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Inventory No.37156 Author: KORNER, Stephan
Philosophy of Logic
Published 1976 Basil Blackwell. (Oxford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0631169601 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £24
Excellent clean copy in nice bright d/w

Inventory No.35873 Author: KRISTEVA, Julia
Desire in Language: A Semiotic Approach to Literature and Art
Published 1984 Barton on Humber Branch, Workers Educational Association (Oxford) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0631130454 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Covered in adhesive film, now starting to peel slightly, gift message inside cover else very good

Inventory No.35245 Author: Kabisch, Klaus; Hemmerling, Joachim
Ponds and Pools: Oases in the Landscape
Published 1982 Croom Helm (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0709915454 Size:8vo Binding:Decorated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good - Price: £10
Clean bright copy, d/w torn with slight loss at top of spine

Inventory No.36556 Author: Kamen, Henry
Spain's Road to Empire: The Making of a World Power, 1492-1763
Published 2002 Allen Lane (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0713993650 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £14
Clean bright copy

Inventory No.34023 Author: Kamm, Antony; Jeffares, A. Norman
A Jewish Childhood
Published 1988 Boxtree Ltd Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1852832169 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £8
Very good clean copy

Inventory No.36260 Author: Kargon, Robert H.
Science in Victorian Manchester: Enterprise and Expertise
Published 1977 Manchester University Press Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0719007011 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Good Price: £10
Very nice clean copy in somewhat ragged d/w

Inventory No.34892 Author: Karpeles, Maud
An Introduction to English Folk Song
Published 1987 Oxford University Press (Oxford) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0192840150 Size:12mo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
Revised by Peter Kennedy. Bright clean copy, looks unread.
Folk Music traditional English Music

Inventory No.37011 Author: Katz, Wendy R.
Rider Haggard and the Fiction of Empire: A Critical Study of British Imperial Fiction
Published 1987 Cambridge University Press Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 052133425x Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £25
Clean bright copy

Inventory No.33097 Author: Kay-Robinson, Denys
The Landscape of Thomas Hardy
Published 1984 Webb & Bower (Exeter) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 086350020x Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £7.5
Excellent clean copy

Inventory No.36570 Author: Keegan, John
Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris
Published 1983 Penguin Books (London) Type:
Edition:First Thus ISBN: 0140052933 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £7
Very nice bright copy

Inventory No.36567 Author: Keegan, John
The First World War
Published 1998 Hutchinson (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0091801788 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £10
Name and comment on half-title page else very good

Inventory No.36473 Author: Keegan, John
The American Civil War; A MILITARY HISTORY
Published 2010 Vintage Books (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 9780712616102 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Nice clean copy

Inventory No.37104 Author: Kellett, Celia
Poison and Poisoning: a Compendium of Cases, Catastrophes and Crimes
Published 2009 Accent Press Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9781906373962 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £10
Faint vertical crease on front cover, barely perceptible (see image) else as new

Inventory No.36402 Author: Kelly, Alison
The Story of Wedgwood
Published 1975 Faber & Faber (London) Type:
Edition:Revised Edition ISBN: 0571103928 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £10
Greetings on ffep else very nice clean copy

Inventory No.17595 Author: Kelly, James
Songs of the Five Streets and Other Poems
Published 1995 M. Kelly (Bradford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0859580881 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
Bradford Poetry

Inventory No.36177 Author: Kemp, Martin
Visualizations: The Nature Book of Art and Science
Published 2000 Oxford University Press Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0198564767 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £20
Bump at top of spine else nice clean copy

Inventory No.35354 Author: Kennett, Frances; Scarlett, Belinda
Country House Needlepoint
Published 1988 Conran Octopus (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1850291535 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £9.5
Nice clean copy in price-clipped d/w

Inventory No.37196 Author: Kenny, Anthony
What is Faith?: Essays in the Philosophy of Religion
Published 1992 Oxford University Press Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0192830678 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £7.5
Clean bright unread copy

Inventory No.36631 Author: Kenny, Anthony
The Metaphysics of Mind
Published 1992 Oxford University Press Type:
Edition:First Thus ISBN: 0192830708 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £12
Lovely bright copy

