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Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study, 1990. Distinguished Lecturer Series 1. Stapled wrappers with gilt lettering front wrapper. 16 pages(2). Near Fine, tiny spot faded front wrapper, book appears to be unread. A lecture given by Eco while he was a Fellow at the Indiana University Institute of Advanced Studies from July 10-24, 1989. No limitation given, but purportedly fewer than 300 copies printed, and one of Eco's scarcer A items. Contursi A029. First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.
Bleak House, WITH CHECK SIGNED BY DICKENS by Dickens, Charles; Illustrated by H. K. Browne - 1853
by Dickens, Charles; Illustrated by H. K. Browne
Bleak House, WITH CHECK SIGNED BY DICKENS
by Dickens, Charles; Illustrated by H. K. Browne
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London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853. Engraved frontispiece and engraved title page, followed by printed title page, and 38 full-page engravings (40 total). by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), xvi, 624 pages. First Edition, First Issue, in book format with part I, page 19, line 6 with "elgble" - part VII, page 209, line 23 with "chair" - part IX, page 275, line 22 with "counsinship." Bound in contemporary half polished calf over brown buckram, ornate gilt back with red morocco label, marbled end papers and edges, WITH CHECK SIGNED BY DICKENS inserted at verso of front end page via four slits in the page. The check is drawn on Messrs. Coutts & Company and made out in Dickens holograph to Wimbledon School in the amount of one hundred fifteen pounds, thirteen shillings, and six pence and dated Second September, 1862, embossed revenue stamp right. Likely the tuition for Henry Fielding Dickens, the eighth of Dicken's ten children, who would have been 13 in 1862 and attended Wimbledon School. The book is Near Fine, with recent professional restoration re-attaching front cover and refreshing boards, in new custom clamshell case 3/4 faux leather with spine lettered in gilt, small ink spot front end page, internally clean and bright. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone, basis for a 1920 British film and at least three TV mini series. A quite handsome copy, gift quality. . SIGNED. First Edition. Half Polished Calf. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Drift and Unlimited Semiosis
by Eco, Umberto
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The Syllabus of a Novel to be Called Anthony Adverse Plus ALS to Noted Book Collector
by Allen, Hervey
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New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1932. #619/1000 copies printed " for presentation to friends of the author and the publishers". SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on verso of front wrapper ""Autograph for Eugene L. Delafield, Esq. by Hervey Allen". Delafield was a noted New York book collector (1907-2001), the bulk of whose collection now resides in the Yale Collection of American Literature at the Beinecke Library. Laid in is a 1 page letter, signed with the initials "H.A." that reads- "One of the few remaining copies of my first book- newspaper reviews(?) with the exception of the "Weakling" which was printed in El Paso and sold to the troops along the Mexican Border in 1916. As you remember, I told you, I destroyed perhaps foolishly a few copies that remained in my possession and have been able to get ahold of only one or two since then that turned up in an old trunk. I am not anxious to have this book known as it contains verse written when I was…
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The Fountainhead
by Rand, Ayn
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New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943. Near Fine in the earliest state red cloth, gilt lettering is bright, page block very faintly age toned. Copyright 1943 and 2 author's paragraphs on copyright page, but NO statement of First Edition, hence a later printing from 1943 but with all the correct misspelling points In 2nd issue dustjacket, with author's photo and 3 reviews rear panel, price of $3.00 bottom corner front flap. Dustjacket is faded at spine and has 1/8" paper loss top edge spine, a few tiny chips bottom edge of spine. and at top edge front panel. A quite handsome copy of this 20th century classic. . Later Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good.
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Notes on Prosody: From the Commentary to His Translation of Pushkin's Eugene Onegin
by Nabokov, Vladimir
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London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1965. Near Fine, top edge ever so slightly age toned, period British bookstore sticker front pastedown under front flap, in a Very Good Plus priced dustjacket, a few small edge tears and small chips. Publishers mailing list card laid in. Published Nov. 4, 1965, the First British Edition and the First Edition in hardcover. Juliar A36.3 . First British Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus.
