BOTTOME, PHYLLIS .

Mansion House of Liberty by Phyllis Bottome .

Boston: Little, Brown And Company, 1941 . 0. Signed first edition, plus signed letter to Edith Freeman. A good tight binding, boards faded, clean text throughout . Author's signature to front endpaper. Handwritten letter on headed notepaper: Eagles' Nest, Zennor (Devon), loosley inserted inviting Miss Freeman to come to a Lecture on 'Germany's Place in a Peace World' at the Guildhall, St Ives. "Phyllis Forbes Dennis (nee Bottome) ; 31 May 1884 – 22 August 1963) was a British novelist and short story writer. Bottome was born in Rochester, Kent, the daughter of an American clergyman, Rev. William MacDonald Bottome and an Englishwoman, Mary (Leatham) Bottome. In 1917, in Paris, she married Alban Ernan Forbes Dennis, a British diplomat working firstly in Marseilles and then in Vienna as Passport Control Officer, a cover for his real role as MI6 Head of Station with responsibility for Austria, Hungary and Yugoslavia. Bottome studied individual psychology under Alfred Adler while in Vienna.. Germany became Bottome's home in the late 1930s, and it inspired her novel The Mortal Storm, the film of which was the first to mention Hitler's name and be set in Nazi Germany. Bottome was an active anti-fascist.." - See Wikipedia.

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Book number: 45953

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 47509 Mansion House of Liberty Eagles' Nest, Zennor Devon Little, Brown and Company, Boston Fiction

BOYLE, KAY.

The Youngest Camel. Reconsidered and rewritten. (Pictures by Ronni Solbert).

London: Faber and Faber,1960. 1st ed. 23cms x 17cms. Pp.95, b/w illustrations by Ronni Solbert, owners details to fep. Orange illustrated boards, sunning to spine and top edges. G+.

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Book number: 26291

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Boyle Youngest Camel Ronni Solbert Illustrated Fiction Story Children Juvenile 23495 Childrens Fiction

BRADBURY, RAY.

The October Country.

London:Ace Books,1961. 1st in this edition. Short stories. Pp.142/2(ads), toning to pages. Paperback, minor edge wear + crease to rear, faint water-staining to top edge of front. G+.

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Book number: 14681

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Keywords: Bradbury October Country Ace Short Stories Traveller Fiction Fantasy A8877 Fiction: : General

BRADBY, VIOLET.

The Happy Families. A Story for Children.

London: Henry Frowde/ Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. 1st edition. Based on the popular card game, with black & white reproductions of the original card designs, and further illustrations by Lilian A. Govey. Pp.107/4(publisher's catalogue), colour frontispiece by Lilian A. Govey, + 17 further black & white illustrations by Govey and of the original card designs, occasional light spots, front free endpaper absent. Brown paper-covered boards with colour illustration by Lilian A. Tovey to front board, minor rubbing with bumps to corner tips. Scarce. G+.

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Book number: 48606

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Violet Bradby Happy Families Card Game Story Illustrated Lilian Govey 50027 Childrens Fiction

BRADLEY, ALFRED & JAMIESON, KAY. (EDITORS).

Loving Couples. Stories of Love and Marriage.

London: Michael Joseph, 1981. 071812037X. 1st edition. Ex library. "The authors range from established novelists such as Stan Barstow, Peter Tinniswood, John Wain and Beryl Bainbridge to writers known mostly, like Chris Barkas and Alan Bleasdale, for their plays or, like Joan Bakewell and Brian Thompson, as broadcasters." Pp.201, front free endpaper removed, library inkstamp to copywright page, old tape marks to inside front and rear boards. Blue cloth, edges rubbed, dustwrapper has small edge tears. Good/Good.

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Book number: 44731

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Keywords: Bradley Jamieson Loving Couples Love Marriage Stories Fiction Waterhouse Billington North Bainbridge Barstow Tinniswood Wain Mcneil Sheasby Bleasdale Mercer Spillard Gill Bakewell Furnival Auken 46227 Fiction: : General

BRAHMS, CARYL AND SIMON, S.J.

Don't Mr Disraeli.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1949. "This is not a novel set in the Victorian age: it is a novel set in its literature. The characters move against a background of books read by the authors and their adventures are pinned into time by glimpses of the giants of that era." Pp.256, pages browned, owner's details to half-title page. Paperback, toning and creasing to spine. Good.

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Book number: 47498

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Keywords: Brahms Simon Don't Mr Disraeli Satire Fiction Novel Humour 48987 Fiction

BRANCH CABELL, JAMES.

Figures of Earth. A Comedy of Appearances. (Illustrated by Frank C.Papé).

New York: Robert M McBride & Company, 1925. First US Illustrated edition. "Figures of Earth tells the story of Manuel the swineherd, a morally ambiguous protagonist who rises to conquer a realm by playing on others' expectations —his motto Mundus Vult Decipi, meaning "the world wishes to be deceived". "(wiki). Pp.xxii/274, frontispiece + 11 further full page illustrations by Frank C Papé, beautiful double page illustrated endpapers + illustrated part title pages, historated capitals to chapters and tailpiece chapter illustrations. Owner's details to half-title page, small bookseller's label (Brentano's, New York) and ownership label to inside rear board. Black cloth with gilt title and silhouette illustration to front board, title to spine dulled, edge wear and wear to corner tips and top and tail of spine. G+.

