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Edinburgh: The Moray Press, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, red cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. Upper edge yellow. 206pp with frontispiece and 16 other illustrations. A biography of Wade an engineer who built roads, many roads in scenic places. Frontis loose, inner book generally very good and clean. A few marks / edgewear. Contemporary hand written gift dedication on front endpaper.
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Wade in Scotland
by Salmond, J. B.
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The Wakeful Guest
by Ruby Ferguson
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. 8vo. 287pp. A novel set in Bavaria after the Second World War. Delia leaves her safe respectable home to stay with her flamboyant and wealthy godmother in Bavaria. Her home is filled with people, not all of whom have her best interests at heart. Who can you trust? Generally in lovely condition, clean inside, the dust jacket has some chipping to the top.
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The Wandering Gun
by Stanford; J.K
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London: Geoffrey Bles, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, red cloth boards with black titles to spine. Spine slightly sunned. 207pp illustrated with frontispiece and other black and white photographs throughout the text. Contents include chapters on the Art of Shooting, Pheasants and Wild Duck, Dogs, Driven Partridges, Odd Notes etc. Contemporary gift inscription on front free endpaper. .
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Wanderings in The Land of Israel and Through The Wilderness of Sinai, in 1850 and 1851
by Rev. John Anderson
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Glasgow: William Collins, 1853. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, brown cloth embossed boards, gilt titles on spine. 304 pp. with tissue guarded frontis. 'Wanderings in The Land of Israel and through The Wilderness of Sinai, in 1850 and 1851. With an Account of the Inscriptions in Wady Mokatter, or the Written Valley.' by the Rev. John Anderson. 304 pp. Undated, though inscription on front endpaper is dated 1853. Presumed first edition. Generally clean within, a little wear to boards.
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Waste: A Tragedy in Four Acts
by Granvill Barker
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London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo, terracotta cloth boards with titles on spine, marbled endpapers, upper edge gilt. 342pp. Good slim volume in excellent condition.
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The Water Babies A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby
by DIXON, Arthur] KINGSLEY, Charles
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London: Ernest Nister, 1900. Hardcover. Good +. Dixon, Arthur A.. Octavo, green cloth boards with very attractive coloured decorations on front and spine, water babies riding on fish and gilt titles. Boards with bevelled edges. All edges gilt. 336pp with 6 full page colour plates, 11 full page monochrome plates and numerous black & white vignettes throughout the text by Arthur Dixon. Tear to spine at top rear, some other edge wear at spine and corners. Some marking to rear board. Pictorial blue endpapers. Binding cracked inside at front endpapers, a couple of minor tears and chips and very occasional marking. Generally very good and clean inside. Undated circa early 1900s.
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Water-Rat’s Picnic
by Uttley, Alison
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London: Collins Clear Type Press, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good. Margaret Tempest . Green paper covered boards with illustration on front. Pictorial endpapers. 63pp with charming illustrations fthroughout by Margaret Tempest. A lovely clean edition of this classic children’s tale.
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Weather Charts and Storm Warnings
by Scott, Robert H
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Henry S King, London, 1876. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Henry S King, London, 1876. 1st Edition . Fair/No Jacket. Navy binding with gilt titles and impressed design in black on the front cover. Some marks to back cover. Corners bumped. vi + 158 pp and 48 pp publishers catalogue to end. Ex library copy with bookplate to front pastedown & stamps to end papers & first page. Endpapers torn at corners & spine cracked inside. Some age spotting. Generally inner book clean & binding tight. Covers chapters on the materials used for weather study, wind, the barometer, gradients, cyclones and anticyclones, use of weather charts and storm warnings.
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Weird Sea Creatures
by Hoyt, Erich
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A fascinating book full of amazing pictures. 50 of the strangest looking creatures that you will probably never get close to in real life. Some minor shelf wear, inner book in near fine condition.
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Western Worthies, a Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities
by Stephen James, J
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Star Office, Glasgow, 1872. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Star Office, Glasgow, 1872. 1st Edition . Good/No Jacket. 197 pp. 12mo. Brown cloth with gilt title. Wear at edges and top of of spine. Ex library with bookplate and handwriiten no. inside. Contents very nice, and binding is tight. Includes chapters on The Duke of Argyll, The Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, Sheriff H. G. Bell, Mr. Robert Dalglish, M.P., Mr. William Graham, M.P., Mr. George Anderson, M.P., Sir James Campbell, Mr. James Young, Mr. George Burns, Mr. James Baird, Sir William Thomson, Principal Barclay, Professor Rankine, Professor Allen Thomson, Professor John Caird, Rev. Dr. Norman Macleod, Rev. Dr. Robert Buchanan, Mr. Robert Napier, Mr. James Watson, Rev. Dr. William Anderson, Rev. Dr. John Ker, Rev. Dr. Eadie, Mr. Daniel Macnee, R.S. A., Mr. Thomas Corbett, Mr. Edward S. Gordon, M.P.
