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Soft Cover Full Gloss. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. ### A Concise Dictionary of Modern Place-Names in Great Britain and Ireland By Adrian Room 1985 ### ## THIS BOOK: Classified as FINE: This is the 1985 Edition; the cover is full gloss and laminated. A very clean and tidy book, page edges slight discolouring. It probably was never read right through as pages are still tight to the spine. A fascinating read for all into the history of Great Britain and Ireland. Previous owner's small inscription on free endpaper ## ## MANY of the place-names with which we are most familiar in the British Isles are ancient names, long-established to designate a particular geographical object, even where that object today has changed out of all recognition from its original. Thus as we travel north out of London on the Al, following for much of the way the route of the old Great North Road, we pass through or near many places with such historical names: Hatfield, Stevenage, Letchworth, Biggleswade, Eaton Socon, Alconbury, Stilton, Stamford, Colsterworth, Newark-on-Trent, Blyth, Doncaster, Chester-le-Street, Gateshead, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Berwick-upon-Tweed, finally reaching our destination in Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh. These names, the latter included, provide a microcosm of English place names of different kinds. ## ## Hatfield, for example, has a name meaning roughly 'heather field' that was recorded by Bede (as Haethfeld) as long ago as the eighth century. In contrast, Biggleswade, registered in the 'Domesday Book' of 1086 as Pichelesuuade, has a name that means 'Biccel's ford' and is based on a personal name. Eaton Socon, originally 'Eaton' (Etone in the 'Domesday Book'), has an old phrase, commonly found all over the country, to mean 'river settlement'. The Old English tün giving modern English' town', with the second half of the name, meaning 'soke' (an old administrative district, as in the former Soke of Peterborough) added to distinguish this particular 'Eaton' from the many others. The name of Stamford was recorded as long ago as 922 (as Steanford) to mean 'stony ford', and both Doncaster and Chester-le-Street are Roman-based names meaning 'fort on the Don' and 'fort by a Roman road'. ## ### INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: Please Note. FREE SHIPPING IS UK ONLY. Please get in touch with me for a shipping quotation. ###. No Author signature.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Thus. Clean and firmly bound with light handling wear, mostly on the spine and corners, no writing inside.

Soft Cover Full Gloss. Condition: Good. No Jacket. ### Can You Forgive Her? -- Palliser Novels by Anthony Trollope 1973 ### ## THIS BOOK: Classified GOOD: This is the 1973 edition. First published in England in 1864-5. The binding is a black background with white and red text; there are a couple of creases to the front binding and some bumping to the corners. However: The inside is still clean and clear throughout the book.## ## WHEN I first read Trollope in the late eighties and early nineties, his picture of the English world had hardly dated; despite a few changes, all still seemed perfectly familiar, natural, and normal; and even now, I can easily slip back into the frame of mind that found it so. Henry James says in his admirable 'Partial Portrait' of Trollope that 'there are two kinds of taste in the appreciation of imaginative literature: the taste for the emotions of surprise and the taste for the emotions of recognition. It is the latter that Trollope gratifies.' So it was with me and still is, but now the case is altered, and his general appeal must be to the taste for a surprise. To the present generation, after two deluges, his picture is antediluvian. Yet, they love to look at it, partly, no doubt, for the sake of its 'period' interest, perhaps, because it is pleasant to live in a space in a legendary era of peace and plenty, of solidity and stability; but mainly because he was so true to his subject as he saw it that his truth holds good, and the world he portrayed, though destroyed in fact, has achieved permanence in the treasury of the mind. Sir Edward Marsh ## ## 'Can you Forgive Her?' was first published in 1864?5, following Orley Farm and The Small House at Allington. It is a conglomeration of three different stories, each concerned with a group of three characters, one woman and two men: Alice Vavasor, George Vavasor, and John Grey: Lady Glencora, Plantagenet Palliser, and Burgo Fitzgerald: the Widow Greenow and her two would-be comic suitors, Mr Cheesacre and Captain Bellfield ## #### INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: Please Note. FREE SHIPPING IS UK ONLY. Please get in touch for a shipping quotation. ####. No Author signature.

