Bartholomew, J G

A Literary and Historical Atlas of Europe.

Dent, 1914. First Edition. Hard Cover, Second reprint of the first Everyman's Library edition. 245pp, Including Gazetteer and Index. Purple cloth covered boards, faded to the top edge, and a little worn to the ends of the spine. Gilt floral ornament to the spine. Decorated endpapers and title pages. Coloured maps and b + w maps of 15 Decisive Battles of the World, Famous British Battles, and maps illustrating districts connected with famous books and their authors, and a brief survey of the English coinage. Internally very clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 10380

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Geography, Atlas, Literature, History

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

Fair Stood The Wind For France.

Penguin, 1958. Mass Market Paperback, First Penguin edition, in association with Michael Joseph. 255pp, the paper browning and the edges wrinkling with age. Orange and white softback covers, a little rubbed to the edges of the spine and leaning, with a black and white illustration by Imre Reiner. Internally clean and tight - a good early 'reading copy'. A novel set in the Second World War... Fair.

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Book number: 3407

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: WWII, War,

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 Four Beauties.

Penguin, 1981. Mass Market Paperback, 153pp, sofback covers by Anne Meisel. Original owner's name crossed out on inner cover, one small scrape mark to back, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Four short stories... Very Good.

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Book number: 9584

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Short Stories

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, Darrell

A Gust of Plumes A Biography of Lord Twining of Godalming and Tanganyika.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. 319pp, illustrated dustjacket with a couple of closed tears to the edges. B + w illustrations. Endpaper maps. Internally very clean. A biography of Lord Twining, who saw service in Ireland in the 1920s before joining the Colonial Service and working in Uganda, Mauritius, St Lucia, as Governor of North Borneo, and for 9 years as Governor of Tanganyika... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 3142

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Tanganyika, African History, Irish History, Uganda, Colonial Service, St Lucia, Mauritius, Borneo

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