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LONDON : COLLINS, 1978 Burgundy Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine,215 x 145 mm approx. 510 pp. All plates as called for. First published in 1955 the copy offered is of the 7th impression 1978. A major scholarly historical work on King Charles I and The Great Rebellion resulting in the English Civil War by a notable historian. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Very Good (Book - no notable shelf wear or soiling to boards, no previous owner name or insc. slight sporadic foxing to end papers, very mild dust spotting to top edge. Dust Jacket - slight rubbing to laminate with 2 mm approx nick at head, light dust spotting to exposed edges of flap folds, price clipped with publisher's replacement sticker affixed -cover £7.95. No other notable defects). Please see our book 131352 for sequel - The King's War

LONDON: SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS, 1932 Printed paper covered boards with green cloth quarter binding, 190 x 125 mm approx. xii + 100 + 16 page publisher's adverts. CXIII b/w illustrations. 1932. Published in "Pitmans" Craft for all Series. Includes :- Smocking, Darned Net, Darning on Materials, Hardanger Work, Quilting and Couching. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/Good (Book- No notable shelf wear or soiling, binding sound. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - 2/6- shelf rubbing and soiling with a few nicks and small tear and a triangular chip/loss to head at front spine fold of 10 mm X 15 mm approx. in depth. Remains quite presentable in a removable proprietary protective sleeve).

LONDON: G BELL AND SONS , 1931 Navy blue cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 195 x 130 mm approx. viii + 146 pp. Portrait frontis. 35 figs in text. X exercises with answers at rear.3rd Impression 1931 (First -May 1926). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good no d/j (Book- mild general shelf wear and soiling to cloth. Previous owner name in ink to free front end paper. Offset browning to 2 opposing pages from a newsprint article having been laid in, a few light pencil workings in margins and to rear blank. No other notable defects).

LONDON : METHUEN & CO, 1928 Pink cloth quarter binding with laid on printed paper title slip, pale blue decorative paper boards, 160 x 125 mm approx. vi + 131 pp + 1 page author note on contents. Frontis line drawing by J A Shepherd with tissue guard. Spare title slip tipped in to rear blank. First Edition 1928. The copy offered is from the library of Beatrice Violet Rawson (Lady Leconfield) with her book plate to front paste down. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good no d/j Spine sunned and title slip rubbed, mild general shelf soiling and wear. Book plate as above. No other notable defects).

LONDON: METHUEN & CO., 1931 Oatmeal buckram cloth quarter binding woth printer paper title slip to spine and to pale blue paper covered board. 195 x 125 mm approx. Pale blue publisher's end papers, [iv] + 124 pp Frontis portrait of Maude Millett with tissue guard. First Edition 1931. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good/ Good (Book - Paper covering to boards mottled , minor general shelf rubbing to bottom edge, Paste downs also mottled, Ink previous owner name to preliminary blank, slight dust spotting to top edge.Spare spine label to rear. Dust Jacket- spine tanned, chips to head of spine and panels, non price clipped - cover 5/- In a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket).

LONDON: METHUEN & Co Ltd, 1912 SIGNED Copy.Original Pale Blue cloth boards (Faded lavender?) with gilt tiles and decs to spine. 195 x 135 mm approx. xiv + 296 + 38 pp of publisher's adverts. First edition copy of this entertainment from this prolific and eminently readable author. The copy offered by us has the added attribute of being inscribed and signed by E.V.Lucas to the front free end paper. Good (Book- cloth evenly faded with modest shelf wear and soiling. Binding sound with no cracks to end papers. No previous owner name. Moderate foxing to preliminary pages. Foredge of a few pages towards the end are a little ragged where not guillotined in the course of book production and not cleanly cut by a previous owner. (Not significant but worthy of mention for the fastidious collector). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON: BLACK MARY PRESS, 2011 Black Boards with gilt titles to spine, 240 x 160 mm approx. 224 pp + author's acknowledgements. Maiden novel by the Canadian born journalist, author and screenwriter VP Von Hoehen, the first book in the " Kate Allen" Thriller Franchise. "Kate is the new Bond, only better because she's a woman" - David Franzoni. The copy offered by us is signed by the author in ink to the front free end paper with no other name or insc. As New/ Near Fine (Book- Signature as above . As new. Dust Jacket - tiny rubbing to bottom rear corner. No other notable defects. Supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

