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First UK edition, first impression (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1953). Originally published in the US in 1951. The first book in the Foundation series, which won the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series in 1966 and forms the basis for the 2021 Apple TV series.Publisher's original black cloth with silver lettering to spine. A near fine book with some of the usual moderate spotting to edges and off-setting to endpapers and half-title; light pencil impressions to top of front endpaper. The original and price-clipped dust jacket has a little bit of minor rubbing to edges in places and a couple of very tiny chips to corners. A near fine example of a rare edition of an iconic and influential work in the science fiction genre.
Smiley's People by le Carré, John
by le Carré, John
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Smiley's People
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First edition, first impression (Hodder & Stoughton, 1980). Signed by the author to the title page with a crossed J, which is less common in more recent examples of his signature.
Publisher's original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt, white endpapers and paste-downs. A little dustiness to top edge and small corner crease to a couple of pages, else fine and free from names and inscriptions.
The original and unclipped dust jacket has some of the usual sunning to spine and negligible traces of isolated rubbing to spine ends; lovely, bright and crisp otherwise and free from tears and creases.
A near fine example of the third book in the Karla trilogy.
Publisher's original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt, white endpapers and paste-downs. A little dustiness to top edge and small corner crease to a couple of pages, else fine and free from names and inscriptions.
The original and unclipped dust jacket has some of the usual sunning to spine and negligible traces of isolated rubbing to spine ends; lovely, bright and crisp otherwise and free from tears and creases.
A near fine example of the third book in the Karla trilogy.
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First edition, first impression (Chatto & Windus, 2019). A limited edition published simultaneously with the first trade edition and consisting of only 100 numbered copies to be signed by the author, of which this is number 22. Joint winner of the 2019 Booker Prize and the sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'. The book is swiss bound in green and white cloth with navy blue endpapers and sprayed green edges with the book title together with the author's name debossed on the upper board. The book is housed in a navy blue cloth clamshell case with a magnetic catch, contains a navy blue ribbon to facilitate removal of the book, and features marbled top and bottom edges and interior. A very attractive production in fine condition and in its original box, which is also in excellent condition.
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First edition, first or second impression (Frederick Warne & Co, 1906).A very good copy with some areas of unobtrusive rubbing to board surface and corners and a very small retailer sticker to bottom corner of rear paste-down. Some cracking to binding at page 30-31, but all pages still holding firm throughout. Contents very nice and clean and free from any previous owner names or inscriptions.
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The Wolf Hall Trilogy: Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies, The Mirror and the Light
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A complete set of first editions, first impressions of the books comprising The Wolf Hall Trilogy. Some of the usual toning to edges of vol one with a little faint pencil mark and very faint spotting to fore-edge, else near fine. Vols two and three are in fine, unread condition. The original and unclipped dust jackets are also in excellent condition with just a hint of fading to spine panel and trivial signs of wear to top edge of vol one. An excellent set.
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You Only Live Twice
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First edition, first impression and first state with 'First published 1964' to copyright page.Original black cloth with Japanese lettering to upper board in gilt and in English to spine in silver with bamboo patterned endpapers and paste-downs. Light traces of off-setting to endpapers, else near fine and beautifully clean and sharp throughout.
The original and unclipped dust jacket has a couple of isolated spots to verso and very shallow chips to corners with a couple of minuscule nicks to spine tips, otherwise an excellent, near fine example. Jacket design by Richard Chopping.
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Foundation
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First UK edition, first impression (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1953). Originally published in the US in 1951. The first book in the Foundation series, which won the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series in 1966 and forms the basis for the 2021 Apple TV series.Publisher's original black cloth with silver lettering to spine. A near fine book with some of the usual moderate spotting to edges and off-setting to endpapers and half-title; light pencil impressions to top of front endpaper. The original and price-clipped dust jacket has a little bit of minor rubbing to edges in places and a couple of very tiny chips to corners. A near fine example of a rare edition of an iconic and influential work in the science fiction genre.
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First edition, first impression (Chatto & Windus, 2019). A limited edition published simultaneously with the first trade edition and consisting of only 100 numbered copies to be signed by the author, of which this is number 22. Joint winner of the 2019 Booker Prize and the sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'. The book is swiss bound in green and white cloth with navy blue endpapers and sprayed green edges with the book title together with the author's name debossed on the upper board. The book is housed in a navy blue cloth clamshell case with a magnetic catch, contains a navy blue ribbon to facilitate removal of the book, and features marbled top and bottom edges and interior. A very attractive production in fine condition and in its original box, which is also in excellent condition.
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First edition, first or second impression (Frederick Warne & Co, 1906).A very good copy with some areas of unobtrusive rubbing to board surface and corners and a very small retailer sticker to bottom corner of rear paste-down. Some cracking to binding at page 30-31, but all pages still holding firm throughout. Contents very nice and clean and free from any previous owner names or inscriptions.
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You Only Live Twice
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First edition, first impression and first state with 'First published 1964' to copyright page.Original black cloth with Japanese lettering to upper board in gilt and in English to spine in silver with bamboo patterned endpapers and paste-downs. Light traces of off-setting to endpapers, else near fine and beautifully clean and sharp throughout.
The original and unclipped dust jacket has a couple of isolated spots to verso and very shallow chips to corners with a couple of minuscule nicks to spine tips, otherwise an excellent, near fine example. Jacket design by Richard Chopping.
