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Boston, USA: Little, Brown and Company, 1955 Thirteenth and Centennial Edition. Completely Revised. 9th Printing. Rare edition. With an Index of Authors at the beginning of the book and a general Index at the back. Some age and shelf wear especially to dustjacket. Original dustjacket not price clipped. D/j in removable protective clear wrapper. D/j worn and torn around the edges. The boards have bumped corners. Inscription in blue ink on front endpaper. Otherwise no other internal markings, clean text pages. Tight copy. "This anniversary volume has been completely revised and edited by the editorial staff of the publishing house whose name has been connected with Bartlett's for the past ninety-two years. The section of anonymous work has been increased and reorganized for the reader's convenience. A general section includes quotations from songs, sayings, and political writings, while new selections from ballads, nursery rhymes, and foreign sayings and proverbs have been added.… Read More

New York, N.Y., USA: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926 With seventy-four illustrations by photographic reproduction and seventy-four drawings. Published by Doubleday, Page. Illustrated throughout. Hardback. First Edition. American Edition. No dustjacket was issued with this edition. Blue boards. Age and self wear - spine is sun damaged - Binding good - no pages missing - clean text pages, no markings on pages. Front and back frontispages have yellow spotting - light spotting to half title page, title page, letter from Archbishop and contents page. Inside back cover has a brown envelop glued to it (where map of the Great Western Railway was stored - this map is missing). Inscription to previous owner on bottom corner of first frontispage written in black ink ("To Donald from Mr & Mrs Tomlinson, Christmas 1940"). British Cathedrals, fine photos and drawings with detailed essays, includes: Cathedrals and how to understand their architecture, and a special map showing the… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Kyle Cathie Limited, 1997 128pp including index, addresses & glossary. Colour and black & white illustrations. Clean text with no internal markings. Dr Godagama is one of the world's leading Ayurvedic practitioners and is a consultant at the prestigious Hale Clinic in London. He is also the Founding President of the Ayurvedic Medical Association, UK. The Handbook is a highly practical and accessible introduction to Ayurveda.