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(ASSOCIATION COPY) Abel Sanchez. Una Historia de Pasion
by Unamuno, Miguel de
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Madrid : Renacimiento, 1917. RARE. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at title page to Fernando Orrego (Puelma) and dated by author in year of publication (1917). Miguel de Unamuno's most famous novel, his re-telling of the story of Cain and Abel set in modern times. 233 pp. Bound without the wrappers in contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards, Very Good, the page block uniformly browned, edges of boards rubbed, spine lean. Association Copy, Fernando Orrego Puelma, one of the founders of Chile Magazin (1921) and a director of Zig-Zag (1964) was also the father of noted Chilean composer Juan Antonio Orrego Salas (1919-2019). Miguel de Unamuno's signature is RARE in todays market, no auction records found for a signed copy of Abel Sanchez. Basis for the 1947 Spanish film directed by Carlos Serrano de Osma. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Association Copy.
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(ASSOCIATION COPY) Abel Sanchez. Una Historia de Pasion
by Unamuno, Miguel de
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Madrid : Renacimiento, 1917. RARE. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at title page to Fernando Orrego (Puelma) and dated by author in year of publication (1917). Miguel de Unamuno's most famous novel, his re-telling of the story of Cain and Abel set in modern times. 233 pp. Bound without the wrappers in contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards, Very Good, the page block uniformly browned, edges of boards rubbed, spine lean. Association Copy, Fernando Orrego Puelma, one of the founders of Chile Magazin (1921) and a director of Zig-Zag (1964) was also the father of noted Chilean composer Juan Antonio Orrego Salas (1919-2019). Miguel de Unamuno's signature is RARE in todays market, no auction records found for a signed copy of Abel Sanchez. Basis for the 1947 Spanish film directed by Carlos Serrano de Osma. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Association Copy.
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Selected Short Stories
by Cheever, John
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Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1980. Near Finefoxing to fore edge of page block, prior owner gift inscription front end page, in a Fine dust jacket. Text in English ; introduction and commentary in Russian. Uncommon, OCLC locates 8 copies. A tough find for the Cheever completist. . First Russian Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Oh What a Paradise it Seems
by Cheever, John
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, Review Copy with publisher's review announcement and author's portrait 5" x 7" b & w photograph laid in. Cheever was in ill health at the time of publication, and SIGNED copies of this, his last book, are SCARCE. Near Fine, a few small spots of toning rear end page, in a Near Fine dust jacket, small spot of toning rear panel. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Review Copy.
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Atlantic Crossing, Excerpts from the Journals of John Cheever
by Cheever, John; Foreword By Susan Cheever
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Cottondale, AL: Ex Ophidia, 1986. # 63 of only 90 copies on hand-made paper and bound in full rust-colored niger morocco with a single small gilt square on spine. In publisher's cloth box, with Ex Ophidia Books In Print catalogue laid in. Fine in Fine box, a few minor spots to lower front cover of box. 21 pages. A gorgeous production, published after Cheever's death with his daughter Susan's approval. . Limited and Numbered 1st Edition. Niger Morocco . Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Limited Edition.
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L'Abbe en Bell Humeur
by (Mace, R. A.)
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Bruxelles, Belgium: Gay et Douce, 1881. Bound in contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards,gilt back, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, one of 500 unnumbered copies printed. The binding stamp-signed "Bound by S. Kaufmann", Near Fine, tiny rubs at corners, foxing at end papers only. Illustrated with a frontispiece on chine etched and printed in bistre featuring a woman in bed with 2 men standing by.Text framed in oval. Originally published early in the Eighteenth Century. Limited Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
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DOMBEY AND SON
by Dickens, Charles; illustrated by H.K. Browne
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London: Chapman and Hall. Reprint. Leather. Very Good. Late 19th century printing. A Very Good copy. 8vo., xvi, 624 pp., illustrated with an engraved title page and plates. Bound in half brown leather and marbled paper over boards; title on spine in gilt. t.e.g. Light wear along the spine's joints. Previous owner's bookplate on a front end paper. An attractive copy.
