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Keneally, Thomas
Searching for Schindler: A Memoir
Softcover. MP3-CD in unopened case. Read by Humphrey Bower. Unabridged. Item is still in original clear plastic packaging and is unopened. Like new. AF Used
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Carroll, Lewis; Cohen, Morton N. (ed.)
The Selected Letters of Lewis Carroll
Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket lightly softened around some edges, with slight crease on front lower edge. Slight tanning and superficial surface wear. Front and rear pastedowns slightly tanned, rear is dog - eared. Edges of abstract pages are tanned. Pages are clean and crisp, and printing is tight and bright throughout. MB Used
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Holroyd, Michael
Augustus John: A Biography - Volume I, The Years of Innocence
Hardcover. Dust jacket is slightly grubby and faded, with minor marks front and rear. Jacket's rear lower edge is creased and nicked. Edges, leading corners, and head and foot of spine, of jacket and hardcover, are bumped and worn. Front and rear boards are slightly faded towards upper edge. Remnants of jacket are attached to hardcover's front lower corner and rear lower edge. Page block is slightly marked, especially at foot. Contents are sound and clean, and the text is clean. TH. Used
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Wallas, Graham
The Life of Francis Place: 1771-1854
No dust jacket. Hardcover. Ex-library with library rebinding. Boards are in good overall condition, with light wear and bumping to spine ends and leading corners. Spine foot is a little faded. Gilt lettering and numbering on spine. Library stamps and labels on endpapers and back pastedown. Water stain and library markings across top of first blank. Small hole near upper leading corners of pages 1 & 3. Slight paper damage and fading to text near leading edge of page 41. Pages lightly sunned. Contents sound. AF Ex-Library
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Holroyd, Michael
Mosiac: Portraits in Fragments
Hardcover. Jacket faintly marked and superficially scored in a few places front and rear. Very minor wear on jacket's upper and leading edges. Jacket spine a little sunned. Front upper leading corner and spine ends of jacket and hardcover are slightly bumped. Lower hardcover edges show a few minor marks. Pages are very lightly sunned at extreme edges, however all text is clear and pages are sound throughout. TS Used
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Deedes, W.F.
Brief Lives
Hardcover with dust jacket. Minor wear on spine head and front lower leading corner of jacket, with corresponding wear on hardcover spine head. Pages are clean and crisp, and printing is clear and bright throughout. MB Used
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Hannay, David
Diaz
No dust jacket. Hardcover. One of the Makers of the Nineteenth Century series. Boards are a little faded, with some small grubby marks. Spine is cocked, very faded and grubby, and bumped and worn at ends, with a small abrasion near spine foot. Page block face and foot are rough cut, and page block is sunned and grubby. Personal nameplate on front pastedown. Marginalia in blue crayon on FEP. Endpapers and title pages are quite sunned. Front hinge is cracked and binding is loose throughout first half of book. Text is clear. AF Used
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Johnston, Christine I. M.
The Father of Canadian Psychiatry: Joseph Workman
Softcover is sound. Pages are clean, binding is sound, and text remains clear throughout. T Used
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Wilson, Conrad
Alex: The Authorised Biography of Sir Alexander Gibson
Hardcover. Jacket has some superficial scuffing and scoring. Spine ends, on jacket and hardcover, are slightly bumped and creased. Small nick on jacket spine head. Upper and lower edges and leading corners, on jacket, are slightly bumped and creased. Page block has very few minor marks. Contents are sound, clean, clear. BW Used
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Medvedev, Zhores
Gorbachev
Hardcover. Jacket has some superficial marks. Spine ends, on jacket and hardcover, are slightly bumped and creased. Upper edges and corners, on jacket, are slightly bumped and creased. Contents are sound, clean, clear. First Edition First Printing Used
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Cradock, Percy
Recollections of the Cambridge Union, 1815 - 1939
Hardcover with rubbed spine ends, lower edge and leading corners, sun faded foot of spine and touch faded gilt title on spine body. Page block is age spotted with darkening to head. Pages are yellowed. Name of previous owner and date stamped on FEP. Age spotting to early and last pages. Binding is sound. Dust jacket has sun faded spine, chipped spine ends, nicked and chipped upper edge and significant age spotting to front and rear. Dust jacket has been price - clipped, reinforced and plastic protected. Slight smell of damp. T Used
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Carr, R.H., B.A. (Ed.)
