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Imprint: New York, Random House, 1998 304 pages; A new book. Dust wrapper has faint edgewear and rubbing.; Published in Great Britian as 'Voltaire's Coconuts or Anglomania in Europe'. In a blend of witty personal memoir and biographical portraits of European Anglophiles and Anglophobes, Buruma examines what it is that continues to divide Britain from the European Continent, and Europe from the United States.', Near Fine in Very Good+ dust wrapper Stock number: 3521. ISBN: 0375502068
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Imprint: New York, Random House, c1993,1995 Previous owner gift inscription on half title page. Postcard of front of dust wrapper laid in. Dust wrapper, not price cut, is lightly rubbed. A very nice copy. ; Three short stories by this Booker prize winning author, and sister of Margaret Drabble, are each inspired by the artist Henri Matisse., 134 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper Stock number: 1652. ISBN: 0679438823
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Imprint: NY, Vintage International, c1990,2002 No spine creases, faint cover creases, light edgewear and rubbing. A nice copy. This edition has cover art from the film. ; Winner of the 1990 Booker Prize, this literary mystery is also a love story. 'Two contemporary scholars, each studying one of two Victorian poets, reconstruct their subjects' secret extramarital affair through poems, journal entries, letters and modern scholarly analysis of the period.' This novel was recently selected by 'Time Magazine' as one of the one hundred best English-language novels written from 1923 to the present. Basis for the film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeremy Northam. Byatt is the sister of Margaret Drabble., 555 pages, Very Good+ Stock number: 4752. ISBN: 0679735909
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Imprint: NY, Turtle Bay Books / Random House, 1992 Spine ends and corners bumped, a few pages creased and soiled. Unclipped dust wrapper lightly edgeworn, spine head creased.; An autobiography by the famous British actor., 521 pages, Very Good- in Very Good dust wrapper. Illustr: Photographs Stock number: 374. ISBN: 039458421X
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Imprint: NY, St. Martin's Press, 1973 Spine head very lightly bumped, page edges pale tan. A very nice copy indeed. Unclipped, white dust wrapper lightly yellowed and soiled. ; 'Julia Margaret Cameron, (1815-79) had an immense influence on nineteenth-century photography. Her portraits and tableaux-vivants (many posed to illustrate poetry or represent literary figures) were produced in the 1860s and 1870s within the most important artistic circles in Victorian England and have enjoyed almost continuous popularity for over a century. Closely connected with the Pre-Raphaelite group, her work shares their nostalgia and love of literary and mythological subject matter.' 'Settled in the Isle of Wight in 1860, near enough to her friends the Tennysons to visit informally, she bcame as well-known for her good-hearted eccentricity as for her determination to catch likely sitters.' Her father James Prattle, an Indian civil servant, and her French mother had seven daughters, one of whom was the grandmother of Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf. Edward Lear was heard to complain, on a visit to the Isle of Wight, that "Prattledom has taken entire posession of the place.", 203 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good dust wrapper. Illustr: B&W Photographs Stock number: 5528.
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Imprint: NY, G P Putnam's Sons, 1994 Spine head and tail lightly bumped; dust wrapper, price clipped, very lightly rubbed and edgeworn., 476 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper Stock number: 1390. ISBN: 039913929x
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Imprint: Indianapolis, Bobbs Merrill, 1978 468 pages; Small red mark on front cover. Dust wrapper has very faint soil on back, is not price cut; Gonne was known as the "Irish Joan of Arc". From a review by Carolyn Heilbrun; " a first-rate biography of Maud Goone. . . . Cardoza reveals her as a marvellous individual, the very model of a woman of action as well as beauty. She is no longer merely an event, however major, in the life of Yeats. . . . Essential reading for anyone interested in Maud Gonne, Ireland, or Yeats. " , Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper Stock number: 1046. ISBN: 067252080x
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Imprint: NY, Knopf, 1991 Bottom board edge has a small dent; dw slightly rubbed; Author, from Australia, is a three-time Booker Prize winner. , 279 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper Stock number: 263. ISBN: 0679404341
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Imprint: NY, Orbit Books, 2009 Faint spine creases and edgewear. A lovely copy of a fun book originally published in this mass market paperback format.; Werewolves, vampires, and a preternatural spinster that can negate supernatural powers in a comedy of manners set in a version of Victorian England that has dirigibles and lots of tea-drinking of course! The first volume in this entertaining series won an ALA ALEX award.; 'Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire -- and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeous, and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate.' Image is actual copy on offer., 373 pages, Very Good+ Stock number: 7052. ISBN: 9780316056632
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Imprint: Limpsfield & London, Dragon's World, (1865) 1990 Color Illustrations; 96 pages; A nice copy. Spine tail and bottom corners rubbed. Dust wrapper lightly edgeworn.; Delightful colour illustrations. A wonderful addition to an Alice collection., Very Good in Very Good+ dust wrapper. Illustr: Illustrated by Malcolm Ashman Stock number: 480. ISBN: 185028105x
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Imprint: New York, Clarkson N. Potter, 1960 Spine ends and corners bumped, bottom front corner worn to boards, tan cloth binding lightly soiled. Previous owner signature on decorated free endpaper, page edges lightly browned. Interior pages clean, no binding problems. No dust wrapper., 4to; 351 pages, Good+. Illustr: Illustrated by John Tenniel; B&W Illustrations Stock number: 1115.
