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The Lost Pibroch / Jaunty Jock / Ayrshire Idylls

MUNRO Neil · 1948

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Blackwood vi 326pp light ageing, DW unclipped but faded from original blue to an off white, text has not faded just the paper stock colouring, minor chipping to corners, collection of three stories to do with Scotland and the Scots H reprint Very Good Edinburgh Very Good 12mo ...

Gambit International Theatre Review Volume 8 Number 29

CALDER John Editor · 1976

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Calder (500 gram rate) discussion by 12 playwrights/ 'Apricots' by Trevor Griffiths / 'Heroes of Labour' by Howard Baker / 'Reason' by Snoo Wilson / reviews of plays, books and opera, photo illustrated card wrappers, very good used copy, 108 +4pp S First Edition No Jacket Lon...

Death Reel

MACINNES Hamish · 1976

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Hodder book is tidy excepting pen name and date and remains of pencil to fep, price clipped DW has short edge tears and chipping to spine ends at folds and corners and one 30mm tear to bottom edge of front panel, murder thriller set in West Highlands of Scotland, authors firs...

The Twice-born Seed, a Poem of Aotearoa for Six Voices

TOVEY Gordon · 1976

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Caxton Press quality Caxton printing and binding, sewn sheets in blue cloth boards, DW unclipped with red text and decoration to cover, small minor faint offset blue marks to cover, spine titling faded to ochre, Book tidy, some minor rippling to some page edges from atmospheri...

The Cleaning of Paintings, Problems and Potentialities

RUHEMANN Helmut · 1969

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Faber price clipped DW otherwise tidy used copy, 508pp with many monochrome and some colour plates, by a professional art restorer, techniques and ethics of restoration H reprint Very Good London Very Good 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

Aapiskukko Nakoispainos

PENTTILA Aarni · 2003

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Gummerus small pen price top corner of fep , 2 label ghosts to upper board otherwise tidy with lightly dust soiled boards, reprint of 1938 first reader for Finnish children with colour illustrations by Alho, 128pp Finnish language H reprint No Jacket Very Good Asmo Alho 8vo -...

Nature Man and Society in the Twelfth Century; Essays on New Theological Perspectives in the Latin West

CHENU M. D. · 1968

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

University of Chicago Press spine creased and sunned otherwise tidy unmarked book, xxi 361pp essays on the religious climate in the educated world of the twelfth century, philosophy and theology H First Edition No Jacket Chicago Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Scandinavian Songs and Ballads, Modern Swedish, Danish and Norwegian Songs

AlLWOOD Martin S & Kurt Strid · 1957

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Anglo-american Centre 56pp stapled booklet in stiff card covers, has guitar accompaniments by Kurt Strid. A clean and tight copy with light creasing to corners and no inscription S Fourth No Jacket Mullsjo Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Gambit International Theatre Review Volume 4 Number 16

HAMMOND Jonathan Editor BECKETT Samuel · 1970

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Calder The first appearance in print of Becketts 'Breath', written for Keneth Tynans 'Oh Calcutta' and sent to him on a postcard which is here reproduced along with a commentary on the work by John Calder. photo illustrated card wrappers, very good used copy, 125pp S First Ed...

One Finger for God

JACKMAN Stuart B · 1957

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Independent Press unclipped DW wear to head of spine, one set of leaves (authors intro and contents misbound and loose otherwise VG, ix 189pp An unfortunate combination of title and cover art insinuates an unintentional insult to the almighty! The illustration is a hand with ...

Past & Present Journal of Historical Studies Number 87 May 1980

ASTON T H Editor · 1980

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

The Past and Present Society slightly soiled wraps otherwise tidy, 3 works on Joseph Needham; "Chinese Scientific Philosophy' and some Chinese attitudes towards knowledge about the realm of heaven and earth by W J Peterson; Joseph Needham's work in the area of Chinese mathemat...

Lucie Atwells Bumper Book of Fun

ATWELL Lucie · 1973

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Dean & Son excellent copy excepting small rubbed split at head of spine joints ( longest is 25mm) and three painting pages very neatly painted in, so neat you could almost miss that they were not printed that way, closed edges age browned, 125pp H reprint No Jacket London Very...

The Listener

BLACKWOOD Algernon · 1916

$350.00 (€317.55 | £264.92 | ¥55,873)

Nash first reprint of the Uniform edition, blue cloth with dark blue titling, light edge rubbing, closed edges some foxing, faint browning to endpapers, light foxing to prelims, fore edges of a few pages a little roughened where opened, but all edges have been machine trimmed...

My Father Personal and Spiritual Reminiscences

STEAD Estelle · 1880

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Thomas Nelson red cloth faded to tan at spine, name to fep, browned endpapers, card photograph tipped onto verso of title, I think this has been cut from the original DW, shows a portrait of a bearded man, x 378pp Biography of spiritualist William Thomas Stead by his daughte...

Tales of an Empty Cabin

Grey Owl (Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin / Archibald Stansfeld Belaney ) · 1938

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Peter Davies very tidy but lacks DW, ink inscription to fep, a little age browning, xvi 335pp + plates "It tells the epic story of the great North Land, of the men, both Indian and white, who have given it its history, of the animal world who live and have their being in it, a...

Lieder Ohne Worte for the Pianoforte

MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY Felix · 1900

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Novello red cloth with black and gilt decorative titling, rubbed and frayed to spine ends and corners, ink names and bookseller rubber stamp to fep, bookseller rubber stamp to title and index, 155pp + adverts at rear all edges gilt, one folded leaf at rear is loosening, at bot...

Fencing Tactics (The Sportsmans Library)

NOBBS Percy E · 1936

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Philip Allan sunfaded spine, light soiling to cloth, dusty or slightly foxed closed edges, rear paste down browned, lacks DW otherwise tidy, 250 pp with diagrams, fencing technique and strategy by 1908 Olympics foil Medallist with a chapter on the evolution and history of fen...

Advice to Young Men and (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle & Higher Ranks of Life in a Series of Letters Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen or a Subject

COBBETT William · 1926

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Peter Davies first thus edition VG in green boards with green cloth spine, slightly rubbed at top and tail of spine, IFE 'A R Crawfrod 1952 York' xv 335pp laid paper untrimmed edges. Nineteenth century advice to young men and women from a noted social reformer and economist ...

Death of a Skin-Diver

JAY Simon · 1964

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Collins faint sunning top and bottom edges light foxing closed edges, lacks DW author's first book, set in Auckland's Waitemata Harbour H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The Ravens Flight

BOUCHER Alan · 1964

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Constable ex-library, unclipped DW would be VG but has small rectangle cut out from top right corner of rear panel, and some tape residue to fold in flaps where taped to paste downs, under a plastic sleeve, endpapers have tape stains, ex-library marks to some pages, decorated ...