BRESLIN, THERESA

Simon's Challenge

Blackie London 1st 1988. (ISBN: 0216924057). Hardcover. Signed and with an inscription by the author to the ffep. Winner of the Kathleen Fidler award. VG in VG DJ 112pp 0. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 8152

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Keywords: 0216924057 GENERAL, CHILDREN'S, JUVENILE, SIGNED, INSCRIBED, BRESLIN

BROOKFIELD, A P

Modern Aspects of Evolution

Hutchinson London 1986 PB. Soft cover. Current evolutionary theory for A-level or undergraduate students VG 220pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 6585

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Keywords: GENERAL, BIOLOGY, GENETICS, EVOLUTION

C C AND D G EDS.

The English in Love

Martin Secker London 1st 1932 HB. Hardcover. An anthology of poetry and prose on the subject of love. Cover a little sunned and faded to the spine, name to ffep, notes to eps, o/w VG, no DJ. 560pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 6061

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Keywords: GENERAL, ENGLISH, ANTHOLOGY, POETRY, PROSE, LOVE, LOVERS

CALDER, RITCHIE

Common Sense About a Starving World

Victor Gollancz London 1st 1962 HB. Hardcover. VG but ex-lib, minimal marking, in VG DJ 176pp 0. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 4504

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Keywords: GENERAL, POPULATION, EUGENICS, SOCIOLOGY, OVERPOPULATION, POPULATION EXPLOSION, COMMON SENSE SERIES

CARTER, MAX L

Minutiae of the Meeting - Essays on Quaker Connections

Guildford College Greensboro 1999 PB. (ISBN: 0967404509). Soft cover. Lighthearted essays on oddities of Quaker history. VG 127pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 6586

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Keywords: 0967404509 GENERAL, SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, QUAKERS

CASTLE, E B

People in School

William Heinemann London 1st 1953 HB. Hardcover. In the Heinemann Education series; the former headmaster of an English Quaker public school looks back on his life and work there and sums up his views on education. Red cloth cover slightly sunned and worn, boards a trifle bowed, no inscriptions though a trace of erased pencil to ffep, generally VG, tight and sound, in edge-worn, chipped, slightly marked DJ that is faded to the spine 180pp 0. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 6411

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Keywords: GENERAL, EDUCATION, TEACHING, QUAKER SCHOOL, SOCIETY OF FRIENDS

TABER COLBY, CONSTANCE

A Skunk in the Family

1st edition 1973 HB. (ISBN: 0575017147). Hardcover. Charming true story of a pet skunk. VG in Good DJ (age markings 133pp 0. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 6321

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Keywords: 0575017147 GENERAL, SKUNK, PET, CONNECTICUT, NATURE, WILDLIFE

COLLINS, IVAN ED.

Observations - Volume 2 - 1999 - Jane Austen Society Melbourne

JASM Melbourne 1999 PB. Soft cover. Stapled booklet, VG. 96pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 8410

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Keywords: GENERAL, JANE AUSTEN, OBSERVATIONS, INTERIORS, MELBOURNE

COPPIN, NICHOLAS

The Runaway Cloud

1970 PB. Soft cover. No publishing details, unpaginated. Poetry first read at the Traverse in 1969 during the Edinburgh Festival. Designed by Mary Beth Campbell, introduction by Pete Morgan. Signed, with a dedication, by the author. Stapled booklet, good. 0. Good. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 7502

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Keywords: GENERAL, POETRY, POEMS, SIGNED, INSCRIBED, COPPIN

CORKHILL, THOMAS

Definitions and Formulae for Students (Building)

Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons London 1940 PB. Soft cover. Reprint. One of a series of booklets on aspects of engineering. Small stapled booklet, good. 31pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 7843

Catalogue: General

Keywords: GENERAL, ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION,

ETTLINGER, L D AND HOLLOWAY, R G

Compliments of the Season

King Penguin Westdrayton 1947 HB. Hardcover. The Victorian invention of the Christmas card. 16 pages of colour plates. Spine rather battered and chipped, 3cm piece missing, but generally good. 39pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 3963

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Keywords: GENERAL, VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS CARDS, KING PENGUIN

DAUNCEY, GUY

Nice Work If You Can Get It - How to Be Positive About Unemployment

National Extension College Cambridge 1983 PB. (ISBN: 0860823571). Soft cover. A companion volume to The Unemployment Handbook. Cover a little worn, inscription to title verso, generally VG. 84pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 7727

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Keywords: 0860823571 GENERAL, WELFARE RIGHTS, UNEMPLOYMENT, DOLE, 80'S, COMMUNITY, CO-OPERATIVE, BENEFITS

DAVENPORT, CYRIL

Miniatures Ancient and Modern

Methuen London 1907 HB. Hardcover. In the series Little Books on Art. Blue cloth, spine a little faded though gold lettering and decoration still bright, gilt on top, missing ffep, some age-mottling, some pages unopened, frontis in colour and 45 b/w illus, tight and sound, good. 174pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 7769

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Keywords: GENERAL, ART, ARTISTS, MINIATURES, PAINTING, LIMNING, HILLIARD,

CUNNINGTON, E E AND DU MONT, J

Chess Traps and Stratagems

Routledge & Kegan Paul London 1957 HB. Hardcover. Boards worn, spine split a little at the top, name to front paste down, o/w internally VG 83pp 0. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 6058

Catalogue: General

Keywords: GENERAL, CHESS, GAMBIT, DEFENCE, STRATAGEM, TRAP

ROYDS, KATHLEEN E AND MORGAN, A E

Coleridge and Scott and Their Poetry

George G Harrap & Co London HB. Hardcover. In the Poetry and Life series, on Coleridge by Royds, dated 1911; and on Scott by Morgan, dated 1919; each with portrait frontis and paginated separately. Olive decorative cloth a little worn and marked, no inscriptions, age-mottling to pages edges, tight and sound, good, no DJ. 0. Good.

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Book number: 8129

Catalogue: General

Keywords: GENERAL, POETRY, POEMS, SCOTT, COLERIDGE