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Edinburgh: Polygon, 2001. Some fading to the spine which is now a greenish colour rather than orange, and to a lesser extent to the top edge of back cover. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. A collection of short stories by the author set in Glasgow, Pakistan and elsewhere. Signed and dated (June 2001) by the author on title page. 240pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Burning Mirror
by Saadi, Suhayl
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Making Your Own Paper
by Saddington, Marianne
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- 9781853681400
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London: New Holland, 1992. A very good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper of this hard-cover book. A basic introduction to paper-making and paper-craft. Originally published in 1991, this is a reprint from the next year. 93pp, colour illustrations and diagrams throughout.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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None But the Brave: The Story of "Shetlands" Larsen
by Saelen, Frithjof
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London: Souvenir Press, 1955. Some creasing and small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, including a two-inch tear to the right-hand side of the lower spine. Some bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in Norwegian in 1947 as "Sjetlands-Larsen" and here translated by Kate Austin Lund, the book deals with the Wartime career of Leif Larsen, who served in the so-called "Shetland Bus" organisation during WW2, making 52 trips across to Norway carrying supplies to the Resistance. 232pp, 12 b&w illustrations,. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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A Situation in New Delhi
by Sahgal, Nayantara
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- 9780904388145
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London: London Magazine Editions, 1977. Ex library copy with labels ink stamps and an old price on f/ep, ink stamp and numbers on title page. Minor bumping to corners of green boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper, of this slim hard-cover political novel set in India. The author's uncle was Jawaharal Nehru. 165pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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A Proud Heritage: The Story of the Railway Convalescent Homes
by Salmon, John L
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London: The Railway Convalescent Homes, 1954. No dustwrapper, minor wear to spine ends of green boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with gilt titles on spine and front board still bright, of this slim hard-cover book. Deals with the first fifty years of the Railway Convalescent Homes, which were intended for sick and injured railwaymen (and later women). There were ten Homes, the last of which (Dawlish in south Devon) closed in Spring 2020. 100pp, some b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Society in Crisis: France in the Sixteenth Century
by Salmon, J H M
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- 9780416730500
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London: Methuen, 1979. Ex school library copy. Sticky-back plactic on the covers, school name written inside front cover and on title page, paper label on half-title and a card pocket inside back cover. Some pencil marking in the text, but otherwise a not too bad, tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Originally published in hardback in 1975, a social and political history of France in the sixteenth century, particularly at the time of the Religious Wars in the second half of the century. 384pp, 22 b&w illustrations, 8 maps and graphs.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Ex-Library.
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Liberty and Language
by Sampson, Geoffrey
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- 9780192159519
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979. A very good clean tight copy in similar unclipped dustwrapper of this hard-cover book. Deals with the author's arguments in favour of the individual's right to make his own decisions and his own mistakes without interference from the State and other authorities, but from a semantic and linguistic point-of-view. 251pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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If a Pirate I Must be: The True Story of 'Black Bart', King of the Caribbean Pirates
by Sanders, Richard
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- 9781435114036
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New York: Fall River Press, 2009. A very good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper of this hard-cover book. A biography of Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts, the Welsh-born pirate captain who operated on both sides of the Atlantic between 1719 and 1722 when he was killed in battle with a Royal Navy ship off West Africa. Originally published in the UK in 2007, this is a slightly later US edition. 278pp and a map.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Corral Riders
by Sanders, Charles W
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London: W Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1928. No dustwrapper, some shelf-wear to spine ends, corners and bottom edge of blue cloth-covered boards, slight fading to spine, but black titles on spine and front board are all still clear. Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover western story. Originally published in May 1928, this is the third impression from November the same year. 246pp plus 4pp adverts.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Camera and Chianti
by Sandwith, Francis
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London: The Travel Book Club, 1955. Travel Book Club edition. Some creasing and small tears to edges of dustwrapper, some old damp-marking to red boards, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of same, two previous owners' names (one scribbled out) inside front board and on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's account of six weeks travelling around southern Italy. 186pp, 71 b&w illustrations.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Face of Innocence
