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Squash Rackets.

GILES, J.H. · 1961

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Nicholas Kaye, 1961. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. B/W photos & illus. Some faint spotting to feps, o/wise good condition in dj. Covers basic squash technique, equipment & courts, court etiquette, players past & present, common errors & their correction, tactics, organ...

Zaccaria Seriman: The Viaggi di Enrico Wanton. A Contribution to the Study of the Enlightenment in Italy.

WHITE, D. Maxwell. · 1961

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Manchester University Press, 1961. 1st edition. Hardcover. Frontis. B/W plates. Condition vg in dj. Closely examines the Viaggi di Enrico Wanton & its satirical content, & outlines the life of Seriman & his forebears. 156pp.

Wissenschaft fur den Markt. Die Geschichte des forschenden Unternehmens Boehringer Mannheim.

FISCHER, Ernst Peter. · 1991

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Piper, 1991. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. Col. photos. Looks at the company Boehringer Mannheim from its beginnings in the nineteenth century to its growth as a chemical & pharmacological company in the twentieth. 479pp.

The World of Placido Domingo.

SNOWMAN, Daniel. · 1985

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The Bodley Head, 1985. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. B/W plates. A few tears to now protected dj. O/wise good. 298pp.

Murder in Moscow.

GARVE, Andrew. · 1951

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The Crime Club, Collins, n.d. (1951). 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Good in 21st anniversary of the Crime Club dust wrapper. 188pp.

Like Men Betrayed.

MORTIMER, John. · 1953

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Collin's, 1953. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Good cond. in dj. Back cover of dj lightly foxed. 255pp.

Escape and be Secret.

GIBBS-SMITH, Charles. · 1957

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Heinemann, 1957. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good condition in slightly worn dj. The wrapper is amazing! 276pp.

Dark Wanton.

CHEYNEY, Peter. · 1949

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Collins, 1949. 1st Australian edition. Hardcover. Small tear to top of spine of dj, o/wise condition good. 192pp.

Nothing So Strange.

HILTON, James. · 1948

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Macmillan, 1948. 1st Australian Edition. Hardcover. A few small tears to dj, o/wise condition good. 315pp.

The Central American Security System. North-South or East-West?

CALVERT, Peter ed. · 1988

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Cambridge University Press, 1988. Hardcover. Focuses on the concept of security in Central America & the Caribbean, & on perceptions of by states in the region of the rival claims of political independence, economic well-being, national security & regional stability. Specific ...

Der Erwahlte Roman.

MANN, Thomas. · 1951

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S. Fischer, 1951. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good condition. Spine of dj a little chipped at ends. A little wear to top of spine. Tape-marks to inside flaps of dj. 322pp.

The Hen's House. A Novel.

ISRAEL, Peter. · 1967

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Andre Deutsch, 1967. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Condition very good. 255pp.

Chums Annual 1937-38.

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Amalgamated Press. Hardcover. 4to. Decorated covers. Col. frontis. Col. plates. B/W photos & illus. Stains/marks to back & front covers. A few pages foxed. 412pp.

The Autobiography of a Mind.

DAWSON, W. J. · 1925

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The Bodley Head, 1925. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Frontis. Condition very good. The autobiography of the American writer. 341pp.

Geschichte Der Deutschen Literatur von den alten Zeiten bis zur Gegenwart.

VOGT, Prof Dr Friedrich & KOCH, Prof Dr Max. · 1926

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Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig, 1926. 4th edition. Hardcover. 3 vols. Col. plates. B/W plates. 16 gilt-touched plates. With protective inserts. Fold-out pages. Facs. of letters. Marbled endpapers. In gothic German. Decorated spines. Fine. An in-depth examination of the hi...

Midshipman Bolitho and the Avenger.

KENT, Alexander. · 1978

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Putnam, 1978. 1st US edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dj. 144pp.

The Right Hand.

VIDAL, Nicole. HARWOOD, Johanna trans. · 1968

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Andre Deutsch, 1968. 1st English ed. Hardcover. Fine in dj. 317pp.

The Breath of Life. Selected Poems.

ROSENBLATT, Binem Pesach. · 1961

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Wattle Books, 1961. Hardcover. Limited edition of 1000 copies. This copy is not numbered. Inscribed by the author. Poetry in English & Yiddish. B/W plate. Condition vg. 95pp.

An Algebra of Soviet Power. Elite Circulation in the Belorussian Republic, 1966 - 1986.

URBAN, Michael E. · 1989

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Cambridge University Press, 1989. Hardcover. Condition good in dj. Pages a little browned. Introduces into the field of political elite studies the sociological technique of vacancy chain analysis. Argues that regionalism has played an important, and patronage, the decisive, r...

The Hidden Balance. Religion & the Social Theories of Charles Chauncy & Jonathan Mayhew.

CORRIGAN, John. · 1987

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Cambridge University Press, 1987. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. Argues that Chauncy & Mayhew produced a complex but coherent body of ideas, & that these ideas were organized closely & self-consciously around the principle of "balance". Concludes that although they believed th...