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	F.W.I. Arctic stories. Or Dr. Kane's search for Franklin Gall and Inglis London HB No publish date given, prob 1890's. A sometimes didactic Victorian-era account for children concerning the search for Sir John Franklin, the Arctic Explorer. Good only. Pictorial boards are heavily rubbed and worn as is spine. Contemporary prize inscription in pen on ffep. Owner inscription upon paste-down. Dates to 1895-1896. Sporadic finger marks and other grubby blemishes throughout the book. 96pp GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: BYB8601 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	N/A Authorised Guide to the Tower of London (1929) Tower London 1929 PB Staped booklet, cover marked and worn, pages yellowed, fold-out map, sound and good. 32pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB7761 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	Canada From Sea To Sea The Department of External Affairs Ottawa 1950 PB Unpaginated pamphlet. Canadian Political, economic, social achievements up to 1950 Good. Previous owner's name on cover. 132pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB3473 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	Canada 1951. The official handbook of present conditions and recent progress. Department of Trade and Commerce Ottawa 1951 PB Contains sections on: Economy, Government, Manufacturing, Society, Science, Social trends, Agriculture, Forestry, Extractive, Fisheries, Furs, Labour, Transport, Trade, Finance. Good. Covers a little worn and fr. cover starting to detach. 311pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB3474 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	C C AND D G EDS. The English in Love Martin Secker London 1st 1932 HB An anthology of poetry and prose on the subject of love. Cover a little sunned and faded to the spine, name to ffep, notes to eps, o/w VG, no DJ. 560pp GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 \| JP¥ 1027] Book number: BYB6061 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	N/A The Greenhouse Gases - Swedish Environmental Protection Agency report 4045 Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Solna 1991 PB The English translation of this prescient report. Ex-lib, minimal marking, covers a little worn and marked, good. 143pp GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: BYB8617 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	N/A The Handy Shilling Atlas and World Gazetteer George Newnes Ltd London HB Undated, but dated 1903 to the ffep. Dark blue covers rather worn to the spine, red lettering, stamped decoration, name and date to ffep, pages yellowed, good. 160pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB8186 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	(ED.SID CHAPLIN, AND H. G. STOKES) The Lakes to Tyneside Collins London HB 50 illustrations, with a portrait by Sid Chaplin. Published for the Festival of Britain Number 10 in the About Britain series. VG in good dj (slightly edge-worn) 92pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB1738 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	N/A The Mariner's Handbook The Hydrographer of the Navy 1978 HB Fifth edition Blue cloth with removeable plastic cover, no DJ, with errata slip and fold-out maps, generally VG. 163pp GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: BYB6775 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	N/A Picturesque Manxland in scene and story Valentine and Sons Dundee PB Undated - 1930s. Watercolour views of the Isle of Man. Stapled booklet, covers a little worn and marked, good. 32pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB8106 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	Royal Agricultural Society of England Journal 1982 Vol. 143 1982 PB Articles from the Society upon a variety of subjects Covers a little and marked worn, o/wise VG 180pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB2806 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	Sister Mary's Tales in Natural History John W Parker Leicester 7th edition 1850 HB Original green decorated boards (slightly stained) with gilt lettering. Line drawing illustrations Good. Some age mottling. Contemporary inscriptions from 1851 by previous owner on prelims. 123pp GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: BYB2136 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	N/A The Stockton Test - an experiment in British Housing Allied Ironfounders Limited London PB Undated - early 1950's. Four terrace houses in Alliance Street, Stockton, converted by Allied Ironfounders to provide indoor sanitation and hot water from new solid fuel heating. Illustrated with plans, drawings and photographs. Social history in the making. Wear to the covers, especially to the spine which has a two-inch split, internally VG. 89pp GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: BYB7919 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	USSR Today and tomorrow. Fact, figures, pictures. Foreign Language Publishing house Moscow 1959 HB Readable Khrushchev era manual from Soviet Russia, Deals with Geography, Socialist System, State, the Party, Trade Unions, Youth organisation, Women, Industry, Economy, Culture, Arts etc. In a good overall condition, a couple of dogears. Dustjacket has closed tear to cover, is price clipped and is a little worn to corners. 326pp GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: BYB8457 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	ABRAHAM, GERALD Eight Soviet Composers OUP London 1943 HB Discussing Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Khachaturyan, Knipper, Shebalin, Shaporin, Kabalevsky, and Dzerzhinsky VG, some age-mottling, in DJ that is discoloured and worn but generally sound. 