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Balls & Another Book for Suppression [this] by Our Moral Expert in Literature
by Aldington, Richard
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1st Edition . Paperback. Good. The Mélissa Press, Villa Vigoni, Draguginan, second edition, 1962; originally published as Blue Moon Booklet No 7 in 1931; 8vo, 16pp in all numbered only 5 to 13; printed on cream laid paper and hand sewn into brown wrappers; wrappers irregularly and lightly browned as usual and with a light crease by the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Israel and other poems
by Cohen, Jacques
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Hardback. Fair. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., London, no date (perhaps 1920s); small 8vo, pp 48; grey paper boards, now browned on the outside; some light foxing and browning internally but a decent enough copy. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Minstrel Dick
by Coleridge, Christabel R
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Hardback. Fair. Gardner, Darton, London, no date [1896]; 8vo, pp viii, 288, [10, being publisher's adverts]; original fawn buckram gilt decorated in Arts & Crafts style, somewhat dulled, particularly on the spine; internally generally firm but pages a little foxed and dust or other stained occasionally; Sunday School presentation label dated Easter 1897 inside on the front board.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Why Tango, Essays
by Toumanova, Veronica
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- 2015
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Paris: Self-published by the author, 2015. 1st Edition . Paperback. New. Dudnikova, Lisa. pp100, PB, 150x230mm This is a collection of essays by Veronica Toumanova, a noted and inspiring teacher of Argentine Tango who is based in Paris but teaches all over Europe. Trained in ballet and modern dance Veronica discovered tango while living in the Netherlands… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Fantasticks, A Romantic Comedy in Three Acts
by Rostand, Edmond and Fleming, George (translator)
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Hardback. Fair. William Heinemann, London, 1900; small 8vo, pp [viii], 146; original pictorial green buckram, spine discoloured to brown and the interior a little browned, particularly at the edges, but generally a reasonable copy. A printed note advises that this version of the play was first produced at the Royalty Theatre, May 29, 1900.
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The Atlantic, August 1952
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Soft cover. Good. 205x277mm, 96pp + covers; back cover detached, but present, spine ragged and relevant staples rusted but, subject to that, in decent condition; contains "A Life of Disagreement", being the transcript of an interview with Bertrand Russell by Romney Wheeler of NBC and filmed in London on the occasion of Russell's 80th birthday. In addition there… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Sand Burg
by Clark, Thomas
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Paperback. Very Good. Brainard, Joe (cover illustration). Ferry Press, London, November 1966; printed by View Publications, Bristol, in an edition of 500 copies including 60 signed and numbered by the author and with a further poem by him written in, this copy being an ordinary one; 200 x 253mm, pp 28; stab stitched and with the staples now… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Poetical Works, with introduction and notes
by Scott, Sir Walter
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London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co.. Hardback. Good. nd, c. 1887; 8vo, pp viii, [ii], 758; full prize calf gilt with the emblem of Liverpool College gilt on the front board and the related prize label to "Robertson" for "Writing" inside; marbled edges and end papers, slight rubbing on the outer edges and the ends of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wolfgang Amédée Mozart Sa vie musicale et son oeuvre de l'enfance a la pleine maturité ... Essai de biographie critique suivie d'un nouveau catalogue chronologique de l'oeuvre complete du maitre
by de Wyzecka, T and de Saint-Foux, G
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Paperback. Good. Desclée de Brouwer et cie., Paris, five volumes, nd (1936-1946), first editions of the complete work covering the whole period of Mozart's life, 1756 to 1791; large 8vo, pp xiv, 526, contents vol I, 457, contents vol II, 424, contents vol III, 398, errata and contents vol IV, 368, errata and contents vol V; in-text illustrations… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Tale of a Tub ... to which is added, An Account of a Battel between the Antient and Modern Books in St James's Library
by [Swift, Jonathan]
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Hardback. Fair. London, 1734, a new edition with the author's apology and explanatory notes by W Wotton and others; small 8vo, pp [iv], 292; full calf, lacks the front board and front end paper consequently somewhat dust marked, spine rubbed and lacking the labels, internally a good, tight, clean copy and very suitable for rebinding or repairing. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Temple Bar, A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers
