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HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1971* Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson.* Binding and cover condition: Brown cloth, gilt title to spine and logo to face. No bumps, very slight rubs, minor shelf wear to edges and corners. VG+* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £3.70 net. Heavy rubbing and shelf wear to top & bottom edges, flap folds and to head & tail of spine. Small tear to back top edge but no loss. ACC* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Illustrated end papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with minimal reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning. VG++* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout. * Pages: 253 pp. text. xx pp. appendices, references, glossary, bibliography, index & acknowledgements at rear.* Description: Kokhba, was a Jewish national hero as great as Arthur or Ulysses, who had until recently been… Read More

Picador, Pan Macmillan., 2022-01-11. 1st Edn. Thus 1st. Imp. FNL.. Paperback. VG+/VG+/ND. Box 82 SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st FNL * Date of Publication: 2022* Publisher: Picador Macmillan.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated stiff card covers showing a young Asian man. Light blue and gold titles to spine & face. No shelf wear to edges, corners or to head or tail of spine. Spine somewhat dished and creased. VG+.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, no tanning or other visible faults to pages. Owners name and date to title page. Seems lightly used if at all. VG+. * Illustrations: Colour photo illustration of author to inside rear cover otherwise none.* Pages: 701 pp. text. v pp. blank at rear.* Description:- The highly anticipated new novel from the author of the Booker-prize shortlisted million copy bestseller ""A Little Life"". A bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1981 * Publisher: Penguin Books.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing an illustration by Christopher Brown in art nouveau style. 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. Very slight colouration to paper throughout. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 269 pp. text. ii pp. advertisements & blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- Rich, handsome, leisured, sophisticated, Berry, Jonah and Co are an unforgettable group of individuals who get mixed up in a series of extraordinary adventures and romance. An entertaining collection of twelve short stories.* This is a NEAR VG++ copy of the 1st./1st. with light ageing & shelf wear reducing it to VG+.*

HARDBACK "HARD TO FIND IN THIS EDITION," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 6th. Edition Revised.* Date of Publication: 1972* Publisher: Burke?s Peerage.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine and face. Slight bumps to corners and very minor damage to tail of spine. No rubs, no other visible faults. VG* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. (As Issued ?)* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, annotations or inscriptions. Some minor marks to fore-edge. VG++* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 887 pp. text. Small paste in ?errata? at front before the section on abbreviations.* Description: First published in 1934, this is the sixth revised edition containing four thousand new entries and a number of deletions. Some deletions are due not to the demise of the entrant but to the entrant?s expressed or implied reluctance to remain within the public gaze. Each entry takes the form of a compendious biography and within each biography… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1966* Publisher: Whitman Publishing Co.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated paper covered boards showing map of the world (homolosine projection), red and black title to spine & face. Some bumps or rubs, considerable shelf wear. Somewhat grubby. GD* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning but slightly musty. VG+.* Illustrations: B/w photo-reproductions throughout.* Pages: 244 pp. text. xiv pp. coin denomination index, advertisements and blank pages at rear.* Description: Coins of all countries in all metals issued since approximately 1940 ( through to 1966). Chronologically listed and grouped by metallic content, design (type) and denomination. Each coin identified by catalogue number, denomination, and date or dates of issue. Estimated value given for each type and denomination which… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1989* Publisher: Wisdom Publications.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card illustrated covers. No bumps or rubs. No creases to spine or hinge. Minimal shelf wear FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, no visible faults. Seems un-read no tanning. FINE* Illustrations: B/w reproductions & line drawings throughout.* Pages: 158 pp. text. xviii pp. Glossary, Bibliography & Advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- What is Tantra? Who is qualified to practice it? How should it be practised? What are the results? According to Buddhism, every human being has the potential to achieve profound and lasting happiness. And according to the tantric teachings of Buddhism, this remarkable transformation can be realised very quickly if we utilise all aspects of human energy especially the energy of our desires. ?Introduction to Tantra? is the best… Read More

HARDBACK "VOL 2 IN THE SERIES," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. * Impression: 1st ?* Date of Publication: 1977. * Publisher: Harry Margary, Lympne Castle, Kent. * Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine only. Slight rubs to edges, corners & to head and tail of spine. VG.* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing the armorial bearing of the Ordnance Survey with blue title to spine and face. Some shelf wear to top and bottom edges, head and tail of spine. Now in a clear un-attached protective wrapper. VG. * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with light reading wear, no marks to text, some slight marks to page margins and edges, otherwise no visible faults. VG.* Illustrations: One single colour plate to frontis. Some b/w line drawn illustrations to introduction. Numerous single sided map section reproductions throughout. * Pages: 132 pp. text. xiv pp. introduction and appendices at front.*… Read More

HARDBACK ?The ?Britain in Pictures series,? No. 70.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1944* Publisher: William Collins* Binding and cover condition: Pictorial cover, White and dark blue-green paper covered boards. White title & logo to spine. Slight rubs at head & tail and corners. Some age marks to spine. VG* Jacket condition: No Dust Jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY clean, crisp, tight and sewn binding tight. No annotations or inscriptions. No foxing. VG+* Illustrations: 8 Plates in colour, 26 illustrations in b/w* Pages: 48 pp. text. One of the ?Britain in Pictures? series, C.M.Yonge was an authority on marine life and topography with several titles in the New Naturalist Series. Chapters in this volume are Conditions of Life In The Sea, The British Seas and Shores, The Invertebrate Animals, The Depths of the Ocean, Fish and Fisheries, Marine Stations, Present and Future.* A VERY GOOD copy of the first edition in this collectable series but with no… Read More

