Historical Fiction from Matilda Mary's Books
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The Angels Weep
by Wilbur Smith
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 3rd Printing
- Published
- 1983
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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€23.89
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London: Pan. William Heinemann., 1983 Lovely clean copy. Pages age tanned. No inscriptions.526pp.. 3rd Printing. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Item Price
€23.89
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Asterix and the Roman Agent
by Goscinny and Uderzo. Translated Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1976
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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€23.89
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London: Knight, 1976 Very light wear to covers. 48 pages, colour comic strip format. Clean,bright tight copy. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good. Illus. by Uderzo. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Oblong.. Paperback. Item Price
€23.89
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Asterix and the Banquet
by Goscinny and Uderzo. Translated Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge.
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First in This Edition
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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€21.50
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London: Knight, 1981 Light wear to covers.48pp.Colour comic strip format.Clean,tight copy. Image attached is of the actual book for sale.. First in This Edition. Pictorial Card Covers. Good. Illus. by Uderzo. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paperback. Item Price
€21.50
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Asterix in Spain
by Goscinny and Uderzo. Translated Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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€17.91
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London: Knight, 1973 Lightest wear to covers.48pp.lightly tanned.Colour comic strip format.Clean,tight lovely copy. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good. Illus. by Uderzo. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paperback. Item Price
€17.91
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The Mansion of the Gods. An Asterix Adventure
by Goscinny and Uderzo. Translated Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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€17.91
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London: Knight, 1977 Very light wear to covers. 47 pages, comic strip format in colour. Clean,bright tight copy.Image is of actual book for sale.. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good. Illus. by Uderzo. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Oblong.. Paperback. Item Price
€17.91
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Rogue's Lute
by Philip Rush
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1944
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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€17.91
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London: Andrew Dakers Limited, 1944 Some fading to front and rear boards.246pp. Signature of titled owner, plus Norfolk location, on first endpaper.246pp.. First. Black Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Item Price
€17.91
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The Shadow of the Pomegranate
by Plaidy, Jean
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780709100225
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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€20.90
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London: Robert Hale Ltd, 1975 Dustjacket has light wear, priceclipped. Number "732748"written on inside rear board. Light foxing at top and side edges.Clean, bright tight copy.221p. plus bibliography at rear of text. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Maroon Boards, Gilt Titles. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Philip Gough Cover. Hard Cover. Item Price
€20.90
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The Plantagenet Prelude
by Jean Plaidy
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1976
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780709151012
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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€18.51
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Robert Hale Ltd, 1976 Jacket has some edgwear and is not priceclipped.Library markings on first endpaper and one stampon title page. Still a tight, clean,bright copy.No inscriptions.333 pp plus Plaidy bibliography at rear of text. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Maroon Boards. Good/Good. Illus. by Philip Gough Cover. Val Biro Illustrations in Text. Hard Cover Ex Library..… Read more about this item Item Price
€18.51
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Madonna of the Seven Hills
by Jean Plaidy
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Published
- 1972
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780709108214
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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€20.90
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Robert Hale Ltd, 1972 Jacket 1.5" loss at tail of spine, and is priceclipped,light foxing to flapsand which transposed to endpapers at that point. Brown mark on front flap where price ticket was once removed. Still a tight, clean,bright copy.No inscriptions.286pp + 2pp. of Plaidy novels publisher information. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Maroon Boards. Very… Read more about this item Item Price
€20.90
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Evergreen Gallant
by Jean Plaidy
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780709123347
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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€23.29
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Robert Hale Ltd, 1975 Jacket has light edgewear and repair at tail of spine, and is priceclipped.Flaps discoloration transposed to endpapers at that point. Pale mark on front flap where price ticket was once. Light foxing on edges, but still a tight, clean,bright copy. No inscriptions.384 pp Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Maroon Boards. Very Good/Good.… Read more about this item Item Price
€23.29
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Lilith
by Jean Plaidy
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Published
- 1972
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780709102083
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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€11.94
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Robert Hale Ltd, 1972 Light wear to dustjacket, not priceclipped.Tiny pen mark deleting number on top of first endpaper.Clean tight copy.317pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Red Board. Very Good/Good. Hard Cover. Item Price
€11.94
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Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
by Allan Gurganus
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Paperback Thus.
