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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HYMNAL

By: N/A

Price: $26.60

Publisher: Boston, MA, United States, The Christian Science Publishing Society: 1932

Seller ID: 010248

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good +

629pp. All textblock edges tinted dark blue. Book clean. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Head and foot of backstrip mildly rubbed. Gilt title and blind-embossed decoration to front panel of plain blue boards, which are minimally edge-rubbed and bumped only. Light tanning to endpapers, and random pages, previous owner's pencilled notations to rear free endpaper and pastedown, else leaves clean. "With seven hymns written by Reverend Mary Baker Eddy, discoverer and founder of Christian Science . . . " Contents include: Preface, 429 hymns (words and music), Indexes: Tunes, Alphabetical; T...
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GRAPHOLOGY : The Science of Reading Hand-Writing

By: 'The Penman'

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Auckland, Brookdale Press:

Seller ID: 010157

Binding: Staplebound Softcover Booklet

Condition: Good

29pp. No publication date (c. late 1940s). Saddle-stitch, staplebound format. Staples firm. Leaves clean, mildly tanned, foxing spots to several pages, short, closed tear to one leaf. Printed card wrapper is also foxed and lightly marked. "An intelligent study of graphology will not only provide the reader with an entirely new and fascinating hobby, but will also prove of incalculable value in judging the type of person with whom he or she contemplates entering upon a business or personal relationship." Booklet weight approx. 40g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post u...
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THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN

By: (Adapted by William Cowper)

Price: $30.40

Publisher: London, Longmans, Green & Co.:

Seller ID: 006068

Binding: Hardcover [decorated cloth]

Condition: Good+

No publication date (c. 1870-1880). Unpaginated (48 pages). Illustrated throughout (recto pages, verso blank): Engravings by J.C. Whymper from the illustrations of H.Fitz-Cook. Book clean and square. Bevelled edges, bright gilt title and decoration, blindstamp borders over original dark green cloth. Minimal edgewear and foredge corner fraying. Dark brown endpapers. All textblock edges bright gilt. 'With compliments' inscription, initialled 'D.J.M', together with original seller's stamp and print offset on front fly sheet. Noticeable foxing splotches throughout. Text in red, throughout. Humorou...
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CURIOUS CASES AND AMUSING ACTIONS AT LAW, INCLUDING SOME TRIALS OF WITCHES IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

By: (None Noted)

Price: $22.80

Publisher: London, Sweet & Maxwell: 1916

Seller ID: 006356

Binding: Hardcover [Quarter-Cloth]

Condition: Good+

vii, + 234pp. Book clean and square. Red, quarter-cloth spine mildly bumped on head and heel. Endpapers flecked and splotched. Pink-tint speckled text-block edges. Boards abraded and bumped on foredge corners. An amusing collection of legal cases from the annals of the Birmingham Court of Requests, listed under the headings: 1/ Cases in the Birmingham Court of Requests. 2/ Witch Trials. 3/ Amusing Actions at Law. Book weight approx. 480g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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LAWS OF DRAW POKER, SOLO WHIST, AUCTION SOLO, AUCTION BRIDGE AND CONTRACT BRIDGE (As prepared and adopted by the Commerical Travellers' Club, Melbourne

By: (None Noted)

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Commercial Travellers' Club: 1930

Seller ID: 013567

Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)

Condition: Very Good

63pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, cloth minimally damaged. Gilt title over slightly soiled cloth boards. Sewn binding tight. Textblock unmarked. With a self-explanatory title, contents of this book include: Prelims., Laws of Draw Poker; Solo Whist; Auction Solo; Auction Bridge; Contract Bridge. Index. Book weight approx. 100g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post as a small parcel.
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IDEAL BOILERS RADIATORS ACCESSORIES 1933

By: (Staff Writers)

Price: $17.10

Publisher: Hulls, York, U.K., National Radiator Company: 1933

Seller ID: 006379

Binding: Original Cloth (Flexible)

Condition: Fair +

208pp., illustrated throughout: halftone plates, and schematic diagrams. Patinated gilt titles over black, flexi-cloth covers, which are mildly abraded and bumped. Several supplier's stamps on free endpapers, and textblock edges, generally fingermarked and soiled, with a crack on front pastedown. A trade price, and supply catalogue for the National Radiator Company, of Hull, Yorks., manufacturers and suppliers of the 'Ideal' range of radiators and boilers. Includes a section on valves, pipe fittings, tools, etc., plus Index. Book weight approx. 340g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item...
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SOME BETTER THING FOR US

By: A.S.L.

