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This is a selection of quotations, poems, anecdotes and extracts about London over its long history, illustrated with specially commissioned location photography and a variety of scenes from rarely exhibited watercolours, prints and drawings in the collection of the British Museum.

Jean harris, Mary-Ann Cotton, Denise Labbe, Lizzie Borden, Ruth Ellis, Claire Raymond, Marie Lafarge, Louise Masset, Adelaide Bartlett, Constance Kent, and many others. Illustrated in b/w

There has been a tendency until recently to think of our history and ancestors in terms of epochs. Schoolbooks of the 1960s and 70s insisted that we were little more than savages until the civilized Romans came along; then the Romans became Christians and converted us too; then the Saxons arrived and we converted them; then the Vikings, and so-on up to the present day. History is, of course much more complicated than that model, and it is the survival against the odds of so much of our native pagan culture that has enabled the revival of Paganism as a thriving spiritual movement in modern times. Those pagan traditions, thanks in part to folklorists and archaeologists are now being uncovered and have provided the building blocks for the modern Pagan revival. This book takes the reader on a journey through the sacred landscape of England, visiting some of the lesser known sites of interest and exploring some of the stranger and often pagan aspects of folklore, music, tradition, literature, myth and… Read More

This is the untold story of Tom Wintringham, a founder-member of the British Communist Party and a great character, described in the New Dictionary of National Biography as a 'uniquely British revolutionary'.

This is the untold story of Tom Wintringham, a founder-member of the British Communist Party and a great character, described in the New Dictionary of National Biography as a 'uniquely British revolutionary'.

First UK edition. Illustrated by Jim McMullan. Size 23 x 17cm. 66pp. Collectible children's book about a cat who finds its perfect home. Aimed at 8 - 9 year olds, to read themselves.

1978 reprint of the 1968 1st edition. Professional children's entertainment with magic and puppets

...which specially pertain to Natty Bumppo otherwise known as Pathfinder, Deerslayer, or Hawkeye; the whole arranged in chronological order from Haweye's youth on the New York frontier in King George's War until his death on the Western Prairies in Jefferson's administration.Slight graze on ffep.

Chosen as a Book of the Year in The Times Literary Supplement, the Evening Standard, the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, The Times'A brilliant novel of deception, love and trust to join his supreme cannon' Evening Standard'Vintage le Carré. Immensely clever, breathtaking. Really, not since The Spy Who Came in from the Cold has le Carré exercised his gift as a storyteller so powerfully and to such thrilling effect' John Banville, GuardianPeter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, has retired to his family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret London are to be scrutinised by a generation with no memory of the Cold War. Somebody must be made to pay for innocent blood once spilt in the name of the greater good.Interweaving past with present so that… Read More

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

'Legends of Blood' looks at the myths and beliefs of ancient Greece and Egypt; the medieval witch craze and its links with vampirism and lycanthropy; the association between vampirism and alchemy; eastern European vampirism; Gothic literature; the modern vampire in literature and film; the popular image of the vampire and the survival of the myth.

Brian Moynahan was an award-winning foreign correspondent and European editor with the Sunday Times. His many books include The Faith: A History of Christianity, The Russian Century, Comrades, The Claws of the Bear, Rasputin. Forgotten Soldiers, his first book for Quercus, was published in 2007 with Jungle Soldier following in 2009.

A small town husband and wife, living a life like any other - only they weren't human............

Copy preparation, typesetting, lining up of lettering, etc. Pre computer age.

Collection of 22 Heron Library of Crime books. Condition - good, general wear. Titles:
The Longer the Thread by Emma Lathen, The Memory Man by Derek Lambert, The Fourth Side of The Triangle by Ellery Queen, At Last Mr Tolliver by William Weigand, The Bastard by John Wainwright, The Blue Hammer by Ross MacDonald, The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, Death in a White Tie by Ngaio Marsh, A Demon in My View by Ruth Rendell, Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey, Cast In Order of Disappearance by Simon Brett, Head of the Force by James Barnett, Wobble to Death by Peter Lovesey, Captive Audience by Jessica Mann, Garvey's Code by Roger Busby, Slowly the Poison by June Drummond, City of Gold and Shadows by Ellis Peters, The Second Man by Edward Grierson, The Abominable Man by Sjowall & Wahoo, Murder Murder Little Star by Marion Babson, Last Seen Wearing by Hillary Waugh, The Murders at Impasse Louvain by Richard Grayson.

Well illustrated and easily readable in bitesize sections. This is the history of William the Conqueror, the winner of The Battle of Hastings in 1066 and the father of England as we know it.

Originally part of a three book Folio set. This offer is one book only. Used, near fine. No slipcase. Light wear to boards. Very clean internally.

Undated. c. 1949. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth boards. 378pp. Popular Western, originally published by Harper and Brothers in 1914 and also made into Hollywood Movies on a number of occasions. "A thrilling romance of the Southwest, the wide spaces, the dangers of border life. The theme is the making of a strong man by a woman's trust in him. Wearied with the artificiality of society, a New York girl buys a ranch, and her cowboys, old and young, look upon her as a queen. She is captured by guerrillas, but is rescued by the man who later she risks her own life to save from Mexican bullets." (from dust jacket flap). CONDIION: DJ worn and grubby, chipped at edges, now in protective poly cover. Boards/spine - small marks, bumping to spine ends but clean and intact. Internally very clean. No inscriptions. Binding very good.

Lovely bright copy of this charming nineteenth-century children's book. Illustrated throughout with b/w line drawings in the typical Victorian style.

A digital reproduction of historical literature.
Synopsis:
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
From the Back Cover of a different edition:
"One of the best suspense novels ever written." The New York Times"This is a beautifully wrought novel of psychological suspense that should have a place on any mystery buff's shelf of classics." Chicago Sun-TimesThe Ripper murders still arouse excitement, and The Lodger has lost none of its hushed, chilling terror over the years." The Drood Review of MysteryInspired by the notorious Whitechapel… Read More