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OXFORD: BASIL BLACKWELL, 1981 Brown Cloth Boards with gilt titles to spine, 255 x 180 mm approx. xii + 340 pp. 24 illustrations and 2 line maps as called for. First printing 1981. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/VG (Book- No notable shelf wear or soiling. No previous owner name or insc. Slight musty smell from long term storage- not offensive but worthy of mention. Binding sound. Dust Jacket - no spine fade, a little soiling around top edge - very slight rodent? nibble to same- now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve).

LONDON: DALTON WATSON IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NATIONAL MOTOR MUSEUM TRUST, 1978 Green Boards with gilt titles to spine, 240 x 175 , illustrations to end papers, 112 pp profusely illustrated with b/w photos (over 200 per flap fold).Forword by W Boddy, First Edition 1978. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.VG/VG (Book- slight fading to boards at extremities, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- mild rubbing to laminate at corner tips and tail of spine, crease to front flap fold from careless closing. No other notable defects to book or jacket).

HINDHEAD SURREY: SPUR PUBLICATIONS , 1978 Orange cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 225 x 145 mm approx. [vi] + 160 pp. Numerous unspecified b/w photos + line illustrations by Pat Lakin. First Edition 1976. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Very Good - (Book- no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - mild shelf rubbing, non price clipped - cover £4.50. No notable defects to book or jacket). Please state when placing order if you would wish that a removable proprietary protective sleeve be fitted.

LONDON: EDWARD STANFORD, 1888 Mid Brown Cloth Boards with gilt titles to spine and front board. 185 x 115 mm approx. [vi] + 128pp + 32pp of publisher's and commercial adverts to rear. Folding map to frontis + plan as called for. Dated 1888 to title page but latter printing of 1895 as index to advertisers for 1895-6.One of a popular series of Victorian pocket tourist guides - Intro. + 12 Excursions by Rail/Road to various parts of the county.Good (Book- no significant shelf wear or soiling to cloth. Printed circular elaborate monogram of previous owner affixed to front paste down with date-1897 in ink. Offset browning and a little foxing to end papers. Small old repair to margin of map using 20mm approx perforated gummed margin of an old sheet of postage stamps.Front end paper cracked but mull holding and binding generally sound). Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale.

NEWCASTLE: MINERVA MUMISMATIC HANDBOOKS no 4, 1969 Internally fine throughout. Illustrated Card Covers, Stapled laminated paperback. 215 x 140 mm approx. 128 pp. Handbook No Four in series.Contents, Campaign, United Nations, Independence and Commonwealth Campaign Medals. Lists in detail the different dies of medals awarded to and authorised to be worn by the British Army, and to give reference to the authority for the awards. VG+ ( Book- Light shelf soiling to front cover and minor rubbing. No previous owner name or insc.) 20/- . Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON: HEADLINE, 2005 Tan boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 240 x 160 mm approx. 278 pp. Crime Fiction. First Edition 1st impression 2005, inscribed and signed by the author in ink to title page. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book- slight tanning to margins of paper block- author insc. as above. Dust Jacket- negligible shelf wear, non price clipped - cover £18.99. No other defects to book or jacket). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

TOKYIO, JAPAN: YOHAN PUBLICATIONS Inc., 1976 A Useful pocket-size reference guide to the Japanese language of everyday use.150x105mm.188pp.Fine[ Book- laminated p/b, no inscsp. Fine throughout ]Exterior- no notable defect. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

London: HARPER COLLINS, 2001 VG P/b. Illustrated Card Covers, 195 x 130 mm approx.284 pp. Harper Collins edition 2001. (Covers- single reading crease to spine, light general shelf rubbing and soiling. Book block- no previous owner name. Paper a little tanned, clean throughout. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON: DOUBLEDAY, 1991 Pale green cloth quarter binding with gilt blocked titles and beige paper covered boards, 240 x 160 mm approx. [iv] + 422 pp + 4 ack. and note on author. First UK Printing 1991. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/VG (Book- negligible shelf rubbing, a few mild dust/foxing spots to top edge of book block. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - Mild rubbing to extremities- no nicks or tears, non price clipped - cover £13.99 - supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket).

JOKYO: JAPAN PUBLICATIONS , 1988 Illustrated laminated card covers (Paperback) 295 x 210 mm approx. 62 pp. illustrated with line drawings showing progress of folds and of completed projects. First Published in 1972 the copy offered is of the 14th printing 1988.Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good ( Book- covers moderate shelf rubbing/ creasing and mild soiling, no previous owner name, insc. or annotations. No other notable defects).

