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MONTAIGNE'S ESSAYS (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Michel De Montaigne; John Florio; Graham Swift.
Stock no. 1830385
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2006. Very good condition.

Three volumes. Blue cloth spines with gilt title and decorations. Marbled boards. B/w frontis. Translated by John Florio and introduced by Graham Swift. A lovely set, appears unread. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is 2" split to either side of top join and is scuffed.

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A TEN O'CLOCK SCHOLAR AND OTHER ESSAYS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1330135
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An autobiographical collection of essays. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 142 pages. ISBN: 0571095216. Some ligth spotting to covers. Light foxing to textblock. A nice copy with a nice, complete dustwrapper.

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STUDIES IN NORTHERN PREHISTORY
Written by P.J. Cherry.
Stock no. 1829604
Published by Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Essays in Memory of Clare Fell. Edited by P.J. Cherry. Extra Series: Vol: XXXIII. Beige cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations, a few colour photos. viii and 288 pages including index. ISBN: 1873124449. Initials and date in ink to top corner of front endpaper else a lovely clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE THORNY PARADISE
Written by Edward Blishen.
Stock no. 1329199
Published by Kestrel Books; Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Writers on writing for children. Essays by distinguished writers on their craft or on special aspects of it. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 175 pages. ISBN: 0722654634. Spine and corners bumped. Pale page browning and foxing. Small, light mark to rear free-endpaper. White dustwrapper is just a little yellowed and edge rubbed.

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SURVEYING IRELAND'S PAST: MULTIDISCIPLINARY ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF ANNGRET SIMMS
Written by Howard B. Clarke; Jacinta Prunty; Mark Hennessy; et al.
Stock no. 2140487
Published by Geography Publications. 1st IRELAND 2004. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w maps and photos. ISBN: 0906602424. Foxing and marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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COMMON GROUND: ESSAYS ON THE HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF IRELAND
Written by William J. Smyth; Kevin Whelan.
Stock no. 2140484
Published by Cork University Press. 1st IRELAND 1988. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos, maps and illustrations. Presented to T. Jones Hughes. ISBN: 0902561537. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some browning.

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AT THE ANVIL: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF WILLIAM J. SMYTH
Written by Patrick J. Duffy; William Nolan; David J. Butler; Patrick Nugent; et al.
Stock no. 2140422
Published by Geography Publications. 1st IRELAND 2012. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780906602638. A few light marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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KICK THE DEAD LION: A CASEBOOK OF THE CUSTER BATTLE
Written by Charles G. Du Bois.
Stock no. 2136595
Published by Upton & Sons. 1st thus 1987. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Very dark blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Originally published in soft-cover in 1954, this updated version of Du Bois' brilliant essay is offered to a new generation. ISBN: 0912783095. Wrapper spine is faded.

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MANUFACTURE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY BEFORE THE FACTORY
Written by Maxine Berg; Pat Hudson; Michael Sonenscher.
Stock no. 2135966
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition.

A collection of essays based on the SSRC Conference on Manufacture in Town and Country before the Factory held in Balliol College, Oxford in September 1980. Cardwraps. 213 pages (including index). ISBN: 0521893593.

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HEADS OF THE PEOPLE: PORTRAITS OF THE ENGLISH (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Douglas Jerrold; William Makepeace Thackeray; et al. Illustrated by Kenny Meadows.
Stock no. 2134923
Published by Robert Tyas. 1840. Good condition.

Second series in four volumes. Leather spines and corners, marbled boards. Drawn by Kenny Meadows, Engraved by Orrin Smith. Ex-library set with normal markings internally, bookplates and the like. Some repairs to joints. Volume 4 has front board LOOSE, but still present. Uneven fading and scuffing to covers - some chips. Volume 3 front board is nearly detached. Foxing and browning to pages throughout. A good reading set only.

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LONDON AND THE CIVIL WAR
Written by Stephen Porter; et al.
Stock no. 2134008
Published by Macmillan Press Ltd. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, with gilt title to spine. A collection of essays from different authors about London and the Civil War. ISBN: 0333622790. Page edge browning.

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FUROR HORTENSIS ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE GARDEN IN MEMORY OF H.F. CLARK
Written by Peter Willis; Robert H. Matthew; Patrick Nuttgens; Geoffrey Jellicoe.
Stock no. 2129954
Published by Elysium Press Limited. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Limited first edition of 1000 copies. Large format. Brown cloth spine, gilt title. B/w photos and illustrations. Not numbered, but this is one of 1000 first edition copies. Bumping and wear to top and tail of spine with a little fading. A few marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Original glassine wrapper is still present with some tears and chips and creasing; also some foxing; a bit of loss.

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