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Dombey and Son. Carleton's New Illustrated Edition
by Dickens, Charles. illustrated By H. K. Browne [Phiz]
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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New York: G. W. Carleton & Co., 1877. Title page dated 1877. Single volume from Dickens' Works, no volume number on spine. Externally a bit worn but attractively bound in three quarter brown smooth leather over marbled boards, gilt spine lettering and decoration, marbled edges and endpapers, tissue protected frontis engraving, other engraved plates throughout, about 7.5 inches tall. Spine rubbed with some surface crackling from being dried out (has been archivally stabilized), other cover wear, rubbing to the extremities, hinges very lightly internally cracked and secure, text block firm, a couple of very tiny closed tears to top margins, pages mainly clean with a few instances of light finger soil to margins, name neatly written on the preliminary blank, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Dombey and Son
by Dickens, Charles ; illustrated by H. K. Browne
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Chapman & Hall, London, undated,, 1850-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Ex-library. Hardback/Hardcover. Well read copy with some spine wear but still useable, colouring of page edges due to age. Same book just the 1867 Edition.
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The Personal History of David Copperfield [Hardcover] Charles Dickens; Illustrated by H. K. Browne
by Charles Dickens; Illustrated by H. K. Browne
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South Lyon, Michigan, United States
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Chapman & Hall. hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. London, 1863. Three quarter green leather with marbled paper covered boards; edges worn, rear board detached but present; torn at crown along rear external hinge; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; marbled edges; bookplate on front pastedown; previous owner's name on first blank pages; illustrations in black and white; interior clean and unmarked; 624 pages.
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DEALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF DOMBEY AND SON,: Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation. [Extra-illustrated].
by DICKENS, Charles; illustrated by BROWNE, H. K.:
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London: Bradbury and Evans., 1848.. First edition. Octavo. Nicely bound in contemporary half purple-brown morocco over purple-brown pebble-grained cloth boards, the spine with six raised bands, ruled in gilt, and with titles in gilt. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and title page and 38 further plates by Halbot Knight Browne (aka 'Phiz'). Extra-illustrated with 12 additional plates by Browne depicting the principal characters of the novel (52 engraved plates in total). Two-line errata page bound in after the list of plates. Lacks half-title. A good copy, the binding square and firm with some marking to the boards and bumping to the corners. The contents with spotting to the plates (as commonly encountered), two plates with a small nick to the edge with neat old paper repairs to the verso, a 2.5cm hole to the bottom of one plate (between pp.564-5) with loss to the caption, 2cm clipped from the head of the printed title page (apparently to remove a previous owner's signature) and with…
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THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD
by DICKENS, Charles; illustrated by BROWNE, H. K.:
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London: Bradbury & Evans., 1850.. First edition, with first issue points including "screamed" remaining uncorrected on page 132 line 20 (later issues with "screwed"); the etched title page dated 1850; chapter XXVII begins on page 282 rather than page 283 as listed in the table of contents; p.16 line 1 and p. 225 line 22 both read "recal" rather than "recall"; p.19 line 39 reads "cha pter ; ut"; p.387 line 45 reads "coroboration" rather than "corroboration"; and p.472 line 37 has no closing of the quotation marks. Octavo. Handsomely bound for Henry Sotheran Ltd. in early twentieth-century half brown calf over red-brown linen boards, the spine with five raised bands and titles in gilt. Top edge gilt. Pale marbled endpapers. Illustrated with an etched frontispiece and vignette title page and 38 further etched plates by Halbot Knight Browne (aka 'Phiz'). Six-line errata page bound in after the list of plates. Lacking the half-title. A very good copy, the binding square and tight with a couple of faint…
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Dealings with the Firm of Dombey & Son
by Dickens, Charles, Illustrated by H.K. Browne
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Redding, Connecticut, United States
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London:: Bradbury & Evans,, 1848. Full Crushed Red Morocco. Fine. 8vo. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 624pp. with the half-title and errata slip. First Issue: Cuttle's hook on his lieft hand in title page vignette; p.284, "Delight" instead of "Joy"; "Capatin" instead of "Captain" p.324, final line. Magnificently bound in full, red, crimson crushed red levant for Asprey. Gold vignette portrait of Dickens on front and gold facsimilie of his famous signature on rear. Spine in six compartments heavily tooled and lettered in gold; a.e.g. A gorgeous book.. Fine.