Plutarch's Life of Julius Caesar in North's Translation
No dust jacket. Hardcover. Faded boards with evidence of water damage along lower edges. Back board has several small stains and front board has one or two grubby marks. Spine is faded and worn along edges and at ends. Leading corners are worn and bent. Page block is faded and a little foxed. Light grubby mark on back pastedown. Endpapers are very foxed. Binding is sound and pages are tight throughout. Text is clear. AF Used
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Ferrers Howell, A.G.
S. Bernardino of Siena
No dust jacket. Hardcover. "With a chapter on S. Bernardino in art by Julia Cartwright (Mrs ADY)". Marginal wear to leading corners. Former owner's name penned on endpaper between FEP and first title page. Pages are slightly sunned. Hinges are cracked but binding appears intact. Pages are clean and text is clear. AF Used
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Armitage, Simon
Gig: The Life and Times of a Rock - star Fantasist
Hardcover. Signed by author. Light surface wear on jacket. Upper edges and corners, on jacket, are slightly bumped and creased. Spine ends, on jacket and hardcover, are slightly bumped and creased. Page block has some minor marks. Contents are sound, clean, clear. First Edition First Printing Used
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Fane, Julian
Memoir in the Middle of the Journey
Hardcover is sound. Dust jacket has nicked and lightly creased upper edge and minor tanning to edges of back cover. FEP has been torn out and is missing. Pages are very lightly tanned. Occasional neat pencil underlining throughout book. Pages 81 - 94 are lightly creased. Binding is sound throughout. T Used
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Cutting, Pauline
Children of the Siege
Paperback with superficial marks and scores on covers. Leading corners and edges are slightly worn; crease on spine. Spine ends and spine sides are lightly worn. Page block tanned with a scuff on face, affecting first few pages. Last few pages dog - eared at upper corners. Dent on leading edge of final page. Penned dedication on FEP. Pages are sunned, binding remains sound and all text is clear. TS Used
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Whitelaw, Billie
Billie Whitelaw: Who he? An Autobiography
Hardcover. Minor shelfwear on jacket. Page block is slightly tanned and foxed. Page edges are lightly tanned throughout. Contents are sound, clean, clear. BW Used
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Whitelaw, Billie
Billie Whitelaw: Who he? An Autobiography
Hardcover. Front upper edges, on jacket and boards, have been knocked and dented, and spine head is slightly bumped and creased, otherwise only minor shelfwear on jacket. Page block is slightly tanned and foxed. Page edges are lightly tanned throughout. Contents are sound, clean, clear. BW Used
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Hack, Richard
Duchess of Death: The Unauthorized Biography of Agatha Christie
Hardcover. Superficial marks on jacket. Spine ends, on jacket and hardcover, are slightly bumped. Page block has a few minor marks. Contents are sound, clean, clear. BW Used
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Berkoff, Steven
Shopping in the Santa Monica Mall: The Journals of a Strolling Player
Hardcover. Superficial marks and minor edgewear on jacket. Front cover and spine are slightly faded. Page block is tanned. Contents are sound, clean, clear. BW Used
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Wilson, Elene (ed.)
Edmund Wilson: Letters on Literature and Politics 1912 - 1972
Hardcover. Lightly - edge - worn dust jacket with several light scorings and small indentations. Jacket spine foot has a light crease. Inside of dust jacket has considerable age - spotting, and boards and spine have some patchy fading as a result. Hardcover spine ends and leading corners are slightly worn. Moderate age - spotting to head of page block. Binding is sound and pages are tight and clean throughout.Text is clear. AF Used
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Howard, Elizabeth Jane
Slipstream: A Memoir
Hardcover. Signed by the author on title page. Newspaper clipping featuring an obituary of the writer Mary Wesley is laid in between pages 192 and 193. Dust jacket is a little edge - worn, with several light surface scratches. Jacket spine ends are worn and bumped. Jacket leading corners are a little worn. Boards have several light surface marks and small stains. Hardcover spine is a little creased, with wear and bumping to ends. One or two grubby marks on page block. Binding is sound and pages are tight and clean throughout. Contents are clear. AF Used
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Bertram, Anthony
Paul Nash: The Portrait of an Artist
No dust jacket. Hardcover. Signed and dedicated by the author on first title page. Boards are a little edge - worn, with two or three light surface marks. Spine is quite worn along edges and at ends, and gilt lettering and decoration on spine is a little rubbed. Leading corners are quite worn. Page block is rather sunned, with moderate age - spotting and two or three grubby marks. Decorative endpapers are heavily sunned, and first two or three pages have some light age - spotting. Binding is sound and pages are tight throughout. Contents are clear. Used
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McCarthy, John; Morrell, Jill
Some Other Rainbow: Their Own Story
Hardcover. Superficial marks on covers. Spine head is slightly bumped, on jacket and hardcover; remaining jacket edges are lightly shelfworn. Page block is slightly tanned with a few light marks on the face. Page edges are slightly throughout. Contents are sound, clean, clear. BW Used
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Bilbrough, Walter H.
