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THE DAY OF THE DOG
Written by George Barr McCutcheon.
Illustrated by Harrison Fisher.
Stock no. 2001019
Published by A.L. Burt Company.
1st
1904.
Very good condition.
Green cloth boards, dark green titles and oval onlay of bull terrier to front. Colour plates, b/w decorative footers. Covers just a little grubby. Small previous owner address label to front endpaper. Contents clean.
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THE QUEST FOR HESTER
Written by Barbara Hooper.
Stock no. 1601191
Published by Jlf Marketing.
1st
2001.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The story of an eighteenth century family's loving, living and survival. Pictorial cardwraps. 178 pages. ISBN: 0954180607. Minor rubbing to cover edges. SIGNED by author with dedication on title page.
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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
Written by Oliver Goldsmith.
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1303332
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd..
1st
1929.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A jovial domestic portrayal of Goldsmith's classic. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Dark green cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 232 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners bumped else a bright copy. Light foxing to outer page edges and light browning to first few and last few pages. White pictorial wrapper is edge chipped, slightly grubby, price-cut and has a 2" closed tear to top edge of front panel.
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- LITERATURE
- ILLUSTRATED
SILENT TEARS
Written by Paul Henke.
Stock no. 1802251
Published by Good Read Publishing.
1st
2003.
Nearly fine condition.
A novel. The first of the four books chronicling the lives of the Griffiths family. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 1902483057. SIGNED by the author by way of a gift inscription to title page. Covers lightly creased, contents fine.
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ON THE EDGE
Written by Jenny Pitman.
Stock no. 1802250
Published by MacMillan.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
A novel set in the world of horse training and racing. Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0333908074. SIGNED by the author to title page. Second printing. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper.
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- LITERATURE
- HORSE RACING
A MILLION TEARS II
Written by Paul Henke.
Stock no. 1802249
Published by Good Read Publishing.
1st
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The Tears of War and Peace, the second instalment of Paul Henke's epic tale. Blue cardwraps. xiv and 543 pages plus author adverts. ISBN: 1902483030. SIGNED by author using a gift inscription to title page. Corners lightly creased. Contents fine.
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- LITERATURE
THE OTHER VICTIM
Written by David Kessler.
Stock no. 1202536
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1997.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Black boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0340689021.
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- LITERATURE
- DETECTIVE FICTION
P.G. WODEHOUSE A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CHECKLIST
Written by Eileen McIlvaine; Louise S. Sherby; James H. Heineman.
Illustrated by Peter Van Straaten.
Stock no. 1801922
Published by James H. Heineman.
1st
1990.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This comprehensive bibliography and checklist opens wide the doors to the books, plays, verse, short stories and lyrics of P.G. Wodehouse. This volume is directed to the scholar, the researcher, the collector, the casual reader and, not least, to the fan of the man whom 20th century literary giants have called "The Master". Large format. Grey cloth boards with gilt plum titles. Plum, patterned endpapers. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. xlix and 489 pages. ISBN: 087008125X. Small plain white sticker to top corner of front endpaper else contents clean. Purple pictorial wrapper is edge-worn. A nice copy.
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- REFERENCE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- LITERATURE
THE CHALLENGE A CORNISH STORY
Written by William Andrew.
Stock no. 1202069
Published by The Covenant Publishing Co. Limited.
1st
1946.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Stiff card covers with pictorial wrapper.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- CORNWALL
- LITERATURE
THE WIDOW WOMAN
Written by Charles Lee.
Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 1202028
Published by James Bowden.
1899.
Very good condition.
Red cloth, gilt titles. A Cornish Tale. 2nd edition. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Spine faded.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- CORNWALL
- DIALECTS
- LITERATURE
ROMMEL & PATTON
Written by Richard Rohmer.
Stock no. 1801613
Published by Irwin Publishing.
Circa
1986.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A novel. 'An intriguing and entirely believable theory of how World War II might have ended.'Closely based on the Battle of Normandy in 1944. Black cloth boards, red title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0772516235. Minor foxing to top edge of text block else contents clean. Black dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and scuffed to rear panel.
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- LITERATURE
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
THE WAY OF A SHIP
Written by Derek Lundy.
Stock no. 1801180
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
2002.
Nearly fine condition.
A Square-Rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail. A work of fiction. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 0224061399.
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- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- ATLANTIC
- LITERATURE
- SAILING
- SAILING STORY