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The T.B.F. Davis Memorial Sailing Trust, Cape Town, South Africa, 1973. First Edition. Brown Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illustrator: Photo's. gilt titles spine & front; black outline drawing of the ship front cover; gilt emblem on front & rear end papers; some wear to D/J. edges & spine; the story of a ship that gained world renown for its cadets since it began training boys for the merchant fleet in 1922; Botha Boys, mariners who have manned every kind of ship from a tug to a windjammer across the Seven Seas, will find a treasure trove of reminiscence in these pages, those who love the sea and ships will be continuously fascinated; more than 140 photographs; 173 pages. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrator: Photo's. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ships & the Sea; Africa; Education. ISBN: 0620011513. ISBN/EAN: 9780620011518. Inventory No: SAF00015. . 9780620011518

George Newnes Limited, London, 1906. First Edition. Quarter Binding. Very Good/Good. gilt titles & decoration on blue cloth spine with blue series logo to front grey boards cover; undated but early 1900's; sepia photogravure frontispiece with tissue guard ( tissue present but loose & creased); illustrated by 65 further b/w. photo. plates; introduction to the Flemish School by Frederick Wedmore with chronological list of painters & their works in the gallery; some foxing to endpapers & borders of frontis.; slight wear to bottom edge of covers; some edgewear & age-discolouration to intact dustjacket which has publisher's adverts in blue to inside flaps & in red to rear; 25 text pages followed by the plates which are mainly full-page. A HEAVY BOOK WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Painting; Flemish School; Flanders; 1930s; Art & Design.… Read More

Octagon Press Ltd, London, United Kingdom, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. The Natives are Restless is the second book in Idries Shah's best-selling trilogy on why the English are as strange as they are. It chronicles some of the amazing, amusing, and thought-provoking adventures of the Afghan traveller and writer, Idries Shah, among members of what he calls the ‘English tribe’. It is an enthralling sequel to his best-selling Darkest England, the narrative illustrating his practised eye as an anthropologist. Shah observes how the English see themselves, and contrasts it with how the rest of the world views this eccentric island race. He also speculates on the likely continuing effect of Englishness on the future development of global society, offering unsuspecting parallels between English attitudes and Oriental wisdom. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 224 pages. Binding… Read More

Treasure Press, London, 1989. First Thus. Hardcover (Printed Illustrated Boards). Very Good Condition. yellow end-papers. Nature Watcher's Field Guide is an ideal book for anyone interested in watching wildlife. It not only shows how to identify animals that can be found in the countryside but also gives advice on how to actually seethe. rarer species by implementing the techniques used by experts. The major habitats from mountains, moorlands heath and woodlands to lowlands, wetlands and seashores are described in terms of their special features and the way in which the countryside affects the wildlife living there. Tips are given on the kind of equipment to use and there are lots of photographs and illustrations to assist in identification and explain techniques. The Nature Watcher's Field Guide is filled with expert advice and will certainly help the enthusiast to catch exciting glimpses of rare wildlife in their natural habitat � Reset Edition. Size: 8vo - over… Read More

Collins, London, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Not since Richard FitterÂ’s landmark publication in 1945, ‘LondonÂ’s Natural HistoryÂ’ (volume 3 in the New Naturalist series) has there been a comprehensive guide to urban natural history. Since then there have been major advances in the conservation of nature in our towns and cities, and there is even more to say about how animals and plants have adapted, in varying degrees, to urbanisation. This is not merely an exploration of natural history within the urban environment. David Goode uses his knowledge of urban ecology to describe the range of habitats and species which exist within urban areas, and shows how our understanding is being applied to encourage a greater variety of nature into towns and cities. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi + 418. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. in archive acetate film protection. Dust Jacket… Read More

Jarrold & Sons Ltd, Norwich, Norfolk, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Near Fine Condition. published to mark the 50th anniversary of the Norfolk Naturalists Trust & with an preface by Sir Peter Scott this book gives an account of the major habitats of Norfolk's natural heritage & its conservation. Illustrated throughout by colour & b/w. photo's.; maps, diagrams & tables & with suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter the subjects covered are: Climate; Past Environment; Flora * Fauna; Breckland; Broadland, Woodlands; Heaths, Bogs & Fens; Hedgerows; Rivers; the Ouse & the Wash; the Coast; Marine Environment & fisheries; Farming and Forestry. Map to front end-paper & Nature Reserve list to rear e/p. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 192 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. no Dust Jacket as published.. White titles spine. Includes indexes of Place Names & of Geological… Read More

