History Unearthed. A Survey of Eighteen Archaeological Sites Throughout the World by Sir Leonard Woolley. Published by Ernest Benn Limited at Bouverie House, Fleet Street, London E.C.4. Set in Twelve Point Leaded Monotype Plantin and Printed by Offset Lithography in GB by Butler and Tanner Limited Selwood Printing Works, Frome and London. 1958. 1st Edition.

4to, 183 medium/heavy duty numbered pages with many illustrations.

Condition/Notes : Good. DJ : Good. DJ has medium wear to edges, small tear to rh top corner, marking to face. DJ back similar with tear to top rh corner and other small tears, marking to face. DJ spine with wear top and tail and sunning. DJ front fold with biographt of author continued to back fold. Price Marked 30s net. Black linen front board with light wear edges, light bumps corners, 2 horizontal blisters full width lower quarter. Back board similar. Spine with light wear top and tail, gilt lettering. Blank front e/p; facing pp with title. Verso frontispiece full page illustration Warrior's Helmet from Sutton Hoo. Facing title page with details; verso copyright page. Contents follow. Illustrations and Acknowledgements follows p7-p14. Introduction p15-p17. Commences with Nimrud p19. Bibliography pp179-p183. Pages good with light toning to edges. Illustrations good. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges.

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Home Catering and Cookery, Edited by Marjorie Bruce-Milne, In One Volume, 1956. 1st Edition.

Published by Caxton Publishing Company Limited, London. Dimensions : 254mm x 188mm x 62mm. Weight : 2.350kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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Home Catering and Cookery, Edited by Marjorie Bruce-Milne, assisted by several contributors, In One Volume. Published by The Caxton Publishing Company Limited, London, New York, Melbourne, Toronto and Wellington. Printed and bound in England by Hazell, Watson and Viney Limited Aylesbury and London, March 1956. First Edition in one volume. Original First Edition was in 5 volumes.

4to, 924 medium duty gloss numbered pages plus an Index.

Condition/Notes : Quite good. No DJ. The red leatherette front board has light wear to edges, bumps to corners and light marking to face and a white mark to lh edge. Back board is similar. Spine has wear to edges with vertical creasing top to tail. Gilt lettering and wear top and tail. The boards are loose but held in place by the paste-down/end-papers. Front p/d and e/p is joint with grey coloured illustration of cooking items. Creasing and general wear/usage. Blank pp followed by full colour frontispiece "Keep the doctor away". Title page follows with full details; verso publishing, copyright and printing details. Contributors follows. Contents : Parts One to Five. List of Plates Colour (20) and Black and White (42) follows. Pages generally clean and good condition with some corner folds. Toning to the border edges. General usage but no "cooking" marks or stains. Binding quite tight. Plates good colour and condition. Large comprehensive Index. Back p/d and e/p as front. Red speckled edges with dusting. A very good survey of British cookery and recipes c1956. A quite rare volume.

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Ingle-Jingle by S.P. Bevan. Drawings by J.H. Kelway. 1st Edition 1917.

Published by Charles H. Kelly, London. Dimensions : 184mm x 127mm x 14mm. Weight : 0.180kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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Ingle-Jingle, A Book for Girls and Boys by S.P. Bevan. Drawings by J.H. Kelway.

Published by Charles H. Kelly, 25-35, City Road, London. E.C. 1st Edition, 1917.

Printed by Jarrold & Sons, Ltd., Norwich, England.

12mo, 104 heavy duty numbered pages with black and white drawings.

Condition/Notes : Quite good. The medium brown linen front board has wear edges, bumps to corners, marks to face, black ink decoration and lining. Back board blank with similar wear. Spine with wear and small tears top and tail; vertical creasing and sunning. Front paste-down blank but with presentation label awarded to Eric Ogden from Sasondale Mission SS for attendance 25. e/p facing blank with foxing. pp with title follows. Frontispiece follows with drawing Mr. Justice Clock (p18) by JHK. Title facing; verso copyright page First Edition 1917. pp facing with "To L.M.B. and E.K.". Contents follow Chapters I to XIV. Back e/p with foxing. Bookseller's stamp on back p/d A.Taylor Nottingham. Pages with general usage, some marking, toning and dusting to edges. Binding quite tight. Interesting collection of drawings by J.H. Kelway. A quite rare volume.

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Jean Dagoury par Charles Canivet, E. Plon, Paris, 1877. 1st Edition.

Published by E. Plon et Cie, Paris, 1877. Dimensions : 180mm x 113mm x 20mm. Weight : 0.400kg net. Condition : Good.

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Jean Dagoury par Charles Canivet, published and printed by E. Plon et Cie, Imprimeurs-Editeurs, Rue Garanciere, 10, Paris. 1877. First Edition.

12mo, 279 medium duty, quality parchment, numbered pages.

Condition/Notes : Good. The dark crimson boards are in quite good condition with light wear to edges. Water marks to front board. Gilt letters on spine. Previous owners' names on front e/p in faded ink and pencil. Foxing marks. pp with title; verso copyright page. Title page facing with details including publisher's emblem and attached blue circular seal of "Librairie Grosset & Trembley, Rue Corraterie, Geneve". Dedication to Monsieur Paul Blier dated Paris , mars 1877, follows. Text commences p1. Pages good but with foxing spots to edges and in places. Good quality paper. Binding quite tight and good condition. Dusting to edges.

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John Betjeman's Collected Poems, Compiled by Lord Birkenhead. 1st Edn., 8th Reprint 1960.

Published by John Murray, London. Dimensions : 190mm x 115mm x 25mm. Weight : 0.430kg net. Condition : Good.