The Unplanned & Unexpected
Ex - library paperback. Very light shelfwear on covers. Spine is slightly sunned; catalogue number on spine base. Page block is slightly tanned and marked. Library stamps on title page and page block head. Contents are sound, clean, clear. BW Ex - Library
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Darwin, Charles; Ralling, Christopher
The Voyage of Charles Darwin
Lightly sun tanned hardcover. Very slight signs of wear to foot of spine and lower leading corners. Price - clipped dust jacket with slightly worn head of spine. Minor spotting to head of page block. Pages are clean and tight throughout. T Used
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Cary, Joyce
Memoir of the Bobotes
Hardcover. Dust jacket is protected with a clear cellophane wrapper. Cellophane wrapper has one or two scratches. Back jacket appears rather grubby. Light wear to jacket spine ends and leading corners. Endpapers have some light staining caused by the imprint of the cellophane wrapper. One or two small stains on page block. Binding is sound and pages are tight and clean throughout. Text and illustrations are clear. AF Used
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Alexandrov, Vladimir
The Black Russian
Hardcover. Slight nick on jacket spine foot. BW Used
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Homes, A. M.
The Mistress's Daughter: A Memoir
Hardcover. Superficial marks on jacket. Edges of jacket are worn. Spine ends, of jacket and hardcover, are slightly bumped. Page block is slightly marked. Contents are sound, clean, clear. BW Used
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Scott, Mary
Forgetting's No Excuse
Hardcover with bumped head of spine and lightly faded spine ends. Price-clipped dust jacket with lightly tanned, nicked and creased upper edge. Minor age spotting to inside flaps of dust jacket. Head of page block is slightly grubby. Gift-note penned on FEP, otherwise pages are clean and tight throughout. T Used
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Abse, Leo
Margaret, Daughter of Beatrice: A Politician's Psychobiography of Margaret Thatcher
Hardcover. Crease on jacket's rear upper edge. Minor bumps on spine ends of jacket and hardcover. A little wear along edges of the jacket. Pages are tight. Superficial scores on jacket. Price clipped. Used
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Visser-Isles, L.
Erasmus and Rotterdam
Softcover with slightly worn head of spine and lower leading corner of front cover. Some superficial scores on cover. Slight grubby marks on half - title page. Minor creasing to upper leading corners of pages 25, 33. Text remains clear, and binding is sound throughout. T Used
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Jones, Jonah
The Gregynog Journals
No dust jacket. Hardcover in very good condition. One of a limited edition of 350 copies. Boards have a few light surface scratches. Binding is sound and pages are tight and clean throughout. Text and illustrations are clear. AF Used
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Brandreth, Gyles
Something Sensational to Read on the Train
Price clipped hardcover. Signed by author. Superficial marks and minor edgewear on jacket. Page block face and head have a few light marks. Birthday message on dedication page (not related to author). Contents are sound, clean, clear. BW Used
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Scott, Walter
Life of Napoleon Bonaparte: With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution; Two Volumes Set
Significantly worn hardcovers with rubbed leading corners and spine edges, faded spine and heavy nicked spine ends of Vol. II. Spine ends of vol. I are chipped away. Spines beginning to detach from front boards, with some tears along edges. Discoloration and some light scores on spines. Minor abrasion to lower edge of front board of vol. II. Edges of boards are lightly tanned. Some light marks and scores on boards. Page blocks are grubby. Age spotting to foot of page blocks. Lightly spotted endpapers. Hinge of vol. I torn at front, but board attached. Frontispiece page of vol. I detached but intact. Some minor gaps in bindings. Pages are lightly tanned. Age spoting and age stains to some pages. No dust jackets. T Used
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Brown, Robin
Marco Polo : The Incredible Journey
Hardcover with lightly bumped spine ends. Dust jacket has minor creases on upper edge. Faint traces of pencil on topp of FEP; otherwise pages are clean, binding is sound, and text remains clear throughout. T Used
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Lehman, David
Signs of the Times: Deconstruction and the Fall of Paul De Man
Paperback. Covers are slightly shelfworn - scuffed and scored. Corners are slightly bumped and creased; remaining edges and spine ends are slightly bumped and worn. Spine is slightly creased and sunned. Page block is grubby and tanned. Contents are sound, clean, clear. BW Used
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Pressler, Mirjam; Elias, Gerti
Treasures from the Attic: The Extraordinary Story of Anne Frank's Family
