Marion Pitman

Babel, or the Past, Present, and Future of Human Speech

SIR RICHARD PAGET, BART. · 1930

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench Trubner & Co. 1930, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Spine faded and label browned; part of front cover discoloured, edges and corners worn, endpapers and first and last page browned, not affecting text; slight spotting on edges; name on flyleaf. Part...

The Illustrated Long Walk To Freedom

NELSON MANDELA · 1996

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Little, Brown. 1996, First UK Abridged Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Illustrated Photographs. Book, Dustwrapper frayed and torn. Large hardback illustrated with photos. heavy, may require extra shipping to some locations. 9780316880206. Very Good/Fair.

Tunbridge Wells Through Time

ROBERT TURCAN · 2012

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Stroud, Gloucs. Amberley Publishing. 2012, First Edition. (ISBN: 9781445608211) Soft cover. Book, Front corners very slightly knocked. Large paperback, 96 pages of photos. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Donald Fraser of Livingstonia

AGNES R. FRASER · 1934

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1934, Second Impression. Hardcover. Book, Binding faded, spine split and broken; hinges weak, some foxing edges and ends. Contents good. Portrait frontispiece and two other plates. LIfe of a Scottish missionary to Nyasaland (Malawi), by his wife. Fa...

The Slave

ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER · 1964

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Secker & Warburg / Readers Union. 1964, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Edges and endpapers spotted, spine faded. Red boards. Set in Poland in the 17th century. Translated from the Yiddish by the author and Cecil Hemley. Good/No Jacket.

The Lamp in the Desert

ETHEL M.DELL · 1920

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

London, Hutchinson. 9999, 246th Thousand. Hardcover. Book, Dark blue boards with gilt decoration; spine faded and worn on ends, remains of prize label inside front cover; page edges bit brown. 1920s?. Good/No Jacket.

The Gateless Barrier

LUCAS MALET [ MARY ST LEGER KINGSLEY HARRISON ] · 1922

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London, Eveleigh Nash. 1922, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Dark red cloth, spine dull, corners a little worn; endpapers brown, some foxing, mostly on edges. Nash's Great Novel Library. 350 pages. Young man has a romance with a ghost. Short preface from Lafcadio Hearn, "..we call i...

Good Morning Miranda

LUCIE STREET · 1958

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

London, Romance Book Club. 1958, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Name on flyleaf, some tanning to endpapers. Dustwrapper creased, torn, bit discoloured, piece gone from spine. Good/Fair.

The Secret of Smoking Swamp

T. C. BRIDGES · 1950

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

London, Frederick Warne. 9999, Edition not known. Hardcover. Book, Red boards, no date, 1950s or 60s. Spine ends bruised, edges and endpapers bit brown, tear top of contents page. "Set against a Florida background, Bill Picton and his young companions trail a gang of moonshine...

A Man Without a Country: A Memoir of Life in George W. Bush's America

KURT VONNEGUT, EDITED BY DANIEL SIMON · 2006

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,371)

London, Bloomsbury Publishing. 2006, New Edition. (ISBN: 0747584060) Hardcover. Ill.: Kurt Vonnegut. Book, Dustwrapper rather rubbed on edges and folds. slightly creased at top. Very Good/Good.

The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm

NORMAN HUNTER · 1966

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Harmondsworth, Penguin (Puffin). 1966, Reprint. Soft cover. Ill.: W. Heath Robinson. Book, Covers bit worn and creased, small tear next to spine; stamps on flyleaf, pages brown, the tear next to the spine extends to several pages. Fair/No Jacket.

Rural Rides

WILLIAM COBBETT, EDITED ERIC FITCH DAGLISH · 1935

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London, J. M. Dent, Open Air Library. 1935, Reprint. Hardcover. Ill.: Eric Fitch Daglish. Book, Spine faded and a little worn on ends; edges of boards a little discoloured; endpapers bit brown; name on flyleaf. Foreword and two wood engravings by the editor, followed by title ...

Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.

E. OE. SOMERVILLE & MARTIN ROSS · 1900

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Longmans, Green. 1900, Seventh Impression. Hardcover. Ill.: E. OE. Somerville. Book, Green & red pictorial cloth, worn and discoloured; library label from The Cancer Hospital, Brompton; corners bruised; edges and endpapers browned; front hinge weak. Fair/No Jacket.

Bygone Days in Wokingham, a Nostalgic Look Back

KEN GOATLEY · 2006

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Wokingham, Berkshire, Wokingham Society. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 9781871514018) Soft cover. Ill.: Photographs. Book, A tribute to Ken Goatley's work with the Wokingham Times from 1999 - 2003. Collection of "Bygone Days" pieces about Wokingham in past years. Illustrated wit...

About Maps, Puffin Picture Book 67

PETER HOOD · 1958

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Harmondsworth, Penguin (Puffin). 1958, Reprint. Soft cover. Book, Slight curl at corners, very slight rusting of staples, else very good. Good/No Jacket.

The Science of Society, an introduction to Sociology

STEPHEN COTGROVE · 1967

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, George Allen & Unwin. 1967, Second Impression. Soft cover. Book, Covers worn, spine faded, slight corner curl. Minerva series no 19. Good/No Jacket.

Pissarro - Peintures. petite encyclopedie de L'art

JOHN REWALD · 1980

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Paris, Fernand Hazan. 1980, First Edition ?. Soft cover. Book, Covers discoloured but contents very good. Petite encyclopedie de l'art 121. Small paperback, 6x4.5 inches, text in French, 16 colour plates. Good/No Jacket.

Into the Woods - the Definitive Story of the Blair Witch Project

ED POTTON & AMBER COWAN · 2000

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Southwold, Suffolk, ScreenPress Books. 2000, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, Some creasing to covers. 64 pages, illustrated. Good/No Jacket.

Le Corbusier

ROBERT FURNEAUX JORDAN · 1972

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons. 1972, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Dustwrapper unclipped, appears faded on spine, a little frayed and worn at top edge; front board faintly discoloured. Contents near fine. 32 pages of photographs, 9 drawings. Jordan knew le Corbusier personally. ...

Home-Made Sweets

NELL HEATON · 1949

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

London, Faber & Faber. 1949, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, Name on flyleaf, some damage to cover, contents in good condition. Spiral binding. Good/No Jacket.