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Peace Comes to Sainte Monique

LISTER Stephen · 1947

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Peter Davies light spine lean, dated inscription to fep, DW unclipped but rubbed to edges and joints with some edge and corner chipping, 250pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Lost World of the Kalahari

VAN DER POST Laurens · 1958

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Hogarth Press tidy, short pen inscription to paste down, dust jacket unclipped and tidy, lamination just starting to peel at edges with small bit chipped off at top corner unaffecting the jacket design, 256pp author lived with the Kalahari Bushmen while making a TV documentary...

The Journeying Boy

INNES Michael (J I M Stewart) · 1949

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Victor Gollancz slight spine lean, light rubbing to extremities, small green ink VALE to fep otherwise tidy used copy of the first edition, lacks DW 325pp H First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Jealous One

FREMLIN Celia · 1965

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Victor Gollancz red papered boards, minor tape residue at top and bottom of boards from where DW sleeve was taped down, minor tape rust to fep and paste down, short edge tear top of fep, library cancel stamps to fep and title, pen code to copyright page, one internal library...

Prisoner's Base

FREMLIN Celia · 1967

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Victor Gollancz red papered boards, minor tape residue at top and bottom of boards from where DW sleeve was taped down, top part of hinge between paste down and fep glued near the hinge, minor tape rust to fep and paste down, light corner creasing to half title and title, l...

Mr Punch Goes Motoring ( the New Punch Library XI)

PUNCH · 1935

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

The Educational Book Company Ltd embossed pebbled blue leatherette cloth with gilt spine, light rubbing to corners, light spine lean, minor foxing to endpapers, pencil inscription dated 1935 to fep, 240pp with 283 line cartoon style illustrations with humourous captions and a...

This England 1940

PRITCHETT V S · 1940

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New Statesman and Nation originally published as stapled wrappers this has been sewn into a cloth spine strip glued to the covers at the spine edge, otherwise very tidy copy with a some foxing mainly to the rear wrapper, stunning red, blue and black cover design by Low, 80pp...

Blue Baccy

COOKSON Catherine · 1974

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

MacDonald second impression, ex-library with tape residue to boards, stamps to endpapers up to the copyright page, cancelled stamp to final page of text, rear endpapers with library slips and pockets, unclipped DW is tidy under a plastic sleeve, with no library markings to it...

Worth While Journey

DIGGELEN Tromp Van · 1955

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Heinemann light rubbing and chipping to extreme edges of DW at spine and corners, unclipped,256pp + plates, autobiography of an astonishing Dutch migrant to South Africa, famed as a prospector, big game hunter, fisherman, wrestler, friend and competitor of Eugen Sandow and Geo...

The Wine of Roman Babylon

WALSH Mary E · 1945

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

The Southern Publishing Association spine ends rubbed, split at head of upper joint, inscription to paste down, 223pp + plates, a Catholic who after studying the scriptures abjured the faith and writes her reasons against the Catholic Church here, maybe a Southern Baptist? she...

Personal Living an Introduction to Paul Tournier

PEASTON Monroe · 1972

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Harper & Row signed presentation copy from author dated August 1972 Montreal but not to any specific person, presentation inscription on blank facing title, authors signature to head of title, DW has short tears at head and tail of spine folds, rubbed corners and the laminat...

Essays in Zen Buddhism (third Series)

SUZUKI Daisetz Teitaro · 1953

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Rider brown buckram with light surface rubbing, dulled spine titling, pencil initial to fep, part of the Complete Works of D T Suzuki, 367pp + plates and frontis, traces the relationship between Zen and the Mahayana sutras 'Gandavyuha' and 'Prajnaparamita' H First Edition...

The Perfume of Egypt and Other Weird Stories

LEADBEATER C W · 1967

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Theosophical Publishing House blue cloth titled black, name and address to fep, top corner fep clipped, small watermark top margin of two leaves (pp 1-4) vi 265pp strange tales claimed to be fact by Leadbeater in his preface, includes some based in Egypt and India, H reprint ...

Mars; the War Lord

LEO Alan · 1915

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Modern Astrology / Fowler papered boards decorated with image of Mars with spear , helm and shield, label lift to top corner, tape stains at left edge where tape had held on the backstrip, backstrip is missing, internally VG tight and tidy, an astrological study of Mars in r...

Hypnotism and Suggestion in Daily Life, Education and Medical Practice

HOLLANDER Bernard · 1910

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Pitman red cloth sunned to spine and with rubbed spine ends, gilt titled cover and spine, mild foxing throughout but heavier at prelims, some scattered and minor pencil underlining, pencil name to fep, viii 295pp + 1 +24pp Pitmans Catalogue, covers all aspects of thought con...

Understanding Ourselves

MACAULEY Mary · 1962

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Iona Adult Education Centre top of fep clipped off otherwise VG with light bruising to corners, a 'new age' tinged treatment of the various emotional and psychological aspects of human life and well-being, chapters include 'the laws of life / adam and eve / marriage / childhoo...

Knights of the Solar Cross, Messages from Outer Space

BENDER Hildegard E · 1968

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Regency press purple boards, lacks dust jacket, two pages have heavy pen underlining, two others minor margin notes, 97pp, references to Oahspe Kosmon bible, a record of channelled teaching about earth changes and vibrations etc from spirits from various planetary bodies, auth...

Tree Surgery a Complete Guide

BRIDGEMAN P H · 1977

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

David & Charles DW some rubbing or fading, formner owners rubber stamp to fep, 144pp illustrated with b&w photos, H reprint Very Good London Very Good 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

The Letters of Tsar Nicholas and Empress Marie Being the Confidential Correspondence Between Nicholas II, Last of the Tsars, and His Mother, Dowager Empress Maria Federovna

BING Edward J & R H Bruce LOCKHART · 1937

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

Ivor Nicholson and Watson dust jacket is lightly soiled and rubbed, has a rubber date stamp to foot [28 DEC 1937] and also a small red marker price at top left corner, two small gouges from the blank lower panel, BOOK very tidy, dust soiled closed fore edge, red dusted top edg...

The Keeper of the Bed, a Study of the Eunuch

HUMANA Charles · 1973

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Arlington Books DW minor rubbing, price clipped, 202pp + plates (some photographic) 2 are offset and blurred but still understandable, covers all aspects of eastern and western castration, political, sexual and religious H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7?...