P. J. M. (EDITOR)

Cricket Capers

London, Michael Joseph. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 071812569X) Hardback, 6.25 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Clean bright boards with no bumping to corners. A lovely clean crisp tight copy. Dust jacket not price clipped, torn or creased. 48pp. 'This delightful anthology, assembled by an ardent fan of our National Game, will bring hours of pleasure to every cricket fan..From Victorian salutes to the fair sex as it takes to the field for the first time, clad in knickerbockers, to hymns to the great W.G. and parodies of Kipling and P.G Wodehouse on the bungled catch.'. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 001374

Catalogue: Sport - Cricket

Keywords: 071812569x

WAR OFFICE 4 DECEMBER 1943. WAR OFFICE 4 DECEMBER 1943.

Handbook of Enemy Ammunition : Pamphlet No. 9 : German Telermines, Demolition Charges, Fuzes and Gun Ammunition of Czech Origin. Italian Fuze, Primers and Shell.

Uckfield, Naval and Military Press. 2009. (ISBN: 1843426315) Soft Cover, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 33pp. Details of German and Italian ammunition from World War II. Illustrated. Single-sided printing. As New.

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Book number: 020345

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Military, Second World War 1843426315

WAR OFFICE 4 DECEMBER 1943. WAR OFFICE 5 JUNE 1943.

Handbook of Enemy Ammunition : War Office Pamphlet No 7; Italian Fuzes, Gaines, Shell, Cartridges, Primers and Details of Shell Markings German Primers, Small Arm and Gun Ammunition

Uckfield, Naval and Military Press. 2003. (ISBN: 1843426307) Soft Cover, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 56pp. Details of German and Italian ammunition from World War II. Illustrated. As New.

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Book number: 020346

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Military, Second World War 1843426307

SMITH MAURICE A

The Car: Its History, how it works, Motor Sport

London, Sundial Publications. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0904230864) Hard Cover, 11.25 x 8.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with faint creasing to upper edge and minor traces of storage. 252pp. A comprehensive study on the motor car including its history and development, its engineering aspects, types of cars, motor racing and car clubs. Very well illustrated. Very Good (+)/Very Good.

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Book number: 023315

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Cars, Motors, History, Road Transport, Car Racing, Transport - Road 0904230864

AALTONEN, GAYNOR

Spooks : Behind the Scenes

London, Orion Books. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 0752876104) Hard Cover, 10 x 7.75 inches. Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage 192pp. Covering all 36 episodes of the BBC thriller series Spooks, showing each perfectly filmed episode and character breakdowns, original interviews with the show's actors, writers, directors and production team. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 025250

Catalogue: Politics and Current Affairs

Keywords: Bbc Tv, Hi-Tech Spying, Drama Performing Arts - Tv Crime and Punishment 0752876104

AARON, JAN; MACMIADHACHAIN, ANNA

The Love of Spanish and Mexican Cooking, The

London, Octopus Books Ltd. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0706409418) Hard Cover, 12.75 x 9.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked pale pink boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked with nicks/rubbing to upper edge and general traces of storage. 96pp. An authentic collection of recipes from two sides of the Atlantic Ocean, from countries which share a common interest in food, dating back to the Spanish conquest of Mexico in 1519. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 022930

Catalogue: Food and Drink

Keywords: Cooking, Recipes, Food, Cookery 0706409418

AARTSEN, GERALD

George Adamski : A Herald for the Space Brothers

Amsterdam, Biblioteca-GA Publications. 2010, First Edition. (ISBN: 9081549510) Soft Cover, 8 x 5.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 146pp. George Adamski was the most famous of all 'contactees' from the late 1940s whose claims are of having photographed UFOs and met their occupants. This account focuses on Adamski's mission of informing humanity of our spiritual nature and the need to take responsibility for planet Earth. Fine.