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John Betjeman's Collected Poems, Compiled with an Introduction by Lord Birkenhead.

Published by John Murray (publishers) Ltd., London. 1958.

Printed in GB by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, London and Beccles.

First Published December 1958, 8th Reprint November 1960.

12mo, i-xxvi, 279 light/medium duty, light gloss, numbered pages.

Condition/Notes : Good. DJ : Good. Maroon DJ front light wear edges, light marking face. DJ back similar. DJ spine light wear, sunning. DJ front fold light wear, dusting top edge, price marked 15s net. DJ back fold light wear, dusting edges, light foxing. Cream linen front board, light wear to edges, browning to edges, light foxing. Back board similar. Spine similar with gilt lettering. Front p/d blank with ink owner's name top lh edge. e/p blank with pencil F5 top rh corner. pp title with foxing spots. Title follows; verso copyright with printing details. Contents p v - p xi. Acknowledgements. Introduction p xiii - p xxvi. Collected Poems commences p1 Death in Leamington and so through to p279 In the Public Gardens. Back e/p blank with foxing spots. Pages good with light usage. Binding quite tight. Light maroon top edge, dusting to edges with light foxing spots.

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Marine Tropical Fish in Colour Edited by Braz Walker. 1975, 1st Eng. Language Edition.

Published by Blandford Press Ltd., London. Dimensions : 146mm x 115mm x 20mm. Weight : 0.280kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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Marine Tropical Fish in Colour Edited by Braz Walker.

Published by Blandford Press Ltd., London WC1V 6PH.

Printed in HK, bound in GB 1975. First English Language Edition, from original German text Korallenfische im Aquarium 1973.

24mo, 256 medium duty, light gloss numbered pages with numerous colour illustrations.

ISBN 0 7137 0723 2

Condition/Notes : DJ : Quite good. DJ green, light wear edges, light marking. DJ back similar . DJ spine light wear, sunning. DJ front fold with price mark £1.90. Back fold with ads and ISBN. Pale green front linen board with light wear. Back board similar. Spine light wear/bumps top and tail, gilt lettering. Front p/d with previous owners name address. Title page; verso copyright page. Contents. Introduction p5-17. Glossary p17-18. Commences p19 General Marine Fish Groups and so thru to end. p250-251 Scientific Name Index . Index p252-256. Blank back e/p. Pages good. Colour illustratiions and illustrations good. Light general usage. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges.

A well produced edition for the enthusiast by this well know, now deceased, respected fish-keeper and expert.

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Maroc by Claire Sainte-Soline, photographs by Rudolf Pestalozzi, Pierre Cailler, 1954. 1st Edition.

Published by Pierre Cailler, Geneve, 1954. Dimensions : 232mm x 180mm x 18mm. Weight : 0.700kg net. Condition : Good.

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Maroc, by Claire Sainte-Soline, Avec 117 photographies, dont 8 en couleurs, de Rudolf Pestalozzi. Published by Pierre Cailler, Geneve, 1954. First Edition. Tous Droits Strictement Reserves Imprime en Suisse.

8vo, 128 medium (light gloss) pages, with 117 photographs, 8 in colour.

Condition/Notes : Front soft board with attached illustrated DJ is good, protected by attached celluloid cover. Back board similar with details in French. Spine good with light wear top and tail. The celluloid protective cover is worn to the edges and with dusting to the edges. Not sure whether this an original protective cover or an added one but it could be removed if desired. Front e/p blank with handscript top edge dated 1960. Toning to edges. pp's blank. Title page with details dated 1954. Introduction in French runs p9-31 by Claire Sainte-Soline. pp with 117 photographies de Rudolf Pestalozzi follows. List of Photographies follows with details p1-128. A sketch map of Maroc follows. Photographs are very good with 8 in colour. Toning to the edges. General light usage. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges. An interesting photographic study of Morocco c1950.

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Mathematics and Statistics for use in Pharmacy, Biology and Chemistry by L. Saunders and R. Fleming, 1957. 1st Edition.

Published by The Pharmaceutical Press, London. Dimensions : 228mm x 140mm x 20mm. Weight : 0.520kg net. Good.

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Mathematics and Statistics for use in Pharmacy, Biology and Chemistry by L. Saunders and R. Fleming, 1957. 1st Edition.

Published by The Pharmaceutical Press, 17, Bloomsbury Square, London W.C.1.

Printed in GB by William Clowes and Sons Limited, London and Beccles.

8vo, i-x, 257 medium duty, light gloss, numbered pages with tables and illustrations.

Condition/Notes : Good. DJ : Quite good. DJ front with wear and small tears top and lower edge, toning to edges, black ink lettering. DJ back similar wear with light marking to blank face. DJ spine with wear top and tail, sunning, black lettering. DJ front fold with light wear top and tail, dusting to edges, summary and price marked 27s. 6d. DJ back fold with light wear to edges, list of other PP publications. Front brown linen board with light wear and bumps, light marking. Back board similar. Spine with light wear top and tail, gilt lettering. Slight cocking to volume. Front e/p blank with toning to edges. pp with title. Title follows; verso copyright with Boots Pure Drugs Company stamp in centre - Lass No. 51, Access...No Tech. Section (Aidrie). Checked (Sig). Issued 30/10/57. Introduction follows dated 1957. Preface p vii-viii. Contents follows p ix-x. Chapter 1 Arithmetic commences p1 and so to end Chapter 15 p209. Appendix I - XIII p247. Answers to Problems p249-252. Index 253-257. Blank e/p with light toning. Pages good with light usage, toning to edges. Binding quite tight, dusting to edges.

