Waller, Leslie

Number One.

Mayflower, 1975. Mass Market Paperback, 350pp, illustrated softback covers, a little rubbed to edge. Light spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise internally clean. Dope, corruption and the Mob.. Good.

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Book number: 10032

Catalogue: Literature Q - Z

Keywords: Thriller

Walpole, Hugh

The Blind Man's House.

Macmillan, 1941. First Edition. Hard Cover, 432pp, green cloth boards with embossed pattern. Unused bookplate on flyleaf, otherwise clean and. Near Fine... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 3365

Catalogue: Literature Q - Z

Walpole, Hugh

The Sea Tower.

Macmillan, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover, 308pp, green cloth covered boards with embossed pattern. Bookplate on flyleaf and tiny spots of foxing to flyleaf, otherwise clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 3366

Catalogue: Literature Q - Z

Walsh, Colin

The Grown-Up's Xmas Book.

Quiller, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover, 127pp, laminated illustrated boards, b + w illustrations. Comes complete with 33rpm record ' The Grown-Up Xmas Ice Show'... Fine.

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Book number: 2773

Catalogue: Literature Q - Z

Keywords: comedy, cartoons, humour

Ward, A C

Illustrated History Of English Literature Volume One.

Longmans, 1953. Hard Cover, Volume One - Chaucer to Shakespeare. 2nd impression. 244 pp, red cloth covered boards. B + w illustrations. Internally clean... Fine /No Jacket.

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Book number: 2035

Catalogue: Literature Q - Z

Keywords: Chaucer, Shakespeare

Ward, Mrs Humphry

The Marriage of William Ashe.

Nelson, Hard Cover, Probably early 20th century. Pocket sized. 472pp, red cloth covered boards with gilt title. Frontispiece illustration. Spots of light foxing to foredge, otherwise internally clean... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 11928

Catalogue: Literature Q - Z

Ward, Christopher

Our Cheque Is In The Post.

Pan, 1982. Mass Market Paperback, Ill.: Frank Dickens. 88 pp. B + w cartoon illustrations by Frank Dickens. Very clean. A Book of Excuses from the author of 'How To Complain'... Fine.

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Book number: 1612

Catalogue: Literature Q - Z

Keywords: Humour, Humor, Comedy, Business

Warner, Esther

Trial By Sasswood.

Reader's Union, 1956. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, Ill.: Joss. Sketches by Joss. 208 pp, green boards, dustjacket with slight wear to edges. Internally Fine. Set in Liberia.. Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 1607

Catalogue: Literature Q - Z

Keywords: Liberia

Warren, Pat

A Bride For Hunter.

Silhouette, 1994. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback, 251pp, illustrated softback covers. Map. A very clean, tight copy. Romance - Hunter hires Gaylan to act as his 'wife' for two weeks in Hawaii... Fine.

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Book number: 12318

Catalogue: Literature Q - Z

Keywords: Romance, Hawaii

Washburn, Stan

Into Thin Air.

Hodder, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover, 280 pp, blue boards, complete dustjacket. A very clean copy. Kidnapping in San Francisco.. Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 868

Catalogue: Literature Q - Z

Keywords: San Francisco

Waterhouse, Keith

Unsweet Charity.

Hodder, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 254pp. Laminated illustrated cover and matching dustjacket. Stamp to flyleaf and title page, otherwise a clean 'reading copy'. A frenetic fundraising week in a Sussex town.. Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 2522

Catalogue: Literature Q - Z

Watson, George (ed)

The Concise Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature 600 - 1950.

Cambridge, 1958. First Edition. Hard Cover, 272pp. Priceclipped dustjacket with a little wear to the top of the spine. Previous owner's name on flyleaf, otherwise a clean copy. A useful bibliography of English Literature from 600 to 1950... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 8082

Catalogue: Literature Q - Z

Keywords: book, English Literature

Watson, Winifred

Miss Pettigre Lives for a Day.

Persephone Books, 2000. Soft Cover, Ill.: Mary Thomson. With a new Preface by Henrietta Twycross-Martin. 234pp. Illustrated soft card covers with light creases to the spine. With the original b + w illustrations by Mary Thomson. Internally clean and tight. First published in 1938, the delightful story of how an out of work governess finds friends, excitement and a home... Very Good.

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Book number: 12062

Catalogue: Literature Q - Z

Watson, Mabel M

The Shadow of a Lie.

Rochdale, G & A N Scott, 1111. First Edition. Hard Cover, Probably 1930s. 172pp, dustjacket with a little loss. B + w illustration. One light mark to foredge, otherwise internally clean. A novel with a religious tone, set in Victorian and Edwardian Switzerland, Scotland and England, showing the effects of a lie, changed identity etc... Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: 13480

Catalogue: Literature Q - Z

Waugh, Evelyn

Brideshead Revisited The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder.

Readers Union and Chapman and Hall, 1949. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 274pp, War Economy standard. Dark pink cloth covered boards, faded to the spine. A few very light spots of foxing to the foredge, otherwise a very clean copy. A rare early edition, produced only for sale to members of the Readers Union. Comes with a couple of reviews of the 1974 TV adaptation from The Spectator and The Listener, and the real people who possibly inspired Lord Marchmain and Sebastian... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 13794

Catalogue: Literature Q - Z

Keywords: Second World War, WWII