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A History of the O'Keefe Historic Ranch, 1867 - 1978

Vernon, British Columbia, O'Keefe Historic Ranch. 9999, Not Given. Soft cover. Book, "The role it played in the development of the Okanagan Valley". Booklet, card covers, 46 pages, illustrated. Probably published 1978. Slight marks on back cover, very slight spotting front, else very good. Good Plus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003843

Keywords: History Canada

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The Home of To-day

London, Daily Express. 9999, Not Known. Cloth. Book, sub-title "Its choice, planning, equipment and organisation" B/w illus. inc. 8 special plates. 718pp. 1930s. Gilt & blind-stamped red leatherette. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001130

Catalogue: Collectable

Keywords: Cookery, Housekeeping, Interior Decoration, Building, Gardening, Carpentry, Health, Social History, Art Deco Cookery, Food & Drink Architecture

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Industrial Banking, Its growth potential and Technique

London, Campbell Discount Co. Ltd. 1957, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, Hire Purchase Publication No. 3. 28 pages. Card covers. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001309

Catalogue: Politics, Economics, Social Studies

Keywords: Eonomics, Commerce

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An Introduction to the Study of Minerals

London, Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). 1889, Not Known. Hardcover, 6"x 8.5". Book, Published by the British Museum Natural History Mineral Department, with a guide to the Mineral Gallery. 120 pages; drawings in text. Slight foxing, corners worn, parts of front cover discoloured. Boards, cloth spine. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002313

Catalogue: Collectable

Keywords: Geology, Mineralogy Science, Technology, Medicine

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The Jolly Book

London, Nelson. 9999, Not Known. Hardcover. Ill.: Various. Book, Bad condition; front board detached & worn, though still attractive with Pierrot & Pierrette on yellow background; title & prelims missing; some pages torn; obviously been read to death. However, 11 of 18 col. plts are present in good condition, as well as much of the text and drawings. Boards, cloth spine. Poor/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000418

Catalogue: Illustrated

Keywords: Variouschildrens, Illustration Children's Books

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Kingston-upon-Thames and Surbiton in 1891

Teddington, Charlotte James. 1978, First Thus Reprinted. (ISBN: 0950399035) Soft cover, 8" x 12". Book, "Including Norbiton, Hampton Wick and Teddington, Arts, Trades and Commerce; History, Trade and Attractions" Reprint of guide detailing commercial premises, with contemporary photographs added for comparison. Card covers. Parts of front cover darkened; some creasing and staining to back cover; small water stain on edge of last page. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003887

Catalogue: Collectable

Keywords: 0950399035 Social History London Local History

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The Lady of the Decoration

London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1911, Seventeenth Edn. Cloth. Book, Pseudonym of Fannie Caldwell Macaulay. Endpapers brown; bit wobbly, cloth bit marked. spine dull & spllitting. Novel, told in letters, about young American widow teaching with missionaries in Japan. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001393

Catalogue: Women's Interest

Keywords: Fiction, Novel, Japan Vintage Fiction

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The Language and Poetry of Flowers

London, Marcus Ward. 9999, Sixteenth Thousand. Decorative Cloth, 4" x 6". Book, Coloured frontispiece, title page, and 7 other colour plates. No date, 1870s or 80s. Anthology of flower poetry, with language of flowers at the end. Total 193 pages. Dark blue cloth; all edges gilt; beautiful gilt pictorial front cover, a little worn but still bright. The spine however is very dull. The glue is giving way, and most of the plates are loose and the front hinge cracked. Otherwise the condition is very nice. Good Plus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003060

Catalogue: Collectable

Keywords: Flowers, Poetry, Verse, Anthology, Colour Printing, Victorian Poetry Folklore, Myth, Legend

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Litanijen En Gezangen, Behoorende Tot De Liturgie Der Evangelische Broedergemeenten

Zeist, Not Known. 1839, Vermeerderde Uitgave / Enlarged Edition. Hardcover, 4" x 7". Book, 96 pages (if this is the enlarged edition, the original must have been tiny). Prayers & hymns; Dutch language. No publisher's name; just Zeist, 1839. Spine is worn, especially at lower end; boards are somewhat rubbed, with a couple of bits of paper stuck to the front; front hinge a little weak, but otherwise contents very good condition. Gift inscription in lovely 19th century hand - "Captain Roxburgh, a token of regard & remembrance from C. R. Kolbing [?], Missionary of the United Brethren's Church, Genadendel, 18 May 1845" Take this to be Genadendal, Moravian Mission Station at the Cape, the oldest mission station in South Africa, also site of first teachers' training college in South Africa. Boards, leather spine. Good Plus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003126

Catalogue: Collectable

Keywords: Hymns, Prayers, Dutch Language, Netherlands, Evangelical Brothers, Church Service, Liturgy, Antiquarian, Moravian Church, Brotherhood, Cape Colony, Stellenbosch, South Africa, Khoi, Unity Brethren, Jan Hus, Protestantism, Reformation, Bishop Hans Peter Ha

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Local Taxation Committee Annual Report 1873

London, Local Taxation Committee. 1873, First. Soft cover. Book, Annual report, November 1873. 15 pages, no covers - don't know whether it would originally have had or not. Slight foxing, small crease to page edge. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003955

Keywords: Statistics History Documents Government Social History

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Ludlow and Ludlow Castle, Shropshire

Cheltenham & London, Ed. J. Burrow. 9999, Not Given. Soft cover. Book, Ludlow & Ludlow Castle, Shropshire, guide published Ed. J. Burrow, no date, 1950s? Price two shillings. 28 pages, illustrated with plans and photographs, pictorial card covers. 4.5 x 7.25ins. Staples bit rusty, otherwise good condition. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003968

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: Shropshire Topography Guide Local History

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Milk and the Nation, teacher's notes

London, National Milk Publicity Council. 9999, Not Known. Soft cover, 5.5" x 12". Book, To accompany a set of wall charts for 8 - 11 year olds. Primary School Series, Chart A: Milk on the farm, Chart B:Keeping milk pure and clean, Chart c: Foods from the dairy farm. Odd format, long and narrow, portrait mode but stapled at top rather than side. 20pp printed one side only. Attractive cover, blue/green/black/white, showing milk bottle in mortarboard. Small crease & slight spotting front cover, closed tear one page. 1950s?. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000642

Catalogue: Cookery, Food & Drink

Keywords: Milk, Education, Ephemera Ephemera

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The Mirrors of Washington

New York & London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, the Knickerbocker Press. 1921, First. Cloth. Ill.: Cesare. Book, Sketches of 14 politicians, each with portrait and cartoon. Hinges broken, cloth worn, few marks on front. Good.

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Book number: 001909

Catalogue: American History

Keywords: Cesarebiography, American Politicians Politics, Economics, Social Studies Biography

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Must Full Employment Mean Ever-Rising Prices?

London, HMSO. 9999, Not Known. Soft cover. Book, (1955) 24pp leaflet, 'A Popular Verson of the White Paper "The Economic Implications of Full Employment"' Printed in red and black with cartoon style illustrations. Prepared by the Treasury and the Central Office of Information. Paper covers. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000228

Catalogue: Politics, Economics, Social Studies

Keywords: Economics, Ephemera Ephemera

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National Film Theatre Programme June July 1971 Blacks in Films

London, National Film Theatre. 1971, First. Soft cover. Book, Corners a little creased. Cover & 8 pages relate to "Blacks in Films - the changing image 1949-1970; there are also pieces on Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers; James Ivory's India; Terence Rattigan; Mary Pickford; Thorold Dickinson, Ethnographic films, documentary, British films of the 20s, Mulligan & Pakula, Judy Garland. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004055

Catalogue: Performing Arts: Theatre, Music, Dance, Cinema, &C

Keywords: Film Cinema Popular Culture Black Interest Ephemera Ephemera