(MARIE MADELEINE MOTIER)

Peguy and Les Cahiers de la Quinzaine

London, Dennis Dobson. 1946, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on blue cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a small name to front endpaper and light foxing to closed edges and endpapers else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good + copy. Dustjacket has light wear to edges, two small repaired closed tears and is not price clipped.232 pages. 5 illustrations. Translated from the French by Ruth Bethell. Charles Péguy (1873-1914) was a noted French poet, essayist, and editor, and Catholicism strongly influenced his works. It is remarkable that no book has yet been produced in England about Péguy, and this translation from the French fills the gap. It is a complete biography taking in the whole of Péguy's life from childhood to his death on the Marne in 1914, by a bullet to the forehead. The author was his friend and colleague for many years. C3A. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 008395

Catalogue: Biography - French Authors

Keywords: French Essayist, Poet, Dreyfusard

WHITSETT, DAVID A. AND DOLGENER, FORREST A. AND KOLE, TANJALA MABON

The Non-Runner's Marathon Trainer

New York, McGraw-Hill. 1998. (ISBN: 1570281823). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. 288 pages. The book is based on the highly successful marathon class offered by the University of Northern Iowa, which featured in a Runner's World article. The class has been offered five times over ten years, and all but one student finished the marathon - all first-time marathoners. The book follows the same 16 week, four-day-a-week workout plan. What makes the success rate of this program so much higher than any other? The emphasis is on the psychological aspects of endurance activities. A1A. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008938

Catalogue: Sport

Keywords: Marathon, Fitness Training, Running 1570281823

WHITTEN, D.G.A. AND BROOKS, J.V.R.

The Penguin Dictionary of Geology

London, Allen Lane. 1978. (ISBN: 0713910968). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. With its invaluable table of minerals and useful bibliography, this dictionary is of prime use to students and those with an interest in geology. Illustrated throughout with clear diagrams and drawings. NOT EX LIB 14. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 005504

Catalogue: Sciences

Keywords: Geology, Reference 0713910968

EYMANN, MARCIA A. AND WOLLENBERG, CHARLES (EDITORS)

What's Going on? - California and the Vietnam Era

Berkeley, University of California Press/Oakland Museum of California. 2004. (ISBN: 0520242440). Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. A large format volume of xii + 209 pages. Illustrated throughout. This intriguing book provides a rich variety of perspectives on the roles played by California and Californians during the watershed era of the Vietnam War. It examines the continuing legacy of that war and is particularly valuable for the light it casts on the contributions of the Vietnamese to California and the nation. Conceived in tandem with the Oakland Museum of California's innovative national touring exhibition of the same title. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.07 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 1. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009184

Catalogue: History - General

Keywords: Vietnam War, California, Social Activism, Feminism 0520242440

AARONOVITCH, DAVID

Paddling to Jerusalem - an Aquatic Tour of Our Small Country

London, Fourth Estate. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 1841151017). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ complete dustjacket. In the last summer of the 20th century a large man got into a small boat and went out to discover England, on it's canals and rivers, from the Thames to the Trent, from Camden Lock to Skipton, David Aaronovitch fumbled for the pulse of the least known nation in Britain. Hilarious, provocative and moving, it is the story of what happens when a bad idea gets the better of you and in the process becomes a good idea. 12. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 003444

Catalogue: Travel - Britain

Keywords: Travel, Canals, Rivers 1841151017

ABRAMS, REBECCA

Touching Distance

London, Macmillan. 2008, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780230015555). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. Based on a true story, this is a stunning historical novel that brings to life a fascinating period in world history. It is 1790, and after 10 years of training in the great medical schools of Europe, Alec Gordon has returned to Scotland to take up the post of Physician to the Aberdeen Dispensary. His plans for modernizing medical practice and dreams of progress are thrown into disarray when a mysterious disease suddenly strikes the town, attacking and killing every newly delivered mother for miles around, which he recognises as childbed fever, a condition that has baffled the great physicians, an illness with no known cure. Alec sets out on an astonishing medical quest to conquer the disease, but while he struggles to find solutions that lie far in the future, his wife Elisabeth is increasingly lost in the past, prey to terrifying memories of her childhood in Antigua, as she knows and he will learn, some diseases lie beyond the reach of reason. NOT EX LIB B2C. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 007250

