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Inventory No.36781 Author: Tait, Hugh; Gere, Charlotte
The Jeweller's Art: An Introduction to the Hull Grundy Gift to the British Museum
Published 1978 British Museum Publications Ltd (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0714113492 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6.5
Nice clean copy

Inventory No.36615 Author: Tallett, Kyle; Tasker, Trevor
Gavrelle: Arras (Battleground Europe)
Published 2000 Leo Cooper (Barnsley) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0850526884 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Name on titlepage else clean bright copy

Inventory No.36601 Author: Tamayama, Kazuo; Nunneley, John
Tales By Japanese Soldiers
Published 2001 Cassell (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0304359785 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Christmas greetings inside else very good clean copy

Inventory No.36767 Author: Tanner, Michael
Nietzsche (Past Masters Series)
Published 1994 Oxford University Press Type:
Edition:First Thus ISBN: 0192876805 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8
Clean, bright and probably unread

Inventory No.36723 Author: Taswell-Langmead, Thomas Pitt; Plucknett, Theodore F. T.
English Constitutional History from the Teutonic Conquest to the Present Time
Published 1946 Sweet & Maxwell (London) Type:
Edition:Tenth Edition. ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
Clean bright copy

Inventory No.36393 Author: Tattersfield, Nigel
Bookplates by Beilby and Bewick: a Biographical Dictionary of Bookplates from the Workshop of Ralph Beilby Thomas Bewick & Robert Bewick 1760-1849
Published 1999 The British Library (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0712345086 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £25
Nice clean copy, d/w edge-worn and faded on spine

Inventory No.33447 Author: Taussig, Anthony
Collecting English Legal Manuscripts
Published 2014 Selden Society (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9780854232239 Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £8
Excellent unread copy

Inventory No.36727 Author: Taylor, A. J. P.
The Hapsburg Monarchy 1809-1918: a History of the Austrian Empire and Austro-Hungary
Published 1948 Hamish Hamilton (London) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
Clean bright copy

Inventory No.36174 Author: Taylor, Christopher
Roads and Tracks of Britain
Published 1979 J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0460043293 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £8
A look at the different types of roads and tracks that have developed or been constructed from prehistoric times - about 8000BC - to the present day. Illustrated with 83 line drawings and 8 pages of plates. Cloth bubbled on spine with bump at bottom, d/w faded on spine and slightly chipped
Roads Tracks Great Britain History Prehistoric

Inventory No.37086 Author: Taylor, Elizabeth
A Wreath of Roses
Published 1950 Reprint Society (London) Type:
Edition:Book Club ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £8
Name and address on ffep else very nice clean copy in rather rubbed d/w

Inventory No.37085 Author: Taylor, Elizabeth
In a Summer Season
Published 1962 Reprint Society (London) Type:
Edition:Book Club ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £10
Name and address on ffep else very nice clean copy in slightly rubbed but attractive d/w

Inventory No.37094 Author: Taylor, Irene; Taylor, Alan
The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists
Published 2001 Canongate Books (Edinburgh) Type:
Edition:First Paperback ISBN: 1841951722 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £12
Reading crease to spine else very nice clean copy, pages starting to brown slightly

Inventory No.35786 Author: Taylor, James
The Age We Live in: A History of the Nineteenth Century, from the Peace of 1815 to the Present Time. Divisions I to VIII,
Published William Mackenzie (London) Type:
Edition:New and Enlarged Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/None as Issued Price: £35
Olive cloth over bevelled boards with gilt titling to spine and decorated front board. Slight rubbing to board corners. Each Division has previous owners name/address on ffep. Some of the ffeps are shaded. All edges gilt. A very nice clean bright handsome set. No additional postage for UK customers.

Inventory No.36376 Author: Taylor, John Russell
The Art Nouveau Book in Britain
Published 1979 Paul Harris Publishing (Edinburgh) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 0904505855 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £10
Clean bright copy in very good d/w with small closed tear on back

Inventory No.33581 Author: Taylor, Roland (edited by)
The Lakeland Rambler 1957: The Official Year Book of the ramblers' Association (Lake District Area)
Published 1957 Ramblers' Association. (Whitehaven) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Cover creased across front, slightly dog-eared, contents clean and sound. 120pp.

