Airne, C W

The Story of the Isle of Man Vol.2 1406 to Modern Times.

Norris, 1964. First Edition. Soft Cover, Ill.: D M Harrison and M Ost. Volume 2 has pp 82 - 184, from 1406 to after WWII, illustrated card covers with light crease to one corner. B + w illustrations. A few light spots of foxing to title page, otherwise clean... Very Good.

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Book number: 11028

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Isle of Man, Manx

Aksakoff, Serghei

Years of Childhoods.

Oxford, 1951. Hard Cover, Pocket size World's Classics edition. 446pp, blue cloth covered boards, a little rubbed to edges. Internally very clean. Translated by J D Duff. An autobiograpphy of childhood in Russia, to the age of 10... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 13321

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Russian Literature, Autobiography, Memoirs

Alagiah, George

A Passage to Africa.

Timewarner, 2002. Mass Market Paperback, 292pp, illustrated softback covers with one light crease to spine. B + w photographs. A clean, tight copy. Personal testimony and political insight from the BBC's Africa correspondent... Fine.

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Book number: 12616

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Ceylon, Ghana, Africa, BBC

Alba, Victor

A Concise History of Mexico.

Cassell, 1973. Hard Cover, 217pp, complete illustrated dustjacket, a little rubbed to the top of the spine. Colour and b + w illustrations and maps. Internally very clean and Near Fine... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 15803

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: history, Mexico,

Alcock, Leslie

By South Cadbury Is That Camelot Excavations at Cadbury Castle 1966 - 70.

Thames and Hudson, 1972. Soft Cover, Large format. First paperback edition. Preface by Sir Mortimer Wheeler. 224pp, the paper tanning a very little with age. 15 colour plates and many b + w illustrations. A clean, tight copy. Excavations at Cadbury Castle, leading to the discovery of buildings of the time of King Arthur... Very Good.

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Book number: 9870

Catalogue: History

Keywords: King Arthur, Cadbury, Archaeology, History, Somerset, Iron Age

Alcott, Louisa M

Little Men Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys.

Sampson Low Marston and Co, 1111. Hard Cover, Circa 1920. 'New and Cheaper' edition with an Introduction by Mrs C C Cairns. 292pp, the paper partially tanning with age. Red cloth covered boards with a vignette of The Alcott House to the front is a very little rubbed to the edges. B + w frontispiece illustration. A few spots of foxing to the foredge, a Sunday School prize label dated 1925 to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. One of the sequels to Little Women... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 12332

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Children

Aldersley Williams, Hugh

The Adventures of Sir Thomas Browne in the 21st Century.

Granta, 2015. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. 330pp, complete illustrated dustjacket. B + w illustrations SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page, otherwise internally very clean. A celebration of the life and thought of Sir Thomas Browne 1605 - 1682 and a walk with him through the moral and intellectual mazes of modern life.. Signed by Author. As New /As New.

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Book number: 17087

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: History, Philosophy, Biography, Science, Natural History

Aldington, Richard

Soft Answers.

Penguin, 1949. Mass Market Paperback, 1st Penguin edition. 247pp, orange and white softback covers. A small portion of loss to the front cover, otherwise clean and G+. 5 stories... Good.

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Book number: 7393

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: short stories

Aldrich, Richard Stoddard

Gertrude Lawrence as Mrs A.

Companion Book Club, 1956. Hard Cover, 320pp, blue cloth covered boards, faded to spine and edge, spots of foxing to edges of spine. B + w photographs. A couple of small spots of foxing to the foredge, otherwise a clean copy. A biography of the famous actress who starred with Noel Coward, Laurence Olivier etc. in Private Lives, by her husband... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 8505

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Actress, Noel Coward, Biography, Olivier, Theatre

Alexander, Patrick

Show Me A Hero.

Macmillan, 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover, 271pp, dustjacket with a portion of loss to the front, and tears to the back. Internally very clean. A bullion robbery in the 1980s, and a confrontation with the secret police... Fine /Good.

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Book number: 2540

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Alexander Macquiban, TS

Survey of the School Archives in the Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Part One Doncaster County Borough Area.

Doncaster Library Service, 1978. First Edition. Soft Cover, Large format. 44pp. Illustrated soft covers. A clean, tight copy. A list of the records held by the schools of the old Doncaster County Borough, giving an outline of the development of the schools, compiled by the Archivist of the Donaster Metropolitan Borough Council Library Service. Rare... Very Good.

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Book number: 17791

Catalogue: History

Keywords: School Archives, Doncaster, School History, History, Local History

Alexis, Andre

The Night Piece.

Bloomsbury, 1999. Mass Market Paperback, 229pp, illustrated soft covers. One tiny pin hole to flyleaf, otherwise a very clean, tight copy. Sinister stories, set in Trinidads and Canada... Fine.

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Book number: 13948

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Short Stories, Trinidad, Canada

Ali, Syed A and Friedman, Gerald M (eds)

Diagenesis of Sandstones.

AAPG, 1977. Soft Cover, 239pp,softback covers, b + w illustrations. A clean, Near FIne copy. Selected papers reprinted from AAPG Bulletin. Cementing materials in Sandstones, pore-space reduction in sandstones, porosity of quartzose sandstone, lower cretaceous sandstone reservoirs, Israel etc... Very Good.

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Book number: 5066

Catalogue: Geology

Keywords: geology, petroleum Geology, Sandstone, Israel

Alington, C A

A Short Guide To Durham Cathedral.

Durham, Veitch, Soft Cover, Post 1933. Staped white paper covers. An 8-page guide to the cathedral, with a b and w frontispiece illustration... Very Good.

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Book number: 8286

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Cathedral, Guide, Durham, Travel

Allason-Jones, Lindsay

Roman Jet in the Yorkshire Museum.

Yorkshire Museum, 1996. First Edition. Soft Cover, Large format. 55pp, illustrated laminated softback covers. Colour and b + w illustrations. A New copy. An Introduction on the jet industry in Roman Britain and an illustrated catalogue of the jet in the Yorkshire Museum... As New.

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Book number: 13567

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Roman, Classical, Jet, Jewellery