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The Lie of the Land

Haydn Middleton · 1989 · Porcupine Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Macmillan 1989 First Edition in the UK First Printing . Top page edges lightly browned and page edges lightly marked else Fine book in like Dust Jacket with the spine panel background lightly faded . ''... David Nennius - a gigantic 40-year-old electrician - believes he must die…

The Da-Da-De-Da-Da Code (The Da-Da De-Da-Da Code)

Robert Rankin · 2007 · Porcupine Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Gollancz 2007 First Edition Second Printing . Bruised at top and base of spine and top corners else Fine book in like Dust Jacket . ''... Jonny Hooker is a tormented man, but his former problems pale into insignificance when he received a Very Special Letter telling him his name…

Artemis Fowl And The Lost Colony

Eoin Colfer · 2006 · Porcupine Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

Puffin 2006 First Edition First Printing . Bruised at top and base of spine, small bump on lower edge of front board else Fine book in like Dust Jacket, slightly bumped at base of front fold. . ''... When Artemis discovers that there is a fairy civilisation below ground, he sees…

From The Teeth Of Angels

Jonathan Carroll · 1994 · Porcupine Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

HarperCollins 1994 First Edition First Printing . Bruised at top and base of spine and page edges lightly aged and browned else Fine book in like Dust Jacket Signed and Personalised by the Author. ''Whilst on holiday in Sardinia Ian McGann goes to sleep one night - and meets Dea…

A Man Named Seraphin.

RAY, RENE. · 1952 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1952. 1st edition. By the author of Emma Conquest. "Ben Seraphin was hard man, a man who liked to impose his will upon others. He prevented his sister Amy from marrying in her youtjh, but turned her out of his house years later when he himself marrie…

The Hard Awakening. A courageous personal testament of love that outlines violence and death.

DEHQANI - TAFTI. H.B. (BISHOP IN IRAN AND PRESIDENT BISHOP OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN JERUSALEM AND THE MIDDLE EAST.) · 1981 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: SPCK. 1981. 1st.ed. "The author writes that it is because he loves his country and people and above all his small Church that he has recorded the things which have happened to them." Pp. 116. P/b. VG.

Dante and the Present War. (Dacre Paper 5).

REDPATH, LUCY. · 0 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

London: Dacre Press. nd. "Dante's message was for the individual Christian as well as for nations. He was not destined to see the fulfilment of his wordly hopes, but even in this life he was allowed to hear harsh discords of earth resolved into sweet harmonies in Heaven". 16.5cm…

Desert Loot.

CAMERON, A.A. · 0 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, nd. nd. "Two young Englishmen decide to go to French North Africa to retrieve a small fortune hidden by one of them in a shrine some time before, while he was in the Foreign Legion, from which he deserted without collecting his loot." Pp. …

The Postmodern Church.

NEWMAN, BISHOP JEREMIAH. · 1990 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Dublin: Four Courts Press. 1990. 1st ed. "Provides an overview of contemporary thought and society which makes for compelling reading. In Part 1 he surveys the literature on the subject, and in the subsequent Parts he seeks to place the Church in the postmodern context in three …

Who Died Why.

EDDISON, JOHN. · 1971 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Scripture Union. 1971. "If there is a God, why doesn't He do something about the state of the world? Can't I do anything to earn forgiveness? Who will win in the end? What's so special about the death of Jesus Christ?...The author does not deal in dry abstractions; he ha…

African Pulse. Scenes from an African Hospital Window.

JARRETT-KERR, MARTIN. · 1960 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

London: The Faith Press, 1960. 1st ed. "In it he describes the strange, amusing, horrifying and moving scenes he witnessed while ministering to the staff and patients of this huge hospital which serves a quarter of a million urbanized non-Whites." Pp. 127, 8 b/w illustrations, o…

Michel Quoist. A Biography.

CRYER,NEVILLE. · 1978 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Catholic Book Club, 1978. This ed. by arrangement with Hodder & Stoughton. "Michel Quoist is the author of such best sellers as 'Prayers of Life' and 'The Christian Response', but he remains today what he has always sought to be, a parish priest firmly in touch with the …

TVORIESKAIA BIOGRAPHIA ABAI. (in lingua russa)..

M.C. Kumonenko · 1957 · Libreria Bacbuc – Studio bibliografico Coisson di Giova

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

Alma Ata, 1957. Un volume (22 cm) di 293 pagine, ritratto in antiporta. In lingua russa (caratteri cirillici). Tela editoriale con titolo impresso a secco al piatto. Ottime condizioni. Asai (1845-1904) was a Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher. He was also a cultural reformer …

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FRANCIS , DICK: · 1984 · Stort Books

£1.50 (€1.80 | $1.98 | ¥316)

Pan 1984 P/Back Good covers creased pages browned some foxing 269pp 7 x 4.5 240g ¶ Tony Beach, wine merchant, knows his scotch, so when he is asked to give his opinion of one particular bottle, he little knows that it will start him on a course that leads into extreme danger. W…

Verhandelinge van de Asiatise melaatsheid, na een naaukeuriger ondersoek ten dienste van het gemeen.Amsterdam, Abraham van Someren, 1687.With: (2) BEINTEMA VAN PEIMA, Joannes Ignatius Worp. Tabacologia, ofte korte verhandelenge over de tabak, desselvs deugd, gebruyk, ende kennisse: waar door aangeweesen wordt een wegh om lang, vroolijk, ende gesond te leeven.The Hague, Levijn van Dijck, 1690. 2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. With an ornament on the title page. Contemporary vellum, sewn on 3 supports laced through the joints, the manuscript author on the spine.

