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Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. 141 pgs. Veterinary animal humor! VET IN THE PADDOCK (Veterinary Animal Humor series) A Star Book / Wyndham / W. H. Allen & Co Books; Great Britain, England, UK., 1978. PBO (Paperback Original) Graham Allen Cartoon Cover & Interior art 141 pgs. Front Endpage is MISSING, story is Complete; Book Condition: Creasing to Covers, Good, reading copy. Inventory # 807 Price = $2.50 >> Scarce! Made for the UK market! Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Graham Allen Cartoon Cover & Interior art! (ilustrador). Book.…

Trade Paperback. Condición: Good. Two soft-cover booklets. Main, 23-page booklet is Good with light soiling to wraps. 12-page, violin booklet is G- with quarter-inch tear in bottom margin of entire booklet, light soiling to most pages, and light pencil marks on most pages.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Seems unread but crease to front cover brings down the grade. Book.

Hardcover. xi, 231p., very good condition in the original red cloth binding, 8.5x11 inches. Pittsburgh series in social and labor history.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Thus. Lightly ex-library with one small discard stamp on the front endpaper and a few small marks on the upper page ends else a clean, solid hardcover bound in full cloth with unmarked text. The dust jacket presents like new. Ex-lib, but still a clean, solid copy in jacket. Illustrated in color throughout. 219pp. This book is over-sized and heavy, so it will likely require additional shipping charges on all priority and international orders. …

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 100 pages. 3 Martyn Crucefix Rebuilding Tellisford Weir 5 Lisa Kelly Six Perspectives on Lilian Kjaerulff 8 Joshua Mostafa / Julian Openski Cheat Mode 16 Gavin Morrison Phillip King 26 Martin Monahan Notes for an Appliqué of the Fish Market 27 Dan Duggan Chinese Night 29 Kita Shantiris Scars 31 Donna Pucciani Dust 32 Anna Saunders After Dark 33 Krishan Coupland Decade 37 Daniel Jeffreys The Brightlingsea Boy 41 George Looney Tattoo of a Road Runner 43 Dominic Bury The Lighthouse 44 Carrie Etter Imagined Sons 45 Natacha Bryan June Meeting 47 Kate Miller Bouquet 48 Neil Ayling Ectype (Limited Edition Poster) 50 Trevor Shearer 57 David Troupes The First Settlement 59 Joanna Bratten Sunset Over Watford 59 Aideen Henry Spindrift 60 Stuart Snelson The Double Life 67 Jessica Mayhew Pin Ups 69 Katrina Naomi Portrait of my Step-father as a Xmas Tree 70 Alex Strnad Praga Cantat 72 Beth Gilstrap/ Abby Clark Getting By With Sound 81 Carolyn Jess-Cooke What matters 82 Pippa Little For Adele 83 Sinta Werner 93 Huw Lawrence Emigre 94 Eli Goldstone Dumb 96 Enoh Meyomesse Ambit Action 97 Afric McGlinchey Spillage 99 Joel Scarfe In Time 100 Jack Conway Hems Untitled #4 Artwork on cover by Phillip King.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 44 pages. David Runciman "Blair's Masochism" / Anatol Lieven "Consequences of the New Imperialism" / Charles Glass "Saddamism after Saddam" / Danny Karlin "Herman Melville: Vol II" / Laura Quinney "Allusion to the Poets" / Stephen Knight "The Call-Box" (poem) / John Sturrock "Oeuvres completes, Tome II: Romans I" / Peter Campbell at the Saatchi Gallery.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 32 pages. Colin Macinnes "Teenagery and after" / Joe Benjamin "Talking About Youth The Teen Canteen" / David Downes "In at the end" / Nicolas Walter "The youg one" / Charles Radcliffe "Anarchism and the public schools" / Wynford Hicks "Anarchism: an introduction" / John Whitfield "Anarchism and non-violence" / Andrew King "Thoughts on the English monarchy" / Roger Lewis "Affluent Britain: a 6th form view" / (U.P.). …

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 100 pages. Theodore Draper "World Politics: A New Era?" / Ralph Robin "In Woods & Fastnesses" / Raymond Aron "After the Barricades - French University Crisis" / David Holbrook "R D Laing & The Death Circuit" / Peter Heyworth "The Rise & Fall Of Richard Strauss" / David Marquand "May Day Illusions" / John Mander "Letter From Prague". …

Hardcover. Condición: New. Namisato, David (ilustrador).

