ALLESTREE, ANN

Triptych of a Young Wolf (Signed Copy)

Brighton, Book Guild Publishing. 2008, First Edition. (ISBN: 9781846242366). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page 'To Virginia, Every good wish from Penelope (Ann Allestree), November 2008'. (Ann Allestree is the pseudonym of the journalist Penelope Ann Craig). Nominated for the Literary Review's annual 'Bad Sex in Fiction Award' in 2008. It is the story of the wolf cub Louis-Loup, abandoned on the French Mediterranean island of Porquerolles, who is discovered by Madame Veuve, gardienne to the beautiful Comtesse de Beauclaire. Over one long, hot Provencal summer, Louis grows in strength and stature as a domestic drama of island life - all the desires, suspicions, jealousies and human folly - unfold around him. When the Comtesse arrives at her summer villa with her Moroccan lover Uqba in tow, the scene is set. A gripping tale of sex, savagery and survival from the author of 'Seize the Day', her acclaimed chronicles of 30 years of global wandering. 11. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 008175

Catalogue: Fiction - English Authors Post 1980

Keywords: Island of Porquerolles, Wolf Louis-Loup, Comtesse de Beaucaire, Madame Veuve, Uqba, Penelope Ann Craig 9781846242366

ALLISON, JOHN (EDITOR)

Glyndebourne Festival Opera - 2001

Lewes, East Sussex, Glyndebourne. First. Soft Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A near Fine copy of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera programme for 2001 - 17 May - 26 August 2001. Operas are Fidelio - Beethoven; A Midsummer Night's Dream - Britten; Le Nozze di Figaro - Mozart; The Makropulos Case - Janacek; Otello - Verdi; The Last Supper - Birtwistle. D4F. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011314

Catalogue: Music / Musicians

Keywords: Glyndebourne Opera

ALPERT, HOLLIS

Broadway - 125 Years of Musical Theatre

New York, Arcade Publishing. 1991, First. (ISBN: 9781559700924). Hard Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. A large format volume of 248 pages. The American musical is considered to be the most significant contribution to world theatre. In this authoritative and gracefully written survey, Hollis Alpert traces the full, glittering history of the art form, from Broadway's first major hit in 1866, The Black Crook', to Miss Saigon of 1991. Copiously illustrated, the book draws on the unparalleled resources of the Theatre Collection of the Museum of the City of New York, the chief repository of Broadway artifacts and memorabilia. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.2 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 5. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 010190

Catalogue: Theatre / Acting / Cinema / Plays

Keywords: American Musical 9781559700924

D'ALROY, MARCELINE

The D'Alroy Diary

London, Hutchinson. 1933, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: Houghton, Lawrence. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front endpaper "With best wishes". Black titles on brown cloth boards which have a few small marks and dulling to spine. Internally there is some light foxing to endpapers and sporadically to some others, a previous owner's name and separation of front endpaper and front pastedown. Otherwise a clean and tight copy. The author was a columnist on The Daily Sketch newspaper and this book is "a commentary on life at the time, intended to tease as well as to please, half playful, half serious", in fact the personal philosophy of a woman who loves living. Not dated but is in fact 1933. Delightfully illustrated by Lawrence Houghton. A VERY SCARCE SIGNED COPY C3B. Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 003527

Catalogue: Media / Broadcasting / Radio / Television

Keywords: Daily Sketch Columnist, 1930's Social Life Houghton, Lawrence

ALTET, XAVIER BARRAL I

The Romanesque Towns, Cathedrals and Monasteries

Cologne, Taschen. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 3822812374). Soft Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. A large format volume of 237 pages. The author is Professor of Medieval Art History at the University of Rennes and a highly regarded expert on the Middle Ages. A comprehensive work, lavishly illustrated comprising chapters on: Introduction - Art and History; The Emergence of New Forms - The Creation of the Romanesque; The Diffusion of Romanesque - Architecture in the West, Churches and Pilgrimages; Town and Country - Civic and Military Architecture; The Great Flowering of Romanesqus - New Churches in France; Cathedrals and Monasteries - A Tide of New Building in Southern Europe; A Varied Display - The Northern Romanesque; Outlook - From Romanesque to Gothic; Chronological Table; Glossary; Bibliography. NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.22 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 25. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008773

Catalogue: Art / Artists / Architecture

Keywords: Romanesque Architecture, Cathedrals, Churches, Monasteries 3822812374

ALVES, RUBEM A.

Protestantism and Repression - a Brazilian Case Study

London, SCM Press. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0334022789). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy. xxxiii + 215 pages. Over the last 25 years incredible changes have taken place in the Presbyterian Church of Brazil, and at the beginning of the 1960's it was acclaimed as the outstanding success story of Protestantism in Latin America, with its vitality and prospects for further growth. Now, after long domination by a small group of reactionary leaders, the church is decimated and the word Presbyterian has connotations of religious fanaticism and repression. Professor Alves explains how this happened, and it is a sobering story, made more grim by the thought that, as an increasing tide of conservatism sweeps the churches of North America and indeed of Europe, the same thing could happen there. NOT EX LIB R6. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007067

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Presbyterianism, Brazil, Right Doctrine Protestantism 0334022789

AMBROSE, DAVID

Superstition

London, Macmillan. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 0333682645). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A near Fine copy which has a small indentation to lower closed edge with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A novel of a female investigative journalist who, intrigued by a psychologist's claim that paranormal phenomena exist, joins a scientific experiment to 'create' a ghost which goes to plan and confirms her theory that ghosts are created by the people who see them. But several inexplicable and disturbing events happen, forcing her to suspect that one of the experimenter's ghost has developed a life of it's own and is beyond control and when members of the group try and end the experiment and destroy the ghost, members of the group start dying mysteriously. D4A. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 002937

Catalogue: Murder Mystery Thrillers Fiction

Keywords: Creating a Ghost, Mysterious Deaths 0333682645

AMBROSE, STEPHEN E.

