An Appreciation of Sir Walter Scott

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• Superb Folio Society Collection

  Recently Purchased – A Superb Folio Society Collection Having recently purchased a significant Folio Society collection I will be listing these over the next few days. This superb collection put together over many decades has the following superb library sets; Anthony Trollope Complete 49 Volumes Folio Society 1981-99 Jane Austen Complete 7 Volume Collection Folio [...]

• Free Books Giveaway in Leeds July 2013

  Free Books Giveaway in Leeds July 2013 The date has now been set for The Free Books Giveaway in Leeds in aid of the Leeds Sunshine and Smiles group that provides help and support for both the children and the parents and relatives with children that have been born with Down Syndrome. Date of the [...]

• World Acclaimed Artist John A Blakey’s First Story Book

  An Exquisitely Illustrated Tale Lundravar The Dragon by John A Blakey John Blakey is one of the world’s great watercolour artists, superbly demonstrated in this his first exquisitely illustrated story. A superb fable, this is an epic story of Good and Evil. There are two further books forthcoming in this series.   A tale of [...]

• An Appreciation of Sir Walter Scott Part VI – The Waverley Novels continued

  An Appreciation of Sir Walter Scott Part VI – The Waverley Novels continued The Pirate The novel is set in Orkney and Shetland in 1689, the plot hinges on an illicit relationship, and is driven by dark men twisted by their criminality, an obsessed woman searching for her lost son, and the murderous rivalry of [...]

• Latest Purchases in Local History

  Latest Purchases in Local History Purchased this week a superb Local History Collection as follows; Yorkshire Past & Present Mackenzie 4 volumes Outline of History H G Wells Newnes 2 volumes A Bibliography of Municipal History Leicester 1966 The Development Of Modern France Brogan 1959 White’s Leeds 1853 David & Charles 1969 The Anarchists Joll [...]