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Inventory No.36561 Author: Nabokov, Vladimir
Lolita (Everyman's Library)
Published 1992 Everyman's Library (London) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 185715133x Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £10
Excellent copy, clean and bright

Inventory No.36863 Author: Nahum, Andrew; Cossons, Neil; Turvey, Peter
Making of the Modern World: Milestones of Science and Technology
Published 1992 John Murray (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0719551218 Size:Square Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £15
Very nice clean copy in price-clipped d/w

Inventory No.36725 Author: Napoleon; De Chair, Somerset
Napoleon's Memoirs
Published 1948 Faber & Faber (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Dust Wrapper Price: £15
Nice clean copy

Inventory No.35291 Author: Narain, L. A.; Illustrator: Arya,aditya; Dube, D. N. Photographs
Khajuraho Temples of Ecstasy
Published 1986 Lustre Press (New Delhi) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £9
Black cloth, white titling to spine. Dust wrapper has a few light surface scratch marks at rear. 32 pages of text followed by 52 colour plates.
India Temples

Inventory No.37119 Author: Needham, Violet; Illustrator: Bruce, Joyce
The Changeling of Monte Lucio
Published 1946 Collins (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £15
Corners slightly bumped but mustard boards clean and bright, clean inside, d/w slightly rubbed, darkened on spine with very slight loss at the top (see image) Nice copy

Inventory No.37118 Author: Needham, Violet; Illustrator: Bruce, Joyce
The Betrayer
Published 1950 Collins (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £20
Emerald green boards nice and bright, just slight edgewear, especially to spine, d/w very slightly rubbed and edgeworn but generally very nice clean bright copy

Inventory No.30778 Author: Needham, Violet; Illustrator: Bruce, Joyce
Richard and the Golden Horseshoe
Published 1954 Collins (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £75
Corners slightly bumped, slight fading to top of spine, name on ffep. D/w has pink mark on back, some spotting on reverse but clean and bright. We have several titles by Violet Needham so please contact us if you are interested in more than one.

Inventory No.28049 Author: Needham, Violet; Illustrator: Bruce, Joyce
Pandora of Parrham Royal
Published 1951 Collins (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good+ Price: £48
Date (May 13th 1951) written on ffep but no name, boards very slightly faded round edges else nice clean copy, d/w chipped at top of spine, spotted on reverse. We have several titles by Violet Needham so please contact us if you are interested in more than one.

Inventory No.25570 Author: Needham, Violet; Illustrator: Bruce, Joyce
The Horn of Merlyns
Published 1956 Collins (London.) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £25
Name and address on fep, d/w very slightly chipped but nice and bright, very good clean copy else

Inventory No.24079 Author: Needham, Violet; Illustrator: Bruce, Joyce
The Great House of Estraville
Published 1955 Collins (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good But Price Clipped Price: £150
Top of spine faded, shading to endpapers, foxing to top edge and top of pages else nice clean, unmarked copy. Dustwrapper is slightly chipped and has cup mark on the back cover, 1" closed tear which has been repaired with tape on reverse. We have a number of titles by Violet Needham so please contact us if you are interested in more than one.

Inventory No.24078 Author: Needham, Violet; Illustrator: Bruce, Joyce
The Secret of the White Peacock
Published 1956 Collins (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good+ Price: £120
Spotting to edges but nice clean, unmarked copy. Dustwrapper is creased and chipped with slight loss and has two small closed tears on back cover. We have a number of titles by Violet Needham so please contact us if you are interested in more than one.

Inventory No.10360 Author: Needham, Violet; Illustrator: Bruce, Joyce
The Boy in Red
Published 1948 Collins (London.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Original Yellow Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £35
Nice clean book with no inscriptions. D/w chipped round edges with two small tears.This is the true first edition, priced at 8s6d.

Inventory No.35557 Author: Needham, Violet et al
The Crackerjack girls' Own Book
Published Children's Press (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Laminated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6
Includes The Minstrel's Quest by Violet Needham. Decent copy, slightly bumped, pages browning from age.

