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V. S. Pritchett A Cab At The Door - An Autobiography: Early Years
Penguin Books 001855 England 1971 Reprint 0140031014 / 9780140031010 Paperback Good 207 pages. First published by Chatto & Windus 1968. Published in Penguin Books 1970. The cover shows the Author's Mother and Father and the Author between his Brother and Sister. Back cover shows a street in Appleton-le-Moors. Booksellers stamp on Author introduction page. Some foxing to endpapers. Small pen mark on front cover.
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V. S. Naipaul A HOUSE FOR MR BISWAS
Penguin Books GHE0019740 London, Great Britain 1973 2nd Impression 0140030255 / 9780140030259 Soft Cover Very Good- PB pictorial card covers, VG-/--, 590pp. Moderate rubbing to covers, inside has light tanning to page edges, else square, clean, tight & unmarked. Set in the Trinidad ex-pat cummunity, a Caribbean classic by the Booker winning author. 330g when packed.
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Edited by Professor A. V. Shestakov A Short History Of The U.S.S.R.
Co-operative Publishing Society of Foreign Workers In The U.S.S.R. 028463 Moscow 1938 First Edition Plastic Cover Good 254 pages. Endorsed by the All-Union Government Commission. Contents: Our Country In The Distant Past; The Kiev State; Eastern Europe Under The Rule Of The Mongol Conquerors; The Rise Of The Russian National State; The Expansion Of The Russian State; The Peasant Wars and Revolts Of The Oppressed Peoples In The 17th Century; Russia In The 18th Century; Tsarist Russia; The Growth of Capitalism: The First and Second Boureois Revolution In Russia; The Great October Socialist Revolution In Russia; Military Intervention; The Turn To Peaceful Labour. Illustrations and maps of relevant regions. Very minor wearing to top and base of spine, edges and corners of cover. Very minor foxing to edge of pages, endpaper and title page.
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H V Wiseman A short Story of the British West Indies
University of London Press Ltd 091404 London, England 1950 Hard Cover Good Good 159pages. chapters incl: Before Columbus : Discovery and early settlement: European Rivalries to the treaty of Utrecht 1713: War and trade in the West Indies 1713-1815: The economic structure of the West Indies Pre emancipation days: The Abolition of Slavery : Economic problems after Emancipation: social conditions up to 1939: Constitutional development: the Home Govt of the Colonies: Federation: The British West Indies since 1939: The future - black and white photographs, maps of the islands which make up the British West Indies on front and rear pastedowns. Light blue boards with black lettering. Some dust spotting to the outside of the page edges, and slight discolouration to the boards.
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Lucas, E. V. ( Introduction By ) A WANDERER IN PARIS
Methuen & Co Ltd GHE0006810 London, Great Britain 1911 Reprint Hard Cover Good No Jacket Dexter, Walter 8th Ed HB, red buckram boards, gilt to spine, deckled edges, G/--, 329pp, +31pp catalogue some pages of which have not been cut, profuse b/w art reproductionss & col plates by Walter Dexter. In the Preface note, the author notes the "devastating theft of Leonardo's 'Mona Lisa'". The author's travels to Paris in late 19th &b early 20th century. Major rubbing to spine ends and edges, gilt somewhat dulled, bumps to corners of covers and diverse spots and scuffs, inside has heavy foxing & age tanning to prelims, edges and margins of some pages, gift inscript to frontis recto, slight lean to spine, but illustrations are blessedly bright and intact, else square and tight with no other markings. 600g when packed.
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V.C. Andrews All That Glitters
Pocket Books 057917 New York, USA. 1995 0671873199 / 9780671873196 Paperback Good 202 pages, light to moderate tanning, foxing and markings to page. Cover shows some light to moderate wear, some scratches, though remains predominently intact with small tear to rear lower spine edge.
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V.C. Andrews All That Glitters
Pocket Books 097750 New York, USA 1995 First Edition 0671875744 / 9780671875749 Hard Cover Very Good Very Good Ex-Library 344 pages, great condition ex library book. Clean pages other than paper tanning. Stamp to inner cover and borrower list to rear inside cover. Jacket clean and intact. The third book in the secondary series by Virginia Andrews (book one is Riby, book two is Pearl in the Mist).
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