Search

Great Britain. Binding: Soft Cover, Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 0671521 Paperback Paperback. Old book store stamp to inside cover. ( We carry a wide selection of titles in sci fi fantasy and horror, The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) .

Bookseller reference : 064844

The Amethysts

London England, HarperCollins, 1998. Reprint, Binding: Softcover, Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 000649952X Paperback This book is a psychological novel of intense power. The author uncovers the roots of a great twentieth-century evil through the fractured vision of Nicholas Newman, successful architect and Modern Man. The brutal murder of his lover proves to have a meaning so profound that it dramatically alters Newman's whole life. New values forced upon his consciousness become the central issues in a riveting novel which draws the reader to the disturbing conclusion, 'Sometimes only the unspeakable teaches us how to love'. Couple of tiny creases to corner of cover. .

Bookseller reference : 016773

"KNIFE & PACKER"

Captain Fact's Space Adventure

Great Britain, Egmont Books Ltd, 2004. 1st Paperback Printing, Binding: Soft Cover, Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 1405208325 Paperback .

Bookseller reference : 053637

"ZINDIKA"

Daughter's Grace

London, United Kingdom, Karnak House, 1992. 1st Paperback Edition, Binding: Softcover, Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0907015794 Paperback Nehanda's world, from her incubation in suburban Surrey, early romatic links with a white boy, did not prepare her for her adolescent life in London where she encounters, for the first-time, the universe of black people. Her idealism and middle-class aspirations caused her encounter with a Rastafarian to rebound in original fear, fascination, and ultimate oo-habitation. Mothering three children and experiencing the profound conflicts with her man; havng material ambitions beyond those of her partner; the recipient of resentment from her parents; isolated and dejected, she comes to decisions which alienate and separate her from her partner. The descent into emotional, psychological and spiritual tribulation reduces her to imaginary visitations, flights of imagination, and longing for what is lost. .

Bookseller reference : 025960

& ROBERT J. HARRIS

Odysseus in the Serpent Maze. Young Heroes. (Ages 8-12)

U.S.A., Harper Collins, 2001. First Edition, Binding: Cloth & Boards, Fine/Very Good/fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0060287349 Hardback Ages 8-12. Odysseus, Prince of Ithaca, has always been safe, sheltered, protected - and bored! The Age of Heroes is past. The wars are over. The monsters have all been slain. Or so he believes. Are there any adventures left for a thriteen-year-old boy who wants, more than anything to be a hero? .

Bookseller reference : 014610

'A CANTAB'

Two Flappers in Paris

Great Britain, Wordsworth Classic Erotica, 1996. Reprint, Binding: Softcover, Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 185326637X Paperback unexpurgated. While travelling to her finishing school in Paris, Evelyn meets the narrator of this delightful tale. He is a diplomat in his thirties, and during the Channel crossing, he so charms the sixteen year old virgin that she is soon calling him Uncle Jack. .

Bookseller reference : 034200

'A CANTAB'

Two Flappers in Paris

Great Britain, Wordsworth Classic Erotica, 1996. Reprint, Binding: Softcover, Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 185326637X Paperback unexpurgated. While travelling to her finishing school in Paris, Evelyn meets the narrator of this delightful tale. He is a diplomat in his thirties, and during the Channel crossing, he so charms the sixteen year old virgin that she is soon calling him Uncle Jack. .

Bookseller reference : 034199

'CRAB' SEARL

Sailing

London England, Pan, 1974. 3rd Printing. Revised & Reset, Binding: Softcover, Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 0330239287 Paperback Previously published as The Pan Book of Sailing. Foreword by Lt-General Sir Brian Horrocks. This is a clear and readable book in which the author teaches the complete landlubber - no matter what his age - exactly how to sail a boat. Where to learn - what to wear - sailing practice and theory - seamanship - safety - weather and tides - buoyage and navigation - types of sailing craft - buying, building and maintaining a boat. Extensively revised and up-dated with a full glossary of sailing terms and other appendices. Packed with pictures and diagrams. Illustrated. Very slight wear to cover. .

Bookseller reference : 023961

'SUPERCOOK' STAFF

The Complete Encyclopedia of Cooking. Supercook (Volume 1)

London England, Marshall Cavendish, 1985. First Thus, Binding: Cloth & Decorative Boards, Very Good/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Hardback Starting with 'A' and progressing through every letter of the alphabet to 'Z', Supercook builds into a complete encyclopedia of international cooking Each volume contains about 200 recipes, as well as basic techniques and instructions. Every volume includes starters, man courses and desserts, so you have a wide choice of dishes from whch to create thousands of interesting meals. In addition, there are recipes for snacks, cakes, pastries, preserves and delicious home-made sweets, as well as new ideas for picnic food and informal indoor get-togethers. Illustrated. Illustrated laminated boards. Tiny pen dot to inside cover. .

Bookseller reference : 024782

, ROBERT WALLER

The Bridges of Madison County

New York, NY, U.S.A., Warner Books, Incorporated, 1992. 36 37 38 39 40, Binding: Cloth & Boards, Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0-446-51652-X Hardback prev owners name inside otherwise fine .

Bookseller reference : 012163

0436270900

Not Prince Hamlet. Literary and Theatrical Memoirs

London England, Secker & Warburg, 1989. First Edition, Binding: Cloth, Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardback Translator, biographer, scholar, and man of the theatre, Michael Meyer has known many of the leading literary and theatrical figures of the past 40 years. As a young man he met Bernard Shaw and Max Beerbohm. He was a close friend of George Orwell, Graham Greene, with whom he travelled round the world, Arthur Koestler, Mervyn Peake and Ralph Richardson, and worked with many of the great actors and directors including Laurence Olivier and Ingmar Bergman. In these memoirs he paints portraits and often hilarious pen portraits of them and many others including Siegfried Sassoon, W. H. Auden, Vita Sackville-West, Francois Truffaut and Trevor Howard. His play-going memories cover 60 years; as a boy he saw Gerld du Maurier, Marie Tempest and the young Gielgud and Oliver, and later got to know actors such as Maggie Smith, Brian Cox and Stacy Keach when they were still amateurs or at drama school. He also writes of his years in Scandinavia, his failure as a war time scientist and unwilling British agent, his wanderings in the Far East, the problems of translation and biography, and great bores whom he has known. Illustrated. .

Bookseller reference : 009032

1.25

Star Trek the Next Generation

London England, Titan Books, 1993. 1st, Binding: Softcover, Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 1852863595 Paperback light crease on cover .

Bookseller reference : 000196

1.75

A Love Beyond Words (Silhouette Special Edition Ser.,

Great Britain, Silouette, 2001. First Thus, Binding: Softcover, Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 0373243820 Paperback Exiting adventure and romantic thrilling stories. .

Bookseller reference : 018612