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Flanagan, Sabina
Hildegard of Bingen, 1098 - 1179: A Visionary Life
Hardcover. Jacket is lightly edgeworn, with an abrasion at rear upper leading corner. Faint marks on page block head. Pages are clean and sound throughout, with all text clear. TS Used
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Royal Society
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Volume 46
Hardcover. Ex - library. Several marks on dust jacket. Library labels on front pastedown and FEP. Library stamps on FEP. Binding is intact, contents are clean and clear. AM Ex - Library
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Royal Society
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Volume 48
Hardcover. Ex - library. Dust jacket is marked. Library labels on front pastedown and FEP. Binding is intact, contents are clean and clear. AM Ex - Library
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Havel, Vaclav
Disturbing the Peace: A Conversation with Karel Hvizdala
Hardcover; first edition. Superficial marks on jacket, which is sunned on spine; edges and leading corners are shelfworn. Spine ends of jacket and hardcover are bumped. Small marks on hardcover's lower edges. Item is slightly cocked. Page block and page edges are tanned, with a few minor imperfections on the former. Text is clear throughout. TS Used
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Bunyan, John
The Pilgrim's Progress, From This World to That Which is to Come
Hardcover. No jacket. Boards are marked. Leading corners, edges and spine are worn. Pastedowns and endpapers are marked. Pages are tanned and foxed. Hinge is slightly visible on pastedowns. Binding remains intact, contents are clear. AM Used
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Jackson, Robert
Case for the Prosecution: A Biography of Sir Archibald Bodkin
Hardcover. Ex - Library. Library numbering on jacket spine foot. Library stamps on reverse of title page, contents page and rear pastedown. Label residue on reverse of title page, rear endpaper and rear pastedown. Edge - worn, faded and grubby dust jacket. Jacket has numerous scores, creases and marks. Several small nicks on upper edges of jacket. Jacket spine ends and leading corners are very worn and nicked. A few marks and bumps on boards. Hardcover spine is cocked. Hardcover spine ends are worn, bumped and nicked. Hardcover leading corners are worn and bumped. Page block is tanned and has several foxing marks and stains. Front endpaper is stuck to front pastedown, and a library stamp is visible. Several pages are stained and foxed. Binding is visible at one or two points. Contents are clear throughout. AF Ex - Library
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Hunt, Rex
My Falkland Days
Hardcover. Signed by author on title page. Scores on dust jacket. Jacket leading corners, edges and spine ends are worn and creased. Minor nick on front upper leading corner of jacket. A few marks on page block. A few pages are dog - eared. Binding is intact, contents are clean and clear. AM Used
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McGuthries, William E.
Leaves of Fall
No dust jacket. Hardcover. Pages are bright, tight and clean throughout. Text is clear. Binding is sound. AF Used
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Moraes, Frank
Sir Purshotamdas Thakurdas
No dust jacket. Hardcover. Penned dedication, probably by Purshotamdas Thakurdas, on front endpaper. Dedication is repeated in pencil on front endpaper. Boards are somewhat faded and have a few marks and scores. Spine is cocked and bumped. Spine ends are bumped. Leading corners are slightly bumped. Head of page block is foxed. One or two minor marks on face and foot of page block. Pastedowns and endpapers have some patching tanning. Contents are clear throughout. Binding is sound. AF Used
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Gardiner, Dorothy; Walker, Kathrine Sorley (eds.)
Raymond Chandler Speaking
Paperback, a little scuffed on front cover, and a little sunned on rear. Very light shelfwear on exterior. Page block head is lightly foxed. Text is clear throughout, and pages are sound. TS Used
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Salt, H. S.
The Life of Henry David Thoreau
Hardcover. No jacket. Boards are marked and scored. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are worn and bumped. Nicks on spine head. Page block is marked. Bookplate and sticker on front pastedown. Hinge is cracked on rear pastedown and visible at several points. Some pages are marked and have pencil notes. Spine is cocked. Contents are clear. AM Used
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Knox, Edward C.
Jean De La Bruyere
Hardcover. Ex - Library. Plastic protected dust jacket is marked and scored. Embossed library stamp on front of jacket. Jacket spine is worn. Nick on jacket rear lower edge. One or two minor marks on page block. Library label on FEP. Library stamps on copyright page and a few further points. Pen on copyright page. Binding is intact, contents are clear. AM Ex - Library
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Alter, Stephen
All the Way to Heaven: An American Boyhood in the Himalayas
Paperback. Covers and page block are lightly marked. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are lightly bumped and worn. Rear upper leading corner is creased, slightly affecting closing pages. Light creases on early pages. Binding is visible on title page but remains intact. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Davis, Richard (ed.)
