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New York: Facts on File Publications,. Hardback. 10'' x 7'', 586 pp. 1700 A-Z entries on worldwide military conflicts throughout history. Contains Geographical Index. Black boards with light wear and one slight bump. Dust wrapper has some edge wear including 2 small tears and is showing handling to white areas. Very good copy in Fair dw. . Hardback. 1986.

London: John Rodker,. Published for subscribers and possibly individually bound by the customer. Marked volume II to the binding and contains Mathers Volume 4 (1927) Eastern Love: The Young Wives' Tale and Tales of Fez; Volume 5 (1928) Eastern Love: The Loves of Radha Krishna and Amores of Amaru and Mayura; Volume 6 (1928) Eastern Love: Love Stories and Gallant Tales from the Chinese. Illustrated with copper engravings by Hester Sainsbury and hand coloured by the printer. 1000 numbered copies printed but the number is in the missing volume 1. Bind has gilt illustration to front and gilt titles to spine. Gilt to front is bright but pale vellum bevelled boards, once dark cream or yellow, are heavily dust soiled and has some occasional marks to front, with a significant stain to back which as a thin layer of paper stuck to it. Gilt to spine is rubbed and the spine is creased and marked. Slight stain to endpapers to closed page edges of next few pages. Text block is clean and bright and… Read More

Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press,. Large format, 12'' x 8.5'', 300pp. Sheffield Excavation Report 4. Illustrated. With a number of fold out maps. Dust wrapper is very clean and bright but is very loosely folded to fore-edge. Near fine copy in near fine dust wrapper. . Hardback. 1996.

London: Richard Cohen Books,. Hardback. 333pp. Biography of the Australian feminist that attempts to address both the life of Germaine Greer and the apparent inconsistencies in her long publishing career. A small number of black and white plates. Indexed. Light edge wear. Near fine, bright copy in very good dust jacket . Hardback. 1999.

London: St Michael,. Hardback. Clean and bright with only minimal edge wear; clean and bright dust wrapper is slightly rubbed and bumped. Very good copy in like dust jacket . Hardback. Reprint. 1980.

London: Ward, Lock & Bowden Ltd,. 395pp Engraved frontis and several further plates. Integral illustrations and cartoons on almost every page. Quarter bound in maroon morocco with gilt titles to spine; maroon boards. Gilt to top edge. Leather is worn to top and tail of spine and there are some small areas of loss. External split an inch and half in length to front hinge. Internally split to both endpaper hinges though boards are still fairly firmly attached. Some foxing to prelims and frontis tissue guard. Some surface rubbing and marks to boards. Internally very good. Good+ copy. . Hardcover.

London: Studio Editions,. Hardback. 1st edn., 12'' x 9'', 144 pp. Myths and stories from the northern and central areas of North America, from the linguistic groups Algonquian, Iroquuois and Sioux. Also a chapter dedicated to the tales of the north-west Pacific coast. With over 200 illustrations, many in colour - both photos and paintings. Indexed. Very clean and bright. Very good copy in very good dw. . Hardback. 1993.

New York: Basic Books,. Hardback. 383pp. An examination of the lives and works of Henry Adams, Henry James, T. S. Eliot, and Ezra Pound against the background of American social and political history, especially the growing emancipation of women and the mass non-Anglo-Saxon immigration,  from which the author argues they fled. Smartly quarter bound with blue cloth to the spine with white titles, and grey papers to the boards. Slight ink mark to back of dw otherwise minimal wear. Very clean and bright. Very good copy in like dust wrapper . Hardback. 1998.

Montreal: Liverpool / McGill-Queen's University Press,. Paperback. 409pp. Deals with the philosophy of architecture and theories of urban design. Over 70 black and white illustrations. Focuses on the Palais-Royal, the Fondation Rothschild Worker's Residence (both in Paris) and the Municipality of Outremont in Montreal. Clean and neat. Near fine, bright copy . Paperback. 1999.

London: Chatto & Windus,. Hardback, 9.5'' x 6.5'', 356 pp. The first full, authorised, biography of the writer, thinker and historian of ideas. Black and white frontis and two selections of black and white plates. Light edge wear. Very clean and bright. Very good copy in like dust jacket . Hardback. 1998.

London: Quartet Books,. Hardback. 366pp. Biography of John Ruskin. A number of black and white plates. Ex library with remains of usual stamps etc. Slightly rubbed and bumped. Good, sound, ex-library copy . Hardback. 1980.

