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Bott Alan
THIS WAS ENGLAND A Survey in Pictures and Text of Their History Morals Wars Inventions Sports Heroes and Social and Sexual Distinctions between 1870 and 1900
Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co Inc. Very Good. 1931. Hardcover. Spine sunned and with light shelfwear to boards. Light dampstaining to one corner not affecting text and illustrations; Numerous period illustrations enliven this study of late-Victorian era Britain. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 249 pages . Doubleday, Doran & Co, Inc. hardcover
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Bottineau Yves preface by and Lemoine Pierre introduction and texts
Versailles in colour - complete guide of the Visit
Versailles: Les �ditions d'Art. Good. 1989. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall 6.5 x 8.5"; 107 pages; paperback; small water stain to bottom edge not affecting contents; good clean copy; text in English; . Les �ditions d'Art paperback
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Botting Douglas
In the Ruins of the Reich
London: George Allen & Unwin 1985. A portrait of a great European nation in chaos and how the occupying powers behaved like Imperial lords punishing past crimes and perpetuating a few new ones of their own. Some faint sunning to page edges else a clean square hardback in an unclipped d/w - 248 pages including index. Next post dispatch. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. George Allen & Unwin Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 053855 ISBN : 004943036X 9780049430365
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Botting Douglas
Wild Britain
San Francisco California U.S.A.: Sierra Club Books. Very Good. 1994. Soft Cover. 8vo 0871564750 clean and firm . Sierra Club Books paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : Britain_1004 ISBN : 0871564750 9780871564757
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Bottomley Frank
Castle Explorer's Guide The
London: Kaye & Ward. Good/Good. 1979. Hardback. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall 0718212169 5 x 7.5"; 249pp; brown cloth with gilt top edge a little dusty; dustwrapper; good clean copy; . Kaye & Ward hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 5807 ISBN : 0718212169 9780718212162
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Bottomley Frank w/illus. by Paul Bottemley Bottomly
The Explorer's Guide to the Abbeys Monasteries and Churches of Great Britain
<p>New York: Avenel Books 1984 reprint of c1981 ed. 248pp. illus. navy cloth 8vo: Very Good in a near Fine dj small rem. dot bottom edge; text is lightly age browned; else VG A comprehensive guide to the subject illustrated with line drawings. Bottomley is also randomly misspelled Bottomly.</p> New York: Avenel Books hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 1914 ISBN : 051744853X 9780517448533
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BOUCE Paul-Gabriel
"Evolution et révolution(s) dans la Grande-Bretagne du XVIIIe siècle; actes des colloques tenus en 1989-1990 à la Sorbonne Nouvelle. Collection : Langues et langages, N° 24."
Paris, Publications de la Sorbonne, 1993. 16 x 24, 207 pp., broché, très bon état.
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BOUVET DE CRESSE
HISTOIRE DE LA MARINE de tous les les Peuples depuis la plus haute antiquité jusqu'à nos jours. TOME II
Paris chez Aimé André 1824. Fort in-8 broché couverture factice ancienne de papier rouge avec pièce de titre manuscrite sur le dos 576pp. Intérieur frais et complet. TOME II seul sur 2, du Livre V "coup d'oeil général depuis l'invention de la boussole" au Livre VIII et dernier dans lequel on trouvera des informations sur la Campagne d'Egypte, Aboukir, l'expédition de Saint Domingue, Nelson, la Marine sous la Restauration. Contient aussi une liste des auteurs et ouvrages cités, traduits, copiés ou imités par l'Auteur. (4938)
Riferimento per il libraio : GITj590
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BOURDE (André-J.).
Histoire de la Grande-Bretagne.
PUF, 1961, in-12, 128 pp, (Coll. Que Sais-Je ?)
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BOULLE Pierre
La baleine des Malouines.
Couverture souple. Broché. 232 pages.
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BOUISSOU (Michel).-
La Chambre des Lords au XXe siècle (1911-1949). Préface de J.-J. Chevallier.
1957 Paris, Armand Colin (Cahiers de la Fondation des Sciences Politiques), 1957, in 8° broché, XIII-360 pages.
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BOUSSARD Jacques
LE GOUVERNEMENT D'HENRI II PLANTAGENET.
