G. A. Henty
By Sheer Pluck : A Tale of the Ashanti War
Blackie & Son UK No date. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 352 pages. Edgewear to spine ends and to corners of boards. Endpapers are heavily foxed text has scattered foxing but mostly clean. Late 1800s and believed to be second edition. Green and brown boards with gilt title on front and spine and gilt figure on front. Eight full-page illustrations by Gordon Browne. 32 pages of adverts at the end. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; War; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120091. Blackie & Son hardcover
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Rev. John Thomson
The Domestic Circle : or the Relations Responsibilities and Duties of Home Life
Johnstone Hunter & Co Edinburgh No date. Assumed First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 208 pages. Previous owner's inscription lavish in ink dated 1874. All edges gilt in good condition. 16 pages of "List of Works" at end. First published by this publisher in 1866. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Family & Relationships; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120090. Johnstone, Hunter, & Co hardcover
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Ascott R. Hope
George's Enemies
William P. Nimmo UK 1878. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 312 pages. Binding is loose and hinge cracked in a couple of places but is still intact. Edgewear to boards. Scattered foxing but text mostly clean. Award presentation plate laid in dated 1881. Barely readable gift inscription on front end page also dated 1881. All edges gilt in good condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120088. William P. Nimmo hardcover
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Alice Corkran
Margery Merton's Girlhood
Blackie & Son London No date. Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 286 pages. Foxing front pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Award presentation plate laid in but mostly torn away. Minor spine lean. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120092. Blackie & Son hardcover
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Catharine Shaw
Firm Friends
John F. Shaw London No date. New Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 128 pages. Edgewear to boards. Front hinge is taped. Rear free end paper is gone and binding is very loose. Tanned pages. Soiling and scuffing to boards. Award presentation plate laid in dated 1899. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120084. John F. Shaw hardcover
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Charles Kingsley
Two Years Ago
Walter Scott London 1899. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 556 pages. Wear and chipping to ends of spine and corners of boards. All edges gilt in good condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120122. Walter Scott hardcover
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Various
Beeton's Public Speaker : A Collection of Specimens of British and Foreign Eloquence
Ward Lock & Tyler London No date. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 301 pages. Edgewear to boards. Previous bookseller's stamp. Edges browned . Published mid-late 1800s. 32 pages of adverts at end. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Language & Linguistics; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120146. Ward, Lock & Tyler hardcover
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Author Not Stated
Favourite Narratives for the Christian Household
Thomas Nelson London 1883. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 208 pages. Both end papers are spilt at hinges and binding is very loose. Lightly tanned pages. Previous owner's name in ink dates and various other marks on front end page. Soiling and minor edgewear to boards. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Religion & Theology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120120. Thomas Nelson hardcover
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Silas K. Hocking
Alec Green
Frederick Warne London No date. Assumed First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 227 pages. Various pencil marks on front end pages. Rear free end paper is missing and hinge is cracked. Edgewear to boards. Moderate spine lean. Blue boards Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120113. Frederick Warne hardcover
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Lord Lytton
The Last of the Barons
George Routledge & Sons London No date. Not Stated. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 483 pages. Edgewear to boards. Tanned pages. Previous owner's name in ink dated 1899. Title page is loose and the two preceding pages are only just hanging on. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120141. George Routledge & Sons hardcover
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Silas K. Hocking
Alec Green
Frederick Warne London No date. Assumed First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 227 pages. Edgewear to boards. Lightly tanned pages. Gift inscription in ink on front end page dated 1892. Spine is faded. Red boards Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120103. Frederick Warne hardcover
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Sarah Doudney
Old Anthony's Secret and Other Stories
Religious Tract Society London No date. Not Stated. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 192 pages. Both the front and back free end pages are missing and the body of pages is completely separated from the covers. The pages are still bound together but the binding is quite fragile. Tanned pages. Wear to corners of boards. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120097. Religious Tract Society hardcover
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R. M. Freeman
Steady and Strong; or A Friend in Need : A School Story
Griffith Farran Browne & Co London No date. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: A. Foord-Hughes. .379. Edgewear to boards. Tanned pages. Award presentation plate laid in dated 1902. Illustrator: A. Foord-Hughes. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120117. Griffith Farran Browne & Co hardcover
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O. F. Walton
A Peep Behind the Scenes
Religious Tract Society UK No date. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 272 pages. Partial sticker on front end page. Wear to boards. Front hinge is taped. Heavy foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly scattered foxing. Previous owner's name in ink. All edges gilt in good condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120145. Religious Tract Society hardcover
