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For Real: A Story of Mystery and Suspense by Wendy Grant

Posted on December 22, 2011 by BookLovers of Bath

For Real: A Story of Mystery and Suspense by Wendy Grant hits the £1 shelf in my shop. Mendip Publishing, 1993, Paperback. Good. A pleasant enough reading copy. Light reading creases to the spine. Leans heavily. 268 pages. 8¼” x … Continue reading →

Posted in BookLovers of Bath: The Shop! | Tagged 0905903382, africa, cottage, dartmoor, diamond, diamonds, draam, dying, grant, inspector, intrigue, isolated, knife, man, murder, ordinary, people, smuggling, south, trip, wendy, wound | Leave a comment

Venetian Gros Point Lace by Nenia Lovesey & Catherine Barley

Posted on February 17, 2011 by BookLovers of Bath

Published by Dryad Press, 1986, Hardback. 1st Ed. Condition: Very Good. Light rubbing to the bottom corners of both boards. Previous owners’ inscription to the first blank. Very slight age-toning to the margins of the leaves otherwise a very well … Continue reading →

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Needlelace — Designs and Techniques Classic and Contemporary by Catherine Barley

Posted on January 26, 2011 by BookLovers of Bath

Published by B. T. Batsford, 1993, Hardback in Dust Wrapper. 1st Ed. Signed copy! Condition: Very Good in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Gently faded at the spine of the dust wrapper otherwise a very well presented copy with a bookplate to … Continue reading →

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Miller’s Antiques Checklists: Art Deco; Art Nouveau; Victoriana by Eric Knowles

Posted on August 27, 2010 by BookLovers of Bath

Published by Chancellor Press, 2000, Hardback. Condition: Very Good – in Very Good DJ. An apparently unread set, all three of which are in very good condition whilst slipcase has slight rubbing. See this book on my web site? From … Continue reading →

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