Paris Librairie d'Argences 1956. Fort in-8 broché LXVIII 687pp 1 feuillet non chiffré table des cartes. Orné de 19 cartes hors texte réunies dans un cahier indépendant. Tampon ex-libris en tête d'un feuillet blanc. Exemplaire en bon état, bien complet du cahier de cartes indépendant. (BAL 24)
Riferimento per il libraio : GITj850
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BOURASSE Abbé
LES PLUS BELLES EGLISES DU MONDE. Notices historiques et archéologiques sur les temples les plus célèbres de la Chrétienté.
Tours Mame et Cie 1857. In-8 2 feuillets non chiffrés VI-XVI 2-504pp. Cartonnage éditeur toile bleu nuit, dos lisse entièrement orné en long d'un riche décor de volutes dorées et mosaïquées,1er plat frappé d'un grand motif à la cathédrale finement doré et mosaïqué, 2e plat orné au centre d'un élégant décor d'angelots et volutes dorés et mosaïqués, tranches dorées. Orné de 34 gravures hors texte. Coupure sans manque dans les fonds de la page 497, quelques pâles et rares rousseurs. exemplaire bien complet du texte, des gravures, dans son beau cartonnage Romantique en excellent état.
Riferimento per il libraio : GITe096
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BOUCARD (Robert).-
Les dessous de l'Intelligence Service. "Des documents - Des faits". 40 illustrations de Paul Coze, Joseph Hemard, Albert-Philibert, Roger Roy et reproductions de documents.
P., Editions Documentaires, 1937, in 12 broché, 248 pages ; couverture illustrée en couleurs.
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BOUCHER DE PERTHES Jacques
Voyage en Angleterre, Écosse et Irlande, en 1860
Paris Jung-Treuttel, Derache, Dumoulin, Victor Didron 1868 in-16 broché
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Bouch CML.; Jones GP. C. M. G. P.
A SHORT ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE LAKE COUNTIES 1500-1830
Augustus M. Kelley 1968. 371pp. Blue cloth hardback DJ VG 1968 reprint of the 1961 printing owner name ink stamped on front end pages and title page fold out map in rear of book index maps tables and footnotes A short economic and social history of the Lake Counties 1500-1830 . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Augustus M. Kelley Hardcover
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Bouch CML & GPJones C. M. G. P.
A Short Economic and Social History of the Lake Counties 1500-1830
Manchester: Manchester University Press. Nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1968. 2nd prt. hardcover. 8vo 371 pp. With an autograph letter signed by G.P. Jones laid-in Fold-out map at rear . Manchester University Press hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : BOOKS052656I
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Bouchier Cecil
Spitfires in Japan : From Farnborough to the Far East. A Memoir
Folkestone Kent: Global Oriental Ltd 2005. The long-awaited memoir recording the career of the WW1 soldier who went on to became a pilot and instructor during WW2 combining battlefield courage and endurance with great leadership skills and a keen understanding of human nature. Skilfully edited for publication by Dorothy Britton Lady Bouchier. Small inscription by previous owner otherwise an as new hardback in a d/w - 358 pages including index. Prompt dispatch. 068084. First Edition. Hard Back. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Global Oriental Ltd Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 068084 ISBN : 1901903443 9781901903447
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Boumphrey Ian and Hunter Gavin
Yesterday's Wirral : Port Sunlight - A Pictorial History 1888 to 1953
Prenton Wirral: Ian & Marilyn Boumphrey 2002. No inscriptions or marks. Very tiny minor creases to front cover none to rear or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 120pp. Paperback. Near Fine. 11.75 x 8.25 inches. Ian & Marilyn Boumphrey Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 003272 ISBN : 1899241183 9781899241187
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Bourinot John George Sir.
LORD ELGIN.
