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A Vision of Eden; The Life and Work of Marianne North published in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
by North, Marion (abridged by Grahame Bateman)
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- Used - Good Condition
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- Good
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- First Edition Thus
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- 1980
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780906671184
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€9.33
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Webb & Bower, Exter, 1980. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Marianne North. Preface by Professor J. P. M. Brenan .... Foreword by Anthony Huxley, publisher's notes, biographical note and list of plants. Map illustrated endpapers, showing countries visited by Marianne North and other flora is partially illustrated in the collection. Colour… Read more about this item Item Price
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John Ruskin: The Portrait of a Prophet
by Quennell, Peter
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- Used - Good Condition
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1949
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€7.92
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Collins, London, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Barnett Freedman -- Cover Art. list of illustrations, foreword by author, selected bibliography and index. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of John Ruskin. The text is illustrated with 10 other black-and-white photographs or illustrations. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles… Read more about this item Item Price
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For the Term of His Natural Life
by Clarke, Marcus
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Very Good
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- Reprint
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780207144523
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€12.44
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Angus & Robertson, London, 1982. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 800 g; XVI, 384 pages, in original hardcover binding which is slightly rubbed on the bottom edges of the boards. a specially CONDENSED deluxe edition, with illustrations by Robynne Allen based on the costume designs of Anna Senior and the set designs of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The English Mail Coach and Other Essays
by de Quincey,Thomas
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- Used - Good Condition
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Reprint
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- 1923
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€6.79
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J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd &E. P. Dutton, London & Toronto / New York, 1923. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. introduction by John Hill Burton. Illustrated endpapers  being an Art Nouveau design in pale green. Orange coloured boards with self embossed publisher's logo to the front panel and black coloured… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Cloister and Hearth; A Tale of the Middle Ages (Everyman's Library)
by Reade, Charles
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Very Good
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- Reprint
- Published
- 1972
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780460000291
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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J. M. Dent, London, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. XII, 692 pages, in original parts of a binding, top edge of tinted light blue. The dust jacket is rubbed across the top edge and has insect damage on the front fold over crease A novel set in the middle ages. Size: 8vo -… Read more about this item Item Price
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Frank Harris; A Biography
by Pullar, Philippa
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1976
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- ISBN
- 9780671220914
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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Hamish Hamilton, London, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Biography of one of Victorian England's most notorious writer of pornography, who also happen to be a literary agent and critic -- Frank Harris. the dust jacket has faded on the spine, as seems usual for this particular publication, and is slightly… Read more about this item Item Price
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Frank Harris; A Biography
by Pullar, Philippa
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- Used - Good Condition
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- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1976
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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- 9780671220914
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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Hamish Hamilton, London, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. . Biography of one of Victorian England's most notorious writer of pornography, who also happen to be a literary agent and critic -- Frank Harris. the dust jacket has faded on the spine, and has moisture damage at the top and bottom of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Shame and the Captives
by Keneally, Thomas
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 2013
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- Softcover
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- 9780857980991
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Vintage Books, North Sydney, 2013. First Edition. Softcover. Good. Signed by Author. Where the Tale Comes from and acknowledgements. Photographic card cover with black and ochre coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Set in country Australia during World War II. It deals with a small farming community and the prisoner of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sands of Death; Betrayal, Massacre and Survival the in the Sahara
by Asher, Michael
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 2007
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€15.55
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/Good. 650 g.; (10), XI-XVIII, (2), 3-286 pages, acknowledgements, a note on transliteration, notes, bibliography and index. Dark purple coloured endpapers. There is a black-and-white drawing of Major Paul Flatters on the page following the half title page. Map of the routes taken… Read more about this item Item Price
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Pulitzer; A Life
by Brian, Denis
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2001
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780471332008
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc, New York, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 950 g.; (7), VIII, 438 pages, acknowledgements, notes, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Black coloured boards with silver titles to the backstrip. Minor bumping to the extra edges… Read more about this item Item Price
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Barchester Towers
by Trollope, Anthony
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- Used - Good
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- Poor
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- Reprint
