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Barbera, Jack; McBrien, William
Stevie : A Biography of Stevie Smith
Jacket and binding are very well preserved, contents are clean and sound throughout. MB Used
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society; 1978, Volume 24
Dust jacket, blue hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and contents in very good clean condition. T Used
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Collingwood, Charles
Brian and Me: An Autobiography
Tear on upper rear of jacket. Book is in very good clean condition with only very minor signs of age, use or other wear. MB Used
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Einstein, Carl;Kiefer, Klaus H.
Carl-Einstein-Kolloquium, 1986
Ex-library book without a dust jacket. Library rebinding of paperback edition. Usual library stamps and labels throughout the book. German language. Binding very well preserved. Pages are clean and crisp, and printing is tight, clean and bright. Ex-Library
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Hammond, M. C.
Relating to Jane : Studies on the Life and Novels of Jane Austen with a Life of Her Niece Elizabeth Austen / Knight
Softcover with numerous tears along spine and slightly worn corners is sound. Pages are clean and bright throughout. Light waterspotting on fore - edge of page block. Illustrated with b / w plates and genealogical table. T Used
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Royal Society
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society: Volume 53: 2007
Hardcover. Dust jacket has one or two small indentations and surface scratches. Very small dent to hardcover spine foot, but hardly noticeable. Binding is sound; pages are bright, tight and clean; text and illustrations are clear. AF Used
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Royal Society
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society: Volume 54: 2008
Hardcover. Back dust jacket has two or three small indentations and scorings. Binding is sound; pages are bright, tight and clean; text and illustrations are clear. AF Used
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Lichtenstein, Rachel; Sinclair, Ian
Rodinsky's Room
Book is signed by both authors. Jacket is worn to top and bottom of spine and top edges. Book itself has gilt lettering to spine and light wear to top and bottom of spine. Contents are clean, bright and tight throughout. J Used
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Searle-Barnes, R.G.
Pay and Productivity Bargaining: A Study of the Effect of National Wage Agreements in the Nottinghamshire Coalfield
Hardback in very good condition. Jacket sunned a little on spine. Minor foxing to top edge of page block. Contents clean and sound throughout. TPW Used
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Powell, Horace B.
The Original Has This Signature: W.K. Kellogg
1989 printing of this classic of Kellogg literature. Very good, almost as - new condition; minor shelfwear; contents clean, sound, bright. TPW Used
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Piggott, Lester
Lester : The Autobiography of Lester Piggott
Hardcover with jacket in very good condition. Signed by Lester Piggott on FEP. MB Used
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Watson, Francis
Daniel Defoe (Men and Books)
No Jacket. Hardcover with decorative pattern board has sun faded spine and softened tail of spine. Pages are clean throughout. Illustrated with beautiful plates from prints and facsimile plate with Defoe's handwriting. Coloured top of page block. T Used
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Strachan, Gordon; Tomas, Jason
Strachan: My Life in Football
Slight sticker residue to DJ; book is in very good clean condition with only extremely minor signs of shelfwear, use or other wear. MB Used
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Sharp, William
Life of Robert Browning
No Jacket. Dark blue cover with gilt lettering to spine looks a little worn and grubby with light corner wear. Lightly grubby sun faded page block. Gilting to top of page block. Rough - cut pages. Contents in very good clean condition. Ex - Library number to spine. Ex - Library pocket to front inside cover. Ex - Library stamps on title page, p. 9 and BEP. E Ex - Library
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Benfey, C.
The Double Life of Stephen Crane
Hardcover with jacket in very good condition. Jacket is lightly edge-worn. Rear upper leading corner is nicked. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Southey, Robert
Life of Nelson
No dust jacket. Some pages are slightly grubby and show small pencil marks. Foxing on end blanks. However no text is obscured. Inscription on blank near front dated 1913. Illustrated in B&W and colour plates, including FEP and FFE. Spine is weakened and there is minor separation but all pages are intact. Top and bottom of spine creased. Page block is tanned and scuffed. TS Used
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Flygt, Sten G.
