Lucas, E. Louise,

ART BOOKS - A Basic Bibliography on the Fine Arts.

New York Graphic Society, Greenwich - Connecticut, ND (copyright 1968), [x], 245pp, grey cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative headband, lettered and decorated dustwrapper, a firmly bound ex-reference library copy with the usual stamps, glue residue upper board and front pastedown, dustwrapper: repaired tear to front flap, a little soiled, reading copy only,

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Book number: 32381

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Keywords: bibliography art books

McCarthy, Joseph M.,

AN INTERNATIONAL LIST OF ARTICLES ON THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION - Published in Non-Educational Serials 1965-1974.

Garland Publishing, New York, 1977, xxviii, 228pp, green buckram lettered in black at spine, a firmly bound ex-college library copy with the usual stamps, lightly rubbed at tips, no dustwrapper, reading copy only,

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Book number: 32378

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Keywords: bibliography education

McWhirter, Norris and McWhirter, Ross (compiled by),

THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS.

Guinness Superlatives, London, 1962, 10th edn., 292pp, [viii] Index, coloured pictorial frontis, half tone photo ills. in text, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), violet cloth lettered in gilt at spine and upper board, Guinness device in gilt upper board, pictorial montage dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, 3 line ink inscr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: price clipped, rubbed at extrems., with slight loss at tips, relined to reverse, lightly soiled, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 43073

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Keywords: guinness records reference

Mikhail, E. H.,

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MODERN IRISH DRAMA 1899-1970.

Macmillan, London, 1972, xii, 51pp, dark brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, a firmly bound ex-college library copy with the usual stamps, dustwrapper: label at tail of spine, reading copy only,

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Book number: 32383

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Keywords: bibliography irish drama dramatists

Mikhail, E. H.,

DISSERTATIONS ON ANGLO-IRISH DRAMA - A Bibliography of Studies 1870-1970.

Macmillan, London, 1973, x, 73pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, bibliography of 500 dissertations on 24 dramatists indexed by author and institution, a firmly bound ex-college library copy with the usual stamps, dustwrapper: sunned at spine with label at tail, reading copy only,

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Book number: 32382

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Keywords: bibliography anglo irish drama dramatists

Ousby, Ian (foreword Doris Lessing),

THE CAMBRIDGE GUIDE TO LITERATURE IN ENGLISH.

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996 (reprint of 1993 edn. with corrections), 1054pp, 1pp acknowledgements, many half tone ills. in text, maroon cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, '...the most authoritative survey of its subject now available in a single volume...', weighs over 2kg (4.5lbs), cnrs. lower bd. a little bumped, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 22464

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Keywords: english literature guide

Partridge, Eric,

USAGE AND ABUSAGE - A Guide to Good English.

Book Club Associates, London, 1982, club edn., 392pp, black cloth type paper covered bds. gilt, book and dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 22451

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Keywords: grammar english

Pertwee, Ernest Guy (compiler and ed.),

THE RECITER'S NEW TREASURY OF PROSE AND DRAMA.

George Routledge, London, ND (c1925), 584pp, red cloth gilt and blind stamped, a selection of prose and drama for recitation grouped under the headings 'Serious', 'Humorous', 'Shakespeare' and 'Miscellaneous', lightly rubbed and bumped at extrems., top edge dusty, all edges and eps. lightly foxed, old ink price front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 22447

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Keywords: public speaking recitation readings prose drama

Phillips, J. B.,

THE BOOK OF REVELATION - A New Translation of the Apocolypse.

Geoffrey Bles, London, 1957, 1st edn., xxiv, 55pp, green cloth lettered in silver at spine, upper edge coloured, lettered dustwrapper, 2 line ink name/date and small date stamp top cnr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 28279

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Keywords: religion christianity

Price, Simon and Kearns, Emily (eds.),

THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF CLASSICAL MYTH AND RELIGION.

Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2003, paperback, xl, 599pp inc. 3 maps and 5 genealogical tables,large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), coloured pictorial upper wrapper, ligthly rubbed at tips, faint diag. crease upper cnr., very good plus,

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Book number: 41453

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Keywords: reference dictionary classical myth religion

Saul, Pauline,

TRACING YOUR ANCESTORS - THE A-Z GUIDE.

Countryside Books, Newbury, 1995, 5th edn., 287pp, half tone ills., map, diagram and pedigree in text, laminated coloured decorated boards, spine sl. sunned, small piece further research details selloed to front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, near fine,

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Book number: 39389

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Keywords: reference genealogy family ancestor

Singh, Simon,

THE CODE BOOK - The Secret History of Codes and Codebreaking.

Fourth Estate, London, ND (circa 2000), reprint, trade paperback, xiv, 402pp, half tone ills., maps, diagrams and tables in text, coloured lettered wrappers, a history of codes and cryptographers, from the time of Mary Queen of Scots through to encryption on the internet and beyond, a story of espionage, intrigue, intellectual brilliance and military cunning, and of the various codes and cyphers that have been devised or de-coded, lightly rubbed at tips, a little bumped at tail of spine, faint creasing to spine, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 38602

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Keywords: reference science codes codebreaking cryptography enigma

Vallins, G. H.,

THE BEST ENGLISH.

Pan Books, London, 1963, 1st in imprint, paperback, 224pp, #XP7, coloured decorated upper wrapper, the third volume of trilogy on the English language, an exploration of literature quoting profusely from sources as varied as Shakespeare and Wodehouse, Chaucer and Dylan Thomas, lightly rubbed at tips, edges and pages tanned, very good,

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Book number: 35325

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Keywords: reference english language vocabulary