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. USA, 2002. Reprint. Softcover. As New. This book is one of the most successful efforts so far to communicate the results of the anthropological study of one people to another people . . . the book is not addressed to the specialist in the study of culture . . . Without resort to dramatization or oversimplification, it should communicate to many kinds of readers the goals and viewpoints of the Navahos." This collaboration between an anthropologist and a medico-psychiatrist has been a fortunate one . . . This book teaches the salutary lesson that majority culture patterns are not self- justifying ... If we have achieved a greater mastery over the forces of nature than the Navahos, perhaps they have received more by experiencing the beauty and emotional values in nature than we. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 355 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. no Dust Jacket as published.. White titles… Read More

Pan Books Ltd, London, 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. In the dark of space lies a new dimension of fear. The stars are no longer neutral and mankind becomes aware that the skies are shared with an alien race. United earth and it's colonies are protected by thinly spread starships of the space corps manned by such very specially qualified men and women as Tom Bruce of venturer twelve and Helen Lindstrom, his second-in-command. In space they had to play god and the worlds hated them for it. (John Kippax (1915-1974) was the pen name of English science fiction writer John Charles Hynam who was unfortunately killed in a car accident in 1974 thus bringing the Venturer Twelve series to a premature end, although his co-author did write a fourth volume - "Where No Stars Guide") We also have for sale Books 1 & 2. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 215 pages. Pages browned with age. no Dust Jacket as published.. Black titles spine.… Read More

Howell Book House, New York, New York, U.S.A, 1979. Third Edn. Illustrated Boards. Very Good/N/A. Illustrator: Photo's. ,black & white titles plus bulldog picture spine & front cover, further photo. of puppies rear cover; 3rd Edition, 7th Printing; illustrated throughout by b/w photos & diagrams; "the author has owned Bulldogs - good ones - since 1948 . He has an American Kennel Club judging license and is past president of the Oklahoma City Kennel Club, the oldest all-breed club in the State. The Complete Bulldog began in 1948 as a hobby of collecting data, old prints, old out-of-pririt books on Bulldogs & in-print books which had anything to do with the breed. Most of the material for the history came from England. Hanes painstakingly checked with English authorities on every shred of information before it went into his book as fact."; including bibliography 287 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Photo's.… Read More

Oxford University Press, New York, 1976. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. Illustrator: Photo's & Drawings. a Galaxy Book, illustrated by b/w. photo's & drawings throughout; "The New Country is the result of some 35 years of travel in and study of the American West - Professor Bartlett has an excellent eye and pen for the rich human diversity that made up the westward movement. With this book's sophisticated concepts of organization and approach, its rewarding details, and its vivid and imaginative writing, it supersedes other social histories of the frontier & should become a classic in the field."; fading to spine & top right corner of front cover has been neatly cut off; otherwise a clean & tight copy; including index - 487 pages. This is a heavy book & may incur extra shipping cost outside the U.K. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Photo's & Drawings. Quantity Available: 1.… Read More

O.U.P. (Humphrey Milford), London, 1934. Reprint. Green Cloth. Good/No Jacket. black titles front & spine, a sound copy, some marking & fading to spine, front endpaper removed, 240 pages containing three novels Humphrey Bold, Palm Tree Island, & The Riders. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; Children. Inventory No: CHD00015. .

Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 1982. Second Edition. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. white titles spine; cover illustration shows: 'Solution of the Labor Problem in rbe South' from Harper's Weekly, 1865; "provides an insightful analysis of the effort to transform the South into a free labour society. Building upon existing regional studies, Powell takes his readers into the plantation fields and country stores where blacks and whites fought decisive battles over the meaning of emancipation. The book tells this critical story from the perspective of outsiders who arrived as conquerors confidently imbued with boundless faith in the efficacy of free labour. ... Because Powell tempers his conceptual boldness with theoretical sophistication and logical trenchancy, this book contributes in a most significant way to the swelling interest in the transformation of post-war southern society."; previous owner's name on front endpaper; including appendix; tables; extensive… Read More

Dover Publications, New York, 1997. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Near Fine Condition. Titles. prefaces,& detailed contents list to front. Along with Aleister Crowley, Madame Blavatsky, and George Gurdjieff, P. D. Ouspensky (1878 -1947) was one of the most important and influential figures in the occult movements of the twentieth century. With such books as The Fourth Dimension (incorporated in this present volume), Tertium Organum , In Search of the Miraculous , and The Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution , he earned a loyal following among those seeking a deeper knowledge of themselves and their lives, and of the meaning of human existence.In this book, Ouspensky analyzes certain older schools of thought, of both East and West, connects them with modern ideas and explains them in the light of twentieth-century discovery and speculations in physics and philosophy. In the process he explores relativity, the fourth dimension, Christian symbolism, the tarot, yoga, dreams,… Read More

