Classics And Ancient History from Alexander's Books
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The Conquest of Gaul [Penguin Classics L21] HARDBACK EDITION
by Caesar; translated by S. A. Handford
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1951
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- Hardback
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Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1951. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing in this translation. Penguin Classics L21. In rare octavo hardback format Red cloth with gilt titles and spine decoration 283 pp. + 4 pages of publisher's adverts Very Good condition No inscriptions
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I See it All
by Gil Merrick (Birmingham City and England)
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- Used - Good+
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1954
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- Hardcover
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London: Museum Press, 1954. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing. octavo hardback orange cloth 144 pp. illustrated Good + condition No dust jacket. Original owner's gift inscription on front end paper.
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Five Weeks in a Balloon and Around the World in Eighty Days [Number 779 Dent Everyman's Library]
by Jules Verne
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- 1st Printing
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- 1936
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- Hardback
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London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1936. 1st Printing. Hardback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Early printing Light blue/grey cloth with decorated gilt spine Hardback. xxvi + 374 pages. Very Good condition Inscribed as a school prize1936 on first blank page.
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Richmond on the Thames.
by Richard Garnett
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- Used - Good
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- 1st Edition 2nd Printing
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- 1906
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- Hardback
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Newton Abbott: Seeley & Co, 1906. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardback. Good. 8vo - over 7¼ - 9¼" tall. First edition second printing.(reissue of 1896 first printing) Tall octavo hardback, 104 pp. Illustrated with 4 engraved plates and many other illustrations Good condition Leading edges of boards worn. Paper title label on spine Previous owner's name… Read more about this item Item Price
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Chronicles of the Crusades [Penguin Classics L124]
by Joinville & Villehardouin; Shaw, M. R. B (translated and introroduced by)
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1963
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- Paperback
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Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing in this translation. Octavo paperback. 368 pp. age edges tanned as usual otherwise Very Good condition. No inscriptions
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Prize Dogs: Their Successful Housing, Management, and Preparation for Exhibition from Puppyhood to the Show Ring
by Theo. Marples
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- Used - Good
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- 6th Edition 1st Printing
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- 1912
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- Hardcover
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Manchester: Our Dogs" Publishing Co.Ltd., 1912. 6th Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Sixth edition. octavo hardback pictorial cloth 136 pp. + 2 pp publisher's adverts illustrated Good condition No inscriptions
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Guildford in the Olden Time Side-Lights on the History of a Quaint Old Town
by George C. Williamson
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1904
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- Hardcover
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London and Guildford: George Vell; Woodbridge Press, 1904. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing. octavo hardback red cloth gilt xiv +272 pp. illustrated Some foxing throughout but overall Very Good condition No inscriptions Loosely enclosed is a 1930 newspaper article about Maids' Money… Read more about this item Item Price
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I See it All SIGNED COPY
by Gil Merrick (Birmingham City and England)
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- Used - Good
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- Good+
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1954
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- Hardcover
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London: Museum Press, 1954. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing. octavo hardback orange cloth 144 pp. illustrated Covers a bit foxed but generally Good condition in Good + unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page (no dedicatee). Scarce… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Life and Letters of Benjamin Jowett, M.A. Master of Balliol College, Oxford TWO VOLUMES COMPLETE SET
by Evelyn Abbott; Lewis Campbell
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- Used - Good+
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1897
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- Hardback
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London: John Murray, 1897. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition First printing Large octavo hardback.Maroon cloth gilt decorated xii + 446 pages + viii + 499 pp. Illustrated Good + condition. (Plates show some foxing and a little wear at top and bottom edges of spines otherwise… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Yorkshire Shepherdess How I Left City Life Behind to Raise a Family - ans a Flock
by Owen, Amanda
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 2014
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- Hardcover
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- 9780283071966
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London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 2014. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing (correct number string) Large octavo hardback. 320 pages Colour illustrated Very Good condition in Very Good unclipped dust jacket No inscriptions.Scarce as first edition
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A Year in the Life of the Yorkshire Shepherdess
by Owen, Amanda
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Printing
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- 2016
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- Hardcover
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- 9780283072413
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London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 2016. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing (correct number string) Large octavo hardback. 352 pages Colour illustrated Near Fine condition in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket No inscriptions.
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Adventures of the Yorkshire Shepherdess
by Owen, Amanda
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 2019
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- Hardcover
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- 9781509852673
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Sidgwick & Jackson, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing (correct number string) Large octavo hardback. 320 pages Colour illustrated Fine condition in Fine unclipped dust jacket No inscriptions.
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The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon
by Sei Shonagon (translated by Ivan Morris)
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- Used - Near Very Good
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1970
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- Soft cover
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- 9780140442366
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Harmondsworth; London: Penguin Books, 1970. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¼ - 9¼" tall. First edition first printing paperback as issued 416 pp Pages slightly tanned otherwise Near Very Good condition No inscriptions.
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Civis Romanus A Reader for the First Two Years of Latin
by Cobban, J.M.; Colebourn, R.
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1952
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London: Methuen, 1952. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¼ - 9¼" tall. Reprint. Octavo hardback. xii, 128 pp. Ex-school copy with label on inside cover and a faint school stamp on front end paper and rear inside cover. Corners rubbed Good condition. No dust jacket.
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The Mask of Apollo
by Renault, Mary
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1966
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- Hardcover
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New York: Pantheon Books, Random House, 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing. Octavo hardback. 380 pp. Very Good condition No dust jacket Original gift inscription on front end paper
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Russian Tales for Children
by Tolstoy,Alexei; Illustrated by K. Kouznetsov; Translated by Evgenia Schimanskaya
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1949
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- Hardback
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$19.07
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London: George Routledge, 1949. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. K. Kouznetsov. First UK edition, first printing Hardback. Light green pictorial cloth xi + 196 pages.Illustrated with many black and white illustrations Nea Very Good condition (spine and front cover a bit faded not affecting title and illustrations)… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Roman Conquest of Britain, A.D. 43-57
by Dudley, Donald R.; Webster, Graham
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Near Very Good
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1965
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- Hardback
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London: B. T. Batsford, 1965. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Very Good+/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7ð - 9ð" tall. First edition, first printing. Octavo hardback. 216 pp. Black & white illustrations. Very Good + condition in Near Very Good, unclipped dust jacket (tiny closed tears at a couple of corners). No inscriptions.
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Zooey and Hazel
by Gill Bond; Chris Austin
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1981
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- Hardback
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- 9780241105894
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London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1981. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gill Bond. First edition, first printing . broad format hardback. 48 pp. Colour illustrated Very Good condition. No inscriptions
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Daughter of Thunder
by Grace Moon
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1945
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- Hardback
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Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1945. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Carl Moon. First edition first printing octavo hardback fawn cloth blue decoration and titles 112 pages Illustrated with colour frontispiece and 8 sepia plates Blue illustrated end papers. Very Good condition No inscriptions
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The Rape of the Lock (Flowers of Parnassus X; No.10)
by Alexander Pope
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 1902
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- Hardback
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London and New York: John Lane, 1902. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Aubrey Beardsley. First edition first printing octavo hardback green cloth gilt decoration and titles. top edge gilt. 72 pages + 4 pages of adverts Illustrated with 9 black and white plates by… Read more about this item Item Price
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