PHYLLIS BOTTOME

The Lifeline

London, Faber & Faber. 1946, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Red cloth, gilt titles; spine and corners a little worn, name on flyleaf, front hinge cracked, slight marks on rear endpapers, very slight foxing to fore-edge; otherwise clean and sound. Scarce. Novel of Nazi-occupied Austria 1938. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006496

Catalogue: Vintage Fiction

Keywords: Novel Fiction Nazi Occupied Europe Austria Tyrol

E. G. BOULENGER

Searchlight on Animals

London, Robert Hale. 1936, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Fading to spine and parts of cover, some foxing. Illustrated from photographs. List of author's other books typed and pasted to reverse of half-title. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006470

Catalogue: Animals

Keywords: Animals Biology Natural History Natural History

X. MARCEL BOULESTIN

The Conduct of the Kitchen

London, William Heinemann. 1926, New Impression. Hardcover. Book, How to keep a good table for sixteen shillings a week. Cloth and endpapers somewhat stained, contents good; dustwrapper stained, and very frayed on spine, but otherwise intact. Good/Fair.

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Book number: 006655

Catalogue: Cookery, Food & Drink

Keywords: Cookery Food

E. M. BOUNDS

Power Through Prayer

London, Marshall, Morgan & Scott. 1961, First ?. Soft cover. Book, Pocket sized booklet, 64 pages. Staples a little corroded. No date, but gift inscription on title page dated 1961. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004607

Catalogue: Philosophy, Theology, Religion

Keywords: Theology Devotional Christian

PAUL BOURGET, TRANSLATED JOHN DE VILLIERS

A Living Lie (Mensonges)

London, Chatto & Windus. 1918, Not Given. Hardcover. Book, Introductory letter from Bourget to the translator. Blue cloth, 301 pages. Endpapers browned, spine faded, top of spine frayed & torn. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003378

Catalogue: Collectable

Keywords: Fiction Novel from the French Vintage Fiction

CHARLES BOUTELL

Haydn's Bible Dictionary

London, Ward, Lock & Co. 1879, New Edition. Hardcover. Book, Half leather, marbled boards, endpapers and edges. Front hinge broken due to weight. Some foxing front and back; generally good, illustrated. Heavy - may need extra shipping to some locations. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006291

Catalogue: Philosophy, Theology, Religion

Keywords: Religion Christianity Antiquarian

BEN BOVA

Mercury

New York, Tor / Tom Doherty Associates. 2005. Soft cover. Book, advance uncorrected proof, 319 pages. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003415

Catalogue: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Supernatural, Horror

Keywords: Science Fiction Proof

HENRY SEBASTIAN BOWDEN, OF THE ORATORY, (ED), FROM THE GERMAN OF FRANZ HETTINGER, D.D., PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WURZBURG

Dante's Divina Commedia, its scope and value

London, Burns & Oates. 1887, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Dark blue cloth, worn and frayed at ends of spine and corners, slightly marked on covers; top edge gilt; pages xxxvi + 425 + 16 (catalogue). Some pencilled annotations, small stain on one page, slightly shaky, hinges weak; stamp on half title; few spots of foxing. Portrait frontispiece of Dante. Edited by Henry Sebastian Bowden, of the Oratory, from the German of Franz Hettinger, D.D. professor of theology at the university of Wurzburg. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003665

Catalogue: Collectable

Keywords: Theology, Literature, Poetry, History Catholicism Hell Heaven Purgatory Divine Comedy God Poetry

ELENORE SMITH BOWEN

Return to Laughter

London, Readers Union / Victor Gollancz. 1956. Hardcover. Book, Green boards; very slight nick top edge front board. Fiction by an anthropologist. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006626

Catalogue: African Interest

Keywords: Fiction Novel Africa Modern Fiction

MARJORIE BOWEN (GABRIELLE M. V. C. LONG)

The Story of the Temple, Both Middle and Inner

London, Griffin Press. 1928, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Illustrated. Endpapers partly browned; dustwrapper brown and brittle on spine; small pieces missing from spine and edge, split a bit on folds. Together with a 1950 newspaper cutting re: appeal for repairs to the Round Church, Cambridge, built by Knights Templar in the 12th century. Very Good/Fairly Good.

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Book number: 004997

Catalogue: Collectable

Keywords: History London Templars London History

ROBERT WOODGER BOWERS

Sketches of Southwark, Old and New

London, William Wesley & Son. 1902, Second Edition, Enlarged. Hardcover. Book, Front hinge cracking, has been mended with tape, but still cracked in prelims; a few pages are loose here and there. Not quite sure if the prelims are as they should be, as there is no numbering. half-title, title page, plate with text on grant of arms to the borough, frontispiece portrait of author; foreword, preface to the second edition, two identical contents pages, then text starts on page 9. 594 nujmbered pages, then 2 unnumbered of supplemental index to second enlarged edition, then vii of index. There are numerous illustrations in the text, plus 23 plates and 10 folding plates that are not numbered. There is no list of illustrations. A few thumb marks, text block rather shaky, but text complete and basically clean. Dark green cloth with gilt titles, worn on edges. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Interesting history of the borough, with much personal reminiscence. Chapter on the beginning of the Cuming Museum. (Heavy - may require extra shipping to some locations). Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004787

Catalogue: London

Keywords: Local History London Local History

STEVE BOWLES, EDITOR

Twisters : Stories of the Sinister and Macabre

London, Collins. 1981, First Thus. (ISBN: 0001958437) Hardcover. Book, Some foxing; some page corners creased; dustwrapper bit creased on edges; faded on spine, stained inside back panel, closed tear edge of rear flap fold. Jacket illustration Justin Todd. Stories by Robert T Kurosaka, Fredric Brown, Ralph Milne Farley, Henry Slesar, Harold Rolseth, Julian Symons, Len Gray, John Escott, Dorothy Edwards, John Collier, Patricia Highsmith, Damon Knight, Ursula Curtiss. Stories with a twist; some SF or fantasy, some crime, some straightforward. Published for young adults, but all adult stories. Good/Fairly Good.

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Book number: 004119

Catalogue: Crime, Mystery, Detective Fiction

Keywords: 0001958437 Young Adult Fiction Anthology Short Stories Science Fiction Fantasy Crime Detective Mystery Science Fiction, Fantasy, Supernatural, Horror

R. L. BOWLEY

The Fortunate Islands

Reading, UK, Bowley Publications. 1964, Fifth Edition, Revised & Rewritten. Paper Covered Bds. Book, A History of the Isles of Scilly. Photo. illus. D/w frayed at corners, bit marked, small tear top right corner. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 001637

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: Cornwall, Scilly Isles, West Country, Topography, Local History Local History Cornwall, Cornish Interest

E. L. BOWLEY

The Fortunate Islands, the story of the Isles of Scilly

Reading, UK, Bowley Publications. 1957, Fourth Edition. Paper Covered Bds. Book, Illustrated from photographs by J. Gibson, St. Mary's. Ends of spine bumped. Original address of publication, St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, is overstuck with Reading address. Good Plus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002998

Catalogue: Travel & Topography

Keywords: Topography, West Country, Cornwall, Local History, Flowers, King Arthur, Smuggling Local History Cornwall, Cornish Interest

GERALD BOWMAN

The Quick and the Wed, a Shannon Story

London, Werner Laurie. 1950, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Binding bit marked and faded, worn on spine; contents very good. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006612

Catalogue: Crime, Mystery, Detective Fiction

Keywords: Fiction Novel Humour Thriller Humour Modern Fiction