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UNDERSTANDING ENGLISH SURNAMES.
B. T. Batsford, London, 1978, 1st edn., 176pp, 8pp half tone ills., purple cloth gilt, a guide to the derivation of English surnames, light impressed marks cnr. of front free endpaper where old price erased, pw pc but publishers price label added, spine and top part of upper wrapper sunned, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,
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AUSTRALIAN WOMEN WRITERS : A bibliographic guide.
Pandora, London, 1988, trade paperback, 209pp, coloured pictorial wrappers, a sourcebook on the lives and works of 450 Australian women writers, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,
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MEDALS AND DECORATIONS.
Ward Lock, London, 1973, 1st edn., 128pp, half tone frontis, 4pp coloured ills., map, line drawings and half tone ills. throughout, large format (10.5 x 8 inches approx.), red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, on collecting medals and decorations and tracing the history of medals from the earliest Greek awards, with chapters on British campaign and gallantry medals, the Orders of Chivalry with advice on how to house a collection , well illustrated, edges tanned, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., two closed repaired tears, price crossed through in ink front flap, very good in a good dustwrapper,
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Keywords: medals decorations military chivalry ribbons pins badges
THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONTEMPORARY POETS 1971.
Regency Press, London, 1971, 192pp, purple laminated boards lettered in gilt at spine and upper board, a firmly bound ex-museum library copy with the usual stamps, lightly rubbed at extrems., reading copy only,
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THIRD SUPPLEMENT TO THE PLAYER'S LIBRARY : The Catalogue of the Library of British Drama.
British Drama League and Faber and Faber, London, 1956, 256pp, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered and decorated dustwrapper, bringing the catalogue up to date and adding for the first time all the plays in French in the Library, a firmly bound ex-college library copy with the usual stamps, sl. sunned at upper board, lightly rubbed at extrems., dustwrapper lightly rubbed at tips, a little sunned at spine and extrems., reading/reference copy in a very good dustwrapper,
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THE CONCISE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF LITERARY TERMS.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, ND (circa 1997), reprint, trade paperback, x, 246pp, decorated upper wrapper, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good plus,
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HOW IT ALL BEGAN - Up The High Street.
Past Times, Oxford, ND, paperback, 144pp, coloured and half tone ills. throughout, large format (9.5 x 7.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial montage wrappers, in a sequel to his account of the origins of famous trade names and marks, the author relates the origins of High Street names from Abbey National and Aquascutum to Woolworths and Yorkshire Bank, faint diag. crease upper tip, very good plus,
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Keywords: social history department stores shops advertisements slogans
TOMORROW'S WORLD.
BBC, London, 1970, 1st edn., 269pp, illustrated throughout in colour, half tone and line, black cloth lettered in silver, tv tie-in with the BBC production on innovations and inventions, lightly rubbed and bumped at spine ends and cnrs., dustwrapper: price clipped, rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,
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Keywords: invention innovation tv tie-in baxter burke
WRITERS' AND ARTISTS' YEARBOOK 1990.
A. and C. Black, London, ND (c1990), 83rd year of issue, paperback, 592pp, paper wrappers, a dirctory for writers, artists, playwrights, writers for film, radio and television, photographers and composers, fine,
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Keywords: directory writers contracts markets research
THE WAR FILM.
A. S. Barnes / Tantivy Press, Cranbury, New Jersey / London, ND (copyright 1974), Joint US and UK 1st edn., 191pp, half tone photo ills. throughout, large format (10 x 7 inches approx.), grey cloth lettered in red at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, a reference work on the feature film genre of 'war film', arranged in chronological order, with a further reference list of all principal war films made from the Napoleonic to the Atomic era, lightly rubbed at tips, edges sl. dusty and small mark upper cnr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: front flap clipped at both corners, rubbed with sl. loss at extrems., spine sl. sunned, very good in a very good dustwrapper,
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Keywords: reference performing arts cinema film war ww1 ww2
An Introduction to MAPWORK and PRACTICAL GEOGRAPHY.
University Tutorial Press, London, 1960, 7th edn., 264pp, col'd frontius and 7 map plates, 2pp col'd maps, 2pp half tone ills, numerous line drawings in text, red cloth gilt, this edn. includes new chapter on the Use of Aerial Photography in Survey and Map Making, book and dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,
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Keywords: map maps geography survey surveying
THE POPULAR ELOCUTIONIST and Reciter comprising Practical Hints on Public Reading and Reciting, etc..
Frerderick Warne, London, ND (c1902), new and extended edition, 631pp, ads. at eps., brown cloth lettered and decorated on spine and upper bd. in black and gilt, lower bd. blind stamped, '...an extensive collection of speeches, dramatic scenes, dialogues, soliloquies, readings and recitations selected from the best authors past and present with original hints on elocution,' lightly rubbed and bumped at extrems., top edge dusty, all edges a little foxed, half title partially browned, foxing to prelims and some marginal foxing throughout, no dustwrapper, very good,
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Keywords: public speaking recitation readings prose verse drama elocution
EARLY VICTORIAN NOVELISTS - Essays in Revaluation.
Fontana, London, 1964, 1st in imprint, paperback, 254pp, [ii] ads., coloured decorated wrappers, essay studies of Dickens, Thackeray, Bronte (Charlotte and Emily), Mrs. Gaskell, Trollope and George Eliot, spine sunned with sl. roll and several vertical creases, a little rubbed at extrems., upper edge tanned, very good,
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Keywords: literary criticism victorian novelists dickens thackeray bronte gaskell trollope eliot
TRACING YOUR FAMILY TREE - The Complete Guide to Discovering your Family History,.
Guild, London, 1989, club edn., 208pp, half tone photo ills. line drawings and facsimiles in text, dark brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper, a guide to help you successfully trace your family tree, with guidance on where to look for and analyse information, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, short repaired tear lower flap fold, very good in very good dustwrapper,
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THE MARITIME COMPENDIUM - An Encyclopedia of Designs and Motifs.
Conway Maritime Press, London, 1998, 1st edn., 192pp inc. 16pp coloured plates, half tone ills., line drawings, maps and diagrams throughout, large format (12 x 10 inches approx.), blue/purple cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial montage dustwrapper, a selection of over 1,600 maritime and related line drawings, diagrams, engravings, half tone and colour images, drawn from a variety of sources and illustrating ships, ship-types, ship building, plans, fixtures, fittings, rigging, navigation and legendary nautical figures and scenes, heavy, lightly rubbed at extrems., sl. colour loss lower edge lower board, ink inscr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, nick and small chip lower panel, very good in a very good dustwrapper,
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Keywords: maritime encyclopedia reference