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Stanley and Elsie by Nicola Upson

Stanley and Elsie by Nicola Upson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Loved every page of this. Upson manages to make art that you can't see sing, and characters you should loath become sympathetic. The world Upson creates is so real you almost feel embarrassed looking in. Wonderful, wonderful writing!

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40% off books for today only

 

For Monday 31st August only we're having a 40% off sale. Note the discount code 40Aug19 to use at the checkout and then browse our site. (There are more details and the small print in our newsletter here)

Book catalogues you might enjoy:

Authors A-Z
Fiction
English local history by county
Children's Literature
Poetry and Criticism
Novels and Criticism
Classics
Language Studies
History
Philosophy
Movements and Themes in Literature
French Literature
Art and Photography

 

Testament by Alis Hawkins

Long-time readers of Juxtabook will remember how much I enjoyed the time-shift novel Testament by Alis Hawkins. After the success of her Welsh historical crime series (The Harry Probert-Lloyd Mysteries - which I also highly recommend) Testament has just been re-issued by Sapere Books.

You can read my original review of Testament here. Ten years ago! How time flies!

You can follow Alis Hawkins on twitter.

40% off Book Sale - today only

For Monday 22nd April only we're having a 40% off sale. Scroll down for your discount code and further details and then browse our site.

 

 

 

The Brothers Powys by Richard Perceval Graves - signed

Oxford University Press, 1983. Hardback. 370pp. Inscribed by the author, “With best wishes, Richard Perceval Graves, March 1983”. First edition. Biography of three of the Powys brothers, John Cowper Powys, Theodore Francis Powys (rural novelist often compared with Mary Webb), and Llewellyn Powys (author of Earth Memories, Dorset Essays etc). A insight into this fascinating literary family. Includes a note on further reading. Indexed.

 

40% off books in stock* - today only

Use the code 40April19 at the checkout for a 40% discount on our book prices on Monday 22nd April only. There is no minimum purchase and no limit to how often you can use the code on the day so browse our site and enjoy!

There are a small number of exceptions - please read the 'small print' below.

Please feel free to pass the discount code onto friends or to your students.

 

 

No Go the Bogeyman: Scaring, Lulling and Making Mock by Marina Warner - signed

Chatt & Windus, 1998. Hardback. 435pp. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. Two selections of colour plates. Some integral black and white illustrations.

 

For more book highlights please see our sale newsletter here.

 

The Small Print :

Valid until midnight on Monday 22nd April 2019

The offer does not apply to the small number of new books that we stock including Bay of Ghosts and An Almshouse for Linton.

Postage is extra. Because of the sizeable discount we cannot subsidise postage so large orders from outside the UK might require increased shipping costs. We will contact you to explain if there are any additional costs once your order has gone through, or you can email us before placing an order. You will be able to cancel the order if you're unhappy with the extra shipping.

The Traveller's Guide to Classical Philosophy by John Gaskin

 

 

The Traveller's Guide to Classical Philosophy by John Gaskin is one of my favourite discoveries in the last twelve months. Those of us who benefited from and '70s or '80s comprehensive school education avoided Latin. Many of my contemporaries may thank their lucky stars for this but, for me, lacking this entry level means to a classical education is a source of regret. You're not more than five minutes into an undergraduate English degree before you realise that our literary canon is under-pinned by thought developed from western Christianity and from the classical world. First year undergrad courses in philosophy (my subsidiary subject) hardly scratched the surface. My lack of knowledge on the latter has been a source of irritation since then.

I know from my sales of Latin and Greek books that there are many autodidacts out there, but most them are going back in their retirement to subjects begun at school in the '40s and '50s. In a busy life the motivation to start from scratch is sadly lacking. And here's where the wonderful The Traveller's Guide to Classical Philosophy comes in. Firstly it is based on lectures: hard stuff based on the spoken word originally is always easier for a tired brain to take in, and often much more entertaining. Secondly it is big on historical and literary context which for a literary critic coming to philosophy in some trepidation is excellent. And lastly, and this may seem trivial, it is short being a beautifully brief tour at 192pp. This, you see, is exactly what I am after.

