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5 months ago

J R R Tolkien - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo J R R Tolkien's translations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo. Unwin Press 1981. Paperback. Condition: Scuffing to edges. Creasing to back cover. White marks where a label was o...

NEW in the #patcshop - J R R Tolkien's translations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo.

Unwin Press 1981. Paperback.

£15 inc UK P&P. #bookmail 💙📚

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5 months ago

C E Lucas Phillips - The Greatest Raid of All - FIRST EDITION C E Lucas Phillips' The Greatest Raid of All. A fully illustrated account of WWII's "Operation Chariot" with multiple maps, drawings and maps. Beautiful patterned dust jacket and detailing to spine. T...

NEW in the #patcshop - C E Lucas Phillips' The Greatest Raid of All.

A fully illustrated account of WWII's "Operation Chariot" with multiple maps, drawings and maps.

The Companion Book Club, 1958 FIRST EDITION.

£12 inc UK P&P. #bookmail 💙📚

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5 months ago

The Novels of George Eliot - Barbara Hardy The Novels of George Eliot by Barbara Hardy. The Athlone Press 1963 edition. Paperback.  Condition: Some scuffing to edges and creasing to spine. Minor tanning to edges of pages. Very small ink marks ...

NEW in the #patcshop - The Novels of George Eliot by Barbara Hardy.

The Athlone Press 1963 edition. Apparently, "...the whole book must be carefully read by everyone concerned with form in the novel". So now you know.

£5.25 inc UK P&P. #bookmail 💙📚

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6 months ago

Jill Murphy - The Worst Witch Jill Murphy's The Worst Witch. Puffin 1979. Paperback. Rare edition with alternative cover art. Condition: Some scuffing and creasing to edges. Pages tanned but still holding together well. Overall ve...

NEW in the #patcshop - Jill Murphy's The Worst Witch.

Young Puffin 1979 paperback edition with rare alternative cover artwork. Fully illustrated.

£10 inc UK P&P. #bookmail 💙📚

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6 months ago

T S Eliot - Collected Poems 1909-1962 T S Eliot's Collected Poems 1909-1962 Faber and Faber 1974 edition. Paperback.  Condition: Minor tanning and marks to edges of pages. Minor scuffing to corners. Inscribed by previous owner inside fron...

NEW in the #patcshop - T S Eliot's Collected Poems 1909-1962.

Faber and Faber 1974 edition. Paperback.

Complete with previous owners' annotations.

£8 inc UK P&P. #bookmail 💙📚

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6 months ago

Booth's Handbook of Cocktails and Mixed Drinks Booth's Handbook of Cocktails and Mixed Drinks. Pan 1966 FIRST EDITION.Paperback. By appointment to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. No cocktail cabinet is complete without a copy of this classic Booth...

NEW in the #patcshop - Booth's Handbook of Cocktails and Mixed Drinks.

1966 FIRST EDITION. By appointment to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

No cocktail cabinet is complete without a copy of this classic Booth's handbook!

£5.75 inc UK P&P. #bookmail 💙📚

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6 months ago

Dorita Fairlie Bruce - The School on the Moor - 1934 Dorita Fairlie Bruce's The School on the Moor. Oxford University Press. 1934. Hardback with pictorial cover. Illustrated frontispiece. Condition: Some scuffing to edges. Several very small green paint...

NEW in the #patcshop - Dorita Fairlie Bruce's The School on the Moor.

Oxford University Press. 1934. Hardback with pictorial cover. Illustrated frontispiece.

Condition: see listing please!

£12 inc UK P&P. #bookmail 💙📚

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7 months ago

Alf Prøysen - Little Old Mrs Pepperpot Alf Prøysen's Little Old Mrs Pepperpot. Puffin 1970 edition. Paperback. Beautiful cover artwork and fully illustrated. Condition: Some creasing to cover and scuffing to corners. Some minor foxing, tan...

New today in the #patcshop - Alf Prøysen's Little Old Mrs Pepperpot. Gorgeous vintage Puffin! £5 including UK postage 💙📚

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8 months ago

Floyd on Hangovers FIRST EDITION Floyd on Hangovers Michael Joseph FIRST EDITION 1992. Hardback. Spectacularly 90's with wonderful graphics and illustrations. Condition: A little dented at the edges. A little piece of prairie grass s...

New today in the #patcshop - Floyd on Hangovers first edition. Gloriously 90's! £5 including UK postage 💙📚

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8 months ago

Susan Howatch - Sins of the Fathers FIRST EDITION Susan Howatch's Sins of the Fathers. Hamish Hamilton FIRST EDITION 1980. Hardback with original dust jacket. Condition: Some very minor scuffing to edges. Minor marks consistent with age. The paper ha...

