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IDW Publishing, San Diego, California, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. Illustrator: Tone Rodriguez. One month after the disappearance of the vigilante known as Citizen Pain, another wretched soul appears in Rankor IslandÂ’s urban spiral of decay. As the winter snow begins to fall, riots flash across the city and police meet these acts with panicked force. Lt. Cheri Major, deeply rooted in a residual psychosis, is sent out on a new mission. The clues lead her deep into the IslandÂ’s fetish culture. Now she must seek out the rubber-clad murderess known only as “Scalpel” all the while trying to gain control over her own inner demons. This volume collects the complete second story arc to 'Violent Messiahs' issues 9-12. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 144 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. no Dust Jacket as published.. Orange titles spine. Illustrator: Tone Rodriguez. Quantity Available:… Read More

Cambridgeshire County Council, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, 1981. Second Edition. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Near Fine Condition. Though Oliver Cromwell is probably Huntingdon's most famous son very little is known of his private life before 1640. The first edition of this book was published in 1973. That edition is now out of print and Mrs. Dickinson, the widow of Mr. Dickinson, has kindly agreed that a new, slightly revised, edition should be published by the Management Committee of the Cromwell Museum. The illustrations of Dr. Beard and the baptismal entry are reproduced from blocks kindly lent by the County Press (Huntingdon). � Revised Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 23 + 21 pages. No Dust Jacket as published. illustrated by b/w. drawings, photo's. map & plan. Chronology 1639-1660 to rear. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Genealogy & Local History; English Civil War; Huntingdon; Cromwelliana;… Read More

N.A, N/A, 1971. N/A. N/A. Good Condition/N/A. Manuscript Signed by Author. Typewritten Poem ("The Undertaker's Rave") with annotations by the poet's hand & (on the same page beneath the poem) a short handwritten note with his signature. George MacBeth was born in Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland. The son of a coal miner, he won a scholarship to study at New College, Oxford, where he earned a first in philosophy and classics. He went on to produce radio programs for the BBC and during his tenure produced a number of influential poetry and literature programs. MacBeth’s own work is identified with The Group, a circle of poets associated with a workshop model and generally seen as rejecting the prevailing irony of British poetry at the time in favor of personal, sometimes extravagant, verse. MacBeth’s collections of poetry include A Form of Words (1954), The Broken Places (1963), The Night of Stones and A War Quartet (1969), The Burning Cone… Read More

Putnam, London, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Desmond MacCarthy was a British literary critic and journalist; he was a member of the Cambridge Apostles, the intellectual secret society, from 1896. Though often thought to be a member of the "Bloomsbury Group", MacCarthy in fact had a wider circle of friends including Lytton Strachey, Bertrand Russell and G. E. Moore whom he met at Cambridge. In 1917 he joined the New Statesman as drama critic, and in 1920 became its literary editor. He wrote a weekly column under the pen-name "The Affable Hawk". Later, in 1928, he became a literary critic for the Sunday Times, and several volumes of his collected criticism were published. This is the third volume of his 'collected essays' series which includes essays of an autobiographical character as well as many presenting personal impressions of literary & general subjects. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

Jonathan Cape, London, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Violet M. Macdonald. colour frontis. illustration plus 16 full-page b/w. illustrations throughout & with header & footer b/w. illustrations to each story; a collection of mostly traditional tales for the young - including: 'The Old Woman & Her Pig'; 'How Jack went to Seek His Fortune'; 'Teeny-Tiny'; 'Three Wise Men of Gotham'; 'Henny-Penny'; 'The Babes in the Wood'; 'Lazy Jack' & others. - collected & illustrated in a style reminiscent of old woodcuts by Violet M. Macdonald; contents & illustration lists to front; notes on sources at the rear. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 158 pages. minor handling marks & browning to yellow covers. Spine slightly browned with age. Black titles spine & front. yellow cloth. Illustrator: Violet M. Macdonald. Quantity… Read More

S. B. Publications, Seaford, East Sussex, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Titles, contents & introduction to front. The origins of over 65 village signs in the northern half of Cambridgeshire, drawing an imaginary boundary line across the county from Huntingdon to Littleport. (This is the companion volume to Village Signs of South Cambridgeshire) In addition to a concise history of each village, the book gives the details to the background and design of each sign, many of which have appeared in the last twenty years. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii + 88. no Dust Jacket as published.. Black titles spine. illustrated by b/w. map & photo's.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Travel & Places; Cambridgeshire; North Cambridgeshire; East Anglia; England; Genealogy & Local History. ISBN: 1857700201. ISBN/EAN: 9781857700206. Inventory No: 4820. . 9781857700206

