50th Anniversary Of The Study Circle Held at Harare Zimbabwe. 17th - 24th April 1998.

Harare, The Study Circle, 1998 Hard cover maroon padded bds, gilt lettering to upper bd, VG, contents clean and tight with sketch maps, dinner menus, visit information, programmes etc... pp27. Scarce.

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Keywords: Study Circle Harare Zimbabwe anniversary 1998 Africa programme events maps Mashonaland Philatelic Society committee Plato Mavros philatelists Revd Charles Daniel Helm

Lilian Lunn Miniature Figures: Famous Women From History And The Present Day. Souvenir Catalogue.

Paperback slim brochure to mark a quarter of a century of Miniature Figure making by Lilian Lunn, Good+, with preface by th elate Mr E I Musgrave, b/w photographic plate of Lillian Lunn with 30 of the 280 figures in her collection, further b/w plates and 1 colour plate, list of the miniatures, pp21.

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Stanley Gibbons' Simplified Stamp Catalogue: 1952.

London, Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 1952 H/B bright clean orange cloth bds, black lettering to upper bd and spine, Very Good+, a little rubbing at extrem.s, contents clean and tight, neat name and address to front pastedown, pp1431+ advertisements at rear. A priced catalogue of the postage stamps of the whole world, excluding varieties of paper, perforation, shade and watermark. Lists over 80,500 stamps and over 10,250 illustrations.

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Boy Scouts Association:

Missioner, Public Health and Marksman. Scout Badge Test series No. 16.

Glasgow, Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd, 1961 Paperback slim volume, Good+, stapled, contents clean and tight, pges tanning, pp57, neat name inside front cover.

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Baden-Powell, Miss and Sir R. Baden-Powell:

How Girls Can Help To Build Up The Empire. The Handbook For Girl Guides.

Nelson, no date Hard cover blue cloth bds, some creasing to cloth, picture of girl guide in black to upper bd with titles and titles to spine, a little wear at spine ends and rubbing in places, the odd age mark to rear, Fair+, no dust jacket, endpapers present front and rear, title pge missing, neat name and address to ffep verso dated 1915, contents begin at Foreword and continue with Contents Pge, these two pges are dog-eared around the edges, does not detract from text, one 't' from 'present' missing at btm of Foreword pge, contents nice and tight, occas. pencil crosses, include nice sepia-tone plates, diagrams, etc..., pp472 + Memoranda pges to rear with some filling in. Chapters include: Duties of girl Guides; Summary of Girl guides' Course of Instruction; The Law of the Guides; Woodcraft - Stalking; Animals and Nature; Plants; Open-air Pursuits and Tracking - Observation of "Sign"; Spooring; Reading "Sign" or Deduction; signals; Camping; Cooking in the Open; Saving Life - Be Prepard For Accidents; Accidents and how to Deal With Them; Hospital Duties - Sanitation-Washing-Disinfecting; Nursing; Invalid Foods; Storekeeping, Hospital Accounts, Linen etc...; Frontier Life - Life in teh Open; Seafaring; Self-Defence; Household - Sanitation; Housewifery; Home Cooking; Helping Others; Health - Care o fChildren; Endurance or How to Improve the Body; Health-giving Habits; Prevention of Disease; Patriotism - Chivalry; Self-Discipline; Self-Improvement; Our Empire; Citizenship; United We Stand, Divide we Fall; Hints to Instructors - Organization of the Girl Guides' Corps; tests for Proficiency Badges; Songs.

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Keywords: girl guides pursuits handbook empire frontier life home patriotism instructors duties instruction law woodcraft stalking animals nature plants tracking spooring signals camping cooking open air

Ball, A.:

The Price Guide To Pot-Lids And Other Underglaze Colour Prints on Pottery.

Woodbridge, Suffolk, The Antique Collectors' Club, 1970 Incl. slim booklet - Price Revision List Feb 1976. Hard cover green bds, gilt lettering to spine, VG+, bk leans and spine sl. skewed, unclipped d/w, VG, faded at spine, contents clean and tight, with illust.s on every pge, narrow light stain to first few pges, pp496 +index.

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Brogden, Fanny and Helen Minter:

The Bridge Table: Tips and Recipes for Stress Free Bridge Entertaining.

Unknown Oversized pbk, approx. 9" x 7.5", green with cartoon picture to upper wrap "Console yourself - her food can't be worse than her dummy", VG, a little dint to btm edge, contents clean and bright with witty cartoons by Bev, recipes many illustr. in colour, pp89. "This collection of recipes was inspired by friends bemoaning the fact that cooking and bridge were fraught with danger and not just the overbidding! We love our social bridge. We enjoy sitting round the bridge table with good friends. But, be it lunch time, afternoon or an evening session we still have to feed our friends. The bridge host knows there is a ten minute window when dummy, to get a meal on the table..." This book includes ideas for preparing savoury nibbles; main meals; accompniments and vegetable; lighter mains; puddings and cheese and Bridge Tea, in advance with tips on heating and keeping food warm so you can relax.

