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Collectable children's arctic adventure. original blue pictorial boards.

In Two Volumes - both volumes are in one book. Part of the Time Life series Classics of Exploration. Leatherette binding with red and gilt inlaid frame to front board and red and gilt design and lettering (with raised bands) to spine. Facsimile of the 1898 edition, complete with fold-out map, preserving historical authenticity of the original work, including typographical errors and printing irregularities. With yellow ribbon bookmark, marbled endpapers.

In Two Volumes - both volumes are in one book. Part of the Time Life series Classics of Exploration. Leatherette binding with red and gilt inlaid frame to front board and red and gilt design and lettering (with raised bands) to spine. Facsimile of the 1898 edition, complete with fold-out map, preserving historical authenticity of the original work, including typographical errors and printing irregularities. With yellow ribbon bookmark, marbled endpapers.

In The Secret Battle A. P. Herbert tells the story of an idealistic, young officer called Harry Penrose. First in Gallipoli, then in the trenches of France, he is tested and brought to breaking point as he battles to retain the ideals of military glory, duty and courage amidst the daily grinding miseries of the trenches. It lays bare the real horrors of the First World War without melodrama, or sensationalism. The author tells his tale not with indignant protest, but with a sad resignation making this a haunting and deeply moving book.Despite the glowing accolades it would later receive, when it was first published in 1919, just a few months after the Armistice, a war-weary public were not ready for a book that so fundamentally challenged the assumptions and beliefs on which the war had been fought. Because of that it never quite gained the status it really deserved and deserves. Ninety years on it has lost none of its freshness, relevance and poignancy. It remains an incredibly touching story of what… Read More

Facsimile of the original (published posthumously in 1948) Extracts and information about M. P. Shields' great works of supernatural fantasy.

Early Science Fiction set 200,000,000 years in the future when Earth's continents and nature are no longer as we know them and humans are ruled by Gods and Goddesses, overseen by the all-powerful Ptath.

3 miles to 1 inch
1:200,000 scale
2km to 1 cm
Clear, place name index
Speed cameras with speed limits
15 city and town plans

Handy reference book for those who already know the basics.

Victor Frankenstein begins his anatomy experiments in a barn in the secluded village of Headington, near Oxford. The coroner's office provides the corpses he needs - but they have often died by violent means and are damaged and putrifying. Victor moves his coils and jars and electrical fluids to a deserted pottery manufactury in Limehouse. And, from Limehouse, makes contact with the Doomesday Men - the resurrectionists. Victor pays better than any hospital for the bodies of the very recently dead. Even so, perfect specimens are hard to come by... until that Thames-side dawn when Victor, waiting, wrapped in his greatcoat, on his wooden jetty, hears the splashing of oars and sees in the half-light that slung into the stern of the approaching boat is the corpse of a handsome young man, one hand trailing in the water....

This title covers the whole of English cultural history from its roots in the Anglo-Saxon period, through the centuries, to numerous examples from contemporary times. Explorations include: forgery and plagiarism; ruins and antiquarianism; the English love of miniatures; and drag acts.

The indispensable new horoscope bible, Astrolove, contains all the essential tips you need to navigate your way through your love life. It includes:
- Who you have great chemistry with and who you should avoid
- When you are most likely to date, relate, mate, procreate or separate
- What your partner's birthday says about his attitude to sex, kids or money
- Why you broke up with your ex - and how to make it work next time
- How to get the very best out of your relationship right now
- Fifty-four common relationship patterns
- Love styles of the rich and famous
Astrolove can help you time it right and cope better when things go wrong. Designed for singles and couples, this book will tell you all you need to know about what's around the romance corner. Don't venture into the dating game without it!

Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs. CONDITION: DJ worn, foxed and historically taped inside but intact, not price clipped. Foxing to edges. Binding good.

2nd Edition. Soft suede leather covered boards with gilt inlay design to front cover. Size 18x12x2cm. 373pp including index. Colour pictorial pastedowns. Mostly text, with b/w illustrations. CONDITION: Suede cover very worn but gilt still bright. Front gutter cracked. Binding poor. Some pages detached but present. Moderate foxing to prelims and edges. No inscriptions. Internal pages clean.

Classic whodunnit in a collectible edition.

Classic crime fiction.

Collectible crime fiction.

Wizards have always been powerful iconic figures. Baker focuses on various individuals - real and mythical - and their lives, powers and impact on history. He also offers wider insights into the practical uses of magic - such as spells and talismans - and the origins of secret magical societies.

Historical account of the famous plot to blow up the British Houses of Parliament in 1605.

1974 reprint. Brown cloth boards. 127pp.
'My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know.'In The Outsider (1942), his classic existentialist novel, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. Meursault, his anti-hero, will not lie. When his mother dies, he refuses to show his emotions simply to satisfy the expectations of others. And when he commits a random act of violence on a sun-drenched beach near Algiers, his lack of remorse compounds his guilt in the eyes of society and the law. Yet he is as much a victim as a criminal.Albert Camus' portrayal of a man confronting the absurd, and revolting against the injustice of society, depicts the paradox of man's joy in life when faced with the 'tender indifference' of the world.Sandra Smith's translation, based on close listening to a recording of Camus reading his work aloud on French radio in 1954, sensitively renders the subtleties and dream-like atmosphere of L'Étranger.Albert Camus (1913-1960),… Read More

The History of Sci-Fi from War of the Worlds to 2001. First edition, first printing.