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Cox, Gordon
The Musical Salvationist: The World of Richard Slater 1854-1939 'Father of Salvation Army Music'
Woodbridge: The Boydell Press 2011. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Jacket edges are creased and nicked. Board corners and spine ends are bumped. Spine is slightly cocked. Gutter break at the contents page however binding remains sound and pages are clear. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. The Boydell Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 621027 ISBN : 1843836963 9781843836964
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Fry, Katharine; Cresswell, Rachel Elizabeth
Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry with Extracts from Her Journal and Letters: In Two Volumes: Second Edition
London: John Hatchard and Son 1848. Two volumes hard covers in good condition. No dust jackets. Original content dated 1848 within an undated rebinding in orange cloth gilt book details to spine. Ex-library volumes with a small array of library stamps references and residual security labels to pastedowns and endpapers occasionally elsewhere. General shelf and handling wear including tanning and light wear to boards and edges tanning and foxing to pageblock this leading into the 1848 endpapers and free papers with light occasional foxing spots within. Original tissue paper facing frontispiece in Vol.I. has been lost however tissue present in Vol. II. Discreet pencilled correction note in Vol.II page 213 a reader having spotted an error in the text. Within pages are tightly bound and other than aforementioned content is unmarked. Additional photographs/further details upon request. CN. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. John Hatchard and Son Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 621051
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William Cooke, Esq
Memoirs of Samuel Foote Esquire with A Collection of His Genuine Bon-Mots Anecdotes Opinions &c. Two Volumes Complete I II 1 2
Philadelphia: S. F. Bradford 1807 Book. Good. Leather. First Edition. "Mostly original and three of his dramatic pieces not published in his Works." Foote 1720-1777 was one of the most influential playwrights of his time in Georgian London. In two volumes complete. Leather bindings are moderately worn and are starting to loosen on the spine edges foxing on endpapers. S. F. Bradford hardcover
Bookseller reference : 110811
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Kenny, Elizabeth (Author); Ostenso, Martha (Collaborator)
And They Shall Walk: The Life Story of Sister Elizabeth Kenny
London: Robert Hale Limited 1951. First edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Jacket is marked and sunned. Edges are creased and nicked including small tears. Board edges corners and spine ends are slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine is cocked. Page block pastedowns endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Used. Robert Hale Limited Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 621085
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Galton, Francis
Memories of My Life: Second Edition
London: Methuen & Co Ltd 1908. Second edition hard cover in very good condition. No jacket intended. A small newspaper article has been adhered to the publication detail page confirming that 'The late Francis Galton had bequeathed his residuary estate to London University' for continuing studies. Previously the property of W.H. Smith & Son's library; their bookplates front and rear have been torn out residue left. Navy cloth boards with gilt title and author detail to front board book details to spine. General shelf and handling wear including rubbing and light wear to boards and edges corners bumped. Spine is cocked and rough-cut pageblock tanned with age-related discolouration. Spots of foxing noted on title page and frontispiece at spine point occasional tanning and foxing spots throughout. Within pages are tightly bound content unmarked. CN. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Methuen & Co Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 621130
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Bright, Edward Brailsford; Bright, Charles
The Life Story of the Late Sir Charles Tilston Bright Volume I and II Complete
London: Archibald Constable and Co. Volume I and II complete. Red cloth hardcovers with gilt design to front boards gilt lettering to the spines and gilt edged page block heads in good condition. Author's presentation copy with plate on front pastedowns. 'Officers Mess Library' stamp on FEP. Undated but documented as published circa 1899-1900. Spines are sunned. Board edges corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Page block faces and feet are rough cut and tanned. Hinge breaks noted with a few of the pages of partially separated from the spine and label remnant on FEP of Volume I. Gutter breaks also noted however bindings remain sound and pages are clear. LW. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Archibald Constable and Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 621242
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Louise S Baker
Eunice Hussey - A Nantucket Story
Nantucket MA: Harry B. Turner 1938 Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. First Edition. "A description of island life in the past. . .aiming simply to portray the rugged character and primitive experiences of those who went before us. . ." 121 pages. Illustrated frontispiece of the author. Eunice Hussey 1744-1830 was born in Nantucket. Light exterior marks minor wear front inner hinge starting to crack. Harry B. Turner hardcover