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 192 pages. Robin Blackburn "Fin de Siecle: Socialism after the Crash" / Peter Wollen "Scenes from the Future: Komar & Melamid" / Lynne Segal "Whose Left? Socialism, Feminism and the Future" / Andrzej Walicki "From Stalinism to Post-Communist Pluralism: The Case of Poland" / Robert Brenner "Why is the United States at War with Iraq?" / David Edgerton "Liberal Militarism and the British State" / John Grahl "Economies Out of Control" / Christopher Hitchens "Annan's Unacknowledged Legislators".…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 128 pages. Terry Eagleton "The Resources for a Journey of Hope: The Significance of Raymond Williams" / Robin Blackburn "Raymond Williams and the Politics of a New Left" / David Gordon "The Global Economy: New Edifice or Crumbling Foundations?" / Simon Bromley & Justin Rosenberg "After Exterminism" / Naila Kabeer "Subordination and Struggle: Women in Bangladesh" / Robert Browning "Early Christianity". …

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly bruised, price clipped, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 446pp, illustrated. When E.W. (Jim) Swanton died in January 2000 at the age of 92, the tributes poured in from cricket lovers everywhere, among them John Major, who described him as 'one of the great cricket writers of the century'. For over seventy years, from the age of Bradman, Jim Swanton described all the great cricket occasions; his immense knowledge and sharp judgement made him a legend. This celebration of his life in cricket includes the best of his writing (including his memories of life on the Burma - Siam railway in the last war), right up to the time of his death. Here too are a selection of the many tributes paid to Swanton after his death, including Sir Tim Rice, John Woodcock, Charles Fry, Lord Runcie, Richard Hutton, Colin Cowdrey, Richie Bernard, Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Robin Mentor. David Rayvern Allen was the last person to interview Swanton, and this interview is included in full, with an introduction by John Major. Jacket after Andrew Festing (ilustrador). …

Condición: Very Good. 13 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 14 x 22 cms. Category: London Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly bruised, slight yellowing to page block, not price clipped (£6.95), old price in biro to top ffep, internally clean tight and square, in bright unsunned orange jacket. 286pp. 'A planet where eerie time displacements, like winds, can dump alien artefacts from the past and future into now, or sweep things away from now into anywhen.' 'A planet that attracts both scientists and fortune hunters, rummaging among the strangenesses, risking oblivion, carrying with them their own hang ups, desperations, odd urges and searches. Classic early fantasy by Robert Holdstock (1948-2009). Quite a scarce book. Jacket after Caspar David Friedrich (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First published in 1946, this is a first edition thus of the new edition, first impression of 1995. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly bruised, not price clipped (no published price), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 562pp, illustrated. This classic history of the Cherokee Nation tells in vivid detail the tragic story of a great and beloved people both before and after it was uprooted and forced to travel that bitter road known as the 'Trail of Tears'. Marion L. Starkey relates how the Cherokees had at first lived in harmony with their white neighbors in the Southeastern United States, how they had adopted modern dress and technology and how Sequoia had developed a Cherokee alphabet. The author explains how this harmonious relationship was shattered beginning in the late 1830s, when the Federal government undertook to remove the Cherokees from their ancestral lands in Georgia and the adjoining states, and force them across the Mississippi to what would become Indian Territory and then Oklahoma. She recounts the struggles surrounding this shameful removal, masterfully describing the roles played by the U.S. government, the state of Georgia, and the Cherokee people. Victims finally of greed and cynicism, the Cherokees were herded along the 'Trail of Tears', an enforced migration which produced incredible suffering, horror, and death, and which remains one of the darkest chapters in American history. Written with great empathy and respect for a noble people. Marion Lena Starkey (1901-91), was Editor of the Saugus Herald newspaper and a teacher at the Hampton Institute and the University of Connecticut at New London, having attended the Harvard Graduate school of Education. A descendant of Mayflower passenger Peregrine White, Starkey has published extensively on the Salem Witch Trials and the history of New England. Quite a scarce book. Jacket by David Schiffer after George Catlin (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly bruised, spine very slightly faded, not price clipped (no published price), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 642pp, map endpapers. Here is a recovered Renaissance classic, a Catalan novel of chivalry translated into English for the first time by American poet and translator David H. Rosenthal (1945-92). Cervantes singles out 'Tirant lo Blanc' for very special praise in Don Quixote, in the scene in which the don's friends, eager to save his sanity, are making a bonfire of the romances of chivalry which have constituted his sole intellectual and spiritual nourishment, Cervantes refers to this work, putting into the mouth of a character the suggestion that the book deserves to remain in print throughout the ages. Joanot Martorell (c.1410-65), was a Valencian knight and the author of this novel, first published in Valencia in 1490. Sadly he suffered an early death due to court intrigue, leaving the novel unfinished. It was prepared for publication by his friend and colleague, Marti Joan de Galba (d. 1490). Jacket illustration after Friossart's Chronicle (ilustrador). …

