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	ALCOTT, LOUISA M. Little women: or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy Associated Newspapers, n.d.(c.1930).Pictorial boards, no wrapper.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. slight foxing to fore edge, spine a little dulled, with bright colour plates.vii, 312 pp. illustrated (by ""P.T."").In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 1604 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	ASHTON, HELEN William and Dorothy: a novel of the Wordsworths Collins, 1974, 1st published in 1938.Hard covers, no dust jacket.0 00 221930 1.V.g./No Jacket.A fictionalised account of the life of William Wordsworth of Grasmere and his sister Dorothy.424 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2773 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	AUSTEN, JANE Northanger Abbey Thomas Nelson, n.d.(c.1910).Hard covers, slip case.V.g./ Good .Slip case worn at corners; remains of transparent wrapper adhered to rear flap of wrapper headed 'Nelson's Winchester Classics' and priced at 2/6d.Top edge gilt, sl.foxing to t.p.and fore-edge, not affecting main text.(4), 216, (4) pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 2102 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BARNARD, MARJORIE C. Mrs. Noah: a school story for girls T.Nelson & Sons, n.d.(c.1930).Pictorial boards, no wrapper.Good /No Jacket.Good, front hinge cracked, sl.foxing to fore edge, iinternally clean.viii, 240 pp, illustrated with line drawings (cartoons).A school-based story, Chapter 7 rather innocently titled 'The Black Book', another 'The Cricket Match', the caption to whose illustration reads ""The last man [sic] in was bowled almost at once"".Period charm.240 pp.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1605 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BEAUMAN, SALLY Dark angel Guild Publishing, 1990, Book Club edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.Fine /Fine.Fine/fine.Family saga by the author of 'Destiny'.767 pp.In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 1801 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BENSON, ROBERT HUGH None other gods Hutchinson (t.p.), Burns Oates (wrapper), n.d. Popular uniform edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. V.g./v.g. wrapper soiled, chipped and worn at hinges, trimming defect to signature L (not affecting text); donor's inscription.Cheap edition of a novel first published c.1910.In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 1611 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BLACKMORE, R.D. Lorna Doone: a romance of Exmoor Sampson Low, Marston & Company, n.d. 44th edition.Bound in full leather.Good /No Jacket.Full leather with raised bands, good (some edgewear, spine beginning to split), minor foxing.Frontispiece a signed photograph of the author, by Fred[eric]k Jenkins.viii, 517 pp. In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 \| JP¥ 4446] Book number: 2169 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BLACKMORE, R.D. (RICHARD DODDRIDGE); ILLUSTRATED BY LIONEL EDWARDS Lorna Doone J.M.Dent, London; E.P.Dutton, New York, 1961, Reprint of 1951 Dent edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.V.g.; little used.Classic novel; a love story set on Exmoor, Devon.Attractively illustrated with 24 line drawings and 8 colour plates.xii, (2) map, 493 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 2498 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BRADFORD, BARBARA TAYLOR Her own rules: a forgotten past hides the key to the future BCA, 1997, Book club edition, originally published by Harper Collins.Hard covers, dust jacket.Fine /Fine.Fine.An inexplicable illness leads to self-discovery.Set in Connecticut, New York, London and France.(8), 296 pp.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1535 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BROOKNER, ANITA A closed eye Jonathan Cape, 1991, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.ASIN 0224030906 .Fine /Fine.Fine/fine, price clipped, owner's signature.Novel.255 pp. In English. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.32 \| JP¥ 2075] Book number: 1802 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BROOKNER, ANITA Falling slowly BCA, 1998, Book club edition, originally published by Viking.Hard covers, dust jacket.Fine /Fine.Fine.Two sisters' relationship(s).(4), 216 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1537 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BROOKNER, ANITA Hotel du lac BCA, 1985, Book club edition, originally published by Jonathan Cape.Hard covers, dust jacket.Good / V.g.Written by a lecturer at the Courtauld Institute of Art.The heroine of this novel is herself an author of romantic novels.Ink stain on fore-edge.184 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2364 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BROOKNER, ANITA Undue influence QPD (BCA), 1999, Book club edition, originally published by Penguin.Paper covers.Fine /No Jacket.Fine.The main character works in the basement of a second-hand bookshop (poor sad thing).