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THE SCIENCE OF A NEW LIFE.
L. N. Fowler and Co., London, ND (c1897), 405pp, [12pp] promotional notices, decorative eps., line engraved frontis, maroon cloth stamped in silver and black on spine and upper bd., blind stamped lower bd., an oddly constructed book with the title page tipped onto stub leaf (from adjacent fox marks apparently original - perhaps for the English edn. with details of UK publisher), on verso title 'Copyright 1897 by J. S. Ogilvie', a period marriage and sex guide to the about to be and newly married, a little bumped at extrems., edges dusty, light fox marks to edges and prelims., no dustwrapper, very good,
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SCOTTISH EDUCATION 1872-1972.
University of London Press, London, ND (copyright 1974), 279pp, [iv] ads., dark blue cloth lettered and ruled in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper, a firmly bound ex-university library copy with the usual stamps, light bump fore-edge and lower tip upper board, dustwrapper a little sunned at spine, reading/reference copy in a very good dustwrapper,
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Keywords: bibliography scotland scottish education
THE CONCISE OXFORD COMPANION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1987, 1st edn., viii, 632pp, large format (9.5 x 6.5 inches approx.), navy blue cloth lettered, ruled and decorated in gilt at spine, coloured endpapers, pictorial dustwrapper, two small lightly impressed marks upper board, edges tanned and very faintly foxed, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., two small scratches upper panel internally repaired, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,
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Keywords: reference english literature
DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH DOWN THE AGES.
Kyle Cathie, London, 2006, 3rd imp., trade paperback, 316pp, coloured decorated wrappers, words and phrases born out of historical events great and small (originally published as The Chronology of Words and Phrases), fine,
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DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS and their origins.
Kyle Cathie, London, ND (circa 2006), 18th imp., trade paperback, viii, 216pp, coloured decorated wrappers, over four hundred idiomatic phrases tracing their source and history through chronological examples, fine,
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DICTIONARY OF PROVERBS and their origins.
Kyle Cathie, London, 2006, 3rd imp., trade paperback, x, 273pp, coloured decorated wrappers, the origins and history of over four hundred proverbs tracing the changes in meaning and usage since their first use, with examples dating back two thousand years, fine,
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DICTIONARY OF WORD ORIGINS.
Kyle Cathie, London, 2006, 3rd imp., trade paperback, x, 277pp, coloured decorated wrappers, an explanation of the origin and development of over three hundred commonly used words, fine,
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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH EVERYDAY LAW.
HarperCollins, London, 2003, reprint, paperback, [vi], 602pp, large format (9 x 6 inches approx.), lettered wrappers, lightly rubbed at tips, first section of 16 leaves sl. short by about 2mm and untrimmed at upper edge, very good,
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WHO'S WHO IN D. H. LAWRENCE.
Elm Tree Books, London, 1976, [viii], 136pp, turquoise cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered and illustrated dustwrapper, a description of more than 400 characters created by Lawrence in his finished novels and major novellas, a firmly bound ex-public library copy with the usual stamps, lightly bumped at lower edge, chip from lower edge front free endpaper, dustwrapper a little sunned at spine and into upper and lower panels, reading/reference copy in a very good dustwrapper,
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Keywords: bibliography lawrence
THE BOOK OF ORIGINS.
Portrait, London, 2006, reprint, [vi], 346pp, line drawings, half tone ills. and map in text, coloured endpapers, cream cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial montage dustwrapper, a treasure-trove of information on the origin of almost everything, from musical instruments to mobile phones, toasters to trainspotting and pistols to plastic surgery, light bump tail of spine, near fine in a fine dustwrapper,
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Keywords: british history reference origins
AS MAD AS A MARCH HARE - The World of Proverbs.
Javelin Books, Poole - Dorset, 1985, 1st in imprint, paperback, 128pp, paper wrappers, a selection of proverbs for every occasion from all over the world, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,
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Keywords: proverbs sayings english
GUIDE TO AMERICAN LITERATURE AND ITS BACKGROUNDS SINCE 1890.
Harvard University Press, Cambridge - Mass., 1972, 4th edn., revised and enlarged, [xiv], 264pp, ochre cloth lettered in black at spine, bibliography and outline of American literature since 1890 in its intellectual, social and cultural context, a firmly bound ex-college library copy with the usual stamps, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper lightly rubbed at extrems., nick and remains of label at tail of spine, reading/reference copy in a very good dustwrapper,
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Keywords: bibliography american literature
THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF MUSIC.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1988, reprinted with corrections, xiv, 810pp, diagrams in text, large format (9.5 x 6 inches approx.), navy blue cloth lettered, ruled and decorated in gilt at spine, coloured endpapers, decorative head and tail bands, pictorial dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at tips, edges very sl. dusty and very faint foxing upper edge, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., sl. sunned at spine, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,
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Keywords: reference music
THE PENGUIN ATLAS OF WORLD HISTORY -VOLUME ll : From the French Revolution to the Present.
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1986, reprint, paperback, 328pp, numerous in text coloured diagrams and maps by Harald and Ruth Bukor, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, lightly rubbed at tips, faint vertical crease in spine and at lower cnr. upper wrapper, very good plus,
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Keywords: reference world history revolution napoleonic restoration imperialismwar ww1 ww2
ART BOOKS - A Basic Bibliography on the Fine Arts.
New York Graphic Society, Greenwich - Connecticut, ND (copyright 1968), [x], 245pp, grey cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative headband, lettered and decorated dustwrapper, a firmly bound ex-reference library copy with the usual stamps, glue residue upper board and front pastedown, dustwrapper: repaired tear to front flap, a little soiled, reading copy only,
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Keywords: bibliography art books
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