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“Primitive and toweringly passionate story of America’s Deep South”
DRAGON’S Wine – Borden Deal
“Primitive and toweringly passionate story of America’s Deep South” near fine Arrow pb Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£5.50
Home Words 1878. 1881, 1882, & 1883
No idea where ’79 and ’80 got to. This is a 1,136 page volume. a crack starting on hinge otherwise vg+. Well illustrated, especially if you are into “vicars”, or sentimentality. But there are some interesting articles, there just had to be with 1,136 pages. This is a very heavy book (9″ X 7″ X nearly 3″) if you can make it to the shop it can be yours for £20, but if you wish me to post it (to UK address) £25
£25.00
Just a selection of some of the illustrations, may not rock your boat but I am a great fan of engravings. I think the early photographs used in popular publications in the 20th century were a backward step.
NIGHT WATCHES – W. W. Jacobs
Published by Hodder & Stoughton 1914 illustrated by Stanley Davis a nice copy in printed boards. Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£5.00
The HUDREDTH CHANCE – by ETHEL M DELL
Hutchinson 170th Thousand Printed green cloth ffep missing. otherwise vg+ Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£5.00
CHLOE MARR by A. A. Milne
Methuen 1946. dj vg unclipped. Dedication on rear of ffep slight foxing (War Economy paper) but vg Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£7.50
Five books by A A Milne in various conditions externally but all near fine internally.
Winnie – The – Pooh by A A Milne with Decorations by H Shepard. Fifth edition 1927 Methuan and Co. leather bound with spine in poor condition. No stamps or inscriptions, interior fine.
When We Were Very Young by A A Milne with decorations by Ernest H Shepard. Sixteenth Edition 1927 Methuan and Co. leather bound with spine in poor condition. No stamps or inscriptions, interior fine.
Now We Are Six by A A Milne with decorations by Ernest H Shepard. Second edition 1927. Methuan and Co. leather bound with spine missing, No stamps or inscriptions, interior fine.
The Red House Mystery by A A Milne – The Mierva Edition, the Library Press London undated. “Leather Looking” boards with gilt lettering and top edge. No stamps or inscriptions, near fine.
The Days Play by A A Milne – The Mierva Edition, the Library Press London undated. “Leather Looking” boards with gilt lettering and top edge. No stamps or inscriptions, near fine.
A A Milne – all five books
These books would make an excellent start for a rebinding project. Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£20.00
If you need any more details please contact me.
Once A Week and If I May both by A A Milne
Once a Week Methuen 5th edition 1924 vg & If I May 5th edition 1924 vg Price is for both Price includes UK postage – contact me for other rates.
£6.00
Thy Servant a Dog told by Boots Edited by Rudyard Kipling
Macmillan and Co. 1930 1st edition. Front of dj tipped on to front end paper no stamps or inscriptions vg+ Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£5.00
I don’t think you have to be called Sherley to read it and as its the 15th edition it must have had a wider audience. If you are called Shirley, or have a friend called Shirley who is into dogs, or even a friend not called Shirley who is into dogs then I would be willing to sell this copy for the bargain price of £4.00
Sherley’s Dog Book
1934. I don’t think you have to be called Sherley to read it and as its the 15th edition it must have had a wider audience. If you are called Shirley, or have a friend called Shirley who is into dogs, or even a friend not called Shirley who is into dogs what a great present Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£5.00
Mountain Madness by Winifred Fortescue
Blackwood 1944 178 pages slight foxing otherwise vg+ Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£4.00
A Merry Mountaineer – The Story of Clifford Harris of Persia
A 94 page illustrated book first published in 1931 (Before the Sha changed the name of the country to Iran) This is an 8th impression published in 1937 Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£5.00
Mountain Madness by Winifred Fortescue
William Blackwood 1944 second impression 178 pages. no dj vg+ Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£5.00
Some of these are rare in any format.
Single Handed Passage – Edward Allcard – £2.50
Teak Wallah – Reginald Campbell – £5.00
My Patients were Zulus – McCord – £2.50
Kanchenjunga – John Tucker – £2.50
Nanga Parbat – Herrligkoffer – £2.50
forerunners to Everest – Dittert, Chevalley & Lambert – £5.00
Doesn’t look like it but the Teak Wallah cover is by Reginald Head (Cy Webb)
Yorkshire’s Ruined Abbeys by B. Wade
Just to prove that the obsession with broken churches is not new, this publication was written about 1938. Approx. 7″ X 5″ 168 pages by Burrow & Co. London. 81 illustrations from photographs and drawings, 11 plans and 24 Coats of Arms. Of a size that fits in the pocket whilst rambling round Yorkshire. This copy has no stamps or inscriptions, only fault is a bit of foxing on Half Title. A very nice book.
£5.00
Horne’s Guide to Whitby and District 1974
Published by Horne and son “Whitby Gazette” 1974 vg+ Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£6.50
Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 1898 VOL XIV
Green cloth with Gilt lettering and decorations, Blind Blocked front and back 554 pages with 9 illustrations places featured Pocklington, Pontefract, Hull, Cavalry, Wragby, Richmond, York, Burnsall. 64 pages the Domesday Book for Yorkshire and much much more. This is a very tidy clean book that weighs nearly 1kg
£25.00
About Yorkshire by Thomas and Katherine MacQuoid – Published 1883
358 pages with an index with 67 illustrations. The contents are bright and not foxed, the spine is in good order but the front board is water stained (the only defect on this hansom book). This book weighs just under 1kg. so postage is pricey. Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£15.00
Flamborough – Village and Headland edited by Robert Fisher.
