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901 |
CONNOLLY, SJ Edited By The Oxford Companion to Irish History
Oxford University Press 1998 0192116959 First Edition Cloth Fine Fine 8vo
"In a field bedevilled by controversy,The Oxford Companion to Irish History illustrates the ways in which interpretations of issues and events have changed over time, and aims to serve as a reliable, balanced point of reference." 618pp inc select index.
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902 |
CONNOLLY, SJ Edited By The Oxford Companion to Irish History
Oxford University Press 1998 0192116959 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo
"..over 1,800 entries cover the history of Ireland and its peoples, from earliest times to the late 20th century, and Ireland's impact beyond its shores, in shaping countries as far apart as the United States and Australia"... 618pp inc index.
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903 |
CONRAD, JOSEPH Three Tales of the Sea Youth Typhoon the End of the Tether
Los Angeles The Limited Editions Club 1972 Fine Folio Robert Shore
Number 131 of 1500 copies signed by the artist and by the designer-printer Ward Ritchie. Textured blue cloth with blue morocco spine, red label gilt. Colour plates, 251pp in red paper covered slip case with printed paper label. Previous owner's bookplate. Heavy book which will require extra shipping.
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904 |
CONRAD, JOSEPH An Outcast of the Islands
Connecticut The Limited Editions Club 1975 Fine Folio Robert Shore
Number 1695 of 2,000 copies signed bythe artist. Decorated cloth covers, with spine label, colour plates, 212pp in paper covered slip case with printed paper label. Previous owner's book plate. Heavy book which will require extra shipping.
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905 |
CONSTANDUROS, MABEL The Sweep and the Daffodil
London Alston Rivers 1929 First Edition Cloth Nr Fine Good 8vo Harry Folkard
Poems, plays and monologues for children, illustrated with four full page colour plates, silhouettes and line drawings, 151pp + publisher's list for Autumn and Christmas 1929. Small loss to dw at top of spine. Top corner of front cover bumped.
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909 |
COOK, MARK Promise of Hope
London Hamish Hamilton 1994 0241134676 First Edition Hard Cover Nr Fine Fine 8vo
While commanding the British contingent of the UN Protection Force in Croatia Colonel Mark Cook became involved in the rebuilding of a ruined orphanage..Bw plates, 238pp inc index.
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910 |
COOKE, G A A Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Norfolk
London Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper 1822 First Edition 24mo
title cont. "containing an Account of its Situation, Extent, Towns, Rivers, Lakes, Minerals, Fisheries, Manufactures, Trade Commerce, Agriculture Curiosities, Antiquities, Natural History, Civil and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, Etc to which are prefixed, the Direct and Principal Cross Roads, Distances of Stages, Inns, and Noblemen and a Gentlemen's Seats: A list of the Markets and Fairs, Exhibiting, at One View, the Distances of all the Towns from London, and of Towns from each other: the whole forming a Complete County Itinerary illustrated with a Map of the County. 180pp inc index. There are three further plates, one a view of Norwich Cathedral and two each with two images of well known scenes. Recased with new cloth backstrip and label incorporating the remains of the original illustrated paper covers.
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919 |
CORBETT, JIM Tree Tops
Oxford University Press 1955 First Edition Cloth Fine Nr Fine 12 Mo Raymond Sheppard
"Jim Corbett spent the closing years of his life in Kenya, and in Tree Tops he describes the scenes witnessed by Her Majesty the Queen (on her last day as Princess Elizabeth) and her husband during their visit to the famous hunting lodge." Black and white illustrations,50pp.
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937 |
COVERT, JAMES A Victorian Marriage Mandell and Louise Creighton
London Hambledon and London 2000 1852852607 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo
"Mandell Creighton (1843-1901)was a famous historian and the first editor of the English HistoricalReview. His intelligence and energy made an impression upon everyone he met....His wife Louise (1850-1936) was a prolific historian in her own right. Her strength of character and organisational ability mede her a natural leader of Victorian women's movements." Bw plates, 412pp inc index.
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941 |
COWPER, WILLIAM The Task; Table Talk and Minor Poems
London 1817 Very Good 12.00
Three volumes bound in one.Printed for John Sharpe by C. Whittingham at the Chiswick Press. Black morocco with gilt border, dentelles and inner dentelles, raised bands with decorated panels, label, all edges gilt. 22 engravings by Richard Westall. This volume contains: The Task pp 186; Table Talk and Other Poems pp 204; Minor Poems Part I pp108; Part II 108pp. There is some foxing and off-setting associated with the plains - most of the text is clean and crisp. Covers a little edge-worn, binding is tight. The label on the spine reads ' The Task' but there is another label laid in loose which reads 'Poems'. Digital images available on request.
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942 |
COX, CB AND DYSON, AE Edited By Fight for Education a Black Paper with Black Paper Two the Crisis in Education 2 Volumes
London The Critical Survey 1969 First Edition Soft Cover Very Good 4to
Contributors include Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest, Angus Maude, John Sparrow, William Walsh, DC Watt, Bryan Wilson GH Bantock, Cyril Burt, HJ Eysenck, Max Beloff. pp 80; 160. Prospectus for volume 3 laid in loose.
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943 |
COX, ET First Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Indiana, Made During the Year 1869
Indianapolis Alexander H Conner 1869 First Edition Very Good + 8vo
Green blind tooled buckram covers with gilt titles, frontis lithograph of Brazil Furnace. Garlick & Collins, Brazil, Clay Co., Indianna. 240pp inc index + errat leaf. Author's compliments slip laid on to paste down and acquisition label of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society to ffep. Circular ink stamp of the society of title page - no further markings. A neat, clean copy.
