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1902956Y17London: H. & J. Pillans & Wilson; Wilding & Son; King's College Association et al 1902-1998. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated . A substantial selection of school and college registers each offering comprehensive accounts of the faculty and attended students. An impressive set of thirty-two volumes comprising various school registers across the 19th and 20th centuries with attendance and staff details for institutions such as King's College Royal School of Mines Winchester College Shrewsbury Lancing Rugby School and many more. The entirety of this collection includes the following: 1902 Rugby School Register Volume II Revised and Annotated by Rev. A. T. Michell 1910 Repton School Register 1557-1910 Edited by the Widow of G. S. Messiter c1914 Merchiston Castle School Register 1833 to 1913 1923 Merchant Taylors' School Register 1851-1920 Edited by E. P. Hart c1923 Rossall School Register 1844-1923 1927 The Roll of St. Edward's School 1863-1927 Fourth edition 1929 The Glenalmond Register 1847-1929 1930 The Sedbergh School Register 1875 to 1928 1933 The Lancing Register Third edition revised and continued to 1932 Volume II: May 1911 continued to end 1934 The Balliol College Register 1833-1933 Second edition Edited by Sir Ivo Elliott 1947 Register of the Associates and Old Students of the Royal School of Mines1948 Uppingham School Roll 1853-1947 Seventh issue 1948 Girton College Register 1869-1946 c1948 Wellington College Register January 1859-December 1948 Seventh edition 1950 The Sherborne Register 1550-1950 by B. Pickering Pick Fourth edition1953 Marlborough College Register 1843-1952 with Alphabetical Index Ninth edition 1955 Epsom College Register 1855-1954 Edited by T. R. Thomson 1956 The Rossall School Register 1881-1954 Eighth edition1957 The Denstone Register Vol II. 1931-1952 inclusive Edited by E. T. Greenwood1959 The Register of Aldenham School Written and Edited by R. J. Evans Theodore H. Savory J. K. Waddell Ninth edition 1962 Uppingham School Roll 1888-1960 Eighth edition1963 The Record of Old Westminsters Compiled by J. B. Whitmore G. R. Y. Radcliffe and D. C. Simpson Volume IIIc1963 Rydal School 1936-1963 1964 Shrewsbury School Register Vol II 1908-1958 by H. N. Dawson 1965 St. Peter's College Radley Register 1847-1962 Edited by R. W. Robertson-Glasgow 1974 Winchester College: A Register for the Years 1915 to 1960 Edited by L. H. Lamb1975 Wellington College Register January 1859-December 1973 Ninth edition 1977 The Malvern College Register Third Supplement Edited by M. A. Staniforth1992 The Record of Old Westminsters Compiled by F. E. Pagan and H. E. Pagan Volume IV1995 Haileybury and Imperial Service College Register 1862-1994 Volume I 1862-1911 1996 Haileybury and Imperial Service College Register 1862-1994 Volume II 1912-1994 1998 A Register of Admissions to King"s College Cambridge 1919-90 Compiled with Short Biographical Notes by AE Campbell PA Cornthwaite HBF Dixon With the bookplate of Ian Dalrymple McFarlane 1915-2002 to the front free endpaper of 'Old Westminsters Vol IV'. McFarlane was a British scholar of French literature the Buchanan Professor of French at the University of St Andrews from 1961-71 and the Professor of French Literature at the University of Oxford from 1971-83. In the original cloth bindings. Externally majority of the volumes only have slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities. With most notable instances of shelf wear to 'Merchiston' 'Lancing' and 'Rugby'. Damp spots to the boards of 'Girton' and fading to the spines of 'Rydal' and 'Aidenham'. Bookplate of one Alexander Phelps Hodges to the front pastedown of 'Sherborne'. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with offsetting to several of the endpapers. With scattered spotting to the endpapers of 'Girton' 'St. Edward's' 'Rugby' and 'Uppingham Seventh Issue'. Heavier scattered spotting throughout 'Repton'. Bookplate of Ian Dalrymple McFarlane to the front free endpaper of 'Old Westminsters Vol IV'. Very Good H. & J. Pillans & Wilson; Wilding & Son; King's College Association et al hardcover
1975959Y18London: T & A D Poyser 1975-2005. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". Numerous Illustrators . A superb set exploring ornithology around the world each volume being charmingly illustrated throughout. All first editions first impressions with the exception of 'The Peregrine Falcon' which is a second edition.All complete with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers. Containing fifteen volumes in total published by T & A D Poyser ranging from species-specific studies to wider regional birds such as the Arctic and forests. With chapters exploring habits populations movement patterns defining characteristics and origins. Each volume is illustrated with many in-text illustrations and figures as well as a number of monochrome or coloured plates as detailed below. The entirety of this set includes the following titles: Pine Crossbills by Desmond Nethersole-Thompson 1975 - Sixteen monochrome plates The Hen Harrier by Donald Watson 1977 The Bee-Eaters by C. H. Fry 1984 - Eight colour plates The Sparrowhawk by Ian Newton 1986 - Twenty-four monochrome plates Waders: their breeding haunts and watchers by Desmond and Maimie Nethersole-Thompson 1986 - Twenty-four monochrome plates Birds and Forestry by Mark Avery and Roderick Leslie 1990 The Kestrel by Andrew Village 1990 The Manx Shearwater by Michael Brooke 1990 The Herons of Europe by Claire Voisin 1991 - Four colour plates In Search of Arctic Birds by Richard Vaughan 1992 Great Auk Islands: A field biologist in the Arctic 1993 - Eight colour plates The Peregrine Falcon by Derek Ratcliffe 1993 - Four colour plates The Nuthatches by Erik Matthysen 1998 The Skylark by Paul F. Donald 2004 - Eight colour plates Naturalised Birds of the World by Christopher Lever 2005Collated complete. In the original cloth bindings. With the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally both cloth and dust wrappers are excellent with mostly mild signs of shelf wear to the spines' heads and tails. Small closed tear to the spine head of 'Birds and Forestry' and the odd mark or handling mark across all wraps. Minor offsetting to the front wrap of 'Nuthatches'. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine T & A D Poyser hardcover
1949959T43London; Boston: Odhams Press Ltd.; John Murray; Hallmark; Eyre & Spottiswoode and Collins; Constable; Macmillan; B. T. Batsford; Heinemann; Little Brown and Company; Hambledon and London; SPCK 1949-2015. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 7.5" by 5"; 9" by 6". Not Stated. A smart collection of twelve volumes on the life and character of British statesman Sir Winston S. Churchill. Twelve volumes. A collection on Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill a British statesman military officer and writer who twice served Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. This collection contains: Painting as a Pastime 1949. Second impression. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eighteen colour plates. Collated complete. Written and illustrated by Sir Winston Churchill. Mr. Churchill in 1940 1964. First edition in this form. With a portrait frontispiece. Dated from the British Library. Written by Sir Isaiah Berlin a Russian-British social and political theorist philosopher and historian of ideas. Never Give In! The Challenging Words of Winston Churchill 1967. Hallmark edition. Illustrated throughout. With an introductory essay by Dwight D. Eisenhower the thirty-fourth president of the United States who during the Second World War was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe. Winston Churchill As I Knew Him 1965. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty images across fourteen plates. Collated complete. Written by Violet Bonham Carter a British politician and diarist who was Sir Winston Churchill's closest female friend apart from his wife. Winston Churchill: The Struggle for Survival 1940-1965 1966. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-one plates. Collated complete. Taken from the diaries of Lord Moran Charles McMoran Wilson an English physician and the personal doctor to Winston Churchill from 1940 until the latter's death in 1965. Action This Day: Working with Churchill 1968. Second impression. A collection of memoirs from Lord Normanbrook John Colville Sir John Martin Sir Ian Jacob Lord Bridges and Sir Leslie Rowan. Edited with an introduction from Sir John Wheeler-Bennett. Churchill as Warlord 1973. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-four plates. Collated complete. Written by George Ronald Lewin a British officer publishing editor radio producer and military historian. Finest Hour: Winston S. Churchill 1939-1941 1983. Second impression. Illustrated with forty-four images across twenty-four plates and twenty-two maps. Collated complete. Written by Sir Martin John Gilbert a British historian and honorary Fellow of Merton College Oxford. The Last Lion - Winston Spencer Churchill - Visions of Glory 1874-1932 1983. First edition. Illustrated with sixty-five images and eighteen maps. Collated complete. Written by William Manchester an American author biographer and historian. Churchill: A Life 1991. First edition. Illustrated with one hundred and forty-two images. Collated complete. Written by Sir Martin John Gilbert a British historian and honorary Fellow of Merton College Oxford. Churchill: A Study in Greatness 2001. First edition. Illustrated with seventeen images across sixteen plates. Collated complete. Written by Geoffrey Francis Andrew Best an English historian known for his studies of warfare and works about Churchill. God and Churchill: How the Great leader's Sense of Divine Destiny Changed His Troubled World and Offers Hope for Ours 2015. First UK edition. Illustrated with eight plates. Collated complete. Written by Jonathan Sandys an English historian and the great-grandson of Winston Churchill and Wallace Henley an American author and political historian. In the original full cloth binding. Externally very smart with light wear to the extremities. Original dust wrappers remain unclipped other than Never Give In! Action This Day and Finest Hour which have been price-clipped. Dust wrappers are also smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Sunning to the spines with the odd small mark. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the extremities. Contemporary ink inscriptions to the front endpaper of the odd volume. Very Good Indeed Odhams Press Ltd.; John Murray; Hallmark; Eyre & Spottiswoode and Collins; Constable; Macmillan; B. T. Batsford; Heinemann; Litt hardcover
