Marion Pitman

Links with the Past

A.F. SHEPHERD · 1917

£18.50 (€22.17 | $24.44 | ¥3,902)

London, Eagle and British Dominions Insurance Co. 1917, First Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: E. Coffin. Book, Company history. Dark blue leather, front heavily decorated with gilt.; top edge gilt; purple silk ribbon marker; numerous illus. Small tear at top of spine; boards slightl...

Chelsea, past and present

ANONYMOUS · 1900

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Chelsea (London), Wheeler and Atkins. 9999, Not Known. Soft cover, 4" x 6.5". Book, Booklet, 32pp, text & advts; With the Compliments of Wheeler and Atkins, Chartered Surveyors. Several illustrations; street plan of Chelsea showing location of Messrs. Wheeler and Atkins office...

Following the Tamar

SARAH FOOT · 1980

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Bodmin, Cornwall, Bossiney Books. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0906456355) Soft cover. Book, Few small creases to covers, back cover bit marked. Card covers. Very Good/No Jacket.

The House at Cane Garden

HUGH POPHAM · 1966

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

London, Sidgwick & Jackson. 1966, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Jacket designed by David Gentleman. Very slight fading top & bottom of spine; slight browning endpapers; label flyleaf. Good/Good Plus.

Susan the Beast

F. M. HEWARD · 1949

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Lutterworth Press. 1949, First Thus. Hardcover. Book, Crown Library. Colour frontispiece. Spine faded, corners bit bruised. Good/No Jacket.

The Invisible Sword

A. M. PULLEN · 1926

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, S. Allen Warner. 9999, Not Known. Cloth. Book, Blue cloth. 48pp. No date, previous owner's name 1926. Spine a little worn & faded. Good/No Jacket.

Daisy in the Field

S. WARNER · 0

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Fredk. Warne. 9999, Not Known. Hardcover. Book, Star Series; decorated gilt green cloth. Spine worn; page edges brown & brittle, all prelims missing up to Contents page. Reading copy. Poor/No Jacket.

The Story of the Kitchen

S.E. ELLACOTT · 1955

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

London, Methuen. 1955, Reprint of 1st Edn. Hardcover. Ex-Library, 76 pages. Ex-school library; spine damaged; hinge weak, some thumb marks in margins. Fair/No Jacket.

Arabella, och andra danska mastarberattelser

OLE STORM (ED) · 1978

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

(Sweden), Bokforlaget Bra Bocker. 1978, Not Known. Hardcover. Ill.: Various. Book, I urval av Ole Storm, till svenska av Pelle Fritz-Crone. 68 illustrationer. Authors inc. H.C.Andersen, Karen Blixen, Anders Bodelsen. Binding & dustwrapper have some damp staining; contents unaf...

Natural History Catalogue No. 2

ANONYMOUS · 1961

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Weinheim/Bergstr. Germany, J. Cramer. 1961, First. Soft cover. Book, J. Cramer, succ. to H.R. Engelmann, publisher & antiquarian. 2980 items catalogued. Botany/zoology/paleontology & geology. In English. Very Good/No Jacket.

The Last Precinct

PATRICIA CORNWELL · 2001

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

London, Little, Brown. 2001, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Signed on ffep: "Sept 8 2001 NY, To Mike, Great to meet you and have a wonderful visit in Virginia - All the best Patricia Cornwell" The second half of the signature fades out rather, but it seems OK. Reprint of first Brit...

The Sea and Its Wonders

CYRIL HALL · 0

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

London, Blackie. 9999, Not Known. Hardcover. Book, 32 half-tone plates. D/w frayed & creased, piece missing top of spine. Flyleaf missing. Gilt cloth bright. Fairly Good/Fair.

How to Know the Western Trees

HARRY J. BAERG · 0

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Dubuque, Iowa, Wm. C. Brown. 9999, Not Known. Hardcover. Ex-Library, Pictured-Key Nature Series. Illus. line drawings. Library label & stamp on flyleaf, remains of pocket inside cover. Cloth rather grubby. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

Nature Rambles in Summer

KENNETH SPARROW · 1948

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

London, Evans Brothers. 1948, First Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Russell Leslie. Book, 16 lithograph colour plates, drawings. in text. Flyleaf missing. Dustwrapper clipped and badly torn top front. Cloth binding. Fairly Good/Fair.

Men at Work

HONOR TRACY · 1966

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Methuen. 1966, First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library, Library labels & stamps, d/w wrapped in polythene, sellotaped to endpapers; small stain some page edges. Fairly Good/Fairly Good.

Acrobat Admits

ALFRED GROSSMAN · 1960

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Heinemann. 1960, First GB. Hardcover. Book, Wrapper illustration by Paul Bacon. Few small tears edges dustwrappe, spine of d/w slightly dull & rubbed. Very Good/Good.

Tale of a Whistling Shrimp

VLADIMIR B. GRINIOFF · 1958

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Hutchinson. 1958, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Slight fading edges of boards. D/w faded & frayed at edges, some pencil scribble on front. Good/Fair.

The Bible Student's Encyclopaedia

REV. C.J. BALL M.A. · 1897

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Halifax, Milner & Co. 9999, Not Known. Hardcover. Book, 175pp of illus. after text. Preface dated 1897. Hinges weak; cloth bit worn & marked, corners knocked, endpapers browned. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

My Scarlet Shawl, or, "Out of Debt, Out of Danger", and other stories

GEORGE E. SARGENT · 0

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Religious Tract Society. 9999, Not Known. Cloth. Book, 3 full page ills, + vignettes. Library rebinding, stamp & label inside front cover, Sunday School Loan Library, New Hampton Congregational Church Sunday School. Hinges weak; pages thumbmarked; endpapers browned & r...

Monday Morning

BILL THOMPSON · 1979

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Constable. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0094627509) Hardcover. Book, Jacket illustration by Andrew Aloof. Very Good/Very Good.