Toronto: Morang 1903. 276 pp 9 1/2" H. Beige cloth with paper title label on spine a duplicate label laid in at the last page at time of publication could be used to 'freshen' the book's appearance top edge gilt. A volume from the "Edition De Luxe" limited to four hundred sets - this copy unnumbered of The Makers of Canada series - inscribed in red ink on the limitation page: "With the Compliments / of / the Publishers underscored / Nov 16 - 1903". There is also a previous owner's signature in black ink on this page. B&w tissue-covered frontispiece. Contents: Early Career; Political Condition in Canada; Political Difficulties; The Idemnification Act; The End of the Lafontaine-Baldwin Ministry 1851; The Hincks-Morin Ministry; The History of the Clergy Reserves 1791-1854; Seigniorial Tenure; Canada and the United States; Farewell to Canada; Political Progress; A Comparison of Systems; Bibliographical Note; Index. Light wrinkling/creasing at some untrimmed edges of pages and at some corners of pages light browning to fore-edge and bottom of text block very slight bumping at corners of boards light browning on spine and at edges of boards moderate browning and a few tiny scuffs on spine label two small foxing marks on rear board. Inscribed. Edition de Luxe. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. Morang Hardcover
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Bourke Prof Joanna & Joanna Bourke
Working Class Cultures in Britain 1890-1960: Gender Class and Ethnicity
Routledge. Fine. 1993. Softcover. 041509898x . Stiff unmarked book in glossy covers. ; 8.43 X 5.43 X 0.71 inches; 275 pages . Routledge paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 47193 ISBN : 041509898x 9780415098984
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Bourne George
A Farmer's Life With a Memoir of the Farmer's Sister
London: Jonathan Cape. Fine copy in very good dust jacket. 1922. 1st. hardcover. 8vo 208 pp. Limited to 750 numbered copies Light tan dust jacket slightly soiled and spine slightly tanned . Jonathan Cape hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : BOOKS026874I
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Bourne Henry
The History of Newcastle Upon Tyne. Facsimile edition
Newcastle Upon Tyne: Frank Graham. VG : in Very good condition without dustwrapper. 1980. Reprint. Grey hardback cloth cover. 340mm x 230mm 13" x 9". 248pp. Fold-out map. Facsimile of 1736 original edition. . Frank Graham hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : fg-348d ISBN : 0859831361 9780859831369
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Bourne Henry
The History of Newcastle upon Tyne. 1736 edition
Newcastle upon Tyne: John White. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Later rebind. New eps. Original fold-out map missing - facsimile replacement. Title page browned with small repair. Some foxing and browning within. 1736. First Edition. Maroon hardback half-leather cover. 320mm x 200mm 13" x 8". viii 251pp. Several b/w woodcuts and facsimile fold-out map. Original copy of this famous work. Extra handwritten page completing the mayors up to1769. . John White hardcover
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Bourne HR. Fox H. R.
English Merchants: Memoirs in Illustration of the Progress of British Commerce
London: Chatto & Windus 1886. New and illustrated edition of 1886. Red cloth boards show minor wear sunned on spine. Front hinge a little cracked webbing showing. Endpapers tanned some light foxing to early pages previous owner's name on FEP; contents otherwise clean and sound throughout. New Edition Revised. hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 230063
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Bourne John ed
Devon & Cornwall Record Society New Series Vol. 29 GEORGIAN TIVERTON The Political Memoranda of Beavis Wood 1768-98
Devon and Cornwall Record Society 1966. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 9.5" x 6" approx. Crisp clean covers tight binding clean pages and inside covers. No dust jacket as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52020011050. Devon and Cornwall Record Society paperback
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Bourne Kenneth
THE FOREIGN POLICY OF VICTORIAN ENGLAND 1830-1902
London: Oxford University Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate . Oxford University Press hardcover
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Bourne Kenneth
The Letters of the Third Viscount Palmerston to Laurence and Elizabeth Sulivan 1804-13 camden fourth series; volume 23
London: Office of the Royal Historical Society 1979. camden fourth series; volume 23 greeny-cream colour cover with balck on the spine with gold gilt lettering to the spine. Text is clean bright and tight. hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Office of the Royal Historical Society Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 072783 ISBN : 0901050555 9780901050557
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Bourne Nicholas and Pillans Brian
Scottish Company Law
Cavendish Publishing Limited London 1st edition 1996 PB The essential text for those who require a lucid and accurate introduction to company law as it applies in Scotland Cover worn at edges inscribed by previous owner on FFEP internally VG. 307pp 0 Cavendish Publishing Limited London 1st edition 1996 PB paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : BYB5491 ISBN : 1859412041 9781859412046