The African Odyssey
Paperback. Slight edge - wear and one or two marks and scores on covers. Small tear on upper inner corner of front cover. Slight wear on spine ends and leading corners. Contents are clean and clear throughout. Binding is sound. AF Used
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Simpson, Louis
Air with Armed Men
First Edition. Hardcover. Spine foot is lightly bumped. Price - clipped and plastic protected dust jacket has lightly tanned spine. Mild age spotting to page block head. Pages are clean, binding remains intact, contents are clear. T Used
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Newman, Ernest
The Life of Richard Wagner: Volume I, 1813 - 1848
Paperback. Covers and spine are lightly marked and scored. Rear cover is lightly tanned. Spine is slightly faded. Vertical creases and minor nicks on spine ends. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are very lightly bumped. Page block is lightly marked. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. Binding is sound. HJW Used
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Newman, Ernest
The Life of Richard Wagner: Volume IV, 1866 - 1883
Paperback. Superficial marks and light scores on covers and spine. Vertical creases and very minor abrasion on spine. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are very lightly bumped. Page block is lightly marked and scored. One or two light marks on inside front cover and FEP. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. Binding is sound. HJW Used
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Davies, Robertson
A Masque of Aesop
Paperback. Cover edges and leading corners are lightly creased. Spine ends are lightly nicked. A few tiny tears on rear edges. Slightly edge - nicked front of dust jacket is preserved inside book. Previous owner's name and date penned on front endpaper; otherwise pages are clean. Ink on hinge of title page. Binding remains intact, contents are clear. T Used
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Cahill, Christopher (ed.)
The Recorder: A Journal of the American Irish Historical Society: A Tribute to Benedict Kiely: Volume 7, No. 1, Summer 1994
Paperback. Possibly signed and dedicated by Benedict Kiely on title page. A few scores on covers. Lower parts of covers are bumped, affecting pages. Light creasing on rear cover, near inner edge. Minor wear on spine ends; spine head is lightly bumped and creased. Slight wear on leading corners. A few marks on pages. Contents are clean and clear throughout. Binding is sound. AF Used
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Stille, Charles J.
The Life and Times of John Dickinson, 1732 - 1808 (Kessinger Publishing Rare Reprints)
Hardcover. No jacket. Spine ends and front lower edge are lightly bumped. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. Binding is sound. HCW Used
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Mill, John Stuart
Autobiography
Hardcover. No dust jacket. A few scratches on boards. Pages are clean, binding is intact, contents are clear. T Used
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Clayton, Ellen Creathorne
Queens of Song: Being Memoirs of Some of the Most Celebrated Female Vocalists Who Have Appeared on the Lyric Stage, from the Earliest Days of Opera to the Present Time; In Two Volumes
1st Edition. Two volumes set. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Original half morocco with marbled paper over boards. Boards are marked and rubbed. Wear to spine ends, edges and leading corners of boards. Paperpeeling to edges of boards. Leading edges of boards are bumped. Nicks on early pages of volume I. One plate of volume I is loose. One plate of volume II is partially detached. Hinges are visible on title pages. Contents are clear. Foxing of endpapers, prelims, plates and pages, heavy in some places. Illustrated with 6 engraved portraits of following female singers: Elizabeth Billington, Giuditta Pasta, Maria Felicita Malibran, Giulia Grisi, Clara Novello, and Pauline Garcia. Plates all present. Portraits of Elizabeth Billington detached, but intact. The set includes the Chronological List of All the Operas That Have Been Performed in Europe. T Ex - Library
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Wills, Freeman
W. G. Wills: Dramatist and Painter
Hardcover. No Jacket. Boards are marked and scored. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are worn and bumped. Nicks on spine ends. Page block is tanned. Some foxing and other marks in the volume. A few pages are dog - eared. Binding is intact, contents are clear. AM Used
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Rowell, George (ed.)
Robert Atkins: An Unfinished Autobiography
Hardcover. No jacket. Boards are lightly scored. Spine is slightly sunned. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are lightly bumped and worn. Light creases on closing pages. Some pages are dog eared. Pages are clean and contents are clear throughout. Binding is sound. HCW Used
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Cox, K. F. S.; Morris, W. R.
