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Imprint: London, Bantam, 1999 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page "With lots of love". First Edition, First Printing. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ complete dustjacket. Ever since Dame Thora Hird breathed life into the role of the author's mother in 'Wide-Eyed and Legless' she had been on at him to write a play based on the sequel 'Lost for Words' but his duties as official guide dog to his blind wife, the writer Aileen Armitage, being at the beck and call of their cats, a somewhat bemused vole and a tap dancing squirrel, and having a book to write, the screenplay took a back seat. Dame Thora kept at him and when she was 86 the script was finally finished and 'Lost for Words' was televised in January 1999 when she was 87. In this book he describes the experience of seeing at close hand his book, and an important part of his life, turn into a film amid the chaos of his private world. B2A. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 003780. ISBN: 0593044029
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Imprint: London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on blue boards which are clean and unmarked with a touch of wear to lower edge and light bumping to lower corner tips. Internally there is a light crease to one page top corner else very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has a touch of light wear to top and lower edges and is not price clipped. The Countess of Longford is a leading historian who only began her writing career in her fifties. Before that she had combined her roles as wife of Frank Pakenham, the Labour Cabinet Minister and future Earl of Longford, as mother and as prospective Labour candidate. She was the eldest daughter of a distinguished Harley Street doctor, niece of Joseph Chamberlain, and first cousin to Neville Chamberlain. These delightful memoirs cover the first sixty years of her eventful life. 16 pages of photographs. **** NOT EX LIB **** 20. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 006286. ISBN: 0297788639
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Imprint: London, Macmillan, 1985 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with nearFine dustjacket. The updated second edition. A most comprehensive and award winning dictionary containing over 100 diagrams which help to explain the more detailed entries and over 6,000 entries. Written both for the layman and professional user of information systems and the extended cross referencing system will enable the reader to gain additional insight into the principles of IT. 22. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 002782. ISBN: 0333372603
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Imprint: London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1989 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from age darkening to page edges and a very small bookshop label to front pastedown ) with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 256 pages. Map endpapers and illustrations by the author. A delightful book in its evocation of the Caribbean - not the usual tourist areas but off the beaten track. Full of strange encounters with local characters of flamboyant charm and sometimes malevolent intent, part of its charm being the richness and humour of the dialogue. The author is a black English writer who is also an actress and singer, who after hearing constant tales of 'back home' decided to go and see for herself, island hopping by plane and boat, she is often amazed by what she discovers. **** NOT EX LIB **** 21. Illustr.: Longmore, Zenga. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 008270. ISBN: 0340429011
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Imprint: London, Pelham, 1964 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on red boards which are unmarked with no wear. Internally there is light creasing to some pages else unmarked. Dustjacket is not price clipped. 114 pages. Drawings by John Jensen. 'Luck is no lady', says Roger Longrigg - having reached this conclusion after tortured years of pursuing the creature. He has chased her at racecourses, dog tracks, betting shops, card-tables, chemmy clubs, French casinos, and Midlan race trains. The horrifying, ludicrous fruits of all this effort and expense are in this book. If you want to gamble - any kind of gambling - here, in pitiless detail, is how not to do it. 300. Illustr.: Jensen, John. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 009991.
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Imprint: Gumligen, Zytglogge, 2001 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VOM AUTOR SIGNIERT mit Widmung. Vorwort von Mark Adrian. AUCH 4 handgemachte Karten von Arthur Loosli signiert.. Arthur Loosli (1926-2021) schweizerischer Illustrator und ex-Internationaler Bass/Bariton Sänger. EIN GROSSES SCHWERES BUCH MIT 1 KILO UNVERPACKTEM GEWICHT, DAS ZUSÄTZLICHE VERSANDKOSTEN ERFORDERT 15. Illustr.: Loosli, Arthur. Book Condition: Sehr Gutes. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 008778. ISBN: 3729606190
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Imprint: Bern, Zytglogge, 1982 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VON ARTHUR LOOSLI SIGNIERT. Mit einem Vorwort von Beat Brechbühl. 100 pages. . AUCH ein getippter Brief signiert. Arthur Loosli (1926-2021), schweizerischer Illustrator und ex-Internationaler Bass/Bariton Sänger. EIN GROSSES SCHWERES BUCH MIT 1.5 KILO UNVERPACKTEM GEWICHT, DAS ZUSÄTZLICHE VERSANDKOSTEN ERFORDERT 15. Illustr.: Loosli, Arthur. Book Condition: Fein. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fein Stock number: 008780. ISBN: 3729601601
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Imprint: Bern, Akzentverlag, 1975 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Transparentem Schutzumschlag. . AUCH ein handgemachtes Lesezeichen von Arthur Loosli. AUCH 5 Briefe / Karten und Umschlag von Arthur Loosli signiert. Arthur Loosli (1926-2021) schweizerischer Illustrator und ex-Internationaler Bass/Bariton Sänger. EIN GROSSES SCHWERES BUCH MIT 1 KILO UNVERPACKTEM GEWICHT, DAS ZUSÄTZLICHE VERSANDKOSTEN ERFORDERT 15. Illustr.: Loosli, Arthur. Book Condition: Sehr Gutes. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Sehr Gutes Stock number: 008781.