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st Edition 1894. Various Writers and Edited by Robert Fisher. A well illustrated edition with chapters including Geology, dialect, Birds, the church, botany, folk lore etc. Published in the original blue cloth covers. Quite a nice and rare example. Must be described as a Hansom book. There is a neat dedication on ffep otherwise no stamps or marks.
£55.00
The History and Antiquities of Knottingley in the Parish of Pontefract
The History and Antiquities of Knottingley in the Parish of Pontefract. With Historical Notices of the Neighbouring Villages of Birkin, Brotherton, Fryston & Ferrybridge. By FORREST, C. originally published by H. Williams & Knottingley: W.S. Hepworth, 1871 this reprint was published in 1992. This copy is fine with no stamps and inscriptions. Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£10.00
The Story of the East Riding of Yorkshire by H. B. Browne
Published by A Brown & Sons, Hull in 1912 with one hundred and seventy illustrations , 352 pages, map on rear endpapers, blue cloth illustrated. A very clean tight copy no stamps or inscriptions. Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£12.50
Movie Makers and Picture Palaces – GJ Mellor
An interesting and definitive history of the film industry in Yorkshire, regarded as ‘The Cradle of the Industry’ by many in the profession. Includes history of film making and film making pioneers, film equipment used, important films made, and the development of cinema in the region. Soft covers, p.324, illustrated with b&w photographs. Very good condition. Posted to any UK location
£12.00
Tramways in West Yorkshire by H Brearley – Locomotion Papers No. Thirteen
44 page illustrated booklet. Price through the post in UK
£7.00
Pennine Journey by William B Stocks
Being the History of the Railways, Tramways and Canals in Huddersfield and District. Printed and Published by THE ADVERTISER PRESS LTD> Huddersfield 1958. Card covers 98 pages tight clean copy no inscriptions. Posted to UK address
£7.50
York a Survey 1959
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1959 Local Executive Committee on the occasion of the meeting of the British Association in York 1959 first edition hardback, 198 pages; Very Good, clean and sound copy, burgundy boards have gilt titling and crest, no dj; Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£5.00
Literary Visitors to Yorkshire by Alan Hindle
128 pages soft cover. Published by Hesketh 1980 well illustrated, index. vg+ Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£5.00
Folk Tales from the North York Moors – Peter N Walker
Robert Hale – Soft Cover – 1990 176 pages vg+ Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£6.00
Ghosts & Legends of Yorkshire – Andy Roberts
Jarrod 1992. 128 pages, illustrated vg+ Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£5.00
The Great Skipton Show by Roger Mason
Readers Union 1980 a fine book in a near fine dj. 190 pages, illustrated. Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£7.50
Nowt so Queer as Folk – Derrick Boothroyd
A book of reminiscence about Yorkshire and Yorkshiremen published 1976 Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£5.50
I Am Alive – Kitty Hart
Corgi pb 1962 1st vg+. Shortly after her liberation in April 1945 by American soldiers, she moved to England with her mother, where she married and dedicated her life to raising awareness of the Holocaust. She has written two autobiographies entitled I am Alive (1961) and Return to Auschwitz (1981). 162 pages, Paperback. Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£22.50
THE MORNING WILL COME – Naomi Jacob
Arrow paperback 1962 1st vg+ a rarer edition of this well published book. ” A Race apart – Joys and tragedies of a Jewish Family” Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£5.00
RODEO ROMANCES January 1951
Vol 1 No. 3 (British Edition) January 1951 Spine taped contents vg
£4.00
Stock
| Auther | Title | Publisher | Price | Condition | Date | Edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorndike Russell | Docter Syn Returns | Arrow | £3.00 | vg | 1963 | 2nd |
| Thorndike Russell | Doctor Syn | Arrow | £2.50 | vg | 1966 | 2nd |
| Thorndike Russell | Doctor Syn on the High Seas | Arrow | £1.00 | g+ | 1966 | rep |
| Thorndike Russell | The Amazing Quest of Doctor Syn | Arrow | £1.00 | vg- | 1966 | r |
| Thorndike Russell | The Courageous Exploits of Doctor Syn | Arrow | £2.50 | vg | 1966 | 3rd |
| Thorndike Russell | The Further Adventures of Doctor Syn | Arrow | £1.00 | g | 1963 | rep |
| Thorndike Russell | The Shadow of Doctor Syn | Arrow | £2.50 | vg | 1972 | rep |
| Thorndike Russell | The Shadow of Doctor Syn | Arrow | £3.50 | vg+ | 1964 | 1st |
| Thorndike Russell | The Water Witch | Arrow | £4.00 | vg+ | 1st |
DOCTOR SYN – Russell Thrndike
1966 Arrow edition Posted to your UK address (or any other UK address if you wish)
£6.00
Doctor Syn on the High Seas
Arrow paperback good only Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£4.50
Doctor Syn Returns – Russell Thondike
Arrow 1963 vg Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£6.00
The Amazing Quest of Doctor Syn by Russell Thorndike
Arrow G Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me.
£5.00
The Courageous Exploits of Doctor Syn by Russell Thorndike
Arrow 1966 vg Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me. I will apply a discount for simultaneous purchases, If I remember.
£6.00
The Shadow of Doctor Syn – Russell Thorndike
Arrow vg+ Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me. I will apply a discount for simultaneous purchases, If I remember.
£6.00
The Further Adventures of Doctor Syn – Russell Thorndike
Arrow Good only Price includes UK Posting – For other postal rates to more distant locations please contact me. I will apply a discount for simultaneous purchases, If I remember.
£5.00
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