London: ROBERT HALE, 1951 VG H/b in VG D/j.1st. The author has an eye for Machinery as well as Topography.[ Crompton Papers / early Steam power/ lengths of Staple / home spinning / Hacking Hall/ Gulf of Guinea, Spanish Main/ the Jenny & Water-frame/ Arkwright system / Mule / ring etc ] illus. 24 listed b/w photo-plates & in line. Appendices. 188pp[ lilac-blue cloth gilt titles, no inscsp, no annotation, clean throughout ] Dust Jacket not price clipped, 12/6, minor edge-wear col/rub/loss. now in clear easily Removable proprietary protective cover. 225x145mm. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

WHITLEY PARISH COUNCIL, 1999 Laminated card covers (Paperback) 210 x 150 mm approx. 64 pp. Illustrated with b/w photos. Written and published to celebrate the new millennium and as a companion volume to A History of Whitley, Milford and the Surrounding Area by Elizabeth Forster. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine. Very slight rubbing to covers else as new with no previous owner name or insc.

LONDON: MACMILLAN, 2008 Maroon Boards with gilt titles to spine, 240 x 160 mm approx. [viii] + 358 pp. First UK Edition 1st Printing 2008 in collectible condition.(First Published in Italian in 1998 as Ll Faraone delle Sabbie) Translated into English by Christine Feddersen-Manfredi. As New / As New (Book- no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- non price clipped- No imperfections to book or jacket - the later now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve). Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale.

TUNBRIDGE WELLS: MIDAS BOOKS, 1975 VG H/b.1st ed. Mystery fiction around every-day life of a small island off the coast of South West Ireland." for Older Child & Adults alike" Eccentric Characters. First edition 1975. [ Mr Soveoff, Mr Beltup, Mr Plimsoll who lives in a cave, Soosha, Merman, Webbies, Magsy & her brood of nine] VG/Good-[ Book, Signed & inscribed by author, no other annotation , sound binding, clean throughout, mild tan to top page edges & blank end papers ]Dust Jacket not price clipped, fade to spine, fox tan spotting-soil, shelf wear colour edge rubbing-loss max to spine top. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON: MICHAEL JOSEPH, 1936 Brown Cloth boards with silver blocked titles, 200 x 135 mm approx. 406 pp First Edition 1936. The author was a very successful playwright particularly during the inter war years but also wrote a few novels. This one concerns a young playwright and his friendship with an older woman. His writing style makes for easy reading. Good no d/j (Book- moderated general shelf wear to cloth, no notable soiling. Front end papers starting- but sewing tapes and mull holding and binding quite sound. Curious pencil note to free end paper, no previous owner name or insc. No other notable defects). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

SAN FRANCISCO : CHRONICLE BOOKS, 2007 Ivory Boards with blind blocked titles to spine and upper board, 285 x 290 mm approx. Un-paginated. Illustrated in colour. First Edition 1st impression 2007. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine (No notable defects to book or jacket- no previous owner name or insc. No daed to Dust Jacket , non price clipped - cover $35). NB A very heavy tome and an additional charge will need be made for overseas shipping.