102pp GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 \| JP¥ 1027] Book number: BYB6851 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	ADDISON, WILLIAM Essex Heyday J M Dent London 1st 1949 HB Social life in C17 Essex Good. Blue cloth, rather worn, slight bow to front board. illustrated map end papers, very small pen mark on fep. No DJ. 339pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB3471 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	ADELBERG, ELLEN AND CURRIE, CLAUDIA Too Few To Count - Canadian Women in Conflict With the Law Press Gang Printers Vancouver 1987 PB A feminist analysis of criminology. Cover a little worn, generally VG. 253pp GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 \| JP¥ 1027] Book number: BYB3461 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	INTERNATIONAL DEFENCE AND AID FUND FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA Nelson Mandela - I am prepared to die 1984 PB Extracts from the 1962 trial, and his statement from the dock in the 'Rivonia Trial'. Stapled booklet, cover a little marked, generally good. 48pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB6016 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	AHMAD, HAZRAT MIRZA GHULAM Jesus in India The London Mosque 1978 HB Subtitled 'Being and account of Jesus' escape from death on the cross and of his journey to India'. A translation of the Masih Hindustan Mein, written in 1899, by the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam. Green cloth, slight fusty smell, small tippex mark to ffep, o/w VG, no DJ. 107pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB7621 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON The Flitch of Bacon or The Custom of Dunmow George Routledge and Sons London HB Undated, but the author's printed dedication is dated 1854. Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert. Red cloth, decorated in black, spine lettering gold, worn, marked and sunned, decorative end papers marked, much age-spotting to prelims, one gathering loose, but generally good. 290pp GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: BYB4938 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	AINSWORTH, RUTH ILLUS. SHIRLEY HUGHES The Pirate Ship and Other Stories Heinemann London 1st thus 1980 HB Thirty stories gathered from previous collections, charmingly illustrated by Shirley Hughes. Very slight wear to spine foot, neat name to ffep, one page edge a little rough, o/w VG in slightly edge-worn, price-clipped but generally VG DJ 159pp GBP 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.5 US$ 36.54 \| JP¥ 3228] Book number: BYB7016 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	ALDRIDGE, D W Transistorized Radio Control for Models W Foulsham London 1972 HB A practical handbook for model-makers. Slight fusty smell, but o/w VG in VG DJ. 164pp GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: BYB7616 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	ALLAIN, MARIE-FRANCOISE The Other Man - Conversations with Graham Greene Bodley Head London 1st UK edition 1983 hdbk Translated from the French by Guido Waldman VG in VG DJ, not price-clipped 187pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB2130 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	ALLEINE, JOSEPH An Alarm to Unconverted Sinners, in a Serious Treatise on Conversion The Religious Tract Society London HB Undated. Dark grey embossed cover, marked and stained, missing ffep, weak hinges, o/w good 198pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB4533 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	ALLEN, PHOEBE My Heart's Best Treasure Society for promoting Christian Knowledge London HB no date, but 1895 prize bookplate. Reading copy only - grubby, eps scribbled on, almost disbound etc, but complete. 128pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB2365 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.

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	F.W.I. Arctic stories. Or Dr. Kane's search for Franklin Gall and Inglis London HB No publish date given, prob 1890's. A sometimes didactic Victorian-era account for children concerning the search for Sir John Franklin, the Arctic Explorer. Good only. Pictorial boards are heavily rubbed and worn as is spine. Contemporary prize inscription in pen on ffep. Owner inscription upon paste-down. Dates to 1895-1896. Sporadic finger marks and other grubby blemishes throughout the book. 96pp GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: BYB8601 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	N/A Authorised Guide to the Tower of London (1929) Tower London 1929 PB Staped booklet, cover marked and worn, pages yellowed, fold-out map, sound and good. 32pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB7761 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	Canada From Sea To Sea The Department of External Affairs Ottawa 1950 PB Unpaginated pamphlet. Canadian Political, economic, social achievements up to 1950 Good. Previous owner's name on cover. 132pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB3473 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	Canada 1951. The official handbook of present conditions and recent progress. Department of Trade and Commerce Ottawa 1951 PB Contains sections on: Economy, Government, Manufacturing, Society, Science, Social trends, Agriculture, Forestry, Extractive, Fisheries, Furs, Labour, Transport, Trade, Finance. Good. Covers a little worn and fr. cover starting to detach. 311pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB3474 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	C C AND D G EDS. The English in Love Martin Secker London 1st 1932 HB An anthology of poetry and prose on the subject of love. Cover a little sunned and faded to the spine, name to ffep, notes to eps, o/w VG, no DJ. 560pp GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 \| JP¥ 1027] Book number: BYB6061 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	N/A The Greenhouse Gases - Swedish Environmental Protection Agency report 4045 Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Solna 1991 PB The English translation of this prescient report. Ex-lib, minimal marking, covers a little worn and marked, good. 143pp GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: BYB8617 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	N/A The Handy Shilling Atlas and World Gazetteer George Newnes Ltd London HB Undated, but dated 1903 to the ffep. Dark blue covers rather worn to the spine, red lettering, stamped decoration, name and date to ffep, pages yellowed, good. 160pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB8186 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	(ED.SID CHAPLIN, AND H. G. STOKES) The Lakes to Tyneside Collins London HB 50 illustrations, with a portrait by Sid Chaplin. Published for the Festival of Britain Number 10 in the About Britain series. VG in good dj (slightly edge-worn) 92pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB1738 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	N/A The Mariner's Handbook The Hydrographer of the Navy 1978 HB Fifth edition Blue