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GROWING UP IN KILVERT COUNTRY
Written by Mona M. Morgan.
Stock no. 1809205
Published by Gomer Press.
1st
1990.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Recollections of a Radnorshire childhood. B/w photos. ISBN: 0863836801. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly faded at spine and rear spine edge.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- RADNORSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BIOGRAPHY
A LAND OF PURE DELIGHT
Written by Thomas Johnes; Richard J. Moore-Colyer.
Stock no. 1711308
Published by Gomer Press.
1st
1992.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
B/w illustrations. Selections from the letters of Thomas Johnes of Hafod Cardiganshire 1748-1816 ISBN: 0863837514.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- CARDIGANSHIRE
- BIOGRAPHY
- LETTERS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
IN THE LEFT-HAND SEAT A SPORTING BIOGRAPHY OF THE HON. JOHN DAWSON-DAMER
Written by John J. Coe.
Stock no. 1711235
Published by Turton & Armstrong.
1st
2004.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A former Australian rally navigator champion. B/w photos. ISBN: 0908031807. Very light edge-creasing to wrapper.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
- RALLYING
THE BROTHERS ROBINSON
Written by Julia Cornelissen; Geoffrey Beare.
Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson; Charles Robinson; T.H. Robinson.
Stock no. 1312513
Published by Chris Beetles Ltd..
1st
1992.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Compiled by Cornelissen, introduction by Beare. Cased edition, limited to 500 copies. Black cloth with blind vignette to front cover. An exhibition catalogue. Contains brief biographies of the three brothers. Packed with colour and b/w photos and illustrations. 240 pages. ISBN: 187113630X. Contains a slip of paper stating this is copy no. 104, SIGNED by Beare. Spine of wrapper looks as though it is a little grubby but it is possible this it the way it is meant to look!? This copy would make a wonderful gift.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- REFERENCE
- ILLUSTRATED
THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK
Written by Selma G. Lanes.
Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1312475
Published by Harry N. Abrams.
1st
1980.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Sendak's life and work are explored in affectionate detail in this charming fun-filled book. 94 full-colour illustrations and more than 165 b/w illustrations. Large oblong format. Pictorial cloth showing scene from "Where The Wild Things Are". ISBN: 0810916002. A few very light scartch marks to the heavy plastic original dustwrapper.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ILLUSTRATED
- CHILDRENS
- BIOGRAPHY
- REFERENCE
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.
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.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- BIG GAME
- AFRICA
- BIOGRAPHY
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.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WELSH
- WALES
- BIOGRAPHY
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
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.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- EAST MIDLANDS
- DERBYSHIRE
- BIOGRAPHY
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.
BOMBER COMMANDER A BIOGRAPHY OF WING COMMANDER DONALD TEALE SAVILLE
Written by Francis Roy Chappell.
Stock no. 1710103
Published by Pen & Sword Aviation.
1st
2004.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
B/w photos. 194 pages. ISBN: 1844150925.
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.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- HEREFORDSHIRE
- SOUTH WEST UK
- CORNWALL
- BIOGRAPHY