Archdeacon L. G. Whitehead: A Biography
Hardcover. Signed and dedicated on FEP by co - author W. R. Morris to Bishop of London Richard Chartres. Jacket is marked and lightly scored. Minor abrasions on rear of jacket. Jacket spine is slightly sunned. Jacket and hardcover leading corners, edges and spine ends are lightly bumped and worn. Page block head, pastedowns and endpapers are lightly foxed. Minor tears on hinges of early pages. Pages are clean and contents are clear throughout. Binding is sound. HCW Used
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Jaxa-Ronikier, B.
The Red Executioner Dzierjinski (The Good Heart)
Hardcover. No jacket. Boards and spine are marked and faded. Spine is warped and blotched from damp damage. Leading corners, edges and spine are worn and bumped, slightly affecting pages within. One centimetre tear on spine foot. Page block and pages are tanned and foxed. Minor tears running along front pastedown hinge. Binding is visible on page 17 but remains intact. Contents remain clear. HCW Used
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Helmes-Hayes, Rick
Measuring the Mosaic: An Intellectual Biography of John Porter
Paperback. Superficial marks and light scores on covers and spine. Rear cover is creased. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are lightly bumped and worn. Minor nick on spine head. Page block foot is lightly marked. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. Binding is sound. HCW Used
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Toynbee, Mrs. Paget (ed.)
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford: Volume IX: 1774 - 1776
No dust jacket. Hardcover. Number 65 of an edition of 260, printed on hand - made paper. Several marks and scores on boards and spine. Title plate on spine is faded, scratched and worn. Minor wear on spine head. Spine foot and leading corners are worn and bumped. Pages are rough. Page block is foxed. Minor foxing at front and rear. Names of previous owner penned on FEP. Pencilled highlighting at one or two points. Tissue paper on frontispiece is detached from binding. Binding is visible near centre of volume. Contents are clear. AF Used
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Toynbee, Mrs. Paget (ed.)
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford: Volume X: 1777 - 1779
No dust jacket. Hardcover. Number 65 of an edition of 260, printed on hand - made paper. A few marks and scores on boards and spine. Title plate on spine is tanned, worn and chipped. Minor wear and bumping on spine ends, edges and leading corners. Pages are rough. Page block is tanned and foxed. Minor foxing at front and rear. Names of previous owner penned on FEP. Tissue paper between pages 424 and 425 is detached from binding. Binding is visible near front of volume. Contents are clear. AF Used
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Toynbee, Mrs. Paget (ed.)
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford: Volume XII: 1781 - 1783
No dust jacket. Hardcover. Number 65 of an edition of 260, printed on hand - made paper. A few marks and scores on boards and spine. Title plate on spine is faded, scratched and worn. Some wear and bumping on spine ends and leading corners. Pages are rough. Page block is tanned and foxed. Minor foxing at front and rear. Names of previous owner penned on FEP. Binding is visible near front of volume. Contents are clear. AF Used
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Kimbrough, Robert
Sir Philip Sidney
Hardcover without jacket; Twayne's English Authors Series, 114. Few superficial marks on boards; spine ends are a little bumped; pages are clean and sound throughout, with all text clear. TS Used
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Miller, O. B.
Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford: The Stanhope Prize Essay, 1925
Hardcover. No jacket. Boards and spine are marked, tanned and worn. Leading corners, edges and spine are bumped, worn and nicked. Text on spine is partially obscured. Page block, pastedowns and endpapers are tanned. Minor marks on a few pages. Text is clear throughout. Binding is sound. HCW Used
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Dobson, Austin
Horace Walpole: A Memoir
No dust jacket. Hardcover. Second edition. Several marks and scores on boards. Small dent on rear board. One or two light bumps on lower edge of rear board. Hardcover spine ends are worn and bumped. Leading corners are somewhat worn; lower leading corners are bumped. Pages are rough. Personal nameplate on front pastedown. Names of former owners penned on FEP. Foxing at front and rear. Hinges are cracked and binding is a little loose at one or two points. Small tears on inner corners of pages 75 - 88. One or two marks on pages. Contents are clear. AF Used
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Hague, William
William Pitt the Younger
Hardcover. Signed by the author on title page. Two stickers on front dust jacket. Jacket has a few marks and scores. Slight wear on front leading corners of jacket. Hardcover spine is cocked. Slight wear on hardcover spine head. Page block and pages are tanned. Upper leading corners of pages making up first quarter or so of book are bumped. Contents are clear. AF Used
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Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society: Volume II, 1936 - 1938
Hardcover. No jacket. Ex - university library. From Birbeck College, London. Boards and spine are lightly marked and scored. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are lightly bumped and worn. Light marks and creases on a few pages. Library plates on BEP. Embossed stamps on FEP and title page. Binding is visible throughout but remains intact. Text remains clear throughout. HCW Ex - Library
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Wilson, Alfred
Well Oiled: The Adventure of an Engineer in the Oil World
Paperback. A few light scores and edge wear on covers and spine. Minor mark on page block head. Binding is visible on inside covers but remains intact. Previous owner's details penned on half title page. Overhanging corner due to printing error on page 147. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. Binding is sound. HCW Used
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Fujimura, Thomas H.
