PIERRE BERTON

The National Dream ; The Last Spike

Toronto, ON, Canada, McClelland & Stewart. 1974, First Thus. (ISBN: 0771013329) Soft cover. Ill.: Michael Reichmann, Photographs. Book, Covers bit creased. Abridged by the author: two great Canadian classics. 96 pages colour photos from CBC production. Canadian railway history. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004241

Catalogue: Science, Technology, Medicine

Keywords: 0771013329 Michael Reichmann, Photographsrailroad Engineering History Canada Railway Train History

ANTHONY BERTRAM

To the Mountains

London, Alfred A. Knopf. 1929, First Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: J. W. Power. Book, Binding stained, two leaves loose, two page corners creased. Decorations by J W Power, half-tone plates from photos. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006379

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: J.W. Powertravel Europe Alps Climbing Memoir

ALFRED BESTALL

Rupert - 1957 Rupert Annual

London, Daily Express. 1957, Not Known. Hardcover, 7" x 10". Ill.: Alfred Bestall. Book, Spine is completely split down front joint and hanging loose; been sellotaped, tape remains; rear joint is split at top and bottom, and the glaze splitting a bit. Book is a little slanted and loose. Price clipped from title page. The colouring contest page has been mostly coloured in, fairly neatly, at least partly in felt tip by the look of it. Corners a little bruised; not bad overall except for the spine. Cover shows Rupert in balloon with springs. Glazed pictorial boards. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002900

Catalogue: Collectable

Keywords: Alfred Bestallrupert Bear Annual, Children's, Annual, Nutwood, Juvenile Children's Books

ALFRED BESTER

Life and Death of a Satellite

London, Scientific Book Club. 1967, New Edition. Hardcover. Book, Name on flyleaf and inside back cover; dustwrapper a little creased at ends of spine. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005896

Catalogue: Science, Technology, Medicine

Keywords: Science Space Astronautics Nasa

JOHN BETJEMAN

First and Last Loves

London, John Murray. 1969, New Edition. Soft cover. Ill.: John Piper et al. Book, Corners worn; spine creased and covers next to spine. A collection of essays and talks about architecture and places, first published in 1952. B/w illustrations. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005392

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: John Piper Et Albuildings Places Architecture Travel & Topography Literature, Essays Etc.

JOHN BETJEMAN

The Pocket Poets - John Betjeman

London, Edward Hulton. 1959, Reprint. Paperback. Book, 48 pages. Slight wear on cover edges. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002927

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry, Verse, Literature

JOHN BETJEMAN

Poems in the Porch

London, S. P. C. K. SPCK. 1955, Reprint of 1st Edn. Soft cover. Ill.: John Piper. Book, Illustrated card covers, 22 pages. Written for broadcasting on Western Region radio, at request of Martin Willson, Director of Religious Broadcasting. Covers a little grubby and slightly creased on overlapping edges. Illustrated John Piper. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006107

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: John Piperpoetry, Verse, Religion Church of England Illustrated

HENRY BETTENSON

Documents of the Christian Church

London, Oxford University Press. 1963, Second Edition. Hardcover. Book, Dustwrapper slightly frayed top edge. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 004224

Catalogue: Philosophy, Theology, Religion

Keywords: Religion Christianity Church History History

HENRY BRUGSCH-BEY

A History of Egypt Under the Pharaohs, Derived Entirely from the Monuments - Volume 1

London, John Murray. 1879, First English Edition. Hardcover. Book, Translated from the German by the late Henry Danby Seymour, FRGS, completed and edited by Philip Smith B.A. to which is added a memoir on the exodus of the Israelites and the Egyptian monuments. Vol I only. Purple cloth, gilt spine titles, 486 pages. Folding colour plate & map, one b/w illustration. Hinges weak; spine faded & worn on ends; small paper label on spine. Attractive bookplate ex libris Peter Rudolph Barr V.M.H. Heavy - may require extra postage to some locations. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003390

Catalogue: Collectable

Keywords: History, Ancient History Egyptology Archaeology Antiquity History

G. H. BIANCHI

The Mythology of Greece and Rome, with special reference to its use in art

London, Chapman & Hall. 1904, New and Revised Edition. Hardcover. Book, 64 line illustrations. Decorated cloth, worn on spine; endpapers brown. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004424

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Art Ancient History Mythology Classics Gods Goddesses Folklore, Myth, Legend History

JOHN BIGELOW

Les Etats-Unis d'Amerique en 1863

Paris, Librairie de L. Hachette. 1863, First. Hardcover. Book, Front board missing, spine badly damaged, rear board worn on corners, some small tears to edges prelims. Marbled boards, leather spine & corners. French language. Title page has blind stamp of Statistical Society, London, and small tear in top edge; otherwise text clean & sound. Histoire politiques, resources mineralogiques, agricoles, industrielles et commerciales, et la part pour laquelle ils ont contribue a la richesse et la civilisation du monde entier. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003947

Catalogue: Collectable

Keywords: French Language En Francais America History American History

EARL DERR BIGGERS

Behind That Curtain

London, Harrap. 1930, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Spine faded and almost completely split down front joint. Boards bit marked, corners knocked; few spots of foxing. Red cloth, 303 pages. Charlie Chan. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005623

Catalogue: Crime, Mystery, Detective Fiction

Keywords: Crime Mystery Detective Fiction

STEVE BIKO

The Testimony of Steve Biko

London, Grafton. 1987, Reprint. (ISBN: 0586050051) Soft cover. Book, Covers a little creased. Subtitled "Black Consciousness in South Africa". Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004315

Catalogue: African Interest

Keywords: 0586050051 South Africa Apartheid Autobiography History Politics, Economics, Social Studies History

DAN BILLANY

The Trap

London, Faber & Faber. 1950, Second Impression. Hardcover. Book, Cloth a little worn, spine dull, Foyle's label on flyleaf. Novel of second world war. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003476

Catalogue: Cornwall, Cornish Interest

Keywords: Fiction Novel Literature Hull World War Two Cornwall Modern Fiction

EANDO BINDER

Anton York, Immortal

New York, Belmont. 1965, First Edition Thus?. Soft cover. Book, Covers worn, page edges brown. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005757

Catalogue: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Supernatural, Horror

Keywords: Science Fiction