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The Knot Book: An Elementary Introduction To Mathematical Theory Of Knots

Colin Adams · 1994

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

W. H. Freeman & Co. 1994 Hardback 306 "Over a century old, knot theory is today one of the most active areas of modern mathematics. The study of knots has led to important applications in DNA research and the synthesis of new molecules. And it is having a significant impact on...

A Treatise On Masting Ships & Mast Making

John Fincham · 1982

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,825)

Conway Maritime Press 1982 Hardback 337 337pp plus plates. Heavy; DJ. DJ sunned and bumped at edges. Good

Vacant Possession

Hilary Mantel · 1987

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Penguin Books 1987 Paperback 239 Cover rubbed and creased; some tanning. Fair

The Haunter Of The Dark And Other Stories

H. P. Lovecraft · 2011

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Wordsworth Editions 2011 Paperback 591 Selected and Introduced by M J Elliott. 'They were removing the stones quietly, one by one, from the centuried wall. And then, as the breach became large enough, they came out into the laboratory in single file; led by a stalking thing wi...

Kingfisher Come Home: The Complete Maori Stories

Witi Ihimaera · 1995

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Secker & Warburg 1995 Paperback 519 Pounamu Pounamu (1972); The New Net Goes Fishing (1977); Kingfisher Come Home (1995). Cover faded; some tanning. Good

The Pale Horseman

Bernard Cornwell · 2005

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

HarperCollins UK 2005 Paperback 416 The second book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions. A hero will be forged from this broken land. As seen on Netflix and BBC around the world. When peace is torn apart by bloody Danish steel, Uhtred must fight to sav...

The Pursued

C. S. Forester · 2013

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

Penguin 2013 Paperback 218 Life was largely uneventful for Marjorie Grainger until she came home one night to find her sister dressed up, lying lifelessly on the kitchen floor with her head in the oven. But their mother suspects this is not a simple case of suicide. In fact, s...

The Road To Wigan Pier

George Orwell · 1974

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Penguin 1974 Paperback 204 George Orwell's 'Urban Rides'. in which he recorded the state of the nation in a time of mass unemployment. These factual, shocking, but sublimely human reports, phrased in a vivid style and shot with a wary mistrust of the political cant of the inte...

Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell · 1973

$9.50 (€8.62 | £7.19 | ¥1,517)

Penguin Books 1973 Paperback 250 One of Britain's most popular novels, George Orwell's dystopian tale Nineteen Eighty-Four is set in a society terrorised by a totalitarian ideology propagated by The Party. 'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirte...

Animal Farm

George Orwell · 1974

$15.50 (€14.06 | £11.73 | ¥2,475)

Penguin Books 1974 Paperback 119 Animal Farm is one of the most famous warnings ever written. Orwell's immortal satire — 'against Stalin' as he wrote to his French translator — can be read on many levels. With its piercing clarity and deceptively simple style it is no surprise...

Down And Out In Paris And London

George Orwell · 1974

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,996)

Penguin 1974 Paperback 188 Cover sunned and rubbed; small tear to bottom of spine. Good

The King Of The Rainy Country

Nicolas Freeling · 1985

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

Penguin 1985 Paperback 157 Inspector Van der Valk's search for a missing millionaire leads him to a remote village in the Austrian Alps. Cover rubbed and stained, some tanning. Good

The Monster In The Box

Ruth Rendell · 2009

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

Hutchinson 2009 Paperback 279 He had never told anyone. The strange relationship, if it could be called that, had gone on for years, decades, and he had never breathed a word about it. He had kept silent because he knew no one would believe him. None of it could be proved, not...

The Garden Of Unearthly Delights

Robert Rankin · 1996

$9.50 (€8.62 | £7.19 | ¥1,517)

Corgi 1996 Paperback 317 It was something to do with the cycles of history. The way great civilizations rise and fall. Golden ages and dark ages. Things of that nature. Few people noticed at first. The changes. They were subtle to begin with. Like when the Leader of the Opposi...

Beyond The Black Stump

Nevil Shute · 1972

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

Pan Books 1972 Paperback 271 The deepest darkest wilds of the Austrailan outback is the sun-baked setting for Nevil Shute’s novel of a romance that is tested by the differences between two young people’s home lives. 1983 reprint. Small crack to front hinge. Good

Pastoral Care And The Drug Scene

Kenneth Leech · 1970

$15.50 (€14.06 | £11.73 | ¥2,475)

S.P.C.K 1970 Hardback 165 DJ; Owner's Name inside. Good

Moral Theology In The Modern World

Lindsay Dewar · 1964

$11.50 (€10.43 | £8.70 | ¥1,836)

A. R. Mowbray 1964 Hardback 154 DJ; Price clipped; Owner's Name inside. DJ rubbed; small tear to spine. Good

The Freedom Trap

Desmond Bagley · 1971

$13.50 (€12.25 | £10.22 | ¥2,156)

Collins 1971 Hardback 255 An agent of the British Government is sent on a new and deadly assignment - to snare The Scarperers (a notorious gang of criminals who organise gaol-breaking for long-term prisoners) and Slade, a notorious Russian double agent whom they have recently ...

The Beachcombers

Helen Cresswell · 1978

$9.50 (€8.62 | £7.19 | ¥1,517)

Puffin Books 1978 Paperback 142 Cover creased. Good

The Wandering Wombles

Elisabeth Beresford · 1975

$10.50 (€9.53 | £7.95 | ¥1,677)

Puffin Books 1975 Paperback 169 The Wombles live in a beautifully snug, well-ordered and cosy burrow underneath Wimbledon Common - the perfect base from which to sort and recycle all the rubbish that unthinking humans constantly drop. Good