Soft Cover Full Gloss. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. ## Great Expectations (Oxford World's Classics) by Charles Dickens 1998 ## ## THIS BOOK: classified as FINE: This is the 1998 edition. First published in 1994 as a Worlds Classics paperback and re-issued in 1998. The cover is full glossy and laminated, with no foxing or bumping. The page edges are lightly discoloured. This book is in wonderful condition. see images.# ## Great Expectations tells the journey of Pip from childhood through often painful experiences to adulthood. He moved from Kent marshes to commercial London. Encountering extraordinary characters, from Magwitch, the escaped convict, to Miss Havisham, locked up with her unhappy past and living with her ward, the arrogant and beautiful Estella. ## ## Pip must discover his true self and his own set of values and priorities. Whether such matters allow one to prosper in the complex world of early Victorian England is the major question posed by Great Expectations, one of Dickens's most fascinating and disturbing novels. ## ## This edition includes the original, discarded ending, Dickens's brief working notes, and the serial instalments and chapter divisions in different editions. ## ## INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: Please Note. FREE SHIPPING IS UK ONLY. Don't hesitate to get in touch with me for a shipping quotation. ##: No Author signature.

Soft Cover Full Gloss. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. ## Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 1998 (Oxford World's Classics) ## ## THIS BOOK: classified as NEAR FINE: This is the 1998 edition. First published in 1980 as a Worlds Classics and re-issued in 1998. The cover is full glossy and laminated; the top of the cover on the corner has been creased, with no foxing or bumping, and the page edges are slightly discoloured due to paper quality. # ## Mansfield Park is a study of three families?the Bertrams, the Crawfords, and the Prices?with the heroine Fanny Price's isolated figure at its centre. Fanny's quiet passivity, steadfast loyalty, and love for the son of the family who regard her as a poor relation and who have taken her under their roof are among the qualities whose true worth. Not appreciated until they are tried against the brilliant and witty Mary and Henry Crawford, the unfortunate consequences of whose influence are felt by everyone. Jane Austen uses Fanny's emotional involvement with the people around her to explore the social and moral values by which she and they try to order their lives. # ## INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: Please Note. FREE SHIPPING IS UK ONLY. Don't hesitate to get in touch with me for a shipping quotation. ##: No Author signature.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition First Printing. Numbers are printed inside, 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. The first printing of the first edition. Slight foxing on closed page edges.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. First Edition Later Printing. Stapled edition. Cover is detached from the book. Handling wear with small scratches, some marks and minor creases in corners inside. Corner of last page is creased. Reprint of an edition first published in 1994.

paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Reprint. Top of page block spotted from storage in dusty conditions - otherwise a very good copy with contents clean, tight and bright. Used.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Isotopes: A Very Short Introduction. By Rob Ellam. Soft covers and in very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction. By Peter Atkins Soft covers and in very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. The Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction. By Eric R. Scerri. Soft covers and in very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Molecules: A Very Short Introduction. By Philip Ball. Soft covers and in very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Crease along the spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Ex library copy with label, stamp and usual handling wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Firmly bound, green cloth boards. Scuffing and a few marks mainly on the spine. Pencil writing on back end paper. Pencil underlining, creases and notes on some pages. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Small handling wear with crease on top corner of back cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Creases on corners of covers affecting some pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition First Printing. Firmly bound and clean inside with a few marks to the covers. Based on Oxford School Thesaurus 2005.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. This series provides a new, accessible approach to the works of great poets and playwrights. This edition contains the complete tale plus extensive notes and supporting materials.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Some handling wear mostly on the cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. An eastward circumnavigation in Wanderer IV, May 1974 to Sept. 1976m from New Zealand through the Panama Canal to the Isle of Wight and back to NZ by way of the Cape of Good Hope. Wanderer IV,- a 50 ft. (15 m) jib-headed ketch designed by Van der Meer and built in steel by Jongert, The Netherlands in 1968. A near fine copy. 237 p. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Black cloth boards without a jacket, some marks and light handling wear, small inscription inside.

1st published in serial form in "The Household" November 1892 to April 1893. Illustrations by John Lawrence. Ex-library edition lacking its FEP. Generally VG in VG dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reprint. Firmly bound, maroon cloth boards. Pen and pencil notes on some pages. Jacket is price clipped, there are tears, scuffing, creases and dust spotting on it.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Firmly bound, navy blue cloth boards. Some marks on the spine which has a little fraying on the edges. Browning on the end papers. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Firmly bound, black cloth boards, bright gilt title on the spine. Minor foxing on the end papers.No jacket, gift inscription inside.