Amis, Martin

Heavy Water and Other Stories.

Vintage, 1999. Mass Market Paperback, 231pp, illustrated softback covers. A very clean, tight copy. 9 short stories... Fine.

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Book number: 9889

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Short Stories

Amis, Kingsley

The Riverside Villas Mystery.

The Book Club, 1974. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 224 pp, the edges browning a little with age, dustjacket a little worn to edges. A couple of spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise internally clean.. Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 859

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Amis, Kingsley

Rudyard Kipling and His World.

Thames and Hudson, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. Large format. 128pp, the paper tanning very slightly with age. Complete dustjacket in a removeable plastic sleeve. Many b + w illustrations. A very clean copy. The extraordinary life in India and England of the man who wrote The Jungle Book, The Just So Stories, Kim etc. and the poem 'If'... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 1

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography, History, Kipling, Poetry, english Literature

Amis, Martin

Yellow Dog.

Vintage, 2004. Mass Market Paperback, 340pp, softback covers a little rubbed to corners, otherwise a very clean, tight copy. A dream husband suffers a personality change... Fine.

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Book number: 13867

Catalogue: Literature A - F

L'Amour, Louis

The Ferguson Rifle.

Corgi, 1973. Mass Market Paperback, 180pp, illustrated softback covers, a litle rubbed to edges of spine. Internally very clean and tight. Western adventure - Ronan finds hostile Indians, and a search for treasure... Very Good.

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Book number: 9557

Catalogue: Literature G - P

Keywords: Adventure, Western

D'Ancona, Jacob and Selbourne, David

The City of Light.

Little, Brown, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover, A large, heavy book of 392pp. Complete dustjacket. Endpaper maps and b + w illustrations. A very clean copy. David Selbourne has edited and translated the manuscript description of his travels written by the Jewish Italian merchant Jacob D' Ancona to the Chinese city of Zaitun, the City of Light, in 1271, and his description of life in the city in Sung Dynasty China... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 8012

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Zaitun, China, Travel

Andersen, Hans Christian

Fairy Tales.

Thomas Nelson, 1111. Hard Cover, Ill.: Honor C Appleton. Probably circa 1930. A pocket sized book of 380pp, with green cloth covered boards.. 16 full page black and white illustrations by Honor C Appleton. Grubby marks to the first two pages, otherwise clean. 37 of the best loved stories, including the Snow Queen, the Ugly Duckling, the Little Mermaid, the Red Shoes, The Galoshes of Fortune etc... Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 13004

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: folk Stories, Fairy, Children

Andersen, Hans

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales.

Juvenile Productions, 1111. Hard Cover, Gift inscription on flyleaf dated 1945. 248 pp, green cloth boards, faded to edges. Colour frontispiece. A few small spots of foxing, otherwise clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 1855

Catalogue: Childrens' Books

Keywords: folk stories

Anderson, Brown, Cherry et al

Something Wrong? By Parents of Mentally Handicapped Children.

Arrow, 1973. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback, 256pp, the paper browning a little with age, softback covers. Previous owner's name to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean and tight. The parents of mentally handicapped children relate their own experiences... Very Good.

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Book number: 14338

Keywords: Mental Handicap

Andrade, E N Da C, and Huxley, Julian

Simple Science.

Basil Blackwell, First Edition. Hard Cover, A heavy book of 688pp with red cloth covered boards. Many b + w illustrations. Original owner's name on flyleaf, dated 1934, a few spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise clean. Energy, plants, air etc... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 8341

Keywords: Science, Plants, Nature, Heat, Water, Air

Frazer Andrea

Death of an Old Git.

Magna, 2017. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, Large Print edition. 268pp, illustrated laminated boards. Ex library - small sticker to flyleaf, a stamp to the title page, otherwise internally clean. Crime - DI Falconer and the case of the spiteful old man murdered in a quiet village... Very Good.

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Book number: 12561

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Crime, Large Print

Andrews, Virginia

Dawn.

Guild, 1991. Hard Cover, 320pp, complete illustrated dustjacket. A number written in biro on the flyleaf, otherwise very clean. The story of Dawn Longchamp, set in Virginia... Very Good /Fine.

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Book number: 3716

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Andronicus, Manolis

Olympia the Archaeological Site and the Museum.

Athens, Ekdotike, 1995. Soft Cover, 80pp, with laminated illustrated card covers. Many colour illustrations. A clean copy. The finds from Olympia, the buildings and the history of the early Olympic Games.. Fine.

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Book number: 10240

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Greek Art, Archaeology, Olympic

Anglund, Joan Walsh

Jeder Fruhling Ist Ein Neuer Anfang.

Collection Kangaruh, 1963. Hard Cover, A little book for children. Laminated illustrated boards. Many illustrations. A translation into German of 'Spring is a New Beginning'... Fine.

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Book number: 8283

Catalogue: Childrens' Books

Keywords: Children

Wingfield Mary Ann

Modern British Jewellery Designers 1960 - 1980 A Collector's Guide.

ACC Art Books, 2021. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. 160pp. Illustrated hardback covers. Many colour illustrations. A New Copy. A guide to the Art of Collecting, an Introduction on the importance of this period of jerwellery design, and well- illustrated accounts of over 27 of the most important jewellery designers, includign Andrew Grima... As New.

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Book number: 13070

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Grima, Goldsmith, Jewellery, Jewellery Design