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Rattansi, Ali; Reeder, David (eds.)
Rethinking Radical Education: Essays in Honour of Brian Simon
Paperback in very good condition. Cover is a little marked and shelfworn, with light creases to the rear upper leading corner. The spine is very slightly cocked. Pages are clean; all text is clear. CM Used
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Belloc, M.A.; Shedlock, M. (trans.)
Edmond and Jules De Goncourt, with Letters, and Leaves from their Journals
Hardcover (no dust jacket). Shelf-worn item. Two small tears on lower edge of front board. Spine is faded and bumped, with tears and nicks at ends. Leading corners of boards are bumped, nicked and frayed. Name of former owner penned on FEP. Foxing on page block, and at front and rear. A few cracks on hinges. Binding is visible at numerous points. Minor pencilled marginalia and underlining at several points. Contents remain clear. AF Used
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Cook, Brian J.
Democracy and Administration: Woodrow Wilson's Ideas and the Challenges of Public Management
Hardcover with jacket. Very good condition. Jacket is lightly edgeworn, with a small abrasion on the front spine side. Minor bumps to the front lower edge and rear lower leading corner of the hardcover. Pages are clean; all text is clear. CM Used
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Stacpoole, John
William Mason: The First New Zealand Architect
Hardcover. Shelf-worn and marked dust jacket with several nicks. Several bumps on leading edge of front board. Lower edges of boards are faded. Hardcover spine ends are faded and bumped. Page block is foxed. Several small marks at front and rear. Text and illustrations are clear. AF Used
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Medlicott, Margaret P.
No hero, I Confess: A Nineteenth-Century Autobiography
Hardcover with jacket. Good condition. First edition. Jacket is a little marked and edgeworn, with sunning to the front and spine. Tanning on the rear of jacket. A few nicks and small tears to the upper edges and spine head. Minor pencil on front flap. A few slightly creased closing page corners. All text is clear throughout. CM Used
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Ryan, Alan
John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism
Hardcover. One or two minor bumps and scores on dust jacket. Slight nick on front upper leading corner of jacket. Minor bumps on hardcover spine ends and upper leading corners. Very small mark on foot of page block. Pages are clean. Text is clear. AF Used
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Carew, Keggie
Dadland
Hardcover with jacket in very good condition. HCW Used
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'Gladly Wolde She Lerne and Gladly Teche': Felicitation Volume for Professor Yasmine Gooneratne AO. D.Litt.
Hardcover with jacket. Good condition. Signed and dedicated by the Professor Yasmine Gooneratne on the title page. Limited edition; copy number 076 stamped on copyright page. Minor sunning and shelfwear to the jacket. Light marks on a few pages. The binding is a little visible on the title page, however the pages remain sound throughout; all text and images are clear. CM Used
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Anshen, Ruth Nanda
Biography of an Idea
Paperback in very good condition. Slight scuffs and creases on the spine ends. Foxing on the page block. Pages are clean; all text is clear. CM Used
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Arrow, Kenneth J. (ed.)
Social Choice and Justice
Hardcover with jacket. Good condition. Collected papers of Kenneth J. Arrow: 1. The jacket is slightly sunned, with a few small tears and creases to the upper edges; one or two nicks to the lower edges. Interior very good, with clean and sound pages. CM Used
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Finch, A.G.
Report on the Manuscripts of Allan George Finch, Esq., Of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland: Vol. I, 1537-1669
Hardcover (no dust jacket). Ex-academic library. Library lettering and numbering on spine foot. Library labels on pastedowns. Library stamps on foot of page block, title page and last page of text. Rather worn boards with a few minor scores and bumps. A few scores and bumps on spine. Spine ends are nicked. Spine sides are partially split. Slight foxing at front and rear. Binding is exposed at one or two points near front. Pages are clean. Text is clear. AF Used
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Jones, Bill T.
Story/Time: The Life of an Idea
Hardcover (no jacket) in very good condition. The leading corners are a little worn. One or two tiny abrasions on the rear board. Pages are clean; all text and images are clear. CM Used
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Markham, Sarah
John Loveday of Caversham 1711-1789: The Life and Tours of an Eighteenth-Century Onlooker
Hardcover with jacket. Good condition. The price clipped jacket is a little marked and edgeworn. A few minor marks on the page block. Pages are clean; all content is clear. CM Used
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Boswell, James
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.