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BOURNE SOCIETY
Local History Records of the Bourne Society. Volumes 1-14 plus the Jubilee History. SPLENDID RUN OF THE BOURNE SOCIETY
Bourne Society Purley 1962-1975 and 1977. 15 vols. sm. 8vo. with illustrations and maps throughout page-edges very lightly browning as usual; original illustrated wrappers wire-stitched as issued a very good bright clean run. Runs of this length and calibre especially of the early volumes are extremely scarce. Bourne Society, [Purley, unknown
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Bourne Society
Then and now: The changing scene of Surrey life in Coulsdon & Purley
Bourne Society 1989. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 1st Edition. VG clean condition except for some light creasing at the rear. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. Illustrated with many b/w photos. . Bourne Society Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 031596 ISBN : 0900992301 9780900992308
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BOURSNELL Clive
OLD COVENT GARDEN: The Fruit Vegetable and Flower Markets
London: Frances Lincoln 2012. Introduction by Peter Ackroyd. 168 pages. Nearly 300 colour and b/w photographs all taken by the author during the 1960s and early 1970s documenting the end of an era before the fruit vegetable and flower market traders moved out of their site in the heart of London. Every book is sent in a cardboard postal package. Paperback Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 21.5 Cm x 17.5 Cm. Frances Lincoln Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 11576 ISBN : 0711233314 9780711233317
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Bousfield Charlotte
The Bousfield Diaries : A Middle-Class Family in Late Victorian Bedford
Bedfordshire Historical Record Society 2007. Volume 86 in the Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society Series paints a vivid picture of the activities of the multi-talented Bousfield family of Bedford led by a strong-minded matriarch. Clean square hardback in a d/w - 233 pages including index. Prompt dispatch. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Bedfordshire Historical Record Society Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 063061 ISBN : 085155072X 9780851550725
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Boutell Charles; Brooke Little J P revised
Boutell's Heraldry
London: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. VG: in very good condition with rubbed and marked dust jacket. Spine of jacket faded. Light foxing to fore-edge. 1983. Revised Edition. Black/gilt hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 170mm 9" x 7". x 368pp. Colour plates b/w illustrations. . Frederick Warne & Co Ltd hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : r6391a ISBN : 0723230935 9780723230939
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Boutourlin, Colonel (Dmitrij Petrovic).
Histoire militaire de la campagne de Russie en 1812. Tome Premier.
Octavo. Pp. x, 392. Both half-title present. Hardcover, bound in half calf and marbled boards in monochromatic foliage pattern, these bit rubbed, spine with 5 gilt fleurons, one rubbed, gilt decorated vellum lettering-piece. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. First volume. Colonel Dmitrij Petrovic Buturlin (Boutourlin), (1790-1849), aide-de-camp to Emperor Alexander of Russia.
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Boveri, Margret
Sir Edward Grey und das Foreign Office. - ERSTAUSGABE Politische Wissenschaft ; H. 12; Teil von: Deutsche Bücherei (Leipzig): Weltkriegssammlung Promotionsarbeit von Margret Boveri - Erstausgabe
Berlin-Grunewald : Rothschild 1933. VII, 198 S. ; gr. 8° Broschiert, Deckblatt mit Randblessuren, sonst Exemplar in gutem Erhaltungszustand
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Bowd Gavin
Technique
Dionysia Press Edinburgh 1999 PB Poems. VG 101pp 0 Dionysia Press Edinburgh 1999 PB paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : BYB7793 ISBN : 0952234181 9780952234180
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Bowden Witt
Industrial Society in England Towards the End of the Eighteenth Century
The Macmillan Company 1925. Sound publication with clean pages and clear content. Imprint of previous owner on title page. hand written library shelf number in white ink on spine. Light edge wear. hardcover. Good. Used. The Macmillan Company Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 188763
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BOWEN CATHERINE DRINKER
The Lion And The Throne: The Life And Times Of Sir Edward Coke 1552-1634
Little Brown and Company Boston: 1957. Softcover. Good condition. Portrays the life of Sir Edward Coke who lived during the turbulent colorful pageantry of the days of Queen Elizabeth and James first Stuart king of England. Includes an Index. Little, Brown and Company, Boston: 1957 paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 22409X1
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Bowen Elizabeth
ENGLISH NOVELISTS - BRITAIN IN PICTURES - Number 23
