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Macdonald, 1965. Hardcover. Good. 1965. First Edition. 190 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Pen markings to front free endpaper. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards.

S. Chand & Co, 1976. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1976. First Edition. 273 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning to text block edges. Previous owner's inscriptions to half title page. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Boards are slightly bowed. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Moderate tanning and creasing, with rubbing and marking.

Scientific Publishing Co., 1969. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1969. 15th Edition. 744 pages. Green dust jacket over red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Staining overall. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.

A. Brown and Sons, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1958. 2nd Edition, Revised. 113 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Light marking to front board. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Tape to top edges. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Barron's Educational Series Inc., 1958. Paperback. Acceptable. 1958. Revised Edition. 447 pages. Blue paper cover. Volume I. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to reverse of covers, title page and last page. Thumb-marking present. Pulling to covers. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have moderate edge-wear with curling to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Some tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing to edges.

Faber & Faber, 1964. Hardcover. Good. 1964. First Edition. 325 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with mild tanning and heavy foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with mild markings overall. Boards are mildly warped.

Hamish Hamilton, 1964. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1964. First Published in G. 158 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial cloth. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Moderate rub-marking and foxing to pastedowns and endpapers with remnants and inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Heavy bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed.

S. G. Mason, 1968. Paperback. Good. 1968. 2nd Edition. 20 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white photographs throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

William Heinemann, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1951. First Published. 212 pages. Signed by the author. Grey dust jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white photographic and illustrated plates. Flat signed by author to front free endpaper. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1967. Paperback. Good. 1967. First edition thus. 187 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Basil Blackwell, 1965. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1965. First Edition. 514 pages. Dust jacket over purple cloth. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Small droplets to fore edge. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild sunning to spine and board edges. Sunning imprint of dust jacket design onto spine. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with creasing. Light rubbing and marking all over. Heavy tanning to spine.

Basil Blackwell, 1964. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1964. None Stated. 476 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Visible water stain to bottom corner of front board. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Light crushing to spine. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped jacket.Panels have moderate edge wear with chips, tears, and creasing. Visible sunning to spine.

Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1965. Hardcover. Good. 1965. Reprinted. 476 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil and pen markings to front pastedown and free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards.

Steven and Sons, 1967. Hardcover. Good. 1967. Second Impression. 297 pages. No dust jacket. Burgundy cloth. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning to text block edges. Previous owner's inscriptions to ffep. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Binding remains firm with sunning to spine.

Epworth Press, 1928. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1928. First Edition. 92 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards. with lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Minor tanning to free endpapers due to dust jacket flaps. Pen markings to front pastedown. Pen annotations and marginalia to a few pages. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is clear. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Moderate loss to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

Kelly's Directories, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 103 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Medium cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, boards slightly loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Stains and markings to some pages. Boards have heavy shelf-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Tears to cloth to spine. Staining overall.

Butterworths, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1963. 4th Edition. 180 pages. Blue and white dust jacket over red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.

Emmott and Co. Limited, 1930. Hardcover. Good. 1930. Nineteenth Edition. 134 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth board. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Cambridge University Press, 1974. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1974. No Edition Remarks. 334 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Moderate sunning to spine.

Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1966. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1966. First Edition. 382 pages. Blue and black dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Scuffing to pastedowns. Some creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to boards. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.