Hardcovers in good condition. No jackets. Fifth edition, revised and augmented, in four volumes. Boards and spines are worn, faded and scored. Abrasions on spines and rear board of volume three. Title plates on spines are partially detached and torn. Halves of volume three and two title plates are detached and laid in the volumes. Abrasions on worn and bumped leading corners and edges. Spine ends are chipped and nicked. Three centimetre portion of cover on volume four spine head is chipped away. Spine sides and hinges on early and closing pages are split, but bindings remain intact. Page blocks and pages are tanned, stained and foxed. Book plates on front pastedowns. Some pages are nicked and chipped. Creases throughout pages. Text remains legible throughout. HCW Used
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Hope, Eva
Grace Darling, The Heroine of the Farne Islands: Her Life, and its Lessons
Hardcover (no dust jacket). Aged, worn and dirty boards. Spine ends are worn, bumped and nicked. Leading corners are worn, bumped and split. Small crack on front hinge. Foxing and marking at front and rear, and at a few further points. Text is clear. AF Used
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Howe, Julia Ward
Reminiscences 1819-1899
Hardcover (no dust jacket). A few light marks on boards and spine. Slight foxing on page block. Light foxing and marking at front and rear. Pages are clean. Text and illustrations are clear. AF Used
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Winston, Annie Steger
Memoirs of a Child
Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Ex-library. First edition. 169 pages. Leading corners and spine ends are bumped and worn. Labels on rear board and front pastedown. Shelf mark on spine foot. Spine ends are nicked. Page block and pages are marked. Stamps and pen on title page. Text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Chapman, R. W. (ed.); Johnson, Samuel
The Letters of Samuel Johnson, with Mrs. Thrale's Genuine Letters to Him: Volumes I - III
Hardcovers with jackets in very good condition for age. Three volumes. Volume one: 1719-1774, letters I-369; volume two: 1775-1782, letters 370-821.1 and volume three: 1783-1784, letters 821.2-1174. Plastic-protected jackets are marked, lightly edge-worn and price-clipped. Minor nicks on volume one jacket spine foot and volume three hardcover spine head. Light edge-wear on hardcovers. Page blocks are marked. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Pooke, Grant
Francis Klingender 1907-1955: A Marxist Art Historian Out of Time
Paperback in good condition. Light edgewear to the cover; faint creases along the spine. 2.5cm score on the front spine side. Small mark on the page block foot. Some instances of small pencil marks on the page margins throughout. All text and images are clear, with sound binding. CM Used
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Mahony, Francis; Kent, Charles (eds.)
The Works of Father Prout (The Rev. Francis Mahony)
Hardcover (no jacket) in good condition. No publication date stated; it was not published in 1900. The hardcover is worn, sunned and mottled, with a chipped spine head. The page block and some pages are foxed and tanned. The binding is slightly visible on the rear hinge and between one or two pages, but remains sound throughout. All text is clear. CM Used
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Kaminski, Thomas
The Early Career of Samuel Johnson
Hardcover with jacket. Very good condition. Very slight nick to the rear lower leading corner of the jacket. Some foxing on the page block, slightly affecting page edges. Pages are clean; all text is clear. CM Used
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Collison-Morley, Lacy
Giuseppe Baretti, with an Account of His Literary Friendships and Feuds in Italy and in England in the Days of Dr. Johnson
Hardcover in good condition for age. No jacket. Ex-university library. From the Taylor Institution, Oxford. Boards are worn. Leading corners are split. Abrasion on front upper edge has been repaired with tape. Spine ends are bumped. Shelf mark on spine foot. Page block is marked. Rough-cut pages are lightly foxed. Pen, stamp and library pocket on front pastedown. Label residue on FEP. Text is clear throughout. Binding is slightly visible between a few pages, but remains intact. HCW Used
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Burroughs, William S.; Harris, Oliver (ed.)
