GLASCOCK, CAPTAIN W. N.

The Naval Officer's Manual, for Every Grade in Her Majesty's Ships to Which Is Added a Notice on Steam and Steam Ships

London: Parker, Furnivall, & Parker, 1848. Second Edition. Hardcover. Published for the author's widow. Second Edition complete in one volume. 8.5 x 5.0 inches approx. Slight fading to binding in places, some minor shelf wear to extremities and slight cracking to hinges, but generally sound. No inscriptions. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 415 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 4230

Catalogue: Maritime

Keywords: History Royal Navy Ship Building

GLENNY, MICHAEL AND STONE, NORMAN

The Other Russia

London: Faber and Faber, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good maroon cloth hardback. Lacks front endpaper. Dust jacket, price clipped otherwise fine; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Very Good in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 8370

Catalogue: Politics

Keywords: Exile Crimea Imperial

GLOTZ, GUSTAVE

The Aegean Civilization, Translated by M.R. Dobie and E.M. Riley

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1968. Re-issue. Hardcover. ISBN: 0710061064. 8vo xvi + 422 pages illustrated with black & white photographs, drawings and maps. Near fine blue/grey and gilt cloth hard back with very good dust jacket. No inscriptions. ; Black & white photographs; xvi,422 pages. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 12711

Catalogue: Archaeology

Keywords: 0710061064 Crete Greece

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER

The Vicar of Wakefield, a Tale

Paternoster Row, London. Not Dated. ', 1812. . Antiquarian Text bound in a more recent binding. The Vicar of Wakefield, A Tale, 'To which is prefixed an Account of the Author's Life including Original anecdotes communicated by The Rev. J Evans. Maroon coloured cloth binding, faded to spine, clean endpapers. 8.75 x 5.75 inches approx, Bound inside is an antique text that includes engravings, it opens with a frontispiece portrait of Oliver Goldsmith with a publication date of 1812, an engraved preliminary title page for 'The Vicar of Wakefield. ' The main title page is followed by an Advertisement from Oliver Goldsmith after which are the pages containing Memoirs of Oliver Goldsmith M. D. Ii-xxx, then comes Poetical Eulogiums on the Death of Oliver Goldsmith, xxxi-xxxviii. There is no date of publication but clearly it was after his death in April, 1774. The novel itself comes next being pages 1-248, includes Volume 1 and Volume II, illustrated with black and white engravings. The text is clean and readable, some engravings are stained to the background, uncut page edges soiled over time and with use. Ideal for literary students and followers of Oliver Goldsmith's works. Very collectable and full of character..

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Book number: 14301

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Classics Novels Fiction

GORDON, LYNDALL

Elliot's New Life

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. ISBN: 0198117272. Fine blue cloth hard back, no inscriptions or marks. With very good unclipped pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Biographical account of T S Elliot's early life and works. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 356 pages. Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 3125

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: 0198117272 Elliot

GORDON, D. I.

A Regional History of the Railways of Britain: Volume 5: The Eastern Counties

Newton Abbott: David & Charles, 1977. Second Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. ISBN: 0715374311. Fine black cloth neat signature to front endpaper, near fine dust jacket. Foldout map to rear endpaper. Illustrated with 39 plates, 8 illustrations in text 8 maps. Volume 5 of 16 in the Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Series covering the Eastern Counties of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. ; Black & white photographs and maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 17561

Catalogue: Railways

Keywords: 0715374311 Railway

GOSS, CHRIS

The Luftwaffe Bombers' Battle of Britain, the Inside Story: July-October 1940

Manchester: Crecy Books, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover with dustjacket. ISBN: 0947554823. Fine black cloth hard back with fine unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions. Written from the perspective of the side who's story is usually not told. ; Black & white photographs; Small quarto; 208 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 12658

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: 0947554823

GRAHAM, STEPHEN.

Peter the Great: A Life of Peter I of Russia Called the Great

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1929. Hardcover. First edition, 376 pages illustrated with black & white plates - all present. Very good and sound orange cloth hardback. No inscriptions.. Very Good .

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Book number: 16200

Catalogue: Biography

GRANT, MICHAEL (EDITED BY)

Greece and Rome, the Birth of Western Civilization

London: Guild Publishing, 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fine maroon cloth hardcover with a fine dust jacket in a clear removable protective sleeve. Neat signature and date to prelim. 376 illustrations, 95 in colour. ; Black & white and colour artwork; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 240 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 5191

Catalogue: Archaeology

Keywords: Roman History

GRANT WATSON, E L ( ILLUSTRATED BY C F TUNNICLIFFE)

Nature Abounding

London, Faber And Faber Limited, 1941. . Very good black cloth boards, (hardback) , title not readable to spine, 8 vo, well used dust jacket with signs of wear to extremities and a little foxing to the background, not price clipped, no inscriptions, tiny faint printed star to front endpaper, 384 pages including index. Distinctive black and white illustrations throughout by C F Tunnicliffe. An Anthology looking at how nature, 'on the earth, under the earth, in the air and in the water have been appreciated by naturalists, physicists, explorers, sportsmen, novelists, essayists, gardeners and farmers --. ' Some lighter relief in a war torn Britain..

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Book number: 14529

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Art Anthologies Literature

GRAVES, ROBERT

The Isles of Unwisdom

London: Cassell, 1950. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Neat handwritten gift inscription to front end paper. Dust jacket price clipped and has minor tears to extremities. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 417 pages. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 1245

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

GRAY, J D ALLAN & DISCOMBE, GEORGE

Clinical Pathology Clinical Microbiology and the Processes of Disease

Oxford Blackwell Scientific Publications 1966. . First edition, Near fine black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Very good buff coloured dust jacket with red lettering to front and spine. Not price clipped. Approx size 9 X 5.5 inches, 857 pages including index. This book is intended to help students, housemen and general practitioners to make the best use of the clinical laboratory..

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Book number: 11166

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: Medicine

GRAY, JENNIE.

Fire by Night, the Dramatic Story of One Pathfinder Crew and Black Thursday, 16/17 December 1943

London: Grubb Street, 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dustjacket. ISBN: 1902304632. First edition Fine red cloth and gilt hard back with a fine unclipped dustjacket. No inscriptions. ; Black & white photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 182 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 17231

Catalogue: Aviation

Keywords: 1902304632 Raf Pathfinders 97squadron Lancaster

GRAY, JOHN A

London's 1960s Buses: A Class Album

Capital Transport, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1854143190. Fine pictorial laminated boards, no inscriptions or marks, an excellent copy. ; Colour photographs; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 96 pages. Fine .

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Book number: 17517

Catalogue: Buses

Keywords: 1854143190 London

GRAY, JOHN A.

London's Country Buses.

London: Ian Allan, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. ISBN: 0711009635. Fine green cloth hardcover, no inscriptions or marks. With a very good unclipped dust jacket. ; Black & White Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 128 pages. Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 17952

Catalogue: Buses

Keywords: 0711009635