Inventory No.34900 Author: Negrotti, Rosanna
Joyce's Dublin: An Illustrated Commentary
Published 2000 Caxton Editions (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1840671491 Size:4to Binding:Laminated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £10
Very nice clean copy

Inventory No.20362 Author: Nelson, G. A.
A Flora of Leeds and District
Published Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society (Leeds) Type:
Edition:Offprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Repinted from Vol. IX, Part V, pp.113-170, 1963. Original card covers a little sunned. Inscribed and signed on endpaper. Addendum II (1965) and III (19720 stapled in at rear.
Leeds

Inventory No.35837 Author: Nelson, James
An Essay on the Government of Children, Under Three General Heads: VIZ. Health, Manners and Education
Published 1756 R. And J. Dodsley, Printed By (London) Type:
Edition:Second Edition ISBN: Size:16mo Binding:Full Calf
Book / wrapper condition:Fair Price: £50
Full calf with raised bands to spine. Calf worn all round and no titling. Sign of label removal on inside of front and rear boards. Lack prelims up to title-page. Text clean and sharp. pp. 373. Good reading/working copy
Social History

Inventory No.35281 Author: Nevinson, Henry W.
The Dardanelles Campaign
Published 1918 Nisbet & Co. Ltd (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Dust Wrapper Price: £25
Original red cloth, gilt. Cloth a little rubbed, a few light splash marks, and faded on spine. Small bookplate to fep. Spotting to endpapers/prelims. pp. 429. Illustrated with photographs, 5 maps and 4 fold-out maps at rear. Nice solid volume.
Gallipoli Peninsula

Inventory No.36593 Author: Newman, John Henry; Oddie, William
Apologia Pro Vita Sua (Everyman)
Published 1993 J. M. Dent (London) Type:
Edition:First Thus ISBN: 046087232x Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8
Clean bright copy, appears unread

Inventory No.29729 Author: Newsome, Joan
A Companion to Wainwright's Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells
Published 1992 Michael Joseph (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0718140605 Size:12mo Binding:Leatherette
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £4.5
Corners bumped, d/w slightly rubbed else clean unmarked copy
Wainwright Lake District

Inventory No.37074 Author: Newton, Tim
The Forgotten Gospels: Life and Teachings of Jesus Supplementary to the New Testament a New Translation
Published 2009 Constable (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9781845296568 Size:8vo Binding:Decorated Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7.5
Covers very slightly rubbed else nice clean copy

Inventory No.36714 Author: Nicholl, Charles
The Lodger: Shakespeare on Silver Street
Published 2008 Penguin Books (London) Type:
Edition:First Thus ISBN: 9780141023748 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
Clen crisp copy

Inventory No.36120 Author: Nicholl, Charles
Leonardo Da Vinci: The Flights of the Mind
Published 2005 Penguin Books (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0140296816 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £5
Appears unread

Inventory No.35005 Author: Nicholls, A. D.
Exercises on Ordnance Survey Maps 1 One-inch Tourist Map: The Lake District
Published 1960 Geographical Association (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
11pp.

Inventory No.36875 Author: Nissel, Muriel
People Count: A History of the General Register Office
Published 1987 Her Majesty's Stationery Office. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0116911832 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7.5
Corners scuffed, spine faded, owne's sticker on ffep else nice clean copy

Inventory No.34991 Author: Nock, Albert Jay; Illustrator: Robinson, Ruth
A Journey Into Rabelais's France
Published 1934 Grosset & Dunlap (New York) Type:Ex-Library
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £15
Rather worn but still serviceable copy with library markings on endpapers and reverse of titlepage
Rabelais

Inventory No.37113 Author: Norman, Edward
The House of God: Church Architecture, Style and History
Published 2005 Thames and Hudson (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 050028556x Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £11.5
Still in publisher's wrap so edition not clear but excellent copy

Inventory No.35274 Author: Norman, Sir Henry
The Real Japan. Studies of Contemporary Japanese Manners, Morals, Administration, and Politics. Illustrated from Photographs By the Author
Published 1908 T. Fisher Unwin (London) Type:
Edition:Fifth Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Dust Wrapper Price: £25
Original blue decorated cloth, gilt. Cloth a little rubbed but bright. Illustrated endpapers. Short inscription on half-title "in Japan, 1928". Small bookplate to reverse of frontispiece. Pages untrimmed. Listed, described, illustrations all present, addition illustrations within text are also listed but there is no illustration in the text on page 306. A very nice sound, clean, and bright copy.
Japan Social History

Inventory No.34815 Author: North West Civic Trust
The Treasures of Lancashire
Published 1989 North West Civic Trust (Manchester) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0901347418 Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7.5
Lancashire Local History Architecture

Inventory No.36199 Author: North, John
Mid-Nineteenth Century Scientists
Published 1969 Pergamon Press (Oxford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0080132375 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Name inside front cover else nice clean copy

Inventory No.29049 Author: Northern Mine Research Society
Memoirs 2015. British Mining Volume 100
Published 2015 Northern Mine Research Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
pp. 107. Illustrated with photographs, sketches and maps. Annual volume containing short articles on British Mining history. Nice clean copy.