It has a great first chapter, "A Scheme of Things Entire", being a detailed chronology bigger on explanation than dates, that I keep dipping back into for context. I'm now thoroughly enjoying Part II: The Ideal of Homer and the Ideas of the Philosophers which is clear, well paced and enlivened with drawings. Other elegant features include a proper index (I'm amazed how often indexes are missed out these days) and a gazetteer making it literally a traveller's companion. A review copy that is definitely a keeper.

Offer: free P+P on UK orders of this book until the end of January. The book is £8.99. Just send me a message to order.

We also have a couple of thousand out of print and hard to find philosophy books in stock. You can browse the philosophy shelves here.

House Keeping Notes

I've been having a long overdue play with the content and layout of this blog. I've gone back to having two side bars to enable more links and more books to be displayed. I've also been checking links removing dead ones an d updating others whilst adding lost more. It is a work in progress and not quite finished but I hope it will be more readable and more useful to you.

A few things to draw your attention to: there are new indie booksellers listed in the Independent Booksellers links, there are new links for UK book fairs, and the Book Care and Repair links are definitely worth a look. I've yet to check the literary societies and I want to add more books to the right side bar. I may add some of my own stock over there.

I read all the time but often don't have time to review so I have moved the Books on the Bedside Table further up on the left - hopefully that is easier to see and may flag up books you never get to see reviewed.

I have very mixed feelings about my current read:

 

but it needs little introduction.

 

If you have suggests for links - your favourite independent book shop for example? Then please add them to the comments and I'll see what I can do.

40% Off Books Bank Holiday Sale

For Monday 27th August only we're having a 40% off sale. Scroll down for your discount code and further details and then browse our site.

 

 

40% off books in stock* - today only

Use the code 2018aug40 at the checkout for a 40% discount on our book prices on Monday 27th August only. There is no minimum purchase and no limit to how often you can use the code on the day so browse our site and enjoy!

Please feel free to pass the discount code onto friends or to your students.

 

 

Books shown:

Rosamond Lehmann: An Appreciation

The Wool-Pack by Cynthia Harnett

and below Rápúnzell [the classic Ladybird Rapunzel in Gaelic]

 

 

 

Book catalogues you might enjoy:

Authors A-Z
Fiction
English local history by county
Children's Literature
Poetry and Criticism
Novels and Criticism
Classics
Language Studies
History
Philosophy
Movements and Themes in Literature
French Literature
Art and Photography
Architecture

Angela Carter

One of the pleasures of being a book dealer is feeling the resurgence of interest in one particular writer or genre. Over the last year it has been Angela Carter. Not that Carter has been particularly neglected since her death but now is the point, a couple of decades on, when writers can start to drop off the public's radar. I have noticed however that Carter sells well at fairs, and I'm often asked for particular works. One gentleman told me he worshipped at the feet of Angela Carter! She was also the author about whom I sold most books at the last fair I attended.

The recent biography (and a good recent biography obviously always helps a writer's reputation) The Invention of Angela Carter: A Biography by Edmund Gordon won or was shortlisted for a number of different awards and comes in and out of stock very quickly. I have some first editions of it in stock at the moment including this one.

 

 

The interest in her though is as much academic as popular. There is a new Angela Carter Society with a very academic board, and the hopes of an Angela Carter conference with a request for proposals for hosting. There are a number of useful twitter feeds for those wanting to keep up-to-date with all things Carter including this one and this one. Recent books include Decadent Daughters and Monstrous Mothers: Angela Carter and European Gothic by Rebecca Munford which would also be of interest to those researching Ann Radcliffe, Edgar Allan Poe, the Marquis de Sade and Baudelaire; and Inside The Bloody Chamber: On Angela Carter, the Gothic and other Weird Tales by Christopher Frayling.

More of Carter's own work, other than her widely available novels, has been produced in accessible well-edited collections including Shaking A Leg: Collected Journalism and Writings edited by Jenny Uglow. And I have found copies of her radio plays sell so well I have difficulty keeping them in stock.

As if to prove my point on the boom in Carter interest, I've noticed whilst composing this post that there is a TV programme, Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women, on BBC2 at 9pm on Saturday.

It is very much the Gothic/fairy tale element that seems to be fuelling the interest, rather than Carter being simply pigeon-holed as a woman writer. And this adult interest in the creative push we get from fairy tales is evident in the work of Marina Warner (I noticed Karen at Cornflower had a Marina Warner video up recently) as well as in other genres such as this fabulous (in all senses) work on fashion:

 

To browse all our Angela Carter books click here. To browse more critiques of fairy tales please click here. To browse more Marina Warner books please click here.

Bay of Ghosts by Rob Hawley

 

 

As those of you who get our regular newsletter will know my husband Rob has what they used to call a 'slim volume' out. Bay of Ghosts by Rob Hawley is the second of Bradford based Graft Poetry's new series of poetry pamphlets.

It is very hard when you are interested in landscape to write about the north of England after Ted Hughes, and it is hard to write about growing up in the north of England post Simon Armitage, and yet I am proud that Rob has found a way though this and writes about scenes from Yorkshire and Lancashire, past and present, in his own voice. Even with a wife's prejudice I can see Bay of Ghosts does not particularly innovate, but that allows theme and subject to rise above form in a very readable way. Interestingly the northern poet it reminds me most of is actually Andrew Marvell, with dialogues, and personification, and dealing with matters ecological as much as theological, historiographical as well as as metaphysical, the slight echo is there.

I've heard Tom Paulin use the phrase, 'white Gothic', and I think such intense shocks of white and light, form part of the charm of Bay of Ghosts, from the white wraiths of the past to the repeated glimmers of water and flickers of fire and candles. Snapshots appear, drawing heavily on mindfulness, but the whole reaches repeatedly back into the past and constantly pushes at ideas of the future, keeping, at the back of the reader's mind, a conceit of the ebb and flow of time beyond the fashionable idea of the 'moment'.

As to subject matter, there are poems here on Morecambe Bay and the Yorkshire Dales, on Maria and Elizabeth Bronte, on books and collecting, on teaching and reading to children, on a death his grandmother witnessed as a young married woman (the deceased is a husband named only in relation to his wife; a sort of reverse second Mrs de Winter), on trees, on John Clare, and more. Overall, it is a thoughtful and entertaining 28 pages and I am delighted Graft Poetry were keen to publish it.

Should any of that pique your interest, copies of Bay of Ghosts are available in my online shop and at book fairs. £4 plus postage. If you require a signed copy that is easily arranged.

Finally, I should add that the haunting photograph of Morecambe Bay that illustrates the cover is by the wonderful Joe Nash.

 

Where is Arkholme?

For the first time I will exhibiting at Arkholme Book Fair on 23rd June. It is a very pretty spot, easier to get to than one might think, especially if you're anywhere near the M6 in the north of England as it is about 15 minutes from junction 35 of the M6. Or, about an hour from Skipton if you're coming from this part of Yorkshire: A65 to Kirby Lonsdale and turn left on the B6254.

In the light of its relatively little known merits I thought I'd ask Mr J, with his heritage and landscape writer's hat on, to give you a taste...

Book lovers considering visiting Arkholme Book Fair might ask themselves (if they have never been before) just where this little known village is, and what are the nearby highlights. After all, after a few hours perusing hundreds of wonderful books, what better than to explore the locale?

