FENNELL,JAN

The Dog Listener

London: Harper Collins, 2000. First Edition 7th Impression. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in a Fine dust-jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-jacket.Not price clipped and there is one previous ownership name to the front endpaper.Lovely clean copy internally.The book has a firm binding with No hinge weakness and there is NO leaning or rolling to spine.4to 187pp First Edition 7th Imperession. Fine .

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Book number: 72485

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Dogs

FIELD,JOHN

Place-Names of Greater London

London: B.T. Batsford, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Fine Copy of this hardcover book in a Fine Dust-jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-jacket.Price clipped and this copy has one previous owner's name and unobrtrusive stamp also to the front pastedown.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is NO leaning to spine.The book was acquired from an impressive lifetime's private collection of books on or about London.The collector himself was a former lecturer and London tour guide.His entire collection had been housed in glass fronted bookcases and as such they have survived wonderfully well and as good as when first bought.Wonderful copy for the collector and as as good as it gets in terms of condition with crisp clean pages and with no internal markings etc,8vo 184pp First Edition 1st Impression. Fine .

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Book number: 59564

Catalogue: History

Keywords: London Harry Evans Collection Architecture

FIELD,JOHN

Place-Names of Greater London

London: B.T. Batsford, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Fine Copy of this hardcover book in a Fine Dust-jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-jacket.Not price clipped and this copy has one previous owner's name and unobrtrusive stamp also to the front pastedown and one further small stamp name to the title page.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is NO leaning to spine.The book was acquired from an impressive lifetime's private collection of books on or about London.The collector himself was a former lecturer and London tour guide.His entire collection had been housed in glass fronted bookcases and as such they have survived wonderfully well and as good as when first bought.Wonderful copy for the collector and as as good as it gets in terms of condition with crisp clean pages and with no internal markings etc,8vo 184pp First Edition 1st Impression. Fine .

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Book number: 59565

Catalogue: History

Keywords: London Harry Evans Collection Architecture

FIELDING,HENRY

The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews

London: George G Harrap & Co, 1926. First Edition 2nd Impression.. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is a Good Copy of this Book in publisher's blue cloth with white title lettering to spine.No dust-jacket.This copy lacking it's front endpaper.This copy was acquired from the impressive private library of Roy Ward Baker who started in the film industry as a tea boy,but worked his way up to the level of as assistant director on Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938).He served in the Army during World War II, transferring to the Army Kinematograph Unit in 1943. One of his superiors at the time was novelist Eric Ambler who insisted on Baker being given his first big break directing The October Man, from an Ambler screenplay, in 1947.Ambler also adapted Walter Lord's A Night to Remember for Baker's 1958 screen version.His next two films, The Weaker Sex and Paper Orchid (1949) were popular but overshadowed by the success of Morning Departure (1950), also featuring John Mills.Baker worked for three years at Fox where he directed Marilyn Monroe in Don't Bother to Knock 1952. He returned to the UK in 1953 and continued to work on films.He worked for television during the 1960s. He directed episodes of The Avengers, The Saint, The Persuaders and Minder,8vo 311pp First Edition 2nd Impression Size: 8vo - over 5¾" - 7¾" Tall. Good .

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Book number: 57167

Catalogue: History

FIGUIER,LOUIS

Scenes Et Tableauz de la Nature

Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1900. Hardcover. 8vo - over 6 ¾" - 9¾" Tall. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in contemporary red cloth with gilt title lettering to spine which has five raised bands and each compartment to spine is tolled with gilt scroll designs.Marbled endpapers.This copy has one school prize plate to the ffep.All page edges are in gilt.Text is in French and the work is complete with 25 b&w plates.8vo 191pp. Very Good .

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Book number: 42416

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Nature

FINK,IDA

The Journey

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's black cloth with silver title lettering to spine,in a Fine Dust-Jacket which has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-jacket.Not price clipped and this copy has NO previous owner's names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.Clean copy internally of a work that involves two young girls fleeing to work as hired Labour on German Farms.8vo 250pp First Edition 1st Impression. Fine .

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Book number: 43026

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Holocaust Jews

FINLASON,E.E.

