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London: HarperCollins, 1999. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, sticker on front panel ("The New Aubrey/Maturin Adventure"), some yellowing to the pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, the twentieth in the author's Aubrey/Maturin series of novels. This one, the last to be published in the author's lifetime, is set just after the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and involves the Chilean War of Independence. First UK edition, with the number line starting with a 1. 262pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: HarperCollins, 1997. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped (but with no price shown) dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends of red boards, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Number line on rev of title page starts with a 1. The eighteenth in the author's series of Naval novels featuring Jack Aubrey. 262pp.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Collins, 1958. Creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper,particularly to top edge of front panel, minor bumping to spine ends of blue boards, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1933, this is a much later edition from 1958, part of the Collins "Seagull Library" series. The first of the author's four stories about the adventures of Jim Thorne of the Canadian Mounties and his husky-wolf dog Silver Chief. 192pp, colour frontispiece.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Lutterworth Press, 1961. Creasing and tears to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, with a bit missing at lower corner of back panel of same. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Dominion Library" series, the story, a sequel to the author's "Swendale Surprises", involves three children spending a holiday in the Yorkshire Dales in Winter. 96pp, colour frontispiece.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Fledgling Press Ltd, 2001. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. The story, set in working-class Edinburgh in the 1920s and 1930s, was left incomplete at the author's death in 1999 but was edited together by her husband. 302pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: John Murray, 2009. Minor creasing to the top edge of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the author's years from the age of sixteen onwards in and out of Mental hospitals, homeless hostels and squats between 1975 and the late 1980s.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Palmerston North, NZ: The Dunmore Press, 1997. Some creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, a previous owner's gift message dated 2001 on inner front flap of dustwrapper, some minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, also the boards are a little bit bowed (bent but not broken). Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book looking at dams in New Zealand from around the 1870s up to the 1930s, including those built for water supply, mining, and for floating kauri logs along rivers. 214pp, numerous b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: The Ramsay Head Press, 1986. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends of gray boards, pages 61-64 (one sheet of paper) loose, NOT torn out, but a mistake in the binding. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this small hard-cover book. The author's memories of life in rural Aberdeenshire when he was a boy in the 1950s, written in the ''Doric'' dialect of NE Scotland. 83pp.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Galway: Archeological Historical and Folklore Society, 1982. Some creasing and a couple of small tears to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, mostly at spine ends, also some old water-marking (just to the dustwrapper, not to the book); minor bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A collection of pieces, two of them in Gaelic, by various authors on aspects of the history, placenames, folksongs, wildlife, notable residents and more of County Mayo. 313pp, 35 b&w illustrations and maps.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Eyre & Spottiswode, 1960. Unclipped dustwrapper has creasing and a few small tears to edges, also quite a lot of foxing. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, original owner's name and date (1961) on f/ep, otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1943, the story of a boy on a remote Wyoming ranch and his colt Flicka. 232pp, b&w drawings at chapter heads.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Tunnicliffe, Charles. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: B T Batsford, 1989. Slight creasing to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, some fading to spine of same, minor bumping to corners of yellow boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Looks in a basic sort of way at traditional embroidery from China, India, Palestine and Yugoslavia, with some diagrams of the patterns, and a chapter on the stitches. 190pp, 20 colour and 102 b&w illustrations, 124 charts and diagrams.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Repeater Books, 2019. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover and a small tear to top edge of back cover, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Deals with the songs on all the David Bowie albums from "Low" (1976) to "Blackstar" (released just before his death in 2016). 705pp.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1996. Some fading to front panel of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. An interpretation by the author of the notion of Religious Pluralism, taken from the ideas of Jacques Derrida and from Buddhist saint and philosopher Nagarjuna. A revised version of "La Vérité chrétienne à l'âge du pluralisme religieux" which was published in 1994. 269pp. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, 1908. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, foxing to page edges and to outer pages, top half-inch cut away from f/ep (probably had a previous owner's name on), binding starting to come loose at chapter 1 and at pages 195-206, but otherwise a not too bad copy of this hard-cover book. Possibly a library binding, only 'Maya' and 'Oliphant' in gilt on spine, but no stamps or labels anywhere. The author was a Philip Laurence Kington-Blair Oliphant, he was killed in France in April 1918 when serving as a lieutenant-colonel with the Royal Irish Rifles. He wrote several novels under a slightly shortened version of his name, this one is set in India. Not many copies of his novels around anywhere online, and no other copies of this title (as of August 2023). 313pp.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Collins, 1939. Unclipped dustwrapper has quite a lot of tears to the edges, with almost an inch being missing at top end of spine and another one-inch tear and creasing at the bottom end of same, also a larger tear and crease to top right-hand corner of back panel. Minor fading to top end of spine of blue boards where dustwrapper has been torn, some bumping to spine ends and corners, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A historical novel set in seventeenth century Scotland at the time of the Covenanters, and largely dealing with the (real life) family of the Humes of Polwarth. A sequel to the author's "Mine is the Kingdom", but much harder to find. Her real name was Jane Rees (nee Evans) and she founded the John Llewellyn Rhys literary prize in memory of her husband who was killed in WW2. 541pp.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1928. Ex library copy. No dustwrapper, slight fading to spine, but gilt titles thereon are still bright, minor bumping to corners of dark red cloth-covered boards; paper label inside front board and on f/ep, ink stamps on f/ep, title page and rev, and on bottom edge of pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy. Originally published in 1902, this is the second, revised edition. 352pp.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Philadelphia: Joseph Rakestraw, 1832. Front board had become detached along with front endpapers, possibly a half-title and other pages missing, as the remaining pages run fron rev of front free endpaper to title page. Title page has been torn and repaired. Red leather binding with gilt decoration to edges and to spine has minor bumping to corners and some scuffing to spine ends, but otherwise a not too bad copy of this not-very-common book. Published under the assumed name of "Captain Onesimus", the author was one John Hewson, according to the copyright information on rev of title page. This is the first edition, printed for the author in Philadelphia in 1832; there was another edition published in Trenton, NJ in 1834. . The complete title reads: "Christ Rejected: or, the Trial of the Eleven Disciples of Christ, in a Court of Law and Equity, as Charged with Stealing the Crucified Body of Christ out of the Sepulchre. Humbly dedicated to the whole nation of the Jews, which are… Read More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. No dustwrapper, minor wear to spine ends and corners of red cloth-covered boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with black titles on spine still bright, of this hard-cover novel, a tale of International Intrigue. No publication date given, but the book was first published in 1931, so this copy would probably be a couple of years later. 316pp.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1941. Unclipped dustwrapper has creasing and small tears to the edges, a few small bits missing at spine ends, top corner of back panel and bottom edge of same, also wear to the folds. Some bumping to spine ends and corners of orange boards, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. One of the author's "Scarlet Pimpernel" stories, originally published in 1920, this is a twenty-fourth edition from September 1941, one of the publisher's "Yellow Jacket" editions. 319pp.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Marion, South Dakota: Rose Hill Books, 1994. Minor scuffing to corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this slim soft-cover book. The author's account of his trial and thirteen-months imprisonment in the US after taking part in vandalising a B-52 bomber at Griffiss Air force Base in January 1992. Signed by the author to previous owner inside front cover "To .... Peace and Solidarity May Day 94, Ciaron". 163pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.