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1 Fifty Great Disasters and Tragedies That Shocked the World
Odhams Press Hardback Good No Jacket 
Undated hardback, circa 1932 based on hand-written date to reverse of ffep, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - rubbing to edges and spine. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions - two neat sums to title page; scattered foxing and page-ends tanned and spotted but text, illustrated end-papers and illustrations clean and and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available. 
Price: 14.95 GBP
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2 "Daniel S. Cheever and H. Field Haviland, Jr." Organizing For Peace. International Organization In World Affairs
"Cambridge, Massachusetts" "Houghton Miflin, The Riverside Press" 1954 1st Hardback Very Good Fair 
"First edition hardback, 1954, with clipped jacket. In overall good to very good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - dj is worn and chipped to edges with loss at spine head and tail; original red cloth boards clean and crisp. Internally clean. Binding tight and square and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; page-ends slightly dust-marked but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. This book weighs nearly 1.5kg. Not an old library book. Photograph available." 
Price: 29.95 GBP
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3 "Herodotus, Thucydides" "The History of Herodotus, The History of the Pelopennesian War. Great Books of the Western World, Volume 6"
Encyclopeaedia Britannica 1952 Hardback Very Good 
"In overall very good condition - brown boards, with gilt titles to spine, a little rubbed to edges. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions - owner's stamp to front pastedown, text clean and clear throughout." 
Price: 11.95 GBP
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4 "Hippocrates, Galen" "Hippocratic Writings, On the Natural Faculties. Great Books of the Western World, Volume 10"
Encyclopeaedia Britannica 1952 Hardback Very Good 
"In overall very good condition - brown boards, with gilt titles to spine, a little rubbed to edges. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions - owner's stamp to front pastedown, text clean and clear throughout." 
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5 "Lucretius, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius" "On the Nature of Things, The Discourses of Epictetus, The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. Great Books of the Western World, Volume 12"
Encyclopeaedia Britannica 1952 Hardback Very Good 
"In overall very good condition - brown boards, with gilt titles to spine, a little rubbed to edges. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions - owner's stamp to front pastedown, text clean and clear throughout." 
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6 "Richard Lewinsohn, translated by Alexander Mayce" A History of Sexual Customs
"Longmans, Green and Co" 1958 Hardback Good No jacket 
"First UK edition hardback, 1958, with nojacket. In overall good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - maroon cloth boards rubbed to edges and slightly soiled. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; light toning but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available." 
Price: 14.95 GBP
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7 "W. G. Sebald, translated by Michael Hulse" Vertigo
Harvill Press 1999 ISBN 1860466230 / 9781860466236 Hardback Very Good Good Signed
"SIGNED first UK edition first printing hardback, 1999, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - dj rubbed to upper edges with slight nick to spine head and light graze to front title which has marked the letter R in Vertigo; original black cloth boards, with bright gilt titles to spine, are clean and crisp. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Signed to title page by the author with no inscription. Not an old library book. Photographs available." 
Price: 294.95 GBP
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8 A. J. Barker Behind Barbed Wire
B. T. Batsford 1974 ISBN 0713411759 / 9780713411751 1st Hardback Very Good Very Good 
"First edition hardback, 1974, with unclipped jacket. In overall near fine condition with only minor signs of handling and storage. Internally very clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations crisp and clear throughout. From a private collection, not an old library book. Photograph available." 
Price: 14.95 GBP
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9 Agnes Smedley China Fights Back: An American Woman with Eighth Route Army
Victor Gollancz 1938 1st Hardback Good No Jackcet J. F. Horrabin (map) 
"First edition Left Book Club hardback, 1938, with no jacket. In overall good used condition - original red boards tanned to spine, edges rubbed with a couple of small bumps. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; tanning to page-ends and end-papers but text clean and clear throughout. Includes original Left Book Club flyer for recruiting new members. Not an old library book. Photograph available." 
Price: 14.95 GBP
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10 Aristotle "The Works of Aristotle: Volume II. Great Books of the Western World, Volume 9"
Encyclopeaedia Britannica 1952 Hardback Very Good 
"In overall very good condition - brown boards, with gilt titles to spine, a little rubbed to edges. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions - owner's stamp to front pastedown, text clean and clear throughout." 