Bookseller reference : 110884
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Edwin Crowell
A History of Barrington Township and Vicinity Shelburne County Nova Scotia 1604-1870
Yarmouth Nova Scotia: By the Author Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Includes a biographical and genealogical appendix. 603 pages plus a several page index. Illustrated. Minor wear some exterior rub marks bookplate inside front cover front inner hinge starting to crack. By the Author hardcover
Bookseller reference : 110879
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Henson, Herbert Hensley
Retrospect of an Unimportant Life: Vol. I.1863-1920: Vol. II.1920-1939: Vol. III.1939-1946 The Years of Retirement
London: Oxford University Press 1950. Three hard covers in very good condition no dust jackets. Vol.I. was published in 1942 Vol.II. in 1943 and Vol.III in 1950. Previous owner has penned name to FEP of Vols. I.&II. General shelf and handling wear including fading to blue cloth boards notable to spines whilst gilt book details are still clear. Edges and bumped corners show light wear with minor creasing to spine heads and feet. Pageblocks are tanned and lightly foxed this leading into pastedowns and endpapers. Pages are tightly bound and other than very occasional foxing spots within content is unmarked. CN. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Oxford University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 621262
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Isaiah W Wilson
A Geography and History of the County of Digby Nova Scotia
Belleville Ontario: Mike Publishing Co. 1985 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. 471 page history of this southwestern Nova Scotia town. Mike Publishing Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 110895
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Hansard, Luke (Author); Myers, Robin (Editor, Introduction and Notes)
The Auto-Biography of Luke Hansard Written in 1817
Wakefield: The Fleece Press 1991. Quarter bound hardcover with red cloth spine and patterned paper boards no dust jacket within slipcase.This edition limited to 250 copies each with an original print signed by wood-engraving illustrator John Lawrence in pocket on rear pastedown. Colour portrait of Luke Hansard tipped in. Hand written card from printer Simon Lawrence laid in. Light shelf wear to the slipcase. No other notable faults. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Lawrence John. Used. The Fleece Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 621292 ISBN : 0948375264 9780948375262
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Vincent M Scramuzza
The Emperor Claudius
Cambridge MA: Harvard Univeristy Press 1940 Book. Good . Hardcover. First Edition. Moderate wear including uneven edge and spine sunning as another book was laid on it unevenly for an extended period of time. Other light normal scuffs and soils. "Vincent M. Scramuzza was a historian best known for his definitive 1940 biography The Emperor Claudius which challenged ancient portrayals of the emperor as a weak-minded fool. Scramuzza's work argued that Claudius was actually a skilled administrator whose policies laid the foundation for the efficiency of later emperors like Trajan and Hadrian.". Harvard Univeristy Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 110921
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Margaret Jefferds Thompson
Captain Nathaniel Lord Thompson of Kennebunk Maine and The Ships He Built 1811-1889
Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Co. 1937 Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. First Edition. Written by the Captain's daughter "to preserve the memory of a number of beautiful ships built by my father". Introduction by Lincoln Colcord. Illustrated 140 pages. Light wear age-toning inked name on flyleaf. Charles E. Lauriat Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 110954
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Ben: Perley Poore, introduction by Henry B Anthony
THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF AMBROSE E. BURNSIDE SOLDIER-CITIZAN- STATESMAN
Providence RI: J.A. & R.A. Reid Publishers 1882 Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 448 page illustrated biography of General Burnside - the Union Army General in the Civil War three-time governor of the state of Rhode Island inventor and industrialist. Moderate exterior wear on the decorative binding; text is in very good condition. J.A. & R.A. Reid, Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 110957
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McAleer, John (Author); Wodehouse, PG (Foreword) P G
Rex Stout: A Biography
Boston MA: Little Brown and Company 1977. First edition hardcover in very good condition. Removable plastic covered unclipped dust jacket in acceptable condition. Ex-libris label of Jonathan Goodman adhered to FEP with a photograph of the author and Rex Stout laid in. Jacket is scuffed and sunned. Edges are creased and nicked including tears at the upper edge. Board corners and spine ends are slightly bumped. Page block and page edges are lightly tanned. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. Used. Little, Brown and Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 621358 ISBN : 0316553409 9780316553407
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Hanff, Helene
Apple of My Eye