An interesting technical with advantage of Boots Pure Drug Co stamp.

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Meeting at the Sphinx by Marjorie Deans, MacDonald & Co., 1946.

Gabriel Pascal's Production of Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra. Published by MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London. Dimensions : 221mm x 142mm x 15mm. Weight : 0.360kg net. Condition : Good.

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Meeting at the Sphinx, Gabriel Pascal's Production of Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra, with forewords by both the Author and Producer. Published by MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 19, Ludgate Hill, London, EC4. Printed in GB by Purnell and Sons Ltd., Paulton and London. Undated but 1946. Price Marked 10/6 net on DJ.

8vo, 146 medium duty light gloss numbered pages with 33 Coloured Illustrations (Kodachromes by Wilfred Newton) and 32 Black and White Photographic Stills by Wilfred Newton.

Condition/Notes : Good. DJ : Wear and small tears to top edge, light wear lower edge with 10mm tear to lower rh corner. Colour good with marking and usage. Back DJ similar with wear to edges and closed stage curtain illustration. DJ spine with wear top and tail, loss to top edge and creasing lower with sunning. DJ front fold good with toning and light wear edges; PM 10/6 net lower rh corner. Back DJ fold blank with dusting top edge. Red linen front board with light wear edges, light bumps corners, gilt lettering and tipped-in portrait of Michael Angelo's Cleopatra. Front e/p blank off-white; pp with title. Frontispiece with black and white photo of Bernard Shaw and Gabriel Pascal in Shaw's study. Title page follows with stylised details; printing verso. Foreword by G.B. Shaw follows with signature below (facsimile); verso Credo by Gabriel Pascal with signature below (facsimile). Contents follows; verso List of Coloured Illustrations by Wilfred Newton. First colour Kodachrome facing "Cleopatra awake in her bedroom in the palace of Alexandria" (p11). Pages good with toning to edges. Plates very good with very good colour, toning to border edges. List of Photographic Stills by Wilfred Newton follow the end of text : very good black and white photos with page nrs 115-146 in top corners. Back e/p blank. Binding tight/quite tight. Dusting to edges. Very interesting volume with very good photos.

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Melba, A Biography by John Hetherington. 1967. First Edition.

Published by Faber & Faber Limited, London. Dimensions : 241mm x 152mm x 34mm. Weight : 0.750kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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Melba. A Biography by John Hetherington.

Published by Faber & Faber Limited, 24, Russell Square, London WC1. 1967.

Printed by Ebenezer Baylis and Son Ltd., The Trinity Press, Worcester and London.

First Edition. mcmlxvii.

8vo, 312 medium/heavy duty, numbered pages with photographic plates.

Condition/Notes : Quite good. DJ quite good with protective cover. Front good with toning to edges and colour toning, no damage. DJ back, good, program from Nov 6th 1911 Theatre Royal with toning/dusting, no damage. DJ spine toning top/tail, library sticker lower "B.MEL". DJ front fold good, summary by author, price marked 50s net lower rh corner. DJ back fold The Story of Australia.

Purple cotton boards good with light wear edges. Front p/d pencil handscript upper edge "Re-read May 93", Worksop Public Library stamp lower rh corner. pp with title; verso Other books by John Hetherington.

Colour plate frontispiece Melba by Rupert Bunny.

Title page with Worksop Public Library stamp centre; verso copyright page with details and library references. Author's Note, Contents, Illustrations List. Commences p15 and through to 312 including Index.

Medium usage. Pages good with some light marking in places. Toning/dusting to border edges. Black and white photographic plates good. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges, library stamp to top edge. Well protected by the DJ plastic cover.

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Mental Magic Spoon Bending - Mind Reading Clairvoyance, Max Mindbender Andreas Arimont, 2010.

Published by Books on Demand GmbH. Dimensions : 203mm x 127mm x 4mm.Weight : 0.080kg net. Condition : Very good.

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Mental Magic, Spoon Bending - Mind Reading Clairvoyance.

Producer and Publisher Books on Demand GmbH Norderstedt, 2010. 1st Edn.

Printed in the USA.

ISBN 978-3-8423-2670-5

8vo, 66 light/medium numbered pages with numerous illustrations in black and white.

Condition/Notes : Very good. Illustrated soft front good with black and white illustrated title. Back cover similar, see images. Title page; verso copyright with full info 2010. Contents follows. Introduction inc. p7-12. Commences p13 Spoon Bending and through to p64 Stopping a Watch by the Power of the Mind.

Interesting and entertaining book.

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Modern Artists. A Series of Illustrated Biographies, F.G. Dumas. c1885. 1st Edition.

Published by J.S. Virtue & Co. Ltd., London. Dimensions : 540mm x 390mm x 60mm. Weight : 10.000kg gross. Condition : Fair.

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Modern Artists. A Series of Illustrated Biographies of Sir F. Leighton, P.R.A., J.E. Millais, R.A., H. Herkomer, A.R.A., L. Alma-Tadema, R.A., P.J.A. Baudry, Josef Israels, Adolf Menzel, Carl Piloty, Hans Makart, J.L.E. Meissonier, J.C. Hook, R.A., A. Cabanel. Prepared under the direction of F.G. Dumas. Published by J.S. Virtue & Co., Limited, 294, City Road, London.

fo. 288 heavy duty, light gloss, numbered pages with many fac-similies of original drawings, engravings, sketches and impressions of artist's studios. The engravings of the artists have unfortunately been removed at some time.

