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Models of Political Systems

Davies, Morton R. and Lewis, Vaughan A.: · 1971

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

London: Macmillan, 1971? 1st. ed. thus (originally published by Pall Mall Press 1971) HBK black boards, gilt lettering on spine. Index 182pp. From the library of the late Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald, with his bookplate pasted inside front cover. Slight foxing to EPs. O/w good copy.

Persons and Periods

Cole, G.D.H.: · 1938

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Macmillan, 1938 1st. ed. HBK blue boards, gilt lettering on spine. 333pp. From the library of the late Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald, with his bookplate pasted inside front cover. Slightly dusty with age, o/w good reading copy.

British Political Facts 1900 - 1968

Butler, David and Freeman, Jennie: · 1969

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

London: Macmillan, 1969 3rd. ed. HBK + D/W. Index 314pp. From the library of the late Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald, with his bookplate pasted inside front cover. Jacket lightly soiled, o/w G+/G.

Ackermann's Cambridge

Williamson, Reginald Ross: · 1951

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

London: Penguin, 1951 1st. ed. HBK + D/W. No. K59. 34 pp. text, 20 pp. plates. Good/Good.

Jane Austen

Bush, Douglas: · 1975

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

London: Macmillan, 1975 1st. ed. HBK + D/W. Masters of World Literature Series. Index 205pp. From the library of the late Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald, with his bookplate pasted inside front cover. Jacket spine lightly soiled, o/w G+/G.

Critics on Jane Austen

O'Neill, Judith: · 1971

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1971 2nd. imp. HBK. 104pp. From the library of the late Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald, with his bookplate pasted inside front cover. Good copy.

Jane Austen's Achievement

McMaster, Juliet: · 1976

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Macmillan, 1976 1st. ed. HBK + D/W. 'Papers delivered at the Jane Austen Bicentennial Conference at the University of Alberta'. Index 139pp. From the library of the late Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald, with his bookplate pasted inside front cover. Some staining to inside jacke...

The Osprey Guide to Jane Austen

Hardwick, Michael: · 1973

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

Reading: Osprey, 1973 1st. ed. HBK red cloth, gilt lettering and logo on spine. 237pp. From the library of the late Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald, with his bookplate pasted inside front cover. Good copy.

Explore Britain's Coastline

Cavendish, Richard: · 1993

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

Basingstoke: Automobile Association for the Daily/Sunday Telegraph, 1993 1st. ed. PBK card covers. Index 160pp. + full colour plates every page. Good copy.

Local Walks South Bedfordshire and North Chilterns

Basham, Vaughan: · 1988

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

Dunstable: Book Castle, 1988 1st. ed. PBK card covers. Index 132pp. Good copy.

Christmas Holiday

Maugham, W. Somerset: · 1967

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1967 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 2646 multicoloured photographic cover. 252pp. Spine scuffed, remains of label IFC, o/w good copy.

The Foxglove Saga

Waugh, Auberon: · 1966

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1966 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 2475 multicoloured pictorial cover. 232pp. Ex college library. Covers protected by laminate. College stamp IFC. Small hole in half title. O/w good reading copy.

Collected Short Stories Volume 2

Maugham, W. Somerset: · 1963

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1963 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 1872 Grey/Orange/Black cover. 424pp. Top corner half title torn off. O/w good copy.

Juan in China

Linklater, Eric: · 1958

£2.00 (€2.40 | $2.64 | ¥422)

London: Penguin, 1958 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 1268 Black/Orange cartoon cover by Nicolas Bentley. 249pp. Spine scuffed, covers lightly soiled, o/w good copy.

The Life of Nelson

Mahan, Captain A.T.: · 1942

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1942 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 375 Dark Blue. Index 253pp. Missing front cover. Spine broken including loss of Penguin number.

The Brassbounder

Bone, David W.: · 1942

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: Penguin, 1942 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. 373 Orange. Maltesers advertisement back cover. 144pp. Front cover detached and repaired. Spine broken and most of backstrip missing including Penguin number. Reading copy.

Welsh Corgis

Lister-Kaye, Charles: · 1971

£1.00 (€1.20 | $1.32 | ¥211)

London: W. & G. Foyle, 1971 Reprint HBK printed boards. Index 87pp. + 10 b/w plates. Small abrasion foot front cover, o/w good copy.

The National Trust Book of Long Walks

Nicolson, Adam: · 1981

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

London: Book Club Associates, 1981 1st. ed. thus HBK + D/W. Index 287pp. + colour and b/w plates throughout. Small tear lower front corner of jacket, o/w VG/G+.

The Penguin Hoffnung

Hoffnung, Gerard: · 1966

£2.50 (€3.00 | $3.30 | ¥527)

London: Penguin, 1966 4th. imp. thus large format PBK. No. 2039 multicoloured cartoon cover. Unpaginated, cartoons every page. Front cover slightly faded, two small nicks back cover, o/w good copy.

Cassell's German Dictionary: German-English -- English-German

Weir, Elizabeth: · 1907

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

London: Cassell, 1907 Three hundred and seventy seventh thousand. HBK black and red cloth, gilt lettering on red on spine. Index 1112pp. Tear on spine backedge, hinges loose at end papers, rear end papers eaten into at hinge. O/w good working copy.