Dodman Books

The Life Of Ian Fleming

John Pearson · 1967

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,691)

London, Pan Books, First paperback edition of well regarded biography. Stock toned to page edges, but otherwise all in VG internal order. A little minor spotting to inside covers, but externally all is smart and bright with minor wear. 12mo. 416pp + photos, Very Good, No Jacke...

A Peak In Darien

Freya Stark · 1976

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

London, John Murray, 1st Edition, Good later collection of Stark essays. Stock toned commensurate with paper quality but otherwise all in VG internal order. Former owner's name neatly to fep.Light shelfwear only to smart green boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG uncli...

THE R.N.V.R. A Record Of Achievement

J Lennox Kerr; Wilfred Granville · 1957

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

London, George G Harrap & Co, 1st Edition, "A lively and provocative account of how a small band of amateur volunteers grew into the major part of the world's greatest navy." All in VG+, crisp, clean and bright order throughout. No inscriptions. Bookseller's small label to fro...

I'LL GO TO BED AT NOON A Soldier's Letter to His Sons

Stephen Haggard · 1945

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Faber And Faber, Sixth impression of Haggard's remarkable guidance for a life well led, prepared for his sons prior to his departure for the Second World War as a captain in the Intelligence Corps. Augmented by an introduction from Christopher Hassall, later Haggard's ...

Wanderings In Piccadilly Mayfair And Pall Mall

E Beresford Chancellor · 1908

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London, Alston Rivers, 1st Edition, ND. 1908 (WorldCat). Charming and informative guide with 20 plates, four in colour. Stock lightly toned to page edges and one or two minor marks, but otherwise all in VG internal order. Gift inscription to half title. Map endpapers, a littl...

Existing Difficulties In The Government Of The Canadas

J A Roebuck · 1836

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London, C And W Reynell, Exceptionally scarce report laid before the House of Commons by Roebuck, who while MP for Bath, was also the agent in England for the assembly of Lower Canada. Roebuck's 1836 tract warned that ignoring "existing difficulties" of the Colonial administra...

The Nottingham Rainbow Vol.1 Nos 1-12 January to December 1885

1885

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

Barnet, St Joseph's House, Exceptionally scarce bound volume of the first 12 issues of The Nottingham Rainbow, a popular monthly journal dedicated to Catholic education. Content ranges beyond theological matters, including such topics as the Grimsby fishing industry, and event...

JOHN NELSON, Mason And Missionary In The Heathen England Of The Eighteenth Century

Annie E Keeling · 1892

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Charles H Kelly, 1st Edition, Light toning to stock, but otherwise all in VG internal order. Former owner's name to front pastedown. Light wear only to dark red boards with bright gilt titling. 12mo. [8] 148pp + publisher's ads, Good, No Jacket, 12mo, 148

Life Of Rev Colin C McKechnie

John Atkinson · 1898

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

London, Thomas Mitchell, 1st Edition, Scarce biography of leading Methodist. In VG, clean and bright internal order. Gift inscription to fep. Light wear to green boards, dulled to spine. 12mo. xv. 252pp, Good, No Jacket, 12mo, 267

MEMORIALS OF THE LATE MR ROBERT PIGOTT, A Faithful Servant Of Jesus Christ, And For Thirty Years The Beloved Pastor Of Providence Chapel, Swindon, Containing His Autobiography And Letters

Robert Pigott, et al · 1903

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London, E Wilmshurst, 1st Edition, Autobiography augmented by funeral sermon, letters and poems. Scarce in first edition. Stock a little toned and binding rather shaken with some looseness, but all holding. Title page loosening. Brown cloth a little worn, moreso to edges, with...

Reminiscences Of Isaac Marsden, Of Doncaster

John Taylor · 1888

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, T Woolmer, All in VG clean and bright internal order. Former owner's inscription to fep. Edgewear to gilt and black decorated boards, a little dulled to spine. 12mo. Xi, 193pp + publisher's ads, Good, No Jacket, 12mo, 204

THE LIFE STORY OF THOMAS LANGTON OF MALTON, The Yorkshire Evangelist

Isaac C Watson · 1895

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Rochdale, Thomas Champness, 1st Edition, A little spotting early and late, but otherwise all in VG internal order. Light wear and a little marking to green boards. First edition, second edition also available. 12mo. 210pp, Good, No Jacket, 12mo, 210

THE LIFE STORY OF THOMAS LANGTON OF MALTON, The Yorkshire Evangelist

Isaac C Watson · 1896

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

Rochdale, Thomas Champness, 2nd Edition, Light toning to page edges but otherwise in VG internal order. Frontispiece photo of a robust Langton. Blue boards a little marked and worn to edges with bright gilt titling. Second edition, first edition also available. 12mo. 210pp, Go...

Byron - And Where He Is Buried

Thomas Gerrard Barber · 1939

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Hucknall, Henry Morley & Sons, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Well produced Byron biography with a focus on the Church of St Mary Magdelene, Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire. Illustrated with plates and fold-out plan. Toning to page edges and spotting to endpapers but in general ...

THE LIFE AND SAYINGS OF THE LATE KILSBY JONES, Congregational Minister, Llandrindod.

Vyrnwy Morgan · 1896

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Elliot Stock, 1st Edition, Thorough account of the life of notable minister. Stock a little toned with occasional light marking, but otherwise in good order. However endpapers split and binding loose, though holding. Pink cloth worn, faded and spitted. Best regarded as...

REVEREND LANDLORDS AND THEIR TENANTS Scenes And Characters On Winchester Manors After The Restoration

Florence Remington Goodman · 1930

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Winchester, Warren And Son, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Fascinating study in VG, clean and bright internal order. Tissue guarded photo frontispiece. Map endpapers lightly toned. Purple cloth a little faded. Paper title labels to upper board and spine intact but rather marked. 1...

The Dead And The Living In Paris And London, 1500-1670

Vanessa Harding · 2002

£22.50 (€26.97 | $29.73 | ¥4,745)

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, "An innovative exploration in social history, showing how practices surrounding death and burial can illumine urban culture and experience." A little foxing to edge of block and endpapers, extending to title pag...

LADIES FOR LIBERTY Women Who Made A Difference In American History [SIGNED]

John Blundell · 2011

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

New York, Algora Publishing, 1st Edition, All in VG, crisp, clean and bright internal order. Signed by author to title page with dedication. Card covers lightly worn. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8xo. xi. 218pp, Signed by Author(s), Very...

A Dream In The Luxembourg

Richard Aldington · 1946

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, William Heinemann, Reprint of Aldington's well-regarded poetic love story. Bar light toning to stock, in VG crisp and clean order throughout. No inscriptions. Blue boards lightly faded to spine. VG unclipped d/j a little toned to spine with minor mark to rear. This is ...

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Philip John Stead · 1959

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London, Panther / Hamilton & Co, First paperback edition of biography of "the first and most feared of all the great detectives" and hard to find thus. Suitably sexed up on the cover with sensational blurb and Josh Kirby artwork. Toned to page edges, but otherwise all in VG in...