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AKBAR THE GREATEST MOGUL
Written by S.M. Burke.
Stock no. 1818763
Published by Munshiram Manoharlal. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Based mainly on accounts left behind by those who personally knew the emperor well, the result of several years of research. Insight into the character and achievements of the founding fathers of the celebrated Mogul dynasty in India. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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THE END OF ANTIQUITY
Written by Jeremy K. Knight.
Stock no. 2130093
Published by Tempus. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Archaeology, Society and Religion AD 235-700. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0752414488.

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ENGLISH HERITAGE BOOK OF SHRINES & SACRIFICE
Written by Ann Woodward.
Stock no. 1815775
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1992. Fine condition.

An analysis of Iron Age and Roman religious sites in Britain, concentrating on the evidence for the special buildings, shrines, and the various objects, alive, dead or symbolic which were offered up as sacrifices within them. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos & illustrations, a few colour plates. ISBN: 0713460849.

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METHODISM IN MAIDENHEAD 1829-1979
Written by Peter Hardiment.
Stock no. 2124205
Published by Barracuda Books. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. B/w photos. Includes a list of ministers. ISBN: 0860231119. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine and edges, with some edge-creasing.

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A SUNDAY BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Margaret Tempest. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2124084
Published by Collins. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition.

Blue/white pictorial boards. Prayers for children. Colour illustrations. Text in script. 6.75 x 6". Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping at edges. Scuffing to rear cover; front cover has a small area of surface paper damage. A little foxing internally.

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CAROLS
No author listed. Illustrated by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.
Stock no. 1506935
Published by Alexander Moring Ltd.. circa 1945. Almost very good condition.

Dark red cloth with gilt title and onlay. 14 carols. 6 double page spread colour plates; 5 other colour plates. 43 pages. 10.25 x 8". Spine faded and bumped with wear to ends. A little wear to corners. Uneven fading to front and rear cover. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Tiny hole to front joint. One hinge cracked. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and page edges. Light page edge browning. All plates present.

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A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE INTERESTING PRIORY OF LLANTHONY NEAR GLOUCESTER
Written by John Clarke.
Stock no. 2122749
Published by George Bell. 1853. Fair condition.

With notices of its original foundation in Wales; also additional notices of contemporaneous buildings in Gloucester, and introductory remarks on the Monastic System. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Chipping and loss to top and tail of spine and down edges; where there are a few splits and chips. Front joint is partially cracked. Heavy foxing to prelims and some to plates, including b/w frontis. Edge-tear to margin of pages 55 - 60, also creasing. A reading copy.

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A LIST OF VICARS OF CHEPSTOW
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1608689
Published by Ivor Waters. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition.

Red card wraps. 15 pages. ISBN: 095000796X. Staples rusted.

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IMMORTALITY
Written by Alice Reed.
Stock no. 1506078
Published by Ernest Nister. Very good condition.

Easter Poems. Beige card wraps, pictorial front cover with silver title. Silver tassle tie and all edges silver. 7.25 x 6.5". 4 chromolithographs. Wear to spine. Very light crease to lower corners. Covers slightly grubby. Contents clean with just a little light foxing/browning.

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SONGS OF LOVE AND JOY
Written by Horatius Bonardd.
Stock no. 1506022
Published by H.J. Drane. Almost very good condition.

Grey cloth covers, autumn leaves to front cover with gilt titles, black titles to spine. 9.75 x 8". Each page has a verse/song and a beautiful floral colour illustration. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers a little grubby. A couple of hinges cracked. A few marks to contents. Foxing/browning, mainly to endpapers. 37 written to last page. Colours still bright.

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A DISCOURSE UTTER'D IN PART AT AMMAUSKEEG-FALLS IN THE FISHING-SEASON 1739
Written by Joseph Seccombe. Illustrated by Michael McCurdy.
Stock no. 1503753
Published by Barre Publishers. 1st 1971. Very good condition.

The annual fishing party at Amoskeag to which the gay and gorgeous aristocrats flocked was only, through geographical accident, the most famous of this type of gathering. And the man who reported it for us had the worst case of social inferiority in his generation, which gives this tract an odd slant. Brown leather spine, patterned boards. 43 numbered pages. Illustrated with wood engravings. Signed Limited Edition. ISBN: 827171033. Wear to spine, most at base. An odd grubby mark to contents. Limited edition page has been signed by Illustrator but not numbered. Contained in original slipcase which is edge worn with a few marks. Surface paper damage to spine part of label.

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THROUGH STORMY SEAS SOME OF THE SPIRITUAL CRISES IN MY LIFE AFLOAT
Written by E.G. Carre.
Stock no. 2115579
Published by Pickering & Inglis Ltd.. 2nd 1939. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. B/w photos. Some light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-tears and chips - 1" loss to top f spine.

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