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9780297830665 No Author, Gardens of Love
No Author
Gardens of Love
Mint condition. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. First edition, 1990. Pictorial hardcover with slipcase, both in mint condition. Victoria's secret, vol. 3. Illustrated with colour photos. The pages have been scented. 95pp. Product Description: The unique style of the English garden is admired and copied all over the world. Since Miles Hadfield's A HISTORY OF BRITISH GARDENING (1960, updated 1979) no single work has surveyed the new perspectives of the last twenty years. This book tells the story of the English gardener's relationship with nature through the last one thousand years. It shows how the gardens of each period reflect the political, social and cultural life, and how they affected architecture, clothes and manners, and how ideas and plants from other continents were adapted to form the art of English garden making. Fine/No Jacket. ISBN: 9780297830665
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Book number: 946
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9781405054744 Aziz, Christine, The Olive Readers
Aziz, Christine
The Olive Readers
Fine condition. Macmillan, 2005. First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2). Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of creases and nicks on the Dj cover), both in fine condition. The book is new with a small pencil mark impression on the first blank page of the book, small nick on the outer edge of the pages. 346pp. Price un-clipped. Product Description: I cannot recall the exact moment when I decided to become a Reader. This is unusual for me, as I am always precise about beginnings. Imagine a future without a past, a time without memory, a state in which nationality, ancestry, tradition, language, history have no place. Governing this world is a hyper-organised system of corporations, a network of companies, each responsible for a particular product, each with a workforce conditioned to one end. But somewhere, a clandestine group is operating to preserve the past. In the Olive producing region of Olea, The Readers are smuggling and storing books in a secret library hidden away in the house of Jephzat and her family. When her sister disappears under suspicious circumstances, and her parents are hastily re-located by the Company, Jephzat is ordered to remain in the house, unaware of the organization operating from its hidden room. Alone and facing the suspicion and hostility of the villagers, she falls in love with Homer, an olive picker she once rescued from the hands of Company Commissioners and a long-time member of The Readers. As Homer introduces her to the library, and her hunger for knowledge grows, so do her questions, and soon she finds herself heavily and dangerously involved not only in the recovery and preservation of books, but in a secret plan that is set to endanger Jephzat herself and her beloved family. Fine/Fine. ISBN: 9781405054744
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Book number: 2703
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9780727859419 Bacon, Margaret, Northrop Hall
Bacon, Margaret
Northrop Hall
Fine condition. Seven House Publishers, 2003. First UK edition-first printing. Pictorial hardback(scratch on the edge of the back cover) with Dj(small crease and nick on the edges of the Dj cover), both in fine condition. The book is as new with a small ink mark on the outer edge of the pages, small crease on the edge of the pages, small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book. Price un-clipped. 278pp. Product Description: The first volume in a spellbinding new family saga, which bears comparison with the best of Rosamunde Pilcher or Elizabeth Jane Howard In the first decade of the twentieth century, life at Northrop Hall carries on much as it has done for centuries. Dowager Lady Arndale presides over the smooth running of the house, whilst her son Charles manages the vast estate and Nanny Stone rules the roost in the nursery. Diana Arndale, just sixteen and back from finishing-school in Paris, looks forward with giddy excitement to her coming-out in London, as the protegee of her glamorous Aunt Selina. It is a well-ordered, comfortable, predictable existence, in which master and servant each knows his place. But the storm-clouds are gathering over Europe, and with the outbreak of 'The War To End Wars', the world of the Arndales and their servants is turned upside down. Life will never be the same again, for any of them. . Fine/Fine. ISBN: 9780727859419
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Book number: 1722
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9780755304233 Bagshawe, Louise, Monday's Child
Bagshawe, Louise
Monday's Child
Fine condition. Headline book, 2004. First UK edition-first printing. Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine, two small nicks on the cover) with Dj(small nicks, crease and scratch on the Dj cover), both in fine condition. The book is new with a small nick and light shelf wear on the outer edge of the pages, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 372pp. Price un-clipped. Product Description: According to the old rhyme, Monday's Child is fair of face - but life isn't always so simple. Gorgeous goddesses seem to surround script-reader Anna Brown - from her deranged glamour-queen boss to her perfect, pouting flatmates. For Anna, being less than beautiful is hard to bear. With a dead-end job and a ghastly boyfriend she wonders if she can ever be a success. In fashion crazed London, maybe being talented just isn't enough. Enter Mark Swan, Britain's hottest director. Rugged, reclusive and powerful, everybody wants a piece of him - from studio heads to supermodels. He could be Anna's ticket to the top, but how can she ever hope to snag such a big star? Fed up of being downbeat and dowdy, Anna decides to chase her dreams, and, with a little help from her friends, embarks on a madcap scheme to get just what she's after. . Fine/Fine. ISBN: 9780755304233
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Book number: 1588
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9780752873619 Bagshawe, Tilly, Showdown
Bagshawe, Tilly
Showdown
Near fine condition. Orion Books, 2006. First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small crease and two dents on the edges of the spine and cover) with Dj(small tear on the edge of the back Dj cover, a couple of creases, small nicks and scratch on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. The book is as new with ink marks on the outer edges of the pages, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 401pp. Price un-clipped. Near Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 9780752873619
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Book number: 3873
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Bailey, Hilary
Frankenstein's Bride
Good condition. Simon & Schuster, 1995. First UK edition-first printing. Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with protected Dj(a couple of nicks and scratches on the protected cover), both in good condition. Ex-Library book with stamps. Nice and clean pages but slightly tainted on the outer edges, two small marks on the edges of the pages, a couple of creases, nicks and ink marks on the edges of the pages, the edge of the half-title page is clipped, missing the first blank page of the book. The book is in GC with light shelf wear. 250pp. Price un-clipped. Good/Good. ISBN: 9780671719173
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Book number: 3740
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9780671719173 Bailey, Hilary, Frankenstein's Bride
Bailey, Hilary
Frankenstein's Bride
Near fine condition. Simon & Schuster, 1995. First UK edition-first printing. Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, two small nicks on the back cover) with Dj(two small creases, nicks and scratch on the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Nice and clean pages with small nicks and light shelf wear on the outer edges, two pencil marks impressions on the edge of the first blank page of the book, a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the pages. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear. 250pp. Price un-clipped. From Publishers Weekly: Set in London in 1825, this labored riff on Mary Shelley's horror masterpiece shows the potential pitfalls authors face when writing sequels that take liberties with the plots of literary classics. Jonathan Goodall, a wealthy young Englishman, meets Dr. Victor Frankenstein but knows nothing of the man's infamous past. Then Victor begins to take a passionate interest in Maria Clementi, a music hall singer strangely incapable of speech outside of her stage performances. As Victor labors obsessively to cure Maria's muteness, an unknown assailant launches attacks on him and his family. By keeping the revelations about Victor's experiments in reanimating the dead concealed until the end, Bailey (Cassandra) prolongs the tale's mystery, but at the cost of diminishing the story of the doctor's scientific transgression and its consequences. Near Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 9780671719173
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Book number: 913
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9780752865911 Baker, Sam, Fashion Victim
Baker, Sam
Fashion Victim
Near fine/VGC. Orion, 2005. First edition-first printing. Grey hardback(purple lettering to the spine) in near fine condition, with Dj(small mark inside the edges of the Dj cover, some creases, nicks, scratches and small tear on the Dj cover) in VGC. Nice and clean pages with small ink mark on the outer edges, a couple of small creases on the edges of the pages, pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 265pp. Price un-clipped. Near Fine/Very Good. ISBN: 9780752865911
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Book number: 6458
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9780747218258 Baker, Anne., A Liverpool Lullaby
Baker, Anne.
A Liverpool Lullaby
VGC. Headline Book, 1998. First edition-second printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2). Blue hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(small tear inside the Dj cover, two small creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC. Nice and clean pages but slightly tainted on the outer edges, very small tear on the edge of page 277, a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the pages. The book is in VGC with light shelf wear. 281pp. Price un-clipped. First edition. Product Description: Young, pretty Evie Hobson serves in her father's chemist shop. Evie isn't the only one living in fear of her father's temper. When a woman arrives at the shop and dies, Evie is shocked to discover that the woman is her mother, whom she'd been told was dead. Why had her father lied? n nAbout the Author nAnne Baker trained as a nurse at Birkenhead General Hospital, but after her marriage went to live first in Libya and then in Nigeria. She eventually returned to her native Birkenhead where she worked as a Health Visitor for over ten years. She now lives with her husband on a ninety-acre sheep farm in North Wales. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 9780747218258
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Book number: 52
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9780857050212 Baksi, Kurdo, Stieg Larsson, My Friend
Baksi, Kurdo
Stieg Larsson, My Friend
Mint condition. Maclehose Press, 2010. First UK edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Dark blue hardback(blue lettering to the spine) with Dj(small nick on the edges of the Dj cover), both in mint condition. The book is new. 144pp including Afterword. Price un-clipped. Product Description: Five years after his death, Stieg Larsson is best known as the author of the Millennium Trilogy, but during his career as a journalist he was a crucial protagonist in the battle against racism and for democracy in Sweden, and one of the founders of the anti-facist magazine Expo. Kurdo Baksi first met Larsson in 1992; it was the beginning of an intense friendship, and a fruitful but challenging working relationship. In this candid and rounded memoir, Baksi answers the questions a multitude of Larsson's fans have already asked, about his upbringing; the recurring death threats; his insomnia and his vices; his feminism - so evident in his books - and his dogmatism. What was he like as a colleague? Who provided the inspiration for his now-immortal characters (Baksi is one of the few who appears in the trilogy as himself)? Who was Lisbeth Salander?. New/New. ISBN: 9780857050212
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Book number: 4617
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9780671717209 Ball, Janet, Princes Among Their People
Ball, Janet
Princes Among Their People
VGC. Simon & Schuster, 1990. First edition-first printing. Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with laminated DJ cover(crease, small nicks and light shelf wear on the laminated cover), both in VGC. Ex Library book with stamp, sticker, writing. Nice and clean pages with a couple ink marks and tainted on the outer edges, missing the first blank page of the book, crease and light shelf wear on the last blank page of the book. 327pp. Price un-clipped. Synopsis: Set in the 12th-century, this historical novel revolves around the massacre of the Jews of York in 1190. It features a Christian child, Benedict, who is educated by a Jewish family at the peril of the community. The story traces his escape with a young Jewess and her dowry. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 9780671717209
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Book number: 1903
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 Ballantyne, R.M., The Golden Dream
Ballantyne, R.M.
The Golden Dream
VGC. Thomas Nelson and sons. No date given but probably 1930-1950's. Pictorial hardback(illustration on the front cover and spine, small nicks and scratches on the cover and spine) in VGC, no Dj. Illustrated with four colour plates. Nice and clean pages with some foxing/ink marks and slightly tainted on the outer edges, small nicks, creases and some foxing marks on the edges of the pages, small pencil mark impression on the edge of the front endpaper. The book is in in VGC for its age but with light shelf wear. 438pp including List of illustrations. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Book number: 4306
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9780316648448 Banks, Iain, The Business
Banks, Iain
The Business
Fine condition. Little, Brown, 1999. First UK edition-first printing. Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of nicks, creases and scratches on the Dj cover, light shelf wear on the back of the Dj cover), both in fine condition. Illustrated with b/w drawings. The book is new with a couple of small nicks and creases on the edges of the pages. small pencil mark impression on edge of the first page of the book. 393pp. Price un-clipped. Fine/Fine. ISBN: 9780316648448
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Book number: 2386
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9780316860543 Banks, Iain, Dead Air
Banks, Iain
Dead Air
Near fine condition. Little Brown, 2002. First UK edition-first printing. Brown hardback(silver lettering to the spine, small nick on the front cover)with protected Dj(small crease and scratch on the protected cover), both in near fine condition. Nice and clean pages with a ink mark and slightly tainted on the outer edges, small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear. Price un-clipped. 408pp. First edition. Product Description: Iain Banks' daring new novel opens in a loft apartment in the East End, in a former factory due to be knocked down in a few days. Ken Nott is a devoutly contrarian vaguely left-wing radio shock-jock living in London. After a wedding breakfast people start dropping fruits from a balcony on to a deserted carpark ten storeys below, then they start dropping other things; an old TV that doesn't work, a blown loudspeaker, beanbags, other unwanted furniture. Then they get carried away and start dropping things that are still working, while wrecking the rest of the apartment. But mobile phones start ringing and they're told to turn on a TV, because a plane has just crashed into the World Trade Centre. At ease with the volatility of modernity, Iain Banks is also our most accomplished literary writer of narrative-driven adventure stories that never ignore the injustices and moral conundrums of the real world. His new novel, set in contemporary London, displays the trademark dark wit, buoyancy and momentum of his finest work. Near Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 9780316860543
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Book number: 609
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9781841494180 Banks, Iain M., Matter
Banks, Iain M.
Matter
Near fine condition. Orbit, 2008. Reprinted edition. Large format paperback(two small nicks and crease on the edges of the cover and spine) in near fine condition. Nice and clean pages as new with two ink marks on the outer edges, a couple of small creases and nicks on the edges of the pages. Nice and clean book. 594pp including Appendix. Heavy book. Near Fine. ISBN: 9781841494180
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Book number: 1525
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