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Faber & Faber, 2012-01-01. First Edition 2nd.Imp.. Hardcover. F/VG++/VG++. 14.3 x 3 x 22.2 cm. Box 100 HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 2012* Publisher: Faber & Faber.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, bronze metallic title to spine. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear, otherwise no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper showing a statue of a young lady in front of a watercolour titled ?Eden Valley,? by H. H. Bulman. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £20.00 rrp. Minimal shelf wear to edges. (now in clear unattached library jacket.) FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, prints line drawings maps and vignettes throughout.* Pages: 286 pp. text. xlv pp. acks, abbreviations and notes, list of illus. & detailed index at rear.* Description: This… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2015* Publisher: Egmont UK Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Black with gold design and text to covers. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. No dust wrapper probably as issued. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Illustrated black & white design to end-papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text. No Visible Faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour & b/w illustrations and line drawings throughout. * Pages: 58 pp. text. xi pp. Appendix of colour illustrations and posters. Quiz answers.* Description: Explore a galaxy far, far away in the thrilling Star Wars Annual 2016! Packed with all-new activities, posters, quizzes and trivia from the Star Wars universe, it's the perfect book for fans of all ages.* A FINE copy with NO VISIBLE FAULTS. No dust jacket.*

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2016* Publisher: Egmont.*Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing Thomas with guardsmen and the houses of parliament. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to covers. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly used. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Neat name in "Belongs To," panel. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. No tanning or other visible faults. VG+* Illustrations: Colour illustrations throughout.* Pages: Un-paginated (32) with one page about The Rev. William Awdry at rear.* Product Description:- Thomas, the little blue Tank Engine, has been chosen to take the Fat Controller to meet the Queen. He is bursting with pride. But how will such a small engine manage in the biggest city in the land ? This is a FINE text copy of the 1st./1st. with minor faults reducing it to VG+.*

SOFTBACK ?HAMLYN ALL-COLOUR PAPERBACK? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1971* Publisher: Hamlyn Publishing* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated soft card covers, no bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners, no creases to spine or hinge. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, No tanning or other visible faults. Seems very lightly used if at all. FINE* Illustrations: Colour illustrations & line drawings throughout.* Pages: 155 pp. text. v pp. Glossary, reading list, index & advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- The story of how man has measured time passing, from the shadow clocks of the Babylonians and Egyptians to the pulse-clocks and computer timing systems of today. This book details all the main types of clocks and watches, and has diagrams to show how the different mechanisms operate. Altogether a handy and interesting book to… Read More

HARDBACK * Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1947* Publisher: Collins* Binding and cover condition: Pictorial cover, white and chocolate brown paper covered boards with clock design. White title to spine. Rubs to edges and corners and slight damage at head & tail of spine. VG* Jacket condition: Matching dust jacket in poor condition but essentially complete. NOT PRICE CLIPPED some darkening & marks overall, small nicks at head and tail of spine and to corners. Spine torn and tattered. POOR* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY clean, crisp and sewn binding tight. No annotations or inscriptions. Slight offsetting to end papers. No foxing. Fore & top edges aged. VG* Illustrations: 8 Plates in colour 24 illustrations in b/w* Pages: 48 pp. text. half page index at rear. One of the ?Britain in Pictures? series, Mr Ullyett was one of the most noted collectors of antique British clocks and watches and writes on this subject with the skill of the technical historian as well as… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1950 * Publisher: Rocliff.* Binding and cover condition: Medium Blue cloth, Gilt title to spine. Slight bumps & rubs, cover slightly dowdy. GD+* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks, otherwise no visible faults. VG+* Illustrations: B/w photos & line drawings throughout. Coloured frontis removed.* Pages: 250 pp. text. xiv pp. Appendices & Index of makers at rear.* Description: A History of the domestic clock from the earliest Lantern Clocks and the formation of the Honourable Company of Clockmakers through to the chronometers and regulators of the nineteenth century. There are chapters on the Clockmakers of Early America, Japanese Clocks and Provincial Clocks as well as an appendix giving the dates of English Clockmakers. This volume is more devoted to the development than the… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1996* Publisher: Linwood Books.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers. Coloured illus to cover. No bumps. Some shelf wear to edges & corners. Minimal creases to spine & hinge. Corners creased. GD+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, some light reading wear. No tanning. VG* Illustrations: B/w photos within text.* Pages: 155 pp. text. v pp. Glossary & Index at rear.* Product Description:- The memoir of a serving submariner from World War II who had the tremendous good fortune of being picked up from a submarine disaster when HMS/m Sahib went down. Only one of her crew was lost and Underwood tells his story in graphic detail with his internment and the ensuing adventures of a lucky man.* This is a GOOD + copy with some shelf & reading wear.*