1965961Y41Orleans; Berkeley; London : Parnassus Imprints; Ten Speed Prints; Quiller Press et al 1965-1995. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 10" by 7". Not Stated . A bright collection of first edition titles exploring oysters - historically scientifically and culinarily. First editions. This set comprises ten volumes exploring the world of oysters including their histories characteristics literary references and recipes.With illustrations throughout the texts of majority of these volumes. Including the following titles: 'A Passion for Oysters: The Art of Eating and Enjoying' by Shirly Line 1995 'Oysters and Champagne: Choice Morsels from Wheeler"s Review' Edited by Pat Davis 1986 First edition of this anthology of articles vignettes and anecdotes from Wheeler's Review. 'The Oysters of Locmariaquer' by Eleanor Clark 1965 - A vivid account of the cultivation of Belon oysters and an excursion into the myths legends and rich vibrant history of Brittany. 'The Oyster Collection' by Ann Granat 1985 'Consider the Oyster' by M F K Fisher 1988 - A delightful book of essays that deals in the history preparation and eating of oysters. 'Oysters with Love' by John Rydon 1968 'The English the French and the Oyster' by Robert Neild 1995 - Observes how the British neglected the oyster to the point of near extinction and how the French conserved them. 'The Compleat Clammer' by Christopher R. Reaske 1986 Second printing. Describes the tools and techniques used to gather clams oysters mussels and scallops. 'Oysters: A Connoisseur"s Guide and Cookbook' by Lonnie Williams and Karen Warner 1990 'Oysters: A Culinary Celebration' by Joan Reardon and Ruth Ebling 1984 In the original cloth bindings except for 'Consider the Oyster' paperback and 'The Oyster Collection' laminated boards. Cloth bound volumes are complete with the original dust wrappers unclipped except for 'Passion for Oysters'. Externally excellent with only minor shelf wear. Dust wrappers to 'Oysters with Love' and 'Oysters of Locmariaquer' are edge worn and slightly scuffed. 'A Culinary Celebration' has a couple 2" closed tears to the rear. Wrappers to remainder of set are excellent with only minor edge wear. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean through the set. With offsetting to the front free endpaper of 'Oysters of Locmariaquer' and 'Oysters with Love'. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper of 'Oysters and Champagne'. Near Fine Parnassus Imprints; Ten Speed Prints; Quiller Press et al hardcover
1921961Y46London: Chatto and Windus; Collins; Odhams Press et al 1921-1955. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Numerous Illustrators . An impressive selection of historical and autobiographical works centring around English taverns and inns. Comprising a mixture of majority first editions as well as the second edition of 'Dickensian Inns' and the second impression of 'Tales of Old Inns'. A terrific collection of twelve volumes all of which discuss the world of English taverns and inns. Including historical accounts which explore real-life locations mentioned in Charles Dicken's writings the compelling autobiography of a "pioneer amateur innkeeper" John Fothergill and much more. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. The entirety of this set includes the following: The Inns and Taverns of "Pickwick" by B. W. Matz 1921 First edition. With a frontispiece and thirteen plates.Dickensian Inns and Taverns by B. W. Matz 1923 Second edition. With a frontispiece sixteen plates and numerous vignettes.The Old Inns of Kent by D. C. Maynard 1925 First edition. With a frontispiece and thirty-two plates. The Taverns of Old England by Henry Parr Maskell 1927 First edition. With a frontispiece and twenty-three plates. The English Public House As It Is by Ernest Selley 1927 First editionThe Old Inns of England by A. E. Richardson 1934 First edition. With a colour frontispiece 131 monochrome plates of photographs and numerous in-text illustrations. Confessions of an Innkeeper by John Fothergill 1938 First edition. With seven plates.Tales of Old Inns by Richard Keverne 1939 Second impression. With a frontispiece sixty-three plates of photographs and numerous pen and ink drawings and mapsThe Tavern is My Drum: My Autobiography by Joseph Vecchi 1948 First edition. With a frontispiece and seven plates. My Three Inns by John Fothergill 1949 First edition. With a frontispiece and seven plates.Welcome Inn by J. G. Showers 1952 First edition. With a frontispiece and three double-sided monochrome plates. Pleasures of the Past by Iris Brooke 1955 First edition. With a colour frontispiece and eight double-sided monochrome plates. Collated complete. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally smart with instances of fading to several of the volumes' cloth most notably to the spines of 'Pleasures of the Past' 'My Three Inns' 'Old Inns of England' and 'Pickwick'. With general rubbing and bumping to the extremities most notable to the spine head of 'Dickensian Inns'. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with offsetting to most of the endpapers. With occasional scattered spots to the volumes with most instances concentrated towards the first and last few leaves. With a series of contemporary ink inscriptions to the front free endpaper of 'Tavern is My Drum'. Very Good Chatto and Windus; Collins; Odhams Press et al hardcover
1967962T36London; New York; Paris: Cassell & Company Limited; Tom Stacey; Quadrangle Books; Peter Owen; Davis-Poynter Limited; Simon and Schuster; CBS Editions; Faber and Faber 1967-1995. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5"; 9.5" by 6.5". Various. A smart collection of nine volumes on the different wine regions of France and French dining with illustrations throughout. Nine volumes. A collection of detailed and comprehensive studies of the great wine regions of France exploring the methods of production and the best known wines from each area. With additional volumes on the dining experience across France with important tips for the visitor or traveler. Each region presented in this collection remains a key source of fine wines and these volumes explore the quality of the wine from some of the best and the least well-known regions of France. With discussions on classification and emphasis on the wine makers themselves. This set contains: Wines & Chateaux of the Loire 1967. First edition. Illustrated with sixteen plates collated complete. Written by T. A. Layton a celebrated British caterer restaurateur and cheese and wine connoisseur. Wines and People of Alsace 1970. First edition. With a map of the region. Written by T. A. Layton. Eating & Drinking in France Today 1972. First edition. Written by Pamela Joan Vandyke-Price a British Wine taster and writer credited as the first British woman to write about wine and spirits. Diary of a Winetaster: Recent Tastings of French and Californian Wines 1972. First edition. Illustrated with eight plates collated complete. Written by Harry Waugh a British wine merchant a famous wine critic and a wine buyer to Queen Elizabeth II. The Art of Eating in France: Manners and Menus in the Nineteenth Century 1975. First UK edition. Illustrated with eight plates collated complete. Written by Jean-Paul Aron a French writer philosopher and journalist. Translated by Nina Rootes a translator of French and Italian literature. Burgundy Vines and Wines 1976. First edition. Illustrated with six colour plates eight black-and-white plates and numerous in-text images collated complete. Written by John Arlott an English journalist author and cricket commentator who was also a poet and wine connoisseur and Christopher Fielden a British editor. Bordeaux: The Definitive Guide for the Wines Produced Since 1961 1985. First edition first printing. Written by Robert M. Parker Jr. an American wine critic who introduced wine ratings on a 100-point scale and his newsletter The Wine Advocate. Both of which became influential in American wine buying and in setting the prices for newly released Bordeaux wines. Wines from France: 1992-1993 1992. First edition. In both French and English. Illustrated throughout. A guide to private producers. Sauternes and Other Sweet Wines of Bordeaux 1995. First edition. With two maps. Written by Stephen Brook a British writer on wine who has been a contributing editor to Decanter since 1996. In the original full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor wear or fading to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrappers are very smart with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Light sunning to the spines and panel edges with the odd small closed tear. A 2" closed tear to the rear fly leaf of Bordeaux. Eating & Drinking in France Today and Wines from France are not issued with a dust wrapper with Wines from France being bound in the original paper covered boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine Cassell & Company, Limited; Tom Stacey; Quadrangle Books; Peter Owen; Davis-Poynter Limited; Simon and Schuster; CBS Editions; F hardcover
1975962T11London; Geneva: Times Books; Minerva; Mitchell Beazley; Dorling Kindersley; Gilbert & Gaillard 1975-1994. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 12.5" by 9.5". Various. A collection of six smart volumes on the different wine regions of France with illustrations throughout. Six volumes. Illustrated throughout. A collection of detailed and comprehensive studies of the great wine regions of France exploring the methods of production and the best known wines from each area. Even today with the trade in wine being world-wide each region presented in this collection remains a key source of fine wines often at fair prices. These volumes explore the quality of the wine from the best and the least well-known regions of France with discussions on classification and emphasis on the wine makers themselves. This set contains: The Great Wine Chateaux of Bordeaux 1975. First UK edition. Written by Hubrecht Duijker a Dutch wine journalist and advertising consultant. Duijker has received several awards including Wine Communicator of the Year and is an honorary citizen of Margaux in Bordeaux. The Chateaux de la Loire 1981. First edition. Written by Janine and Pierre Soisson French wine experts. With an introduction from Andre Castelot a French writer. Translated by David MaCrae. The Good Wines of Bordeaux 1983. First UK edition. Written by Hubrecht Duijker. The Wines of the Loire Alsace and Champagne 1983. First UK edition. Written by Hubrecht Duijker. Yquem 1986. First UK edition. Written by Richard Olney an American painter cook food writer editor and memoirist best known for his books of French country cooking. With a preface by John Michael Broadbent a British wine critic writer and auctioneer in a capacity as a Master of Wine who was an authority on wine tasting and old wines. Vin de Pays D'Oc: Modern Wines from the Warm South 1994. First edition. Written by Tim Atkin a British Master of Wine wine journalist broadcaster and commentator who is a judge of several international wine competitions. In the original full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor wear and light fading to the extremities. The odd small mark to the cloth with light damp marks to the cloth of The Great Wine Chateaux of Bordeaux. Original unclipped dust wrappers are smart with light wear to the extremities and minor sunning to the odd spine. Small closed tears to the panel edges of The Great Wine Chateaux of Bordeaux. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine Times Books; Minerva; Mitchell Beazley; Dorling Kindersley; Gilbert & Gaillard hardcover