(3), 220 pp.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1538 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BROWN, GEORGE MACKAY Beside the ocean of time BCA, 1995, Book club edition.Paper covers.New /No Jacket.New (still in its transparent wrapper).In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1540 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BROWN, ANNE (ILLUSTRATED BY H.A. BROWN) The grass skirt Livingston Press, London, 1951.Hard covers, no dust jacket.Fine /No Jacket.Fine; no d.w.Owner's signature on verso of t.p.Story of a young girl from Papua New Guinea, Miro who needed a new grass skirt for Children's Sunday and who overcame the difficulty caused by her mother's illness.A simple story presenting charming details of life in the south Pacific.Scarce. In English. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 1042 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BUCHAN, JOHN Greenmantle Hodder & Stoughton, 1929, Reprint of 1916 edition.Hard covers, pale blue cloth, no wrapper.V.g./No Jacket.Spine sl.sunned, a few pages with dusty fingermarks.(4), 307 pp. In English. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 18 US$ 26.66 \| JP¥ 2371] Book number: 2096 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BUCHAN, ELIZABETH Perfect love BCA, 1995, Book club edition, originally published by Macmillan.Hard covers, dust jacket.Fine /Fine.Fine.Prue, married to a much older man, has an affair.Stepdaughter trouble.(10), 254 pp.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1539 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BUCHAN, JOHN Salute to adventurers Thomas Nelson, n.d.(c.1942), Nelson's Novels.Leatherette cover in slip case.Good/No Jacket.In slip case with significant edge wear, binding little worn, top edge gilt, internally near fine.Pocket edition of the adventure classic.In English. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 18 US$ 26.66 \| JP¥ 2371] Book number: 2862 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BURNEY, FANNY (INTRODUCTION BY AUSTIN DOBSON); ILLUSTRATED BY HUGH THOMSON Evelina, or the history of a young lady's entrance into the world Macmillan & Co.1904, Reprint of 1903 edition.Hard covers, no wrapper.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. gilt spine (dulled), complex impressed gilt design on front board, edges gilt; owner's signature, some intermittent foxing.Story of a 'virtuous servant-girl'.xxxv, 477, (2) pp. numerous engraved illustrations.In English. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 \| JP¥ 3705] Book number: 1636 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BURTON, BETTY Hard loves, easy riches Guild Publishing, 1989, Book Club edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. V.g./v.g. jacket dusted.(7), 306 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 1803 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CARROLL, LEWIS (ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN TENNIEL) Alice's adventures in wonderland Macmillan & Co. 1927.Hard covers, no wrapper.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. cover faded, sl.spattering on rear cover, pages tanned; internally fine.Owner's signatures on front e.p.and p.13.Small tear at foot of pp.7-8.Reprint of the classic Tenniell-illustrated 1898 edition, printed by R.& R.Clark in Edinburgh.126, (2) pp.In English. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 \| JP¥ 3705] Book number: 1645 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CHARTERIS, LESLIE The Saint around the world Hodder & Stoughton, 1957, 1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.A new Simon Templar adventure set in Bermuda, Canada, England and France etc.252, (3) pp. In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 \| JP¥ 4446] Book number: 4758 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CHARTERIS, LESLIE The Saint in Europe Hodder & Stoughton, 1954, 1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.Includes seven short stories featuring Simon Templar.Small dent to front cover.End papers marked.192 pp. In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 4759 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CHEEK, MAVIS The sex life of my aunt Faber and Faber, 2002, 1st edition.Paper covers.0 571 20533 X.V.g./No Jacket.Intellectually romantic novel.(6), 282 pp. In English. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 \| JP¥ 593] Book number: 2475 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	COMPTON-BURNETT, IVY Mother and son Victor Gollancz, 1955, 2nd impression.Hard covers, no wrapper.Good /No Jacket.Good, cover soiled (white paint?), sl.foxing to extreme pages.256 pp. In English. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 \| JP¥ 593] Book number: 1754 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.