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J. A. Froude
Short Studies on Great Subjects Volume 4
Longman Green London 1898. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 572 pages. Minor edgewear to spine ends. Lightly tanned pages with foxing on end pages. Previous owner's name in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120150. Longman, Green hardcover
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H. Atteridge
The Bravest of the Brave
Cassell London 1900. Not Stated. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 191 pages. Minor edgewear to boards. Slight foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Award presentation plate laid in. Edges foxed. Moderate spine lean. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120099. Cassell hardcover
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E. Florence Benskin
Little Foxes and How They Were Caught and Peggy's Inn
Religious Tract Society London No date. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 125 pages. Minor edgewear and rubbing to boards. Tanned pages with scattered foxing. Award presentation plate laid in dated 1906. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120108. Religious Tract Society hardcover
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Wallace L. Crowdy
My Pleasure Book
J. S. Virtue London No date. Early Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 230 pages. Several of the B&W illustrations have had clothing colored in green. Large green initials on rear end page. Binding is fragile and hinges are split in several places. Edgewear to boards. Scattered foxing but text mostly clean. Gift inscription in ink dated 1901. All edges gilt faded. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Children's Picture Books; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120132. J. S. Virtue hardcover
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Sir Walter Scott
The Antiquary
George Robertson Australia 1898. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 438 pages. Minor edgewear to boards. Tanned pages. Edges browned . Minor spine lean. Damage to front edge of spine. Large taped tear to frontis piece. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Historical; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120154. George Robertson hardcover
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James Anthony Froude
Lectures on the Council of Trent delivered at Oxford 1892-3
Longmans Green London 1905. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 339 pages. Minor edgewear and light rubbing to boards. Previous owner's book-plate laid in. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120153. Longmans, Green hardcover
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J. A. Froude
Short Studies on Great Subjects Volume 2
Longmans Green London 1898. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 598 pages. Edgewear to spine ends. Lightly tanned pages. Edges browned . Spine is faded and other discolorations of boards particularly rear board. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120149. Longmans, Green hardcover
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Author Not Stated
Tales From Chambers's Journal Volume 3
W & R Chambers UK 1892. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. One volume of the 4-volume set. Light soiling and rubbing to boards. Endpapers very tanned text block lightly tanned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120118. W & R Chambers hardcover
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Esme Stuart
Through the Flood : The Story of an Out-of-the-Way Place
W & R Chambers UK No date. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 292 pages. Front hinge is taped. Rear hinge is barely attached. Boards are in very good condition. Lightly tanned pages. Award presentation plate laid in. Published in late 1800s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120112. W & R Chambers hardcover
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Alfred Tennyson
Poems by Alfred Tennyson
Walter Scott London No date. Not Stated. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 453 pages. Minor edgewear to boards. Scattered foxing but text mostly clean. Award presentation plate laid in dated 1902. Short gift inscription dated 1991. All edges gilt in good condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120137. Walter Scott hardcover
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Pansy
A New Graft on the Family Tree
George Routledge & Sons London 1889. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 331 pages. Front and rear end pages are split at hinges. Edgewear to boards. Previous owner's name in ink in four locations. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120106. George Routledge & Sons hardcover
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Annie S. Swan
Shadowed Lives
Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier London 1903. New Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 128 pages. Back board is detached. Front board is taped. Minor edgewear to boards. Tanned pages. Previous owner's name ink-stamped. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120115. Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier hardcover
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Agnes C. Maitland
The Story of Madge Hilton
Thomas Nelson No date. Not Stated. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 294 pages. Binding is loose but intact. Lightly tanned pages. Title page is loose. Copyright information is missing. Soiling to boards. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120152. Thomas Nelson hardcover
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Charles Knight
Half Hours with the Best Authors
Frederick Warne London 1884. New Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 557 pages. Minor edgewear to boards. Spots of soiling on rear board . Lightly tanned pages. Previous owner's name in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120143. Frederick Warne hardcover
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Laura M. Lane
Living it Down
Weslevan Book Depot Melbourne No date. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 320 pages. Top corner of front end page torn off. Edgewear and rubbing to boards. Lightly tanned pages with foxing on end pages. Minor spine lean. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Romance & Women's Fiction; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120101. Weslevan Book Depot hardcover
