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The Golden Bough
by Sir James George Frazer, F.R.S., F.B.A.
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- Abridged
- Published
- 1924
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Dorset, GBR
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€41.22
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Abridged Edition. Blue cloth boards with gilt inlaid design to front board and gilt lettering to spine. Frontispiece. 756pp. Esoteric study of Man's understanding and enactment of religious and magic rituals. Item Price
€41.22
Murder by Reflection
by Gerald Heard
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st UK edition
- Published
- 1945
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portland, Dorset, GBR
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€58.88
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Psychological thriller.
First UK edition. Published according to economy wartime standards.
Used, good. No dust jacket. Boards and spine showing moderate age-related wear. Light foxing. No inscriptions. Binding very good. Item Price
€58.88
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A Three-Foot Stool
by Peter Wright
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1909
- Binding
- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Dorset, GBR
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€423.97
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"Excerpt from Three-Foot Stool It is still at the present day in the United States of Mexico that the model of the ranch is found, where the area is measured by scores of miles and the increase by tens of thousands of calves, and where owners live in paternal simplicity and state. AS it is in the State of Chihuahua… Read more about this item Item Price
€423.97
The Painters of Florence from the Thirteenth to the Sixteenth Century
by Julia Cartwright (Mrs ADY)
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- 2nd
- Published
- 1910
- Binding
- Suede
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portland, Dorset, GBR
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€58.88
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2nd Edition. Soft suede leather covered boards with gilt inlay design to front cover. Size 18x12x2cm. 373pp including index. Colour pictorial pastedowns. Mostly text, with b/w illustrations. CONDITION: Suede cover very worn but gilt still bright. Front gutter cracked. Binding poor. Some pages detached but present. Moderate foxing to prelims and edges. No inscriptions. Internal pages clean. Item Price
€58.88
Through the Dark Continent VOL I ONLY
by Henry M. Stanley
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Edition
- 2nd
- Published
- 1899
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Dorset, GBR
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€23.55
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26x18x3cm. 400pp. Black half leather bound. Brown flecked edges. Grey top edge. Frontispiece of Stanley. Fold out map. B/w maps and illustrations throughout. CONDITION: boards have moderate wear, very worn at corners. Spine almost detached in some sections. One section completely detached (provided). Needs repair. Front and back gutters broken through. Foxing to prelims. Occasional foxing/age marking to internal pages,… Read more about this item Item Price
€23.55
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Straight Paths and Crooked Ways
by Mrs. H. B. Paull
- Condition
- Used - Poor
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1887
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Dorset, GBR
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€117.77
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Very rare copy. Warne's Star Series. First edition, first printing. No DJ issued. Blue cloth boards, ornately stamped with black and gilt design to front board and spine. List of Warne's books on front and back pastedowns. 345pp. Small 8vo. CONDITION: poor. boards worn; spine faded and worn at extremities; edges dusted; boards and spine attached to each other but… Read more about this item Item Price
€117.77
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Practical Chemistry
by George Gore, Marcus Sparling, John Scoffern
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1856
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Dorset, GBR
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€206.10
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First edition. No DJ issued. Marcus Sparling was Assistant to Roger Fenton, Esq. in taking the Crimea photographs. This book provides a rare insight into the chemical knowledge of the mid-eighteen hundreds, surrounding the new sciences of photography, food chemistry and street lighting. Marbled paper-covered boards with leather spine and corners and gilt raised bands to spine. Marbled end papers… Read more about this item Item Price
€206.10
Long Live the King!
by Guy Boothby
- Condition
- Used - Poor
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1900
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Dorset, GBR
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€29.44
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Illustrated by Edward Read. First edition, first printing. No DJ issued. Blue cloth boards with bevelled edges. Gilt text to front board and spine. CONDITION: external wear and bumping, sunning to spine, damage to spine ends, remains of a sticker on front board. Edges grubby. Prelims heavily tanned. Pencil notes on condition of book on front pastedown. Ownership inscription, dated… Read more about this item Item Price
€29.44
The Boys' Watchword or Syd and His Brothers
by Jennie Harrison
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Edition
- Early
- Published
- 1893
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Dorset, GBR
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€70.66
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Very rare copy of this popular boys' story. Undated, but school prize plate dated 1893 (8 years after 1st publication). Pictorial cloth boards with gilt title band to front board. Pictorial design to spine. Floral design to pastedowns. Frontispiece. 392pp + several pages of ads. CONDITION: boards worn and grubby (particularly back and spine). Dusting to edges. School gift plate… Read more about this item Item Price
€70.66
Victory: The Weekly for the India Command Vol XIV, No. 8
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1945
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Dorset, GBR
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€11.78
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Wartime magazine, distributed to WW2 Allied Forces in India and the Far East. Paper cover, stapled, 75pp. Front cover showing Betty Grable (design by Wingrove). Contains several articles, including 'The Oversized Trunk' by Sax Rohmer. Also runs an article 'Men of the Year 1944'. CONDITION: General moderate wear. Staples rusted. Still well-bound and readable. An insight into the real mindset… Read more about this item Item Price
€11.78
The Poetical Works of James Montgomery of Sheffield
by James Montgomery and Editor
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- c. 1860
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Dorset, GBR
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€129.55
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With a Memoir which ends with a reference to his funeral. Six Engravings on Steel. First edition. Undated but published posthumously (c.1860). Black full leather, ornately blind stamped with gilt title block and design to front board. Raised bands to spine with ornate gilt design and title block. Full gilt-edged. Frontispiece and title page illustrations. Text block pages edged with… Read more about this item Item Price
€129.55
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Racketty-Packetty House
by Queen Crosspatch aka Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1907
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portland, Dorset, GBR
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€58.88
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First edition. Brown cloth boards with pictorial inlay. Frontispiece. Colour plate illustrations throughout. 92pp. Size 16 x 13 x 1 cm. CONDITION: Very light wear to boards; discolouration to prelims; a few very slight marks internally but mostly very clean and bright. Some loosening of binding towards the back. In poly cover. Very bright, clean copy. Item Price
€58.88
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Sweet Spring Time and other Stories
by Thomas Miller
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1879
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Dorset, GBR
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€176.66
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Very rare first edition of this enchanting book. 17 x 11 x 2 cm. Black embossed Morocco appearance blue boards with gilt title stamp to front and spine. Colour frontispiece. B/W drawing illustrations. Pages not numbered. CONDITION: moderate wear and bumping to spine ends and board corners. Slight marks to back board. Ownership inscription of front pastedown. Wear near spine… Read more about this item Item Price
€176.66
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The Recent Origin of Man
by Southall, J.C.