Methuen, London, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. This collection of essays was originally planned as a sixtieth-birthday tribute to John Butt, formerly Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature in the University of Edinburgh. The English novel was chosen as the subject in recognition of Professor Butt's long labour towards a new edition of the works of Charles Dickens. Professor Butt knew of the projected tribute, sealed with his approval its list of contributors, and took a lively and amused interest in its progress while he lived. When he did not survive to his sixtieth birthday, it was decided to carry on with the volume at a slower pace and make it the finest possible tribute to his memory. The twenty-three essays cover the range of English fiction from Congreve's early Incognita (1692) to Rayner Heppenstall's The Connecting Door and The Woodshed (1962). The coverage is necessarily .selective, and not every English writer… Read More

The Welsh Corgi League, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. The Welsh Corgi League was established in 1938 to promote the interests of and safeguard the Pembroke Welsh Corgi. It caters for the breeder, exhibitor and all who appreciate the qualities of the breed both in the UK and throughout the World. The handbook is published annually and is the envy of not only other breed clubs in this country but overseas too. The articles and photographs it contains are of interest to all Corgi lovers. The comprehensive list of winners at Championship Shows, the Portrait Gallery containing photographs and pedigrees of all the year's C.C. winners, together with the large number of announcements by home and overseas members, listed in Geographical Index, as well as the alphabetical list of home and overseas members, make it an invaluable reference book. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 412 pages. Silver titles spine… Read More

Pocket Books, London, 2006. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/N/A. this dark fantasy tale of love & power is the sequel to "The Light Ages", a tight, clean copy with just slight creases to spine, 457 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction. ISBN: 0743462475. ISBN/EAN: 9780743462471. Inventory No: SFC00046. . 9780743462471

Thornton Butterworth, London, 1932. Second Edition. Red Cloth. Very Good/Fair. Illustrator: Photo's & Drawings. black titles spine & front; colour frontis. showing wireworm & other ground pests; illustrated throughout by sepia photo's. & b/w. drawings; the second & 'Popular' edition of this useful book for gardeners which deals with every aspect of soil improvement in a balanced way (without over-emphasis on chemical solutions) & tackles the needs of various soil types from sand to marsh in a language which is simple rather that technically scientific.a sound copy though with bumping to corners, a few margin notes in ink & previous owner's name-stamp to front endpaper; in an intact D/J. which has missing pieces at the spine-ends; including index - 224 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Illustrator: Photo's & Drawings. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Gardening; Ecology; Gardening. Inventory No:… Read More

Bookman Associates, New York, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. green end-papers; textured green boards with beige cloth spine; Size: Octavo (standard book size). 95 pages. tiny mark to blank reverse of last page. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. extensive gift inscription on front e/p. from poet's great niece. Black titles spine & front. includes notes. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Poetry; United States; Poetry. Inventory No: 3063. .

Bowes & Bowes, Cambridge, 1931. First Edition. Paper Covers. Good/N/A. black titles spine & front; published for the Cambridge Antiquarian Society; Though the Index may appear to be rather slight, it is the only key we have to Cambridge matters contained in the many thousand volumes of Manuscripts which OxfordÂ’s Bodleian Library possesses, and its printing will open the door to many hitherto unknown manuscripts for all those who are interested in matters concerning the Town and University of Cambridge. Mr. Madan's work (as presented in Part I) appeared so valuable that J. H. Bullock was tempted to supplement it by adding similar notes upon the MSS. etc. relating to the County, which cannot be satisfactorily separated from the Town or even the University. Ultimately the supplement has proved twice the size of the original and the two parts together make an instrument of research which should be of real value to students of Cambridge and its County. light wear to bottom of… Read More

Robert Hale Ltd, London, 1976. First Edition. Red Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. black titles spine; "Jim Marsden changed his name to Greg Hallam when he received Jane Ordway's letter telling him of his brother Art's murder. He rode into Kansas determined to locate the killer to avenge Art's death, but found trouble as soon as he reached Jackson County, where his brother had held down a riding job with the Diamond 0 ranch. Hallam soon learned there was trouble between Diamond 0 and Van Belder's XBX, and it was popularly believed that one of Belder's gunnies had murdered Art. But popular belief was not proof, and Hallam set himself up against all comers in his determination to get the killer. Gunsmoke drifted and bullets hammered, but when it was all over he had succeeded in his grim quest."; price-intact D/J in non-removable protective plastic cover; library stamps to fep. & label to spine; 153 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"… Read More

Methuen, London, 1917. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Good/No Jacket. black titles & decoration spine; a selection of philosophical essays from three of Maeterlinck's later works, namely - 'Our Eternity', 'The Unknown Guest' & 'The Wrack of the Storm' - which give his views on such matters as communications with the dead, our ultimate consciousness, knowledge of the future, etc. & published here at a time when to quote the compiler - "Never in history have so many women and men, stricken suddenly and without warning, sought so unanimously and painfully to penetrate the veil wherein the world's oldest mystery is shrouded."; the pages are browned with age & their edges quite fragile; there is a tiny hole in the spine; 253 pages Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Philosophy; Afterlife; Psychic Phenomina; Mysticism; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: EST00166. .

