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London England: Pitkin. Good. 1st Guidebook Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Guidebook Guidebook. Couple of creases to cover. No date. 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.) .

London England: Pitkin. Very Good. 1st Guidebook Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Guidebook Guidebook. Couple of creases to cover. No date. 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.) .

London, England: The Caxton Publishing Company Limited, 1951. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SS4 Contents: The Development of the Oil Engine. Oil and Petrol Engines Compared. Theoretical Considerations. Engne Operating Cycles and Efficiency. Engine Efficiency and Fuel Consumption. Fuels and Combustion. Requirements for Efficent Combustion. Combustion-Chamber Principles. Combustion-Chamber Variations. Fuel Systems. Two-Stroke and Foyr-Stroke Cycles. The Mechanism of the Two-Stroke Engine. The Mechanism of the Four-Stroke Engine. Air Supply. Lubrication and Lubrication Systems. Coling. Starting. Balance, Vibration and Engine Forms. Installation of High-Speed Oil Engines. Industrial Engines - General. Industrial Engines - Typical Examples. Industrial Engines - Typical Applications. Illustrated. 230 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.)

Great Britain: David & Charles, 1972. Hardback. Crocodiles. Previous owners name to inside cover. Ex libris name sticker to inside cover. Slight mark to title page from removal of old label. Contents: List of Illustrations. Preface. The River of Crocodiles. Crocodiles, Alligators, Caimans and Gavials. The Ancient Order of Crocodilia. How Crocodiles Live: Daily Life, Predation. How Crocodiles Life: Aestivation, Mating, Reproduction, Longevity. Man-Eating Crocodiles. Veneration and Persecution. A Plea for the Crocodilians. Bibliography. Index. Illustrated. 195 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/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hardback.

London England: Andre Deutsch. Hardback. Previous owners name to inside cover. Slight foxing to end inside covers. Mark to title page. Wear and tear to D/J. Piece of D/J. missing. Sunned spine to D/J. Although this book is a passionate plea for the rhino's survival, it is also the most complete and informative natural history of all five living spevies ever to be published for the general reader. The author pleads the rhinos' case with justive and feeling, and he describes the animals and their lives with infectious enthusiasm and deep knowledge. Illustrated. (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. First Edition. 1966.

London England: Macmillan. Foxing to end inside covers. Slight wear to top and bottom edge of spine and corners of cloth. Browning to spine of cloth Green cloth with black lettering. Very good for its age. Prepared in the first instance for school use, the books will appeal to the class of students who are touched by the various movements for University extension, by Local Examinations, &c., and beyond these to the wider public who take interest in Classical and English Literature for its own sake.(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. Boards. First Edition. 1879.

London England: Collins, 1960. Hardback. First Edition. Previous owners name crossed out to inside cover. Slight foxing to end inside covers. Wear to D/J. Browning to back of D/J. Price clipped to D/J. In this book the author sets out to give a broad outline of the policies, purposes, successes and failures of the British and Dominion Navies in thie world-wide struggle and to suggest what lessons we may learn from a study of these events. The aythor writes with the same simplicity and ease whether he is describing the movements of ships in a single action or the relation of a whole campaign to the strategy of total war. The narrative is thrilling; the analysis brilliantly clear. this is the more valuable as, aprat from a few set pieces such as the Basttle of the River Plate or the sinking of the Bismarck, the characteristic form of the last war at sea was a long series of convoy actions of which the Battle of the Atlantic was the longest and largest. This book tells how the convoys were fought through… Read More

Great Britain: Cambridge at the University Press, 1925. 1039 pp. Foxing to end pages. Some underlining and notes in pencil to some 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.). Sixth Edition. Boards. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.

London England: SPCK Publishing. Paperback. Common Prayer in the Church of England. Contents: Preface. Christian Worship. The Contents of the English Prayer Book. Notes. Index. 134 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.) . Very Good. Soft cover. Revised With New Title. 1969.

Barcelona Spain: Edicones Omega S. a. HardcoverGUÍA DE CAMPO DE LOS REPTILES Y ANFIBIOS DE ESPAÑA Y DE EUROPA con 262 ilustracions en color y 256 dibujos originals Spanish Text 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. Reprint. 1997.

London: Penguin Classics. Paperback. Buffalo Cake and Indian Pudding. Unread copy. Containing recipes for America-style treats, such as Boston Cream Cakes, Kentucky corn dodgers and pumpkin pie, as well as genial advice on baking bread and testing whether a cake is cooked, this is a treasure trove of culinary wisdom from homesteads of a still rural, pioneering United States. 77 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 Educational Reference Literature.) . Unread. Paperback. 1st Thus. 2011.

Stockholm: The Continental Book Co. Hardback. No date. Symphonia Books. A Series of Contributions to the History of Music. Translated from the Dutch by M. Smedts. Illustrated. 57 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.) . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardback.

