ALLEN, ROBERT

Mensa Presents Logic Puzzles

Carlton Books Ltd. 1996. (ISBN: 0785805923) Soft Cover, 11 x 8.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No puzzled done. Light creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly indented boards and no bumping to corners. 128pp. With over 150 brain buster puzzles from Mensa. Very Good.

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Book number: 027017

Catalogue: Science / Engineering / Maths

Keywords: Maths, Spatial Puzzles, Logic, Mensa Computers / Games Psychology 0785805923

ALLEN, BOB

On Foot in Snowdonia : The Best Hill Walks and Scrambles from Cadair Idris to the Carneddau.

London, Michael Joseph. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718135636) Hard Cover, 6.75 x 9.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, general traces of storage to boards and no bumping to corners. 228pp. Walking and scrambling in Wales with over 100 well-described routes. Illustrated. Very Good (+).

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Book number: 027340

Catalogue: Mountaineering / Caving

Keywords: Walking, Climbing, Wales Walking / Rambling / Cycling 0718135636

ALLEN, G. FREEMAN (EDITOR)

Trains Miscellany (Three Books in one)

London, Ian Allan. 1950. Soft Cover, 4.5 x 7 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. Creasing to front cover and to spine. Clean pages with slightly marked dusty boards and rubbing to edges. 48 + 32 + 32pp. Section 1 is Regional Rounds No 1 Eastern & North Eastern Regions. Section 2 is More of my Best Railway Photographs No 12 by CCB Herbert. Section 3 is More of my Best Railway Photographs 1906-1949 No 14 by H Gordon Tidey. Extremely scarce. Good.

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Book number: 025506

Catalogue: Transport - Rail

Keywords: Railways, Locomotives, Britain

D. J. ALLERTON

Essentials of Grammatical Theory: A Consensus View of Syntax and Morphology

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0710002785) Soft Cover, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Small very faint crease to upper rear corner, A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 310pp. A sound basic introduction to the study of grammar and linguistics, concentrating on the core of grammatical theory. Near Fine.

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Book number: 020058

Catalogue: Language

Keywords: Language, Grammar, Linguistics 0710002785

ALLINGTON, NIGEL AND O'SHAUGHNESSY, NICHOLAS

Light, Liberty and Learning : The Idea of a University Revisited

Warlingham, Surrey, Warlingham Park School. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 1873188102) Hard Cover, 8.5 x 6 inches. No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with very minor creasing to edges and sunned spine. 350pp. As the authors state 'this is an impertinent book' but a required one if we are to further the discussion of how our universities are to resist becoming a monolithic system. How can the competing claims of national interest and professional elan be reconciled ? What kind of system do we need and how should we fund it ? What kind of research do we want and at what price ? Will it mean the surrender of academic research ? A scarce book. Fine/Very Good (+).

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Book number: 003976

Catalogue: Education

Keywords: Education Policy, 1873188102

ALLINSON, ROBERT E. (EDITOR)

Understanding the Chinese Mind: The Philosophical Roots

Oxford University Press (China) Ltd. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0195827066) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 316pp. A study in which nine philosophers with reputations in both Chinese and Western philosophy explore different facets of the Chinese mind by focusing on philosophy, linguistics and religion. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 016544

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: Philosophy, China, Linguistics Language 0195827066

ALLIS, MARGUERITE

Connecticut Trilogy

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1935, Tercentenary Edition. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 6 inches. Ill.: the Author. Inscription on reverse of front end paper. No other marks, no creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with very slightly marked boards and spine, with rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. No dust jacket. 343pp. Tales of folk-lore and legend based on actual historical information around the American State of Connecticut. The three parts each concentrate on the Connecticut Colony, the Saybroook Plantations and the New Haven Colony and her neighbours. With over fifty drawings of buildings and places relevant to the stories. Very Good.

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Book number: 005815

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Local History, Legends, Traditions, America, Usa, Folklore the Author

ALLISON, RONALD

Charles : Prince of Our Time

London, Pitkin Pictorials. 1978. Soft Cover, 9.75 x 7.25 inches. Ill.: Serge Lemoine. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight rubbing to some edges and no bumping to corners. Two pull-out sets of pictures in excellent condition. 24pp. An illustrated study of Prince Charles, including the pre-Diana lady friends. A scarce book. Near Fine.

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Book number: 006859

Catalogue: Royalty

Keywords: British Royalty, Prince Charles Serge Lemoine

ALLISON, MALCOLM

Soccer for Thinkers

London, Pelham Books. 1968. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very tiny bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with faint crease to lower front corner and a little rubbing to corners. 154pp. Malcolm Allison, Manchester City's coach in the 1960s explains his approach to football coaching with a wealth of advice. With drawings throughout the text and photographic examples from the professional game showing how the top players operate. First Edition, second impression. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 028081

Catalogue: Sport - Football

Keywords: Football, Manchester City, Malcolm Allison

ALLWARD, MAURICE

Aircraft : A Picture History

London, Pan Books. 1971. (ISBN: 033002874X) Soft Cover, 4.5 x 7 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Small crease to upper corner of rear cover, creasing to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 160pp. From Wilbur & Orville Wright's Flyer 1 to Concorde. Very Good (+).

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Book number: 011123

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Flight, Airplanes, Wright Brothers, Concorde Transport - Air 033002874x

ALLWOOD, MONTAGU C.

Carnation Culture Up-to-Date

London, The Cable Printing and Publishing Co Ltd. 1920. Hard Cover, 7.25 x 4.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean tight copy with some marking to boards, sunning to spine and no bumping to corners. 102pp. Undated but ca. 1920s. Illustrated. Good (+)/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010335

Catalogue: Gardening / Farming

Keywords: Gardening, Horticulture

GIRLS ALOUD

Girls Aloud : Dreams That Glitter : Our Story

London, Bantam Press. 2008, First Edition. (ISBN: 0593061225) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bumping to lower corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn. 256pp. The story of the top girl group since winning ITV's Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. They share with us the story of their phenomenal success. Very well illustrated in colour. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 004712

Catalogue: Performing Arts - Music

Keywords: Pop Music, Girl Groups, Cheryl, Nadine, Kimberley, Nicola, Sarah 0593061225

ALSOP, SUSAN MARY

Lady Sackville

Newton Abbott, Readers Union. 1979. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with nick to top of slightly sunned spine. 275pp. Biography of Victoria Sackville-West who grew up in France, subsequently in 1881 she accompanied her father to Washington as his hostess when he became head of the British Legation. Her daughter was Vita Sackville-West. A biography of an exceptional woman and her world. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 020104

Catalogue: Biography - Miscellaneous

Keywords: Biography

ALTHER, LISA

Kinflicks

London, Chatto & Windus. 1976, First Edition. (ISBN: 0701121912) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, lightly tanned pages and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing and traces of storage. 503pp. A powerful novel of coming of age and the mortality of a parent. The author's first. Very Good/Very Good (-).

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Book number: 022599

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction. Coming of Age, 0701121912

ALTON, DAVID

Citizen Virtues : A New Pattern for Living

London, Harper Collins. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002740192) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp tight copy with bright boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased. 163pp. 'We have never been so materially affluent and yet modern life seems less and less able to meet our expectations.'. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 001629

Catalogue: Sociology

Keywords: Philosophy Social Science Sociology Ethnic 0002740192