the origins of the Trinidad Carnival, Norman Mailer and Black Power. The essays evoke attitudes of disenchantment, self-deception and oppression.* This is a NEAR VG copy of the 1st./1st. thus with light shelf wear &… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1976* Publisher: Penguin.* Binding and cover condition: Line drawn illustration in orange, black and white, soft card covers. No bumps, light rubs & minor shelf wear to edges & corners. Single reading crease & dish to spine. Slightly aged. GD++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. Medium tanning throughout including all edges. GD++* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 309 pp. text. iii pp. advertisements & blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- Drawn together by a single theme - the culture and politics of the "barracoon" - V.S. Naipaul collection of essays touches on subjects as diverse as Indian society, John Steinbeck, the origins of the Trinidad Carnival, Norman Mailer and Black Power. The essays evoke attitudes of disenchantment, self-deception and oppression.* This is a NEAR VG copy of the 1st./1st. thus with light shelf wear &… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Assumed 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1969* Publisher: Hampshire Buddhist Society* Binding and cover condition: Pamphlet with sewn binding and illustrated soft card covers with yellow picture on a bright red background, absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or inscriptions, Cream paper, no tanning. FINE* Illustrations: Small b/w vignette to title page.* Pages: Unpaginated, 30 pp. text. 1x iii pp. foldout of notes at rear.* Product Description :- A talk on Dhamma given by The Venerable Acariya Maha Boowa Nanasampanno on 28th. July 2505 B.E. A FINE COPY with no visible faults.

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Assumed 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1969* Publisher: Hampshire Buddhist Society* Binding and cover condition: Pamphlet with sewn binding and illustrated soft card covers with yellow picture on brown background, absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No inscriptions annotations. Cream paper, no tanning. FINE* Illustrations: Small b/w vignette to title page.* Pages: Unpaginated. 28 pp. text. plus 2 x iii pp. foldouts of notes and glossary at rear.* Product Description :- A talk on Dhamma given by The Venerable Acariya Maha Boowa Nanasampanno on 22nd. July 2505 BE. A FINE COPY with no visible faults.*

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Assumed 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1969* Publisher: Hampshire Buddhist Society* Binding and cover condition: Pamphlet with sewn binding and illustrated soft card covers with yellow picture on brown background, absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No inscriptions, a small amount of underlining in the notes at the rear. Cream paper, no tanning. VG* Illustrations: Small b/w vignette to title page.* Pages: Unpaginated. 28 pp. text. plus 2 x iii pp. foldouts of notes and glossary at rear.* Product Description :- A talk on Dhamma given by The Venerable Acariya Maha Boowa Nanasampanno on 22nd. July 2505 BE.* A FINE COPY with no visible faults.*

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Assumed 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1969* Publisher: Hampshire Buddhist Society* Binding and cover condition: Pamphlet with sewn binding and illustrated soft card covers with yellow picture on brown background, absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No inscriptions annotations. Cream paper, no tanning. FINE* Illustrations: Small b/w vignette to title page.* Pages: Unpaginated. 28 pp. text. plus 2 x iii pp. foldouts of notes and glossary at rear.* Product Description :- A talk on Dhamma given by The Venerable Acariya Maha Boowa Nanasampanno on 22nd. July 2505 BE. A FINE COPY with no visible faults.*

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Assumed 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1969* Publisher: Hampshire Buddhist Society* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers, Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners, No creases to spine or hinge. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No inscriptions, a few neat underlinings. No tanning. VG++* Illustrations: Small b/w vignette to title page.* Pages: 28 pp. text. 2 x iii pp. foldouts of notes and glossary at rear.* Product Description :- A talk on Dhamma given by The Venerable Acariya Maha Boowa Nanasampanno on 22nd. July 2505 BE. A NEAR FINE COPY with minor underlining reducing it to VG++.*

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus UK.* Date of Publication: Undated (Post 1976)* Binding and cover condition: Staple bound with clear protective front sheet and black taped spine, textual front sheet. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear & some slight marks to covers. No creases to spine or hinge. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Duplicated type-script document. Un-used. No annotations or inscriptions to text. No visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 87 pp. single sided text.* Product Description:- This is a translation of some of the teachings of the Venerable Acariya Maha Bua (Bhikkhu Nanasampanno). It is compiled and translated from some of his writings and transcriptions of his Dhamma Desana (Talk on Dhamma) printed in the Thai language.* This is a FINE, text copy of the 1st. UK English edition with slight marks & absolutely minimal shelf wear to covers reducing it to VG+.*

