Marion Pitman

Confessions of an Un-Common Attorney

REGINALD L. HINE · 1946

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,476)

London, Readers Union / J. M. Dent. 1946, Reprint. Cloth. Book, Illustrated. Parts of binding faded; some foxing. Memoirs: law; antiquarian books; Hitchin; etc; Writers, Doctors, Schoolmasters & Parsons I have Known. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

Concise General Science

W. A. J. MUSSON & R. D. REID · 1959

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, English Universities Press. 1959, Fifth Impression. Hardcover. Book, Illustrated, including 8 colour plates. Frontispiece loose, rear hinge cracked, generally rather loose; stamp on half-title, remains of label rear endpaper; cloth worn, spine ends frayed. Fair/No Jacket.

The Investor's Encyclopedia of Gold, Silver and Other Precious Metals

ROBERT H. PERSONS, JR. · 1974

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

New York, Random House. 1974, First Edition. Paperback, 8.5" x 11". Book, "How to invest successfully in all forms of precious metals" Author Professor of Economics & Director of Finance and Banking at University of Bridgeport. 317pp. Covers bit creased, corners slightly curle...

This Man's Father - a Pictorial Biography in Two Centuries

NOEL CARRINGTON AND JOCELYN RAE (COMPILERS) · 1935

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London, Oxford University Press. 9999, Not Known. Cloth, 9" x 11". Book, No date, foreword dated 1935. Collection of old photographs linked by whimsical fictional biography. Art deco decorated cloth. Label of Times book club. Light coloured cloth rather soiled; corners bit bru...

Westminster and Pimlico Past

ISOBEL WATSON · 1993

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London, Historical Publications. 1993, First Edition. Boards. Book, "A Visual History" Numerous illustrations. Very Good/Very Good.

Hampton and Teddington Past

JOHN SHEAF AND KEN HOWE · 1995

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London, Historical Publications. 1995, First Edition. Paper Covered Bds. Book, Numerous illustrations. Loosely inserted postcard "The oldest house in Hampton, c. 1540, photo Terry Mills". Very Good/Very Good.

The Water Babies

CHARLES KINGSLEY · 1955

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London, Ward, Lock. 9999, Not Known. Hardcover. Ill.: Harry G. Theaker. Book, No date, gift inscription 1955. 16 col. plates. Corners a little bruised; small piece of damage to glazing of front board top left by spine, about 5x10mm; some of the plates are a little marked in ma...

Nature Caricatures - Sketches from Exmoor

FCG (SIR FRANCIS CARRUTHERS GOULD) · 1929

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London, Country Life. 1929, First Edition. Cloth, 7.5" x 10". Ill.: FCG. Book, Dark green cloth, black decorations. Short pieces of nature lore in form of scenes with anthropomorphised birds & animals talking in dialect, illustrated by the author. Front hinge cracking, endpape...

Arnold Wordsworth Jackson

HIS FATHER · 1914

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1914, First ?. Hardcover. Book, Printed for Private Circulation. 4 plates. Memoir of the author's son who died at 11 years old in Toronto. Spine a little faded, top edge of front cover & spine worn. Paper label on front. Good/No Jacket.

The Competitor's Annual 1933

NO AUTHOR GIVEN · 1933

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, The Leader. 1933, Not Known. Paper Covered Bds. Book, "An invaluable guide and reference book for all interested in Crosswords, picture puzzles, and literary competitions. Published by The Leader, the predominant competition journal." 256pp of examples, suggestions and...

Recent English Architecture, 1920 - 1940

ANONYMOUS · 1947

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London, Country Life. 1947, First Edition. Cloth, 7.5" x 10". Book, Selected by the Architecture Club. 65 photographic plates of buildings. 10 pages advts. builders' supplies etc. Part of spine dull; d/w frayed at corners, tear top of front and piece missing lower edge front. ...

Seeing Things

A. J. WATTS · 1959

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, S. P. C. K. 1959, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, A Second Handbook of Religious Education, with suggestions for visual aids and activities. Illus. & plans. Seems to have a plate from another similar book, The Church, its purpose & use, loosely inserted. Foreword by H....

A Crown for Hope

GODFREY WINN · 1950

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, National Spastic Society. 9999, First. Hardcover. Ill.: Marcia Lane Foster. Book, No date, must be mid to late 1950s. Pictorial boards bit stained, spine frayed. Good/No Jacket.

Dimeria Balakrishnaniana - a New Grass from Tamil Nadu, India

K. RAVIKUMAR, P. V. SREEKUMAR & V. LAKSHMANAN · 1990

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Kew, Botanic Gardens. 1990, Not Known. Soft cover. Book, Reprint from Kew Bulletin vol. 45 (3), (1990). 3pp - pages 573 - 575, one of which is drawings. Stapled in card covers. Very Good/No Jacket.

J. A. Spender

H. WILSON HARRIS · 1946

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Cassell. 1946, First. Hardcover. Book, By the editor of The Spectator, life of editor of Westminster Gazette, Liberal journalist, biographer of Asquith, and uncle of Stephen Spender. 4 hf-tone plates. Covers a bit damp marked, not badly; d/w creased & frayed with piece...

Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry

ANONYMOUS · 0

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Paris, Editions Nomis. 0, Not Known. Paper Covered Bds, 5" x 6.5". Book, Musee Conde a Chantilly. Le Calendrier presente par Jean Porcher. Tipped in col. reproductions of twelve months. Texte en francais. Slight foxing, mostly on covers. 3 small tape marks eps. Very Good/Very ...

The Universe Next Door, a Guide to World Views

JAMES W. SIRE · 1977

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Leicester, Inter-Varsity Press. 1977, First GB. Soft cover. Book, What it says - discussion of different views of the universe. Review slip enclosed. Little wear on edges, few marks on front. Very Good/No Jacket.

A Shropshire Lad

A. E. HOUSMAN · 1942

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

London, The Richards Press. 1942, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Brown cloth, lower edge uncut. Spine dull, a little foxing. Very Good/No Jacket.

Great Short Stories of the World

BARRETT H. CLARK & MAXIM LIEBER (EDS) · 1926

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, William Heinemann. 1926, New Impression. Cloth, Hardback. Book, 1072pp. Short fiction from all countries & periods, Ancient Egypt onwards. Spine faded, some fading covers. Bit wobbly. Heavy, might need extra postage. Good.

The Pelican Book of the Renaissance

J. H. PLUMB · 1982

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Harmondsworth, Penguin (Pelican). 1982, Reissue. Trade Paperback. Book, Illus. One page loose, 2 others nearly loose. Spine, back & corners creased. Fairly Good/No Jacket.