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Inventory No.14722 Author: Abbatt, John Dilworth
A Victorian Quaker Courtship, 1853-1855
Published 1988 William Sessions Limited (York.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1850720436 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
edges a little rubbed, owner's sticker on front cover
QUAKERS_BIOGRAPHY SOCIETY OF FRIENDS_HISTORY Lancashire

Inventory No.15630 Author: Abraham, Ashley P.; Illustrator: G. P. Abraham
Some Portraits of the Lake Poets and Their Homes
Published 1928 G. P. Abraham (Keswick) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Original brown card covers with monogravure illustration laid on. Silk corded. Edges are chipped and rubbed. Some spotting but plates clean. 29 full page momogravure illustrations. pp. 56 + 4 of adverts.
Lakeland Lake District Lake Poets

Inventory No.8934 Author: Abram, Wm. Alexander
Memorials of the Preston Guilds, Illustrating the Manner in Which the Guild Merchant Has Been Held in the Borough from the Earliest on Record Until the Last Guild in 1862
Published 1971 Preston Corporation Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
Reprint of the 1882 edition.
Lancashire Preston History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.17423 Author: Ackworth, John
Clog Shop Chronicles
Published 1896 Charles H. Kelly (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £4
Externally rubbed and markd but contens very good

Inventory No.16698 Author: Ackworth, John
The Mangle House a Lancashire Tale
Published 1902 Charles H. Kelly (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
A little rubbed and faded,front hinge slightly weak, endpapers browning but text nice and clean

Inventory No.16251 Author: Ackworth, John
The Scowcroft Critics
Published 1898 James Clarke & Co. Ltd. (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £5
A bit grubby but OK as reading copy

Inventory No.13130 Author: Adam, Antoine; Tint, Herbert
Grandeur and Illusion : French Literature and Society, 1600-1715
Published 1972 Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0297763520 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £5
Dust wrapper has clear adhesive covering.
ROMANCE LITERATURE

Inventory No.13618 Author: Adam, Katie [compilied by]
Countryweek Hunting. Hunting Year Book 1995-96. With Diary and Hunt Maps Also Winners and Placed Horses at Point - to - Point Meetings 1995
Published 1995 St. Martin's Magazines Plc. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Dust Wrapper Price: £4
There are a few entries in the diary section, otherwise fine.
Hunting Field Sports

Inventory No.16828 Author: Adam, Peter
Hearing God's Words : Exploring Biblical Spirituality
Published 2004 Apollos (Leicester) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1844740021 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £4
SPIRITUALITY

Inventory No.13621 Author: Adam, W. G.
Hunting and Humbug
Published 1931 John Bale, Sons & Danielsson (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £9
Verse. Spine dulled, attractive bookplate on fep, pages browning, nice looking book
Hunting Field Sports

Inventory No.15646 Author: Adams, Re. H. C.
Tales of the Civil Wars Comprising "The Boy Cavaliers" and "Friend or Foe"
Published George Routledge & Sons (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Original Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7
Boards rubbed, prize label half-removed from fep, contents very good

Inventory No.16305 Author: Adcock, A. St John; Illustrator: Adcock, Frederick
The Booklover's London
Published 1913 Methuen (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £4
A little rubbed and worn but decent copy

Inventory No.16252 Author: Ainsworth, William Harrison.; Illustrator: Browne, Hablot K.
Mervyn Clitheroe.
Published George Routledge & Sons (London.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £6.5
Boards rubbed and darkened with splash mark on back, wear to spine, ffep, frontis and first decorated titlepage are detached, text clean and readable though print is small

Inventory No.15653 Author: Ainsworth, William Harrison.
The Lancashire Witches
Published W. Nicholson & Sons (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:16mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Reading Copy Price: £4
Wear to spine and corners, top corner of titlepage cut off to remove name, some shading, acceptable

Inventory No.17118 Author: Albrecht, Mark C.
Reincarnation : A Christian Critique of a New Age Doctrine
Published 1987 Inter-Varsity Press (Illinois) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0877843783 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £4
Edges browning, clean copy
REINCARNATION

Inventory No.14480 Author: Alderman, Geoffrey
Modern Britain, 1700-1980 : A Domestic History
Published 1986 Croom Helm. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0709905823 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
Nice clean copy