Condition/Notes : Fair (this particularly relates to the missing artists' self-portraits, otherwise the condition would be described as quite good). The front maroon half morocco board is in fair condition with wear to edges, corners and a water-stain in the centre over the gilt title. Back board is in better condition with general wear but no staining to face. Spine is in quite good condition with wear top and tail and to ribs; gilt title. Binding good and secure. Front e/p black with Ex Libris Eugene Byford Okarma label with emblem and number 187 in pencil attached upper centre. e/p black facing. Blank pp with small tear lower edge. Title page facing with full details - see images below. Heavy duty pages good with toning to edges. Binding tight. General light usage. Gilt top edge, rough-cut fore-edge and lower edge. Excellent illustrations throughout. Despite the missing plates, the volume is still of great interest and value.

This is a very heavy volume.

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Moonchild A Prologue by Aleister Crowley, Mandrake Press 1929. 1st Edition.

Published by The Mandrake Press, London, 1929. Dimensions : 222mm x 140mm x 38mm. Weight : 0.800kg net. Condition : Good.

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Moonchild A Prologue by Aleister Crowley. Published by The Mandrake Press, 41, Museum Street, London, W.C., 1929. Printed and made in Great Britain by The Crypt House Press Limited, Gloucester and London.

8vo, (i-vii) 335 medium/heavy duty numbered pages.

Condition/Notes : No DJ. Front dark green linen board has light wear to edges, light bumps to corners, wear to lower rh corner with fraying. Light marking to face. Back board similar but with light wear to corners. Spine with light wear and creasing top and tail, gilt lettering and horizontal lining. Front p/d blank off-white; facing e/p blank with browning. pp with title. Title page follows; verso Author's Note signed A.C. dated London, 1929. Contents follow v-vii Chapters I to XXIII. Commences p9 and through to p335; verso printing details. Back e/p blank; verso with browning. Pages good with light toning/dusting to edges and light usage. Binding quite tight with light strain p160/161. Dusting to edges. Slight cocking to volume. A quite scarce 1st Edition of Crowley's second novel unfortunately missing DJ.

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Moses, From the Story Told in the Old Testament by Maud & Miska Petersham, 1938.

Published by J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., London. MCMXXXVIII. Dimensions : 237mm x 185mm x 9mm. Weight : 0.280kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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Moses, From the Story Told in the Old Testament, by Maud and Miska Petersham. Published by J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., London. MCMXXXVIII. First Edition. Lithographed in The United States of America by William C.D. Glaser for J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., Aldine House, Bedford St., London. First published in England and in the USA in 1938.

8vo, heavy duty, unnumbered pages with colour and black and white lithographs on alternate pages.

Condition/Notes : Quite good. No DJ. The green linen front board has light wear to edges, light bumps to corners, light marking face, black ink illustration and lettering. Back board has light wear to edges, light bumps/wear to corners, some light staining to face. Spine has light wear/crease top and tail with title Moses. Front p/d and e/p have joint blue and white illustration of Moses in the ark; some light marking and creasing to gutter. 10/- lightly written top rh corner of p/d. pp follows with title and illustration; light marking and creasing. Title page follows with title in blue and colour lithograph below; verso copyright page with some marking. Contents facing with yellow sunburst decoration and some marking to edges; verso summary of First Chapter. Pages illustrated with alternate colour and black and white lithographs; general light/medium usage with some tears to lower lh gutter upto 35mm long in places but not detracting from the appearance of the pages and illustrations. The book has been well used but with care thus the quite good designation. Back e/p and p/d as front illustration. Binding quite tight. Dusting/toning to edges. A quite scarce volume.

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New Age Encyclopaedia by Belinda Whitworth, Robert Hale, 2002. First Edition.

Published by Robert Hale Ltd., London, 2002. Dimensions : 222mm x 143mm x 25mm. Weight : 0.500kg net. Condition : Good.

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New Age Encyclopaedia by Belinda Whitworth, published by Robert Hale Ltd., London. Printed by St. Edmundsbury Press Limited, Bury St. Edmunds, 2002. First Edition.

8vo, 256 medium duty numbered pages.

ISBN 0-7090-6721-6

Condition/Notes : Good. DJ : Good with plastic protector. Grey leatherette boards with light wear and gilt lettering. Price marked £17.99 front fold. Grey front e/p with library date label and pocket. pp, title page; verso copyright page with library stamp. Contents follows. Acknowledgements, Introduction. Encyclopaedia commences p11, ends p218. References, Recommended Reading, Addresses and Websites. Ends p256. Grey e/p. Brief bio back fold. Light usage with some light marking in places. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges.

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Open Skies, Closed Minds by Nick Pope. Published by Simon & Schuster 1996. 1st Edition.

Published by Simon & Schuster Ltd., London. 1996. Dimensions : 241mm x 160mm x 28mm. Weight : 0.560kg net. Condition : Good.

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Open Skies, Closed Minds. For the First Time a Government UFO Expert speaks out. Nick Pope with a Foreword by Timothy Good. First published in Great Britain by Simon & Schuster, London, 1996. First Edition. Printed and bound in the UK by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London.

ISBN 0-684-81664-4.

8vo, 270 medium coarse, economy numbered pages.

Condition/Notes : Good. DJ : Good, light wear to front edges and face, back DJ similar with small tear top rh corner. DJ spine light wear top and tail with some creasing at top. Front fold good with fold crease lower rh corner. Price marked £14.99. Back fold with creasing. Front black linen board has light wear with bump to top rh corner. Spine with light wear top and tail. Blank front e/p. Title page with details; published and printing details verso. Author's note follows. Contents follow. Acknowledgements. Foreword by Timothy Good. Introduction commences p1. Pages good with light usage and toning to edges. 8 plates of black and white photos between p142 and p143. Appendices 1 to 8. Bibliography, Picture Credits and Permissions followed by Index.