London: Andre Deutsch Limited 1977. First edition hardcover with clipped dust jacket in very good condition. Signed and dedicated by the author with a hand written note laid in. Jacket is slightly marked and sunned. Edges are creased and nicked. Board spine ends are slightly bumped. Page block is lightly foxed. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Signed and Dedicated By Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. Andre Deutsch Limited Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 621447 ISBN : 0233969349 9780233969343
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BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS - THIS VOLUME CONTAINS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF LEADING CITIZENS OF YORK COUNTY MAINE
Boston: Biographical Review Company 1896 Book. Good. Leather. First Edition. Leather bound gilt-edged and decorated binding has moderate wear and rub marks; pages are in very good condition. "These pages treat of earnest toilers of to-day and of yesterday workers with hand and brain who have been largely instrumental in the industrial social and political development of York County - men and women who taking life in'earnest' have made 'foot-prints on the sands of time'". 619 pages well illustrated. Biographical Review Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 111032
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John Wilford Blackstone
Lineage and History of William Blackstone
Book. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint Edition. The ancestry and history of Blackstone - "first settler of Boston and of his descendants from his birth 1595 to the close of the Revolution 1783 with a continuation in the line of Stephen Foot Blackstone great great grandson of William down to this date". Originally published in 1907. 298 pages. Embossed stamp on title page. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 111040
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Hillier, Bevis (Compiler and Introduction)
Jon Betjeman: A Life in Pictures
London: John Murray Publishers Limited 1984. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Calligraphic inscription from the author to Geoffrey on FEP. Jacket is sunned particularly the spine. Edges are creased and nicked. Board corners and spine ends are slightly bumped. Page block is lightly blemished with some tanning to the page edges. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Hardcover. Good/Good. Used. John Murray (Publishers) Limited Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 621636 ISBN : 0719541816 9780719541810
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Truffaut, FRANCOIS (Author); Scott, Helen G (Collaborator)
Hitchcock
London: Martin Secker & Warburg Limited 1968. Larger sized hardcover with clipped dust jacket in good condition. Jacket is scuffed and sunned. Edges are creased and nicked including small tears and a tape repair within. Board corners and spine ends are bumped. Page block is tanned and blemished with some tanning to the page edges. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Hardcover. Good/Good. Used. Martin Secker & Warburg Limited Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 621633
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Edited by Professor J H Ingraham
The Sunny South; or the Southerner at Home Embracing Five Years' Experience of a Northern Governess in the Land of the Sugar and the Cotton
Philadelphia: G. G. Evans Publisher 1860 Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. "The object of this work is to do justice to the Southern planter and at the same time afford information in an agreeable form to the Northerner. . ." containing the letters of Miss Kate Conyngham. Binding is worn and faded light foxing and age-toning within. G. G. Evans, Publisher hardcover
Bookseller reference : 111051
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Biographical Review: This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Oxford and Franklin Counties Maine
Boston: Biographical Review Publishing Company 1897 Book. Good. Leather. First Edition. Moderate to significant age wear including heavy run marks on exterior leather. A classic "mugbook" of the era providing detailed records of the families and individuals who shaped the development of western Maine. Biographical Review Publishing Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 111069
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Biographical Review: This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Rockingham County New Hampshire
Boston: Biographical Review Publishing Company 1896 Book. Good. Leather. First Edition. Moderate to significant age wear including heavy run marks on exterior leather and flaking spine. A classic "mugbook" of the era providing detailed records of the families and individuals who shaped the development of New Hampshire. Biographical Review Publishing Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 111070
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Brighton, Ray
The Checkered Career of Tobias Lear
Portsmouth NH: Portsmouth Marine Society 1984 Book. Very Good . Hardcover. First Edition. A very nice copy of book. Dust jacket has some minor scuffs and edge wear. 375 pages illustrated story of Lear - George Washington's private secretary who had the personal confidence of Washington. Portsmouth Marine Society hardcover
Bookseller reference : 111074 ISBN : 0915819031 9780915819034
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Stone, Humphrey
Reynolds Stone: A Memoir