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Imprint: Bern, Stämpfli, 1967 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VOM AUTOR SIGNIERT mit Widmung. 37 ganzseitigen Zeichnungen, davon 35 in sw u. 2 montierte Farbtafeln. Pappband. AUCH eine signierte handgemachte Karte von Arthur Loosli vom 29.3.1972 Arthur Loosli (1926-2021), schweizerischer Illustrator und ex-Internationaler Bass/Bariton Sänger. 15. Illustr.: Loosli, Arthur. Book Condition: Sehr Gutes. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 008777.
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Imprint: London, Newleaf, 1996 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with slight age darkening to page edges with near Fine complete dustjacket. An anthology of quotations from the words of the great spiritual masters and writers - Western and Eastern religious leaders, Masters, gurus, sadhus, philosophers, and wise women and men from past and present cultures. This deeply moving book is structured thematically, culturally and chronologically and is indexed by author and subject. R2. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 005215. ISBN: 0752205951
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Imprint: London, Leslie Frewin, 1968 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine copy with VG+ dustjacket. A biographical novel centred around the life of the famous theatre actress by an author who admits to having an overpowering interest in her subject. Filled with biographical detail, it shamelessly name drops throughout. C3A. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 002052.
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Imprint: Edinburgh, T and T Clark, 1991 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket 263 pages. This entertaining collection sets out to discover what, if the true spirit of the Scottish nation is to be found expressed in its laws, some of the nation's greatest writers have had to say on legal subjects. Of course, many of Scotland's leading writers were themselves lawyers; Scott, Stevenson, Boswell, W.E. Aytoun and J.G. Lockhart were all members of the Scottish bar, John Buchan of the English. Others such as D.M. Black, James Allan Ford, Eric Linklater, Joan Lingard and J. Macdougal Hay have found inspiration in the powerful symbols and accomplishments of judges and practitioners. B2C. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 011000. ISBN: 0567096017
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Imprint: Edinburgh, Canongate, 2006 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from gentle bumping to spine head) with near Fine dustjacket. 336 pages. This is the riveting story of Mary Loudon's search for her dead sister, whom she had not seen for the last twelve years of her life. A heart-rending account of the devastation that schizophrenia can visit upon a person and a family. The book offers a profound and uncompromising challenge to the ways in which we think about one another. Perhaps most compelling of all is the author's internal journey as she faces head-on her sister's illness. D4A. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 010429. ISBN: 1841956759
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Imprint: London, Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme and John Murray, 1964 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on green boards which have a few marks to spine else clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a small signature to front endpaper, else a clean and unmarked copy. xxiii + 296 pages. 54 illustrations and 5 maps and diagrams. Useful index of authors. Covers the people, towns, trade, language, literature the development of Absolutism and the years of decline. C3C. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000675.
