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Afterimage

by Humphreys, Helen

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Toronto: HarperFlamingo Canada, 2000. First Edition . Pictorial Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy. Rich with undercurrents of sensuality and passion, and inspired by the work of Julia Margaret Cameron, whose startling photographs of women defied Victorian propriety, Afterimage is a stunning exploration of the search for identity from one of Canada's most exciting young writers. A 2001 New York Times Notable Book. Humphreys was the winner of the Toronto Book Award for her first novel 'Leaving Earth'. 239pp. Some rubbing to jacket edges and spine. Minor curling to one corner and minor soiling on white back cover. Pages clean, tight and unmarked.
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Age of Arousal
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Age of Arousal

by Griffiths, Linda (SIGNED)

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9781552451908
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1552451909
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Toronto: Coach House Press, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Near Fine. Drama set in1885 London by the Canadian multi- award winning actress, producer & writer(1953 - 2014). Red, glossy illustrated wraps. 175 pages with an lengthy historical essay on female gender roles. Slight corner wear. SIGNED by Linda Griffiths.
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All in the Golden Afternoon: The Inventions of Lewis Carroll

by Moore, Alice & Richard Landon

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9780772760319
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0772760314
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Toronto: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A catalogue from an 1999 / 2000 exhibition selected from the Joseph Brabant Collection. Brabant (1925 - 1997) donated his massive collection of Lewis Carroll / Charles L. Dodson publications, memorabilia, correspondence in 1997, shortly before his death. 108 pages with many colour & B&W illustrations. Grey & white, stiff, illustrated wraps. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Minor edgewear. Internals fine.
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The Annotated DISCOVERY OF WITCHCRAFT Booke XIII (Reginald Scott)

by Forrester, Stephen James (SIGNED)

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Calgary, Alberta: Self Published , 2000. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fine. A commentary on the first printed English conjuring text, showing the development of magic tricks from 1584 to the present day. Written by the Canadian magician, locksmith, writer, magic historian & rare book collector. Published for magic historians and magicians interested in the beginnings of their art. Includes unpublished references to Reginald Scot with quotations and illustrations from the early English books on conjuring from 1584 up to 1784. In 1993, Forrester published a Canadian bibliography of magic books called A Bibliography of Classic Authors in Magic and Related Arts. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine & gilt design & lettering on front. (viii) 108 pages with woodcuts & facsimiles. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SIGNED limited edition of 500 (#461) of which 480 are for sale. Due to size & weight, extra shipping WILL be required outside Canada. Outside Canada,… Read More
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The British Empire: Its Origin and Destiny

by Byers, Edward

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Ottawa: James T. Pattison, 1921. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Burgundy cloth covers with gold gilt titles on cover 175 pages. VG- to VG condition.Minor rubbing to corners & spine ends.with greying to top pages edge. Former owner's name & address on inside front page. Pages tight and unmarked.
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The Children's Captain Cook

by Stamp, Cordelia

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Whitby, UK: Caedmon of Whitby, Publishers. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. A juvenile story about the history and adventures of Captain James Cook. Originated and edited by Cordelia Stamp. Printed by Smith Settle, Otley. Assumed First Edition - no date or ISBN stated. Pictorial, blue, hardcover. 24pp. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Some of the children's colour artwork used was submitted for the Endeavour Exhibition at Whitby Spa. The last page lists the 39 artists who supplied the drawings - a mix of sophisticated and juvenile color illustrations. Tom and Cordelia Stamp are known for other publications on James Cook and William Scoresby. Minor edgewear with rubbing to corners and spine edge. Pages clean, tight and unmarked. Uncommon.
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The Dutch Connection: The Founding of the Fitzwilliam Museum

by Woudhuysen, Paul (Ed.)

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9780904454246
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090445424X
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Cambridge, UK: Fitzwilliam Museum, 1988. Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine -. Catalogue from an exhibition at the Cambridge museum, 25th October 1988 to 8th January 1989. A firm, clean copy. The museum owes its existence to Richard, VII Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion who, in 1816, bequeathed to the University of Cambridge his works of art and library, together with funds to house them, The museum opened in 1848 and is considered by many to be the finest small museum in Europe. White illustrated wraps. 120 pages with numerous illustrations in B&W and colour. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Minor edgewear.
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The FIRST COMMISSION of H.M.S. CALLIOPE

by Swan, Captain E. W.

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Newcastle Upon Tyne : Andrew Reid & Company Ltd., 1939. Hardcover. Very Good+. Written on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the memorable Hurricane at Apia, Samoa March 16th 1889. A history of the screw corvette built at Portsmouth first commissioned in 1887. Black boards with gilt lettering on face, gilt tips, decorative endpapers & ribbon. 125 pages with frontispiece of the CALLIOPE plus B&W plates. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Former owner's name on inside blank page.
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National Library of Scotland: A Brief Account

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Unstated. Unstated . Stapled Wraps. Very Good+/No DJ Issued. Green stapled wraps pamphlet with black lettering. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 12pp.
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Old Vic Saga

by Williams, Harcourt 8

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London: Winchester Publications, 1949. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good -/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in pale green cloth covered boards with 123 Illustrations in Black and White and a Colour Frontispiece. Appendices lists plays from 1914 to 1949 and a list of players. 240 pages with index. Several corners and spine edge has some wearing and slight soiling on front cover. Former owners' name on inside front page.
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A Pilkington Memoir

by Pilkington, Roger Windle & Isabel Pilkington Henniger (Ed.)

