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Inventory No.9971 Author: Faith, Nicholas.
The World the Railways Made
Published 1994 Pimlico. (London) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 0712660836 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
Small ownership label inside front cover and name written on bottom edge but appears unread- no reading creases to spine.
RAILROADS_HISTORY

Inventory No.5043 Author: Falkner, J. Meade
The Lost Stradivarius
Published 1946 Penguin Books. (London, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Thus ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £3
A light weight item, postage will be adjusted to cost for ABE orders.

Inventory No.9246 Author: Farjeon, Eleanor
Silver-Sand and Snow
Published 1954 Michael Joseph (London) Type:
Edition:Second Impression ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Jacket Price: £7
Spine lightly faded.
Poetry Poems Poet

Inventory No.11710 Author: Farrar, Janet and Stewart
Eight Sabbats for Witches and Rites for Birth, Marriage and Death
Published 1985 Robert Hale (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0709185790 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £10
Bookplate on ffep.
Rites Witchcraft

Inventory No.11648 Author: Farrar, Janet and Stewart; Illustrator: Stewart Farrar
The Witches' Way : Principles, Rituals and Beliefs of Modern Witchcraft
Published 1986 Robert Hale (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0709012934 Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/No Dust Wrapper Price: £8
Bookplate and inscription on f.f.e.p. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. pp. 349.
WITCHCRAFT

Inventory No.11512 Author: Farrer, Reginald
Rainbow Bridge
Published 1986 Cadogan Books (London) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 0946313482 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6
Bookplate (without name) inside front cover, corners a bit rubbed.
Gardening Horticulture Flowers Rock Gardening

Inventory No.11509 Author: Farrer, Reginald
My Rock Garden
Published 1913 Edward Arnold (London) Type:
Edition:Fifth Impression. ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £20
16 plates, t.e.g. Inscription and bookplate on endpapers, spine a little worn and faded, some spotting throughout but nice copy
Gardening Horticulture Flowers Rock Gardening

Inventory No.11508 Author: Farrer, Reginald
The Rock Garden
Published T. Nelson & Sons (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Good+ Price: £20
8 colour plates. Inscription on fep, under flap of d/w, nice clean copy otherwise. D/w rubbed and torn with 2 small pieces missing on back.
Gardening Horticulture Flowers Rock Gardening

Inventory No.9855 Author: Farrer, William
The Barony of Grelley. A Paper Read Before the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 17th January, 1901
Published 1902 Thomas Brakell (Liverpool, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £10
Wrappers fragile, rear detached, front loose. pp. 37 with fold out seal. Contents very good.
Lancashire Cheshire History Local Grelley

Inventory No.9648 Author: Farrer, William
The Barony of Grelley. A Paper, Read Before the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 17th January, 1901
Published 1902 Thomas Brakell (Liverpool, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Fair Price: £10
Wrappers chipped, worn and a little brittle around the edges. Rear wrapper detched. pp. 38 plus illustrations.
Lancashire Cheshire Grelley History Local

Inventory No.7552 Author: Farrow, Charles W. [edited by]
The Parish Registers of Diss 1551-1837. Norfolk Genealogy Volume XIX
Published 1987 Norfolk & Norwich Genealogical Society Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth, Gilt
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £45
Norfolk Diss History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.10221 Author: Finlay, Ian F.
Trams of Great Britain in Old Picture Postcards
Published 1983 European Library (Zaltbommel, Netherlands.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9028821449 Size:Landscape A5 Binding:Pictorial Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued Price: £8
Trams Transport

Inventory No.10220 Author: Finlay, Ian F.
Trams of London in Old Picture Postcards
Published 1983 European Library (Zaltbommel, Netherlands.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 9028823166 Size:Landscape A5 Binding:Pictorial Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Non as Issued Price: £15
Corners a little rubbed.
London Transport Local History Genealogy

Inventory No.11218 Author: Firsoff, V. A.; Firsoff, G. I.; Illustrator: The Author
The Rockhound's Handbook
Published 1975 David & Charles (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0715368109 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £3
Geology

Inventory No.9879 Author: Fisher, Nigel; Horan, Chris
Post-War Scunthorpe and District : Memories in Photographs
Published 2001 Scunthorpe Telegraph Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1904038042 Size:48mo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £10
Lincolnshire Scunthorpe History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.5044 Author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott
The Last Tycoon
Published 1960 Penguin Books. (London, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Thus ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £2
Name on f.f.e.p. A light weight item, postage will be adjusted to cost for ABE orders.