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Hardback. Fair. Bentley & Son, London, vol 64 for the period January to April 1882 and with the issue for May 1882 also bound in; 8vo, pp 620, 144; half roan, corners and spine extensively rubbed, lower spine hinge to board split and with also a small split on the upper hinge and the inner front hinge also… Read more about this item Item Price
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John Inglesant, A Romance
by [Shorthouse, Joseph Henry]
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Hardback. Very Good. Cornish Brothers, Birmingham, 1880, [first edition, privately printed]; 8vo, pp [viii], (9)-577; good later binding in half brown pigskin, green marbled boards and end papers, spine decorated gilt and with raised bands, top edge gilt; lacks half title; slight browning or dust marking in places but nevertheless a very good copy of what was to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Il Pastor Fido: The Faithful Shepherd With an Addition of divers Poems Concluding with a short discourse of the Civil Wars or Rome
by [Guarini, Battista], translated Fanshawe, Sir Richard
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Hardback. Fair. For A Mosely, London, 1676; 8vo, pp [xx], 320; full calf, covers badly worn or with parts missing on the corners and by the spine, two ties broken and the front board weak and somewhat loose in consequence; part of the title page is missing and has been carefully repaired with old paper, the missing… Read more about this item Item Price
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Occasional Attempts at Sentimental Poetry by a Man in Business with some Miscellaneous Compositions of this Friends
by [Hope, John]
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Hardback. Fair. T Durham, London, 1769, first edition; 8vo, pp xvi, 168; full calf, gilt spine, marbled end papers, one board detached and the other missing, spine badly rubbed and lacks label, internally firm and clean although with some light browning as usual throughout; early, probably first, owner's name (Ant. Highmore) in manuscript on the front end paper… Read more about this item Item Price
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Some Putative Facts of Hard Record, or, He Commences Authour Aetatis Suae 19-20, Excerpts from 1923 MS Diary and a Few Notes
by Cozzens, James Gould
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Hardback. Near Fine. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York and London, 1978; 8vo, pp 16; fawn linen boards gilt, printed on purported hand made paper (it's not) with artificial deckle edges but nevertheless an attractive copy in first class condition. This is a private printing for friends, number 168 of 250 copies, published on the occasion of Gould's 75th… Read more about this item Item Price
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Het Nieuwe Testament ofte alle Boeken des Nieuwen Verbonts onses Heeren Jesu Christi uit de Grieksche Tale in onze Nederlandische Tale getrouvelijk overgezet door Last van de Hoog Mog:Heeren Staten Generall der Vereenigde Nederlanded en Volgens het Bestuit van de Sinode Nationaal gehouden in de Jaren 1618 en 1619 te Dordrecht.
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Hardback. Fair. Amsterdam, August 1818; 12mo; four sections: Het Nieuwe Testament ofte alle Boeken des Nieuwen Verbonts onses Heeren Jesu Christi (1818, pp [1] being the engraved title, 2-360);/ Het Boek der Psalmen, nevens de Gezangen (1836, pp [1-3], 4-408;)/ Evangelische Gezangen om nevens het Boek der Psalmen bij den openbaren Godsdienst (1836, pp [viii,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fables, by the late Mr John Gay
by Gay, John
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Hardback. Poor. Bewick, Thomas. London, 1821; 12m0, pp iv, 114; full calf, binding rubbed, front board loose, lacks both end papers, old ink scribbling on both the verso of the frontispiece and the back pasted end paper, some browing but also extensive soilding through use throughout, part torn out of final leaf with consequent slight loss of text;… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mahomet the Imposter, a Tragedy. Taken from the Manager's Book at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
by [Miller, James] and [Hoadley, John]
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No Binding. Fair. Printed for R Butters, Fleet Street, London, no date; small 6mo, 48pp; disbound from a larger work, perhaps a collection of plays such as in a volume of "The Theatrical Magazine" an advertisement for which appears on the final page, and in consequence without covers; slight damage (without text loss) to the title page and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Old Men at the Zoo
by Wilson, Angus
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1st Edition . Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Secker & Warburg, London, 1961, first edition; 8vo, pp 352; dustwrapper slightly dulled or and with a very little fraying at the edges but a very good copy. The book is Wilson's fourth novel and deals with events immediately preceding a nuclear attack on London,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Illustrated, January 7 1950
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Soft cover. Good. 258x300mm, pp 32, self-covered; b&w and some coloured illustrations; staples rusty but a clean, good copy. With a 3pp article by Bertrand Russell "The Next 50 Years". Sadly his predictions were a bit wide of the mark - "Our most eminent living philosopher forsees the possible end of hunger and poverty if only war can… Read more about this item Item Price
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