O'MARA, LESLEY, EDITOR, AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY WILLIAM GELDART & DITZ..

BEST LOVED CAT STORIES.

London. Michael O'Mara, 1997., A lovely book about cats, well illustrated with beautiful b./w. drawings by William Geldart, and full page paintings in colour by 'Ditz' 30 stories by authors such as Baudelaire, Colette, Gallico, Gautier, James Herriot, Patricia Highsmith, Kipling, Doris Lessing, Ernest Thompson Seton, Mark Twain, Wodehouse, and Zola. 288 pages. Near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. near fine but edges slightly bumped. ISBN 1854792512. 1997

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Book number: 6752

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: cats feline kitten kitty pussycat puss

O'CONNOR, JOSEPH.

STAR OF THE SEA. Farewell to Old Ireland.

London. Vintage., 2003., Paperback. The "Star of the Sea" was a ship sailing from Ireland to New York. First published 2002 by Secker & Warburg. 410 pages with illustrations from old magazines & periodicals. Card cover near fine, priced £6.99. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. ISBN 0099469626. 2003

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Book number: 8528

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Ireland Irish Potato famine Eire

OLDFIELD, JENNY.

HOME FARM TWINS. 1) SPECKLE The Stray. 2) SINBAD The Runaway. 3) SUSIE The Orphan.

London. Hodder Children's Books, 1996, 3 Paperbacks. "Speckle The Stray " ( about a puppy) 121 pages, ISBN 0340661275. "Sinbad the Runaway." (about a kitten) 117 pages, ISBN 0340732628, and "Susie the Orphan" ( a lamb )120 pages, ISBN 0340661 305. All b./w. illustrations are by Kate Aldous; all are priced £3.50 on the back, near fine, no inscription or marks. 1996 ISBN: 0340661275

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Book number: 9218

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: farms animals pets twins children Jenny Oldfield

ORCZY, BARONESS.

Sir Percy Hits Back. A Scarlet Pimpernel Novel.

London. Hodder & Stoughton, 1935., An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel." Seventeenth edition. 319 pages. Near fine, no inscription, no marks & no wear. Near fine d./w. except slightly rubbed, slightly worn on corners, small tear front top edge, 3 small tears top back edge, and 2 tiny tears either side of top of spine. 7" x 4½" Priced 2/- on d./w. 1935

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Book number: 3230

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Baroness Orczy Sir Percy Blakeney Scarlet Pimpernel

PAOLINI, CHRISTOPHER.

ERAGON. "Inheritance, Book One.

London. Corgi, 2006, Paperback. Reprint, "tied-in edition" to film starring Jeremy Irons & John Malkovitch. 517 pages, including 8 colour photographs from the film. 20cm. x 13cm. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine card cover except back top corner is bumped. Priced on back £6.99. ISBN 9780552553711. 2006

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Book number: 6627

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: fantasy Jeremy Irons Dragon Raiders

PARKINSON KEYES, FRANCES.

VAIL d'ALVERY.

London. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1947., Story about the Alvery family, a sequel to "River Road." First edition. 406 pages. Contents near fine, but faint darker stripe on end papers possibly from sun. D./w. slightly worn on ends of spine o./w. very good. 1947

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Book number: 6794

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: d' Alvery Frances Parkinson Keyes

PAVESE, CESARE.

DIALOGUES WITH LEUCO

London. Peter Owen, 1965., Translated by William Arrowsmith and Donald Carne-Ross. " ...Greek myth -- with the eyes of 20th century man." 166 pages. Cover & contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., priced 30/- (£1.50) except spine is slightly soiled. 1965

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Book number: 8646

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Orpheus Eurydice Ariadne Prometheus myths legends

PENMAN, SHARON.

FALLS THE SHADOW.

London. Guild publishing, 1988., Reprint. Historical novel, set in the medieval ages, about Simon de Montfort. 550 pages. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. 1988

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Book number: 7378

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Simon de Montfort King John

PENNY, LOUISE.

The Beautiful Mystery.

London. Sphere, 2013., Paperback. Reprint. 504 pages. Near fine, no inscription or marks, but price label in front "3 for £5 or £1.99 each",. Priced £7.99 on back. ISBN 9780751544183 2013

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Book number: 9883

Catalogue: Fiction

PERELMAN, S.J.

THE BEST OF S. J. PERELMAN.

London. Reprint Society / William Heinemann, 1959, World Club edition. Introduction by A. P. Herbert. These humorous stories were written between 1930 & 1958, most of them appeared first in the New Yorker magazine. 445 pages. 8" x 5¼". Near fine in yellow cloth, no inscription or marks, but corners slightly bumped. D./w. slightly discoloured & slightly worn on edges, o./w. near fine. 1959

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Book number: 3866

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Keywords: humour A.P. Herbert parody critcism fiction

PETERS, ELLIS

The Heretic's Apprentice. A Medieval Whodunnit.

London. Headline, 1989., First edition. "The Sixteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael." At the Benedictine Abbey in Shrewsbury, Brother Cadfael helps to solve a murder. 279 pages. Contents & cover near fine, clean, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., priced £10.95. ISBN 074720103X 1989

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Book number: 8701

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Keywords: Brother Cadfael Shrewsbury

PETRIE, W. M. FLINDERS.

EGYPTIAN TALES." 2 vols.

London. Methuen,1908, 2 volumes. The "First Series" is a second edition, published 1899. "The "Second Series" is a first edition, published 1895. The date might be 1908 ? The First series has 145 pages including index with 40 pages of advertisments at end dated 1908. 22 illustrations by Tristram Ellis. Second Series has 146 pages plus 40 pages of adverts dated Oct. 1908. No d./w. 7.75" x 5". Contents of both are clean & in very good condition. Blue cloth covers are slightly worn on edges, rubbed, & faintly marked. 1908.

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Book number: 5503

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Petrie Egypt tales papyri Egyptian stories Nile

PLAIDY, JEAN.

A HEALTH UNTO HIS MAJESTY.

London. Robert Hale, 1956., First edition. Historic novel about King Charles, the ladies in his life, and Restoration England. 253 pages. Near fine, no inscription or marks, but the number 158 is stamped on back endpage,... I don't know why, or what it means, but its small! No d./w. 20.5cm. x 13.5cm. 1956

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Book number: 6312

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Restoration England King Charles Barbara Castlemaine Catherine of Braganza

POWELL, DILYS.

An Affair of The Heart.

London. Readers Union / Hodder & Stoughton, 1959., Autobiography. Dilys Powell's husband was Director of the British School of Archaeology at Athens. He started a dig at Perachora, a small Greek village where they lived for some time in the 1930's. After the war she returned, a widow. 252 pages. Contents clean, no marks, except neat name & address under d./w. flap. Near fine cloth cover is still bright green. D./w. torn on top of spine, slightly worn on corners & edges slightly bumped. 19.5cm. x 12.5cm. 1959

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Book number: 7302

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Keywords: Dilys Powell Humfry Payne Perachora British School of Archaeology Athens Greece Greeks

POWYS, T.F. SIGNED COPY.

THE TITHE BARN and THE DOVE & THE EAGLE. Limited edition.

London. K.S. Bhat, 1932., A limited edition of 350 copies, this is numbered 306. Signed on opposite page "To Mr. Noble with love and best wishes Theodore Francis Powys." 18 pages. Near fine cloth cover, with title & author printed in gilt on front, but small faint mark on front top edge. Contents near fine, no marks. 23cm. x 15cm.

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Book number: 7425

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Powys T.F. Powys prose