Inventory No.17980 Author: Alderton, David; Booker, John
The Batsford Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of East Anglia, Cambridge, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk
Published 1980 B. T. Batsford Ltd. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0713422335 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £7
Small ink mark on bottom of title page. d/w price clipped and slightly faded to spine.
GREAT BRITAIN_INDUSTRIES_HISTORY INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Inventory No.13117 Author: Aldington, Richard;Durrell, Lawrence;MacNiven, Ian S.;Moore, Harry Thornton
Literary Lifelines, the Richard Aldington-Lawrence Durrell Correspondence
Published 1981 Viking Press Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0670428175 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £3
D/w chipped and creased on edges
ALDINGTON RICHARD 1892 1962 DURRELL

Inventory No.13166 Author: Alexander, Michael Van Cleave
Charles I's Lord Treasurer, Sir Richard Weston, Earl of Portland (1577-1635)
Published 1975 University of North Carolina Press (Chapel Hill) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 080781248x Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine Price: £4
Slight fading to spine of d/w
GREAT BRITAIN POLITICS GOVERNMENT 1603

Inventory No.16750 Author: Ali, Abdullah Yusuf (Text Translation and Commentary by)
The Holy Quran
Published 1975 The Islamic Foundation (Leicester) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0860370356 Size:8vo Binding:Decorated Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £12
Smudge on front board, front hinge just starting to split, otherwise very good clean copy. Weighs over 1kg but extra postage will not be required for UK orders

Inventory No.12699 Author: Allen, Agnes; Illustrator: Agnes and Jack Allen
The Story of the Book
Published 1952 Faber & Faber (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Good/Good Price: £3
Book lacks f.f.e.p. Ref: no. on spine and f.e.p. Dust wrapper chipped with closed tears.

Inventory No.14707 Author: Allen, Bob.
On High Lakeland Fells; The 100 Best Walks and Scrambles
Published 1987 Pic Limited (London, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0951111418 Size:12mo Binding:Pictorial Laminated Boards.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3.5
Cumbria Lakes Lake District Lakeland Walking Rambling

Inventory No.6007 Author: Allsop, Gladys
Reminiscences: Reminiscences of a Manchester Woman
Published Janice Owen (Stockton-on-Tees.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0951240609 Size:4to Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6.5
Lancashire Manchester Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.17365 Author: Andersen, Hans Christian; Illustrator: Robinson, W. Heath
Fairy Tales
Published 1997 Folio Society (London) Type:
Edition:Fourth Printing ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Red Cloth, Gilt.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Slipcase, Very Good Price: £37.5
Slight rubbing to slipcase, book in lovely condition

Inventory No.16767 Author: Anderson, Digby and Peter Mullen (Edited by)
Faking It : The Sentimentalization of Modern Society
Published 1998 The Social Affairs Unit Type:
Edition:Fifth Printing ISBN: 0907631754 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine Price: £4
Very nice clean copy

Inventory No.15662 Author: Anderson, J. Wallace; Edington, George H.
Home Nursing and Hygiene
Published 1907 St. Andrew's Ambulance Association (Glasgow.) Type:
Edition:Second Edition ISBN: Size:16mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
Prize inscription on fep, chemists' label on reverse of half-title page,clean copy

Inventory No.12811 Author: Anderson, John J.
Churches of Derbyshire
Published 1984 J. H. Hall (Derby) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0946404305 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
Churches Derbyshire Local History Family History

Inventory No.11971 Author: Andrews, William
Old-Time Punishments
Published 1971 Frederick Muller (London) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: 0584109237 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Good/Good Price: £3
Ex-library with stamps. Dust wrapper creased and faded on spine.
SOCIOLOGY

Inventory No.16885 Author: Angel, Gervais
Delusion or Dynamite? : Reflections on a Quarter-Century of Charismatic Renewal
Published 1989 MARC (Eastbourne) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: 1854240765 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
Name date on endpaper. Pages browning.

Inventory No.16595 Author: Anon
Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica. Volumes VII and VIII
Published John Bower Nichols and Son (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Half Leather
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £50
Half maroon leather with maroon cloth boards. Raised bands to spine. Gilt lining to boards and spine. Gilt titling to spine. Corners bumped and boards rubbed. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Some light spotting. A handsome looking volume. Volume VII, dated 1841. pp. iv, 438. Volume VIII, dated 1843. pp. iv, 449. A heavy volume at 2kg but extra postage will not be asked for for UK customers.

Inventory No.15245 Author: Anon.
Uniforms of the Territorial Army
Published John Player & Sons Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £9.5
Decorated card covers rubbed and a little grubby. Contents very good.
Military Uniforms

Inventory No.15244 Author: Anon.
Military Uniforms of the British Empire Overseas
Published John Player & Sons Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £5
Decorated covers a little rubbed and spotted.
Military Uniforms British Empire

Inventory No.12718 Author: Anon.
The Journal of the Royal Artillery. Vol. LXVIII., No. 2. April 1941
Published 1941 Royal Artillery Institution (Woolwich) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £3
Wrappers rubbed, worn and marked. Colour frontispiece, lacks one of the other illustrations, and includes two sketch maps.