Gower Pub. Co. Ltd, Aldershot, 1987. First Edition. Red Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. gilt titles spine, one of the 'Cambridge Studies in Criminology' series, mylar protected D/J., the results of a two-year study that interviewed 265 victims of rape, robbery, burglary, assault & 'snatch' theft to determine what effect the crime had on their lives & how much difference a visit from a V.S.S. volunteer made. With tables & bibliography - 276 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Victim Support; Criminology; Crime; England; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 0566054124. ISBN/EAN: 9780566054129. Inventory No: CRM00068. . 9780566054129

Signet, New York, 1972. Second Printing. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. red titles spine; "Norman Mailer presents himself once more as a witness of our times-inside the conventions, 1972, he eyes the candidates with skyrocket brilliance, smells their aura, feels around their crowds, and sniffs the general ambiance. Through potent description, philosophic genius, humor and compassion, great reporting becomes an art as Norman Mailer, with exquisite cunning and precision, exposes the forces that energize and characterize the American political arena."; 229 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Politics & Government; American Politics; 1972 Conventions; American Studies; United States; 1970s; History. ISBN: 045105122X. ISBN/EAN: 9780451051226. Inventory No: POL00003. . 9780451051226

Arrow Books, London, 1976. First Thus. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Jonathan Herovit is a science fiction writer in a state of deep personal and professional crisis. Whilst struggling to deal with his wife’s post-partum depression, his own alcoholism, and a long-overdue novel that he has no motivation to write, the pseudonym under which he writes begins talking to him.... This is the first Arrow edition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 209 pages. No Dust Jacket as published. White titles spine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction; Science Fiction & Fantasy. ISBN: 0099129205. ISBN/EAN: 9780099129202. Inventory No: 5041. . 9780099129202

The Harvill Press, London, 2003. First Edition. Black Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. gilt titles spine; black endpapers; CWA Gold Dagger Award winning author; "Herbert Molin, a retired police officer, is living alone in a remote cottage in the vast forests of Harjedalen in northern Sweden. He has two obsessions: one is the tango, and the other is a conviction that he is being hunted, constantly pursued by 'demons'. He has no close friends, no close neighbours, and by the time his body is found, Molin is almost unrecognisable. Stefan Lindman, a police officer on extended sick leave, hears of the death of his former colleague and, to take his mind off his own problems, decides to involve himself in the case. What he discovers, to his horror and disbelief, is a network of evil almost unimaginable in this remote district, and one which seems impossible to link to Molin's death. The Return of the Dancing Master explores a segment of Swedish society far from Kurt Wallander's southern… Read More

Methuen, London, 1974. First Edition. Brown Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Illustrator: Stobbs, William. gilt titles on green panel spine; light brown e/p's.; b/w, illusts.; "1 give you three gifts: the power to change yourself at will into a swift flyer, a swift runner, and a pretty plaything - the first a falcon; the second a stag; the third a kitten. So the good wizard grants the gifts to Sir Green Hat which enable him to overcome the wicked wiles and treachery of Sir Red. How Sir Green Hat finds the Beauty-of-the World, a quest Sir Red sets him, and finally marries Princess Miranda with the help of the wizard's gifts, make the opening tale particularly exciting and entertaining. Ruth Manning-Sanders has gathered the stories in this collection from countries as far apart as South Africa and Denmark, Japan and Brittany. Her original and highly readable style and masterly treatment in retelling folk tales is well illustrated in this latest volume."; the price-intact (& now… Read More

British Museum, London, 1900's. First Thus. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: School of Jean Bourdichon. Extract British Museum Process reproductions in colour from illuminated mss. No.43 being a leaf from a French 'Book of Hour's attibuted to the school of Jean Bourdichon of Tours, France about A.D. 1500. Jean Bourdichon (1457 or 1459 – 1521) was a miniature painter and manuscript illuminator at the court of France between the end of the 15th century and the start of the 16th century Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1 pages. Item Type: Extract. covers ar marked & foxed but the reproduction plate is clean other than a small damp-mark to the outer lower corner margin (not affecting picture). no Dust Jacket as published.. Illustrator: School of Jean Bourdichon. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Art & Design; France; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 3409. .