ANON.

XCEL COOKERY BOOK.

Liverpool. Elexcel Limited, no date but c. 1940's., Appears to be a first edition but no date found. Board covers with cloth spine, price of 1/6 printed on back. Slightly rubbed & bumped on edges & corners. An ink stain 1" x ¼" is near bottom of back cover, but very clean inside, no inscription or notes, blank pages in back for cook's own recipes haven't been used. 252 recipes, household hints, and instructions for using the "XCEL" electric cooker, which was made at Broad Green in Liverpool. Diagram on how to read the electricity meter. 100 pages including index & the blank pages. 8½" x 5½ 1940

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Book number: 2592

Catalogue: Cookery

Keywords: cooking Elexcel Xcel electric cooker Broad Green Liverpool recipes

ANSON, PETER F.

THE BUILDING OF CHURCHES.

London. Burns & Oates, 1964., Volume 10 of the 12 vol. series " The New Library of Catholic Knowledge." 95 pages, but page numbers continue from vol. 9, so pages numbered from page 913 to 1008. 4 full page colour photographs & about 60 black & white, plus many architectural drawings & plans in text. Near fine in near fine d./w. 10" x 7½". 1964

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Book number: 1844

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: churches architecture basilicas cathedrals minsters arches building

APOLLONIO, ARGAN, BIHALJI-MERIN, BRION, GROHMANN, HODIN, HUNTER, JAFFE, PONENTE, & READ.

ART SINCE 1945. Abridged edition containing all the text,111 of the b./w. & 33 of the full colour illustrations that appeared in the original $15 edition.

New York. Washington Square Press, 1962., Paperback. Reprint, this edition first published 1961. Text of the original1958 edition is complete, only some of the illustrations have been omitted. 336 pages. 33 colour and 111 black & white illustrations.16.25cm. x 10.5cm. Contents very good, but paper is brownish. Card cover is slightly rubbed & slightly soiled. 1962

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Book number: 9107

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: art artists Herbert Read H.L.C. Jaffe Marcel Brion Will Grohmann

APSE, ANDRIS. (PHOTOGRAPER)

NEW ZEALAND LANDSCAPES.

Nelson, New Zealand. Craig Potton Publishing, 2001., Reprint, first published 1994. Introduction by Andy Dennis. 120 pages, illustrated in colour throughout, with some stunning colour photographs. Landscape format, 24.5cm. x 33.75cm. Near fine cover but bottom of spine slightly bumped, contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. but bottom of spine is worn & small tear front bottom edge. ISBN 0908802234. 2001 ISBN: 0908802234

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Book number: 7946

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: New Zealand Urewera National Park Fiordland Coromandel Kaipo Valley Otago Rakaia Wairarapa

APT, JAY; JELFERT, MICHAEL & WILKINSON, JUSTIN

ORBIT. NASA Astronauts Photograph the Earth.

U.S.A. National Geographic Society. 1996., First edition. Hardback. Edited by Roger Ressmeyer. 224 pages. Beautiful, very interesting colour photographs of our earth taken from space by NASA astronauts. 224 pages. 31cm. x 28cm. Padded cover with silver lettering is near fine. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks, but thewhite bookmark is slightly marked. Page edges are silver. No d./w. 1996

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Book number: 9259

Keywords: space astronauts earth globe

AQUINAS, ST. THOMAS AND GILBY, THOMAS. (SELECTED & TRANSLATED BY)

St. Thomas Aquinas Philosophical Texts.

London. Oxford University Press, 1951., Hardback. Selected and translated with notes and an introduction by Thomas Gilby, so first edition thus. 405 pages. 19cm. x 12cm. Red cloth cover is near fine, contents are near fine no inscription or marks, but end pages slightly, faintly foxed. D./w. is slightly torn on corners, slightly torn along top edge, and ends of spine slightly torn. Priced 12s 6d. 1951.

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Book number: 10016

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: St. Thomas Aquinas philosophy theology religion

ARBORE, GRIGORE.

Bellini.

London. Abbey Library, 1978., Originally published by Meridiane Publishing House, Bucharest in 1978. Translated by Andreea Gheorghitoiu. 12½" x 9½" Giovanni Bellini was a 15th century Venetian artist. 31 pages of text, including Notes, chronology of Bellini's life, bibliography & list of the reproductions. 23 colour pictures and 40 in black & white. Cream cover, and contents are near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. 1978

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Book number: 1815

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: Giovanni Bellini Venetian painting Piero della Francesca Venice

ARCHBOLD, RICK. (TEXT) & MARSCHALL, KEN (PAINTINGS)

HINDENBURG An Illustrated History.