- Published
- 1962
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- Hardcover
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The Zodiac Press, London, 1962. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/Poor. (8), 471, (1) pages. Brown coloured decoration against a cream coloured cloth covered binding with brown insert to the backstrip and within that insert, gilt titles. Brown coloured tint to the top textblock edge. Rubbing and some bumping to the backstrip edges and rubbing to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ursula Vivian; The Sister-Mother
by Swan, Annie S. (Mrs Burnett Smith)
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- Used - Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Reprint
- Published
- 1894
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, Edinburgh and London, 1894. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Illustrated. (7) 8-256 pages. Illustrated endpapers -- being an abstract design in very pale olive and white. The text is illustrated with six black-and-white illustrations -- in the steel etched style, illustrator not credited. Blue coloured cloth covered boards… Read more about this item Item Price
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Flotsam and Jetsam: Rhymes the Old and New
by Domett, Alfred
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- Used - Ex-Library
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1877
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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Smith, Elder and Co, London, 1877. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Ex-Library/No Dust Jacket. 500 g.; (7) VIII, 168 pages, last page blank . Dark brown coloured endpapers. Green coloured cloth covered boards with black illustration, of a line of hard running the full length of the front board, with gold embossed titles to the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Cathedral Folk
by Lyeskov, Nikolai
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- Used - Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1924
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- Hardcover
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€48.07
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The Bodley Head, London, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. (8) 3-439 pages (3), translator's note. Bottle green coloured cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. " 'The Cathedral Folk', -- his best long novel, -- was published in 1872, and ranks as the most noteworthy picture of the Russian… Read more about this item Item Price
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Our Famous Women. An Authorised and Complete Record of the Lives and Deeds of Eminent Women of Our Times. Giving for the First Time the Life History of Women Who Have Won Me Away from Poverty and Obscurity to Fame and Glory......
by Various
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- Used - Good Condition
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1888
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- Hardcover
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€18.66
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The Hartford Publishing Company, Hartford, Connecticut, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Illustrated. 1.3 kg.; (4) V-XXVIII, 29-715 pages (3) publishers' preface, names of authors with a list of this subject, list of "Our Famous Women", list of portraits and illustrations. Pale green floral decorated endpapers. The text is illustrated with 47… Read more about this item Item Price
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Rattlin the Reefer
by Howard, Edward (Arthur Howse -- Editor]
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1971
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780192553331
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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Oxford University Press, London, 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. introduction by editor, note on the text, bibliography, a chronology of Edward Howard, textual notes and explanatory notes. Aqua coloured cloth covered boards with dark blue insert to the backstrip and within that backstrip gilt titles and gilt decoration and titles below the insert. … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes
by Doyle, Arthur Conan [Sir]
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Reprint
- Published
- 1981
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- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780140056945
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€9.33
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Penguin Books, London, 1981. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. preface by Christopher Morley. Colour illustrated cover with pale dark purple background with black and white titles to the front panel and black titles to the backstrip. Creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book edges and there… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cornwell in the Age of the Industrial Revolution
by Rowe, John
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- Used - Good
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- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1953
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- Hardcover
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€18.66
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Liverpool at the University Press, Liverpool, England, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 600 g.; X, 368 pages, last page blank, foreward by A.L. Rowse, preface by author, bibliography, index and list of tables. Map illustrated endpapers, showing map of Cornwell in the 18th century. Light blue coloured cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Soldiers of the Queen; War in the Soudan
by Sutton, Ralph
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- Used - Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1985
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- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780958932301
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€73.51
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New South Wales Military Historical Society and the Royal New South Wales Regiment, Sydney, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. By Author On the Title Page. XXVIII, 324 pages, last three pages blank, intentionally, foreword by Major-General G.L. Maitland, foreword by Brigadier E.J.H. Howard, acknowledgements, Battle Honours the Royal New… Read more about this item Item Price
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For the Term of His Natural Life
by Clarke, Marcus; Bowker, RM -- Editor
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- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Modern Edition
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- 1980
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- Hardcover
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melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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€9.05
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Bowker & Bertram, London, 1980. Modern Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. in original dark green hardcover binding . Colour illustrated dustjacket slightly faded on the left-hand margin of the front panel; previous owner's name and date of purchase at the bottom right-hand corner of the title page. No other damage to describe. End page… Read more about this item Item Price
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