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1988. First edition. Hardback.. SIGNED "Best Wishes Elsie Luxton, PLUS stickker below with what I assume is Fukuyama Signature. (see photo). Book Fine with Very good+ price cut wrapper. A signed copy. This is a new approach to the craft of Honiton lace, presenting 40 new patterns in a visual format - through diagrams, prickings and photographs, explaining how to use the book in 5 languages. Every pattern has also been illustrated with a photograph of the "right" and "wrong" side of the lace, avoiding the usual need to make a mental reversal. There are also diagrams of the working order, the numbering of pairs and pricking. The patterns include both flat and raised work, with every design displayed together on a single spread. The book is aimed at the lace maker with a sound basic knowledge of the craft. Yusai Fukuyama has taught and written on many aspects of lace and is a former student of Elsie Luxton who was awarded MBE in 1984 for her services to lace making. They have also written "Royal… Read More

1989. First edition. Hardback. Very Good+ / very good. JUSTICE NOT VENGEANCE: Translated from the German by Ewald Osers. Blue Cloth Silver Titles. First British Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Authors signature on plate pasted on to tile page - see photo. FIRST UK PRINTING. Very minor cover edge wear, , No marks or inscriptions to pages.Since the end of World War II Wiesenthal has dedicated his life to bringing Nazis to justice. In this book he describes his activities, the men, such as Eichmann and Mengele, he has pursued, the Nazi escape organization, Odessa, but also some of the heroism that the horrors produced. The book asks questions about the function of punishment and the possibility of rehabilitation in such extreme cases of criminality. He shows that many of the most sadistic persecutors of the Nazi regime found it all too easy to merge into normal society and assume a cloak of decency. Wiesenthal's aim has been to expose to the fullest possible extent the hypocritical sham of this… Read More

2008. First edition. Hardback. . Very Good+ / Very Good.+. Very scarce Triple Signed copy of this hardback. Very Good book. very slightly tanned pages. Very Good + wrapper. No inscriptions other than those by authors and Alan Smith. Bestselling, seminal biography of Arsenal FC. Arsenal looks in detail at the club's transformation into a global superpower under the stewardship of their French manager. Inscribed and signed by Alan Smith and Kevin Whitcher. Signed by Alex Fynn. All on first title page. Y1

London: Thomas Laurie, London, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Good+. Hardcover Decorated Boards. Very Scarce 253 pages. Consistent light tanning. Slightly loosening spine , Short typescript poem stuck on FEP, but generally GOOD+ condition. See photos. Very Rare Original .A1

Ireland: Privately Published, nd. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Pp.68. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the editor. illustrated. Undated. Scarce. Inscription " For Mary Siobhan with best wishes - Christopher O' Florinn". Green and white paper wraps decorated with scene of Limerick City. Very good condition and binding strong. no pub. date. S1

United States: Nikolai Foundation, 2008. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Used Paperback SIGNED BY Nikolai A. Alexandrenko SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. No other inscriptions. 184 pages, illustrated Alexandrenko recounts the hardships of living in rural Soviet Union during the Communist regime, serving as a paratroop officer for the Russian army in World War II, being imprisoned in a Nazi POW camp and a remarkable conversion from athiesm to Christianity that forever altered his life. See Photos. S4

Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good. First Edition. Red boards with imbossed design of Van Hare and a lion on cover. Boards ` bit worn /sunned. some signs of spine beginning to loosen. However no descriptions and vast majority of internal very goodSEE PHOTOS FOR CONDITIONY2

Good, slightly loosening spine but generally firm, consistently tanned. See Photos.332 pages. volume ii of iii. original book with sticker on front board relating to MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY, OXFORD STREET, SUBSCRIPTION LIBRARY. PUBLISHERS Richard Bentley WERE publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty The Queen.SCARCE BOOK - originalPlease See Photos for ConditionB8

Good. one blank fep mostly torn out, page 141 illustration loose, otherwise quite solid, slightly tanned and slightly musty, no inscriptions. Illustrations clean. rare book.241 pages. Good Binding and boardsWritten by her sisters and Mrs Walter M. Hoare. With introduction by Rev. H. Whitehead.hardback Very Rare original book : Good+Good Binding and boards : from the introduction. " The following memoir contains a brief account of the life which was. in the truest sense, laid down for the sake of Christ;s poor……….Angelina Hoare's talents were essentially those of a pioneer.T the time when she began her work in Calcutta, the Sunderland Mission was so far regarded as a lost cause…….."Please See Photos Please See PhotosB1

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Signed limited edition, this is copy no. 1193 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies signed by the compiler/editor. secondary inscription by editor, " To my lovely Polly, love Alexis Penny, 23.10.2014" colour illustrations, the WWII prisoner of war diary kept by Major A. T. Casdagli, internally very clean, binding firm. 264 pages; a very clean bright tight copy.Please look at photos for conditionB4

EASTERN APPROACHES: FITZROY MACLEAN. HB+WRAPPER. 1949 1st Cape/ Book Society. Good++ Book .with wrapper. no inscriptions. First Printing of this edition. A first edition of the Cape edition in association with The Book Society in 194914 photogr. plates + 3 folding maps (Central Asia, the Western Desert, Jugoslavia). 543 pages.Please See Photos for ConditionB4