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KENT: NEPTUNE Books Supplied by MARITIME Books, 1988 Large P/b Near FINE.1st ed. 26 pages of colour plates. tight binding , No inscsp , No annotation. Interior as new / exterior fine apart from small crease to rear base. Ackns;, Intro , Motto/Text Notes , Colours/Blazons Notes , Heraldic Glossary , Misc badges /carvings , Sealed Patterns , Contents Lists 99 ships from Bacchante /Badsworth/ Bamborough Castle - to - Burwell / Buxton / Buzzard [ 1919 - 1989 ]126pp. Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON: MEDICI SOCIETY, 1980 Near Fine Square Laminated P/b. Medici Series. Undated c. 1980's. For younger child - learning is fun; the alphabet with animal colour illustrations to all pages by Margaret Tempest;- Artist from Ipswich School of Art / Westminster and Chelsea 1919 - 1939 - also taught drawing - a well known book illustrator. 30pp. 170x140mm. [ Book - single line insc. to top of cover reverse blank side- all else Fine throughout] Bright clrean cover - no colour fade, minor shelf wear to corners. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON : CONSTABLE , 1974 Illustrated card covers (Paperback) 215 x 140 mm approx. 208 pp. First Edition 1974. The copy offered is inscribed by the author to the half title page with a covering letter addressed to the recipient loosely laid in. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good (Covers - mild general shelf rubbing, author insc. as above, liquid splash to bottom margin of reverse of front cover - 1 cm in depth affecting paper of leaves opposite in diminishing size to leaf 9. No other notable defects).

CHELTENHAM: J.BURROW & CO, 1949 Illustrated card wraps( Paperback) 185 x 120 mm approx. 142 pp. Illustrated with b/w photos, fold out street plan and fold out general map of the area. Tenth Edition circa 1949. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG (Covers- moderate general shelf wear and some general shelf soiling. May 1951 in blue biro to top margin of 1st page. Binding sound, map in good order). A feature of interest to past and present residents of these tourist guides being the many trade adverts and period photos.

Brighton: THE REGENCY SOCIETY OF BRIGHTON & HOVE, 1986 VG P/b Fine Internal. Small slim 83pp.180x120mm.Revised Edition.Introduction by D L Murray.The author has done much research & written many books on Brighton & Hove history.Illus. in line+ 5 Maps.VG [ Book - no inscsp. Light shelf-edge-wear & soil. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further content details and condition.

LONDON: THE FRIENDS OF COVENT GARDEN LIMITED, 1973 Illustrated stapled card covers. 68 pp.Vol 4 no 3 Summer 1973. Cover illustration Design for the Sleeping Beauty by Peter Farmer. Black and white stills of performances during the season and articles of interest to opera and Ballet goers +Contemporary trade adverts. VG ( Light soiling - no notable shelf wear or creases. No previous owner name or insc.) Please see our images of the actual item offered for sale and for details of the contents of this issue.

LONDON: H.M.S.O., 1942 Printed paper covers (Sewn Paperback) 230 x 180 mm approx. 144 pp. 140 sepia photos, painting by Edward Bawden, 14 maps and chronology. First Edition 1942, cover price 1/6. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good (Covers - spine colour rubbed, book block cocked. No previous owner name or annotations. Binding sound with no other notable defects).

LONDON: FOLIO PRESS: J.M.DENT, 1973 Green Moire Silk Cloth Baords with Gilt blocked titles to spine and decoration to front. 220 x 145 mm approx.Top edge stained yellow, 128 pp. Frontis Map, illustrated title and other wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. 1973 reprint by photo-litho of the first Folio Printing 1955 in original glassine wraps with printed paper flap folds. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ VG (Book- no previous owner name or insc. D/J - light shelf rubbing to top edge of flap folds, non price clipped - cover £1.75. No other defects to book or jacket)

LONDON: PRIVATELY PUBLISHED , 1914 Red buckram cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine and arms of the company to front, 220 x 145 mm approx. x + 196 pp. First Edition 1914 , printed by Blades, East & Blades for the Mercers' Company of which the author was late Clerk. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good (Book- mild shelf wear and soiling to cloth and sunned to spine.Previous owner name and date 1914 to front paste down - (relative of author?)with pencil note under - see p30. The said page has a few passages underlined in blue crayon. Moderate foxing to free end papers and last blank. No other notable defects).

LONDON: METHUEN & CO, 1934 Ivory cloth boards with black blocked titles to spine and front, 195 x 130 mm approx. illustrated end papers [x] + 136 pp + 8 page publisher's catalogue of general literature. First printing 1934. A humorous and irreverent look at the game of Bridge with many illustrations by Fougasse. 4 page publisher's catalogue for Summer-Autumn , 1934 loosely laid in. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/VG (Book- dust soiling to extremities, extensive pencil notes to half title and overleaf. Dust Jacket- rubbed to extremities, mild general shelf soiling, pencil note to front flap fold. Non price clipped cover 5/- Supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket).