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H. C. Adams
For James or George : A Schoolboys Tale of 1745
Hodder & Stoughton London 1889. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 407 pages. Ink stamp on front and back end pages. Edgewear to boards. All edges gilt in good condition. Minor spine lean. Cracking on spine. Front free end page is gone. Hinge is cracked at rear of book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120136. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
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Franz Kafka
In the Penal Settlement: Tales and Short Prose Works
London: Secker & Warburg 1949. Book condition: Good with light wear to edges = corners; light dust/faint marks to closed page edges; slight browning to blank endpapers; name date to front pastedown concealed by flap of dustjacket. Dustjacket: Fair with rubbing/tiny loss to spine ends corners; slight browning to spine; 3cm tear associated creasing to one corner; light smudges; some marks including 1cm x 3cm faint red mark to rear panel; publisher's original price label to front flap. U.K. First Edition. A tight square copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Secker & Warburg Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006663
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EJ. Hobsbawm E. J.
Industry and Empire
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1968. Book condition: VG with light rubbing to spine ends; very slight gape to boards. Dustjacket: Good with light rubbing/tiny chips to edges corners; slight fade to spine; browning to rear panel. First U.K. Hardback Edition. A bright copy. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Weidenfeld & Nicolson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006646
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JT. Ward J. T.
The First Century: A History of Scottish Tory Organisation 1882-1982
Edinburgh: Scottish Conservative & Unionist Association 1982. Book condition: VG/Fine with light smudges to rear cover. 49 pages. Inscribed to title page: "To JB/for his own good/and with best/wishes:/J.T.W./30:v:1982". The "JB" in question was John Butt of Strathclyde University. A bright copy. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Scottish Conservative & Unionist Association
Bookseller reference : 006657
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Richard Nathanson intro.
Pierre Bonnard 1867-1947
Edinburgh: Royal Scottish Academy 1979. Book condition: VG with very light wear to edges corners; very faint marks to cover. Bonnard's illustrations for Mirbeau's travelogue "La 628-E8". Issued on occasion of 1979 Edinburgh Festival exhibition. A bright copy. Paperback. Very Good. Royal Scottish Academy
Bookseller reference : 006667
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JG. Ballard J. G.
War Fever
London: Collins 1990. Book condition: VG/Fine with nudge to foot of spine; tiny bump to edge of spine. Dustjacket: VG/Fine with very light signs of handling; tiny bump to edge of spine; price intact. U.K. First Edition. A bright copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Collins Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006715 ISBN : 0002237709 9780002237703
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Mrs Craik
A Life for a Life - Coles Favourite Library Series
E. W. Cole Australia No date. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 256 pages. Minor edgewear to covers. Foxing on title page and tissue leaf. Lightly tanned pages with scattered foxing. Rare edition Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120128. E. W. Cole hardcover
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Anne Beale
The Twin Houses and Other Tales of Real Life
Religious Tract Society London No date. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 208 pages. Sunday School stamp and a couple of numbers of front end page. Minor edgewear to covers. Tanned pages. Very rare Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120133. Religious Tract Society hardcover
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J. Ley Pethybridge
The Union Jacks - Chatterbox Library Series
Gardner Darton & Co London 1897. Assumed First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 128 pages. Pencil sctibble on rear end pages. Edgewear to boards. End pages have foxing and soiling. Scattered foxing throughout book. Award presentation plate laid in dated 1898. Edges browned . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120251. Gardner, Darton & Co hardcover
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Author Not Stated
Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts Vol 2
W & R Chambers UK No date. Not Stated. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Minor edgewear to boards and some light rubbing and soiling. Previous owner's name in ink. Spine is faded slightly. Front and rear end pages are split and hinge causing binding to loosen. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Reference; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120311. W & R Chambers hardcover
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J. Walker
The Handy Book of Object Lessons : First and Second Series
Jarrold and Sons London No date. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. Edgewear to boards. Tanned pages. Minor spine lean. Moderate water damage to covers text unaffected. All pages preceding the Preface are missing. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Railways; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120309. Jarrold and Sons hardcover
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Earl of Beaconsfield
Sybil; or The Two Nations : Novels and Tales
Longmans Green London 1882. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 489 pages. Minor edgewear to boards. Edges foxed and browned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 11120310. Longmans, Green hardcover
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Alan D. Ridge
All at Sea: Observations on the Stepney Baptism Registers
London: The British Records Association 1964. Book condition: VG in blue card staple-bound; very light wear to edges corners. 6 page reprint from "Archives" the journal of the Society. Letter from Alan Ridge relating to the extract loosely inserted. A bright copy. Signed by Author. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. The British Records Association
Bookseller reference : 006786
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WBDD. Turnbull ed. W. B. D. D.
