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London: Pan Books. Good+. 1979. Reprint; Fourteenth Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Some reading and cover creases, some shelf and edge wear with tiny sticker tears to top fore corner of front cover and to bar code on rear, paper edge toned with slight foxing. ; Fourteenth printing. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Wrap around cover artwork uncredited, but often attributed to John Rose. ; 240 pages; It was not fashionable to admit that one might be in love with one's husband, and even harder to do so when you believe he was only after a marriage of convenience. But Nell does love him with all her heart, only dared not show it. Another lovely regency tale. .

London: Pan Books. Good. 1970. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Some reading and cover creasing, some shelf and edge wear with tiny splits to spine extremities, slight staining to cover edges, small ink cross and slight underlining to half title, open corner tears to rear endpaper. ; First printing of Pan mass market edition, 1970. Good reading copy, no names inside. Cover artwork uncredited. ; 240 pages; It was not fashionable to admit that one might be in love with one's husband, and even harder to do so when you believe he was only after a marriage of convenience. But Nell does love him with all her heart, only dared not show it. Another lovely regency tale. .

London: Pan Books. Very Good. 1979. Reprint; Eighth Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Some reading creases and edge wear, light foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Eighth printing of Pan mass market edition, 1979. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Wrap around cover artwork uncredited, but often attributed to John Rose. ; 240 pages; It was not fashionable to admit that one might be in love with one's husband, and even harder to do so when you believe he was only after a marriage of convenience. But Nell does love him with all her heart, only dared not show it. Another lovely regency tale. .

London: Peerage Books. Very Good+. 1991. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Paper starting to tone. ; Gloss pictorial boards. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; 574 pages; Omnibus edition of three classic Heyer Regency tales giving a splendid three-fold romp through the closing years of the 18th century. .

London: Pan Books. Good+. 1968. Reprint; Fifth Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading and cover corner creases, small splits to spine extremities, slight crack to fore edge of lightly sunned spine, paper age toned. ; Fifth printing of Pan mass market edition, 1968. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Uncredited cover artwork by J. Oval. ; 256 pages; Arabella, the bewitching daughter of a country parson is sent to London to make a good marriage. .

London: Peerage Books. Very Good+. 1991. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Minor shelf wear. ; Gloss pictorial boards. Nice tight copy, no nmaes or marks inside. ; 574 pages; Omnibus edition of three classic Heyer Regency tales giving a splendid three-fold romp through the closing years of the 18th century. .

London: Hodder Paperbacks. Very Good. 2010. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Light reading creasing and shelf wear with slight cover peel to rear cover, small ink mark to front endpaper, tiny ink initials to inside rear cover. ; First printing of Hodder paperback edition with number one, 2010. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover artwork by Larry Rostant. ; The Empire Series; Vol. 2; 368 pages; The Battle of the Lost Eagle saved Hadrian's Wall, but the new Roman governor of Britannia must stamp out the rebellion of the northern tribes or risk losing the province. Rampaging south with sword and flame under the command of their murderous chieftain Calgus, they have stretched his forces to the limit. For Marcus, now simply Centurion Corvus of the 1st Tungrian cohort, the campaign has become doubly dangerous. As replacements flood into Britannia the arrival of new prefects for the 1st and 2nd cohorts add new threats, but also, perhaps, opportunities... .

London: Vintage. Near Fine. 2006. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Minor shelf wear and grime. ; First printing of paperback edition with full number line. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread and near as new. Cover artwork by Bill Sanderson. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 512 pages; Described by the author as "a contemporary novel set in the past", and short listed for the Man Booker Prize, the story based on an actual case follows the separate but intersecting lives of two very different British men: a half-Indian solicitor and son of a Vicar, George Edalji, and the world-famous author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Edalji is convicted and imprisoned for a crime he swears he didn't commit, leading Doyle to try to prove his innocence and uncover the true culprit. .

London: Penguin Books. Very Good. 2010. Fourth Printing. Paperback. Light shelf and edge wear, heavy foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Fourth printing of Penguin paperback edition, 2010. Nice tight flat copy, no names inside, appears unread. Cover artwork uncredited. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; The Assassin's Creed Series; Vol. 2; 544 pages; Rome, once mighty, lies in ruins. The city swarms with suffering and degradation, her citizens living in the shadow of the ruthless Borgia family. Only one man can free the people from the Borgia tyranny - Ezio Auditore, the Master Assassin. Ezio's quest will test him to his limits. Cesare Borgia, a man more villainous and dangerous than his father the Pope, will not rest until he has conquered Italy. And in such treacherous times, conspiracy is everywhere, even within the ranks of the brotherhood itself... .

London: Abelard-Schuman. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light edge wear and tear to unclipped DJ, minor creasing to top edge of first few leaves. ; First edition, first printing, 1979. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread. DJ artwork by Elaine Lee. ; 160 pages; A love story set during the time of the Vikings. .

Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing. Very Good; Some reading and cover creases, light shelf and edge wear, old . price sticker to front cover, paper starting to tone. ; Nice tight copy, . no names inside. Cover artwork uncredited. Heavy book and priced . accordingly.. 1984. Reprint. Paperback. First Printing; 320 pages; Originaly published in 1938, the memoir of the life of Edward Fox-Ingleby. First person narative justifying the actions of an upper class rotter on his way to becoming a government minister. ; 086299134X .

London: The Book Club. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; Some shelf wear and tear to unclipped . DJ with slight loss to base of spine and foxing to reverse, ink date to . rear cover. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed, some foxing to endpapers . and edges of reading block. ; Pale blue cloth boards with black lettering . to spine. Nice tight copy, no names inside. DJ artwork uncredited.. 1966. Reprint. Hardcover. Book Club Edition . First Printing; 332 pages; Historical novel set in the tenth century of the love of a knight descended from Charlemagne, for a Cornish maid, descended from the legendary King Arthur. .

London: Hutchinson. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Minor shelf wear to unclipped DJ, corners lightly bumped, slightly slanted spine. ; Green cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. DJ artwork by Fred Laurent. ; 256 pages; Jocelyn Rivers was dark, handsome, but penniless. He therefore had little chance of being a suitor to one of the richest heiresses in England. But when his young nephew tragically dies, overnight he becomes the highly desirable heir to the Viscount Avenhurst - and the prime suspect for the death of the child. .

London: Hutchinson. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Slight shelf wear and tear to unclipped DJ, corners lightly bumped. ; Green cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. DJ artwork by Fred Laurent. ; 256 pages; Jocelyn Rivers was dark, handsome, but penniless. He therefore had little chance of being a suitor to one of the richest heiresses in England. But when his young nephew tragically dies, overnight he becomes the highly desirable heir to the Viscount Avenhurst - and the prime suspect for the death of the child. .

London: MacDonald Futura. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1981. First British Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Some shelf wear and tear to unclipped DJ with some sunning to spine, corners lightly bumped; First UK edition, first printing with no other printings listed. Black glazed cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine, map endpapers. Nice tight copy, no names inside, appears unread. DJ design uncredited. Very heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 768 pages; An epic tale of an Aztec survivor of the Spanish conquest of Mexico by the Conquistadores and his times as a warrior, scribe, travelling merchant, confidant of Motecuhzoma II, and envoy to the invading Spaniards. .

London: Futura Publications. Very Good-. 1982. Reprint; Second Printing. Paperback. Some shelf and edge wear, original price sticker to front cover, minor bookworm damage to top of first few leaves, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Second printing, 1982. Nice tight copy, no names inside, appears unread. Cover design uncredited. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 768 pages; An epic tale of an Aztec survivor of the Spanish conquest of Mexico by the Conquistadores and his times as a warrior, scribe, travelling merchant, confidant of Motecuhzoma II, and envoy to the invading Spaniards .

London: Pan Books. Very Good+; Minor edge wear to lightly sunned spine, paper toned. ; Pan . X262. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Cover artwork by Tayler.. 1963. Reprint. Paperback. Mass Market PB . First Printing; 192 pages; Three breath-taking adventures in the incredible life of Cesare Borgia. .

Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books. Very Good. 1946. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Some cover creases and edge wear, some rust to staples. ; Orange Penguin 532. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; 251 pages; A tale of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. .

London: Pan Books. Very Good-. 1973. Reprint; Seventh Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Some reading and cover creases, tiny splits to base of scuffed spine, some edge wear. ; Seventh printing of Pan mass market edition, 1973. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Cover artwork uncredited. ; 288 pages; A very young widow and her stepdaughter seek quiet amusement in Bath. .

London: Pan Books. Very Good. 1974. Reprint; Eighth Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading creases and edge wear, small ink date inside front cover. ; Eighth printing of Pan mass market edition, 1974. Nice tight copy, no names inside. ; 288 pages; A very young widow and her stepdaughter seek quiet amusement in Bath. .