Price: $28.50

Publisher: London, Philip Wellby: 1907

Seller ID: 012014

Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)

Condition: Very Good

xix, + 172pp, plus (iv). Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Gilt border, plus a blind stamp decoration over lightly bumped green cloth boards. Rough-trimmed (not deckle-edged) textblock uniformly tanned, else unmarked. Top edge gilt. No dustjacket. Contents include: Prelims., Introduction, 10 chapters, Publisher's promo. Book weight approx. 300g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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IN PERFECT SHAPE ALL YOUR LIFE

By: Abplanalp, Arthur

Price: $17.10

Publisher: London, Health for All Publishing Co.:

Seller ID: 003911

Binding: Quarter Cloth Hardback

Condition: Very Good

No publication date [c. 1947]. 168pp., b/white intext illustrations throughout; halftone and line-drawn, the majority instructive. Book clean and square. Cloth spine firm, but bumped and faded on head and heel. Illustrated, papered boards bumped and nipped on foredge corners, otherwise light specks and soiling. Original seller's sticker on front pastedown, same seller's stamp on ffep., else leaves clean. No dustjacket. "Showing a safe, certain way to youthful slimness and vigorous health at any age" [using the advanced system of Swiss expert, Mr Abplanalp]. Contents include: Prelims., ...
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AUSTRALIA'S RESOURCES and Their Utilisation - Part 2

By: Andrews, Dr. John

Price: $26.60

Publisher: Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, The Department of Tutorial Classes, University of Sydney: 1957

Seller ID: 013795

Binding: Softcover Booklet, Staplebound

Condition: Very Good

73pp. Illustrated throughout: b/white halftone plates, line-drawings, maps and tables. Saddle-stitched, staplebound format. Staples tight and slightly rusted. Illustrated paper wrapper minimally edgeworn and soiled. A date stamp on title page, else minor bump on texblock foredge. "In this volume, Part 2 of 'Australia's Resources and Their Utilisation', Dr. John Andrews examines the country's secondary and tertiary industries, with preliminary sections on Australia's manpower and population trends, and discusses his conclusions for our likely development in the future." (post 1957).This...
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CONCERNING WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL

By: Arthur, Sir George

Price: $12.35

Publisher: London, Heinemann: 1941

Seller ID: 000526

Binding: Hard Cover + D/J

Condition: Fair+

vii, + 200 pp. First printed December, 1940. This reprint edition, January, 1941. Book almost square, with barely a hint of cocking. Endpapers uniformly brown, one or two small foxing spots on head, else leaves clean. Loose-plastic protected, subject portrait dustjacket is price-clipped, previously clear-tape reinforced on rear, has grubby marks on rear panel, fold marks on rear flap, small corner chips and red border abrasions. Written by an old soldier and experienced author, this is a well compiled biography, written relatively early in World War Two. Book weight approx. 300g. Postage charg...
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COMMON BATTERY TELEPHONY SIMPLIFIED: A Book for Practical Telephone Men and Students

By: Atkins, Walter

Price: $76.00

Publisher: Fleet Street, London, "The Electrician" Printing and Publishing Company: 1914

Seller ID: 000734

Binding: Cloth Covered Hardback

Condition: Very Good +

x, + 180pp., 162 b/w diagram illustrations intext. Advertisements on f.e.p.'s, section of electro-technical book advertisements at rear. Book square, illustrated cloth has a short pen scribble on rear cover, else cloth in very good condition. No dustjacket. Other than a few foxing spots to edges, finger marks on endpapers and former owner's name on fly, leaves are clean. First published September. 1912, contents include: Introduction, Main frame and apparatus room, Subscriber's switchboard arrangements, Junctions, Subscriber's apparatus, Testing arrangements, Miscellaneous circuits, Appendices...
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PERFECT NEGATIVES

By: B.T.J.Glover and G.L.Wakefield

Price: $12.35

Publisher: London, Fountain Press: 1947

Seller ID: 002644

Binding: Original Cloth Hardcover

Condition: Good

110pp., paginated, 8 page b/w halftone plate section, plus intext line-drawings and graphs throughout. Book clean, square. Slightly shaken. Spots and mild dampstain on cloth. Leaves tanned, particularly endpapers and title-page, otherwise clean. No dustjacket. First published on 1923, this book has been completely rewritten. Intended primarily for beginners, however experienced photographers may derive some benefit . . . Contents, in 10 chapters, include: Prelims., Intro., Subjects, Printing papers, Properties of films and plates, Exposure, Development, Fixing-washing and drying negatives, Mec...
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THE POPES AND THE HOHENSTAUFEN

By: Balzani, Ugo

Price: $21.85

Publisher: London, Longmans, Green & Co.: 1889

Seller ID: 000421

Binding: Blue Cloth Hardback

Condition: Fair

From the 'Epochs of Church History' series, viii, 261pp., most leaves clean, edges grubby, foxing spots on a few random pages. Two names written top of decorative ffep. Short splits to hinges [top], frayed corners, small stain spots. 16 chapters including: Eugenius 111 and Conrad of Hohenstaufen-Election of Frederick 1, Hadrian 1V and Rome, Alexander 111 and the Lombards against Schism and the Empire, last years of Frederick 1, Innocent 111, Gregory 1X and the Crusade, Innocent 1V, The Popes bring Charles of Anjou into Italy, The last of the Hohenstaufen. Book weight approx. 370g. Postage char...
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CONSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ANTIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF VICTORIA 1918