1983000015614n.p.; New York; White Plains N.Y.; New York; n.p.; Chicago: n.p.; Golden Press; General Foods Corp.; n.p.; Dormeyer Corporation 1983. Pamphlet. Near Fine. 11 cm x 13.75 cm; 15.5 cm x 13 cm; 20.5 cm x 13 cm; 15.5 cm x 13 cm; 20 cm x 13.5 cm; 18 cm x 11.5 cm; 21.5 cm x 14 cm. Pamphlet. Staple-bound. Some of the publications paginated others unpaginated. For details regarding pagination please inquire. Colorful wrappers printed in various hues the aesthetics of the 1940's 50's and 60's on full display. Pamphlets illustrated either with in-text illustrations in color or with in-text black and white photographs. A sticker ghost on the front wrapper of the Calumet pamphlet toning to the Metropolitan rear wrapper a nick to the front wrapper of the Dormeyer. n.p.; Golden Press; General Foods Corp.; n.p.; Dormeyer Corporation unknown
1930965T40London: Ernest Benn Limited; Naval Intelligence Division; Faber & Faber; Hodder & Stoughton; Collins; Longmans; Cassell & Co. 1930-1965. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5"; 9.5" by 6.5". Various. A smart collection of ten volumes on the Middle East with historical commentary and illustrations throughout. Ten volumes. This set contains: In a Persian Oil Field: A Study in Scientific and Industrial Development 1930. Second edition revised and enlarged. Illustrated with twenty-five plates and a map to the front pastedown. Collated complete. A study of the development of an individual corporation and its assimilated scientific knowledge and methods being the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Written by John Woolfenden Williamson a British writer about industrial networks in the first half of the twentieth century. B.R. 506 Geographical Handbook Series: Morocco Volume One 1941. Volume one of two only. First Edition. Illustrated with twenty-seven plates sixty-two in-text figures and two folding maps to the pocket at the rear of the text. Lacking the frontispiece only. A study from the Geographical Section of the Naval Intelligence Division of the Admiralty being a handbook to supply scientific research and materials for discussion of naval military and political parties. Twin Rivers: A Brief History of Iraq from the Earliest Times to the Present Day 1943. First edition. Illustrated with twelve plates four maps and three charts. Collated complete. Dealing with the history of Iraq from prehistoric Sumerian Babylonian and Assyrian times as well as the Islamic Period. With chapters on Sumer and Akkad to the Arab life in the twentieth century. Written by Seton Howard Frederick Lloyd an English archaeologist who was President of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq. Middle East 1940-1942: A Study in Air Power 1944. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece two portrait plates and ten maps. Collated complete. A study of the assembling and manipulation of British air power in the Middle East during the Second World War. With reference to various desert advances. Written by Philip Guedalla an English barrister and a popular historical and travel writer and biographer. The Golden Carpet 1945. Second impression. Illustrated with a frontispiece thirty-seven plates and a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. A first-hand account of a Second World War desert campaign offering compelling insight into the violent and volatile nation of Iraq at the time. Written by Somerset Struben de Chair an English author politician and poet. The Story of the Arab Legion 1948. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece fifty-three images across twenty-two plates and six maps. Collated complete. A commentary of the Arab Legion being a personal narrative of the progress of the legion from its formation in 1921 through the author's joining in 1930 and into the Second World War. Written by Lieutenant-General Sir John Bagot Glubb a British military officer who led and trained Transjordan's Arab Legion between 1939 and 1956. The Nun of Lebanon: The Love Affair of Lady Hester Stanhope and Michael Bruce 1951. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates. Collated complete. A charming account of the love affair between Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope a British adventurer writer antiquarian and one of the most famous travellers of her age and Michael Bruce a British adventurer who became her lover and travelling companion. Their newly discovered letters edited by Ian Bruce. Arabian Sands 1959. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece sixty-eight plates and nine maps including a folding map to the pocket at the rear. Collated complete. Focusing on the author's travels in the Arabian Peninsula between 1945 and 1950 and details his two crossings of the Empty Quarter undertaken between 1946 and 1948. Written by Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger a British military officer explorer and writer. The Marsh Arabs 1964. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece one hundred and nine images across plates and three maps. Collated complete. An account of the author's time spent with The Marsh Arabs Indigenous inhabitants of the Mesopotamian marshlands in the modern-day south Iraq as well as in the Hawizeh Marshes straddling the Iraq-Iran border. Written by Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger. Road to Nineveh: The Adventures and Excavations of Sir Austen Henry Layard 1965. First UK edition. Illustrated with thirty-two plates and a double-paged map. Collated complete. A study of the excavations of Sir Austen Henry Layard an English Assyriologist traveller cuneiformist art historian draughtsman collector politician and diplomat. Best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace reliefs. Written by Nora Benjamin Kubie an American writer artist and amateur archaeologist. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spines with the odd mark to the cloth. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Minor age toning to the endpapers with the odd contemporary ink inscription to the front endpapers. Very Good Ernest Benn, Limited; Naval Intelligence Division; Faber & Faber; Hodder & Stoughton; Collins; Longmans; Cassell & Co. hardcover
1968965T71Kansas; London: Kansas State Public Library; The Holland Press; Prospect Books 1968-1981. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 10" by 7.5". None. A collection of three smart volumes on cookery and gastronomy from writers such as Andre L. Simon and Virginia Maclean. Three volumes. This set contains: Kansas State University Receipt Book and Household Manual 1968. Bibliography series number four. Commentary on home economics with a record of all cookery books and household management texts held in the Kansas State University Library collection. Compiled by G. A. Rudolph. Bibliotheca Gastronomica: A Catalogue of Books and Documents on Gastronomy 1978. Limited to seven hundred and fifty copies. Illustrated with sixteen in-text figures. A facsimile of the 1953 edition of this catalogue of the author's own library focusing on books and documents relating to gastronomy. Written by Andre L. Simon a French-born wine merchant gourmet and prolific writer about wine. A Short-Title Catalogue of Household and Cookery Books Published in the English Tongue 1701-1800 1981. First edition. A record of all books on household affairs and cookery published in English between 1701 and 1800 for the study of historians and sociologists alongside those concerned with the technology of food and gastronomy. Compiled by Virginia Maclean an English scholar in food and beverage studies. All volumes are bound in the original full cloth binding other than Receipt Book and Household Manual which is bound in the original quarter cloth with paper boards. Externally very smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small mark. Minor sunning to the board edges of Receipt Book and Household Manual. All volumes other than Receipt Book and Household Manual contain the original unclipped dust wrappers. Wrappers are also smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small mark. The odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Near Fine Kansas State Public Library; The Holland Press; Prospect Books hardcover
