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London: HMSO, 1953. Staples rusty, two holes pierced for filing, corners and paper covers bit worn. 75 pages; diagrams. Manual of Basic Training Vol I, Pamphlet 4. Reprint. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: HMSO, 1951. Three holes punched for filing. some rusting of staples, else very good. Pamphlet no. 2, reprint incorporating amendment 1A. Card covers, 73 pages, illustrated.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Henry Colburn / Hurst & Blackett, 1854. Binding grubby, spine split on rear joint and half-way up; corners worn; hinges weak, flyleaf missing; tissue guard on frontis browned; few pencil marks. Vol 2 only of 2. Red embossed cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Published for Henry Colburn by his successors, Hurst & Blackett. Engraved frontispiece of Queen Editha. Binder's… Read more about this item

London: HMSO, 1953. Three holes punched for filing, otherwise very good. Green paper covers, 17 pages. Appears to be scarce.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Hutchinson, 9999. Date and edition not given, but presume 1944 1st; rebound in dark blue cloth with gilt spine titles. Few spots on fore-edge, corners a bit worn. Collection of very short stories, Scarce. Not Known. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: HMSO, 1952. Two holes pierced for filing; staples rusty, covers and page edges worn and creased. Card covers, 61 pages, illustrated. Manual of Basic Training Vol I, Pamphlet 9. Appears scarce.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Watts & Co, 1946. Two page corners creased, one slightly torn; corner back cover creased; slight wear ends of spine. Conway Memorial Lecture, delivered Conway Hall May 15th 1946; foreword by Sir Frederick Whyte, Chairman. Grey paper covers, 32 + 1 pages. Published for South Place Ethical Society.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Juvenile Productions, 9999. Spine completely detached; corners bumped; names on flyleaf; slight foxing; some internal hinges weak. No date, may be 1937 first edition. Green cloth, black lettering, 255 pages, coloured frontispiece by Alex Jardine of Murgen, son of Sanchen. "Runnymede" Series. Historical adventure fantasy starting in ancient Ireland.. First?. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket.

Exeter: A. Wheaton & Co. , 1949. Paper cover creased at corners and slightly split on spine, staples rusty, page corners slightly creased. A musical play for juniors, in one act, words by Enid Blyton, music by Cecil Sharman. This is words only, NO MUSIC. 23 pages, paper wrappers, uncommon. . Second Impression. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Collins, 1948. Flyleaf torn out, slight wear to binding, spine faded, otherwise very good. Pale blue cloth. 4 colour and 48 b/w plates from monuments, paintings and photos. Includes chapters on symbolism, aesthetics, form, headgear, colour, mobility, sex-attraction. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Science Fiction Book Club (Gollancz), 1964. Dustwrapper bit discoloured, slightly creased on edge. SFBC edition by arrangement with Victor Gollancz. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

London: The Trades Union Congree General Council , 1934. Binding dampstained and bit warped, contents OK; includes bookmark advertising this book and Dorsetshire Labourers' Centenary Commemorations, also a bit damp damaged but intact and readable. Contributions by G. Bernard Shaw, Sidney & Beatrice Webb, G. D. H. Cole, Walter M. Citrine, Sir Stafford Cripps, H.… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1963. Ex-library, stamps on endpapers and title page, hinges cracked, stain on blank page at end.. First UK. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Ex-Library.

London: Richard Chiswell , 1683. Contemporary? calf binding in poor condition, front board missing, spine and back board charred. Text has some damp staining, mostly confined to margins, and an ink stain in the lower inner corner of last 10 leaves or so. Flyleaf is loose and bit torn, one corner missing, otherwise text block complete and firm. 18… Read more about this item

Harmondsworth: Penguin (Pelican), 1964. 4 volumes, Chaucer's England to Nineteenth Century. Illustrated. A little wear on covers; lacks slipcase.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Sotheby & Co., 1988. Damp damage at the top affecting margins and small part of one plate. Realised prices neatly entered in ink. A Sale of One Hundred and Twenty Prints for the Benefit of the Banks Alecto Edneavour Fellowhip, to be administered byh the Royal Society in conjunction with the British Museum (Natural History). 30 pages, 13… Read more about this item

Abingdon, Oxon: The Abbey Press, 1957. Foxing to endpapers and two or three page margins, spine a little dull. Signed on flyleaf Best wishes from Dorothea Stallard, 27.6.57. Signed by Author's Wife(?). First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Gollancz, 2009. Uncorrected manuscript proof.. Uncorrected Prool. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

London: Hachette, 1893. Binding worn and stained; endpapers damp stained, slight cockling some page edges. La Vita Nuova di Dante Alighieri, with notes and comments, in English, by N. Perini. The original text annotated in footnotes by professor of Italian at King's College London & Royal College of Music. Pale green cloth with red decoration; 95 pages. First edition… Read more about this item

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1948. Corners bruised; black cloth, paper spine label stained; some neat annotation. A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels, Fragmente der Vorsokratiker . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.