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Click here to subscribeA selection of hardback books, primarily relating to history, titles including: The Second World War, by Winston Churchill, 6 vols (plus a duplicate), first edition; Grace Darling and Her Times, by Constance Smedley; The English Gate, by F. A. Wills; The Last 100 Days, by John Toland; London: A Pilgrimage, by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold; and others, contained across two boxes.
A collection of books relating to Alpine climbing, titles including: Matterhorn Centenary, by Sir Arnold Lunn; The Cradle of Switzerland, by Sir Arnold Lunn; The Bernese Oberland, by Sir Arnold Lunn; The Swiss and Their Mountains, by Sir Arnold Lunn; Switzerland in English Prose and Poetry, by Sir Arnold Lunn; Alps and Men, by G. R. de Beer; Travellers in Switzerland, by G. R. de Beer; The First Descent of the Matterhorn, by Alan Lyall; and others, one box.
A collection of works by Alistair Maclean, all signed by the author and first editions, titles including: When Eight Bells Toll; Ice Station Zebra; The Guns of Navarone; and others; together with two works by Alistair Maclean under the pseudonym Ian Stuart, both first editions, titles comprising: The Dark Crusader; and The Satan Bug. (7)
Stamps - mixed world stamps and first day covers to include late 19th/early 20th century British penny reds, Colonial/Commonwealth examples to include Indian, Australia, South Africa and others, European Colonial examples, USA, China, Thibet and others along with later commemorative stamps, ATA 'Spitfire Women' and othersLocation: RAM
DENNIS WHEATLEY: Various titles, Hutchinson: FAKED PASSPORTS, 1957, Fifth Impression; TO THE DEVIL - A DAUGHTER, 1953, First edition; STAR OF ILL-OMEN, 1952, First edition; THE MAN WHO KILLED THE KING, 1951, First edition; THE GOLDEN SPANIARD, 1952, Third printing; V FOR VENGEANCE, 1954, 6th printing; THE SECRET WAR, 1954, 8th printing; THE SCARLET IMPOSTER, 1953, 5th printing (8)
Military Interest: "The Misfire" The Journal of Musketry School Secunderbad, Nos 1 - 4, June - August 1892, 36 pages in all, illustrations in line, bound in full leather, 26 x 20cm, titled in gilt (edges rubbed), printed at the Regimental Press of the Second Suffolk Regiment, Trimulgherry, inscribed "Captain Brown", loosely added good size portrait of First World War period officer in uniform, inscribed "Yours Affectionately Peter"
Military and shooting interest: Various titles: IAN SKENNERTON: THE LEE-ENFIELD STORY, London, Greenhill, 1993; IAN SKENNERTON: THE BRITISH SNIPER, Margate (AUS), 1984, First edition; TOM DAVIS AND JOHN BODSWORTH: SMALL ARMS TRAINING 1942, Numbers 1-28; PROVISIONAL INSTRUCTION NOTES .50-IN BROWNING MACHINE GUN, 1954; AO EDWARDS: BRITISH SECONDARY SMALL ARMS 1914-1919 PART 1 - ARISAKA RIFLES AND CARBINES, Canterbury, Solo, 2004; EDNA ROSALIND PARKER: A CENTURY OF SIGHTS AND SOUNDS, Birmingham, Alfred J Parker, 1984, signed by author to title page; CH ROADS: THE BRITISH SOLDIER'S FIREARM, New York, R&R Books, 1964; JAMES B MCKAY AND DOUGLAS N ANDERSON: THE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY - THE UNOFRMS OF THE REGIMENT 1881 TO 1914, Glasgow, Exacta, 1977, signed by author; THOMAS B BATHA: US MARTIAL .22RF RIFLES, Tucson (AZ), Excalibur, 2001, Second printng; STEWART DAVIS (Ed): ARA CENTENARY 1893-1993; ARTILLERY AND SMALL-ARMS TARGETS AND EQUIPMENT OF TARGET RANGES, August 1904; BA YOUNG: THE ARTISTS AND THE SAS, london 21st Special Air Service Regiment, 1960; 28th (COUNTY OF LONDON) BATTLN. THE LONDON REGIMENT - ARTISTS' RIFLES; PETE BLOOM: PRACTICAL RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP, Exeter, bartlett, 1993,signed and dedicated by author to title page; JOYCE E GOODING AND PETER A SCOTT-EDESON: THE LONDON GUN TRADE 1850-1920, New York,Museum Restoration Service (15)
