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Lamia's Winter-Quarters By Alfred Austin .

AUSTIN, ALFRED / ELGOOD, GEORGE S. (ILLUSTRATOR) . · 1907 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

London: Adam And Charles Black, 1907 . 0. Limited Edition. Signed by Alfred Austin the poet laureate, limited deluxe edition of 250 copies - number 182. Soiled cream cloth hardcover with gilt titles on decoratively framed front and on dulled spine. Edges and corners rubbed and b…

The Illustrated Guide to Worcester Porcelain 1751-1793. (Signed).

SANDON, HENRY. · 1980 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1980. 0091421101. Third edition. "The first book to take into account the revolutionary discoveries made by the author when directing excavations at the factory site..Excavations at Warmstry House during 1977-9 have been important in confirming the resu…

Ruth Rendell's Suffolk.

RENDELL, RUTH,& BOWDEN, PAUL. (PHOTOGRAPHS). · 1989 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: Frederick Muller, 1989. 0091736692. 1st ed. "Because I did not want to produce a guide or brochure of tourism, I have written about my favourite places." 23cms. x 27.5cms. Pp. 144, colour photographs throughout + 1 map, illustrated endpapers, signed by Ruth Rendall to ti…

Countryside Reflections. With 78 drawings by David Poole.

ELLIS, TED / POOLE, DAVID (ILLUSTRATOR). · 1982 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Norwich: Wilson-Poole Publishers, 1982. 095065924X. 1st edition. A collection of Ted Ellis's essays written for two newspapers, primarily the Eastern Daily Press, spanning a mammoth thirty-five years, and secondly for The Guardian covering seventeen years. 29.5cms x 21cms. Pp.12…

Compton-Land Revisited : New Looks at an Oldd Puzzle.

SIMPSON, ALAN AND MARY. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Little Compton, Rhode Island: Little Compton Historical Society, 1994. Volume II in a series of publications in honor of Carlton C.Brownell printed by the Little Compton Historical Society. "Compton-land is our name for the enchanting countryside in the southwest of England that…

Saga of the Twilight Nights.

PLANT, TERRY. · 1978 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Newton Abbbot:Wotton Limited (printers), nd. (c.1978). Autobiography. Memoir of the author's travels and life in Scandinavia. Pp.107, photo portrait frontispiece + 5 further black & white photo illustrations and a map, inscribed by the author to inner front endpaper + a coloured…

Quest for a Cure. The Public Hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia, 1773-1885.

ZWELLING, SHOMER S. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Willliamsburg: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1986. 0879351101. Second printing. "On October 12, 1773, the Public Hospital for Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds admitted its first patient..When it opened, the Virginia hospital was the only public institution exclusiv…

An Improbable Life. The Autobiography. (Signed).

MCDONALD, TREVOR. · 2019 · Chilton Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2019. 9781474615532. 1st edition. "Sir Trevor recounts his personal experience of world events and interviews with globally famous - or notorious - figures..obtaining the first British television interview with Nelson Mandela; his reflections on th…

Lone Wolf. (Signed).

PICOULT, JODI. · 2012 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2012. 9781444728989. 1st British edition. "You want to save your father's life. Your brother wants to let him die. What would you do?" Pp.x/369, inscribed by the author to title page "Susie. Enjoy", speckled greying to some page edges (printing fault?…

Social Theory. A Guide to Central Thinkers.

BEILHARZ, PETER. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1992. 1863731636. "Who's who in the social theory zoo? This book introduces some of the leading social theorists in short, lively entries by leading Australian scholars. Social Theory covers thinkers from Althusser to Williams, by locals from Alexander to …

Louis Veron and the Finances of the Academie Royale de Musique.

DRYSDALE, JOHN D. · 2003 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2003. 3631398662. "Louis Veron became director of the Academie Royale de Musique in 1831 and managed it "a ses risques, perils et fortune". It had been pooly managed in the Restoration period with too rapid a turnover of directors, much waste and many abus…

Selective Memory. An Autobiography.