Inventory No.30937 Author: Tedstone, M. A.
The Barry Railway Steamers (Series X80)
Published 2005 The Oakwood Press Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0853616353 Size: Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6
Heavy crease across top corner of front cover, else very clean and looks unread. Includes fold-out plan of steamers inside rear cover.
Wales Railways

Inventory No.36592 Author: Thackeray, W M
A Shabby Genteel Story And Other Writings (Everyman)
Published 1993 J. M. Dent (London) Type:
Edition:First Thus ISBN: 0460872893 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8
Clean bright copy, appears unread

Inventory No.35738 Author: Thatcher, Bryan A.
Thatcher's Way: Watercolour Painting Simplified
Published 2000 Windsor & Peacock Type:
Edition: ISBN: 095379850x Size:Landscape: Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £8
Small stain to inside of front cover. Gift inscription to title-page.

Inventory No.36394 Author: Theroux, Paul SIGNED
The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas
Published 1979 Hamish Hamilton (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0241102855 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £10
Signed label attached opposite title page. Nice clean copy in like d/w

Inventory No.36277 Author: Thody, Philip
Le Franglais: Forbidden English, Forbidden American - Law, Politics and Language in Contemporary France. A Study in Loan Words and National Identity
Published 1995 Athlone Press (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0485114763 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £10
Very nice clean copy, d/w slightly faded on spine

Inventory No.36427 Author: Thomas Hardy
Far from the Madding Crowd (World's Classics)
Published 1993 Oxford University Press Type:
Edition:First Thus ISBN: 0192827820 Size:12mo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £7
Clean, bright and appears unread

Inventory No.36562 Author: Thomas, Donald
The Victorian Underworld
Published 1999 John Murray (London) Type:
Edition:First Paperback ISBN: 0719557291 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
Excellent clean copy, appears unread

Inventory No.33216 Author: Thomas, Edward
A Literary Pilgrim: An Illustrated Guide to Britain's Literary Heritage
Published 1985 Webb & Bower (Exeter) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0863500080 Size:Small Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £9
Nice clean copy

Inventory No.36272 Author: Thomas, Geo. H.
Building the Universal Pillartool
Published 1982 Model and Allied Publications (Watford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0852427859 Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Faint creases to covers, slight fading to spine, decent copy else

Inventory No.36383 Author: Thomas, George E.
William L.Price: Arts and Crafts to Modern Design
Published 2000 Princeton Architectural Press (New York) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1568982208 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £12.5
Very good clean copy. Very heavy so extra postage required for overseas order

Inventory No.35948 Author: Thomas, Gordon
Bed of Nails: The Story of the Amazing Blondini with Experiences
Published 1981 O'Brien Press (Dublin) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 0862780063 Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £15
Very good clean copy
Circus

Inventory No.36624 Author: Thompson, J. M.
Leaders of the French Revolution
Published 1932 Basil Blackwell. (Oxford) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £10
Slightly bumped but clean and bright, d/w rubbed and chipped and torn on both top edges

Inventory No.36623 Author: Thompson, J. M.
English Witnesses of the French Revolution
Published 1938 Basil Blackwell. (Oxford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £45
Slightly bumped but clean and bright, d/w slightly rubbed, and chipped at top of spine

Inventory No.35046 Author: Thomson, Anthony Todd
The London Dispensatory, Contents; Part 1. Elements of Pharmacy. Part II. Materia Medica. Part III. Preperations of Compounds. Appendix.
Published 1831 Type:
Edition:Sixth Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:
Book / wrapper condition:Poor Price: £20
Lacks boards and spine. Lacks prelims and title-page. Pages worn on corners. 1-96 pages. Working copy.
Pharmacy Chemistry Medicine Natural History

Inventory No.32476 Author: Thorne, Samuel E.; Baker, J. H.
Readings and Moots at the Inns of Court in the Fifteenth Century Volume II Moots and Readers' Cases Publications of the Selden Society Volume CV 105
Published 1990 Selden Society (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £12
Clean tight copy. Heavy so extra postage may be required for overseas orders
Selden Society