SOFTBACK PAMPHLET SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus* Impression: 1st.?* Date of Publication: 1983* Publisher: Pow Bhavana (Meditation) Foundation.* Binding and cover condition: Soft paper covers, colour photo-illustration. Some minimal shelf wear, no creases to spine. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or inscriptions, no tanning, no visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 31 pp. text. vii pp. Notes & glossary at rear.* Product Description:- One of the first articles that Ven Acariya Maha Boowa wrote for publication. It still remains one of the clearest and most concise introductions to the field of ?meditation practice.? It is usually found as the first part of the book ?Forest Dhamma? which includes several other talks by the same author.*

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Assumed 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1969* Publisher: Hampshire Buddhist Society* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers, Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners, No creases to spine or hinge. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, No tanning. FINE* Illustrations: Small b/w vignette to title page.* Pages: 28 pp. text. 2 x iii pp. foldouts of notes and glossary at rear.* Product Description :- A talk on Dhamma given by The Venerable Acariya Maha Boowa Nanasampanno on 22nd. July 2505 B.E. A FINE COPY with no visible faults.

SOFTBACK ?HARD TO FIND? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Reprint* Date of Publication: 1994 (1990)* Publisher: Kegan-Paul International.* Binding and cover condition: Illustrated. Colour Islamic design to soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. No shelf wear to edges or corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. LIKE NEW* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. No tanning. Seems un-used. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 316 pp. text. xx pp. index at rear.* Product Description:- Now reprinted, this book is an elaboration and defense of "traditional" Islam, as opposed to the modernist and fundamentalist forms, by one of the best-informed, most articulate Muslims of our time. ?Choice?. One of the few objective and sympathetic contemporary accounts in the English language of Islam and the Muslim world. Covering a wide range of topics and issues of concern to present day Muslims. Nasr is never… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Reprint 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1976 (1976).* Publisher: Penguin Books, Pelican.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing a picture of the globe, superimposed on an apple (with a bite out of it). No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear, no reading creases to spine, slight wear creases to boards particularly to top front corner. Seems lightly used. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. No annotations or marks to text. Some light paper colouration to page margins and edges. No other visible faults. GD++* Illustrations: B/w l/dwn diags within text.* Pages: 333 pp. text. xix pp. appendices, lists & advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- The world survived the quadrupled oil prices of 1973 with some hiccups and a great deal of indigestion: since then the news media have highlighted every energy problem that has arisen. Yet quite simple questions remain unanswered.… Read More

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE LIMITED PRINT RUN OF 1000," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2007* Publisher: Pakistan National Council of the Arts.* Binding & cover condition: Colour illustrated & laminated covers showing dancers in costume against blue background, black title to spine & face. Very slight bump & tiny rub to tail of spine, no other visible faults. VG++* Jacket condition: Matching dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED but showing no shelf price. Printed price of 1800 Pakistani rupees to verso & hand written price to fep. Minor shelf wear to edge & to head of spine. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Patterned end papers with slight damage to top of rear paste down. Clean, crisp, tight & bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, a few very slight marks, otherwise no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Numerous colour & b/w photos & line drawings throughout.* Pages: 248 pp. text.* Contents:- Introduction, The Story of Four… Read More

HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDITION, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 2nd revised and corrected.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1949 (1928).* Pub: D.C.Heath Y Compagnia, Boston, USA.* Binding and cover condition: Grey cloth covered boards with brown title to blue and brown decorated spine strip and none to face. Top corners, head and tail of spine have minor rubs, spine lightly faded, no other visible faults. GD+* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND.* Contents condition: Ex school-library with usual stamps and labels. A few slight marks to end papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, annotations or tanning. TVery slight ageing to all edges. VG* Illustrations: A number of b/w photos and facsimiles.* Pages: 686 pp. text. xvii pp. indices & blank pages at rear.* Description: This is an extensive critical History of Spanish Literature with mentions of numerous authors through the ages. With 18 pages of alphabetical index it is an excellent reference work for those… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 1986* Publisher: CBS International Editions.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated soft card covers, no bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners, no creases to spine or hinge. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. A few light pencil annotations, owners name to title page. Very slight marks to page edges. VG* Illustrations: B/w photos and b/w line drawings throughout.* Pages: 414 pp. text. xxxiv pp. Appendices & index at rear.* Product Description:- A detailed and in depth text book relating to semiconductor Microdevices and Semiconductor Materials. Chapters include, Semiconductor Crystal Structure, The Energy Band Structure Of Crystals, Introduction To The Quantum Theory of Semiconductors in Equilibrium, Transport of Carriers in Semiconductors, Introduction to Semiconductor Junctions, Semiconductor Diode Devices and… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 1981* Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper showing The Ohio Theatre in 1928, now in protected jacket. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing introductory shelf price of $24.95 ($29.95). Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Spine considerably faded. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Fully illustrated throughout with colour and black and white photos.* Pages: 214 pp. text. x pp. appendix of theatres, bibliography, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: This lavishly illustrated volume captures the magic of the remarkable structures that were as much a part of the… Read More