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KIRKWALL: W.R.MACKINTOSH, The Orcadian Office, 1930 Navy Blue cloth boards with gilt blocked titles and line decs to spine and front, 240 x 160 mm approx. 200 pp. Portrait frontis. First Edition 1930 inscribed and signed by the author in ink to the free front end paper and with an annotated printed card pasted to the reverse of page 15 with picture of the author at the helm and giving a precise/ review of the book. Also pasted to the rear free end paper is a reproduction of a pencil illustration for the cover of the book. Frank Cowper was an English yachtsman, author and journalist who was influential in popularising single-handed cruising. He has been credited as "the forefather of modern cruising", and his books "laid the foundation" of the pilot guides used by yachtsmen today. (Wikipedia). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good - no d/j (Book - moderate shelf wear to cloth - mainly colour rubbing, with fraying to corner… Read More

London: METHUEN & Co.Ltd, 1912 11th ed.1912.Suede LEATHER.281pp.Poet & Author , R L Stevenson 's Vailima letters; being Correspondence Addressed by Robert Louis Stevenson to Sidney Colvin, who held the poet as one of his closest friends: November 1890 to October 1894.[ marbled end papers , small neat ink inscp.,light fox spot fox tan to some edges 30x5mm side fray away to soft front margin edge, bright Gilt to top foredge.bright Gilt titles to spine & front.front thistle illus.with blue/green colour. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, 1889 Decorative Red cloth with bevel edged boards and titles in gilt. all edges gilt.293pp + of publisher's adverts. Frontis + 4 other b/w line illustrations. First published in 1850 this is the most popular of the Jewish tales written by the author who died at the tragically young age of 31. VG (Book- neat ink school prize inscr. to reverse of ffep and light browning/ foxing to prelim and last few pages. The spine is also a little sun faded but the book shows little shelf wear or soiling and is a fine example of the decorative cloth children's books of the period). Pleas see our image of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON: HEADLINE, 2000 Blue Boards with gilt titles to spine, 240 x 160 mm approx, 270 pp. 16 pp of b/w photos and double page line map. First Edition 1st printing 2000, signed by the author in ink to the half title with no other name or insc. VG/VG (Book- light general shelf rubbing, no previous owner name or insc. Author signature to half title as above, Dust Jacket- mild shelf rubbing, no nicks or tears and non price clipped cover£18.99. Supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

Charlottesville USA / London: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESSS, 2004 VG P/b." There is a solitude of space - A solitude of Sea - A solitude of death, but these - Society shall be - compared with that profounder site - the polar privacy - a soul admitted to itself - finite infinity" [ book 238pp. text fine throughout,tiny spot-mark base initial page, no inscsp. no annotation ] Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale

Florida , U.S.A.: HARCOURT BRACE JOVANOVICH / HBJ , 1985 Black Cloth Quarter binding with Brown Paper covered boards and red titles to spine, 215 x 145 mm approx. xxiv + 214 pp 24 pp of b/w plates on glossy paper. First American Edition 1st printing 1985. An affectionate remembrance of a Russian childhood and youth- before and after the Revolution by the brother of Boris Pasternak, translated and edited by their neice. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Press review cuttings loosely laid in VG+/ VG (Book-No notable shelf wear or soiling to boards. Previous owner book plate to front paste down with ink gift insc. to free front end paper. No notable defects. Dust Jacket- shelf rubbing with 5 mm approx nick to head at rear spine fold and mild damage to spine gutter to rear panel with a little shelf soiling. Non price clipped.

LONDON: WARD & DOWNEY, 1894 Original Purple cloth boards with gilt titles to spine, 225 x 150 mm approx. brown end papers, [iv] + 220 pp. Numerous unspecified wood engravings. Curious but none the less interesting collection of articles on diverse, biographical, topographical, historical and cultural topics. First Edition 1894. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. The article"The Most Curious Church in England" (83pp with illustrations) is on St Andrews Greensted, Chipping Ongar Essex. Queen Dick - being Richard Cromwell. Good ( Significant fading and soiling to cloth, bumps to corners - heavy to bottom front. Browning to paper - reverse of free end papers and title. A previous bookseller note pasted to free font end paper.Binding sound).

LONDON: SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS, 1932 Printed paper covered boards with green cloth quarter binding, 190 x 125 mm approx. xii + 100 + 16 page publisher's adverts. CXIII b/w illustrations. 1932. Published in "Pitmans" Craft for all Series. Includes :- Smocking, Darned Net, Darning on Materials, Hardanger Work, Quilting and Couching. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/Good (Book- No notable shelf wear or soiling, binding sound. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - 2/6- shelf rubbing and soiling with a few nicks and small tear and a triangular chip/loss to head at front spine fold of 10 mm X 15 mm approx. in depth. Remains quite presentable in a removable proprietary protective sleeve).

VAUXHALL MOTORS, 1989 Stapled Paperback 150 x 205 mm approx. Landscape format.132 pp Part No TS1189-B-89.Good ( Rubbing/ laminate scuffs and some soiling to covers. No notable soiling to contents, a few dog eared corners. Binding sound). Please see our images of the item offered for sale.