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	ALCOTT, LOUISA M. Little women: or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy Associated Newspapers, n.d.(c.1930).Pictorial boards, no wrapper.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. slight foxing to fore edge, spine a little dulled, with bright colour plates.vii, 312 pp. illustrated (by ""P.T."").In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 1604 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	ASHTON, HELEN William and Dorothy: a novel of the Wordsworths Collins, 1974, 1st published in 1938.Hard covers, no dust jacket.0 00 221930 1.V.g./No Jacket.A fictionalised account of the life of William Wordsworth of Grasmere and his sister Dorothy.424 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2773 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	AUSTEN, JANE Northanger Abbey Thomas Nelson, n.d.(c.1910).Hard covers, slip case.V.g./ Good .Slip case worn at corners; remains of transparent wrapper adhered to rear flap of wrapper headed 'Nelson's Winchester Classics' and priced at 2/6d.Top edge gilt, sl.foxing to t.p.and fore-edge, not affecting main text.(4), 216, (4) pp. In English. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.99 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 2102 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BARNARD, MARJORIE C. Mrs. Noah: a school story for girls T.Nelson & Sons, n.d.(c.1930).Pictorial boards, no wrapper.Good /No Jacket.Good, front hinge cracked, sl.foxing to fore edge, iinternally clean.viii, 240 pp, illustrated with line drawings (cartoons).A school-based story, Chapter 7 rather innocently titled 'The Black Book', another 'The Cricket Match', the caption to whose illustration reads ""The last man [sic] in was bowled almost at once"".Period charm.240 pp.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1605 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BEAUMAN, SALLY Dark angel Guild Publishing, 1990, Book Club edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.Fine /Fine.Fine/fine.Family saga by the author of 'Destiny'.767 pp.In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 1801 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BENSON, ROBERT HUGH None other gods Hutchinson (t.p.), Burns Oates (wrapper), n.d. Popular uniform edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. V.g./v.g. wrapper soiled, chipped and worn at hinges, trimming defect to signature L (not affecting text); donor's inscription.Cheap edition of a novel first published c.1910.In English. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.66 \| JP¥ 1482] Book number: 1611 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BLACKMORE, R.D. Lorna Doone: a romance of Exmoor Sampson Low, Marston & Company, n.d. 44th edition.Bound in full leather.Good /No Jacket.Full leather with raised bands, good (some edgewear, spine beginning to split), minor foxing.Frontispiece a signed photograph of the author, by Fred[eric]k Jenkins.viii, 517 pp. In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 \| JP¥ 4446] Book number: 2169 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BLACKMORE, R.D. (RICHARD DODDRIDGE); ILLUSTRATED BY LIONEL EDWARDS Lorna Doone J.M.Dent, London; E.P.Dutton, New York, 1961, Reprint of 1951 Dent edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.V.g.; little used.Classic novel; a love story set on Exmoor, Devon.Attractively illustrated with 24 line drawings and 8 colour plates.xii, (2) map, 493 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 2498 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BRADFORD, BARBARA TAYLOR Her own rules: a forgotten past hides the key to the future BCA, 1997, Book club edition, originally published by Harper Collins.Hard covers, dust jacket.Fine /Fine.Fine.An inexplicable illness leads to self-discovery.Set in Connecticut, New York, London and France.(8), 296 pp.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1535 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BROOKNER, ANITA A closed eye Jonathan Cape, 1991, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.ASIN 0224030906 .Fine /Fine.Fine/fine, price clipped, owner's signature.Novel.255 pp. In English. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.32 \| JP¥ 2075] Book number: 1802 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BROOKNER, ANITA Falling slowly BCA, 1998, Book club edition, originally published by Viking.Hard covers, dust jacket.Fine /Fine.Fine.Two sisters' relationship(s).(4), 216 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1537 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BROOKNER, ANITA Hotel du lac BCA, 1985, Book club edition, originally published by Jonathan Cape.Hard covers, dust jacket.Good / V.g.Written by a lecturer at the Courtauld Institute of Art.The heroine of this novel is herself an author of romantic novels.Ink stain on fore-edge.184 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2364 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BROOKNER, ANITA Undue influence QPD (BCA), 1999, Book club edition, originally published by Penguin.Paper covers.Fine /No Jacket.Fine.The main character works in the basement of a second-hand bookshop (poor sad thing).