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            Captain Ebony

Cochran, Hamilton

(Book #ID 4996)

Published by Jarrolds Ltd., London First edition 1946. 1946.

First edition hard back black cloth covers with slightly rubbed gilt titles. 8vo 224 pp. Maps to end papers. Name in ink to free front end paper. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            Town Parole

Hamilton, Alex

(Book #ID 5631)

Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 178-202 Great Portland Street, London First Edition 1964. 1964.

First edition hard back black paper covered boards, red and gilt stamping. 231 pp. Fine in Fine Peter Edwards designed dust wrapper, not price clipped, red titles to spine not faded. As new. Brodart protected. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            The Poetical Works of John Milton [Volume II only]

Milton, John [1608-1674] Reverend George Gilfillan

(Book #ID 76155)

Published by James Nichol 9 North Bank Street, London 1853. London 1853.

Hard back binding in publisher's original slate grey cloth covers, gilt title lettering and Jew's harp to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains [xxxvi] 328 printed pages of text. Rubbing of the cloth to the spine ends and corners, hinges firm, text block clean and white. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            The Silencers | Authentic Original British Vintage Movie Sheet Film Cinema Poster

Starring: Dean Martin as Matt Helm, Stella Stevens, Dallah Lavi, Victor Buono, Arthur O'Connell, Robert Webber, James Gregory, Cyd Charisse [Music by Elmer Bernstein, Novel by Donald Hamilton, Vocals by Vikki Carr, Produced by Irving Allen]

(Book #ID 95428)

Produced by Columbia Pictures 1966. 1966.

Original British vintage movie film cinema poster one sheet lobby or outside advertisement poster. Quad crown, size 30 inches by 40 inches (762mm x 1020mm), landscape format. Some small tears to the top and bottom edges, once folded. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            The Parson's Proxy

Hamilton, Kate W.

(Book #ID 8044)

Published by Andrew Melrose, London circa 1890 edition not stated. 1890.

Hard back navy cloth covers, gilt and blind stamping to spine and upper panel, top edge gilt, fore and lower edges untrimmed, bevelled edges. 8vo 232 pp. Small neat former message to the front free end paper, light tanning to page margins, 10 mm nick to foot of lower joint. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            The Trains we Loved [1]

Ellis, C. Hamilton

(Book #ID 8487)

Published by Pan Books Ltd., London 1971. 1971.

Landscape illustrated card wraps. 110 pp. Well illustrated including eight full page colour plates. Light tanning to page edges. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            Dangerous Muse | A Life of Caroline Blackwood

Schoenberger, Nancy [Lady Caroline Blackwood (born Caroline Maureen Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood; 16 July 1931 - 14 February 1996) was an English writer, who was the eldest child of Maureen Constance Guinness and the 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava].

(Book #ID 111607)

Published by George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd., 91 Clapham High Street, London First Edition 2001. 2001.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original dark grey cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back, Carolina blue end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains [xv], 336 pp with monochrome archive photographs on loaded art paper throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £20.00. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            Milton's Areopagitica: A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing

Cotterill, H. B. [John Milton (9 December 1608 - 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell].

(Book #ID 8816)

Published by Macmillan and Co., Limited 1920. 1920.

Hard back scarlet cloth covers, black titles. 118, 2 [pp]. Some pencil annotation, spine faded. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            The Mysterious Term at Merlands

Milne, J. P. [Illustrated by W. Bryce Hamilton]

(Book #ID 9347)

Published by Blackie & Son Ltd., 50 Old Bailey, London First Edition 1937. 1937.

First edition hard back publisher's original burgundy cloth covers, black stamping. 8vo 224 pp. 7¼" x 4¾" Illustrated by W. Bryce Hamilton. Prize plate to front paste down. In Nr. Fine condition with a touch of dust to top edge and tiny rubs to spine tips, corners sharp and pointed, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            Simon

Hamilton, Elizabeth

(Book #ID 11222)

Published by André Deutsch Ltd., 12-14 Carlisle Street, London First edition 1956. 1956.

First edition hard back publisher's original light blue cloth covers, gilt stamping to spine. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 186 pp. Author's first novel. Touch of foxing to page edges and offsetting to end papers. Very Good in Nr. Fine dust wrapper with 2 mm abrading to spine tip and top corners, not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            In Search of Ancestry

Hamilton-Edwards, Gerald

(Book #ID 11518)

Published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd., London and Chichester 1976 Reprinted edition. 1976.

Hard back publisher's original green cloth covers, gilt stamping to spine. 8vo 8¾" x 5¾" 293 pp. Illustrated, end pieces by Joan Harris. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper with small damp line to foot of lower panel, not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            The Poetical Works of John Milton: A New Edition Carefully Revised From the Text of Thomas Newton

Milton, John [1608-1674] Preface by Theodore Alois Buckley

(Book #ID 13203)

George Routledge and Sons Ltd., Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London circa 1890 edition not stated. 1890.