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Keywords: Bridge cooking recipes card game eating nibbles main courses lighter mains snacks Bridge Tea puddings cheese vegetables chicken curry tagine lamb hummous carrot cake brownies entertaining sandwiches

Campbell, andrew & Roddy Martine:

The Swinging Sporran: A lighthearted guide to the basic steps of Scottish reels and country dances.

London, Wolfe Publishing Limited, 1973 1st Ed., hard cover red cloth bds,VG, gilt titles to spine, clipped dust jacket, VG, light tanning in places, contents clean and tight with diagrams to follow, pp120. With sixteen Scottish reels and country dances to learn including: Petronella, Hamilton House, Inverness Country Dance, machine Without Horses, Glasgow Highlanders, Eightsome Reel, Dashing White Sergeant etc...

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Keywords: Scottish country dancing reels history dress preparations the set turning swinging grips Duke of Perth Reel 51st Division Duke Duchess of Edinburgh Foursome Eightsome reel Sixteensome thirtytwosome 0723405263

Coates, Christopher W.:

Tropical Fishes As Pets.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1952 Hard cover red cloth bds, VG+, clipped d/w Good+, small biro mark to front, a little dusty and minor foxing to spine, contents clean and tight, b/w photographs by S C Dunton, pp226, neat gift label to front pastedown.

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Keywords: tropical fish fishes pet aquarium chemistry diseases diets viviparous carp characins cichlids bubble-nesters killies

Cockett, Mary Illust. by Desmond Knight:

Treasure.

London, J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1973 1st Ed., hard cover blue patterned paper covered bds, VG, gilt lettering to spine, clipped but still priced dust jacket, VG, a little tanned to rear around edges, contents fine and tight, pp52. Chapters include: Finding Treasure; What is Treasure?; Treasure by Chance; Planned Excavation; People Say; Treasure in the Sea; A Modern Case.

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Keywords: treasure excavation sea finding Norfolk Desmond Knight mediaeval coins Sutton Hoo diving 0460058762

Dixon, John and Phillip Dixon:

Journeys Through Brigantia: Volume Nine (9) The Ribble Valley Circular Walks "'Twixt Bowland & Pendle Where Rivers Meet"

Barnoldswick, Aussteiger Field Guide, 1993 Glossy pbk, VG+, contents fine and tight, pp168. With "...14 circular trails described, plus a variety of shorter rambles, take the walker through the finest rural landscape that Lancashire has to offer - the Ribble Valley, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty that lies between teh Bowland Massif and the Lion Hill of Pendle."

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Keywords: walking hiking rambles Lancashire Ribble Valley Bowland Massif Lion Hill Pendle history architectural sites landscape guide exploring Longridge Buckley Gate Whalley Pendle Downham Clitheroe Eadsford 1872764053

Easterbrook, T. G. (Ed. by) Illust. by H. H. Williams:

Birds of the Banbury Area 1972 - 1981.

Banbury Ornithological Society, 1983 Pbk, cream pictorial wraps, almost VG, a little fading in places, contents fine and tight, pp104.

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Keywords: birds Banbury H H Williams ornithology breeding fieldwork ringing surveys topography woodland non-breeding welfare B.O.S field studies

Edworthy, Niall:

The Curious Gardener's Almanac: Centuries of Practical Garden Wisdom.

London, Transworld Publishers, 2006 Hard cover brown cloth bds, Nr Fine, unclipped dust jacket, Nr Fine, v. small mark to upper wrap, negligable wear to top edge, slight indent at spine, contents fine and tight pp192.

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Keywords: gardener gardener's almanac practical garden wisdom tips vegetables wildlife summer herbs flowers Autumn fruit trees shrubs winter children organic gardening 9781903919903

Gamble, Reginald:

Bee Keeping. Young Farmers' Club Booklet No. 2.

Radlett, Herts, National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs, 1943 Paperback, almost VG, sl. furling at corners, string binding, contents clean and tight, b/w photographs by R V Roberts. The object of this little pamphlet by Gamble, the BBC bee keeping expert, is too "...describe how the bees live and how the bee keeper makes use of them to provide us with honey".

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Keywords: bee keeping honey bee keeper BBC expert Young Farmers' Club booklet No. 2 hive apiary life enemies disease diseases beginner schools 0000

Gibbons, Stanley:

Stanley Gibbons' Postage Stamp Catalogue 1949. Part 4 Foreign Countries Central America.

London, Stanley Gibbons Ltd, 1949 Soft linen style blue wraps, Good+, a little wear, contents fine and tight, pp190. Includes Central America with Mexico, the Cuban and Dominican Republics and Hayti.

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Keywords: stamps philately collecting hobbies hobby catalogue postage stamps Central America Mexico Cuba Dominican Republic Haiti Nicaragua Costa Rica Guatemala Honduras