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The Arabian Nights A Selection for the Most Part from Lane's Translation.

Oxford, 1939. Hard Cover, Ill.: A B Houghton and Others. 733pp, dark blue cloth coverd boards. Wartime economy dustjacket with a little loss to top of the spine. 46 b + w illustrations. Previous owner's name to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. A selection from Lane's translation with the adventures of Caliph Haroun Alrraschid, Aladdin, Ali Baba etc... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 16061

Catalogue: Literature G - P

Keywords: Fairy Tales, Aladdin, Ali Baba

(Mackenzie, Henry - editor)

The Lounger A Periodical Paper Published at Edinburgh in the Years 1785 and 1786 Vol II.

A Strahan, 1788. First Edition. Full-Leather, 312pp, worn leather boards with wear to the corners and edges, the spine cracked but holding. Previous owner's names to inner board and title page, othrerwise internally clean. A good 'reading copy'. Volume II contains Numbers 36 to 69. Edited and contributed to by Henry Mackenzie, an author, lawyer and Comptroller of The Taxes for Scotland... Good.

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Book number: 16517

Catalogue: Literature G - P

Keywords: History, Essays, Periodical,Scottish Literature, Scotland,scottish History

L'Amour, Louis

The Ferguson Rifle.

Corgi, 1973. Mass Market Paperback, 180pp, illustrated softback covers, a litle rubbed to edges of spine. Internally very clean and tight. Western adventure - Ronan finds hostile Indians, and a search for treasure... Very Good.

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Book number: 9557

Catalogue: Literature G - P

Keywords: Adventure, Western

O'Brian, Patrick

Caesar The Life Story of a Panda Leopard.

HarperCollins, 1999. Hard Cover, 101pp, complete dustjacket. A very clean copy. The first book, written at the age of 14, by the author who later became famous for the Maturin sea stories... As New /As New.

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Book number: 12038

Catalogue: Literature G - P

Keywords: Maturin

O'Brien, Flann

The Hard Life.

Pan Picador, 1976. Mass Market Paperback, 125pp, the paper browning a little with age. Cover illustration by Ralph Steadman. Light creases to front board, otherwise clean and tight. The comic history of Mr Collopy and his boys... Very Good.

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Book number: 6008

Catalogue: Literature G - P

Keywords: Ralph Steadman

O'Brien, Edna

Johnny I Hardly Knew You.

Weidenfeld, 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover, 143 pp, orange boards, dustjacket with wear to edges. Previous owner's name on inner board, otherwise clean... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 1622

Catalogue: Literature G - P

O'Brien, Kate

The Last Of Summer.

The Book Club, 1944. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 243 pp. War Economy Standard paper, pink cloth boards have faded to beige on spine and edges, otherwise clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 972

Catalogue: Literature G - P

O'Brien, Deirdre

Moonlight Cruise.

Modern Publishing, 1111. Hard Cover, Probably circa 1950. 182pp, red boards. Internally clean. Romantic story, set in Majorca.. Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 4219

Catalogue: Literature G - P

Keywords: Majorca, Romance

O'Brien, Kate

Without My Cloak.

Heinemann, 1949. Hard Cover, 16th impression. 384pp, attractive but now rather tatty dustjacket with portions of loss. A couple of small spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise internally clean. The winner of the Hawthornden Prize in 1932... Very Good /Fair.

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Book number: 5782

Catalogue: Literature G - P

Briggs, A D P

Alexander Pushkin a Critical Study.

Bristol Press, 1991. Soft Cover, 257pp, illustrated soft covers. Previous owner's name to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean and tight. A clear and detailed account of Pushkin's poetry and a consideration of his prose works... Very Good.

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Book number: 16632

Catalogue: Literature G - P

Keywords: Russian Literature, Criticism, Pushkin, Poetry, Poet

Le Carre, John

Absolute Friends.

Coronet, 2004. Mass Market Paperback, Full- size paperback of 383pp. Softback covers. A couple of light creases to spine, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Spy thriller - Ted and Sasha were students in West Berlin, and meet again.. Very Good.

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Book number: 11813

Catalogue: Literature G - P

Keywords: Thriller, Spy

Le Carre, John

The Russia House.

Guild, 1989. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 344 pp. Previous owner's first name on flyleaf, otherwise very clean and Near Fine. Classic spy story.. Very Good /Fine.

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Book number: 1674

Catalogue: Literature G - P

Keywords: Thriller, Spy

Le Carre, John

Single & Single.

BCA, 1999. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 336pp, the edges browning a little with age. Complete dustjacket a little rubbed to edges, but no loss. Internally very clean. A masterly thriller - a lawyer is shot in Turkey... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 5816

Catalogue: Literature G - P

Keywords: Thriller, Adventure

Cole, Jackson

The Frontier Legion.

Ward Lock, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover, 158pp, red boards, a little bumped to one corner. Internally clean. Western adventure, set in Texas... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 16400

Catalogue: Literature G - P

Keywords: Cowboy, Western, Adventure

Cotterill, H B

Macaulay's Essay on Milton with Notes, Abstract, Chronological Summaries Etc.

Macmillan, 1899. First Edition. Hard Cover, 180 pp, grey cloth covered boards, with a couple of small marks. Previous owner's name to flyleaf, one page has a little light underlining, otherwise internally clean. Includes extensive notes on the essay and a biographical summary of Milton's life and events of the time... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 14220

Catalogue: Literature G - P

Keywords: Milton, Macaulay, Literary Criticism, Essay