Dorset: The Dovecote Press 2019. First edition hard cover with unclipped dust jacket both in very good condition. Jacket design by Humphrey Stone colours vivid. From the collection of Deborah and Tony Honore; Tony Honore's career at Oxford University spanning seventy years including a Fellowship of All Souls College Oxford and the Regius Professor of Law from 1971-1988. Deborah has penned ownership opposite the half-title page. General shelfwear including light creasing and wear to dust jacket. Green cloth boards have gilt book detail to spine and are in fine condition. Within pages are tightly bound content unmarked. Punctuated throughout with numerous engravings drawings and watercolours exqusitely executed colours vibrant and true. Also includes a number of photographs. A beautiful book. CN. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The Dovecote Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 621749 ISBN : 0995546274 9780995546271
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Hamilton, Alastair
William Bedwell the Arabist 1563-1632
Leiden: E.J. Brill / Leiden University Press 1985. Hardcover no jacket in very good condition. Signed and dedicated by the author on the FEP. Publications of The Sir Thomas Browne Institute Leiden new series number 5. Light shelfwear to the hardcover. The pages are clean and sound all text is clear. CM. Signed and Dedicated By Author. Hardcover. Very Good. Used. E.J. Brill / Leiden University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 621830 ISBN : 9004072411 9789004072411
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Symonds, John
The Great Beast: The Life of Aleister Crowley
London: Rider & Company 1955. Hardcover in good condition. Unclipped dust jacket in acceptable condition. Jacket is scuffed marked and foxed with some surface colour loss noted. Edges are creased and torn including chips. Board spine is marked and sunned. Edges corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Page block and page edges are tanned with some foxing on the page block pastedowns endpapers and the occasional page within. Binding is sound and pages are otherwise clear. LW. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. Used. Rider & Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 621802
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Fowles, Edward (Author); Waterhouse, Ellis (Introduction)
Memories of Duveen Brothers
London: Times Books 1976. Hardcover without dust jacket in good condition. Covers are slightly scuffed with damp stains across the lower edge. Edges corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Page block is lightly blemished. Minimal ink marginalia within. Binding is sound and pages are otherwise clear. LW. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Times Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 621904 ISBN : 0723001553 9780723001553
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Isabelle Eberhardt & Rene-Louis Doyon
Mes Journaliers: precedes de la Vie Tragique de la Bonne Nomade
La Connaissance Paris 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 12mo 6 3/4 - 7 3/4". lxxxiv 300pp. Binding firm. Pages browned. Boards slightly bowed. Covers slightly marked. Illustrated with fold-out. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Travel & Places; Algeria; Modern; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 63354. . La Connaissance hardcover
Bookseller reference : 63354
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Ignazia Favata
Joe Colombo and Italian Design of the Sixties
Thames & Hudson London 1988. First UK Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Size: 4to 9 3/4 - 12". 126 pp. Internally clean. Binding firm spine cocked. Covers slightly creased. Profusely illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Art & Design; Italy; 1960s; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0500275297. ISBN/EAN: 9780500275290. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 63208. . 9780500275290 Thames & Hudson paperback
Bookseller reference : 63208 ISBN : 0500275297 9780500275290
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Porter, Cathy
Alexandra Kollontai: A Biography
London: Virago Limited 1980. First edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in good condition. From the private collection of Dame Carmen Callil publisher writer critic and founder of Virago Press with ownership penned to the title page. Jacket is sunned and scored. Edges are creased and nicked. Boards are slightly bowed. Lower board edges and spine ends are a little bumped. Page block and page edges are tanned with some blemishing to the page block. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Used. Virago Limited Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 621973 ISBN : 0860680134 9780860680130
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Hunt, Henry
Memoirs of Henry Hunt Esq: Volumes I-III
Bath: Cedric Chivers 1967. Three volumes complete. Hard covers no jackets all in good condition. The volumes appear to be have been rebound post 1967 and are an ex-library set from Merton public library; the end papers have been removed from all three the library stamp is on the first free paper and adhesive residue is noted on all front pastedowns. Pageblock is tanned with light blemishes and a narrow remainder mark is on the head of all three volumes. Blue cloth boards have silvered title detail to spine; minor wear only and in pleasing condition. Within pages are tightly bound and content is unmarked. CN. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Cedric Chivers Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 622167
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Wilkinson, David
Arthur Greening: That Damned Elusive Publisher
