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  Eminent Women
London, Collins' Clear-type Press, 1913. Cloth, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Bound in red cloth with black titling and decoration. In good condition, a decent reading copy. Some rubbing and marking to covers. Inscription on front end paper, browning to end papers, a very few minor markings internally, generally clean. Binding is good and secure. 192 pages with coloured illustrations and six portraits and pictures. Including Caroline Herschel, The Princess De Lamballe, Elizabeth Fry, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Rosa Bonheur and Agnes Weston. No publishing date, inscription is dated 1913. Good.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 013214
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  Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe 1749 - 1949 : a Radio Commemoration
Great Britain, The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1949. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Lynton Lamb. A large staple-bound booklet in good condition. Some foxing and browning to covers, corners are a little dog-eared. A few spots of foxing internally, generally clean. Staples are a bit rusty but binding is good and secure. 30 pages. Good.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 010033
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  Millstones and Milestones : The Spiritual Autobiography of a West End Physician
London, The New Mildmay Press, 1933. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard back in good+ condition. Sunning to spine, minor rubbing and marking to covers. Slight browning to end papers, otherwise clean internally. Binding is good and secure. 83 pages. Good.
GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.8 | JP¥ 954] Book number: 007804
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  I Record Only the Sunny Hours : The Life and Work of Dorothy Nevile Lees
Florence, The British Institute of Florence, 1987. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover in good condition, an acceptable reading copy. Covers are quite grubby, corners are a little dog-eared. A few minor markings internally, binding is very good. 36 pages. Good.
GBP 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 5 US$ 7.47 | JP¥ 660] Book number: 011758
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  Robert Louis Stevenson : The Man and His Work : Extra Number of the Bookman 1913
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A large soft cover (limp cloth with dark titling and inset photograph of Robert Louis Stevenson on front cover). In good condition. Some darkening and minor marking to covers, minor fraying to cloth at edges. Foxing to external page edges. Some spots of foxing internally, particularly towards end of the book, but generally clean. Binding is secure. 208 pages with many illustrations. Good.
GBP 14.50 [Appr.: EURO 16.25 US$ 24.08 | JP¥ 2128] Book number: 009856
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ALEXIS, STEPHEN  Black Liberator : The Life of Toussaint Louverture
London, Ernest Benn Ltd, 1949. Cloth with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in black cloth with gilt titling. In good+ condition. Light rubbing and a few minor markings to covers, some marking and light foxing to external page edges. Internally clean, binding is good and secure. In fair dust jacket with marking, loss on spine and at edges, several tears. 227 pages. Good/Fair.
GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 | JP¥ 1101] Book number: 012756
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APPLETON, LEWIS  Memoirs of Henry Richard : The Apostle of Peace
London, Trubner & Co, 1889. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bound in burgundy decorative cloth with gilt titling. In good condition. Slightl lean to spine, sunning to spine, minor rubbing and markings to covers. Browning to end papers, otherwise clean internally. Binding is very good. 212 pages plus appendix and advertisments. Good.
GBP 14.50 [Appr.: EURO 16.25 US$ 24.08 | JP¥ 2128] Book number: 005800
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ARNOLD, GLADYS  One Woman's War : A Canadian Reporter with the Free French
Toronto, James Lorimer & Company Ltd. Publishers, 1987. (ISBN: 0888628757) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard back in good+ condition, a decent reading copy. Ex-library, with a few stamps and markings on first few pages, a very few light markings internally, otherwise clean. Binding is good and secure. In very good dust jacket with slight creasing to edges and a couple of light markings. 222 pages. Good/Very Good.
GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.81 | JP¥ 514] Book number: 012757
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ARNOT, R. PAGE  William Morris : The Man and the Myth
London, Lawrence & Wishart, 1964. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard back in good+ condition. Board are slightly bowed outwards, light foxing to external page edges and first and last few pages, otherwise clean, binding is very good. In good+ dust jacket with some marking and slight wear to edges. Including letters of William Morris to J. L. Mahon and Dr. John Glasse. Good/Good.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 010910
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ARTHUR, SIR GEORGE  Queen Alexandra
London, Chapman and Hall, 1934, First Edition. Cloth with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bound with grey cloth boards, pink cloth spine and gilt titling. In good+ condition. Covers are clean with slight fading to gilt. Minor foxing affecting a few pages and fore edge of pages, otherwise clean internally. Binding is very good. In good- dust jacket with small loss at edges, creasing and repaired tears. 288 pages with 17 illustrations. Good/Good.
GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 | JP¥ 2641] Book number: 006897
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ASHBY, IRENE M.  William Allen
London, Edward Hicks, 1893. Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback in good condition, an acceptable reading copy. Browning and marking to covers, some creasing and loss at edges, spine is reinforced with book repair tape. A few page corners are dog-eared, marking to first few pages, a few minor markings elsewhere internally, generally clean. Binding is good and secure. 149 pages. Good.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 013204
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BAILEY, CYRIL  Hugh Percy Allen
London, Oxford University Press, 1948. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in black cloth with gilt titling. In good+ condition. Minor marking to covers, browning to end papers, light foxing to page edges, otherwise clean, binding is tight. 170 pages. Good.
GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.98 | JP¥ 440] Book number: 010232
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BALLEINE, G. R.  The Tragedy of Philippe D'Auvergne, Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy and Last Duke of Bouillon
London, Phillimore and Co, 1973. (ISBN: 0850331242) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard back in very good condition. Covers are clean, a couple of spots of foxing to external page edges. Internally clean, binding is good and secure. In good+ dust jacket with sunning to spine, a few light markings and minor wear to edges. 145 pages. Very Good/Good.
GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.98 | JP¥ 440] Book number: 013181
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BARDENS, DENNIS  Portrait of a Statesman : The Personal Life Story of Sir Anthony Eden
London, Frederick Muller, 1955. Cloth with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in black cloth with gilt titling. In good+ condition. Minor marking to covers, private library label on front end paper, a very few minor markings internally, generally clean. Binding is good and secure. In good+ dust jacket, a bit grubby with minor wear to edges. 326 pages. Good/Good.
GBP 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 5 US$ 7.47 | JP¥ 660] Book number: 010256
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BELL, J. J.  Do You Remember?
Edinburgh, The Porpoise Press, 1934. Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bound in dark green cloth with yellow titling. In good condition. Some marking and rubbing to covers, titling is faded. A very few minor markings internally, generally clean. Binding is a little shaky but very secure. 292 pages. Good.
GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 | JP¥ 1834] Book number: 008239
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BENNETT, ANDREW  James Wilson of St Andrews : An American Statesman 1742 - 1798
St Andrews, J & G Innes Ltd. Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover in good+ condition. Light marking and creasing to covers. A very few light markings internally, slight creasing to page tops, otherwise clean. Binding is very good. 81 pages. No publishing date. Good.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 013269
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BENNETT, A.  Robert Fergusson. An Eighteenth Century St Andrews Student
St Andrews, Reprinted from the St Andrews Citizen. Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A staple-bound booklet in good condition, a decent reading copy. Light marking and rubbing to covers, staples are a bit rusty. Slight browning to first and last pages, a couple of small rust marks from staples, otherwise clean internally, binding is very good. 68 pages. No publishing date. Good.
GBP 5.50 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 US$ 9.14 | JP¥ 807] Book number: 013267
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BERRY, GRINTON W. (EDITOR)  Heroes and Pioneers : Lives of Great Leaders in Thought and Action
London, The Religious Tract Society, 1908. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in red cloth with gilt titling. In good condition, a decent reading copy. Darkening to spine, some marking and rubbing to covers, splitting to cloth at spine ends, light foxing to external page edges. Free front end paper is missing, browning to first and last few pages, some foxing to page margins, otherwise clean internally. Last page is coming loose but is still attached. Binding is otherwise good and secure. 374 pages. Good.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 013201
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BERTHOUD, SIR ERIC  An Unexpected Life : The Memoirs of Sir Eric Berthoud
Great Britain, The Anchor Press, 1980. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt titling. In good+ condition, a decent reading copy. Some marking to covers, minor rubbing to edges. Inscription and minor markings on front end papers, otherwise clean internally, binding is good and secure. 288 pages. Good.
GBP 15.50 [Appr.: EURO 17.25 US$ 25.75 | JP¥ 2275] Book number: 011729
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BETTANY, G. T.  Life of Charles Darwin
London, Walter Scott. Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bound in dark red cloth with gilt titling, gilt page tops. In good+ condition, a decent reading copy. Minor marking and rubbing to covers. Slight browning and a few spots of foxing to end papers, a very few minor markings internally, otherwise clean. Binding is good and secure. 175 pages plus 31 page bibliography and publishers catalogue. No publishing date, circa late 19th/early 20th century. Good.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 013289
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BETTANY, G. T.  Life of Charles Darwin
London, Walter Scott, 1887. Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bound in green cloth with gilt and black titling. In good condition, a decent reading copy. Darkening and fading to spine, some marking and light rubbing to covers, light foxing to external page edges. Previous owner's inscription on front end paper, light foxing to a few pages, a few minor markings internally, generally clean. Binding is good and secure. 175 pages plus 31 page bibliography. Good.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 013194
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BEUCLER, ANDRE  Poet of Paris : Twenty Years with Leon-Paul Fargue
London, Chatto & Windus, 1955. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard back in very good- condition. A few pencil markings on end papers, a couple of light markings to external page edges, otherwise clean throughout, binding is very good. In good dust jacket, a bit grubby with wear to edges and repaired tears at spine ends. 248 pages. Very Good/Good.
GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.81 | JP¥ 514] Book number: 012793
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BLOOM, URSULA  No Lady Has a Dog's Day : a Casual Book of Reminiscences
London, Hutchinson, 1956. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard back in very good- condition. A few spots of foxing to external page edges, light marking to end papers, otherwise clean throughout, binding is good and secure. In good dust jacket with light marking, sunning to spine, some loss and tears at edges. 191 pages. Very Good/Good.
GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 | JP¥ 1101] Book number: 013123
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BLOW, SYDNEY  Through Stage Doors or Memories of Two in the Theatre
Edinburgh, W & R Chambers, 1958. Cloth with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: J. S. Goodall. Bound in pale cloth with gilt titling. Very minor rubbing to cover edges, light foxing to external page edges. Slight browning to end papers, otherwise clean internally, binding is tight. In good+ dust jacket with minor marking and minor wear to edges. Very Good/Good.
GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.81 | JP¥ 514] Book number: 010329
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BOE, ALF; SMITH, JOHN BOULTON; CARLEY, LIONEL; EGGUM, ARNE  Frederick Delius Og Edvard Munch
Oslo, 1979. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft cover in near very good condition. Light marking and rubbing to covers, internally clean, binding is tight. 63 pages. Text in both Norwegian (?) and English. Catalogue for an exhibition at the Munch museum, dealing with Munch and Delius' friendship. Good.
GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 | JP¥ 1834] Book number: 011233
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