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A New History of Japanese Cinema: A Century of Narrative Film
by Standish, Isolde
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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New York: Continuum, 2006. 8vo size trade paperback with black and white photo illustrated cover; 414 pages From back: "Cinema, which first arrived in Japan in 1896 with the Kinetoscope prototype, came at the very time that Japan was transforming its economic base and society into that of a major international power. The first cinema, the Asakusa Denikikan, was opened in Tokyo in 1903 and within 13 years 300 cinemas had sprung up throughout the country... (The author) focuses on the historical development of Japanese film, illustrated by a series of typical Japanese film posters. She details an industry and an art form shaped by the competing and merging forces of traditional culture and of economic and technological innovation." Edgewear, creases to bottom and bottom and top corners of front cover, soil on bottom and light soil to outside pages. We note pencilled underlining on at least 29 pages and pencilled marginalia on at least three pages and four creased page corners. Quotes…
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Old Bones
by Elkins, Aaron J
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New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. Fine in Near Fine jacket Signed by Author A Gideon Oliver Mystery, SIGNED on title pg. Edgar Award winner best mystery npc 197pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition
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Starting With Flags : Forty-Three Drawings
by Parker, Kingsley
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Williamsville, New York, United States
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New York: Private Printing. Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. Limited Signed Edition. Softcover. The artist's abstract and quite varied series of 43 drawings of flags, all printed monochrome on the recto of pages. Kingsley Parker has been exhibiting and represented by galleries since the mid-1970s and has a work in the collection of the Museum Of Modern Art in New York, NY. The artist is quite active with new works. Signed in ink "K. Parker/1976 ©" in the front matter where Parker explains his motivation for drawing the series of abstract flags. Copy 158 of a limited edition of 600, numbered in the colophon. Approximately 44 pages, unpaginated. Printed on fine, machine-made paper in brown wraps. The title and a flag drawing are framed on the front cover. In absolutely clean, Fine condition. ; Drawings; Square 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 44 pages; Signed by Artist .
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Dead in Dixie
by Charlaine Harris
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New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2003. Z2 - A Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus Edition hardcover book SIGNED by the Charlaine Harris in as new condition in as new dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead. 8.5"x5.75", 612 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club (BCE/BOMC).
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Songs From Appledore
by Oscar Laighton
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RARE. Collectible: 1916. Signed by the author. Cambridge MA: University Press. Very Good. Hardcover. Light soil to green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped title, author's name, and design. A bright solid, book - 27 pages; Inside covers are sunned. Pages clean and bright. Frontspiece. "View from Mrs. Thaxter's Garden Gate. 29 illustrations. Small book: 7" x 5"
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
by Hazel E. Brown
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Arlington, Virginia, United States
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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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Maybe Tomorrow
by Roberta Fleetwood O'Keefe
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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Burnet, Texas: Nortex Press, 1978. CL5 - A hardcover book SIGNED by author on the front free endpaper in very good condition that is cocked, some scattered light scratches and rubbing, light tanning and shelf wear with no dust jacket. Brown covered boards with gilt lettering. 8.5"x5.5", 84 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday: Little Book of Early American Know-How
by Eric Sloane
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Orange, Virginia, United States
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Illustrated with pen/ink images Sloane is known for. (2) books,a yellow and an orange (18x12cm) with gilt title on covers and spines. Paper title on dark red slipcase with signature of author. Slipcase has very minor wear to bottom fore edge.
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€23.28
Civil War England.
by Young, Peter.:
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- first
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- Used
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780582502864 / 0582502861
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Lymm, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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London, Longman, 1981.. 1st edition. Concentrates on the military aspects of the war, including the soldiers, arms and armour, the battles, and siege warfare. Longman Travellers Series. There is a small stamp on the front endpaper, otherwise in very good condition in a very good unclipped dustwrapper.
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Scientific wonders of the atomic age.
by Taylor, John W.R., editor.:
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- Hardcover
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- Used
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- Hardcover
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Lymm, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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London, Ariel Productions, c 1955.. Foreword by Sir John D. Cockcroft. Includes "High-speed flight" by Neville Duke, and "Rockets and Space flight" by Wernher von Braun. Large hardback in very good condition in a very good unclipped dustwrapper.
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€5.95