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The Chrysanthemum Growers Treasury

MACSELF A J · 1946

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Collingridge green cloth, 212pp + plates. DW edge wear some short tears, chipping and one larger tear to rear panel. , price clipped. bookseller label to paste down. full range of info, many line drawings in text. propagation etc. H revised Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7?...

The New Chrysanthemum Treasury

GODDARD J H · 1951

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Collingridge red cloth gilt titling. 262pp + colour and b&w plates. DW has a repaired closed tear where bottom half of cover has been detached as well as piece at tail of spine, some paper reinforcing to reverse, rubbed edges , not too unattractive. British work with full in...

The Metaphysics of Rumi, a critical and historical sketch

HAKIM .Khalifa Abdul · 1959

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Institute Islamic Culture quarter cloth printed boards , name and booksellers stamp to fep. third impression of 1000 copies. 157pp . DW has chipping and loss along the spine and edges, generally complete though. chapters include; nature of the soul (transcendental self) / pr...

History of the Conquest of Peru with a preliminary view of the Civilization of the Incas

PRESCOTT William H edited John Foster Kirk

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

George Routledge red cloth rubbed and sunned lightly, gilt titled. xxi+ 459pp +302pp of Biographical and Critical miscellanies, undated, foxing to prelims and page edges, front hinge cracked, front paste down creased when bound. frontis. Biographical and Critical miscella...

A Sparrow Falls

SMITH Wilbur · 1978

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Doubleday black cloth spine titled gold, cream paper boards, 587pp fore edges untrimmed, bottom edge speckled with red ink (lightly) this seems to be a flaw. DW not clipped with [ A S F | $10,95] at top corner, DW edge wear with some crease lines showing as white on the black...

The Late Mrs D.

WAUGH Hillary · 1962

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Gollancz Gollancz house yellow paper DW has short tears at the corners and along the folds at the corners, head is chipped lacking the title but not the author's name, tail minor chipping, a little surface soiling, not too bad. Book VG blank leaf between fep and half-title ...

The Banishing of Billy Bunter

RICHARDS Frank · 1956

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Charles Skilton red papered boards titled in black on cover and spine. apart from some foxing to the top edge VG. DW complete and unclipped, small tear along fold at top corner of spine and one at bottom corner of spine too. 223pp+frontis small booksellers inkstamp foot o...

Billy Bunter and the Blue Mauritius

RICHARDS Frank · 1952

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Charles Skilton (500 gram rate) green papered boards titled in black on cover and spine. apart from some foxing to the page edges VG. DW complete and unclipped, spine sunned but title still bright, small tear along fold at top corner of spine 238pp+2pp+frontis some newspaper...

The Seventh Sword

COLLINS Andrew · 1991

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

Century Scarce book, first edition. 484pp + plates, DW not price clipped. "In 1979 the author and a psychic colleague went to a secluded pool in the heart of England. Under the cover of darkness they unearthed a sword bearing Mary Queen of Scot's personal monogram and an ...

The Waste Land a facsimile and transcript of the original drafts including the annotations of Ezra Pound

ELIOT T S edited Valerie Eliot · 1990

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Faber sewn binding decorated card soft covers.149pp + blanks at rear. ink initial to fep, includes the text of the first (1922) edition plus manuscript facsimiles and intro etc. S reprint No Jacket London Very Good 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

New Rambles in Bookland

WILSON Charles · 1923

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

Whitcombe and Tombs cloth with title labels to cover and spine, the spine one has been scuffed with some chipping. rubricated TP, author was chief librarian at New Zealand parliament library and advisory director of the Alexander Turnbull library. 146pp anecdotes and remin...

The Faith and Practise of Al-Ghazali

WATT W Montgomery · 1970

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Allen & Unwin Fourth impression, prce clipped DW, name to fep, 155pp + adverts. contents; translators note / intro / Deliverance from error and attachment to the lord of might and majesty / The beginning of guidance H reprint Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

The Passionate Rebel

SLAUGHTER Frank G · 1979

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Hutchinson pink papered sewn proof copy 317pp blurb on first page reads TH PASSIONAT R B L . "Uncorrected proof copy on proofing paper and the property of the publisher and not for sale" on the cover VG copy S First Edition No Jacket London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall...

The 13 Clocks

THURBER James · 1950

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Simon and Schuster eleventh impression. quarter yellow cloth over blue papered boards with dec. book very clean, tight and tidy. DW front fold in flap clipped diagonally at top and bottom, rubbing and edge wear short tears at spine ends and one to top edge of rear panel and o...

The Horned Moon an account of a journey through Pakistan, Kashmir and Afghanistan

STEPHENS Ian · 1953

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Chatto & Windus green cloth gilt spine. no DW, 6 line ink inscription to fep. otherwise nice tidy copy, 288pp + plates in colour and b&w and maps. From India to Sind, Punjab, Kashmir and Pathan lands. The author flew over much of the area he is writing about. H First Edition...

Far Eastern Sex Life an anthropological, ethnological and sociological study of the oriental peoples

SCOTT George Ryley · 1953

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Gerald G Swan book VG, top edge dusty, DW has chipping to spine ends and corners and a little pasted paper repair at foot of spine (on underside) , piece chipped from top of rear panel not affecting text. generally still intact and complete. Cheaper printing. 198pp +2pp advert...

Sexual life in ancient Greece

LICHT Hans · 1952

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Routledge red cloth gilt titled. 557pp +32 plates, frontis nearly detached, top edge a little dusty otherwise nice tight copy. covers all aspects of sexuality in the ancient greek and hellenic world. H reprint No Jacket London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Shadows on the Down and other poems

NOYES Alfred

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Hutchinson red cloth.a bit dusty top edge no date , war era standards, 127pp DW chipping to top and bottom of spine, top corner of rear panel missing piece 65mm across and 25mm down. DW not price clipped. H First Edition Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Practical fishing for the so called coarse Fishes

MARTIN J W (The Trent Otter) · 1906

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Pearson Practical fishing for the so called coarse fishes"...a complete guide to every branch of float-fishing, legering, spinning, trolling, and line baiting on river , lake and stream. "yellow cloth titled and decorated in black to covers and spine, lower board has advertisi...

The Sign of The Stranger

LE QUEUX William · 1904

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

George Bell red cloth blind titled cover, spine a littlesunned/soiled, gilt to spine and blind dec. blind publishers device lower board. blind border to both boards. top and bottom edges of spine rubbed and just starting to fray. fep has had an ink name rubbed out taking a bi...