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9780980888218
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0980888212
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Peterborough, Ontario : Self Published, 2009. 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 46 pages with archival photos.
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The Prince in Westmorland, July 1, 1927

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1927. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. A recording of the Prince of Wales visit to the historic, north-west,Westmorland region in 1927. Loose beige card wraps with black lettering & coat of arms illustration on face. 27 pages with itinerary, local history of the region & 17 archival plates. Oblong 8vo (9 1/8 " x 11 1/2"). Expected, wear & rubbing to corners, chipping, edge wear with minor soiling. Small ink drawing on cover. Internals in nice shape. An uncommon English royalty publication.
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Queen Anne's School, Caversham:  The First Hundred Years
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Queen Anne's School, Caversham: The First Hundred Years

by Driver, Mary & Audrey Scott (Editors)

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9780850338928
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0850338921
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West Sussex: Phillimore & Co, 1994. Cloth. Fine/Very Good+. 134 pages with many B&W photos, index and appendices. Red, illustrated DJ has 2 tiny scuffs at top edge. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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The Remarkable Englishman

by Plouton, Ron

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Toronto: The Toronto Telegram. Assumed First Edition . Stapled Wraps. Very Good/No DJ Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Articles written by senior Telegram reporter Ron Plouton on sir Winston Churchill beginning with the statesman's London funeral, followed by a series of 12 articles on his life and times. A Commemorative Booklet Published by the Toronto Telegram. 54 pages with many full-paged B&W photos. The gold card covers with B&W phot on front, has rubbing, edge/corner wear and slight soiling Pages are in near fine condition
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Rugby in Retrospect

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Rugby, England: The Coventry Evening Telegraph, 1961. First Thus . Stapled Wraps. Very Good -/No DJ Issued. B&W pictures of the old and present day historical Warwickshire town, on the Avon River, known for among many other things, the invention of the rugby football. (September 1961). First published as a pictorial feature in the Rugby Edition of 'The Coventry Evening Telegraph. B&W photos of notable Rugby architecture and descriptions. Unpaginated (60pp.) white, illustrated, oblong 32mo (5" x 9") wraps. Free of tears. the white, illustrated covers have minor soiling, a small stain at front cover edge. slight corner curling and small corner creases to a front cover and a few front pages. Scarce
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Sonia Delaunay: Noir Blanc

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Paris: Galerie Spiess, 1980. Soft cover. Exhibition catalogue of 20 of the Jewish-French artist's (1885 - 1979) B&W gouaches from the 1920-1940 period. Delauncy was a co-founder of the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric shapes. Black card covers with silver type on front. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Catalogue in near fine + condition except for an unfortunate scissor cut to one leaf (page 3/4) removing about half of the page. Includes an estimate price list taped to back cover.
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Spelling

by Vallins, G. H.

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London: Andre Deutsch, 1965. Revised Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good -. A thorough revison of Vallins' analysis of the origins and develpments of English spelling. 'With a chapter on American spelling by Professor John W. Clark'. Revised by D. G. Scragg. 208 ppages with index. This is not a former library book and is not price-clipped. MacMillan Publishing House stamp on inside front cover. Grey, clean hardcover has some graying to top pages edge. DJ has slight edgewear, slight chipping at top spine edge and a 1'2" tear at corner. Pages clean, tight and unmarked. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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A Summary of "King Arthur" Tintagel Castle and Celtic Monastery

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Cornwall: Ronald Youlton, 1984. Very Good. Green pamphlet-style stapled book with 50 pages, many black and white photographs. Slight rubbing to cover. Pages are clean. Includes drawings of "The Legendary Shields of the Knights of King Arthur's Court and Round Table.
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Two Men Were Acquitted: The Trial and Acquittal of John Bodkin Adams

by Hoskins, Percy (INSCRIBED)

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9780436201615
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0436201615
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London: Secker & Warburg, 1984. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Inscribed by author (1904-1989) "For John McCormick, my virile Scottish colleague. From his aged friend, Percy Hoskins." 221 pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rust-coloured boards with gilt lettering on spine. Free of tears, the DJ show some wear at edges and corners, sunning at upper edge and with a minor crease of the glossy wrap at spine (probably due to manufacturing error.)
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Victorian Adventure

by Bostock, Trevor

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London: Tom Stacey, 1972. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Collection of stories demonstrating Victorian England's lust for adventure. Author include George Ruxton, George Sanger, Miss Martineau, James Grant and many more. Include short preface by the editor and short introduction to each storiy.Maroon cloth hardcover with gilt lettering on spine, 224pp. with many B&W illustrations. Clean tight volume with clean, tight pages.
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