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Nicoll, W.Robertson 'Ian Maclaren' Life of Rev.John Watson
London Hodder & Stoughton 1908 1st Edition Hardcover
Octavo Size. Overall Good Condition. Boards have insect damage and shelfwear. Spine faded. With edgewear. Rough cut page edges. Binding exposed at pastedown. Some foxing to prelim. Beautifully preserved black and white frontispiece of John Watson. Previous owner's name/details to half-title page. 400 pages Has an extract re the funeral of Watson's widow (to whom this book is dedicated) from the "British Weekly" 1934 to rear pastedown, ID235517
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Holmes, J.W. [Editor] 9th International Congress of Soil Science Transactions, Adelaide, Australia, 1968, In Four Volumes
Sydney International Society of Soil Science and Angus and Robertson 1968 1st Edition Hardback
Small Quarto Size. Very Good condition. Contained in black cloth slipcase which is rubbed and chipped at edges and has been reinforced at edges with black tape. Illustrated with black and white diagrams. Includes errata slips loosely inserted in to Volume 1. Heavy set - please check postage costs with us. Vo 1: 834pp; Vol2:814pp; Vol 3:676pp; Vol 4: 776pp Volume 1 - Transport processes in soils; Volume 2 - Nutrients in soil and plant nutrition; Volume 3: Colloidal and mineralogical properties of soils and clays. Techniques in soil science; Volume 4: - Classification of soils. Weathering and pedogenesis. Symposium on tropical crops. ID258619
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Bain, F.W. A Draught of the Blue
London Methuen & Co 1920 7th Edition Hardback
Small Octavo Size. GOOD+ condition. No dustjacket. Some mild foxing. Uncut pages. Brown papered boards with cream vellum spine. Previous Owners name/details to Preliminary Pages. 87 pages ID208783
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Hotchkiss, Joseph W. A Family Christmas
Pleasantville, N.Y. Reader's Digest Association 1984 0895771934 / 9780895771933 1st Edition Hardback
Small Quarto Size. Very Good+in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in plastic sleeve. DJ slightly rubbed on corners. Colour and black & white illustrations. 304 pages With sections on Christmas customs and crafts, Christmas in the kitchen, a Christmas storybook (with the complete text of 'Eloise at Christmastime") and a Christmas prayer book. ID246040
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Hadlington, P.W. A Guide to Pest Control in Australia
Sydney NSW University Press 1979 0909465991 / 9780909465995 Reprint Hardback
Octavo Size. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Light wear to edges and corners. Pictorial boards. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Bookplate to Front Free End paper 253 pages ID256340
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Taylor, John W.R. A History of Aerial Warfare
London Hamlyn 0600301389 / 9780600301387 1st Edition Hardback
Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs as well as black and white drawings. Photographic endpapers. 240 pages From the seventeenth century through to the weaponry of the nuclear age, a comprehensive history of aerial warfare, including strategy, weaponry, classic aircraft and their designers. ID264586
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West, T.W. A History of Architecture in France
London University of London Press, Ltd. 1969 0340094338 / 9780340094334 1st Edition Hardback
22x14.5cm. Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket (now protected). Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and Drawings. 232 pages A chronological survey of the development of French architecture from prehistoric remains to post-war industrial and commercial building. ID209466
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Carman, W.Y. A History of Firearms: From Earliest Times to 1914
Mineola Dover Publications 2004 0486433900 / 9780486433905 Reprint Softcover
Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition. Black & white illustrations. 207 pages Written by an expert in the field, this book is a thorough, far-ranging survey that traces the history of firearms and introduces the pioneers who helped shape that history. Coverage extends from the times of the ancient Assyrians and Greeks to the dawn of the twentieth century. ID255908
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Allen, W.E.D. A History of the Georgian People from the beginning down to the russian conquest in the nineteenth century
London Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd 1932 1st Edition Hardback
Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Good+ condition in Good dustjacket. Dj has edgewear and some creasing but is substantially complete. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and text illustrations. Fold-out maps. Some light foxing. Bookplate to front pastedown. Overall a quite clean, tight and tidy copy of this uncommon title. 429 pages The author travelled extensively in Georgia and has included the main results of studies by Georgian and Russian scholars of the time. Contents include The Medieval Kingdom, Revolutions of the Georgian Kingdom, The People and the Power & The Life of Georgia. ID257581
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Morris, E.W. A History of The London Hospital
London Edward Arnold 1910 2nd Edition Hardback
Octavo Size. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Nice deep green boards with gilt titles and decorations to face and spine. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Faint scattered foxing to edges. 318 pages The history of the [now] Royal London Hospital from its foundation in 1740 as The London Infirmary. This hospital had the first medical college in England and Wales [1785]. An interesting look at medical history ID254897
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Austin, H.W. 'Bunny' & Konstam, Phyllis A Mixed Double
London Chatto & Windus 1969 701114460 Hardcover
Octavo Size. VERY GOOD+ in GOOD+ Dustjacket. DJ protected in plastic cover. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. 264 pages 'Dual' autobiography, written in alternating sections by ''Bunny' Austin and hs wife, Phyllis Konstam ID203792
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