First English edition, first printing. Hardcover with very lightly bumped foot of spine and lower leading corner of rear board. Slightly scuffed dust jacket. Head of page block has a few minor grubby marks. Face edges of pages are roughly cut. Pages are clean and tight throughout. T Used
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Silverman, Alfons
Dual Identity: A Memoir
Softcover. Covers are rather grubby, with several small brown stains on front cover and some patchy light staining on back cover. Spine ends and leading corners are a little worn. Binding is sound and pages are bright, tight and clean throughout. AF Used
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Kogan, Deborah Copaken
Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War
First UK edition. Ex - library book. Library stickers on foot of spine. Library sticker, stamp and two scrapes on half - title page; library stamps and sticker on catalogue page. Page block is slightly grubby with library stamp on head. Slightly scuffed softcover with cocked spine and lightly creased and worn leading corners. A few superficial scores on covers. Minor tanning to page egdes. Hinge very slightly weakend at front, effect negligible. Leading corners of early and final pages are lightly creased. Text remains clear throughout. T Ex - Library
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Howkins, Heidi
K2: One Woman's Quest for the Summit
First Edition. Softcover with faint traces of sticker on front cover and a few superficial scores. Slight crease on the tail of the spine. Pages are clean, binding is sound, and text remains clear throughout. T Used
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Pawley, Margaret
Faith and Family: The Life and Circle of Ambrose Phillipps de Lisle
Hardcover. Dust jacket has a few superficial marks and scores. Pages are clean, binding is sound, and text remains clear throughout. T Used
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Sassoon, Siegfried
Meredith
Hardcover. First edition. Jacket in plastic wrapping. Jacket is lightly marked and scored with worn and nicked edges. Front inner flap is price - clipped. Volume is slightly bowed. Superficial marks on boards. Spine ends, edges and lower leading corners are faded and bumped. Page block and pages are tanned. Text is clear throughout. Volume is slightly cocked but binding is intact. HJW Used
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Ackroyd, Peter
Milton in America
Signed by author on title page. First edition. Hardcover with faded spine and lightly bumped foot of spine. Books smells slightly of smoke. Page edges are lightly tanned. Text remains clear, and binding is sound throughout. No dust jacket. T Used
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Lewis, D. B. Wyndham
The Hooded Hawk or the Case of Mr. Boswell
Hardcover. No jacket. First edition. Boards are slightly marked. One or two bumps on rear board. Board edges and spine are faded. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are slightly bumped and worn. Page block is tanned and marked. Pages are tanned. Text is clear throughout. Item is slightly cocked but binding is intact. HJW Used
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Crisp, Quentin
The Naked Civil Servant
Paperback, signed and dedicated by Quentin Crisp in ink on FEP, to "aspiring stylist" Neil. Few superficial scores on covers; very lightly worn edges and leading corners. Spine ends are faintly bumped. Page block and page edges are tanned; binding is sound and all text is clear. TS Used
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Kronenberger, Louis
The Extraordinary Mr. Wilkes: His Life and Times
Hardcover with very few superficial marks and scores on jacket. Jacket's edges and spine ends are slightly marked; leading corners are a little worn. Lower edges of hardcover are slightly worn. Page block is foxed. Light age - related stains and minor grubby marks on pastedowns and endpapers. Used
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May, Peter
A Game Enjoyed: An Autobiography
Hardcover. Several marks and scores on dust jacket. Jacket leading corners, edges and spine ends are slightly worn. Hardcover spine ends are bumped. Spine is cocked. A few minor marks on page block. Contents are clean and clear throughout. AM Used
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Browning, Oscar
Life of George Eliot
No dust jacket. Hardcover. One of the "Great Writers" series. Ex - library, with library labelling on spine foot, front pastedown, front endpaper and at two or three points throughout. Boards have a few light surface scratches and marks. Spine ends are worn, nicked and bumped. Leading corners are very bent. Pages are lightly rough - cut. Pastedowns and endpapers are a little grubby, with some age - related fading, and a few pages are rather sunned. Small tear near middle of inner edges of pages 9 - 12. Binding appears sound and text is clear. AF Ex - Library
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Grove, Valerie
A Voyage Round John Mortimer
Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket is lightly marked. Jacket leading corners, edges and spine ends are slightly worn. Hardcover spine ends are a little bumped. A few light marks on page block. Binding is intact, contents are clean and clear. AM Used
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