New today in the #patcshop - Susan Howatch's Sins of the Fathers - a 1980's first edition! £12 including UK postage 💙📚

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8 months ago

Lin Yutang - Moment in Peking - FIRST EDITION 1940 Lin Yutang's Moment in Peking Windmill Heinemann Ltd FIRST EDITION 1940. Hardback. Condition: Some wear to the cover especially the back cover which has a large worn patch (see photos). Minor dents to...

New today in the #patcshop - Lin Yutang's Moment in Peking. A 1940's first edition, no less! £15 including UK postage 💙📚

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8 months ago

Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale Virago Press 1990 edition. Paperback. Excellent vintage cover artwork. Condition: Creasing and fading to the spine. Some scuffing and creasing to edges. Some tann...

New today in the #patcshop - Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. A well-read 1990 Virago edition. £5.50 including UK postage 💙📚

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9 months ago

Four Great Love Stories Boxed Set | Austen | Tolstoy | Brontë | Flaube Four Great Love Stories Penguin Boxed Set | Austen | Tolstoy | Brontë | Flaubert 1971s Penguin editions. Complete with rare original box.  Condition: The box is a little scuffed at the edges but still...

New today in the #patcshop - this rare Four Great Love Stories 1971 Penguin Boxed Set. Beautiful condition! £22 including UK postage. 💙📚

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9 months ago

Ruth Chew - The Would-be Witch Ruth Chew's The Would-be Witch. Scholastic 1976. Paperback. FIRST EDITION.  Condition: Some scuffing and creasing to edges. Pages tanned but still holding together well. Overall very good considering ...

New today in the #patcshop - A lovely 1976 first edition copy of The Would-be Witch by Ruth Chew. Strong school book fair vibes. £6 including UK postage. 💙📚

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9 months ago

Arthur Conan Doyle | The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle's The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes: 37 short stories and a complete novel from The Strand Magazine. Castle FIRST US EDITION. Undated but probably 1970's. Hardback with origi...

New today in the #patcshop - this fully illustrated hardback copy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Absolutely massive and only £8 including UK postage. 💙📚

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Prudence and the Crow

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10 months ago

The Prudence and the Crow Collection | Books, bits and bobs We are Prudence and the Crow, the vintage book subscription service. Our shop also includes a vintage bookshop and a range of literary gifts, art prints, stationery and homewares to suit every budget.

It's been a while since I posted a link to the #patcshop - vintage book box subscriptions, a selection of paperbacks, hardbacks, boxed sets and stationery - come and have a browse of all things bookish! 💙📚

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10 months ago

Louisa M Alcott - Good Wives Louisa M Alcott's Good Wives. Children's Press. 1967. Abridged. Hardback with pictorial cover. Condition: Some minor scuffing to edges. Pages tanned. Minor faint foxing. Very good considering age. Dim...

Fresh in the #patcshop - this hardback 1967 abridged Children's Press version of Louisa M. Alcott's Good Wives, with this delightful (alarming?) illustrated cover! 💙📚

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11 months ago

Buffy the Vampire Slayer | The Harvest Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Harvest. A novelisation by Richie Tankersley Cusick 1997 First US Edition. Archway Paperbacks. New school. Same assignment. Something's wrong in Sunnydale, California... ...

New in the #patcshop...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Harvest. A novelisation by Richie Tankersley Cusick. 💙📚

Please treat yourself or a friend to this incredible artefact.

£7.50 including UK postage.

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11 months ago

Hubert Selby Jr - Last Exit to Brooklyn - FIRST EDITION Hubert Selby Jr's Last Exit to Brooklyn Calder and Boyars FIRST EDITION 1966. Hardback with original dust jacket. Grey board with gilt text beneath. Condition: Some scuffing and minor marks to edges o...

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Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr. 💙📚

First edition. Calder and Boyars 1966. Hardback with original dust jacket.

£28 including UK postage.

Fantastic book. I had to wrestle this off Prudence to add it to the shop.

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11 months ago

Fantasy: The Literature of Subversion by Rosemary Jackson Fantasy: The Literature of Subversion by Rosemary Jackson Methuen and Co 1981. Paperback. First edition. Non-fiction. This study argues against vague interpretations of fantasy as mere escapism and se...

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Fantasy: The Literature of Subversion by Rosemary Jackson 💙📚

A study of Fantasy as a Genre by Dr Rosemary Jackson.

Methuen and Co 1981. Paperback. First edition.

£6.50 including UK postage.

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11 months ago

Agatha Christie - The Thirteen Problems - FIRST EDITION 2nd Printing Agatha Christie - The Thirteen Problems 1962 First Edition, second reprint. Pan Books. Highly aesthetic Miss Marple at its best. Condition: Foxing and tanning to pages, especially inside front cover. ...