HARDBACK " IN THE FREDERICK WARNE WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND SERIES," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 3rd. Revised & Reprinted* Date of Publication: 1966* Publisher: Frederick Warne.* Binding and cover condition: Blue leatherette (with square corners), blind stamped in black and gilt to the spine and front board with a vignette of a seahorse to the front board. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper. Price clipped, showing no shelf price. Heavy shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Nicks, creases and small tears. GD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Colour illustrated end papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: 64 colour & numerous b/w photos and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 351 pp. text. xviii pp. bibliography, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Besides concise descriptions of the plant and animal life of the seas, the… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1978* Publisher: Constable* Binding and cover condition: Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Minor shelf wear. VG+* Jacket condition: Price Clipped, some very minor shelf wear, nick to top of back fold, now in protective cover. VG* Contents condition: Following Inscription to fep :- ? Constable & Co. FILE COPY Not to be taken away.? clean, crisp, tight and bright. VG++*No Illustrations* Pages: 217 pp.text.* Description: A riveting novel about Henry II, Eleanor of Acquitaine and Thomas Becket. A strange and disturbing story of dark religious and pagan beliefs at the centre of a fascinating period of English and French History.* A very nice clean NEAR VG+ copy of the first edition with an interesting inscription to add to its collectability, now in protective jacket.

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1984* Publisher: Bossiney Books.* Binding and cover condition: Tinted photo-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. No tanning, FINE* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos, plates & illustrations within text to each page throughout.* Pages: 119 pp. text. i pp. advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- David Young is one of the best-known faces and voices in the whole of the Westcountry through his role as Television South West?s roving architect. In this book Young provides the text for a rich harvest of old Somerset photographs and picture postcards taking us down memory lane and back in time and mood to a vanished - or vanishing ? way of life.* This is a FINE copy… Read More

HARDBACK, ?UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 3rd.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1941* Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton.* Binding and cover condition: Light brown cloth, red titles to spine. V. slight bumps, no rubs, minimal shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. VG* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight marks to top & fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG.* Illustrations: A number of b/w photos & several line drawn maps within text.* Pages: 251 pp. text. i pp. blank page at rear.* Description: Gordon Young was a war correspondent for Reuters and the Press Association who accompanied the troops between January 1940 and February 1941. This book is based on his notes during that attachment to which are added some of the author?s recollections of Nazi Germany where he was based for three years.* A NEAR VG++ text copy of the 3rd/1st fnl. with… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1981* Publisher: Shirley Plantation.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges & corners. Slight marks to front cober, 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 photos within text. throughout. B/w line drawn family tree and ground plan to inside covers.* Pages: 63 pp. text. i pp. footnotes at rear.* Product Description:- This is a history of a Colonial family and their stylish house which was conceived in the middle of the 17th Century and came to represent the history of Virginia. The Hill Carter family still own and enjoy the estate and have opened it to the public since the 1950?s. Their history and the beautiful home in which they live is of… Read More

HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2003* Publisher: Verrington Books.* Binding and cover condition: Scarlet cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustration to dust wrapper in slightly worn protective library jacket. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £12.95. Slight shelf wear to top corners. VG+* Contents condition: Ex-Library with the usual stamps and labels to prelims. Clean, crisp and tight with absolutely minimal reading wear, no marks to text. No tanning. VG+* Illustrations: None* Pages: 345 pp. text.* Description: Patricia Young tells a powerful contemporary story with pace and suspense. An allegorical tale comparing hunting and the human condition. She entertains and illuminates, testing the reader's judgement right through to the last page. A story of the Countryside Alliance, blood sports and sexual antics on top of which the whimsical character of the Hedge Gypsy… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition:1st. Thus.* Impression:1st.* Date of Publication: 1955* Publisher: Collins.* Binding and cover condition: Black waxed cloth, Gilt title to spine and face. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Price Clipped, Coloured design to jacket. Some browning to edges & flaps. General ageing otherwise VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Owners neat inscription to fep. Clean, crisp & tight with minimal reading wear, heavy foxing to all edges. VG* Illustrations: Several pages B/w Photos.* Pages: 430 pp. text. xvii pp. Index at rear.* Description: An important pioneering survey of Elgar's complete life & achievement as Dr. Young was granted access to the whole of Elgar's papers & was given much assistance by Elgar's daughter.* A VERY GOOD copy with heavy foxing to jacket and edges. Excellent text block.*

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st. Full Number Line.* Date of Publication: 2008* Publisher: Phoenix (Orion).* Binding and cover condition: Soft colour illustrated card covers by Tom Gauld. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges & slight crease to lower front corner. Minor creases to spine & hinge. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. Very slight reading wear. VG++* Illustrations: Small b/w vignettes at chapter heads. B/w line drawn maps.* Pages: 258 pp. text. xxxii pp. notes at rear.* Product Description:- `Farewell Britannia' covers the period from 55BC to 430AD. The story is told from the point-of-view of a Romano-Briton at the end of this period as his society descends into anarchy. He reviews the history of his family over 500 years and relives turning points in the family's fortunes, selected by the author to be both dramatic and informative,… Read More

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE US," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2008* Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd. * Binding and cover condition: Black cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no marks or other visible faults. FINE.* Jacket condition: Olive green coloured dust wrapper with colour photo showing a picture of the grave. White titles to spine and face. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but showing no shelf price. No wear or other visible faults. FINE.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. Seems little used if at all. FINE.* Illustrations: B/w photos, diagrams, maps and line drawings throughout. * Pages: 211 pp. text. 50 pp. appendices, bibliography, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: The public and political lives of the fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century gentry have been extensively studied, but comparatively little is… Read More