1957964T98London: Rupert Hart-Davis; Longmans Green & Co.; Hodder and Stoughton; Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd.; John Murray; Faber and Faber 1957-1978. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 9" by 6". Various. A smart collection of twelve volumes of studies on South-West Asia and international relations with regards to industry trade and warfare. Twelve volumes. First edition unless otherwise stated. This set contains: The Last Migration 1957. A study of the nomad tribes of Southern Persia some of the world's hardiest and most independent people. With information on their way of life twice yearly migrations and artistry. Written by Vincent Archibald Patrick Cronin a British historical cultural and biographical writer. A Reed Shaken by the Wind 1957. Illustrated with thirty-seven plates one map and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A personal narrative of a journey through an almost unknown land among an almost unknown people - the reed dwellers of the great marshes surrounding the lower reaches of the Tigris. Written by Gavin Maxwell a Scottish naturalist and author. War in the Desert 1960. Illustrated with eight plates and nineteen maps. Collated complete. A little-known chapter into the story of the R.A.F. in the days when flight was a perilous undertaking and desert flying especially so. Offering an interesting example of British intervention as an imperial power. Written by Lieutenant-General Sir John Bagot Glubb known as Glubb Pasha a British military officer who led and trained Transjordan's Arab Legion between 1939 and 1956 as its commanding general. The Middle East: A Social Geography 1963. Illustrated with thirty-two plates. Collated complete. An exploration into the politics and personalities of the Middle East as well as its social and geographical realities and conditions including: peoples languages religions climate resources communications industry and history. Syria and Lebanon 1965. Third edition. Illustrated with thirty four plates and two maps. Collated complete. A detailed historical study of the periods of greatness in Syria and Lebanon under Phoenician Greek Roman Byzantine Crusader and Saracen rulers. Setting the present day countries against the context of the past. Written by Henry Robin Romilly Fedden an English writer diplomat and mountaineer. The Neglected War: Mesopotamia 1914-1918 1967. Illustrated with a map frontispiece fifty-five plates and thirty-two maps and sketches. Collated complete. Exploring the state of Mesopotamia during the First World War from the entry of the British enacted to secure the Royal Navy's oil supplies. Written by A. J. Barker a British author and historian. Oil: The Biggest Business 1968. Illustrated with sixteen plates twelve in-text figures and mapped endpapers. Collated complete. A study into the world trade of oil the largest international industry and possibly the least understood. With reference to important negotiations between governments and corporations. Written by Christopher Tugendhat a British politician businessman journalist and author. Palgrave of Arabia: The Life of William Gifford Palgrave 1826-1888 1972. Illustrated with eight plates. Collated complete. The life of William Gifford Palgrave an English priest soldier diplomat traveller and Arabist. An explorer who convinced his superiors to support a mission to the interior of Arabia which at that time was terra incognita to the rest of the world. Written by Mea Allan a British journalist who worked for the Glasgow Herald. Philby of Arabia 1973. Illustrated with fourteen images across eight plates and three maps. Collated complete. A study of the life of Harry St John Bridger Philby a British Arabist advisor explorer writer and a colonial intelligence officer who served as an advisor to King Abdulaziz ibn Saud the founder of Saudi Arabia. Written by Elizabeth Monroe an English historian of South-west Asia. Iraq and Syria 1941 1974. An account of the campaigns in Iraq and Syria and the political dealings of the Second World War. Examining the consequences of these political maneuvers and the many protagonists. Written by Geoffrey Warner a British author and historian. Gertrude Bell 1978. Illustrated with twelve plates three facsimiles and two maps. Collated complete. A study of the life and travels of Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell an English writer traveller political officer administrator and archaeologist. She spent much of her life exploring and mapping the Middle East and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making as an Arabist. Written by Harry Victor Frederick Winstone an English author and journalist who specialised in Middle Eastern topics. The Origins of the United Arab Emirates: A Political and Social History of the Trucial States 1978. Illustrated with seventeen images across eight plates. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive history of the Arabs of the Trucial Coast with reference to tradition control challenges to power reactions with Britain oil concessions and more. Written by Rosemarie Said Zahlan a Palestinian-American historian and writer on the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light wear and fading to the extremities. Original dust wrappers remain unclipped other than The Neglected War which has been price-clipped. Wrappers are smart with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Minor sunning to the spines with light spotting to the odd wrapper and the odd small mark to the panels. Minor loss to the head of the spine to A Reed Shaken by the Wind. The wrapper of Syria and Lebanon has been taped to the boards and is unable to be removed. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and light age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the odd front endpaper. Markings to the endpapers of Syria and Lebanon with a library bookplate to the rear endpaper. Library bookplates and stickers to the front pastedown and endpapers of Philby of Arabia with ink stamps to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed Rupert Hart-Davis; Longmans, Green & Co.; Hodder and Stoughton; Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd.; John Murray; Faber and Faber hardcover
966Y55London: Various 2002-2024. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 9.5" by 6". None . A fantastic collection of signed modern mystery detective thriller and sci-fi novels all fine in the fine unclipped dust wrappers. All signed by the respective author. Thirty-eight volumes make up this superb collection of modern fiction offering a range of suspenseful crime detective and mystery and science-fiction narratives. Notable works include 'Black Chalk' the debut novel of Christopher J. Yates; 'Underground Airlines' by Ben Winters set in an alternate-history United States without the American Civil War and Sunday Times Bestseller 'The Empty Room' by Brian McGilloway a compelling story of loss grief and vengeance.The first editions first impressions of these works a few of which are the first UK editions. Many of which are also limited signed numbered editions of the first edition as specified below. All complete with the publisher's unclipped dust wrappers. The entirety of this set comprises the following titles: Tishomingo Blues 2002 by Leonard Elmore The Stone Angels 2003 by Stuart Archer Cohen The 50/50 Killer 2007 by Steve Mosby Midwinter Sacrifice 2011 by Mons Kallentoft First UK edition. The Flight 2012 by M. R. Hall The Summer of Dead Toys 2012 by Antonio Hill Black Chalk 2013 by Christopher J. Yates The Twelfth Department 2013 by William Ryan Chain of Events 2014 by Fredrik T. Olsson Underground Airlines 2016 by Ben H. Winters First UK edition. Number 19 of 250 copies Fierce Kingdom 2017 by Gin Phillips The Irregular: A Different Class of Spy 2017 by H. B. Lyle My Name is Nobody 2017 by Matthew Richardson Safe 2017 by Ryan Gattis Number 20 of 250 copies You Don"t Know Me 2017 by Imran Mahmood Number 284 of 750 copies Yesterday 2017 by Felicia Yap Spoils 2017 by Brian Van Reet Number 132 of 250 copies Friend Request 2017 by Laura Marshall Last Stop Tokyo 2017 by James Buckler Too Close to Breathe 2018 by Olivia Kiernan Number 72 of 600 copies The Good Son 2018 by You-Jeong Jeong First UK edition. Number 188 of 250 copies The Plotters 2019 by Un-su Kim First UK edition. Number 232 of 700 copies Golden State 2019 by Ben H. Winters Number 181 of 200 copies If Looks Could Kill 2020 by Olivia Kiernan Firewatching 2020 by Russ Thomas The God Game 2020 by Danny Tobey Number 100 of 250 copies Dear Child 2020 by Romy Hausmann First UK edition. Number 179 of 250 copies Eight Detectives 2020 by Alex Pavesi Number 912 of 1000 copies Seven Lies 2020 by Elizabeth Kay Number 46 of 250 copies A Violent Gentleman 2021 by Danny O"Leary Edge of the Grave 2021 by Robbie Morrison The Appeal 2021 by Janice Hallett The Apollo Murders 2021 by Chris Hadfield Number 45 of 250 copies Shiver 2021 by Allie Reynolds The Empty Room 2022 by Brian McGilloway Bad for Good 2022 by Graham Bartlett Number 709 of 1500 copies Five by Five 2024 by Claire Wilson Number 78 of 1500 copies Seven Days 2024 by Robert Rutherford Number 650 of 1500 copies In the original cloth bindings with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally fine. Dust wrappers are fine. With little to no shelf wear across the set. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine Various hardcover
1920966T1London; Providence: William Heinemann; Rumford Company; Newnes; John Lane; Cassell & Co. Ltd.; Peter Nevill Limited 1920-1952. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A smart collection of six volumes of cookery books from beginners guide to specialty works on cooking eggs. Six volumes. This set contains: The Cook's Decameron 1920. Later edition. Introduced in the form of a story inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron this work is a study in taste containing over two hundred recipes for Italian dishes. With dishes such as: bechamel sauce tomato sauce zuppa primaverile cremona cake and zabajone amongst others. Written by Emily Waters a British classicist and translator of Italian Renaissance literature who wrote under the name Mrs. W. G. Waters as she frequently collaborated with her husband William George Waters. The Rumford Complete Cook Book 1927. Later edition. A collection of carefully tested recipes with accurate measurements and clear general instructions. With examples such as: Rumford biscuits apple cake codfish fritters French ice cream Swedish timbales and more. Written by Lily Haxworth Wallace an English writer of cookbooks and pamphlets who was a Gold Medalist graduate of the National Training School of Cookery. Invalid Cookery: The Doctor in the Kitchen 1935. First edition. With a frontispiece. A collection of recipes to be properly prepared and given to the invalid in the correct quantities at the right time. Being a number of healthy meals to build up strength in illness. Written by Mrs. Arthur Webb Mabel Elizabeth Edwards an English writer for Farmer's Weekly who also appeared on BBC Radio during the Second World War in connection with the network's broadcasts for housewives. The Way to Cook or Common Sense in the Kitchen 1945. First edition. Written to explain the basic ideas and principles that form the foundation of all cooking with recipes to illustrated particular points and techniques. Written by Philip Hubert Kendal Jerrold Harben an English cook known for his radio and television programmes about food and cooking. Egg Cookery: A Complete Handbook of Tested Recipes for Breakfast Luncheon and Dinner 1951. First edition. Certainly no other food can be utilized in a greater variety of dished than the egg. Being a guide of its proper use with a collection of recipes to get the best out of your eggs. Written by Lily Haxworth Wallace. The Young Cook 1952. First edition. With illustrations throughout. A charming cookery book designed for children and young cooks with instructive details for each recipe. Written by Philip Hubert Kendal Jerrold Harben. With a foreword by Enid Blyton an English children's writer whose books have been worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s. Illustrated by Guy Nicholls. In the original full cloth binding. Externally sound with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with the odd small mark to the cloth. Minor loss to the head of the spine of Invalid Cookery. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and light age toning to the extremities. A contemporary ink inscription to the front pastedown of The Rumford Complete Cook Book. Previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good William Heinemann; Rumford Company; Newnes; John Lane; Cassell & Co. Ltd.; Peter Nevill Limited hardcover