Friedrich Hebbel
No dust jacket. Part of Twayne's World Author Series Volume 56. Head of page block grubby. Inscription by owner on FFE in ink. Small biro mark in margin on p.90, no text obscured. Otherwise the boards and spine are tight and the pages clean and clear. TS Used
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Gurney, Joseph
The Trial of Thomas Hardy for High Treason V3 : At the Sessions House in the Old Bailey
This is a reprint of a rare manuscript originally published in 1795, as it is a facsimilie there is some blurring of text and bleeding of ink and some original marginalia , although the majority of the text remains clear and legible, and has suffered no degredation in its current state. Minor superficial indentations on the front cover. No Jacket. Used
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Medvedev, Zhores A.
Gorbachev
Sunning to spine, slightly scored front cover, dog - eared first page. Pages are clean and text is clear. TH. Used
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Galt, John
Life of Cardinal Wolsey
No jacket. European Library series. Third edition. Tipped in advertisement from publisher on inside cover from 1846. Edge - wear on boards, with minor fraying on the corners and indentation on upper front edge. Head and foot of spine are crumpled. Very minor shelf - wear on front and rear boards. Name penned on pastedown. Page block is slightly worn. Binding is good, pages are clean and text is clear. TH. Used
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Bower, Tom
Branson
Slight wear on top corner of front of jacket, and creased upper edge, spine and rear. Price cut from inner front flap. Slight bump on head and foot of hardcover spine; otherwise the item is in excellent condition throughout, with tight binding, clean pages and clear text. TH. Used
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Fenby, Eric
Delius as I Knew Him
Facsimile of previous work. Printed on demand. Leading corners slightly worn with a crease on top front leading corner. Otherwise item in excellent condition with tight, clean pages and clear, bright text. TS Used
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West, W. J.
Quest for Graham Greene
Jacket is in good condition, light shelfwear, yellow / brown marks on front and back of jacket, clear mark on back of jacket, possibly glue, light wear at head and tail of spine. Book itself has very light wear at head and tail of spine; contents are clean, bright and tight. J Used
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Norton, Lucy (ed.)
Historical Memoirs of the Duc de Saint-Simon : A Shortened Version: Volume II: 1710-1715
Paperback. Soft cover looks a bit worn with light creasing and corner wear. Sticker residue on rear cover. Slightly grubby page block. Contents in very good clean condition. E Used
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Simpson, M. J.
Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams
Edgewear on jacket, especially along top; leading corners of jacket worn, as is bottom leading hardcover corner. Spine top and bottom bumped on jacket and hardcover; item slightly cocked. Superficial scoring elsewhere on jacket. Page block yellowed with some scuffing; page edges inside tanned, but with all text clear and bright throughout. TS Used
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Napoleon, Prince (ed.)
The Memoirs of Queen Hortense: Volume I.
Ex-library. No dust jacket. Bumped spine ends; softened corners. Light rubbing on edges and corners. Spine is sunned. Tape has been removed across spine base leaving slight dark patches. Contains library book plate, stamps and spine catalogue code (in pen). FEP is tanned. Page edges very slighty discoloured throughout. Page block foot has yellow mark on corner. Otherwise pages in very good condition. BW Ex-Library
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Eyre, Richard
Utopia and Other Places
Paperback with minor edgewear, scratch on front cover by spine, and slightly dented and marked rear. Page block and page edges are slightly tanned. Signed on FEP by author. Contents are sound and clean, and the text is clear. TH. Used
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Kent, John
William Temple: Church, State and Society in Britain, 1880 - 1950
Paperback in good condition. A little wear, front cover dog - eared at top corner; contents clean, sound, bright. TPW Used
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Kaplan, Justin
Mark Twain and His World
Shelfworn jacket, with abrasion on upper corners and head of spine. Jacket spine is faded. Superficial marks and scores on front and rear of jacket. Jacket is price clipped. Sticker on front pastedown. Minor edgewear elsewhere on jacket. Hardcover is bumped on corners, and head and foot of spine. FEP slightly faded at top. Contents are sound and clean, and text and illustrations are clear. TH. Used
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Waters, Mary-Alice (ed.)
