VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. IN THIS BOOK GORDON BENINGFIELD RETURNS TO A FAVOURITE THEME WITH WHICH HE HAS ALREADY DELIGHTED HIS AUDIENCE IN THE BEST-SELLING TITLE `HARDY COUNTRY` AND `THE DARKLING THRUSH. HERE IS A PORTRAIT OF THE PART OF ENGLAND WHERE HE SET SO MANY OF HIS BEST-LOVED NOVELS SHORT STORIES AND POEMS.
TWO VOLUMES IN HARDBACK WITH SLIGHTLY GRUBBY AND WORN DUSTWRAPS. EASTERN EDITION: COVERING MORE THAN 1500 SPECIES OF BIRDS MAMMALS REPTILES AMPHIBIANS FISHES MOLLUSKS AND OTHER MARINE INVERTEBRATES. THE WESTERN EDITION HAS 1800 SPECIES. CONTAINED IN A SLIPCASE. WESTERN EDITION ISBN NO. IS 0061817155.
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COLLINS HENRY HILL JR. AND RANSOM JAY ELLIS (ASSEMBLED BY)
VERY GOOD COPY IN SILK BOARDS WITH SLIGHTLY DAMAGED SLIPCASE AND SLIGHTLY FADED SPINE. THE STORY OF HASSAN OF BAGDAD AND HOW HE CAME TO MAKE THE GOLDEN JOURNEY TO SAMARKLAND. INTRODUCTION BY BASIL DEAN. COSTUME DESIGNS BY PETER BUCKNELL.
FINE COPY WITH DUSTWRAP. HAWTHORNE’S ORIGINAL SALEM NOTEBOOK IS PUBLISHED IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME. TRANSCRIPT BY BARBARA S. MOUFFE. FACSIMILE FROM THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY REPRODUCTION OF OIL PAINTING OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE.
EARLY REPRINT. FINE COPY IN FINE DUSTWRAP. NUMBER 72 IN THE NEW NATURALIST SERIES. ‘COLLINS’ ON THE FOOT OF THE SPINE NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. VERY GOOD COLOUR TO THE SPINE WHICH IS USUALLY FADED.
1ST ENGLISH EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN ORIGINAL GREEN BOARDS GILT TO TOP PAGE EDGES AND DECORATED IN GILT. TRANSLATED BY RUDOLPH ROSENSTOCK. PHOTOGRAPH ON FRONTISPIECE OF THE AUTHOR.