London: LIMITED EDITIONS / Ebury Press, 1995 FINE H/b in Nr.FINE D/j. Large. 13579108642. A Pictorial History with text [ plates to all pages ] Intro;.Followed by A Month by month account from August 1944 - May 1945.[ Laminated illus. boards, no inscsp ] Dust Jacket not price clipped, on glossy black background which always shows handling. no loss/crease. Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON: THE MEDICI SOCIETY, 1938 Fawn Cloth Boards with gilt titles to spine, 225 x 150 mm approx, viii + 276 pp. A few unspecified line drawings by Helen Kapp. First Edition 1938.A practical work which combines much on the growing of vegetables including the merits of different types of manures and fertilisers, pests and friends as well as hints and tips on ripening as well as uses/ cooking. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good no d/j (Book - mild general shelf wear and soiling, no previous owner name or insc. moderate foxing to edges of book block, prelims and end papers, remainder of book block clean and binding sound).

London : GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD, 1975 The author is a Fellow & Doctor of the Horticultural College, Vienna & Hon.Director the Good Gardeners Assoc., England.[Cooking Correctly / Root crops / peas etc / potatoes / valuable recipes / salads / herbs/ sauces etc] Illus 10 b/w photo-plates & 10 Figs.H/b in D/j. Near Fine / VG [Book- gilt titles, fine throughout, no inscsp] Dust Jacket not clipped, sunned spine _ top area, minor markings to front only. Now in clear easily Removable proprietary protective cover. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further contents details and condition.

ARBROATH: T.BUNCLE & CO, 1939 Brown cloth quarter-binding with paper covered boards and dark brown titles to spine and front, 215 x 140 mm approx. [ii] +112 pp. First Printing thus 1939 (Reprinted from the North Western Naturalist, XII-XIV 1937-9) Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Fair (Book - liquid soiling to boards -mainly rear bottom corner, a little to front bottom fore edge and to edges of book block- extending 2-3 mm to margins of some leaves. End paper also a little soiled with hint of foxing, Slight musty smell from long term storage- not offensive but worthy of mention. No previous owner name , insc. nor annotations. No other notable defects). Offered and priced as a reading copy

London : THAMES AND HUDSON, 1982 Fine H/b. Not since Ruskin has any writer been so closely, or irresistibly, associated with Venice as Jan Morris.Note on Author. 1982 First edition, 1st print.128pp. 210x2225mm. Fine/Near Fine[ book as new, no inscsp] Dust Jacket not clipped, No fade, no notable defect. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

BADEN BADEN: DER SILBERNE QUELL BEI WOLDEMAR KLEIN, 1962 FINE H/b in VG D/j.16 Pages of Text. illus. 12 Colour-plates.A Slim Vol. Art Series no 52.German text.[ no inscsp book as new] Dust Jacket not price clipped, no loss. Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale .....

PARIS: LEVY Fils & Cie (LL) Beige Printed Card covers (Paperback) 215 x 300 mm approx Landscape format. 25 pp 27 colour chromlithograph views on 24 pp. Tourist Souvenir. List of illustrations printed in French and English. Undated- circa 1900's /1910's. Please see our images of the actual item offered for sale for further details and condition. Good (Shelf soiling and rubbing to covers, dust ingression soiling and 8 mm diameter soiling blotch to on illustrations mirrored to reverse of opposite page. No previous owner name or insc. No other notable defects).

WITNEY OXFORDSHIRE: RED HOUSE BOOKS, 1993 Illustrated Laminated boards, 110 x 80 mm approx. 8 pp.Miniature Pop Up book designed by Jim Deesing paper engineering by Rodger Smith. First Edition 1st impression 1993. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good - very mild shelf rubbing to laminate at extremities, pop ups in good order with no other notable defects).

LONDON: RIDER & COMPANY Black Boards with white blocked titles to spine, 235 x 160 mm approx. 224 pp Frontis + 10 other b/w glossy plates all as called for. Undated [1948].The copy offered by us is from the library of Andrew Carr Mackenzie. (1911–2001) 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. (Wikipedia). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good no d/j (Book- heavy soiling and shelf wear to boards, Marylebone Spiritualist Assoc. supply label to bottom of front paste down, moderate foxing to free end papers with offset browning to rear f.e.p. Sporadic foxing to edges of book block occasionally extending to margins, no previous owner name or insc.). A sound reading copy.

LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, 1867 Victorian Blue cloth blind blocked decorative frame to front with gilt blocked title and chamfered boards, 220 x 170 pp. All edges gilt, 60 pp. b/w steel engraved frontis + 2 others. First Trade edition 1867 being the author's first book a touching story of a young child who's mother dies of scarlet fever. It was first aired in printed form to raise money for a charity bazaar and so impressed the novelist G. J. Whyte-Melville that he advised that it should be published. VG (Book - mild general shelf wear to cloth - mainly colour rubbing, no cracks to original pale yellow end papers, light foxing to reverse of free end papers and last printed page, no previous owner name or insc. occasional finger and general soiling to some margins, binding generally sound but a little floppy due to glue to back strip failing. However in remarkable condition for a children's book over150 years old). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON: SOUVENIR PRESS, 1988 Black Boards with silver titles to spine, 220 x 140 mm approx. [iv] + 218 pp. First Printing 1988. 4th book in the country vet series in which the Lasgarn family move to Welbury, a village of half timbered cottages lose to the Welsh Border. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book no previous owner name or insc. MIld dust spotting to top edge of book block. Dust Jacket- complete - minuscule rubbing to laminate at top corner tips and minor fading to spine. No other defects to book or jacket).