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  • Days of Yore A History of Masham and district compiled by Susan Cuncliffe-Lister

    £10.00

    Published by Susan Cunliffe-Lister, 1978. 23cm x 15cm, 213 pages, b&w photos, illustrations and maps throughout. A history of North Yorkshire’s Masham from Early Britons up to 1970s. There is an unsent, unused postcard of Masham’s Market Place laid in. Condition: clean contents but covers somewhat worn and yellowed with age plus page edges browned.

  • Enlightenment by Roy Porter

    £3.00

    Penguin, 2001. Reprint. 20cm by 13cm, 727 pages. Sub-titled: Britain and the Creation of the Modern World and described by one reviewer as “A sparkling compendium of eighteenth-century ideas-in-action….” Condition: Minor edge-wear to corners of wraps and page edges are uniformly browned/yellowed with age. Looks unread.

  • Glastonbury or The English Jerusalem by Rev C Marson 1925

    £8.00

    Glastonbury or The English Jerusalem by Rev C.L. Marson.Third edition, 1925 published by The George Gregory Bookstore, Bath. Subtitled The Historic Guide to the English Jerusalem with sketches by H.S. Stewart and other illustrations. Bluecloth hardback 18.5cm by 12.5cm, 106 pages.The author’s Preface begins “In presenting a short outline of a splendid subject, the writer…

  • Granta 101, Spring 2008

    £3.00

    The Magazine of New Writing edited by Jason Cowley and featuring Hilary Mantel, Annie Proulx, Douglas Coupland and more.21cm by 14.5cm 286 pages. Condition: Miniscule shelf-wear. Appears unread. N.B. We have more copies of Granta in stock but as yet uncatalogued. Ask for more details.

  • Granta 53, Spring 1996

    £3.00

    A paperback magazine of new writing edited by Ian Jack. This issue’s theme is News and features Zoe Heller, Gordon Burn, Fintan O’Toole and more. 21cm by 14.5cm 256 pages. Condition: Crease down front cover and covers slightly yellowed with age. N.B. We have more copies of Granta in stock but as yet uncatalogued. Ask…

  • Granta 54, Summer 1996

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    A Paperback magazine of new writing edited by Ian Jack. This issue is titled The Best of Young American Novelists and features Jonathan Franzen, Jeffrey Eugenides, Fae Myenne Ng, Mona Simpson and more. 21cm by 14.5cm 320 pages. Condition: A few pages to the rear of the book have creasing to the bottom corner plus…

  • Granta 56, Winter 1996

    £3.00

    A Paperback Magazine of New Writing edited by Ian Jack. This issue is titled: What Happened to Us? Britain’s Valedictory Realism and features John Banville on Anthony Blunt plus Hilary Mantel, Hanif Kureishi, Philip Hensher, Fintan O’Toole and more.21cm by 14.5cm 254 pages. Condition: A Very Good clean copy. N.B. We have more copies of…

  • Granta 72, Winter 2000

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    The Magazine of New Writing edited by Ian Jack and featuring Richard Ford, Olga Tokarczuk, Nik Cohn, A.L. Kennedy and more. 21cm by 14.5cm 254 pages. Condition: Clean contents but crease the spine of front cover. N.B. We have more copies of Granta in stock but as yet uncatalogued. Ask for more details.

  • Granta 73, Spring 2001

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    The Magazine of New Writing edited by Ian Jack. This issue is titled Necessary Journeys and features Ian McEwan on Dunkirk plus Decca Aitkenhead, Dayanita Singh, Isabel Hilton plus the untold story of how the FBI pursued James Baldwin. 21cm by 14.5cm 256 pages. Condition: edge-wear to covers and page edges. N.B. We have more…

  • Granta 82, Summer 2003

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    The Magazine of New Writing edited by Ian Jack. This issue is titled Life’s Like That and features Simon Gray, Lynn Barber and more. 21cm by 14.5cm 254 pages. Condition: some shelf-wear. N.B. We have more copies of Granta in stock but as yet uncatalogued. Ask for more details.

  • Granta 89, Spring 2005 The Factory

    £3.00

    The Magazine of New Writing edited by Ian Jack and featuring Isabel Hilton, Luc Sante, Tessa Hadley plus a rare interview with James Joyce. 21cm by 14.5cm 256 pages. Condition: very clean and tight. Appears unread. N.B. We have more copies of Granta in stock but as yet uncatalogued. Ask for more details.

  • Granta 94, Summer 2006

    £3.00

    The Magazine of New Writing edited by Ian Jack. Travel writing special featuring John Burnside, Michel Faber, Tessa Hadley and more. 21cm by 14.5cm 256 pages. Condition: Clean contents but slight wear and creasing to covers. N.B. We have more copies of Granta in stock but as yet uncatalogued. Ask for more details.

  • Hatching Game Birds’ Eggs in Incubators 1966

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    Hatching Game Birds’ Eggs in Incubators booklet 11b, produced by Eley Game Advisory Station, 1966. First published in 1961, this is a revised edition from Autumn 1966. It is book 11b in the Game Management Booklets produced by Eley Games Advisory Station of Fordingbridge, Hampshire for Eley Ammunition Division.. This 21cm by 15cm booklet comprises…

  • Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara & Other Writings by Tim Robinson

    £5.00

    The Liliput Press, Dublin, 1996. First paperback edition. 21.5cm by 13.5cm, 217 pages. “In these fourteen related works we witness a great writer, artist and cartographer united with his subject, conveying the vivid experiences of a quarter-century of exploring and mapping the Aran Islands, the Burren and Connemara.” Condition: Covers a little edge-worn and some…

  • The Blue Coat Inheritance by Mike Matson 2012

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    The Blue Coat Inheritance by Mike Matson 2012 Volume One: The Eighteenth Century Blue Coat School. This paperback book measures 21cm by 15cm and has 240 pages. It is a first edition, published by M.C. Matson in 2012.This first volume about the 18th century Blue Coat School is subtitled Transition from Charity School to Grammar…

  • Transactions of the Royal Historical Society Fifth Series 1986

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    Green cloth hardback 22cm by 14cm with 301 pages. Includes society President G.E. Aylmer’s Address entitled Collective Mentalities in mid Seventeenth-Century England: The Puritan Outlook. Condition: Minor shelf-wear to boards and spine but otherwise clean and bright.