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New York: Avenel. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1965. Second Printing. Hardcover. 226+index pages. Spine ends very lightly bumped, previous owner gift inscription on front free endpaper. Dust wrapper, lightly edgeworn with a 2 inch crease in the laminate (publishing flaw). ; <B>Introduction by Harry Winston with over 200 black and white illustrations plus a guide to selecting cuts and carats and a glossary of diamond terms. </B> .
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Book of Diamonds: Their History and Romance from Ancient India to Modern Times
by DICKINSON, Joan Younger
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Cat Who Went to Paris, The [A Cat Called Norton]
by GETHERS, Peter
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NY: Crown Publishing. Very Good+. 1991. Softcover; Trade PB. <b>The first book in a trilogy of bestselling true stories about a floppy-eared Scottish Fold named Norton. Published as "A Cat Called Norton" in the UK.The author, also a screenwriter and publisher, writes novels as Russell Andrews.</b>; Faint cover creasses, light edgewear. A nice copy.; 'Before Peter Gethers met Norton, the publisher, screenwriter, and author was a confirmed cat-hater. Then everything changed. Peter opened his heart to the Scottish Fold kitten and their adventures to Paris, Fire Island, and in the subways of Manhattan took on the color of legend and mutual love.' Image is actual copy on offer. .
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Cat Who'll Live Forever, The : the Final Adventures of Norton, the Perfect Cat, and His Imperfect Human
by GETHERS, Peter
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NY: Broadway Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 2001. First US Edition. Hardcover. 244 pages. Spine ends bumped, board edges faintly soiled. Previous owner address sticker on front free endpaper. Unclipped dust wrapper faintly edgeworn. A nice copy. ; <b>"The final, poignant chapter in a trilogy of bestselling true stories about a floppy-eared Scottish Fold named Norton. This book chronicles the latest in Norton's astonishing adventures, celebrity encounters, and world-wide excursions. It is also a moving and life-affirming tribute to a humble little animal who never let stardom go to his head and always understood the meaning of true friendship."</b> .
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Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
by MYRON, Vicki and Bret Witter
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NY: Grand Central Publishing. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust wrapper. 2008. Seventh Printing. Hardcover. 288 pages. Spine tail lightly bumped, top rear corner not completely covered by paper, revealing board (a publishering flaw). Unclipped dust wrapper in lovely condition. A very nice copy indeed. .
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Great Gardens of Britain and Ireland
by STANNARD, Dorothy (Ed.)
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Insight Guides. Near Fine. Softcover; Trade PB. 344 pages. A lovely new copy with faintest edgewear.; <b>A fully illustrated guide to the gardens of the British Isles, featuring more than 320 of the best gardens open to the public. It includes beautiful photography and expert text about the history of garden design and plant origins. All gardens plotted on regional maps, brief notes on accomodations and local pubs also listed.' The yellow pages at the back of the book contain useful addresses and websites, a glossary of garden terms and a further reading list.' An excellent tool for planning an excursion or for wonderful armchair dreaming.</b> .
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Gull on the Roof, A
by TANGYE, Derek
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London: Michael Joseph. Very Good in Very Good- dust wrapper. 1961. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. <b>The first volume of the Minack Chronicles. Derek and his wife Jeannie, leave London for Minack, a Cornish cottage where they plan to raise flowers and vegetables for market. Lovely black and white sketches by the author's wife including one of Monty the cat.</b>; First published in March 1961, this fourth printing was issued August 1961. Blue cloth covered board with gilt lettering on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends and board edges have some colour loss. Pages light brown, page edges and one interior page soiled. Unclipped dust wrapper age browned, lightly soiled, and edgeworn with some small chips and closed tears. Image is actual copy on offer. .
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The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution
by HARKNESS, Deborah E.
