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The Life of Francis William Crossley

The Life of Francis William Crossley

by J. Rendel Harris (ed.)

Condition
Used - Good Condition (ex-library)
Edition
First Edition
Published
1899
Binding
Hardcover
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James Nisbet & Co, London, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition (ex-library). Inscribed by Editor. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". xiv + 249pp. Hinges cracked, webbing exposed. Spine cocked, faded and worn. Endpapers browned, text has scattered foxing, but mostly clean. Previous owner's address sticker. Edges foxed and browned. Ex-library, with minimal stamps… Read more about this item
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Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

by Marjorie Sykes

Condition
Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1943
Binding
Hardcover
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£6.00

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Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 12mo 6 3/4 - 7 3/4". 134 pp. Binding firm. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Edges browned. Ex-library, with minimal stamps and markings (Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre). Covers slightly marked. Corners slightly bumped. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under… Read more about this item
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William Law and Eighteenth Century Quakerism, including some unpublished letters and fragments of William Law and John Byrom

William Law and Eighteenth Century Quakerism, including some unpublished letters and fragments of William Law and John Byrom

by Stephen Hobhouse

Condition
Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1927
Binding
Hardcover
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Allen & Unwin, London, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". 342 pp. Binding firm. Endpapers browned, text block clean. Dust jacket has faded spine, chips and some loss. Edges foxed and browned. Corners bumped. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Religion & Theology;… Read more about this item
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A Tinker and a Poor Man: John Bunyan and his Church, 1628-1688

A Tinker and a Poor Man: John Bunyan and his Church, 1628-1688

by Christopher Hill

Condition
Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1988
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780394572420
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£7.00

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Knopf, New York, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". xx + 394pp. Binding firm. Dust Jacket slightly marked with faded spine. Edges slightly marked. Ex-library, with minimal stamps and markings (Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre). Corners slightly bumped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category:… Read more about this item
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A Tribe of One: Great Naive Painters of the British Isles

A Tribe of One: Great Naive Painters of the British Isles

by George Melly

Condition
Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1981
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780902280809
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Haynes, Yeovil, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 4to - between 9¾ - 12" tall. 80 pp. Internally clean. Binding firm, spine slightly cocked. Edges browned slightly. Corners slightly bumped. Profusely illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Art & Design; Britain/UK; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0902280805.… Read more about this item
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A Boy's Religion from Memory

A Boy's Religion from Memory

by Rufus M. Jones

Condition
Used - Fair Condition
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1903
Binding
Hardcover
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Headley Brothers, London, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 16mo 6 1/2 - 6 3/4". 96 pp. Binding split in several places, a few sections loosening. Spine cocked with wear to ends. Scattered foxing. Edges browned. Top edge gilt in good condition. Tears to outer margin of a couple of pages. Ex-library,… Read more about this item
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A Short Account of the Life and Religious Labours of Patience Brayton, Late of Swansey, in the State of Massachusetts. Mostly selected from her own writings

A Short Account of the Life and Religious Labours of Patience Brayton, Late of Swansey, in the State of Massachusetts. Mostly selected from her own writings

by Patience Brayton

Condition
Used - Good Condition (ex-library)
Edition
First UK Edition
Published
1802
Binding
Softcover
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£60.00

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William Phillips, London, 1802. First UK Edition. Softcover. Good Condition (ex-library). Size: 12mo 6 3/4 - 7 3/4". 144 pp. Spine creased. Cover coming away from text block at base of spine. Scattered foxing. Creasing to page corners. Ex-library, with minimal stamps and markings. Covers marked, chipped and creased. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under… Read more about this item
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The Autobiography of St. Ignatius Loyola, with Related Documents

The Autobiography of St. Ignatius Loyola, with Related Documents

by St. Ignatius Loyola, & John C. Olin (ed.) and Joseph F. O'Callaghan (trans.)

Condition
Used - Good Condition (ex-library)
Edition
First Thus
Published
1974
Binding
Softcover
ISBN
9780061391705
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Harper & Row, New York, 1974. First Thus. Softcover. Good Condition (ex-library). Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". x + 112pp. Binding split in one place. Spine worn. Edges foxed and browned. Ex-library, with minimal stamps and markings (Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre). Covers slightly marked and worn. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250… Read more about this item
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The Life of Robert Spence Watson, by his nephew

The Life of Robert Spence Watson, by his nephew

by Percy Corder

Condition
Used - Good Condition (ex-library)
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1914
Binding
Hardcover
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Headley Brothers, London, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". 327 pp. Binding firm, spine cocked. Endpapers browned, text has scattered foxing, but mostly clean. Edges browned and marked. Top edge gilt in good condition. Ex-library, with minimal stamps and markings (Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre). Corners… Read more about this item
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Some Account of the Religious Experience of Ann Crowley

Some Account of the Religious Experience of Ann Crowley

by Ann Crowley

Condition
Used - Good Condition
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1842
Binding
Hardcover
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W. Eade, Lindfield, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 12mo 6 3/4 - 7 3/4". 50 pp. Binding firm. Foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Edges browned. Ex-library, with minimal stamps and markings (Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre). Corners slightly bumped. Quantity Available:… Read more about this item
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Tell Freedom

Tell Freedom

by Peter Abrahams

Condition
Used - Fair Condition
Edition
Reprint
Published
1975
Binding
Softcover
ISBN
9780049230019
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Faber, 1975. Reprint. Softcover. Fair Condition. Seventh Impression. Size: 12mo 6 3/4 - 7 3/4". 224 pp. Rear hinge cracked. Spine cocked. Edges browned and marked. Pages 217-222 loosening. Ex-library, with minimal stamps and markings (Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre). Laminated covers, slightly marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; South Africa;… Read more about this item
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Fernand Leger: The Later Years

Fernand Leger: The Later Years

by Nicholas Serota and Joanna Skipwith (eds.)