New today in the #patcshop...

A most aesthetic Miss Marple from 1962: Agatha Christie's The Thirteen Problems 💙📚

Pan Books. 1962. Paperback. First edition, 2nd reprint. Really good condition!

£8 including UK postage.

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1 year ago

Point Horror | Richie Tankersley Cusick - April Fools - FIRST EDITION Richie Tankersley Cusick's April Fools Scholastic Press. 1991. Paperback. First UK edition. It’s April Fools’ Day. Frank thinks he’s king of the fools. So when he and his friends get cut up by a hotsh...

New today in the #patcshop...

Classic 90's Point Horror: Richie Tankersley Cusick's April Fools 💙📚

Scholastic Press. 1991. Paperback. First UK edition. Excellent, unread condition!

£8 including UK postage.

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1 year ago

The Beacon Readers - At Old Lob's - 1950's Ginn book The Beacon Readers - At Old Lob's - 1950's Ginn book. Illustrated by Hugh Radcliffe Wilson. Ginn and Company 1951. Thirteenth reprint (first published 1938). Clothbound. Fully illustrated in colour th...

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The Beacon Readers: At Old Lob's. Illustrated by Hugh Radcliffe Wilson 💙📚

Ginn and Company 1951. Thirteenth reprint (first published 1938). Clothbound. Fully illustrated in colour throughout.

£6 including UK postage.

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1 year ago

Enid Blyton - Sunshine Book - FIRST EDITION Enid Blyton's Sunshine Book. Dean and Son 1965 First Edition. Hardback. Red board with black detailing to spine. Condition: Black scuff mark on front cover and a white scuff mark on the back. Spine fa...

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Enid Blyton's Sunshine Book.

Dean and Son 1965 First Edition. Only £6.00 including UK postage 💙📚

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1 year ago

Margaret Lane - The Brontë Story Margaret Lane's The Brontë Story. Fontana Press 1973. Paperback. Illustrated here and there. Condition: Foxing and tanning to edges of pages. Some creasing to the cover. The book falls open in one pla...

New today in the #patcshop...

Margaret Lane's The Brontë Story. £4.50 including UK postage 💙📚

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Prudence and the Crow

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1 year ago

The Prudence and the Crow Collection | Books, bits and bobs We are Prudence and the Crow, the vintage book subscription service. Our shop also includes a vintage bookshop and a range of literary gifts, art prints, stationery and homewares to suit every budget.

Our #patcshop - where you can sign up for a bespoke vintage paperback subscription box, shop bookish bits and Crow's original designs, and rehome a range of beautiful vintage books now has a shiny Bluesky-friendly banner! #booksky

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1 year ago

J R R Tolkien - The Hobbit J R R Tolkien's The Hobbit George Allen and Unwin Press 1977 Third edition (first paperback), twentieth imprint. Condition: Some minor scuffing to edges and minor creasing to spine. A few small minor ...

New in the #patcshop - the classic 1977 paperback edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, £14 inc. UK P&P 💙📚

(love, love this cover...)

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1 year ago

Alys Chatwyn - The Talk of the School Alys Chatwyn's The Talk of the School. Epworth Press. Undated but probably 1930's. Most likely a first edition. Hardback with pictorial cover and spine and illustrated frontispiece. Dotted here and th...

A treat of a book is NEW in the #patcshop today - The Talk of the School, by Alys Chatwyn - 1st edition, probably 1930s.

...I cannot sufficiently express my love for this extraordinary cover, it is absolutely everything 💙📚 #booksky #bookmail

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1 year ago

Enid Blyton - The Saucy Jane Family - FIRST EDITION Enid Blyton's The Saucy Jane Family. FIRST EDITION Lutterworth Press 1947. Hardback with illustrated frontispiece. Fully illustrated by Ruth Gervis. Ex Libris. Condition: Cover shows water damage and ...

NEW in the #patcshop Enid Blyton's The Saucy Jane Family.

FIRST EDITION Lutterworth Press 1947. Hardback with illustrated frontispiece. Fully illustrated by Ruth Gervis. Ex Libris (stamped!).

Just £6.50 inc. UK P&P.

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1 year ago

R L Stevenson - A Child's Garden of Verses R L Stevenson's  A Child's Garden of Verses First Collins edition 1961. Hardback with beautiful end papers and frontispiece. Fully illustrated by  A H Watson. Condition: Some scuffing to edges. Minor ...

NEW in the #patcshop today:

R L Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses

First Collins edition 1961. Hardback with beautiful end papers and frontispiece. Fully illustrated by A H Watson. #bookshops #bookish #booksky

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