The Temper of John Dryden
Hardcover in good condition. Several marks and scores on dust jacket. Jacket and hardcover spine ends are bumped. Binding is intact, contents are clean and clear. AM Used
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Fleming, Christy
Genie in the Bottle: The Story of a Dream Chaser
Paperback in good condition. Light scores, creases and edge wear on covers. Page block is lightly marked. Item is slightly bent. Pages are clean and contents are clear throughout. Binding is sound. HCW Used
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Fraser Rae, W.
Sheridan: A Biography, Volume I - II
Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. Two volumes set. Boards are marked and scored. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are worn and bumped. Nicks on spine heads. Page blocks are marked. Bookplate on front pastedown, sticker on rear pastedown of volume 1. Several pages are creased and nicked. Pencil on half - title page of volume 2. Some pages are marked. Hinge is cracked on pastedowns of volume 1. Spine is cocked of volume 1. Bindings remain intact, contents are clear. AM Used
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Devilliers, Catherine
Lieutenant Katia
Hardcover is in good condition. Jacket leading corners, edges and spine ends are worn. A few marks on page block. Spine is cocked. Endpapers and front pastedown are marked. Binding is intact, contents are clear. AM Used
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Long, Helen
Change into Uniform: An Autobiography, 1939 - 1946
Hardcover in good condition. Includes the text of private dedication by author. Slight smell of smoke. Spine foot is lightly bumped. Lower edge of dust jacket is lightly creased and nicked. Leading corners and spine foot are slightly worn. One tear on upper edge of jacket. Binding remains intact, contents are clear. T Used
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Updale, Eleanor
Montmorency
Hardcover in very good condition. Signed by author on title page. Hardcover spine head is bumped. Binding is intact, contents are clean and clear. AM Used
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Urwin, Dave
Everything Will Work Out in the Long Run
Paperback. Acceptable condition. Signed and dedicated by author on FEP. Foreword by Robbie Britton (Team GB Ultra Runner). Covers have several scores and creases. Covers have some edge - wear and are bumped, affecting pages. Spine is worn and rubbed. Half - centimetre tear on left side of spine foot. Lower leading corners of covers are creased. One or two stains and marks on page block. Pages are slightly warped. Text is clear throughout. AF Used
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Horgan, Paul
Tracings: A Book of Partial Portraits
Hardcover in good condition. Superficial marks on jacket. Jacket and hardcover spine ends and edges are lightly bumped. Page block is lightly foxed. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. Binding is sound. HCW Used
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Gussow, Mel
Conversations with Miller
Hardcover in very good condition; light wear to spine ends of jacket and hardcover; page block is a little tanned; all text is clear and pages remain sound throughout. TS Used
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McIntyre, Ian
Robert Burns: A Life
Paperback in good condition. Covers and spine are scored and lightly edge worn. Front cover is slightly sunned. One or two minor abrasions on rear cover. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. Binding is sound. HCW Used
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Davidson, Ian
Voltaire in Exile: The Last Years, 1753 - 78
Hardcover in very good condition. Jacket and hardcover edges and spine ends are lightly bumped. A few minor marks on page block. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. Binding is sound. HCW Used
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Swanson, Andrew
Cattle Boat Mygghavet
Hardcover without jacket; first edition; good condition for age. Spine ends are bumped; page block is a little tanned; pastedowns and endpapers are faintly marked. Text is clear throughout, and binding is sound. TS Ex - Library
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Betjeman, John; Taylor, Geoffrey
First and Last Loves
Paperback in very good condition. Front upper leading corner is a little bumped, affecting early pages. Contents are clean and clear. AM Used
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Bottrall, Margaret
Every Man a Phoenix: Studies in Seventeenth - Century Autobiography
Hardcover without jacket in good condition; unsigned dedication from author penned on FEP. Two small marks on spine, which is bumped at ends; page block is foxed; item is slightly cocked. Pages are clean and text is clear. TS Used
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