CECIL ALDIN: Various titles: MAC, London, Henry Frowe / Hodder and Stoughton, 1912, First edition. Quarto, publisher's illustrated boards with lithographic plates, pictorial title and illustrated end papers; DOGS OF CHARACTER, London, Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited, 1927, First edition, pictorial cover image (ripped) with gilt cover and spine wording; SLEEPING PARTNERS, London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1930, Second impression; A DOG DAY (WALTER EMANUEL), London, Heinemann, 1902, First edition, pictorial cover and buckram spine, some wear and rubbing to edging (4)
Austin Seven interest: 3 titles: R T NICHOLSON: THE AUSTIN SEVEN BOOK, London, Gregg, 1946, Sixth edition, 3rd impression; RJ WYATT: THE AUSTIN SEVEN, London, Macdonald, 1968, First edition; RJ WYATT: THE AUSTIN SEVEN - A PICTORIAL TRIBUTE 1922-1939,London, Motor Racing Publications, 1975 (3)
Theosophy interest: various titles: JAMES JOHN GARTH WILKINSON: HUMAN SCIENCE AND DIVINE REVELATION, London, Speirs, 1876, First edition; ARTHUR L CONGER: PRACTICAL OCCULTISM FROM THE PRIVATE LETTERS OF WILLIAM Q JUDGE, Pasadena, Theosophical University Press, 1980; CHARLES MCCREERY: PSYCHICAL PHENOMENA AND THE PHYSICAL WORLD, London, Hamish Hamilton, 1973, First edition; FURZE MORRISH: OUTLINE OF METAPHYSICS, London, Rider and Co; RP BEESLEY: THE PATH OF ESOTERIC TRUTHFULNESS, Lewes, Farncombe (5)
Arithmatic interest: various titles: FRANK R BARRELL: ELEMENTARY GEOMETRY, New York, Longmans, 1903, First edition; ALFRED J PEARCE: LONGMANS' SCHOOL MENSURATION, London, Longmans, 1892, First edition; PHILIP MAGNUS: LESSONS IN ELEMENTARY MECHANICS, London, Longmans, 1882, Eighth edition; G A WALTON: A WRITTEN ARITHMATIC FOR COMMON AND HIGHER SCHOOLS, Boston, Brewer and Tileston, 1866, First edition; LLOYD L SMAIL: ELEMENTS OF THE THEORY OF INFINITE PROCESSES, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1923, First edition; WSR WADDRINGTON: MECHANICAL ARITHMATIC, London, Mussey, Lambert & Co, Fourth edition; ELLIS A DAVIDSON: ORTHOGRAPHIC AND ISOMETRICAL PROJECTION, London, Cassel, Petter & Galpin; C CARTER: DISCOUNT AND PERCENTAGE TABLES OR PROFIT AND LOSS, London, Simpkin, 1843, First edition, signed by author; PERCIVAL FROST: HINTS FOR THE SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS IN THE THIRD EDITION OF SOLID GEOMETRY, London, Macmilln, 1887, First edition; J HYMERS: A TREATISE ON PLANE AND SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY, Cambridge, CUP, Third edition, Revised and enlarged (10)
Yachting / sailing interest: 3 titles: HONORE MORROW: YONDER SAILS THE MAYFLOWER, London, Hutchinson, 1935, First edition, author signed; WILLIAM MARTIN: THE STORY OF THE CLYDE FROM THE PRIMITIVE CANOE TO THE LUSITANIA, Glasgow, The Grant Educational Co, 1911, author signed; EG MARTIN: HELMSMANSHIP, London, OUP, 1934, First edition, inscribed by author to title page (3)
