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SCHULZ C Snoopy and his Sopwith Camel Publisher: Holt, Rinehart, Winston Condition: fine in fine dustjacket
A very nice copy of this classic peanuts book signed by the cartoonist Charles M Schulz in black felt-tip on the front free endpaper Edition: first Categories: graphic Published: 1969 Price: £195
ROBINSON Wilfrid Coaster's Mate Publisher: Collins Condition: very goof in very good dustjacket
An African Adventure Edition: first thus Categories: fiction Published: 1961 Price: £6
ROBB John Wells Fargo Publisher: Collins Condition: very good in very good dustjacket
Wild West Adventure Edition: first thus Categories: fiction Published: 1961 Price: £6
Unknown Puck Annual 1937 Publisher: Fleetway Press Condition: very good tight copy - no dustjacket
A book of pictures and stories for boys and girls Edition: first Categories: children Published: 1937 Price: £14
Various Picture Show Who's Who on the Screen Publisher: Amalgamated Press Condition: very good no dust jacket one page (145/6) missing
1800 biographies of film actors Edition: first Categories: cinema Published: 1940 Price: £11
BELL Richard Richard Bell's Britain Publisher: BCA Condition: fine in fine dustjacket
word and pictures of Britain's countryside and wildlife by an accomplished artist Edition: book club Categories: topography Published: 1981 Price: £5
WHYTE Kathleen Design in Embroidery Publisher: Batsford Condition: fine in fine dustjacket
a work of stimulation and instruction - well illustrated throughout Edition: reprint Categories: art Published: 1974 Price: £6
PULMAN Seraphima Children's Stories from Russion Firy Tales and Legends Publisher: Tuck Condition: very good tight, clean copy - no dustjacket
illustrated by Arthur A Dixon Edition: first Categories: children Published: 1917 Price: £24
TIMPSON John Timpson's Leylines Publisher: Cassell Condition: fine in fine dustjacket
A layman tracking the leys - photography by Derry Brabbs Edition: first Categories: topography Published: 2000 Price: £5
FLETCHER Richard Bloodfeud Publisher: Allen Lane Condition: mint in fine dustjacket
Murder and revenge in Anglo-Saxon England Edition: first Categories: history Published: 2002 Price: £6
BLAISE Clark Time Lord Sir Sandford Fleming and teh Creation of Standard Time Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Condition: fine in fine dust jacket
The story of the Victorian achievement of creating a single world-wide time standard Edition: first Categories: biography Published: 2000 Price: £4.5
HELLER Louis, HUMEZ Alexander, DROR Malcah The Private Lives of English Words Publisher: RKP Condition: fine in fine dustjacket
Fascinating stories behind more than 400 words with a particularly interesting philological history Edition: first Categories: etymology Published: 1984 Price: £6
PARKER Nick Ed Bling, Blogs and Bluetooth Publisher: Profile Condition: fine in fine dustjacket
Modern living for oldies with an introduction by Richard Ingrams Edition: first Categories: essays Published: 2006 Price: £4
NORTON Trevor Under Water to get out of the Rain Publisher: Century Condition: fine in fine dustjacket
A love affair with the sea Edition: first Categories: biography Published: 2005 Price: £8
FURBANK P N E M Forster: A Life Publisher: Oxford Condition: very good faded spine
A classic literary biography- two parts in a single volume Edition: first thus Categories: biography Published: 1979 Price: £6
HUTTON Clarke (Illustrator) The Tale of Noah and the Flood Publisher: Penguin Condition: very good - slight tear on spine
a puffin picture book Edition: first Categories: children Published: 1946 Price: £5
Miss READ Village School Publisher: Michael Joseph Condition: very good clean tight copy with previosu owners inscription on front free endpaper slightly chipped price clipped dustcover in protective cover
a classic illustrated by J S Goodall - first in the series Edition: first Categories: fiction Published: 1955 Price: £16
CADOGAN Lady Adelaide Illustrated Games of Patience Publisher: Leslie Frewin Condition: fine in fine dustjacket
beautiful facsimile of 1870 book published by Sampson Low, Marston Edition: first Categories: games Published: 1968 Price: £12
