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Heinemann, London, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Fair. “Letters mingle souls," said John Donne, and no better proof of this statement could be found than this collection cf the letters of Kahlil Gibran, author of ‘The ProphetÂ’, ‘The Broken WingsÂ’ and ‘The Voice of the MasterÂ’. The letters in this book cover the years from 1904- to 1930 and are an illuminating self-portrait of the poet during his most productive period. There are letters to his sister Miriana and other members of his family; thoughtful letters to his editor, Ameen Guraieb; and, above all, impassioned letters to May Ziadeh, the Lebanese writer with whom Gibran formed an extraordinary relationship entirely through correspondence. This intimate record of a restless, creative mind has been translated with sensitive perspicacity by Anthony Rizcalla Ferris, who has also written helpful explanatory notes to… Read More

Thornton Butterworth, London, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. This biography was Isaiah Berlin's first book. Karl Heinrich Marx (5 May 1818 -– 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, critic of political economy, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 pamphlet The Communist Manifesto and the three-volume Das Kapital (1867–1883). Marx's political and philosophical thought had enormous influence on subsequent intellectual, economic, and political history. To rear is a 4-page list of Home University Library titles. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 254 + 4 pages. Spine browned with age. Previous owner's signature to fep.. Black titles spine & front with publisher's device front. blue cloth. Includes short bibliography & index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250… Read More

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London, 1932. First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrator: Eleanor Farjeon. black cloth spine with boards (illustrated - front, blue paper-covered - rear); illustrated title page in red & black; colour frontis. & eleven further full-page coloured illustrations; both text & illustrations are contained within double-line outer black border on each page; there is wear to corners & some loss of colour to the rear cover plus foxing to end-papers but the contents are clean & in excellent condition; 32 pages. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrator: Eleanor Farjeon. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; 1930s; Children. Inventory No: CHD00293. .

Ward, Lock & Co, London, No date. Early Edition. Red Cloth. Very Good/Good. black titles spine, undated c.1940, No 61 in this Ward Lock series, volume seven of the "Sanders" series set in West Africa, price-intact D/J. is edgeworn espec. at corners & top spine, 251 pages.. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Africa; Fiction. Inventory No: NOV00003. .

William Blackwood and Sons, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Illustrator: A. Pearce. pictorial covers in orange & black over light brown; b/w. map of Northern India printed inside front cover; b/w. frontis. illustration & 7 further throughout by A. Pearce; a stirring tale of the Indian or Sepoy Mutiny & the brave deeds of Britain's brave soldiers written barely a decade & a half after the event, so unlikely to refer to them as 'India's First Nationalist Uprising'. At the rear is a 64 page catalogue of Blackwood's publications. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 325 + 64 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact; now in archive acetate film protection. Slight foxing to page edges. no Dust Jacket as published.. Previous owner's signature in ink to fep.. Black titles spine. Illustrator: A. Pearce. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Pictorial Bindings; Historical Fiction;… Read More

World International Publishing Ltd, Manchester, England, 1992. First Edition. Pictorial Laminated Boards. Near Fine/N/A. Illustrator: Nister, Ernest. enter the enchanting world of Ernest Nister. This charming pop-up book that also includes captivating changing pictures evokes the innocence of Victorian childhood through lyrical nineteenth-century verse and Ernest Nister's delightful Illustrations from a simpler, bygone era. Young and old will treasure this lovely antique reproduction."; unpaginated. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Nister, Ernest. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; Pop-Up Book; 19th century; Children. ISBN: 0749810289. ISBN/EAN: 9780749810283. Inventory No: CHD00230. . 9780749810283

Picador/Pan Books, London, 1978. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Foreword by Allen Ginsberg. 'Kerouac - of the faded jeans, workman's shirt, broken-down shoes, rucksack, high on benzedrine, marijuana or just skid row sweet tokay like the bums in the grass down by the railroad tracks - was your crazy kid brother. If you were a girl, he was that madpoet first love who you never got over, talking wild talk about hopping freight trains and hitching rides. Kerouac conjured up a modern style hero in ‘On the RoadÂ’, invented the Beat Generation, fathered a life style and a writing style. A generation weep over his loss, our loss in his drunken untimely death.' 'Behind the 'crazy rebel' of the novels who inspired a whole generation to go hitch-hiking across America in search of 'the myth of the rainy night', lay a life of insecurity and wretched loneliness ... a duality perceptively illustrated by Ann Charters in her lucid,… Read More