Inventory No.12717 Author: Anon.
The Journal of the Royal Artillery. Vol. LXVIII., No. 3. July 1941
Published 1941 Royal Artillery Institution (Woolwich) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £3
Wrappers rubbed, and marked. Colour frontispiece, lacks one of the other illustrations, and includes one chart.

Inventory No.12716 Author: Anon.
The Journal of the Royal Artillery. Vol. LXVIII., No. 4. October 1941
Published 1941 Royal Artillery Institution (Woolwich) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £3
Wrappers rubbed, small tear to top of spine. Colour frontispiece and all other illustrations present, and one sketch map.

Inventory No.12715 Author: Anon.
The Journal of the Royal Artillery. Vol. LXIX., No. 1. January 1942
Published 1942 Royal Artillery Institution (Woolwich) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £3
Wrappers rubbed, small tear to top of spine. Colour frontispiece and all other illustrations present, and three sketch maps.

Inventory No.12714 Author: Anon.
The Journal of the Royal Artillery. Vol. LXX., No. 1. January 1943
Published 1943 Royal Artillery Institution (Woolwich) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £3
Wrappers rubbed and creased, small tear to top of spine. Colour frontispiece and all other illustrations present.

Inventory No.15115 Author: Anstey, Joanna; Silverlight, John
The Observer Observed, 1791-1991 : 200 Years of Distinguished Writing from One of the World's Great Newspapers
Published 1991 Barrie & Jenkins (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 071264699x Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £8.5
Newspapers Journalism History Publishing

Inventory No.15298 Author: Apollinaire
Oeuvres Poetiques
Published 1965 Gallimard Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Leatherette
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £20
Very nice clean copy

Inventory No.16253 Author: Applin, Arthur
The Children of the Gutter
Published 1908 Grant Richards (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Original Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £30
Nice clean copy of unusual item. Boards a little rubbed with spotting to prelims but text nice and clean and generally an attractive book

Inventory No.16887 Author: Arbuckle, Gerald
Grieving for Change. A Spirituality for Refounding Gospel Communities
Published 1991 Geoffrey Chapman (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: 0225666383 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £7
Pages browning. Looks unread.
CHURCH MANAGEMENT

Inventory No.15345 Author: Armytage, W. H. G.
Manea Fen : An Experiment in Agrarian Communitarianism 1838-1841 Reprinted from the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Vol. 38, No. 2, March, 1956
Published The John Rylands Library (Manchester) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
White paint mark on front cover, contents very good

Inventory No.11792 Author: Ash, Niema
Touching Tibet
Published 1999 Travellers Eye (Bridgnorth) Type:
Edition:Second Edition ISBN: 0953057550 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3.5
Light reading creases to spine.
TIBET (CHINA)_DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL Dalai Lama

Inventory No.9673 Author: Ashton, Brian
Accrington as it Was
Published 1987 Hendon Publishing (Nelson, Lancashire) Type:
Edition:Second Impression ISBN: 0902907581 Size:Landscape A4 Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
Lancashire Accrington History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.9295 Author: Ashtonian
Ashton Faces and Ashton Places Fifty Years Ago
Published Green, Son & Mills (Ashton-Under-Lyne.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
Lancashire Ashton Under Lyne History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.13900 Author: Ashworth, Canon James G. B.
A Prospect of Ripon
Published 1975 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:Landscape A4 Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Covers slightly rubbed, very good copy

Inventory No.17218 Author: Aune, Kristin; Walker, Andrew
On Revival : A Critical Examination
Published 2003 Paternoster Press (Carlisle.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 1842272012 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Fine Price: £5
CHRISTIANITY EVANGELICALISM

Inventory No.17376 Author: Austen, Jane.
Northanger Abbey Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Emma Mansfield Park Persuasion Shorter Works
Published 1989 Folio Society (London) Type:7 Volumes
Edition:Seventh Impression ISBN: Size: Binding:
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Slipcase, Very Good+ Price: £48
Seven volume set in slipcase, all very nice copies

Inventory No.13407 Author: Austin, Alfred
Spring and Autumn in Ireland
Published 1900 William Blackwood and Sons. (Edinburgh.) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £4
Nice bright copy
Ireland

Inventory No.15293 Author: Avebury, Right Hon. Lord
The Scenery of England and the Causes to Which it is Due
Published 1902 Macmillan (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6.5

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