Adams, Richard,

THE GIRL IN A SWING.

Allen Lane, London, 1980, 1st edn., 397pp, dark green cloth lettered and decorated gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Reginald George Haggar RI, the revised issue with a change of character name, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 34955

Catalogue: Fiction - General

Keywords: fiction

Adams, Richard,

THE GIRL IN A SWING.

Allen Lane, London, 1980, 1st edn., 397pp, dark green cloth gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Reginald George Haggar RI, the revised issue with a change of character name, faint bump top cnr. lower bd., sl. gluing fault front paste down, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 37002

Catalogue: Fiction - General

Keywords: fiction

Adams, Richard,

THE IRON WOLF and other stories.

Allen Lane, London, 1980, 1st edn., 142pp, in text colour plates by Yvonne Gilbert, half tone illustrations by Jennifer Campbell, large format (9.5 x 7 inches approx.), light brown cloth lettered in dark brown at spine, decorative head and tail bands, pictorial dustwrapper by Yvonne Gilbert, nineteen folk stories from around the world, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, printing mis-aligned on six pages of first section resulting in uneven margins and trimming just clipping text on two at fore-edge, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 34604

Catalogue: Children's and Illustrated

Keywords: children's juvenile short stories

Adams, Richard,

THE PLAGUE DOGS.

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1978, 3rd imp., paperback, 461pp, [i] blank, [ii] ads., illustrated in line by A. Wainwright, lightly rubbed at tips, spine sunned and creased, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 43374

Catalogue: Fiction - General

Keywords: adventure animal fiction

Adams, Richard,

SHARDIK.

Allen Lane, London, 1974, 1st edn., 526pp, col'd maps at endpapers, blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Martin White, lightly rubbed at extrems., faint foxing to top edge, small chip fore-edge front free endpaper, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., several edge tears, internally repaired, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 37001

Catalogue: Fiction - General

Keywords: animal fiction adventure

Adams, Richard,

SHARDIK.

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1976, 3rd imp., paperback, 526pp, [ii] ads., cover art by Martin White, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 43372

Catalogue: Fiction - General

Keywords: adventure animal fiction

Adams, Richard,

SHARDIK.

Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1976, 6th imp., paperback, 526pp, [ii] ads., cover art by Martin White, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 43373

Catalogue: Fiction - General

Keywords: adventure animal fiction

Adamson, Joy,

THE STORY OF ELSA.

Collins and Harvill Press, London, ND (copyright 1966), 1st edn., 319pp, 64pp half tone photo ills., plans in text and col'd plans at endpapers, yellow cloth with red title panel at spine lettered in gilt, photo pictorial dustwrapper, the story of Elsa the lioness, first told in 'Born Free', 'Living Free' and 'Forever Free', here combined in one heavily illustrated volume with minor abridgements by the author, very sl. bow to lower board, a few faint finger marks in text, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., several tears and small chips repaired to reverse, old sello repair upper panel, very good in a good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 28479

Catalogue: Travel and Exploration

Keywords: natural history lion lioness kenya africa

Addison, Sir William,

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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Book number: 22462

Catalogue: Reference Works

Keywords: english surnames genealogy

Adelaide, Debra,

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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Book number: 32375

Catalogue: Reference Works

Keywords: bibliography biography australian women writers

Adkins, Lesley and Roy,

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ROMANS.

Quantum / Eagle Editions, Royston, 2002, paperback, 128pp, maps, diagrams, coloured and half tone ills. throughout, large format (11 x 8.5 inches approx.), coloured pictorial wrappers, an exploration of aspects of Roman life 2000 years ago and the rich legacy of Roman civilisation, illustrated with numerous images of artefacts and remains from all over Europe, with an introduction to the rituals and religion that influenced Ancient Rome, lightly rubbed at extrems., cnrs. slightly inclined to curl, very good,

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Book number: 39035

Catalogue: European History

Keywords: history europe italy roman culture religion ritual

Adlard, Mark,

MULTIFACE.

Ace Books, New York, 1978, 1st in imprint US, paperback, [viii], 240pp, [iv] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), lightly rubbed at extrems., a little bumped head of lower hinge, remainder mark upper edge, edges and pages tanned, very good,

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Book number: 31474

Catalogue: Fiction - Science, Fantasy and Horror

Keywords: science fiction fantasy

Aesop (ill. Arthur Rackham),

AESOP'S FABLES (trans. V. S. Vernon Jones, intro. G. K. Chesterton),.

Wordsworth Editions, Ware - Herts, 1994, 1st in imprint, paperback, xi, 224pp, numerous in text ills. by Arthur Rackham, pictorial upper wrapper 'The Hare and the Tortoise by Arthur Rackham', lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,

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Book number: 29885

Catalogue: Children's and Illustrated

Keywords: children's juvenile classic illustrator rackham

Agate, James (edited by J. B. Priestley),

THESE DIVERSIONS : Playgoing.

Jarrolds, London, 1927, 1st. ed., 88pp, tissue guarded coloured frontis port. of James Agate, brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, upper edge coloured, fore-edge uncut, one of a series of essays edited by J. B. Priestley under the general title of These Diversions, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, light partial tanning to endpapers, no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 32961

Catalogue: J. B. Priestley

Keywords: theatre drama criticism commentary essay comment critic

Aharoni, Zvi and Dietl, Wilhelm,

OPERATION EICHMANN - Pursuit and Capture.

Cassell, London, 1999, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, 192pp, 12 pp half tone photo ills., photo pictorial montage upper wrapper, an account of Adolf Eichmann's invilvement with the 'final solution, his escape from Germany at the end of WW2, the search to find him until he was discovered living in Argentina, and of the operation leading to his kidnap and transport to Israel for trial, sl. slant to spine, light vertical creasing at spine and upper hinge, rubbed at extrems.,edges tanned, good,

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Book number: 35734

Catalogue: WW2 - Holocaust and War Crimes

Keywords: war ww2 holocaust