WILLIAM RUSSELL SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TIMES
Written by Roger Hudson; Max Hastings.
Stock no. 1830269
Published by Folio Society. 1997. Very good condition.

Edited by Roger Hudson. Introduced by Max Hastings. Brown elaborately decorated pictorial cloth. B/w photos. Top edge brown. xxvii and 426 pages including index. Third printing. Top of inner spine is starting to come away from outer spine (as is usual for Folio Society items). Small smudge to top edge of text block. Page 5/6 is lightly creased to top edge (minor). Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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ROLAND PENROSE: THE LIFE OF A SURREALIST
Written by James King.
Stock no. 1830234
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The first biography of Roland Penrose, one of the great English-born practitioners of modernism in the twentieth century. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Yellow endpapers. B/w photos. 328 pages including index. ISBN: 9781474414500. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-rubbed else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS IN MAN AND ANIMALS AND THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Written by Charles Darwin; Steven Pinker.
Stock no. 1830232
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduced by Steven Pinker. Brown/grey cloth with blocked design in black and gilt to spine and front side. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Top edge brown. xxii and 372 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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AUREL STEIN ON THE SILK ROAD
Written by Susan Whitfield.
Stock no. 1830222
Published by Serindia Publications. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Evocatively illustrated account of the intrepid adventures and amazing discoveries of the great explorer and archaeologist Sir Marc Aurel Stein, who travelled the Silk Road nearly a century ago in the footsteps of Alexander the Great and the seventh-century Buddhist pilgrim monk Xuanzang. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 143 pages including index. ISBN: 1932476113. 1cm crease to cloth at top front edge of spine else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and lightly scuffed.

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CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES 1768-1779
Written by Captain Cook; Glyndwr Williams.
Stock no. 1830205
Published by Folio Society. 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Selected and introduced by Glyndwr Williams. Elaborately decorated blue cloth with gilt. Colour illustrations. Top edge blue. xxxiv and 522 pages including index. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed and lightly bumped at corners.

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WHITHER FROM AULIS: A CHILDHOOD AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Written by Anke Weihs.
Stock no. 1830127
Published by Floris Books. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Anke Weihs was one of the founders of the Camphill Movement. Born in Australia, she spent her childhood in Japan, Hawaii, Pennsylvania and later in Europe. In this book she describes the tortuous path that eventually led her to Vienna where she met Dr Konig, who was in the centre of the group which later in Scotland founded Camphill. Cream cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 272 pages. ISBN: 0863150985. Boards slightly grubby along horizontal edges. Text block lightly browned. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and is scuffed.

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DRAWING ON LIFE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PAUL HOGARTH
Written by Paul Hogarth; Richard Ingrams. Illustrated by Paul Hogarth.
Stock no. 1830124
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Introduction by Richard Ingrams. Hogarth is one of the most distinguished illustrators and graphic artists of our age. Written with a great energy and wit, accompanied by a wealth of drawings and paintings from the earliest days right up to his latest works. Large format. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 0715306448. Lower tip of front board has a couple of tiny holes in cloth and is lightly rubbed. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly faded to spine, creased to top of rear panel with small closed tear (under 1") to vertical edge.

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LIFE AND EXPLORATIONS OF FRIDTJOF NANSEN
Written by J. Arthur Bain.
Stock no. 1830084
Published by Walter Scott Ltd.. 1898. Almost very good condition.

New edition revised and considerably enlarged. Fridtjof Nansen was a Scandinavian Arctic explorer, scientist, diplomat, and humanitarian. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles and vignettes. B/w photos. xix and 449 pages plus publisher adverts to rear. Board edges rubbed, worn and frayed at corners. Prize plate to front pastedown. Text block browned. Some grubby marks to contents.

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ORWELL'S LONDON
Written by John Thompson. Illustrated by Philippa Scoones.
Stock no. 1830083
Published by Fourth Estate. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

George Orwell knew London intimately and over a span of thirty years: from his excited schoolboy visits to the family flat in the early 1920s, to his deathbed marriage in a London hospital in 1949. This book traces two paths - that of Orwell's life in London and that of his characters'. Navy blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. vi and 120 pages including index. ISBN: 0947795006. A nice copy. Grey dustwrapper is browned to spine and across top edges, small closed tear repaired with clear tape to verso at top rear edge of spine, light scuffing.

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LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES: THE FINAL PART OF HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Written by L.T.C. Rolt.
Stock no. 1830080
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The third and final volume of L.T.C. Rolt's autobiography. L.T.C. Rolt's fame rests on the fact that he was unique in producing works of literature from subject matter which has not before his time, been considered the stuff of literature - engineering, canals, railways, steam engines, agricultural machinery, and vintage cars. This volume was published posthumously and is a fitting tribute to the man who, through his appreciation of the 'aesthetics of technology', could be said to have given a literary shape to the Industrial Revolution. Black cloth baords, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. x and 246 pages. ISBN: 0862999987. Slight slant to spine. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and top of rear panel (minimal) and is lightly scuffed.

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WEMBLEY AND BEYOND
Written by Barry Briggs.
Stock no. 1329956
Published by Circle Productions. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The adventures of Barry Briggs, a speedway rider like no other. Black boards, silver title to spine. 464 pages. B/w photos throughout, a gathering of colour photos to the centre pages. ISBN: 9780356255743. SIGNED by Briggs to the front free-endpaper. Includes a ticket to the Book Signing event. Spine slightly bumped. Slight creasing to wrapper edges.

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MORE CONFESSIONS
Written by John Berry.
Stock no. 1329955
Published by Retro Speedway. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Speedway revelations and memories from the 70s & 80s plus forthright views on where the sport is going wrong. Cardwraps. 255 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0955117615. Minimal rubbing at corners.

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