Arkholme is in Lunesdale, the Lune Valley, between the cobbled yards of Kirkby Lonsdale (a few miles upstream) and the historic port of Lancaster (downstream). Arkholme itself is a little gem. Its main street lies away from the busy traffic on the B6254 Carnforth to Kirkby Lonsdale road, and so the village is an oasis of calm and serenity. Barns, farm houses and cottages sit cheek by jowl with Victorian mansions and modern homes in as pleasing a mixture of styles as you could want, and the whole ensemble culminates in Arkholme's neat little parish church with a Norman motte – a large earthwork designed to repel invaders – standing in the church yard. The main street then spills out onto the fields of the Lune flood plain to a spot where, in former years, the river was forded and the road continued on to Melling and beyond. It's a charming place, and no mistake.

 

 

Hornby, a mile or two away, has another ancient earthwork – Castle Stede. This is an example of a Norman motte and bailey castle, with a great mound piled up to guard what once would have been a wooden palisade with a tower to guard the river crossing at Loyn Bridge. Nowadays the site is crowned with a rather incongruous World War II pill-box, but in the Middle Ages it formed part of a system of such forts across Lancashire and beyond. The village of Hornby possesses Hornby Castle which saw action in the English Civil War, but it was extensively remodelled in the Victorian period to give it the romantic aspect it enjoys today.

 

 

Upstream at Kirkby Lonsdale visitors gaze from the parapet of Devil's Bridge to the triangular cut-waters below where the Lune babbles beneath three mighty arches. This is the last gasp of the Westmorland Lune; only a few yards downstream, past the rocks where summer visitors bask, the river enters Lancashire and becomes a broad and majestic presence in the landscape as it meanders through a scene of pastoral beauty, a typically English patchwork of fields with hawthorn hedges separating pastures, lanes and copses.

A mile or two away are the little hamlets of Over Burrow and Nether Burrow. Here, two millennia ago, stood the Roman settlement of Calacum, now no more than tell-tale marks on the ground. For centuries historians and antiquarians had no knowledge of this busy Roman station. Indeed, all that remained was the lore of the local people which insisted that on this spot stood “a city”. No doubt many a sophisticated urban intellectual laughed at the fairy stories of these backward Lancastrian farming folk. Until someone tested the theory with spade and trowel that is!

So Arkholme is set in a fascinating area, full of beauty and history. As you drive to the Book Fair, don't ignore its lovely setting. Lunesdale is a charming spot, well worth a visit. Perhaps make a weekend of it!

 

 

Arkholme Book Fair is on 23rd June, 10am-4pm and you may download a complimentary ticket here. The full address is Arkholme Village Hall, Arkholme, Carnforth, Lancashire LA6 1AT.

Photo credits (copyright for the photos remains with the photographers): the first two, showing Arkholme church and then Hornby Castle, are by Matthew Emmott. Matthew blogs on castles, towers and fortified houses in Westmorland and Cumberland and you can visit here.

The last photograph is by my fellow bookseller and PBFA member Brigid Irwin of The Book House. Brigid organises the Arkholme Book Fair on behalf of us all and you can browse previous years' photos on her website here.

Reading Round-up: The Barchester Murders and Poldark

Strange reviews these as I usually only review books that I very much like - these are rather flawed but still worth your attention.

 

 

The Barchester Murders by G. M. Best published by Buried River Press. Oh, I had high hopes for this as I loved the premise. Anthony Trollope is visiting Salisbury for the first time when he is drawn into the events at Hiram's Hospital. One of the old gentlemen is murdered and everyone from the Rev Septimus Harding to his daughters Eleanor and Susan and Dr Grantley and John Bold come under suspicion. The plot is managed very cleverly, and not without difficulty as though seemly a simple closed community type mystery, like the country house, the fact that we know of the later lives of the characters through the Barchester novels does not make it easy for the writer. 

I wanted to like this book so much and though I finished it (it really did make me want to read to the end) I was frequently frustrated by clunky dialogue and an erratic and odd narratorial style. If this kind of thing is to your taste then you can also read the author's Oliver Twist Investigates and Wuthering Heights Revisited.

