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Chambers's Miscellany Of Useful And Entertaining Tracts Vol XV

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Price: £12.00

Publisher: Chambers: 1847

Seller ID: 4705

Condition: Good

Black and white engraved illustrations. Decorative paper covered boards, now a little grubby, with the paper spine cover missing, so a little shaken. Previous owner's name and address on flyleaf, a couple of marks, otherwise internally clean. This volume has 10 'tracts' - including the life of William Penn, the man in the iron mask, the life and travels of John Lewis Burckhardt and The Christmas Holiday.
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The University of Leeds Review 1969

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Price: £5.00

Publisher: University of Leeds: 1969

Seller ID: 5144

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

B + w illustrations. Includes articles on Pascal and Newman by J M Cameron, A H Hanson SOme Literature on Student Revolt, Brian Hogan on Criminal Liability without Fault and J P Roberts on ceramics.
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Vincent Van Gogh Paintings and Drawings from the collection of the Vincent Van Gogh Foundation Amsterdam

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Price: £4.00

Publisher: The Arts Council: 1968

Seller ID: 11011

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

128pp, soft covers with an illustration by Van Gogh. Introduction, Vincent in England and the catalogue of the works in the exhibition, with useful biographical information and notes.
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Martin Luther the Reformer

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Price: £7.50

Publisher: S W Partridge & Co: 1111

Seller ID: 13484

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Circa 1890. 96pp and publisher's catalogue. Blue cloth covered boards with an illustration in gold and black. B + w engraved illustrations and headpieces to chapters. A clean, attractive copy.
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The Life of Sir Thomas Gresham Founder of the Royal Exchange

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Price: £25.00

Publisher: Charles Knight: 1845

Seller ID: 16359

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Part of the Knight's Weekly volume series. Pocket sized. 245pp, decorated paper covers with tape strengthening to the lower part of the spine. Frontispiece engraved portrait. Internally clean. Includes an Appendix on Thomas Churchyard, and the publisher's catalogue. A rare copy of a biography of the Tudor merchant and founder of Gresham College. The BM catalogue gives the author as either Charles Knight or William Macfarlane.
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The Adventures of Sir Thomas Browne in the 21st Century

By: Aldersley Williams, Hugh

Price: £18.50

Publisher: Granta: 2015

Seller ID: 17087

ISBN: 978184708900

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New

First edition. 330pp, complete illustrated dustjacket. B + w illustrations SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page, otherwise internally very clean. A celebration of the life and thought of Sir Thomas Browne 1605 - 1682 and a walk with him through the moral and intellectual mazes of modern life.
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Abraham Lincoln From His Own Words and Contemporary Accounts

By: Appleman, Roy Edgar (ed) and Lincoln, Abraham

Price: £9.50

Publisher: Unites States Information Service: 1959

Seller ID: 12688

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Large format. 44pp, softback covers. B + w maps and photographs. A couple of very light spots of foxing to Contents page, otherwise a very clean Near Fine copy. Produced to mark the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's birth.
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The Empress Catherine

By: Aretz, Gertrude

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Godfrey & Stephens Ltd: 1947

Seller ID: 16609

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Translated by Harry C Schnur. 244pp, black boards with gilt title. B + w illustrations. Previous owner's bookplate to the flyleaf, otherwise a clean copy. A biography of the German princess who became the ruler of Russia. Includes Appendix I - Catherine in her Letters, and a second Appendix of The Palace Revolution from the Memoirs of Princess Dashkov.
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The Story of Sadler's Wells 1683 1964

By: Arundell, Dennis

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton: 1965

Seller ID: 5652

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

306pp, complete dustjacket in removeable plastic sleeve. B + w illustrations. Ex library, with pocket on inner board and stamps on flyleaf and title page, otherwise clean , so sold as good reading copy. The history of one of the oldest English Theatres, and the actors and playwrights who worked there.
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Aubrey's Brief Lives

