Burnett, Frances Hodgson

The Little Hunchback Zia

Frederick A. Stokes, New York, 1916. First Thus, Blue Cloth, Illustrated by: Nichols, Spencer Baird & Benda, W.T.. Near Fine/No Jacket. gilt titles spine, colour illust. by Spencer Baird Nichols mounted front cover with gilt decorated borders containing titles, cover illust. repeated in sepia as frontis. b/w. illust. e/p's by W.T. Benda, 3 further brown & white ills. by Benda & one by Nicholls through book, a tale of the Nativity & a leper boy restored to wholeness by his meeting with the Virgin & her Holy Child, previous owner's ink inscription on the pre-title page, otherwise an unusually clean & bright copy of this classic work by the author of "The Secret Garden", 55 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Illustrator: Nichols, Spencer Baird & Benda, W.T.. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; Theology; Britain/UK; 1900-1920; Children. Inventory No: CHD00175.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Frances Hodgson Burnett/Childrens/Christian/Nativity/Christmas Children; Theology; Britain/UK; 1900-1920; Children. Nichols, Spencer Baird & Benda, W.T. Unbranded Burnett, Frances Hodgson The Little Hunchback Zia Theology Children

Bush, Christopher

The Case of the Seven Bells: A Ludovic Travers Mystery

MacMillan, New York, 1950. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. It was a bewildering problem that confronted Ludovic Travers when the spivs who threatened the barmaid, Maudie Brown, let fall word of a proposed robbery at the bungalow of a famous actress. And when that robbery took place and the actress was murdered and Superintendent George Wharton took an official hand, the problem became more baffling still. Why, for instance, did Maudie disappear? And why was there a crying baby at the bungalow? And what connection could there have been with a certain famous clown? And why the queer movements of a once famous conductor? The questions crowded in on Travers and Wharton, but readers of Christopher Bush’s “Case books” will not need reassuring that skillful and ingenious detection won the day and solved the mystery of the Seven Bells. First Printing. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 222 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Black titles spine. red cloth. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Crime Fiction; Mysteries; England; 1940s; Fiction. Inventory No: 4165.

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Bush-Fox, J. P.

Old Sarum, Wiltshire

HMSO, London, 1934. Early Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition. blue card covers, string bound; the Ancient Monuments & Historic Buildings H. M. Office of Works official guide to Old Sarum, Wiltshire, Crown Copyright reserved, published in 1934 priced at sixpence & illustrated by b/w. photo's. & 3 fold-out b/w. plans. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 20 pages. minor marking to front cover. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Covers browned at edges, text block clean. no Dust Jacket as published.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Archaeology; Prehistoric Earthworks; Genealogy & Local History; Castles; England; Ancient (BC); History. Inventory No: 4362.

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Butkovsky-Hewitt, Anna with assistance from Mary Cosh & Alicia Street

With Gurdjieff in St. Petersburg and Paris

Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1978. First Edition, Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780710085276 St Petersburg before the Revolution - the cultural heart of Russia, alive with intellectual energy. This was Anna Butkovsky's life until she reached her early thirties, and it was through this life that she met and became friends with P. D. Ouspensky, and with him became one of Gurdjieff's first pupils. With a remarkable memory for detail and a gift for evoking the atmosphere and excitement of those early days, she describes how Gurdjieff and his few pupils would meet daily at two tables in Phillipoff's Cafe where, over steaming cups of coffee, they would follow the great teacher's words, as he directed them along new lines of spiritual and mystical development. Eventually she and the other disciples lived communally in a house which Gurdjieff bought especially for the group. The Revolution changed all of their lives irrevocably, as it did those of millions of other Russians, but the story does not end there. Some years later, Mrs Hewitt, as she had then become, met Gurdjieff again in Paris and resumed her studies with him. In detailing the events of this period, she offers a fascinating account of Gurdjieff's experiments with movement at the Dalcrose Institute, experiments which eventually led to performances in both Paris and New York. Throughout her narrative she keeps the all-important ideas of the Quest and the Miraculous to the fore, as she follows the story of the small band of disciples, under the firm but kindly eye of the teacher himself. In doing this, she has also provided the reader with an unforgettable picture of the 'Event' which Gurdjieff most certainly was. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ix + 157. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Silver titles spine. brown cloth. Includes appendiix (Rasputin). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Gurdjieff; Esoteric; Russian History; Philosophy. ISBN: 0710085273. ISBN/EAN: 9780710085276. Dewey Code: 947.45. Inventory No: 4910.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch/History/Russian History/Biography & Autobiography/Esoteric Biography & Autobiography; Gurdjieff; Esoteric; Russian History; Philosophy. Unbranded ISBN: 0710085273 EAN: 9780710085276 Anna with assistance from Mary Co

Cabot, David & Ian Nisbet

Terns (New Naturalist 123)