London: PENGUIN BOOKS / KING PENGUIN, 1954 Illustrated paper covered boards repeated on Dust Jacket. Ackermann's Oxford with note by Fellow & outstanding historian H M Colvin. 36pp of text+ 8 mono Figs +16pp of Colour plates which are a sensitive record of English Architecture. No 69 in the King Penguin Series. First Edition 1954. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for Further Details and condition. Good/ Good (Book- no previous owner name or insc. sound copy, light tan to end papers, fine throughout, light shelf wear; however a t pin-prick spot-hole to spine of boards- not going through to front end paper] Dust Jacket not price clipped 3/6 , minor coulour rubbing-loss to corners+ spine, with same puncture hole beneath to "a" on title strip

LONDON : JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD , 1941 Emerald Green cloth boards with red blocked titles to spine and front board, 205 x 140 mm approx. xvi + 194 pp. Frontis + 11 other b/w photos on 8 glossy plates + 1 line map. First Published in 1930 the copy offered is a fifth printing -1941. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.Very Good / Good (Book- Mild general shelf wear to cloth, no notable soiling. Hint of foxing to edges of book block. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - rubbed with a little loss to extremities an light general shelf soiling.

LONDON, 1772 Black Buckram cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 275 x 215 mm approx. 8 pp. being pp 555 to 562 of legislation passed during the reign of George III.Publisher not stated but presumably by Royal Authority. Act for the building of Two New Chapels, and providing Burial Places thereto, within the Town of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick. The preamble refers to the gifting by Dorothy Weaman of Sutton Coldfield of land for such purpose there being at that time only two Churches and One small chapel for the population at the time. Good (Book- a little general shelf rubbing to cloth, no previous owner name or insc. the last few lines of the printed text are missing and have been hand written in ink to the rear blank. Rust mark from a paper clip to top margin of first and last leaves of text. No other notable defects). An interesting item for the collector of books on Birmingham.Please see our images of the actual item offered for sale.

London : SMTH, ELDER & CO, 1916 Copy offered is the first edition 1916. 270pp+ publisher adverts. 195x130mm. Good [ Book- olive green cloth to boards with bright red titles to front, light shelf wear colour rub., mild spine fade ,No inscsps; tidy bookplate, light fox tanning, sound book block] Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition [the green boards are actually darker with red titles].

LONDON: BANTAM PRESS, 1996 Black boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 240 x 165 mm approx. [xiv] + 286 pp. 32 pp of b/w and colour photo illustrations 1986 reprint. Signed by the author in blue ink to title page with no other name or insc. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book- Negligible shelf wear, mild dust spotting to top edge of book block and paper a little tanned. Bottom corner of one leaf turned. Dust Jacket- very slight fading of title to spine, non price clipped cover £16.99. No other defects to book or jacket).

London: W.& R.CHAMBERS Ltd , 1913 Early edition.Undated.but inscsp.dated as1913.large format thick volume-.Blue boards with bevelled edges, Laid on Colour plate & Bright Gilt titles & gilt decs.with Gilt top foredge.523pp. Colour frontis + 15 other Full-page Colour plates with 38 pen & ink drawings,as expected, by Artist Gordon Browne RI. Book undated but ink name with date to half title page of Christmas 1913. VG/Good + as - bindings tight & sound, no exposure, very minor fox tan spotting 1st/last 2 pages, tanned side & base forege light markings Really clean throughout, vg .[ external boards even spine fade yet all gilt bright & bold.2mm softness top/tail spine caused top edge to split. few markings & scrapes to boards, corner & edgewear colour rub / loss .The plate shows some rubbing/colour loss.NB. Unfortunate heavy vol. will incur extra postage for Oversea orders Only. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON: MORGAN AND SCOTT Undated older bbok- Dark Green Cloth boards with gilt titles, Unpaginated, 309 pieces containing a large number of New Sacred Songs and Solos then not previously published in the UK together with a choice selection of Standard Hymns and Tunes. The volume can be used in conjunction with "Sacred Songs and Solos- Combined" The figures in brackets at the top of each piece being the number of the piece in the Combined Vol. Good (Book- Moderate to heavy shelf wear to extremities of boards with boards exposed at tips and a little loss of cloth at head ond tail of spine with edge colour loss. A little foxing to prelim. and end pages. Binding sound with no cracks to end papers). Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON: MICHAEL JOSEPH, 1945 Small novel H/b in[uncommon] dust jacket.VG/Poor+,1st edition.208pp.E Farjeon fiction - with humour [ do heroes make good husbands ? do animals have souls?when is Dryad too old for her job? Should Ariadne be Psycho-analysed ?] book- No inscsp, tight binding, clean yellow cloth+silver titles. [ Dust Jacket not price clipped, 8/6, book information to inner flap, cover design by Parsons, fade & fox to spine not effecting titles, light soiling, minor loss to corners, top edge & spine areas.now in clear proprietary protective cover. PLS See our image.

London : MICHAEL JOSEPH / Penguin Group, 1999 FINE H/b in FINE D/j. Humour Fiction of life's struggles. A further volume of Adrian Mole's Diaries.[ blue-green cloth gilt titles, no inscsp. book appears unread, red ribbon page-marker ] Dust Jacket not price clipped.1st ed.1st print 10987654321. 392pp. 220x140mm. Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale.

Oxfordshire: Phillip Allan Updates, 2006 Large Near FINE P/b." ...but I'm not doing painting"- There are many different disciplines , endorsemensts, mediums , in Art & Design.This book does not distinguish between differing types; rather it lays out a process of thinking about the art that will apply to any type of art you choose to work in.Intro.How to use this book.In 7 sects;- route planning / life & still life [ line & tone] / Form Texture [ history / Figure ] / Land / Drapery / how to .. / places to visit etc. Appendices. biblio; 322pp. B/w & Colour plates.[ miniscule edgewear & minor top-finger curve pale stain to initial page - all else as new.no inscsp. Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale.