La Bruyere

Les Caracteres Ou Les Moeurs De Ce Siecle (Extraits) II.

Larousse, 1934. Soft Cover, Edited by Rene Ternois. 108pp, softback covers with decorative front cover in purple. Text in French. Previous owner's name to flyleaf, otherwise clean and tight. Includes biographical, historical and literary notes etc. Part of the Classiques Larousse series... Very Good.

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Book number: 14247

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: French Literature,

Bryant, Billy

Children Of Ol' Man River.

Lakeside, 1988. Hard Cover, Edited by Martin Ridge. 360pp. Brown boards, gilt top edge. Map and photographs. New - still sealed in its protective wrapper. The autobiography of a Showboat trouper... As New /No Jacket.

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Book number: 2334

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Showboat, Mississippi, Autobiography

Bryant, Billy

Children of Ol' Man River The Life and Times of a Showboat Trouper.

Lakeside Press, 1988. Hard Cover, 1st in this attractive edition, edited by Martin Ridge. 360pp, brown cloth covered boards with gilt top edge and publisher's logo to front, no dustjacket, as issued. Frontispiece portrait and other b + w illustrations. A new, Mint, copy. The autobiography of a member of a showboat family... As New /No Jacket.

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Book number: 6999

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: adventure, autobiography, theatre, american west, showboat

Bryant, Arthur

Makers Of The Realm.

Reprint Society, 1955. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 413 pp, yellow boards, complete dustjacket. Previous owner's neat signature to inner board, otherwise clean. The story of the history of England.. Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 1347

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, English History

Bryant, Arthur

Samuel Pepys The Years of Peril.

Collins, 1948. Hard Cover, New edition. 466 pp, blue cloth boards, b + w illustrations. A clean copy... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 367

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: C17, history, navy

Bryant, Arthur

Samuel Pepys The Saviour Of The Navy.

Collins Fontana, 1961. Mass Market Paperback, 451pp, edges now a little browned with age. Illustrated softback covers. Frontispiece portrait. A very clean, tight Near Fine copy. The third volume in the biography of Samuel Pepys, the diarist of Restoration England... Very Good.

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Book number: 4735

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Stuart, navy, diarist, biography, Restoration

Bryce, William A

The Watch Tower.

Nelson, 1111. Hard Cover, Ill.: Holloway. Circa 1930 - previous owner's name and address dated 1933 on flyleaf. 203pp, faded decorated red boards, slight wear to edge of spine. Colour illustrations. Kidnap and adventure for boys.. Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 2299

Catalogue: Childrens' Books

Keywords: boys, Holloway

Bubbers, Sarah (ed) Graham, Billy, and Richard, Cliff and Smith, Delia et al

The Heart Of Christmas.

Collins, 1987. Trade Paperback, 143pp, softback covers with one small light crease. Foreword by Princess Alexandra and celebrity contributions. An anthology of poems and stories about Christmas, with b + w illustrations, sold in aid of the charity Crisis at Christmas... Very Good.

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Book number: 4582

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Billy Graham, Alvin Stardust, Delia Smith, Princess Alexandra

Buchan, John

The Blanket of the Dark.

Nelson, 1952. Hard Cover, 377pp, red cloth covered boards, a very little rubbed to edges, with gilt author logo. Map. A clean, Near Fine, copy... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 13336

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Adventure

Buchan, John

The Blanket of the Dark.

Nelson, 1937. Hard Cover, 377pp, red cloth covered boards, with gilt motif. Illustrated dustjacket with a little wear to ends of spine and a couple of short closed tears, in protective removeable plastic cover. Gift inscription to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. Set in Tudor times... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 10958

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Adventure, Historical, Tudor, Religion

Buchan, John

A Book of Escapes and Hurried Journeys.

Nelson, 1922. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.: R S Forrest. First edition. 304pp. cloth covered boards with coloured illustration, a very little rubbed to corners and ends of spine. B + w plates by R S Forrest. Gift inscription on flyleaf, a couple of spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise clean. 12 escapes and journeys - Georgia railway raid, Charles Stuart, Princess Clementina etc.... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 13014

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Travel, History, Bonnie Prince Charlie

Buchan, John

The Dancing Floor.

Nelson, 1111. Hard Cover, Circa 1944 - dated from Sunday School prize inscription on the flyleaf. 280pp, red cloth boards with a couple of small inkmarks. Dustjacket illustrated by Trotter, with loss to the base of the spine, in protective removeable cover Frontispiece map. Light spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise clean. Adventure on a Greek island... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 7998

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Adventure

Buchan, John

The Free Fishers.

Penguin, 1963. Mass Market Paperback, 269pp, the paper browning a little with age. Orange and white softback covers with an illustration by Robin Jacques. Previous owner's name to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean and tight. A story of treason and romance, set in Yorkshire in the Napoleonic wars... Very Good.

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Book number: 8030

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Adventure, Historical Fiction

Buchan, John

The Free Fishers.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1936. Hard Cover, Reprint of the first edition. 320pp. Blue cloth covered boards, with gun logo to the front. Original owner's bookplate to the inner board, a couple of small spots of foxing to the margins of the first two pages, otherwise internally very clean. Classic adventure, set in Scotland.. Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 8034

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Adventure

Buchan, John

Greenmantle.

Penguin, 1981. Mass Market Paperback, 267pp, the edges browning a little with age. Softback covers illustrated by Kenneth Wynn. Internally clean and tight. Classic adventure - Richard Hannay in WWI... Very Good.

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Book number: 12013

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Adventure, Thriller, WWI