Price: 11.95 GBP
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11 Burgo Partridge A History of Orgies
Anthony Blond 1961 Hardback Good No Jacket 
"Fourth Impression hardback, 1961, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - original maroon cloth boards faded to spine, corners gently rounded. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; a little light foxing to page-ends and prelims but text clean and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available." 
Price: 9.95 GBP
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12 C. H. Douglas Social Credit
Vancouver The Institute Of Economic Democracy and Bloomfield Books 1979 ISBN 0920392261 / 9780920392263 Paperback Very Good 
"Douglas Centenary edition paperback, 1979, in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - white covers slightly tanned to spine and slight shelfwear. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available." 
Price: 29.95 GBP
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13 C. H. Douglas The Monopoly of Credit
Bloomfield Books 1979 ISBN 0904656012 / 9780904656015 Paperback Very Good 
"Fourth (Douglas Centenary) edition paperback, 1979, in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - covers rubbed to edges with a couple of small nicks to upper front edge. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. Includes original review/order form for: What Is Social Credit by Geoffrey Dobbs. Not an old library book. Photograph available." 
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14 David Herlihy (editor) The History Of Feudalism
Macmillan 1970 ISBN 0333037561 / 9780333037560 1st Hardback Good Fair 
"First edition hardback in the Documentary History of Western Civiisation series, 1970, with unclipped jacket. Ex college library book with the usual markings, no pages removed, dj wrapped in (worn) clear protective film. In overall good used condition - white dj tanned to spine and worn to spine head and tail; original cloth boards rubbed to edges . Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Photograph available." 
Price: 9.95 GBP
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15 F. Elwyn Jones The Battle For Peace
Victor Gollancz 1938 1st Hardback Good No Jacket J. F. Horrabin (maps) 
"First edition Left Book Club hardback, 1938, with no jacket. In overall good used condition - original red boards tanned to spine, edges rubbed with corners slightly worns. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; light tanning to page-ends and end-papers but text and maps clean and clear throughout. Includes original Left Book Club flyer for recruiting new members. Not an old library book. Photograph available." 
Price: 9.95 GBP
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16 G. P. Gooch History and Historians in the Nineteenth Century
"Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd" 1967 Hardback Very Good Very Good 
"New impression hardback revised with a new introduction, 1967 reprint, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - dj a little rubbed to edges and spine slighly tanned. Internally very clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions - owner's name and address to ffep; text crisp and clear throughout." 
Price: 19.95 GBP
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17 Henry Hamilton History Of The Homeland: The Story of the British Background
George Allen and Unwin 1947 1st Hardback Good Fair 
"First edition hardback - no.4 in the Primers For The Age Of Plenty series (edited by Lancelot Hogben), 1947, with unclipped jacket. In overall good condition - dj complete but tanned and repaired; original green cloth boards, with black titles to spine, are faded to spine and edges with corners rounded. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; light tanning to page-ends and end-papers but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Retains fold-out map to rear. From a private collection, not an old library book. Photograph available." 
Price: 14.95 GBP
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18 Henry Phelps Brown Egalitarianism and the Generation of Inequality
New York Oxford University Press 1990 ISBN 0198286481 / 9780198286486 Hardback Very Good Very Good 
"Hardback reprint, 1990, with unclipped jacket. In overall good to very good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - dj slightly faded to spine with short closed tear at spine head. Internally clean. Binding tight, with slight roll, and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; page-ends slightly dust-marked but text bright and clear throughout. This book weighs over 1kg. Not an old library book. Photograph available." 
Price: 24.95 GBP
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19 Israel Shahak "Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight Of Three Thousand Years"
Pluto Press 1997 ISBN 0745308198 / 9780745308197 Paperback Very Good 
"Second printing paperback with foreword by Edward Said, 1997, in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - slight label mark to front cover upper rh corner and edges lightly rubbed. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available." 
Price: 24.95 GBP
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20 J. C. Stobart The Grandeur That Was Rome
Book Club Associates 1976 Hardback Very Good Very Good 
"BCA edition hardback, 1976, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good to near fine condition: dj faded to spine and a little edgeworn, with label residue to lower rear cover; black cloth boards, with gilt titles to spine, very clean. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, text and copious plates clean and clear throughout." 
Price: 14.95 GBP
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