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The Convict Ships 1788-1868

by Charles Bateson

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Used - Very Good
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Near Very Good
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Published
1959
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Hardcover
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Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1959. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing Large octavo Hardback xii + 356 pp Illustrated Very Good condition in Near Very Good unclipped dust jacket No inscriptions.Removed old selotape has left light brown marks on the end… Read more about this item
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The Man Who Won the Pools

by Stewart, J.I.M.

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Used - Very Good
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Very Good
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Published
1961
Binding
Hardback
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London: Victor Gollancz, 1961. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing octavo hardback 240 pp Edge of page block a bit foxed otherwise Very Good condition in Very Good unclipped dust jacket dust jacket. Previous owner's book plate on front end paper.
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Simone Weil A Sketch and a Portrait

by Richard Rees

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Used - Very Good
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Very Good
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Published
1966
Binding
Hardcover
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London: Oxford University Press, 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing octavo Hardback 168 pp Very Good condition in Very Good unclipped dust jacket (now in transparent protective sleeve) No inscriptions.
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Bare Ruined Choirs
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Bare Ruined Choirs

by Knowles, David

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Used - Very Good
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Good
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Published
1976
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780521207126
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing Very large octavo hardback 329 pages Illustrated Very Good condition in Good unclipped dust jacket (small loss repaired on front panel of jacket). No inscriptions.
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The Listening Eye (A Miss Silver Mystery)

by Wentworth, Patricia

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Used - Very Good
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Very Good
Published
1950
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Hardcover
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London: Thriller Book Club; Hodder & Stoughton, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. No date - circa 1950s. Hardback 255 pp Very Good condition in Good condition dust jacket (now in protective transparent sleeve) No inscri[tions).
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Here I Stand

by Paul Robeson

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Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
1st Edition 2nd Printing
Published
1958
Binding
Hardcover
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London: Dennis Dobson, 1958. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition second printing Hardback 128 pp Very Good condition in Very Good unclipped dust jacket No inscriptions.Slight foxing at endpapers and underside of jacket.
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Two Babylons or the Papal Worship proved to be the Worship of Nimrod and his Wife.

by Hislop, Rev, Alexander

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Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Near Very Good
Edition
4th Edition 5th or later Printing
Published
1969
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780713604702
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London: S.W. Partridge, 1969. 4th Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fourth edition reprint Hardback xxii + 330 pp Illustrated with 61 woodcut illustrations Very Good condition in Near Very Good unclipped dust jacket Previous owner's name on front end paper.
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The Children of Men
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The Children of Men

by James, P. D.

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Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Published
1992
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780571167418
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London: Faber & Faber, 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing (correct number string) Large octavo hardback 240 pp Pages edges slightly tanned as usual Very Good + condition in Very Good unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions.
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Here Comes Thursday! (Toung Puffin PS 383)

by Bond, Michael; illustrated by Daphne Rowles

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Used - Near Very Good
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No Jacket
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Published
1968
Binding
Soft cover
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Harmondsworth: Penguin Puffin, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Daphne Rowles. First edition first printing as Penguin Puffin Paperback 128 pages illustrated Pages tanned otherwise Near Very Good condition. No dust jacket. No inscriptions.
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Russians in Space

by Riabchikov, E. I. (Evgenii Ivanovich); Edited by Nikolai P. Kamanin. Translated by Guy Daniels

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Published
1972
Binding
Hardcover
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London: Weidenfeld And Nicolson , 1972. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing octavo hardback iv + 300pp Illustrated Very Good condition in Good unclipped dust jacket (some small closed tears along top edge). No inscriptions. ISBN appears to be wrong
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The Sport of Queens: The Autobiography of Dick Francis

by Dick Francis

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good+
Edition
2nd Edition 1st Printing
Published
1974
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780718113285
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Joseph, 1974. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Second revised edition, first printing. Hardback. 248 pp Illustrated Near Fine condition in Very Good + price-clipped dust jacket. No inscriptions
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Mr Campion's Clowns An Allingham Omnibus The THird Allingham Omnibus (Mystery Mile; Coroner's Pidgin; More Work for the Undertaker}

by Allingham, Margery; Foreword by Philip Youngman Carter

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Near Very Good
Edition
1st Edition 2nd Printing
Published
1973
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780701105068
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London: Chatto & Windus , 1973. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition second printing thus 512 pp Very Good condition in Near very Good unclipped dust jacket No inscriptions
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The Bravo of London: And 'The Bunch of Violets' (Detective Club Crime Classics)
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The Bravo of London: And 'The Bunch of Violets' (Detective Club Crime Classics)

by Bramah, Ernest

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Published
2018
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780008297435
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London: Collins Crime Club, 2018. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing thus. Hardback. 272 pp. Fine condition in Fine, unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions.
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People at Home: Living in a Warwickshire Village, 1500-1800
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People at Home: Living in a Warwickshire Village, 1500-1800

by Alcock, N. W.

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Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good+
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Published
1993
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780850338638
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Chichester: Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing. Small quarto Hardback. xviii + 238 pp illustrated Fine condition in Very Good + price-clipped dust jacket No inscriptions.
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Flowers from Shakespeare's Garden: A Posy from the Plays
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Flowers from Shakespeare's Garden: A Posy from the Plays

by Crane, Walter

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Used - Very Good+
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Very Good
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Published
1980
Binding
Hardback
ISBN
9780289709108
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London: Studio Vista, 1980. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition thus: Facsimile of the 1906 original Quarto hardback, 40 pp. Colour illustrated Very Good+ condition in Very Good unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions.
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The Singing Voice
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The Singing Voice

by Rushmore, Robert

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Published
1971
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780241019474
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London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing. Large octavo Hardback. 352 pp. Illustrated Very Good condition in Good unclipped dust jacket (some closed tears) No inscriptions.
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Agatha Christie Crime Collection: HALLOWE'EN PARTY; PASSENGER TO FRANKFURT; THE THIRTEEN PROBLEMS

by Christie, Agatha

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Near Very Good
Edition
4th Edition 1st Printing
Published
1984
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780701814649
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Dee Why West: Lansdowne Press, 1984. 4th Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fourth edition, first printing. Hardback. 512 pp. Very Good condition in Near Very Good unclipped dust jacket No inscriptions
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Have His Carcase

by Sayers, Dorothy L.

Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
1st Edition 14th Printing
Published
1948
Binding
Hardcover
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London: Gollancz, 1948. 1st Edition 14th Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition fourteenth printing octavo hardback. 307 pp. Page edges tanned Good condition. No inscriptions
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Death Comes As The End (penguin No. 926)

by Christie, Agatha

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Used - Very Good
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No Jacket
Edition
1st Edition 3rd Printing
Published
1957
Binding
Soft cover
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London: Penguin, 1957. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition third printing Paperback Penguin Mystery and Crime series with the green and white covers 192 pp Page edges tanned otherwise Very Good condition. No inscriptions
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Sir Thomas Roe, 1581-1644: A Life SIGNED COPY
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Sir Thomas Roe, 1581-1644: A Life SIGNED COPY

by Strachan, Michael

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Used - Very Good+
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Very Good
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Published
1989
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780859551564
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Wilton, Salisbury: Michael Russell Publishing Ltd, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing. Large octavo Hardback. 352 pp. Illustrated Very Good + condition in Very Good unclipped dust jacket Signed by the author (flat signature on title page) Original owner's name on… Read more about this item
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