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LONDON: ANDRE DEUTSCH, 1966 Blue Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 215 x 170 mm approx. 174 pp,16 b/ photos on 8 pp of plates + 6 line illustrations/ maps all as called for. First Edition 1966. Survival No 7 in Series under the editorship of Colin Willock. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/VG (Book- negligible shelf wear and soiling, some sporadic foxing to top edge of book block extending to top margin of title page which also has an offset shadow from a piece of paper laid ln, no previous owner name or inscription. Dust Jacket - very mild shelf rubbing to extremities, tiny nick of 2 mm approx to top of rear panel, non price clipped - cover 27s. with residual glue mark from other price label over. No other defects to book or jacket).

LONDON: SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO Pale blue printed card covers with laid on colour illustration (Paperback) 235 x 180 mm approx. 64 pp. 16 colour plates being 12 colour illustrations by Audrey Weber and 4 maps by Helen Ray Marshall all as called for. Undated [1939] dated by reference to preface there being no printing history stated. 16 walks mainly in Sussex. The book was unashamedly published by Southern Rail to promote rail travel in that all walks commence from Railway Stations. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG no d/j (Covers - mild general shelf wear/ soiling with 3 mm approx loss to tail of spine. Paper of book block evenly tanned, no previous owner name or insc. Binding sound with no other notable defects).

LONDON : PUTNAM, 1952 Beige cloth boards with black blocked titles to spine, 200 x 140 mm approx. 196 pp. Frontis + 32 other b/w photo plates and 1 line map all as called for. First Edition 1952. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book - dust spotting to top edge of book block. Dust Jacket- a couple of small nicks - max 3 mm approx, non price clipped - cover 18s. No other defects to book or jacket).

NEW YORK: HARPER COLLINS, 1996 Navy blue Paper quarter binding with silver blocked titles to spine, maroon paper sides to boards and facsimile silver blocked author name, 240 x 160 mm approx. [x] + 448 pp. First American Edition 1st Impression 1996. See our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book- no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - negligible shelf rubbing, non price clipped - cover USA $25. No notable defects to book or jacket) Please state when placing order if you would wish that a removable proprietary protective sleeve be fitted.

LONDON: CONSTABLE & CO, 1961 Burgundy Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine and front, 215 x 145 mm approx. Double page sketch map. First Edition 1961. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/VG (Book- no notable shelf wear or soiling, dust spotting to top edge of book block and two foxing spots to fore edge, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - mild shelf rubbing to corner tips, a little tanned with a few light foxing spots showing through, exposed edges of flap folds tanned, non price clipped cover 13s6d. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve).

London: Printers Mercer & Sons, 1937 1937 Theatre Programme.Tightly bound stapled P/b. 12pp. Price 3d.The Valkyrie. Conducted by L Collingwood & Produced by S Austin. Theatre Manager BD Worsley.[ programme has been stored folded by a previous owner] Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

HARMONDSWORTH: PENGUIN BOOKS, 1940 Orange and White printed paper covers (Mass market Paperback) 180 x 110 mm approx. 256 pp 7th printing 1940. No 43 in series. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Very Good (Book - soiling to head - possibly from glue spillage in course of book production, paper of book block evenly tanned. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- spine sunned else no notable wear or soiling and non price clipped. No other notable defects to book or jacket). An exceptionally clean copy.

London : LONGMANS GREEN & Co Ltd, 1961 Near FINE H/b in Good D/j.1st ed. The author has taught sailing & written the Handbook used by the Education Authority. A clear & Comprehensive Course in the basic elements of small boat sailing and all it involves.184pp. Figs. by W Megoran FRSA.For education / Reference & for all interested.[ blue cloth gilt dec to front & gilt titles, no inscsp, no notable defect ] Dust Jacket not price clipped 21/- edge-wear Col/rub/loss + spot-dot loss to front, handlig/shelf soil to once white rear. Now in clear easily Removable proprietary protective cover. 255x175mm. Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON: JOHN MURRAY , 1902 Dark Green cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine and pastel green with line frame to front. 185 x 125 mm approx. top edge gilt, 72 pp. First Edition 1902. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG no d/j (Book- mild general shelf wear to cloth, end papers significantly browned and brittle with tear to front free end paper of 2.5 cm approx and small chip to same. No previous owner name or insc. No other notable defects).

LONDON: JOHNSON PUBLICATIONS, 1968 Navy Blue Boards with Gilt titles to spine, 220 x 145 mm approx. 256 pp, b/w portrait frontis + 12 further plates as called for with 16 photos. First Edition 1968.Autobiography of the former Conservative M.P. for Harrow East and R.N.Commander probably most remembered for becoming embroiled in a K.G.B. plan to discredit him following an indiscretion with a lady friend in a Moscow hotel bedroom. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. The copy offered is signed by the author in blue ink to the front free end paper with no other previous owner name or insc. VG/Good (Book- small area of fading to head of spine where loss to jacket, a little dust spotting to top edge of book block, no other defects. Dust Jacket- a little general shelf wear and soiling with 1.5 cm approx. tear to head of spine/front panel fold with tiny loss, non price clipped cover35s. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve)

LONDON : NICHOLSON AND WATSON , 1943 Red boards with black printed titles to spine, 190 x 125 mm approx. 204 pp. First edition 1943. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Good (Book - no notable wear to cloth but with some soiling/ colour transfer from dust jacket. Previous owner name and place in pencil to front free end paper. Dust Jacket - heavy shelf soiling with two tear to top rear panel of up to 1.5 cm , non price clipped - cover 8/6 no other notable defects to book or jacket).