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1ST
- Published
- 1875
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Dorset, GBR
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€206.10
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Classic archaeological work, aiming to prove, by reference to recent (then) archaeological findings, and contra to Darwin's Theory, that modern civilized humans appeared around eight thousand years ago. Fascinating insight into the 'new science' of archaeology in 1875.
Well-illustrated with line drawings and a fold-out chart. 606pp.
Used, good. Bumping and wear to boards and spine with damage to ends… Read more about this item Item Price
€206.10
Shadow Over Mars
by Leigh Brackett
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1951
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portland, Dorset, GBR
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€147.21
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Classic 1950s science fiction paperback with bright artwork on front cover. 128pp. Rare collectible item. Ads on insides of front and back covers.
1951 First edition, first printing.
Used, acceptable. Covers and spine very worn but still present and attached. Slight stain to inside front cover. Ownership signature on ffep. Dusting and wear to edges. Back cover starting… Read more about this item Item Price
€147.21
The Years Between
by Rudyard Kipling
- Condition
- Used, very good.
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Edition
- 1st, 1st printing
- Published
- 1919
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portland, Dorset, GBR
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€47.11
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Classic poetry by one of the most popular poets, author of The Jungle Book and If
Maroon boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Title page illustrated with a drawing of a Tommy soldier from the First World War, in which Kipling fought. Deckle edged pages. 159 pages of poetry plus several pages of Methuen ads at the back.
Used, very good.… Read more about this item Item Price
€47.11
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
by Edgar Allan Poe
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Limited Editions Club
- Published
- 1930
- Binding
- Hardback with slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portland, Dorset, GBR
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€35.33
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The story of Arthur Gordon Pym's gory adventures aboard a Nantucket ship: 'Comprising the Details of a Mutiny and Atrocious Butchery on Board the American Brig Grampus, on her way to The South Seas, in the month of June 1827'
Marbled boards and speckled edges in black slipcase. Illustrated by Rene Clarke. Limited Editions Club edition, 1930.
Book: darkening to spine; otherwise… Read more about this item Item Price
€35.33
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
by Edgar Allan Poe
- Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New, very light shelf wear.
- Published
- 2015
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Dorset, GBR
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€76.55
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Beautifully presented in a navy slipcase with cream text. Blue pictorial cloth boards with navy and cream design and text. Illustrated by David Lupton. 346pp. Size: 18 x 12.5 x 4 cm. Very rare to find this particular edition for sale.
New. Slipcase has very light shelf marks (hardly noticeable). Shipped 'sign for' at no extra cost in UK. Item Price
€76.55
The Shining Pyramid
by Arthur Machen
- Condition
- Used, good. No longer has dust jacket. Blue cloth boards - white mark on the front about 1 x 1 inch - could be paint. Otherwise
- Jacket Condition
- no longer has DJ
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Published
- 1925
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portland, Dorset, GBR
- Item Price
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€47.11
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Classic horror, first published in 1895. A girl goes missing. What is the mystery of the little people and the Shining Pyramid? Item Price
€47.11
The Floating Island
by Jules Verne
- Condition
- Used - Boards: worn, bumped and marked. Edges: darkened and dusted. Prelims: foxed; ownership inscription on ffep. Internal pages: tann
- Jacket Condition
- none issued
- Published
- c. 1925
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portland, Dorset, GBR
- Item Price
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€17.67
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Undated - c. 1925. Pictorial cloth boards with illustrations in green, blue, beige, black to front and spine. Lettering black. Author's copyright edition. Colour frontispiece 'The Sea began to Spread over The Country'. 264 pp + ads. Item Price
€17.67