The Victors - the Men of World War II

London, Simon and Schuster. 2004. (ISBN: 0743263669). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 396 pages. The eminent Second World War historian Dr. Stephen E. Ambrose book follows the momentous events of the war from D-Day, 6 June 1944, through to the final days when the Allied soldiers pushed the German troops out of France, chased them across Germany, and, on 7 May 1945, destroyed the Nazi regime. 22. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 011079

Catalogue: Military / War

Keywords: World War II 0743263669

AMIN, SAMIR

Ending the Crisis of Capitalism or Ending Capitalism?

Cape Town, Pambazuka Press. 2011, First Edition. (ISBN: 9781906387808). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. 199 pages. With his usual verve and sharpness Samir Amin examines the factors that brought about the 2008 financial collapse and explores the systemic crisis of capitalism after two decades of neoliberal globalisation. He lays bare the relationship between dominating oligopolies and the globalisation of the world economy. The current crisis, he argues, is a profound crisis of the capitalist system itself, bringing forward an era in which wars, and perhaps revolutions, will once again shake the world. 51. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009341

Catalogue: Politics

Keywords: Globalisation, 2008 Financial Collapse 9781906387808

AMIS, KINGSLEY ( SELECTED BY )

The Amis Anthology - a Personal Choice

London, Hutchinson. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0091735254). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy which has a little dust marking to top edge with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xvi + 360 pages. Kingsley Amis's highly individual anthology of his favourite poems from the 15th century to the present day. 242 poems. As well as selecting a generous measure of poems, Amis provides intriguing and opinionated notes to the poems. Many of the poems selcted will be unfamiliar to many readers. B2B. Near Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009386

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry Anthology, Kingsley Amis's Personal Choice of Poems 0091735254

AMIS, KINGSLEY

Memoirs

London, Hutchinson. 1991, First. (ISBN: 0091745330). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price-clipped. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 346 pages. 54 photographs. The publication of Kingsley Amis's Memoirs is, of course, a major literary event. But reading them is also like a fascinating evening's talk in the pub in the most congenial and entertaining company. 5. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 011262

Catalogue: Biography - English Authors

Keywords: 0091745330

AMODEO, FABIO

Cats - Art, Legend, History

Boston, Bullfinch Press. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 082122008x). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy with As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. First North American Edition. Uniform with the Bullfinch library of Collectibles. Within this charming volume, fanatic collectors and amateurs alike will find everything they want to know about the legends, history and symbolism of the cat. Accompanying the witty and informative text are 73 coloured photographs of collectible cats from all over the world. D4C. As New/As New.

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Book number: 003559

Catalogue: Cats

Keywords: Cats in Art, Legend, History, Collectible Cat Figures 082122008x

ANAND, MARGO

The Art of Sexual Ecstasy - the Path of Sacred Sexuality for Western Lovers

London, Thorsons. 1992. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Hussey, Leandra. A Very Good+ uninscribed copy which has a small light mark to fore edge. A course in enhancing pleasure and deepening intimacy presented in 12 chapters with appendices. Covers Tantric sex, Awakening Your Inner Lover, Skills for Enhancing Intimacy, Awakening the Ecstatic Response, Expanding Orgasm and much, much more. A 450 page detailed manual, highly illustrated by Leandra Hussey, that can immeasurably extend sensual experience for everyone. A HEAVY VOLUME OF OVER 0.9 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST B2F. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002417

Catalogue: Relationships / Family

Keywords: Sexual Ecstasy, Expanding Orgasm, Tantric Sex Hussey, Leandra

ANDERSEN, CHRISTOPHER

The Good Son - J.F. K. Jr and the Mother He Loved

New York, Gallery Books. 2014, First. (ISBN: 9781476775562). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Very Good+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 352 pages. 4 photographs. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr.(1960-1999) and heir to his father's charming good looks and relentless ambition, ultimately inherited JFK's tragic legacy too when he died in a plane crash piloted by himself in July 1999. Christopher Andersen explores the unique connection between the extraordinary son who captivated America and the beautiful and mysterious mother who molded him into a man.Like many parents and their children, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and JFK jr. shared an intense, tender and often tempestuous bond. Andersen reveals how mother and son influenced, challenged, and supported each other through good times and bad, unveiling startling new details about the family we thought we already knew. B2D. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 010958

Catalogue: Biography - American - General

Keywords: John Fitzgeral Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 9781476775562

ANDERSON, ERICA

Albert Schweitzer's Gift of Friendship

London, Robert Hale. 1966, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. This is the heartwarming story of an extended friendship with Schweitzer and his staff as told in the first person by the noted photographer, Erica Anderson. She visited Lambarene to make the film about Schweitzer's life and work that was seven years in production, and that won an oscar for best documentary in 1958. Since that time she visited regularly and by the time of Schweitzes' death had made 18 trips, and the book is rich in glimpses into the personality of Dr. Schweitzer. NOT EX LIB C3A. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 004545

Catalogue: Biography - General

Keywords: Biography, Lambarene