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New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Near Fine. 2007. Softcover; Trade PB. A new book received with faint edgewear and a few smudges on textblock edges. Includes bibliographical references and an index.; <B>Not just a few elite scientists, but Londoners from all walks of life--lawyers, prisoners, midwives, merchants--participated in the scientific community of Elizabethan times<p>Deborah E. Harkness is a professor of history at the University of Southern California and the bestselling author of the "A Discovery of Witches" series. She explores the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London, where a boisterous and diverse group of men and women shared a keen interest in the study of nature. These assorted merchants, gardeners, barber-surgeons, midwives, instrument makers, mathematics teachers, engineers, alchemists, and other experimenters, she contends, formed a patchwork scientific community whose practices set the stage for the Scientific…
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Nature's Pharmacy : A History of Plants and Healing [Based on the Pharmaceutical Society's Museum Collection at Kew]
by STOCKWELL, Christine
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London: Century Hutchinson Ltd. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1988. Hardcover. 160 pages. Top text block edge lightly foxed; spine tail bumped. Dust wrapper, not price clipped, top edge of inside flaps lightly foxed, very lightly edgeworn. ; <B>From the dust wrapper, "fascinating history of plants and healing....Reveals the uses of plants from magic to medicine, and tells us of the individuals who discovered their healing properties. " Includes an extensive index of common and botanical names of plants. </B> .
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Small Country Living Goes on, A
by MCMULLEN, Jeanine
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NY: W W Norton & Co Inc. Very Good+ in Very Good dust wrapper. 1991. First US Edition. Hardcover. <b>Third in the series of the author's adventures with her animals and small farm in Wales. Ms. McMullen also had her own BBC radio program, "A Small Country Living".</b>; Spine ends very lightly bumped, small paper flaw on front free endpaper. Unclipped dust wrapper lightly edgeworn, spine very lightly sunned. A nice copy. ; McMullen appears briefly in one of Doreen Tovey's books when she goes to interview Doreen for her radio programme "A Small Country Living". .
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Tree, The
by FOWLES, John and Frank Horvat
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Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1979. First US Edition. Hardcover. <b>Glorious photographic essay on trees from around the world by French photographer Horvat. The text by Fowles includes recollections of his childhood and the impact of nature on his life and work.</b>; Book is unpaginated; there are over 100 pages. Dust wrapper, not price clipped, is rubbed, spine and front panel edges are sunned. A very nice copy. .
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Two In The Bush
by DURRELL, Gerald
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London: Fontana. Very Good-. c1966,1973. Softcover; Mass Market PB. B&W Illustrations; 220 pages; Spine sunned and creased, pages lightly age browned but not brittle, light edgewear; no loose pages. ; Durrell and his wife go to Australia, New Zealand, and Malaya to film a series of television films for the BBC and to see the wildlife conservation efforts in these countries. Written in the humorous and engrossing style that his admirers have come to expect. ' . Catalogs: Nature. Keywords: British Author, Animals, Wildlife, Australia, Conservation, Memoir.
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Walk in the Woods, A
by BRYSON, Bill
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New York: Broadway Books. Near Fine. c1998,1999. Softcover; Trade PB. A new book, no spine creases, spine head lightly bumped. ; <B>Basis for the 2015 film starring Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, and Emma Thompson. Bryson recounts in his own delightful writing style his experiences walking the 2,100 mile Appalachian Trail with his friend Stephen Katz. Bryson admirers may remember Katz from his appearance in "Neither Here Nor There" Bryson's very funny account of their adventures in Europe. Recommended.</B> .
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Wind in the Ash Tree
by MCMULLEN, Jeanine
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NY: W.W. Norton. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. 1988. First US Edition. Hardcover. 8vo ; 205 pages. Spine ends and board edges very lightly bumped, a few smudges to page edges. Unclipped dust wrapper very lightly edgeworn. A very nice copy indeed.; <b>Delightful sequel to 'My Small Country Living'; the author's adventures with her animals and her farm in Wales. Ms. McMullen also had her own BBC radio program, "A Small Country Living". James Herriot liked this book and his admirers will too.</b> .
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Wodehouse Bestiary
by WODEHOUSE, P.G. (edited and with a preface by D.R. Bensen)
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Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. Very Good+. 1999. First Edition Thus. Softcover; Trade PB. Previous owner address label inside front cover, very faint edgewear. ; <B>Vintage animal tales from the world-renowned humorist. "Collected here are fourteen tales of animals of extraordinarily strong dispositions and the often calamitous events they precipitate. " </B> .
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