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Imprint: Edinburgh, Canongate, 1997 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 440 pages. How do you describe the indescribable? Polyphonic and schizophrenic, Simon Louvish's book is in your hands. Beware. In it Richard the Lionheart rises from his tomb in the Abbey of Fontrevaud, minus his heart and his guts, to mingle with the tourists of early 1990's Europe. Eventually he finds a job as a pastry chef in a Beirut night=club. Meanwhile back in a sanatorium in East Lothian, failed novelist Danny Hohenlohe contemplates murderous revenge against his publisher, McTeague. Also in residence is Avram Blok, the ex-lunatic, emigre-Israeli and hero of three previous Louvish novels, who has begun a new life as a lay therapist. However, the grey calm of East Lothian is about to be shattered. The arrival of Doctor Petros Angelopoulis, war surgeon and Fallen Angel of Beirut, is followed soon after by his mysterious disappearance. And the Western powers are about to embark on their modern crusade against Saddam Hussein of Iraq. Chaos looms.... From these and many other threads, Louvish weaves his most ambitious novel to date. Blek, surreal and comic by turns. It is an extraordinary work of fiction that challenges in the most engaging way the manner in which the West has consistently perceived and treated the East. 21. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 011104. ISBN: 0862416663
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Imprint: London, Hutchinson, 1989 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine uninscribed copy whose only fault is just light bumping to lower corner tips with complete near Fine dustjacket. 64 illustrations and 5 maps. A marvellous biography of the American female aviator who disappeared in 1937 whilst attempting to fly round the world. Based on original documents, letters and logbooks along with press reports, interviews with Earhart's family and recently declassified US Navy records. Also included is an interesting newspaper article from the Daily Telegraph of August 24 2002. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.96 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** NOT EX LIB **** 16. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 003201. ISBN: 0091735963
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Imprint: New York, Mysterious Press, 1989 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. First US Edition, First Printing February 1989. A murder and suspense novel set just after World War II, of two women, Rosie and Antonia, who both want to get rid of their husbands, and Antonia formulates a scheme to eliminate their mates, one involving the London Tube and a good shove in the proper spot. **** NOT EX LIB **** B2E. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 004850. ISBN: 0892963638
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Imprint: London, Angus and Robertson, 1951 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy which has age toning to endpapers with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. 245 pages. The book is the enthralling sequel, complete in itself, to the Australian author's earlier novel of pioneering life, Beyond the Nineteen Counties. Again the strong, vital character of Rosalind Stewart dominates the story - a woman who is the true type of pioneer and nation builder, sparing neither herself nor others in the pursuit of her vision. He faith and future are bound up in the land that she and her husband, now dead, had claimed after the crossing of the Blue Mountains made possible the settlement of western New South Wales. The three properties of Malwa, Mount Henry, and Burnt Plains are her kingdom, which she is determined to hold and develop for her people and for posterity. B2B. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 009699.
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Imprint: London, A.R. Mowbray, 1954 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dust cover. Foreword by R.P. Stacey Waddy. These addresses were given in the Chapel of Saint Monica's House, Ahmadnagar, to the lady missionaries of S.P.G. in Western India in March 1925, a few weeks before his consecration as Bishop. Loyd was a loyal son of King's College. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R8. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010714.
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Imprint: London, A.R. Mowbray, 1952 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A very clean, tight and unmarked copy in card boards which has foxing and a small crease to paper cover. The late Bishop of St. Alban's study of the first twelve chapters of the Acts of the Apostles was written for the 'Nasik Diocesan Gazette' when Philip Loyd, a proven master of the devotional life, was still first Bishop of Nasik in Western India. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R7. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 006723.
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Imprint: London, A.R. Mowbray, 1954 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A good+ copy wjhich has crinkling to rear cover and rear blank endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. 91 pages. Comprises: The Heart of Jesus; The Filial Heart; The Holy Heart; The Penitent Heart;The Meek and Lowly Heart; The Patient Heart; The Joyful Heart; The Compassionate Heart; The Victorious Heart. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R8. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010748.
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Imprint: London, A.R. Mowbray, 1947 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A clean tight copy internally but with marks to back cover and an ink inscription to front endpaper. First published in 1935 and later revised, the Bishop of St. Alban's book of meditations, is presented here in its sixth impression. The meditations are divided into 8 sections at the end of each part of each meditation reference is made to some other passage in the Bible. The chief purpose of this is to provide guidance for the quiet, unhurried prayer by means of which the true fruit of Bible-reading and meditation is to be gained. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R8. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010586.
