Search Results: Good Reads from West Wessex Books

London: Michael Joseph, 1997. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 271pp. In slighty worn dj, clean copy, no inscriptions, not price clipped..

Sussex: New Horizon, 1960. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 181pp. this is the true story of a mother`s struggle to rid herself of chronic illness with the help of a new medical approach -clinical ecology, the unsuspected enemy is very often some ordinary everyday foods or inhalants. Soft cover a little used, but clean and firm otherwise..

London: Michael Joseph, 1989. Book. Illus. by John Lawrence. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 161pp With drawn illustrations. Seven stories from Roald Dahl. Clean and firm in price clipped dj. Gift inscription on the first page..

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1922. Book. Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 316pp. A nice clean copy, red illustrated cloth cover, edges a little bumped,spine slighlty faded, not inscribed, clean and firm inside and out..

London: The Amalgamated Press Ltd, 1958. Book. Good. Paperback. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 160pp. Short stories by John collier , david walker , leslie bonnet, john kruse, and others. In decent condition, small tear to back at spine 1/2", slight soiling to rear cover, slight spotting to page edges..

London: The Amalgamated Press Ltd, 1949. Book. Good. Paperback. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 160pp. Short stories by Eric knight, James Thurber, Wynford Vaughan Thomas, Liam O'Flaherty and others. In decent condition, small tear to back at spine 1/2", slight soiling to rear cover, slight spotting to page edges..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1956. Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 315pp. Decent copy in tatty dj. Not price clipped, no inscriptions. A story of the Artic Convoys to Russia..

London: The Reprint Society 1964, 1964. Book. Good +. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, cloth, with dj. 254pp. Excellent condition. clean and bright..

London: Collins, 1942. Book. Fair. Cloth. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cloth. Fair/Fair. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 288pp. A historical novel of the English civil war. Slightly battered with a little fade to top edge of cover, dj internal tape repair. Previuos owners name. Not price clipped..

Oxford: Oxford Univeristy Press, 1986. Book. Good +. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 216pp, Lovely clean paperback, not inscribed, sound throughout..

London: Batsford., 1936. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Fair. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 120pp with index, colour frontis and many other b/w illustrations/old prints and pictures, modern photographs, pictorial endpapers, cloth faded and worn through down length of spine, wear to corners. internally clean, no inscriptions. An unusual book..

London: Nicolson & Watson, 1938. Book. Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Decorative Cloth. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 575pp, maps of Normandy/Scotland. Royal lines of descent for Scotland, from James, High Steward of Scotland to James VI, and for England, John II to Elizabeth. A novel. The story of James Stewart, his strange life and terrible death. Previous owners names to title, one in pencil, a v.few spots to page edges, a fraction loose due to weight of book. A good story..

London: Readers Union, 1959. Book. Good +. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with dj, 198pp. A second volume of autobiography. Very clean all round..

Japan: New English Library, 1978. Book. Good. Paperback. 1st Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 192pp. A good read! Spine a little used, pages slightly yellowed, otherwise sound and clean throughout!.

London: Faber & Faber, 1931. Book. Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. cloth,446pp. Gilt title on spine. Worn at corners and top of spine, spotting to cover, a little foxing to endpapers, name on f.paper, a little spilt at rear hinge, some faintish markings top page edges. Still a very nice book..

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1951. Book. Good +. Cloth. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 541pp with index.. A very useful and interesting history of the century and a quarter between the Domesday Book and The Magna Carta...Dustjacket is worn with small tears to corners...small tidy gift inscription to f.endpaper. title and author in gilt to spine, covers clean and bright, firm and clean internally..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 861pp. A little faint spotting to top page edges, and some small light marks (scrapes) to lower edge of rear cover, a little worn from normal wear and tear but v.good and firm, corners a little turned but not worn, a couple of light bumps to top edge. Title on spine with tiny star to above left. certainly a 'long' read..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Three novels in one, gwen an idyll of the canyon is illustrated, green cloth cover with red leather spine, pages a little yellow, but a great and unusual copy, nevertheless..

London: Collins, 1955. Book. Fair. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 320pp, map and drawing to endpapers. Some light scrape marks to part fron cover, not stained, page edges a little dusted. Good reading copy..

London: Collins, 1949. Book. Fair. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 255pp. Collins Crime Club. A couple of v.small marks to covers, spotting to page edges, top a little dusted,book firm and internally clean..