Recent Arrivals from N K Burchill Rana Books

hardback. Peace At Last' by Jill Murphy. This book is a hardback in glazed pictorial boards. First Edition, scarce. Macmillan. UK. 1980. First edition. A much loved story for young children where Mr Bear struggles to sleep because of all the sound around him. Lovely illustrations throughout and to cover. A… Read more about this item

hardback. Lanzarote' by Michel Houllebecq. This book is a first edition with a full numberline. William Heinemann, 203.The dustjacket is very good - clear, bright and not price clipped. The pages are a little age-toned otherwise clean and unmarked. Not exlib and packed and sent with care .

hardback. Toujours Provence' by Peter Mayle. This book is a first editon hardback with dustjacket. Hamish Hamilton, UK 1991. Full numberine. A lovely copy of this book which follows on from Peter Mayle's highly successful 'A Year in Provence' which was published in 1989. The author left the advertising world behind to move to Provence,… Read more about this item

Hardback. The Age of Kali' by William Dalrymple. This book is a hardback with dustjacket First Edition. Harper Collins, UK 1998. Full numberline present. A handsome copy of this work of travel writing by William Dalrymple. The dustjacket is clean, bright, unclipped with very good edges and tips, Smart boards and clean and… Read more about this item

Paperback. The Doll' by Ed McBain. This book is a Penguin Books first edition, 1969 UK under the 'Crime and Mystery' banner. A lovely bright, clean copy in bright strong covers, solid and complete spine with a little fade. Striking cover-art by Wendy Coates Smith. Contents are lightly age-toned otherwise clean and unmarked. Looks… Read more about this item

Paperback. Where The Wild Things Are' by Maurice Sendak. This book is a Puffin UK 1975 paperback edition. An early reprint. A handsome copy all round, read lightly so it has retained a good condition all round. Bright, illusrated covers and clean and bright contents with no markings etc. This is a real classic… Read more about this item

Paperback. The Call of the Wild' by Jack London. This book is a Pan 1973 paperback movie tie-in first edition, with Charlton Heston on the cover. Bright covers with light rub to tips and top of spine otherwise solid. Contents are age toned with brief name to the front otherwise unmarked. Jack London had the novel… Read more about this item

Paperback. Mouse Tales' by Arnold Lobel. This book is a first edition paperback Commonwealth Edition dated June 1975. The front cover is bright with crease to bottom tip. Spine bears some rub. Backcover has a light stain otherwise nice and solid. Contents: There is a pretty bookplate to the rear of the front cover with light… Read more about this item

hardback. The Queen of the Pirate Isle' by Bret Hart and illustrated by Kate Greenaway. This book is a Frederick Warne 1955 re-issue. Hardback with dustjacket. The dustjacket bears some rub to tips with a closed tear to the back cover with a little dustiness to the back cover. Priced at $2.00 to inner front… Read more about this item

Paperback. American Psycho' by Bret Easton Ellis. This book is the 'Picador Thirty' edition. Picador, 2002. First edition in this format with full numberline. An unread, bright, sharp copy of the author's groundbreaking 'black-hearted' satire where money, status and murder occupy the mind of Patrick Bateman. First published in 1991. Cover photo by Marc… Read more about this item

hardback. The Bletchley Girls' by Tessa Dunlop. This book is a hardback in dustjacket SIGNED by author with dedication. Hodder and Stoughton, 2015, first edition, second impression. A handsome copy with a bright, strong, unclipped dustjacket and clean and bright contents which are unmarked. Attractive green boards with gilt titles. This book tells… Read more about this item

hardback. Bye Bye Baby' by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. This book is a hardback in glazed pictorial boards. 1989 Heinemann first edition. No dustjacket. The boards are bright and strong with rub to bottom front tip. Solid, complete spine. Lightly read with light marks to front but no writing etc to contents which are… Read more about this item

Paperback. The Gormenghast trilogy comprising of three books in a slipcase: Titus Groan; Gormenghast and Titus Alone by Mervy Peake. The books are held in a slipcase. Penguin, UK. Three paperbacks in good condition throughout. 'Titus Groan' is a 1971 reprint. There is a mark to the back cover in blue pencil and the… Read more about this item

Paperback. Shades of Grey' by Nicole Ward Jouve. This paper is a Virago Press 1981 edition.. Clean, bright, unmarked copy in solid, complete covers and spine, Light crease to back top tip. Light age-tone to pages otherwise very good. Seven stories about women that are connected stories. First published in France and achieving… Read more about this item

Hardback. Face' by Benjamin Zephaniah. This book is a first edition in this Heinemann New Windmill series. Dated 2001. Hardback in glazed pictorial boards. The book is an ex-school-library book with a school stamp to the front otherwise there are no other stamps or markings. Bright, strong covers with a little wear to top and… Read more about this item

Hardback. Olive Again' by Elizabeth Strout. This book is a Penguin, Random House. UK. 2019 edition. Hardback in pictorial boards. First edition. A solid copy. Bright covers and spine. There is a rubbed out inscription in pencil to the front otherwise clean, bright contents. Olive Kitteridge appears once more in this novel… Read more about this item

Paperback. A Good Scent From A Strange Mountain' by Robert Olen Butler. This book is a Minerva paperback, UK 1993 First Edition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 and first published in 1992. Robert Olen Butler's work of fiction depicts the stories of Vietnamese-Americans in fifteen short stories. The covers are creased… Read more about this item

hardback. Hutchinkson. UK. 2017. 'Munich' by Robert Harris. This book is a first edition with full numberline and is SIGNED 'Robert' by the author and dedicated to previous owners. The dutjacket is bright and unclipped with light crush to top with two small nicks to back and light rub to bottom of dj. Smart red boards.… Read more about this item

hardback. The Melancholy Death f Oyster Boy' by Tim Burton. This book is a hardback in pictorial boards. First edition Faber and Faber UK 1998. Full nuberline. A lovely copy. Clean, bright boards with very good edges and tips. Very good strong, straight spine. Gilt titles to spine and to front. … Read more about this item

hardback. Goldie the Dollmaker' by M B Goffstein. This book is a Canongate, UK 1980 edition. First published in 1969 in the USA. The djustjacket is chipped to the edges with a repaired tear to the back cover. Green boards with gilt titles to spine. Clean and unmarked contents with charming illustrations throughout. A… Read more about this item