(3), 220 pp.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1538 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BROWN, GEORGE MACKAY Beside the ocean of time BCA, 1995, Book club edition.Paper covers.New /No Jacket.New (still in its transparent wrapper).In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1540 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BROWN, ANNE (ILLUSTRATED BY H.A. BROWN) The grass skirt Livingston Press, London, 1951.Hard covers, no dust jacket.Fine /No Jacket.Fine; no d.w.Owner's signature on verso of t.p.Story of a young girl from Papua New Guinea, Miro who needed a new grass skirt for Children's Sunday and who overcame the difficulty caused by her mother's illness.A simple story presenting charming details of life in the south Pacific.Scarce. In English. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 1042 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BUCHAN, JOHN Greenmantle Hodder & Stoughton, 1929, Reprint of 1916 edition.Hard covers, pale blue cloth, no wrapper.V.g./No Jacket.Spine sl.sunned, a few pages with dusty fingermarks.(4), 307 pp. In English. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 18 US$ 26.66 \| JP¥ 2371] Book number: 2096 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BUCHAN, ELIZABETH Perfect love BCA, 1995, Book club edition, originally published by Macmillan.Hard covers, dust jacket.Fine /Fine.Fine.Prue, married to a much older man, has an affair.Stepdaughter trouble.(10), 254 pp.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 1539 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BUCHAN, JOHN Salute to adventurers Thomas Nelson, n.d.(c.1942), Nelson's Novels.Leatherette cover in slip case.Good/No Jacket.In slip case with significant edge wear, binding little worn, top edge gilt, internally near fine.Pocket edition of the adventure classic.In English. GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 18 US$ 26.66 \| JP¥ 2371] Book number: 2862 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BURNEY, FANNY (INTRODUCTION BY AUSTIN DOBSON); ILLUSTRATED BY HUGH THOMSON Evelina, or the history of a young lady's entrance into the world Macmillan & Co.1904, Reprint of 1903 edition.Hard covers, no wrapper.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. gilt spine (dulled), complex impressed gilt design on front board, edges gilt; owner's signature, some intermittent foxing.Story of a 'virtuous servant-girl'.xxxv, 477, (2) pp. numerous engraved illustrations.In English. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 \| JP¥ 3705] Book number: 1636 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	BURTON, BETTY Hard loves, easy riches Guild Publishing, 1989, Book Club edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./V.g. V.g./v.g. jacket dusted.(7), 306 pp. In English. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 10 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 1803 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CARROLL, LEWIS (ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN TENNIEL) Alice's adventures in wonderland Macmillan & Co. 1927.Hard covers, no wrapper.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. cover faded, sl.spattering on rear cover, pages tanned; internally fine.Owner's signatures on front e.p.and p.13.Small tear at foot of pp.7-8.Reprint of the classic Tenniell-illustrated 1898 edition, printed by R.& R.Clark in Edinburgh.126, (2) pp.In English. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 \| JP¥ 3705] Book number: 1645 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CHARTERIS, LESLIE The Saint around the world Hodder & Stoughton, 1957, 1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.A new Simon Templar adventure set in Bermuda, Canada, England and France etc.252, (3) pp. In English. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 US$ 49.98 \| JP¥ 4446] Book number: 4758 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CHARTERIS, LESLIE The Saint in Europe Hodder & Stoughton, 1954, 1st edition.Hard covers, no dust jacket.V.g./No Jacket.Includes seven short stories featuring Simon Templar.Small dent to front cover.End papers marked.192 pp. In English. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 4759 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	CHEEK, MAVIS The sex life of my aunt Faber and Faber, 2002, 1st edition.Paper covers.0 571 20533 X.V.g./No Jacket.Intellectually romantic novel.(6), 282 pp. In English. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 \| JP¥ 593] Book number: 2475 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	COMPTON-BURNETT, IVY Mother and son Victor Gollancz, 1955, 2nd impression.Hard covers, no wrapper.Good /No Jacket.Good, cover soiled (white paint?), sl.foxing to extreme pages.256 pp. In English. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 \| JP¥ 593] Book number: 1754 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.