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Imprint: London, Timewell Press, 2008 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with a near Fine dustjacket which has a little light creasing to top edge and is not price clipped. A fascinating, witty and often brave memoir charts 40 years of marriage to Nicholas Lamert Luard (1937-2004), a man who was as cavalier and unreliable as he was charismatic and charming, a philanderer, wheeler dealer and travel writer and novelist with early connections with Peter Cook and satire (they founded Private Eye magazine). Elisabeth Luard, herself an award winning writer and illustrator, traces the years spent together in London, Spain, France, the Hebrides and Wales with their four children, one of whom died tragically of AIDS. 51 photographs and chapter illustrations by Elisabeth. 3. Illustr.: Luard, Elisabeth. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 007030. ISBN: 9781857252279
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Imprint: London, Hamish Hamilton, 1978 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. White title on red boards which have some shelf wear to bottom, internally very clean and unmarked. Dustjacket is complete and has a little wear to spine head and tail. Based on the diaries of Lady Stanley, wife of Sir Arthur Stanley, Governor of Victoria, Australia from 1914 by her daughter, Adealaide. Rare insights into the private and public life of a vice-regal household, irreverent observations on politics, dignitaries, the arts, religion and World War I, spiced with anecdotes of famous guests. *** NOT EX LIB *** A1D. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 002556. ISBN: 0241100593
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Imprint: London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1978 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. 272 pages. 22 illustrations. Starting off as Fleet Street journalist, in the Second World War the author became famous as one of the legendary fighter aces leading the top-scoring 249 Squadron during the Battle of Malta, later being variously decorated. After the war he entered politics, then business as Managing Director of the Greyhound Racing Association. His long association and prowess at golf - Captain of the 1949 British Walker Cup Team adds to his varied careers. Filled with stories of each of his 'lives', it makes a fascinating autobiography. 16. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 008499. ISBN: 0283984074
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Imprint: London, Julia MacRae Books, 1993 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine copy (Fine apart from small marginal lines to six pages) with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xvi + 252 pages. 35 illustrations. Discography. Choir Repertory of St. Alban the Martyr. Works conducted by Goodall with the Wessex Philharmonic. Sir Reginald Goodall 1901-1990 was one of the greatest Wagner conductors of our times. Now, with the help of letters, diaries and interviews with his friends and colleagues, John Lucas has pieced together the life of this enigmatic, self-effacing figure. Though admired by such great conductors as Erich Kleiber and Otto Klemperer, and singers like Jon Vickers, he suffered years of neglect. Indeed he might have died in obscurity had he not been asked at the age of 66 to conduct first The Mastersingers and then The Ring for the Sadler's Wells company, performances which are now legendary. **** NOT EX LIB **** L. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 008991. ISBN: 1856810518
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Imprint: London, Greenhill, 1979 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy apart from minor indentations to a few pages caused by a paper clip with VG+ complete dustjacket. 31 photographs, 14 drawings and 4 maps. Told through the experiences of the men who endured these nightmarish years of war, it is a unique record of the terrifying conditions of battle they were forced to undergo. The sheer numbers and fanatical determination of the Red Army, and the alien, almost medieval way of living in the Russian countryside, had been underestimated, then blindly ignored by Hitler and his High Command. **** NOT BOOK CLUB **** 15. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 004802. ISBN: 1853670707
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Imprint: London, Orion, 2005 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK Edition, First Printing. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. On Parrish Island, a restricted strip of land off the coast of Virginia, there is a little known and never visited psychiatric facility, where far from prying eyes, the government stores former intelligence employees whose psychiatric state makes them a danger. One of these employees, former consular Operations agent Hal Ambler, is kept heavily medicated and closely watched, but he is not crazy and with the help of a sympathetic nurse, escapes to find out who and why he was put him there. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.9 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 15. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 003838. ISBN: 0752857495
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Imprint: London, Bloomsbury, 1993 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A marvellous exploration of wartime romance from the First World War to the Gulf War, which draws on archive material and contributions from the public and published to coincide with a major exhibition at the Imperial war Museum in London. Lavishly illustrated with 150 photographs and facsimiles of letters, postcards, telegrams, diaries, drawings, valentine cards, honeymoon hotel bills, concert programmes, cartoons and press cuttings and of course Joanna Lumley's sensitive and evocative text. A nostalgic volume to be cherished. **** NOT EX LIB **** A1F. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 003975. ISBN: 0747513392
