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1 Clifton at Bude and Butcombe: The Story of a Scholl in Evacuation
Bristol Old Cliftonian Society and J. W. Arrowsmith 1946 Hardback Good No Jacket 
"Second impression hardback, 1946, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - original blue cloth boards, with gilt titles to spine and front panel, are slightly tanned to spine and rubbed to edges. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions - name to ffep; slight toning but text and illustrations clean and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available." 
Price: 9.95 GBP
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2 Heroic Lives: David Livingstone, Henry Stanley, General Gordon, Lord Dundonald.
W&R Chambers Hardback Very Good No Jacket 
Undated hardback, circa 1900, with no dust jacket. In overall very good good condition - red cloth boards, with gilt and black decorative titles to spine and front, are a little soiled and spine tanned, spine head and tail slightly rubbed. Binding tight and square, no annotations or inscriptions - ffep has been cut to remove previous owner's details; page-ends and prelims lightly tanned but text and illustrations clean and clear throughout. Four books in one binding - frontispiece plates of the subject at the beginning of each book still retain tissue-paper guards. An excellent copy from a private collection, not ex-library. 
Price: 19.95 GBP
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3 The King's Reign Told In Pictures: Reproduced from Authentic Photographs.
"Sankey, Hudson & Co" Paperback Good 
"Undated paperback, circa 1935, in overall good to very good condition - cream card covers slightly marked. Stapled binding tight - staples have rusted and marked the covers a little; no annotations or inscriptions, text and plates clean and clear throughout." 
Price: 7.95 GBP
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4 The Public General Acts Passed In The Forty-Seventh and Forty-Eighth Years Of The Reign Of Her Majesty Queen Victoria
Eyre and Spottiswoode 1884 Hardback Good No Jacket 
"First edition hardback, 1884, with no jacket as published. In overall good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - original buckram covered boards, with gilt titles blocked in maroon to spine, are generally tanned and a little soiled, corners and spine tail worn and one inch scratch/graze to rear board. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions - County of Anglesey, R. Jones Roberts, Magistrate's Clerk's Office, Anglesey hand-written to front pastedown; pages toned and slightly spotted here and there but text clean and clear throughout. All the statutes passed in the Fifth session of the Twenty-Second Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with Index and Tables showing the effect of the year's legislation. Photographs available." 
Price: 29.95 GBP
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5 "Daniel Defoe, with an introduction by Henry Morley" "A Journal of the Plague Years: Being observations or memorials of the most remarkable occurrences, as well publick as private, which happened in London during the last great visitation in 1665"
George Routledge and Sons 1884 Hardback Good No Jacket 
"First Morley's Universal Library edition hardback, 1884, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - original olive green cloth boards, with chipped title label to spine, are lightly rubbed to edges. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; a little tanning and a few spots of foxing to untrimmed page-ends and prelims but text and printed endpapers clean and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available." 
Price: 19.95 GBP
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6 "E. T. Leeds, D. B. Harden (editor)" Dark-Age Britain: Studies presented to E. T. Leeds
Methuen and Co 1956 1st Hardback Good No Jacket 
"First edition hardback, 1956, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - original black cloth boards slightly marked, embossed titles to spine have lost most of their gilding. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; a few light spots to endpapers and page-ends but text and illustrations clean and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available." 
Price: 24.95 GBP
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7 "Henry Mayhew, edited by Peter Quennell" Mayhew's Characters: Selected From London Labour and London Poor
Spring Books Hardback Very Good Good 
"Undated edition hardback, circa 1960s, with unclipped jacket. In overall good to very good condition with minor signs of handling and storage - dj worn and chipped to edges. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions - owner's name to ffep; text and illustrations clean and clear throughout. From a private collection, not an old library book." 
Price: 14.95 GBP
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8 "J. L. Gayler, Irene Richards and J. A. Morris" A Sketch-Map Economic History Of Britain
George G. Harrap 1957 1st Hardback Good No Jacket 
"First edition hardback, 1957, with no jacket. In overall good to very good condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - original orange cloth boards are slightly soiled. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions - owner's name and address to ffep, older name crossed out; a little toning to page-ends but text and copious maps bright and clear throughout. From a private collection, not an old library book. Photograph available." 
Price: 14.95 GBP
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9 "John Steegman, revised by Bryan Little" Cambridge
B. T. Batsford 1954 Hardback Good No jacket 
"Fifth edition hardback, revised 1954, with no jacket. In overall good condition with minor signs of handling and storage - original grey cloth boards a little tanned and rubbed to edges, with corners slightly rounded. Binding tight, no inscriptions but a few minor annotations; text and plates clean and clear throughout. From a private collection, not an old library book." 
