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  The Concise Dictionary of National Biography Part II 1901-1950
Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1961, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No inscriptions. Light bumping to head & tail of spine with small scuff marking to tail fore-edge corner of front board. Some slight spot foxing to front & rear free endpapers with further light spot foxing to page edges. Dust-jacket unclipped with some slight wear to head & tail edges and small repaired tear to head of spine, along hinge to front cover. Small chip marking to head fore-edge corner of front cover. 528 pages including index. Please note that this is a heavy book which may incur additional postage. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 | JP¥ 1778] Book number: 6481
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  The Concise Dictionary of National Biography Part I
Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1961, Second Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled " From the Beginnings to 1900". No inscriptions. Some slight blemish markings to front & rear boards. Spine slightly discoloured. Slight spot foxing to front & rear endpapers, with further light spot foxing to page edges. 1503 pages including corrigenda. Please note that this is a heavy book which will incur additional postage. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 | JP¥ 1778] Book number: 6482
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  The Life and Work of David Livingstone and the Discovery of the Victoria Falls
Livingstone, The Rhodes-Livingstone Museum. 1955, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled " Guide to the Exhibition 1st June to 31st August 1955". No inscriptions. Very slight bumping to head & tail of spine. Light spot foxing to front & rear pastedown endpapers and page edges. 80 pages including bibliography and black & white photographs. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP¥ 1482] Book number: 5791
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  Memoirs of the Life and Gallant Exploits of the Old Highlander Serjeant Donald Macleod (1688-1791)
London, Blackie & Son. 1933, Reprint. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprinted from the original edition of 1791, with Introduction and Notes by J.G.Fyfe. No inscriptions. Slight bumping to head & tail of spine with edges and extremities slightly rubbed. Slight spot foxing to page edges. 102 pages including notes and frontispiece. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 | JP¥ 2964] Book number: 10436
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ADAMS, MAX  Admiral Collingwood
London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005, First. (ISBN: 029784640X). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "Nelson's Own Hero". No inscriptions. Slight wear to fore-edges of boards. Dust-jacket unclipped. 333 pages including index, bibliography, tables, notes, black & white and colour photographs. Near Fine/Fine.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP¥ 1482] Book number: 10146
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PRYOR, ALAN AND WOODS, JENIFER K.  Great Uncle Fred's War
Whitstable, Pryor Publications. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0946014043). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Subtitled "An Illustrated Diary 1917-1920." Wear to base of spine. Laminated boards. 97 pages including index, maps and black and white photographs. Life in a military camp near the Suez Canal from the latter stages of the First World War through to 1920. Near Fine/No Jacket.
GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 | JP¥ 593] Book number: 1104
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MINTER, ALAN & DUVAL, CLAUDE  Minter
London, Queen Anne Press. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0362005168). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "An Autobiography". No inscriptions. Front free endpaper is stuck to pastedown endpaper. Slight bumping to tail of spine. Very light blemish markings to front & rear boards. Slight blemish mark to page edges. Dust-jacket unclipped, with slight creasing to head & tail edges. Corners slightly rubbed. 184 pages including tables, appendix and black & white photographs. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 | JP¥ 1778] Book number: 8624
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ALANBROOKE, FIELD MARSHAL LORD  War Diaries 1939-1945
London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2001, Third Impression. (ISBN: 0297607316). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Edited by Alex Danchev and Daniel Todman. No inscriptions. Binding tight. Dust-jacket unclipped with very slight rubbing to corners. 763 pages including index and black & white photographs. Please note that this is a heavy book which will incur additional postage. Near Fine/Near Fine.
GBP 17.00 [Appr.: EURO 19.25 US$ 28.32 | JP¥ 2519] Book number: 12595
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BRUMMER, ALEX & COWE, ROGER  Hanson
London, Fourth Estate. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 1857021894). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "A Biography". Faint pencil inscription to free front endpaper. Slight bumping to head of spine. Dust-jacket unclipped with light creasing to head edge. 336 pages including index, notes, charts, tables, appendix and black & white photographs. Near Fine/Near Fine.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 | JP¥ 741] Book number: 10560
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ALLAIN, PAUL  The Art of Stillness
London, Methuen. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 0413769607). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "The Theatre Practice of Tadashi Suzuki". No inscriptions. Slight tanning to pages. Dust-jacket unclipped with slight edgewear. 214 pages including index, notes, bibliography and black & white photographs. Near Fine/Near Fine.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 | JP¥ 1186] Book number: 4664
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ALLEN, ROBERT  Billy
Harmondsworth, Viking. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 067081282X). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "A Biography of Billy Bingham". No inscriptions. Light tanning to pages. Dust-jacket unclipped with some slight chipping to head & tail of spine and corners. Large 7cm closed tear to head edge of rear cover along hinge to spine. Head & tail edges slightly rubbed and creased. 202 pages including sources, bibliography, tables, appendix and black & white photographs. Very Good/Good.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 | JP¥ 741] Book number: 10948
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ALLEN, VIVIEN  Du Val Tonight!
