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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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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...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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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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...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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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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 ...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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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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...
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October 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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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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...
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October 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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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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...
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September 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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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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...
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September 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
New today in the #patcshop - Alf Prøysen's Little Old Mrs Pepperpot. Gorgeous vintage Puffin! £5 including UK postage 💙📚

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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...
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August 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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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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...
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August 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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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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...
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August 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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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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...
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July 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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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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...
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July 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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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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 ...
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July 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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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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...
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July 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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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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.
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June 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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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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...
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May 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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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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... ...
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May 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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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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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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May 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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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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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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May 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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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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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. ...
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April 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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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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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...
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April 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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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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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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April 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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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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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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April 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Margaret Lane's The Brontë Story. £4.50 including UK postage 💙📚

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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...
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March 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM