Abbott, Stan

To Kill A Railway.

Leading Edge, 1986. First Edition. Soft Cover, 162pp, laminated illustrated card covers with a couple of light creases. B + w illustrations. Internally clean and tight. The run-down of the Settle-Carlisle railway, and the fight to save it... Very Good.

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Book number: 13442

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: Railway, History, Settle

Abelson, Edward

Misalliance Disastrous And Bizarre Literary Lovelives.

Macdonald, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.: David Smith. 96pp, priceclipped dustjacket is otherwise complete. B + w drawings. Previous owner's name stamp on flyleaf, otherwise clean. Amazing stories of the love lives of great writers... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 4136

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: writer, Sex, Author

Ackland, Tom

The Disobedient Servant.

Indigo, 1997. Mass Market Paperback, 224pp, illustrated softback covers wirth a couple of light creases.Internally clean and tight. A comic thrller - why is someone following Guy, the nondescript civil sevant?.. Very Good.

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Book number: 11799

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Thrilller, Spy

Ackroyd, Peter

Milton In America.

Sinclair-Stevenson, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover, 277pp. Dustjacket with a portion of loss to the corner of the back is otherwise clean. Internally very clean. What if the poet John Milton had created his own colony in America... Fine /Good.

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Book number: 8058

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Adair, John

The Royal Palaces Of Britain.

Thames & Hudson, 1981. Hard Cover, Large format. 192pp, complete dustjacket. Many illustrations in colour and b + w. A very clean copy. From The Tower of London to Buckingham Palace... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 2674

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: Holyrood, king

Adams, Richard and Hooper, Max

Nature Day and Night.

Kestrel Books, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.: David Goddard. Science tests by Max Hooper. 108p, complete dustjacket. Attractive colour and b + w illustrations.Original owner's name to flyleaf, otherwise internally very clean. The changes in a number of familiar country scenes, noted over 24 hours... Very Good /Fine.

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Book number: 13644

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: Countryside, Nature

Adamson, Joy

Born Free A Lioness Of Two Worlds.

Collins, 1966. Hard Cover, Evergreen edition. 160pp, illustrated dustjacket with one closed tear to edge.. B + w photographs. Gift inscription on flyleaf, a couple of very light spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise internally clean. The rescue and rearing of Elsa the Lioness, set in Kenya... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 13150

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Kenya, Animal

Adcock, C J

Fundamentals of Psychology.

Penguin Pelican, 1965. Mass Market Paperback, 266pp,the paper browning a little with age, illustrated softback covers. Previous owner's name to inner cover, otherwise internally clean and tight. A readable and authoritative introduction to psychology.. Very Good.

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Book number: 14316

Keywords: Psychology

Adderley, James and Low

Old Seed On New Ground.

Putnam's, 1920. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.: Low. 191pp, hand cut foredge, brown boards, a little rubbed to the corners, with cloth spine. 12 B + w cartoons. Original owner's name on flyleaf, a few light spots of foxing, otherwise internally clean. Moral stories... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 7156

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: cartoon, religion, morality

Addison, Joseph and Arnold, Thomas

Addison Selections from Addison's Papers Contributed to the Spectator.

Oxford, 1900. Hard Cover, 528pp, inclusing Introduction, Notes and Index. Dark green cloth covered boards, worn to edges. Flyleaf removed, previous owner's name to foredge, pencil notes to margins - a good 'reading copy' only... Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 13001

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Essays

Addison, Joseph and Steele, Richard and Budgell, Eustace

Sir Roger De Coverley.

Folio Society, 1967. Hard Cover, Ill.: Richard Shirley Smith. Edited and with an Introduction by John Hampden. 158pp. Marbled paper with brown cloth coverd spine. B + w wood engraved illustrations by Richard Shirley Smith. Previous owner's bookplate to the inner board, otherwise a clean copy. A selection of the essays from The Spectator, concerning Sir Roger de Coverley... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 12501

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: english Literature, Essays, Eighteenth Century,

Adeney, Miriam

Daughter of Islam Building Bridges with Muslim Women.

Inter Varsity Press, 2002. First Edition. Soft Cover, Ex-Library, 224pp, illustrated softback covers. Ex library - neat stamps to flyleaf and title page, otherwise very clean and tight. The lives and hopes of young Muslim women.... Very Good.

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Book number: 12642

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Muslim Women, Islam, Religion

Adlard, Mark

The Greenlander.

The Leisure Circle, 1978. Hard Cover, 278 pp, complete dustjacket, A clean copy. Whaling adventure... As New /As New.

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Book number: 582

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: whaling

Adler, Stephanie and McNeely, Scott (eds)

Fodor's 99 Pocket San Francisco.

Fodor's Travel Publications, 1998. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback, 162pp, laminated softback covers. Maps. Page edges curved, probably by damp at some time, otherwise very clean. Useful pocket guide - what to see & do if you can't stay long... Very Good.

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Book number: 9742

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Travel, San Francisco

Aguilar, Grace

The Mother's Recompense.

Sampson Low, Hard Cover, Sunday School gift bookplate on inner board dated 1931, otherwise internally clean. 424pp, small but clear type. Illustrated dustjacket with portions of loss. A sequel to 'Home Influence'... Very Good /Fair.

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Book number: 3701

Catalogue: Literature A - F