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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 12mo. Pictorial paper boards, in matching dust jacket. 80 pp., 64 pp. B&W photo plates (separately paginated). Slight tilting to spine, light bumping to spine ends and corners. Staining to top edge of text block. Dust jacket has small chips to spine ends, short tear to head of rear cover, rubbing to joints. Mr. R.W. Symonds is recognized as the foremost authority on the history of clocks and clock cases in England. His King Penguin Book first published in 1947 is now presented in a new, considerably revised and altered form. In approximately half the cases Mr. Symonds has replaced plates shown in the first edition by others, either because new and more perfect photographs have become available, or because clocks have, in the meantime, been discovered which need inclusion in his book.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. viii, 163 p.p. Stain to head of front cover, with soiling and rubbing to covers and spine. Original price stamped on half-title page, otherwise in good condition, with extensive footnotes on the text, and a helpful glossary of middle english words.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Pelican Books A623. Paperback, 148pp., ads. Pages yellowed, light wear and fading on covers o/w near fine. An experimental approach in the field of parapsychology, examining "the aims, methods, and results of a wide range of fascinating work" in the areas of ESP (Extra Sensory Perception), Psycho-Kinesis, Precognition and Psychical Research.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 8vo. Seminar '82. Soft cover. 193-392 pp. Small light damp stains to spine. Else fine.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 8vo. Soft cover. xiii, 383 pp. [32] pp. B&W photos. Some discolouration to head of front cover, else fine. In this lively and panoramic work of history Lady Antonia Fraser looks at women who led armies and empires. Here are Boadicea, the Celtic chieftain who led a bloody uprising against Roman rule in the first century A.D.Cleopatra, who relied less on sexual guile than on political acumen.the grimly devout Isabella of Spain.the majestic and murderous Jinga Mbandi, who became the bane of Portuguese colonists in seventeenth-century Angola. Here too are the modern "iron ladies": Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, and Golda Meir, who have inherited and sometimes shrewdly manipulated the myths adhering to their predecessors.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo. Soft cover. 48 pp. Bumped to spine head, some creasing to spine. Small damp stain to outer margin of title page.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Grey cloth, 149pp. Name on front pastedown, rubbing to extremities otherwise near fine. "This item shares with you some of the thrilling items that gave me a living bible, greater prophets, a supreme Christ and a firmer faith.".

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. First Edition. 8vo. First Trade Printing. Paperback, x, 240pp. About fine. "Bitersweet.romance blooms.You'll cry in spite of yourself!" (People).

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. 16mo. A Great Life in Brief Series. Orig. green boards, title in blind on upper front cover with gilt on spine. 197pp, vii. From the library of C.B. Farrar, his bookplate on front pastedown. Light bruising on spine o/w near fine in d/w. Jacket clipped, earlier tape repairs on lower front cover and upper spine,some wear on jacket. Gilbert Stuart was a painter of George Washington and other founding fathers of America.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo. Preface by Debbie Harry. Forewrrd by Legs McNeil. Soft cover. viii, 248 p.p. Near fine. An intimate, often hilarious, account of New York City's early punk rock scene, as experienced by Phil Marcade - lead singer of beloved punk-blues band The Senders. "A must-read for those interested in the history of punk." - Library Journal.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The Augustan Reprint Society Number 235. Orig. tan card wrappers, staple bound. xii, 41 pp. Slight sunning to spine, else fine. See and Seem Blind has remained virtually unnoticed by modern scholars, excerpt for a few paragraphs plucked from it by Deutsch and printed in his Handel: A Documentary Biography (1955). The pamphlet turns out to be a fascinatingly particular review of the cultural affairs in London during the winter and spring of 1732. The authorship must be regarded as uncertain, though a number of hints seem to point to Aaron Hill.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo. Paperback, 118pp. Light rubbing to extremities o/w near fine. A novel of child abuse told through a form of realism, modern metaphysics, tract and symbolism.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 12mo. Paperback, 192 p.p. All edges red. Light rubbing to spine and joints, crease to upper corner of rear cover, a few scuffs to covers. Before she was transferred there, Jennifer Grant had always thought of the private block of the hospital as a quiet backwater. But then Doctor Mark Temple arrived to supervise one of his more difficult cases, and after that Jennifer could never complain of boredom again!

