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STAGG Frank Noel
The Heart of Norway. A History of the Central Provinces. With a Foreword by the Bishop of Trondheim. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND EDITOR
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 28 plates on 14 and endpaper maps in blue, fore-edges lightly mottled; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (AND ANNE ROPER, EDITOR) ON TITLE. One of Stagg's acclaimed monographs on the history of Norway, this is first study in English of Central Norway from the earliest times to the German invasion of 1940. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER; SIGNED COPIES ARE PARTICULARLY RARE.
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MACKAY Alan
313 Days to Christmas. A Human Record of War and Imprisonment. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations ands facsimiles in the text; cloth, gilt back, a mint copy in the dustwrapper. The story of the 'Daily Recco', a newspaper produced by the inmates of Stalag Luft III.
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LESLEY Cole
The Life of Noel Coward. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, red top, pale blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BRADBURY (intro.) Sue
A Travellers Christmas. Introduced by Sue Bradbury. Illustrated by Paul Slater. FINE COPY IN SLIP-CASE
8vo., First Edition thus, with a coloured frontispiece and 14 coloured plates; pictorial boards, upper board lettered in silver, red cloth back lettered in silver, silver endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
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BLAKISTON Noel
A Romantic Friendship. The Letters of Cyril Connolly to Noel Blakiston.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece; green cloth, gilt back, fore-edges lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With a relevant cutting loosely inserted.
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BENNETT, Arnold
Modern Plays. [Introduction by John Hadfield. Everyman's Library Edition].
8vo., Second Edition thus; original series binding of green cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, dark top, patterned endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned and chipped at head of backstrip. First published in EL in 1937. Plays by Arnold BENNETT, Noel COWARD, Edward KNOBLOCK, William Somerset MAUGHAM, A.A. MILNE and R.C. SHERRIF. EL 942; Seymour 717.0.
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COWARD Noel
Autobiography. Consisting of 'Present Indicative', 'Future Indefinite' and the uncompleted 'Past Conditional'. With an Introduction by Sheridan Morley.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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MACKEURTAN Graham
The Cradle Days of Natal (1497-1845).
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and plates, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper, some mild age-spotting; original blue cloth, gilt back, case a little shaken else a good, sound copy. Hosken, p.132.
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NOEL Gerard
Princess Alice. Queen Victoria's Forgotten Daughter. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo. First Edition with portrait frontispiece plates large folding pedigree and pictorial endpapers; pale green cloth gilt back a very good bright clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The original edition is very scarce in this condition.
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COWARD Noel
Private Lives. An Intimate Comedy in Three Acts. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; original blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper printed in blue, the latter mildly dust-soiled (rather more heavily so at backstrip), chipped at head and head and tail of backstrip, with small hole (affecting lettering) at cente of backstrip, and small closed tear on rear panel. VERY SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
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BARBER Noel
Sinister Twilight. The Fall and Rise Again of Singapore. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps; grey tweed cloth, gilt back, grey top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.404.
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STREATFEILD Noel
Beyond the Vicarage. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; green tweed cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Third and final volume of the author's spirited autobiographical trilogy. Includes her service in the WVS throughout WWII. With striking dustwrapper artwork by Charles Mozley. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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HUMPHREYS H. Noel
The Coin Collector's Manual. or Guide to the Numismatic Student in the Formation of a Cabinet of Coins: comprising an Account of the Origin and Progress of Coinage to the Fall of the Roman Empire; with some Account of the Coinages of Modern Europe, especially of Great Britain. REMARKABLE BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispiece (original tissue guards present), engraved plates and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, one small hole cut in each frontispiece where small image excised, neat contemporary inscription on half-title of first volume; original terracotta cloth, boards elaborately blocked in blind, gilt backs, uncut, a remarkably bright, clean copy. With 16pp of publisher's catalogue at front and rear of each volume, and trade ticket of Gilbert & Field of Gracechurch Street London on front paste-downs. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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IRVING Washington
The Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall. With Twenty-Four Coloured Illustrations by C.E. Brock. SPLENDID COPY IN SIGNED RIVIERE BINDING
8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), coloured illustrated title and 22 fine coloured plates, endpapers and blank preliminaries very lightly browned; handsomely bound in contemporary green half calf BY RIVIERE, sides tooled in blind, back with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartment with red leather leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments richly tooled in gilt, gilt top, marbled endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. A lovely copy. Kelly, p.161.
