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Methuen, London, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrated card cover with black and green coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the backstrip. A series of seven short stories that deal with the universal theme of sexual politics in today's society. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 110, [2]pages.. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Edges and pages browned. Previous bookseller's sticker to the rear panel.. Book shows light rubbing to the panels.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Short Stories; Egypt; ISBN: 0413421007. ISBN/EAN: 9780413421005. Inventory No: 0118016. . 9780413421005

Penguin Books, Middlesex, England, 1970. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. VII, 8-940 pages, last two pages are the titles under The Penguin Classics series, translator's introduction, the author's dedication of the first part. A nice clean copy free of annotation, age toning of the page edges. The Spanish literature classic by Cervantes about Don Quixote and his adventures. Translated from the Spanish by J.M. Cohen. Part of the The Penguin Classics series this being number L10. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0140440100. ISBN/EAN: 9780140440102. Inventory No: 0284748. . 9780140440102

Penguin Books, Middlesex, England, 1952. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition/Good. VII, 8-940 pages, last two pages are the titles under The Penguin Classics series, translator's introduction, the author's dedication of the first part. Illustrated front cover, showing Don Quixote charging a windmill, against a green and white background with black titles to the front panel and backstrip. A nice clean copy free of annotation with only 2 pages accidentally creased. Illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as the underlying cover, with black titles to the front panel and backstrip. The dust wrapper is torn and chipped, as can be seen in the attached image The Spanish literature classic by Cervantes about Don Quixote and his adventures. Translated from the Spanish by J.M. Cohen. Part of the The Penguin Classics series this being number L10. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams.… Read More

Kriteion Konyvkiado, Budapest, 1962. Edition Unstated. hardcover. Very Good Condition/good. the dust jacket, colour illustrated, is chipped and rubbed across both top and bottom. The book itself is in very good condition and is free of annotation. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Text is in Hungarian. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Hungarian Language; Inventory No: 0262063. .

Pan Books Ltd, London, 1963. Reprint. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrated front cover with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the backstrip. Minor rubbing to the book corners and book panels. Light browning to the textblock edges and internal pages. Foxing to the textblock edge and endpapers. A novel about Cesare Borgia and the times in which he lived. Pan Books – X 262. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). (4), 5-191, (1) pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; United States; Inventory No: 0113150. .

Penguin Books, Middlesex, England, 1940. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Plain text cover with orange and white coloured background with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white advertisement to the rear book panel. A classic historical fiction in the "Orange Penguin" format. Minor creasing to the lower left-hand corner of the rear panel. Some handling marks to the book panels with sunning of the backstrip and rear panel. Browning of the textblock edges and pages. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: Standard Paperback. [8], IX, [1], 11-247, [9 – further titles from publishing house and advertisements] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Historical Fiction; Inventory No: 0117455. .

Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd, London, 1937. Eighth Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. preface by author, bibliography and index. Illustrated frontispiece, of Frey Tomas de Torquemada. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured titles to the back strip. "The history of Frey Tomas de Torquemada is the history of the establishment of the Modern Inquisition. It is not so much a history of a man as of an abstract genius deciding over a gigantic and cruel engine of its own perfecting." -- from the preface page 5. Softening of the back strip edges and bumping of the book corners. Age toning and foxing of the text block edges and age toning of the pages is also present. Fading to the back strip. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], 5 - 319, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inquisition; Spain; Medieval 10th to 15thc;… Read More

Hutchinson, London, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. No publication date, but probably 1949/1950. Slight rubbing of the cloth top and bottom of the spine, and very slight knocking of the corners, traces of foxing to all three edges that are exposed, and the to the end pages. Otherwise clean. A story based on one of the most remarkable figures in Scottish banking history, John Law who was sentenced to death, but escaped to live in the Europe where he worked out a system of financial reform quite revolutionary for the time Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 256 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; 17th century; Inventory No: 0267351. .

Canongate, Edinburgh, 2007. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 600 g; two books printed dos a dos (the original term meaning printed back-to-back with one upside down with respect to the other) smokescreen is 410 pages, with an index, and a map. He was originally printed under the title Loaded. The other parts of the book is Snowblind, coming in at 358 pages, again with an index. Bound in colour illustrated paperback binding, the panel for smokescreen has a small creased at the bottom right-hand corner and rubbing at the top of the same edge. Size: Standard Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Anthropology; True Crime; Drugs; ISBN: 1841958204. ISBN/EAN: 9781841958200. Inventory No: 0225741. . 9781841958200

Tor Books, New York, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 349 pp., illustrated dutwrapper Gary Ruddell. Dancing Bears is a mystic adventure that takes American John Sherwood on a prodigious journey to prerevolution Russia, the Arctic Circle, and behind the ancient legend of the shape changer, a creature possesses the ability to alter its human appearance to that of a powerful and savage beast Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Myths, Legends & Folklore; Fiction -- Fantasy; ISBN: 0312857985. ISBN/EAN: 9780312857981. Inventory No: 000842. . 9780312857981