FOSKETT Daphne British Portrait Miniatures Publisher: Spring Books Condition: fine in very good dustjacket (sunned spine)
a seemingly comprehensive illustrated survey of the art of the British portrait miniature from the 16th to the 20th century Edition: first thus Categories: art Published: 1968 Price: £5
MANTEL Hilary Wolf Hall Publisher: Fourth Estate Condition: fine in fine dustjacket
winner of the booker prize Edition: first 13th imp Categories: fiction Published: 2009 Price: £5
Miss READ Fresh from the country Publisher: Michael Joseph Condition: very good (slight weakening of front hinge in very good dustjacket
illustrated by J S Goodall Edition: first Categories: fiction Published: 1960 Price: £12
Miss Read Miss Read's Country Cooking or to cut a cabbage leaf Publisher: Michael Joseph Condition: fine in fine dustjacket
recipes from the author of the Village School series Edition: first Categories: cooking Published: 1969 Price: £11
Miss Read The Year at Thush Green Publisher: Michael Joseph Condition: fine in fine dustjacket
a classic in the Village School series - illustrated by J S Goodall Edition: first Categories: fiction Published: 1995 Price: £12
DE BOTTON Alain Status Anxiety Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Condition: fine in fine dustjacket
what do other people think about us and why does it matter Edition: first Categories: philosophy Published: 2004 Price: £6
Miss READ Storm in the Country Publisher: Michael Joseph Condition: very goo in torn but complete dustjacket
a classic from the Fairacre books Edition: 2nd imp Categories: fiction Published: 1958 Price: £9
PHILLIPS Marie Gods Behaving Badly Publisher: Jonathan Cape Condition: fine in fine dustjacket
signed by the author Edition: first Categories: fiction Published: 2007 Price: £6
STEINER Wendy The Trouble with Beauty Publisher: Heinemann Condition: fine in fine dustjacket
cultural history of 20th century's realtionship with beauty and thebooks femaul subject in art Edition: first Categories: art Published: 2001 Price: £8
THUBRON Colin The Lost Heart of Asia Publisher: Heinemann Condition: fine in fine dustjacket
travel in central asia follwoing the collapse of the Soviet Union Edition: first Categories: travel Published: 1994 Price: £7
EGAN Constance Epaminondas helps in the house Publisher: Collins Condition: good clean tight copy in scudffed covers with tear at top of spine - no dustjacket
illustrated by A E Kennedy - politically incorrect children's story Edition: ? Categories: CHILDREN Published: ? Price: £10
DEEDES Bill (Forward) People's Portraits Publisher: Royal Society of Portrait Painters Condition: fine - no dustjacket
Illustrated catalogue of a touring exhibition to celebrate the people who made up Britain at the turn of the Millennium Edition: first Categories: art Published: 2000 Price: £10
HOBHOUSE Henry Seeds of Wealth - four plants that made men rich Publisher: MacMillan Condition: fine in fine dustjacket
timber, wine, rubber, tobacco Edition: first Categories: botany and biography Published: 2003 Price: £10
NEWTON Helmut Sleepless Nights Publisher: Quartet Condition: fine in chipped dustjacket
fantasy photographs by an icon of fashion photography Edition: first Categories: photograpy Published: 1978 Price: £14
BERLINSKY David The Advent of the Algorithm - the idea that rules the world Publisher: Harcourt Condition: fine in fine dustjacket
classic about the pricedures that sit at the heart of computers Edition: first Categories: science Published: 2000 Price: £8
GRAND Steve Creation - Life and how to make it Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson Condition: fine in fine dustjacket
an exposition of artificial life Edition: first Categories: science Published: 2000 Price: £9
unknown Robin Hood Annual 1957 Publisher: Amalgamated Press Condition: very good clean tight copy in goid illustrated board cover - some shelfwear at corners and edges
classic cartoon stories Edition: first Categories: children Published: 1957 Price: £7
ECCLESHARE Julia Beatrix Potter to Harry Potter - Portraits of children's writers Publisher: National Portrait Gallery Condition: fine - no dustjacket
publishe dto accompany an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in 2002- forward by Anne Fine Edition: first Categories: art Published: 2002 Price: £14