Postlethwayt, Malachy.

Great Britain’s True System.

Reprint of 1757. New York, Augustus M. Kelley Publishers, 1967. 15 x 22.5 cm. CL, 363 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent, close to new condition.

Schaeffer, Heinz.

U-Boat 977. Preface by Admiral of the Fleet the Earl of Cork and Orrery. Foreword by Nicholas Monsarrat.

Eighth Edition. London, William Kimber & Co. Ltd., 1955. 14.5cm x 22cm. 207 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Good condition with minor signs of external wear, including some mild foxing.

Jan K Coetzee, Lynda Gilfillan, Otakar Hulec.

Fallen Walls. Voices from the Cells that held Mandela and Havel. With a Foreword by Vaclav Havel.

First Edition. Robben Island, Lidove Noviny Publishing & Robben Island Museum, 2002. 14 x 21 cm, 194 pages with numerous B&W photographs. Original illustrated hardcover. Illustration based on an etching by William Kentridge. Excellend condition. Some shelfwear. Corners and spine a little bumped.

Lorenzen, Eivind.

“Along the Line where Columns are set”. Book 11 continuing Technological Studies in Ancient Metrology.

Copenhagen, Nyt Nordisk Forlag, 1970. 30 x 23 cm, 159 pages. With numerous illustrations, tables, charts and photographs in B&W. Original stiff cardboard covers. Illustrated front and rear. Excellent condition. Bright and clean throughout. Not Ex Library. Small sticker with name of previous owner on front free endpaper.

Various.

Queen’s University of Belfast – Eight Pamphlets.

Eight Publications and three letters. Belfast and London, Belfast University, 1944 – 1968. Pamphlets with stiff cardboard covers. Very good condition.

Young, F.W. (Editor).

The Story of the Staff College 1858 – 1958.

First Edition. Camberley, Surrey, Staff College, 1958. 21 x 13 cm. (8), 59 pages. With B&W Illustrations. With a small unsigned letter from the librarian of the staff college. Original red cloth with gilt decorations and titles on spine and front board. In original plain white dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Some wear to dust jacket. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Rooke, Charles.

The Handy Pocket-Guide to Health & Health-Restoring Places.

250th Thousand. Scarborough, C. Rooke, 1884. 13 x 10 cm. 86 pages plus two pages ads. Illustrated in B&W. Original blue cloth with gilt title and black decorations on front board. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Dust dulled. Internally clean.

Anon.

The Hospital Guide 1937. A Directory and Handbook of the Hospitals of London.

Third Edition, 1937. London, The Hospital Saving Association, 1937. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. viii, 168 pages, ix – xvi. Advertising to the front and rear of the book is printed on green paper. Original stiff paper covers with title information on front board. ‘Dettol’ Ad on rear board. Good condition. Covers worn and age darkened. Small material losses to top of spine and top left corner of front board (see image). Internally very good, bright and clean.

Anon.

The Nursing Mirror and Midwives’ Journal. Golden Jubilee Number. Commemorating Fifty Years of Service to Nursing. 1888 – 1938.

First Edition. Vol. LXVIII, No. 1753. London, The Nursing Mirror, 1938. 26 x 19 cm. xlii (Ads), Pages numbered 131 to 182, Pages numbered xliii – lxii. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Original paper warppers. Soft Cover. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. A little age darkened throughout, but otherwise clean.

Martin, Priscilla.

Chaucer’s Women. Nuns, Wives, and Amazons.

First Edition. Iowa City, University of Iowa, 1990. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. xv, 254 pages. Losely inserted hand written letter by the author. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. Inside original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Inscribed by the author on front free end paper. See images.