Magic / Conjuring interest: Various titles: WALTER B GIBSON: JUNIOR MAGIC, New York, Sterling, 1977, First edition; BERT DOUGLAS: CLUB MAGIC, London, EDW Bagshawe, 1930, First edition; BERT DOUGLAS: MAGIC WORTH KNOWING, London, EDW Bagshawe, 1934, First edition; LEWIS GANSON: EXPERT MANIPULATION OF PLAYING CARDS, Croydon, Arcas, c1948, First edition; PETER WARLOCK: PATTERNS FOR PSYCHICS, Croydon, ARCAS, c1945, First edition; VERRALL WASS: ASTOUND YOUR AUDIENCE, VOLUME 2, London, unwin, 1936, First edition; TREVOR H HALL: TESTAMENT OF R W HULL, London, ARCAS, 1945, First edition; BURLING HULL: FIFTY SEALED MESSAGE READING METHODS, London, Davenport / Maskelyn's Mysteries, c1920, First edition; SID LORRAINE: PATTER, Michigan, Abbott's, 1938, dedicated and signed by author, British Ring Library boards; EDWARD BAGSHAWE: EXCLUSIVE PROBLEMS IN MAGIC, London, EDW Bagshawe, 1924, First Edition (10)
Railway interest: 4 titles: CECIL J ALLEN: THE IRON ROAD - THE WONDERS OF RAILWAY PROGRESS, London, Shaw, 1925, First edition; J A S T HODGSON: LOCOMOTIVE MANAGEMENT: LONDON, St Margaret'sTechnical Press, 1939, Seventh edition; CJ BOWEN COOKE: DEVELOPMENTS IN LOCOMOTIVE PRACTIVE, London, Whittaker, 1902, First edition; First edition; MICHAEL REYNOLDS: FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE LOCOMOTIVE, London, Biggs and Co, 1895, First edition (4)
BRUCE ALEXANDER: various titles: BLIND JUSTICE, New York, Putnam, 1994, First Edition; MURDER IN GRUB STREET, New York, Putnam, 1995, First Edition; WATERY GRAVE, New York, Putnam, 1996, First Edition; PERSON OR PERSONS UNKNOWN, New York, Putnam, 1997, First Edition, Signed by author; JACK, KNAVE AND FOOL, New York, Putnam, 1998, First Edition, Signed by author; DEATH OF A COLONIAL, New York, Putnam, 1999, First Edition; THE COLOUR OF DEATH, New York, Putnam, 2000, First Edition, Signed by author; SMUGGLER'S MOON, New York, Putnam, 2001, First Edition, Signed by author; AN EXPERIMENT IN TREASON, New York, Putnam, 2002, First Edition, Signed by author; THE PRICE OF MURDER, New York, Putnam, 2003, First Edition, Signed by author; RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, New York, Putnam, 2005; MURDER IN GRUB STREET, New York, London, Little, Brown and Co, 1996 (scarce) (12)
Modern First - Fantasy Fiction: various titles: NEAL ASHER: WAR FACTORY, London, Macmillan, 2016; NEAL ASHER: LINE WAR, London, Macmillan, 2008; MICHAEL J WARD: DESTINY QUEST, Leicester, Matador, 2011, signed by author to title page; JOHN RINGO: GUST FRONT, New York, Baen, 2001; JOHN RINGO: EMERALS SEA, New York, Baen, 2004; JOHN RINGO: THERE WILL BE DRAGONS, New York, Baen, 2003; WILL HILL: DEPARTMENT 19, London, Harper Collins, 2011, signed by author to title page; CORY DOCTOROW: FOR THE WIN, New York, Tom Doherty, 2010; MATTHEW JARPE: RADIO FREEFALL, New York, Tom Doherty, 2007; WALTER M MILLER JR: SAINT LEIBOWITZ AND THE WILD HORSE WOMAN, London, Orbit, 1997 (10)
Aviation interest: 2 binders of various ephemera, regarding seaplanes, aircraft engineering, aircraft blueprints, Schneider Trophy interest etc, together with TS DENHAM: SPEED! THE STORY OF THE SCHNEIDER TROPHY, London, The Pilot Press, 1929, First edition; THE BOOK ABOUT AIRCRAFT, London, Frederick Warne, 1942, Fourth edition (4)
