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Egmont Books Ltd. Very Good. Milne, A. A. Winnie the Pooh: the complete collection of stories and poems / with illustrations by E. H. Shepard. London: Ted Smart, 1995. Hardback,nclipped dustjacket with very minor shelfwear to top edge. Illustrated boards replicating the dustjacket design. Binding strong and tight. Endpapers illustrated with silhouettes of characters. Colour frontispiece illustration; title page illustrated in colour. 432pp., colour illustrations throughout, green tassle...Water mark to first couple of pages 1856132420 Heavy Book Will Require extra postage Overseas . Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 1995.

London England: Index. Hardback A.A.Milne's eternal appealing characters brought woderfully to life by E H Shepards Illustrations ' were originally introduced in two classic books Winnie the pooh and The House on Pooh Corner.Enter the world where Winnie The PooChristopher robin and their friendsfids all sorts of adventures from hunting Woozles and going on an expotition to The North Pole Illustrated 316pp a nice clean tight near fine copy.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . Near Fine. Cloth. Reprint. 2002.

London England: Methuen Children's Books. Paperback Winnie the Pooh ( We carry a wide selection of titles in sci -Fi Fantasy Horror The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).browning to edges . Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 1995.

Great Britain: Dean. Very Good. 1999. First Thus. Decorative Illustrated Boards. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Tall Sextodecimo 0603559972 Hardcover Hardcover. Favourite Winnie-The-Pooh Stories. Wear to back bottom corner of boards. Collected together in one volume are eight favourite stories about the world's most famous bear, Winnie-the-Pooh. Originally published in 1928 in . A. Milne's The House at Pooh Corner, these enduring stories are brought to life by E. H. Shephard's classic illustration. Illustrated. Illustrated laminated boards. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) .

London: Cassell & Co. Hardcover. The Quest For Corvo. Foxing to end inside covers, edge and some pages. FEP removed. Wear and tear to D/J. Couple of small pieces of D/J. missing. Slight browning to back D/J. Introduction by Julian Symons. This book has been reocognised, since the mid-thirties, as one of the most remarkable biographies ever written. A biography of its author, dandy, gourmet, bibliophile, who achieved world-wide fame with this book has been written by his brother Julian Symons, who provides an introduction to this edition of The Quest. 298 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) . Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 1955.

Great Britain: The Folio Society, 1992. Hardback. The Quest For Corvo. With Introductions by Sir Norman Birkett and Sir Shane Leslie. In a very good blue slip case. Contents: Introduction. A Memoir. Prefatory Note. The Problem. The Clues. The Newspaper Attack. The Reluctant Brother. The Theological Student. The Rejected Priest. The Nowt of Holywell. The Strange Historian. The Chronicles. The Divine Friend. The Queer Collaborator. Interregnum. The Happy Interval. Robert Hugh Benson. The Voluntary Exile. The Venetian Outcast. The Final Benefactor. Epitaph. The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole. The End of the Quest. The Holywell Letters. Index. 290 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Reissued. Cloth & Decorative Boards. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hardback.

London England: Hamlyn, 1988. Trade Paperback. Send secret messages. Disguises and detection. If you want to feel at home in the undercover world of spies and secret agents, this book is for you. It tells you all you need to know about using codes, dead letter boxes, disguises and secret messages. A must for any agent who wants to enter the world of espinoage. Illustrated. 32 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . 1st Trade Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade Paperback.

Great Britain: Penguin Books, 1970. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). 1st Penguin Edition. Softcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback.

London England: Edward Arnold. Paperback. Elementary Structural Design in Concrete to CP 110. Waterstain mark to top corner of inside front cover. Previous owners name and a numer to inside covers. Slight wear to edges of cover. The aim of this book is to provide students with a clear and simple exposition of the principles of Limit State Design as applied to reinforced concrete and in particular to lead the student through the stages of reinforced concrete design using the methoids set out in CP110. Consequently there are frequent references to CP110 throughout the text some of the most commonly used tables and clauses being reproduced where they are first needed. No previous knowledge of reinforced concrete design is assumed making the book suitable for the use of students of architecture, building, civil and structural engineering either in conjunction with a course of lectures or as a self-instruction text. The book will also be useful to those practising designed who have little or no knowledge… Read More

Harmondsworth. Middlesex.: Pelican/Penguin. Paperback. Previous owners name to inside cover. Slight foxing to end inside covers and edge. This pelican is a skilful and simply-put study of the extent and causes of a marked disparity of wealth in Britain today. Concerned with the most effective ways of remedying this situation the author here examines in detail the existing taxation system, the possibilities of fiscal reforms, and various non-fiscal methods of redstributing wealth. 277 pp. ( We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) . Good. Soft cover. Revised. 1974.

London England: Hodder & Stoughton. Hardback. First Edition. Slight browning to edge. Price clipped to D/J. A thousand years in the future, Charles Outis (who has had his head cryonocially frozen upon his death in the 21st Century) wakes to find himself enslaved by a brutal technocracy. His brain is imprisoned in an automated mining factory in the asteroid belt where it operates the complex machinery that extracts and processes the ore. Finally he manages to broadcast a distress signal that is picked up by the androne Munk, an artificial being with a programmed empathy for homo sapiens culture. 184 pp. Plastive protective covering around D/J. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1994.

