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london: G.BELL & SON FOR THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, 1932 Pale Blue printed card covers (Stapled paperback) 210 x 140 mm approx. 32pp. Please see our images of the actual booklet offered for sale for further details and condition. VG (Previous owner name in ink to front cover, staples rusty with leaching to paper and centre page pulled. No other notable defects) We will remove staples and sew as a single section pamphlet if required- please indicate if so required when ordering :-)

LONDON: ELKIN MATHEWS & MARROT, 1932 Orange cloth quarter binding with paper covered boards and laid on title slip. 195 x 130 mm approx. viii + 40 pp. First Edition First print 1932. Collection of poems by the author of "Kenya" Impressions in verse with reviews thereof to reverse of half title. This collection also is heavily influenced by the author's travels. Made and printed by Purnell and Sons Paulton Somerset on heavy uncut aid paper.VG (Light shelf wear and soiling to boards. Pencil previous owner name to free front end paper. Binding sound with no other defects). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 2004 Black boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 240 x 160 mm approx. xii + 616 pp. Two charts and 3 maps as called for. First Printing 2004 of the UK Edition being a volume in the Comprehensive History of the Holocaust initiated by Yad Vashem. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Very Good (Book- mild general shelf wear to boards, no previous owner name or insc. pagination of the two charts transposed on list- ie printing error. Dust Jacket - Light shelf rubbing, two small white paint splashes to spine, non price clipped - £25. No other notable defects to book or jacket).

LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD & CO, 1962 Navy Blue boards with silver blocked titles to spine, 190 x 130 mm approx. 64 pp. Nos. 9 in publisher's "Studies in French Literature" series. First printing 1962. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/VG (Book- no notable shelf wear or soiling. Numerous light pencil marks in margins highlighting passages from a reading, neat ink previous owner name to front free end paper no other insc. nor other annotations. Dust Jacket- a little tanned to extremities , negligible shelf wear and soiling, non price clipped. No other notable defects to book or jacket).

EDINBURGH: OLIVER AND BOYD, 1963 Dark Green Cloth Boards with gilt titles to spine, 220 x 145 mm approx. xvi 460 pp. 20 illustrations on 17 glossy plates as called for First Edition 1963.Literary biography of Burns' first Editor by American Professor of English - Robert Donald Thornton. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/VG (Book- negligible shelf wear / soiling, No previous owner name or insc. Minor dust spotting to top edge of book block. Dust Jacket- mild colour rubbing, 2 liquid splash stains 2x3 cm approx to rear panel else no notable shelf soiling, price clipped. Supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve).

LONDON: CHATTO AND WINDUS, 1973 Red Boards with gilt bblocked titles to spine, 220 x 145 mm approx. 248 pp. First published in 1967 the copy offered is of the 2nd impression 1973. Collection of 16 essays on literary subjects. See our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book- Negligible shelf wear, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - light tanning to spine, a little dust spotting to exposed edges of flap folds, price clipped. No other defects to book or jacket). Please state when placing order if you would wish that a removable proprietary protective sleeve be fitted.

LONDON: SIR ISAAC PITMAN, 1945 Green cloth quarter binding with cream printed paper covered boards, 175 x 125 mm approx. viii + 103 pp + 1 of publisher's adverts. Frontis + 31 other illustrations all as called for. 6th Impression 1945. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Very Good (Book - no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- colour rubbed to extremities and panels, non price clipped - cover 3/6. No other notable defects to book or jacket).

PRIORY PRESS, 1973 Grey Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 260 x 195 mm approx. 128 pp, over 50 photos and sketch maps (per flap fold) First Edition 1973. Inscribed in ink to the free front end paper by the author and signed - to Andrew Mackenzie. [Andrew Carr Mackenzie] 1911–2001 the journalist, novelist and parapsychologist who was a writer of detective fiction and vice president of the Society for Psychical Research. A leading researcher in the field of psychical research in the 1970s. The book is one of a series published by Priory Press in it's "Social History of Science Library". The author was late Librarian and Map Curator to the Royal Geographical Society. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Very Good (Book - mild dust spotting to top edge of book block, author insc. as above. Dust Jacket - mild general shelf rubbing and soiling, non price clipped - cover £2.50 No other notable defects to… Read More

LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE Navy Blue cloth Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 185 x 130 mm approx. xvi + 472 pp. Frontis portraits of British and French Commanders with tissue guard + 15 maps and plans as called for. New Edition -Undated - in publisher's "Chandos Library" series. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good (Book- restoration work - we have cleaned off the spine applied a new mull and back strip and re- glued with p.v.a. re- cased in the original cloth boards with new plain end papers. Some colour restoration to cloth which is rubbed, some loss to corners and nicks to head and tail. No previous owner name or insc.)

LONDON: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS / Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1934 Green Flecked Cloth Boards with Black blocked titles to spine, 190 x 125 mm approx. viii + 92 pp. b/w frontis. Written and published to provide a few typical inscriptions for the use of students reading the history of the first two centuries of the Roman Empire.See our images for details of contents and condition of the actual book offered for sale. VG (Book- no notable shelf wear or soiling to cloth. Previous owner book plate to front paste down (Sir John and Lady Barnes - late British Ambassador to the Netherlands and formerly Israel. with pencil name and date to free front end paper. No annotations. Binding sound with no other defects). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

FROME: BUTLER AND TANNER, 1948 Grey paper covers with blue printed titles to front. (Sewn Paperback)190 x 125 mm approx. 48 pp 3 full colour plates First Printing 1948. Description by the then Dean of Wells of the 39 embroidered heraldic stall-banners and a note of the persons who worked them. A task organised by the Friends of Wells Cathedral following their coming into being in 1933 and completed in the 1940's. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good (Booklet- shelf rubbing to covers with a 4.5 cm approx tear to front hinge at top. Red ink block printed "Return to " stamped to reverse of front cover. No other notable defects).

