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On Swift Horses

Shannon Pufahl · 2019

$15.50 (€14.06 | £11.73 | ¥2,475)

4th Estate 2019 Hardback 320 Muriel, newly married and newly orphaned, works as a waitress in a San Diego diner. As she pours coffee and empties ashtrays, she eavesdrops on her customers, the ex-jockeys and trainers of the Del Mar racetrack. When she begins, secretly, to bet o...

The Dark Archive

Genevieve Cogman · 2020

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

Pan Books 2020 Paperback 317 A mysterious archive. A powerful enemy. And a cunning plan. Danger is part of the day job for a Librarian spy. So Irene's hoping for a relaxing weekend. However, her jaunt to Guernsey proves no such thing. Instead of retrieving a rare book, she's a...

The Untold Story

Genevieve Cogman · 2021

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

Pan Books 2021 Paperback 386 Return to the world of the Invisible Library for Irene's most perilous mission yet... Librarian Spy Irene is heading into danger. Not for the first time, but could this be her last? She's tasked with a terrifyingly dangerous solo mission to elimina...

The Chestry Oak

Kate Seredy · 2015

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Purple House Press 2015 Paperback 253 "As he watches his homeland of Hungary being taken over by Nazi Germany, young Prince Michael of Chestry strives to retain his identity and integrity during WWII"--. Good

The Singing Tree

Kate Seredy · 1990

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,996)

Puffin Books 1990 Paperback 247 Life changes drastically for a Hungarian family when World War I upsets their peaceful, contented existence and the children are left in charge of the farm. Cover creased. Good

The Good Master

Kate Seredy · 1986

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Puffin Books 1986 Paperback 196 Two cousins spend an adventurous summer on a ranch on the Hungarian plains. Very Good

La Plevitskaya - A Gypsy Singer's Life In Tsarist Russia And In Exile

Ally Hauptmann-Gurski · 2011

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform 2011 Paperback 518 Extraordinary biographical novel of Gypsy singer Nadezhda Plevitskaya (1884 - 1940) who rose from the camps to become the inspiration of composers Serguey Rakhmaninoff and Yigor Stravinsky. As Plevitskomania swept ...

The Letters And Journals of Katherine Mansfield

Katherine Mansfield · 1991

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

Penguin Books Ltd 1991 Paperback 285 Cover worn; tanning; Katherine Mansfield House sticker on title page. Fair

The Conquerors Of Palestine Through Forty Centuries

H. O. Lock · 2010

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

Cosimo, Inc. 2010 Paperback 136 The Conquerors of Palestine is one cohesive account, collected from the stories and research of many sources, of the history of invasions in Palestine over forty centuries. It includes an Introduction by both General Sir Edmund Allenby and autho...

Latin For Even More Occasions

Henry Beard · 1992

$9.50 (€8.62 | £7.19 | ¥1,517)

HarperCollins 1992 Hardback 96 Designed to guide the reader through the use of Latin, this humorous book includes everyday English expressions rendered into grammatically accurate, idiomatically correct, classical Latin, with an easy-to-use pronunciation guide included. This i...

Barefoot: The Collected Poems Of Alastair Reid

Alastair Reid · 2019

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Galileo 2019 Paperback 256 In the early 1950s Reid went to Mallorca for a holiday and in Deya happened to meet Robert Graves, who had lived on the island for many years. From 1953 Reid spent part of each year in Deya, and saw a great deal of Graves, indeed becoming his compani...

Super-Infinite: The Transformations Of John Donne

Katherine Rundell · 2022

$18.50 (€16.78 | £14.00 | ¥2,954)

Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022 Hardback 343 "A very modern biography of John Donne-the poet of love, sex, and death-by bestselling children's book author and superstar academic Katherine Rundell"--. DJ. Very Good

Real Gold: Treasures Of Auckland City Libraries

Iain Sharp · 2007

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Published for Auckland City Libraries and the Auckland Library Heritage Trust by Auckland University Press 2007 Softcover 232 The rich variety and depth of the special collections of the Auckland City Central Library emerge in this handsome volume full of rare and valuable lit...

Native Insects

David Miller · 1970

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

A. H. & A. W. Reed 1970 Paperback 64 Pocket guide to the insects indigenous to New Zealand. Cover creased, book has some staining. Fair

A Photographic Guide To Wildflowers Of New Zealand

Geoff Brunsden and Liz Brunsden · 2004

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

New Holland 2004 Paperback 142 Ex Library. Some wear and light tanning otherwise good. Good

Native Fishes : Nature In New Zealand

W. J. Phillipps · 1959

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

A H & A W Reed 1959 Hardback 60 Part of the Nature in New Zealand series. No DJ As Issued. Good

Fishing: When, Where And How To Fish

Arthur Sharp

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

Foulsham Paperback 94 Undated revised edition with black and white plates. Foxed and worn but good for age. Inscription to owner on first page. Good

Miss Marple Omnibus - Volume Two

Agatha Christie · 1997

$18.50 (€16.78 | £14.00 | ¥2,954)

HarperCollins 1997 Paperback 654 Contains A Caribbean mystery, They do it with mirrors, The mirror Crack'd from side to side, A pocket full of rye. Good

Miss Marple Omnibus - Volume Three

Agatha Christie · 1997

$18.50 (€16.78 | £14.00 | ¥2,954)

HarperCollins 1997 Paperback 694 Contains Nemesis, Sleeping Murder, At Bertram's Hotel, The murder at the vicarage. Front cover creased, some tanning otherwise good. Good

The Welsh And The Shaping Of Early Modern Ireland, 1558-1641

Rhys Morgan · 2014

$124.00 (€112.50 | £93.86 | ¥19,801)

The Boydell Press 2014 Hardback 230 Demonstrates that there was... a significant Welsh involvement in Ireland between 1558 and 1641. It explores how the Welsh established themselves as soldiers, government officials and planters in Ireland. It also discusses how the Welsh, alt...