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Imprint: New York, Clarkson N. Potter, 1960 B&W Illustrations; 4to; 351 pages; A nice copy. Pages faintly yellowed, tiny chip from decorated rear endpaper and a small rough area on top page edges. Clipped dust wrapper is edgeworn with a few small short tears and several creases. White rear panel is lightly soiled and front panel has two discoloured areas. ; The two delightful Alice stories with wonderful notes and explainations by Martin Gardner., Very Good+ in Good+ dust wrapper. Illustr: Illustrated by John Tenniel Stock number: 4913.
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Imprint: Poole, Dorset, UK, New Orchard Editions Ltd., c1978, ? 333 pages; Pages lightly browned but clean, spine tail bumped. Clipped dust wrapper is very lightly edgeworn and rubbed. A nice copy.; Includes both Alice books, The Hunting of the Snark, and other short works. This edition has 24 black & white plates and several additional illustratio ns by a variety of well known Alice illustrators. , Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. Illustr: Illustrated by Various Illustrators Stock number: 326. ISBN: 1850790000
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Imprint: NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001 B&W Photographs; 590 pages; Spine ends bumped, a few page edges creased. Unclipped dust wrapper is lightly edgeworn and rubbed with a short closed tear at front flap corner. A nice copy.; A comprehensive and engrossing look at the multiple lives of Anthony Blunt, art historian, author, director of the Courtauld Institute, and MI5 agent during WWII. Blunt was also a member of the "Cambridge Spies" group (along with Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, and Donald Maclean) that passed secrets and documents to the Soviet Union.The book attempts to separate facts from the many incorrect stories published in books and in the media when PM Margaret Thatcher exposed Blunt in 1979., Very Good+ in Very Good dust wrapper Stock number: 4694. ISBN: 0374105316
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Imprint: London, HMSO, 1995 Very faint edgewear; book looks unread.; Preface by Sir Harry Secombe; from the back cover "This series explores the vast changes that took place in people's lives over the first seventy years of this century through cuttings chosen from hundreds of newspapers, both national and regional, journals, comics and magazines. The books are illustrated with dozens of advertisements, maps, cartoons and unique photographs. The serious, the not-so-serious and the frankly trivial stories of the period 1900-1970 are highlighted, forming a patchwork of remarkable events, people and ideas- some a part of history, some (deservedly?) forgotten. " This title focuses on transport in Britain.', 154 pages, Near Fine. Illustr: B&W Photographs Stock number: 801. ISBN: 0117018848
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Imprint: NY, HarperCollins, 2007 Black remainder line bottom page edges, faint soil and rub marks on binding, a few page corners creased; pages clean and bright, no binding problems. Unclipped dust wrapper faintly edgeworn. A nice copy.; "For sixty years, Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a temporary safe haven created in the wake of revelations of the Holocaust and the shocking 1948 collapse of the fledgling state of Israel. Proud, grateful, and longing to be American, the Jews of the Sitka District have created their own little world in the Alaskan panhandle, a vibrant, gritty, soulful, and complex frontier city that moves to the music of Yiddish. For sixty years they have been left alone, neglected and half-forgotten in a backwater of history. Now the District is set to revert to Alaskan control, and their dream is coming to an end: once again the tides of history threaten to sweep them up and carry them off into the unknown. But homicide detective Meyer Landsman of the District Police has enough problems without worrying about the upcoming Reversion. His life is a shambles, his marriage a wreck, his career a disaster. He and his half-Tlingit partner, Berko Shemets, can't catch a break in any of their outstanding cases. Landsman's new supervisor is the love of his life—and also his worst nightmare. At once a gripping whodunit, a love story, an homage to 1940s noir, and an exploration of the mysteries of exile and redemption..." The film rights to this novel have been purchased and there has been talk that the Coen brothers are attached to it., 411 pages, Very Good+ in Near Fine dust wrapper Stock number: 6838. ISBN: 9780007149827
