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The Official Catalogue of the contents of Dove Cottage.and of the Wordsworth Museum Grasmere
small 8vo booklet pp45 VG+ Privately published at Oxford, itemised by room, with list of donors. Minor wear to binding, Fine text. Contemporary site postcard inserted loose.
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£4.15
The American Heritage History of the 1920s & 1930s
by Andrist, Ralph K., Ed
Very little wear. Filled with black and white and color photographs and drawings. Weighs over three pounds. Excess postage included in the list price. Originally published in 1970.
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£7.08
This was Cattle Ranching: Yesterday and Today
by Paul, Virginia
Cover looks like leather or a good imitation. Some wear at the ends of the spine and a small (1 cm) gouge taken out of the lower edge. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The dust jacket has a couple of small tears on the front (one top edge, one bottom edge), and some minor wear at the corners. Not price clipped. A fairly rare book filled with many black and white photographs. This book will ship at a little over two pounds. Excess shipping costs are included oin the list price.
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£12.75
Gold Fever: Being a True Account, Both Horrifying and Hilarious, of the Art of Healing (So-Called) During the California Gold Rush
by Groh, George
Morrow, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author 1st Ed. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Dust jacket has mild shelfwear. Price-clipped. Color of boards bled through to endpapers (as manufactured). Pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Beautiful condition.
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£15.14
A History of the Port of Seattle
by Burke, Padraic
Very little wear to the book. Dust jacket has a few small (
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£16.19
California Historical Pack
by various
This is a package of six booklets about California, all published between 1915 and 1965. Included are the following: California's Historical Monuments published by PG&E in 1965 (48 pp.); Old Mission Tales by Kate P. Sieghold, published in 1915 (20 pp.), including two tickets to Mission San Juan Capistrano (date unknown) and a brochure about the Franciscan Missions along El Camino Real (this is the only booklet showing significant wear to the cover); Trees, Shrubs and Flowers of the Redwood Region by...
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£72.65
Pioneers of the Kingdom
by Garlick, P. L
smaller 8vo green cloth/gold pp136 bw maps bibliography index VG+ A history of Christian missions from ancient to modern eras. Three former parts: third impression, third edition and second edition, here issued in one volume. A nice copy.
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£9.00
Red Star Over China
by Snow, Edgar
Very little wear. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Spine is uncreased. The story of a western journalist embedded with the Chinese Revolutionary Army in 1936. You won't find a better copy at a better price than this.
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£5.26
HITLER and the collapse of Weimar Germany
by Martin Broszat
This book of an individual's understanding and knowledge of HITLER'S journey and effect on Weimar Germany as well. The book itself Is barely worn but definitely read.
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£24.28
Great War to Great Escape: The Two Wars of Flight Lieutenant Bernard 'Pop' Green MC
by Green, Laurence
Fighting High Publishing, 2011 8vo cloth pp xv+160 bw plates notes bibliography index VG+/VG- Biography of Great Escape veteran of both world wars.
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£3.82
American Archives: Fifth Series: A Documentary History of The United States of America, Volume II
by Peter Force
Johnson Reprint Corp., 1972. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Johnson Reprint Corp.,1972. Oversized, Heavy - 6 lbs. Hard cover. No dust jacket. Cover has slight shelfwear, residue from price sticker on front endpaper. Pages are clean, bright and unmarked, but have slight rippling on upper edges. No damp staining. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Not ex-library. American History research copy that begins with documentation from July 15, 1776 convention meeting in Pennsylvania and goes...
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£45.74
The Strongest Weapon
by Tilt, Notburga
Devon: Arthur H.Stockwell Ltd, 1972 8vo cloth pp227 facsimile documents F-/VG Memoir of feminine Austrian Resistance activity after 1938 Anschluss. Dedicated and signed by author dated 2002 inside front.
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£4.90
Germany in Wartime: What an American Girl Saw and Heard
by Mary Ethel McAuley
Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Co., 1917. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. The Open Court Publishing Co.,1917. First Edition. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover has mild shelfwear, title plate on spine is very rubbed, thin stain line on back. Pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice copy.