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LOCKLEY Ronald
Birds and Islands. Travels in Wild Places. Illustrated by Noel W. Cusa. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and maps in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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KNIGHT Ian
The Anatomy of the Zulu Army. From Shaka to Cetshwayo 1818-1879. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; maroon cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BYRON Lord
The Siege of Corinth. A Poem [with] Parisina. A Poem. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED IN SIGNED ZAEHNSDORF BINDING
8vo., First Edition, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with engraved frontispiece and 18 engraved plates; most attractively bound in full red calf, sides with gilt frame border, expertly rebacked to style with old backstrip gilt laid down, gilt top, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, uncut, a remarkably well-preserved, fresh, crisp copy. With the publisher's 4pp catalogue (dated February 1816) at end. THIS COPY WAS BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY FOR CHICAGO PUBLISHER AND WHOLESALER A.C. McCLURG; the binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. It was possibly compiled on behalf of a dedicated collector, for the plates and portraits are numerous and relevant. The frontispiece ('Leila', engraved by Mote after Corbaux) and 11 plates relate to the first work; the remaining 7 plates to the second. Of particular interest are the fine portraits of John Hobhouse (to whom the work is dedicated) by Hopwood after Wivell, and John Sobieski (engraved by Thomson from a picture in the Louvre). A MOST UNUSUAL, AND EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE COPY IN sympathetically restored period binding. Randolph, p. 55; Wise I, p.106.
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PHILLIPS Ernest
Hitler's Last Hope. A factual Survey of the Middle East war-zone and Turkey's vital strategic position, with a special Chapter on Turkey's Military Strength by Noel Barber. A RARE SURVIVAL
8vo., First Edition, with double-page map; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers very lightly creased at extremities else a very good, bright, clean copy. IN THIS CONDITION, A RARE SURVIVAL. Enser, p.428.
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HARKEY Ira
Pioneer Bush Pilot. The Story of Noel Wien [and Wien Air Alaska]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps neat contemporary inscription on half-title; white cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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BYRON Lord Gorge Gordon Noel
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. A Romaunt. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN PUBLISHER'S CLOTH
Sm. 8vo., with engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved and printed titles, frontispiece and engraved title very lightly browned; original brown cloth, boards framed and blocked in blind, gilt back, primrose endpapers, uncut, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in wholly unrestored publisher's binding. With the nineteenth century trade ticket of Croydon of Torquay on front paste-down.
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H. J.
Arkaiosskopia, or, A View of Antiquity. Presented in a short, but sufficient Account of some of the Fathers…Who lived within the first Three Hundred Years after Christ. Serving as a Light to the Studious that they may peruse with better Judgement the Venerable Monuments of those Worthies. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN NINETEENTH CENTURY CALF
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with title in red and black, title mildly age-browned; strongly bound in nineteenth century half calf, marbled boards, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, leather label lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, a very good, bright, crisp copy. With the nineteenth century bookplate of Charles Noel Welman on front paste-down. With a lengthy and neatly calligraphed provenance (1860) by Welman on two preliminaries, eighteenth century MS signature on title verso and earlier MS notes on rear free endpaper. A crisp copy of what is arguably Hanmer's best-known work, though authorship has been attributed sometime to others. Jonathan Hanmer (1606-1687), ejected minister, and lecturer at Barnstaple from 1646 to 1662, was father to John Hanmer, an ancestor of the Welman family as outlined in the inscription. RARE.
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ANNAN Noel
Changing Enemies. The Defeat and Regeneration of Germany. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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DICKENS Charles
The Chimes. A Goblin Story of Some Bells that rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In.. Illustrated by C.E. Brock. UNUSUALLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE FIRST BROCK EDITION
8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), illustrated title in red and black, 7 fine coloured plates and 9 line illustrations in the text, free endpapers faintly browned, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original publisher's binding of ivory cloth, upper board and backstrip patterned and lettered in gilt and green, gilt top, uncut, a remarkably bright, fresh, crisp copy. Crisp copy of the second of Dickens' five 'Christmas Books', first published in 1844. Whilst all five tales have been severally illustrated across the years, the Brock editions of 1905-7 remain among the most colourful and evocative. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Kelly p.160.
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COUPLAND Sir Reginald
Zulu Battle Piece, Isandhlwana. [With new Introduction by Ian Knight.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with plates, maps in the text and front endpaper map; orange cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Coupland's account of the fateful action was first published in 1948. This much-needed reissue includes the author's original introduction together with a reappraisal by Zulu War historian Ian Knight. SCARCE.
