ALLEN, CHARLES.

RAJ. A Scrapbook of British India. 1877-1947.

London. Book Club Associates / Andre Deutsch, 1977., 142 pages, with old photographs, newspaper cuttings, advertisments, prints in black & white and sepia on almost every page. 10¼" x 8". Near fine except for previous owner's name & date on bottom of half title page. D./w. is slightly faded on spine o./w. near fine. 1977

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Book number: 3154

Catalogue: Travel & Topography / History

Keywords: India Raj Curzon

ALLEN, W.E.D. AND MURATOFF, PAUL.

THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGNS OF 1944-45.

London. Penguin Books, 1946., Paperback. 1st edition. 332 pages & 26 maps. Clean & near fine except back top corner of cover is creased, & a small Christmas label is stuck on front top right corner. 18.25cm. x 10.75cm. 1946

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Book number: 9292

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Russia Moscow 2nd world war

ALLEN'S, JOHN

Treasury of Machine Knitting Stitches.

Newton Abbot. David & Charles, 1989., A very attractive book with an amazing selection of stitches for a knitting machine. 176 pages, with colour photographs of all the stitches. Divided into 9 chapters: 1) Tuck Stitch. 2) Lace. 3) Partial Knitting. 4) Jacquard (Fair Isle) 5) Cables. 6) Cut Floats. 7) Weaving. 8) Braids & Edgings. 8) Fringes. Plus "Other Decorative Techniques." 29cm. x 23cm.. Cover & contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., but its price clipped. 1989

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Book number: 8706

Catalogue: Knitting

Keywords: knitting machine knitting stitches patterns

ALLEN, H. WARNER.

The Wines of Portugal.

London. George Rainbird / Michael Joseph, 1963., 192 pages. 24 colour photographs by Percy Hennell. 2 maps in colour of Mountain Wines & Ocean Wines. 27.5cm.x 19.5cm. No d./w. Attractive binding, cream spine, navy blue cloth with gilt lettering & a design of grapes on front. 1963.

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Book number: 8608

Catalogue: Wine

Keywords: wine grapes Portugal

ALLENDE, ISABEL.

La Ciudad de Las Bestias.

Barcelona. Arete, 2002., City of the Beasts." Hardback. 4th edition. Text is in Spanish. A novel for young adults, set in the Amazan Rain Forest. 299 pages. 25.75cm. x 16cm. Cover & contents near fine, except previous owner's name in front. D./w. near fine, 2002

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Book number: 9570

Keywords: Isabel Allende Amazon rainforest

ALLENDE, ISABEL

DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE.

London. Flamingo/harpercollins, 1999., Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. A novel set in the 1840's & 1850's, first in Chili at the British colony in Valparaiso, and then in California at the time of the Gold Rush in 1849.399 pages. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine cover. D./w. has some faint minor marks & is scratched on the spine, priced £16.99. 24cm. x 15.75cm. ISBN 0002259753. 1999

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Book number: 8083

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Chili Gold Rush Valparaiso

ALLERTON, F.W.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS For Amateur and Market Grower.

London. Faber & Faber,1950., Second impression, first published 1949. 177 pages, 4 colour full page photographs, & 57 b. & w. on 30 pages. Foreword by Keith Luxford of "Chrysanthemum Nurseries, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire." Near fine, except inscription to previous owner on front endpage. Near fine d./w., but bottom edge is slightly worn & bumped, & top of spine is worn & torn, priced 15s. 22.5cm. x 14cm. 1950

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Book number: 9299

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: chrysanthemums flowers gardening

ALLISON, ANTHONY. (EDITOR.)

POPULATION CONTROL.

