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A LAODICEAN: A STORY OF TO-DAY (THE NEW WESSEX EDITION)
Written by Thomas Hardy; Barbara Hardy; Ernest Hardy.
Stock no. 1831231
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A novel. Paula Power inherits a medieval castle from her industrialist father who had purchased it from the aristocratic De Stancy family. She employs two architects, one local and one, George Somerset, newly qualified from London... Introduction by Barbara Hardy, notes by Ernest Hardy. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine and circular TH logo to front. 429 pages. Top edge green. ISBN: 0333177657. Green dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges, lightly browned to spine, minor mark to rear panel. A lovely copy.

MY LIFE IN RUGBY
Written by Terry Holmes.
Stock no. 1330874
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Holmes speaks of the triumphs and tragedies of his magnificent career. Peach boards, gilt title to spine. 181 pages including index. B/w photos. ISBN: 0333402294. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is a tiny bit sunned to spine.

MACMILLAN 1957-1986: VOLUME II OF THE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY
Written by Alistair Horne.
Stock no. 1830995
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1989. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A masterly account of Harold Macmillan's Prime Ministership (1957 - 63) and emergence as one of the most influential international statesmen of the 20th century. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xvii and 741 pages including index. ISBN: 0333496213. Boards are clean. Text block a little grubby to lower edge and a little foxing to top edge. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and last few pages. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily foxed to flaps and a little scuffed.

VICTORIANS ABROAD
Written by John S. Goodall. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 1830449
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine and vignettes. Colour illustrations throughout. No text. ISBN: 0333284534. A lovely copy.

A DOUBLE LIFE: NEWLY DISCOVERED THRILLERS OF LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Written by Louisa M. Alcott; Madeleine B. Stern; Fay Weldon.
Stock no. 1829527
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st UK 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

As the creator of the March family in Little Women, Louisa May Alcott has touched the lives of millions of readers. Yet before that success, Alcott rebelled against the literary conventions of her day. In tales published anonymously in the 'tabloids' of the mid-nineteenth century, she confronted subjects considered too shocking for the book-reading public. Five of those thrillers, recently discovered to be her work, are collected for the first time in this volume. Preface by Fay Weldon, Introduction by Madeleine B. Sterne. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 246 pages. ISBN: 0333490339. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Browning to pastedowns underneath the dustwrapper flaps. Page browning throughout. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and a little grubby and scuffed.

SEA-RUNNING!
Written by Maxie Lane.
Stock no. 1827781
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Sequel to 'Running!' which told of its author's whirlwind childhood and adolescence. This biography drops him in 1940, at the age of 24, on his first ship and newest adventure. Sea-Running! takes up the story in the same sentence as it left off, and pursues it in the same exhilarating fashion. A string of memorable merchant ships showed Maxie the wartime world, and he shared the twilit world of the boiler-rooms with men who were many times larger than life. Blue cloth boards, yellow title to spine. ISBN: 0333236513. A nice, clean copy. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

LONE BULL'S HORSE RAID
Written by Paul Goble; Dorothy Goble. Illustrated by Paul Goble.
Stock no. 2135934
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A young Ogala Sioux tells how he and his best friend joined a party setting out against the neighbouring Crows, and experienced their first horse raid. The pictures take their inspiration from Plains Indian paintings of the period 1860-1900 when the story takes place. Pictorial matt boards. Colour illustrations. Large format. ISBN: 0333147545. Foxing and browning to covers, endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some grubby marks.

ESCAPADE
No author listed. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 2128485
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Red and white decorated boards. Silhouette illustrations. Story of a lost canary. No Text. ISBN: 0333285426. Light wear to cover edges. Contents are excellent!

VICTORIANS ABROAD
Written by John S. Goodall. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 1815767
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine and vignettes. Colour illustrations throughout. No text. ISBN: 0333284534. A few minor foxspots present.

MR COGG AND HIS COMPUTER
Written by Carolyn Sloan. Illustrated by Glenys Ambrus.
Stock no. 714427
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Sometimes Mr Cogg wondered whether having a computer with a mind of its own didn't create more problems than it solved! Pink boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0333227581. Spine bumped. Foxing to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is worn at edges with a couple of small closed tears, one old tape repair on verso.