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Freya Stark
£20.00

Rivers of Time: Photographs by Dame Freya Stark

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERWilliam Blackwood.
BINDINGBrown cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, the boards have a little wear and scuffing to edges. Text and images remain clear with few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETSome shelf wear to edges, and rather faded. Faint scratching and a few small marks to gloss surface. 
EDITION1982.

Alfred Hutchinson
£22.00

Road to Ghana

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PUBLISHERThe John Day Company, New York.
BINDING
Brown cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONSlight dents either end of the spine, but otherwise good. Printed pages are...

Henry Gilbert
£30.00

Robin Hood and the Men of the Greenwood

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PUBLISHERT.C. and E.C. Jack, Edinburgh and London.
BINDINGTan Cloth boards with green lettering and decoration and pasted on roundel coloured image.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn,...

Roy Johnston
£20.00

Roderick O'Connor 1860 - 1940

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Published to accompany a retrospective exhibition of the Irish artist, who spent most of his adult life in France and associated with Paul Gaugin and the group at Pont Aven

K.F. Barker
£28.00

Rogues' Gallery

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PUBLISHERWilliam Heinemann Ltd. 
BINDINGOatmeal cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONSome shelf wear at edges, and general light discolouration and foxing. Browning to outer leaves, but printed pages and images remain clear and little marked. 
DUST JACKETNo.
EDITIONFirst edition 1939. 
DESCRIPTIONA collection of charming vignettes on the (mis)adventures...

David Brian Plummer
£30.00

Rogues.... and Running Dogs

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PUBLISHERThe Tabard Press, Huddlesford, Lichfield.
BINDINGBrown boards.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, little wear. Some discolouration to top block edge, but text and images remain clear with few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETWorn and creased at edges, a small tear bottom front has previously been mended with tape. Small booksellers...

M.R. Hull
£25.00

Roman Colchester

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A comprehensive description of the important Roman town at Colchester, based on excavations and research to date.

Michael Grant
£45.00

Roman History from Coins: Some uses of the Imperial Coinage to the Historian

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A fascinating investigation in to what coins can tell historians about the art, politics, religion, economics and personalities of the Roman Empire.

Robin McInnes
£55.00

Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of The Isle of Wight: The Journal of a Gentleman (signed copy)

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PUBLISHERCross Publishing, Chale, Isle of Wight.
BINDINGHalf bound with red leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettering on title patch and gilt block edges. 
BOOK CONDITIONGood, just some slight wear to corners. Printed pages and images have no discernable marks.
DUST JACKETNo.
EDITION2008. This is number 582...

Gerald Toghill
£45.00

Royal Navy Trawlers (two volumes)

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PUBLISHERMaritime Books, Liskeard, Cornwall.
BINDINGVol. 1 pale blue and vol. 2 grey cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, slight shelf wear to very edges of boards. Printed pages and images remain clear and unmarked.
DUST JACKETA little wear to edges, otherwise well preserved. 
EDITION2003.
DESCRIPTIONPart One:...

Omar Khayyam, Illustrated by Sarkis Katchadourian
£35.00

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (signed by the illustrator)

Poetry
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PUBLISHERGrosset & Dunlap, New York.
BINDINGQuarter bound with textured cloth boards, inset illustration, embossed lettering and border. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONSome scuffing and wear to edges of boards and spine. Browning to endpapers, but printed pages and images remain largely clear and little marked....

Yuri Miller (Editor)
£25.00

Russian Arms and Armour

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PUBLISHERAurora Art Publishers, Leningrad
BINDINGRusset cloth boards with embossed design and gilt lettering. 
BOOK CONDITIONGood, a little wear to edges of boards. Text and images remain clear with few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETIn worn condition, some tearing around the spine has previously been mended with tape. Preserved...

Desmond Young
£22.00

Rutland of Jutland

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A Biography of Squadron-Commander F. J. Rutland, famous for his courage and feats of daring whilst serving in the R.N.A.S in WWI. His speciality was flying reconnaissance planes off from the turret tops of cruisers, before the development of Aircraft Carriers. However, the mysterious circumstances of his arrest and long period of detention without trial during WWII are strange and disquieting.

Boris Pasternak
£30.00

Safe Conduct: An Early Autobiography and Other Works

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PUBLISHERElek Books, London.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, boards are just a little worn at edges. Gilt lettering on spine faded. Some browning mostly affecting outer leaves, but printed pages and images remain largely clear and little marked. Ink inscription on flyleaf. 
DUST JACKETIntact, but worn at...

Indira Chakravarty
£26.00

Saga of Indian Food: A Historical and Cultural Study

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PUBLISHERSterling Publishers Ltd, New Delhi.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONSome general shelf wear around edges and to spine. Slight browning...

J. Spurling and Basil Lubbock
£80.00

Sail: The Romance of the Clipper Ships (two volumes)

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PUBLISHERThe Blue Peter Publishing Company, Ltd. London.
BINDINGGreen and blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and design and embossed border.
BOOK CONDITIONIn good condition for age, with some general wear to edges of boards; a little scuffing, slight fraying and bumping to corners. Some splitting to hinges, but...

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