The Field Studies Council,, London, 1966. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Booklet Signed by Author. Academic Journal Offprint printed (in advance) for Field Studies Vol. 1, No. 4 (1962) with altered pagination orange card covers with orange cloth spine; signed with "Best wishes" on the front cover by the author. This key is developed from one used on various courses at the Marine Biology Station, Menai Bridge and at Dale Fort Field Centre. This was based on the excellent key in Knight and Parke's Manx Algae (1931), which was modified by the inclusion of genera not found on the Isle of Man and by the addition of a key to the Cyanophyceae. The key has been further modified in the light of experience gained during these courses and expanded to include all the genera in Parke's Check List (1953) and the later amendments (Parke 1956, -57, -59), apart from a few minor- exceptions and with the major change that the classification of Drouet and Daily (1956) has been adopted for… Read More

Findhorn Press, Forres, Scotland, 2010. First Edition. Paperback. As New. CD with book Inscribed by the author on the pre-title page with the words: "Follow a golden path - love - Diana". This examination communicates the knowledge of wise ancients. There are 48 keys and two cosmic keys that open up the various energies of the universe. Along with the accompanying CD, the information in this book will enable readers to expand their consciousness by using these keys to unlock the secrets of other realms, such as the animal and natural kingdoms, the elementals, different archangels and other angelic beings, cosmic masters, and wisdom centers. An exploration of spiritual laws, this is a fascinating and important look at energies that manifest as sound resonances and what humanity can do to access them. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 237 pages. Item Type: CD with book. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. no Dust Jacket as published.. White… Read More

Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, New York, USA, 2006. 25th Anniversary Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. grey boards with black cloth spine; This beloved classic brings together in one volume all the major themes of the Dalai Lama's teachings. Drawn from the lectures he gave during his first three visits to North America, the book covers the core subject matter of Tibetan Buddhism, as presented for the first time to an English-speaking audience. The chapters are arranged developmentally from simple to complex topics, which include the luminous nature of the mind, the four noble truths, karma, the common goals of the world's religions, meditation, deities, and selflessness. Central to all these teachings is the necessity of compassion - which the Dalai Lama says is "the essence of religion" and "the most precious thing there is." Revised Edition. Size: 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches. 261 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in as new condition,… Read More

Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, New York, New York, U.S.A, 1970. First American Edition. Illustrated Boards. Good/No Jacket. Illustrator: Hoffmann, Felix. brown cloth spine; brown endpapers; colour illustrations throughout including front & rear covers; "There was once a king who had a most beautiful daughter, but she was so proud and scornful that she thought no man good enough to be her husband. She not only rejected her suitors one after the other, but she took delight in mocking them as well. One day, the king held a great feast for all his daughter's wooers. From near and far they came, and each took his place according to his rank, first the kings, then the dukes, princes and earls, and finally the barons...."; internally clean but covers are slightly grubby & someone has written the word "February" on the front cover; unpaginated. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrator: Hoffmann, Felix. Quantity Available: 1. Category:… Read More

Scottish Text Society, Edinburgh, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Printed for the Society by W. Blackwood and Sons & rebound in dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spines; preceding the poem is a lengthy (55 pages) & erudite introduction by the editor. The Kingis Quair is a fifteenth-century poem attributed to James I of Scotland. It is semi-autobiographical in nature, describing the King's capture by the English in 1406 on his way to France and his subsequent 18 years imprisonment by Henry IV of England and his successors, Henry V and Henry VI. The poem also narrates how he fell in love one beautiful spring morning with an English noblewoman, Joan Beaufort. In a dream vision, we find out what King James learned about good and bad fortune from the goddess Minerva and from Fortune herself, and how he discovered the nature of true love. The poem was influenced by ChaucerÂ’s dream visions, but also has its own whimsical charms & is a… Read More

Arrow, London, 1986. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Fine/N/A. volume 2 of "The Histories of King Kelson", a tight, clean copy of this fantasy epic with map by Shelly Shapiro, 337 pages including appendices, (other two volumes also available). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction. ISBN: 0099458705. ISBN/EAN: 9780099458708. Inventory No: SFC00051. . 9780099458708

Charles N. Veal & Co, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, 1993. 6th Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. compiled by & issued under the auspices of the King's Lynn Society of Arts & Sciences this informative guide to Lynn gives a b/w. map; suggested walks; history & places of interest in this Norfolk town Size: Octavo (standard book size). 116 pages. no Dust Jacket as published.. Black titles spine. illustrated by b/w. drawings with colour & b/w. photo's.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Travel & Places; East Anglia; Norfolk; King's Lynn; England; 1990s; Genealogy & Local History. Inventory No: 2619. .

