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Physical Chemistry.
392p red hardback with transparent dustjacket, excellent condition, contents as new, name to ...
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The Concise English Dictionary of the English Language.
848p brown cloth with black ornaments rather rubbed and bumped at corners, pages clean and firm, ...
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Gazetteer of India, Union Territory of Pondicherry. Volume 1 and 2.
xii 922p, iii pp 923- 1789, two volumes bound in black cloth (not quite uniform) with silver ...
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English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases. A Historical Dictionary.
720p hardback bound in stunning half calf 18th century style binding with marbled boards, matching ...
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The John Rylands Library Manchester: An Analytical Catalogue of the Contents of the Two Editions of "An English Garner," Compiled By Edward Arber (1877-97) and Rearranged Under the Editorship of Thomas Seccombe (1903-04)
221p brown cloth, library binding, from a Cambridge college library, very good
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The Architectural Association. List of Members, 1971
213p paperback, brown card cover, includes period advertisement, very well preserved
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The Resources of the Third World.
xiv 380p hardback, as new, never used, excellent copy
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Contemporary Immigration in America. A State-by-State Encyclopedia. 2 Volume Complete Set.
2 volume complete set, fresh, in excellent condition, clean and firm, new
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Reimwörterbuch zum Guoten Gerhart Rudolfs von Ems.
56p orange card cover, spine a little sunned, pages clean, fresh and clean, author compliments
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Summary Catalogue of Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum.
viii 111p green paperback, catalogue with collection of halftone plates, as new
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Krylatye slova. Literaturnye tsitaty. Obraznye vyrazheniia.
666p blue cloth, gilt lettering to front, paper yellowing, Winged words, Literary quotations, ...
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Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms.
305p hardback with dustjacket, clean copy from a public library, hardbly used, clean and tight, ...
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The Good Word Guide. Fourth Edition. Market Strategy and Lubricants.
76p green paperback, from a Cambridge college library, corners slightly rubbed, pages clean and ...
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The Penguin Dictionary of Saints.
362p paperback, bibliography, glossary, appendices covering emblems and feast days, saints from ...
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The Uncanny Knack.
38p stapled colourfully illustrated advisory booklet extolling the joys of canned food, only very ...
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Pequeno Larousse Ilustrado. Nuevo Diccionario Enciclopédico.
1528p decorative cloth, clean pages, firm, cloth in very good condition overall, decorative ...
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An Homeric Dictionary. For Use in Schools and Colleges.
xxi 337p small hardback, brown cloth, good condition, light wear, binding intact, light pencil ...
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Grazhdanskaia voina i voennaia interventsiia v SSSR: Entsiklopediia.
720p large format hardback, earth-brown cloth with gilt lettering, very good condition, minimal ...
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Histoire de l'Art III. Renaissance, Baroque, Romantisme.
1684p burgundy faux leather cover with gilt lettering, b&w illustrations, tight binding, excellent ...
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The Expert Witness Directory 2006.
981p very large red hardback, shiny laminated cover well preserved, coffee(?) stain to endpaper and ...
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Pour Lire la Bible.
205p paperback, brown illustrated cover, good condition, minimal wear, light foxing and tanning to ...
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Blueprint. A Series of Four Reference Works for use in Secondary School Assemblies, Religious Education, etc.
4 large and heavy vols, alphabetically arranged by subject, includes musical notation, binding with ...
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Culture Media: Difco Dehydrated Culture Media and Reagents for Microbiological and Clinical Laboratory Procedure. Sterile Culture Media: Solid and Liquid.
40p white stapled booklet, very good condition, 1961 amendment inserted
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Neues vollständiges Deutsches und Ungarisches Wörterbuch. Deutsch-ungarischer Theil. Uj Teljes Nemet es Magyar Szotar.
xi 1099p very thick (former) hardback volume, spine detached but present, both boards loose, but ...
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Neues vollständiges Deutsches und Ungarisches Wörterbuch. Ungarisch-deutscher Theil. Uj Teljes Magyar es Nemet Szotar.
xi 1089p very thick (former) hardback volume, spine absent, both boards detached, but text is clean ...