The Bolivian Diary of Ernesto Che Guevara
Book is in very good condition, cover shows next to no wear. Contents are in very good clean condition, clear, bright and tight. J Used
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Waters, Mary-Alice (ed.)
The Bolivian Diary of Ernesto Che Guevara
Book is in very good condition, cover shows next to no wear. Contents are in very good clean condition, clear, bright and tight. J Used
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Sarkozy, Nicolas
Testimony: France, Europe and the World in the Twenty - First Century
Hardback in very good, almost as - new condition; minor shelfwear, and a couple of superficial marks to jacket. Contents clean and sound throughout. TPW Used
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Markino, Yoshio
My Idealed John Bullesses
No jacket. All six colour plates are present. Slightly aged and worn cloth hardcover, with bumped edges, leading corners, and head and foot of spine. Front and rear boards are slightly faded and marked, with small red stains on the rear. Abstact pages are foxed, as are some of the pages throughout the text. Front pastedown is tanned, with Ex Libris label, and pen on upper corner. FEP is tanned, as is first blank and half - title page. Rear pastedown has been repaired at binding with tape, and has patch of newspaper attached. Page block is a little grubby and rough. Text is clear throughout. TH. Used
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Kaye, M. M.
Golden Afternoon: Being the Second Part of "Share of Summer", her Autobiography
First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Dust jacket and blue hardcover with silver lettering on spine in good clean condition. Pages are clean and tight throughout. Illustrated with numerous b / w plates from photographs. T Used
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Marx Allen, Mirium (ed.)
Love, Groucho: Letters from Groucho Marx to His Daughter Miriam
Few slight grubby marks on white paperback covers. Edges are a little worn. Minor wear at head and foot of spine. Sticker on rear cover. Contents are sound and clean, and the text is clear. TH. Used
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Milton, Billy
Milton's Paradise Mislaid
Item contains laid in letters from, photos of, and press clippings about the author; including a signed dedication on FEP. Jacket has very slightly worn and creased edges, with superficial marks and scores front and rear. Head and foot of jacket and hardcover spine are slightly bumped. Price clipped. FEP has tear on leading edge, and dog-eared upper leading corner. Page block is a little marked. Contents are sound and clean, and the text is clear. TH. Used
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Berg, A. Scott
Goldwyn: A Biography
Jacket has slight wear on edges, with creased upper and lower rear edges. Slight imperfection on leading edge of front of jacket. Jacket leading corners are slightly worn. Minor marks and scores on jacket front and rear. Head of jacket and hardcover spine is worn. Minor marks on front and rear boards. Gift dedication on FEP. Page block a little marked and grubby. Contents are sound and clean, and the text is clear. TH. Used
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Pemberton, William E.
Harry S. Truman: Fair Dealer and Cold Warrior
Twayne's Twentieth - Century American Biography Series. Light wear on lower edges and corners, with grubby and faded rear cover and superficial scoring elsewhere. Spine is bumped on head and foot. Slightly grubby page block. Pages are tight and clean and the content is clear throughout. TS Used
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Topolski, Feliks
Confessions of a Congress Delegate
Covers are a little faded around edges and leading corners a little worn. Upper leading corners of pages 35 - 42 are marginally creased. Top of page 42 is a little grubby. Pages are clean and text clear. Distinctive illustrations by the author. AF Used
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Morley, Sheridan
A Talent to Amuse: A Biography of Noel Coward
Inscribed by author on dedication page in ink. Rather tatty jacket, tanned at edges, grubby at rear, and with creasing along top. Large tears and patches of loss on lower front and rear, spine head and foot, leading corners - especially front set - and the entire rear upper edge. Page block sunned with some minor marks. Despite exterior wear, pages inside are only lightly tanned at edges and remain tight, clean and bright throughout with all text and B&W plates clear. TS Used
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Swann, Graeme.