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Imprint: NY, St Martin's Press, 1982 An ex-library copy with the expected stamps, markings, and pocket. Remnants of previous dust wrapper protector still attached to front and rear pastedowns. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped, a few smudges to page edges. Unclipped dust wrapper sunned at spine, library label (FIC) on spine, lightly edgeworn and creased. ; "The Six Sisters" series is a family saga set in Regency England. The six novels 'recount the romantic adventures of the six marriageable daughters of a country vicar, the Reverend Charles Armitage'. In this first in the series the eldest daughter Minerva is sent to London to marry well. Doing so will restore the family fortunes so that her younger brothers can go to Eton and her father can keep his beloved hounds and horses. Fortunately she is beautiful but as she is also a prig she is easily scandalized during her her first season and makes no attempt to conceal her opinions. Her attitudes soon cause the offended dandies to devise a plan to put her in her place., 192 pages, Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper Stock number: 7060. ISBN: 0312533608
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Imprint: San Francisco, CA, Sybex Computer Books, c1994,1995 Faint edgewear; a lovely copy.; 'This new edition of our best-selling guide to Excel adds three hundred pages of tips on charting, Visual BASIC macros, improving productivity, and more. New features are highlighted, and the book is loaded with real-life examples. A great choice for beginners and upgraders alike.', 1220 pages, Near Fine Stock number: 5314. ISBN: 0782116027
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Imprint: New York, Dutton, 2001 324 pages; Faintly bumped spine ends, one faint smudge on bottom page edges. Dust wrapper, unclipped, is faintly edgeworn and rubbed. A very nice copy indeed. ; 'In a fashionable London cemetery two families, visiting their respective graves on the day after Queen Victoria's death, teeter on the brink of a new era. The Colemans and the Waterhouses are divided by social class as well as taste. They would certainly not have become acquainted had not their two girls, meeting behind the tombstones, become best friends. As the girls grow up, the new king changes social customs, and a new, forward-thin king era takes wing. The lives and fortunes of the two families become more and more closely intertwined- neighbors in life as well as death. Against a gas-lit backdrop of social and political history, the author of "Girl with a Pearl Earring" explores the prejudices and flaws of a changing time.', Near Fine in Very Good+ dust wrapper Stock number: 4320. ISBN: 0525945814
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Imprint: NY, Artisan, 1996 Spine ends and corners lightly bumped. Unclipped dust wrapper very lightly edgeworn. A very nice copy of a delightful book.; "Credendo Vides -- By Believing, One Sees" Join imaginative Cassandra, her skeptical older sister Miranda, and their father, Professor Algernon Aisling on a fantastical journey of discovery. Beginning in Victorian England, 'the family sets out in search of the ancient legends. From the flickering flight of faeries and the mermaids' siren songs to a labyrinth-bound Minotaur and a fire-breathing dragon, the Aisling family witnesses firsthand the wonder of mythological worlds.' Basis for the film "Voyage of the Unicorn" starring Beau Bridges., 168 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper. Illustr: Color Illustrations Stock number: 6208. ISBN: 1885183585
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Imprint: NY, Pocket Books, 1986 Spine creased and slightly curved, covers lightly creased and edgeworn, pages pale yellow but clean, none loose. ; A letter arrives from a dead man with the mysterious message "Our code word, my dear lady, is Nemesis." For Miss Jane Marple, it's the most baffling, and final, case of her illustrious career., 262 pages, Very Good- Stock number: 6528. ISBN: 0671542060
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Imprint: NY, Putnam, 1988 Slightly edgeworn; black dust wrapper rubbed, spine lightly edgeworn.; A Jack Ryan novel. , 543 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper Stock number: 262. ISBN: 0399133453
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Imprint: NY, Bloomsbury, 2004 Spine tail bumped, faint edgewear, page edges pale tan; no spine or cover creases. A nice copy. This oversized book will not fit safely in an international global mailing envelope.; 'Set in England during the early 1800's--a country beleaguered by the long war with Napoleon--it is discovered that one practicing magician still remains. The reclusive magician, Mr. Norrell, is challenged to demonstrate his powers.' Basis for the 2015 BBC mini-series which we enjoyed but thought the book was better. Recently listed by Neil Gaiman as one of his ten favourite books., 846 pages, Very Good+. Illustr: Illustrated by Portia Rosenberg; B&W Illustrations Stock number: 7224. ISBN: 1582346038