Collins, London, 2013. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9780007412471 This New Naturalist volume provides a much-anticipated overview of these fascinating birds - the first book on the natural history of British and Irish terns since 1934. Terns are small seabirds that are commonly seen along coastlines and estuaries in the summer months - their graceful flight and command of the air are among their most attractive features.Most of the five species of terns breeding in Britain and Ireland today are under intensive management, involving protection from predators, human interference, egg-collecting, recreational activities, land-use changes, and a range of issues concerning climate change, including rising sea levels and flooding of low-lying colonies. If these protective measures were abandoned then the numbers of terns would inevitably decline, with the possibility of several species ending up on the endangered list. Covering the history of terns in Britain and Ireland, David Cabot and Ian Nisbet explore these diverse issues as well as offering a comprehensive natural history of these stunning seabirds. Drawing on a wealth of new information and research, the authors focus on migrations, food and feeding ecology as well as breeding biology and behaviour. Perhaps most importantly, they highlight recent conservation issues and prospects, and what this means for the future of terns. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viv + 461. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. in archive acetate film protection. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. green cloth. Includes appendices, references & indexes (species & general). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Natural History & Resources; Ornithology; Sea Birds; Birds & Birdwatching; Environment & Ecology. ISBN: 0007412479. ISBN/EAN: 9780007412471. Dewey Code: 598.338. Inventory No: 4316. This book is fairly heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

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Cabot, David

Wildfowl (New Naturalist 110)

Collins, London, 2009. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. 9780007146581 This volume in the popular New Naturalist series is a detailed account of the evolution and classification of the wildfowl of Britain and Ireland. David Cabot, an expert in his field, looks at population trends and life cycles in three case studies of best known species - the swan, goose, and duck, along with wildfowl behavior, courtship, and breeding. This comprehensive exploration of what sets British wildfowl apart from other birds also considers the relationships between wildfowl and man, through popular mythology and legends. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiii + 460. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. in archive acetate film protection. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. green cloth. Includes appendices, bibliography & index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Natural History & Resources; Ornithology; Waterfowl; Birds & Birdwatching; Environment & Ecology. ISBN: 0007146582. ISBN/EAN: 9780007146581. Dewey Code: 598.410941. Inventory No: 4317. This book is fairly heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

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Calderón de la Barca, Pedro

Casa con dos puertas, mala es de guardar-La dama duende-Mañanas de Abril y Mayo

M. Aguilar, Madrid, Spain, 1944. First Thus, Leather. Near Fine/N/A. gilt titles & decoration spine; blind-stamped design on blue/green leather front & rear covers; blue endpapers with white lines & motifs; blue ribbon bookmark; No. 36 in the Crisol collection series; sepia frontis. portrait of author; Spanish text; three plays by one of Spain's foremost dramatists and one of the finest playwrights of world literature; previous owner's inscription on front endpaper; 530 pages plus index. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Text is in Spanish. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Theatre & Plays; Spanish Baroque Theatre; Spanish Language; Theatre & Plays. Inventory No: PLY00028.

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Callaghan, Helen

Britain in Old Photographs: Cambridge University

Sutton Publishing Ltd, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 1998. First Edition, Softcover. As New. 9780750916981 Cambridge University in Old Photographs is a photographic record of the ancient institution, its people and its traditions. This selection of photographs, chosen from the extensive collection of Cambridge City Library, and the author's informative captions detail diverse aspects of University life, from lectures to the bumps races, and from laboratories to May Balls. Of particular interest are the photographs that chronicle specific events in the University's history: the admittance of women to degrees, royal visits, notable honorary degrees, riots and student pranks. Helen Callaghan has brought together a superb collection of over 200 photographs which together present a fascinating illustrated account of University life from the nineteenth century to the present day. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 128 pages. no Dust Jacket as published.. White titles spine. illustrated by b/w. photo's.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; Cambridge; East Anglia; Photography; England; Genealogy & Local History. ISBN: 0750916982. ISBN/EAN: 9780750916981. Inventory No: 2552.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Cambridge University/Cambridge/East Anglia/Local History/Photography/History History; Cambridge; East Anglia; Photography; England; Genealogy & Local History. Unbranded ISBN: 0750916982 EAN: 9780750916981 Helen Callaghan Britain in Old Photograp

Calvert, E. M.

The History of Hunstanton Lighthouse

Jarrold & Sons Ltd. Norwich, Norfolk, 1939. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. b/w. frontis illustration (Landing of St. Edmund at Hunstanton); preface; contents; list of illustrations; With thirteen illustrations & a fold-out pedigree showing the relationship to each other of the persons interested successively in the patents & leases granted by the crown in respect of the Hunstanton lighthouse; starting with the traditions & early history, this book charts the progression of the four patents, the crown lease & the changing ownerships from 1664 through the following 257 years of its life. The three appendices at the rear list the names of the signatories to the various petitions for patents. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ix + 65. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. some wear to top edge, now in archive acetate film protection. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine & blind-stamped on front board. illustrated by b/w. drawings & photo's. (2 fold-0ut). Includes appendices & index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Norfolk; Lighthouses; East Anglia; England; History. Inventory No: 4691.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Genealogy & Local History/History/Lighthouses/East Anglia/Norfolk/Hunstanton Genealogy & Local History; Norfolk; Lighthouses; East Anglia; England; History. Unbranded E. M. Calvert The History of Hunstanton Lighthouse Norfolk Lighthouses East An

