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John Halifax, Gentleman

Mrs. Craik · 1954

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Collins 1954 Hardback 446 No DJ. Blue boards, gilt lettering to spine. Stamp 'Convent of the Sacred Heart, Wellington' and number written on end paper. Good

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time

Mark Haddon · 2003

$14.50 (€13.16 | £10.98 | ¥2,315)

Vintage 2003 Paperback 226 Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother. Owner's Name inside...

A Spanish Lover

Joanna Trollope · 1994

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,996)

Black Swan 1994 Paperback 384 Lizzie and Frances were twins. The had all the conspiratorial closeness of twins, together forming part of a unit, a joint wholeness--or at least that was the way Lizzie saw it. Lizzie was the one who had everything, husband, children, a flourishi...

The Collected Stories

Muriel Spark · 1994

$14.50 (€13.16 | £10.98 | ¥2,315)

Penguin Books 1994 Paperback 360 In plastic wrapper; owner's inscription on inside cover. Very Good

Smoking Food: A Beginner's Guide

Chris Dubbs and Dave Heberle · 2008

$15.50 (€14.06 | £11.73 | ¥2,475)

Skyhorse 2008 Paperback 192 States that smoking is an art, not a science, and reveals that art's essentials - and how simple they can be. This title explains how to choose the best fuels, how to build smokers from old refrigerators and cardboard boxes, and how to smoke everyth...

The Collected Poems Of Katherine Mansfield

Katherine Mansfield · 2016

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

Otago University Press 2016 Hardback 238 This is the first complete edition of Katherine Mansfield's poetry, including 26 poems, dating from 1909-10, discovered by Gerri Kimber in the Newberry Library in Chicago in 2015. This edition is made up of 217 poems, ordered chronologi...

Dylan Thomas: A Centenary Celebration

Hannah Ellis · 2014

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Bloomsbury Publishing 2014 Hardback 280 Marking the one hundredth anniversary of the Welsh poet's birth, a collection of essays explores the writer's lasting literary legacy, offering insight from such luminaries as Jimmy Carter, Philip Pullman, and Griff Rhys Jones. DJ. Very ...

Selected Poems Of Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson · 2015

$15.50 (€14.06 | £11.73 | ¥2,475)

Forgotten Books 2015 Paperback 167 Classic Reprint Series. Francis Thompson, a poet of high thinking, "of celestial vision," and of imaginings that found literary images of answering splendour, died in London in the winter of 1907. His life - always a fragile one - doubtless o...

Memento Mori

Muriel Spark · 1969

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Penguin 1969 Paperback 220 In plastic cover, sellotape marks to end papers. Good

The White Sea Peninsula: A Journey In Russian Lapland And Karelia

Edward Rae · 2015

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

Forgotten Books 2015 Paperback 416 Classic Reprint Series. "We left the Tyne on the 3ist of May, passed Aberdeen on Whitsunday Ist of June, lost the Shetlands on Monday, and came out into the Atlantic, with a fresh northerly wind and a moderate sea. For four long days and nigh...

Dressing The Part: Textiles As Propaganda In The Middle Ages

Kate Dimitrova and Margaret Goehring · 2014

$204.00 (€185.09 | £154.41 | ¥32,576)

Brepols 2014 Hardback 213 During the Middle Ages, textiles played a particularly prominent role in the communication of wealth and authority by mediating the body politic and defining spaces of political, religious, and social power. The intrinsic material value of textiles-wh...

Tangerine: A Novel

Christine Mangan · 2018

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Little, Brown 2018 Paperback 320 The last person Alice Shipley expected to see since arriving in Tangier with her new husband was Lucy Mason. Shop sticker on front cover. Good

Stormy Weather: The Music And Lives Of A Century Of Jazzwomen

Linda Dahl · 1984

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Quartet 1984 Paperback 371 This book delves into the history of the involvement of women in jazz. It covers how women participated in the music as well as in-depth interviews, and also includes a discography of recordings by female artists. "Dahl boldy goes where no man (or wo...

The Essential Ewan MacColl Songbook - Sixty Years Of Songmaking

Peggy Seeger · 2009

$29.00 (€26.31 | £21.95 | ¥4,631)

Loomis House Press 2009 Paperback 420 Best known as author of the song "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," Ewan McColl played a vital role in the "folk song revival" in Britain. 200 of his songs are included in this unique collection, compiled by Peggy Seeger, his companion for...

King Flashypants & the Evil Emperor

Andy Riley · 2016

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Hachette Children's Group 2016 Paperback 224 Every Friday, King Edwin spends all his money on chocolate for the peasants. But when the money runs out, Edwin finds himself in a fix. Cue the arrival of evil Emperor Nurbison, in his pointy-collared black cloak and accompanied by ...

The War of the Worlds

H. G. Wells · 2009

$19.50 (€17.69 | £14.76 | ¥3,114)

Penguin Books 2009 Paperback 192 The night after a shooting star is seen streaking across the sky, a cylinder is discovered near London. Armed with just a white flag, the locals approach the mysterious object - only to be burned alive by heat-rays as horrific, tentacled invade...

The Virgin Blue

Tracy Chevalier · 1997

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

HarperCollins (UK) 1997 Paperback 304 'The compelling story of two women, born centuries spart, and the ancestral legacy that binds them.Ella Turner tries Nard to fit in to the small, close-knit community of the French toron that she has moved to. She even changes her narre ba...

The Time Machine

H. G. Wells · 2011

$19.50 (€17.69 | £14.76 | ¥3,114)

Penguin 2011 Paperback 144 A Victorian scientist propels himself into the future. Entranced at first by the Eloi, An elfin species descended from man, he soon realizes that this beautiful people are simply remnants of a once-great culture now weak and childishly afraid of the ...

The Tattooed Land: the Southern Frontiers of the Pa Maori

Barry Brailsford · 1981

$64.00 (€58.07 | £48.44 | ¥10,220)

Reed 1981 Hardback 262 DJ; Large; Heavy. Dj rubbed and sunned, slight fraying along edges; bottom of spine and corners bruised. Good

The Conductor

Sarah Quigley · 2011

$17.50 (€15.88 | £13.25 | ¥2,795)

Vintage Book 2011 Paperback 303 In June 1941, Nazi troops march on Leningrad and surround it. Hitler's plan is to shell, bomb, and starve the city into submission. Most of the cultural elite are evacuated early in the siege, but Dmitri Shostakovich, the most famous composer in...