The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945-1959
Penguin Classic paperback. One or two instances of very minor wear on covers. Pages are sound and all text is clear. TS Used
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Wordsworth, Dorothy; Woof, Pamela (ed.)
The Grasmere Journals
Hardcover and jacket in very good condition. Text is clear throughout on sound, clean pages. TS Used
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Thurber, James
The Years with Ross
Hardcover with jacket. Good condition. Second impression. Jacket is marked and worn, with a few slight nicks to the edges. Slight wear and bumps to the hardcover spine ends. Light foxing on the page block and a few pages. Slight creases on a few opening page corners. All text and illustrations are clear. CM Used
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Mackie, Richard
Hamilton Mack Laing, Hunter-Naturalist
Hardcover in very good condition, with jacket in good condition. Jacket is lightly marked, scored and worn. Jacket leading corners, edges and spine ends are creased and nicked, with a few one centimetre tears. Minor edge-wear on hardcover. Page block is lightly marked. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Harford-Battersby, Charles F.
Pilkington of Uganda
Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Previously owned by Mary Bull, wife of the late Professor Hedley Bull. 'M. Bull' pencilled on FEP. Fold-out maps remain intact. Boards, page block and some pages are lightly marked and tanned. Hardcover is edge-worn. Spine ends are bumped. Penned dedication on front pastedown. Pages are rough-cut. Text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Magnus, Philip
Kitchener: Portrait of an Imperialist
Hardcover in very good condition, with jacket in good condition. Jacket design by Osbert Lancaster. Jacket is lightly marked. Jacket spine is slightly sunned. Jacket leading corners, edges and spine ends are worn, creased and nicked. Four centimetre tear on jacket spine head. Minor marks and edge-wear on hardcover. Page block, early and closing pages are lightly marked and tanned. Text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Thomas, Hugh
John Strachey
Hardcover with jacket in good condition. Jacket is lightly scored, worn and creased. Jacket spine is sunned. Rear upper leading corner is nicked. Jacket and hardcover spine ends are bumped. Boards are lightly worn. Page block and a few pages are lightly marked. Spine is cocked but binding remains intact. Text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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James, Robert Rhodes
Albert, Prince Consort: A Biography
Hardcover with jacket in good condition. Jacket is lightly scored, worn and sunned. Jacket and hardcover spine ends are bumped. Slight fading on hardcover edges. Page block and pages are tanned and foxed. Hardcover spine is cocked but binding remains intact. Text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Hazlehurst, Cameron
Menzies Observed
Hardcover with jacket in good condition. Jacket is lightly worn and sunned. One or two nicks on jacket upper edges. Upper edges of boards are slightly faded. Hardcover spine ends are lightly bumped. Page block and pages are lightly tanned. Minor nick on lower edge of page 31. Text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Morgan, Kenneth O.
Michael Foot: A Life
Hardcover with jacket. Signed and dedicated by the author on the title page. Very good condition. Minor bumps to the jacket and hardcover spine ends. Pages are clean; all text and images are clear. CM Used
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Dubofsky, Melvyn
'Big Bill' Haywood
Hardcover with jacket. Very good condition. Slight tanning to the page block and page edges. All text is clear, with sound binding. Lives of the Left series. CM Used
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Kline, Mary-Jo; Syrett, Harold C.; Kerr, Joan Paterson (eds.)
The Founding Fathers: Alexander Hamilton: A Biography in His Own Words
Hardcover (no jacket) in very good condition. Light marks and wear to the edges; the rear upper leading corner is a little bumped. Pages are clean; all text and images are clear. CM Used
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Wheen, Francis
Karl Marx
Hardcover with jacket in good condition. Signed by author on title page. Jacket is lightly marked. Sticker on front of jacket. Jacket spine is slightly sunned. Hardcover spine ends are lightly bumped. Spine is cocked but binding remains intact. Penned dedication on half title page. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Remini, Robert V.
Henry Clay: Statesman for the Union
Paperback in good condition. Covers are lightly scored and worn. One or two minor tears on rear upper edge, repaired with tape on inside cover. Front upper leading corner is bumped, affecting early pages. Page block is marked. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Feyman, Richard P.
