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Cheshire CT: Graphics Press, 1998. (USA) 7th printinf of the first edition, 1998. No markings, Fine in Very Good dust jacket with a couple of small edge tears. Hardcover, 197pp, index, 250 illustrations of the best (and a few of the worst) statistical graphics. Tufte was a profession at Yale where he taught statistical evidence and information design.… Read more about this item

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1995. (USA) 1st printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title pages, small remainder dot to bottom edge of pages, otherwise Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with a small crease to corner of the front flap and a pin prick to the rear panel. Hardcover, 205pp. The Chinese American poet writes about his family's… Read more about this item

NY: Public Affairs Press, 2009. (USA) 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the half-title: "To P---/ with best wishes for your help in the field/ Richard Dowden, March 2009", no other markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 576pp, index, no illus. The author is dorector of the Royal African Society. From the jacket: After a lifetime's close observation… Read more about this item

Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2002. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in unclipped Near Fine dust jacket, Hardcover, 208pp, index, full-page colour photos of prepared dishes. Charlie Trotter has said that Goradet is arguably the great living chef. During the heady glory days of haute cuisine in the 1970s, gourmands from around the world dined at fine restaurants in Paris,… Read more about this item

NY: Wehman Bros, 1954. (USA) Presumed 1st American edition. No markings, Very Good used copy; lacking the dust jacket. Black cloth, [208]pp, 19 B&W photo plates and 5 line diagrams. Sydney James Van Pelt (1908 -1976) was an Australian medical practitioner and a pioneer of modern medical hypnosis and hypnotherapy. He was the founding editor of the British Journal… Read more about this item

London: The Medici Society, 1924. (UK) First edition 1924. Owner's name to end paper, owner's inscription to front fly dated 1927, no other marking, but a brace of faint small spots to the front cover, mostly noticeable when the book is held up in slanted light, a touch of rubbing to spine extremities and cover corner tips, thus Good… Read more about this item

Peru: AFP Integra, 2001. (PERU) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, [398]pp, lots of colour photos of the site, the surroundings, the bitds and other wildlife, and the tourists. This is a beautifully photographed work which gives a complete wider sense and appreciation of Machu Picchu : the Sacred Kingdom; The… Read more about this item

NY: Boni and Liveright, 1928. (USA) 2nd printing of the first edition 1928) No marking, pages clean, a touch of rubbing to covr corenr tips just breaking the paper, slight darkening to top edge of covers, the gold to the spine titles have worn off, thus Good used copy; lacking the DJ. 7.5 x 5.25, black on white pattern covers,… Read more about this item

Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1999. (CAD) 1st printing. No markings, Fine (-); no dust jacket as published. Hardcover, 134pp, colour reproductions of the artist's work. Douglas' film and video installations, photography and work in television frequently touch on the history of literature, cinema and music, while examining the "failed utopia" of modernism and obsolete technologies. He has exhibited internationally, including… Read more about this item

Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 1983. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, tiny bump to top corner of front cover, thus Near Fine in Very Good dust ajacket with a touch to rubbing to edges. Hardcover, map endpapers, 286pp, index, Colour frontisand 4 pages of colour plates featuring paintings of the BC coast by artist E.J. Hughes; line drawings monochrome archival… Read more about this item

NY: Alfred A Knopf, 1995. (USA) Stated 1st edition, No markings, just a touch of rubbing to the lower corner tips of cover, one of the fold-out pages has a crease to the edge, otherwise Very Good used copy; lacking the dust jacket. Photo hardcover, 180pp, B&W photos of people in their underwear. The book is collection of 154… Read more about this item

Koln: Taschen, 1997. (GER) Presumed 1st single volume edition (the work was originally published as a two volume set). Owner's 8 word inscription to endpaper, no other markings, Near Fine in Very Good (-) dust jacket with fine scuff marks to back panel and two small tears to head of spine of DJ; Dj is in mylar sleeve. Hardcover,… Read more about this item

London: Alvin Redman, 1965. (UK) First British edition. No markings, about Very Good used copy in unclipped Good (-) only dust jacket with chipping and tear to head of spine and an abrasion casued by a price sticker to the top corner of the front panel; DJ is in mylar sleeve. Hardcover with blue boards, 307pp, index, no illus.… Read more about this item

Toronto: Signal, 2022. (CAD) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 342pp, index, B&W and monochrome photos and illus. This is the definitive and tue story of the escape of POWs from Colditz prison. (2.0 JM 012a4. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1964. (UK) 17th edition 1964. Owner's name to inside front cover, no other markings, Very Good; no dustjacket. Leatherbound hardcover, in brown leather, xcvi, 599pp, index. This is a book on commercial shipping law with case studies.Sir Thomas Edward Scrutton ( 1856 -1934) was an English barrister, judge, and legal writer. He was born in… Read more about this item

NY: Penguin Press, 2018. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in unclipped Very Good dust jacket with 1/4" tear to top edge of front panel. Hardcover, 563pp, index, colour plates, B&W illus. From the jacket: From the cults of ancient Rome to the dynasties of the Renaissance, from the founding fathers to Facebook, The Square and the Tower tells the… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2008. (CAD) 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: "To B-------/ with my best wishes/ Bill Deverell/ Sechelt '08" , no other markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket with s couple of tiny scuff marks to front panel. Hardcover, 421pp. The retired lawyer, Arthur Beauchamp, has to leave his v=beloved goat farm on Garabaldi Island to… Read more about this item

Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2011. (HK) Presumed 1st edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the title page with red chop: "To J--- and P----/ wonderful man and wonderful friends/ with love/ Grant", no other markigns, slight bump to lwoer corner of front cover, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, xv, 325pp, index, no illus. This… Read more about this item

Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1971. (USA) 1st printing. Owner's name in pencil to the end paper, no other markings, a toucch of rubbing to spine extrtemities, Good in Good only dust jacket with edge faults and a small spot to white portion of front jacket. Hardcover,562pp, index, no illus. This book looks at the problems of establishing and maintaining the… Read more about this item

NY: Harry N Abrams, 1978. (USA) 1st American edition, No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with faint scuff mark to front panel and rubbing to panel gloss of back panel. Hardcover, 128pp, every one of this 16th century Italian painter's works are reproduced, in 52 plates (46 in full colour) including 12 two-page spreads. Arcimboldo used images of… Read more about this item