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What Every Woman Knows
by Barrie, J. M
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, blue cloth boards with paper label on front and spine. 160pp. Part of The Uniform Edition of the Plays of J. M. Barrie published in the early 1920's. Very good and clean inside. We have a few more from this series in stock.
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When We Were Very Young
by Milne A. A.
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London: Methuen and Co, 1925. Hardcover. Good. Ernest Shepard. 8vo, blue cloth boards with gilt vignettes and border on front and rear boards, gilt titles on spine. Upper edge gilt. 100pp with line illustrations by Ernest Shepard. Illustrated endpapers, with previous owner’s handwritten name and bookseller’s stamp on front pastedown. Corners slightly bumped and some edge wear. Generally nice and clean inside with occasional cracks to the inner binding. 10th edition of this children’s classic.
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White Women
by Newton, Helmut
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Quartet Books, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Good + .
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Who Killed Cock Robin?
by Maureen. Roffey
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London: Bodley Head Children's Books, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Maureen. Roffey. Approx. 10in by 7.25in, unpaginated. Pictorial boards with titles in black. Dust jacket has a couple of tears at the spine and some shelf wear. Pages generally very clean inside, previous owner's name on front endpaper. A picture book with lovely clear illustrations retelling the ballad of Cock Robin, the music of the ballad is also included.
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Wild Animals I Have Known
by Seton - Thompson, Ernest
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London : David Nutt, 1901. Hardcover. Good +. Seton Thompson. And 200 Drawings. 8vo, original olive-green cloth boards with gilt titles on spine and front. Vignettes of animals and tracks on front and spine. Sunned. 358pp with full page drawings and line illustrations throughout the text. Some edge wear. Repaired tear to one page and other minor chips. Nice and clean inside. Charming stories about animals and their habits. Foxes, rabbits, hens, crows; both entertaining and informative without straying too much into whimsy. A mix of observed behaviours and imagined emotions / stories.
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Wild Flowers
by Paxton Chadwick
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London: Penguin, 1949. First edition. Softcover. Very Good. Paxton Chadwick . Broad octavo paperback with pictorial card covers. 31pp illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Lovely illustrations of 61 flowers with their common and Latin names and brief descriptions. A little edge wear and small marks to rear cover, generally very good. Nice and clean inside. Part of the Puffin Picture Book series no. 81, series editor Noel Carrington.
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The Wild Orchids of Britain
by Brooke Jocelyn
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London: Bodley Head, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Gavin Bone, Muirhead Bone, Stephen Bone. 1st edition signed by the author, number 114 in a limited edition of 1140. With water-colour drawings from the living plants by Gavin Bone, and additional drawings by Muirhead and Stephen Bone. Folio, cloth boards with gilt titles on front and spine. 139pp illustrated with frontispiece and 40 other colour plates. Pale green dust jacket with red titles, chipping / wear to edges and price clipped inside. Boards slightly water stained. Inner book is nice and clean with the plates in excellent condition, occasional minor age spotting. ***Over sized and may require additional overseas postage***
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The Wind in The Willows
by Grahame, Kenneth
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London: Methuen & Co., 1941. Softcover. Fair. Well loved copy of this classic tale of the riverbank and the Wild Woods. Vintage Books paperback with pictorial card cover, 248pp. 64 edition.
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A Wind on the Road
by Caswell Helen Rayburn
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New York: D Van Nostrand Company, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very good. Caswell Helen Rayburn. Pink pictorial dust jacket with black illustration and red titles, over pink cloth. 8vo, 107pp illustrated with block prints by the author. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Dust jacket has been price clipped inside and has some chipping to edges. Set in early 1900s Oregon, this is the story of a child who feels hemmed in by circumstance and wants to see the other side by running away to join the Gypsies camped nearby. A different life, which changes her perception of her own and the injustices faced by others.
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A Window in Thrums
by Barrie, J. M
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, blue cloth boards with paper label on front and spine. 222pp. Part of The Uniform Edition of the Works of J. M. Barrie published in the 1920’s. Undated circa 1925. Very good and clean inside. We have a few more from this series in stock.
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