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951 |
CRAIG, AMANDA Foreign Bodies
London Hutchinson 1990 0091745209 First Edition Very Good Very Good
First nover. 306pp. A hint of darkening to the page edges, corners bumped. Dw (unpriced clipped but with a short joined tear at foot of spine - about 1 cm.)
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955 |
CRANE, WALTER (words By Elia) A Masque of Days
London Cassell 1901 First Edition Very Good 4to
Colour plates on every page, french folded with decorated endpapers, book plate of Frida Mond. Hinges professionally strengthened internally, occasisional minor marks internally with some wear to corners of covers.
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957 |
CROKER, JOHN WILSON Boswell's Life of Johnson Including Their Tour to the Hebrides
London John Murray 1876 New Edition Large 8vo.
Full leather with Marlborough College gilt crest on front cover, gilt decorated spine in compartments (label missing), marbled endpapers, new plain endpapers, bw portraits from engravings, 874pp inc index. Contents bright and clean on the whole but covers scuffed with loss of surface. Binding tight. Digital images available on request.
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964 |
CROSSLEY, CLIVE & PEACOCK, GRAEME A Journey Through Northumberland
Northumberland County Council 2003 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine Folio
Illustrated laminated boards with matching dw. .."a gilmpse into the 420 million years of landscape evolution and the 8000 years of human history which have created contemporary Northumberland." Illustrated throughout with colour photographs. 175pp.
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967 |
CROSSLEY-HOLLAND The Wildman
London Andre Deutsch 1976 0233968016 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good +. Fine Square 8vo Charles Keeping
East Anglian picture story series. Illustrated paper covered boards with matching dw. bw illus, some shelf wear along edges.
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971 |
CROW, BARBARA An Acrobatic Alphabet
London The Whittington Press 1986 0904845702 Limited Edition Fine Square 8vo
Number 24 of 335 copies set in 18-point Caslon and printed on Zerkall Ingres & mould-madepapers, french folded. Wood cut engravings. Signed by the artist. In paper covered slip case with cloth ends and printed label.
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975 |
CULLEN, J Edited By The Orchid Book
Cambridge University Press 1992 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo
"Once seen as a hobbyexclusively for the rich, the cultivation of orchids is now widespread ..This book aims to..povide botanically correct, yet easily accessible, information about this unique and exceptionally diverse group of plants." Colour plates, bw illustrations, 529pp inc index.
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977 |
CUNNINGHAM, PETER The Story of Nell Gwyn and the Sayings of Charles the Second
London Privately Printed for the Navarre Society 1927 New Edition Cloth Very Good No Jacket 8vo
Introduction by John Drinkwater with a folding reproduction of Hollar's View of London, 38 portraits and views from contemporary prints, title page printed in red and balck, silk marked, 104pp. Book plate of John Gretton of Stapelford. Ffep browned otherwise a crisp bright copy.
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978 |
CUNNINGHAM, W Alien Immigrants to England
London Frank Cass 1969 Second Edition Cloth Fine Very Good 8vo
William Cunningham expresses his "conviction that English economic development had been powerfully influenced by foreign institutions, ideals and people." Originally published in 1897, this edition has an intoduction by Charles Wilson. Folding frontis facsimily, bw illustrations, 286pp inc index. Dw (price clipped and chipped).
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985 |
D'AUVERGNE, EDMUND John, of England
London Grayson & Grayson 1934 First Edition Cloth Very Good No Jacket Large 8vo.
Bw frontis, 293pp inc index, extremities rubbed . Covers faded with mottled water stain. Light foxing to fore-edges otherwise contents clean.
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990 |
DALTON, NELL & EBDON, PAUL Edited By A Wall of Water
Norfolk Masque Community Theatre for Norfolk 1985 First Edition Nr Fine 8vo Stephanie Ricket
"The night of Saturday, 31st January, 1953 was to bring one of the greatest peacetime disasters in British history. Before the first light of Sunday morning more than 300 men, women and children had lost their lives, thousands of homes had been flooded or swept away and 150,000 acres of land lay under water....This book tells the Norfolk story, in illustrations and the words of the survivors themselves.." Illustrated wraps, bw illustrations, 73pp.
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991 |
DALTON, NELL & EBDON, PAUL Edited By A Wall of Water
Norfolk Masque Community Theatre for Norfolk 1985 First Edition Nr Fine 8vo Stephanie Ricket
"The night of Saturday, 31st January, 1953 was to bring one of the greatest peacetime disasters in British history. Before the first light of Sunday morning more than 300 men, women and children had lost their lives, thousands of homes had been flooded or swept away and 150,000 acres of land lay under water....This book tells the Norfolk story, in illustrations and the words of the survivors themselves.." Illustrated wraps, bw illustrations, 73pp. Inscribed by illustrator.
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1000 |
DARBY, HC The Domesday Geography of Eastern England
Cambridge University Press 1952 First Edition Buckram Very Good Good Large 8vo
"The Domesday Book has long been regarded as a unique source of information about legal and economic matters, but its bearing upon the reconstruction of the geography of England during the early Middle Ages has remained comparatively neglected." (from the author's preface). Bw maps, 400 pp inc index. Dw (discoloured with fraying to edge of back flap). Some foxing to prelims and page edges. Review copy.
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