Inventory No.35244 Author: Kent, J.P.C.; Painter, K. S.
Wealth of the Roman World: Gold and Silver A.D. 300-700
Published 1977 British Museum Publications Ltd (Oakham, Rutland) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0714100617 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7.5
Slightly sunned else very good clean copy

Inventory No.29148 Author: Kenyon, George Cecil
Dock Improvements at Liverpool
Published Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8
This is a print on demand edition but we have this copy in stock. Paper No. 970 extracted from Transactions. Pages 40 to 72. Text clear as are the illustrations within the text, but as usual with these publications plates, fold-out poor quality.
Lancashire Liverpool

Inventory No.34947 Author: Kershaw, Harvey.
Over My Shoulder! A Backward Glance Over the Years of Rochdale's Proud History from the Late 18th Century to the Present Day
Published 1974 Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
46pp. Covers slightly rubbed, contents very good
Lancashire Local History Rochdale

Inventory No.35787 Author: Keys, John
Hammersmith Poems
Published 1972 Trigram Press (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £5
D/w slightly rubbed but generally nice clean copy though has very faint damp smell

Inventory No.36574 Author: Kieckhefer, Richard
Magic in the Middle Ages
Published 2000 Cambridge University Press Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0521785766 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £10
Almost like new

Inventory No.37043 Author: Kilburn, Terence
Joseph Whitworth Toolmaker
Published 1987 Scarthin Books (Cromford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0907758223 Size:A5 Booklet Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £12
62pp. Nice clean copy

Inventory No.35430 Author: King, C. W.
Antique Gems and Rings. Volume I, Text; Volume II, Illustrations
Published 1872 Bell and Dalby (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Fair Price: £30
2 volume set both in original decorated bevelled boards, gilt. Boards are worn and spines split, torn and with tape repairs. Volume I, Text in good clean condition with just an odd spotting. Volume II, Illustrations again some odd spotting, and with a few pencil annotations in margins. pp. xix, 483: 86, Plates LVI, V Copper-plates, v Scarabei plates. A little worse for wear but contents in nice condition.

Inventory No.36972 Author: King, Paul
The Railways of North East Lincolnshire: a Celebration of the Days of Steam Part Two: Stations
Published 2019 Pyewipe Publications (Grimsby.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9781916460317 Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £20
Lovely clean bright copy

Inventory No.30572 Author: King, Steven
A Fylde Country Practice: Medicine & Society in Lancashire, 1760-1830: Medicine and Society in Lancashire, c.1760-1840
Published 2001 University of Lancaster Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 186220117x Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6.5
Clean unmarked copy

Inventory No.37114 Author: Kiple, Kenneth F.
Plague Pox and Pestilence: Disease in History
Published 1999 Phoenix Illustrated (London) Type:
Edition:First Paperback ISBN: 0753807122 Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Clean bright copy

Inventory No.37084 Author: Kipling, Rudyard
Humorous Tales
Published 1942 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, d/w slightly rubbed and chipped but very attractive

Inventory No.34086 Author: Kirkman, F. B.; Jourdain, F. C. R.
British Birds
Published 1948 Thomas Nelson and Sons (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint of Revised Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/Good+ Price: £8
Boards faded on spine and edges, d/w rubbed and chipped with slight loss, name on ffep else good solid volume with very nice colour plates

Inventory No.34854 Author: Klimek, Grazyna; Klimek, Maciej
Discovering Curves and Surfaces with Maple(r)
Published 1997 Springer-Verlag (New York) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0387948902 Size:8vo Binding:Laminated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £20
Includes diskette. Spotting on rear endpapers (around pocket for diskette) else would be near fine.