By: Aubrey, John

Price: £2.00

Publisher: Penguin: 1978

Seller ID: 17223

ISBN: 0140430792

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Edited with the original manuscripts and with an Introduction by Oliver Lawson Dick. 507pp, the page edges browned with age. Illustrated orange and white softback covers. Spots of foxing to the foredge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Biographies of Shakespeare, Marvell, Spenser and many others - this edition contains about a third of the 'Brief Loves' and incorporates much of the remainder in the Introduction.
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Charles Darwin

By: Aydon, Cyril

Price: £5.50

Publisher: Constable: 2002

Seller ID: 16898

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

326pp, the page edges tanning a very little with age. Complete illustrated dustjacket B + w illustrations. A very clean copy. The life and work of the man who wrote the Origin of Species and The Descent of Man, and changed the world.
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A Portrait of Sheridan

By: Ayling, Stanley

Price: £6.50

Publisher: Constable: 1985

Seller ID: 14810

ISBN: 0094653801

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New

218pp, complete dustjacket. B + w illustrations. A very clean copy. A biography of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the 18th century dramatist and politician.
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The Doyle Diary The Last Great Conan Doyle Mystery

By: Baker, Michael

Price: £5.00

Publisher: BCA: 1978

Seller ID: 4868

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Long format. 91pp, cream boards with a couple of small marks, gilt title. Colour and b + w illustrations. Internally clean. The curious case of Charles Altamont Doyle the father of Conan Doyle.
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The Unsinkable Mrs Brown

By: Bancroft, Caroline

Price: £7.50

Publisher: Johnson Books: 2015

Seller ID: 16160

ISBN: 0933472250

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: As New

45pp, illustrated laminated softback covers. Many b + w illustrations. A very clean copy. The colourful career of Mrs Molly Brown, the red haired Irish girl who rose from waitress in Leadville to being the grandest of Society dames - and survived the sinking of The Titanic.
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Giving And Receiving An Adventure In African Medical Service

By: Barker, Anthony

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Readers Union and The Faith Press: 1961

Seller ID: 4984

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

175pp, complete dustjacket with a light ring mark to the front. B + w photographs. Internally very clean. Medical work in N'qutu, Zululand, South Africa.
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The Brontes

By: Barker, Juliet

Price: £7.00

Publisher: Phoenix: 2001

Seller ID: 17326

ISBN: 1842125877

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A very heavy paperback of 1003pp. Illustrated card covers with a couple of light creases to the spine. B + w illustrations. An affectionate gift inscription SIGNED by the author to the noted pianist and teacher Dame Fanny Waterman on the title page, othewise a clean, tight, copy. The definitive biography and guide to the life and work of Charlotte, Emily, Anne and Branwell Bronte.
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Daniel Boone

By: Barnes, Bertha

Price: £2.50

Publisher: Jefferson City: 1974

Seller ID: 5749

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

4th printing. 29pp, softback covers. B + w illustrations by Darrell Isaacs. A clean copy. The story of the famous American pioneer.
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Margaret Ogilvy By Her Son

By: Barrie, J M

Price: £5.50

Publisher: Hodder: 1898

Seller ID: 4486

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

'43rd Thousand'. 204pp, black cloth boards. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. Hand cut foredge. A couple of light fox marks, not affecting text, otherwise clean.
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Rosa Luxemburg A Reappraisal

By: Basso, Lelio

Price: £7.50

Publisher: Andre Deutsch: 1975

Seller ID: 16025

ISBN: 0233966382

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

First English editon, translated by Douglas Parmee. 183pp, with a complete dustjacket. A very clean copy. The life and thought of the socialist who played a leading role in the German and Polish movements before the 1917 - 19 revolutionary years.
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Great Names In Exploration

By: Bath, Philip E

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Wheaton of Exeter: 1960

Seller ID: 1740

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

112 pp, dustjacket in removeable plastic cover. B + w photographs. Corner of flyleaf clipped, otherwise VG. Includes David Livingstone, Vasco Da Gama, Columbus, Thor Heyerdahl, Gertrude Bell, John Hunt, Admiral Byrd.
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