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Imprint: Edinburgh, Greyladies, c1956, 2015 A new book. ; 'In Number Six Kirkaldy Crescent lives Mrs Lenox and her five children (all in their late teens or early twenties). Number Four, the house next door, is occupied by Miss Dorothea Balfour, a gentle and unassuming spinster who was constantly surprised to find "how astonishingly nice and good people were when you knew them....What she did not know and would not have believed was that the people who knew her could not help living up to her belief in their good qualities." It seemed only natural that a warm relationship should develop between the occupants of the two houses. This is a charming story of the friendship which blossoms between people who are so outwardly different and of the happiness it bring to both households.' From the 1956 dust wrapper: "Molly Clavering was born in Glasgow, but lived in the country from a very early age. After six years service with the WRNS, she settled in Moffat, Dumfries, where she is now the only woman member of the Town Council. Her chief interests are anything to do with the countryside and country life, history, folk-lore, Scottish Border traditions and country dancing- and an unclipped black poodle." (Her first poodle was given to her by her friend and neighbor D.E. Stevenson.) We also know she was active in Girl Guides as was DES. A relative of Molly Clavering believes she based Kirkaldy Crescent on Raeburn Place in Edinburgh. The dust wrapper illustration from the 1956 edition reminds us of Eglinton Crescent in Edinburgh's New Town where DE Stevenson once lived. Highly recommended. This edition now out-of-print., 242 pages, New Stock number: 7150. ISBN: 9781907503450
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Imprint: London, The Carlos Press, (1969)1977 4to; 67 pages; Spine head and tail and corners bumped, book is cocked. White dust wrapper has several closed tears, a few creases and lightly yellowed edges. ; "This is a story of the gardens, trees, flowers and open spaces of the City of London." Large coffee table sized book is profusely illustrated with black & white and colour photographs that show the efforts made by businesses and volunteers to "make the City of London one of the most colourful and attractive business centres in the world. " , Very Good in Very Good- dust wrapper Stock number: 1441.
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Imprint: NY, Bantam Press, 1987 358 pages; Water stain bottom edge of spine and covers of dw does not show on book, dw rubbed, Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper Stock number: 357. ISBN: 055305211X
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Imprint: NY, Viking Press, 1981 Previous owner's circular blind stamp on free endpaper. Spine ends and bottom corners bumped, vertical crease on spine that does not damage binding. No binding problems, pages clean and bright. Unclipped dust wrapper, spine sunned, lightly rubbed and edgeworn. ; Basis for movie of the same name. Set in 1913 on the eve of the Great War. Sir Randolph Nettleby, owner of an estate in Oxfordshire invites a wide array of guests for the biggest shoot of the season. 'An army of servants and gamekeepers has rehearsed the intricate age-old ritual of the house and hunt. The gentlemen are falling into the prescribed mode of fellowship and good-humored sporting rivalry. The fashionable ladies are exchanging the latest gossip. Everything about this splendid weekend would seem a perfect affirmation of the privileges and certainties of Edwardian country life. And yet, as Isabel Colegate so elegantly dramatizes, it is not. The social and moral code of this set is under siege from within and without. Competition beyond the bounds of sportsmanship, revulsion at the slaughter of animals, anger at the inequities of class -- these and other forces are about to rise up and challenge the social peace, a peace that can hold only a brief while longer.', 195 pages, Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper Stock number: 3010. ISBN: 0670640646
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Imprint: NY, Talk Miramax Books, 2001 Black paper covered boards stamped with silver Gnommish script on front and sliver text on spine. Spine ends and corners bumped and worn, revealing boards. Previous owner notes on front pastedown and rear free endpaper; interior pages clean and bright. Bronze metallic unclipped dust wrapper lightly edgeworn, rear panel scored as if book was once used as writing desk.; When twelve-year-old genius and criminal mastermind, Artemis Fowl, tries to restore his family fortune by capturing Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic and technology. The first book in the Artemis Fowl series; author is an Irish ex-elementary school teacher. Much better than the 2020 film., 277 pages, Very Good- in Very Good dust wrapper Stock number: 6358. ISBN: 0786808012