Adventures in Mashonaland

Bulawayo Rhodesia: Books of Rhodesia, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Very Good + Copy of this book in green coloured cloth with gilt title lettering to spine,in a Very Good + Dust-jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the wrapper.Not price clipped.The book has no previous names or inscriptions present.8vo 340pp + Ads at rear of the book Facsimile Reprint [1969]. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 80952

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Africa Rhodesia Mashonaland

FINN,FRANK

The Wild Beasts of the World (Two Volume Set)

London and Edinburgh: T.C & E.C. Jack, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Louis Sargent,Cuthbert Swan & Winifred Audtin. Two Volume Set In Pictorial Beige Coloured Boards with roundel illustrations of a Tiger to Vol 1 and a Kangaroo to Vol 2.There is a neat previous owner's name to the front endpapers.Superbly illustrated with 100 full colour plates from drawings by Louis Sargent,Cuthbert Swan & Winifred Austin.There is a little light wear to the corners and outer edges of the boards.The contents remain clean with just a little spotting to the page edges and an odd smudge mark to the page edges margins.Large 4to with weight of over 3kg.Volume One 216pp,Vol Two 188pp First Edition [1909]. Very Good .

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Book number: 81847

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Rwanda Africa

FITZPATRICK,ANDREA

The Ultimate Guide to Horse Breeds

Isle of Anglesey: S Webb and Son, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 6 ¾" - 9¾" Tall. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's pictorial laminated boards in a Very Good Dust-Jacket which mirrors that of the boards and has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the d/j.Not price clipped and this copy has NO previous inscriptions present.The binding of the book remains firm with No hinge weakness.Contents remain clean internally.Thick and detailed book Well illustrated throughout in colour.An indispensable guide.Thick 8vo 441pp First Edition 1st Impression. Very Good .

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Book number: 32671

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Horses

FLEMMING,JESSIE

England Under the Lancastrians

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Good Copy of this book in red cloth with black title lettering to spine and upper Cover.No dust-jacket.This copy has one previous name to the ffep and also one inscription to the front pastedown.The book has a firm binding with No hinge weakness.There is some fraying to the cloth at head and tail of spine.Clean copy internally.8vo 301pp First Edition [19210. Good .

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Book number: 56574

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Lancashire

FLETCHER,SHEILA

Victorian Girls: Lord Lyttelton's Daughters

London: The Hambledon Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 5¾" - 7¾" Tall. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has no chips or tears to the outer edges of the wrapper.Not price clipped and this copy has no previous inscriptions present.Firm binding with no hinge weakness and their is no leaning to spine.Lovely clean copy 8vo 249pp First Edition 1st Impression. Fine .

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Book number: 32000

Catalogue: History

FLEURE,H.J.

A Natural History of Man (New Naturalist Number 18)

London: Collins, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 5¾" - 7¾" Tall. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's green cloth with bright gilt title lettering to spine in a Good Dust-Jacket which has a few small closed tears and nicks to the edges of the wrapper.Not price clipped,with NO previous names or inscriptions present.The work is illlustrated with 36 colour photographs by Robert Atkinson,John Markham and Others plus 38 black and white plates and 76 line drawings.Clean copy internally and the d/j comes well protected in a removable cover sleeve.8vo 349pp First Edition 1st Impression. Very Good .

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Book number: 72783

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: New Naturalist

FORDE,DARYLL AND P.M. KABERRY

West African Kingdoms in the Nineteenth Century

Stroud Glos: Oxford University Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in brown coloured cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket with some slight darkening along backstrip.Not Price clipped and this copy has NO previous owner's names present.The book has a firm binding and it's a lovely clean tight copy with clean white page edges.The dust-jacket comes well protected in a brodart cover sleeve.8vo 289pp First Edition 1st Impression [1967]. Fine .

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Book number: 80281

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Africa

ELISAVETA KANDYBA-FOXCROFT

Russia and the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902

Roodeport: Cum Books, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Fine Copy of this book in publisher's clean red cloth boards with white title lettering to spine and upper cover in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price clipped.This copy has NO previous names or inscriptions present. The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.Lovely tight square copy.The dust-jacket comes well protected in a removable cover sleeve.Great copy for the collector of this book which came from an impressive Private Library,8vo 407pp First Edition 1st Impression [1981]. Fine .

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Book number: 81127

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Boer War Russia

CARLO MARIA FRANZERO

The Life and Times of Theodora

London: Alvin Redman, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 5¾" - 7¾" Tall. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in a Very Good Dust-jacket,with some rubbing and wear to the outer edges of the wrapper,with a couple of miniscule chips to the head of the spine.Not price clipped and this copy has NO previous inscriptons present.Complete with 16 black and white plates,8vo 271pp First Edition. Very Good .

Richard Thornton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 26411

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Theodora Italy