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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. One of the twentieth century's most brilliant and combative...

G.K. Chesterton's 1908 masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday, is a metaphysical thriller, and a detective story filled with poetry and politics. G.K. Chesterton's 1908 masterpiece, The Man Who Was...

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G. K. Chesterton's wild and whimsical debut novel, set in a future embattled London London, 1984. Democracy has given up the ghost. England's ruler is randomly selected, and this year...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingFrom the gaslit streets of Edwardian England to the shadowy corridors of Continental Europe, The Father Brown Stories presents one of literature's most unlikely...

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Author: G. K. Chesterton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 BBC's television adaptation of Father Brown has been running since 2013, starring Harry Potter's Mark Williams. Its 8th season will...

The adventures of the well-loved clerical sleuth, collected in a single volume and introduced by Michael D. Hurley Shabby and lumbering, with a face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown...

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A new selection of the much-loved Father Brown stories, now part of the Penguin English Library 'No man's really any good till he knows how bad he is, or might...

The adventures of the well-loved clerical sleuth, collected in a single volume and introduced by Michael D. Hurley Shabby and lumbering, with a face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown...

Father Brown, one of the most quirkily genial and lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction, first made his appearance in The Innocence of Father Brown in 1911. That...

The new paperback series- Penguin English Library '\"A man's brain is a bomb,\" he cried out, loosening suddenly his strange passion and striking his own skull with violence. \"My brain...

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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: foxed and worn boards; binding remains tight, clean text....

Chesterton is so good on Dickens because his wit is as sharp as that of the Great Inimitable himself: "Dickens was most accurate when he was most fantastic. . ....

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Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Binding remains tight. Clean and bright copy....

Chester Cathedral was a monastic church of the Benedictine order for over 450 years before it was closed during Henry VIII's reformation of the Church in England, and immediately re-opened...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew novels in the English language have seared the conscience of a nation quite like Oliver Twist. Charles Dickens' second novel follows the orphaned Oliver —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodA century of cunning, suspense, and brilliant deduction comes alive in 101 Years' Entertainment: The Great Detective Stories, 1841-1941, a landmark anthology that chronicles the golden...

Penguin Classics relaunch Mary Barton, the daughter of disillusioned trade unionist, rejects her working-class lover Jem Wilson in the hope of marrying Henry Carson, the mill owner's son, and making...

One of the great masterworks of English literature, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable...

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Author: Chetna Maroo Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 'WOW. Western Lane is glorious. You'll want to read it over and over again.' - Aravind Adiga, author of The White...

A brand new series from the pages of The Telegraph. Challenge yourself and hone your general knowledge with this brand-new series from The Telegraph. With 100 puzzles designed to stretch...

Author: Christobel Kent Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 One wrong step and you're in deep water. Sukie has had enough of not putting herself out there. She has had...

Author: S.G. MacLean Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 480 A gripping historical thriller from the CWA award-winning author of The Seeker - a must-read for fans of CJ...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of autobiographical fiction, The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston collects Siegfried Sassoon's celebrated trilogy — Memoirs of...

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Author: Julia Quinn Format: Book Number of Pages: Together in a beautiful boxed set, the first four novels in #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn's beloved Regency-set world...

The ancient city of Chester has attracted visitors since Roman days - and still does. Its medieval walls, Victorian streets, Civil War sites and the famous Rows all give a...

Author: Julia QuinnFormat: Paperback, 137mm x 205mm, 409g, 496 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2024 New York Times BestsellerA special TV Tie-In edition to BRIDGERTON, a series created by...

A collection of eight of Chekhov's finest early stories. This collection of Chekhov's finest early writing reveals a young writer mastering the art of the short story. 'The Steppe', which...

Author: Vice-Admiral C. V. UsborneBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1933Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis collection, Smoke On The Horizon, presents...

AN OBSERVER BEST NEW NOVELIST 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2025 A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE INDEPENDENT, TELEGRAPH, NERVE AND GUARDIAN'An ambitious, stylishly delivered novel ......

The celebrated American food writer M.F.K. Fisher pays tribute to that most delicate and enigmatic of foods: the oyster. She tells of oysters found in stews and soups, roasted, baked,...

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Author: Janice Hallett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 *** THE SMASH HIT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *** *** THE NEW MYSTERY PHENOMENON FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE APPEAL ***...

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