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Sir Roger de Coverley and Other Essays from the Spectator
Addison / Steele [ed. Symons, illus Brock] (Dent) London, 1905
First edition thus, out-of-print hardback in orange cloth/brown/gilt, xvii + 310 pp, edited by Arthur Symonds, illustrated by Henry Brock, frontis with tissue guard & ornamented title page, quite clean boards faintly edge-sunned with gilt monogram on upper, water stn at bottom edge & small white marking on rear panel, brown backstrip with gilt titling frayed & fixed, decorative endpapers, top-edge gilt, ribbon marker, chapter heads & txt illustrations by Brock, edges untrimmed, contents clean & unmarked. G+. [NF 34092] £6.82 ($11.00) |
Epping Forest. It's literary and historical associations
Addison, William (Dent & Sons) London, 1946
2nd impression of First edition, out-of-print hardback in dustjacket [clean photo artwork with lightly chafed edges & typical dust-sullied rear white panel, price-clipped], ix + 240pp with index plus 32 monochrome print illustrations, green cloth/gilt, no inscriptions, very clean covers & contents. VG+/VG. [NF 33602] £15.50 ($25.00) |
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Shilappadikaram [The Ankle Bracelet]
Adigal, Prince Llango [transl. Danielou (Allen & Unwin) London, 1967
First edition UK, out-of-print hardback in dustjacket [clean printed jacket with faint foxing], 211pp, translated by Alain Danielou, blue cloth/silver, top-edge coloured, no inscriptions, slight edge flecks o/w covers & contents unblemished, nice tight copy. VG++/VG. *see an actual image of this copy on our website or by request . [NF 33648] £11.50 ($18.00) |
Promoting Young People's Sexual Health. A compendium of Family Planning service provision for young people
Aggleton, Peter et al (Health Education Authority) London, 1996
First edition UK, out-of-print softback in decorative glazed wraps, Medium octavo over 9x6inches, 74pp with index & bibliography, covers & contents immaculate, fine copy. Fine. ISBN 0752105949 [NF 27275] £9.50 ($15.00) |
Battle of Britain August - October 1940. An Air Ministry Account of the Great Days from 8th August - 31st October 1940
Air Ministry (HMSO) London, 1941
1st printing, issued by the Ministry of Information, out-of-print out-of-print booklet in paper covers, 8vo, 32pp, clean copy. VG. {valedictory to RAF fighter pilots} [NF 18095] £4.50 ($7.00) |
Battle of Britain August - October 1940. An Air Ministry Account of the Great Days from 8th August - 31st October 1940
Air Ministry (HMSO) London, 1941
1st printing, issued by the Ministry of Information, out-of-print out-of-print booklet in paper covers, 8vo, 32pp, clean copy. VG. {valedictory to RAF fighter pilots} [DD* 23990] £4.50 ($7.00) |
Introducing the Women's Institutes.
Albermarle (Gryphon Books) London, 1951
First edition UK, out-of-print softback in decorative colour wraps, sq 8vo, 32pp with chronology, foreword by the Countess of Albemarle, b/w photo illustrations, includes insert of The Story of Denman College' illustrated pamphlet published by the National Federation of Women's Institutes, not [DD* 23991] £6.95 ($11.00) |
Walking in Derbyshire. A detailed route guide for rambling in the Peak District National Park and adjacent countryside
Allen et al (eds) (Derbyshire Countryside) Derby, 1972
4th revised edition, out-of-print softback in pictorial matt card covers, 12mo, 64pp with b/w routes, clean front cover with abraded edge, dust-sullied white rear cover o/w G++. [NF 33681] £5.00 ($8.00) |
Practical Building Construction. A handbook for students preparing for the Examinations of the Science and Art Department, the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Surveyors' Institution, etc - Designed also as a Book of Reference for persons engaged in building.
Allen, John Parnell (Crosby Lockwood and Son) London, 1893
First edition, out-of-print hardback in full calf leather, Royal octavo over 10x6inches, x + 446pp with index plus 64pp publisher's catalogue of technical bks, with over 1,000 illustrations, maroon lea boards are well-rubbed and chafed at spine extremities and along spine edges, also half the backstrip has split and been snagged across the middle (now restrained by utility repair of double-sided tape), raised bands on spine & gilt titling (dulled), colour endpapers, inner guttering strained but held, no inscriptions, a little age-marking and edge tan to pgs, overall a little shaken but textblock remarkably clean bright & unmarked, thus a very good reading copy of this scarce First edition. G+. *see an actual image of this copy on our website or by request . NB heavy item, non-standard for shipping. [NF 33494] £50.00 ($80.00) |
Sotheby's: Early Twentieth Century Paintings Drawings and Sculpture from a Californian Private Collector
Anon (Sothebys) London, 1993
Out-of-print softback, glazed art-illustrated card covers, 11x8 ins, 64 pgs, all works of art illustrated in full colour. VG+. {Sotheby's Catalogue for auction held in London, Wednesday 23rd June 1993: giving particulars of auction, facsimiles and details of severa [NFT 8926] £4.50 ($7.00) |
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