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Not known.* Date of Publication: Not known.* Publisher: Saverio Becocci.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated stiff card covers with plastic ring binding. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to corners. No creases to covers. Seems lightly used. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. No tanning. Very slight colouration to page edges. VG++* Illustrations: Numerous art quality colour photographs within text throughout. Black and white street map to rear.* Pages: Un-paginated * Description: A very well illustrated guide to the ancient city of Florence containing numerous high quality colour reproductions with titles in four languages. There is an index at the front grouping the illustrations by the various buildings in which they are found.* This is a NEAR FINE copy with minimal shelf wear and ageing reducing it to VG++*

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.?* Date of Publication: 1997? * Publisher: Corel Corporation.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to covers. No creases to spine or hinge. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or inscriptions, no visible faults. Very lightly used if at all. VG++* Illustrations: Every page filled with colour & monchrome vignettes.* Pages: Approx 600 pp. of illustrations.* Product Description:- An invaluable reference book for use in association with Corel programmes of the late 1990?s. It includes masses of clip art, fonts, symbols, frames, colours, and patterns. These are the various illustrations from the discs available with Corel software.* This is a NEAR FINE copy with minimal shelf wear reducing it to VG++*

HARDBACK "BOOK COLLECTION CATALOGUE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1980* Publisher: Christie Hanson & Woods Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Carmine cloth, black title to spine and face. Minimal bumps to corners, no rubs, edges faded and with some slight marks to spine . VG* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos, facsimiles & line drawings throughout.* Pages: 170 pp. text. iv pp. estimate list and bidding form at rear.* Description: The title tells most of the story but the detailed contents and illustrations make this an ideal reference work for the bibliophile and book collector.* A VG copy with NO MAJOR FAULTS. No dust jacket.* Part 1, A-L, also available from this seller.*

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. 1st. Imp. FNL.* Date of Publication: 2003 * Publisher: Egmont Books Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated stiff card covers. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. Single slight crease to spine, not to hinge. Seems lightly used. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: Colour illustrations and line drawings within text throughout.* Pages: 24 pp. text.* Product Description:- Dr. X is holding the world to ransom with his deadly arsenal of weapons. Can Action Man track him down on Island X before he launches his attack ?* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. thus with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*

SOFTBACK BOOKLET, SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. ?* Date of Publication: 1981* Publisher: Byron Harmon, Altitude Publishing.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated stiff card covers, Very slight creases to front cover, minimal shelf wear. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or inscriptions, no tanning, seems lightly used. VG++* Illustrations: Blue on white map to inside front cover and numerous colour photos to every page throughout.* Pages: 32 pp. text. No appendices.* Product Description :- In this book are presented images selected to give an over-all view of some of the better-known spots in the Canadian Rockies. The text provides a supplement to these photographs and provides a brief summary of historical and general information that is of interest to all visitors to these amazing National Parks which include Jasper, Banff, Glacier, Kooteay and Yoho.* A NEAR VG++ copy with minimal shelf wear reducing it to VG*

Microsoft Corp., 1993-01-01. Paperback. VG+/VG/ND. Box 81 SOFTBACK, ?DOCUMENT No: OF64076-0295, SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Copyright Date of Publication: 1992-94* Publisher: Microsoft Corporation.* Binding and cover condition: B/w photo-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear. Light creasing to corners of rear pages & cover. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, lightly used. VG+* Illustrations: black, white and blue illustrations, screen shots & charts within text, throughout.* Pages: 92 pp. text. xviii pp index & blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- Microsoft Office Version 4.2 and 4.3 includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Mail and Access. This ?Getting Started? Guide includes examples for Working Together. The installation is detailed and with Office this is one of the most important stages. An original… Read More

