Brazil, Angela

Leader of the Lower School.

Blackie, 1111. Hard Cover, Ill.:. Probably the 1953 reprint of the earlier edition. 256pp, the paper browning a little with age. Illustrated dustjacket with a girl on a horse watched by her schoolgirl friends has a little loss to the ends of the spine and a couple of closed tears. B + w frontispiece illustration. Previous owner's name to the edge of the Contents page, otherwise internally clean. A classic boarding school story for girls - Gipsy Latimer becomes the leader of the junior girls... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 9390

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: school Story, Children, Girls

Brazil, Angela

The School In The Forest.

Blackie, 1111. Hard Cover, Ill.: Dewar Mills. Presumed to be the first edition, which was published in 1947. War Economy Standard. 288pp, green cloth covered boards, a very little rubbed to base of spine. B + w illustrations. Remains of previous child owner's name and traces of removal of a bookplate from the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. A classic school story... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 6840

Catalogue: Childrens' Books

Keywords: school story, child, Dewar Mills

Brearley, C Paul

Social Work, Ageing and Society.

Routledge, 1980. Mass Market Paperback, 118pp, laminated softback covers. A very clean Near Fine copy. Understanding the needs of older people and the possibilities for change in their care... Very Good.

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Book number: 9023

Keywords: Social Work

Brears, Peter

Food and Cooking in 16th Century Britain History and Recipes.

English Heritage, 2001. Soft Cover, 47pp. Colour illustrated laminated card covers. B + w illustrations. A very clean, tight copy. The organization, equipment, ingredients and methods of Tudor cookery in large households. and 24 authentic recipes with modern instructions... As New.

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Book number: 14206

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Food History, Cooking, Cookery, Food, Tudor Food, Tudor Cookery

Bremer, Frederika

Two Years In Switzerland and Italy Volume II.

Hurst and Blackett, 1861, 1861. First Edition. Hard Cover, 1st english edition, translated by Mary Howitt. 412pp, red cloth covered boards with impressed design, a little worn to the top and bottom of the sppine. Yellow label of Mudie's Library on front board, label of Dewsbury Wesleyan Methodist Literary Society on the inner board, otherwise internally clean. Travels in Italy in 1856 and 1857 - this volume covers Genoa, Pisa, Florence, Rome, Naples, Capri, Pompei and Salerno. Rare... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 6911

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Italy, travels, Genoa, Pisa, Rome, Florence, Rome, Naples, Pompei, Capri

Brett, Simon

The Body On The Beach A Fethering Mystery.

Pan, 2001. Mass Market Paperback, 338pp, illustrated softback covers with light creases to spine. Internally clean and tight. A Carole Seddon murder story - Carole finds a body on the beach.. Very Good.

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Book number: 11657

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: crime, murder, Detective

Brett, Simon

Bones Under the Beach Hut A Fethering Mystery.

Macmillan, 2011. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition, first printing. 316pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket with a little creasing to the edges. A very clean copy. A Fethering murder story - Carole and Jude investigate when human remains are found under the floorboards of one of the beach huts in Smalting... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 10759

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: crime, murder, Detective

Brett, Simon

The Torso In The Town A Fethering Mystery.

Pan, 2003. Mass Market Paperback, 327pp, illustrated softback covers. A very clean, tight copy. A Carole Seddon murder story - a human torso is found in the cellar of Pelling House.. As New.

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Book number: 11664

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: crime, murder, Detective

O'Brian, Patrick

Caesar The Life Story of a Panda Leopard.

HarperCollins, 1999. Hard Cover, 101pp, complete dustjacket. A very clean copy. The first book, written at the age of 14, by the author who later became famous for the Maturin sea stories... As New /As New.

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Book number: 12038

Catalogue: Literature G - P

Keywords: Maturin

Bridgeman, Peter

The Nationwide Book of British Trees.

BBC, 1978. First Edition. Soft Cover, 64pp, illustrated card covers. B + w illustrations. Original owner's name to title page, otherwise internally clean. From the Nationwide series 'Crisis in the Countryside'. How our trees are disappearing, descriptions of trees, and what trees to plant... Very Good.

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Book number: 13729

Catalogue: Countryside

Keywords: Tree, Nature

Bridges, Yseult

How Charles Bravo Died The Chronicle of a Cause Celebre.

Reprint Society, 1957. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 319pp, dustjacket with a little wear to ends of spine. B + w illustrations. Internally very clean and Near Fine. True crime in Victorian England - did Florence kill her husband for the love of Dr Gully?.. Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 12748

Catalogue: Crime

Keywords: True Crime, History

Bridges, Robert

Poetical Works of Robert Bridges Excluding The Eight Dramas.

Oxford, 1913. First Edition. Hard Cover, 472pp, red cloth covered boards with gilt title, slightly faded to spine. Frontispiece portrait. Previous owners' names on flyleaf, otherwise clean. Prometheus, Demeter, Eros, The Growth of Love, Shorter Poems, New Poems, Later Poems and Poems in Classical Prosody... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 7509

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Prometheus, Demeter, Eros, poetry, poem

Bridie, James

Daphne Laureola Pitlochry Festival Theatre Programme.

Pitlochry, 1964. Soft Cover, 3 folding pages, giving the cast and other information about the performances of Daphne Laureola at the Pitlochry Festival in 1964. Sheila Gish was Maisie... Very Good.

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Book number: 6447

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: Gish, theatre program, Pitlochry

O'Brien, Edna

Byron in Love A Short Daring Life.

Norton, 2010. Mass Market Paperback, 228pp, illustrated softback covers. A clean, tight copy. A life of the poet Lord Byron, and his complicated love life... Very Good.

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Book number: 11838

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Byron, Biography, History, Poet

O'Brien, Flann

The Hard Life.

Pan Picador, 1976. Mass Market Paperback, 125pp, the paper browning a little with age. Cover illustration by Ralph Steadman. Light creases to front board, otherwise clean and tight. The comic history of Mr Collopy and his boys... Very Good.

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Book number: 6008

Catalogue: Literature G - P

Keywords: Ralph Steadman