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A comprehensive biography of one of the principal "Founding Fathers" of the United States of America.

First published nearly seventy years after Gainsborough's burial, a detailed life of the most eminent of portrait artists.

PUBLISHERThe New London County Historical Society, Connecticut.
BINDINGQuarter bound contrasting green cloth boards. Gilt lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn especially at edges. General discolouration. Some browning mainly to outer leaves, but printed pages and images remain clear and little marked.
DUST JACKETNo.
EDITION1929. One...

A large volume relating Egyptian ancient monuments to the narrative of the Bible.

PUBLISHERCountry Life, and George Newnes Ltd. London.
BINDINGBrown cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general wear and fading. Corners bumped and a little scuffing. Binding feels tight. Leaves are browned, with some foxing throughout, although mostly affecting outer leaves and page edges. Plates are mainly...

PUBLISHERLongmans, Green and Co.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards with gilt lettering and design on spine. 
BOOK CONDITIONIn worn condition, boards are generally scuffed with bumped corners and some tearing and fraying around spine. Hinges split and weak, although all leaves are attached. Browning and foxing mainly affecting block edges...

An American girl travels to Finland with her family and soon makes friends with a classmate. A warm-hearted tale of Finnish customs and magical countryside.

PUBLISHERStanford University Press.
BINDINGQuarter bound black boards with tan over spine.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, few signs of wear. Text is clear and unmarked.
DUST JACKETSlight wear to very edges, some faint scratching on gloss surface.
EDITION2010.
DESCRIPTIONAn autobiography in the form of a philosophical diary,...

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PUBLISHEROxford University Press.
BINDINGBright green cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONA little shelf wear to edges and corners. Printed pages and images remain clear with very few...

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PUBLISHERShepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd.
BINDINGRed cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, just a little wear to edges of boards. Slight browning / foxing to endpapers...

PUBLISHERLloyds Register of Shipping, London. Surveyor's Office, Southampton.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering and emblem, embossed border.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and scuffed, especially around spine. Some scratches. Hinges weakened but binding feels secure. The second supplement has been attached to the endpapers with tape (first...

PUBLISHERHarper Collins.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, few signs of wear. Text and images are clear with no noticeable marks. 
DUST JACKETVery good, a little slight creasing to very edges.
EDITIONNumber 88 of The New Naturalist Library series. A Survey of British Natural History, published...

A practical guide to fishing the Scottish Lochs.

PUBLISHERCrosby, Lockwood & Co. London
BINDINGIllustrated red cloth boards with gilt and black lettering and design. Black endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn, scuffed and discoloured, commensurate with age. Hinges are weakened, but binding feels secure. Browning and a little foxing, but text and images remain mostly clear...

For the six years of WWII, Mollie Panter-Downes covered the war in her "Letter from London"  for The New Yorker magazine. These fortnightly reports are compiled here by New Yorker editor William Shawn.

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PUBLISHERSpring Books, London.
BINDINGMid green cloth boards. Green top block edge.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn at edges, spine faded. Hinges a little weak but binding...

A history and commemoration of the Queen Mary of the Cunard Line. From her launch in 1934 to her final berth in California.

PUBLISHERThe Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths.
BINDINGSoft covers.
BOOK CONDITIONCovers have some wear at edges, a few small marks. Text and images remain clear with few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETPreserved in clear archival pouch.
EDITION1976.
DESCRIPTIONThe catalogue for an exhibition of new gold, silver, jewels, glass...