By: Barron, C.J. [authorised by]

Price: $21.85

Publisher: Mill Place, Flinders Lane, Melbourne, C.J.Barrow/C.W.Burford, Printer: 1918

Seller ID: 003480

Binding: Original Blue Cloth Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

143pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, mildly bumped on head and foot. Gilt title. Minor specks on cloth. Endpapers tanned, otherwise small splash stain on foot of text-block. Containing the General Charges, Laws and Regulations, & c., & c. 1918; The Constitutions are published under the authority of the Grand Lodge by C.J. Barrow, Grand Secretary. Includes Index. Book weight approx. 180g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
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MUSIC AND THE LISTENER: A Guide to Musical Understanding (Third Edition with Index)

By: Barry, Keith

Price: $15.20

Publisher: Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Robertson & Mullins: 1941

Seller ID: 012809

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

130pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Flapped card wrapper lightly edgeworn only. Textblock edges minimally flecked, else leaves clean. The author has written this book "with the object of helping people appreciate music by setting forth in simple, intelligent form, the rules, as he expresses it, of the game of music . . . " Contents include: Prelims., Acks., Foreword, Introduction, 15 chapters, Index. Book weight approx. 130g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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SAILING TO WIN

By: Bavier, Robert N.

Price: $19.00

Publisher: London, Peter Davies: 1948

Seller ID: 012339

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

xiv, + 201pp., unpaginated, b/white halftone plate section, plus intext, instructional line-drawings throughout. Vivid silver title over mildly faded spine. Plain blue original cloth boards lightly bumped on foredge corner, blind-stamp publisher's device on rear board. Textblock egdes flecked, leaves uniformly tanned. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn, with short, jagged tears, creases and colour-fading on spine. " . . . an extremely thorough book . . . designed for repeated reference and covers all phases of the subject . . . " Contents include: Prelims., Introd...
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THE PEARL OF ANTIOCH. A Picture of the East at the End of the Fourth Century

By: Bayle, Abbe

Price: $17.10

Publisher: New York, P.J. Kenedy and Sons:

Seller ID: 005403

Binding: Hardcover [decorated cloth]

Condition: Good+

No publication date (c. 1890s). 351pp. Small, b/white chapter illuminations. Book clean and square, albeit lightly shaken. Heavily decorated in gilt, red and black over mildly scuffed, edgeworn and abraded original blue cloth. Former owner's name on ffep., a tiny, original seller's stamp on rear endpaper, splotched and flecked throughout textblock. A stand-alone volume in Kenedy and Son's 'Library of Catholic Novels' series. "In the month of May, in the year 397, a number of inhabitants of Antioch (almost a Christian city) collected in the grove of daphne, sheltering under tall trees from ...
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THE DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF TRUSTEES: Six Lectures

By: Birrell, Augustine

Price: $87.40

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co.: 1920

Seller ID: 006205

Binding: Hardcover Original Blue Cloth

Condition: Very Good

x, + 183pp., plus 4pp. publisher's promotional section. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Original blue cloth boards minimally flecked and bumped. Mildly acidic (browned) endpapers, an indecipherable pencil signature on ffep. Untrimmed textblock has had several crudely slit leaves on foredge and head. First published in 1896 and rare in any edition, this book comprises six lectures "delivered in the Inner Temple during the Hilary Sittings, 1896, at the request of the Council of Legal Education." Includes Preface, 6 'lectures'. Born in 1850, Augustine Birrel...
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LITERARY BLASPHEMIES

By: Boyd, Ernest

Price: $28.50

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers: 1927

Seller ID: 011781

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

265pp., plus (iii). Book clean and square. Quarter-cloth hardcover. Complete title label over lightly bumped buckram spine. Plain green boards undamaged. A former owner's details (dated 1928) and old price indentation on ffep., tinted top edge, laid paper, untrimmed foredge and foot, else text-block clean. Printed, loose-plastic protected dustjacket price-clipped, jagged nips and tears, plus closed tear and several small biopredation spots on front panel and spine. A series of critical essays, by Ernest Boyd, on some of the giants of the literary world: Milton, Dickens, Whitman, Poe, Swift, Sh...
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COMPRESSED AIR IN ENGINEERING PRODUCTION

By: Braid, D.

Price: $20.90

Publisher: London, George Newnes:

Seller ID: 007642

Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)

Condition: Good

No publication date (c. mid 1940s). 304pp., plus xxii. Intext b/white illustrations throughout; halftone plates, line-drawings and schematics. Book clean. Patinated gilt title on faded, bumped and frayed spine, bright gilt title on ditto bumped cloth boards. Endpaper and half-title page removed, a former owner's name on title page, else leaves clean, albeit several poorly trimmed leaves. No dustjacket. "The purpose of this book is to introduce the facilities for assistance in increasing production and reducing manual effort that are offered by the use of compressed air . . intended for all...
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