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 8vo. Soft cover. 187 pp. B&W illustrations. Spine tilted, else fine.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 18mo. Orig. blue card wraps. 8 pp. Some creasing down the centre, else fine.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Vera Stone Norman Ilustrador. 16mo. Orig. green illustrated wrappers, 64pp. Illustrated. Small blue stain on upper title-page (text unaffected) and light dampstain on contents page. Name on front inner cover. Light soiling to wrappers, spine darkened but o/w a very good copy of Children's Hour Stories, including: Gradnmother's Lily, What Happened on Friday, Marjorie and the Wasps, Aunty's Robin, and Earning a Bible.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 4" x 7.5" Softcover. xiii, 132 p.p. Includes blank lined pages for notes at rear. B&W and colour diagrams and photographs. Bumping and creasing to lower corner at front, light rubbing to upper corners of covers. The latest and most comprehensive guide to knife throwing, from the physics to the actual practice.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 12mo. Universal Best-Seller Library No. 107. Paperback, 287 p.p. All edges red. Some pink staining to spine ends, bumping and creasing to top edge and fore edges. Rippling to joints and front.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 4.25" x 7" Paperback. xii, 230 pp. Toning to spine, light soiling to covers. Interior is age toned.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 12mo. Paperback, 224 pp. A.E.R. Light wear to joints and creasing to spine. The bustling life of a big Edinburgh hospital provides the background for this engaging story of Gregor Lothian, a brilliant young surgeon who specialized in the ailments of children, and Carol Ross, Sister-in-charge of the children's ward. Carol and Gregor had been friends since childhood, and he was fond of her, attached to her, liked to have her around - but he was going to marry Pearl Carluke, a rich young lovely who, had he but realized it, regarded his work as merely a moderately useful adjunct to the more important job of being her husband.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 4.5" x 7" Paperback. All edges green. 141 pp. Some general rubbing and creasing commensurate with age, small damp stain to fore edge of text block, near fine overall. Another exciting Dr. Chuck Wade around the world Adventure Novel.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 16mo. Paperback, 280pp. Covers a bit faded with small wear on spine o/w near fine. "A penetrating look at the American nation, language, religions, food, drink, clothing, housing, sex habits, recreation, holiday and art.".

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Ed Powers Ilustrador. First Edition. 16mo. Paperback, 95pp. Illustrated. Wear to spine and edges with some yellow soiling to foot of front cover and rear cover o/w very good. "An impractical Guide to Transcendental Amnesia.".

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Paperback. xxi, 282 pp. [16] pp. B&W photos. Covers rubbed, damp staining to spine head. Spine sunned. Grey Owl, an Englishman born and bred, lived like an Indian in Canada with his wife Anahareo, writing of the animals and of the Indians he came to love as his own. In this book, Grey Owl, or Archie Belaney, describes the change from the life of a trapper to that of a conservationist.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 4" x 6" Paperback. All edges purple. 191 pp. Spine tilted, covers age toned. Interior age toned. Very good.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 4" x 7" Paperback. 192 pp. All edges green. Some tanning and light soiling to covers, creasing to spine, a few spots of rubbing to extremities. Fading to edges of text block.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 121 pp. Faint tape mark to lower spine, else fine.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 12mo (tall). Soft cover. x, 187 p.p. B&W photos. Near fine. A book of anecdotes, reflections, lessons, humour, kindness, wisdom, faith, and prayer from a humble man who dedicated his life to serving God and his parishoners.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. 16mo. Paperback. 127pp. Wear to covers and edges, a small damp stain along foot of rear cover o/w very good. Smith "stalks the jungle of adult behaviour.[with] humour, honesty, and a belief in human beings.".

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 12mo (tall). 64 p.p. [6] illustrations. Light rubbing to edges, extremities of covers. Slight soiling to covers around joints. Top right corner of half-title creased, otherwise in very good conditions.