Hand reading/Palmistry interest: PHANOS: ELEMENTS OF HAND-READING, London, Grant and Richards 1903; JOSEF RANALD: HANDS OF DESTINY, New York, Greenberg, 1931, signed and dedicated by author to cover page; DEVACHARYA: THE SCIENCE OF PALMISTRY,Calcutta, Bhola Nath Bose, 1959, 2nd revised and enlarged edition; INA OXENFORD AND ANNA MACDOWELL COSGRAVE: LIFE STUDIES IN PALMISTRY, London, Upcott Gill, 1899; RITA VAN ALEN: YOU AND YOUR HAND, New York, Greystone, 1948, First edition; WILLIAM G BENHAM, HOW TO CHOOSE VOCATIONS FROM THE HAND, New Delhi, Sagar, 1974, tear to dustjacket; EUGENE SCHEIMANN MD: A DOCTOR'S GUIDE TO BETTER HEALTH THROUGH PALMISTRY, New York, Parker, 1969; EDWARD D CAMPBELL: THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF PALMISTRY, Suffolk, Hale, 1997; WILLIAM G. BENHAM: HOW TO CHOOSE VOCATIONS FROM THE HANDS, New York, Putman, 1932, red cloth bind with gilt title to spine. Original dustwrapper (worn), green highlighting to some pages, tape repairs to page 18, with EUGENE LAWRENCE: THE SCIENCE OF PALMISTRY, London, Keegan Paul, c1925, Cover very worn (10)
JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN: 6 titles: THE LEGEND OF SIGURD AND GUDRUN x2 (CHRISTOPHER TOLKIEN (Ed), London, Harper Collins, 2009, First edition; THE CHILDREN OF HURIN x2 (CHRISTOPHER TOLKIEN (Ed), London, Harper Collins, 2007, First edition; THE SILMARILLION, London, Allen and Unwin, 1977, Second impression; FARMER GILES OF HAM, London, Allen and Unwin, 1949, Ninth Impression (6)
Steam engine interest: various titles: JOHN BOURNE: A CATECHISM OF THE STEAM ENGINE, New York, D Appleton, 1853, New edition; ANDREW JAMIESON: A TEXT-BOOK ON STEAM AND STEAM ENGINES, London, Charles Griffin, 1896, Eleventh edition, revvised and enlarged; ALFRED EWING: THE STEAM-ENGINE AND OTHER HEAT-ENGINES, Cambridge, CUP, 1926, Fourth edition, revised and enlarged; HW DICKINSON: A SHORT HISTORY OF THE STEAM ENGINE, Cambridge, CUP, 1939, First edition; STEAM, Babcock & Wilcox, London, 1909, Seventh edition (5)
Theosophy interest: various titles: PETER UNDERWOOD: NO COMMON TASK, London, Harrup, 1983, First edition; RAY HYMAN: THE EXCLUSIVE QUARRY, New York, Prometheus, 1989, First edition; HENRY GRIS AND WILLIAM DICK: THE NEW SOVIET PSYCHIC DISCOVERIES, London, Souvenir, 1979, First British edition; RUDY RUCKER: THE FOURTH DIMENSION AND HOW TO GET THERE: London, Rider, 1985, First edition; DENNIS MILNER (Ed): EXPLORATIONS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, Suffolk, Neville Spearman, 1978, First edition (5)
Antiquarian sermons: 6 titles: JOHN GALE: SERMONS...ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS volume 4, London, J Darby and T Browne, 1726, First edition. Front board separated; JOHN GALE: SERMONS...ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS, volume 2, London, Darby, 1724, First edition; GOERGE BULL: SOME IMPORTANT POINTS OF PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY...IN SEVERAL SERMONS, London, WB, 1713, First edition; THOMAS CONEY: SERMONS AND DISCOURSES UPON SEVERAL SUBJECTS AND OCCASIONS, volume 2, London, J Coney, 1750, First edition; ANDREW SNAPE: FORTY FOVE SERMONS ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS, volume 2, London, S Birt, 1745, First edition; SAMUEL CLARKE: XVIII SERMONS...ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, London, Knapton, 1734, 3rd edition (corrected) (6)All in contemporary leather bindings.
