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There are 18 books in this catalogue.
THE LAST MASTER. Passion and Anger; Passion and Glory; Passion and Pain. A fictional biography of Ludwig van Beethoven.
Suchet, John
Book Number: 66158
ISBN: 
Publisher: Warner Books, London 2000.
3 Volumes. 8vo. softcovers. pp.622,468,401. Good, Vol. 2 &3 covered in clear adhesive plastic. Foxing to edges. Volume 2 & 3 have owner's names on feps. Volume 1 inscribed & signed by author.

Price: $30.00


The Devils Own: Sergeant 'Fancy Jack' Crossman and the Battle of the Alma
Kilworth, Garry Douglas
Book Number: 51110
ISBN: 1841195243
Publisher: Robinson Publishing July 25, 2002
8vo softcover 368pp near fine. First of the colourful exploits of 'Fancy Jack' Crossman; The Crimean War is notoriously one of the most brutal and bloody conflicts of the nineteenth century. In an uneasy allience with the French, the Turks and the Sardinians, British soldiers faced death both on the battlefield from the fierce Cossacks and off it from cholera. Sergeant Jack Crossman, referred to by his admiring comrades as 'Fancy Jack', a tough, shrewd and skilful soldier, is part of the proud 88th regiment, the Connaught Rangers, also known as The Devil's Own. Within the regiment Crossman is picked out to lead a covert operation, well knowing that his success or failure could determine the outcome of the war. Gary Kilworth is a master of the period, and of writing sharp, page-turning military adventure.

Price: $25.00


Priory Corner. a Portland Tale
Protheroe, A.h. Penny
Book Number: 33049
ISBN: 
Publisher: Creed. n.d. circa 1989
8vo. grey stapled softcover. 71pp. very good, owner''s inscription inside front cover. SIGNED by author on fep.

Price: $15.00


The Captive of Kensington Palace
Plaidy, Jean
Book Number: 30643
ISBN: 070912774x
Publisher: London, Hale 1972
8vo. hardcover. 285pp. very good. / very good d/w.

Price: $18.00


Victoria in the Wings
Plaidy, Jean
Book Number: 34967
ISBN: 
Publisher: London: Book Club 1972.
8vo. hardcover. 349pp. very good. / very good d/w.

Price: $18.00


The Indiscretions of the Queen
Plaidy, Jean.
Book Number: 27221
ISBN: 
Publisher: London. Robert Hale. 1970 1st ed.
8vo. hardcover. 352pp. very good, light foxing to endpapers. / good, chipped d/w.

Price: $15.00


The Lion of Justice
Plaidy, Jean
Book Number: 30641
ISBN: 0709147015
Publisher: London, Hale 1975
8vo. hardcover. 285pp. very good. / very good d/w.

Price: $18.00


It began in Vauxhall Gardens
Plaidy, Jean
Book Number: 30631
ISBN: 0709101090
Publisher: London: Robert Hale, 1971.
8vo. hardcover. 318pp. very good, tape marks inside covers. / very good d/w.

Price: $25.00


The Third George
Plaidy, Jean
Book Number: 30629
ISBN: 0709107285
Publisher: London: Robert Hale, 1969.
8vo. hardcover. 352pp. very good. / very good d/w.

Price: $12.00


Caroline the Queen
Plaidy, Jean
Book Number: 30626
ISBN: 0709101082
Publisher: London: Robert Hale, 1968.
8vo. hardcover. 351pp. very good. / very good clipped d/w.

Price: $18.00


Goddess of the Green Room
Plaidy, Jean
Book Number: 30625
ISBN: 0709124333
Publisher: London: Robert Hale, 1971.
8vo. hardcover. 351pp. very good. / very good d/w.

Price: $18.00


The Captive Queen of Scots
Plaidy, Jean
Book Number: 30632
ISBN: 0709111576
Publisher: London, Hale 1972
8vo. hardcover. 410pp. very good. / very good, clipped d/w.

Price: $18.00


Victoria in the Wings
Plaidy, Jean
Book Number: 30622
ISBN: 0709128967
Publisher: London: Robert Hale, 1972.
8vo. hardcover. 349pp. very good. / very good d/w.' ' '

Price: $18.00


The Haunted Sisters
Plaidy, Jean.
Book Number: 27223
ISBN: 
Publisher: London. Robert Hale. 1966
8vo. hardcover. 317pp. very good, light foxing to endpapers. / good, chipped d/w.

Price: $25.00


Rasero
Rebolledo, Francisco
Book Number: 43495
ISBN: 1857994124
Publisher: Phoenix mass market p/bk 1996
8vo softcover 570pp very good. Remainder mark at page bottoms. Winner of the Mobil Pegasus Prize for Literature. At the court of Louis XV in Versailles, Don Fausto de Rasero y Oquendo is a privileged participant and withness to one of the most intellectually thrilling, sensually all-consuming periods of European life. Through his eyes we glimpse the revolutionary ferment of eighteenth-century France, the gossip of Madame de Pompadour and the first performance at court of the infant Mozart. Astonishingly rich, teeming, evocative and playful, Rasero is a dazzling recreation of mesmeric individual in an epoch-making era.

Price: $8.00


The Voyage of the "Destiny" - Walter Ralegh
Nye, Robert
Book Number: 50682
ISBN: 0340625643
Publisher: Sceptre February 16, 1995
8vo softcover 400pp very good. Nye paints a robust portrait of a clever adventurer and courtier determined to drain every ounce of possibility out of each and every experience. Returning to England after surviving his disastrous voyage, Raleigh is once again sentenced to death by King James. Interspersed with snippets of Raleigh's own poetry, this entertaining account of an Elizabethan idol is a richly textured piece of historical fiction.

Price: $6.00


We Speak No Treason: v. 2
Jarman, Rosemary Hawley
Book Number: 51231
ISBN: 0552090344
Publisher: Corgi Childrens September 22, 1972
8vo softcover 352pp Very good. Set against the passions, chivalry, tragedy and bloodshed of the 15th century - that at last dares to question the verdict of hisotry on Richard III.

Price: $6.00


The Colour
Tremain, Rose
Book Number: 30750
ISBN: 0701172967
Publisher: Chatto and Windus, 2003
8vo hardcover 320pp. endpaper maps. fine / very good+ d/w. Fabulous historical novel set against the background of the gold rush in New Zealand in the mid-19th century. The colour is mining slang for gold.

Price: $8.00