by Sansom, William
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London: The Reprint Society, 1954. Reprint Society edition from 1954. Some creasing to the edges of dustwrapper, slight shelf-wear to bottom edge of yellow boards, some foxing to outer pages and page edges, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover novel. 244pp.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Quiet Moments in a War: The Letters of Jean-Paul Sartre to Simone De Beauvoir 1940-1963
by Sartre, Jean-Paul
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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1994. Some creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to ends of green cloth spine and to corners of beige paper-covered boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Letters sent by Jean-Paul Sartre to Simone de Beauvoir, mostly from 1940 when he served in the French army and later spent time as a PoW, most of the others from the rest of the 1940s, a few from the 50s and two from 1963. 320pp.. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Diurnal of Thomas Rugg 1659-1661
by Sasche, William L (editor)
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London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1961. Some tears to edges of translucent paper dustwrapper (a bit like tracing paper), minor bumping to spine ends of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Volume 91 (XCI) in the publishers Camden Third Series, this contains the text of about a third of the Diurnal (journal) of Thomas Rugg (or Rugge) of Covent Garden covering the period from May 1659 to May 1661 (the journal goes on until March 1672), with introduction and notes by William L Sasche. The journal deals with events of the time, so the end of the Commonwealth and the Restoration of Charles II, but no personal details from Rugg. 203pp.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Kantian Aesthetics Pursued
by Savile, Anthony
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Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1993. A two-inch tear to bottom edge of back panel of unclipped dustwrapper, just next to the spine; some creasing to edges of dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Looks at Aesthetics as discussed in Emmanuel Kants "The Critique of Judgement" and applies this across the Arts, including music and architecture. 180pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Country Scrap-Book for Boys and Girls
by Saville, Malcolm
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London: National Magazine Company Ltd, 1944. Creasing and tears to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, with the top inch at the spine badly crumpled; minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards and top inch of spine faded where dustwrapper is torn. Original owner's gift message dated November 1944 on f/ep, otherwise a good tight copy of this small hard-cover book by the author of the "Lone Pine" stories. This is the first of his three "Scrap-Books", this one looking at the English countryside including the Farm, the Village, a lot about Nature, and more. No publication date shown, but was 1944. 127pp,12pp b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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The Imperial Harem of the Sultans
by Saz, Leyla
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Istanbul: Peva Publications, 1995. Very slight creasing to outer corners of cover, a Turkish bookseller's ink stamp inside back cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine,of this soft-cover book. Originally published in French as "Le Harem Imperial" in 1925, the author's memories of her time living in the Imperial Ottoman Harem in Istanbul from 1854 until 1861. 222pp. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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The Theory of German Word Order from the Renaissance to the Present
by Scaglione, Aldo
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- 9780816609833
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Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1981. A good clean tight copy with no creasing to the spine or covers of this paperback book in which the author looks at word order and sentence structure in the German language from the fifteenth century to the present. 241pp.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Two Islands: Grand Manan and Sanibel
by Scherman, Katharine
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1971. Some creasing and a few scuff-marks to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some fading to spine of same, minor bumping to spine ends of green cloth spine strip, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's impressions (mostly looking at the nature) of two islands; Grand Manan in the Bay of Fundy off New Brunswick, Canada, and Sanibel, off the west coast of Florida. 256pp, 26 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Proprietor: a Novel
by Schlee, Ann
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- 9780333351116
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London: Macmillan, 1983. Some creasing to edges and fading to spine of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of light green boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. An historical novel set on the Scilly Islands in 1840. 300pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Desert Animals: Physiological Problems of Heat and Water
by Schmidt-Nielsen, Kurt
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1964. No dustwrapper, ex Readers Digest library copy with white number on spine of blue cloth-covered boards, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of same, ink stamp and label on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with how animals living in desert conditions manage to survive high temperatures and water shortage. 277pp, 8 b&w illustrations, also charts and tables.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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