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PUBLISHERGerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd, London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and faded, especially spine. Binding secure. Printed pages remain clear and little marked. 
DUST JACKETNo.
EDITIONFirst English edition 1952.
DESCRIPTIONSigned by the Translator, Patrick Dudley, on the title page. Simone de...

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PUBLISHERMunn and Company, New York.
BINDING
Green cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn with fading to edges and spine. Hinges a little weak...

PUBLISHERE.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. New York
BINDINGNavy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general wear to edges, corners and ends of spine bumped. Slight fading. Binding secure. Some browning to leaves, otherwise printed pages and images remain clear and little marked....

A comprehensive history of oil extraction in the Middle East, beginning with an account of the history of the region in general since the advent of Islam.

PUBLISHERHarper Collins.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, few signs of wear. Text and images are clear with no noticeable marks. 
DUST JACKETVery good, just a little creasing mainly on rear bottom edge.
EDITIONNumber 87 of The New Naturalist Library series. A Survey of British Natural...

Beginning his research after hearing of an old country woman who used the herb to cure dropsy, Withering used foxglove to treat congestive heart failure with some success. Its introduction into the Edinburgh pharmacopoeia in 1783 and its subsequent widespread acceptance eventually led to its overuse and Withering's classic Account of the Foxglove was actually written as a protest against such abuse. The book includes 163 cases involving the use of digitalis and is regarded as one of the classics in pharmacology (Heirs of Hippocrates 1039)

PUBLISHERAngus & Robertson Ltd. Sydney Australia.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with embossed leaf design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general shelf wear. Small frayed tear at bottom of spine. Light foxing affecting outer leaves, but text and plates are largely clear and little marked. 
DUST JACKETNo.
EDITION1930.
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A practical textbook designed both for senior senior school and professional bankers examinations. 

A history of early Welsh poetry, with many examples in the original Welsh language, followed by the author's sensitive translations.

A history of the development of wooden ships from the earliest times to the mid nineteenth century.

A comprehensive contemporary guide to ancient pottery; Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, Etruscan and Roman.

A lavishly illustrated narrative of the authors twin passions of art and angling.

PUBLISHERBloomsbury.
BINDINGBurgundy cloth boards with black lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONSome general shelf wear to edges of boards. Otherwise in good condition, the printed pages and images are clear with no noticeable marks
DUST JACKETSlight creasing and scuffing to edges. Preserved in removable book wrap.
EDITION2004.

The autobiography of a steam engineer, born in Cowes in 1898, including service through both world wars.

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PUBLISHERJonathan Cape, London
BINDINGFuchsia pink cloth boards 
BOOK CONDITIONSome bumping to lower spine edge and marks to end papers, otherwise good. Printed pages and images...

A history of Roman Bath, based on available sources at the time. From its first occupation and the construction of the famous baths, fed by the natural spring which gave the town its name: Aqua Solis.

Continuing of the Author's earlier autobiography "Nuda Veritas," and detailing the eight years she lived in the Sahara with native Arab peoples.

The story of a Danish scientific expedition to the Middle East, leaving in 1761 to meet with excitement, danger, privation and disaster.