Factum of the Earl of Arran Touching the Restitution of the Duchy of Chatelherault
Edinburgh: Thomas G. Stevenson 1843. Book condition: Good in blue cloth covered boards with paper label to spine; some wear to spine ends corners; light marks to boards; slight dulling to spine; abrasions/browning to label on spine; light dust to closed page edges; slight springs to page block but still tightly bound; light reading wear. 132 pages. Text in English and French. Edition Limited to sixty copies on paper one copy on vellum. A tight square copy. Limited. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Thomas G. Stevenson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006779
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CA. Hutton C. A.
Greek Terracotta Statuettes
London: Seeley and Co. Limited 1899. Book condition: Good/VG with some wear to spine ends; light bump to one corner; very faint marks to boards. U.K. First Edition. A bright copy. Heavy book. Shipping cost may be higher than stated for buyers outside of the UK. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Seeley and Co., Limited Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006803
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Cyril Davenport
Cameos
London: Seeley and Co. Limited 1900. Book condition: Good with heavy bumps to spine ends and corners; faint marks to boards; slight bubbling to pastedowns; light reading wear but contents bright and unmarked. U.K. First Edition. A bright copy. Heavy book. Shipping cost may be higher than stated for buyers outside of the UK. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Seeley and Co., Limited Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006802
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AS. Murray A. S.
Greek Bronzes
London: Seeley and Co. Limited 1898. Book condition: Good with bumps to spine ends/edges/corners; deep dent to edge of front board; very faint marks to boards; faint spots to blank endpapers. U.K. First Edition. A bright copy. Heavy book. Shipping cost may be higher than stated for buyers outside of the UK. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Seeley and Co., Limited Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006804
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JT. Nettleship J. T.
George Morland and the Evolution from Him of Some Later Painters
London: Seeley and Co. Limited 1898. Book condition: Good with bumps to spine ends and rear board; faint spots to endpapers; discoloration to tissue guards; light reading wear. U.K. First Edition. A bright copy. Heavy book. Shipping cost may be higher than stated for buyers outside of the UK. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Seeley and Co., Limited Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006805
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Janice Galloway
Rosengarten
Glasgow: Hunterian Art Gallery 2004. Book condition: VG/Fine with tiny mark to top edge of rear inside cover and page opposite. Inscribed to title page: "with best wishes to Paul -/Janice Galloway/Edinburgh 2005". Edition Limited to 1500 copies. A bright copy. Limited. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Anne Bevan. Hunterian Art Gallery
Bookseller reference : 006852 ISBN : 0954683102 9780954683108
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Jean Paul sartre
Les Mains Sales
Paris: Gallimard 1948. Book condition: Good/VG with light wear to edges corners; tiny corner clip/nick to corner of first title page; heavy browning to page edges. French First Trade Edition. A bright copy. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Gallimard
Bookseller reference : 006894
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Georges Duhamel
Suzanne & Joseph Pasquier
London: J.M. Dent & Sons 1946. Book condition: VG with bumps to spine ends; small name/place/date to front blank endpaper. Dustjacket: Good with some wear/tiny closed tears to edges corners; 2cm closed tear to one corner; light smudges; price intact. U.K. First Edition. A bright copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. J.M. Dent & Sons Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006887
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