Inventory No.29048 Author: Northern Mine Research Society
Memoirs 2014. British Mining Volume 98
Published 2014 Northern Mine Research Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
pp. 93. Illustrated with photographs, sketches and maps. Annual volume containing short articles on British Mining history. Nice clean copy.

Inventory No.29047 Author: Northern Mine Research Society
Memoirs 2013. British Mining Volume 96
Published 2013 Northern Mine Research Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
pp. 78. Illustrated with photographs, sketches and maps. Annual volume containing short articles on British Mining history. Nice clean copy.

Inventory No.29046 Author: Northern Mine Research Society
Memoirs 2012. British Mining Volume 93
Published 2012 Northern Mine Research Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
pp. 112. Illustrated with photographs, sketches and maps. Annual volume containing short articles on British Mining history. Nice clean copy.

Inventory No.29042 Author: Northern Mine Research Society
Memoirs 2007. British Mining Volume 83
Published 2007 Northern Mine Research Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
pp. 96. Illustrated with photographs, sketches and maps. Annual volume containing short articles on British Mining history. Nice clean copy.

Inventory No.29041 Author: Northern Mine Research Society
Memoirs 2006. British Mining Volume 80
Published 2006 Northern Mine Research Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
pp. 136. Illustrated with photographs, sketches and maps. Annual volume containing short articles on British Mining history. Nice clean copy.

Inventory No.29040 Author: Northern Mine Research Society
Memoirs 2005. British Mining Volume 78
Published 2005 Northern Mine Research Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £7
pp. 183. Illustrated with photographs, sketches and maps. Annual volume containing short articles on British Mining history. Nice clean copy.

Inventory No.29039 Author: Northern Mine Research Society
Memoirs 2004. British Mining Volume 75
Published 2004 Northern Mine Research Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £7
pp. 127. Illustrated with photographs, sketches and maps. Annual volume containing short articles on British Mining history. Nice clean copy.

Inventory No.29037 Author: Northern Mine Research Society
Memoirs 2002. British Mining Volume 71
Published 2002 Northern Mine Research Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7
pp. 99. Illustrated with photographs, sketches and maps. Annual volume containing short articles on British Mining history. Nice clean copy.

Inventory No.29036 Author: Northern Mine Research Society
Memoirs 2001. British Mining Volume 69
Published 2001 Northern Mine Research Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7
Slightly faded to spine. pp. 116. Illustrated with photographs, sketches and maps. Annual volume containing short articles on British Mining history. Nice clean copy.

Inventory No.29035 Author: Northern Mine Research Society
Memoirs 2000. British Mining Volume 67
Published 2000 Northern Mine Research Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Slightly faded to spine. pp. 119. Illustrated with photographs, sketches and maps. Annual volume containing short articles on British Mining history. Nice clean copy.

Inventory No.29032 Author: Northern Mine Research Society
Memoirs 1997. British Mining Volume 59
Published 1997 Northern Mine Research Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £9
Slightly faded to spine. pp. 161. Illustrated with photographs, sketches and maps. Annual volume containing short articles on British Mining history. Nice clean copy.

Inventory No.29029 Author: Northern Mine Research Society
Memoirs 1994. British Mining Volume 50
Published 1994 Northern Mine Research Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
pp. 168. Illustrated with photographs, sketches and maps. Annual volume containing short articles on British Mining history. Nice clean copy.

Inventory No.29028 Author: Northern Mine Research Society
Memoirs 1993. Georgius Agricola Cinquecentenary Edition 1494-1994. British Mining Volume 48
Published 1993 Northern Mine Research Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Covers lightly rubbed on spine. pp. 158. Illustrated with photographs, sketches and maps. Annual volume containing short articles on British Mining history. Nice clean copy.

Inventory No.28753 Author: Northern Mine Research Society
Memoirs 1991. British Mining Volume 43
Published 1991 Northern Mine Research Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £9
pp 148. Illustrated with photographs, sketches and maps. Annual volume containing short articles on British Mining history. Nice clean copy.

Inventory No.36759 Author: Nowell-Smith, Simon
The Legend of the Master: Henry James as Others Saw Him
Published 1985 Oxford University Press Type:
Edition:First Thus ISBN: 0192819216 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £7
Clean bright copy

Inventory No.36351 Author: Nygaard, Gunner
Dansk Planteplankton, En Flora Over De Vigtigste Ferskvandsformer
Published 1945 Gyldendalske Boghandel (Kobenhavn) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Ex-library/No Dust Wrapper Price: £40
Ex- library copy with stamps/labels to front board, endpapers and title-page. Title page crease and with a few short tears, otherwise a very nice clean copy with numerous illustrations in black and white, plus 4 full page colour plates at rear, Tavle I to IV. Language Danish.

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