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Robert S. Surtees
£75.00

Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour

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Amusing sporting tales of the (mis)adventures of Mr. Sponge and a large cast of characters.

Walter Bessant and James Rice
£25.00

By Celia's Arbour: A Tale of Portsmouth Town

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Written by two now neglected contemporaries of Dickens, this tale is full of authentic details of Portsmouth in the 1840's and 50's.

A.J. Russell
£35.00

Christ Comes to Town

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An imaginary tale of what would happen if Christ and His Disciples returned to live on earth in the author's own generation.

Ian Fleming
£80.00

The Spy Who Loved Me

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Unusually for a Bond book, the narrator is Vivienne Michel, telling the tale of her night of terror in New York State.

Eleanor Farjeon
£40.00

Cherrystones

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Charming poems for children, based on the traditional cherry stone counting rhyme.

Dylan Thomas
£80.00

Under Milk Wood

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Dylan Thomas' iconic "play for voices," completed within a month of his early death.

W.H. Auden and Louis MacNeice
£36.00

Letters from Iceland

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Part travelogue, part imagination, this unusual book takes the form of letters written during the summer of 1936.

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Charles Williams and C.S. Lewis
£100.00

Arthurian Torso

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A detailed commentary on the unfinished prose work on the Arthurian Legend of Charles Williams, by C.S. Lewis.

Richard Marsh
£50.00

The Beetle: A Mystery

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A shape shifting ancient Egyptian entity seeks revenge on a British member of parliament.

Francis and Vera Meynell, Editors.
£25.00

The Weekend Book (1939 Nonesuch edition decorated by Edward Bawden)

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A lovely edition of the famous anthology. Containing poetry, music, maps cocktails and all manner of other pleasantries.

Josephine Tey
£40.00

The Singing Sands

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On a train to the Highlands, the mystery of dead passenger takes over Inspectors hoped for holiday.

Josephine Tey
£35.00

Miss Pym Disposes

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Miss Lucy Pym, Psychologist, finds herself swept in to college intrigues and a suspicious accident in the gym.

Josephine Tey
£45.00

To Love and be Wise

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"Was he murdered? Was it suicide? Was he even dead?" Inspector Grant eventually alights on the right trail.

Josephine Tey
£40.00

The Franchise Affair

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The Mother and daughter occupants of the unusually named house "The Franchise," are victims of an amazing accusation.

Georges Simenon
£24.00

The Door

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Not Maigret, but a study in jealousy by the French master of crime.

Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood
£25.00

The Bat

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A "country house" mystery in rural New York, the indomitable Miss Van Gorder leads an assorted cast of characters.

Gil North
£32.00

The Methods of Sergeant Cluff

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"... the Sergeant, from the moment he strolls unhurriedly on to the scene of the crime, his dog Clive at his heels, has his own ideas as usual..."

Gil North
£32.00

Sergeant Cluff and the Madmen

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"Sergeant Cluff, unorthodox, compassionate and essentially human, fighting a battle against himself as well as against crime, is torn from his cottage by call of duty."

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