High Wycombe: The Rivendale Press 2016. Hard cover with an unclipped dust jacket both in very good condition. A dedication is pencilled on the title page and signed by author beneath. Light shelf and handling wear including light tanning to dust jacket edges. Brown cloth boards have a small bump to rear board head otherwise in fine condition. Within pages are firmly bound and content unmarked. CN. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The Rivendale Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 622148 ISBN : 190420127x 9781904201274
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Chaplin, Charlie
My Wonderful Visit
London: Hurst & Blackett Limited 1922. Hardcover without dust jacket in very good condition for its age. With eight photographs and several illustrations. Boards are slightly marked and scuffed. Edges corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Page block and page edges are tanned. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Hurst & Blackett Limited Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 622311
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Hunt, Ethel Helen
A Rainbow of Memories
Eastbourne: Privately Printed 1973. Mylar covered hardcover with gilt lettered front board no dust jacket in very good condition. This edition limited to 150 copies of which this is number 75 and signed by the author. Boards and page block are foxed. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Privately Printed Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 622304
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Swanwick, Anna (Author); Bruce, Mary L (Compiler)
Anna Swanwick: A Memoir and Recollections 1813-1899
London: T. Fisher Unwin 1903. Scarce first edition hardcover without dust jacket in good condition. Compiled by the niece of Anna Swanwick Mary L. Bruce. 'Amy Baynes May 1905' penned to FEP. Boards are marked scuffed and sunned. Edges corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Spine is slightly cocked. Page block is tanned and foxed with foxing on the endpapers and several pages within. Binding is sound and pages are otherwise clear. LW. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. T. Fisher Unwin Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 622443
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Norse, Harold (Author); Baldwin, James (Preface)
Memoirs of a Bastard Angel: A Fifty-Year Literary and Erotic Odyssey
London: Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd 1990. First hardcover edition with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Jacket is scuffed and sunned. Edges are creased and nicked. Board corners and spine ends are bumped with a crease along the spine. Page block and page edges are lightly tanned with some foxing on the page block head. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 622586 ISBN : 0747506019 9780747506010
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Guest, David (Author); Guest, Carmel Haden (Editor)
David Guest: A Scientist Fights for Freedom 1911-1938
London: Lawrence & Wishart Ltd 1939. Hardcover in very good condition for its age. Unclipped dust jacket in acceptable condition. Publisher review slip laid in. Jacket is marked and sunned with closed tears to the spine sides. Edges are creased and torn including chips. Boards are slightly marked. Light foxing on the page block and endpapers. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. Used. Lawrence & Wishart Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 622599
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GD H Cole G D
The Life of William Cobbett
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1924 Book. Good. Hardcover. Some staining on lower FEP edges as well as interior foxing. An adequate readable copy. A comprehensive biography of William Cobbett 1763-1835 the fiery English pamphleteer and radical politician known for his advocacy for the working class and his famous work Rural Rides. Cole traces Cobbett's journey from a soldier and loyalist journalist under the pen name "Peter Porcupine" to a radical reformer who championed the rights of farm laborers and the press. 458 pages. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 111280
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Thomas Starr King, edited by John A Hussey
A Vacation Among the Sierras - Yosemite in 1860
San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1962 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited First Edition. One of only 400 copies printed. 78 page illustrated narrative of King's experiences as pastor of the First Unitarian Church in San Francisco having come from the Hollis Street Church in Boston. The Book Club of California hardcover
Bookseller reference : 111285
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Milani, Abbas
The Persian Sphinx: Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution
London: I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd 2000. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Jacket edges are creased and nicked. Board spine ends are bumped. Light blemishing to the page block head. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 622789 ISBN : 1850433283 9781850433286
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Foster, J Anita
I Caught a Fisherman: Pioneers of Virginia Lakes Resort 1923
Bishop CA: Self published 2002. Soft cover. Very Good. Trade paperback. 293 pages. Photos. Previous owner's name torn from endpaper. "This is the story of the physical financial and emotional struggles of a couple who turn their backs on the Hollywood studios to pit themselves against the roadless wilderness of the High Sierra and thereby found happiness security and personal achievement. <br/> <br/> Self published paperback
