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The Rationalist Annual 1946

WATTS Frederick (Bertrand Russell, C E M Joad, J B S Haldane, Julian S Huxley) · 1946

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Watts & Co The Twilight of the Church A GOWANS WHYTE Mind and matter in modern science BERTRAND RUSSELL Thomas Holcroft and Others MARJORIE BOWEN Time and Eternity J B S HALDANE Anthropology and the future of civilization Lord RAGLAN Rationalism and the younger generation A D ...

The Rationalist Annual 1948

WATTS Frederick ( JBS Haldane) · 1948

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Watts & Co Some aspects of existentialism A J AYER Modern physics and philosophy M DAVIDSON True Truth R CRAWSHAY-WILLIAMS Freedom as a social quality LEONARD BARNES Probability science and superstition A E HEATH Religion in a changing world R E MONEY-KYRLE Magic and Witchcraf...

Escape from Hell, The Sandakan Story

WALLACE Walter · 1958

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Robert Hale unclipped DW has some short edge splits and light rubbing to edges and joints, minor splits or chips at spine ends, 175pp + frontis portrait, British soldier escapes Japanese POW camp in Borneo and becomes a successful guerilla fighter, true story war biography H ...

The Novels of Charles Dickens, a Bibliography and Sketch

KITTON F G · 1897

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Elliot Stock bevelled olive cloth boards with gilt titling and a gilt medallion with an owl, minimal rubbing to proud edges, original decorative endpapers, old ink inscription to fep 'Frederick W Gale | Christchurch NZ | May 1898', tissue guarded frontis, ix + (i) 245pp + pla...

On the Problem of War and Peace

Foreign Languages Publishing House · 1964

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Foreign Languages Publishing House paper wrappers, 135pp Communist propaganda from Vietnam 1- problem of war and peace, 2- some viewpoints on war and peace, 3- man and weapons, 4- the correct road to defend world peace S reprint No Jacket Hanoi Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Letters to Malcolm, Chiefly on Prayer

LEWIS C S · 1964

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Bles price clipped DW lightly darkened to spine, small chip head of lower joint, short tear head of lower fore edge fold, book top edge black and near fine condition, 159pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Wyatt and the Moresby Legacy

GETHIN David · 1983

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Gollancz near fine book and DW, unclipped, odd bit of minimal foxing to feps, 178pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

A Boy in the Peninsula War, the Services, Adventures and Experiences of Robert Blakeney Subaltern in the 28th Regiment

BLAKENEY Robert · 1899

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

John Murray red cloth with raised gilt device of the 28th regiment, a little bumped and rubbed at edges, spine rubbed and sunned, corners frayed, ex-library slip pasted to paste down andfep, stamps to front endpapers and title page, half title soiled and with small hole abrade...

Richard Doyle's Journal 1840

DOYLE Richard & WHEELER Christopher · 1980

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John Bartholomew DW light rub to fore edge fold, faint spine fade still NF, 156pp illustrated throughout with caricatures and sketches, a journal kept in Victorian London by a 15 year old later famed as a Punch illustrator, good insight into the contemporary scene, H First Edi...

Getting to Know the General

GREENE Graham · 1984

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Bodley Head unclipped DW has fade to the red G of Graham at the base of the cover, and the title panel to the spine is faded from green to grey otherwise near fine, memoir of Greens acquaintance with General Omar Torrijos of Panama H First Edition Very Good London Fine 8vo - o...

Never Come Morning

ALGREN Nelson · 1958

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Neville Spearman unclipped DW has some soiling to the blank white rear panel, some insect damage to the fore edge folds and head of the front fold in flap, small split head of spine folds, a small closed tear or slash mark to backstrip with a few tiny insect damage holes, ge...

Owls Do Cry

FRAME Janet · 1958

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Pegasus June 1958 second edition, cloth slightly soiled or stained, no inscriptions or marks etc to the text, fep offset toned from DW flaps. DW is G+ rubbed along flap folds, chipped bottom corner, not price clipped , top of spine strip chipped with minor loss, some insect d...

Martie and Others in Rhodesia

MACDONALD Sheila · 1927

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Cassell cloth with quite a lot of surface insect damage where the cloth has been nibbled back to the board on the upper and lower boards but not the spine, one plate loose otherwise internally VG, foxing to closed edges, early twentieth century Rhodesia prosperous and peaceful...

Cornelius on Holidays

FLYNN Mary · 1945

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Talbot Press scarce first edition, shows wear to covers as rubbed edges and curled corners, small faint ink splash to lower board, fep missing, some light scattered foxing, 120pp coloured line illustrations throughout, anthropomorphic animals on holiday H First Edition No Jack...

Unknown Tribes Uncharted Seas

RICHMOND BROWN Lady · 1924

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Duckworth second impression, cloth rubbed and faded to spine, tail torn with large chip missing, endpapers browned, otherwise tidy copy with light foxing mainly to prelims and closed edges, xvi 268pp + plates, much anthropological information on the native Indians of South Am...

The Gunmen of Gozo

DAVIS Howard Charles · 1970

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

John Long unclipped DW has surface rubbing, boards have bumped corners and a few small bruises to top edges, pen price to fep, otherwise tidy, 182pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

When Rogues fall Out

FREEMAN R Austin · 1936

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Hodder red blind embossed boards, top edge red, spine sunned, small ink number to paste down, small name stamp to fep and half title, list of titles has a few pencil ticks to it, some minor spots of foxing to margins or closed edges, quite tight and attractive, third printing...

Know Your Waterways, Holidays on Inland Waterways

AICKMAN Robert · 1960

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Coram DW unclipped with some short edge tears and a small repaired tear at top corner, 120 +2pp adverts, includes adverts within the text as well as maps and photographs, marker ribbon with an advertising bookmark attached, sewn sheets , glossy paper, guidebook for narrow boa...

Rock Climbing in Wales

JAMES Ron · 1982

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Constable 265pp with b&w photos of crags and route maps, handy pocket size H third edition Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Death at the Dolphin ( Signed by Author )

MARSH Ngaio · 1967

$350.00 (€317.55 | £264.92 | ¥55,873)

Collins SCARCE signed by Ngaio to title page with just her name, most signed copies by Ngaio were presentations with the recipients name, book is tidy but has very minor chip to bottom front corner of board, and a 2mm tear to bottom edge of fep, DW is price clipped, lightly fa...