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THE A.B.C. OF COMMON BLUNDERS IN SPEAKING AND WRITING - CORRECTED AND EXPLAINED

Containing valuable spelling and punctuation rules, hints on punctuation and pronunciation, a dictionary of abbreviations etc. 8vo. 190pp. Original illustrated cloth-covered boards. Boards lightly rubbed.

£35.00

THE A.B.C. OF PROGRESSIVE WHIST

An Edwardian guide to the card game of progressive whist. 8vo. 151pp. Original illustrated cloth-covered boards. Boards lightly rubbed. Previous owner's name inscribed to fly-leaf. Lightly foxed in parts.

£25.00

THE ABC MEDICAL GUIDE

An Edwardian dictionary of medical conditions with suggested remedies.   8vo. 252pp. Original illustrated cloth-covered boards. Boards rubbed. Lightly foxed in parts. Good condition.

£25.00

THE ABC OF AUCTION BRIDGE

An Edwardian guide to the game of Auction Bridge. First edition. 8vo. 80pp plus adverts. Original illustrated cloth-covered boards. Boards lightly rubbed. Good condition.

£24.00

THE ABC OF BRIDGE

An Edwardian guide to the game of Bridge. First edition. 8vo. 80pp. Original illustrated cloth-covered boards. Boards lightly rubbed. Good condition.

£24.00

THE ABC OF CAGE BIRDS

An Edwardian manual of the management and humane treatment of cage birds, featuring nicely drawn illustrations. 8vo. 167pp. Original illustrated cloth-covered boards. Boards lightly rubbed. Pages browned

£40.00

THE ABC OF CARPENTRY

An Edwardian manual of woodworking skills, nicely illustrated with original drawings. First edition. 8vo. 127pp. Original illustrated cloth-covered boards. Boards lightly rubbed and cloth slightly frayed

£28.00

THE ABC OF GRAPHOLOGY

A dictionary of handwriting and character, with 170 illustrations. First edition. 8vo. 128pp. Original illustrated cloth-covered boards. Boards lightly rubbed. Front gutter exposed and binding loose.

£30.00

THE ABC OF PALMISTRY

A dictionary of characteristics as revealed in palm readings. 8vo. 128pp. Original illustrated cloth-covered boards. Boards lightly rubbed. Good condition.

£28.00

THE ABC OF PATIENCE

An Edwardian guide to many different types of Patience. 8vo. 128pp. Original illustrated cloth-covered boards. Good condition.

£8.00

THE ABC OF SOLO-WHIST

An Edwardian guide to the card game of solo-whist. 8vo. 80pp. Original illustrated cloth-covered boards. Boards lightly rubbed and with a few splash marks. Foxing. Good condition.

£10.00

ADVENTURE SQUARE

8vo. 90 pages. First edition. Dust wrapper, lightly rubbed to edges. Good condition. "With the author's compliments" and dated 1922 to fly-leaf.

£45.00

ADVENTURES IN NAKEDNESS

Biographical musings on naturism by the nudist pioneer, profusely illustrated with his own photographs. 8vo. 289pp. Cloth-covered boards. Boards rubbed and with a few minor marks. A good copy. First edition.

£48.00

THE ART AND PRACTICE OF LAUNDRY WORK FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

A comprehensive period guide to washing and ironing, including a section on napkin folding and beautifully illustrated with numerous drawings of equipment such as mangles etc. 8vo. 192pp. Cloth-covered

£14.00

ARTISTIC AMUSEMENTS

Victorian manual offering instructions for a variety of art work for home employment and suggestions for a number of novel and saleable articles for fancy bazaars, including colouring photographs, shell-work

£60.00

BACKGAMMON

The leading guidebook to playing backgammon which was first published in 1969, with explanatory diagrams throughout. 8vo. 171pp. Dust-wrapper. Light wear to wrapper. Price-clipped. Previous owner's name

£9.00

THE BALKAN NEWS - 3 MAY 1917

Rare survival of an issue of the special newspaper published for the British Army in Macedonia during the First World War, including articles headed 'Chivalry and the Hun' and 'The Battle of the Scarpe

£35.00

BALLROOM DANCING

One of the standard works on ballroom dancing, reprinted many times since. The foreword is supplied by Philip J. S. Richardson, with numerous illustrations throughout. Sixth edition. 8vo. 336pp. Dust-wrapper.

£7.00

BEGINNING BACKGAMMON

A new and pleasurable method of learning the classic board-game by playing against the master, with explanatory illustrations throughout. 8vo. 209pp. Dust-wrapper. Price-clipped. Good condition.

£7.00

BILL WYMAN'S BLUES ODYSSEY

First edition. 400pp. Dust-wrapper, very good. Signed nicely by Wyman (not dedicated) in ink to half title-page. A heavy book.

£70.00

THE BOOK OF CARSHALTON

A comprehensive history of the town of Carshalton, situated between Croydon and Epsom, based on talks given by local historian Michael Wilks and nicely illustrated throughout with archival photographs. Large

£28.00

BRIDGE'S MODERN MILLGEARING

Trade catalogue. Paperback. 8vo. 132pp. Red card covers, lightly rubbed. Good condition. Comes with a handsigned letter from the company secretary, dated 1923.

£18.00

BULGARIAN MURAL PAINTINGS OF THE 14TH CENTURY

8vo large. 222 pages and 32 colour plates. Dust wrapper, rubbed to edges. Good condition.

£15.00

CAMPING OUT

From 'The All-England Series' a rare Victorian guide to camping, including advice on equipment, cooking and where to go, including maps and vignette illustrations throughout. 8vo. 153pp. Illustrated boards.

£45.00

CARD FORTUNE TELLING

From Foulsham's Home Library series, a lucid treatise dealing with all the popular and more obtruse methods of looking into the future with cards - including the use of an ordinary playing pack, with explanatory

£48.00

CARD GAMES FOR SEVERAL PLAYERS

Enlarged edition of the Victorian guide to card games first published in 1883, adding examples such as 'Joan' and 'Shrapnel' to classics including 'Loo', 'Vingt-Un' etc. Small 8vo. 45pp. Illustrated stiff-card

£25.00

CARD GAMES UP-TO-DATE - THE STANDARD WORK

A compendium of card games from the classics to the obscure, with explanatory illustrations throughout. 8vo. 160pp. Dust-wrapper. Covers rubbed to edges with some small losses, now protected by plastic

£12.00

CARD TRICKS AND CONJURING UP TO DATE

Dozens of card tricks explained by the master Victorian magician, with explanatory illustrations throughout. 8vo. 123pp. Illustrated cloth-covered boards. Good condition. 

£30.00

CARD TRICKS WITHOUT APPARATUS

A detailed guide to performing card tricks using sleight of hand, written by the Victorian magician and prolific author on the subject, with original illustrations and diagrams throughout. 8vo. 104pp

£40.00

THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MICHAEL COVENTRY

8vo. 32 pages. Paperback. Good condition.

£4.00

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