ABINGDON, ALEXANDER.

BONERS. Being a Collection of Schoolboy Wisdom, ....

New York City. Blue Ribbon Books, 1930., Hardback. First edition. In 3 parts,"Boners" 102 pages. "More Boners" 89 pages, and " Still More Boners." 99 pages. No d./w. Not quite very good. 1930.

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Book number: 10167

Keywords: humour jokes funny

ABRAHAM, ASHLEY.

SOME PORTRAITS OF THE LAKE POETS AND THEIR HOMES.

Keswick. G.P. Abraham Ltd., 1947., Softback with stiff card covers. No edition stated but I'm sure its a reprint, probably about 1920. 55 pages. 29 full page monogravure photographs by G.P. Abraham. The poets included are William Wordsworth, Robert Southey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas de Quincey, John Wilson (Christopher North), John Ruskin and Harriet Martineau. Some photos of their homes also included. Contents near fine, no inscription. Cover is worn on edges. 22..5cm x 16cm. 1947

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Book number: 4596

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Lake District poet poetry verse poems Lakes

ABRAHAMS, GERALD.

THE CHESS MIND.

London. Penguin Books, 1968., Paperback, third edition. 346 pages. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Very good card cover. 1968

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Book number: 6655

Catalogue: Passtimes / hobbies

Keywords: chess check mate hobby

ABRANSON, ERIK C.

BEKEN OF COWES SAILING SHIPS OF THE WORLD.

London. Reed's Nautical Books, 1992., Foreword by Prince of Wales. 3 generations of the Beken family have photographed sailing ships & yachts, starting in 1888 with 10 year old Frank, then his son Keith, & eventually his grandson Kenneth joined the family firm in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. 208 pages. Illustrated with beautiful photographs in colour and b. & w., taken around the world of over 100 sailing ships, along with a short description & specifications. (Some material already appeared in "A Century of Tall Ships" pub. Harrap 1985.) 12.5" x 9.75". Near fine except a tiny, hardly visible dent on front cover. Near fine d./w. except top edge slightly curling. Original 1994 bill for £32 enclosed ! A heavy book. 1992

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Book number: 2498

Catalogue: Naval & Maritime History

Keywords: ships sailing ships yachts Beken Cowes photography Tall Ships Isle of Wight

ACKROYD, PETER.

The Clerkenwell Tales

London. Chatto & Windus, 2003., A novel set in London in 13.99, in the time of King Richard II & Geoffrey Chaucer. 213 pages. Near fine, no inscription or marks, in near fine d./w., priced £15.99. 24.25cm. x 16cm. ISBN 1856197069. 2003

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Book number: 8700

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Chaucer Richard II 1399 Clerkenwell

ACKROYD, PETER.

DICKENS. Public Life And Private Passion.

London. B.B.C., 2002., Hardback. First edition. About Charles Dickens's personal life, published to accompany the BBC Television series "Duckens, Public Life & Private Passion" broadcast 2002. 160 pages, with over 135 photographs, paintings, cartoons, & vignettes, in colour and black & white. Cover & contents are fear fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., priced £16.99. 25.5cm. x 19.5cm. ISBN 0563534737 2002

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Book number: 9245

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Charles Dickens London Boz Household Words Phiz

ACKROYD, PETER.

LONDON. THE BIOGRAPHY.

London. Vintage, 2001, Paperback. First published by Chatto Windus in 2000. Pages i - xxiii, lists of contents & illustrations, 5 maps & chronology. 822 pages including an essay of sources, & index. 33 colour and about 35 b./w. photographs & prints. 9¼" x 6". Priced on back cover £12.99. Near fine, no inscription or marks, but corners slightly bumped. ISBN 0099422581. 2001

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Book number: 4598

Catalogue: History

Keywords: London Thames Picadilly Circus St. Paul's Westminster Christopher Wren Henry Mayhew Samuel Johnson Hyde Park Buckingham Palace Smithfield

ACLAND, RICHARD. (SIGNED COPY)

Nothing Left To Believe?