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Book number: 43391

Catalogue: Illustrated Fiction

Keywords: James Branch Cabell Figures of Earth Comedy Appearances Frank C Pape Papé Illustrated Humour Satire 44668 Illustrated Fiction

BRAUN, LILIAN JACKSON.

The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern.

London: Collins For The Crime Club, 1967. 1st ed. Second novel in the acclaimed 'Cat' series. "Newspaper reporter Qwilleran and Siamese cat Koko are again at work together on matters of robbery and murder - this time the sophisticated world of interior decoration." Pp.192, owners name to fep, minor spotting and toning to endpapers. Red cloth boards, d/w designed by Brian Russell has edge chipping and lifting to laminate to front spine edge. Scarce. VG/G.

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Book number: 32882

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Keywords: Lilian Jackson Braun Cat Who Ate Danish Modern First Siamese Cat Detective Crime Fiction Novel Qwilleran Koko 32894 Fiction: : Crime

BRAZIL, ANGELA.

The Head Girl at the Gables.

London: Collins. 1971. "Lorraine wasn't head girl material...But the headmistress thought differently..Her hard struggle to win over the girls begins..and takes command in a surprisingly effective way". Pp 157. Toning to pages. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

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Book number: 17527

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Brazil Head Girl Gables Lorraine Headmistress Juvenile Fiction A12252 Childrens Fiction

BRETT YOUNG, FRANCIS.

White Ladies.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1935. 1st edition. English novel about three generations of a midlands industrial family and their country house, the White Ladies. Pp.693, signed by Francis Brett Young to title page, owner's details to inside front board, occasional light spotting to margins but mainly affecting closed page edges. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, gilt three pear motif to front board, sympathetic repair to top of spine, bumps to corner tips. G+.

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Book number: 45863

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Francis Brett Young Signed White Ladies Novel Fiction Midlands Industrial Family Country House 47414 Fiction

O'BRIAN, PATRICK.

Hussein: An Entertainment.

London: HarperCollins, 1999. 1st ed. Historical fiction. "Hussein tells the story of a young mahout - or elephant handler - his childhood and life in India and his relationship and adventures with his elephants." 22.3cms. x 14.5cms. Pp. 2/293, line drawings to chapter headings. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

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Book number: 28776

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Keywords: Obrian Hussein Entertainment Historical Fiction Noamzcouk 26500 Fiction: : General

O'BRIEN, TIM.

July, July.

Hammersmith: Flamingo. 2003. "What happened to all those hopes and ideals? After thirty years, a group of college friends are reunited for a weekend of dancing and drinking, reminiscence and revelation. A mop manufacturer and a bigamist, a war veteran and a trophy wife, a glamour model and a defrocked priest". Pp 319, portrait to verso front cover. P/b, slight crease to rear cover. G+.

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Book number: 22502

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Keywords: Obrien July Fiction College Reunited Humour A18588 Fiction: : General

O'BRIEN, WILLIAM. (M.P).

When We Were Boys. (A Novel).

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1890. 1st edition. A Fenian romance with a land reform theme set in 1860 Pp.550/16(ads), occasional minor spotting throughout, cracking to inner rear hinge but holding. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, bumps to corners and minor edge wear. Good.** "William O'Brien (2 October 1852 – 25 February 1928) was an Irish nationalist, journalist, agrarian agitator, social revolutionary, politician, party leader, newspaper publisher, author and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was particularly associated with the campaigns for land reform in Ireland during the late 19th and early 20th centuries as well as his conciliatory approach to attaining Irish Home Rule."(wiki).

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Book number: 42524

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Keywords: William o'Brien When We Were Boys Fiction Novel A6393 Fiction: : General

BRIGGS, RAYMOND.

Fungus the Bogeyman.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977. 0241895537. 1st edition. 30.5cms x 23cms. Pp.40, colour cartoon-strip illustrations throughout. Illustrated laminated boards, toned. G+.

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Book number: 49905

Catalogue: Illustrated Fiction

Keywords: Raymond Briggs Fungus Bogeyman Children Illustrated Fiction Humour 51420 Illustrated Fiction

BRIGGS, RAYMOND.

Gentleman Jim.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1980. 0241102812. 1st edition. Graphic novel Gentleman Jim is the story of Jim Bloggs, an imaginative toilet cleaner who, dissatisfied with his station in life, devotes his time to envisioning a world beyond it.. 30.5cms x 22.5cms. Unpaginated. Colour strip-cartoon illustrations throughout. Illustrated laminated boards. VG.

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Book number: 49906

Catalogue: Illustrated Fiction

Keywords: Raymond Briggs Gentleman Jim Graphic Novel Illustrated Fiction 51421 Illustrated Fiction