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Jumper

KALASHNIKOFF Nicholas & Lionel Edwards · 1948

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Peter Lunn tidy red-orange cloth with gilt horse design, very small patch of insect wear to upper cover (miniscule) but more to lower cover, still only scattered and patchy though. 95pp in double columns, colour frontis plus b&w illustrations throughout H First Edition No Jack...

Enid Blyton's Good Morning Book

BLYTON Enid

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Juvenile Productions Ltd assumed first edition, undated, tidy gift inscirption to fep, minor wear/ cracking to spine joint, minimal wear to spine ends and corners otherwise VG. Mainly red cover shows fairies opening the doors to the fairyland for a boy and girl and a rabbit m...

Falco chief diver of the Calypso

DIOLE Philippe & Albert FALCO · 1977

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Cassell small date to fep in pen otherwise clean, DW unclipped 296pp with maps , diagrams , colour photos. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

Life and death in a coral sea

COUSTEAU Jacques-Yves & DIOLE Philipe · 1971

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Cassell second impression, DW unclipped , small pen mark over old price to fep and over the price on the DW flap, 3 digits in ink to rear paste down, minor tape residue mark to rear fep 302pp includes colour photos. English translation by J F Bernard H First Edition Very Go...

UM 1800 architektur und handwerk im letzten jahrhundert ihrer traditionellen Entwicklung

MEBES Paul · 1908

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

Bruckmann UM 1800 architektur und handwerk im letzten jahrhundert ihrer traditionellen entwicklung herausgegeben von Paul Mebes regierungsbaumiestr ad archit. f. bruckmann ag. Munchen 1908 . Band I & II. 2vols greyish buckram with black title panel to cover and greek key moti...

High Stakes

FRANCIS Dick · 1975

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Michael Joseph VG no markings, top edge slightly dusty, DW has some light spine sunning the dark blue/black showing as dark green instead. unclipped and with only a little rubbing at spine ends H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Orielton - the Human and Natural History of a Welsh Manor

LOCKLEY Ronald · 1977

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Andre Deutsch VG in VG price clipped DW, 332pp with vignettes by Tunnicliffe. The natural history of Orielton estate in Pembrokeshire,with its walled of park woodland,farm and cottages, birds and animals. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good C.F. Tunnicliffe 8vo - over ...

The Shadow of Egypt

ROSS Helen Halyburton · 1928

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Thornton Butterworth light grey-green cloth, sunned spine trifle lighter, title and author in blind to cover, black to spine. Front panel of DW pasted to fep. Shows man and woman in 1920s garb before the Sphinx. Minimal foxing mainly to prelims, closed edges dusty, 319pp + 1...

The Astonished Guardsman

SMITH Surrey · 1965

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Boardman VG- in same unclipped DW with slight browning to spine, small chip to tail, two small puncture to the upper joint of DW and some foxing to the reverse. The book has minimal foxing to the prelims etc, overall VG/VG, 158pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo ...

Clerical Errors

GREENWOOD D M · 1991

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Headline unclipped DW edges rubbed slightly otherwise VG H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Guide to fossil man, a handbook of human palaeontology

DAY Michael · 1967

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Cassell DW complete and unclipped but well rubbed to surface showing as white., corner tips frayed. 289pp many photographs in the text. inscription to fep. scientific work on the finds of ancient prehistoric pre-human remains. H Second Edition Good London Very Good 8vo - ove...

King Horn

CROSSLEY-HOLLAND Kevin · 1965

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

MacMillan library marks to fep, copyright page and rear endpaper and paste down. endpapers and paste downs some residue of tape oxide. DW price clipped and with the left hand half of the rear fold in flap missing as well as some tape oxide marks , small area tape oxide to t...

Fiji

BURNS Alan · 1963

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Her Majestys Stationery Office bright scarlet cloth, tapa cloth design endpapers, nice DW with a little rubbing / chipping at head, 255pp + plates + folding map at rear. colour frontis. a full survey from discovery to the present. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8v...

Never Enough!

SARGESON Frank · 1977

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Reed apart from sunned spine to DW is VG/VG unclipped and no inscriptions etc. 144pp H First Edition Very Good Wellington Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Poems

MARGARET Jacquie · 1974

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

no publisher or date little info at all, card covers with black and white abstract tree design with a red apple, dedication + 23pp printed one side only, doesn't seem to be missing any pages, former owners name dated 1974 to fep. no idea when or where published etc! , reduce...

Golden Wedding and other Poems

MULGAN Alan · 1964

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Caxton (500 gram rate) 56pp pretty much in as new condition, DW protected by removable sleeve, a few tiny hard to spot edge tears , very faint label residue top corner. H First Edition Fine Christchurch Fine 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Letters and journals of Katherine Mansfield , a selection

MANSFIELD Katherine edited by C K Stead · 1977

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Allen Lane VG+ in same price clipped DW, a very nice copy, 285pp. First edition. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Letters of John Middleton Murry to Katherine Mansfield

MURRY John Middleton edited by C A Hankin · 1983

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Hutchinson VG+ in same dust jacket with very minimal curling to lower edge of lamination, not price clipped. 394pp. H First Edition Very Good Auckland Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Major Problems in the history of the American West

MILNER Clyde A · 1989

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

D C Heath VG used copy, no inscriptions etc, cover shows a little wear 681pp, Documents and essays edited by Milner. S reprint No Jacket Lexington Very Good 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

Warfare in the Ancient World

HACKETT General Sir John · 1989

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Guild Publishing edited by General Sir John Hackett, published by Sidgwick & Jackson 1989,this edition published by GUILD BOOKS pp256 Reviewer: Chris Bates "This is probably the only book to really challenge Warry's 'Warfare in the Classical World'. This book does differ in se...