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Knowledge Books & Ephemera
18th Century German Porcelain
by George Savage
Rockliff 1958. #50 of 250 copies of Special Limited Edition signed by the author. Book is in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked. Boards are sturdy. Gilt lettering on spine is bright. Light toning around board edges and light edge wear. DJ is in fair condition with chips and tears along the spine and some discoloration and soiling.
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£36.74
The Old China Book
by N. Hudson Moore
Tudor Publishing Co. 1937. Good condition. Text is clean and unmarked. Boards are sturdy. Gilt lettering on front is bright, but faded on the spine. Ther is edge wear at head and foot of spine.. Worn white spot and light stain on lower right front board. Previous owner's book plate on front end page. No DJ.
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£23.27
Cultural Treasures of the Ancient World
by Pamela Bradley
New Holland Publishers 2007. Book is in ver good condition. Text is clean and unmarked. Binding and boards are sturdy. Boards show very light edge wear. DJ shows light shelf and edge wear.
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£44.90
At the End of an Age
by Lukacs, John
New Haven & London: Yale University Press. 2002. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition. An excellent copy. x, 230 pages. A deeply informed reflection on the nature of historical and scientific knowledge. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Softcover.
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£13.18
Manual of Cultivated Trees and Shrubs
by Alfred Rehder
The MacMillan Company 1940. Second edition revised and updated. Book is in good condition, boards and bindings are sturdy. Moderate edgewear and soiling. Text is clean and unmarked. Pages are lightly tanned with age. DJ is in poor condition, price clipped with tears and chips along all edges. Previous owners name is in ink on front end page.
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£36.74
Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia and Fact Index, 15 Vols. A - Z
by F. E. Compton & Company
1947. F.E.Compton and Company. Black boards with green lettering on spine. Light edgewear and scuffing to boards and on some volumes title lettering has faded. Spines are sturdy. Text is clean and unmarked.
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£183.69
McGraw Hill Dictionary of Art (5 vol.)
by Myers, Bernard S. , Ed
1969. McGraw-Hill. Five volume set. Second printing 1970. Red terxtured boards. No DJ. Set is in near new condition except for some light fading across top front and back and a small stain on volumme 1.Clean and unmarked text throughout, bindings sturdy. Each volume is 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 1 3/4.
Item Price
£65.31
The Oldaker Collection of British Bookbindings
by Howrd M. Nixon
Maggs Bros. 1982. Book is in very good condition. Text is clean and unmarked. Boards and bindings are strong. Slight edge wear. No DJ.
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£36.74
Hand Dyeing Yarn and Fleece
by Gail Callahan
Storey Publishing 2010. New. No DJ as published.
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£20.41
Rameses to Rockefeller
by Charles Harris Whitaker
Random House 1934. Book is good condition. Text is clean and unmarked. Boards and bindings are strong with light discolorization around the edges. Pages show light toning. Top of spine has several small tears. No DJ.
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£36.74
Old Pewter Its Makers and Marks
by Howard Herschel Cotterell
First Tuttle edition, 2d printing, 1963. Boards sturdy, text clean and unmarked. DJ shows moderate wear along edges, chips and tears at head and foot of spine. Price clipped top and bottom of front flyleaf.
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£53.07
Manners, Culture and Dress of the Best American Society
by Richard A. Wells, A.M
King Richardson & Co., 1891. Dark red boards are sturdy with little shelfwear. Gilt foredges. Pages lightly tanned with age. Text is clean and unmarked. First page of preface has some light soilingor stain marks. No DJ.
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£28.57
Colonial American English
by Richard M. Lederer, Jr
Verbatim 1985. Book is in very good condition. Text is clean and unmarked. Boards and bindings are strong. Book and DJ show very light shelf and edge wear. Previous owner's name on front end page.
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£24.49
Basic Lumber Engineering for Builders
by Max Schwartz
Craftsman 1997. Book is in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked. Binding is sturdy. Cover shows minor shelf and edge wear. Bookstore stamp inside front cover.
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£20.00
Webster's Real Estate Law in North Carolina - 2 vols.
by Patrick K. Hetrick and James B. McLaughlin, jr
Michie Co. 1994. Fourth edition with 1997 and 1998 supplements. Near new condition. Text is clean and unmarked. Boards and bindings are sturdy.Gilt lettering is bright. Boards show light edge wear and rubbing.
Item Price
£204.10
Earth's Grandest Rivers
by Ferfinand C. Lane
Doubleday and Co. 1949. Book is in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked. Binding and green boards are sturdy. Boards show slight shelf and edge wear. End pages and paste downs are tanned with age. Spine lettering is faded. Previous owner's label is on front paste down. No DJ.
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£18.37
Carpentry for beginners
by John D. Adams
Dodd, Mead & Co. 1924. Text is clean and unmarked. Brown boards are sturdy showing considerable shelf and edge wear. Binding is intact but fragile. Name in red ink on bottom foredge. Previous owner's name and pencil scribbling on front paste down and endpage. NO. DJ.
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£36.74
Strong's North Carolina Index
Lawyer's Co-operative 3D 13 volumes 1978 Plus General Index 1978 and Supplement 1986. Good condition. Light foxing on some pages. Light shelf wear.
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£612.30
Wool Handbook, Volume 2
by Werner Von Bergen
Interscience Publishers 1970. Third enlarged edition. Book is in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked. Boards are sturdy with slight rippling in fabric on back board. ront hinge has slight separation at top of title page. Printed review "From the Preface" has been taped on the back paste down. Previous owner's name is on the front paste down. No DJ.
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£32.66
Landscapes and Learning. Place Studies for a Global World
by Somerville, Margaret; Power, Kerith & de Carteret, Phoenix[Editors]
Rotterdam: Sense Publisher. 2009. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Black & white illustrations. Uncommon title. 227 pages. Part of Trangressions: Cultural Studies and Education series. The book uses the lens of place to explore how we can respond differently to some of the major questions of our time. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Softcover.
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£23.72
The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes
by Will and Ariel Durant
Simon and Schuster 1954-1975. Entire 11 volume set is in very good condition. Text is clean and unmarked. Boards and bindings are strong with very light edge wear. DJs have edge wear with minor chips and tears. Some DJs show fading and light shelf wear. Volume 2 is price clipped. Volume 7 has small black dots on the foredge.
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£428.61
Pocket World Atlas
by Pocket World
Rand McNally-Pocket World Atlas, 1951.Collector's
Edition published by Pocket Books, Inc.Boards and binding are sturdy with moderate shelf wear. Maps and text are clean and unmarked.
Edition published by Pocket Books, Inc.Boards and binding are sturdy with moderate shelf wear. Maps and text are clean and unmarked.
Item Price
£15.10
John Redman's Essentials of the Golf Swing
by John Redman and Michael E. Thomason
Dutton 1993, First printing. Book is like new. DJ shows very light shelf wear. Signed by the author on the front end page.
Item Price
£21.63
