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A MEMOIR OF HOWARD MARSH
London John Murray 1921 Hard Cover Very Good No Dust Jacket, 8vo
IX, 86, illustrated, port.frontis from a photograph by Elliott and Fry, spine is faded else a clean, tight copy. Frederick Howard Marsh was surgeon to St. Bartholmew's Hospital , sometime Master of Downing College
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60.00 USD
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Ackroyd, Peter; DICKENS;
New York Harper Collins, 1990 First US Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8 Vo.,
grey/ black cloth, dust jacket, pp., xvi, 1195 , numerous black and white illustrations, 11 pp bibliography, index.
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25.00 USD
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Adams, W.S. EDWARDIAN PORTRAITS;
London, Secker & Warburg, 1957, 1 st UK, hardcover,
8 vo., red cloth, dust jacket, pp., vii, 228., illustrated, 5 full page black & white plates, 6 pp bibliography, dust jacket is soiled , chipped torn at edges, book is very good.,
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10.00 USD
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Akenson, Donald Harman SAINT SAUL: A Skeleton Key to the Historical Jesus
Montreal, PQ, Canada McGill-Queen's University Press 2000 0 7735 2090 2 / 9780773520905 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8 Vo.,
black cloth, gilt spine, pp., x,346; index, ink sig on front free endpaper, Akenson shows that the answer to the most persistant question in Christianity - What do we really know about the historical Jesus? - is best found in the writings of a caustic itinerant preacher named Saul.
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17.50 USD
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Aldington, Richard; LAWRENCE OF ARABIA; A Biographical Enquiry...
London Collins 1955 1 St Cloth Very Good Fair Hardbound 8 Vo.,
pp., 448, illustrated, port. frontis., 9 full page black & white plates. index, ex private lib. with bookplate inside front cover, d.j. chipped and chipped at edges, small loss to d.j. at spine, else a tight , clean copy.
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30.00 USD
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Allan, Iris; WOP MAY, Bush Pilot
Toronto Clarke, Irwin Second Printing, Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Illustrations By William Wheeler
(1969) 170 pages illustrated with line drawings in text, one page biblio , illustrated cloth cover, long closed tear in d.j. at spine of front cover, mark on front free endpaper, in protective mylar d.j. a bright , sound copy The story of a Canadian aviation pioneer who counted among his many exploits, in peace and war, a part in the apprehension of the Mad Trapper of Red River.
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14.95 USD
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Alsop, Susan Mary; LADY SACKVILLE; A Biography,
NY Doubleday 1978 Book Club (BCE/BOMC) Cloth Very Good Very Good Hardbound 8 Vo.,
pp., x, 273, illustrated, full page black & white plates from photos.,illustrated end-papers (genealogical chart) 5 pp bibliography,index, v.g.
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12.00 USD
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Ames, Van Meter, [ Edited By] BEYOND THEOLOGY; The Autobiography of Edward Scribner Ames;
Chicago, The Univ. Of Chicago Press 1959 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8 Vo.,
blue cloth, pp., xiii,223., portrait frontispiece, dust jacket lightly soiled, with light edge wear,
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15.00 USD
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Andersen, Wayne; GAUGUIN'S PARADISE LOST;
New York Viking 1971 First US Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo
pp., xii, 371., illustrated, 82 pp of black & white illustrations, index, small ink notation on the front free end-paper , light edge wear to dust jacket,
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15.00 USD
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Asher, Michael; LAWRENCE, The Uncrowned King of Arabia,
Woodstock, New York, The Overlook Press 1999 0 87951 712 3 / 9780879517120 First Edition Black Cloth, Gilt Spine Fine Fine Hardcover, 8 Vo.,
pp., xix, 418, (1), illustrated, 16 full page b & w plates, 5 pp bibliography, index, in mylar protective wrap,
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30.00 USD
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Atkins, Gaham; GRAHAM GREENE;
New York Roy Publishers, Inc., 1957 First Edition Blue Cloth, Gilt Spine, Good Good Hardcover 8 Vo.,
240 pages, in un-clipped d.j., ex library, spine of d.j. lightly faded, very light wear to d.j. at top of spine and corners, slight sign of label being removed from lower spine of book, d.j. endflaps have been pasted to the boards, library label on front free endpaper, small book store label at lower edge inside front cover, library pocket pasted to rear free endpaper. library blind stamp on t.p., prelims are lightly foxed, library ink stamp on top edge. All that being said, this is the best preserved ex library book I have encountered.
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35.00 USD
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Ayre, John; NORTHROP FRYE, A Biography,
Toronto, Random House 1989 0 394 22113 3 / 9780394221137 First Edition, Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8 Vo.,
black cloth, pp., 472, illustrated, 8 full page b & w plates. 6 pp bibliography, index, 2 line ink inscription on front free endpaper, remainder mark on bottom edges, light wear at d.j. edges,
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20.00 USD
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Bain, J. Arthur; LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NANSEN; The Great Arctic Explorer;
London and Felling-on-Tyne, Walter Scott Pub. Co., Cloth Very Good No Jacket Hardcover, 8 Vo.,
n.d. (circa 1900?), illustrated, frontis., numerous full page plates and text illustrations, one page map, 449 p., wear at spine corners, A volume in "The Evergreen Library Series"
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25.00 USD
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Bain, J. Arthur; LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NANSEN; The Great Arctic Explorer;
London and Felling-on-Tyne, Walter Scott Pub. Co., Grey Cloth, Very Good No Jacket Hardcover, 8 Vo.,
n.d. (circa 1900?), illustrated, frontis., numerous full page plates and text illustrations, one page map, 449 p., wear at spine corners, light bumping to corners, A volume in "The Evergreen Library Series"
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Baring, Maurice; THE PUPPET SHOW OF MEMORY;
Boston, Little, Brown, and Co... 1922 1 Amer. Cloth, Very Good Hardbound 8 Vo.,
blue cloth, paper spine label, pp., x, 457, illustrated, frontis. 2 full page, black & white plates, light edge wear else, a v.g. copy,
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25.00 USD
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Barrymore, Lionel, as Told to Cameron Shipp WE BARRYMORES
New York Appleton-Century-Crofts 1951 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8 Vo.,
grey cloth, pp., viii,311, illuatrated, 16 ful page b&wplates from photographs,genealogy tables presented on front endpapers, index, ex private library, ( Canadian children's writer and radio personality, Mary Grannan) her bookplate pasted to inside front cover, newspaper death notice of Lionel Barrymore pasted to inside rear cover, light spine fade to d.j light wear to edges of d.j.
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25.00 USD
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Beaverbrook, Lord, (Max Aiken), POLITICIANS AND THE WAR 1914-1916
London Oldbourne Book Co. Ltd Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8 Vo.,
n.d. (1960), red cloth, gilt spine, 556 pages, illustrated, frontis.,15 full page b & w plates, index, private bookplate on front free endpaper, d.j. is price-clipped, wear to d.j. edges,corners, a small piece missing at head of spine of d.j.,book is tight,clean, sound
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30.00 USD
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Birkenhead, Lord' RUDYARD KIPLING;
NY Random House, 1978 1 St Amer., Very Good Good Hardbound 8 Vo.,
black cloth, dust jacket, pp., ix, 421., illustrated, 16 full page black & white plates, 12 pp bibliography, index, dust jacket torn at top of spine, spine of d.j. faded, small ink initials in the inside upper corner of the title page. else a v.g. copy.
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15.00 USD
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