Condition
Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1987
Binding
Softcover
ISBN
9780854880744
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Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: 4to <12". 192 pp. Internally clean. Binding firm, spine cocked. Dust Jacket marked with faded spine and a couple of chips. Edges slightly marked. Profusely illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Art & Design; France; Modern; Biography &… Read more about this item
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A Way of Life: Over 30 years of blood, sweat and tears

A Way of Life: Over 30 years of blood, sweat and tears

by Reg Kray

Condition
Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
Reprint
Published
2000
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780283073199
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Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 2000. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Signed by Author. Second impression of the First Edition. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". 288 pp. Binding firm, spine cocked. Dust Jacket creased and chipped with slight loss. Edges browned, foxed and marked. Corners slightly bumped. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under… Read more about this item
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Rasputin

Rasputin

by Douglas Smith

Condition
Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
Reprint
Published
2016
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781447245841
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MacMillan, London, 2016. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: 8vo - over 7.75 - 9.75" tall. xxvi + 817pp. Internally clean. Binding firm, spine slightly cocked. Dust Jacket slightly creased. Edges browned. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Russia; Modern; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 1447245849. ISBN/EAN: 9781447245841. Pictures of… Read more about this item
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Great Event

Great Event

by Horace H. C. Buckley

Condition
Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition
Fair
Edition
First Edition
Published
1930
Binding
Hardcover
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Figurehead, London, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Fair. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". 197 pp. Binding firm, spine slightly faded. Endpapers browned slightly, text block clean. Dust jacket in protective plastic cover with faded spine, several tears and some loss. Corners slightly bumped. Contains frontispiece. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1… Read more about this item
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Patrick Henry Bruce: American Modernist

Patrick Henry Bruce: American Modernist

by William C. Agee & Barbara Rose

Condition
Used - Good Condition
Edition
First Edition
Published
1979
Binding
Softcover
ISBN
9780870702600
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Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Size: Oblong 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". x + 227pp. Binding firm, spine slightly cocked. Slight marking front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's signature in pencil. Edges slightly browned and marked. Covers slightly creased and… Read more about this item
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My Wanderings. Being Travels in the East in 1846-47, 1850-51, 1852-53

My Wanderings. Being Travels in the East in 1846-47, 1850-51, 1852-53

by John Gadsby

Condition
Used - Good Condition
Edition
Stereotype Edition
Published
1859
Binding
Hardcover
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Gadsby, London, 1859. Stereotype Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Size: 12mo 6 3/4 - 7 3/4". 594 pp. Front hinge cracking. Rear hinge cracked. Spine cocked and worn. Scattered foxing. Covers marked. Corners bumped. This volume is complete in itself but a second volume was subsequently published. Illustrated, with fold-out map. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight:… Read more about this item
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George Fox: Seeker and Friend

George Fox: Seeker and Friend

by Rufus M. Jones

Condition
Used - Fair Condition
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1930
Binding
Hardcover
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Allen & Unwin, London, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 12mo <7 3/4". x + 224pp. Text contains some pencil markings. Rebacked with green cloth. No titles to spine. Front hinge cracked, webbing exposed. Spine cocked. Edges browned. Ex-library, with minimal stamps and markings (Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre). Covers marked and worn.… Read more about this item
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Memorials of the Life of Amelia Opie, selected and arranged from her Letters, Diaries, and other Manuscripts

Memorials of the Life of Amelia Opie, selected and arranged from her Letters, Diaries, and other Manuscripts

by Amelia Opie, & Cecilia Lucy Brightwell (selection)

Condition
Used - Very Good Condition
Edition
Second Edition
Published
1854
Binding
Hardcover
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£40.00

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Fletcher and Alexander, Norwich, 1854. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". xii + 410pp. Binding firm, spine cocked with chips to ends. Foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's book-plate laid in and ink signature. Edges browned. Covers slightly marked. Corners bumped.… Read more about this item
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A Memoir of the Right Honourable Sir Edward Fry, G.C.B., 1827-1918, by his Daughter. Compiled largely from an Autobiography written for his family

A Memoir of the Right Honourable Sir Edward Fry, G.C.B., 1827-1918, by his Daughter. Compiled largely from an Autobiography written for his family

by Agnes Fry

Condition
Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition
No Dust Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1921
Binding
Hardcover
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Oxford University Press, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". 328 pp. Binding firm, spine cocked and faded. Endpapers browned slightly, text block clean. Edges browned slightly. Contains frontispiece. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; England; Modern; Biography &… Read more about this item
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