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The Prisoner in the Mask

WHEATLEY Dennis · 1963

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Hutchinson First edition in the Lymington Edition, black papered boards, pictorial endpapers. VG . DW price clipped and with some rubbing to edges and folds, some small nicks along top edge, 383pp A Duke de Richleau story set in 1890s France amidst the Dreyfus case scandal. H ...

The Antarctic Problem an Historical and Political Study

CHRISTIE E W Hunter · 1951

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

George Allen Unwin lacks DW, stamps to all prelims upto and including title, library rules plate to fep facing half title which has small strip of paper where a slip was laid in, rear hinge weakening, joints rubbed, shelf mark to backstrip, spine ends starting to fray slightl...

Rudolf Steiner Education the Waldorf Impulse

EDMUNDS L Francis · 1962

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Rudolf Steiner Press 103pp lamination to wrappers starting at corners, revised and enlarged edition. S revised No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Molding a Mighty Grip

JOWETT George F · 1930

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

The Jowett Institute of Physical Culture Stiff Paper Wrapper, rubber stamp from Australian branch of Jowett Institute to inside cover, small area label lift top corner of cover. (ii) 32 +2pp advert/coupon. practical advice for 'strongman' development via methods such as barre...

The Nature of Man Studies in Optimistic Philosophy

METCHNIKOFF Elie Trsl CHALMERS MITCHELL · 1906

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Heinemann name in ink dated 1909 to title, light wear to joints, minor soiling to cloth xviii 309pp Philosophical thoughts on biology, nature, medicine, science and humanity. H reprint No Jacket London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Chivalry and the Wounded, the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem (1014-1914)

TENISON E M · 1914

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

L Upcott Gill & Son slate blue-gray papered boards with title label to cover and spine, corners bumped and rubbed back to the board, spine ends worn, backstrip soiled, small rubber name stamp to fep, dedic and foreword, also to pp 11, foxing to closed edges and margins, 108p...

Dress Her In Indigo

MACDONALD John D. · 1971

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Robert Hale price clipped DW otherwise VG with minor lamination peeling at ends of spine, no longer present tape has left two faint rust marks to each paste down, very faint offset browning to rear fep, library marking to paste down and fep, fep has tape stain and 'Please do n...

The Christopher Robin Verses, Being 'when We Were Very young' and 'now We are six' with a Preface for Parents

MILNE A A · 1946

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Methuen fifth edition, red cloth with black border and silhouette of Christopher Robin with fishing rod, corners lightly bumped, small area white out to fep, 12 col plates + line illustrations in text by E H Shepard, xi 210pp DW price clipped with 55mm loss to tail of spine, s...

Everybodys Boswell Being the Life of Samuel Johnson

BOSWELL James · 1930

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

G Bell and Sons excellent copy, faintest foxing to some closed edges, tan buckram with gilt figures of Boswell and Johnson to upper board, illustrated by E H Shepard, xx 609pp, map rear endpapers, 'Being the life of Samuel Johnson abridged from James Boswell's complete text an...

War Dog

TREECE Henry · 1962

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

Brockhampton Press first edition, tidy ex-library with stamps and remains of pocket and slip, unclipped dust jacket is a little shorter than the boards (vertically), it was under plastic sleeve which was taped to boards leaving four areas of tape residue to each board, shelf ...

The Dream Merchants

ROBBINS Harold · 1950

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Weidenfeld cloth a little tired, small dye mark top edge fep and paste down, unclipped DW some edge and corner wear, soiled spine, still good complete wrapper design, first UK issue H First Edition Good London Very Good Reinganum 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

A Stone for Danny Fisher

ROBBINS Harold · 1952

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Knopf cloth lightly surface soiled, unclipped DW splits at ends of joints with old tape rust to verso, some chipping to the joint ends, a little surface insect damage to fore edge margin of cover and a little patch below the R of FOR, fore edge joints split at ends , first ed...

Some Came Running

JONES James · 1959

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Collins first UK edition very tidy, faint offsetting to fep, unclipped DW a little bumped at tail of spine, minimal edge wear, tiny chips at head of spine, some faint foxing to the REVERSE of the DW, top edge lightly dust soiled, 926pp by author of From Here to Eternity H Firs...

Nerve

FRANCIS Dick · 1964

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.46 | ¥79,818)

Michael Joseph faint pencil name to fep, very slight lean to spine, a little surface rubbing to lower board, Dick Francis' second fiction work in first edition, comes with a DW from the 1971 fourth impression which is price clipped with minor adhesive ghost to top and botto...

Familie Lamprey Kriminalroman (Surfeit of Lampreys) ( Signed by Author )

MARSH Ngaio · 1948

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

Frau Und Mutter first German edition of Surfeit of Lampreys in titled papered boards, upper joint split to the paper but not the joint or hinge, small sliver chipped off, small tear onto the backstrip, corners bumped, internally clean excepting booksellers pencil to fep and NG...

Here Comes Harry

LEWIS Hilda · 1960

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Oxford University Press Harry Rushden serves a goldsmiths apprenticeship in London and becomes friends with King Henry VI, price clipped DW VG under plastic sleeve which is adhered along the top and bottom edge of the reverse of the DW, short splits at head of spine, white b...

Journey To Turkistan

TEICHMAN Eric · 1937

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Hodder & Stoughton navy leatherette style cloth, silver spine title, rebound for lending library. NO library marks except small tiny piece remains of a Boots label to rear paste down, looks as if never been a library copy though. text block a little loose but hinges fine, 221...

The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England. Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David

Oxford University Press · 1872

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Oxford University Press Black cloth with blind imprint logo of the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge Small Pica 24mo, corners rubbed, pencil name to paste down F W Cordy, front hinge opened ( endpapers split but holds well on binding tapes), large clear type fac...

"Doing Likewise" The social work of the Church of England in New Zealand

General Synod of the Anglican Church of New Zealand · 1928

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

General Synod of the Anglican Church of New Zealand undated but internal evidence would place at 1928, stapled paper wrappers with pasted on illustration, tidy but the first inside page has some silverfish damage to the corners, 72pp + index, well illustrated with photos, give...

The Great Fish

PARNELL Peter · 1973

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Doubleday Doubleday reinforced library edition, DW has some insect damage to folds and spine necessitating tape repair to the reverse, some edge loss to nibbling, book VG though, DW still serviceable and attractive. native american delawere myth H reprint Good New York Very Go...