cloth with removeable plastic cover, no DJ, with errata slip and fold-out maps, generally VG. 163pp GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: BYB6775 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	N/A Picturesque Manxland in scene and story Valentine and Sons Dundee PB Undated - 1930s. Watercolour views of the Isle of Man. Stapled booklet, covers a little worn and marked, good. 32pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB8106 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	Royal Agricultural Society of England Journal 1982 Vol. 143 1982 PB Articles from the Society upon a variety of subjects Covers a little and marked worn, o/wise VG 180pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB2806 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	Sister Mary's Tales in Natural History John W Parker Leicester 7th edition 1850 HB Original green decorated boards (slightly stained) with gilt lettering. Line drawing illustrations Good. Some age mottling. Contemporary inscriptions from 1851 by previous owner on prelims. 123pp GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: BYB2136 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	N/A The Stockton Test - an experiment in British Housing Allied Ironfounders Limited London PB Undated - early 1950's. Four terrace houses in Alliance Street, Stockton, converted by Allied Ironfounders to provide indoor sanitation and hot water from new solid fuel heating. Illustrated with plans, drawings and photographs. Social history in the making. Wear to the covers, especially to the spine which has a two-inch split, internally VG. 89pp GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: BYB7919 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	USSR Today and tomorrow. Fact, figures, pictures. Foreign Language Publishing house Moscow 1959 HB Readable Khrushchev era manual from Soviet Russia, Deals with Geography, Socialist System, State, the Party, Trade Unions, Youth organisation, Women, Industry, Economy, Culture, Arts etc. In a good overall condition, a couple of dogears. Dustjacket has closed tear to cover, is price clipped and is a little worn to corners. 326pp GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: BYB8457 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	ABRAHAM, GERALD Eight Soviet Composers OUP London 1943 HB Discussing Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Khachaturyan, Knipper, Shebalin, Shaporin, Kabalevsky, and Dzerzhinsky VG, some age-mottling, in DJ that is discoloured and worn but generally sound. 102pp GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 \| JP¥ 1027] Book number: BYB6851 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	ADDISON, WILLIAM Essex Heyday J M Dent London 1st 1949 HB Social life in C17 Essex Good. Blue cloth, rather worn, slight bow to front board. illustrated map end papers, very small pen mark on fep. No DJ. 339pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB3471 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	ADELBERG, ELLEN AND CURRIE, CLAUDIA Too Few To Count - Canadian Women in Conflict With the Law Press Gang Printers Vancouver 1987 PB A feminist analysis of criminology. Cover a little worn, generally VG. 253pp GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 \| JP¥ 1027] Book number: BYB3461 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	INTERNATIONAL DEFENCE AND AID FUND FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA Nelson Mandela - I am prepared to die 1984 PB Extracts from the 1962 trial, and his statement from the dock in the 'Rivonia Trial'. Stapled booklet, cover a little marked, generally good. 48pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB6016 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	AHMAD, HAZRAT MIRZA GHULAM Jesus in India The London Mosque 1978 HB Subtitled 'Being and account of Jesus' escape from death on the cross and of his journey to India'. A translation of the Masih Hindustan Mein, written in 1899, by the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam. Green cloth, slight fusty smell, small tippex mark to ffep, o/w VG, no DJ. 107pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB7621 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON The Flitch of Bacon or The Custom of Dunmow George Routledge and Sons London HB Undated, but the author's printed dedication is dated 1854. Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert. Red cloth, decorated in black, spine lettering gold, worn, marked and sunned, decorative end papers marked, much age-spotting to prelims, one gathering loose, but generally good. 290pp GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: BYB4938 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	AINSWORTH, RUTH ILLUS. SHIRLEY HUGHES The Pirate Ship and Other Stories Heinemann London 1st thus 1980 HB Thirty stories gathered from previous collections, charmingly illustrated by Shirley Hughes. Very slight wear to spine foot, neat name to ffep, one page edge a little rough, o/w VG in slightly edge-worn, price-clipped but generally VG DJ 159pp GBP 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.5 US$ 36.54 \| JP¥ 3228] Book number: BYB7016 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	ALDRIDGE, D W Transistorized Radio Control for Models W Foulsham London 1972 HB A practical handbook for model-makers. Slight fusty smell, but o/w VG in VG DJ. 164pp GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: BYB7616 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	ALLAIN, MARIE-FRANCOISE The Other Man - Conversations with Graham Greene Bodley Head London 1st UK edition 1983 hdbk Translated from the French by Guido Waldman VG in VG DJ, not price-clipped 187pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB2130 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	ALLEINE, JOSEPH An Alarm to Unconverted Sinners, in a Serious Treatise on Conversion The Religious Tract Society London HB Undated. Dark grey embossed cover, marked and stained, missing ffep, weak hinges, o/w good 198pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB4533 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.
	ALLEN, PHOEBE My Heart's Best Treasure Society for promoting Christian Knowledge London HB no date, but 1895 prize bookplate. Reading copy only - grubby, eps scribbled on, almost disbound etc, but complete. 128pp GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: BYB2365 Click here to order or inquire at Byre Books.