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London, UK: Bradbury and Evans, 1856. Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Cruickshank, George. 256pp. In brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. text block edges speckled. 16mo. Cloth is faded, especially over spine, rubbed at edges and rounded on corners. Armorial bookplate of John Rolt of Ozleworth (former Attorney General, 1804-1871) on front paste down endpaper. Previous owner's name neatly inked on front paste down, and a couple of small pencil markings, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

Melbourne, AU: Paul Flesch & Company, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xiv, 258pp. Red cloth-covered boards; black illustration on front, gilt titles on front and spine. Cream-coloured endpapers. 12mo. Lightly rubbed spine ends. Text block edges just starting to fox. Bookseller's label on front pastedown. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket a little sun-faded, has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.

London, UK: Cherry Tree Books, 1941. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 168pp, indexed. In stiff card wrappers (a little rubbed and chipped at edges, some spotting). Internally some marginal page tanning, else neat, clean and tight. One page has a mild crease. The third collection of Sunday Times diary entries from September 1940 to March 1941 reflecting on and reporting on the progress of the war in Europe. Diary entries were written at the end of each day and not subsequently edited, so provide a raw and real account of impressions of the war as it happened.

London, UK: Mills and Boon, 1926. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 318pp, publisher's ads. Brown cloth-covered boards, black titles on front and spine. Lightly bumped extremities. Wear and stains to rear. Outer text block edge just starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight, barring occasional foxing. No dust jacket. 8vo. A novel which takes as its chief characters the world of distinguished people at the head of the nation - including the great lady of South Street; the eminent K.C. who earns a princely income defending murderers and the gay and roistering sporting Lord whose heart is always landing him in trouble.

Knaresborough, Yorkshire: Lowe, Alfred W, 1890. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 64pp plus 12pp of illustrations and a section of local advertisements at rear. Paper wrappers, stitched. (Wrapper chipped and worn at edges, small portion absent on lower leading corner, worn, cracked along spine). A substantial guide and history of the town of Knaresborough, with entries in, for instance, Blind Jack, Byrnand Hall Cross, Charities, Celebrities, David Lewis, the Dropping Well, Early History of the Town, th Endowed School, Fort Montague, Grimbald Crag, Guy Fawkes, Hargrove - the Historian of Knaresborough, Hotels, The Russian Gun, Voters, Literary Institution, Limits of the Improvement Act, Turner's Painting of Knaresborough etc.

London, UK: William Blackwood, 1894. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 244pp. Green cloth-covered boards; black illustration on front, black titles on front and spine. Sun faded spine, titles faded. Corners and spine ends. bumped. Top text block edge darkened, remaining edges starting to fox. Prelims foxing. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 12mo. Victorian nature book which in which the author observes wildlife in the countryside of Surrey and Sussex.

London, UK: Octopus Books, 1972. Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 160pp. Beige cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Bumped spine ends. Page margins starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun faded, has 2cm teat top of font, some shelf wear, light chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped. 12mo. Illustrated with colour and black and white photographs.

London, UK: George Routledge & Sons, 1909. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xlviii, 278pp, 2pp ads. Blue cloth-covered boards; blind-embossed design on front; gilt titles on spine; top text block edge sprayed blue. 8vo. Lightly rubbed, bumped spine ends; cloth fraying. Joints stretched, 8cm tear in rear joint. Shelf wear; minor fraying to corners; cocked. Rippling to cloth on front, white spot; water damage to rear fore edge. Dusty top text block edge, remaining edges just starting to tan. Endpapers starting to fox and tan; black ink spots on rear pastedown. Hinges cracked and stretched at endpapers. Foxing on prelims. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. One hundred and fifty black and white, in-text, diagrammatical drawings. Interesting note: there is a typographical error in the introduction section roman numerals, pages going from xlvi to xlv.

UK: Sir Issac Pitman, 1953. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. viii, 142 [2]pp. Illustrated with monochrome plates and line drawings. Sixth edition, the last hardback edition. Plain printed boards, heavily worn and rubbed all over, softened at edges and cracked paper on reverse, but still solid. Internally a little blown at edges and a few smudge marks and spots on pages, some blackening on endpapers, but generally sound and clean. An indispensable guide to Morris Eights and Post-war Morris Minors, their construction and maintenance.