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Oxford and Cambridge in Pictures, text R.G. Burnett, Photos E.W. Tattersall, 1950.

Published by Phoenix House London. Dimensions : 252mm x 185mm x 15mm. Weight : 0.620kg net. Condition : Good.

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Oxford and Cambridge in Pictures, Text by R.G. Burnett, Photography by E.W. Tattersall.

Published by Phoenix House Limited, 38, William IV Street, London. 1950, 1st Edition.

Printed by Staples Press Limited, Rochester, Kent

4to, i-viii, 181 fine gloss numbered pages including 2 plans and 87 black and white photographic plates.

Condition/Notes : Good. Faded red linen front board, light wear edges, wear corners, light marking face, gilt lettering. Back board similar, toning band rh edge. Spine light wear top and tail, sunned, faded gilt lettering. Horizontal bowing to both boards. Blank e/p with pencil £2-00 top rh corner, foxing. pp with title; By the same authors London Lives On. Title page facing with illustration centre; verso copyright 1950 First. Contents follows Text and Plates Introduction, Oxford p v; Continues verso, Cambridge. p vii Continues. Bibliography. Introduction p viii. Commences p1 Oxford Plan of the City and through to Cambridge Girton College p176. Bibliography p181. pp, blank back e/p with foxing. Pages good, light toning edges, light marking in places. Plates good, toning border edges. light usage. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges.

An excellent selection of architectural photographic studies of the two rival cities 1950 by this well-known prolific press photographer.

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Princess Margaret, The Story of a Royal Romance, by Alice Hope. 1955. First Edition.

Published by Frederick Muller Ltd., 1955. Dimensions : 203mm x 132mm x 24mm. Weight : 0.370kg net. Condition : Good.

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Princess Margaret, The Story of a Royal Romance, by Alice Hope. Printed by Frederick Muller Ltd., printed by William Clowes and Sons Ltd., London and Beccles, 1955. First Edition.

8vo, 165 medium coarse duty numbered pages and 21 black and white photographic images.

Condition/Notes : Good. DJ : DJ front with light wear to edges, some light creasing, marking to face. Back DJ similar with small tear to top edge and wear to spine edge. Plain blue. DJ spine wear top and tail with sunning. DJ front fold with toning to edges, PM 10/6 net, jacket photo by Cecil Beaton. Back DJ fold similar blank. Dusting to DJ inner top edge. Front pale blue linen board very light wear. Slight vertical bowing. Back board very light wear. Spine light wear top and tail, gilt lettering. Slight cocking to volume. Blank front e/p. pp with title. Frontispiece full plate black and white photo Princess Margaret on her 25th birthday. Title page follows; verso pub/printing details. Contents follows : Chapters 1 to 15. List of Illustrations follows : 21 pages. Commences p9. Pages good and clean with light toning edges. Photos good. Binding tight and fully intact. Unread.

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Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling, Illustrated by H.R. Millar, 1906. 1st Edition.

Published by MacMillan and Co., Limited, London. Dimensions : 203mm x 135mm x 23mm. Weight : 0.600kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling. 1st Edition.

Illustrated in woodcuts by H.R. Millar.

Published by MacMillan and Co., Limited, London. 1906.

Printed by R & R Clark Limited, Edinburgh.

8vo, i-x, 306 medium duty gloss numbered pages followed by 8 pages of MacMillan advertising including full page ad for this volume Price 6s.

Condition/Notes : Quite good. The front dark red linen board has wear to edges, bumps to corners, light marking face, gilt vignette (elephant head and swastika) to centre. Back board similar with toning band to rh edge 25mm wide, light marking to face, full length split to linen rh edge/spine. Spine wear top and tail, sunning, faded gilt lettering, wear rh edge and split full length lh edge (binding not affected, can be easily gummed). Front p/d and e/p blank off-white with 3/- in pencil script rh corner p/d, foxing in places. Blank gloss pp follows. pp with title follows; verso swastika/Rudyard Kipling in circle emblem to centre. Frontispiece follows with wood cut illustration by H.R. Millar "They saw a small brown ....into the Ring - p6.". Title page facing; verso copyright 1906.Contents facing . Illustrations list follows (20 full page wood engravings with page numbers). Commences p1 with Weland's Sword. Pages mostly good with medium usage, toning to edges and some light creasing in places, small tear lower edge p195, blue ink mark lower edge and across lower corner p235, small tear lower edge p234. Illustrations good with toning to border edges. Blank off-white e/p and p/d both with foxing. Binding quite tight but with strains p16/17, p32/33, p80/81, p192/193, p208/209, p240/241 but still fully intact. Gilt top edge, dusting to edges. Slight cocking to volume.

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Radio Television and Electrical Repairs, illustrated, by Roy C. Norris, Odhams Press, 1948.

Published by Odhams Press Ltd., Long Acre, London, 1948. Dimensions : 215mm x 140mm x 32mm. Weight : 0.520kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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Radio, Television and Electrical Repairs, Illustrated. Edited by Roy C. Norris. Published by Odhams Press Ltd., Long Acre, London. Printed in GB by C. Tinling & Co. Ltd., Liverpool, London and Prescott. T. 1048. S. 1948. First Edition.

8vo, 447 medium economy numbered pages with many illustrations.