Inventory No.7717 Author: Fletcher, J. S. [introduction]
The Pigeons' Cave. A Story of Great Orme's Head in 1806
Published S. W. Partridge. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Pictorial Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Light stain to rear board. Pages browning and brittle.

Inventory No.7701 Author: Fletcher, J. S. [introduction]
I'd Venture All for Thee
Published Jarrolds (London) Type:
Edition:Eighth Thousand ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £15
Scratch marks on boards and a bit rubbed. Dust wrapper has some creases but is very attractive.

Inventory No.5857 Author: Fletcher, R. J.
A Short History of Hazel Grove.
Published 1994 MTD Rigg. (Guiseley, Leeds) Type:
Edition:Facsimile Reprint ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £8
Facsimile reprint of the 1901 edition.
Cheshire Lancashire Stockport Hazel Grove History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.9771 Author: Fletcher, Thomas
Practical Dental Metallurgy
Published 1890 Mackie and Co., Limited (Warrington.) Type:
Edition:Third Edition. ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £75
Original brown cloth, bevelled boards, gilt. Corners worn. Small mark 4mm round on front board. pp. viii, 72, 15, 38. Numerous illustrations.

Inventory No.11678 Author: Fontana, David
Meditator's Handbook : A Comprehensive Guide to Eastern and Western Meditation Techniques
Published 1992 Element. (Shaftesbury.) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: 1852303204 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
pp. 224.
MEDITATION Psychology

Inventory No.11664 Author: Foos-Graber, Anya
Deathing : An Intelligent Alternative for the Final Moments of Life
Published 1990 Nicolas-Hays Inc (Maine) Type:
Edition:Second Printing ISBN: 0892540168 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3.5
Death

Inventory No.10086 Author: Forder, John; Forder, Eliza
Life in the Hills
Published 1991 Frank Peters Publishing Ltd. (Kendal, Cumbria, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition: ISBN: 0948511702 Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Laminated Boards.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £8.5
TRAVEL GREAT BRITAIN

Inventory No.7567 Author: Forsyth, Elizabeth
Who Killed Polly Peck?: Corporate Assassination of Asil Nadir
Published 1996 Robert Smith Literary Agency (London, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1856851133 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £7.5
d/w creased on bottom at back
CRIMINOLOGY POLITICAL SCIENCE SOCIAL BUSINESS

Inventory No.11716 Author: Fortune, Dion
The Mystical Qabalah
Published 1987 The Aquarian Press. (Wellingborough.) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0850303354 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Fair Price: £3
Reading/working copy.
CABALA Qabalah

Inventory No.11674 Author: Fortune, Dion
Through the Gates of Death
Published 1995 SIL Trading Ltd Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 1899585109 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £5
First published 1930. Name on endpaper. pp. 71.
OCCULTISM DEATH

Inventory No.11666 Author: Fortune, Dion
The Sea Priestess
Published 1987 Samuel Weiser (Maine) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0877284245 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £3
Reading creases to spine.
FICTION_VISIONARY & METAPHYSICAL

Inventory No.11610 Author: Fortune, Dion
The Cosmic Doctrine
Published 1995 S. I. L. Trading (London) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 1899585052 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £4
OCCULTISM