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£15.95
Aspects of English History
by Cockburn, Claud
Dust jacket has small spots of wear at some corners and edges, the book has less. Blue fabric covered boards with black print. A collection of humorous, perhaps satiric, essays on English history, with illustrations. Pages are clean, tight and bright, with no significant yellowing inside and some brown spotting on the top edges. This is possibly a first edition, as the year is given on the title page, but nothing specific is mentioned on the copyright page regarding editions or printings.
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£7.29
Learning about heraldry
by Priestley, A. E
Loughborough: Ladybird Books , 1974 12mo boards pp51 colour drawings F A nice copy.
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£1.13
Germany from Naoplean to Bismark
by Nipperdey, Thomas
Very little wear, mainly at the upper corners. Dust jacket shows no tears and minor crimps, with fading over the spine. Originally published in German in 1983. Translated to English by Daniel Nolan. Complete number line. Quite scarce.
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£44.52
Thrilling Experiences in the War in South Africa
by Everett, Marshall (Editor)
The Educational Company, 1900. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1900 The Educational Company. NOT ex-library. Oversize oblong hardcover, 12.5 x 9.6 inches, has olive cloth-covered boards. Front cover has two paper pasted-on sepia illustrations with gold borders, as well as gold and black lettering and decorations; back cover also have gold lettering. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Both hinges cracked, some webbing showing, not broken. Corners and spine ends bumped and...
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£52.62
Glimpses into Nova Scotia History
by Fergusson, Bruce and William Pope
Little wear. Pages clean, tight and unmarked. Many illustrations.
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£3.64
Holme School 1911-2011: A Centenary History
by Pegg, Geoff
2QT, 2011 larger 8vo pp379 bw plates F- History of the school near Kendal, Cumbria. Author signed on title page. Spine uncreased, a nice copy.
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£6.86
Pizza in New Haven
by Caplan, Colin M
Little wear. This large, thin book almost lays flat, with just a slight upwards bend opposite the spine, when laying face up. No wear to the cover, pages are all clean and tight. Full of pictures, many in color. All about pizza in New Haven. Not being from that part of the country, I'd never think of New Haven as a pizza hotbed, but as a kid, we did always go to Pizza Haven. No idea if there's a connection. My searches show very few of this book on the market, asking very high prices. I have...
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£32.38
York through the Eyes of the Artist York City Art Gallery
by Murray Hugh , Riddick Sarah , Green Richard:
York City Council 1990 1st ed. softcover 4to pp174 bw/colour plates bibliography index F- Includes biographical details on artists. A nice near Fine copy.
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£6.30
Liners, Tankers & Merchant Ships
by Jackson, Robert
A solid, compact book with very little wear. Offers drawings of 300 non-military ships from ancient times to the present. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked.
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£4.05
Level Sun Light
by Samuel, Maurice
Knopf, 1953. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Signed by Author First Edition. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Dust jacket in protective cover, a few tiny chips and tears along edges and ends of spine. Not ex-library. Light foxing on front and bottom edges. Signed on front end paper 'Sincerely yours, Maurice Samuel'. Light soiling on front end paper. Pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Binding is tight. The first complete evaluation of the State of Israel since its founding, deals with the...
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£15.45
The Great Fur Opera
by Searle, Ronald & Kildare Dobbs
A somewhat irreverent history of the Hudson's Bay Company, commissioned upon their 300th anniversary and originally distributed on that anniversary to all of the modern-day employees of said company. This somewhat comic history is accompanied by Ronald Searle's extravagant and often satirical art work. The clipped dust jacket shows wear at the edges, including a small collection of tears, none over 1.5 cm. The plain paper jacket, decorated with more of Searle's art, is also a bit tanned, especially over...
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£17.00
Russian Political Institutions
by Scott, Derek J. R
8vo pp265+publisher's list bibliography index VG+/G A detailed work, with reference to before the revolution, then the main analysis of Communist institutions. One of the Minerva Series. A nice copy in slightly worn and spotted dustwrapper.
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£6.30
