Non-fiction Books

 1565 SENNETT, TED

THE ART OF HANNA-BARBERA. 50 Years of Creativity

1989 VIKING STUDIO BOOKS

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1ST EDITION. NO D/W.VERY GOOD WHITE CLOTH SLIGHTLY SOILED AT THE EDGES. GILT TITLES TO SPINE AND BLIND STAMPED UPPER. HALF A CENTURY OF ANIMATION. FROM TOM & JERRY, THE FLINTSTONES TO THE HAIRBEAR BUNCH AND BEYOND. P+P EXTRA.

 

1157 SERVICE, ALASTAIR

THE ARCHITECTS OF LONDON FROM 1066 TO THE PRESENT

1979 ARCHITECTURAL PRESS

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1st EDITION. D/W IS PRICE CLIPPED. NAME AND DATE TO FFEP OTHERWISE VERY GOOD+. Lavishly illustrated with monochrome plates and in-text photos throughout. Street layouts and line art schematics accompany text. Describes the lives and characgters of 38 architects who contributed major buildings to London's streets, parks and squares.

 

1123 SHELDEN, MICHAEL

GRAHAM GREENE The Man Within

1994 HEINEMANN

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1st EDITION. FINE BOOK IN LIKE WRAPPER. THIS IS THE FIRST COMPLETE BIOGRAPHY OF GREENE. PROVOCATIVE AND UNCONVENTIONAL, IT'S BOUND TO CAUSE SHOCKWAVES AMONG GREENE'S VAST FOLLOWING.

 

507 SHEPARD, E.H.

DRAWN FROM LIFE

1961 METHUEN

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Continuing the story of Shepard's young life from 1890 onwards, following on from "Drawn From Memory". D/W very slightly edgeworn and colour faded to spine section, otherwise an outstanding copy. Near Fine / Fine

 

1362 SHEPPARD'S,

BOOK DEALERS IN THE BRITISH ISLES 1988

1988 EUROPA PUBLICATIONS

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13th YEAR OF NEW ISSUE. VERY GOOD+ IN LIKE UNCLIPPED D/W. A DIRECTORY OF ANTIQUARIAN AND SECONDHAND BOOK DEALERS IN THE UK, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS, THE ISLE OF MAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND.

 

508 SHEWAN, M.T.

IAIDO.the art of japanese swordsmanship

1983 E.F.I.

PAPERBACK

FINE

 

1230 SHOLOMIR, JACK

SHOLOMIR'S JOURNEY

1959 SECKER & WARBURG

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VERY NEAR FINE 1ST EDITION IN LIKE UNCLIPPED D/W. Account of a journey almost entirely on foot through the Rhodesias, the Congo, Uganda, the Sudan and Egypt. B&W Frontispiece.

 
 

1235 SITWELL, OSBERT

THE SCARLET TREE

1950 MACMILLAN

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REPRINT. VERY GOOD IN D/W. JACKET THOUGH IS ONLY GOOD WITH SOME LOSS TO SPINE TOP AND TOE, IT'S ALSO PRICE CLIPPED. VOLUME 2 OF THE FIVE VOLUME AUTOBIOGRAPHY. B+W PHOTOS & ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN PIPER

 
 

1465 SITWELL, OSBERT

NOBLE ESSENCE

1950 MACMILLAN

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1ST EDITION. NO D/W. HALF-TITLE PAGE MISSING OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. PREVIOUS OWNER NAME TO VERSO OF DECORATED FEP. RED CLOTH AND GILT. BEING THE FIFTH AND LAST VOLUME OF LEFT HAND, RIGHT HAND! THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF OSBERT SITWELL.

 

1070 SITWELL, OSBERT

GREAT MORNING

1948 MACMILLAN

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VERY GOOD+ UNCLIPPED D/W HAS SLIGHTLY NICKED AND WORN TOP EDGE. THE BOOK IS FINE. BEING THE THIRD VOLUME OF LEFT HAND, RIGHT HAND! AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. B+W PHOTOS & ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN PIPER

 
 

1258 SITWELL, OSBERT

LEFT HAND RIGHT HAND!

1945 MACMILLAN

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1ST EDITION. D/W IN BITS BUT PRESENT MINUS THE SPINE SECTION, LAYED IN. RED CLOTH SLIGHTLY SUN FADED TO SPINE OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. SLIGHT FOXING TO PAGE EDGES.

 
 

1469 SITWELL, SACHEVERELL

LA VIE PARISIENNE: A Tribute to Offenbach

1937 FABER & FABER

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1ST EDITION. NO D/W. ORIGINAL RED CLOTH WITH BLUE AND GILT TO SPINE. A LITTLE DUSTY AND SLIGHTLY BUMPED BUT GENERALLY VERY GOOD-

 
 

1004 SMITH, R.A.L.

BATH

1948 BATSFORD

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3rd EDITION, REVISED. SLIGHTLY EDGEWORN D/W A LITTLE GRUBBY. RED CLOTH WITH WHITE PRINT TO SPINE AND BLIND STAMPED UPPER. BOOK IS SLIGHTLY BOWED OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. 84 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM ENGRAVINGS, PAINTINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS.

 

510 SMITHERS, A.J.

TOBY, a real life ripping yarn

1978 GORDON & CREMONESI

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Biography of a British 19th & 20th Century WW I Eccentric. Jacket is lightly rubbed & edgeworn. VG+/Near Fine

 

 

2556. Snodin, Michael: English Silver Spoons

Published by Charles Letts, London. 1974

1st edition hardback in very good condition. The dust wrapper is also very good being price clipped. There are no previous owner names or marks. One of a series of Collectors' Guide books published by Letts. Each containing about 60 colour plates of collectors' pieces. These having been carefully selected, by experts in each field, as representative of items mostly still available for private collection. Museum pieces have been avoided unless of particular importance.

 

1524 SOLZHENITSYN, ALEXANDER

PRUSSIAN NIGHTS

1977 COLLINS HARVILL

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1ST EDITION. Nr FINE IN LIKE UNCLIPPED D/W. A LONG NARRATIVE POEM DESCRIBES HIS EXPERIENCES ON THE EASTERN FRONT IN 1945. COMPOSED DURING HIS PRISON-CAMP YEARS. TRANSLATED BY ROBERT CONQUEST.

 

511 SOPER, D.

QUESTION TIME ON TOWER HILL

1935 HODDER

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VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD