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THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON.

Barrie, J. M., · 1939

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1939, 27th, (2nd in this form), 224pp incl. 12pp in text line drawings by Hugh Thomson, olive cloth lettered in black and blind stamped bds., lightly rubbed at extrems., faint xox marks to cloth, fore-edge and endpapers, dustwrapper: price clipp...

SHALL WE JOIN THE LADIES? and Other One-Act Plays.

Barrie, J. M., · 0

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Hodder and Stoughton, London, ND, 128pp incl. 6pp in text line drawings by Isobel and John Morton-Sale, olive cloth lettered in black at spine, bds blind stamped, sl. cocked, lightly bumped and rubbed at extrems., single fox mark fore-edge, small (4mm) hole in eps. at upper h...

THE BATSFORD BOOK OF COUNTRY VERSE.

Thomas, R. S. (ed.), · 1961

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

B. T. Batsford, London, 1961, 1st thus, 128pp, 16pp in text col'd ills., green cloth gilt, lightly bumped and rubbed at extrems., ink name front free endpaper and half title, dustwrapper: a little rubbed and creased at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,

THE BATSFORD BOOK OF CHILDREN'S VERSE.

Jennings, Elizabeth (ed.), · 1958

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

B. T. Batsford, London, 1958, 1st thus, 128pp, 16pp in text col'd ills., red cloth gilt, top edge col'd, lightly rubbed at extrems., ink name front free endpaper and half title, dustwrapper: rubbed and creased at extrems., sev. edge tears internally repaired, very good in a g...

THE LADY'S NOT FOR BURNING.

Fry, Christopher, · 1951

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Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press, London, April 1951, 2nd edition, 5th imp., 97pp, dark green cloth gilt, lightly rubbed at extrems., spine ends a little sunned, some pencil annotations in text, dustwrapper: well rubbed with several large chips (internally repair...

MY KIND OF VERSE.

Smith, John (compiler), · 1965

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Burke Publishing, London, 1965, 1st thus, 204pp, unattrib. line decs., magenta cloth gilt, anthology of verse for children between the ages of 5 and 11, edges rather dusty, ink name front free endpaper, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., short repaired tears at spine ends, ver...

IN THE STEPS OF ST. FRANCIS.

Raymond, Ernest, · 1945

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Rich and Cowan, London, 1945, reprint, 377pp, 2 folding maps, 32pp half tone ills., dark brown cloth gilt, pictorial dustwrapper by E. A. Cox, a re-tracing of the life and times of St. Francis in from Umbria and Tuscany to Slavonia, Egypt and the Holy Land, lightly rubbed at...

THE KON-TIKI EXPEDITION by raft across the South Seas.

Heyerdahl, Thor, · 1951

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Allen and Unwin, London, 1951, 16th imp., 235pp and ads., half tone frontis, 18pp half tone ills., light brown cloth gilt at spine and blind stamped upper bd., account of the famous raft journey from Peru to the Pacific Islands, lightly rubbed and bumped at tips, sl. sunning...

THE CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND.

Batsford, Harry Hon. A.R.I.B.A., and Fry, Charles with a foreword by Sir Hugh Walpole, · 1950

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B. T. Batsford Ltd., London, Winter 1950-1, 8th, map feps, exterior and interior of cathedral bay and cathedral plan reps, xpp, 118pp, col'd frontis, 96pp half tone ills., numerous in text line drawings and plans, red cloth gilt at spsine, top edge col'd, ills. from drawings...

THE CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Bumpus, T. Francis, · 1934

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

T. Werner Laurie Ltd, London, 1934, 1st thus, 397pp, map fpd, frontis and 55 in text half tone ills., red cloth type paper covered bds. gilt, col'd pictorial dustwrapper, a pocket sized guide to English and Welsh cathedrals with new illustrations for this edition, a little bu...

ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE AT A GLANCE - A simple review in pictures of the chief periods of English Architecture.

Chatterton, Frederick, F.R.I.B.A., (ill. J.D.M. Harvey), · 1928

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The Architectural Press, London, 1928, 3rd imp. of 4th enlarged edn., 56pp and 22pp ads., in text line drawings, cloth backed paper covered bds., an illustrated guide to the various styles of English architecture from Norman to Late Georgian, bds. slightly bowed, cnrs. a litt...

TEN GREAT INNINGS.

Barker, Ralph, · 1964

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Chatto and Windus, London, 1964, uncorrected proof of 1st edn., paperback, 227pp, frontis and 11 half tone photo plates, paper wrappers, uncorrected proof copy, ten memorable innings from Jack Hobbs in 1926 to Cyril Washbrook in 1956, lightly rubbed at extrems., ink title on ...

CREATE YOUR OWN CROSS STITCH.

Watts, Shirley, · 1993

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Merehurst, London, 1993, 1st edn., 128pp, numerous full colour, half tone and line drawings in text, coloured pictorial laminated bds. with matching dw, how to create and/or convert your cross stitch designs into reality, book and dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very goo...

BUYING ANTIQUES.

Coysh, A. W. and King, J., · 1969

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David and Charles, Newton Abbot, 1969, 2nd imp., 180pp incl. 20pp half tone photo ills. and line drawings in text, magenta cloth gilt, an illustrated guide to buying antique furniture, clocks, silver, ceramics, etc, lightly bumped at extrems., dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems.,...

WINNING AT RUBBER BRIDGE.

Mayer, Edward, · 1975

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

B. T. Batsford, London, 1975, 1st edn., 195pp, dark blue cloth gilt, the author explains how to achieve the most rewarding contract in rubber play, very slightly cocked, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: sunned at spine, rubbing to extrems., very good plus in a very good d...

ONE'S COMPANY.

Fleming, Peter, · 1956

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Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1956, 1st in imprint, paperback, #1142, 255pp, paper wrappers illustrated in line, account of a journey made to Russia, Manchuria and China in 1933, slight spine roll, lightly rubbed at extrems., publishers price inked out bottom of upper wrapper...

THE FRANCO YEARS.

Yglesias, Jose, · 1977

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Bobbs-Merrill, New York, ND (c1977), 2nd printing, 274pp, maps at eps., quarter bound maroon cloth backed gilt with cream paper covered bds., top edge col'd, the untold human story of life under Spanish fascism, light bump at tail of spine, a few faint fox marks at fore-edge,...

THE HAPPY ISLAND.

Danielsson, Bengt (trans. F. H. Lyon), · 1952

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

George Allen and Unwin, London, 1952, 2nd imp., 256pp incl. iii ads., frontis and 14pp half tone photo ills., deep ochre cloth lettered in red, top edge col'd, by a member of the Kon-Tiki expedition who returned to the Pacific isle of Raroia and tells of the island and its pe...

THE LIFE AND WORKS OF RENOIR.

Anderson, Janice, · 1994

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Parragon Book Services Ltd., UK, 1994, 1st edn., 79pp, full colour ills. of 50 works, 8 x 8", laminated pictorial bds., matching dw, a selection of works and brief biography of the French impressionist, Auguste Renoir, dustwrapper: a little creased for length of upper hinge, ...

THE LIFE AND WORKS OF DEGAS.

Mannering, Douglas, · 1994

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Parragon Book Services Ltd., UK, 1994, 1st edn., 79pp, full colour ills. of 50 works, 8 x 8", laminated pictorial bds., matching dw, a selection of works and brief biography of the French impressionist, Edgar Degas, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at spine head, fine in a very go...