Inventory No.34928 Author: Tilley, Arthur
The Literature of the French Renaissance. An Introductory Essay
Published 1885 Cambridge University Press Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Slight wear to extremities but decent copy for age

Inventory No.35959 Author: Tindall, Gillian.
The China Egg
Published 1981 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0340259701 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £15
Nice clean copy with just slight signs of wear to edges of d/w

Inventory No.34847 Author: Tindall, William York
The Joyce Country
Published 1982 Schocken Books (New York) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0863220142 Size:Square Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £6
A little worn but serviceable copy

Inventory No.37108 Author: Tipton, David
Passion and Prudence
Published 2008 Shoestring Press (Nottingham.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9781904886860 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £12
Inscribed with Christmas wishes to Frank Dickinson and signed on titlepage

Inventory No.36193 Author: Tolstoy, Leo
Twenty-Three Tales (World's Classics)
Published 1951 Oxford University Press Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:16mo Binding:Blue Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good+ Price: £8
Clean copy with no inscriptions, d/w rubbed and chipped with slight loss

Inventory No.34850 Author: Tomalin, Miles
Coal Mines and Miners
Published 1960 Methuen (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £10
Mining

Inventory No.34625 Author: Townroe,s. C.
The Book of the Schools Class
Published 1947 Ian Allan (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/No Dust Wrapper Price: £7
Original pictorial card covers. Covers worn. 32 pages, illustrated. Nice copy.
Southern Railway Steam Engines

Inventory No.34068 Author: Trease, Geoffrey
The Barons' Hostage
Published 1975 Thomas Nelson Inc. (Nashville) Type:
Edition:First U.S. Edition ISBN: 0840764340 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £6
Blue cloth, gilt, in dust jacket 160 pages. 1st American Edition. A very nice clean bright copy.
Childrens Fiction

Inventory No.37165 Author: Trinder, Barrie.
The Making of the Industrial Landscape
Published 1982 J. M. Dent (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0460044273 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £7
Nice clean copy

Inventory No.37021 Author: Trollope, Anthony Introduction By Julian Symonds
Clergymen of the Church of England (Victorian Library)
Published 1974 Leicester University press. Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 0718550234 Size:12mo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good But Price Clipped. Price: £6.5
Clean bright copy in slightly rubbed d/w

Inventory No.35874 Author: Tucker, Herbert F.
A Companion to Victorian Literature & Culture:
Published 1999 Blackwell (Oxford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0631218769 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £20
Faint crease across top corner of front cover else nice clean copy

Inventory No.30711 Author: Tuffs, Peter
Only Once a Day. Cleveland Ironstone Series
Published 1997 Peter Tuffs Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Pictorial Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Collection of articles mainly published in the Daily Exchange between 1880 and 1881. pp. 28.
Cleveland Mining Local History

Inventory No.35262 Author: Tunnicliffe, C. F.
Shorelands Summer Diary
Published 1952 Collins (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good+ Price: £25
Boards clean and bright, spotting to endpapers. Dust jacket rubbed and chipped (with slight loss) and spotted on reverse and flaps,. pages and plates clean.
Art

Inventory No.34094 Author: Turner, David
Last Dawn: The HMS Royak Oak Tragedy at Scapa Flow the World War II Battleship SIGNED COPY
Published 2008 Argyll Publishing (Argyll) Type:
Edition:First Paperback ISBN: 9781906134389 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £5
Excellent copy

Inventory No.29252 Author: Turner, Keith; Swingle, Susan Lesley
The Kinver Light Railway (Locomotion Papers 73)
Published 1987 The Oakwood Press (Oxford) Type:
Edition:Second Revised and Enlarged Edition ISBN: 0853613338 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Slight fading to spine. pp. 52. illustrated. Nice clean copy.
Railways

Inventory No.33495 Author: Turner, Sydney G.
The Middle Temple Library
Published 1958 Butterworth & Co. (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Wrappers a little sunned. Reprinted from the Law Times. 7 pages.
Inns of Court Law Legal London

Inventory No.35114 Author: Turns, Keith
The Independent Bus: a Historical Survey of Some Independent Bus Operators
Published 1974 David & Charles (Newton Abbott) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0715364383 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £5
Very nice clean copy, d/w faded on spine
Transport Buses

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