Inventory No.34475 Author: Kloczowski, Jerzy
A History of Polish Christianity
Published 2000 Cambridge University Press Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0521364299 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £30
Very good clean copy

Inventory No.36173 Author: Kloeppel, James E.
Realm of the Long Eyes: A Brief History of Kitt Peak National Observatory
Published 1991 Univelt (San Diego) Type:
Edition:Second Printing ISBN: 0912183012 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £10
Excellent copy

Inventory No.35767 Author: Kneeshaw, John W.
Mistress Lettice Barcroft. A Local Story of the Civil War in Lancashire
Published EXPRESSprint (Burnley) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Fair Price: £15
Original pictorial wrappers worn, chipped with loss, a little dusty. Cloth repair to spine. Spotting to some pages. Text in double columns. A fair readable copy.
Lancashire Novel

Inventory No.28703 Author: Knight-Jones, Pip
Aspects of Welsh Slate
Published 2004 Llygad Gwalch Cyf (Llanrwst) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 086381882x Size:Landscape Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £6
71 pages with 49 illustrations in colour and black and white each with a short description. Excellent copy.
Wales Mining Art

Inventory No.26898 Author: Knowles, Barry
The bad guide to the Lakes: The first guide to English Lakeland with totally irresponsible opinions
Published 1985 Dalesman Books (Clapham) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0852068433 Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4.5
Small address label inside cover else nice and clean
Lake District

Inventory No.36446 Author: Knowles, Dom David
The Monastic Order in England: a History of Its Development from the Times of St Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council 943-1216
Published 1950 Cambridge University Press Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £24
Slight bump at top of spine else nice clean copy, d/w unevenly sunned andhas some edge-wear

Inventory No.35284 Author: Kokh, Heidemarie.; Illustrator: Dall, Nader. Photographer
PERSEPOLIS AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.
Published 2006 Yassavoli (Tehran) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9643062937 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good Price: £25
Cloth, gilt. Dust jacket has small tear to bottom front hinge, otherwise looks unread. Alltogether including photographs there are 195 colour illustrations.
Iran Persia Achaemenid Architecture

Inventory No.36541 Author: Kolakowski, Leszek
Why is There Something Rather Than nothing? 23 Questions from Great Philosophers
Published 2007 Allen Lane (London) Type:
Edition:First Thus ISBN: 9780713999259 Size:16mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine/Near Fine Price: £7.5
Lovely copy, almost as new

Inventory No.36921 Author: Kovarsky, Anatol
Kovarsky's World: Cartoons
Published 1957 Faber & Faber (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Decorated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good Price: £15
Slight wear to top and bottom of spine, pink boards are clean and bright, shading to endpapers, d/w chipped with slight loss

Inventory No.34989 Author: Krailsheimer, A. J.
Rabelais Les Ecrivains Devant Dieu
Published 1967 Desclee De Brouwer Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7
Rabelais

Inventory No.34982 Author: Krailsheimer, A. J.
Rabelais and the Franciscans
Published 1963 Clarendon Press (Oxford) Type:Ex-Library
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £10
Ex-College Library with two small stamps inside and tape marks on endpapers. Quite presentable
Rabelais

Inventory No.36200 Author: Krstic, Radivoj V.
General Histology of the Mammal: An Atlas for Students of Medicine and Biology
Published 1985 Springer-Verlag Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0387153462 Size:8vo Binding:Laminated Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £50
Excellent clean copy

Inventory No.36413 Author: Kynaston David
Austerity Britain 1945-51
Published 2008 Bloomsbury (London) Type:
Edition:First Paperback ISBN: 9780747579854 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £8
Faint reading crease else very nice clean copy

Inventory No.36543 Author: Kynaston, David
The City Of London Volume III 3: Illusions of Gold 1914 - 1945
Published 2000 Pimlico (London) Type:
Edition:First Thus ISBN: 0712662766 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £12
Pages starting to brown else very nice clean copy

Inventory No.36474 Author: Kynaston, David
Family Britain 1951-57
Published 2010 Bloomsbury (London) Type:
Edition:First Paperback ISBN: 9781408800836 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £7.5
Very good clean copy

Inventory No.36417 Author: Kynaston, David
The City of London Volume I: a World of Its Own 1815-1890
Published 1995 Pimlico (London) Type:
Edition:First Thus ISBN: 0701133856 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £9.5
Nice clean copy
London Local History

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