CHICHESTER: PHILLIMORE, 1978 Blue Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 250 x 190 mm approx. 176 pp 48 b/w illustrations on 18 pp of glossy plates - colour and b/w, 26 maps and plans all as called for + many line illustrations to margins of text pages. Third printing 1978 of the 3rd Edition of 1974. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book - slight fading to boards at extremities and a few dust spots to top edge of book block. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - minimal shelf rubbing, a little dust soiling to exposed edge of rear flap fold , front flap fold corner clipped with publisher replacement price £6.95 affixed. No other notable defects to book or jacket).

LONDON: CHARLES H. KELLY Green cloth chamfered boards with blind and gilt blocked illustration and titles. 200 x 150 mm approx. Illustrated end papers, viii + 298 pp. All edges gilt, Colour frontis + 7 other full colour plates and many line drawings to margins by George Edward Lodge. A charming book for the older child to foster and encourage an interest in Natural History by these talented brothers an eminent photographer and an illustrator.Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG (Book- colour rubbing to cloth, possible rodent nibble to top corner of free front end paper, quite extensive browning/foxing to reverse of frontis. with ink gift insc. Xmas 1907 and mild foxing to reverse of rear free end paper. No other notable defects).

LONDON : J M DENT & SONS , 1962 Brown Boards with turquoise blocked title slip and gilt titles. 220 x 145 mm approx. xii + 178 pp. First Edition 1962. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Very Good (Book - no notable shelf wear or soiling, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - mild general shelf rubbing with tiny chips to colour, non price clipped - cover 30s. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket).

LONDON: GEORGE G HARRAP, 1948 fawn cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine and illustration to front , 205 x 140 mm approx. 244 pp. wood cut illustrations maps and diggrams all as called for (13 and 17 respectively) 1948 reprint in Harrap's Country Lovers Library series. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good / Fair (Book negligible shelf wear and soiling to cloth, light dust spotting to top edge and moderate foxing to fore edge of book block, a couple of biographical notes made in pencil by previous owner to end papers. Dust Jacket - chips to extremities - max 10 x 15 mm to tail and associated tears - max 2 cm, heavy foxing to fore edge of rear panel, non price clipped - cover 8/6. No other notable defects to book or jacket).

GLOUCESTER: ALAN SUTTON, 1983 Laminated card covers (Paperback) 220 x 160 mm approx. 310 pp, 94 figs and 37 tables of stats. First Edition 1983, Edited by The Geography Editorial Committee University of Sussex and published on the occasion of the Brighton meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 1983. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Vg(Book- covers- moderate general shelf rubbing with reading creases to spine, previous owner book plate to reverse of front cover and a few pencil notes to margins and rear blank from a reading).

LONDON: MACMILLAN AND CO, 1915 Navy Blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine and blind embossed to front panel. xiv + 353 + 2 of publisher's adverts. 114 figs. Fold out colour distribution map and 38 Tables, extensive bibliography and index. The 10th book Published in the Macmillan Science Monograph Series. The copy offered for sale by us is a publisher's presentation copy with circular blind impressed seal on title page. Fair (Book- significant colour rubbing to cloth with a little fraying of same to head and tail of spine. Gilt titles to spine dulled and overwritten in white by a previous owner. End papers browned and pencil notes to rear paste down. Binding sound. A good working copy). NB. UNfortunate heavy vol will incur extra postage for Overseas ONLY. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON: GEORGE G.HARRAP & CO, 1963 Blue Boards with gilt titles to spine and facsimile author signature to front board, 215 x 140 mm approx. 190 pp Collection of stories based on the author's maritime adventures.The author's second book, his first recounting his experiences on a Central Queensland Cattle station. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ VG (Book- a little soiling to top edge of book block. No other defects. Dust Jacket - mild shelf rubbing with 14 mm approx tear to head/rear panel fold and some shelf soiling mainly to rear panel, white to spine a little tanned. Non price clipped, cover13/6. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve).

HANLEY: PRIVATELY PUBLISHED , 1884 Publisher's green cloth bevel edged boards with gilt blocked title "Receipts" and single line frame to front,165 x 195 mm approx. All edges stained red, 96 pp.Privately published 1884 - by W.R.Creyke of The Colour Works Near Stoke on Trent and printed by J Hutchins Hanley. Good ( Moderate general shelf wear and soiling to cloth, previous owner name and address to front paste down snopaked out with pencil subsequent owner name above. glue to back strip failing as book block a little floppy but no cracks to end papers and sewing/ tapes sound. Occasional marginal soiling. No other notable defects). A scarce reference book which contains recipes as stated for pottery glazes etc. Of import. for the industrial heritage of the Potteries. The only copies we can find at time of listing are held by the British and Cambridge University libraries. W.R.Crekye was undoubtedly related to G.M.Creyke, who carried on business in partnership as G.M.Creyke and Sons as… Read More

YORK: VOYAGER PUBLICATIONS IN ASSOC. WITH YORK ORAL HISTORY SOC. , 1999 Laminated card covers (Paperback) 210 x 150 mm approx. [iv] + 124 pp. Illustrated with 82 b/w photos and caricatures. First Edition 1999. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine (Negligible shelf wear to covers. No previous owner name or insc. No notable defects).