MacMillan, London, 1914. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. The Kipling index : being a guide to the Uniform and Pocket editions of Rudyard Kipling's works and the verses by Rudyard Kipling in J. L. Kipling's Beast and man in India, published by Macmillan & Co., Ltd., to the editions of the author's poems published by Methuen & Co., Ltd., and to the verses in Fletcher and Kipling's History of England, published by the Clarendon Press. Arranged in two sections: Index to Stories & Poems; Index to First Lines. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 40 pages. no Dust Jacket as published.. Black titles front. light wear to outer corners of covers; wear & splitting at spine ends. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Books on Books; Bibliography; Rudyard Kipling; Bibliographies; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 4765. .

Latimer House Ltd, London, 1950. First Edition. Green Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illustrator: Gell, Kathleen. black titles spine, b/w. illusts. throughout, owner's inscription in ink inside front cover (repeated inside rear cover but in pencil), fading to spine & parts of covers with light wear to corners, 96 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Gell, Kathleen. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; Myths, Legends & Folklore. Inventory No: CHD00150. .

G. Ducharme, Montreal, Canada, 1939. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. Signed by Author. background of covers illustrated as wood with knots; inscription by the author on pre-title page reads: "To Prof. J. B. C. Grundy I cordially dedicate this copy of a book largely inspired by Her Majesty's French words at Ottawa - Emile Vaillancourt - Outremont, Sep.2. '39"; introduction by T. S. Ewart; illustrated by b/w. photo's; an appeal for Canadian Unity in spite of any differences between language, religion or geographical & regional means of living:- "A belief which is quite common among English-speaking Canadians is that the French Canadian is, if I may use the expression, France-French. whereas he is Canadian French only. He is not anti-British but again he is Canadian and takes, in fact, the same position as do many thousands of English-speaking Canadians - a fact which should be recognized by those who improperly criticise the people of Quebec. In this respect… Read More

Octagon Press, London, United Kingdom, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. To front: titles & detailed contents list. Contemporary esoteric systems almost invariably play on the desire of mankind to seek or acquire knowledge. Almost universally neglected in such systems are the often unrecognized barriers that prevent knowledge and understanding. Before learning can take place, certain conditions and basic factors must be in place, in the individual or the group. Building on the foundations laid in "Learning How to Learn" and "The Commanding Self", Idries Shah illuminates those factors in "Knowing How To Know". Like an ultra-violet light shone onto the petals of flowers, it reveals concealed patterns, normally invisible to our customary modes of thought. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiii + 343. 2 tiny marks inside rear cover (binding glue?). Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. grey cloth.… Read More

Penguin Arkana, London, 1990. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good Condition/N/A. edited by Mary Lutyens; "This reader introduces to a wide public one of the most extraordinary and profoundly influential teachers of the twentieth century. Krishnamurti was educated by Annie Besant to be the World Teacher and the salvation of the nations; he rejected this Messianic role, announcing that he did not seek disciples, but his gentle, simple and human example inspired Aldous Huxley and continues to influence seekers after truth in our own day. Krishnamurti did not have a 'philosophy'. Rather, he hoped to liberate people from all systems - from the bonds of ideology and received opinion as well as from organized religion, from the tyranny of the mind and the tyranny of the body. His message, addressed directly to every individual, is one of unity and wholeness, of total understanding and total love. As the Observer said of one of his books, 'For those who wish to listen, it will have a value… Read More

New Age Books, New Delhi, India, 2006. First Indian Edition. Softcover. New Book/No Dust Jacket. Krishnamurti was an enigma. He was discovered on an Indian beach at the age of 14 and fulfilling Theosophy's messianic expectations he was brought up to be a World Teacher. When he died in 1986 at the age of 90 Krishnamurti had spent over 60 years expounding a revolutionary and totally original philosophy through his books and talks. Major writers statesmen and scientists were among his admirers and many set him on a par with the great religious teachers of history. This book is an in depth exploration of the life and work of this remarkable man. Incorporating material from his earlier book "The Quest of the Quiet Mind", one of the few books that Krishnamurti read about himself and approved, the author offers a clear and elegant summary of Krishnamurti's teaching. Further he discusses the way in which the indisputable logic and lucidity of the teaching confronts us with the challenge… Read More