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Title: Desert pilgrimage . Journeys to the Egyptian and Sinai deserts: completing the third of the trilogy of Saharan explorer
Author: James Wellard
ISBN: 091017602
Publisher: Hutchinson
Year Published: 1970
Our Price: £22.00 GBP ($33.44 USD)
Description: Hutchinson 1970 first edition printed on Antique Wove paper by Anchor Press and bound by William Brendan of Tiptree, Essex : brown cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to spine: approximately 5.5 x 8.5 inches tall: decorative dust jacket: maps to endpapers: black and white photographic illustration: 215 pages including index. Synopsis: The third volume of the author's trilogy on the African Deserts in which he describes his journey through the Egyptian and Sinai deserts; and recounts the history of the region, and the development and state of Coptic Christianity. Chapters as follows: – Preface. From the Red Sea to the Nile. To the Libyan desert. A desert monastery. The beginnings of the Egyptian church. The Desert Fathers. The lost gospels of the desert Christians. St Antony of Egypt. St Antony's desert. Sinai and St Catherine's. The end in the desert. The lost city. The desert rediscovered. The treasures of the desert monasteries. Epilogue. Bibliography. Index condition: dust jacket slightly worn, with rubbed edges and creased front flap: upper edges slightly discoloured: hardcover and contents very clean and good
Condition: See Above
Dustcover: Yes
Binding: Hardback
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Title: Recipes from country inns and restaurants
Author: Delia Smith
ISBN: 0852230273
Publisher: Ebury press
Year Published: 1973
Our Price: £20.90 GBP ($31.77 USD)
Description: The Ebury Press 1973: first edition: orange cloth hardcover in decorative dust jacket, approximately 9.5 x 7.75 inches tall: 160 pages including index: black and white photographic illustrations and line drawings. Synopsis: A compilation of recipes collected from 60 country inns and restaurants by Delia Smith. First published in 1973, and grouped by regions ( the West Country, from the Severn to the Thames , the South of England, Central England, East Anglia, The North of England, and the Lake District ) each double page selection of recipes is accompanied by a black-and-white photograph of the hostelry or restaurant concerned. Condition: dust jacket tired with stressed edges and price corner removed: cover slightly shelf faded: gift inscription dated 1973: contents clean: overall acceptable and collectable
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Dustcover: Yes
Binding: Hardback
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Title: Winesburg Ohio
Author: Sherwood Anderson
ISBN: MW00525153
Publisher: Viking
Year Published: 1961
Our Price: £22.00 GBP ($33.44 USD)
Description: Viking Press October 1961 second printing: grey cloth hardcover in decorative dust jacket: approximately 5.25 x 8 inches tall: 247 pages. Introduction by Malcolm Cowley. Synopsis: A collection of short stories by Sherwood Anderson born in 1876, whose writing influenced the styles of writers in the following generation, among them Hemingway, Faulkner , Wolfe, Steinbeck, Caldwell, Saroyan, and Henry Miller. Contents as follows: -Editor's Introducti on. The Tales and the Persons: The Book of the Grotesque. Hands – concerning Wing Biddlebaum. Paper Pills – concerning Dr Reefy. Mother – concerning Elizabeth Willard. The Philosopher – concerning Dr Parcival. Nobody Knows – concerning Louise Trunnion. Godliness, a tale in four parts: part one – concerning Jesse Bentley. Part two – concerning Jesse Bentley. Part three: Surrender – concerning Louise Bentley. Aart four: Terror – concerning David Hardy. A Man of Ideas – concerning Joe Welling. Adventure – concerning Alice Hindman. Respectability – concerning Wash Williams. The Thinker – concerning Seth Richmond.Tandy – concerning Tandy Hard. The Strength of God – concerning the Reverend Curtis Hartman. The Teacher – concerning is Kate Swift. Loneliness – concerning Enoch Robinson. An Awakening – concerning Belle Carpenter. 'Queer' – concerning Elma Cowley. The Untold Lie – concerning Ray Pearson. Drink – concerning Tom Foster. Death – concerning Dr Reefy and Elizabeth Willard. Sophistication – concerning Helen White. Departure concerning George Willard. Condition: Withdrawn Special Services Anderson Barracks, U S Forces library book with stamps and label remnants: dust jacket edges rubbed: hardcover and contents clean and good
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Dustcover: Yes
Binding: Hardback
Type: Used Books