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Historical Fiction, 18th Century Aberdeen, Aberdeen Dispensary, Childbed Fever 9780230015555

ABSE, JOAN

The Art Galleries of Britain and Ireland - a Guide to Their Collections

London, Sidgwick and Jackson. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0283981423). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very clean and unmarked copy which has dust marking to top edge with dustjacket which has a protective cover. 248 pages. 19 illustrations. At present no guide exists which is exclusively devoted to describing the wealth of art that hangs in the numerous galleries of this country. Joan Abse's book is designed to fill this gap. Her unique guide contains an account of the permanent collections of paintings in British public galleries together with descriptions of the pictures in the royal collection and in university galleries which are normally available to public view. Most entries consist of a brief account of the gallery itself, its history and architecture, followed by notes on the major works of art, listed, as far as possible, according to place and time of origin. Minor works and painters, often the source of much pleasure, are not neglected and reference is made to other items of interest in the gallery. 13. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 008718

Catalogue: Art / Artists / Architecture

Keywords: Art Galleries in Britain and Ireland, Guide to Art Collections 0283981423

ACKROYD, PETER R.

Exile and Restoration - a Study of Hebrew Thought of the Sixth Century Bc

London, SCM Press. 1968, First Edition. (ISBN: 0334004098). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which has a small repaired closed tear to lower front. xv + 286 pages. The period of exile and restoration is a crucial one for the understanding of the development of Old Testament thought. The collapse of the state, the destruction of the Temple, the break-up of the community, all necessitated a re-thinking of the religious tradition. This book sets out to examine some of the aspects of the rich thought of the period. The problems involved are many: the course of events is not always clear, and the literature of the time presents difficulties. Much of this study is therefore devoted to a thorough scrutiny of what material we have: Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Deuteronomy, Isaiah, Haggai, Zechariah, the Deuteronomic History and the Priestly Work. NOT EX LIB R3. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 008952

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Old Testament Studies, Exilic Age, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Deuteronomy, Isaiah, Haggai, Zechariah 0334004098

ACKROYD, PETER R.

Exile and Restoration - a Study of Hebrew Thought of the Sixth Century Bc - Study Edition

London, SCM Press. 1972. (ISBN: 0334004039). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy. xv + 286 pages. Study Edition. Professor Ackroyd is an acknowledged expert, well acquainted with all the literature of the period, and here provides a masterly and valuable survey running from the eve of the exile to the end of the sixth century. It is a period which abounds in problems, and Professor Ackroyd guides the reader through the intricacies without bewildering him. R6. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007074

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Exilic Age, Judah, Babylonia, Day of Yahweh, Book of Jeremiah, Deuteronomy, Book of Ezekiel, Haggai, Zechariah 0334004039

ACKROYD, PETER

The Life of Thomas More

London, Chatto and Windus. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 1856197115). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket. 435 pages + 27 illustrations. Thomas More is one of the great figures in English history, but his life and career bear little resemblance to the myth of the saint or of 'the man for all seasons'. In this biography Peter Ackroyd reveals a man more troubled and more perplexing than that of any previous account, and offers a portrait as decisive as Holbein's famous drawing. NOT EX LIB A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.93 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST R1. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 008043

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Sir John More, 15th Century Catholic England, Henry VIII, Martin Luther, Erasmus, Cardinal Wolsey, Thomas Cranmer, Thomas Cromwell, Bishop John Fisher 1856197115

NICOLSON, ADAM AND MORTER, PETER

Prospects of England - Two Thousand Years Seen Through Twelve English Towns

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297795783). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format volume of 160 pages. Travelling together, author Adam Nicolson and illustrator Peter Morter have visited twelve small towns across the breadth of England, from Weymouth on the South coast to Alnwick, almost on the borders of Scotland. Each of these towns 'has enjoyed a moment when it has come into its own, when the forces at work have brought something to fruition and have given the place its enduring personality'. These 'shaping moments' - a different point in history for each successive town - are strung together in the book to form a continuous chain of town life from the planning of Roman Chichester to the radically nostalgic ideals of the Garden City in early 20th century Letchworth. The result is a remarkable portrait of small town England, with the triumphs of provincial architecture, rich with the details of everyday life, both now and in the past, lavishly illustrated with detailed plans and architectural drawings. The towns are Chichester, Sussex; Glastonbury, Somerset; Alnwick, Northumberland; Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire; Woodbridge, Suffolk; Blandford Forum, Dorset; Monmouth, Gwent; Weymouth, Dorset; Buxton, Derbyshire; Whitby, North Yorkshire; Hebden Bridgem West Yorkshire; Letchworth, Hertfordshire. A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.0 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 20B. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 008176