Condition/Notes : Quite good. DJ : Quite good. The DJ has wear to edges, tears to top corners, light marking to face. Back DJ similar. DJ spine wear to edges, marking to face, black lettering. Front DJ fold toning to top edge, full details of contents, price marked 10/6 net which crossed out with blue Biro. Back DJ fold with toning top edge, ad for Other Odhams Books. Pale blue front linen board has light wear to edges, a stain top lh corner 20mm x 10mm, illustration to top. Back board stained with whitish water marks and dints to edges. Spine sunned with black print. Front e/p with previous owner's name and script dated 1950. pp follows with title; verso full page black and white illustration of "Servicing Electrical and Radio Apparatus". Title page follows with full details; verso Foreword. Contents follows Chapters I to XXVII and Index; verso illustration "Electricity in the Home". Pages generally clean and undamaged with light usage. Light water stain from p422 to back e/p in upper inner corner and slightly in lower inner corner. Binding quite tight with light straining in places. An interesting volume re state of the art servicing c1948.

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Resistance. Memoirs of Occupied France. Agnes Humbert. 2008 1st Edition.

Published by Bloomsbury, London. Dimensions : 222mm x 140mm x 34mm. Weight : 0.570kg net. Condition : Good.

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Resistance. Memoirs of Occupied France by Agnes Humbert. Translated from the French by Barbara Mellor.

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., London.

Printed in GB by Clays Ltd., St. Ives plc. 2008

ISBN 978-0-7475-9597-7

1st British Edition. 3rd Impression.

8vo, (i-xii) 370 medium/light duty numbered pages plus black and white photographic plates.

Condition/Notes : Good. DJ : Good. Light wear to edges. Price marked £14.99. Cream coloured synthetic front board has bump to top rh corner, otherwise light wear, no marking. Back board good. Spine good with gilt lettering. Copy printed publication to paste-downs and e/ps front and back in French. pp with title. Title page follows; copyright page verso. Contents follows; verso Translator's Acknowledgements - Barbara Mellor 2008. List of Illustrations follows p vii-viii. Preface by William Boyd p ix-x. In Memory of my Comrades follows. Commences p1 Chapter I The Fall of the Third Republic through to p370 (end of Index). A Note on the Author, Translator and on the Type follows. Pages good and clean with very light usage. Binding quite tight/tight. Black and white plates good. Light dusting to edges. Overall, volume quite Like New.

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Rock Gardens by A. Edwards, Ward, Lock & Co., 1929. 1st. Edition.

Published by Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London and Melbourne. Dimensions : 212mm x 154mm x 50mm. Weight : 0.800kg net. Condition : Good.

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Rock Gardens, How to Plan and Plant Them, with sections on the Wall, Paved, Marsh and Water Gardens, by A. Edwards, in charge of The Rock Garden, Kew. 8 plates in colour (tipped-in) and 50 photographs and diagrams. Published by Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London and Melbourne. Printed in GB by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London. 1929. 1st Edition.

8vo, 320 medium/heavy duty numbered pages.

Condition/Notes : Good. No DJ. The dark olive green linen front board is quite good with light wear to edges and corners, light marking face, black lettering. Back board similar with a 10mm white stain in the lower rh quarter. Spine has wear top and tail. Front paste-down blank off-white and facing e/p with pencil script top rh corner. Frontispiece with tipped-in colour plate of Ramondia Pyrenaica by Malby is detached but good. Title page with details and printing verso. Preface follows by author. Contents follow, Chapters I to XIV. List of Colour Plates follows nrs. 1 to 8. List of Illustrations follows nrs. 1 to 32 and Diagrams in Text nrs 1 to 8. Pages are good but with foxing spots throughout. Colour plates by Malby are very good. Black and white photographs very good. Comprehensive Index at the end. Back e/p with foxing bands. Binding quite tight/tight. Dusting to edges and with foxing spots. Overall, a very good classic vintage gardening volume.

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Saladin, a Biography by Geoffrey Hindley, 1976. 1st Edition.

Published by Constable & Company Ltd., London. Dimensions : 221mm x 139mm x 23mm. Weight : 0.440kg net. Condition : Good.

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Saladin, a Biography by Geoffrey Hindley. First Published in GB by Constable & Company Ltd., 10, Orange Street, London, WC2H 7EG. Printed in GB by The Anchor Press Ltd., Tiptree, Essex. 1976.

ISBN 0 09 457790 0

8vo, (i-xv), 208 medium duty numbered pages including 16 black and white photo plates.

Condition/Notes : Good. DJ : Quite good, light wear to edges, small tear top lh corner, light marking. DJ back similar, no tears. DJ spine light wear top and tail , red lettering. DJ front fold with summary and price marked £4.95. DJ back fold, bio of author. Front rouge linen board with light wear. Back board similar. Spine light wear top and tail, gilt lettering. Blank front e/p; pp with title. Frontispiece with photo The Dome of the Rock at Jerusalem. Title facing; verso copyright details. Contents. List of Illustrations. Introduction. Commences p1 through to p208 including Notes, Bibliography and Index. Pages good with light wear and general usage, light toning to border edges. Photo plates good. Binding quite tight. Crimson inked top edge. Dusting to edges. Please note more images available in History Category.

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San Gimignano, Tourist Guide, by Mario Serchi. April 1965. 1st Edition.

Published by Poligrafico Toscano, Firenze, Empoli. Dimensions : 168mm x 122mm x 6mm. Weight : 0.150kg net. Condition : Good.

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San Gimignano, Tourist Guide, by Mario Serchi. Published by Poligrafico Toscano, Firenze, Empoli. Riproduzioni fotografiche fornite da Foro F. LLI Fontanelli. First Published April 1965.

16mo, 125 light gloss numbered pages, including 70 illustrations in black and white and a city plan.