2018967T50London: Virago Press 2018. Paperback. Fine. 8" by 5". None. Seven excellent volumes from the Virago Modern Classics series previously held in the library of the founder of the press Carmen Calllil. Seven volumes. Virago Modern Classics. From the library of Carmen Callil an Australian publisher who founded Virago Press in 1973 to "publish books which celebrated women and women's lives and which would by so doing spread the message of women's liberation to the whole population". Virago publish works by new and neglected female authors publishing the works by authors such as Daphne du Maurier Sylvia Townsend Warner Margaret Atwood and Angela Carter all with a distinctive green spine synonymous with Virago. This set contains: The Dud Acovado. Sally is a young American woman hellbent on living. In 1950s she is in Paris prowling the Left Bank in search of love adventure and fame. Written by Elaine Dundy an American novelist biographer journalist actress and playwright. Faces in the Water. Istina Mavet descents through increasingly desolate wards to Lawn Lodge where patients are considered beyond hope. As she observes her fellow patients with humour and compassion she reveals and original and questioning mind. Written by Janet Paterson Frame a New Zealand author internationally renowned for her work. The Weather in the Streets. Following the story of Olivia Curtis and her affair with a married man Rollo Spencer whom she knows through his sister Marigold and whom she meets again on a railway journey. Written by Rosamond Nina Lehmann an English novelist and translator. Fire from Heaven. Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-three leaving behind one of the greatest empires the world has ever seen. This is the story of the years that shaped him. Written by Eileen Mary Challans known by her pen name Mary Renault a British writer best known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece. Memento Mori. Dame Lettie Colston is the first of her circle to receive the insinuating anonymous phone calls. As the caller's activities become more widespread she and her old friends find their secrets are being dusted off. Written by Dame Muriel Sarah Spark a Scottish novelist short story writer poet and essayist. Frost in May. Nanda Gray is nine when she starts convent school and thirteen when she is sent away in disgrace. But her only deviation from total obedience seems to be the passionate friendships she makes. Written by Antonia White a British writer and translator known primarily for this work. The Return of the Solider. When Chris Baldry returns from the front to the women who love him: his wife Kitty and his cousin Jenny they are but strangers to him. Chris remembers Margaret Allington though whom he loved fifteen years before. Written by Rebecca West a British author journalist literary critic and travel writer. With publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original paper binding. Externally excellent. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine Virago Press paperback
1984967T59London: Andre Deutsch; Chatto & Windus; Granta Books 1984-2013. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. A smart collection of seven biographies of great women from the library of Australian publisher Carmen Callil. Seven volumes. First edition first impression. From the library of Carmen Callil an Australian publisher who founded Virago Press in 1973 to "publish books which celebrated women and women's lives and which would by so doing spread the message of women's liberation to the whole population". Virago publish works by new and neglected female authors publishing the works by authors such as Daphne du Maurier Sylvia Townsend Warner Margaret Atwood and Angela Carter all with a distinctive green spine synonymous with Virago. This set contains: A Portrait of Fryn: A Biography of F. Tennyson Jesse 1984. Signed and inscribed by the author. Illustrated with eight plates. Collated complete. A biography of Fryniwyd Tennyson Jesse Harwood an English journalist author and criminologist. Written by Joanna Colenbrander a British author and biographer. Nothing to Forgive: A Daughter's Life of Antonia White 1988. Illustrated with twelve plates. Collated complete. A biography of Antonia White a British writer and translator known primarily for Frost in May a semi-autobiographical novel set in a convent school. It was the first book reissued by Virago Press in 1978 as part of their Modern Classics series of books by previously neglected women authors. Written by her daughter Lyndall Passerini Hopkinson. Vera Brittain: A Life 1995. Illustrated with thirty-nine images across sixteen plates. Collated complete. A biography of Vera Mary Brittain an English Voluntary Aid Detachment VAD nurse writer feminist socialist and pacifist. Best known for her memoir Testament of Youth recounted her experiences during the First World War. Written by Paul Berry a writer and lecturer who was a close friend of Brittain and was appointed her literary executor and Mark Bostridge a British writer and critic known for his historical biographies. The Langhorne Sisters 1998. Signed and inscribed by the author. Illustrated with thirty-two plates. Collated complete. A biographical study of the five strikingly different Langhorne sisters: Lizzie trapped in post-Civil War Richmond; Irene a flirtatious and golden Southern belle; Nancy an unpredictable elemental force who conquered Edwardian society in England and was the first woman to sit in Parliament at Westminster; Phyllis private romantic melancholy; and Nora extravagant feckless and promiscuous. Written by James Fox a British journalist. Rosamond Lehmann 2002. Signed and inscribed by the author. Illustrated with fifty-five images across sixteen plates. Collated complete. A biography of Rosamond Nina Lehmann an English novelist and translator who was intimate with members of the Bloomsbury set. Written by Selina Hastings a British journalist author and biographer. Edith Wharton 2007. Signed and inscribed by the author. Illustrated with twenty-four plates. Collated complete. A biography of Edith Newbold Wharton an American writer and designer who became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel The Age of Innocence in 1921. Written by Dame Hermione Lee a British biographer literary critic and academic. Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life 2013. Signed and inscribed by the author. Illustrated with sixteen plates. Collated complete. A biography of Penelope Fitzgerald a Booker Prize-winning novelist poet essayist and biographer who in 2008 was listed among "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945" by The Times. Written by Dame Hermione Lee. In the original full cloth binding. Externally excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are very smart with light wear to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. With ink annotations to Rosamond Lehmann. Fine Andre Deutsch; Chatto & Windus; Granta Books hardcover
2012967T90London: Subterranean Press; Del Rey; Tor; Wildfire; Harvill Secker; Piatkus; W & N 2012-2024. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". None. A very pleasing collection of seven first UK edition fantasy novels each of which has been signed by the author. Seven volumes. First UK edition first impression. Signed by the author. This set contains: Winter's Dreams 2012. Special edition limited to two hundred and fifty copies of which this is number one hundred and seventy-two. A collection of fourteen short stories each one able to enchant illuminate and entertain in its own distinctive fashion. Written by Glen Charles Cook an American writer of fantasy and science fiction known for The Black Company and Garrett P.I. fantasy series. The Last Graduate 2021. The second novel in the Scholomance fantasy series following Galadriel Higgins a half-Welsh half-Indian sorceress who must survive to graduation while controlling her destructive abilities at the fabled school of black magic the Scholomance. Written by Naomi Novik an American author of speculative fiction. The Discord of Gods 2022. Limited to five hundred numbered copies of which this is number two hundred and fifty. Relos Var's plans to enslave the universe near completion. All that stands in his way now is the demon Xaltorath - or so he believes. For Kihrin could still alter the course of this war but only if his body does not betray him again. Written by Jenn Lyons an American fantasy author. The Book of Eve 2023. Limited to two thousand numbered copies of which this is number one hundred and twenty-nine. Beatrice the convent's librarian is disturbed one night to fine two women bleeding and stricken abandoned outside the walls. Moments from death one of them presses something into Beatrice's hand: a bewitching book that men of the faith want destroyed. Written by Meg Clothier an English-American journalist and author. Now She Is Witch 2023. Lux had lost everything when Else found her alone in the woods. The world is suspicious of women like her but Lux is cunning and Else has not found her by accident. She needs help to seek revenge against a man who wronged her. Written by Kirsty Logan a Scottish writer of novels and short stories. The Wicked in Me 2023. Exclusive signed first edition limited to two hundred and fifty copies of which this is number two hundred and forty-four. Wynter Dellavale knows that the Aeons will come for her. Because in unfairly trying to execute her they started a chain of events that they're struggling to stop. Needing safety she flees to Devil's Cradle the home of the monsters outcasts and fugitives. Written by Suzanne Wright an American-English author. The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands 2024. Limited to one thousand five hundred numbered copies of which this is number three hundred and ninety-eight. Nothing touches the Wastelands except the Great Trans-Siberian Express: an impenetrable train built to carry cargo across continents but now transports any passenger who dares. Onto the platform steps a curious cast of characters but there are whispers that the journey isn't safe. Written by Sarah Brooks an English author. In the original full cloth binding. Externally excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also excellent. 'Signed copy' sticker to the front panel of Now She Is Witch. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine Subterranean Press; Del Rey; Tor; Wildfire; Harvill Secker; Piatkus; W & N hardcover
1972967T44London: Allison & Busby; Hutchinson; Virago; Chatto & Windus; Flamingo; Hamish Hamilton; Cassell 1972-2021. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5"; 10" by 7.5". None. A smart collection of first edition volumes from the library of Australian publisher Carmen Callil. Eight volumes. First edition first impression. From the library of Carmen Callil an Australian publisher who founded Virago Press in 1973 to "publish books which celebrated women and women's lives and which would by so doing spread the message of women's liberation to the whole population". Virago publish works by new and neglected female authors publishing the works by authors such as Daphne du Maurier Sylvia Townsend Warner Margaret Atwood and Angela Carter all with a distinctive green spine synonymous with Virago. This set contains: About a Marriage: A Novel 1972. Love at first sight is a romantic ideal but it can happen. It did happen when Edward first me Ann but can their love survive the years of marriage that follow Written by Giles Alexander Esme Gordon a Scottish literary agent and writer based for most of his career in London. Of This Our Time: A Journalist's Story 1905-1950 1982. Illustrated with eight plates. Collated complete. The first part of the autobiography of Sir Henry Thomas Hopkinson a British journalist picture magazine editor author and teacher. A Woman's Touch: Women in Design from 1860 to the Present Day 1984. A fascinating study of design and design movements from the 1860's to the 1980's concentrating on the contributions of prominent women from the Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain the Glasgow School of Art the Bauhaus and more. Written by Isabelle Anscombe a British independent writer and journalist best known for her art books. The Redundancy of Courage 1991. Set in the fictitious country of Danu in Southeast Asia based on East Timor this novel is narrated by Adolph Ng an ethnic Chinese businessman educated in Canada. We witness events as the country is invaded and occupied by its giant neighbour. Written by Timothy Peter Mo a British Asian novelist. Aren't We Due a Royalty Statement: A Stern Account of Literary Publishing and Theatrical Folk 1993. An unguarded witty and unorthodox portrait of our literary life and times forming a sort of memoir from the great literary agent that is the author. Written by Giles Alexander Esme Gordon. The Blue Flower 1995. The author's final novel a fictional treatment of the early life and troubled relationships of Friedrich von Hardenberg who under the pseudonym Novalis became a foundational figure of German Romanticism. Written by Penelope Mary Fitzgerald an English Booker Prize-winning novelist poet essayist and biographer. Parrot and Olivier in America 2009. An improvisation on the life of Alexis de Tocqueville which focuses on Tocqueville's trips to the United States. The novel mimics his life with the fictional character Olivier de Garmont with the titular "Parrot" acting as Garmont's secretary. Written by Peter Philip Carey an Australian novelist. Medusa's Ankles 2021. A luminous collection of short stories that celebrates the very best of the author carefully selected from a lifetime of writing. Written by Dame Antonia Susan Duffy known professionally by her former married name A. S. Byatt an English critic novelist poet and short-story writer. Most volumes are bound in the original full cloth binding with Parrot and Olivier in America bound in the original paper covered boards. Externally excellent with minor wear to the odd volume onle. Original unclipped dust wrappers are very smart with light wear to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown of most volumes with the odd ink inscription to the front endpapers or pencil note to the rear endpapers. Fine Allison & Busby; Hutchinson; Virago; Chatto & Windus; Flamingo; Hamish Hamilton; Cassell hardcover
2002967T24London: Doubleday; Sceptre; Picador; Allison & Busby; Two Roads; Hamish Hamilton; Fig Tree; Hutchinson 2002-2024. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A very smart collection of ten first edition modern novels each has been signed by the author. Ten volumes. First edition first impression. Signed by the author. This set contains: Remembrance 2002. Summer 1915 and the sound of guns at the Western Front can be heard across the Channel in England. In the village of Stratharden the Great War has already begun to irrevocably alter the course of five young lives. Written by Theresa Breslin a Scottish author who won the 1994 Carnegie Medal. The Last Girl 2003. Set in the dying days of the last century in Lithuania this is a captivating lyrical story of memory and love and the heartbreaking choices that are made in times of war. Written by Stephan Collishaw an English author and educator. Wise Men 2013. Hilton Wise is the son of one of the most wealthy and powerful lawyers in the US. When he falls for a young woman he meets on Cape Cod named Savannah he has no idea that their passion will lead to the exposure of his father's deepest secrets. Written by Stuart Nadler a British novelist and a recipient of the 5 Under 35 Award from the National Book Foundation. Herring in the Smoke 2017. Twenty year ago Roger Norton Vane took a walk in the Thai jungle and never returned. After years of wild speculation and fruitless searches finally his death will be made official and somebody will inherit his massive wealth. When crime writer Ethelred Tressider attends Vane's memorial service little does he expect to find himself talking to a man returned from the dead. Written by Len C. Tyler a British writer of comic crime fiction best known for his Elsie and Ethelred mystery series. Under the Almond Tree 2017. Fifteen-year-old Samar and her family are refugees fleeing the conflict in Afghanistan in the 1990s. Now they must board the Trans-Siberian Express as it travels across Russia to an uncertain future. Written by Laura McVeigh a British writer of novels and travel books and educator. Summerwater 2020. On the longest day of the summer twelve people sit cooped up in a Scottish chalet park. With their families they watch the endless rain with little else to do but observe the other residents. Written by Sarah Moss an English writer and academic. Elizabeth Finch 2022. Elizabeth was a teacher a thinker an inspiration. As Neil a former student unpacks Elizabeth's notebooks and remembers her unique mind her ideas unlock the philosophies of the past and explore key events in history. Written by Julian Barnes an English writer who won the Man Booker Prize in 2011. When We Were Birds 2022. Darwin is a down-on-his-luck gravedigger newly arrived to Port Angeles to seek his fortune and try to find the father he never met. Estranged from his mother and his Rastafari faith he is young beautiful and lost. Written by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo a Trinidadian writer best known for this work her debut novel. A Little Trickerie 2024. Born a vagabond Tibb has never had a roof of her own. But her mother taught her that if you're not too bound by rules there are many ways to find shelter in this world. Now her ma is dead in a trick gone wrong and Tibb finds herself all alone. Written by Rosanna Pike an English novelist best known for this work a Sunday Times best-seller. A List of Suspicious Things 2024. Yorkshire 1979 Miv is convinced that her dad wants to move their family Down South because of the murders. Leaving Yorkshire and her best friend Sharon isn't an option no matter the dangers lurking their way. Written by Jennie Godfrey an English author raised in West Yorkshire. In the original full cloth binding. Externally excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also excellent. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine Doubleday; Sceptre; Picador; Allison & Busby; Two Roads; Hamish Hamilton; Fig Tree; Hutchinson hardcover
1420967T14London: Mantle; Orion Books; William Heinemann; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Century; Jonathan Cape 2014-2023. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A pleasing collection of first UK edition first impression novels from modern authors. Each volume is signed by the author. Seven volumes. First UK edition first impression. Signed by the author. This set contains: The Wind is Not a River 2014. One of three hundred and fifty numbered copies of which this is number seventy-six. April 1943 while mourning his lost brother journalist John Easley is driven to expose a hidden and growing conflict: the Japanese invasion and occupation of Alaska. Written by Brian Payton an American-Canadian writer of fiction and nonfiction. Summertime 2015. Florida in 1935 Heron Key a small town where the relationships are as tangled as the mangrove roots in the swamp is preparing for the 4th of July barbecue unaware that their world is about to change forever. Written by Vanessa Lafaye an American historical novelist. The Lauras 2016. An enigmatic pilgrimage from Virginia to California that takes Alex back through the different stages of Ma's life each new state prompting stories and secrets to tell. Written by Sara Taylor an American novelist and short-story writer. The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing 2019. One of six hundred numbered copies of which this is number five hundred and sixty-nine. An old soldier dies alone in his Edinburgh nursing home with no relatives and no one to enact. Heir Hunter Solomon Farthing - down on his luck - is tipped off of the man's unexplained fortune and sets out to find the man's closest living relative so that he can get his cut of the cash. Written by Mary Paulson-Ellis a Scottish writer and novelist of crime and historical fiction. Red at the Bone 2020. As an unexpected teenage pregnancy brings together two families from different social classes it exposes the private hopes disappointments and longings that can bind or divide us. Written by Jacqueline Woodson an American writer of books for children and adolescents. Miss Austen 2020. Twenty-three years after the death of her famous sister Jane Cassandra Austen returns to the village of Kintbury and to the home of their family friends the Fowles. She knows that somewhere in the vicarage there is a cache of family letters with secrets that must not be revealed. Written by Gill Hornby an English novelist best known for her works inspired by the life of Jane Austen. The Wren The Wren 2023. Carmel had been alone all her life until the arrival of her daughter Nell - funny brave and so very loved - a young woman with adventure on her mind. As she sets out into the world she finds her family history hard to escape. Written by Anne Enright an Irish novelist who was appointed the first Laureate for Irish Fiction 20152018 and winner of the Man Booker Prize 2007. In the original full cloth binding. Externally excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also excellent. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine Mantle; Orion Books; William Heinemann; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Century; Jonathan Cape hardcover
1902969T23London: Raithby Lawrence & Co.; Richard Edward King; Cobden-Sanderson; Thomas Nelson & Sons; Chatto & Windus; Duckworth 1902-1938. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A collection of six charming home cookery books for all sorts of occasions. Six volumes. This set contains: Home Cookery 1902. Third edition. A collection of simple recipes for the housewife or home cook from spiced beef to raspberry buns. Compiled under the direction of the North Midland School of Cookery. The Home Cookery Book c1905. First edition. A complete manual of cookery containing over seven hundred high-class modern recipes from lobster soup and hashed duck to baked custard pudding. Someone to Dinner: Chef Cooking for Little Kitchens 1935. First edition first printing. An essential guide to good and economical cookery with a selection of dinner recipes for entertaining. Written by Winifred Hope Thomson a Scottish artist and cookbook writer. Sweet-Making for All 1936. Revised edition. A complete guide to sweet-making containing chapters on the proper utensils required sugar boiling fondants marzipans toffees caramels nougats chocolates bon bons and more. Written by Helen Jerome a British-Australian author. Good Food from Italy: A Receipt Book 1937. First edition. A collection of recipes from Italy with chapters on anti-pasti soups fish meats sauces vegetables and sweets. Written by Countess Morphy a British food writer dance critic and cookery demonstrator famed for her book on world gastronomy. Live Alone and Entertain 1938. First edition. A charming collection of recipes for people living alone with guide to meals for one as well as introductions to more exciting meals for dinner parties. Written by Marjorie Hillis an American author of popular nonfiction books for women and Bertina Foltz an American writer. In the original full cloth binding. Externally sound with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor sunning to the spines with the odd small mark to the boards. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spines. Hinges just starting but firm to Home Cookery. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and light age toning to the extremities. Contemporary ink inscriptions with the previous owner's bookplate to the front endpapers. Light tide marks and staining to the last few pages of The Home Cookery Book. Good Raithby, Lawrence & Co.; Richard Edward King; Cobden-Sanderson; Thomas Nelson & Sons; Chatto & Windus; Duckworth hardcover
1904969T90London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1904-1932. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7" by 4.5". Various. Five first edition volumes from the Medieval Town Series from J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. with illustrations throughout. Five volumes. The Medieval Town Series. A collection of informative and engaging histories of cities across England with facts of the early history governors and officials commerce and trade and more interwoven with anecdotes and guides. With illustrations from W. H. Godfrey K. Kimball Herbert Railton Albert Chalmer Adrian de Friston and many others. This set contains: The Story of London 1904. First edition. Illustrated with a coloured folding frontispiece nine monochrome plates three of which are folding and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. Written by Henry B. Wheatley a British author and editor who also produced 'London Past and Present' which was described as "the standard dictionary of London". The Story of Coventry 1911. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece fourteen plates one folding map and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. Written by Mary Dormer Harris a British local historian whose focus was the medieval history of Coventry. She was also a translator writer and suffragist. The Story of Oxford 1920. Later printing. Illustrated with a frontispiece twenty-six plates two folding maps and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. Written by Cecil Headlam an English first-class cricketer and historian. The Story of Cambridge 1922. Third edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece twenty-two plates two folding maps and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. Written by Charles William Stubbs an English clergyman and local historian. The Story of Winchester 1932. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece eight plates one folding map and numerous in-text and full-page images. Collated complete. Written by W. Lloyd Woodland an English historian and author. In the original full cloth binding. Externally sound with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spines and board edges with the odd small mark. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spines. Front hinge of London tender. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Ink stamp and contemporary ink inscriptions to the front endpapers. Good J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. hardcover
1936971T33London: Chatto & Windus; Faber and Faber; Seeley Service; Duell Sloan and Pearce; Methuen; Peter Nevill; Foulsham; Oddhams; Michael Joseph; Tuttle 1936-1965. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A delightful collection of books from the thirties to the sixties on food family and good wine with their original dust wrappers. Twelve volumes. This set contains: French Wines 1936. Second impression. A comprehensive bibliography of French wine enriched considerably over the years being a charming companion for the experienced wine drinker. Written by Paul de Cassagnac a French journalist and editor. The Family Week-End Book 1941. First edition. A charming book for the family that mingles entertainment and instruction for every member of the family. Written by Beryl Irving an English writer author and artist. A Meal in Itself 1944. Third printing. A book of soups being a recipe collection devoted entirely to soups which are quite literally a complete meal in themselves. Written by Mary Frost Mabon a British writer of cookery books. Food Without Fuss 1944. Third impression. A collection of two hundred simple recipes and a few thoughts on economical cookery from an expert on the subject. Written by Josephine Terry an English cookery expert who presented a cooking advice television show which aired from 1946 to 1947 on the BBC. Herbs for Daily Use 1945. Second impression. A detailed guide to the use of herbs in home medicine and cookery with clear information on the varied uses of specific herbs. Written by Mary Thorne Quelch an English writer and herbalist. Trevannion 1948. First edition. A novel set in Dycer's Bay a world of its own and a remnant of Victorian times where spinsters still respond with a flutter to male attentions. Written by Leonard Alfred George Strong a popular English novelist critic historian and poet and published under the name L. A. G. Strong. The Young Cook 1952. First edition. A delightful and instructive book on cookery intended for the use of young people and children to aid their learning of important practical skills in the kitchen. Written by Philip Harben an English cook known for his radio and television programmes about food and cooking. With an introduction by Enid Blyton. French Cooking for All 1952. First UK edition. Dated from the British Library. A guide to the fundamentals of French cookery with a collection of imaginative and exciting recipes to attempt. Written by Urbain Francois Dubois a French chef who is best known as the author of a series of recipe books that became classics of French cuisine. Country Wines 1953. First edition. From the Modern Living series. A fascinating and informative book believed to be the first work devoted exclusively to the subject of country wines. Written by Mary Aylett a British entrepreneur and Bournemouth headmistress. Making Soft Drinks 1960. First edition. A collection of famous light drink recipes being an excellent and valuable to other works from the author. Focusing on the soft drink from the banana cream to cherryade and ginger pop. Written by Peggy Hutchinson a British author of numerous books on wine cocktails and cookery. Mrs Harris Goes to New York 1960. First edition. Cheerful and courageous Mrs. Ada Harris is heading to the United States undaunted by the prospect of travel new ways and new faces. Written by Paul William Gallico an American novelist and short story and sports writer. Chow! Secrets of Chinese Cooking 1965. Seventh printing. A collection of seventy-five selected recipes to delight all lovers of good food with notes on table etiquette. Written by Dolly Chow a Chinese author and cookbook writer. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light wear and minor fading to the extremities. The odd small mark to the cloth. Original dust wrappers remain unclipped other than French Wines French Cooking for All and Chow! which have been price-clipped. Wrappers are sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities. The odd small closed tear to the panel edges with light sunning to the spines. The odd small mark to the panels. Minor loss to the head and tail of the spines of Herbs for Daily Use Food Without Fuss and The Young Cook two of which have been sympathetically repaired with tape. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light age toning to the endpapers of the odd volume. With a contemporary ink inscription and the previous owner's bookplate to the odd volume. Very Good Chatto & Windus; Faber and Faber; Seeley Service; Duell, Sloan and Pearce; Methuen; Peter Nevill; Foulsham; Oddhams; Michael Jos hardcover
