Beckwith, Lilian

The Bay of Strangers A Collection of Short Stories.

House of Stratus, 2001. Mass Market Paperback, Full size paperback of 179pp. Illustrated softback covers. Internally very clean and tight. 8 short stories set in the Highlands of Scotland, by the author of The Hills is Lonely... Very Good.

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Book number: 13358

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Scotland, Hebrides, Short Stories

Bedford, H Louise

The Deerhurst Girls or A Triple Alliance.

Nelson, 1111. Hard Cover, 1920s - Sunday School gift label to inner board dated 1926. 248pp, blue cloth covered boards with illustration in black, and a couple of light marks. Colour frontispiece. Internally clean. A novel set in late Victorian high society... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 4522

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Beeson, Jane

Apple of an Eye.

Pavanne Pan, 1984. Mass Market Paperback, 191pp, softback covers by Ian Stead. One light mark to foredge, otherwise a very clean, tight copy. Tamsin meets her mother again. The 'Mizz' complimentary edition... Fine.

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Book number: 9575

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Behrend, Arthur

Unlucky For Some.

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1955. Hard Cover, 2nd impression of 1st edition. 190pp, complete dustjacket. A couple of light marks to foredge, otherwise internally clean. The adventures of a street band of criminals, in Liverpool and Yorkshire... Very Good /Fine.

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Book number: 2867

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Yorkshire, Liverpool

Bellairs, George

Surfeit of Suspects.

John Gifford Ltd, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. 192pp. Blue hardback covers, a little faded to the spine. Creases to a couple of page corners, otherwise internally clean. Another case for Inspector Littlejohn - who blew up the directors in a failing joinery business?.. Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 12421

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Inspector Littlejohn, Crime, Murder

Bellamy, John

Looking Backward 2000 - 1887.

Routledge, Hard Cover, Circa 1940 - original shop invoice enclosed. Red cloth covered boards, a little worn to the spine. Internally clean. The author wakes up after 113 years and sees how society has changed in 2000!.. Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 10559

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Futurism, Futurology, Sociology

Du Bellay, Joachim

Oevres Choisies.

Larousse, 1935. Soft Cover, Edited by Adrien Cart and M-Th Beynet. 100pp,softback covers with decorative front cover in purple. Text in French. Frontispiece portrait. The biography and Defence et Illustration have underlining in ink, but the poetry is clean. Part of the Classiques Larousse series... Good.

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Book number: 14242

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: French Literature, Poetry, Essays

Belloc, Hilaire

The Road.

The British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Co Ltd, 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.: Sydney R Jones. First edition. 218pp, including Index. Brown cloth covered boards, with a darker spine and a brown leather label with gilt title. Hand cut edges. Frontispiece, and b + w illustrations by Sydney R Jones. Previous owner's bookplate to the flyleaf, otherwise internally very clean. The Road in General, - physical factors, origins and politics - and the History of the English Road from early times, and the future... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 6829

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Road, Travel, Transport, History of Travel

Benchley, Peter

The Deep.

Book Club Associates, 1977. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 237 pp, blue boards, complete dustjacket is a little rubbed. Internally very clean. By the author of Jaws... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 578

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Benchley, Peter

The Island.

BCA, 1979. Book Club. Hard Cover, 240pp, complete illustrated dustjacket. Internally very clean. Adventure on an island in the Caribbean, from the author of 'Jaws'... As New /Fine.

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Book number: 4321

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Jaws, Adventure, Caribbean

Benitez, Sandra

Bitter Grounds.

Sceptre, 1997. Trade Paperback, 417pp, illustrated softback covers. Original owner's initials crossed out on flyleaf, otherwise clean and tight. The lives of three generations of women intertwine in the anarchy of the 1970s in El Salvador... Very Good.

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Book number: 7282

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: El Salvador, feminism

Benjamin, Nikki

It Must Have Been The Mistletoe.

Silhouette, 1993. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback, Silhouette Special Edition. 253pp, illustrated softback covers. Map. One tiny mark to foredge, otherwise a very clean, tight copy. Romance - will Dom break down Marti's reserve under the mistletoe? Set in the USA... Fine.

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Book number: 11656

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Romance

Bennett, Alan

Smut Two Unseemly Stories.

Faber Profile, 2012. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback, 194 pp, the paper tanning a very little with age. Softback covers without creases, with a key cutout to the front. Colour illustrated flyleaf, and author portrait. A very clean, tight, unread copy. Two funny and naughty stories of women in middle life - Mrs Donaldson whom sex takes by surprise and Mrs Forbes, who is not surprised at all... Fine.

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Book number: 12885

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Humour, Short Story

Bergland, Martha

A Farm Under A Lake.

Bloomsbury, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover, 199pp, complete dustjacket. A very clean copy. Janet makes a decision about her marriage... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 11949

Catalogue: Literature A - F

Keywords: Wisconsin, Illinois

De Bernieres, Louis

The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts.

Minerva, 1996. Mass Market Paperback, 376pp, softback covers by Jeff Fisher. A very clean, tight copy. The first novel by the author of 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin', set in an imaginary latin american country.. Fine.

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Book number: 10441

Catalogue: Literature A - F