London. Penguin Books,1970., A Pelican Original paperback. 12 authorities in biology contributed essays ... on Protozoan populations; Population Biology of Plants; Population growth & control of animals; Bird Populations; Population control large animals; Population; Growth World Population; Population & food supplies; Population regulation & Primitive societies; Contraception today; Family Limitation in various countries; Economic & social implications of population control. 240 pages including notes on contributors & bibliography. Many diagrams or figures. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Cover near fine but previous owner put on each end of spine a small square of sellotape to re-enforce them. These are hardly visible & neatly done. 1970

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Book number: 6223

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: population growth contraception protozoan biology

ALLISON, J. E.

SIDELIGHTS ON TRANMERE.

Birkenhead. Birkenhead History Society & Countryvise, 1976., Softback. Anecdotes & memories of the town of Tranmere, on the River Mersey near Birkenhead, on Wirral. 99 pages. 22cm. x 15cm. 23 b./w. photographs & illustrations. Priced on back cover £4.95. Very good, no inscription or marks, but one page sticks out, and although all pages are intact & not loose at all I think in the future this book will need careful handling. It won't be able to stand being bent back. In its favour its not a common book. ISBN 0907768830. 1976

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Book number: 6966

Catalogue: Travel & Places

Keywords: Tranmere Mersey Wirral Cheshire Birkenhead Cammel Laird Rock Ferry Merseyside

ALLISON, SONIA.

Vegetarian Cooking in the Microwave.

London. Harper/Collins,1992., Reprint, revised paperback edition, first published 1986 by Bell & Hyman. "Over 200 vegetarian dishes for your microwave." Compiled with Victoria Lloyd-Davies. 192 pages, 16 colour photographs & numerous b./w. drawings throughout. 24.75cm. x 17cm. ISBN 0004126858. 1992

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Book number: 8739

Catalogue: Cookery

Keywords: recipes vegetarian microwave vegetables cooking

ALLOTT, KENNETH (EDITOR)

THE PENGUIN BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY VERSE

London. Penguin Books, 1956, Paperback. Selected with an introduction & notes by Kenneth Allott. Number D12 in the Penguin Poet series. 270 pages. 18.25cm. x 11.25cm. Previous owner's name in front, and paper is slightly brownish otherwise in good.condition. Cover is slighty dusty, otherwise very good. 1956

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Book number: 8983

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: verse poetry poems

ALLWOOD, MEL.

Mountain Bike Maintenance The illustrated manual.

London. Carlton, 2004., Softback. 256 pages, & "over 300 specially shot colour photos.". 28cm. x 22cm. Priced £18.99 on back. ISBN 9781842228074 2004 ISBN: 1842228072

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Book number: 10033

Catalogue: Sport

Keywords: mountain bikes bike bicycle repair

ALMANSI, GUIDO & BEGUIN, CLAUDE

THEATRE OF SLEEP. An Anthology of Literary Dreams.

London Picador, 1986, To find their references to dreams, the authors chose the works of authors from Western Europe & North America, with a few from Russia. 383 pages. Near fine. D./w. is slightly marked & faintly scratched, o./w. better than very good, priced £10.95. 9½" x 6¼". ISBN 0330289470. 1986

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Book number: 2715

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: dream nightmare dreaming dreams sleep slumber doze drowse snooze

ALVAREZ, A.

The New Poetry. An Anthology Selected and Introduced by A. Alvarez.

London. Penguin Books, 1974., Paperback. Reprint, first published 1962 in this edition. 247 pages including preface to revised edition. 18cm. x 11cm. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Top corner of front cover is faintly creased, & edges slightly rubbed, o./w. very good. 1974

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Book number: 9548

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poets verse poems anthology

AMER, FRANK.

THE POTTER'S DICTIONARY OF MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES.

London. Pitman, 1975., Ex Library. 349 pages, with many b./w. photographs and diagrams. 28cm. x 22cm. Very good condition apart from library marks on front endpages, & library's name is stamped on side edge of pages, and bottom edge is shelf rubbed. D./w. is very good apart from library number on bottom of spine, and front top corner is worn. 1975

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Book number: 9306

Keywords: Pottery pots kilns glazes clay