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1858. (Woolwich), Text Printed by W.P.Jackson, "Journal" Office, Wellington Street, 1858. Quarto 22.5 cm wide x 27.3 cm high. Pagination: Printed Text-Volume: XLVI, 148 pages / Manuscript - Section: 72, (1) numbered pages with text in ink and drawings throughout (some in colour), followed by 76 empty pages. Original half-leather with gilt lettering and dating on spine and… Read more about this item

1814. First Edition. London, Printed by W,Bulmer and Co., 1814. Quarto (24 cm wide x 30 cm high). 304 pages with all 9 original sepia-aquatint-plates by Charles Turner after Haygarth. Disbound due to broken binding. Halftitle and bookblock available with all 9 plates included. Needs rebinding. Bookblock firm, halftitle detached. All nine plates with faded dampstain but still in… Read more about this item

1979. First Edition. London, Faber and Faber, 1979. 13.5cm x 20.5cm. 252 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Spotting of page edges at top of book. Otherwise very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. This is the fourth novel by Irish author John McGahern. McGahern was born in Dublin in 1934 and studied at University College, Dublin.… Read more about this item

1945. London, Faber and Faber, 1945. 15.6 cm x 24.6 cm. 196 pages. Richly illustrated with black and white, and colour illustrations. Original Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt titles on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor stains and wear to cover. Minor foxing and discolouration to edges and pages throughout. Otherwise very… Read more about this item

1948. London, Oxford University Press, 1948. 14.5 cm x 22.4 cm. Illustrated Colour Frontispiece,'The Pink Tablecloth' by J. Leslie Hunter.180 pages.16 black and white illustrations. Original Clothbound Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine strip is discoloured. Dampstains to front endpaper and pastedown. Slight tanning & foxing at pages edges. Red decoration to top… Read more about this item

1989. New York, Charles Scribner's, 1989. Octavo. 219 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. Signed by John Banville.

1996. Haverford, Green Shade, 1996. 8°. XX, 247 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Number 61 of only 100 signed copies (out of a total edition of 550). Guy Mattison Davenport (November 23, 1927 – January 4, 2005) was an American writer, translator, illustrator,… Read more about this item

1960. Cardiff, University of Wales Press, 1960. 19 x 25 cm. 222 pages. Original green cloth illustrated and lettered in gold. Only minimal signs of usage on the cover. Tight binding. Very good condition throughout. Contains among others: Landscape and Climate; Geology; Botany; Zoology; Archaeology; History; The Growth of Population; Industrial Structure; Agriculture; The Welsh Language etc.… Read more about this item

1963. First Edition. New York, Doubleday & Company Inc., 1963. Octavo. 276 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Alistair Stuart MacLean (Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair MacGill-Eain; 21 April 1922 – 2 February 1987) was a Scottish novelist who wrote popular thrillers and adventure stories.… Read more about this item

1945. New York, Reynol & Hitchcock, 1945. 14 cm x 21 cm. 72 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight discoloration of endpapers and page margins. Previous owner's name in pencil on free endpaper. From the library of Erik Haugaard / Bookplate/Exlibris by Brian Lalor. Includes for example the following essays:… Read more about this item

1934. London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1934. 14.1 cm x 22.2 cm. 317 pages. Black and white Frontispiece-Portrait. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing and discoloration to spine. Moderate foxing to edges, half-title page and endpapers. Front endpaper missing. Pages lightly tanned. Sir Gerald du Maurier was the most celebrated actor-manager of… Read more about this item

1952. First Edition. London, Eyer & Spottiswoode, 1952. 14,5 x 22 cm. XI, 224 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Sir Arnold Henry Moore Lunn (18 April 1888 – 2 June 1974) was a skier, mountaineer and writer. He was knighted for "services to British Skiing… Read more about this item

1945. Kjøbenhavn, Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck, 1945. 22.3cm x 15cm. 317 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following chapters: The Pattern of the Villages and of Country Life / The Pattern of English Religion / The Pattern of Amusements and Holidays / The Pattern… Read more about this item

2012. London, The Folio Society, 2012. 16 cm x 24.5 cm. XII, 435 pages. Including woodcut illustrations taken from the original two-volume edition published by Henry Bynneman in 1577. Original Hardcover. Cloth-bound volume with gilt decoration and slip case. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Selected passages include for example:- Brutus and his Descendants, The… Read more about this item

1964. London, Lowe and Brydone Ltd., 1964. 12.5 cm x 18 cm. 305 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition first UK edition with only very minor signs of external wear. Robert Heinlein was an American novelist and the grand master of science fiction in the twentieth century. Often called 'the dean… Read more about this item

1950. Jakarta, Sidana Halim, (1950). 8°. 14 pages. With a compliment card from Heinz Bechert.

2002. London, Carlton Books, 2002. 22 x 26cm. 159 pages, with colour photographs and illustrations throughout. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition, as new. At its peak the British Empire was the largest formal Empire the world has ever seen. Its power and influence extended to all four corners of the globe, incorporating diverse peoples and… Read more about this item

1971. First Edition. Carbondale and Edwardsville / London and Amsterdam, Southern Illinois University Press / Feffer & Simons, Inc., 1971. 15 cm x 22 cm. VII, 442 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscription by preowner. Slight spotting/discolouration on page edges. Clean inside with intact binding. ""Black List,"… Read more about this item

1997. First Edition. New York, Times Books, 1997. 21.7cm x 14.7cm. XVII, 252 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition. Includes for example the following chapters: The World Became Flesh / What It Takes to Be a Christian / His Healing Touch / Where Are You, God? / Who Is My Neighbor? / The… Read more about this item

1960. First Edition. Illinois, The Free Press of Glencoe, 1960. 24cm x 16cm. 415 (2) pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Very good + condition with some signs of wear. Minor traces of foxing to paste downs, endpapers and dustjacket. Text itself in excellent condition. Rare in this condition ! The fifties produced an unprecedented… Read more about this item