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Imprint: London, Jonathan Cape, 2006 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The Canadian author, who was born in Belfast, uses the lives of three of his ancestors to examine what memory and the selective plundering of history has made of the truth in Northern Ireland. In Ulster the name 'Lundy' is synonymous with 'traitor'. Robert Lundy was the Protestant governor of Londonderry in 1688, just before it came under siege by the Catholic Irish army of James II, and he ordered the city's capitulation. However hardline Protestants prevented it and drove him away in disgrace. The author believes that Robert is more memorable for his peace-seeking than for the treachery that standard history attributes to him. William Steel Dickson, a Presbyterian minister born in the mid 18th century, preached with famous eloquence in favour of using whatever means to resist the tyranny of the English, including joining forces with the Catholics in armed Rebellion. Billy Lundy, born in 1890, the antithesis of the ecumenical William, and the embodiment of what Ulster Protestants had become by the beginning of World War I - a tribe united in their hostility to Catholics and to the concept of a united Ireland. The author lays bare the harsh and murderous mythologies of Northern Ireland and gives us a revision of history. B2D. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 007297. ISBN: 022407296X
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Imprint: Moscow, Planeta, 1987 Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A Fine unmarked copy in red cloth boards with Fine dustjacket. A very large volume of 248 pages. Lavishly illustrated with colour photographs by Alexander Nevezhin, Georgi Solovyov and Nikolai Rakhmanov. Written by Andrei Zolotov, Alexander Gusev and Yelena Zonona. Translated by Sally Patterson. 'The Bolshoi means the greatest, the forefront, the supreme. Even if the theatre has endured certain periods of crisis, the true concept of greatness inherent in the theatre's name has never dimmed in the hearts of those concerned with the fate of our national cuture.' So wrote Dmitri Shostakovich. This magnificent volume presents the classic works which are core to the repertoire and reflects what has changed since the jubilee - the new works and the new performers. PLEASE NOTE: A VERY LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.82 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 25. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 009876. ISBN: 5852500119
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Imprint: New York, W.W. Norton, 2015 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A new unread copy with new dustjacket which is not price clipped. However there is a very small flaw to the front of the dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing. xxv + 310 pages. 14 black and white and 10 colour illustrations. In this unique and lovingly detailed biography of a literary family that has enthralled readers for nearly two centuries, Victorian literature scholar Deborah Lutz illuminates the complex and fascinating lives of the Brontë's through the things they wore, stitched, wrote on, and inscribed. By unfolding the histories of the meaningful objects in their family home at Haworth, Lutz immerses readers in a nuanced re-creation of the sisters' daily lives while moving us chronologically forward through the major biographical events: the death of their mother and two sisters, the imaginary kingdoms of their childhood writing, their time as governeses, and their determined efforts to make a mark on the literary world. From the miniature books they made as children to the blackthorn walking sticks they carried on solitary hikes on the moors, each personal possession opens a window onto the sisters' world. L. Book Condition: New. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: New Stock number: 010179. ISBN: 9780393240085
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Imprint: London, Longmans, Green, 1908 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt titles with gilt floral decoration on red cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with light fading to spine. Internally there is foxing to closed edges else clean, tight and unmarked. Edna Lyall is the pseudonym of Ada Ellen Bayly (1857-1903), born in Brighton and wrote 18 novels. Hope the Hermit is set in the 17th century Lake District and was first published in 1898. A1C. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 002321.
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Imprint: London, Bloomsbury, 1993 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped (Fine apart from a very small nick to front edge). 198 pages. 15 illustrations. On 13 May 1988 Father Bernard Lynch was indicted on five charges of child abuse. On 21 April 1989, at the end of what he described as 'a trial of my very soul', the prosecution case collapsed, as it became apparent that the evidence had been fabricated. Since 1977 Father Lynch had ministered to the Catholic gay community in New York, whose members were - and still are - forbidden to worship on Catholic Chuch property. The upsurge of AIDS in the 1980's prompted him to found a Catholic AIDS ministry, but his work with AIDS sufferers incurred severe censure from Rome. Specifically, his attempts to explain homosexual relationships as acceptable and loving - sometimes in the face of death - were at odds with the strict teaching of the Church, and provoked bitter conflict with New York's Cardinal O'Connor, who ordered Father Lynch to end his ministry. Determined to continue his work, even if it meant doing so without official Church blessing, he remained undiscouraged. A relentless campaign was mounted to remove him from his post at a boys' school, and this led to his false indictment. R1. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 009770. ISBN: 0747510369
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Imprint: London, Harper Collins, 2009 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. vii + 312 pages. 31 illustrations. Photographic endpapers. Fourth impression. Born Vera Welch in 1917, Dame Vera Lynn's career began at just seven years old when she sang professionally in East End Working Men's Clubs. A successful radio career with Joe Loss and Charlie Kunz in the 1920's and 30's followed - but it was with World War II that she became famous. With her radio show 'Sincerely Yours', Vera connected emotionally with the men fighting for their country and became known as 'The Forces' Sweetheart', performing the songs she will forever be associated with - 'We'll Meet Again' and 'The White Cliffs of Dover'. She toured Egypt, India and Burma with the Entertainment National Services Association (ENSA), bringing the troops a sense of 'back home'. Her career after the war flourished, but Vera never left behind her wartime role, and is still heavily involved with veteran and other charities. This is her own extraordinary story of her life. D4B. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 007969. ISBN: 9780007318155
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Imprint: London, Harper Collins, 2009 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. vii + 312 pages. 31 illustrations. Photographic endpapers. Born Vera Welch in 1917, Dame Vera Lynn's career began at just seven years old when she sang professionally in East End Working Men's Clubs. A successful radio career with Joe Loss and Charlie Kunz in the 1920's and 30's followed - but it was with World War II that she became famous. With her radio show 'Sincerely Yours', Vera connected emotionally with the men fighting for their country and became known as 'The Forces' Sweetheart', performing the songs she will forever be associated with - 'We'll Meet Again' and 'The White Cliffs of Dover'. She toured Egypt, India and Burma with the Entertainment National Services Association (ENSA), bringing the troops a sense of 'back home'. Her career after the war flourished, but Vera never left behind her wartime role, and is still heavily involved with veteran and other charities. This is her own extraordinary story of her life. D4B. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 011157. ISBN: 9780007318155
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Imprint: London, W.H. Allen, 1975 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown boards with gold title is clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is age toning to top and fore edge else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has age toning to the reverse with just a light touch of wear to corner tips and is not price clipped. 192 pages. 71 photographs. The wartime's favourite singer's first autobiography. D4C. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 011156. ISBN: 0491017952
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Imprint: London, Chatto and Windus, 2011 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy in an As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 292 pages. Gillian Lynne is one of the world's pre-eminent choreographers, the groundbreaking creative force behind blockbusters such as Cats and The Phantom of the Opera. But she started her career as a ballerina, and learnt to dance alongside Margot Fonteyn, Moira Shearer, Beryl Grey and Frederick Ashton during the Second World War. A Dancer in Wartime tells the story of Gillian's extraordinary childhood. From Miss Madeleine Sharp's Ballet Class for Young Ladies in Bromley, to being evacuated with her theatre school to rural Leicestershire; from performing in the West End with doodlebugs falling to touring a devastated Europe, the early years were hard, exciting and dramatic. And when the call came to join Sadler's Wells - well, what ballerina hopeful could have asked for more? D4A. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: As New Stock number: 011073. ISBN: 9780701185992
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Imprint: London, Robson, 1978 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy withnear Fine dustjacket . 214 pages. Photo illustrations. In this highly original and indispensible account of the great jazz figures and recordings of the 'twenties, Humphrey Lyttelton highlights the major performances which have established themselves as classics and whose names are so often bandied about in jazzenclaves. He has set each record in its context, giving colourful historical background, often taken from the musicians themselves. D4A. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 011527. ISBN: 0903895919
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Imprint: London, Chatto and Windus, 1998 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. A concise and portable version of the popular Flora Britannica, published two years earlier and which was arranged botanically, whilst this version is organised thematically - according to themes such as trees, plants as resources, urban commons, immigration plants, plants as historic landmarks, beauties and prodigals. 271 pages and profusely illustrated in colour. 24. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 007720. ISBN: 0701167319
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Imprint: London, Putnam & Co, 1940 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on brown cloth boards which are clean with a little shefwear to back and a small bump to one top corner. Internally clean and unmarked with foxing to closed edges. The author was a famous drama critic and here presents his views of some Shakespeare Productions 1914-1930, Continental Plays 1913-1929, Stage Society Productions 1914-1929, Satires and Comedies 1923-1934, Historical Plays 1913-1934, Detective Drama 1917-1930, Morality Plays 1917-1934 also the films Charlie's Cane (The Pilgrim) 1923 and The Arabian Nights (The Thief of Bagdad) 1924. There are also critiques of Sir John Hare, Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse and Chaliapine. C3C. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 001927.
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Imprint: London, Collins, 1943 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very scholarly and well researched biography with 12 illustrations. Appendices of detailed notes and excellent index together with author's acknowledgements dated April 11th, 1943. Gold title on blue cloth boards. Internally very clean and unmarked. An excellent biography. A1D. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000610.
