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The Mating Season
- £75.00
- It's hard to single out one book as the entire Jeeves and Wooster collection is Bach Rescue Remedy in literary form, but this tale of romantic imbroglio is a priceless hoot... Every sentence is a perfectly wrought delight.' Independent. At Deverill Hall, an idyllic Tudor manor in the picture-perfect village…
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The Merry Muse
- £20.00
- A hitherto unknown pornographic manuscript of Robert Burns is found in the effects of a dead schoolmaster of impeccable reputation. Max Arbuthnot, an Edinburgh lawyer and a rich man, who at the age of sixty has a rampant appetite for the pleasures of the flesh, takes charge of it. As…
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The Miracle at Speedy Motors (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- It has never occurred to Precious Ramotswe that there might be disadvantages to being the best-known lady detective in Botswana. But when she receives a threatening anonymous letter, she is compelled to reconsider her unconquerable belief in a kind world and good neighbours. While she ponders the identity of the…
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The Novel Habits of Happiness: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- Isabel Dalhousie is one of Edinburgh's most generous (but discreet) philanthropists - but should she be more charitable? She wonders, sometimes, if she is too judgmental about her niece's amorous exploits, too sharp about her housekeeper's spiritual beliefs, too ready to bristle in battle against her enemies. As the editor…
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The Old Devils
- £80.00
- "The Old Devils" is the most outrageously funny Amis novel.
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The Old Devils
- £10.00
- "The Old Devils" is the most outrageously funny Amis novel.
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The Old Devils (SIGNED)
- £80.00
- "The Old Devils" is the most outrageously funny Amis novel.
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The Pianoplayers
- £25.00
- This novel is one of Anthony BurgessÕs most accessible and entertaining works. By turns bawdy, raucous, tender and bittersweet, and full of music and songs, this is a warm and affectionate portrait of the working-class Lancashire of the 1920s and 1930s that he knew from his own early life. The…
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The Primrose Path
- £25.00
- UK edition of Nash's work drawing pieces from his 'The Primrose Path' and 'Happy Days' as well as a number of other subsequent pieces.
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The Return of A.J. Raffles: An Edwardian Comedy
- £30.00
- First staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company the play has as its chief characters A. J. Raffles, the literary creation some seventy odd years ago of E. W. Hornung. The cool daring of the impeccable Amateur Cracksman, always torn between the rival claims of burglary and cricket, ensured his popularity…
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The sad, sad tail of Normas the Tebbit
- £20.00
- What the hell is a Tebbit? What does it look like? Does it really fill a whole house? Why does the poor creature want to be loved? At last the truth is revealed in this book, the heart-rendering story of an outsized crossbreed - half terrier, half rabbit - who…
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The Saracen’s Head or the Reluctant Crusader
- £35.00
- First volume in Lancaster's wonderful Littlehampton saga, starting with the heroic William de Littlehampton in the Crusades.
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The Saracen’s Head or the Reluctant Crusader
- £40.00
- First volume in Lancaster's wonderful Littlehampton saga, starting with the heroic William de Littlehampton in the Crusades.
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The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83_ Years Old (SIGNED)
- £25.00
- The hilarious international bestselling novel that has had pensioners ditching their sticks and zimmers to follow the age-defying, youth inducing antics inside The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 _ Years Old . . . 'Terrific. This geriatric Adrian Mole made me laugh' Woman and Home 'Funny and touching' BBC…
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The Secret Sketchbook of a Bloomsbury Lady
- £40.00
- Until Kenneth Mahood's recent discovery of his grandmother's sketchbook, little if anything was known of Maud Mahood. As it is, nobody knows why she spent so much of her life drawing the Bloomsbury Group. D. H. Lawrence said it was because she didn't know anyone else, but she was much…
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The Mating Season
- £75.00
- It's hard to single out one book as the entire Jeeves and Wooster collection is Bach Rescue Remedy in literary form, but this tale of romantic imbroglio is a priceless hoot... Every sentence is a perfectly wrought delight.' Independent. At Deverill Hall, an idyllic Tudor manor in the picture-perfect village…
- Add to basket
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The Merry Muse
- £20.00
- A hitherto unknown pornographic manuscript of Robert Burns is found in the effects of a dead schoolmaster of impeccable reputation. Max Arbuthnot, an Edinburgh lawyer and a rich man, who at the age of sixty has a rampant appetite for the pleasures of the flesh, takes charge of it. As…
- Add to basket
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The Miracle at Speedy Motors (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- It has never occurred to Precious Ramotswe that there might be disadvantages to being the best-known lady detective in Botswana. But when she receives a threatening anonymous letter, she is compelled to reconsider her unconquerable belief in a kind world and good neighbours. While she ponders the identity of the…
- Add to basket
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The Novel Habits of Happiness: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- Isabel Dalhousie is one of Edinburgh's most generous (but discreet) philanthropists - but should she be more charitable? She wonders, sometimes, if she is too judgmental about her niece's amorous exploits, too sharp about her housekeeper's spiritual beliefs, too ready to bristle in battle against her enemies. As the editor…
- Add to basket
-
The Old Devils
- £80.00
- "The Old Devils" is the most outrageously funny Amis novel.
- Add to basket
-
The Old Devils
- £10.00
- "The Old Devils" is the most outrageously funny Amis novel.
- Add to basket
-
The Old Devils (SIGNED)
- £80.00
- "The Old Devils" is the most outrageously funny Amis novel.
- Add to basket
-
The Pianoplayers
- £25.00
- This novel is one of Anthony BurgessÕs most accessible and entertaining works. By turns bawdy, raucous, tender and bittersweet, and full of music and songs, this is a warm and affectionate portrait of the working-class Lancashire of the 1920s and 1930s that he knew from his own early life. The…
- Add to basket
-
The Primrose Path
- £25.00
- UK edition of Nash's work drawing pieces from his 'The Primrose Path' and 'Happy Days' as well as a number of other subsequent pieces.
- Add to basket
-
The Return of A.J. Raffles: An Edwardian Comedy
- £30.00
- First staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company the play has as its chief characters A. J. Raffles, the literary creation some seventy odd years ago of E. W. Hornung. The cool daring of the impeccable Amateur Cracksman, always torn between the rival claims of burglary and cricket, ensured his popularity…
- Add to basket
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The sad, sad tail of Normas the Tebbit
- £20.00
- What the hell is a Tebbit? What does it look like? Does it really fill a whole house? Why does the poor creature want to be loved? At last the truth is revealed in this book, the heart-rendering story of an outsized crossbreed - half terrier, half rabbit - who…
- Add to basket
-
The Saracen’s Head or the Reluctant Crusader
- £35.00
- First volume in Lancaster's wonderful Littlehampton saga, starting with the heroic William de Littlehampton in the Crusades.
- Add to basket
-
The Saracen’s Head or the Reluctant Crusader
- £40.00
- First volume in Lancaster's wonderful Littlehampton saga, starting with the heroic William de Littlehampton in the Crusades.
- Add to basket
-
The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83_ Years Old (SIGNED)
- £25.00
- The hilarious international bestselling novel that has had pensioners ditching their sticks and zimmers to follow the age-defying, youth inducing antics inside The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 _ Years Old . . . 'Terrific. This geriatric Adrian Mole made me laugh' Woman and Home 'Funny and touching' BBC…
- Add to basket
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The Secret Sketchbook of a Bloomsbury Lady
- £40.00
- Until Kenneth Mahood's recent discovery of his grandmother's sketchbook, little if anything was known of Maud Mahood. As it is, nobody knows why she spent so much of her life drawing the Bloomsbury Group. D. H. Lawrence said it was because she didn't know anyone else, but she was much…
- Add to basket