University of Massachusetts Press,. Paperback. 398pp. A biography of the nineteenth century American writer, author of 'Woman in the Nineteenth Century'. Small selection of black and white plates. Minimal wear. Very good copy . Paperback. 1996.

New York: Universe Books,. Hardback. 9.5'' x 6'', 238pp. A consideration of the British impact in Africa as well as the African impact upon the British. From the first explorers to decolonization and departure. 48 pages of black and white illustrations from early woodcuts to photographs. Maps, brief chronology, select bibliography and index. Red cloth with slight sunning to top edge. Illustrated endpapers. Dw is worn especially to top edge which has a significant tear, smaller splits and chips and some surface damage. Very good copy in Chipped and Torn dw. . Hardback. 1971.

London: Andre Deutsch,. Hardback. 435pp. Memoir from the American novelist deals with early life and school, his time in the army, writing, writers (including Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, Christopher Isherwood, Jack Kerouac, Norman Mailer etc), politics and more. Integral black and white photographs. Pages uncut. Translucent dust wrapper has one very tiny crease. Very clean and bright. Near fine copy in near fine dust wrapper. . Hardcover. 1995.

New York: Bulfinch Press,. Board box with attached book plus internal pocket fixed with a yellow ribbon. 10'' x 11''. Contains colour illustrated book which aims to provide an overview of Greek mythology; it is richly illustrated with full page pictures and has removable pop-up features. Separate board games, masks and other intriguing additions. Contents all present and complete. Some slight wear. Clean, bright and sound. A very good copy. . None. 1995.

London: Boy's Own Paper,. 11'' x 8'', 128pp. Substantial collection of longer stories for older boys with spies, Scouts, military and colonial adventures. With four colour plates (all present though one has been tipped back in) including a frontis and many others by Stanley L. Wood. and many integral black and white illustrations. The first story is ''Dingo Face' by Wooramel. Red cloth to spine and illustrated paper, showing American prospectors and Indians, to front. Front internal hinge beginning to split - 3'' up from lower edge - with some weakness to rest of that hinge. Slightly rubbed with boards exposed to edges in some places. Some browning to prelims. Previous owner's prize label, dated 1925, to endpapers. Good copy. . Hardcover. 1920.

London: Shepheard-Walwyn,. Paperback, 12'' x 8'', 249pp. Thorough filmography which provides dramatis personae and plot synopsis for each play followed by a filmography covering silent films to the present day from the USA, the UK and Europe. The filmographies are very inclusive and cover everything form the most mainstream and faithful adaptation to biopics of the bard, comedies, cartoons, satire, pastiche, derivative and the most obscurely related including those which include a Shakespearean scene, quotations, or significant allusions, as part of the plot of an otherwise unrelated film. Also includes films originally made for television. Includes substantial section of black and white plates. Also a Director's Checklist' provides useful cross-reference. Very clean and neat. Very good+ copy. . None. 2000.

London: Harari & Johns Ltd,. Hardback. 11'' x 8.5'', green cloth with gilt lettering. Over 50 full-page colour plates of old masters from this 1989 exhibition. Opposite each plate is a description of both painting and artist, details of the collections and associated literature. Artists' work covered includes: Tintoretto, Canaletto, van Dyke, Goya. A beautiful exhibition catalogue. Very clean and neat. Near fine, bright copy. . Hardback. 1989.

London: OUP,. Hardback. 297 pp. Classic survey of children's books drawing heavily on the author's own experience with her personal collection. Covers nursery rhymes, fairy tales, nonsense, fantasy and reality, cowboys and Indians, photography, politics, picture-books, and children's books by men of letters. Translated and edited by Brian W. Alderson. Bibliography and Index. Twenty eight black and white plates and a small number of illustrations. Green cloth with silver titles. Remains of tape to endpaper hidden by dw flap. Ex-library copy but only mark is one stamp to endpaper. Very clean and bright dw. Good, sound copy. . Hardback. 1967.

London: Yale,. Hardback. 491pp. Biography of Lancashire born Oxford historian. Section of black and white plates. Very extensive notes and very extensive bibliography. Index. Appendix itemising Taylor's income from 1934 to 1990. Slightly bumped to head of spine else clean and neat. Very good copy . Hardback. 2000.