Condition/Notes : Good. No DJ, as issued. Front printed cover has light wear to edges, wear to corners and marking/usage to face. Back cover has similar with publisher's emblem in centre. Spine blank except Ediz. Inglese lower quarter. Front e/p with full plate Panorama from the gardens of the Hospital of Santa Fina. Title page facing; verso copyright page. Contents follows. Useful Information for the Tourist follows. Commences p9 with Historical Account. Pages good with toning to border edges, light usage. Illustrations good. Alphabetical Index of the Most Important Places follows. Back e/p with publishing details; verso attached Price Mark label L.400 with creasing to page below. Folding City Plan attached to inside back cover; toning/browning to edges. Binding quite tight. Browning to edges. Please note more images are available in History Category.

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Shadowmancer by G.P. Taylor. Special Edition Hardback, signed by G.P. Taylor, 2003.

Published by Faber and Faber Ltd., London. 1st Edition. Dimensions : 222mm x 138mm x 28mm. Weight : 0.480kg net. Condition : Like New.

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Shadowmancer by G.P. Taylor, Special Edition Hardback, signed G.P. Taylor. Additional Foreword and Final Chapter for Hardback Edition. Published by Faber and Faber Ltd., 3, Queen Square, London. Printed in England by Mackays of Chatham PLC, Chatham, Kent. 2003. Map and Artwork by Sally Taylor 2003. First Edition.

ISBN 0-571-22199-8

8vo, (i-viii) 308 medium duty numbered pages.

Condition/Notes : Like New. DJ very good with some very light creasing to top edge and some vertical marks to face. DJ back very light scratching to face. DJ spine light creasing top edge. DJ front fold with Price Mark UK £14.99. DJ protected by Cellophane cover. Dark blue front board with very small dint to top edge at 35mm in from top lh corner. Back board very good. Spine with very light creasing to top and tail with gilt lettering. Burgundy paste-down and e/p's. pp with brief bio of author; verso blank. Title page facing with author's signature; verso copyright page with full details. Foreword follows v-viii. Title p1; verso hand-drawn map of North Yorkshire coast around Whitby. Commences Chapter 1 The Dark Storm p3, through to final Chapter 26 (only in the hardback edition). Pages very good with dark blue ink to edges. Binding tight.

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Six Feet Over, Adventures in the Afterlife, by Mary Roach, Canongate Books Ltd., 2007.

Published by Canongate Books Ltd., Edinburgh, 2007. First British Edition. Dimensions : 220mm x 140mm x 33mm. Weight : 0.480kg net. Condition : Good.

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Six Feet Over, Adventures in the Afterlife, by Mary Roach, published by Canongate Books Ltd., Edinburgh. First British Edition 2007. Originally published in USA 2005 as Spook : Science Tackles the Afterlife by W.W. Norton & Co. Inc., NY. Printed in GB by Creative Print and Design, Ebbw Vale, Wales.

ISBN 978 1 84195 845 3 Ex-library volume.

8vo, 293 medium duty economy numbered pages.

Condition/Notes : Good. DJ good with plastic protector. Front fold with PM £14.99 and summary. Back fold with brief bio. Front black leatherette board good as back. Spine with light wear top and tail and gilt lettering. Front e/p with library date label and pocket. Title page with photo; verso copyright page and library label. Contents. Pages good with light usage and medium toning to edges. Incorporated black and white photos in places. Acknowledgements, Bibliography follow the end. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges. An interesting study of death and after-life experiences.

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Songs of the Ages, Words and Airs by R. Dunstan & C.E. Bygott. 1962.

Published by Schofield & Sims Ltd., Huddersfield. Dimensions : 221mm x 140mm x 10mm. Weight : 0.250kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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Songs of the Ages, Words and Airs, by R. Dunstan and C.E. Bygott.

Revised in 1962 by F. Westcott. 1st Edition.

Published by Schofield & Sims Ltd., Huddersfield.

Printed by Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd., London N.W.10.

8vo, i-viii, 113 medium numbered pages.

Condition/Notes : Quite good. Grey front linen board with green and pink illustration, wear to edges, bumps to corners and marking to face with small pencil drawing top rh corner. Back board similar with green horizontal lines. Spine wear top and tail, dark green with grey letters. Front e/p blank with toning to edges and marking in places. Title page follows with details inc. "Revised in 1962 by F. Westcott D. Mus., Oxon; verso copyright page. Contents p iii-v. Index of First Lines p vi-viii. Commences p9, Section 1 Mediaeval Music and through to p113 (142. John Brown's Body). pp and back e/p. Pages with toning to edges and medium general usage; small tear to top lh corner and upper edge p83-89. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges. The volume has been used in recitals.

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St. Francis of Assisi Pictorial Biography L von Matt, W. Hauser 1956 1st Edition.

Published by Longmans Green & Co., London. Dimensions : 248mm x 173mm x 29mm. Weight : 1.020kg net. Condition : Good.

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St. Francis of Assisi, A Pictorial Biography by Leonard von Matt and Walter Hauser.

Translated from the German by Sebastian Bullough, O.P.

Published by Longmans Green & Co. Ltd., 6&7, Clifford St., London W1.

Plates printed by Imago, Zurich.

Text printed in G.B. by Hazell Watson and Viney Ltd., Aylesbury and London.

This edition first published in 1956.

8vo, i-vi, 106 light gloss medium duty numbered pages and 200 matt photographic plates by Leonard von Matt.