Price: 7.95 GBP
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10 "T. D., A. M., and D. B. Sullivan" "Speeches From The Dock: Or, Protests of Irish Patriotism"
"M. H. Gill & Sons, Ltd" Paperback Good 
"Undated paperback edition in overall good used condition with some minor signs of handling and storage - covers creased to spine and rubbed to edges with small label to lower front cover. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read - title page creased, no annotations or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available." 
Price: 17.95 GBP
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11 "Tony Benn, edited by Ruth Winstone" "Tony Benn Years Of Hope: Diaries, Papers and Letters 1940-1962"
Hutchinson 1994 ISBN 0091785340 / 9780091785345 1st Hardback Fine Near Fine 
"SIGNED first edition first printing hardback, 1994, with clipped jacket. In overall near fine used condition - dj has tiny chip at spine tail and slight nick to upper rear lh corner, spine a touch faded; original red cloth boards, with bright gilt titles to spine, are crisp and clean. Internally very clean. Binding tight and appears almost unread, no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Signed in red ink by author to title page, with no inscription. From a private collection, not an old library book. Photograph available." 
Price: 39.95 GBP
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12 "William Watson, updated by G. de G. Sieveking" Flint Implements: an account of stone age techniques and cultures
The Trustees of the British Museum 1968 ISBN 0714113069 / 9780714113067 Paperback Very Good 
"Third edition paperback, 1968, in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage . Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations - very neat four word inscription to reverse of front cover dated 1973; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available." 
Price: 6.95 GBP
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13 A. Barrister Justice In England
Victor Gollancz 1938 1st Hardback Very Good No Jacket 
"First edition Left Book Club hardback, 1938, with no jacket. In overall good used condition - original red boards tanned to spine and edges rubbed. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; tanning to page-ends but text clean and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available." 
Price: 14.95 GBP
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14 A. D. Webster Greenwich Park: Its History and Associations
Henry Richardson 1902 1st Hardback Good No Jacket 
"First edition hardback, 1902, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of handling and storage - original blue bevel-edges cloth boards are slightly marked and corners lightly worn. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions - name and address in pencil to ffep; light tanning and age-spotting to endpapers and page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Frontispeice fold-out map. Not an old library book. Photograph available." 
Price: 24.95 GBP
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15 A. E. Hotchner Blown Away: The Rolling Stones And The Death Of The Sixties
Simon & Schuster 1990 0671693166 / 9780671693169 1st Hardback Very Good Good 
First edition hardback, 1990, with unclipped jacket. In overall good to very good condition with minor signs of handling and storage - dj a little shelfworn. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; page-ends lightly toned but text and plates bright and clear throughout. From a private collection, not an old library book. 
Price: 12.95 GBP
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16 A. K. Hamilton Jenkin The Story of Cornwall
Thomas Nelson and Sons 1938 Hardback Good No Jacket 
"Hardback reprint, 1938, with no jacket. In overall good to very good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - original red cloth boards protected in archival film, corners slightly rounded. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; text, illustrations and maps at endpapers bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available." 
Price: 9.95 GBP
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17 A. L. Rowse An Elizabethan Garland
Macmillan 1953 Hardback Good No Jacket 
"First edition hardback, 1953, with no jacket. Ex library book with usual stamps, no pages removed. In overall good to very good condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - red cloth boards, with gilt titles to spine, only slightly marked and worn to corners and edges. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, text and b&w plates clean and clear throughout." 
Price: 9.95 GBP
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18 A. L. Rowse Royal Homes Illustrated
Odhams Hardback Very Good Fair 
"Undated hardback, circa 1953 (published as a souvenir of Elizabeth II corornation), with clipped jacket. In overall good to very good condition with minor signs of handling and storage - dj is a little worn with chips to corners, spine head and tail. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; text and copious plates clean and clear throughout. From a private collection, not an old library book." 
Price: 10.95 GBP
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19 Admiral Sir Edward Evans British Polar Explorers
William Collins of London 1946 Hardback Very Good Very Good 
"Second impression hardback in The Britain in Pictures series (no. 53), 1946, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - rubbing to edges. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions - name to ffep dated 1946; 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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20 Aidan Crawley Escape from Germany. A History of R.A.F Escapes during the War.
Collins 1956 Hardback Very Good Very Good 
"First edition hardback, 1956, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good condition - dj is a little tanned with the odd age-spot; red cloth boards, with gilt titles to spine, are slightly faded and rubbed to edges. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, pages slightly yellowed and page-ends tanned with a few age-spots but text clean and clear throughout." 
Price: 14.95 GBP
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