Bookseller reference : 012778 ISBN : 0912494409 9780912494401
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Rothel, David
Richard Boone: A Knight Without Armor in a Savage Land
Madison NC: Empire Publishing 2000. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Full number line. Trade paperback. 273 pages. Illustrated. A solid copy with only light wear. <br/> <br/> Empire Publishing paperback
Bookseller reference : 012768 ISBN : 0944019366 9780944019368
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IN MEMORY OF JAMES HOPKINSON HAMLEN
Portland Maine: Privately Printed 1903 Book. Very Good . Slipcase. First Edition. Hamlen was born in Buxton Maine July 1 1825; died in Portland Maine June 13 1903. Includes the memorial address a tribute obituary resolutions of the First National Bank and extract from a letter of Mr. James H. Hamlen to his son. Hamlen was "one of the best known business men of this city" being Portland Maine was appointed by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War as an allotment commissioner and was a director of the First National Bank of Portland. 48 pages illustrated frontispiece. Book is in very good "plus" condition with just minor marks; slipcase is split on the edges and lacks one edge covering. Privately Printed hardcover
Bookseller reference : 093428
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Kane, Elisha Kent (MD)
THE UNITED STATES GRINNELL EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. A PERSONAL NARRATIVE
New York and Philadelphia: Sheldon Blakeman & Co. / Childs and Peterson 1857 Book. Good. Hardcover. New Edition. Hard cover book with wear to spine ends and corners text is in very good condition plates have foxing and some stains dampstain on front endpapers to the title page; generally quite good condition for being nearly 200 years old!!! The story of the infamous search for Sir John Franklin the eminent navigator of the Royal Navy who was on this 3rd expedition to the Arctic Ocean in search of a Northwest Passage starting in 1845 perishing there in the winter of 1850-51. Illustrated with fold out map text illustrations and plates. 552 pages. Sheldon, Blakeman & Co. / Childs and Peterson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 093502
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CLASS OF 1862 YALE - PORTRAITS AND SKETCHES
NY: The De Vinne Press 1899 Ex-Library. Fair. Three-Quarter Leather. First Edition. Limited printing of only 200 copies!!! 367 pages illustrated; in addition to which there is included the Yale Class of 1862 Report at the Forty Years' Meeting 51 pages plus a 7 page Dear Classmates letter from James H. Crosby Class Secretary. Ex-library three quarter leather binding top edges gilt. Front and rear boards are detached and has marks along with the spine strip where they have previously been taped together; moderate other edge wear else minor marks . The De Vinne Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 094007
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Brehier, Emile
Plotin Enneades VI 2e partie Plotinus
Paris: Societe D'Edition - Les Belles-Lettres 1954 Book. Very Good -. Soft cover. Deuxieme Edition. Volume VI of this French and Greek biography of Plotin aka Plotinus - a major Hellenistic philosopher who lived in Roman Egypt. In his philosophy described in the Enneads there are three principles: the One the Intellect and the Soul. 297 pages a few of which have ink underlining and margin notes minor edge wear. Societe D'Edition - Les Belles-Lettres paperback
Bookseller reference : 094141
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Flaceliere, Hobert; chambry, Emile & Juneaux, Marcel
Plutarch Vies 1 - Thesee-Romulus Lycurgue-Numa
Paris: Societe D'Edition - Les Belles-Lettres 1964 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Deuxieme Tirage Revu et Corrige. Volume I of this French and Greek biography of Plutarch - the Greek Middle Platonist philosopher biographer essayist and priest at the Temple of Apollo. 243 pages. Small sticker shadow on bottom of front cover top corner of rear cover has been creased minor edge wear. Societe D'Edition - Les Belles-Lettres paperback
Bookseller reference : 094140
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Gougerot, Henri
Livre d'or en L"Honneur du Professor Jorgen Schaumann
Stockholm 1947 Book. Very Good -. Soft cover. First Edition. GM 4095 and 4149 from his works. Jörgen Nilsen Schaumann 1879 - 1953 was a Swedish dermatologist who studied medicine at the University of Lund obtaining his medicine license in Stockholm in 1907. Through his work the systemic nature of sarcoidosis was recognized; he is the Schaumann of "Bisnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease". This is a voluminous work well illustrated. Covers are faded have light wear minor marks tape-reinforced on the spine ends. paperback
Bookseller reference : 094296
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Agnes Strickland
Lives of the Queens of England From the Norman Conquest; with Anecdotes of Their Courts: 12 Volumes Bound in 6 Books
Philadelphia : Blanchard and Lea Book. Good. Three-Quarter Leather. "Now First Published from Official Records and Other Authentic Documents private as well as public. New Edition with Corrections and Additions." First 3 volumes published in 1854 second 3 volumes published in 1853. 3/4 leather with marbled boards and endpapers. Little to no foxing. Uniform pencil 1856 gift inscription on 2nd blank. Leather is getting brittle with some flaking off spine. Blanchard and Lea hardcover
Bookseller reference : 094444
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