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Imprint: NY, Dodd, Mead & Co, c1971, 1973 B&W Photographs; 186 pages; A very nice copy. Pages pale yellow, edges have a few smudges. Unclipped dust wrapper has light edgewear and rubbing, and a crease on front flap.; This biography puts Thomas 'Carlyle's complex character in the context of his all-important relationship with Jane' Carlyle (nee Welsh)., Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper Stock number: 5140. ISBN: 0396066372
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Imprint: San Francisco, CA, North Point Press, 1969;1990? Very faint scoring, no spine creases; a lovely copy. ; Pictorial cover with one of the stars of the Merchant Ivory film, Paul Newman. , 367 pages, Near Fine Stock number: 1193. ISBN: 0865470545
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Imprint: San Francisco, CA, North Point Press, (1959)1990? Very faint scoring, no spine creases; a lovely copy. ; Pictorial cover with one of the stars of the Merchant Ivory film, Joanne Woodward. , 246 pages, Near Fine Stock number: 1194. ISBN: 0865470561
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Imprint: London, Century, 2004 Spine ends bumped, a few smudges on page edges. Unclipped dust wrapper has very light edgewear. A very nice copy.; 'Peter Cook and Dudley Moore are still commonly regarded as the greatest comic double act that Great Britain has ever produced. Today it's impossible to imagine modern sketch shows without them. If you're a fan of Monty Python, The Comic Strip or The Fast Show, then you're a fan of Cook and Moore. This collection of their works is a comprehensive compilation of the finest sketches that Cook and Moore ever wrote together - from the beginning of their partnership, in the groundbreaking stage show, Beyond The Fringe, to the notorious taboo busting Derek and Clive LPs that captured the spirit of punk rock, and inspired the scatological anarchy of Alternative Comedy. Featuring transcripts of one night stands long since almost forgotten, such as their Royal Variety performance, as well as a wealth of virtually unknown material, including previously unpublished scripts for "Not Only But Also", "Goodbye Again" promises to be a revelation, even for Cook and Moore's most informed fans. As well as illuminating their work, this book also promises to shed light on their intimate yet turbulent relationship.', 389 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper Stock number: 6289. ISBN: 1844134008
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Imprint: London, Corgi Books, (1978)1994 340 pages; Book looks unread; top edge faintly yellowed. ; The story of Charlie MacFell takes " the reader from the rural Northumberland of Edwardian times into the holocaust of the Western Front in the First World War". , Very Good+ Stock number: 1892. ISBN: 0552111600
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Imprint: Simon & Schuster, c1950,2003 Spine ends bumped, unclipped dust wrapper has faint edgewear and rubbing. A lovely copy; looks unread. ; Cookson's very first novel, originally published in the UK in 1950, has autobiographical elements. Now available in the United States, it remains a timeless tribute to romantic love. 'Catherine Cookson has spun the unforgettable tale of a wealthy man caught in a loveless marriage, a young woman trapped in the slums, and their defiance of the mores of Edwardian society.', 306 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper Stock number: 6448. ISBN: 0743237730
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Imprint: Canada, Corgi Books, c1991,1992 427 pages; A new book with light edge and cover wear.; This historical novel set in Victorian England is the basis for the British mini-series of the same name. , Very Good+ Stock number: 2171. ISBN: 0552136832
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Imprint: New York, Simon & Schuster, 1993 270 pages; Top edge faintly soiled, bottom edge has a remainder mark. Dust wrapper, not price cut, as a half inch closed tear at spine foot and is lightly edgeworn.; A novel set in 1960"s Northern England of a marriage that has become in name and appearance only and the wedding of a member of the next generation. , Very Good+ in Very Good dust wrapper Stock number: 1643. ISBN: 0671896504