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STAINES Rev. E. Noel
Dear Amberley. A Guide to Amberley and History of the Parish. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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TAYLOR Stephen
Shaka's Children. A History of the Zulu People. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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Kemal, Salim & Ivan Gaskell
Landscape, Natural Beauty and the Arts (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and the Arts)
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Editted by Salim Kemal and Ivan Gaskell. Essays by the editors and T.J. Diffey, Ronald W. Hepburn, John Barrell, P. Adams Sitney, Don Gifford, Yi-Fu Tuan, Stephanie Ross, Donald W. Crawford, Allen Carlson, Arnold Berleant and Noel Carroll. Not illustrated. 9" high X 6" wide, 278 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Noel, Raymond
Les Chateaux de L'Aveyron
This is a very good softcover copy in the publisher's original grey printed wrappers. Repaired tear to rear panel of cover. Binding firm. Completely clean. Text in French. Illustrated in black & white with hundreds of small photographs of the chateaux of L' Aveyron, France arranged alphabetically from Aiguillon to Zenieres. Bibliography. 10" high X 6" wide, 146 text pages + plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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PFANNER Franz
Die Trappisten und ihre Mission in Natal (Sudafrika)
In 8, pp. 80. D. rifatto. Br. ed.
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LADISLAV NOEL
Dva poly fotografie uvahy o obrazovych otazkach fotografie a tvorba slovenskych fotoameterov za roky 1969-1973
In 8, pp. 300 circa non numerate. Legatura editoriale in piena tela con sovraccoperta. Rara edizione originale di questo libro che raccoglie gli scatti fotografici del fotografo slovacco Ladislav Noel.
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Haselden, Mary and Sally Marlow
Getting Ready for Christmas
24 pages, illustrated by John Lobban. eng
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Noel, Susan
Tennis in Our Time
186 pages, illustrated, statistics, light tanning to page edges and endpapers. eng
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Cooper, Jilly
How to Survive Christmas : An Xmasochist's Guide to the Darkest Days of the Year
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall eng
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Noel, Susan
Tennis in Our Time
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall eng
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Daly, Kathleen
Christmas Joys
16mo, pages not numbered. Colour illustrations by Mary McClain. Top of spine slightly bumped. eng
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Edmonds, Noel
The Multi Coloured Noel Edmonds Annual
4to, pages not numbered, illustrated in colour throughout, front endpaper price clipped. eng
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Botham, Noel and Peter Donnelly
Valentino : The Love God
8vo, 248 pages, illustrated. Page edges browned. eng
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Hope, Noel
Out of the Straight ; or, the Boy Who Failed and the Boy Who Succeeded
Undated, 12mo, 96 pages+ publisher's catalogue, illustrations. Covers rubbed, hinges weakening. Original Green Pictorial Cloth eng
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Carols from Trinity (audio cassette)
Total running time 70 minutes, 35 seconds. (Classical collection). 15210. eng
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Christmas Cooking for Family and Friends
VG paperback. (The Kitchen collection). 10303. eng
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Woman's Illustrated
Christmas cakes and cookies
VG pbk. Rusty staples. (Woman's Ilustrated Gift Book ; no. 2).19512. eng
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Brandreth, Gyles
Knight book of Christmas fun
1st edition. VG pbk. Page edges browning. ISBN 0340190213. 14878. eng
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Coward, Noel
The collected short stories. Vol. 2
1st edition. VG/VG (spine sunned). With an introduction by Martin Tickner. 5355. eng
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French, Susan (ed.)
Daily Mail annual for boys and girls
8th year. Hardback in a protected dust jacket. VG/G++ (creased. price clipped). Inscription of a previous owner, dated 1950, on the title page. Contributors include Noel Streatfeild, Enid Blyton, Mollie Chappell and Francis Durbridge. 21475. eng
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Henshaw, Lee
Oasis
1st in this edition. VG pbk. ISBN 0752518593. 19770. eng
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Hynd, Noel
Revenge
1st NEL edition. Good pbk. Front cover creased. 14312. eng
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Kenneway, Eric
Things to make for Christmas
1st edition. VG pbk. ISBN 0099381400. Illustrated by Jane Laycock. 18237. eng
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Kingsbury, Noel
The Indoor Gardener : Creative Displays for Every Home
1st edition. 160 pages, illustrated. Quarto. Fine hardback in a fine condition dust jacket. 38888. eng
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Kingsbury, Noel
The Indoor Gardener : Creative Displays for Every Home
1st edition. 4to, 160 pages, photographs by Jerry Harpur. Near fine condition hardback in a fine condition dust jacket.38888 eng
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Richards, Dick
The wit of Noel Coward
1st edition. Good hbk in soiled white cloth, gilt. Inscription of a previous owner on the front endpaper. 16637. eng
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