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LIVINGSTONE OF AFRICA
Written by C.T. Bedford. Illustrated by Ogle.
Stock no. 1312411
Published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition.

Heroic missionary, intrepid explorer and black man's friend. Remarkable Missionary Books series. Pictorial boards. 4 b/w illustrations and a double-spread map. 59 pages. Covers edge rubbed. Vertical split to centre of backstrip and slight wear to top and tail of spine. Pale browning to endpapers and light foxing to contents.

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THE MIGHTY NIMROD
Written by Stephen Taylor.
Stock no. 2113828
Published by Collins. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A life of Frederick Courteney Selous, African hunter and adventurer, 1851-1917. B/w illustrations. B/w photos. ISBN: 0002175045. A few small marks to covers. Light page edge browning. Wrapper is faded to spine, with light edge-creasing.

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COFIANT Y PARCHEDIG OWEN THOMAS, D.D., LIVERPOOL
Written by J.J. Roberts.
Stock no. 2113539
Published by Cyhoeddedig Gan D. O'Brien Owen. Very good condition.

Maroon cloth, gilt titles. Text in Welsh. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some page browning.

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A SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY SCARSDALE MISCELLANY
Written by Philip Riden; J.V. Beckett; J.P. Polak; et al.
Stock no. 2113468
Published by Derbyshire Record Society. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Contains 'The Scarsdale Surveys of 1652-62' edited by Beckett and Polak; 'The Autobiography of Leonard Wheatcroft'; Lawrence Oxley's Accounts, 1672-81 etc. ISBN: 0946324166. Some marks to outer page edges. Pages internally have some wrinkling.

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A BRUSH WITH LIFE
Written by Frank Sidney Smith; John Man. Illustrated by Frank Sidney Smith.
Stock no. 1808592
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour illustrations. Autobiography. ISBN: 029783231X. Pictorial wrapper is lightly faded at spine and has a few score marks present.

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DAUGHTER OF WYEDEAN AND KERNOW: NOTES FROM A WEST COUNTRY CHILDHOOD
Written by Jessie M. Stonham.
Stock no. 1808100
Published by Thornhill Press. 1st 1978. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Autobiography. The author's childhood in Ross on Wye, her move to Weston Under Penyard, her visits to the Forest of Dean. Her long periods in Cornwall. ISBN: 0904110648. Name in ink to front endpaper else contents fine. Green wrapper is grubby and worn at corners.

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A WOUNDED THING MUST HIDE: IN SEARCH OF LIBBIE CUSTER
Written by Jeremy Poolman.
Stock no. 1807992
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Haunted by the death of his own wife, the author follows Libbie Custer, the wife of General Custer, through her extraordinary life in search of he knows not what. Black boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0747549494. Lower corners bumped. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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ROMNEY A BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL ESSAY WITH A CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF HIS WORKS (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Humphrey Ward; W. Roberts.
Stock no. 2111890
Published by Thos. Agnew & Sons. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue leather spines with gilt titles and intricate decorations. Blue cloth covers with gilt titles. Captioned, tissue-guard plates. Limited edition to 350 copies. These volumes are copy no. 20. Spines are faded; now look green. Some bumping and wear to cover edges and corners. A little brown spotting to covers. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Names in ink to front endpapers. Page browning; some foxing. The books appear to have been restitched at one time - bindings are nice and tight.

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THE STORY OF SAINT JOAN
Written by Margaret R. Keary.
Stock no. 1310965
Published by A.R.Mowbray & Co. Ltd. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 130 pages. Rear endpapers are a map of Northern and Central France. 9 b/w plates plus a plan of Orleans. Spine and corners worn, spine and rear cover rubbed. Name in heavy pencil to front endpaper. Foxing and fingering else contents clean. Endpapers discoloured.

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WATERLOG A SWIMMER'S JOURNEY THROUGH BRITAIN
Written by Roger Deakin.
Stock no. 2111631
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Encompassing cultural history, autobiography, travel writing and natural history, Waterlog is a personal journey, a bold assertion of the native swimmer's right to roam and an unforgettable celebration of the magic of water. B/w chapter headings. ISBN: 0701166525. SIGNED by author, with dedication to verso of front endpaper. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.

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NAPOLEON III
Written by W. H.C. Smith.
Stock no. 1605067
Published by Wayland Publishers. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0853401470. Spine bumped. Pale brown stain to lower margin of pages. Wrapper edge worn and unevenly faded.

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