LONDON: F.V.WHITE & CO, 1899 Purple cloth on chamfered boards with gilt blocked titles to spine and front, 200 x 140 mm approx. [vi] + 236 pp + 12 page publisher's catalogue. Frontis with tissue guard + 3 other b/w illustrations by A Wallis Mills as called for. 1899 (presumed 1st edition- no prior printing history). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Maritime romantic fiction. Fair - no d/j (Book- cloth faded and soiled with rubbing to extremities including some fraying to head at corner to rear board. Paper repair to cracked front end paper, W H Smith bookseller impressed name and address to free end papers with previous owner name address and date under. Rear end paper cracked and although mull holding- very fragile. Offered and priced as a binding copy).

London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2004 H/b+D/j.Both Near FINE.1st ed.1st print. J Hightman - South California University , Member of Writer's Guild & Screen Writer for Columbia / Warner & Touchstone Films. " it is not every day you wake up and find you are a Dragon Hunter .. .. Simon St George has no idea of waht it is like to belong to a family - " .350pps [ green cloth+ gilt titles, very slight marking to foredge all else Fine & as new, Noi nscsp] Shiny patterned Dust Jacket not price clipped , £12.99 [2004] really very small pale stain, barely noticeable to rear base- all else as new. Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale.Please enlarge our image as shiny cover distorts picture.

LONDON: HODDER & STOUGHTON, 1957 Mass Market Paperback 175 x 110 mm approx. 192 pp. First Paperback printing 1957 of this Simon Templar book featuring two stories - The Black Market- where our hero is hot on the heels of thiefs of some iridium and "The Sizzling Saboteur" which finds Mr Templar in Texas. Good- ( Covers- 20mm tear to tail at front hinge and 15mm approx tear to fore edge of upper cover.A little general shelf soiling.Paper of book block tanned. No previous owner name or insc. Binding Sound). Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale.

London : PAN, 1955 VG P/b.1955.1st ed.thus.No 348 Pan Saint Series.192pp.[ book tight binding, No inscsp, clean throughout, paper browned,] 2/- , covers relatively clean & bright,,light wear/handling.light creases. Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale.

WORTHING , Sussex: OPTIMUS BOOKS, 2000 Laminated P/b near fine.An early & important representative of the 19th c. Catholic Revival in the Church of England the Gothic Revival in Art & Architecture.[ clean throughout , no inscsp, real tiny mark top initial page & minor crease top front cover ] Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale

OXFORD: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS , 1988 Navy Blue cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 220 x 145 mm approx. 220 pp First Edition 1988.The author's boyhood in 1920's industrial Lancashire which gives a first hand account of the general strike in 1921 and its tragic consequences on his family. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.Near Fine/ Near Fine. (Book- negligible shelf wear/soiling, no previous owner name or insc.Dust Jacket- rubbing to laminate at head of spine, oup price sticker to rear panel £12.95. No notable defects to book or jacket).

London : EPWORTH PRESS, 1959 A Book for advice and Guidance in kindness. Signed in name only to Title page. 127pp. 195x130mm. VG/ Good [Book- Sound binding, no other insc, clean throughout] Dust Jacket not price clipped 7/6 small staining, shelf wear soil, tanned margins to back, minor nicks. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for Further Details and condition.

SCARBOROUGH N.Y.: CANAPE PARADE, 1933 Stiff card with illustrated laminated cover. (Staple / Saddle stitch Bound) 210 x 125 mm approx. [iv] + 44 pp. Illustrated with a few cartoon drawings accompanied with rhyming verse. First Edition 1933. Collection of recipes compiled and copyrighted by Margaret Smith, Sandpiper Shop Madison , Conn. Also contains canapes. A charming and seemingly quite scarce recipe book.Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good (Chips to laminated covering which is also blistered/ rippled, paper of book block a little evenly tanned, no previous owner name or annotations. Binding sound with no other notable defects).

London: FABER & FABER Ltd, 1936 UNCOMMON 1st thus - Pale Purple SILK moire boards with silver titles and illustration to spine,top edge of book block silver. Green end papers with b/w illustrations, 322 nos.pp. First printing of the edition with 16 full page colour illustrations by country Artist CF Tunnicliffe RA CBE plus b/w chapter vignettes & end pieces.VG (Book- Purple cloth faded to spine and extremities of boards, ink name & house name to prelimary blank.No other notable defects). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.