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Newton Abbot, UK: David & Charles. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 178pp, colour frontispiece plus various black and white photographic plates, colour frontispiece. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Sun-faded spine and bottom board edges. Top text block edge tanning and foxing, remaining edges just starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear, edges curling.

Newton Abbot, UK: David & Charles, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 172pp, various black and white photographic plates, colour frontispiece, black and white fold-out map tipped onto rear pastedown. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Sun-faded spine heel. Top text block edge tanning and foxing, remaining edges just starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear, chipping to edges, price clipped.

London, UK: Heinemann, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xviii, 446pp, central section of black and white photographic plates. Black cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Lightly bumped bottom corners; slightly cocked. Text block edges just starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun-fading, has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.

London, UK: The Idehurst Press, 1951. Hardcover. Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 126pp, 49 tipped-in colour plates, black and white in text illustrations. Blue cloth-covered boards, pasted colour illustration on front, gilt titles on front and spine. Folio. A large and heavy volume requiring an additional charge for overseas delivery. Sun-faded spine, rubbed spine ends. Top text block edge tanned, remaining edges tanning. Endpapers foxing. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 1920. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 314pp. Red cloth boards, blind stamp decoration & black titles to spine. Binding soft with tape repair and some toning but generally sound and clean inside. Early edition but not clear if it's a first. Mystery set in 1920s New York City.

Harmondsworth, UK: Pelican, 1961. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 332pp, [4]pp publisher's ads. Pictorial paper-covered boards. 12mo. Water stain to top front of cover, affecting first few page but does not affect text. Pages ageing else internally clean, neat and tight.

London, UK: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1955. 1st Edition 5th or later. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 288pp. Blue cloth-covered boards; silver titles on spine. 8vo. Lightly rubbed spine ends, a little cocked. Text block edges tanning. Front endpapers and first few pages have water damage to fore and bottom edges, foxing to prelims. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.

New York, NY, USA: Delacorte Press, 1969. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first impression. [10], 214pp. Black cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine; blind-embossed sun on front; red endpapers. 8vo. Sun-faded spine head; shelf label on dust jacket. Lightly bumped and rubbed spine ends. Light bumping, rubbing and fraying at lower front board edge. Dusty top text block edge, all edges just starting to fox and tan. Signature binding. Front endpapers have water damage. Foxing throughout; intensity varies greatly. Ex-library copy with usual lender's stamps and markings on pastedown, endpapers and copyright page. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear; not price clipped. Chapter headpieces throughout. Protected in an Mylar wrapper using adhesives. "...one of the eeriest spellbinders in many a full moon.

London (10 & 11, Warwick Lane): Jarrold & Sons, 1896. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 5th edition. 160pp. In publisher's decorated trade cloth covers, with black and gilt decorations to front and spine. Monochrome plate frontispiece, with lovely head and tail piece chapter decorations. 12mo. Cloth a little rubbed and rounded on corners and spine ends, less so around spine joints; covers remain remarkably bright. Decorated endpapers lightly tanned. Previous owner's name neatly in pencil on title page. Hard to find title.

Leicester, UK: L R Davis. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Thorpe, L. Undated (circa 1940-50). 114pp with some black and white illustrations. Light blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Moderate sun-fading to spine with ends and corners rubbed and rounded. Boards mottled. Moderate rubbing along edges and boards. Small mark at the top of front board, quite cocked. Text block edges lightly tanned and just starting to fox. Internally slight tanning to pages otherwise a neat, clean, bright and tight volume. A witty look at surviving life as a civilian after serving in the War, illustrated throughout.

Bedford, Bedfordshire: Bedfordshire County Record Office. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Undated (circa 1930s). Quarter bound in white cloth over green paper-covered boards, black titles on spine. Heavy soiling to covers. Extremity bumped and worn. Endpapers starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket. 8vo. Notes and Extracts from the County Records - Volume III. A calendar of old deeds found in the County Muniment Room, and an index to the documents contained in the Muniment Room. Printed by C F Timaeus of Bedford.

London, UK: The Caxton Publishing Co, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. viii, 280pp. Red cloth-covered boards; blind embossed design on front, gilt titles on spine; text block edge speckled red. 8vo. Lightly rubbed corners and spine ends, cloth wearing. Endpapers starting to fox and tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

London, UK: George G Harrap, 1938. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition. 348pp, with black and white maps and illustrations, indexed. In brown cloth-covered boards, with blind rules for decoration, and gilt titles (cloth a little rubbed on edges and corners, rubbed and rounded at ends of a sunned spine). Previous owner's name and address on front free endpaper, and mild toning on endpapers and at page margins. A few strained gutters. The preface indicates that the purpose of this volume is to provide reliable information 'about certain simple societies as is often only to be found in the original memoirs of an observer'. Sections include Hunters and Collectors, Hunters and Fishers, Gardeners, and Herders and societies examined include Asiatic Pygmies, Plains Indians, Bushmen of the Kalahari, Eskimos, Herders of Arabia etc. A product of its time, the book adopts a paternalistic approach, providing a useful insight… Read More

Newton Abbot, UK: David & Charles, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 192pp, 16pp black and white photographic plates. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket in Bordart type sleeve. 8vo. Recalls the railway heyday in the southern part of the Principality, with the valley lines well to the fore.

Whistable, UK: Whistable Improvement Trust. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Undated (circa 1980). 22pp. Pictorial light card covers, stapled. Light chipping to edges and wear and stains to covers. Internally, neat, clean, bright and tight. 8vo.

Kent, UK: Whitstable Improvement Trust, 1994. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 28pp, illustrated stapled booklet in glazed pictorial covers. Covers have a little shelf wear, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Explores the back lanes, alleyways and passages in Whitstable, giving their history - through fires, flood and smuggling - and folklore. 12mo.

London, UK: MacDonald, 1971. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 324pp. Burgundy vinyl-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, many black and white diagrams. 4to. Spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and rounded. Fore and bottom text block edges lightly soiled, top edge lightly foxed. Free endpapers lightly tanned, front free endpaper and rear free endpaper verso moderately soiled. Moderated foxing towards the very beginning and end of volume, else internally neat, tight and bright. Dust jacket in two separate pieces, sun-faded with loss and some closed tears; two price stickers on front cover, not price-clipped; interior moderately tanned and foxed with water stains and light soiling.

London, UK: George Newnes, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition. 144pp, 84 illustrations. Navy blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on front and spine. Top text block edge sprayed black. Illustrated endpapers. 8vo. Mottled around top, lightly rubbed spine ends, a little cocked. Text block edges starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has minor loss, some closed tears and creasing, shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.

Lancaster, UK: MTP Press, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 232pp. Green leatherette-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some light chipping to top edge. 8vo. A report by a variety of pre-eminent contributors.

Edinburgh & London, UK: Charles Skilton, 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Complete in two uniformly bound volumes. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt motifs and lettering (boards a little worn and rubbed at corners and around spine, a few mild marks). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Tipped in colour portrait frontispieces. Amazingly detailed and thorough ancestry and lineage of HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, giving his family history from 18 generations back and descents from the likes of Charlemagne, Harold II, St Margaret of Scotland, the Princes of Armenia etc. Magnificent volumes, now quite hard to find. A large and heavy set which will likely incur an additional charge for overseas delivery. Reasonable offers welcome.