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The Hidden World of Charles Dickens

REID J C · 1962

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

University of Auckland stapled wraps, ink name to top corner of cover, some age browning and foxing to cover edges, 48pp MacMillan Brown Lectures 1961 Bulletin No 61 English Series No 10 Charles Dickens literary criticism S First Edition No Jacket Auckland Very Good 12mo - ove...

Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales of England

HALLIWELL James Orchard · 1970

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Bodley Head unclipped dust jacket lightly worn, small hole to lower fore edge fold, gift inscription to fep, x 277pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good Maureen Roffey 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Nursery Rhymes of England, Collected Chiefly from Oral Tradition

HALLIWELL James Orchard · 1970

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Bodley Head unclipped dust jacket lightly worn, gift inscription to fep, vii 252pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good Maureen Roffey 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Harvest of Hate

POLIAKOV Leon · 1956

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Elek unclipped dust jacket handling soiled with taped split at heel of upper joint, splits at corner folds, name to fep, spine leans slightly, tidy copy, xiv 338pp + plates, the nazi extermination program from its vague and unformulated beginnings, through to the mechanisation...

The Political Review and Monthly Mirror of the Times Volume 1 New Series from August to January Inclusive

anon · 1812

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

M. Jones quarter bound but lacks lower board, corners heavily rubbed back and worn, will need rebinding, endpapers soiled with rear endpapers pencil marked, some fingerarking to pages, no annotations though, title + dedic + i-lxxxiv, 297-580+ 4pp index, the main subjects trea...

The Origin and Meaning of Courtly Love, a Critical Study of European Scholarship

BOASE Roger · 1977

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Manchester University Press unclipped dust jacket, book and wrapper tidy, 171pp H First Edition Very Good Manchester Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Sea and Islands

INNES Hammond · 1967

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Collins price clipped dust jacket tidy, minor spots of foxing to feps otherwise near fine book and jacket, 288pp, record of Hammond's many cruises on his yacht the Mary Deare H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Parasite

CAMPBELL Ramsay · 1980

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

MacMillan & Routledge unclipped dust jacket with some light edge wear, light rubbing to spine titling, small note in pen to fep "VG/"quarter cloth and sewn binding, first US edition, 268pp, novel includes references to Aleister Crowley and the Hermetic order of the Golden Dawn...

Industrial Electronics Handbook, third enlarged Edition

KRETZMANN R · 1964

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Philips Technical Library navy cloth, gilt titled, VG boards, owners name end paper, light tape residue to paste downs. 308pp circuit diagrams and photographs. priciples and properties of electron tubes, circuits and transistors. electronic relays, counting circuits etc. H th...

No Picnic 3 Commando Brigade in the South Atlantic; 1982

THOMPSON Julian (Major-general) · 1985

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Leo Cooper unclipped DW slight spine fade, 201pp + plates in colour & b&w. map endpapers, Falklands War between UK and Argentina as seen by 3 Commando Brigade. Author was the commanding officer of the Brigade. H reprint Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Pluck and Luck

BENCHLEY Robert · 1947

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Blue Ribbon boards edge and corner wear, DW sunned and faded spine, and with short tears at edges, minor chipping to corners. small patch label lifted from tail of spine. , unclipped. A rubber stamp of a small star to front DW flap and paste down. name on FEP end paper and fir...

Limanora, The Island of Progress

SWEVEN Godfrey (aka J MacMillan Brown) · 1931

$175.00 (€158.77 | £132.46 | ¥27,936)

Oxford University Press Very tidy copy, Minor rubbing to corners and spine ends, solid dark blue binding with bright gilt titling.Tipped onto endpaper is presentation plate [With the Compliments of | the Author, | Professor J. Macmillan Brown, | LL.D., | Cashmere Hills, | Chri...

The Arabian Bird

FITZ GIBBON Constantine · 1949

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Cassell Red cloth VG except a little faded along the top edge of the boards and the very top of the spine where the DW is slightly chipped. no inscriptions etc. tightly bound.227pp the leaves of pp 25-32 have a small piece at top edge where nicked due to sheets not being trimm...

Zen Diary (signed Presentation copy)

WIENPAHL Paul · 1970

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Harper & Row unclipped DW has small chips from spine ends, short tears at corners and is handling rubbed, book has 'Denis Dutton Sanata Barbara 1971' in red pen to the fep, below this is the author's presentation inscription to him, signed but not dated, xii 244pp Denis Dutton...

Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco

RABINOW Paul · 1977

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

University of California Press (500 gram rate) soft cover on quality paper, xiii 164pp some photos, Denis Dutton's copy 'Denis Dutton Dearborn 1978' to fep. Denis Dutton was Professor of Philosophy at Canterbury University New Zealand First Edition No Jacket Berkeley Very Goo...

The Zincali, an account of the Gypsies of Spain

BORROW George · 1924

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Dent (500 gram rate) small dark olive green cloth, titled to spine with dulled gilt and decoration, Everyman's Library edition #697, slight lean to spine, top edge dusted dark green, 251pp + 4pp adverts, nice paper and good sewn binding, double woodcut Wm Morris style title p...

The Sailcloth Shroud

WILLIAMS Charles · 1960

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Cassell book has the top edge of endpaper trimmed, otherwise VG with lightly dusty top edge. dust jacket has light wear to the spine folds and corners, the top of the spine scuffed with a small hole. First UK edition of this American author. H First Edition Good London Very Go...

Motor Racing Year 1968-9 edited by the staff of Motor Racing Magazine

Motor Racing Magazine · 1969

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Knightsbridge yellow papered spine, black and white photographic boards. 132pp. bookseller label to title page otherwise VG copy, plenty of B&W photos in the text, some full page. Full European circuit covered. First Edition No Jacket Kent Very Good Brinton, Blunsden, Harring...

War in Heaven

WILLIAMS Charles · 1954

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Faber second printing of new edition, burgundy cloth, gilt spine, Pen owners name to fep. minor spots foxing to endpapers, 256pp DW price-clipped, minimal edge and corner rubbing a few very short tears to the top edge "Nowhere perhaps, did Charles Williams achieve anything so ...

The Complete Stories of Katherine Mansfield

MANSFIELD Katherine · 1973

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Golden Press VG in same DW. Some soiling to page edges, bottom edge a few tiny red ink lines. Thick heavy 830 pp hardback. DW some wear where folds over corners with short tear or rubbing. Includes first book publication of Brave Love. H First Edition Very Good Auckland Very G...