Poldark, or more specifically Ross Poldark: A Novel of Cornwall 1783 - 1787 by Winston Graham (and yes my copy has Aidan Turner on the front) by Winston Graham was another book I really wanted to like. I did enjoy it, and the TV series (this volume is covered in first series) seemed quite faithful, but somehow it wasn't a page turner. I don't think this was just because I had seen the series. The narration does not change pace but always proceeds at the same, pleasant leisurely style. This was a great read when my bad back was at its worst as I wouldn't have enjoyed the tension but it surprised me that the books had been so popular so quickly in the '40s. Maybe the war, like a bad back, makes you appreciate slow and steady. Especially as the Ross is adjusting to a post-war life of his own. I notice Wikipedia claims that the novels have been shortened significantly as their publishing history has evolved. This does not surprise me as there is such a lot of pootling about. I guess the originals were even slower and steadier. I have gone on to read most of the others in the series, the TV-tie in editions are all attractively produced with stars from the series on the covers, and the pace does not improve in any of them though they still make for a strangely compelling read. I've read as far as Warleggan  (the fourth book in the series), via Demelza and Jeremy Poldark and find them all enjoyable in a pedestrian kind of way though they are more of a winter read than a summer one, perhaps. 

 

 

Poldark is of course back for series 4 on Sunday.

Oxenhope in the Great War

During this four year long anniversary of the First World War, few books have appeared that present the local history perspective of that terrible conflict in quite the way Oxenhope in the Great War does. Norma Mackrell (along with Catherine Snape) has produced a work that is both exhaustive in detail and yet highly poignant in the personal stories it relates – a great achievement. This is a book that does something extraordinary. In a nutshell, it presents in accessible form an entire overview of the First World War, from the Western Front to the Dardanelles to the war at sea, and recounts the exploits of each of *Oxenhope’s men in those disparate theatres of war.

The book provides a lengthy pen portrait of each of these Oxenhope men – more than 370 of them, all with detailed family backgrounds and military records, with photographs accompanying many of them. Many of these are truly poignant – fifty-four of them died in the war, and others were horribly injured.

Read more on Mr J's blog...

*Oxenhope is a village on the moors near Haworth in Yorkshire. The edge of what you might call Brontë country.

The Devil's Priest by Kate Ellis

 

I have mentioned enjoying the work of Kate Ellis before. She writes incredibly tightly plotted crime fiction set in Devon. They aren't always the fastest paced, so not for you if you like your crime at the thriller end of the spectrum but they are not cosy crime either. I have grown to really love the Wesley Peterson series - I'm on number 18 or 20. And I don't quite know what I'll do without one near the top of my to-be-read pile! So if you like crime fiction with a historical twist, great characterisation and setting then I highly recommend Wesley.

I am mentioning Kate Ellis today though as one I have not read, The Devil's Priest, set at the time of Henry VIII is available for 99p for Kindle. It is a crime story set during the dissolution of the monasteries and unusually for Tudor-set fiction located in Liverpool. Going on the consistency of her writing in the Wesley series I can't wait!

Children's books

 

 