London: Collins 1946. HC. good w/good dustjacket hardcover. 8 color plates B&W ill. 48pp. Collins unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : BOOKS064795I
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Bowen Elizabeth
English Novelists Britain in Pictures
London: William Collins 1945. With 8 plates in colour and 19 b/w illustrations. Just jacket slightly worn along the edges; previous owner's name on FEP. Second Edition. hardcover. Good/Good. Used. William Collins Hardcover
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Bowen Rhys
EVAN & ELLE: A Constable Evans Mystery SIGNED COPY
N.Y.: St. Martin's 2000. 1st ed. 1st printing February 2000. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket not price clipped with protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY. Signed by aurhor at title page. The 4th Constable Evans title. There is both excitement and dismay in Llanfair when a new French restaurant opens. The glamorous owner Madame Yvette tries to win over the locals and everything seems to be going well until a string of fires plagues the town. One night the restaurant burns down and a body is found in the rubble. Constable Evans joins Sergeant Watkins to follow a trail of clues that leads them to the South of England and then to France and finally to the conclusion that a dangerous killer is loose in Llanfair. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. St. Martin's Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 006215 ISBN : 0312252447 9780312252441
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Bowen Sidney
Dearest Isabel Letters from an Enlisted Man in World War II
Manhattan KS USA: Sunflower University Press 1992. Edited by Sonie Lieber. Unread paperback - 232 pages including index. Prompt dispatch. . First Edition. Card Covers. As New. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Sunflower University Press paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 033984 ISBN : 0897451503 9780897451505
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Bower Walter
Scotichronicon. Volume 2. Books III and IV
Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. Jacket taped to cover. Previous owner label to fep. 1989. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm 9" x 6". 527pp. . Aberdeen University Press hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : g4559b ISBN : 0080364101 9780080364100
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Bowers Dorothy
DEED WITHOUT A NAME A Golden Age Detective Novel
Lyons Colorado U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press 2005. 1st prtg. A fine unread copy of this trade paperback orig pub in 1940. The victim knew the identity of his potential murderer but the clues he left behind were too obscure even for Inspector Dan Pardoe of Scotland Yard. Three times young Archy Mitfold escaped murderous attacks. Knowing the identity of his would-be killer and anticipating further attempts he contrived to leave behind clues that would lead Scotland Yard to his killer's doorstep. Of course Archy thought himself clever enough to avoid actually being murdered and assumed these clues-mostly bird sketches-would never actually be needed. Archy was wrong. Unfortunately for Inspector Dan Pardoe and Sergeant Tommy Salt Archy's clues were so obscure that they defied intepretation. World War II was only weeks old and it looked like Archy's brief flirtation with the pro-Nazi Nordic Bond might be behind his murder. Anti-German feelings were at their height during this "phony war" period as Londoners blacked out their windows to German bombers that were months away from attacking. On the other hand Archy's death also seemed somehow connected to the disappearnce of a camera-shy British philantrophist. It will take all of Pardoe's celebrated ingenuity to nab the killer. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Trade Paperback. Rue Morgue Press Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 014688 ISBN : 0915230828 9780915230822
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Bowers Dorothy
Fear and Miss Betony A Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery
Boulder CO U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press 2005. 1st prtg. A fine unread copy of this trade paperback. The Golden Age of detective fiction was known for elaborate plots. This may well be the most ingenious one of them all. Emma Betony was content to live out her remaining years in a home for decayed gentlewomen when she receives an urgent appeal for help from a former student. Grace Aram is running Makeways a struggling boarding school for girls newly relocated in a former nursing home in Dorset far from the falling German bombs. But Grace isn't interested in Miss Betony's teaching skills. She needs someone she can trust to expose the culprit behind a series of troubling events induding the possible poisoning of one of the two remaining nursing paitents. What Miss Betony finds is an overwhehning sense of fear on the part of the Makeways' inhabitants. Miss Betony follows a series of clues that eventually lead her to The Great Arnbrosio a charismatic extremely handsome fortune teller with more than one trick up his sleeve. First published in 1941 Fear and Miss Betony marks the final appearance of lnspector Dan Pardoe. But it is Miss Betony herself who fights through fear and solves the case. Contemporary critics immediately proclaimed the book an instant classic with two-time Edgar-winning critic James Sandoe including the book in his Readers' Guide to Crime 1944 one of the earliest-and most astute-lists of the best books in the genre. . 1st Prtg. Pictorial Wrappers. As New/No Jacket. Illus. by Pudim Rob. Trade Paperback. Rue Morgue Press Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 017606 ISBN : 0915230860 9780915230860
