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Dinner With Persephone Travels in Greece

Storace, Patricia · 1996

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥949)

Granta 398pp, th epaper tanning a little with age. Illustrated softback covers. B + w illustrations.A few light spots of foxing to the foredge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. A classsic account of encounters with the people and traditions of Greece. Very Good

Baines's Yorkshire A New Printing of The Volumes of History Directory and Gazatteer of The County of York Volume 1 West Riding

Baines, Edward · 1969

£18.50 (€22.17 | $24.44 | ¥3,902)

David & Charles A reprint of the original history, directory and gazetteer of 1822, with an new Introduction by Owen Ashmore. A heavy book of 654pp. Dustjacket now in three parts, with some loss. Internally clean. Volume one of two - this volume includes Leeds, Sheffield, Har...

The Studio Year Book of Decorative Art 1920 with Special Article on the Decoration & Furnishing of Small Rooms

Holme, Geoffrey (ed) · 1920

£19.50 (€23.37 | $25.76 | ¥4,113)

The Studio Large format.120pp. Green cloth covered boards, a little rubbed to the edges. Internally clean. Colour and b + w illustrations. Contents include a long article on the furnishing of small rooms by Shirley B Wainwright, with colour and b + w illustrations, Country B...

The Studio Year Book of Decoratrive Art 1919 with Special Articles on Cottage Design Decoration Equipment

Holme, Geoffrey (ed) and Jones, Sydney and Foxton, W and Thorpe, Hall et al · 1919

£18.50 (€22.17 | $24.44 | ¥3,902)

The Studio Large format. 136pp. Green cloth covered boards, a little rubbed to the corners. Colour and b + w illustrations. Internally clean. Contents include a long article by Sydney R Jones on designing cottages, On Old English Cottages and Reconstruction by Alfred H Powel...

The History of the Parishes of Sherburn and Cawood with Notices of Wistow Saxton Towton Etc Illustrated Second Edition

Wheater, W · 1986

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

The Old Hall Press Facsimile reprint of 500 copies of the 1882 edition. 328pp. Dark green cloth covered boards with gilt decoration. B + w illustrations. A very clean copy. No Jacket As New

A History of Haxby Revised and Expanded

Smith, Tom · 2003

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

Sessions 84pp. Colour illustrated soft covers. B + w illustrations and maps. A very clean copy. The history of the village of Haxby, now part of the City of York. As New

A Private View

Innes, Michael · 1958

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Penguin First Penguin edition. 164pp, the paper browning a little with age. Green and white softback covers with a little wear to the edges the spine. Internally clean and tight. Appleby solves the mystery of who shot Cousin Wilfred. Very Good

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Conan Doyle, A · 2006

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Wilco Publishing House 277pp. Dark red cloth covered boards with gilt title. Ribbon bookmark. A clean copy. Eleven classic crime stories for Sherlock Holmes to solve. A rare imprint - published in India as part of the Wilco Classic Library. No Jacket Mumbai Fine

Eliza for Common

Douglas, O (Anna Buchan) · 1930

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Nelson 377pp. Red boards, a little worn to the edges of the spine. Gift inscription to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. The story of the Laidlaw family, set in Scotland. No Jacket Very Good

English Historical Embroidery

Snook, Barbara · 1960

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

Batsford First edition.136pp. Green boards with a couple of marks to the edge where sellotape has been removed. Many b + w illustrations. Internally clean. A history of English embroidery from the Anglo Saxons onwards to the Twentieth century. First Edition No Jacket Very Good

Lower Wharfedale Being a Complete Account of the History Antiquities and Scenery of the Picturesque Valley of the Wharfe from Cawood to Arthington

Speight, Harry · 1969

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

S R Publishers Facsimile reprint of the Standard edition, without the frontispiece illustration A heavy book of 532pp. Red cloth covered boards with gilt title. B + w illustrations. Fold out family tree. Small owner's stamp to the flyleaaf, otherwise a very clean copy. The ...

The Accursed Mountains Journeys in Albania

Carver, Robert · 1999

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥949)

Flamingo 349pp. Illustrated softback covers. Maps and b + w illustrations. Ex library - flyleaf removed, stamps to title page, otherwise a clean 'reading copy'. Adventure, danger and comedy - travels in Albania in 1996, in the interval between Communism and anarchy. Good Ex-Li...

The Nekyomanteion of the Acheron

Dakaris, Sotirios · 1998

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

Ministry of Culture Archaeological Receipts Fund Third edition. Tall format. Text in English. 32pp. Illustrated soft covers. Map. Many colour photographs of the archaeological site and the finds. A very clean, tight, copy. The archaeology, finds, and history of the sanctuary a...

Dodona

Dakaris, Sotirios · 1998

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Ministry of Culture Archaeological Receipts Fund Third edition. Tall format. Text in English. 48pp. Illustrated soft covers. Map. Many colour photographs of the archaeological site and the finds. A very clean, tight, copy. The archaeology, finds, and history of the Sanctuary a...

Northern Archaeology Today York Archaeological Trust Magazine Issue 10

Connelly, Peter (ed) · 2016

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

York Archaeological Trust Large format. 24pp. Colour illustrated soft covers. Colour illustrations. A very clean copy. Contents include Neolithic Avalon, Derby excavations- our river, our city, Pontefract Castle, Time and Tide Neap tide (erosion in Holderness) Going Purple -...

Words & Pictures Writers, Artists and a Peculiarly British Tradition

Uglow, Jenny · 2019

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Faber 161pp.Illustrated soft covers. Colour and b + w illustrations. A very clean copy. How artists have responded to works such as Paradise Lost and the Pilgrim's Progress, and artists and writers working together, such as Lewis Carroll and Tenniel and Dickens and Phiz. Fine

Three Silent Things A Village Mystery

Mayhew, Margaret · 2008

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Severn House First edition, 1810pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket in a removeable plastic sleeve. .Ex library - - a neat ownership label on the title page and a red dot and blank label to the inner back cover, otherwise internally clean. A second mystery for the colonel to s...

Valerie French

Yates, Dornford · 1111

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,214)

Ward Lock Probably circa 1940. 312 pp, Olive green cloth boards, Complete dustjacket in removeable plastic sleeve, illustrated with a picture of Valerie in a chair and Anthony and his dog by Salomon van Abbe (Abbey). Internally clean. The sequel to Anthony Lyveden - Valerie a...

Illustrated English Social History Volume Three The Eighteenth Century

Trevelyan, G M · 1951

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Longmans, Green & Co First edition of the illustrated edition with illustrations selected by Ruth C Wright. 209pp. Red cloth covered boards with gilt title. Four colour plates, and b + w illustrations with descriptive notes. A few small spots of foxing to the foredge, otherwis...

The Life of Samuel Johnson LLD Volume II

Boswell, James · 1907

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Dent Everyman edition. The second volume of two. 625pp, including Index. Light blue cloth covered boards, now a little marked and darkened with age, with gilt ornament to the spine. Decorated title pages and endpapers. Internally clean. This volume goes from 1776, when Dr J...