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Below is a sample of one of our children's books newsletters. If you aren't on our newsletter list you miss out on our book sales (to which newsletter readers get early access) and hear about our latest stock. You can sign up here. Rupert Annuals We have a small range of Rupert Bear items in stock including a number of mid-twentieth century annuals in very good condition, and lots of short stories, unused colouring books, and other smaller items. Browse Rupert Bear Plants that Eat Animals by Linna Bentley Hardback. 32pp. Landscape format: 200 by 255mm (7¾ by 10 inches). Reprint. Bodley Head Natural Science Picture Books series. Illustrated by Colin Threadgall. This is one of a beautiful series that includes Bats, Animals of the Desert, and more. One of many attractively illustrated children's books that we stock. Browse Children's Non-Fiction Children's Career Novels We have an increasing number of career novels in stock. Lots of nursing stories of course, both Cherry Ames and Sue Barton, but also books like Mary Truslove - Detective. Although heavy on the romance as well, these charming volumes show the increasing horizons for girls in the mid-twentieth century. Cherry, for example, is always off on another adventure, so much so that her stories completely changed genre in the 1970s when they were republished with mystery titles like The Clue of the Faceless Criminal (originally Cherry Ames, Camp Nurse). It is not surprising they have such a strong mystery element as Julie Tatham also wrote the Trixie Belden mystery series. Browse Children's Career Stories Ladybird and the Garden Gang We have continued to add to our Ladybird books and have many hundreds now in stock including these Garden Gang tales. I remember when these books came out as I was about the same age as their young author Jayne Fisher. I was incredibly impressed that she was published and I collected my own copies as they came out (from our local Co-op, believe it or not). You can browse the series, Ladybird 793, here. Browse all Ladybird series The Scarecrow and his Servant by Philip Pullman Hardback. 230pp. First edition, first printing. Children’s novel. Browse Children's First Editions » Alice's Puzzles Through the Looking Glass Hardback. 80 riddles and conundrums set in Lewis Carroll's weirdly brilliant and brilliantly weird world. Illustrated with Sir John Tenniel's original artwork. Grouped into levels of difficulty: "Begin at the beginning, and go on till you come to the end: then stop." Browse Lewis Carroll » Sea-Cat and Dragon King by Angela Carter Hardback. 94pp. First edition, first printing. Rather Gothic underwater children’s story. Colour illustrated laminated boards under matching dust wrapper. Illustrated in black and white throughout by Eva Tatcheva. Browse Angela Carter volumes » The Kiss of Death by Marcus Sedgwick Hardback. 248pp. First edition, first printing. Marcus Sedgwick's tale of Venice and vampires is a captivating companion volume to the bestselling My Swordhand is Singing. Browse all first edition novels » We now have an Etsy shop which will mostly feature vintage children's and illustrated books, first editions, and vintage crime fiction. It will still usually be more economic to buy books via our own site as it is easier for us to control postage for multiple orders, but if Etsy is a channel you like to use then our shop should be well worth marking as one of your favourites.

Book Sale!

40% off all books in stock - today only

 

Pictured: Unicorn: The Poetry of Angela Carter from our Angela Carter shelf.

Use the code 2017aug40 at the checkout for a 40% discount on our book prices on Monday 28th August only. There is no minimum purchase and no limit to how often you can use the code on the day so browse our site and enjoy!

Please feel free to pass the discount code onto friends or to your students.

The small print: valid until midnight on Monday 28th August. Postage is extra. Because of the sizeable discount we cannot subsidise postage so large orders from outside the UK might require increased shipping costs. We will contact you to explain if there are any additional costs once your order has gone through, or you can email us before placing an order. You will be able to cancel the order if you're unhappy with the extra shipping.

Book catalogues you might enjoy:

Authors A-Z
Fiction
English local history by county
Children's Literature
Poetry and Criticism
Novels and Criticism
Classics
Language Studies
History
Philosophy
Movements and Themes in Literature
French Literature

Harry Bingham's Fiona Griffiths Series

I don't normally flag up Amazon based sales but Harry Bingham's Fiona Giffiths detective series is so good I really wanted to let you know about this one. I have raved about Fiona before - she really is like no other detective and the books have a very literary quality that would broaden there appeal beyond those who normally buy crime fiction. Anyway hot off the press (or from Harry Bingham's newsletter) you can get the first Fiona Giffiths book free for your Kindle (or Kindle app on your tablet or phone) for today only and the others very cheaply indeed:

 

 

"I'm holding a special four-day only sale of every Fiona Griffiths title at £0.99 or less.

Book 1: Talking to the Dead, free (for today only; thereafter £0.99)
Book 2: Love Story, with Murders, £0.99
Book 3: The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths, £0.99
Book 4: This Thing of Darkness, £0.99
Book 5: The Dead House, £0.99

This offer will end at close of play February 24th, so don't delay. I know most of you have most of the titles already - but now is a brilliant opportunity to fill any gaps in your collection. If you have friends or loved ones who might enjoy the series, tell them now, so they can grab it with both hands.