Catalogue: English History

Keywords: English Town History, Chichester, Glastonbury, Alnwick, Chipping Camden. Woodbridge, Blandford Forum, Monmouth, Weymouth, Buxton, Whitby, Hebden Bridge, Letchworth 0297795783

ADAMS, RICHARD

The Day Gone by

London, Hutchinson. 1990, First. (ISBN: 0091739675). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with dustjaket which has small repaired closed tear. xiii + 398 pages. 39 illustrations. The captivating and beautifully written memoir follows Adams from his birth in 1920 to the end of the Second World War. His childhood was a happy one and his father was a keen amateur naturalist, and from him his son acquired his many and varied enthusiasms, from ornithology to plant life. A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.92 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST C3B. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 010398

Catalogue: Biography - English Authors

Keywords: Watership Down Author 0091739675

ADBURGHAM, ALISON

Shopping in Style - London from the Restoration to Edwardian Elegance

London, Thames and Hudson. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0500012059). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from slight age toning to page edges) with near Fine dustjacket (Fine apart from a hint of wear to lower front edge) which is not price clipped. 192 pages. 174 illustrations. In the two centuries since Adam Smith described England as a nation of shopkeepers, there have been many analyses of the importance of retail trade to the wealth of the nation. Yet few writers have explored the part played by shops and shopping in the everyday life of all the citizens of England's capital city, from poorest to richest. This book is a history of retailing in which trade statistics have given way to a many sided story of shopkeepers and shopworkers, shopping customs and customers. A fully illustrated social history which follows the topographical development of London and its shops from the Restoration to the period before the First World War. NOT EX LIB 24. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 008616

Catalogue: English History

Keywords: English Social History, London Shops, William Fortnum, Hugh Mason, Boswell, Johnson, Dickens, Austen, Department Stores 0500012059

ADDISON, SIR WILLIAM

Farmhouses in the English Landscape

London, Robert Hale. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 070902813X). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Bill, Joan. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. 175 pages. 22 line illustrations by Joan Bill. 59 photographs. In this charming and affectionate study, the respected countryside historian Sir William Addison examines the role of the farmhouse in English rural life. Much of the Englishness of the landscape is defined by rustic dwellings, constructed in a variety of individual styles. The hardy brick and flint farmhouses of East Anglia contrast with the timber-framed cruck constructions of the West Midlands, and the austere stone slab and slatework of Cumbria bears no similarity to the dainty cob and thatch cottages of the affluent south. Weatherboarding on Essex farmhouses characterizes the region just as chalk-mud walling is typical of the houses of Wiltshire. From Roman times to the present Addison traces the development of these distinctive buildings, describing the characteristics of each. NOT EX LIB D4B. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 008204

Catalogue: Art / Artists / Architecture

Keywords: English Farmhouses, Cob and Thatch, Flint and Brick, Cotswold Gothic, Kent and Sussex Weald, Weatherboarding, Timber Framed Cruck,Northern Pastoral 070902813x Bill, Joan

ADDISON, HERBERT

Land, Water and Food - a Topical Commentary on the Past, Present and Future of Irrigation, Land Reclamation and the Food Suppiles They Yield

London, Chapman Hall. 1961, First Thus. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good + unmarked copy with blue cloth boards. Dustjacket is also VG + and complete. Second edition, revised and enlarged. First published in 1955. 42 charts, diagrams and sketch maps specially prepared by the author, an hydraulic engineer and updated for land reclamation development and development of the Aswan High Dam and irrigation developments in the Soviet republics and China. Covers water control and projects from around the world, the nature, exploitation and use of the earth's water resources. NOT EX LIB 3. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003854

Catalogue: Sciences

Keywords: Science, Land Reclamation, Aswan High Dam, Irrigation Developments, Global Water Resources