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Helwan and the Egyptian Desert. A Guide to the Health Resort of Egypt

MAY W Page ; SAYCE A H ; SCHWEINFURTH G · 1901

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

George Allen tidy green limp cloth boards with rounded corners, original chocolate endpapers, folding map present in publishers pocket at front, small square of paper affixed to fep otherwise excellent tidy near fine copy, xv 94 + 8pp adverts, with three maps and thirty-two ...

We Followed Our Stars

BURCHELL Mary (Ida Cook) · 1956

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Mills and Boon first Mills & Boon , very tidy book and wrapper, autobiography of an opera lover who followed her favourites across America and Europe, comments on her time in Nazi dominated Europe, friendships with famous opera singers, also her later life as a romance writer...

Philosopher Dick, Adventures and Contemplations of a New Zealand Shepherd

CHAMIER George · 1891

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

T Fisher Unwin heavy book may require extra postal charges, first edition, wine coloured cloth with decorative titling to upper board in black, corners lightly frayed and bumped, backstrip sunned to gold brown with gilt titling, DNZB states this was published anonymously but t...

The Vanity Fair Gallery, a Collector's Guide to the Caricatures

SAVORY Jerold J · 1979

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Art Alliance Press excellent condition, unclipped jacket with light wear to edges and joints, spine ends rubbed, faintly sunned spine, 209pp with b&w illustrations + colour plates, 13 chapters on various aspects of the Vanity Fair magazine satirical chromolithographic plate ca...

Siena, the City of the Virgin

BURCKHARDT Titus · 1960

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Oxford University Press tidy ex-library with cancellations and bookplate, head of spine pulled, shelf mark to spine in white ink, bottom edges of cloth rubbed to board, otherwise tidy copy, viii 126pp with colour photographic plates pasted onto text pages and B&W plates withi...

A Singular Man

DONLEAVY J P · 1964

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Bodley Head unclipped dust jacket with minimal edge wear or rubbing, short split at head of lower joint, minor chipping to top fore edge corners, minor pencil to fep, closed edges lightly foxed, 340pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Julia

STRAUB Peter · 1975

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Jonathan Cape very tidy in same unclipped DW, small strip of tape rust to fep but quite minor, top edge faintly dusted blue, authors second novel in it's first UK edition H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Ninth Holiday Book

BLYTON Enid · 1954

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Sampson Low green cloth spine, light salmon papered boards with gilt titling and design, light surface handling soiling to boards, pictorial endpapers, owner name and address in ball point to the revrse of the fep, generally tidy but the glue is weakening a little and the bind...

British Birds in Their Haunts

JOHNS C A Edited W B Alexander · 1948

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Routledge teal cloth with blind embossed falcon to upper board, gilt titled spine, unclipped DW some splits along the joints and folds, pasted colour plate to upper panel, small area of label lift hard to spot it, illustrated with 64 coloured plates and 251 figures, ' with a...

The Popular Handbook of British Birds

HOLLOM P A D · 1952

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Witherby Ltd very tidy brown paper (or cloth?) boards with gilt spine titling, top edge dusted plum, xxiii 424pp + plates, ' about 1,000 birds and over 200 eggs illustrated in colour', unclipped tan paper DW lightly rubbed to corners and spine ends, backstrip a bit darkened, s...

Welensky's 4000 Days (four thousand)

WELENSKY Roy · 1964

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Collins unclipped DW rubbed and worn to edges with short tears and light chipping, soiled, book is VG with minimal foxing to closed edges, map endpapers, 383pp + plates. The life and death of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland H First Edition Good London Very Good 8vo - ...

The Magus

FOWLES John · 1966

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Jonathan Cape spine leans, purple papered spine with hound's tooth boards, tail of spine rubbed and faded, some age browning to edges of boards, lacks fep, spine margin of half title some minor damage, some soiling to half title, top edge purple dusting faded and mottled, ligh...

The Real Lord Byron, the Story of the Poets Life

JEAFFRESON John Cordy

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Hurst and Blackett one volume standard library edition, undated, brown cloth gilt to upper board and spine, original endpapers, frontis and guard, xxxviii +498pp + 4pp publishers adds, some neat red underlining to intro, some age to closed edges, biography and study of the lif...

King Rat

CLAVELL James · 1963

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Michael Joseph inscription to fep, splits to spine end joints, corners bumped, foxed closed edges, small paint splash to bottom edge lower board H First Edition No Jacket London Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Dark Side of the Sun

PRATCHETT Terry · 1971

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New English Library First thus edition of an early Pratchett science fiction story. This was his second published work after 'The Carpet People' (1971] shows some age toning, light wear to covers First UK edition,158pp. S First Edition No Jacket Very Good

Return to Paradise (signed by author)

MICHENER James A · 1951

$195.00 (€176.92 | £147.60 | ¥31,129)

Random House cloth rubbed at spine ends and starting to fray, inscribed to fep 'Honolulu -1956- James A Michener', stated ELEVENTH PRINTING of Michener's second work, dust jacket has sunned spine with loss to both ends of spine, rubbed fore edges, head of front fold in flap ha...

Chinese Paintings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties 14th-20th Centuries

CAPON Edmund Editor · 1982

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

International Cultural Corporation of Australia white papered pictorial boards , minor bumping to spine ends, 208pp with full page and some full colour reproductions of pieces exhibited at the 'Treasures of the Forbidden City' exhibition, included is a brochure that accompanie...

Tales from a Fisherman's Log

GREY Zane · 1978

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Hodder first edition, unclipped DW light sunning to edges of covers and spine, one short 20mm tear to top edge of lower panel, 117pp with photographs, 3 stories from a diary Zane Grey kept during his second visit to New Zealand in 1927 to the Bay of Islands and Tongariro River...

The Book of Snobs and Sketches and Travels in London (vol XIV of The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray)

THACKERAY William Makepeace · 1889

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Smith Elder & Co green cloth with black tooling and gilt to spine, original coloured endpapers, book VG tidy copy, part 14 of the Works of William Makepeace Thackeray( in 26 vols) H No Jacket London Very Good William Makepeace Thackeray 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Maircleabair Cnuic Mellert Mount Melleray Album

Mount Melleray · 1920

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

John English and Co. this book has few publishing details given, I would guess probably circa 1920, blue yapped limp paper wraps with calligrahic design include coat of arms, faint pen name to top corner. 80pp of black and white photos and some text detailing the abbey and it...