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Inventory No.19558 Author: Falkner, J. Meade; Illustrator: Fletcher, Geoffrey
Moonfleet
Published 1955 Edward Arnold (London) Type:
Edition:New Illustrated Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £10
An ex school library copy with light stamp on ffep but WITH-DRAWN in black felt pen across the front endpapers. Dust jacket rubbed and a little chipped.

Inventory No.15367 Author: Farnie, D. A.
John Rylands of Manchester Reprinted from the Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester Vol. 56, No.1, Autumn, 1973
Published The John Rylands University Library of Manchester Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5

Inventory No.11509 Author: Farrer, Reginald
My Rock Garden
Published 1913 Edward Arnold (London) Type:
Edition:Fifth Impression. ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £20
16 plates, t.e.g. Inscription and bookplate on endpapers, spine a little worn and faded, some spotting throughout but nice copy
Gardening Horticulture Flowers Rock Gardening

Inventory No.11508 Author: Farrer, Reginald
The Rock Garden
Published T. Nelson & Sons (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Good+ Price: £20
8 colour plates. Inscription on fep, under flap of d/w, nice clean copy otherwise. D/w rubbed and torn with 2 small pieces missing on back.
Gardening Horticulture Flowers Rock Gardening

Inventory No.9648 Author: Farrer, William
The Barony of Grelley. A Paper, Read Before the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 17th January, 1901
Published 1902 Thomas Brakell (Liverpool, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Fair Price: £4
Wrappers chipped, worn and a little brittle around the edges. Rear wrapper detched. pp. 38 plus illustrations.
Lancashire Cheshire Grelley History Local

Inventory No.19874 Author: Faulknor, Cliff; Illustrator: W. E. Phillipps
The Smoke Horse
Published 1968 J. M. Dent (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 046005709x Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £5
School prize label on endpaper. Dust jacket a little rubbed.
Children's

Inventory No.19710 Author: Fell, Bernard
Voyages and Verses
Published 1975 The Author (Sutton Coldfield) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Dust Wrapper Price: £8
Boards and spine a little faded on bottom edge.
Religion

Inventory No.18003 Author: Fernandez, Jose A.
The Speciality Shop (A Guide)
Published 1955 Architectural Book Publishing Co., Inc. (New York) Type:
Edition:Revised Edition ISBN: Size:Small Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £12
Ex-college library with label and stamps. Externally rubbed with abrasion to cloth on front cover, but contents very good. Heavy volunme but extra postage will not be required for UK order

Inventory No.19877 Author: Ferrett, Mabel; Illustrator: Ray Bailey
The Angry Men
Published 1965 E. J. Arnold (Leeds) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good But Price Clipped Price: £10
Dust jacket a little rubbed.
Children's

Inventory No.18311 Author: Field, Rachel; Illustrator: Lathrop, Dorothy P.
Hitty. The Life and Adventures of a Wooden Doll
Published 1955 Routledge & Kegan Paul (London) Type:
Edition:Fourth Impression ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good Price: £15
Original yellow cloth with red titling. Christmas gift inscription to ffep. Dustwrapper price clipped, a little grubby and chipped, with name and a scribble mark on rear of d/w, but still a bright attractive copy.
Children's

Inventory No.18333 Author: Finch, George E.
Tiffy : The Autobiography of a Naval Engineer
Published 1991 A Square One Publication. (Worcester.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1872017339 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £8
Inscribed and signed on front endpaper.
Royal Navy

Inventory No.18714 Author: Finlay, Ian F.
Trams of Great Britain in Old Picture Postcards
Published 1983 European Library (Zaltbommel, Netherlands.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9028821449 Size:Landscape A5 Binding:Pictorial Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Top corner of ffep cut off, numbers written on top corners of some pages
Trams Transport

Inventory No.14683 Author: Finn, S.
Lincolnshire Air War 1939-1945
Published 1973 Aero Litho Company (Lincoln) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6
Covers a little marked, top corner of front cover creased, contents clean and sound
Second World War II 2 Lincolnshire Air

Inventory No.19852 Author: FitzRoy, Charles
Renaissance Florence on Five Florins a Day
Published Thames & Hudson (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9780500251621 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine Price: £6
Florence Italy History

Inventory No.18747 Author: Flavius Josephus; Illustrator: Palmer, Garrick
The Destruction of the Jews
Published 1971 Folio Society (London) Type:
Edition:First Thus ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Decorated Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Slipcase, Very Good Price: £6
Slipcase split at bottom for about 1", small bookplate upside down on rear endpaper, very faint smell of damp but book very nice and clean. Heavy book- extra postage required for overseas order

Inventory No.14949 Author: Folley, E. W.; Illustrator: Green, Charles
Romantic Wycoller a Haunt of the Brontes
Published 1949 Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Leather
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/No Jacket Price: £12.5
De luxe edition signed by author and photographer. Spine slightly rubbed but very nice copy
Wycoller Lancashire Local History Bronte

Inventory No.18405 Author: Forest, Antonia
The Thursday Kidnapping
Published 2009 Girls Gone By Publishers (Bath.) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 9781847450562 Size:12mo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:New Price: £20

Inventory No.20381 Author: Forman, William; Chellaston History Group
A Chellaston Man's Journals, from the Late 18th to Early 19th Century
Published 1998 Chellaston History Group (Chellaston, Derbyshire) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:A4 Binding:Ring Binder
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £25
Pictorial cover with ring bound spine. 172 pages.
Derbyshire Chellaston Local History

Inventory No.18849 Author: Forshaw, Alec; Bergstorm, Theo
The Open Spaces of London
Published 1986 Allison & Busby. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0850316626 Size:Landscape: Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £7
Very faint damp smell but nice clean copy
ENGLAND_GUIDEBOOKS LONDON (ENGLAND)_GUIDEBOOKS OPEN SPACES

Inventory No.20512 Author: Forster, E. M.
Anonymity: An Enquiry
Published 1925 Hogarth Press (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Decorated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Fair Price: £8
Covers rubbed and front cover almost detached, lacks most of spine, contents very good

Inventory No.17133 Author: Forster, Margaret.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning. A Biography
Published 1988 Chatto & Windus (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0701130180 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Good+ Price: £6.5
Dust wrapper a little rubbed and chipped.
ENGLISH LITERATURE

Inventory No.20319 Author: Fox, William
The Working-Man's Model Family Botanic Guide or, Every Man His Own Doctor; Being an Exposition of the Botanic System
Published 1916 William Fox and Sons (Sheffield) Type:
Edition:Twenty First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Bright copy

Inventory No.20397 Author: Frame, Pete
The Harp Beat Rock Gazetteer of Great Britain
Published 1989 Banyan Books (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0950640263 Size: Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5

Inventory No.13754 Author: Fraser, Neil
Hillhouse Immortals : The Story of a London and North Western Railway Engine Shed and Its Men
Published 1999 The Oakwood Press (Usk, Mon) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0853615489 Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £9

Inventory No.18928 Author: French, David; Broom, Meltzer
Oyez
Published 1973 Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Soft Card Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh in an edition of 250 copies.
Poetry

Inventory No.20147 Author: Fussell, G. E.
The Farmer's Tools
Published 1985 Bloomsbury (London) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 0906223881 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £9
Very nice clean copy

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