'What Do You Care What Other People Think?': Further Adventures of a Curious Character
Hardcover. Price-clipped jacket is faintly sunned on spine, with a little wear to upper edges. Minor marks on page block and two index pages. A few creased page corners and occasional pen marks on pages in final third of volume. Text is clear throughout. TS Used
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Pipes, Richard
VIXI: Memoirs of a Non-Belonger
Hardcover with jacket. Very good condition. Minor bumps to the jacket and hardcover spine heads. Slight fading to the upper board edges. Minor pen on FEP. Pages are clean; all text and b/w images are clear. CM Used
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Corte, Nicolas
Pierre Teilhard De Chardin: His Life and Spirit
Hardcover with jacket. Good condition. Translated and with an introduction by Martin Jarrett-Kerr. The price clipped jacket is a little worn, with a few minor nicks. Foxing on the jacket, page block and some pages. A few small punctures on the half title page gutter. All text is clear throughout. CM Used
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Breytenbach, Breyten
The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist
Hardcover in very good condition, with jacket in good condition. First edition. Jacket is lightly scored and worn. Minor creases and bumps on edges. Jacket spine is sunned. Page block is lightly marked and tanned. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Sitwell, Osbert
Great Morning: Being the Third Volume of Left Hand, Right Hand
Hardcover with jacket. Good condition. First edition. The plastic protected jacket is lightly tanned and worn, with a few nicks. Minor fading and one or two bumps on the hardcover. Light marks and tanning on the page block and a few pages. Label on front pastedown. Binding is sound; text and b/w images are clear. CM Used
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Redford, Bruce
Designing the Life of Johnson: The Lyell Lectures in Bibliography, 2001-2
Hardcover with jacket. Very good condition. The plastic protected jacket has some light marks and edgewear. Hardcover spine ends are a little bumped. A few tiny marks on the page block. Pages are clean; all text and b/w images are clear. CM Used
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Wu, Duncan
William Hazlitt: The First Modern Man
Hardcover with jacket. Very good condition. The plastic protected jacket and edges of the hardcover are lightly edgeworn. Faint marks on page block. Pages are clean; text and b/w images are clear. CM Used
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McKeon, Jim
Frank O'Connor: A Life
Hardcover with jacket. Very good condition. Plastic protected jacket is slightly creased on the rear lower edge. Hardcover spine foot is a little bumped. Pages are clean; text and b/w images are clear. CM Used
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Williams, Jane
Tambimuttu: Bridge Between Two Worlds
Hardcover with jacket. First edition - limited to 1000 copies printed. Very good condition. Introduction by Robin Waterfield. Consultant editor: Kathleen Raine. The plastic protected jacket is a little marked and edgeworn, with a small chipped portion on the front flap upper edge. Hardcover spine foot is a little bumped. Pages are clean; all content is clear. CM Used
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Day, Douglas
Malcolm Lowry: A Biography
Hardcover with jacket in good condition. First edition. Plastic-protected jacket is marked and tanned. Jacket leading corners, edges and spine ends are creased and torn. Front upper edge and spine head are chipped. Hardcover spine ends are lightly bumped and faded. Page block is marked. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Pauly, Thomas H.
An American Odyssey: Elia Kazan and American Culture
Ex library hardcover with jacket. Very good condition. Lightest of shelfwear to the jacket; the inner flaps are partially stuck to the pastedowns. Labels on the spine foot and front pastedown; stamps at one or two points; pen on the copyright page. All text and images are clear, with sound binding. CM Used
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Moorehead, Caroline
Iris Origo: Marchesa of Val d'Orcia
Hardcover with jacket in very good condition. HCW Used
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Richards, Jeffrey
Sir Henry Irving: A Victorian Actor and His World
Hardcover in very good condition. One or two slight creases and instances of minor shelfwear on the jacket. Very slight tanning on the b/w plates. All text and images are clear, with sound binding. CM Used
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Bradfield, Susi
But Some Became Stars
Hardcover in very good condition. Signed and dedicated by the author on the FEP. Slight bumps and wear to the jacket and hardcover spine ends. Pages are clean; all text is clear. CM Used
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