WHITEHORN, KATHARINE. · 2008 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: Virago, 2008. 9781844082391. Autobiography of the journalist Katharine Whitehorn - star columnist at the Observer for over thirty years. Pp.xiv/269, 4 pages of black & white photo illustrations, inscribed by the author to title page "Linda [Blandford] -blessings on ya + …

Lost and Found in Russia. Encounters in a Deep Heartland.

RICHARDS, SUSAN. · 2009 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

London: I.B.Tauris, 2009. 9781848850231. 1st edition. "Far from Moscow and St Petersburg, there lies another Russia. Overlooked by the new urban elites and almost unknown to the West, in the great provincial hinterlands of the Volga River and Siberia, Russians struggle to reconc…

Masons' Marks At Burscough Priory, Ormskirk Church, Birkenhead Priory, And Some Other Marks From Buildings In The Counties Of Lancaster And Chester; Together With Notes On The General History Of Masons' Marks. By W. Harry Rylands, F.S.A.

RYLANDS, W. HARRY (WILLIAM HARRY RYLANDS 1847-1922 ) . · 1893 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Liverpool: Thomas Brakell Limited, 58, Dale Street, 1893 . "From the "Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire," Vol. vii, N.S. A very good half leather binding (by Ball, Northampton). 8vo. pp.80. 8.75" x 5.7" x 0.25". Polished brown calf over marbled boar…

The Drama Of Yesterday & To-Day By Clement Scott. In Two Volumes .

SCOTT, CLEMENT 1841-1904. · 1899 · Chilton Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London: Macmillan and Co, Limited ; New York, Macmillan Company, 1899 . 0. Signed first edition. A very good two volume set. Vol. I. ; pp.8/[2pp.]/pp.607. Vol. II. :pp.8/[5pp.]/pp.581/[3pp. - Adverts] . Vol. II, ends with; "Appendix: List of important plays produced in London be…

Posthumous Parodies And Other Pieces, Composed By Several Of Our Most Celebrated Poets, But Not Published In Any Former Edition Of Their Works.

[ TWISS, HORACE (1787-1849) ] . · 1814 · Chilton Books

£148.00 (€177.40 | $195.53 | ¥31,214)

London : Printed For John Miller, 25, Bow-Street, Covent Garden, 1814 . 0. Signed first edition. A very good half leather binding. 8vo. 725" x 4.75" x 0.2". pp. xi./[1p.]/pp.102/[2pp. - Errata / Adverts] . Brown Morocco spine and corners over green buckram boards. Spine with 5 r…

The Impossible Theatre. The Chichester Festival Theatre Adventure. (Signed Limited Edition).

EVERSHED-MARTIN, LESLIE. · 1971 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London: Phillimore & Co.Ltd, 1971. Specially bound Edition, limited to Two hundred and fifty copies, signed by the Author and numbered, of which this is No.128. "Leslie Evershed-Martin tells his own - behind-the-scenes - story, of what really happened, the indifference and outri…

Prima Donna. A History.

CHRISTIANSEN, RUPERT. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1986. 0140083782. "Prima Donna puts three hundred years of these remarkable women - from Pasta and Patti to Flagstad and Callas - into their historical and musical context. In it, the author reveals their important creative contribution to the development…

The Mediumship of Jack Webber.

EDWARDS, HARRY. · 1953 · Chilton Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London: Rider and Company, 1953. 3rd impression. "This book presents a series of photographs of supernormal activity and a narrative of events incidental to them. They have been secured through the physical mediumship of Mr Jack Webber during the fourteen months from November, 1…

Gremlins In The Cabbage Patch. A Novel. By John Paddy Christmas .

CARSTAIRS, JOHN PADDY · 1944 · Chilton Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

London: Hurst & Blackett Ltd, [no date - c. 1944] . 0. Signed first edition, lacking dustwrapper. pp.120. Wrapped in stamp adressed postal envelope to: Mrs. Nina Davidson. Red cloth covers, rather soiled, with black tles to spine. "W. H. Smith & Son's Library" label to verso of …