E. R. P. [EDWIN RUMBALL-PETRE]

The book without a name: being the 18th century journal of an unmarried English lady to her natural son.

Faber & Faber, 1929. Reprint; Second Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in green cloth with black titles, cloth has marking to the rear panel, no inscriptions. 258 pages, portrait frontispiece. Alleged to be based on real 18th century journals, but so was Anne Hughes 'The diary of a farmer's wife', and this reads more like fiction than that does. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 47754

Catalogue: Fiction:: Historical

Keywords: Epping Forest Diaries English History

C. E. M. (MARGARET E. CLARKE)

Chilbury folk.

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in pictorial cloth, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, prize plate on frontpastedown dated 1909, no inscriptions. 92 pages, frontispiece. Good.

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Book number: 36226

Catalogue: Fiction:: 19th Century

Keywords: Victorian fiction

A. L. O. E. (CHARLOTTE MARIE TUCKER)

The city of Nocross and it's famous physician.

Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1894. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in pictorial blue cloth with gilt titles & black decoration, cloth rubbed at corners and spine ends, decorated endpapers, page edges foxed, Sunday School prize label on front pastedown dated 1895. 216 pages + 8 pages of publisher's adverts, black & white frontispiece with tissue guard. Good with No dust jacket as issued.

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Book number: 56583

Catalogue: Fiction:: 19th Century

Keywords: Decorated bindings Victorian novels

B.B. (DENYS WATKINS-PITCHFORD)

Confessions of a carp fisher.

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is slightly browned at the spine. A lovely unmarked copy, has survived exceptionally well. xii + 180 pages, beautifully illustrated by the author. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 43388

Catalogue: Sport:: Fishing

Keywords: Carp Angling Fishing BB Dick Walker

'Z.A.S.'

The fallacies of Evolution.

Leicester: The Faith Office, 1932. Second Edition. Paperback. Very clean, tightly bound paperback original, stapled spine, staples rusting o/w appears little used, no inscriptions, grey card covers with black lettering. 64 pages.. Very Good.

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Book number: 14667

Catalogue: Theology

Keywords: Darwinism Religion Evangelical Christians Christianity Science

A. L. O. E. (CHARLOTTE MARIE TUCKER)

The Golden Fleece.

Thomas Nelson, 1910. Later Printing. Hardcover. Nice hardback copy in green cloth with gilt titles and white decoration, Sunday School prize inscription dated 1914 to front endpaper, scattered fox-spotting, generally clean, binding firm. 4 colour plates. No dustjacket.. Very Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 11224

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: A Lady Of England ALOE Childrens Fiction

M. A. M. (M. A. MOCATTA)

A great forgiveness, or, The story of Gladys.

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in green cloth with black, yellow & white titles & decoration, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, Sunday School prize certificate dated 1896 on front pastedown, no inscriptions. 80 pages, engraved frontispiece, 8pp adverts at rear. Very Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 59749

Catalogue: Fiction:: 19th Century

Keywords: Victorian Morality

A. L. O. E. (CHARLOTTE MARIE TUCKER)

Harold's bride.

Thomas Nelson, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Nice hardback copy in blue cloth with gilt titles and black decoration, all edges gilt, front endpaper excised, binding firm, no inscriptions. 228 pages, frontispiece & engraved title page. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 46280

Catalogue: Fiction:: 19th Century

Keywords: A Lady Of England ALOE British Raj

E. W.

The Jewish converts.

G. Morrish, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with coloured titles and decoration, cloth is worn at corners and spine ends, front endpaper excised, gilt page edges, no inscriptions. 216 pages, illustrations in the text. No date but appears to be late 19th century. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 47047

Catalogue: Theology

Keywords: Christianity Missionary

B. B. (DENYS WATKINS-PITCHFORD)

The Little Grey Men: a story for the young at heart.

Puffin Books, 1975. Reprint. Softcover. Clean, tightly bound paperback, card covers are a little creased, pages age-toned, no inscriptions. 256 pages, author's illustrations in the text, cover by Edward Ardizzone. Good.

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Book number: 40459

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Gnomes Childrens Illustrated Fiction

B. B. (DENYS WATKINS PITCHFORD)

The Little Grey Men.

Methuen Children's Books, 1982. Reprint. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. Appears little used. 200 pages, 8 colour plates, illustrations in the text. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 61283

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: English Countryside Childrens illustrated

B.B. (DENYS WATKINS-PITCHFORD)

The Naturalist's bedside book.

Michael Joseph, 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. Appears little used. 192 pages, scraperboard illustrations throughout. Fine in Fine dust jacket.

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Book number: 21017

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: Shooting Fishing Field Sports Natural History

E. AND O. E.

Planning: an annual notebook 1937.

The Architect and Building News, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Larger format hardback bound in quarter yellow cloth over buff paper on boards with black titles, cloth is frayed at the spine ends and is age toned, boards rubbed and marked, wear to corners. Front end paper and title page creased, previous owners' name on front end paper. 306 pages, foreword by Percy Thomas, plans throughout text, and 111 full page adverts, index.. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 33781

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Village Halls Stables and kennels Libraries Building Construction

A. L. O. E. (CHARLOTTE MARIE TUCKER)

The Spanish cavalier: a story of Seville.