Worcester, Square One Publications. 1990, First. (ISBN: 1872017258). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "The Story of a Showman". No inscriptions. Some light bumping and lean to spine, with edges and extremities lightly rubbed. Dust-jacket unclipped, with some light bumping to head of spine. Front & rear covers very marginally sunned. 239 pages including index, appendix, maps, black & white photographs and illustrations. Near Fine/Near Fine.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 | JP¥ 741] Book number: 9011
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ANDERSON, JANICE  The Queen
Swindon, W. H. Smith. 1992, First. (ISBN: 1873913001). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Subtitled "A Celebration of 40 Glorious Years". No inscriptions. Dust-jacket unclipped, with slight spot foxing marks to inside front & rear of dust-jacket - not visible from the outside. 124 pages including black & white and full colour photographs. Fine/Near Fine.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP¥ 1482] Book number: 4989
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SOUTHGATE, GARETH, WOODMAN, ANDY AND WALSH, DAVID  Woody and Nord
London, Michael Joseph. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 071814595X). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signature to free front endpaper. Dust-jacket is unclipped with slight wear to head and tail of spine. 296 pages including colour photographs. Near Fine/Near Fine.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 | JP¥ 889] Book number: 11506
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ANNAN, NOEL GILROY  Leslie Stephen
London, Macgibbon & Kee. 1951, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "His Thought and Character in Relation to his Time". No inscriptions. Binding tight. Board edges slightly rubbed. Slight lean & fading to spine with gilt lettering almost illegible. Slight spot foxing to front & rear free endpapers. 342 pages including index, notes, references and black & white photographs. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 | JP¥ 741] Book number: 10812
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APPS, FRED  The Two Himalayas
Cambridge, The Lutterworth Press. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718828666). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No inscriptions. Light bumping to one corner. Dust-jacket unclipped with light wear to corners. 133 pages. Near Fine/Near Fine.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 | JP¥ 741] Book number: 11049
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ASHLEY, JACK  Acts of Defiance
London, Reinhardt Books. 1992, First. (ISBN: 0871061318). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Neat owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Slight bumping to head & tail of spine and corners, with very light blemish markings to front & rear boards. Dust-jacket unclipped, with slight bumping, rubbing and scuffing to head & tail edges and corners. General rubbing and discolouring to front & rear covers. Creasing to front flap. 370 pageds including index and black & white photographs. Very Good/Good.
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.66 | JP¥ 1037] Book number: 7669
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ASHLEY, JACK  Journey into Silence
London, The Bodley Head. 1973, First Edition. (ISBN: 0370013840). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Neat owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Light bumping to head & tail of spine and corners, with edges and extremities slightly rubbed. Slight lean to spine. Light spot foxing to page ends/edges and front & rear free endpapers. Dust-jacket unclipped, with some slight bumping & rubbing to head & tail edges and corners. Slight sunning to front & rear covers and spine. 191 pages including index. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 | JP¥ 741] Book number: 10166
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ASSOULINE, PIERRE  Henri Cartier-Bresson
London, Thames & Hudson. 2005, First. (ISBN: 050051223X). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "A Biography". No inscriptions. Very light bumping to head of spine. Dust-jacket unclipped, with some slight creasing to head edge. 280 pages including index, bibliography and black & white photographs. Near Fine/Near Fine.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP¥ 1482] Book number: 8270
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ASTLEY, SIR JOHN DUGDALE  Fifty Years of My Life Volumes I and II
London, Hurst & Blackett. 1894, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "In the World of Sport at Home and Abroad". No inscriptions. Edges and spine lightly discoloured on both volumes. Large blemish marking to front boards of both where a label would appear to have been removed. Wear to head and tail of spines with several small nicks. Light spot foxing to some preliminary and end pages. Volume I has 367 pages and Volume II 362. Each has a black and white frontispiece with tissue guard and Volume II has publisher's advertisements at the rear. Please note that these volumes weigh in excess of 1kg and will incur additional postage. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 | JP¥ 4446] Book number: 6556
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ASTON, MAJOR-GENERAL SIR GEORGE  The Biography of the Late Marshal Foch
London, Hutchinson. 1929, Second Impression. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No inscriptions. Binding tight. Slight fading to head edge of front and rear boards. Light spot foxing to page edges and occasional margin with heavier spot foxing to preliminary pages and last 3 pages. 318 pages including index, maps and diagrams and black and white illustrations. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 | JP¥ 1778] Book number: 11972
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ATHERTON, MIKE  Opening Up
London, Hodder & Stoughton. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340822325). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "My Autobiography". SIGNED by author to title page. Very slight rubbing to corners. Small imperfection to tail edge of rear pastedown endpaper. Dust-jacket unclipped, with very light sunning to edges and extremities. 330 pages including index, tables, appendix, black & white and colour photographs. Near Fine/Fine. Signed by Author.
GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 US$ 29.99 | JP¥ 2668] Book number: 7716
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ATKINSON, DIANE  Love and Dirt
London, Macmillan. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 033378071X). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "The Marriage of Arthur Munby and Hannah Cullwick". No inscriptions. Dust-jacket unclipped with some slight rubbing to corners. 365 pages including index, notes and black & white illustrations and photographs. Near Fine/Near Fine.
GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 | JP¥ 889] Book number: 11802
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BACH, STEVEN  Leni
London, Little, Brown. 2007, First. (ISBN: 9780316861113). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "The Life & Work of Leni Riefenstahl". No inscriptions. Dust-jacket unclipped. 386 pages including index, bibliography, notes and black & white photographs. Fine/Fine.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP¥ 1482] Book number: 9596
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BANKS, GORDON  Banksy
London, Michael Joseph. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718145828). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "My Autobiography". No inscriptions. Dust-jacket unclipped with slight discolouration to rear cover. 270 pages including index, tables, black & white and colour photographs. Near Fine/Near Fine.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 | JP¥ 1482] Book number: 11618
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