London. Longmans, Green & Co.,1949., Hardback. First edition. Signed "To John Mander From Richard Acland 25. XII. 50." on front free endpaper. Richard Acland was the Member of Parliament for Gravesend. The date Dec. 25th is interesting, Mander may be a relative? 217 pages. 19.25cm. x 12.75cm. Blue cloth cover is near fine but corners slightly bumped. D./w, is torn on both ends of spine and corners, two 3 cm tears on front top edge, back slightly foxed, priced 8s 6d. otherwise very good. Contents clean but endpages slightly foxed. 1949

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Book number: 9572

Keywords: Christianity The Church The State Belief John Mander

ACTON, THOMAS

GYPSY POLITICS AND SOCIAL CHANGE.

London. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974, Ex library. " Developments of ethnic ideology & pressure politics among British Gypsies from Victorian reformism to Romany nationalism." 310 pages including bibliography & index. Apart from library stamps on front endpages, and a short number stamped on title page, contents clean & near fine. Dark green cloth cover near fine. D./w. near fine inside library sleeve, priced £5.95. ISBN 07100 (78382) 1974

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Book number: 6143

Catalogue: Politics

Keywords: gypsy gypsies Romany Romani travellers

ADAMS, PETER D.

THE ART OF BONSAI.

London. Ward Lock, 1986., Reprint. 2nd edition, first published 1981. 160 pages. with 98 colour photographs, 72 b./ w. photographs, 76 figures..that is drawings of different species of trees, explaining pruning, & showing the different bonsai styles..25.5cm. x 19.5cm. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., priced £14.95. ISBN 0706368371. 1986

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Book number: 8776

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: Bonsai miniature

ADAMS, CAROLINE.

Articles of thy Belief.

London. S.P.C.K., 1958., Paperback. 101 pages. 18.5cm. x 12cm. Near fine except both bottom corners very slightly marked on bottom of with tiny black spots, possibly shelf rubbed? This is hardly noticeable. Contents clean & near fine. 1958.

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Book number: 10065

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: The Creeds Holy Ghost baptism God The Bible New Testament

ADAMS, JOE KENNEDY

Basic Statistical Concepts.

New York. McGraw - Hill Book Company, 1955, 304 pages including index. Near fine except previous owner's name inside front cover, top & bottom of spine slightly worn & bumped, contents clean & tight. D./w. is worn & torn on edges, pieces are missing on top & bottom of spine, with a few tiny holes in the spine. 9¼" x 6¼". 1955

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Book number: 3688

Catalogue: Mathematics

Keywords: mathematics statistics concepts elementary calculus

ADAMS, JANET WOODBURY.

DECORATIVE FOLDING SCREENS, In The West From 1600 To The Present Day.

New York & London. Thames & Hudson, 1982., The history & description of some beautiful European and American screens, plus some oriental ones which were exported to the West. 208 pages including chapter notes, with 17 colour photographs and 115 b. & w. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks but cover faintly marked. D./w. slightly rubbed on back, slightly bumped top back edge, ½" tear on corner of front bottom, top of spine is torn both sides and a piece 1" wide x ½" is missing from top of spine. A label "Maybe damaged not exchangeable, Thames & Hudson." stuck on back. (probably removable) 8.75" x 10.25". ISBN 050001289X. 1982

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Book number: 2932

Catalogue: Antiques

Keywords: screens folding screen William Morris Coromandel Skreen

ADAMS, CYRIL AND BRADEN, ROBERT. (LIMITED EDITION & SIGNED.)

LOCK, STOCK, & BARREL.. Making an English shotgun and shooting with consistency.

Long Beach, California. Safari Press, 1996., Limited edition, copy number 90 of 500 copies. Fourth book in the "Sporting Firearms Series." Contents in near fine condition, signed by both authors. Red cloth cover also near fine. Black slip-case is slightly marked, otherwise very good. 198 pages, including 2 bibliographies. Over 70 b./w. photographs plus drawings and diagrams. 23.5cm. x 15.75cm. ISBN 1571570330. 1996

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Book number: 8066

Catalogue: Sport

Keywords: guns shooting shotgun Cyril Adams Robert Braden

ADBURGHAM, ALISON.

Women In Print. Writing Women and Women's Magazines From the Restoration to the Accession of Victoria

London. George Allen & Unwin, 1972., Hardback. ExLibrary (probably from reference library as like new) 302 pages. Illustrated with black & white frontispiece, 14 b./w. plates and 49 b./w. illustrations in the text. Near fine except "Salford Library" stamped on front endpage Near fine d./w. 1972

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Book number: 9751

Catalogue: History

Keywords: writing female women authors writers novelists magazines