Auchincloss, Louis

The Golden Calves.

Weidenfeld, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover, 213pp, the edges browning a little with age, complete dustjacket. Very clean. Set in a museum on Central West Park... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 3182

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Austen, Jane and Blythe, Ronald

Emma.

Penguin, 1984. Mass Market Paperback, The Penguin English LIbrary edition with an Introduction by Ronald Blythe, and Notes. 471pp, illustrated softback covers with a portrait by SIr William Beechey. Clean and VG+... Very Good.

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Book number: 7321

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Austen, Jane

Emma.

Nelson Doubleday, 1111. Hard Cover, 276pp, salmon pink and red cloth boards. A very clean copy... Fine /No Jacket.

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Book number: 8670

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Austen, Jane

Mansfield Park.

Dent, 1944. Hard Cover, Everyman's Library edition, with an Introduction by R Brimley Johnson. 414pp, red cloth covered boards, faded to the spne, with gilt title and impressed series logo. Internally clean. The story of Fanny Price... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 9674

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Regency, English Literature

Austen, Jane

Persuasion.

Penguin, 1994. Mass Market Paperback, Popular Classics edition. 254pp, illustrated softback covers with a light crease to front. Internally very clean and tight... Fine.

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Book number: 10832

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Austen, Jane

Pride And Prejudice.

Penguin, 1975. Mass Market Paperback, Introduction by Tony Tanner. 399pp, the edges browning a little with age, illustrated softback covers with a couple of light creases. Internally clean and tight... Very Good.

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Book number: 12762

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Austin, C R and Short, R V

N Mammals Book 4 Reproductive Patterns.

Cambridge, 1973. Soft Cover, Ill.: John R Fuller. 160pp, illustrated soft card covers. B + w illustrations. A small mark to the bottom edge, otherwise a clean, tight, copy. The reproduction of different mammal species and the effects of environmental factors... Very Good.

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Book number: 14152

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: Mammal, Biology, Reproduction, Zoology

By the Author of 'Waverley' Etc [Scott, Walter]

Peveril of the Peak Vol II.

Archibald Constable, 1822. First Edition. Hard Cover, Volume II of four only. 319pp, leather and marbled paoer covered boards now detached, spine cover missing. Spots of foxing to flyleaf, otherwise a clean copy, which would repay rebinding... Good.

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Book number: 11031

Catalogue: Literature Q - Z

Avery, Ira

The Five Fathers Of Pepi.

Gollancz, 1956. Hard Cover, 189pp, red boards, a little faded to spine. Light spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise internally clean.. Six-year old Pepi lives in Finale Ligure, Italy... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 5973

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Liguria

Avery, Gillian

Victorian People.

Victorian & Modern History Book Club Readers Union, 1971. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 255pp, the page edges tanning a little with age. Illustrated dustjacket with a little wear to the edges. Many b + w illustrations. Internally very clean. The background to the Victorian novel - how the Victorians thought about class, poverty, religion etc using the novels of Dickens, Trollope, Mrs Gaskell, Gissing, Disraeli, Kinglsey etc and the comments of foreign visitors, farm labourers and the city poor... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 11610

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, Victorian, Trollope, Dickens, Gissing, Gaskell, Disraeli, Kingsley

Awdry, Rev W

Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Percy Runs Away Thomas & the Breakdown Train.

Ladybird, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover, 43pp. Laminated illustrated covers, many colour illustrations.Previous child owner's name to inner board, otherwise clean. Part of the Thomas the Tank Engine and friends series - two stories based on Rev Awdry's Railway Series.. Very Good.

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Book number: 8917

Catalogue: Childrens' Books

Keywords: Children, Thomas the Tank Engine

Ayer, A J

Thomas Paine.

Faber and Faber, 1989. Mass Market Paperback, 195pp, the page edges browning a little with age. Illustrated soft card covers by Brian Grimwood. A very clean, tight copy. The life of the radical political writer and an exposition of his ideas... Fine.

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Book number: 5045

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: History, Radical, Political Theory

Aylen, Leo

Greece For Everyone.

Sidgwick, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover, 145pp, complete Near FIne dustjacket. B + w photographs. Internally very clean. The story of Greece and her ancient culture, with descriptions of the monuments... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 4399

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: travel

Ayrton, Elisabeth

The Cookery of England Being a Collection of Recipes for Traditional Diashes of All Kinds Fronm the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day with Notes on Their Social and Culinary Background.

Purnell Book Services, 1975. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, A large, heavy book of 547pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket, with a very little wear to the front corners. A little very light foxing to the flyleaves, otherwise internally very clean. The history of English cooking,and recipes from the 15th century onwards, in a modern format. A classic. COMES with an obituary of the author from The Independent... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 15049

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, Food, Recipe, history of Food

Aytoun, W E

Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems.

Bliss Sands & Co, 1896. Hard Cover, 245pp, red cloth covered boards. Hand cut foredge. Title page illustration. Gift inscription to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. Poems on Flodden. Glencoe, Prince Charles Edward, Milton etc.. Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 11137

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poetry, Scotland