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Book number: 026323

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Ufos, Contactee, Interplanetary Contact, Mythology 9081549510

ABBATE, FRANCESCO

Abba : Arrival

London, Bocu Music Ltd. 1976. Soft Cover, 11 x 8.5 inches. Book. No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to covers. A very clean tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 40pp. Lyrics and music and guitar tablature of ten of Abba's songs - Arrival, Dancing Queen, Dum Dum Diddle, Knowing me Knowing You, Money Money Money, My Love My Life, That's Me, Tiger, When I Kissed the Teacher and Why Did It Have To Be Me. Black & white photos of the group. Scarce. Very Good (-).

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Book number: 025947

Catalogue: Performing Arts - Music

Keywords: Songs, Tablature, Music, Abba

ABBATE, FRANCESCO; EVANS, ELIZABETH

Precolumbian Art of North America and Mexico

London, Octopus Books. 1972, First Edition. (ISBN: 0706400305) Hard Cover, 7.5 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with fading to spine and rear margin. 159pp. This study describes all the most artistic developments which distinguished the early cultures such as the Arctic Eskimo, the desert Navajo and the jungle Maya after the first Americans crossed the Bering Sea some 20-25,000 years ago. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 008358

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Jungla Maya, Desert Navajo, Arctic Eskimo, Palenque, History Arts - General / Style / Ornament Arts - Graphic / Painting / Drawing 0706400305

ABBOTT, CLAUDE COLLEER

Early Mediaeval French Lyrics

London, Oxford University Press/Constable & Co. 1932, First Edition. Hard Cover, 9 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly sunned spine, gilt top of page edges and minor bump to lower front corner. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped but well rubbed to chipped and nicked edges and small enclosed tear to sunned spine. 242pp. Nearly ninety lyrics of France in the 12th and 13th centuries, ranging from the beginnings to Rutebeuf. All are translated from the original French. An introductory essay attempts to trace the development of the early French lyric. Very Good (+)/Fair.

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Book number: 017816

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Poems, Poetry, France, 12th Century, 13th Century Literature / Authors / Poetry

WELCH-ABERNATHY, DAMEON D.

Essential Check Point FireWall-1

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, Pearson Education Ltd. 2002. (ISBN: 0201699508) Soft Cover, 9.25 x 7.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 519pp. This insider's guide explains how to build, implement and maintain Check Point FireWall-1. Fine.

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Book number: 025783

Catalogue: Computers / Games

Keywords: Computers, Computing, Security 0201699508

ABRAHAM, GERALD

The Concise Oxford History of Music

Newton Abbott, Readers Union. 1979. Hard Cover, 10 x 6.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked maroon cloth boards, slight foxing to page edges and minor bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor creasing to upper and lower edges and sunning to spine. 968pp. Detailed study of music from its first recoded emergence in Sumer and Egypt to the death of Stravinsky. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 020954

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Music, History Performing Arts - Music

ABRAHAM, GERALD

Rimsky-Korsakov : A Short Biography

London, Duckworth. 1945, First Edition. Hard Cover, 7.5 x 5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked brick-red cloth boards, dusty, slightly foxed page edges and no bumping to corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped or marked with rubbing/nicks to page edges and corners and small tear to top of slightly sunned spine. 142pp. The story of how a musical ignoramus became a Professor in the St Petersburg Conservatoire whilst still serving as a Naval Officer in the Imperial Russian Navy and went on to become a great composer. Very Good/Good (-).

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Book number: 023525

Catalogue: Performing Arts - Music

Keywords: Biography, Classical Composer, Russian, Navy Biography - Performing Arts

ABRAHAM, ASHLEY P.

Some Portraits of the Lake Poets and their Homes

Keswick, G. P. Abraham Ltd. 1947, First Edition. Paperback with Oversize Covers, 8.75 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to oversize part of covers. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards. 29 plates plus 55pp. Concise biographies about six major plus a few minor Lake District Poets. Well illustrated. Very Good (+).

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Book number: 013172

Catalogue: Literature / Authors / Poetry

Keywords: Lake District, Cumbria, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Ruskin Biography - Literary