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Smiley's People
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Smiley's People
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Smiley's People
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A diáspora da palavra: obras de autores portugueses impressas fora de Portugal, 1521-1550. Guia da exposição.
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Lisbon, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal / Centro de Estudos Históricos, Universidade Nova, 2021.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 110 pp., (1 blank l.), profusely illustrated, indexes of authors, places of publication, printers and booksellers. One of 500 copies. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this excellent exhibition catalogue. Alves Dias is one of Portugal's leading historians, and a distinguished bibliophile.***
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The Butterflies Fly-Past. with illus. by Mandy Shepherd.
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Special Offers Entomology . 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 1994. pp.xviii, 127 with 8 coloured illus. 8vo. New hdbk. in new dw. RRP £20.00. A fascinating book describing the authors experiences of studying butterflies in the UK. All native British Butterflies are mentioned at some point in the text, which is handsomely supported by 8 watercolour plates by Mandy Shepherd.
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In Search of Nature.
by Ratcliffe, D.A
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Natural history Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 2000. pp.xii, 249 with illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP. £27.00. The distinguished naturalist, Derek Ratcliffe, passed away in 2005 aged 75. Born in 1929, this book tells the tale of his life from boyhood, when his interest in birds, butterflies, moths and dragonflies started to develop, through to the period in his life before 1970. Ratcliffe took the opportunity presented by writing this book of paying tribute to some of the people who helped him along the way and became lifelong friends.
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Native Plums (Prunus) of Gloucestershire. The Gloucestershire Pomona Series.
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Special Offers Gardening . 1st. Ed. Pub. Gloucestershire Orchard Trust. 2018. pp.vi, 50 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New softback.
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A History of Whaling in Brazil. From royal fish to Japanese delicacy.
by Hart, Ian & Edmundson, William
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Pequena., 2017. 1st. Ed.. pp.xxii, 234 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A new softback. This is the first book to describe comprehensively the history of whaling in Brazil, starting with traditional whaling as a Portuguese crown monopoly and culminating with the introduction of modern ships, equipped with harpoon guns in the twentieth century - an initiative led by a British company (Duder and Brother) in Brazil.
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Pears of Gloucestershire and Perry Pears of the Three Counties. The Gloucestershire Pomona Series.
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Special Offers Gardening . 1st. Ed. Pub. Hartpury Heritage Trust. 2013. pp.xiv, 214 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New softback.
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Whaling in the Falkland Islands Dependencies 1904-1931. A History of shore and bay-based whaling in the Antarctic.
by Hart, Ian
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Natural history Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Pequena. 2006. pp.xvi, 363 with many illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Signed by the author, Ian Hart. A fascinating account of the whaling industry in the Falkland Islands Dependencies. The sequence of events which led to the extension of British sovereignty in the Antarctic and the legislation & policing imposed by the Falkland Islands Government to control the burgeoning whaling industry are also discussed.
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Antarctic Magistrate. A life through the lens of a camera.
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Pequena., 2009. 1st. Ed.. pp.303 with many photographs. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Signed by the author, Ian Hart. This volume is a celebration of the life of Edward Beveridge Binnie, (born on the Falkland Islands in 1884) the eighth child of immigrant Scottish parents. The book traces his rise from humble beginnings through Falkland Islands Government service to becoming the first Antarctic Magistrate.
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Austral Enterprises. A History of shore, bay-based and pelagic whaling and sealing in the Southern Ocean encompassing the Southern Whaling & Sealing Company, The Kerguelen Sealing & Whaling Company and their associated enterprises at South Georgia, the Antarctic peninsula, the South Indian Ocean and South Africa.
by Hart, Ian
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Pequena., 2020. 1st. Ed.. pp.xx, 380 with b/w. photographs and illustrations throughout. 4to. New hardback in new dw. Print run of just 400 copies. Signed by author. There have been very few attempts to document British involvement in the whaling and sealing industry. This book describes, in detail, some of the major companies that undertook this trade and the profound effect this had on the whale and seal populations in the southern hemisphere.
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Teses Apresentadas ao II Congresso realizado de 4 a 11 de Setembro de 1960. 2º volume. Boletim da Sociedade de Estudos de Moçambique. Ano XXIX, N.º 125, Novembro a Dezembro.
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Lourenço Marques, [from rear cover] Composto e Impresso na Sociedade de Estudos, 1960.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, original pale blue printed wrappers (browned, short tear on spine). Illustrations, maps and tables in text. Some light dampstains. In good condition. Old faint circular stamp on front cover. (2 ll.), 11 pp., (1 l.), 9, (2) pp., (1 l.), 7 pp., (1 l.), 8 pp., (1 l.), 7 pp., (1 l.), 9 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 9 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 15 pp., errata slip, (1 l.), 4 pp., (1 l.), 6 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 23 pp., 2 folding tables, (1 l.), 6 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 11 pp., (1 l.), 10 pp., (1 ll. plates, printed on both sides, 1 blank l., 1 l.), 7 pp., (8 pp. illustrations, 1 blank p., 1 l.), 13 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 23 pp., (1 l.), 11 pp. including 3 full-page illustrations, (1 l.), 6 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 24 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 5 pp., (1 l. with bibliography, 2 ll. plates, 1 l.), 17 pp., (1 l.), 14 pp., (1 blank l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The volume contains four brief…
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