RHYNE, Willem ten. · 1647 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€7,500.00 ($8,266.36 | £6,257.00 | ¥1,320,032)

[18], 181, [1 blank]; [12 (of 16)], 175, [1 blank] pp.Ad 1: Very rare first edition of an extensive treatise on leprosy, also called the Asian illness, by the resident physician of Deshima, Willem ten Rhyne (Deventer ca. 1647 - Batavia 1700). The work is divided into 7 chapters.…

Publii Terentii Carthaginiensis Afri Comoediae N. VI. Et in eas: Aelii Donati VC. oratoris Urbis Romae, et Eugraphii Veteris Scholiastae commentaria. Frid. Lindenbrogius collatis MSS. veteribusque exemplaribus recensuit, auxit, & observationibus inlustravit, adiecto indice uberrimo.

TERENTIUS. · 1623 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,600)

Frankfurt (Francofurti), In Bibliopolio Heringiano, 1623. 4to. (XX),666 (recte 664) p. Modern plain and tasteless boards. 22 cm (Ref: VD17 1:043236K; Graesse 6/2 58/59; Ebert 22504; Schweiger 2,1064; Fabricius/Ernesti 1,58: 'editio insignis atque reliquis praeferenda') (Detail…

Oeuvres de mŽdecine. - 4 ouvrages reliŽs ensemble. 1) Du bŽgaiement et de tous les autres vices de la parole, traitŽs par de nouvelles mŽthodes. Deuxime Ždition avec plusieurs planches. Paris, Mansut Fils, 1831, VIII + 258 + 8 p. + 2 planches dŽpl. + 8 p. ÔLettre justificative de Colombat ... en rŽponse a un article anonyme insŽrŽ dans la Gazette MŽdicale de Paris en 1830.2) LÕhystŽrotomie ou lÕamutation du col de la matrice dans les affections cancŽreuses, suivant un nouveau procŽdŽ. Avec la description de lÕhystŽrotome et de plusieurs autres instruments nouveaux prŽsentŽs ˆ la facultŽ de mŽdecine de Paris. Avec plusieurs planches, Paris, Mansut Fils, 1828, 58 p. + 2 planches dŽpl.3) Nouvelle mŽthode de pratiquer la taille sous-pubienne. Paris, Mansut Fils, 1830, 28 p.4) Monsieur et Madame Frontal, ou cranomanie et romantisme. ComŽdie-critique en un acte, mlŽe de vers. Paris, Mansut Fils, 1830, 41 p.

COLOMBAT DE LÕISERE: · 1830 · Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.

CHF 1,550.00 (€1,676.60 | $1,847.92 | £1,398.73 | ¥295,089)

1830, in-8vo, qqs rares rousseurs, ex-libris en or sur cuir rouge ÔJohn Roland AbbeyÕ collŽ sur 1er contre-plat, magnifique reliure romantique signŽe ÔMeslantÕ en plein maroquin rouge, dos ˆ 4 nerfs avec titre et ornements en or et en noir, plats richement ornŽs en or avec aux m…

1953-1990 Travel Diary of a Wisconsin Chemistry Professor’S Two Incredible Outdoor Adventures at Ages 15 and 52

DR. CHARLES THOMAS GNEWUCH · 1938 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,655.99 (€1,502.47 | £1,253.46 | ¥264,440)

Milwaukee, Wisconsin WI. Hardcover. On offer is an interesting journal with entries separated by nearly forty years. It includes a reference toanother of the unique historical (and true) legends of the west. The journal belonged to Dr. Charles Thomas Gnewuch (1938-2020). He was …

1932-1934 Early Handwritten Research of Renowned X-Ray and Optics Physicist Dr. Roy Clarence Spencer

DR. ROY CLARENCE SPENCER · 1901 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$3,155.99 (€2,863.40 | £2,388.84 | ¥503,971)

Nebraska, U. S, University OF Nebraska: Brace Laboratory, University of Nebraska. Hardcover. On offer is an incredible piece of American scientific history, being two years’ worth of the original handwritten research of renowned physicist, Dr. Roy Clarence Spencer (1901-1981). T…

Constitutions Of The Antient Fraternity Of Free And Accepted Masons : Containing The Charges, Regulations, &c. &c. Published, By The Authority Of The United Grand Lodge, By William Henry White, as Grand Secretary .

WHITE, WILLIAM HENRY (SIGNED COPY) . · 1847 · Chilton Books

£100.00 (€119.87 | $132.11 | ¥21,097)

London: Printed By Norris And Son, Bloomfield Street, Finsbury Circus. ( Sold By Brother R. Spencer, Masonic Bookseller, Publisher, Stationer. &c. 314, High Holborn, London ), MDCCCXLVII. [ 1847 ] . 0. Signed copy. 8vo. 8.50" x 5.50" x 0.50". pp.8 /pp.147/[22pp.]. Original grey-…