Batchelor, Frank

Golden Journey.

Newnes, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.: Nina Scott Langley. 152pp, blue cloth covered boards, faded to spine. Black and white illustrations. Internally very clean. The adventures of Hannibal the cat, Mendelssohn the hedgehog and Pouf the frog... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 13773

Catalogue: Childrens' Books

Keywords: Children

Bates, H E

The Feast of July.

The Book Club, 1111. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, Circa 1955. 217pp, browned to edges, illustrated dustjacket, with portions of loss,. Flyleaf removed. Internally clean. The story of Bella set in Victorian times in the Midlands... Very Good /Good.

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Book number: 670

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Midlands

Bates, H E

The Golden Oriole.

Penguin, 1965. Mass Market Paperback, 144pp, the paper browning a little with age, illustrated sofback covers. Internally clean and tight. Five short stories... Very Good.

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Book number: 14309

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Short Stories

Bates, H E

The Purple Plain.

Michael Joseph and The Book Society, 1947. Hard Cover, Simultaneous 1st edition. 224p, dark red cloth covered boards, a little faded to edge. A few very small light spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 3382

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Bates, H E

The Purple Plain.

Reprint Society, 1949. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 256pp, purple coloured cloth covered boards, sun faded to spine, with leather label. Internally very clean. Set in Burma.. Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 6135

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Burma

Bates, H E

The Purple Plain.

Reprint Society, 1949. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 256pp, purple coloured cloth covered boards, a little sunned to spine, with leather label. A couple of spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise internally clean. Set in Burma... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 8431

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Burma

Bath, Philip E

Great Names In Exploration.

Wheaton of Exeter, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover, 112 pp, dustjacket in removeable plastic cover. B + w photographs. Corner of flyleaf clipped, otherwise VG. Includes David Livingstone, Vasco Da Gama, Columbus, Thor Heyerdahl, Gertrude Bell, John Hunt, Admiral Byrd... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 1740

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Livingstone, Da Gama, Columbus, Gertrude Bell, Thor Heyerdahl, John Hunt, Admiral Byrd, travel, adventure

Bathurst, Bella

The Lighthouse Stevensons.

Flamingo, 1999. Mass Market Paperback, 284pp, illustrated softback covers. B + w illustrations. A clean, tight, unread copy. The story of the building of the Scottish lighthouses by the ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson... As New.

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Book number: 11380

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Lighthouse, Scotland, Robert Louis Stevenson

Batt, Elisabeth

Jamie On His Own.

Lutterworth, 1966. Hard Cover, Ill.: Daphne Rowles. 2nd impression. 64pp, illustrated dustjacket, worn to edges and with a couple of short closed tears, no loss. Colour frontispiece and b + w illustrations. Internally clean... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 2536

Catalogue: Childrens' Books

Keywords: Daphne Rowles

Batt, Elisabeth

The New Bridge.

Lutterworth Press, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover, 80pp, priceclipped dustjacket in protective plastic cover attached to boards. Internally clean. Building a bridge, a children's story set in Wales... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 5978

Catalogue: Childrens' Books

Battiscombe, Georgina

Mrs Gladstone The Portrait of A Marriage.

Constable, 1956. Hard Cover, 251pp, dustjacket with wear to edges and a portion of loss to the top of the spine. Colour frontispiece portrait. A few light spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise internally clean... Very Good /Good.

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Book number: 6239

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Prime Minister, First Lady, Harawarden, Gladstone

Bawden, Nina

Familiar Passions.

The Book Club, 1979. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 160pp, the edges browning a little with age, complete dustjacket. A clean copy. Bridie searches for her origins when her husband leaves... Very Good /Fine.

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Book number: 7155

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: adoption

Bawden, Nina

Rebel On A Rock.

Gollancz, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 158pp, complete dustjacket, a little faded to spine. Ex library, so flyleaf removed and a couple of stamps, otherwise a clean copy. Jo is on holiday on Ithaka.. Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 2518

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Baxter, Edmund

De Quincey's Art of Autobiography.

Edinburgh University Press, 1990. Soft Cover, 218pp, illustrated softback covers. A very clean, tight,copy. Covering all the major themes of De Quincey's prose, analysing them in detail, and relating them to the central concern of his work the production of the self... Fine.

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Book number: 12520

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: De Quincey, Romantic Poets, English Literature, Autobiography

Bayer, William

Switch.

Sphere, 1986. Mass Market Paperback, 250pp, the edges browning with age, illustrated softback covers with a couple of light creases. Internally clean and tight. Psychological thriller - two women are murdered and their heads switched.. Very Good.

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Book number: 11258

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Thriller