SOFTBACK ?SMALL FORMAT,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Reprint: 3rd.* Date of Publication: 1982* Publisher: Wm. Collins Sons & Co.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers showing the Eiffel Tower. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly-used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Inscription to front title page. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or marks to text, no tanning but edges very slightly grubby. VG* Illustrations: B/w line drawn vignettes to chapter headings. None.* Pages: 124 pp. text.* Product Description:- Your personal interpreter: all the words and phrases you?ll need on your holiday or trip abroad. 99 Practical topics arranged A-Z. Full 1400-word index. Helpful hints for the traveller for the right word at the right time. Be sure to pack a Collins Gem.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st./1st. fnl. with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st FNL.* Date of Publication: 1998. * Publisher: Louisiana State University Press.* Binding and cover condition: Mono illustrated stiff card covers showing a print of Richmond, no bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to tail of spine. No creases to spine or to hinge. Very slight fade to top of front cover. VG++.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE. * Illustrations: Several b/w photos, facsimiles & line drawings throughout. * Pages: 140pp. text. xviii pp. Bibliography, Index & blank pages at rear. * Product Description:- The travels of an English hardware merchant in the deep South during the Civil war during the autumn of 1862 form the basis of this work. Through his copious, informative notes, Trask adds a great deal to this vivid account. Perhaps because he was a stranger, however sympathetic to the… Read More

HARDBACK ?GLAMORGAN SECTION,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1939* Publisher: Evans Bros. Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Blue cloth, dark blue title to spine & face. No bumps, minor rubs, some shelf wear and slight age to covers. GD++* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND* Contents condition: School stamp to front paste-down, owners inscription dated (July 1939) to fep. Clean, crisp, and tight with virtually no reading wear, no marks to text, slight spotting to pre-lims & end papers. VG.* Illustrations: A number of b/w photos and prints throughout.* Pages: 98 pp. text. vii pp addenda & blank pages at rear.* Description: This series of Jubilee Books celebrating fifty years of local government is published in regional sections. Each of these books gives an historical background to the ?modern? county council, an explanation of the establishment of County Councils between 1883 & 1888, the powers and duties of county councils, their finance and staffing, the… Read More

LEATHERBOUND VOLUME, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Reprinted.* Date of Publication: Undated (Pre 1932) * Publisher: SPCK* Binding and cover condition: Black textured leather covers, gilt title to spine. No bumps, slight rubs to head and tail of spine, very slight creases to top quarter of front board. VG.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Owners dated inscription 1932. Owners book plate and gift card tipped in. End papers marbled surrounded by gilt tooled design to inside of covers. All edges gilt, slightly worn. Printed on thin paper. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with very light reading wear, a single small annotation but otherwise no marks to text. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 608 pp. text. including various forms of prayer and a table of affinities at rear.* Description: The Book Of Common Prayer And Administration Of The Sacraments And Other Rites And Ceremonies Of The Church, According To The Use Of The Church Of England Together With… Read More

HARDBACK, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st. Reprint* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1981* Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton for the AA Drive Publications.* Binding and cover condition: Quarter bound, gilt title to mid-brown spine & colour illustration to beige cloth face. No bumps, minor rubs, minimal shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper, dark brown titles to face and to badly sunned spine. Price clipped, showing no shelf price. Some shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine, in clear protective wrapper. GD+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers (beige). Top edge aged and grubby. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with only light reading wear, no marks to text, very slight marks to fore-edge. VG+* Illustrations: Numerous colour & monochrome photos, line drawings, maps and diagrams within text throughout.* Pages: 447 pp. text. i pp., acknowledgements at rear.* Description: A… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1945* Publisher: HMSO* Binding and cover condition: Soft paper covers with a ?cloud & seascape? background with red text banner of the title, no bumps, slight rubs to spine. Some light shelf wear to edges & corners, staples rusted, some ageing to covers but with no losses. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions. Very slightly grubby to top & fore-edge. VG* Illustrations: B/w line drawn atlantic bridge maps to end papers. One block of 8 pp. b/w photos at centre. (loose).* Pages: 75 pp. text. No index at rear.* Product Description:- The contemporary official account of the Royal Air Force Transport Command?s ocean ferry, prepared for the Air Ministry by the Ministry of Information. How US aircraft crossed the Atlantic & helped the RAF win the air victory. It also details the exploits off the intrepid pilots who flew the air-bridge via the Arctic Circle or… Read More

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE US," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Reprint* Impression: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1994 (1990)* Publisher: AA Publishing.* Binding and cover condition: Laminated colour-photo illustrated showing Leeds Castle nr. Maidstone, white title to spine and red title to face. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to lower corners. VG++* Jacket condition: Matching colour illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED but showing no shelf price. Minimal shelf wear to top and bottom edges and to head and tail of spine. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Emerald green coloured end papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: Numerous colour photos (one to nearly every page,) and b/w line drawings in addition.* Pages: 221 pp. text. iv pp. index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Visually stunning, this book is a tribute to Britain's rich heritage. More than 350… Read More