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Eminent Victorians
by Strachey, Lytton
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- 1967
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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£5.00
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London: The Folio Society, 1967. Folio Society edition with slipcase from 1967. An old water-stain to bottom corner of gray slipcase, also some minor scuffing to edges. Very slight fading to spine of red boards, but gilt titles and small black motifs thereon are still bright. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1918,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Richard III: The Great Debate
by More, Sir Thomas; & Walpole, Horace
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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£5.00
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London: The Folio Society, 1965. Folio Society edition in slipcase from 1965. Slight grubbiness to outer (open) side of black-and-gray slipcase, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Contains Sir Thomas More's "History of King Richard III" from 1543 which portrays Richard as the villain; and "Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Life and Death of Thomas Becket, Chancellor of England and Archbishop of Canterbury
by fitzStephen, William
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Published
- 1965
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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£5.00
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London: The Folio Society, 1965. Folio Society edition in slipcase from 1964. Some damage to black slipcase, with a one-and-a-half inch split at the corner at the closed side, also some scuffing to the other corner. Slight scuffing to ends of red leather spine but gilt titles theron are still bright, minor bumping to corners of gray wood-effect boards, but… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Siege of Malta 1565
by di Correggio, Francisco Balbi
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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£8.50
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London: The Folio Society, 1965. Folio Society edition in slipcase from 1965. Brown paper covering on slipcase has been partly pulled away (possibly was stuck to something and damages when separated), also some scuffing to corners. Slight discolouration to white vellum spine, but gilt titles thereon are still bright, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Canterbury Tales
by Chaucer, Geoffrey
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1966
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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£12.50
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London: The Folio Society, 1966. Two-volume Folio Society edition with slipcase from 1966. Thr gray paper covering the cardboard slipcase has split at one side of bottom edge, also some scuffing to the corners. Some rubbing to ends and edges of the brown leather spine of volume 1, and to spine ends of volume 2 which also has… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Compleat Angler, or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation
by Walton, Izaak & Cotton, Charles
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1966
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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£5.00
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London: The Folio Society, 1966. Folio Society edition with slipcase from 1966, no dustwrapper (as issued). Some scuffing to bottom edge of gray slipcase, slight fading to spine of green boards but gilt titles theron are still bright, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1653, the author's famous book on angling… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Life of Muhammad, Apostle of Allah
by Ibn Ishaq & Edwardes, Michael (editor)
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1964
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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£7.00
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London: The Folio Society, 1964. Folio Society edition in slipcase, second impression (same year as the first) from 1964, no dustwrapper (as issued). Some scuffing to bottom corners of green slipcase, also a red mark to lower corner (next to closed side), possibly from a slightly damp red slipcase belonging to another book has been. Slight fading to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Three Men in a Boat
by Jerome, Jerome K
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- Used - Good
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- Good
- Published
- 1964
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- Hardcover
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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£4.00
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London: The Folio Society, 1964. Folio Society edition in slipcase from 1964, no dustwrapper (as issued). Some rubbing to edges of red slipcase, also a small water-mark to bottom outer corner of same. Some fading to spine of blue boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1889, the author's famous story of… Read more about this item Item Price
£4.00
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All Quiet on the Western Front
by Remarque, Erich Maria
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1966
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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£12.50
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London: The Folio Society, 1966. Folio Society edition in slipcase from 1966, no dustwrapper (as issued). A small water-stain to bottom outer corner of brown slipcase, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of light brown boards but gilt titles on spine and dark brown illustration of barbed wire are all still clear. Otherwise a good clean tight… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Secret Garden
by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 2008
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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£9.00
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London: The Folio Society, 2008. A very good clean tight copy, with no wear to the green slipcase, of this hard-cover book. Green boards with gilt titles and black decoration on front and spine. Originally published in 1911 and as a Folio edition in 2006, this is a fifth printing from 2008. 273pp, 8 full-page clour illustrations..… Read more about this item Item Price
£9.00
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The Somme: An Eyewitness History
by Foley, Robert T; & McCartney, Helen (editors)
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Published
- 2007
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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£7.00
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London: The Folio Society, 2007. Folio Society edition in slipcase. Some marking to one side of brown slipcase, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 2006, this is a third printing from 2007. Deals with the 1916 Battle of the Somme, based on first-hand accounts from letters, diaries and interviews. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Poems of Love
by Donne, John
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1959
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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£6.00
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London: The Folio Society, 1959. Some scuffing to corners of gray slipcase, also tears to top (outer) edge. Some wear to red leather spine of book, but gilt lettering thereon is still bright, also some fading. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this early Folio Society publication originally published in 1958, this being a reprint from the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1995
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- Hardcover
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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£7.50
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London: The Folio Society, 1995. Folio Society edition in slipcase. A mark on slipcase where a price label (?) has been, slight fading to spine of book and to gilt titles thereon, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in serial form in 1896-97, and later that year in book form, the story… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Genius of James Thurber
by Thurber, James
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Published
- 1997
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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£5.00
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London: The Folio Society, 1997. Folio Society edition in slipcase. Slight bumping to bottom corners of gray slipcase, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A selection of pieces from the works of the American humorist James Thurber, selected and with introduction by Michael J Rosen. 256pp, b&w drawings.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.… Read more about this item Item Price
£5.00
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The History of Myddle
by Gough, Richard
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1983
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- Hardcover
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Kirkwall, Orkney, GBR
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£5.00
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London: The Folio Society, 1983. Very minor scuffing to outer corners (on the open side) of slipcase, otherwise a good clean tight copy. A history of the village of Myddle, north of Shrewsbury, originally written in the early 1700s. Edited and with introduction by David Hey, illustrations by Tim Stephens. 313pp, 10 b&w (and brown… Read more about this item Item Price
£5.00