I won't run another sale like this for at least twelve months, so this really is a grab-it-while-you-can moment."

I should just add that Fiona is on a very personal journey and more than any other series this is one is well worth reading in order.

Bookshelf tidying part two ...

 

 

After tidying the book-selling part of the house I've moved onto tackling my own books. This book-stand next to my bed is the start of what might be called my to-be-read corridor. All dusted and partially re-stacked now.There are still several tottering piles to be dusted and sorted and even when full there will still lots left to re-stack! These book-stands are quite good for taming the to-be-read pile if yours is not too excessive.

Tiding the philosophy shelves

 

I spent the day tiding the Philosophy Shelves; there is a selection above, with lots more on Ethics and other subjects on the website. Tidying a bookcase can be an enjoyable thing but for booksellers it is a frequent necessity. For secondhand booksellers in particular you can suddenly have an influx of new stock in what was previously a category of just a dozen or so items. Space has to be made. Equally you can suddenly sell a lot of books leaving gaps - the gaps are never where you need them!

Both things, buying and selling in quantity are a tremendous pleasure. Buying books? Well unpacking a few hundred books feels like Christmas every time, even though I know I'm only their temporary owner. And selling? It is the Christmas pleasure in reverse - how great to pass books on, however much I'll miss them, to someone who appreciates them.

 

Literary biography on our £5 and under book sale shelves

As I mentioned recently, to make room for more stock we're having our annual clear-out of cheaper items. Though inexpensive there are some really interesting volumes in all subject areas. You can browse nearly 200 pages of these books on our website and grab yourself a real bargain.

To receive your 50% discount please use the code 50Jan17 at the checkout. Thank you.

To give you some inspiration I'll be posting a few books in the £5 and under category on here over the next two weeks.

 

 

Curriculum Vitae: A Volume of Autobiography by Muriel Spark. Curriculum Vitae: A Volume of Autobiography is now just £1 with the code above.

Other literary biography in the sale include:

Rebecca West: A Life by Victoria Glendinning

Young Thomas Hardy and The Older Hardy both by Robert Gittings

Will This Do? The First Fifty Years of Auberon Waugh

Eliot's Early Years by Lyndall Gordon

The Life of Katherine Mansfield by Antony Alpers

The Young Fanny Burney by Winifred Gérin

1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare by James Shapiro

The Private World of Georgette Heyer by Jane Aiken Hodge

Green Shadows: The Life of John Clare by June Wilson

More from our £5 and under book sale shelves

As I mentioned yesterday, to make room for more stock we're having our annual clear-out of cheaper items. Though inexpensive there are some really interesting volumes in all subject areas. You can browse nearly 200 pages of these books on our website and grab yourself a real bargain.

To receive your 50% discount please use the code 50Jan17 at the checkout. Thank you.

To give you some inspiration I'll be posting a few books in the £5 and under category on here over the next two weeks.

 

 

Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd becomes a bargain at 75p with the above code.

Other fiction books under £5 include:

The Young Visitors or Mr Sateena's Plan by Daisy Ashford. With preface by J M Barrie. 

Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin

Room at the Top by John Braine in the Classic Orange Penguin binding. Film tie-in with Laurence Harvey as Joe Hampton to the front. 

Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. Blackmore in this very pretty edition:

 

 

The Small Print and a Note on Postage: valid until midnight on Tuesday 31st January on any book on our website priced £5 or under. Postage is extra. We have recently reduced our shipping charges for multiple book purchases but you may find the shipping cost does rack up. Rest assured that if you are over-charged we will refund you. This is most likely to apply to UK customers as sadly overseas shipping is expensive. In some few cases there may additional shipping costs (if the order involves lots of hardbacks or heavy volumes) but you will always be given the chance to cancel if you are unhappy.