London England: Victor Gollancz. Very Good/No Jacket. 1941. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo Hardback Hardback. First Edition. Message to previous owners dated 1941 to inside cover. Slight foxing to end inside cover. Sunned spine. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: Hidden Headquarters. The Brain Behind it. Raiders in the North. Blenheims Over Borkum. May- Dunkirk Patrol. Escape of the Month Club. June - Struggle by Searchlight. July - 'Huns Ahead'. August - Invasion Month. Curtain of Steel. Red Sky in September. Pilot's Eye View. October - Messerschmitt Month. Three Men. November - Dive Bomber's Doom. High, Faster, Father. Illustrated. 248 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) .

London England: Victor Gollancz, 1941. Hardback. Fighter Command. Foxing to end inside covers. Message to previous owner to inside cover. Very slight wear to top and bottom edge of spine and corners of cloth. Slightly browned spine. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: Hidden Headquarters. The Brain Behind It. Raiders in the North. Blenheims Iver Borkum. May - Dunkirk Patrol. Escape of the Month Club. June - Struggle By Searchlight. July - 'Huns Ahead'. August - Invasion Month. Curtains of Steel. Red Sky in September. Pilot's Eye View. October - Messerschmitt Month. Three Men. November - Dive Bomber's Doom. Higher, Faster, Farther. Illustrated. 248 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). 5th Impression. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall Duodecimo. Hadrback.

London England: John Murray. Hardback. Slight foxing to end inside covers. Sunned spine to cloth. Mauve cloth with gilt lettering. In presenting to the world a Second Edition of my offering towards the solution of the ceremonial question within the Church of England, I have not much to add. I have carefully gone through the book, and corrected whatever mistakes I found. of these the most important is the assertion on the authority of Nicholls' incorrect translation of the Latin original, that Cosin, in a description of the English Communion service, describes the proper dress of the celebrant to be a 'surplice and hood'. This statement was in contradiction both to Cosin's own assertions elsewhere, and to his personal practice. 260 pp. Hand cut pages. We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) . Very Good. Cloth. 2nd Edition. 1875.

Great Britain: David & Charles, 1973. Hardback. First Edition. By River, Stream and Loch. Sunned spine to D/J. Contents: Foreword. Sea-Trout Fishing in Connemara. With a Trout Rod at Monymusk. Spring-Time on the Upper Don. On River and Loch in Wester Ross. Winterber in Westphalia. A Trout Stream in the Black Forest. On a Welsh Trout Stream. Dry Fly in the Hills. The Sea Pool of the River Awe. A July Day in Argyll. A Somerset Trout Stream. Trout Fishing in South Africa. Two Days on the Test. Autumn in the Ochils. Dry Fly Above the Vale of Alford. In Praise of my Trout Rod.Illustrations. 163 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Helen Monro Turner. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hardback.

London England: Herbert Jenkins. Very Good/Good. 1961. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo Hardback Hardcover. First Edition. Shooting Wood-Pigeon. Previous owners name written neatly to inside cover.Slight foxing to end inside covers and edge due to age. Slight shelf wear and small tear to edge of D/J. Price clipped to D/J. This is a first-class book, comprehensive, authentic and packed with informative instruction. Illustrated. 118 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.) .

Amsterdam: Time Life Books. .Hardback The Whalers.The Seafarers. by A. B . C. Whippie and the Editors of Time Life Books Illustrated throughout.176pp. with black leatherette cover (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st English Language Edition. 1980.

Amsterdam: Time Life Books. .Hardback The Whalers.The Seafarers. by A. B . C. Whippie and the Editors of Time Life Books Illustrated throughout.176pp. with black leatherette cover (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) . Near Fine. Leatherette. 1st English Language Edition. 1980.

London England: The Garden Book Club, 1970. Hardback. Foxing to end inside covers and edge. Previous owners name to inside cover. Wear, tear and marks to D/J. Increasing pressure on space, as well as the cost of labour and shortage of time available to garden owners, has led towards the making of ever-smaller gardens. terrace and courtyard gardens can make most attractive use of a strictly limited plot. Skilled laoyout of paving, beds and grass panels, and careful blending of the shapes of plants and of fixed architecture, can be highly effective. Details are given of the construction of pools, lawns and window boxes, and on compost, pot plants and shrubs. Not least important is the revised list of selected plants, a bibliography and an appendix on metrication and British standards. This book, first published in 1965 and much welcomed, will make the amateur and the professional designer more aware of the potential of a type of garden which has many historical precendents, and an infinite number of… Read More

London England: Universal Text Books Ltd, 1939. Hardcover. First Edition. New Medical Dictionary with Air Raid Precautions Supplement. Slight foxing to end inside covers. Rolled spine. Wear to top and bottom edge of spine and edges and corners of cloth. Red cloth with gilt lettering. No date but between the wars 1939-1945. The object of this book is ti instruct and advise readers on matters of medical interest, and enable them to understans the astructure of the human body and the formation and functions of its various organs. Its aim is to impart up-to-date information on the causes and prevention of disease, and to give advice on what to do in emergencies as may arise in everyday life and in every home. Contents: Dictionary of Medical Terms. First Aid In Emergency. Gas Casualties. General Home Nursing and Hygiene. Invalid Dietics, Cooking and Recipes. Air Raid Precautions Supplement. Illustrations. 439 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and… Read More