- Published
- 1990
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780571144716
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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€20.30
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London: Faber & Faber, 1990 Spine lightly sunned, faint reasing. Pages have light toning.718 pp. Tight, clean copy, no inscriptions. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First Paperback Thus.. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good. Paperback. Item Price
€20.30
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Cruel As the Grave
by Sharon Penman
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing.
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780718143077
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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€17.91
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Michael Joseph, 1998 Tiny rub to bottom corner, front dustjacket. Jacket not priceclipped.Pages light age toned. No line 2-10. No inscriptions. 243pp.Bright, tight, clean copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First Edition, Second Printing.. Black boards, Gilt Type. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hard Cover. Item Price
€17.91
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Viking's Dawn (Puffin Books)
by Henry Treece
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780140303209
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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€21.50
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London: Puffin Penguin 1 Tight copy, with pages age toned. No inscriptions. Some faint foxing to inside card covers, and endpaper, also at top edge. 176pp including "About this book" 3pp by author re historical context of life, times and events in the story. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Pictorial Card Covers. Good. Illus. by Victor Ambrus… Read more about this item Item Price
€21.50
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Dr. Blair ; or Irish Protestants Under Home Rule
by Rev P. P. O'Sullivan
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No D/jacket
- Edition
- First.
- Published
- 1912
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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€179.14
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Belfast, Northern Ireland: R. Carswell & Sons Ltd, 1912 Boards have spotting across front board, some marking also on rear board. Offset tanning to front and rear endpapers.Owner name inscription in tiny neat letters on title page.Loose leaf insert book mark of page from Psalms from a Bible. 204pp. Clean and tight text, tight binding. Gilt shamrock motif under gilt… Read more about this item Item Price
€179.14
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Hungry Hill
by Daphne Du Maurier
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- ninth Impression.
- Published
- 1958
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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€29.86
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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1958 Gollancz Yellow Jacket; jacket not priceclipped.A beautiful bright,very tight, bright, clean jacket, light wear at spine ends. was kept under clear loose cover. VG++. Book Near Fine. Tiny offset mark on endpapers from where clear cover has been wrapped on flaps.Very narrow darkening line on rear flap at top. Faintest wrinkle on rear cover,see other… Read more about this item Item Price
€29.86
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The Reckoning
by Sharon Penman
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus.
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780140113259
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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€14.33
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London: Penguin, 1992 Light edgewear to cover.Age toning to page borders and endpapers.Owner neat name on first endpaper and inside rear cover. 581pp.Wonderful vivid noveI. Afterword, Author's Notes,List of dramatis Personae,in text at front. Tight, clean copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First Thus.. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good. Illus. by Bryan Leister. Paperback. Item Price
€14.33
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Falls the Shadow
by Sharon Penman
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Ballantine.
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780345360335
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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€14.33
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New York: Ballantine, 1989 Covers edgeworn and creased.Curl to front cover, and a little bit on rear cover. Pages toned, light rippling and curled back a bit on first pages and endpapers.No inscriptions. 909pp.Wonderful vivid noveI. 2 page family tree.2 page map, in text at front. Still a tight copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First Ballantine.. Pictorial… Read more about this item Item Price
€14.33
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A Ship of the Line. Hornblower Novel.Mermaid Edition
by C. S. Forester
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1955
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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€19.05
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London: Michael Joseph, 1955 189pp.Publisher's 4s 6d price on rear pastedown. 4/6 in pencil on top corner, first endpaper, also date 5 August 1995, presumably first booksellers pricing. Clean, bright and tight. Creases at bottom corners of covers, (see images), light rubbbing to spine ends. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Flexiback/. Very Good. Hardcover. Item Price
€19.05
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The Sunne in Splendour
by Sharon Kay Penman
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Published
- 1984
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780140067644
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Portishead , Somerset, GBR
- Item Price
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€23.89
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London: Penguin, 1984 Covers edgeworn and creased. Age toning to page borders and endpapers.No inscriptions. 886pp.Wonderful vivid novel of Wars of the Roses and Richard III. 2 page family tree. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Reprint.. Pictorial Card Covers. Good. Illus. by Gino d'Achille. Paperback. Item Price
€23.89