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stated first edition, first impression. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, not price clipped ($24.95), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 387pp. Realizing at the moment of his conviction for a crime he did not commit that someone is determined to see him dead and another to set him free, Benjamin Weaver works to expose a conspiracy with links to the coming election. Jacket by Beck Stvan after William Hogarth (ilustrador). Signed by Author(s). …

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. Fine landscape format book in light card covers. Internally fine and free of inscriptions; profusely and beautifully illustrated.;text in German. David Roberts [Drawings] [After Lithographs By (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line. Some edge wear and yellowing to top and bottom of jacket and spine, not price clipped ($18.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall in vg+ condition for its age. 295pp. The first true life account of the U.S. Navy's fighter pilots in Vietnam. In the darkest days of the Vietnam War, the US Navy's kill ratio had fallen to 2:1 a deadly decline in pilot combat effectiveness. To improve the odds, a corps of hardened fighter pilots founded the Fighter Weapons School a.k.a. Top Gun. Utilising actual enemy fighter planes in brutally realistic dogfights, the Top Gun instructors dueled with their students and each other to achieve a lethal new level of fighting expertise. The training paid off and the Top Gunners dominated the skies over Vietnam. This gripping account takes you inside the cockpit for an adventure more explosive than any fiction, in the dramatic true story of the legendary military school that has created the most dangerous fighter pilots the world had ever seen. Scarce in the UK. Jacket by James Viotore after a photo by Capt. David P. Erickson, USN (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLUE PEN, WITHOUT DEDICATION, ON TITLE PAGE. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, not price clipped (£16.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy, looks unread. 313pp. Compton Minster is preparing to celebrate a very special anniversary in the year 1901, a thousand years of Christian worship. But a few weeks before the main ceremonies, a high official of the cathedral, the chancellor, dies in mysterious circumstances, and no on except the doctor and the undertaker is allowed to view the corpse. It then transpires that the chancellor was one of England's richest men. When his sister suspects foul play, Lord Francis Powerscourt is asked to investigate. As Powerscourt paces the ancient cloisters and listens to evensong from the choir stalls, he begins to suspect that a terrible secret lies hidden in the cathedral, one that may have something to do with the anniversary. Then a chorister is strangles, his body found turning on the great spit in the Vicars Hall kitchen. Powerscourt himself escapes death by a whisker, as does his wife, Lady Lucy, before he uncovers the astonishing secret of Compton Minster and unmasks a murderer. Quite scarce signed. Jacket after John Constable (ilustrador). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WITHOUT DEDICATION, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly bruised, dirty fingerprint smudge to page fore edges, not price clipped (£17.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 700pp, illustrated. In his 'thinking traveller's tour', Author, publisher and founder of publishing firm David & Charles of Newton Abbot David St John Thomas (1929-2014), journeys by rail and 'Little Car' around Britain, exploring the fascinating and diverse character of Britain at the beginning of the 21st century. He reflects on Britain, Britishness, the British people and how they have changed, not always for the worse, over the fifty odd years he has known them as an author and a publisher. Taking in places as various as beaches, mountain moors, industrial and early Christian sites, great hotels, art galleries, canals and cycleways, meeting people, famous ones, friends, gardeners, railwaymen, craftsmen, bus conductors, who enrich his journey with their stories and observations, and drawing on literature and history, he discovers the true heartbeat of the country. The result is a narrative that surprises, amuses and engages, as well as offering a treasure trove of facts, anecdotes and new perspectives on our extraordinary nation. Scarce signed. A large heavy book, extra postage may be required. Jacket after S. R. Wyatt (ilustrador). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, second impression with '002' on copyright page. Some edge wear and tiny closed tears to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed and bruised, very slight lean, not price clipped (£20.00), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 320pp, illustrated. In 'Home' Francis Pryor, author of 'The Making of the British Landscape', archaeologist and broadcaster, takes us on his lifetime's quest, to discover the origins of family life in prehistoric Britain. Francis Pryor's search for the origins of our island story has been the quest of a lifetime. In 'Home', the Time Team expert explores the first nine thousand years of life in Britain, from the retreat of the glaciers to the Romans' departure. Tracing the settlement of domestic communities, he shows how archaeology enables us to reconstruct the evolution of habits, traditions and customs. But this too is Francis Pryor's own story, of his passion for unearthing our past, from Yorkshire to the west country, Lincolnshire to Wales, digging in freezing winters, arid summers, mud and hurricanes, through frustrated journeys and euphoric discoveries. Evocative and intimate 'Home' shows how, in going about their daily existence, our prehistoric ancestors created the institution that remains at the heart of the way we live now, the family. Quite a scarce book. Jacket after David Gunning (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of striking jacket photo of Edmund White by Robert Mapplethorpe, not price clipped (£20.00), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 385pp. This book brings together some of Edmund White's essays, articles and reviews from more than 20 years, and presents a portrait of the writer and his time. The book features interviews, profiles and essays which focus on the literary and cultural figures whose work has most influenced White: Nabokov, Robert Mapplethorpe, Tennesse Williams, Michel Foucault, Pasoline, Roland Barthes, Christopher Isherwood, Truman Capote and Marguerite Yourcenar. Interweaved with these are a series of articles which illuminate Edmund White's response to the political dimensions of homosexual life, a response that centres on the importance of friendship when AIDS enters the scene. Edmund Valentine White III (b.1940), is a gay American novelist, memoirist, playwright, biographer and an essayist on literary and social topics. Since 1999 he has been a professor at Princeton University. Jacket photo after Robert Mapplethorpe (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners bruised, not price clipped (£10.95), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy for its age. 170pp. A schoolboy's quest for affection, in a deserted country house, during WW1. James Lees-Milne (1908-97), was a bisexual architectural historian, novelist, diarist and biographer who worked for the National Trust from 1936 to 1973. He arranged many transfers of grand country houses to the National Trust in the aftermath of WWII. Quite a scarce book. Jacket after David Inshaw (ilustrador). …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First collected UK edition, first impression. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, 2" triangular closed tear to bottom back jacket, some time staining to back jacket, corners slightly rubbed. Not price clipped (£5.95), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy. 112pp. An inspirational collection of the writings, speeches and sermons about racism, civil rights, justice, freedom, faith, nonviolence, and peace, compiled by Martin Luther King's widow Coretta. A scarce book in this first UK edition. Jacket by David Butler after photo by Karsh (ilustrador).…