Full book leaf calf, cross bands, burgundy title plate to spine, single gilt line to edges of upper and lower panels, marble page edges and end papers. 8vo 7½" x 5" viii, 570 [pp]. Engravings by William Harvey. Former name to free front end paper dated 1888, 50 mm cracking of hinge to upper joint. Both covers and contents in clean and bright condition with minimal rubbing to the boards. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            Pompey's Head

Basso, Hamilton

(Book #ID 13927)

The Book Club 121 Charing Cross Road, London This edition 1956. 1956.

Hard back bound in publisher's original cloth covers, black stamping to spine. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" Corners sharp and pointed, light tanning to page margins. Nr. Fine in Fine different period artwork dust wrapper to first edition, not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            The History of Charles the Twelfth (XII), King of Sweden: The First Three Books with a Double Translation for the Use of Students on the Hamiltonian System [Volume I only]

Voltaire, François (Marie de Arouette de) 1694-1778 [Charles XII, also Carl (Swedish: Karl XII; 17 June 1682 - 30 November 1718 O.S.), Latinized to Carolus Rex, was the King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of Wittelsbach. Charles was the only surviving son of Charles XI and Ulrika Eleonora the Elder. He assumed power, after a seven-month caretaker government, at the age of fifteen] James Hamilton (1769-1829) was an English educationalist. He introduced the Hamilton System, a method of teaching languages. The basic principle is that words are learned on a word-for-word translation basis before tackling grammar.

(Book #ID 90164)

Published by Hunt and Clarke, York Street, Covent Garden, London First Thus 1827. 1827.

First thus edition hard back binding in publisher's original grey paper covered boards, green cloth spine with title label missing. 8vo. 9½'' x 6''. Contains [viii] 340 [i] printed pages of French and English text. Ink name 'William Hapill? 1840' to the front free end paper, general soiling to the covers, text block with light foxing to the early pages. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            King John | Original Souvenir Theatre Programme Performed at Theatre Royal Bath | Bath's Historic House of Entertainment

Written by William Shakespeare [Starring: Ernest Milton, Alec Mango, Esme Church, Laurence Payne, George Hagan, Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson,]. Directed by Tyrone Guthrie and Lewis Casson

(Book #ID 101100)

Performance Programme Dated July 1941. 1941.

Original stapled souvenir theatre programme in paper covers. 9¾'' x 7½''. Contains 8 pages including the covers, illustrated advertisements. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            The Engines That Passed

Ellis, C. Hamilton

(Book #ID 17261)

Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd., Ruskin House, 40 Museum Street, London First edition 1968. 1968.

First edition publisher's original illustrated laminated card covers. 4to 10" x 8" 133 pp. ISBN 04 385044 8. Colour frontispiece, monochrome illustrations throughout. In near Fine condition with slightly faded spine, hint of age darkening to page edges, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science

Fyfe, James Hamilton

(Book #ID 17276)

Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 35-36 Paternoster Row, London 1883. 1883.

Hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt and black lettering to spine and upper panel, gilt vignette of Eddystone Lighthouse to upper panel. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 343, 6 [pp]. 10 Monochrome illustrations. Former message dated 1884 to front free end paper, very light rubbing to edges and corners in Very Good clean and bright condition and without any foxing. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            The Iron Curtain: Authentic Original British Front of House Black and White Press Promotional Still Photograph | Lobby Card | Foyer Card For the 1948 Film.

Starring: Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, June Havoc, Berry Kroeger, Edna Best, Stefan Schnabel [Directed by William Wellman, Produced by Sol C. Siegel, Screenplay by Milton Krims, Based on 'I Was Inside Stalin's Spy Ring' 1947 articles in Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan by Igor Gouzenko].

(Book #ID 95519)

Produced by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 1948. 1948.

Black and white press photograph, promotional device resembling lobby card. 8'' x 10''. Chip to the top edge, old sello marks to the corners and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            Rings on Her Fingers: Authentic Original British Front of House Black and White Press Promotional Still Photograph | Lobby Card | Foyer Card For the 1942 Film.

Starring: Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar, Spring Byington [Directed by Rouben Mamoulian, Produced by Milton Sperling, Written by Robert Pirosh and Joseph Schrank].

(Book #ID 95514)

Produced by 20th Century Fox 1942. 1942.

Black and white press photograph, promotional device resembling lobby card. 8'' x 10''. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            Nebula Science Fiction Number 20 to the Front Cover March 1957.

William F. Temple, E. C. Tubb, F. G. Rayer Contribute to: [Edited by Peter Hamilton]

(Book #ID 45855)

Published by Peter Hamilton 159 Crownpoint Road, Glasgow March 1957. Glasgow 1957.