Inventory No.8868 Author: Foster, George F. [edited by]
Ashton-Under-Lyne. Its Story Through the Ages. Centenary Handbook
Published 1947 Grove Publishing Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Wrappers
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £8
Covers are rubbed and chipped.
Lancashire Ashton Under Lyne History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.8685 Author: Foster, John
Class Struggle and the Industrial Revolution: Early Industrial Capitalism in Three English Towns
Published 1979 Methuen & Co Ltd (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0416841007 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/None as Issued. Price: £3.5
Previous owners name on inside of front cover.
SOCIAL SCIENCES SCIENCE SOCIOLOGY

Inventory No.9231 Author: Francis, Leslie J.
The Country Parson
Published 1989 Gracewing Ltd. (Leominster, Herefordshire, United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition Paperback ISBN: 0852441509 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
RELIGION BUDDHISM SEE ALSO PHILOSOPHY

Inventory No.11747 Author: Francklyn, Phillippa
The Mystery of the Swamp
Published Thomas Nelson and Sons (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Pictorial Boards
Book / wrapper condition:Fair Price: £3
Inscription on ffep, generally a bit rubbed, spine has been repaired, boards unevenly faded but attractive

Inventory No.11253 Author: Franey & Co. [compiled and Edited by]
Building Societies Who's Who. A Biographical Directory of the Home-Owning and Savings Movement Throughout the World
Published 1949 Franet & Co. (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
Nice bright copy.

Inventory No.11233 Author: Fraser, Derek
Municipal Reform and the Industrial City
Published 1982 Leicester University Press. (Leicester.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0312552688 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £4
Name on fep.
Industrial History Leeds Bradford Manchester Local History

Inventory No.9155 Author: Fraser, Rebecca
The Brontes: Charlotte Bronte and Her Family
Published 1988 Crown Publishers, Inc. (New York) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0517564386 Size:8vo Binding:Half-cloth, Paper Covered Boar
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good+ Price: £8
Dust wrapper rubbed and chipped.
BRONTE FAMILY BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY LITERARY

Inventory No.11703 Author: Frazer, James George
The Golden Bough : A Study in Magic and Religion
Published 1978 Macmillan (London) Type:
Edition:Abridged Edition ISBN: 0333096290 Size:12mo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
Bottom front hinge torn 2cm. Pages browning. pp. 971.
MAGIC MYTHOLOGY RELIGION SUPERSTITION

Inventory No.9304 Author: Freeman, Barry R
Herefordshire and the Black Mountains. Shire County Guide 16
Published 1987 Shire Publications, Limited (Aylesbury) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0852638620 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £3
Previous owners initials at top of front cover.
Herefordshire Black Mountains History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.6032 Author: Freethy, Ron
Those Were the Days: Lancashire in the Forties, Fifties and Sixties
Published 2001 Countryside Books (Newbury, Berks., United Kingdom) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1853066877 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £4.5
HISTORY GREAT BRITAIN TRAVEL Lancashire History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.8931 Author: Freethy, Ron and Marleen; Illustrator: Ron Freethy, Photographs
Getting to Know the Ribble Valley
Published 1992 Printwise Publications (Bury) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1872226450 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
Lancashire Ribble Valley History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.11612 Author: Freke, Timothy
The Wisdom of the Tibetan Lamas
Published 1999 Godsfield Press (Alresford) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1899434925 Size:16mo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Near Fine Price: £3
TIBET (CHINA)_RELIGION

Inventory No.9875 Author: Frith, David
Pathwise in Glossop and Longdendale
Published 1980 The Author Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0950183725 Size:8vo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £10
Previous owners and authors signature on title page.
Derbyshire Glossop Dale Longdendale History Local Walking Rambling

Inventory No.8854 Author: Frith, Francis.
Photographic Memories of North West England; A Century of Change. The Francis Frith collection
Published 1996 The Francis Frith Collection. (Shaftesbury.) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 1859370233 Size:4to Binding:Pictorial Card Covers.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good + Price: £4.5
Lancashire History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.9895 Author: Furst, Bruno
The Practical Way to a Better Memory
Published 2000 R. W. Heap (Marple) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 0900604077 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £2.5
Small ownership label on fep, otherwise very clean copy.

Page last updated 20.24 on Thursday, 28 August 2008, by Michael Compton.