GARNER ALAN

The Owl Service

London, Collins. 1967, reprint. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Griselda Greaves. Ex-Library, fifth edition, price clipped DW with KI GAR in white ink to spine, minor stamps and slips, paper scar and residue to rear paste down, decorative endpapers, 157pp, light foxing to closed edges, plastic sleeve over DW. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009429

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: British Childrens Fiction Mabinogian Welsh Legend Myth Griselda Greaves

BOUCHER ALAN

The Path of the Raven, a Story of Iceland in the 11th Century

London, Constable. 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Toni Patten. Ex-Library, ex-library, clipped dust jacket has chipped top edge and small area of label lift to top of the H in PATH and some tape residue to fold in flaps and paste downs, ex-library marks to some pages, decorated boards are tidy, 192pp illustrated in line. Good/Good.

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Book number: 006264

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Iceland Saga Viking Norse Pagan Asatru Childrens Fiction Novel Illustrated Odin Wotan Thor Halli Thordarson Toni Patten

BOUCHER ALAN

The Ravens Flight

London, Constable. 1964, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Toni Patten. Ex-Library, (500 gram rate) ex-library, unclipped DW would be VG but has small rectangle cut out from top right corner of rear panel, and some tape residue to fold in flaps where taped to paste downs, under a plastic sleeve, endpapers have tape stains, ex-library marks to some pages, decorated boards are tidy but with tape ghosts to edges, 160pp illustrated in line, the final tale in the saga of Halldor Thordarson. Good/Good.

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Book number: 002793

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Iceland Saga Viking Norse Pagan Asatru Childrens Fiction Novel Illustrated Odin Wotan Thor Halldor Thordarson Toni Patten

HINTON ALAN

Shells of New Guinea and the Central indo-Pacific

The Jacaranda Press. 1984, reprint. (ISBN: 0701681144) Hard Cover. Ill.: A G Hinton. excellent copy of the reprint, name at top of free end paper, colour photo plates, covers the area between Southern Japan, Northern Australia and Fiji, 94pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 011367

Catalogue: Natural History & Farming

Keywords: Mollusc, Malacology, Conchology, Pacific, Indonesia, Borneo, Shells, Photographs, Tudy, Natural History, New Guinea, Solomons, Japan, Australia, Fiji 0701681144 a G Hinton

BURGESS ALAN

The Small Woman, the Heroic Story of Gladys Aylward

London, Evans. 1957, reprint. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. price clipped dust wrapper rubbed and soiled, light chipping to edges, inscription blacked out at top of fep, map endpapers, 221pp, British woman as missionary in China before and during the Second World War. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 006375

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Missionary Biography China Chinese Shansi Yangcheng Twentieth Century Ai-Weh-Deh

SILLITOE ALAN

A Start in Life

London, W H Allen. 1970, First Edition. (ISBN: 0491002653) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. light wear to spine ends of DW, unclipped, near fine copy. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004474

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: British Modern Literature Fiction Novel Modern First Edition 0491002653

GARNER ALAN

Tom Fobble's Day

London, Collins. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0001848321) Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Michael Foreman. Ex-Library, price clipped dust jacket under plastic sleeve, shelf mark/ call number to dust jacket and book spine, 77pp illustrated, laid paper, library marks to fep, verso of title and dedication page, also to foot of three text pages and rear paste down has adhesive residue from removed label, apart from the stamps and some tape darkening to edges of boards is a tidy copy. Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005209

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: British Childrens Fiction 0001848321 Michael Foreman

GARNER ALAN

Tom Fobble's Day

London, Collins. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0001848321) Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Michael Foreman. unclipped DW a little soiled at edges where original laminate did not cover, 77pp illustrated, laid paper, else very tidy. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 012896

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: British Childrens Fiction 0001848321 Michael Foreman

MARS ALASTAIR

HMS Thule Intercepts

London, Elek. 1956, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. name in pen to fep, gift inscription in pencil, light soiling to endpapers, unclipped DW has a tea stain to front fold in flap, short splits with chipping loss to joint ends and corners, 242pp + plates, Captain of the HMS Unbroken now with the HMS Thule submarine against the Japanese in Malacca Strait in Indo-China. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 003194

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Naval Military Second World War Two Submarine Unbroken Pacific War Non-Fiction

MARS ALASTAIR

Unbroken, the Story of a Submarine

London, Muller. 1953, reprint. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) blue boards light dust soiling, lean to spine, frontis detached, unclipped dust jacket has some large chips from edges and spine ends and split along folds, ninth impression, a tidy reading copy or better, 224pp + plates, map endpapers. Good/Good.

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Book number: 006554

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Second World War Royal Navy British Naval Submarine Mediterranean

BARNES ALBERT

Notes...on the book of psalms vol 3 III Three

London, Edward Knight. Original Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. red cloth sunned to spine, rubbed to edges, small patch of discolouration at head of spine, paste action to paste downs. Authors copyright edition, 376pp good tidy internals although some pages may have been opened unkindly. Some also are still uncut/ unopened. Includes a few engravings. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000316

Catalogue: Philosophy & Religion Modern, Mysticism

Keywords: Biblical Exegesis Psalms Bible Study Christianity

HANNUM ALBERTA

Paint the Wind

London, Michael Joseph. 1959, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Beatien Yazz. pale blue cloth with bird design, spine faded, dust jacket has edge wear and a tear with tape rust, internally clean, 192pp + colour plates by Beatien Yazz, a look at contemporary (1960) Navaho tribal life, particularly the artists. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 006743

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Navaho American Indian Art Paintings Native American Red Indian Beatien Yazz Contemporary Tribal Life Modern Beatien Yazz

MORAVIA ALBERTO

The Empty Canvas (proof)

London, Secker. 1961, First Edition. Soft Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. printed paper wrappers over sewn sheets, cover has author's name in biro, publisher rubber stamp dated October, handling soiled, stated uncorrected proof. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008887

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Italian Italy Literature Fiction Moravia Uncorrected Proof

MORAVIA ALBERTO

The Fetish a Collection of 41 Short Stories

London, Secker & Warburg. 1964, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped DW with surface insect damage to edges and bottom corner of front panel, minor, 285pp, top edge spotted. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 009817

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Italian Italy Literature Fiction Moravia

MORAVIA ALBERTO

A Ghost at noon

London, Secker. 1955, First Edition. Original Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (500 gram rate) Book VG still fresh boards, some browning to fep, some foxing to closed edges and on to margins of some pages. DW complete unclipped, small tear upper corner fold with short crease, minimal chipping or wear to spine ends, rear white panel soiled , corners rubbed or chipped. VG/VG- Translated by Angus Davidson. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000896

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Italian Literature English Translatioon Twentieth Century Fiction