Publisher's original colour illustrated period science fiction super art work paper covers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Monochrome illustrations throughout. A little blistering of paper to the spine tips, slight tanning to the page margins. We currently hold 33 other Nebula titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            Nefertitu: The Beautiful One

Hamilton, Alexandra

(Book #ID 22553)

Published by Frederick Muller Ltd., London First edition 1979. 1979.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original dark navy cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 9" x 5½" xvi, 224 [page] ISBN 0584310587. Map. Fine condition book in Very Good condition price clipped dust wrapper with slight fading to spine. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            The Plays of William Shakspeare (Shakspere, Shakespere, Shakespeare) With Notes of Various Commentators, Accurately Printed From the Text of George Steevens's Last Edition in Ten Volumes | Volume I: Some Account of the Life of William Shakspeare, Shakspeare's Will, The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure. Volume II: Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Love's Labour's Lost, The Merchant of Venice, and As You Like It. Volume III: All's Well That Ends Well, Taming of the Shrew, Winter's Tale, Comedy of Errors, Macbeth. Volume IV: King John, King Richard II, King Henry IV. Part I, King Henry IV. Part II, and King Henry V. Volume V: King Henry VI. Part I, King Henry VI. Part II, King Henry VI. Part III, and King Richard III. Volume VI: King Henry VIII, Troilus and Cresida, Timon of Athens, and Coriolanus. Volume VII: Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, Titus Andronicus, Pericles. Volume VIII: King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello. Volume IX: Prefaces and Annotations of the Various Commentators. Volume X: Prefaces and Annotations of the Various Commentators, and Glossary [10 Volumes Complete].

Shakspeare, William [1564-1616] (Shakspere, Shakespere, Shakespeare) [Engraved by Heath after Stothard, Fuseli and Hamilton] Prefaces and Annotations by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, et al. [Nicholas Rowe]

(Book #ID 94313)

Printed by T. Bensley and J. M'Creery; for Peter Wynne and Robert Scholey, and for James Wallis, 45-46 Paternoster Row, London 1804, 1805, 1807. 1804 - 1807.

Uniform matching hard back binding in contemporary calf, spine in six compartments with three red and black Morocco labels, (gilt author on red, volume number and title on black), London and date to the foot, gilt centre tools, lines and details, gilt barley twist design and three ruled gilt lines to the front and rear board perimeters, gilt lines to the edges and returns, black and brown marble page edges and end papers 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Portrait frontispiece to volume I. Engraved vignettes to title pages of each volume and to the title pages of each individual play. Volume One also containing Rowe's "Life of Shakespeare" and the text of his will. Corners rubbed and turned-in, small chips to the spine ends of volumes VI and X, volume VIII rebacked with new piece of leather added to the top of the spine, volume I rebacked and with new matching rear board, two contemporary ink names to each second front free end paper, without any foxing or age toning to the text block. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            Milton's Paradise Mislaid

Milton, Billy [John Milton 1608-1674]

(Book #ID 22889)

Jupiter Books Ltd., 167 Hermitage Road, London First edition 1976. 1976.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original apple green cloth covers, silver lettering to spine. 8vo 9½" x 6¼" 218 pp ISBN 904041670. Monochrome photographic illustrations. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with shallow rubs to spine tips and corners, small surface mark to fore edge of upper panel, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            Royal Greenwich | A Guide and History to London's Most Historic Borough

Olive Hamilton and Nigel Hamilton [Foreword by Sir Arthur Bryant] Cover Drawings by John Bratby

(Book #ID 102516)

Published by The Greenwich Bookshop, 37 King William Walk, London, First Edition 1969. 1969.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original waxed white cloth covers with wrap-around cover artwork by John Bratby, pictorial end papers. Quarto. 9½'' x 8''. Contains (xii), 267 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations, maps and archive photographs throughout. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0900293012

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            Tulips and Heather [Vintage Piano Sheet Music]

Words and Music by Milton Carson [Recorded and Broadcast By Harry Dawson]

(Book #ID 93426)

Published by John Fields Music Co., Ltd., 20 Denmark Street, London, 1950. 1950.

Vintage piano sheet music in colour illustrated printed paper covers. 11'' x 8½''. Contains 4 pages folded sheet music including the covers. Scored for voice and piano with lyrics. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            My Lovely World and You [Vintage Piano Sheet Music] [1]

John Moran and Henry George [Janet Hamilton-Smith and John Hargreaves]

(Book #ID 67114)

Published by Cinephonic Music Ltd., 100 Charing Cross Road, London 1947.

