Non-fiction Books
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1279 BROWN, HILTON RUDYARD KIPLING - A New Appreciation 1945 HAMISH HAMILTON HARDBACK 1ST
EDITION. VERY Nr FINE IN A VERY GOOD- UNCLIPPED D/W. THE JACKET HAS A SMALL SECTION
LOST TO THE TOP OF THE BACK PANEL. WITH A FOREWORD BY FRANK SWINNERTON AND ILLUSTRATED
WITH 5 B+W PORTRAIT PHOTOS | |
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2322 Brown, Kevin The POX - The Life and Near Death of a Very Social Disease 2006 Sutton Publishing, Gloucestershire. Hardback First edition hardback in fine condition. There are no previous owner names or inscriptions. The dustwrapper is in fine condition and unclippedretaining the original £18.99 price at the front flap. |
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428 BROWNE, R. BEYOND THE CAPE OF HOPE 1965 JOHN MURRAY HARDBACK FINE, VERY GOOD | ||
1459 BUCHAN, JOHN MEMORY HOLD-THE-DOOR 1945 HODDER & STOUGHTON HARDBACK REPRINT.
NO D/W. GREEN CLOTH BOARDS WITH BLIND MOTIF TO UPPER AND GILT TITLE ON SPINE.
PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE AND 9 PLATES. EDGES SLIGHTLY RUBBED BUT GENERALLY VERY GOOD.
JOHN BUCHAN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. | ||
![]() | 431 BURGESS, ANTHONY YOU`VE HAD YOUR TIME 1990 HEINEMANN HARDBACK VERY
GOOD, VERY GOOD | |
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990 BURGESS, ANTHONY FLAME INTO BEING 1985 HEINEMANN HARDBACK UK 1st EDITION. THE LIFE AND WORK OF D.H. LAWRENCE.
VERY GOOD+ BOOK & UNCLIPPED D/W. | |
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182. Burgess, Anthony: Private Pictures Published by Jonathan Cape, London. 1980. 1st edition hardback in near fine condition. The dust wrapper is only lightly chipped at the tips with some surface marks to the dust wrapper otherwise fine. The book is clean and unmarked. |
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BURNFORD, SHEILA THE FIELDS OF NOON 1964 HODDER AND STOUGHTON HARDBACK 1ST
EDITION. VERY GOOD IN A VERY GOOD PRICE CLIPPED D/W WHICH IS SLIGHTLY SMOKE STAINED
TO THE SPINE. PREVIOUS OWNER NAME TO THE FRONT ENDPAPER. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL BOOK
LOOKING AT THE AUTHORS FAVORITE PASSTIMES AND HOBBIES AND AN UNSENTIMENTAL APPRECIATION
OF HER WORLD. FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY. | |
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WOMEN WITH WINGS: female flyers in fact and fiction 1992 MACMILLAN HARDBACK 1ST
EDITION. VERY GOOD + BOOK AND UNCLIPPED D/ W. A highly entertaining celebration
of the achievements of female aviatrices from the 18th century balloonists to
comic strip heroine's and today's astronauts. | |
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1216 CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER THE TROUBLE WITH AMERICANS 1971 RUPERT HART-DAVIS HARDBACK 1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ IN LIKE UNCLIPPED
D/W. "A WITTY AND PROVOCATIVE ONSLAUGHT ON AMERICA'S MOST CHERISHED ILLUSIONS"
"NO ONE IS SPARED AS CAMPBELL'S BROADSWORD CRITIQUE TAKES IN THE MAFIA, THE
MILITARY CASTE, BOMB-THROWING YOUNG RADICALS AND CORRUPT AND HYPOCRITICAL POLITICIANS". | ||
434 CAMPBELL, PATRICK A FEAST OF TRUE FANDANGLES 1979 W.H. ALLEN HARDBACK VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD | ||
1496 CAMPBELL, VICE-ADMIRAL GORDON BRAVE MEN ALL 1935 HODDER & STOUGHTON HARDBACK 1ST EDITION. NO D/W. BLUE CLOTH VERY SLIGHTLY RUBBED AT THE TIPS. SOME LIGHT FOXING TO THE HALF-TITLE PAGE AND INDEX PAGES OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. THE FRONT ENDPAPER IS INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY GORDON CAMBELL. TALES OF GREAT COURAGE AT SEA IN PEACE-TIME. | ||
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CAPSTICK, PETER HATHAWAY DEATH IN THE LONG GRASS 1978 CASSELL HARDBACK 1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ IN A LIKE
UNCLIPPED D/W. A BIG GAME HUNTER'S ADVENTURES IN THE AFRICAN BUSH.
B+W PHOTO ILLUSTRATED. | |
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1053 CARR, MARION CALL OF THE RUNNING TIDE 1983 SAILTRUST HARDBACK 1st EDITION. PREVIOUS OWNER STICKER
TO FRONT PASTEDOWN OTHERWISE FINE BOOK & WRAPPER. THE MEMOIRS OF A GIRL ALOFT
IN THE DAYS OF TRADE. | |
1241 CARROLL, JOHN M. THE STORY OF THE LASER 1965 SOUVENIR PRESS HARDBACK 1ST UK
EDITION. VERY GOOD+ BOOK IN VERY GOOD SLIGHTLY EDGEWORN & CHIPPED, UNCLIPPED
D/W. DESCRIBES THE VARIOUS KINDS OF LASER, HOW THEY WORK. PROBLEMS WITH DEVELOPMENT
OF LASER TECHNOLOGY, COOLING, ATMOSPHERIC DEFFUSION AND RESEARCH TO OVERCOME THESE
DIFFICULTIES. PLUS DETAILED PLAN FOR CONSTRUCTION & OPERATION OF A SIMPLE
LASER. ILLUSTRATED WITH B+W PHOTOS AND DIAGRAMS. |