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British Bluejacket 1915-1940 a Social Study of the Royal Navy

EDWARDS A Trystan · 1940

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Simpkin Marshall pictorial papered card covers, 170pp very tidy some rubbing to edges etc, "This book is a tribute to the race of Bluejackets by one who, in both war and peace, has shared their life and has come to know them intimately" H First Edition No Jacket London Very Go...

The Principles of Religious Ceremonial

FRERE Walter Howard · 1906

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Longmans navy cloth blind dec boards, gilt spine, light rubbing to corners, light fraying to head of spine, light fading to spine edge of boards, front free flyleaf removed, part of the Oxfrord Library of Practical Theology, xii 324pp + 4pp adverts, top edge red, marker rib...

Good evening!

SWING Raymond 'gram' · 1964

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Bodley Head tidy unclipped DW with minimal light surface soiling or edge rubbing, actually near fine book and wrapper, autobiography of a veteran journalist who was Berlin correspondent during First World War and a first hand witness to British- Turkish conflict in the Dardane...

Shanti Sena

VINOBA Translated Marjorie Sykes · 1963

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Sarva Seva Sangh ex metaphysicqal library, sewn sheets in printed wrappers which are contact sealed, some library marking etc, 163pp, second printing completing 7000 copies, introduction and handbook for the Shanti Sena Indian Peace Army movement S Second Edition No Jacket Var...

The New Art of Love, an Instructive Guide for Those Seeking Happiness

SCOTT George Ryley · 1966

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Luxor 42nd thousandth revised and enlarged printing of this rare Luxor gem, green card covers with publishers lamination intact, small split base of lower joint, minor foxing to closed edges otherwise very tidy copy, 128pp S reprint No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - ...

Release Your Voice and Find Your Personality

HELLIER Marjorie · 1963

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Elliot's Right Way Books excellent tidy copy, shows browned feps, unclipped DW light spine fade, 124pp + 4pp adverts, one blank page has some minor fingermarks, speech training for all professions and walks of life, mainly elocution and correct breathing etc H reprint Very Go...

Mind Games the guide to inner Space

MASTERS R E L & Jean Houston · 1973

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Turnstone Press unclipped DW light edge wear, owners details to front and rear feps, 246pp Pathworking and guided visualisation first UK edition, H First Edition Very Good Wellingborough Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Humour on the Rail / Humor on the Rail

AYE John · 1931

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Universal Press very tidy, aged paper stock unclipped unfaded DW slighlty browned to the white text on the spine, minor nicks to edges, a little foxing to rear panel, owners name stamp to title (unobtrusive), 157pp with preface by Ian Hay, introduction by Sir Josiah Stamp Cha...

Re-Incarnation the Universal Religion of the Twentieth Century

JOYCE Alexander · 1910

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Gordon & Gotch printed paper wrappers over sewn sheets, browned to spine with minor chipping, author's (?) address stamp to title, second edition after 1900 first printing which was only 40pp, introduction states 3000c of the first edition were distributed in Canterbury (New ...

Mountain Madness

FORTESCUE Winifred · 1943

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

William Blackwood inscription to fep otherwise very tidy, 176pp + plates, reminiscences of an alpine mountain holiday in the pre war days H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The Missing Body

DANIEL Roland · 1961

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Wright and Brown ex lending library with stamps and pen jottings to rpelims and title etc, solid reading copy with a VG price clipped DW under a plastic sleeve, tape to boards from holding the DW sleeve on, rare DW H First Edition Very Good London Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall...

Summerhills

STEVENSON D E · 1956

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Collins top corner of upperboard minor old damp mark, DW price clipped and with faint dried tape oxide to the fold in flap edges, otherwise very tidy DW and book, 255pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Other Sheep, a Study of the Peoples of India, with Particular Reference to the Collision Between Chrsitianity and Hinduism

BEGBIE Harold · 1920

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Hodder green cloth, gilt titled spine, light rubbing, name stamp to fep, xii 344pp, an antipathetic account of the superstitions of Hinduism and Buddhism as contrasted to the missionaries purpose in India, author was a missionary, probably dates to about 1920 H First Editio...

Running

STAMPFL Franz Foreword Roger Bannister · 1960

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Four Square light cover wear and sunning, 8 leaves of plates loose at centre and unsure if any missing, 159pp first paperback edition, a text book on training and tactics by the coach of Roger Bannister, Chataway and Brasher, S First Edition No Jacket London Good 16mo - over ...

Figures in a Wessex Landscape, Thomas Hardy's Picture of English Country Life

HARDY Thomas Edited Joanna Cullen Brown · 1988

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Allison & Busby DW spine lightly sunned, otherwise excellent copy, 344pp + plates by Henry Moule and photos in the text. H reprint Very Good London Very Good Henry Moule 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

Strong Meat

SAYERS Dorothy L · 1939

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Hodder sewn sheets in card covers with french flaps, minor foxing, name to fep and three digit number to front fold in flap, errata slip at first text page and an anotation made as per the errata, 44pp, scarce booklet on christian religion by Sayers in its first printing S Fi...

Air Photo Reading

WAR OFFICE · 1965

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Her Majestys Stationery Office DW price clipped with minor edge splits at joints, name to head of title page ( first page), 69pp + folding chart, plates througout, how to read and interpret aerial reconnaissance photographs H reprint Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? -...

The War in Pictures ; First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Year

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$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Odhams Press Limited (5000 GRAM RATE OR MORE) Second World War World War Two Pictorial Illustrated Photographic Encyclopedia History Chronological, six volumes in red leatherette with blind embossed military designs to covers, one vol per year of the war, heavily illustrated...

Women on Women; Twelve Photographic Portfolios

HOLABIRD Katherine Editor ( Deborah Turbeville Karin Szekessy Alice Springs Sacha Marcia Resnick Christa Peters Sarah Moon Linda Benedict-Jones Irina Ionesco Jo Allison Feiler Shirley Beljon Caroline Arber) · 1978

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Aurum Press white boards with grey text, DW unclipped but rubbed to spine ends and corners, short tear at head of spine taped on the reverse, approx 120pp b&w , sepia and colour photography of women by women photographers, art photography including nudes and collages etc, su...

Amerika

KAFKA Franz · 1940

$195.00 (€176.92 | £147.60 | ¥31,129)

New Directions blue cloth lightly rubbed or browned to backstrip, paper title label intact and tidy, cloth slightly dut soiled over time, translated by Edwin Muir, preface Klaus Mann, afterword Max Brod, illustrations in line by Emlen Etting xviii 299pp H First Edition No Jac...