Fortune telling interest: 3 titles: MAURICE WOODRUFF: THE SECRET OF FORETELLING YOUR OWN FUTURE, London, Cassell, 1969, First edition; DR ROY PAGE WALTON: NAMES, DATES AND NUMBERS, New York, Edward J Clode, 1914, First edition; SHRIMATI INDOOMATI PANDIT AND JYOTISH MAHARSI AJANTA JAIN: BHAVISHYA VANI - WORLD FORCASTS, 1959, First international edition (3)
WILLIAMSON (H): Quantity of novels by Williamson, mainly first editions including The Pathway, Cape 1928 first edition, The Linhay on the Downs, Cape 1934 first edition, The Phoenix Generation, McDonald 1965, The Peregrins Saga, Collins 1923 first edition, Young Phillip Maddison, McDonald 1953 first edition, Love and the Loveless, McDonald 1955 first edition, The Innocent Moon, 1961 first edition, Henry Williamson The Man, The Writings, Lucifer Before Sunrise, McDonald 1967, A Test to Destruction, McDonald 1960 first edition, The Power of the Dead, McDonald 1963 first edition, How Dear is Life, McDonald 1954 first edition, The Loan Swallows, Collins 1922 first edition, Devon Holiday, Cape 1935 first edition, The Labouring Life, 1932 first edition, Story of a Norfolk Farm, Faber 1936, The Children of Shallowford, Faber first edition, The Sun in the Sands, Faber first edition, A Clearwater Stream, Faber first edition, Wet Flanders Plane, Beaumont Press, Genius of Friendship, first edition, A Solitary War, McDonald 1966 first edition (qty)
Motoring interest: 6 titles: FORD AUTOBOOK FIVE, AUTOPRESS LTD, 1968, First edition; P OLYSLAGER: FORD CORTINA OWNER'S MANUAL, London, Nelson, 1968, Fourth Edition; FORD 100E ANGLIA, PREFECT & POPULAR, London, Hamlyn, 1972, Sixth impression; FORD POPULAR INSTRUCTION BOOK, Dagenham, Ford Motor Company, 1957; '68 CORTINA OWNER HANDBOOK, Essex, Ford Motor Company, 1967; ELLISON HAWKS: THE CASSELL BOOK OF THE FORD 'POPULAR', London, Cassell, 1955, First edition; THE FORD EIGHT AND ANGLIA HANDBOOK, London, Pitman, 1951, Fourth edition (7)
Theosophy interest: various titles: C JINARAJADASA: THEOSOPHY AND MODERN THOUGHT, Madras, Theosophical Publishing House, 1915, First edition; THE INTERNATIONAL THEOSOPHICAL YEAR BOOK 1937, Madras, Theosophical Publishing House; JW DUNNE: THE SERIAL UNIVERSE, London, Faber, 1934, First edition; SG SOAL AND F BATEMAN: MODERN EXPERIMENTS IN TELEPATHY, London, Faber, 1954, First edition; PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH, 2 Volumes; CW LEADBETTER: AN OUTLINE OF THEOSOPHY, London, Theosophical Publishing House, 1910; 5 x KRISHNAMURTI BULLETINS
Hand reading / Palmistry Interest: 16 titles: K SENGUPTA: THE MANUSCRIPT OF PALMISTRY, Calcutta, Manoranjan, 1980, First Edition; DEAN BRYDEN: PALMISTRY FOR PLEASURE, London, Methuen, 1927, some pencil markings/highlighting; SUJIT MUKERJEE: PSYCHO-PALMISTRY & PSYCHO-ANALYSIS, New Delhi, Sagar, 1974, First Edition; AN INDIAN PALMISTRY MADE EASY (HOW TO READ THE HAND), New Delhi, Indian National Publishing, 1950, First edition; DALE PHILLIPS: SCIENTIFIC PALMISTRY, London, Geoffrey Bles, 1931, First edition; PHANOS: ELEMENTS OF PALM READING, London, Grant Richards, 1903; PEARL L RAYMOND: PALMISTRY