1934971T32London; New York: The Literary Press Ltd.; Thomas Y. Crowell Company; The Macmillan Company; John Lehmann Ltd.; Spring Books; Random House; Arco; Bonanza Books; Andre Deutsh 1934-1966. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8" by 5"; 9" by 6". Not Stated. A charming collection of ten cookery books from the thirties to the sixties with their original dust wrappers. Ten volumes. This set contains: Simple Cooking 1934. First edition. An entirely new economical cookery book containing simple and inexpensive recipes and menus for the modern household. Guiding the reader on how to make a little go a long way. Written by Elizabeth Josephine Craig a Scottish journalist home economist and a notable author on cookery. Cooking for One 1951. Fourth printing. A godsend to those who live along and like to cook this work is planned for those living on a modest budget and often confined to a small kitchen. Written by Elinor Milnor Parker an English cookery book writer. A Cook's Quiz 1952. Second printing. A fun and entertaining question and answer book to take the guesswork out of cookery and to test yourself with culinary puzzlers. Written by Antoinette and Francois Pope an American husband-and-wife team who founded the Antoinette Pope School of Fancy Cookery in Chicago and were renowned cookbook authors. The New York International Cookery Book 1953. First edition. A collection of over three hundred superb recipes with practical guides to all sorts of international dishes. Written by Maria Lo Pinto an American cookbook writer. Basic Recipes 1953. First edition dated from the British Library. A guide to the foundations of modern cookery. Considered more than a book of recipes this work was written to make home cooking more interesting varied and successful. Written by Margaret Sheppard Fidler a British cookery book writer and wife of Welsh architect Alwyn Sheppard Fidler. New England Cookbook 1954. First edition. A collection of hundreds of fantastic recipes from New England with famous dishes often savored to the lesser-known delicacies to be greeted with joy. Written by Eleanor Early an accomplished American journalist travel writer food writer and novelist. The Polyglot Cookery Books: English Italian 1958. Fifth impression. From the Polyglot Cooker Books series. A collection of Italian and English dishes featuring as part of this foreign language series with translations into the other language. Compiled by Countess Morphy a British food writer dance critic and cookery demonstrator famed for her book on world gastronomy. Accent on Seasoning 1960. Later printing. A cook book for the woman who demands recipes with a flair for flavour providing delightfully artful and aromatic recipes to bring the flavours of the garden to the table. Written by Irma Goodrich Mazza a British cookbook writer and herbalist. Indonesian Cookery 1963. First edition. From the International Cook Book series. A collection of outstanding recipes from Java Sumatra Bali Borneo and the other Indonesian islands. Written by Lie Sek-Hiang an Indonesian-born cookery writer. Good Fish from the Sea 1966. The Cooker Book Club edition. A magnificent collection of recipes for every kind of fish designed to encourage the home cook to experience new cooking styles with confidence. Written by Helen Burke a British author of cookery books such as 'Practical Cookery' and 'The Albatross Cookery Book'. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with light wear and minor fading to the extremities. The odd small mark to the cloth. Original dust wrappers remain unclipped other than A Cook's Quiz New England Cook Book and The Polyglot Cookery Books: English Italian which have been price-clipped. Wrappers are sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Minor sunning to the spines with the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Light loss to the head and tail of the spines of Cooking for One A Cook's Quiz The New York International Cookery Book and English Italian two of which have been sympathetically repaired with tape. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with minor age toning to the extremities and the odd small spot or handling mark. Light age toning to the endpapers with the previous owner's bookplate to the front free endpaper of most volumes. Very Good The Literary Press Ltd.; Thomas Y. Crowell Company; The Macmillan Company; John Lehmann Ltd.; Spring Books; Random House; Arco; hardcover
1940973T68London; New York: Spring Books; Foulsham; Frederick Muller; Heinemann; Faber & Faber; A. S. Barnes and Company 1940-1975. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 7.5" by 5"; 8.5" by 5.5". Various. A delightful collection of old fashioned cookery books for classic meals from a variety of food writers. Six volumes. This set contains: The Master Book of Poultry and Game c1940. From the 'Master' cookery series. A comprehensive work on the cooking of poultry and game with now fewer than seventy-nine examples of birds and furred game included. Written by Henry Smith a British cookery book writer. The Salad Book 1952. First edition. A collection of two hundred and fifty salad recipes for healthy diet and slimming for the whole year round including sauces and dressings. Written by Du Bois. The Man in the Kitchen 1952. First edition. A guide to cooking painlessly and agreeably with every prospect of success containing a subtle and pointed chapter entitled "how to tech a woman to cook". Written by Malcolm LaPrade. Secrets of Russian Cooking 1962. First edition. A collection of over two hundred of the most treasure Russian recipes using ingredients which are inexpensive and easily obtainable. Written by Kyra Petrovskaya. Good Cookies 1963. First edition. A collection of recipes for cookies of all types shapes and sizes for every occasion. Showing the versatility of this delightful treat. Written by Annnette Laslett Ross and Jean Adams Disney. Natural Cooking the Old-Fashioned Way 1975. Later edition. An innovative and exciting cookery book providing a collection of guides to simple food preparation and usable recipes from days gone by. Written by Robert W. Pelton. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with minor wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Original dust wrappers remain unclipped other than The Man in the Kitchen and Natural Cooking which have been price-clipped. Wrappers are sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Minor sunning to the spines with the odd small mark to the panels. The odd small closed tear to the panel edges with loss to the head and tail of the spines of The Master Book of Poultry and Game and The Man in the Kitchen. Sympathetic repairs with tape to The Master Book of Poultry and Game. A 2" closed tear to the rear panel of The Man in the Kitchen with light creases. A library sticker to the tail of the spine of Natural Cooking. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light age toning to the extremities with the previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good Spring Books; Foulsham; Frederick Muller; Heinemann; Faber & Faber; A. S. Barnes and Company hardcover
1972974T40Geneve; London: Editions de Cremille; Heron Books; Editio-Service 1972-1977. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5"; 8" by 5". Not Stated. A collection of ten volumes of thrilling and intriguing novels from Francoise Sagan Alberto Moravia Alistair MacLean and Compton Mackenzie bound in faux morocco. Ten volumes. This set contains: Les Merveilleux Nuages 1972. French. The obsessive jealousy of a rich young American Adonis Alan drives his Parisian wife Josee to the extremes of retaliation in a number of amorous adventures. Written by Francoise Sagan a French playwright novelist and screenwriter. L'Amour Conjugal 1972. French. A rich Italian dilettante leaves the city with his wife to the countryside in an to attempt to write a novel. The situation is complicated by the couple's decision to remain abstinent throughout this period. Written by Alberto Pincherle known by his pseudonym Alberto Moravia an Italian novelist and journalist. When Eight Bells Toll 1973. English. Combining the genres of spy novel and detective novel this work follows the action after five cargo ships are hijacked in the Irish Sea while carrying vast quantities of precious stones and gold bullion. Written by Alistair Stuart MacLean a Scottish novelist who wrote popular thrillers and adventure stories. The Dark Crusader 1973. English. Eight top-level scientists and their wives disappear after responding to newspaper advertisements for specialists in different areas of modern technology. Written by Alistair Stuart MacLean. Puppet on a Chain 1973. English. Paul Sherman is a veteran Interpol Narcotics Bureau agent used to independent action and blunt force tactics. He is in the Netherlands after receiving word about a vicious heroin smuggling ring but the narco-criminals will kill ruthlessly to protect their operation. Written by Alistair Stuart MacLean. Sinister Street 1974. English. Complete in two volumes. Akind of Bildungsroman concerning two children Michael Fane and his sister Stella each born out of wedlock to wealthy parent despite this being frowned upon at the time. Written by Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie a Scottish writer of fiction biography histories and a memoir a cultural commentator raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist. Breakheart Pass 1975. English. In the 1870s residents of the garrison at the Fort Humboldt frontier outpost are reported to be suffering from a diphtheria epidemic. A special express train is heading up into the remote mountain ranges filled with reinforcements and medical supplies but someone is willing to sabotage their mission. Written by Alistair Stuart MacLean. Circus 1976. English. Following Bruno Wildermann of the Wrinfield Circus the world's greatest trapeze artist a clairvoyant with near-supernatural powers and an implacable enemy of the East German regime that arrested his family and murdered his wife. Written by Alistair Stuart MacLean. The Golden Gate 1977. English. A team of criminals led by mastermind Peter Branson kidnaps the President of the United States on San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge in a masterfully conceived and clockwork-timed operation. Written by Alistair Stuart MacLean. In the original faux morocco binding. Externally very smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. A crack to the front joint of Sinister Street. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. With a contemporary ink stamp to the front endpaper of the odd volume. Very Good Indeed Editions de Cremille; Heron Books; Editio-Service hardcover
