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A comprehensive new reference work on the trees of the world, with fully illustrated A-Z directory.
The Firefly Encyclopedia of Trees covers the entire world of trees with outstanding text and abundant illustrations and photography. Forests and woods cover 30% of the world's land surface. This book describes the forest ecosystem and the four major forest types of the world: boreal, temperate, subtropical, tropical.
The main part of the encyclopedia is the A-Z directory of the world's trees:
Other interesting features of the encyclopedia include:
The Firefly Encyclopedia of Trees features the familiar as well as the exotic. The Baobab, for instance, can store tens of thousands of gallons in water in its light, fleshy wood, remains leafy during droughts, and provides a natural source of water for people and animals alike.

Academic text. Includes fold-out plan of the Roman Forum. Dust jacket very worn at edges (not price clipped). Book good - ownership inscription on ffep. Dust marked on edges. Internally clean.

The Royal Navy's small vessels and armoured cars in the Great WarThis book has been created by Leonaur's editors by bringing together historical accounts from Conrad Cato's two books, 'The Navy in Mesopotamia 1914-17' and 'The Navy Everywhere.' Cato was a serving officer in the Royal Navy in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) and drew on his own experiences for his first book which originally-and unusually-contained both non-fiction and fictional pieces. The fiction has been removed from this edition to allow the whole of the author's second book, about the actions of the Royal Navy at war in East Africa and in the Cameroons, to be included here. Cato describes the activities of the first 'kite-balloon' ship, 'HMS Manica,' at Gallipoli and in East Africa, before dealing with the Tangistani Raids in the Persian Gulf , the Red Sea patrol, the Aden patrol and the little known activities of the navy's armoured cars in Romania and in Serbia. Cato does not attempt to give a formal history, but instead informs us… Read More

Courtroom goings on, from which the film adaptation "The Boultling Brothers" was made. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering and white wig design to spine, covered with pictorial dust jacket. CONDITION: Used, good. DJ shows wear and chipping around the edges. Age-tanning to prelims, light foxing to edges. Clean. No inscriptions. Binding very good. Two extra titles written in pencil/pen, very lightly and neatly at end of 'Also by Henry Cecil'.

Courtroom drama from the master. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering and white wig design to spine, covered with pictorial dust jacket, designed by Riviere. CONDITION: Used, good. DJ shows chipping on edges and age-marking. Book edges foxed. Light usage marks but no inscriptions.

Courtroom drama by the author of Brothers in Law. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering and white wig design to spine, covered with pictorial dust jacket - designed by Mahood. CONDITION: Used, good. DJ - fair: two large tears to front edges, heavy usage marking, fading to spine, not price clipped. Book: light tanning and foxing to edges, age-related discolouration on prelims, internally clean, binding very good.

Classic fiction from the master of Courtroom Drama

Classic courtroom drama by one of the most popular authors in the genre.
Dust jacket artwork by Mahood. Boards black with gilt lettering and white wig design to spine.
Used, very good. Dust jacket worn and chipped on edges, faded on spine, light foxing and use-marked on back, not price clipped. Book - boards clean, end pages clean, light age-discolouration to pre-title page, foxing to edges, no inscriptions, binding very good.

The final unsettling collection of the author's weird and supernatural fictionRobert W. Chambers most famous and most highly regarded work is undoubtedly, 'The King in Yellow'-a collection of stories held by the common theme of a drama of the same title which drives those who read it to insanity. It is widely accepted that this work is one of the most important in the whole library of American supernatural writing. Nevertheless, it is but part of Chambers' output in the field of weird and supernatural writings, so this special Leonaur collection of Chambers fiction in the genre-which of course includes the stories that comprise 'The King in Yellow'-runs to a satisfying four substantial volumes. Leonaur editions are available in softcover and hardback with dust jacket for collectors.This final volume includes the novel long 'The Hidden Children,' and two short stories.

Chambers' early novel explores the mysteries of the unknown. "Very genuine, though not without the typical mannered extravagance of the eighteen-nineties, is the strain of horror in the early work of Robert W. Chambers . . . One cannot help regretting that he did not further develop a vein in which he could so easily have become a recognised master." -- H.P. Lovecraft. (Includes a brief introduction by Lovecraft.)