Thomas Nelson, 1875. Reprint; Second Printing. Hardcover. Nice hardback copy in red cloth with gilt titles and black decoration, bevelled boards, binding firm, no inscriptions. vi + 298 pages + adverts, 8 tissue-guarded plates & engraved chapter headings in text. Early reprint - the first publication was the previous year (1874). Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 56060

Catalogue: Fiction:: 19th Century

Keywords: A Lady Of England ALOE Religious fiction Missionaries

THE EDITOR

UK Matchbox: official journal of the U.K. Matchbox only diecast club. Vol 7 No. 5 (Dec 1983); Vol 8 Nos.1, 2, 3, 4 & 7 (Apr, June, Aug, Oct 1984 & Feb 1985). 6 issues.

Plymouth: Matchbox, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. 6 clean, A5 format, tightly bound paperback originals, stapled spines, covers rubbed at edges, no inscriptions. 36 pages, illustrations in the text. Good.

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Book number: 62238

Catalogue: Antiques & collectibles

Keywords: Toy Cars London buses Trucks

Q (QUILLER-COUCH, ARTHUR)

Wandering heath: stories, studies and sketches.

Cassell & Company Limited, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with gilt titles, sunned at spine, cloth rubbed, no inscriptions. 206 pages + 16 pages of publisher's adverts, decorated endpapers. Very Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 60734

Catalogue: Fiction:: 19th Century

Keywords: Short stories Victorian Age

W. B. (WILLIAM M BAUCKE)

Where the white man treads: across the pathway of the Maori.

Wilson & Horton, 1928. Second Edition. Hardcover. Reading copy, hardback tightly bound in green cloth with gilt titles & decoration, cloth has minor rubbing at corners and is unevenly faded (has been affected by damp) to the front board, endpapers & the top edges of pages 120 & 121 are marked by dust staining, no inscriptions. viii + 314 pages, portrait frontispiece. Revised second edition. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 35978

Catalogue: Travel & topography:: Australasia

Keywords: New Zealand history Folk Tales

A.L.O.E. (CHARLOTTE MARIA TUCKER)

The wondrous sickle: and other stories.

Gall & Inglis, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback bound in blue cloth with black titles and red green and yellow decoration, cloth is dulled at the spine and is worn at the corners, no inscriptions. [vi] + 142 pages + 4pp adverts, engraved frontispiece. 12 stories from India. No printed date and not mentioned in Giberne, but we think this is the 1895 first edition - sadly posthumous as ALOE died in 1893. Good.

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Book number: 43711

Catalogue: Fiction:: 19th Century

Keywords: A Lady Of England Victorian Age 19th century fiction

ABBA

The name of the game.

Bocu Music Ltd. 1977. First Edition. Sheet music. Sheet music, with a colour picture of the group on the front, 6 pages, clean copy which is a little rubbed at the corners. Very Good.

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Book number: 24396

Catalogue: Music:: Rock & Pop

Keywords: Benny Andersson Bjorn Ulvaeus Pop Music

ABBEY, STANTON

The book of the Ford Escort 1100 and 1300: Car care and service manual.

Pitman's Motorists' Library, 1973. Second Edition. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers, front endpaper excised, in a dustjacket which is laminated to the boards. 120 pages, photos & illustrations in the text, index. Poor.

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Book number: 56099

Catalogue: Transport:: Road

Keywords: Car Mechanics Car Maintenance Automobile

ABBEY, MARGARET

The Bridgetown maid.

Robert Hale, 1975. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound book with a gift inscription which is signed & dated by the author (using her pen name and real name) on the front endpaper, and is also signed (as Margaret Abbey) on the title page, but has no other marks or inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the corners. 202 page historical romance, set in Somerset just after the battle of Sedgemoor. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 40527

Catalogue: Fiction:: Historical

Keywords: Monmouth rebellion Historical Fiction Sedgemoor Margaret E. York

ABBEY, STANTON

The Ford New Anglia, New Prefect and New Popular handbook.

Pitman's Motorists' Library, 1967. Fourth Edition; Second Printing. Softcover. Small format, clean & tightly bound paperback, spine and card covers rubbed at edges, no inscriptions. 136 pages, illustrations in the text, index, lubrication & maintenance fold out chart and cutting from Sunday Times 1970 on how to buy a second hand car laid in. Good.

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Book number: 57980

Catalogue: Transport:: Road

Keywords: Car Mechanics Car Maintenance Automobile

ABBEY, STANTON AND KABERRY, D.

The Ford New Anglia, New Prefect and New Popular handbook, with, Ford 100E Anglia, Prefect & Popular handbook (2 books).

Pitman's Motorists' Library, 1967. Reprint; Fourth Printing. Softcover. 2 paperbacks. Ford New Anglia: small format, clean, tightly bound paperback, spine and card covers rubbed at edges, no inscriptions. 136 pages, illustrations in the text, index. Ford 100E: 1968 reprint published by Newnes Books. Poor, tightly bound paperback, spine and card covers creased and worn, gift inscription on front endpaper & scribble and drawings on rear endpapers, pages have signs of use. 98 pages, photos & illustrations in the text, index. Good.

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Book number: 56098

Catalogue: Transport:: Road

Keywords: Car Mechanics Car Maintenance Automobile

ABBOTT, P. E. & TAMPLIN, J. M. A.

British gallantry awards.

Enfield: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound hardback book with no marks or inscriptions, in a bright, unclipped dustjacket. 360 pages, colour & b/w photos in the text, appendices, index. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 53447

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Military History Medal collecting

ABBOTT, EVELYN

Hellenica: a collection of essays on Greek poetry, philosophy, history and religion.

Rivingtons, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback bound in brown cloth with gilt titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, front endpaper has been laid down to the pastedown, hinges a trifle loose, no inscriptions. x + 492 pages, footnotes. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 44649

Catalogue: Literature:: English

Keywords: Ancient Greece Plato Aristotle Aeschylus Sparta Athens