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Imprint: NY, Bantam Books, 2013 Printing flaw in front pastedown resulted in a creased and chipped front pastedown, an extra free endpaper, and tiny tears to the top edges of the first three pages. Spine ends very lightly bumped, a few page corners lightly creased; pages clean and bright. Unclipped dust wrapper very lightly edgeworn. ; From the author of the memoir 'Homer's Odyssey' this novel of a mother and daughter and the cat that unites them is humourous, touching, and filled with insight on cat behaviour. This makes sense as a good portion of this novel, set in New York, is told from Prudence's observant (and sometimes cranky) 'catly' point of view., 317 pages, Very Good in Very Good+ dust wrapper Stock number: 7126. ISBN: 9780345526946
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Imprint: London, Persephone Books, c1950, 2004 Afterword by Max Arthur. One of the great deceptions of World War II took place in April 1943 when a body wearing a Royal Marines uniform was found off the coast of Fascist Spain. With him was a courier's briefcase containing documents indicating that the Allies were about to invade Europe through Greece—a gambit dubbed "Operation Mincemeat" that the Nazis swallowed whole—while the real Allied objective was Sicily. Officially shrouded in secrecy, the story became the basis for this novel published in 1950 against the wishes of the British government. The film "The Man Who Never Was" was also based on this true incident.; Dust wrapper faintly edgeworn; a very nice copy. Persephone editions have uniform grey covers and dust wrappers with lovely decorated endpapers and bookmarks unique to each title. This title has been reprinted by Persephone, this is a copy from the 1st printing in 2004., 160 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper Stock number: 7295. ISBN: 190315541X
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Imprint: New York, Henry Holt, 1996 A nice copy. Remainder mark on top edge, spine ends lightly bumped, smudge on bottom page edges, publishing flaws resulted in bubbling or lifting on front and rear pastedowns. Unclipped dust wrapper is slightly edgeworn and rubbed. Oversized book will require additional postage if shipped internationally. ; An informative but informal reference tool, 'this book examines both the facts of each subject and their impact on Victorian society.' Recommended., 519 pages, Very Good in Very Good+ dust wrapper. Illustr: B&W Illustrations Stock number: 1367. ISBN: 0805026223
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Imprint: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992 373 pages; Spine ends bumped and lightly worn. Dust wrapper, not price clipped, very rubbed, lightly edgeworn and creased. ; Third in the popular Kay Scarpetta series. Once again, Kay takes on more than her job as a medical examiner, as she tracks down a serial killer - he attacks couples in cars. Excellent local color - even for those of us that are non-Virginians! , Very Good+ in Very Good dust wrapper Stock number: 2187. ISBN: 0684193957
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Imprint: NY, HarperCollins, 2006 Ex-library book with usual stamps and markings, spine ends bumped, page edges pale yellow. Unclipped dustwrapper, faintly edgeworn, tiny skinned area on spine; no library markings.; The twenty-first novel in the series featuring Richard Sharpe is based on the real events of the winter of 1811., 337 pages, Very Good in Very Good+ dust wrapper Stock number: 6411. ISBN: 0060530480
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Imprint: London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2007 Spine ends very lightly bumped. Unclipped dust wrapper faintly edgeworn. A very nice copy of a lovely book.; The companion to the BBC series, the author follows the footsteps of eight early and legendary explorers of Britain. From Gerald of Wales' recruitment drive for the Crusades in the 12th century, the 1698 attempt by 20 year old Celia Fiennes to be the first to visit all the counties of England, to H.V. Morton's adventures of 1927, this book wonderfully weaves together history with contemporary travel in a unique experience. Beautifully illustrated with colour and b&w photographs, drawings, and maps., 254 pages, Near Fine in Very Good+ dust wrapper Stock number: 7071. ISBN: 9780297844563
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Imprint: London, Mitchell Beazley, 2001 Monochrome; 144 pages; A new book with faint wear to corners. Pictorial cover, no dust wrapper as issued.; 'A fascinating collection of entries and photographs, offering us an insight into the society and world of ordinary Victorian men and women. Witness medical treatments through a patient's entries; a clergyman's dilemmas as charitable provider for the poor; a schoolboy's emotions on moving towns and schools; a couple's grief at being parted by the war in India; and much more.', Very Good+ Stock number: 5868. ISBN: 1840003596
