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ALL ABOUT PIGS.
Anon., · 1970
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Farming Press (Books) Limited, Ipswich, 1970, 3rd edn., paperback, 360pp inc. 40pp ads., line drawings and diagrams in text, half tone photo pictorial wrappers, divided into sections on breeding, feeding, housing, management and veterinary the book is a collection of over 700...
THE ODDFELLOWS 1810 - 2010 - Two hundred years of making friends and helping people.
Weinbren, Daniel, · 2010
£19.00 (€22.77 | $25.10 | ¥4,008)
Carnegie, Lancaster, 2010, 1st edn., x, 371pp, half tone photo pictorial frontis, coloured and half tone ills in text., large format (9.5 x 6.5 inches approx.), blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, faint bump lower cnr. lower board, near fin...
THEIR TRADE IS TREACHERY.
Pincher, Chapman, · 1981
£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)
Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 1981, 1st edn., xii, 240pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, a little bumped at lower tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: faint creasing at lower cnrs., very good in a near fine dustwr...
DICTIONARY OF WORD ORIGINS.
Flavell, Linda and Roger, · 2006
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Kyle Cathie, London, 2006, 3rd imp., trade paperback, x, 277pp, coloured decorated wrappers, an explanation of the origin and development of over three hundred commonly used words, fine,
DICTIONARY OF PROVERBS and their origins.
Flavell, Linda and Roger, · 2006
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Kyle Cathie, London, 2006, 3rd imp., trade paperback, x, 273pp, coloured decorated wrappers, the origins and history of over four hundred proverbs tracing the changes in meaning and usage since their first use, with examples dating back two thousand years, fine,
DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS and their origins.
Flavell, Linda and Roger, · 2006
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Kyle Cathie, London, ND (circa 2006), 18th imp., trade paperback, viii, 216pp, coloured decorated wrappers, over four hundred idiomatic phrases tracing their source and history through chronological examples, fine,
DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH DOWN THE AGES.
Flavell, Linda and Roger, · 2006
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Kyle Cathie, London, 2006, 3rd imp., trade paperback, 316pp, coloured decorated wrappers, words and phrases born out of historical events great and small (originally published as The Chronology of Words and Phrases), fine,
CRACKS IN THE CLOISTER.
Brother Choleric, · 1956
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Sheed and Ward, London, 1956, 3rd imp., unpaginated [60pp], coloured and half tone ills. throughout, line drawings at endpapers, orange cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, the sardonic humour of Brother Choleric as he surveys his ecclesiastical world wit...
A HISTORY OF ORNITHOLOGY.
Bircham, Peter, · 2007
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
Collins, London, 2007, 1st edn., paperback, xii, 482pp, coloured and half tone ills., line drawings and diagrams in text, [ii] ads., coloured pictorial montage upper wrapper, in the New Naturalist Library series, published simultaneously with the hardback edition, lightly rub...
CARRIE'S WAR.
Bawden, Nina, · 2010
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Puffin, London, ND (circa 2010), 23rd imp. of the 1993 edn., trade paperback, [vi], 174pp, title and chapter head line drawings by Faith Jaques, [[vi] ads., coloured photo pictorial upper wrapper, in the Puffin Modern Classics series, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine,
WITH THESE HANDS - A Collection of Work.
Ayres, Pam, · 2011
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, ND (circa 2011), 5th imp. of new (2008) edition, [viii], 119pp, in text line drawings, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, autobiographical scenes from Pam Ayres life in prose and poetry, edges tanned, dustwrap...
THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS.
McWhirter, Norris and McWhirter, Ross (compiled by), · 1962
£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)
Guinness Superlatives, London, 1962, 10th edn., 292pp, [viii] Index, coloured pictorial frontis, half tone photo ills. in text, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), violet cloth lettered in gilt at spine and upper board, Guinness device in gilt upper board, pictorial monta...
WALT WHITMAN.
Whitman, Walt ( ed. and intro. by Ellma Crasnow), · 1996
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Everyman / Dent, London, ND (copyright 1996), trade paperback, xx, 101pp [i] ads., coloured pictorial upper wrapper by Diana Ong, lightly rubbed at tips, tiny gouge upper wrapper, edges tanned, very good plus,
R. S. THOMAS.
Thomas, R. S. (selected and ed. by Anthony Thwaite), · 1996
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Everyman / Dent, London, ND (copyright 1996), trade paperback, xii, 116pp, coloured pictorial upper wrapper by Paul Powis, lightly rubbed at tips, scratch and crease lower wrapper, edges tanned, very good,
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI.
Rossetti, Christina (selected and edited by Jan Marsh), · 1996
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Everyman / J. M. Dent, London, ND (copyright 1996), trade paperback, xx, 108pp, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, lightly rubbed at tips, snag top edge and several impressed marks upper wrapper, light crease upper hinge, edges tanned, ink name and number top edge title, good ...
COUNTRY COMETS.
Lewis, Cecil Day, · 1928
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Martin Hopkinson, London, 1928, 1st edn., x, 35pp, light green paper covered boards with white title panel lettered and decorated in black upper board, spine sunned, edges tanned and foxed, light foxing to title label and endpapers, no dustwrapper, very good,
COUNTRY COMETS.
Lewis, Cecil Day, · 1928
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Martin Hopkinson, London, 1928, 1st edn., x, 35pp, light green paper covered boards with white title panel lettered and decorated in black upper board, spine sunned, edges tanned and foxed, light foxing to title label and endpapers, no dustwrapper, very good,
LIFE IS A PLATFORM.
Levi, Peter, · 1971
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
Anvil Press Poetry, London, ND (copyright 1971), 52pp, magenta endpapers, blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at extrems., upper edge tanned, faint foxing fore-edge, dustwrapper: a little sunned at spine, very good plus in a near fine d...
DEATH IS A PULPIT.
Levi, Peter, · 1971
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Anvil Press Poetry, London, ND (copyright 1971), 38pp, dark olive endpapers, blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at extrems., upper edge tanned, small mark front pastedown, dustwrapper: a little sunned at spine, very good plus in a near...
ALWAYS ADAM.
Jennett, Seán, · 1943
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Faber and Faber, London, 1943, 1st edn., 64pp, orange cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, fore- and lower edges uncut, paper unspecified but appears to be handmade laid, edges a liitle dusty and tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, near fin...