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Author: William Hartston Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 528 Most encyclopaedias are boring. They are so packed with worthy but dull facts that a great dealof weird and wonderful material...

Author: William Hartston Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 784 There are many, many things that nobody knows... Do animals have a sense of humour? Why do we have five fingers?...

Improve Your Chess will help you to improve your technique and master your game. This lively new edition is written by William Hartston, an experienced chess player and daily columnist...

Edition: 2nd ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: Some glue residue on endpapers. Internally sound. Few chess openings carry the mystique and double-edged tension of the Benoni Defence,...

Improve Your Chess will help you to improve your technique and master your game. This lively new edition is written by William Hartston, an experienced chess player and daily columnist...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingFew chess openings demand as much theoretical knowledge and creative dynamism as the Grünfeld Defence, and William R. Hartston's authoritative volume stands...

Here are many, many things that nobody knows. Why are so many giraffes gay? Has human evolution stopped? Where did our alphabet come from? Can robots become self-aware? Can lobsters...

Author: Jeremy James And William HartstonBinding: PaperbackPublished: BBC, 1981Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis insightful non-fiction work, "The Master Game: Book Two," offers a comprehensive analysis of chess strategy and...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedWhat compels a rational mind to sacrifice a queen, gamble a kingdom on a single pawn, or spend a lifetime mastering 64 squares? The...

Edition: 2nd rev ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFew openings in the history of chess inspire the kind of fierce, complex battles that...

Author: Paul ThompsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul London, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly volume chronicles the life and architectural legacy of a pivotal...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew figures in American history have wielded power as brazenly and unapologetically as William Randolph Hearst,...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis memoir by Marion Davies offers an intimate look into her life with media magnate William Randolph Hearst. It provides...

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Author: Marion DaviesBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson., 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Sun-faded DJ, discoloured top-edge due to tanning, slight foxing to block.This captivating...

Author: William Weston; Translated from the Latin by Philip Caraman; Foreword by Evelyn WaughBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans Green and Co, 1955Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis historical autobiography chronicles...

Author: John Sutherland Black And George ChrystalBinding: HardbackPublished: Adam and Charles Black, 1912Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks:...

Author: Aubrey NoakesBinding: HardbackPublished: Jupiter, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis biography, William Frith: Extraordinary Victorian Painter, chronicles the life and artistic achievements of one of the Victorian era's...

The life of Sir William Hamilton is rich in contradictions: hedonist, scholar and an aesthete with a Rabelaisian streak, he represented the epitome of honourable public service until, as the...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good, some foxing. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Few figures in Victorian England embodied the restless marriage of...

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Author: JudyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Judy Office, 1878Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Stiff cardboard. All plates in very good...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedOne of the most searingly honest portraits of a generation scarred by war, The Complete Memoirs of...

Edition: 6th pr.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - some tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Intact. Behind the polished façade of wartime diplomacy, one man orchestrated...

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Author: -Binding: PaperbackPublisher: Apollo Magazine, 1994Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis authoritative historical account chronicles the opulent and politically...

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Author: Joshua Williamson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: It's the Dawn of the DCU! "Superman has returned to Metropolis and his greatest enemy Lex Luthor is finally behind bars. The...

WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2021 WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BOOK OF THE YEAR THE TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS...

A Waterstones Best History Book 2025 A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year 2025 'Learned, entertaining and highly approachable' BOB MORTIMER 'A treat' ALICE LOXTON 'Five stars from me...'...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis book provides an insightful exploration of the Tait family and their significant contributions to the Australian theatre scene, focusing...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Usual shelf-wear. Nestled on the shores of Port Phillip Bay, the Williamstown...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerNestled on the shores of Port Phillip Bay, Williamstown's storied community hospital stands as a testament to the enduring spirit of one...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFew works of English nature writing have captured the raw, unsentimental beauty of the wild as powerfully as Henry Williamson's...

When the redoubtable Miss Phryne Fisher begins receiving threatening letters, she enlists the unflappable apprentice Tinker to investigate. But soon her lover Lin Chung becomes another target as the harassment...

Author: Caroline Hulse Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 It's 1996, summer is coming, and eleven-year-old Fiona Larson is determined to make this her best year yet... 'Completely hilarious' LUCY...

Secondhand Vietnam War History Bargain Book Box SP4066 Eleven volumes from Time-Life's The Vietnam Experience — one of the most comprehensive illustrated records of the conflict ever published, combining photography,...

Secondhand Vintage War Fiction & History Bargain Book Box SP4062 Seventeen vintage paperbacks from across a century of conflict, mostly in their original Pan and New English Library editions. Cornelius...

Secondhand Aviation History Bargain Book Box SP4067 Nine volumes from Time-Life's The Epic of Flight series — beautifully produced illustrated histories covering the full sweep of powered aviation, from the...