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HOLIDAY TOURS IN SPAIN, PORTUGAL & MADEIRA. ILLUSTRATED GUIDE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1830915
Published by The Booth Steampship Co. Ltd.. 6th 1913. Almost very good condition.

Sixth Edition, published before the War. A brief sketch of the places on the route of The Booth Steampship Company's Steamers and visited onthe Tours arranged by the Company. Blue cloth boards, gilt title blocks to front board with blue cloth embossed title. Colour & b/w illustrations, fold-out maps. 135 pages including index plus lxiv advertisements to rear. Spine and top rear board is faded. Boards are rubbed at edges and a few brown spots to spine. Minor browning to top edge of text block. Fold-outs all present with varying degrees of foxing. Some browning to contents. Overall, a decent copy.

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A HISTORY OF CHINESE CIVILISATION (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Jacques Gernet; Jonathan D. Spence.
Stock no. 1830914
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduced by Jonathan D. Spence. 2 volume set. Brown pictorial covers with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w plates. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed, a few minor marks and tiny patch of surface paper loss to top edge.

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THE VISUAL AND VERBAL SKETCH IN BRITISH ROMANTICISM
Written by Richard C. Sha.
Stock no. 1830913
Published by University Of Pennsylvania. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

With their broken lines and hasty brush-work, sketches acquired enormous ideological and aesthetic power during the Romantic period in England. This book investigates the varied implications of sketching in late eighteenth - and early nineteenth - century culture. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. 277 pages including index. ISBN: 0812234200. Text block slightly dusty. A few neat annotations to margins else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed with some discolouration and a few small marks.

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GWEN RAVERAT: FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND AFFECTIONS
Written by Frances Spalding. Illustrated by Gwen Raverat.
Stock no. 1830912
Published by The Harvill Press. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Gwen Raverat was the grand-daughter of Charles Darwin, and a founding member of the Society of Wood Engravers. A fascinating, moving portrait of Gwen's character, her life and her art. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ix and 438 pages including index. ISBN: 1860467466. Second printing. Minor rubbing to lower edge of boards. Top edge of text block faintly grubby. Else contents clean. Plum coloured dustwrapper is shelf-scuffed.

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STONE AND MARBLE CARVING: A MANUAL FOR THE STUDENT SCULPTOR
Written by Alec Miller.
Stock no. 1830911
Published by Alec Tiranti. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The practical side of carving in stone and marble. A geeneral essay on carving and a warning of its many pitfalls, a list of stones (giving colour, texture, consistency, etc), and a chapter on tools. Grey cloth boards, red title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 96 pages including index. Boards mottled by damp. Endpapers browned. Tiny nick to front joint. Contents clean. Cream dustwrapper is a little grubby and browned, a few small stains to spine, a few small chips to corners.

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THE ROARING LIONS
Written by J.B.G. Thomas.
Stock no. 1330754
Published by Pelham Books. 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The 1971 British Isles Rugby Union tour of Australia and New Zealand. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 179 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0720705452. Third impression. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Very light marks to covers. Name in ink to front pastedown (covered by wrapper flap). Dustwrapper is worn and slightly torn to edges and very slightly browned to spine and spine edge of rear panel.

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RAISING THE DRAGON
Written by Robert Jones; Huw Richards.
Stock no. 1330753
Published by Virgin Books. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Clarion Call to Welsh Rugby. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 250 pages. ISBN: 1852279818. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Some slight spotting to textblock. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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THE CITIZEN OF THE WORLD
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Cecil Keeling.
Stock no. 1330752
Published by Folio Society. 1st 1969. Very good condition.

Letters from a Chinese Philosopher residing in London to his friends in the East. Blue cloth spine with gilt title. Marble effect boards. Small b/w decorations to text. 349 numbered cream pages. Minimal foxing to textblock and minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Slight musty smell to contents. Contained in original publisher's slipcase which is slightly stained.

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PAUL SCOFIELD: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Garry O'Connor.
Stock no. 1330751
Published by Sidgwick & Jackson. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A masterly biography that paints a revealing portrait of a man, who for the serious film- and theatre-goer, is more of an icon than any other living actor. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Burgundy endpapers. 419 pages (including index). Some b/w photos. ISBN: 0283063491. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Some fingermarks to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased/rubbed.

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MY NAME ESCAPES ME
Written by Alec Guinness.
Stock no. 1330750
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Diary of a retiring actor. Black boards, silver title to spine. 214 pages. Burgundy endpapers. ISBN: 0241136679. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is price-cut and just a little edge creased.

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RADICAL JOE
Written by Denis Judd.
Stock no. 1330749
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Joseph Chamberlain. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 310 pages (including index), top edges dyed pink. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 0241896312. Spine and corners bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some very pale page browning to endpapers. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper slightly edge rubbed and just a little browned to spine.

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FULL MOON: RUGBY IN THE RED
Written by Rupert Moon; David Roach.
Stock no. 1330748
Published by Mainstream Publishing. 1st PB 2003. Very good condition.

A wonderful wander through the life of the former Wales star. Paperback edition. 217 pages. ISBN: 1840187611. Slight rubbing to corners. Light vertical creases to spine where book has been held open to read. A few light marks to rear panel. Very pale page browning else contents clean.

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