Calvino, Italo

Adam, One Afternoon & Other Stories

Collins, London, 1957. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 21 short stories translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun and Peggy Wright. Calvino was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels. This collection of playful, deadly fables, the author's second title to be published in English, is populated with waifs and strays, a gluttonous thief and a mischievous gardener. The grimly comic story - 'The Argentine Ant' - moved Gore Vidal to declare 'if this is not a masterpiece of twentieth-century prose writing, I cannot think of anything better'. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 190 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. White titles spine. black cloth. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Short Stories; Italian Literature; Fables; Italy; Fiction. Inventory No: 3431.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Fiction/Fables/Italian Literature/Short Stories/Italo Calvino/Italian Short Stories Fiction; Short Stories; Italian Literature; Fables; Italy; Fiction. Unbranded Italo Calvino Adam, One Afternoon & Other Stories Short Stories Italian Literature

Campagnac, E. T. (Editor)

Prose Selections from Matthew Arnold

Macmillan, London, 1928. First Edition, Burgundy Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. gilt titles & decoration spine; blind-stamped leaf motif front cover; blue ribbon bookmark; No. 108 in the English Literature Series (gen. Edit. - J. H. Fowler M.A.); this volume edited by E. T. Campagnac; contains 16 page introduction & 130 pages of text which include notes & questions with suggestions for essay subjects followed by a help to further study & a catalogue of other titles in the series; previous owner's name on front endpaper. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; English Literature Series; Classics; Education. Inventory No: LIT00014.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Literature/English Literature Series/Matthew Arnold Literature & Literary; English Literature Series; Classics; Education. Unbranded Campagnac, E. T. (Editor) Prose Selections from Matthew Arnold English Literature Series Classics Education

Carducci, Giosue

Il Libro Delle Prefazioni

G. Barbera, Florence, Italy, 1912. First Thus, Green Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. gilt titles spine; tissue-guarded frontis. engraving of author; Italian text; book of prefaces by the Italian poet, teacher & satanist who was the first Italian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature; previous owner's notes on front endpaper; otherwise a neat & clean copy of this small book with 541 pages plus index. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Text is in Italian. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; Italian Literature; Italy; Italian Language; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: LIT00008.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Literature/Italian Literature/Giosuè Carducci Literature & Literary; Italian Literature; Italy; Italian Language; Literature & Literary. Unbranded Carducci, Giosue Il Libro Delle Prefazioni Italian Literature Literature & Literary

Carnie, T. West

In Quaint East Anglia

Greening & Co. London, 1899. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Illustrated by: W. S. Rogers. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. b/w. frontis. sketches of Woodbridge Market Place, Framlingham Castle & Walberswick Railway Station; front endpaper b/w. illustrated tobacco advert.; rear cover medicines advert.; Birkbeck Bank Advert inside rear cover; Great Eastern Railway advert. with ticket prices & destinations opposite contents page; further local adverts to rear pages plus 15 pages publisher's adverts.; Excerpt from the introduction: "It is difficult to analyse the fascination of East Anglia, to discover exactly what it is that gives the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk the charm they undoubtedly possess. And yet, when once you have yielded to that charm, what a sway it holds over you! I have toured all over England, and fallen in love with a thousand places, but I love East Anglia most of all. Perhaps it is because it is still so old­fashioned, so out of the world, and yet within such easy reach of it. Two hours after you leave Liverpool Street you can be on a farm where they plough with bullocks, or on a common where you meet shepherds with long smocks and hooks, looking for all the world like overgrown and antiquated Little Boy Blues; or I could deposit you in an out-of-the­way corner on the sea-coast where there are fishermen who still use wooden fish-hooks, and this at the end of the nineteenth century, when in London we are hearing of flying machines and submarine boats, where we have mutoscopes and motor cars at our doors, and where the Rontgen rays are ready to reveal our innermost selves to the outside world." Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 132 pages. Round-cut outer corners to pages & covers;. Red titles spine with pictorial front cover in red, black & white on green cloth binding with rounded outer corners;. Small brown marks to blank reverse of illustrated frontis. page from removal of large label (possibly previous owner's ex-libris sticker). Illustrator: W. S. Rogers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Genealogy & Local History; East Anglia; Norfolk/Suffolk; Railways; England; 19th century; History. Inventory No: 2588.

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Keywords: BZDB227 Topography/Great Britain/East Anglia/Suffolk/Norfolk/Local History/Railways Genealogy & Local History; East Anglia; Norfolk/Suffolk; Railways; England; 19th century; History. W. S. Rogers Unbranded T. West Carnie In Quaint East Anglia East Angli