The Cresset Press, London, 1927. First Thus. Hardcover (Paper Covered Boards with Vellum Spine). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. A New Orchard & Garden: Or, The Best Way for Planting, Graffing and to make any Ground Good for a Rich Orchard: Particularly in the North, and Generally for the whole Common-wealth, as in Nature, Reason, Situation and all Probability, may and doth appear :With the Country House-wifes Garden for Herbs of Common use. Their Virtues, Seasons, Ornaments, Variety of Knots, Models for Trees, and Plots, for the best Ordering of Grounds and Walks : As Also the Husbandry of Bees, with their several Uses and Annoyances; All being the Experience of Forty Eight Years Labour, by William Lawson, reprinted from the Third Edition with a Preface by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde. Whereunto is newly added the Art of Propagating Plants, with the true Ordering of all manner of Fruits, in their Gathering, Carrying home, and Preservation. No. 561 of an edition limited to 650 copies. The… Read More

Daily Express Publications, London, 1946. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Alfred Bestall. ownership name box has been filled in; 'Rupert's puzzle' and 'How To Make' pages unmarked; front cover shows Rupert leaning out of a window with Bill Badger and Algy Pug below; Contents include: Puzzle Picture; “Rupert On Coon Island”; “Rupert And 'Rastus”; “Rupert And The Blue Mountain”; “Rupert And The Prince· Of China”; Puzzle Picture; “Rupert, Beppo And The Duck”; “Rupert And Podgy”; “Rupert And The Rocket Plane”; “Rupert And Bingo”; “Rupert And The Magic Dart”; ‘Making A Paper BirdÂ’. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 119 pages. Light wear to spine ends;. no Dust Jacket as published..… Read More

Martin Hopkinson & Co, London, 1924. First Edition. Red Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. black titles spine; preface by G. K. Chesterton; "58 erudite articles by the distinguished drama critic of the Illustrated London News on the plays & the theatre world of the 1920's"; some fading to spine; previous owner's (1929) bookplate inside front cover; light foxing to page edges; including index - 264 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Theatre & Plays; Theatre & Plays. Inventory No: PLY00005. .

The New Yorker Magazine Inc, New York, 1979. First Thus. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Very Good Condition. Magazine Cover art by James Stevenson (An Asian themed McDonald's restaurant with the Great Wall of China in the background)..Contents include: poems by Seamus Heaney (Casualty) & Tess Gallagher (Bird-Window-Flying); cartoons by Charles Adams, Ed Koren, Charles Barsotti, Jean-Jacques Sempé & many others; Fiction by Jonathan Mark (Route 17) & Katinka Loeser (Weeding) plus 'Our Far-Flung Correspondents' - (The Diamond-Studded Saxophone - interview with Lawrence Bud Freeman) by John Bainbridge & Talk of the Town , Book, Theater, Cinema & Food Reviews, etc. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 128 pages. Item Type: Magazine. no Dust Jacket as published.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; New York; Ephemera; American Magazines; United States; 1970s; Poetry. Inventory No: 4802. .

Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover (Faux Leather). Near Fine Condition/Good. Yellow end-papers; titles, preface & editor's note to front. This is an outstanding book that captures in pictures many of the historical scenes that took place during the reign of the last Emperor of Russia, Nicholas II. Many of the pictures are delightful and, , the family pictures are deeply touching. The fate of the last Emperor of Russia and his family is a mystery which has intrigued people over the years. The tragic and violent circumstances of their deaths have given their life a poignant interest, but the passage of time and events has parted us from Nicholas's friends and relatives, and his property and possessions have been either destroyed or dispersed. All that remains now by way of record are photographs and this fascinating pictorial biography has drawn on some 35,000 unpublished photographs to present a vivid and immediate panorama of Nicholas II and his family.… Read More

Sphere Books Limited, London, 1976. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Good/N/A. white titles spine; first Sphere paperback printing; "The Shelter Cities lay deep and soulless beneath the deserted land. But not deep enough to escape the earth-boring bombs that turned them into tombs. From the radioactive destruction emerged the Wolf people, the nomads, instinctive killers. And after them, the League of Sanity, struggling slowly, painfully to rebuild a wild world that had known the Night of the Wolf." a tight, clean copy; 221 pages plus publisher's adverts. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction. ISBN: 0722154755. ISBN/EAN: 9780722154755. Inventory No: SFC00095. . 9780722154755

Orion, London, 2000. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. As New. Inscribed by Author. Inscribed by the author on the title page with the words: "For Kevin with best wishes Michelle Spring". It's May week in Cambridge, a time of wild excess following the end of exams, but for private eye Laura Principal, the May Ball turns sour when Katie Arkwright disappears. In her white satin dress, and with her halo of blonde curls, Katie looked angelic, but Laura discovers that her past was anything but. First Thus. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 310 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. no Dust Jacket as published.. Yellow titles spine & front. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Crime Fiction; Cambridge; England; Fiction. Inscribed by Author. ISBN: 0752824791. ISBN/EAN: 9780752824796. Inventory No: 3867. . 9780752824796