Non-fiction General from Brief Street Books

Bright and unmarked, first edition thus of landmark The Mind Map Book. Very useful tool for business, learning and personal planning. Attractive book, well illustrated and designed in cooperation with BBC.

First edition, flat signed on title page by Bryson, of this modern classic. Very good book in very good jacket, with blue illustrated endpapers, initial map page and author photo to back flap. Wonderful gift.

283 pages including index. First Penguin printing. In very good condition. Some yellowing to pages. Literary criticism.

The classic of Rama and Sita in a shortened modern prose version by Narayan, translated and from the Tamil poet Kamban. 171 pages, in very good condition.

Paperback in very good condition. No markings, 117 pages.

In hardcover pictorial binding, this gorgeous fashion guide is heavily illustrated with photographs. 224 pages. In very good conditions, no markings, slightest wear to top corners of cover. By academic and television fashion pundit Amber Butchart. Oversize.

"Widely accepted as the standard chess instruction book", sold for 7'6 in 1960. With 237 pages including index and 100 illustrations. Hardback with dust jacket, some fading to jacket and a small pen annotation to back cover, but no other marks, in very good condition.

258 pages, paperback in near fine condition. Includes the history and contemporary practices of Wicca along with principles and rites.

Biography of the poet and author Oscar Wilde, with a focus on Wilde's lifelong search for emotional and spiritual fulfilment, including an examination of several of his works and discussion of religion. 301 pages includes index. In very good condition, as unread.

Surgeon Max Randall book proposing that prohibition of drugs has failed and legalisation is the preferred option to narco-terrorism. 176 pages. Inscribed "For Goody and John, Max". In near fine condition.

543 pages plus 16 pages "A List of the World's Classics", date February 1938. A lovely navy blue embossed binding, with ribbon bookmark, in very good condition.

159 pages. Slight toning to dust jacket. 1966 printing in very good condition, an attractive book.

General introduction to psychology with lots of graphics and photos, from cognitive to clinical! 256 pages, oblong, 25 x 22cm.

A gift for the amateur artist, art teacher or 60's vintage fan - loads of colour illustrations and clearly set out project ideas from drawing to sculpture and toy-making. Second printing of first English edition. Very good book in good dust jacket- jacket shows wear at edges, a few intact tears and a bit of paint to front :-) 93… Read more about this item

A snapshot of the Climate of Britain by Gordon Manley from 1952, in a reprint from 1972. So interesting to compare to now! Paperback is clean and fully intact, just a bit worn around the edges of cover, spine shows reading use and pages are age toned. No markings to text. Many charts, black and white photos.

Guide to the sacred and spooky in Belgium! In French. no date [1975] Third edition, revised and expanded, illustrated with many black and white photographs. 132 pages. Softcover in very good condition, no markings.

Includes tributes by Annan, Hampshire, Margalit, Williams and Kelly. 141 pages. Near fine book in very good dust jacket.

First paperback, as was published originally 1999 UK Chatto & Windus. Text of Berlin's Mellon Lectures delivered in Washington DC in 1965. 171 pages. Very good condition, no marks at all internally.

Printed to celebrate European Architectural Heritage Year by the editor of the Architectural Review. 138 pages, extensively illustrated with photographs. Small "London Art Bookshop" label to inside pastedown, no other marks, small crease to bottom margin of back dust jacket. Very good book in very good dust jacket. Oversized.

Some fading to spine of jacket. Charmingly illustrated account of travel in Australia in a campervan. Some fading to spine of jacket, very good book in very good condition. First edition. 256 pages.