London: Sir Issac Pitman, 1961. 5th or later Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 94pp, black and white photographic frontispiece, numerous black and white illustrations. Quarter bound burgundy cloth over heavy card covers; black titles on front. Front cover had fold crease and top front corners bumped. Dust jacket chipped at top, water mark top at spine. 12mo.

London, UK: Pitman Publishing, 1973. 4th Edition 1st Impression. Soft cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 122pp, numerous illustrations in black and white. Printed light card covers. Significant shelf and handling wear, folds and corners dog eared. Black finger marks throughout. REmains perfectly readable. 8vo.

London, UK: Sir Isaac Pitman, 1964. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 120pp. Cream printed paper covers, black titles on front and spine. Lightly bumped spine ends. Top text block edge dusty, all edges starting to tan and fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has adhesive plastic protector, spine is a little sun-faded, not price clipped. 12mo. Aimed not only at the novice, but also the more technically-minded owner who would expect to carry out more ambitious work.

London, UK: Dacre Press, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 56pp. Light card covers, stapled. 8vo. Sun-fading to edges, light chipping to edges and wear to covers, front corners bumped, affects first few pages. Internally, neat, clean, bright and tight.

London, UK: Ward & Co. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Undated; circa 1890s. 156pp. Half bound in tan leather over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt titles on red spine label. General wear all over, leather loss at spine ends. Top text block edge dusty. Gutter starting to crack at front endpapers. Foxing to prelim pages. Otherwise internally clean, clear, and tight. 16mo. Good clean copy of this story set in the town of Franconia in the mountains of North America. Illustrated with several (mainly in-text) engravings.

London (42, Holborn Hill): Thomas Allman, 1853. 1st UK Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. [1853] Volume not dated but date taken from the English Catalogue of Books published by Sampson Low in 1864. First UK edition. Previously published by Harper and Brothers in the US (1850). 190pp plus plate illustrations and publisher's catalogue at rear. In blue cloth-covered boards, extensively decorated with blind embossing and gilt decorations and lettering on front board and spine, AEG (all edges gilt. Extra, engraved title page. Engraved frontispiece. Monochrome plate illustrations and occasional page decorations. (Boards worn, rubbed on edges, rounded at corners and spine ends; internally generally neat, clean, bright and tight, barring a small water mark affecting the frontispiece and first title page and hint of toning.) Abbott was a prolific American writer of juvenile stories. His Beechnut stories revolve around the eponymous Beechnut, a youngster… Read More

Network Educational Press Ltd, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed and Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. 390pp. Black cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket (just a little bumped at edges). A moving account of fatherhood in the modern world by the former head of a British comprehensive school, now President of the 21st Century Learning Initiative in the United States. Semi-autobiographical, it is an insider story of evolving educational policy which confronts the dilemma between mass learning and individual creativity and advocates harmony between home, school and community.

London, UK: Universities' Mission to Central Africa, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 64pp, with black and white frontispiece illustration and four full page black and white illustrations throughout text. Light green cloth-covered boards with black titles on the front cover and the spine. 12mo. Small stains on the boards, fading on the spine and around edges of boards. Very light foxing on endpapers but otherwise internally very clean, neat, bright and tight. On the life of the missionary David Livingstone.

Charlottesville, VA, USA: Thomasson-Grant, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 136pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, silver titles on front and spine. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has small closed tear bottom front corner, shelf wear, chipping to edges. Landscape 4to. Mainly colour photographic memorial to the men of the civil war, paired with archival photographs of the soldiers, camp life, and the aftermath of battle. A large and heavy volume which may incur an additional charge for delivery overseas. 4to.

London, UK: Penguin, 1993. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 308pp. Printed light card covers. Light chipping to edges. Reader's crack in spine. Text block edges starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 12mo.

London, UK: The Bodley Head, 1966. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 408pp, central section of black and white photographic plates. Maroon cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has shelf wear, chipping to edges; foxing inside, not price clipped. First complete biography for thirty years of the man who was the most powerful leader Ireland ever had. Brings fresh insight and immediacy to the story of Parnell, and the friends and enemies, public and private, who worked for or against him and grieved or rejoiced at his downfall.