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. reprint edition. 258 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. SIGNEDBY THE AUTHOR, WITHOUT DEDICATION, IN BLUE PEN, ON HALF TITLE PAGE. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly bruised, some slight yellowing to page fore edges and inside flaps, not price clipped (no published price), small previous owner's name to front pastedown, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 269pp, illustrated. 2012 marked the 225th anniversary of the sailing of the eleven vessels of the First Fleet from England, bound for Australia. From the arrival of the first 788 convicts in 1788, to the end of transportation in 1868, a staggering 165,000 criminals were sent to Australia for a range of crimes. In addition to those transported, hundreds of thousands of free persons emigrated from Britain and Ireland to colonies in Australia. Because of the vast distance involved, few returned, and the descendants of many of them now live in Australia. Tracing those ancestors today may seem like a daunting task, with The National Archives alone holding over 100 miles of shelving for historical records.' Bound for Australia' is the essential guide to these records. By directing the reader straight to the relevant files and providing a case study to follow the stages necessary to research your Antipodean relatives, genealogist Professor David Hawkings makes locating your Australian ancestors more achievable than ever before. Who knows, you may even trace your ancestor to the victualling list of 788 criminals on the First Fleet. Very scarce signed. Jacket after J. Eyre (ilustrador). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with '1' on copyright page. DATED, DOODLED, SIGNED BY AND INSCRIBED TO THE AUTHOR IN BLACK PEN ON TITLE PAGE 'To my darling Ian from Ann x 14 Feb 2008', doodled with heart shape 'Ian Kelly'. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly bruised, slight lean, some yellowing to page block, not price clipped (£20.00), no other inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy. 578pp, illustrated. Beau Brummell's life is a riveting story of unparalleled fame, fashion and admiration followed by a descent into poverty and madness. The man who put Savile Row on the map, who could win friends, political arguments or the favours of women with apparent effortlessness, and who was responsible for some of the wittiest put downs in history, Brummell created the myth of the British gent typified by wit, style, sex, and the finest tailoring in the world. In this biography, Ian Kelly brings the clothes, fashions and people of Regency England vividly to life. Scarce signed. Jacket after Jacques Louis David (ilustrador). Signed by Author(s).…