London England: Warfare, 1992. Hardback. This book catalogues a wide array of Reich decorations, from the menacing swastika flags that flattered over much of Europe, to the fine details of the uniforms, with their cuff titles and iron crosses, eagles and colourful waffenfarbe. With over 250 colour and black and white illustrations - including some specialy commissioned photography - and a fascinating text, this book is a vital addition to the shelves of militaria buffs and historians. Contents: The Nazi Party 1919-1933. The Totems of Power. Combat Uniforms, Insignia and Awards. Spanish Interlude. Ade Polenland, Ade Frankreichland. Kameraden auf See. Bomben auf Engeland. Index. Illustrated. 160 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.). First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Harback.

London England: Chatto & Windus. Very Good/No Jacket. 1949. Fourth Impression. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Harback hardback. Black cother with gilt lettering. Contents; Introduction. The Early Poems. The Period of the Prose. Interchapter: Milton's Beliefs. The Later Poems. Epligoue: Milton To-day. Appendices: (a) Thomas Young. (b) Dating of Song on May Morning, etc. (c) The Doctrine of Chastity in Milton. (d) Date of Ad Patrem. (e) Paragraphing in Lycidas, lines 23-4. (f) The 'two-handed engine' in Lycidas. (g) Dating of Sonnet, 'When I consider....'. (h) Spencer's Influence on Milton. Index. 396 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.) .

London England: Chatto & Windus, 1967. Hardback. The Epic Strain in the English Novel. Previous owners name and date to inside cover. Price clipped to D/J. Dr. Tillyard's new book carries into the field of the novel some of the principles which guided his The English Epic and its Background. Our conceptions of the novel are in a muddle, he thinks, and wae shall not get out of it 'till we make the word Novel as vague as the word Drama'. In prose fiction, as in poetry, 'the epic writer mjust express the feelings of a large group of people living in or near his own time': the epic kind demands also a certain largeness of scope, a variety and control of detail, and a sustained intensity. Dr. Tillyard finds these qualities in only a few English novels - Robinson Crusoe, three of Walter Scott's, Nostromo, and The Old Wives' Tale. He examines the workds of other writers - Fielding, Thackeray, Melville, Henry James, George Eliot, Joyce - in their relation to his theme. Dr.… Read More

London: Chatto & Windus. Hardcover. Studies in Milton. Previous owners name and words to inside cover. foxing to edge. Tiny waterstain mark to top corner of inside cover. Tiny waterstain mark to top edge of spine. Blue cloth gilt lettering. Contents: Preface. Arnold on Milton. The Crisis of Paradise Lost. A Note on Satan. Satan, Gabriel and the Plowman. Adam and Eve in Paradise. Milton's Humour. The Action of Comus. The Christ of Paradise Regained. Private correspondence and Academic Exercies. Theology and Emotion in Milton. Appendices: A - Milton and Statius. B - Milton and Philostratus. Index.176 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.) All Books Are Sent Tracked and Signed By the Postman who scans on Delivery No Signature required . Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1951.

London England: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Fine/Fine. 1978. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0297774581 Hardcover Hardcover First Edition 0297774581 Author was a British Royal Air Force Officer who, during World War II, was responsible for the distribution of Ultra intelligence gleaned chiefly by decryption of German enigma cyphers at Bletchley Park, NW of London. Later he wrote the first popular account of Ultra entitled Ultra Secret (1974). This is an account of his activities with the British Secret Intelligence Service prior to the war. During his visits to the Third Reich between 1934 & 1939, he posed as a liaison officer .

London England: Bison Books W. H. Smith , 1987. 579 pgs plus index containing numerous b/w & color illustrations & photographs Dramatic story of battles, weapons and great commanders from Roman times to the present day. Massive volume, previously published as three different books: Medieval Warfare, Rise of Modern Warfare and Age of Total Warfare.1000's of illustrations. 580pp large Heavy book weight nearly 3 Kilos(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.) . First Thus. Card Cover. Fine/Very Good/fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardback.

London England: Blackie & Son Hardback. Foxing to end inside covers and edge. No date but school award sticker awarded to previous owner is dated 1933. Very slight wear to top and bottom edge of spine and corners of cloth. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. As the distance was considerable, it was important to make it as strong as possible, to stand any amount of sea they were likely to meet with before they reached the shore. It took upwards of an hour to form the frame-work and deck it. They then, having cut away the bulwarks, launched it overboard with capstan bars. The water under the lee of the wreck was tolerably smooth, so that the raft remained alongside without injury. They had next to lash the casks below it. 368 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.). First Thus. Decorative Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hadrback.

London England: Macmillan & Co. Hardcover. The Story of a Red Deer. Slightly sunned spine. Slight wear to top edge of spine. Corners slightly bumped. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Frontispiece. 212 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 Educational Reference Literature.) . Very Good. Cloth. Reprint. 1928.