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	Morse, Sir Jeremy - CHESS PROBLEMS: Tasks and Records(Faber & Faber , 2001) xiii, 390 Pages Revised Updated Edition. (Originally published in 1995). Standard work on task and record problems in Chess. 100`s of chessboard diagrams. Mint softcover Price: $31.85
	Nisard, N. - HISTOIRE DE LA LITERATURE FRANCAISE (4 volume set) Troisieme Edition (3rd ed)(Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, Fils et Cie. , 1863, Paris) pp (I) 448, (II) 403, (III) 454, (IV) 552 Pages An attractive leather spined set. Quarter leather, worn but tight,11x17cms Price: $71.50
	Larson, Erik - ISAAC`S STORM The Drowning of Galveston 8 September 1900(Fourth Estate London , 1999 1st ed.) 385 Pages Mint/Mint Price: $38.50
	Hutton, Darryl - MODERN VENTRILOQUISM(Kaye & Ward, London , 1974) 90 Pages Illustrated with photographs and diagrams. 14x22cms. View image Unprocessed ex-library copy with appropriate markings o/w VG+ in VG+ d/w Price: $30.80
	- NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC(NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY , 1942 JULY) 144 Pages JULY 1942 includes July 1942 Map THEATRE OF WAR IN EUROPE AFRICA AND WESTERN ASIA. Hard to find copies this date with map supplement. V/G Price: $44.00
	Baker, John R - RACE(Oxford University Press , 1974) 625 Pages `No book known to me tries to encompass everything relevant to the idea of race with such thoroughness, seriousness, and honesty ... The idea of race or raciality has been systematically depreciated for political or genuinely humanitarian reasons and it was high time that someone wrote about race as Baker does, ie in the spirit and style of a one-man Royal Commission` (Sir Peter Medawar) Illustrated, substantial bibliography. VG cloth brds in VG d/w with some edgewear; tight and solid copy Price: $27.50
	Bonnett, Harold - SAGA OF THE STEAM PLOUGH(George Allen & unwin, London , 1965, 1st ed) 208 Pages Detailed account of steam power in land cultivation and socio-economic conditions which led to development of the machine for this purpose. 18 b/w illusts VG or cloth in VG rubbed edgeworn d/w. Sound Price: $33.00
	Corti, Count - WIZARD OF HOMBURG AND MONTE CARLO, THE(Thornton Butterworth, London , 1934 1st english ed) xiii, 287 Pages NOT the 1936 Keystone SECOND edition but the scarce FIRST edition. Frontispiece and 15 plates. Fascinating study of 19th century European gambling games and scams especially the Casino at Monte Carlo. Foxed cloth brds, starting at rear endpp binding, some foxing to front and rear pp and 2 pen markings to pp 18/19 Price: $38.50