The third chilling collection of the author's weird and supernatural fictionRobert W. Chambers most famous and most highly regarded work is undoubtedly, 'The King in Yellow'-a collection of stories held by the common theme of a drama of the same title which drives those who read it to insanity. It is widely accepted that this work is one of the most important in the whole library of American supernatural writing. Nevertheless, it is but part of Chambers' output in the field of weird and supernatural writings, so this special Leonaur collection of Chambers fiction in the genre-which of course includes the stories that comprise 'The King in Yellow'-runs to a satisfying four substantial volumes. Leonaur editions are available in softcover and hardback with dust jacket for collectors.This third volume includes the novel 'The Tracer of Lost Persons,' four novelettes 'The Maker of Moons,' 'The Street of Our Lady of the Fields,' 'The Street of the First Shell' and 'The White Shadow' and nine short stories.

The second nightmarish volume of the author's collected weird and supernatural fictionRobert W. Chambers most famous and most highly regarded work is undoubtedly, 'The King in Yellow'-a collection of stories held by the common theme of a drama of the same title which drives those who read it to insanity. It is widely accepted that this work is one of the most important in the whole library of American supernatural writing. Nevertheless, it is but part of Chambers' output in the field of weird and supernatural writings, so this special Leonaur collection of Chambers fiction in the genre-which of course includes the stories that comprise 'The King in Yellow'-runs to a satisfying four substantial volumes. Leonaur editions are available in softcover and hardback with dust jacket for collectors.The second volume includes two novels 'The Search of the Unknown' and 'The Green Mouse,' two novelettes 'The Messenger' and 'The Repairer of Reputations' and four short stories.

The second nightmarish volume of the author's collected weird and supernatural fictionRobert W. Chambers most famous and most highly regarded work is undoubtedly, 'The King in Yellow'-a collection of stories held by the common theme of a drama of the same title which drives those who read it to insanity. It is widely accepted that this work is one of the most important in the whole library of American supernatural writing. Nevertheless, it is but part of Chambers' output in the field of weird and supernatural writings, so this special Leonaur collection of Chambers fiction in the genre-which of course includes the stories that comprise 'The King in Yellow'-runs to a satisfying four substantial volumes. Leonaur editions are available in softcover and hardback with dust jacket for collectors. Leonaur hardbacks feature real cloth bindings, gold foil embossed lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.The second volume includes two novels 'The Search of the Unknown' and 'The Green Mouse,'… Read More

An American master of the fictional nightmareRobert W. Chambers most famous and most highly regarded work is undoubtedly, 'The King in Yellow'-a collection of stories held by the common theme of a drama of the same title which drives those who read it to insanity. It is widely accepted that this work is one of the most important in the whole library of American supernatural writing. Nevertheless, it is but part of Chambers' output in the field of weird and supernatural writings, so this special Leonaur collection of Chambers fiction in the genre-which of course includes the stories that comprise 'The King in Yellow'-runs to a satisfying four substantial volumes. Leonaur editions are available in softcover and hardback with dust jacket for collectors.The first volume includes the novel 'The Slayer of Souls,' the novelette 'The Man at the Next Table,' and fourteen short stories. CONDITION: Very good. Light shelf wear and a crease across the front cover. Otherwise, clean.

Collectible copy of this The Saint adventure.
Used, good. General wear and tanning. Slight marks to front cover. Binding good. No deliberate marks.

Since her death, Marilyn Monroe has been the subject of some 600 books, scores of which claim to be biographies, and all of which promise to uncover the "real Marilyn". But the biographies can't agree on many of the most sensational details of the life of the 20th century's most famous woman. Rather than offering another "definitive life", Sarah Churchwell's book looks at the writing of Marilyn Monroe's many life stories, comparing the competing versions of some of the key moments in her life including: her father's identity, her mother's mental problems, her alleged childhood molestation, her teenage marriage, stories of prostitution and the casting couch, abortions, narcissism, her own psychological problems, her marriages to two other legends, her difficulties on the set and with directors, her affairs with one or both of the Kennedy brothers and, of course, the highly charged debates about her death. Churchwell looks at how these stories have continued to trivialize a woman we supposedly "worship"… Read More

A guide to the history and ideas underpinning Dan Brown's novels.

The perfect gift for any enthusiastic Ripperologist! Signed by both authors and in new condition.
New. Signed by both authors.

Classic novel, following the escapades of Peter Willems, a man on the run. First published in 1896. This edition is a well-presented Folio copy.

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. Explanatory insert included. Contains maps and illustrations. Facsimile of the 1810 edition, preserving historical authenticity of the original work, including typographical errors and printing irregularities. With yellow ribbon bookmark, marbled endpapers.