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Bowers Dorothy
POSTSCRIPT TO POISON
Lyons Colorado U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press 2005. 1st prtg. A fine new unread copy of this trade paperback. A classic Golden Age novel from a forgotten master of the genre set in an English cathedral town and introducing Inspector Dan Pardoe. Cornelia Lackland ruled her house with an iron fist and a firm grasp on the pocketbook. Her late husband -- she was his second wife-had left her in charge of his two granddaughters and his self-made fortune. John Lackland had risen from nothing to somethingonly to see his own children rebel against him and make bad impulsive marital choices He was determined that his granddaughters not follow in their footsteps. Cornelia. a former stage actress whose own past was a bit colorful. was more than up to the task. Jenny and Carol lived as virtual prisoners albeit quite comfortably. in a large house filled with servants in the old cathedral town of Minsterhridge located just thirty miles from London. What's more the two cousills couldn t even be sure if Mrs. Lackland's death would set them free since the provisions of their grandfather's will were sealed. Things came to a head one hot summer in the late I930s when the old lady took ill hovered at the edge of death and then miraculously recovered. But the night before she was to meet with her solicitor to make yet one more change in her will she was found dead the apparent victim of a poisoner. Chief Inspector Dan Pardoe of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate an ever-growing list of suspects. This classic 1938 Golden Age detective novel marked the debut of Dorothy Bowers. a very talented writer in the Sayers school who miight well have joined the ranks of the masters of the genre had she lot died from tuberculosis at the age of 46 after completing only live novels. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Illus. by Pudim Rob. Trade Paperback. Rue Morgue Press Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 014360 ISBN : 0915230771 9780915230778
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Bowers Dorothy
SHADOWS BEFORE: A Golden Age Detective Novel
Boulder CO U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press 2005. 1st prtg. A fine unread copy of the trade paperback. Originally published in 1939. In 1937 Prof. Matthew Weir was arrested tried and found not guilty of poisoning his interfering sister-in-law but most observers said his good fortune was due to a good defense counsel and an overly confident local police force. To escape the prying eyes of his unforgiving neighbors Weir packed up his family and moved to them into a smallish Tudor manor house not too far from Oxford. But when his wife an amateur herbalist dies of poisoning in the spring of 1939 the local police-fearing Weir might luck out again-call in Scotland Yard. Chief Inspector Dan Pardoe and Detective Sergeant Salt aren't so sure that the professor murdered his wife-or his sister-in-law for that matter. There are any number of other possible suspects in and about the manor house including a mysterious older woman who rented a nearby cottage and befriended Mrs. Weir. This classic 1939 Golden Age detective novel marked the American debut of Dorothy Bowers a very talented writer in the Sayers school who might well have joined the ranks of the masters of the genre had she not died from tuberculosis at the age of 46 after completing only five novels. Her first novel "Postscript to Poison" was published in the U.S. in 2005 for the first time by The Rue Morgue Press to enthusiastic reviews. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Illus. by Pudim Rob. Trade Paperback. Rue Morgue Press Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 014421 ISBN : 091523081x 9780915230815
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Bowle John
Charles I
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1975. Comprehensive biography of the King whose rule led inexorably towards civil war and eventually to the headman's axe outside his own banqueting hall at Whitehall. Square tight hardback in dustwrapper which shows signs of wear and tear internally repaired. A little foxing to page edges but text block is clean. 362 pages. B.W. Illustrations. Prompt dispatch. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo. Weidenfeld & Nicolson Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 040410 ISBN : 0297769782 9780297769781
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Bowle John
England - A Portrait
New York: Frederick A. Praeger. Fair with no dust jacket; Ex-Lib with markings. 1966. Hardbound. 261 pages . Frederick A. Praeger hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 25210
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