Graeme Swann: The Breaks are Off - My Autobiography
Dust jacket spine head is bumped and creased; upper front edge/corner slightly creased, otherwise only very light shelfwear on jacket. Slight knock/dent in the middle of page block face, approx 1ich long, also page edges on page block face are slightly rippled. Pages are clean, bright, in very good condition. BW Used
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Pitman, E. R.
Elizabeth Fry
Eminent Women Series. Hardcover without jacket, slightly cocked, showing wear on leading corners and spine head and foot with a few light scuffs and marks on spine body. One or two marks on front; several on rear including mark from previous price sticker. Page block a little yellowed. Bookplate on front pastedown - no other library markings; FEP creased at upper corner; BEP creased at lower corner with a nick on leading edge. Pages are sound and clean; all text remains clear. TS Ex - Library
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Frynta, Emanuel
Hasek the Creator of Schweik
Hardcover. Sunned, laminated jacket with heavy sunning around edges. Small tear along lower edge of front jacket. Laminate coating is coming away from upper edge of back jacket. Jacket has a few light surface scratches. Spine ends and leading corners a little worn. Illustrated boards are sunned around edges. Pages lightly sunned but clean. Contents sound. Illustrated with black and white photographs. AF Used
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Burton, Tim; Salisbury, Mark
Tim Burton: Entretiens Avec Mark Salisbury
French language. Price on rear cover dug out. Binding otherwise very well preserved although with some extremely minor surface abrasions. Pages are clean and crisp, and printing is tight and bright throughout. MB Used
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Watson, Nigel
Arnold Ziff: The Making of a Great Yorkshireman
Hardcover. Erratum slip and A4 sheet with family tree included. Jacket shows some superficial scores and marks; jacket and hardcover leading corners and head and foot of spine are a little bumped. Pages are clean and crisp, and printing is tight and bright throughout. MB Used
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Andersen, Christopher
Madonna Unauthorized
Hardcover is sound with bumped leading corners, very light waterstain (hardly noticeable) on lower edge of front board and lightly worn lower leading corners. Page block is a bit grubby with minor dust spotting on head. Pages a little tanned; contents otherwise in very good condition with sound binding, clean pages and clear text throughout. Dust jacket has worn edges, corners, creases and two small tears on upper edge, and two light waterstains on lower edge. Remains of price sticker on jacket spine foot. T Used
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Richardson, Joanna
Stendhal
Hardcover. Jacket shows a few superficial scores, with very minor wear on upper and lower edges. Spine ends of hardcover and jacket are bumped; minimal wear on leading corners of jacket and hardcover. Page block head foxed with a smudge on face; penned number on rear pastedown. Pages are sound and clean throughout; all text clear. TS Used
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Luce, Stephen B.; Hayes, John D.; Hattendorf, John B.
The Writings of Stephen B. Luce
Used paperback. Slightly worn corners of covers, binding otherwise very well preserved. Pages are clean and crisp, and printing is tight and bright throughout. MB Used
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Villiers, Alan
Captain Cook, the Seaman's Seaman: A Study of the Great Discoverer
Softcover has worn edges and corners and creases on spine and front. Page block is grubby. Pages are yellowed; leading corners of early and last pages are slightly worn; contents otherwise in good condition with sound binding, clean pages and clear text throughout. T Used
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Londre, Felicia Hardison
Tom Stoppard
Hardcover. Rather faded, edge - worn and scuffed jacket with a few small surface scratches. Small tear to lower edge of front jacket. Upper leading corner of front flap has been price - clipped. Small scoring across middle of front jacket. Cloth boards are in good clean condition. Hardcover spine ends are lightly bumped. Pages clean and clear. Text sound and tight. AF Used
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