Sheet music in turquoise and white paper covers with photograph of Janet Hamilton-Smith and John Hargreaves to the front cover. 11'' x 9'' with 8 pages of score and words. In Very Good clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            John O'London's Weekly | Volume XLV. Issue Number 1158 | Friday, July 4, 1941 | H. E. Bates - Short Story Review 'Chili and Moonshine'; Hamilton Fyfe 'Realism in Biography'; Meg Seaton - Complete Short Story 'Interlude Between Wars'; Norah Hoult 'East Looks West'.

New short stories and articles by: H. E. Bates; Hamilton Fyfe; Meg Seaton; Norah Hoult.

(Book #ID 100988)

Published by George Newnes 8-11 Southampton Street, Strand, London First Edition Friday, July 4, 1941. 1941.

Publisher's printed white paper stapled tabloid. 12½" x 10". Monochrome photographs throughout. New short stories and articles by: H. E. Bates - Short Story Review 'Chili and Moonshine'; Hamilton Fyfe 'Realism in Biography'; Meg Seaton - Complete Short Story 'Interlude Between Wars'; Norah Hoult 'East Looks West'. Cheap paper browning and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            Original Vintage Theatre Poster From The Old Vic Theatre, Waterloo Road, London Advertising | Conversations with my Father

Written by Herb Gardner [Directed by Alan Ayckbourn] Starring: Judd Hirsch, Bill Bailey, Jane Bertish, Madeline Blakeney, Milton Cadman, John Guerrasio, Colin Higgins, Judd Hirsch, Simon Humphrey, Adam Levy, Trevor Martin, Michael Mears, Daniel Worters [Designer Jan Lee Brown]

(Book #ID 92696)

Printed for The Old Vic, Waterloo Road, London Until 24th June 1995. 1995.

30'' x 20'' original one sheet lobby or outside advertisement colour poster from The Old Vic Theatre, London. In Fine condition. Sent rolled in a tube with end caps. We currently hold in stock over 100 other English and foreign theatre and cinema posters. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            The Casquet of Gems | Choice Selections from the Poets | Nimmo's Popular Poets | Mauchline Ware Wooden Boards

Including Geoffrey Chaucer, Ben Jonson, John Milton and Alexander Pope

(Book #ID 102045)

Published by William P Nimmo, Edinburgh circa 1874. 1874.

Original chestnut brown morocco backed Mauchline ware (lacquered wood) nature-printed wooden boards with oval engraved vignette to the front cover, binding with pattern of ferns and leaves stencilled on shellacked wooden boards to the front and back, the spine divided into six panels, lettered in the first, tools to the others, all page edges gilt. 8vo. 6¾'' x 4¾''. Contains tissue-guarded frontispiece, colour title, second title with vignette, (xx), 716 printed pages of text with 6 full-page single-sided monochrome engravings throughout. Two ink messages to the front end sheets dated 1874 and 1880, light rubbing across the spine ends and in Very Good clean and sound condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            Nebula Science Fiction Number 26 to the Front Cover January 1958.

E. C. Tubb, Eric Frank Russell, Brian W. Aldiss, Contribute to: [Edited by Peter Hamilton]

(Book #ID 45862)

Published by Peter Hamilton 159 Crownpoint Road, Glasgow January 1958. Glasgow 1958.

Publisher's original colour illustrated period science fiction super art work paper covers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. A little blistering of paper to the spine, slight tanning to the page margins. We currently hold 33 other Nebula titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            The Poetical Works of John Milton [The Globe Edition]

Masson, David [John Milton]

(Book #ID 27119)

Published by Macmillan & Co. Limited, 4 Little Essex Street, London 1903. 1903.

Hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine and upper panel, page edges untrimmed. 8vo 8'' x 5¼'' 625, 2 [pp]. Light foxing to end papers and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            Queen Elizabeth [Brief Lives No. 4]

Waldman, Milton (Queen Elizabeth)

(Book #ID 91070)

Published by Collins 14 St. James's Place, London 1952. 1952.

Hard back binding in publisher's original French blue paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine with gilt unicorn to the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 159 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrated frontispiece. Very Good condition book, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with a little creasing to the upper edges, small rubs to the spine tips and corners, not price clipped 7s 6d. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            Tulips and Heather [Vintage Piano Sheet Music] Recorded and Broadcast By the Radio Revellers

Words and Music by Milton Carson (The Radio Revellers)

(Book #ID 89085)

Published by John Fields Music Co., Ltd., 20 Denmark Street, London, 1950. 1950.

Vintage piano sheet music in colour illustrated paper covers. 11'' x 8½''. Contains 4 pages. Scored for voice and piano with lyrics. In Very Good clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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            The Bone-Pedlar: A Novel of the Middle Ages

Hamilton, Sylvian

(Book #ID 27717)

Published by Ted Smart, London 2000. 2000.

Hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 9½'' x 6¼'' 264 pp ISBN 0752832603. First in the series. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper and can easily be removed should you so wish. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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