Marion Pitman

The Tragedy of a Genius

HONORE DE BALZAC · 1912

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

London, Greening & Co. 1912, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Translated by Henry Blanchamp. Purple cloth, worn on spine, front hinge weak, rear endpaper missing, name on flyleaf. Text clean and sound. The Lotus Library. Fair/No Jacket.

A Book of Verses for Children

EDWARD VERRALL LUCAS · 1926

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Chatto & Windus. 1926, Reprint. Hardcover. Ill.: F. D. Bedford. Book, Beige cloth with picture of two children with books sitting on a sofa. Cloth a little grubby,corners worn, front hinge weak. Lovely colour endpaper and title page illustrations by F D Bedford. Good/N...

Diana Tempest

MARY CHOLMONDELEY · 1909

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Macmillan. 1909, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Small format, blue cloth boards very slightly warped, patchily faded; front hinge weak, name on flyleaf, edges brown. B/w frontispiece by William Sewell. Good/No Jacket.

The Greatest Wish in the World

E. TEMPLE THURSTON · 1913

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London, Chapman & Hall. 1913, New & Cheaper Edition. Hardcover. Book, Small format, red cloth gilt titles; some marks to covers, few spots foxing. Good/No Jacket.

Home Experiments

A. M. LOW · 1937

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,004)

London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1937, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Blue cloth, coat of arms and prize label Nelson Secondary School 1939. Cloth a little worn and faded, some spine lean, spots of foxing. Illustrated small drawings. Good/No Jacket.

A Rational Economic Geography

F. L. FOX & G. H. FAIRS · 1937

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Gregg Publishing. 1937, First Edition ?. Hardcover. Book, Red cloth worn, front hinge cracked, flyleaf missing, rear hinge broken, most of rear endapper missing; some maps neatly coloured in. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

The Disinherited

JACK CONROY · 1934

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Wishart & Co. 1934, First UK Edition. Hardcover. Book, Red cloth, partly faded, worn on corners and spine ends, marked on back; endpapers bit discoloured, contents good. Stamped inside cover Pioneer Bookshop for Socialist Literature, 268 Upper Street, Islington. Scarce...

Kabloona

GONTRAN DE PONCINS, WITH LEWIS GALANTIERE · 1941

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London, Jonathan Cape. 1941, Second Impression. Hardcover. Book, Blue cloth faded, worn on edges; some spine lean; front hinge cracked. Photographic illustrations. Life with the "Seal Eskimos". Good/No Jacket.

The Ballroom Dancer's Handbook

A. H. FRANKS · 1940

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Sir Isaac Pitman. 1940, First Edition ?. Hardcover. Book, Some foxing; few marks to cover; spine faded; previous owner's bookplate. Good/No Jacket.

Tyrol and the Dolomites Including the Bavarian Alps - Handbook for Travellers

KARL BAEDEKER · 1927

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Leipzig, Karl Baedeker. 1927, Thirteenth Revised Edition. Hardcover. Book, Red cloth a little worn, faded at ends of spine; large frontispiece map has small tear, and two others have been misfolded and are creased and frayed on one edge.Small address stamp on flyleaf. Ribbon m...

The Lifeline

PHYLLIS BOTTOME · 1946

£100.00 (€119.87 | $132.11 | ¥21,097)

London, Faber & Faber. 1946, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Red cloth, gilt titles; spine and corners a little worn, name on flyleaf, front hinge cracked, slight marks on rear endpapers, very slight foxing to fore-edge; otherwise clean and sound. Scarce. Novel of Nazi-occupie...

The Road to Buenos Ayres, Terrible Exposure of the White Slave Traffic

ALBERT LONDRES · 1950

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Digit - Brown, Watson. Reprint. Soft cover. Book, Translated by Eric Sutton. Cheap paperback, covers creased and worn, page edges brown and brittle, flyleaf torn and partly stuck to cover, internal repair with tape. no date, 1950s or 60s. Scarce. Unlike people traffick...

Confessions of a Tobacco Addict

BEN PETMECKY · 1963

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, Frederick Muller. 1963, First UK Edition. Hardcover. Book, Pale blue boards, rather stained; couple of marks in margins. Good/No Jacket.

Farlander, the Heart of the World book 1

COL BUCHANAN · 2010

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

London, Tor / PanMacmillan. 2010, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, slight dent in dustwrapper. Near Fine/Near Fine.

A Manual of Applied Mechanics

WILLIAM JOHN MACQUORN RANKINE · 1888

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Charles Griffin and Company. 1888, Twelfth Edition, Revised. Hardcover. Book, thoroughly revised by W J Millar. 667 pages plus 38 page catalogue; dark red cloth, gilt titles. Cloth somewhat dull, ends of spine a little worn; front hinge weak, names on half title. Good/...

The "Rapid" Pocket Ready Reckoner

NO AUTHOR GIVEN · 0

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Edinburgh, Gall and Inglis. 9999, Not Known. Hardcover, 3.5" x 5.5". Book, Red boards, black lettering, rounded corners. Early C20th? spine a little dull. Very Good/No Jacket.

Ultimate Star Wars - Characters, Creatures, Locations, Technology, Vehicles

PATRICIA BARR, ADAM BRAY, DANIEL WALLACE, RYDER WINDHAM · 2015

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Dorling Kindersley DK. 2015, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780241245101) Hardcover. Book, Foreword by Anthony Daniels (C3PO). Large illustrated book - heavy, may require extra shipping to some locations. Dustwrapper creased on edges. Very Good/Good.

Gedichte

FRANZ WERFEL · 1927

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Berlin, Paul Zsolnay. 1927, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Small nick edge of back board. Red cloth, gilt spine, portrait frontispiece. Small stamp;on title page "Printed in Austria" Text in German. Very Good/No Jacket.

The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, and Other East African Adventures

LIEUT.-COL. J. H. PATTERSON · 1928

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London, Macmillan. 1928, New Edition. Hardcover. Book, Caravan Library edition. Dark red cloth, spine faded, name and address on endpapers. Illustrated. Author went to Mombasa in 1898 to build the Uganda railway. This involved shooting a number of lions and at least one rhino,...

The Gospel of Happiness

J. C. STOBART · 1933

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Geoffrey Bles. 1933, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Scarce posthumous book of philiosophy by the author of the Glory that was Greece and the Grandeur that was Rome. Portrait frontispiece. Top edge of dustwrapper creased and torn. Very Good/Good.