Leslie, Doris

The Perfect Wife.

Hodder, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover, 320pp, blue cloth covered boards. A very clean copy.. Fine /No Jacket.

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Book number: 362

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Leslie, Doris

Peridot Flight.

Book Club Associates, 1111. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, Ill.: Philip Gough. Probably 1950s. B + w illustrations. 'The memoirs of Peridot, Lady Mulvarnie (1872 - 1955)'. 320 pp, attractive complete dustjacket with one long closed tear to front... Fine /Good.

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Book number: 809

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Leslie, Doris

The Peverills.

Hutchinson, 1947. Hard Cover, 286pp, grey cloth boards, priceclipped dustjacket with wear to edges and small portion of loss to spine. Family tree. Gift inscription on flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. Set in 1780-92... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 2858

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Leslie, Doris

Royal William The Story of a Democrat.

Hutchinson, Soft Cover, '74th Thousand' - early 1940s. 200pp, red softback covers. One short closed tear to front cover otherwise clean and tight. Rare wartime paperback edition of the story of William IV... Very Good.

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Book number: 12437

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: William IV, Historical

Leslie, Doris

That Enchantress.

The Book Club, 1951. Hard Cover, 342pp, dustjacket by Philip Gough with a little wear to spine. Flyleaf neatly removed, otherwise internally very clean. The story of Abigail Hill, set in the reign of Queen Anne... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 3051

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Abigail Hill, Queen Anne, Philip Gough

Leslie, Doris

That Enchantress.

The Book Club, 1951. Book Club. Hard Cover, 342pp. Dustjacket by Philip Gough with a couple of closed tears to edges. Internally clean. Set at the court of Queen Anne... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 4766

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Queen Anne, Historical

Lofts, Norah

The King's Pleasure.

The Book Club, 1970. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 372 pp. Dustjacket worn to edges and missing lower portion of spine. Very light foxing to foredge, otherwise internally clean. The story of Katharine of Aragon's early years with Henry VIII... Very Good /Good.

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Book number: 1249

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Henry VIII, Tudor, Katharine of Aragon

Lofts, Norah

A Rose For Virtue.

Hodder, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 285 pp, blue boards.Endpaper family tree. Scrape mark on flyleaf, stamp on title page,otherwise a good 'reading copy'. The story of Hortense, the mother of Napoleon III.. Good.

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Book number: 9700

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Napoleon III, Napoleon, Historical

Loving, Pierre

The Cat of Heaven.

Cayme Press, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover, 400pp, green cloth covered boards, a little faded to spine. Original owner's name to inner cover,a couple of light spots of foxing, otherwise internally clean. Set in France in 1839... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 12355

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Lytton, The Rt Hon Lord

The Last Days Of Pompeii.

Amalgamated Press, 1905. Hard Cover, 431pp, red cloth covered boards with impressed art nouveau design, gilded to spine, no dustjacket. A little sun faded to spine, otherwise clean. Part of the 'Harmsworth Library' edition of classics... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 6452

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Harmsworth

Macvicar, Angus

The Grey Pilot.

Burke, 1959. Hard Cover, Ill.: Remus. 216pp, red boards. B + w illustrations. Previous owner's name and address crossed out on inner board, otherwise internally clean. Adventure in Scotland in the times of Bonnie Prince Charlie... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 5974

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Bonnie Prince Charlie, Jacobite, Highlands, Scotland, Historical

Masefield, John

Lost Endeavour.

Nelson, 1111. Hard Cover, Circa 1950. 318pp, blue cloth covered boards, a little rubbed to the edges. Previous owner's name and date 1951 to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. An adventure story... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 8791

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Historical

McCaughrean, Geraldine

Vainglory.

Arrow, 1992. Mass Market Paperback, 596pp. A couple of creases to corners of covers, one biro mark to corner of flyleaf, otherwise internally very clean. The story of the Comtes de Gloriole - Set in Renaissance France... Very Good.

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Book number: 7921

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Renaissance, Historical, Renaissance France

Moore, Brian

The Magician's Wife.

Bloomsbury, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 215 pp, complete dustjacket in removeable plastic cover. Ex library - label neatly removed, a couple of stamps, otherwise a clean 'reading copy'. Set in France and Algeria in the 1850s... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 12000

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Historical, Algeria

Myers, L H

The Near And The Far The Root and the Flower and The Pool of Vishnu.

Reprint Society, 1956. Hard Cover, Four complete novels in one volume, with an Introduction by L P Hartley. A heavy book of 950pp with cream cloth covered boards. Illustrated dustjacket with a little loss, age marks and some edgewear. Stamp and label of St John's Ambulance Library to the flyleaf and inner board, otherwise internally clean. Consists of a trilogy, and a later story set at the court of an Indian Rajah at the time of the Great Mogul... Very Good /Good.

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Book number: 7081

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Great Mogul, India, Rajah, L P Hartley