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Imprint: NY, Knopf, 1999 450 pages; Spine ends faintly bumped; a lovely copy. Unclipped dust wrapper has faint edgewear. ; Archaeologists working at the Dordogne River in France make a puzzling and seemingly impossible discovery at the medieval site. Suddenly they are taken by helicoptor to ITC, a secretive multinational corporation that has been sponsering their work while developing an astounding technology. A small group of archaeologists and historians is about to get the chance not to study the past but to enter, literally, life in fourteenth-century feudal France. Basis for the film of the same name., Near Fine in Very Good+ dust wrapper Stock number: 5704. ISBN: 0679444815
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Imprint: Garden City, NY, Mystery Guild No publicaton date; most recent copyright date is 1976. Spine ends lightly bumped, a few faint smudges to page edges, some page edge corners lightly creased; pages clean, no binding problems. Illustrated dust wrapper edgeworn with a few light creases. A nice copy. ; Omnibus edition with three mysteries (originally published in 1947, 1948, and 1949) featuring Gervase Fen, Oxford don, literary critic, and sleuth. "Swan Song" was also published as 'Dead and Dumb'. In addition to his nine, highly acclaimed, Gervase Fen novels, the author wrote concert music and the scores for almost 50 feature films under the name Bruce Montgomery., 502 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper Stock number: 6563.
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Imprint: NY, Facts On File, 1996 Large remainder mark on bottom textblock edge. Dust wrapper has faint edgewear. A lovely copy. ; Over 500 entries on a broad range of topics relating to American women and United States history.; Oversized book will not fit safely in an Int'l. Priority mailing envelope., 339 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust wrapper Stock number: 495. ISBN: 0816026254
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Imprint: Harmondsworth, England, Penguin, c1979,1981 B&W Photographs; 480 pages; White covers and pages age browned; creased spine very sunned, covers edgeworn and creased, remainder mark bottom edge; interior page clean, none loose.; Cunard's love of freedom and belief in racial and gender equality did not endear her to her parents, an American society hostess and an English baronet. She was friend and lover to many literary figures of the day and came to epitomize the 1920's for some. 'She was an Aldous Huxley character in "Antic Hay" (also in stock). A poet and a writer, she was the avant-garde publisher who "discovered" Samuel Beckett.', Good+ Stock number: 5569. ISBN: 014005572X
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Imprint: NY, Picador, 2002 Pulitzer Prize winner and basis for film starring Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore. Still from film on front cover. Recommended. ; No spine cover creases, two short cover creases, light edgewear. Page edges pale yellow, previous owner stamp inside front cover.; "The Hours tells the story of three women: Virginia Woolf, beginning to write Mrs. Dalloway as she recuperates in a London suburb with her husband in 1923; Clarissa Vaughan, beloved friend of an acclaimed poet dying from AIDS, who in modern-day New York is planning a party in his honor; and Laura Brown, in a 1949 Los Angeles suburb, who slowly begins to feel the constraints of a perfect family and home. By the end of the novel, these three stories intertwine in remarkable ways, and finally come together in an act of subtle and haunting grace.", 230 pages, Very Good Stock number: 6184. ISBN: 0312305060
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Imprint: New York, Linden Press/Simon and Schuster, 1984 Front cover small dampstain; light spine and cover creases. ; The memoir of a young woman promoted to the top of a major corporation who then has to deal with the gossip that she is having an affair with her boss. , 285 pages, Very Good Stock number: 1697. ISBN: 0671475630
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Imprint: New York, Knopf, 1980 245 pages; Remainder mark bottom edge, spine head lightly bumped, top edge very faintly faded. Dust wrapper, price clipped, has price sticker on back panel. White dw lightly soiled and edgeworn with one tiny closed tear and one tear on rear panel at spine gutter. ; Uncle Oswald, the great rogue and fornicator, has been mentioned in some of Dahl's short stories. In this, Dahl's first novel for adults, Uncle Oswald has discovered the world's most powerful aphrodisiac and a method of quick-freezing sperm. So with the help of the gorgeous Yasmin Howcomely, he sets out to preserve 51 living geniuses and crowned heads, from James Joyce to King Albert and Henry Ford. , Very Good+ in Very Good dust wrapper Stock number: 905. ISBN: 0394510119
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