Condition/Notes : Good. DJ : Quite good. The DJ front has wear and creases to edges, light marking face, picture of St. Francis attributed probably to Donato of Siena. DJ back wear to edges, advertising for St. Pius X (full plate) with marking in places. DJ Spine with wear top and tail, wear to edges, light marking face, black with off-white print. DJ front fold toning top edge, dusting edges, summary, PM 30/- lower rh corner. DJ back fold, toning top edge, dusting rh edge, blank. Ochre gloss front board, dusting to edges, few spots upper edge, gilt line drawing St Francis centre. Back board similar, small punch hole lower rh corner, blank. Blank except 357 in pencil top lh corner Spine light wear/dusting top and tail, gilt lettering. Front p/d blank with few foxing spots to edges. Front e/p few foxing spots in places. pp with title follows. Title page follows; verso copyright page. Contents follows [v] (List of 200 plates and pages). Acknowledgements follows [vi]. Commences page [1] The Coming of Francis; verso Notes on the four plates that follow. Facing Plate 1 View along the valley of the Tescio towards the hill-town of Assisi. So through to Plate [200] View of Assisi from the Road to Rivotorto. Maps follows page [97], followed by Epilogue by the Photographer p[100], epilogue by the Writer p[101], Index of the Plates [102]-]103], Footnote references p[104], A Short Bibliography p[105], Previous Works by the Same Authors p[106]. Blank e/p with few light foxing spots. Back p/d with few foxing spots, 357 in pencil top lh corner. Pages good with dusting and toning to border edges. Plates good. Light usage. Binding quite tight. Slight cocking to vol. Light dusting to edges.Please note more images available in History Category.

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Stories of London by E.L. Hoskyn, B.A., Illustrated, 1914. 1st Edition. Blacks Historical Series.

Published by Adam and Charles Black, London. Dimensions : 197mm x 135mm x 15mm. Weight : 0.260kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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Stories of London by Elizabeth Louisa Hoskyn, B.A. (Lond.) with a Preface by Dr. Sophie Bryant, D.Sc., Litt.D.

Black's Historical Series.

Published by Adam and Charles Black, 4,5,& 6, Soho Square, London, W. 1914. 1st Edition.

Printed by Billing and Sons, Ltd., Printers, Guildford.

12mo, 64 heavy duty coarse, numbered pages with 16 coloured/black & white plates and 2 sketches.

Condition/Notes : Quite good. No DJ. Maroon linen front board, light wear to edges, bumps to corners, toning to edges, marking and fading to face, black ink lettering and illustration. Back board similar with toning to edges. Spine wear top and tail, sunned, faded black lettering/illustration, 12mm tear to lower centre. Blank p/d, pencil price top lh corner. e/p facing with pencil price top rh corner, blue ink handscript presentation dated Xmas 1936. Frontispiece follows with title; verso colour plate No. 1 An old river-wall or embankment (Chelsea) see page 9 with tissue guard. Title page facing with details/illustration 1914. Preface follows p3-4 by Sophie Bryant. Contents and List of Illustrations follows p5; verso black and white print No. 2 Part of the buildings of the old Charter House School, its chapel and playground (See p.28.). Stories of London I Some Very Old Stories commences p7 and through to p63 the end of St. Paul's Cathedral; verso advertising Black's Historical Series. Blank e/p with foxing bands; p/d facing with ink stamp W.E. Baxter Ltd. High-Class Stationers, Printers, Bookbinders, High Street, Lewes. Pages good with foxing spots and dusting/toning to edges. Plates good with light dusting border edges. Medium usage. Quite tight binding with light strain p32/plate No.9 and p41/plate No.12. Dusting to edges.

Very interesting volume by this well-known historian who produced books intended to inculcate an appreciation of history in school children but also appealing to the adult readership. Excellent plates from classic paintings of London.

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Studies in the Evolution of Animals. E. Bonavia, M.D., Archibald Constable & Co., London, 1895. 1st Edition.

E. Bonavia, Brigade Surgeon I.M.D. Published by Archibald Constable & Co. Publishers to the India Office. MDCCCXCV. Condition : Quite good.

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Studies in the Evolution of Animals by Emanuel Bonavia M.D., Brigade Surgeon, Indian Medical Department (Indian Army Medical Corp.), Bengal Medical Service.

Published by Westminster, Archibald Constable and Company, Publishers to the India Office, 14, Parliament Street, SW. 1895.

Printed by T and A Constable, Printers to Her Majesty, Edinburgh.

8vo, HD gloss, i-xxxiv, 1-358, followed by Index. 128 illustrations.

Dimensions : 222mm x 180mm x 28mm. Weight : 1.200kg.

Condition/Notes : Quite good. The brown linen board is quite good with toning band to lh edge. Blind embossed title and author to upper front board; light wear edges. Back board similar with marking. Spine with wear top/tail; gilt lettering.

Front paste-down off-white/cream with pasted label J. Norman Greaves. Front e/p with owner's name address in blue ink J. Norman Greaves ....Nr. Chesterfield.

Title page with full details, marking in places. Preface/Introduction ix-xxxiv followed by Spotted and Striped Mammals (Horses Excepted) Part I and so through to Appendices drawings and Index. Back e/p blind embossed top rh corner with stamp "W.H. Smith & Son 186 Strand W.C."; surface abrasion and tear top lh corner, foxing spots.

Pages generally good with light/medium usage, some light marking, rough-cut fore-edge, dusting to the edges. Binding quite tight/tight. Illustrations good.

Generally, a good volume of this interesting and rare 1st Edition by the renowned Indian Army Brigade Surgeon Emanuel Bonavia (1826-1908 d.Worthing). Please note more images available in Antiquarian Books Category.