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Look Up and Learn: Library Association Adult Independent Learning Guidelines for Libraries and Learning Resource Centres.
96p paperback, stamp on title page, cover creased slightly, clean, unmarked text, very good copy
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Vocabolario dei Termini Marxisti.
116p paperback, blue illustrated cover, Karl looking left on cover, clean copy, no names or stamps, ...
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Barnett's Cambridge and City Tourist Map. Street Plan With Index.
Foldout street map with yellow laminated card cover, double sided map with street index, adverts ...
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Barnett's Street Plan of Cambridge with Enlarged City Centre Plan.
Foldout street map with green card cover, advertisements to inner fold, in very good condition
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Chambers Dictionary of Etymology.
xxvii 1284p hardback dictionary, black cloth with red and beige jacket, good condition, light wear ...
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Units, Symbols and Abbreviations: A Guide for Biological and Medical Editors and Authors.
64p stapled booklet, red cover, author note "with compliments", very good
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Istoria universale di tutti i concilii generali e particolari celebrati nella chiesa... Nella seconda edizione accresciuta di 403 concilii etc. Terza edizione.
2 volumes in one, folio (32cm) 446p, 468p, title for each part in red and black, index, text in two ...
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Who's what? Annuaire des collectionneurs. (Vol 2 only)
approx 500p large paperback, cover a little creased, illustrations, addresses of collectors, ...
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Griechisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch zu Schriften des Neuen Testaments und der Übrigen Urchristlichen Literatur.
890p large hardback, brown cloth with brown jacket, good condition, general wear commensurate with ...
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Muret-Sanders Enzyklopädisches englisch-deutsches und deutsch-englisches Wörterbuch: Mit Angabe der Aussprache nach dem phonetischen System der Methode Toussaint-Langenscheidt, Hand- und Schulausgabe Teil II: Deutsch-Englisch von H. Baumann.
1183p heavy blue cloth with gilt lettering, ex library label to spine, part 2 only, very minor ...
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Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Second Edition.
285p blue hardback with gilt on black lettering to cover and spine, as new, pages clean with ...
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Bearings Handbook.
128p red paperback, large format, some shelfwear, name in ink, binding firm, many diagrams, some ...
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A Textbook of Pathology: General and Special, for the Use of Students and Practitioners.
1367p blue cloth with gilt lettering, spine sunned with 3 small library labels, library stamp and ...
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Fuentes para el estudio de literatura Hispanoamericana.
51p slim white and yellow paperback, very light shelfwear to cover, binding firm, pages toned but ...
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Orissa State Gazetteer. Volume 2.
viii 512p large format hardback, black cloth clean, light library markings, text clean and never ...
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Anglo - Russkii Politekhnicheskii Slovar. (English - Russian Polytechnical Dictionary)
500p large format green cloth, edges of cover slightly worn, nice clean copy
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A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives 1509 - 1688.
viii 306p burgundy boards, gilt lettering to spine, index, hardly used
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Mathematics Illustrated Dictionary. Facts, Figures and People Including the 'New' Mathematics. Revised Edition. Illustrated by Jeanne Bendick.
232p hardback with yellow illustrated glossy jacket, nice copy from a Cambridge college library, ...
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Prose Quotations. Classified under subject headings, and fully indexed. Second Edition.
small format (12 cm), 260p on cloth cover: "A Dictionary of Prose Quotations (Classified)"
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Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion.
466p hardback, large format, many illustrations in the text, as new
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Matrimonial Suits and Property Proceedings.
221p light blue hardcover, tabbed pages, front board slightly bowed, otherwise like new
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Canon of Greek Authors and Works. Second Edition.
xli 338p hardback, navy cloth with jacket, very good condition, minimal wear to jacket edges, some ...
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The Catholic Directory of England and Wales 1990.
xxxviii 636p blue hardback, silver lettering, fresh and clean copy from a Cambridge library, period ...
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The Catholic Directory of England and Wales 1991.
667p black hardback, silver lettering, a clean copy from a Cambridge library, period adverts, spine ...
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The Catholic Directory of England and Wales 1992.
830p yellow hardback, a clean copy from a Cambridge library, period adverts, very good, spine and ...
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