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THE HOUSE OF WHISPERS.

Wynne, May, · 1930

£13.50 (€16.18 | $17.84 | ¥2,848)

Ward Lock and Co., London, ND (circa 1930's), 256pp, coloured frontis., [ii] ads., blue cloth lettered and decorated in brown at spine and upper board, pictorial dustwrapper by 'Sutcliffe', very sl. cocked, lightly rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges a little dusty and tanne...

HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR.

Galton, Ray and Simpson, Alan (intro. by Peter Black), · 1974

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Woburn Press, 1974, 1st edn., 136pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills., coloured pictorial laminated boards, the scripts of five shows from 1960/61: 'The Missing Page', The Reunion Party', 'Hancock Alone', 'The Bowmans' and 'The Blood Donor', illustrated with blow-ups fr...

THE COMPLETE FAWLTY TOWERS.

Cleese, John and Booth, Connie, · 1988

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Methuen, London, 1988, 3rd imp., [vi], 333pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., laminated pictorial boards, the entire twelve scripts of the BBC TV series with a selection of half tone stills, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, pages tanned, no dustwrapper, very good,

HINTS, TIPS AND GADGETS for the Amateur Photographer.

The Amateur Photographer, · 1947

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

The Fountain Press, London, 1947, 4th imp., [ii], 130pp, numerous half tone photo ills., line drawings and diagrams in text, xiv ads., iii index, grey cloth lettered in green at spine and upper board, coloured lettered dustwrapper, a selection of 'Readers' Hints, Tips and Gad...

HARDY HEATHS and some of their nearer allies.

Johnson, A. T., · 1956

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Blandford Press, London, 1956, revised edn., 127pp, coloured frontis., 16pp half tone photo ills. by the author, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, directions on how to propogate heaths and heathers, the kind of soil and situation they need and a clea...

BADGERS AT MY WINDOW.

Drabble, Phil, · 1969

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Pelham, London, 1969, 2nd imp., 159pp, half tone photo frontis., 16pp half tone photo ills. by Stanley Porter, dark green cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper by Stanley Porter, by the naturalist and broadcaster, the author's study of badgers, both h...

THE ART OF COARSE GARDENING or The Care and Feeding of Slugs.

Hughes, Spike, · 1968

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Hutchinson, London, 1968, 1st edn., 120pp, in text ills. by John Jensen, light green cloth lettered in white at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by John Jensen, 'the art of coarse gardening ...is the art of learning by experience, by foolhardy trial and disatrous error ...full of...

A LAYMAN'S LOVE OF LETTERS - being the Clark Lectures delivered at Cambridge October-November 1953.

Trevelyan, G. M., O.M., · 1954

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,743)

Longmans Green and Co., London, 1954, 1st edn., vi, 125pp, dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated dustwrapper, by the past Master of Trinity and Regius Professor of History to the University, Trevelyan lectures on English Literature as a layman, never having be...

THE VERY NICE JEWISH QUIZ BOOK (originally published as The Jewish Quiz Book).

Carlinsky, Dan, · 1987

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Bell Publishing, New York, 1987, 1st edn. thus, viii, 123pp, in text line drawings, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured lettered dustwrapper, a fun book of more than eleven hundred questions and answers about who's Jewish and what's J...

LIFE ON EARTH.

Attenborough, David, · 1979

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

William Collins / BBC, London, 1979, 4th imp., 319pp, numerous coloured photo ills. and 2pp Tree of Life diagram in text, large format 10 x 7 inches, heavy art paper, ochre cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, tie-in with BBC production of the same na...

INSIDE AFRICA.

Gunther, John, · 1957

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

The Reprint Society, London, 1957, club edn., xii, 960pp, line maps in text, section of statistical charts, col'd maps at endpapers, brown cloth with black title panel lettered in gilt at spine, top edge coloured, coloured lettered dustwrapper, an account of the 44 countries...

CHING-TING AND THE DUCKS.

Fribourg, Marjorie G., · 1959

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Lutterworth Press, London, 1959, 1st edn., unpaginated [44pp], numerous in text ills. by Artur Marokvia, yellow cloth lettered in red at upper board, pictorial dustwrapper by Artur Marokvia, very lightly bumped at spine ends, faint fox marks at edges and endpapers, small book...

THE ECONOMICS OF EVERYDAY LIFE.

Williams, Gertrude, · 1967

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pelican / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1967, reprint, paperback, 288pp, tables in text, pictorial upper wrapper by Derek Birdsall, light vertical creasing to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., some faint creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, ink name half title, good plus,

EDUCATION FOR TOMORROW.

Vaizey, John, · 1967

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pelican / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1967, reprint, paperback, 121pp, [vi] ads., coloured lettered wrappers, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good plus,

ENGLAND IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (1815-1914).

Thomson, David, · 1967

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pelican / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1967, reprint, paperback, 254pp, [ii] ads., col'd pictorial upper wrapper, No. 8 in the Pelican History of England series, sl. roll to spine, wrappers laminated, edges tanned, ink names/stamps half title, very good,

ENGLAND IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (1914-63).

Thomson, David, · 1966

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pelican / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1966, reprint, paperback, 304pp, photo pictorial wrappers, No. 9 in the Pelican History of England series, faint creasing at spine, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, ink names half title, very good,

THE INTEGRITY OF PERSONALITY.

Storr, Anthony, · 1968

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pelican / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1968, reprint, paperback, 186pp, [v] ads., decorated upper wrapper, a little rubbed at extrems., light diag. crease upper tip lower wrapper, edges tanned, very good,

WHAT FREUD REALLY SAID.

Stafford-Clark, David, · 1967

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pelican / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1967, 1st in imprint, paperback, 217pp, [v] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, sl. slant to spine with light vertical creasing, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

HUMAN GROUPS.

Sprott, W. J. H., · 1967

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pelican / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1967, reprint, paperback, 219pp, chart/diagram in text, [iii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by Barry Trengove, sl. roll and slant to spine, several vertical creases at spine, rubbed at extrems. esp. tail of spine, some creasing to wrappers, ...

THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL.

Pedley, Robin, · 1967

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pelican / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1967, revised edn., paperback, 224pp, tables/charts in text, pictorial montage upper wrapper, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good plus,