London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994., Reliving the Era of the Great Airships." Illustrated with hundreds of colour and b.& w. photographs, and with paintings by Ken Marschall. Historical Consultants Dennis R. Kromm, Dr. Henry Cord Meyer, & John Provan. 229 pages including bibliography & index. Contents are near fine, but cover has slight 3" split on bottom front edge of spine & corners are slightly bumped. D./w. isn't price clipped (£25.) is near fine, but top front corner is worn with a ¼" tear. Landscape format 11¼" x 12". Heavy. ISBN 0297814230 1994

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Book number: 3520

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: Hindenburg airship zeppelin dirigible blimp Zeppelin flying balloons

ARCHER, FRED. (EDITED BY)

THE COUNTRYMAN COTTAGE LIFE BOOK.

Newton Abbot. David & Charles, 1974, Hardback. First edition. Compiled from articles published in "The Countryman." magazine. About the people who lived in rural cottages, their work, recreation, customs, poverty, and humour, in traditional cottage life.199 pages, 26 b./w. photographs on 16 pages. Near fine, no inscription or marks, in near fine cover. Near fine d./w., not price clipped (£3.50) ISBN 0715365800. 1974

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Book number: 6238

Catalogue: History

Keywords: cottage countryman ag lab agricultural labourer

ARCHER, SIMON AND NICHOLLS, STAN

GERRY ANDERSON. The Authorised Biography.

London. Legend Books, 1996., Biography of the creator of "Thunderbirds", the TV show. 228 pages. 23 black & white photographs. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., not price clipped (£15.99) 24cm. x 16cm. 1996

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Book number: 8870

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Thunderbirds Captain Scarlet Stingray Space Precinct Gerry Anderson

ARDAGH, JOHN

FRANCE IN THE 1980'S. The Definitive Book.

London. Penguin Books, 1985., Reprint. A Pelican paperback. 672 pages. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Cover near fine, but corners slightly knocked. Priced on back £5.95. ISBN 0140224092. 1985

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Book number: 5580

Catalogue: History

Keywords: France 1980's politics Mitterrand Chirac Giscard Left Bank Seine de Gaulle

ARDAGH, JOHN

FRANCE TODAY. A New & Revised Edition of FRANCE IN THE 1980's.

London. Penguin Books, 1995., Reprint of revised edition published 1987, first published 1982 by Secker Warburg. 647 pages including bibliography & index. Contents near fine. Near fine card cover, priced on back £8.99. 7.75" x 5". ISBN 0140251855. 1995

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Book number: 6516

Catalogue: Travel & Topography / Socialogy

Keywords: France French de Gaulle Paris Brittany Mitterrand Barre Malraux Giscard D'Estaing

ARDAGH, JOHN.

THE NEW FRANCE. A Society in Transition 1945-1973.

London. Penguin Books / Secker & Warburg,1973., Paperback. 2nd edition of the Pelican revised edition with new preface. First published 1968 as "New French Revolution." by Secker. 700 pages including bibliography & index. 7" x 4.25". Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Cover slightly rubbed & front top corner sligntly creased. Priced on back £1.00. ISBN 0140211713. 1973

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Book number: 6515

Catalogue: Sociology

Keywords: sociology French France de Gaulle Paris EEC Common Market Grenoble Lyons Toulouse

ARGAN, G.C.

THE RENAISSANCE. Vol.III

London. Thames & Hudson, 1969, Softback. Volume 3 of the Dolphin History of Painting. First published as part of "20,000 years of World Painting". Edited by Hans L.C. Jaffe. Translated from the Italian by Robert Allen. 192 pages, that is 15 pages of text 175 colour plates with description of painting & artist. 16.5cm. x 10.75cm. Near fine, no inscription or marks, but back cover is slightly, faintly rubbed. Priced 12s. 6d. (65p) 1969

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Book number: 9103

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: art painting artists painters Renaissance Bottocelli Bosch Breugel Da Vinci Michelangelo

ARLOTT, JOHN.

John Arlott's 100 GREATEST BATSMEN.

London. Macdonald Queen Anne Press, 1986., 280 pages, with b.& w. photographs of the best cricket batsmen.Contents clean. no inscription or marks. Maroon cloth cover is faintly marked o./w. very good. D./w. slightly bumped on edges o./w. very good.. ISBN 0356123650. 1986 ISBN: 0356123650

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Book number: 8444

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes

Keywords: cricket batsmen wicket bowler W.G. Grace Graham Gooch Ian Botham Viv Richards