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Imprint: Lewes, East Sussex, The Book Guild, 2005 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. Foreword by John Major. The authors, both former Tory politicians, argue that the EU is marching down a road that will lead us to ruin, and explain how several British Prime Ministers and politicians have lied to the people while the EU marched steadily towards a federal superstate. They propose a programme to reform the Brussels bureaucracy, curb the ambitions of the federalists, and re-establish the EU as a body which all Europeans can enthusiastically endorse. C3C. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 005025. ISBN: 1857769805
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Imprint: Lewes, East Sussex, The Book Guild, 2000 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. When the author read through her adolescent diary, which had lain forgotten for many years, she was struck by the differences between the world she had written about and the world she now inhabited. Here was an authentic record of the life of a 13 year old, both at school and at home, half a century ago, and this memoir compares past and present in all its everday detail. She and her sister, Jan, lived with their mother near Hampton Court and the Palace loomed large in the family's activities, as did the atomic bomb and post-war austerity. Photographic illustrations. **** NOT EX LIB **** **** NOT LARGE PRINT **** 4. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 005875. ISBN: 1857764374
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Imprint: London, Ark, 1979 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. Abridged by Jean Watson. In this new edition, Peter Wanes imaginative drawings blend fantasy and everyday realism and reflect the unique atmosphere of George MacDonald's story. Jean Watson has pruned some of the old-fashioned phrases and lengthy descriptions less suited to modern readers while preserving the MacDonald magic. Princess Irene is in danger from the mountain goblins. Will young Curdie be able to help her in time? And who is the mysterious old lady living at the very top of the winding stairs in the castle? 165. Illustr.: Wane, Peter. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 008082. ISBN: 0854218157
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Imprint: London, Ark, 1979 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. Abridged by Jean Watson. In this new edition, Peter Wanes imaginative drawings blend fantasy and everyday realism and reflect the unique atmosphere of George MacDonald's story. Jean Watson has pruned some of the old-fashioned phrases and lengthy descriptions less suited to modern readers while preserving the MacDonald magic. Princess Irene and her ailing father are helpless in the castle of Gwyntystorm, at the mercy of courtiers. The miner boy Curdie is sent on a mysterious and dangerous rescue mission, helped by a wild beast and a rare magic gift. 165. Illustr.: Wane, Peter. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 008081. ISBN: 0854218149
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Imprint: New York, Petrocelli Books, 1984 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Gold title on blue cloth boards which have a little wear to spine head and tail and lower corner tips and one small wear mark to front. Internally there is light foxing to endpapers else clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good copy. Dustjacket has wear to spine edges and side edges. An historical novel set in 1863 and the American Civil War, where the Rachel Victoria, the last of the specially built privateers, has been commissioned by the Navy Department from the Saunders ship building family. An action packed adventure of the high seas following on from the author's earlier novel 'The Catherine'. C3D. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Good Stock number: 004355. ISBN: 0894332244
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Imprint: London, Viking, 1998 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ price clipped dustjacket. The seventh in the acclaimed series of chronicles of the First World War which describes the first momentous months of 1918 when the long stalemate of the trenches was brought to an end by a massive German assault on the Western Front. This is the account of the historic battle, the long fighting retreat and the vital stand at Amiens which saved the city, secured the fragile line and caused Ludendorff to call off his first ambitious offensive, but above all it is the story of the men who were there. Map endpapers and 60 illustrations and 16 maps. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.854 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** NOT BOOK CLUB **** 15. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 005654. ISBN: 0670877344
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Imprint: New South Wales, Reed Books, 1991 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A VG+ copy with pictorial dustjacket which is complete with a small closed tear at top of spine. The author, a well known maritime historian, examines many tales from the past of ghostly hauntings and phantom ships, many of which are now famous. A fascinating and very readable study. First Australian edition. NOT A BOOK CLUB EDITION B2C. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 001756. ISBN: 0730103137
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Imprint: London, Bloomsbury, 1997 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good + copy with small name to front endpaper else clean and unmarked. Dustjacket is VG with one small closed tear to top. A comprehensive book which provides up to date information for the the newcomer and experienced alike, enabling them to treat common ailments in a gentle and effective way. The author guides the reader through homoeopathic theory allowing them to select appropriate remedies with security and confidence. B2E. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 003114. ISBN: 0747529922
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