PRIVATELY PUBLISHED , 1987 Printed card covers (Stapled paperback) 16 pp. Illustrated with b/w photos and line drawings. Undated - copyright 1987. Instructional booklet on Carp rigs with contributions from Dave Plummer on rigs for alternative species and Andy Little on the Death Slide Rig. VG ( General shelf wear/ soiling to covers with a longitudinal crease to front. Contents respectably clean with no previous owner name or insc. Binding sound). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

Brighton , Sussex : PRIVATELY PUBLISHED / The Southern Publishing Co.Ltd., 1906 Short autobiography of NP Blaker MRCS. who was Consulting Surgeon of Sussex County Hospital Brighton from 1864.Red cloth Boards with gilt titles to spine and front board.185 x 130 mm iv + 108pp. Original light green floral design end papers. The book was re issued by Combridges of Hove in 1919 under the title Sussex in Bygone Days: Reminiscences of Nathaniel Paine Blaker. Blaker was born in 1835 at "Mays" Selmeston , a farm, the property of his maternal grandfather, Joseph Fuller; a farming family for the past 300 years in and around Portslade, Kingston and Shoreham. The book contains much on medical practice in olden times, country characters, drinking songs etc it was probably because of the broader content that the book was subsequently published under the revised title. The copy we offer for sale is inscribed and signed by Blaker in ink on the title page to Rev.Wm.J. Humble-Crofts who was Rector of Waldron… Read More

OXFORD: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS , 1988 Navy Blue cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 220 x 145 mm approx. 220 pp First Edition 1988.The author's boyhood in 1920's industrial Lancashire which gives a first hand account of the general strike in 1921 and its tragic consequences on his family. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.Near Fine/ Near Fine. (Book- negligible shelf wear/soiling, no previous owner name or insc.Dust Jacket- rubbing to laminate at head of spine, oup price sticker to rear panel £12.95. No notable defects to book or jacket).

LONDON: CROOM HELM , 1986 Burgundy Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 240 x 165 mm approx. xviii + 238 pp. 8 pp of colour photos + many other b/w photos, line drawings by Michael Clark, tables /charts etc in text. First Edition 1986 Inscribed and signed by the author in ink to the title page. The second book published in the Croom Helm Mammal Series with a foreword by David Attenborough. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book - light spotting to top edge of book block, author insc. as above. Dust Jacket - price clipped in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket).

LONDON: LUTTERWORTH PRESS, 1954 Maroon Boards with gilt lettering to spine, Illustrated end papers, 160pp. First Edition 1st printing 1954.VG/ Poor+(Book- Name of previous owner to free front end paper which has been partially snopaked out. date of publication in ink to foot and a few light foxing spots. Boards clean and free from shelf wear. Dust Jacket- price clipped with numerous tears max- 30mm top rear panel and ditto to top front panel, nicks and with some loss- max 13x15mm chip to top front panel near spine fold with lesser pieces of loss around head and tail, associated line creases and colour loss rubbing generally to extremities. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve- the white backing paper of which has been masked by colouring so as not to offend the eye on the shelf). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON / BIRMINGHAM: IBBS & TILLETT [Management], ALAN G PRIESTLEY [Management, 1946 1946 Concert Programme. The Boyd Neel Concert Society Presents the Boyd Neel Orchestra. The Town Hall, Birmingham. Wednesday October 23rd. Good P/b, A Single sheet, twice folded, giving 6 sides. 190x130mm. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for Further details and condition.

LONDON : JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD , 1945 Beige Cloth boards with Red blocked titles to spine, xvi + 624 pp, Frontis + 7 other monochrome photo plates as called for. 1945 Printing of the New Edition of 1942 with the additional chapter. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good no d/j (Book- moderate general shelf wear and soiling. No previous owner name or insc. War economy paper of text block evenly tanned, binding sound with no other notable defects). A sound reading copy.

WELLINGBOROUGH: PATRICK STEPHENS LTD, 1990 brown boards with gilt titles to spine, 250 x 195 mm approx. Illustrated end papers, 240 pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w photos, many not previously published. First Edition 1st printing 1990. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book - negligible shelf wear, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - Tiny rubbing to laminate at extreme corner tips, non price clipped - Harper Row price sticker over original publisher's printed cover price of £29.95 No other defects to book or jacket, no cover fade;the latter supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

London: ALPINE Club & ALPINE CLIMBING Group, 1962 VG P/b.The Alpine Club Guide book for Climbers.compiled by members of the Alpine Club and Alpine Climbing Group.Edited by J Neill.General Editor CWF Noyce. 70 Selected Routes in the Pennine Alps.[translated & adapted] plusHuts, Mountain Hotels etc & general information.[ Dent Blanche / Matterhorn ect ] peaks [ Weisshorn ,Monte Rosa etc] Passes Zermatt]in line illus.[ book internally clean throughout, No inscsp. no annotation. tight binding , light fox to foredeg] publisher's protective covers intact & clean. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

DUNDEE: JOHN LENG AND CO , 1914 Beige cloth boards with Brown blocked titles Regimental Crest to front, 255 x 195 mm approx. Publisher's Maroon end papers, 56 pp. First Edition 1914. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good (Moderate general shelf wear and soiling to cloth, mild bumps to bottom corners, no previous owner name or insc. No other notable defects).