All Old Books

A History of Bentley racing cars at Le Mans from 1923 - 1930. With a foreword by Wolf Barnato.

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D. J. Scannell

£30.00

Le Mans 1953

A description of the 1953 Le Mans 24-Hours Race, written by the secretary of the British Racing Drivers' Club. With an introduction by race veteran S.C.H. "Sammy" Davis.

W. H. Bartlett

£40.00

The Pilgrim Fathers

A history of the "Pilgrim Fathers," with chapters on the origins of their religious dissent in England and Holland, the voyage of The Mayflower and the settlement in New England.

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Samuel E. Chamberlain

Recollections of a Rogue

Colourful tales of the authors experiences in both love and battle, as a young man in the Mexican war and its aftermath.

Margaret Leech

Reveille in Washington 1860 - 1865

The story of the transformation of Washington during the Civil War, written in a vivid novelistic style. A bestseller when published.

Erna Fergusson

£20.00

Dancing Gods

Describes the dances and rituals of the native peoples of the South West, including Hopi, Navaho, Apache and Pueblo People.

Garcilaso de la Vega

£40.00

The Florida of the Inca

Eliot Dismore Chapple and Carleton Stevens Coon

Originally written in 1605, an account of the doomed attempt of the conquest of North America by Hernando de Soto; as told to the author by a member of that expedition.

Principles of Anthropology

Sir Arthur Grimble and Rosemary Grimble

An extensive investigation in to the scientific analysis of human relations and behaviour.

£30.00

Migrations, Myth and Magic from The Gilbert Islands

Known for his influential book on the Pacific "A Pattern of Islands," Sir Arthur Grimble spent more than 20 years among the Gilbertese people. His field notes and writings are here compiled and illustrated by his daughter.

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Julian Huxley

£28.00

Evolution, The Modern Synthesis

A defence of Darwinism, argued with detailed analysis of contemporary scientific advances, including genetic theory as understood at the time.

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Joan Wolfenden

Recipes to Relish: Good Cooking and Entertaining at Home

A large selection of recipes both from home and adapted from the kitchens of The Peacock Vane Hotel.

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Robert Harris

£80.00

Fatherland (Signed copy)

Set in a world that almost existed but never was. A gripping thriller in the Berlin that Hitler planned, if only he had prevailed...

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Eleanor Catton

£65.00

The Luminaries (Signed copy)

Set in the C19th goldrush in New Zealand, this structurally clever and unusual novel is both a gripping mystery and a ghost story.

Isabella Bird

£250.00

The Golden Chersonese

A vivid account of the intrepid author's travels in the Malay Peninsular in the late 1800's. Isabella Bird is perhaps best known for her earlier "A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains."

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J.R.R. Tolkien

£70.00

The Hobbit

Bilbo Baggins' journey "There and back again," with many perilous adventures and wonderous characters in between.

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Aesop

£150.00

The Fables of Aesop, Illustrated by Edward. J. Detmold.

Children

A comprehensive collection of over 300 fables, from The Hare and the Tortoise to The Fox and the Grapes.

Britta-Lisa Joutsen

£12.00

Lingonberries in the Snow