EXPLAINED,New York, Vista house, 1958, First edition; ZELIA ELGARO: THE ART OF HAND READING, McNiven, 1950; JULIUS SPIER / VICTOR GROVE (Transl), THE HANDS OF CHILDREN, London, Kegan, 1944, First edition; PRATAP SINGH: SECRET PALM - AN ORIGINAL TREATISE ON PALMISTRY, Delhi, Kartal Prakashan, 1981, First edition; 2x SHEIK HASSAN: TELL YOUR OWN FORTUNE, First edition; 2x FORTUNE TELLING BY CARDS - ORACLE OF DESTINY CHIROMANCY London, W Nicholson; MAURICE WOODRUFF: 1973 HOROSCOPE, London, Granada, 1972; P B BALLARD: GROUP TESTS OF INTELLIGENCE, London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1927, Fourth impression.; (16)
Magic interest: various titles: GRAHAM REED: MAGICAL MIRACLES YOU CAN DO, London, Kaye and Ward, 1977; JULIEN J PROSKAUER: HOW'D JA DO THAT?, New York, WM C Popper, 1934; OSWALD RAE: THE MORE YOU WATCH, London, G Johnson, 1938, First edition;G S RIPLEY: MAGIC FOR BOYS, New York: Associated Press, 1954, First edition; WILL BLYTH: EFFECTIVE CONJURING, London, Methuen, 1932, 2nd edition; BILL SEVERN: GIVING A MAGIC SHOW, London, Faber, 1965, First edition; H J BURLINGAME: MAGICIAN'S HANDBOOK, Chicago, Wilcox and Follett, 1942, First edition; JOHN BROWN COOK AND ARTHUR BUCKLEY: GEMS OF MENTAL MAGIC, Chicago, 1947, First Edition, Ex libris; PAT CONWAY AND WALT LEES (Ed): THE PAT WAY TO CON - THE ORIGINAL MAGIC OF PAT CONWAY, New York, Magico, 1987, First edition, lacking d/w (9)
Vauxhall motoring interest: 4 titles: JH HAYNES: VAUXHALL VIVA HC OWNER'S WORKSHOP MANUAL, Somerset, JH Haynes, 1972; VAUXHALL VIVA HB, London, Hamyln, 1969, First edition; VAUXHALL VIVA AND MAGNUM OWNER'S HANDBOOK, Luton, Vauxhall, 1973; VAUXHALL VIVA HB OWENER'S HANDBOOK, Luton, Vauxhall, 1967 (4)
Harry Houdini interest: Four titles: BRIAN LEAD AND ROGER WOODS: HARRY HOUDINI LEGEND AND LEGACY, First edition, 1993. Limited number 20/500, signed inscription by author to title page; BRIAN LEAD AND ROGER WOODS: HOUDINI THE MYTH MAKER - THE UNMASKING OF HARRY HOUDINI, First edition, 1877. Limited number 110/500, signed by both authors; BENJILINI: BENJILINI ON HOUDINI, First edition, 1994, signed by author; BRAIN LEAD: LAUGHING AT LOCKSMITHS, First edition, 1994. Singed by author (4)
Magic interest: various titles: EDWARD BAGSHAWE: MORE MAGICAL MYSTERIES, London, EDW Bagshawe, 1925; EDWARD BAGSHAWE: EXCLUSIVE PROBLEMS IN MAGIC, London, J Offin, 1924, First edition; GUY K AUSTIN: PRACTICAL MAGIC WITH POPULAR PATTER, London, Will Goldston, Second edition; SIXTY SLEIGHTS AND TRICKS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, London, George Johnson, 1925, First edition; JOHN BOOTH: MARVELS OF MYSTERY, Philadelphia, Kanter, 1946, Third printing; EDWARD BAGSHAWE: TWENTY MAGICAL NOVELTIES, London, EDW Bagshawe, First edition; JOHN F MENDOZA: CLOSE-UP PRESENTATION, The Presto Place, 1979, First edition; ORVILLE MEYER: MAGIC IN THE MODERN MANNER, Oakland, Lloyd E Jones, 1949, First edition; DOUGLAS CRAGGS (Ed): MASTERPIECES OF MAGIC, London, Arcas; HUGH MILLER (Ed): THE ART OF EDDIE JOSEPH, London, Harry Stanley (10)
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