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Edgar Braithwaite was born in 1918 in the city of Leeds and served a five year apprenticeship with an engineering firm, followed by a further eight years in their drawing office. He spent the last ten years of his working life in Chesire before retiring in 1980 . There is a dediction and author's signature on the title page. Cheshire: Braithwaite. Very Good. First Edition. 2001.

This is the biography of Edgar Braithwaite who was born in 1918 in the city of Leeds and served a five year apprenticeship with an engineering firm, folloed by a further eight years in their drawing office. He spent the last 10 years of his working life in Chesire , before retiring in 1980. There is a dedication and author's signature on the title page. Warrington Cheshire: Horseshoe Pub. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 1998.

Cheshire: Braithwaite. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 2003.There is a dedication and author's signature on the title page.A good, tight and clean copy.

Edgar Braithwaite was born in 1918 in the city of Leeds and served a five year apprenticeship with an engineering firm, followed by a further eight years in their drawing office. He spent the last ten years of his working life in Chesire where he retired in 1980. there is a dedication and the author's signature on the title page. Cheshire: Braithwaite. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 2002.

UK: Frontline Books, 2010. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Guardsman Frederick Noakes fought on the Western Front for the last eighteen months of the Great War. In 1934, he wanted to write up his adventures while memory was still undimmed using the letters he wrote home between 1917 and 1919 as the basis for the memoir. He first published these memoirs privately in 1952. There is light wear to the corners of the D/W..

London: Voyager. Shards of a Broken Crown is the unforgettable finale to the world-wide bestselling Serpentwar Saga. . Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. 1998.

London: Voyager. This is the third tale in the Rift War Legacy . . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 2000.

UK: Yale University Press, 2008. Book. Very Good. paperback. 4th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In forty concise chapters, Gombrich tells the story of man from the Stone Age to the atomic bomb. In between emerges a colourful picture of wars and conquests, grand works of art, and the spread and limitations of science. This is a text not dominated by dates and facts, but by the sweep of mankind's experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements and an acute witness to its frailties The covers and text block are good and clean with no inscriptions or annotations. .

USA: iBooks, 2000. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This book is about the fighting that took place between the Americans and Russian's in 1918. The covers, text block are both square, tight and clean. Book price includes 2nd class parcel post in UK.

Llandybie. Dyfed. Wales: Christopher Davies Publishers, 1983. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In this copy of Letters from Swansea is a collection of excerpts spanning almost eight hundred years, they reveal not only the changing use of language by a succession of interesting people but also the story of Swansea as it passed from rural beauty, through industrial prosperity, decay, and partial destruction to the present day. The boards and textblock are square and tight . Book price includes 2nd class parcel post in the UK only. This book is photographed in its box in which it is posted as proof against in -transit damage..

UK.: The Oxford University Press, 1961. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In recent years historians of Lancastrian and Yorkist England have paid increasing attention to its society and institutions. This work aims at a restatement under narrative form of English history in the light of this study. The text block is spotted and tanned and a little grubby. The D/W although protected by a plastic cover is faded and grubby especially down the spine, it is also priced-clipped..

London: Bca. Book in very good order dustwrapper has ainch triangler tear on the lower edge of dw inthe front near spine.and there is an xmas greetings stamp on the end papers front of book. . Very Good. Hardcover. Bca. 1981.

London: Methuen. Book and dw in good order with small dedication inside slight signs of tanning . . Good. Hardcover. 5 th Edition. 1956.

UK: Yale University Press, 2016. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In this eye-opening, intellectually stimulating appreciation of a fascinating current of philosophy, the author makes a powerful argument that materialism is at the centre of today's important scientific and cultural as well as philosophical debates. The previous owner has used a pencil to underline some of the text and there is faint writing on the rear free end paper. A good clean and tight copy..

USA: Lark Books, 2005. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4th Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Learn a wondrous variety of beading techniques for embellishing cabochons - stones or gems that have a flat back and a smooth dome surface - while creating stunning jewelry. Illustrated throughout with coloured photographs the text block is tight and clean as is the dust jacket..

UK: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1987. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This book, provides a record in over one hundred and twenty colour pages, with original and informative commentaries, of the first major Japanese gallery in Britain's National Museum of Art and Design. A good, clean copy..

Swansea. Wales: Christopher Davies Publishers, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. In this history of Neath, George Eaton starts at the very beginning of pre-history and travels through all the ages until 1975. The boards, binding text block and dustjacket are all square, tight and clean. Illustrated throughout with black & white photos. 2nd class parcel post in the UK Only is included in the price of the book. All books are photographed in their boxes as proof against in-transit damage..

Neath. Wales: Neath Borough Council, 1980. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In this thin copy of the Story of Neath Fair 1280 -1980 The boards and textblock are square and tight . Book price includes 2nd class parcel post in the UK only. This book is photographed in its box in which it is posted as proof against in -transit damage..

London .UK: Picador, 2001. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. n this book, titled " The Oversight " The boards, text block and dust jacket are square tight and clean. This book is checked and photographed in the box as proof against in-transit damage. Book price includes 2nd class parcel post in UK only.

USA: Harcourt Brace, 1995. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A romance of navigation and science in the mid-seventeenth century, by the author of The Name of the Rose. There is light shelf wear to the D/W edges and an embossed Ex Libris stamp on the front end paper, The text block edges has a few maks. it is still a good clean copy. .