Tor / Tom Doherty Associates Book, New York, 1988. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Colour illustrated paperback binding with silver coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Yellow coloured tint to the text block edges. The first in the Lost Swords sequence. A little rubbing of the book edges and panels with minor creasing of the book corners. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. A small chip to the top right hand corner of the back strip. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 281, [1] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0812553373. ISBN/EAN: 9780812553376. Inventory No: 0287478. . 9780812553376

Ace Books, New York, 1981. reprint. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. a good clean copy showing some signs of handling. previous bookseller's sticker on the rear panel. Postage will be reduced for this book. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 309 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0441860656. ISBN/EAN: 9780441860654. Inventory No: 0238787. . 9780441860654

Tor Books, New York, 1982. reprint. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. a good clean copy showing some signs of handling. previous bookseller's sticker on the rear panel. Postage will be reduced for this book. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 309 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0812545508. ISBN/EAN: 9780812545500. Inventory No: 0238782. . 9780812545500

Tor / Tom Doherty Associates Book, New York, 1990. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Colour illustrated paperback binding with silver and gilt coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The fifth in the Lost Swords sequence. A little rubbing of the book edges and panels with minor creasing of the book corners. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 244, [8 – further titles and publishing house] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0812552865. ISBN/EAN: 9780812552867. Inventory No: 0287458. . 9780812552867

Futura, London, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Colour illustrated paperback binding with apricots and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The third in the Lost Swords sequence. Creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. There is a small tear to the lower edge of the front panel, which a previous owner has repaired with tape – tape still in situ. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Remnants of a sticker, previous owner's name details, to the top edge of the verso of the front panel. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 247, [5 – further titles from publishing house] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0812553373. ISBN/EAN: 9780812553376. Inventory No: 0287479. . 9780812553376

Georgian House, Melbourne, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Trevor Clare. 250 g; 88 pages, in cloth backed hardcover binding, with colour illustrated dustjacket. Illustrated title page, and the text is illustrated with numerous small drawings of horses. The dustjacket has a 2 inch tear at the bottom right of the front panel, and a 3 inch tear at the bottom left of the rear panel and a 1 inch tear top edge central of the rear panel. Previous owner's bookplate on the front free end page, opposite the price clipped dustjacket. Trace of foxing to the top and front edges of the text block. The author's love for horses, his delight in the movement of a hunt or a steeplechase, and his tender memories of the Ireland he knew so well years ago, will give pleasure to readers who appreciate a blend of the hunting field in a romance. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request… Read More

Comune Di Milano, Mazzotta, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Miro Milano. 261 pages, illustrated throughout in black-and-white photography and colour. Texts by Dupin, Picon, Teixidor et al; the text is in Italian. There is a chronological biography, a listing of the works of Miro sorted by painting, sculpture, ceramics etc. , all in an illustrated colour wrapper. Original bookseller's stamp at the lower right hand corner of the front inside cover panel on the half title page next two the half title is a printed signature (printed by the publisher). . . Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Miro Milano. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; ISBN: 882020472X. ISBN/EAN: 9788820204723. Inventory No: 0209353. . 9788820204723

Harper & Row, New York, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. XVI, 544 pages, Hanukkah wish to mother and father at the top left of the yellow front end page, no other damage, no other annotations. The dust jacket is creased on the front fold over flap. There is no other damage to detail. The book includes an extensive bibliography, and is indexed. "A vivid, fascinating account of the Jewish Third World brought to light by the author's personal observation of the people, places, and institutions of some 30 Jewish communities throughout the world, outside of Israel and North America, as they were formed in the past and have endured into the present." -- Rear panel blurb Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Religion & Theology; judaica; ISBN: 0060154039. ISBN/EAN: 9780060154035. Inventory No:… Read More

Dell Publishing, New York, No date. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Maps. this book is a comprehensive and scholarly account of the Jews from the French Revolution up until the end of the 1950s, a brilliant depiction of the social and cultural influences both Jewish and non-Jewish, which have formed their civilisation. clean copy, no damage to describe no annotation. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. X hundred and 30, [10] pages, indexed bibliography. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Maps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Judaica; Sociology & Culture. Inventory No: 0257021. .

Vintage Books / A Division of Random House, Inc, New York, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Prologue by author, bibliography and index. Colour illustrated paperback binding with white and dark peach coloured titles to the front panel and black and white coloured titles to the back strip. At the end of the 15th century, 1492 to be exact, the last professing Jews were driven from Spain – where they had known religious tolerance under seven centuries of Islamic rule. " ... Those who left became the seed of Jewish civilisation that would spring up as far away as Morocco and the Netherlands, Ottoman Turkey and colonial Brazil." – from the rear panel blurb. Rubbing of the book edges and panels with light tanning of the text block edges and pages. The rear end page has a tear with creasing. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [9], X - XII, [7], 4 - 439, [7] pages,. Please refer to accompanying… Read More