LONDON : ARTHUR L HUMPHRIES , 1914 Blue paper covered card with laid on printed title slip. (Sewn Paperback) 175 x 110 mm approx. [vi] + 44 pp. First Paperback Printing 1914. Play set in Tehran Persia in the first half of the Eighteenth Century by the Diplomat Lord Robert Vansittart Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from 1928 to 1930 and Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office from 1930 to 1938. Best remembered for his opposition to appeasement of Germany prior to and during WWII. He served in the British Embassy in Tehran from 1907-9 Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good (Book- fading and a little general shelf soiling to covers, no notable wear. No previous owner name. insc. nor annotations. Paper of book block evenly tanned - many top edges of book block un-opened. Binding sound with no other notable defects).

NEW YORK: ARNO PRESS, 1977 Green boards with gilt blocked titles and golfer to front, 220 x 145 mm approx. xviii + 288 pp 58 reproductions of b/w photos and 7 diags. in text. Facsimile of the 1905 edition published by McClure of New York. First thus by Arno Press and distributed by Golf Digest Connecticut 1977. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine no d/j as published (Book negligible shelf wear, no previous owner name or insc. No notable defects).

LONDON: STIRLING PUBLICATIONS, 1984 White Boards with Gilt titles and crest to front,300 x 215 mm approx. in Ivory Slip Case. 202 pp Illustrated with mainly colour photos and featuring trade adverts. Limited Edition Souvenir book to mark the inaugural voyages of Royal Princess , inscribed in ink to title page "My sincere thanks and all good wishes and signed John Young, Captain" with compliments slip from P&O loosely laid in. Near Fine/ Near Fine in Near Fine Slip Case. (Book- insc as above, no previous owner name, dust jacket - very slight rubbing to extremities but largely protected by a glascine wrap, slip case negligible sign of shelf wear. No notable defects).The ship which was the most expensive passenger ship built at that time was christened at Southampton by Diana Princess of Wales in November1984 and sailed for Miami on it's inaugural voyage. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

CARDIFF: UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS , 1977 Burgundy Cloth Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 250 x 180 mm approx. [vi] + 146 pp Colour frontis + 6 other illustrations as called for. Erratum slip pasted to copyright page. First Edition 1977. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Near Fine (Book - slight shelf rubbing to cloth at extremities - colour loss only, mild bump to bottom corners, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - hint of fading to spine, negligible shelf rubbing, non price clipped - cover £5.50. No other defects to book or jacket).

LONDON: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1930 Limp Morocco Leather with gilt blocked titles, 180 x 125 mm approx. All edges gilt, bible black end papers, Two attached purple silk markers, double columnar text printed by W Lewis at the University Press on India Paper. Best Silk Sewn. 1109 + 339 + Index to maps and 8 pp of colour maps to rear. Ink gift insc. dated Oct 1932 to preliminary blank else Near Fine in damaged and browned original box. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

WASHINGTON: UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1927 Dark Green Cloth Boards with gilt titles and institution roundel to front board.235 x 160 mm approx.xii + 552pp. Articles of interest to astronomers, biologists, anthropologists, geologists,scientists and historians generally include:- Scientific work of the Maud expedition 1922-25 by H.U.Sverdrup, The Cause of Earthquakes - W.H.Hobbs, A visit to the gem districts of Ceylon and Burma - F D Adams, Barro Colorado Island Biological Station - A.O.Gross, The effect of aluminium sulphate of rhododendrons and other acid-soil plants- F.V.Coville, Fragrant Butterflies- A.H.Clark (13 plates) Heritage from the American Indians - W.E.Stafford (12 plates). The Bronzes of Hsin-Cheng Hsien- C.W.Bishop (9 plates) Omaha bow and arrow makers- F La Flesche (4 plates) The Katcina altars in Hopi worship - J W.Fewkes etc. etc. Vg (Book- Shelf wear to cloth and bumping to corners of boards. Gilt to spine dulled. No previous owner name, insc. nor annotations.… Read More

Stockport: The Western Front Association / WFA, 2005 Large Laminated P/b 300x2210mm.48pp.To perpetuate the memory, courage and comradeship of those of all sides who served their countries.Near Fine [ book Fine throughout as new, no inscsp] very minor shelf-wear to covers.Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.