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70941 ART OF AFRICA by the Scala Group 574 page 11" square tome, thousands of colour images and full page plates of Sub-Saharan African art on quality paper.


£29.50 WAS £22 NOW £11 69083 PICASSO: Life with Dora Maar: Love


and War 1935-1945 by Anne Baldassari Exhibition catalogue, photos by Dora Maar, drawings, paintings and poems by Picasso. 318 large pages, illus. £45 WAS £12 NOW £6


69547 ANGUS MCBEAN PORTRAITS by Terence Pepper


Mae West, Maria Callas, Shirley Bassey, Gielgud, Olivier and the Beatles all feature. 172 pages 24 x 29mm, photos in colour and b/w. First edition. WAS £14 NOW £7


70947 LA DOLCE VITA: 60s Lifestyle In Rome by The Scala Group


Famous faces here lit up and recorded for posterity by the flashing cameras of the paparazzi. Full page b/w stills. 511 page tome. 11½” x 12". £30 WAS £20 NOW £10


69217 THE MIDDLE EAST: The Cradle of


Civilisation Revealed by Dr Stephen Bourke Ancient Middle Eastern societies from the Neolithic period through to the Arab conquest. Maps, CD-Rom and poster. 500 colour photos. 368pp, 9" x 12". £30 WAS £18 NOW £9


70958 ROWLANDSON: FIVE POSTERS 21" x 16" on quality card and ready for framing depicting the lascivious lives which Rowlandson observed. WAS £5.50 NOW £2.75


69807 ARTHUR MILLER: 1962-2005 by Christopher Bigsby


Scrupulously researched, this biography discloses previously unknown facts about Miller’s public and private life. 589 pages, photos. £30 WAS £5 NOW £2.50


70988 THE ARCHER’S MISCELLANY:The First Official Trivia Collection from Britain’s Best-


loved Radio Drama by Joanna Toye Enjoy the whos, whats, wheres and whys of the show’s past 60 years. 256 pages, line drawings and maps. £9.99 WAS £3.50 NOW £1.75


69702 DIRTY WORDS: A Literary


Encyclopedia of Sex edited by Ellen Sussman A definition, followed by a story, a discussion, a first- hand experience, an historical perspective or a good old cogitation upon that topic. A-Z. 290pp. $19.99 WAS £1.50 NOW 75p


70350 DEATH ON THE NILE by Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot must call upon all of his skills of reason and deduction to crack the case. 351 pages. $12 WAS £2 NOW £1


70436 WHO KILLED IAGO? by James Walton From Charlotte Brontë to Chinua Achebe and hidden double entendres to famous opening lines. How much you really know about literature. 295pp in paperback. $13.95 WAS £1.50 NOW 75p


69975 DARWIN’S NOTEBOOK: The Life, Times


and Discoveries of Charles Robert Darwin Family snapshots, jottings, notes and sketches, together with Darwin’s own comments. 160 pages, illus. £11.99 WAS £3 NOW £1.50


69458 CORIOLANUS: Oxford School


Shakespeare edited by Roma Gill Complete and unabridged. Shakespeare’s great play with detailed explanations of difficult words and passages and synopsis. 170pp, paperback, line art. £4.99 WAS £1.50 NOW 75p


70331 AS PROMISED BALLS ON A TRAY


MAGNETIC NOTEPAD by Anne Taintor Lovely young housewife offers meatballs to her dapper, executive male husband in 1950s kitsch design. 50 lined pages. Magnetic notepad 4" x 9" tall. WAS £2 NOW £1


69318 ASIAN APHRODISIACS by Jerry Hopkins Hopkins ‘road tests’ Chinese medicine’s most popular aphrodisiacs and surveys the best and worst. 254pp in paperback, colour photos. £16.50 WAS £1.50 NOW 75p


69362 PET HEAVEN: The Animal Accessory


Bible by Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne Instructions for custom-made apparel for your fox terrier, ferret, guinea pig or tortoise. Templates. 144pp, softback, colour photos and diagrams. £14.99 WAS £2 NOW £1


70394 THE A.B.C. MURDERS: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie


Alice Ascher in Andover, is bludgeoned to death. Next to die is Betty Bernard in Bexhill, an urgent hunt is launched for the A.B.C. murderer. 252pp. $12 WAS £2 NOW £1


71059 PARTY PIECES: From Do Come to Please Go by Anne Harvey


T. S. Eliot, Charles Dickens, Noel Coward, Oscar Wilde - these potent pieces reveal the dark undertones that lurk beneath the bubbly. 186 pages, illus. £14.99 WAS £2 NOW £1


69984 HANNA-BARBERA TREASURY: From Boo Boo to Bamm Bamm The Ultimate Cartoon


Scrapbook by Jerry Beck and Fred Seibert A treasury of rare art and mementos, postcards in wallets, collector’s card cartoons to collect, tiny booklets, archival newspaper and magazine ads and more. 157 pages 29mm x 26mm, colour, 24 pull-out mementoes. £30 WAS £12 NOW £6


70721 THOSE WHO MARCHED AWAY edited by Irene and Alan Taylor Subtitled An Anthology of the World’s Greatest War Diaries. Stories from individuals from wars down the ages. 676pp in paperback. £12.99 WAS £2.50 NOW £1.25


Inevitably, Bibliophile gets over-excited on purchasing too many copies of certain titles over the course of the year. Take advantage of our “mistakes” at half of half price (or much less). Hurry while stocks last.


69321 BORN FREE: The Full Story by Joy


Adamson with preface by Lord William Percy 50 years ago, conservationist Joy Adamson introduced the world to Elsa the lioness and the stories of the bond they shared. Rare photos. 411 pages, maps. £20 WAS £3 NOW £1.50


70719 SCENES FROM A REVOLUTION: The


Birth of the New Hollywood by Mark Harris How clever to take just five films and from them construct a readable social history of a time in 1960s Hollywood. 490 paperback pages, archive photos. £8.99 WAS £2 NOW £1


71072 UNCLE GEORGE’S GOLDEN DAYS by Humphrey Phelps


Uncle George - seldom far from the storm centre of every dispute in the village, and often the source of them! 191pp in softback. £12.99 WAS £2 NOW £1


67959 ECCENTRIC BRITAIN by Des Hannigan


with photography by Chris Coe Subtitled ‘A Celebration of Britain’s Bizarre Buildings, Peculiar Places and Offbeat Events’. 160 large pages, colour photos and maps. £19.99 WAS £4 NOW £2


70744 SCANDAL: A Scurrilous History of Gossip


by Roger Wilkes


From Regency London where muckraking scandal sheets were hawked in the streets to the modern free-for-all. 363pp in paperback, photos. £8.99 WAS £2 NOW £1


70986 WARTIME NOTEBOOKS by Marguerite Duras


Marguerite Duras was one of the leading novelists of post-war France. She kept four notebooks. Raging, sensual, embittered, ardent. 336pp in paperback. £9.99 WAS £2.25 NOW £1.12


67296 HIDDEN TREASURES OF ENGLAND: A


Guide to the Country’s Best-Kept Secrets by Michael McNay


Less-celebrated gems highlighting the astonishing masterpieces hidden away across the length and breadth of the country. 500 entries, colour photos, 546pp. £25 WAS £9 NOW £4.50


67987 THE GREAT WALL: The Extraordinary Story by John Man


A superb travelogue, expertly combining history and vivid description. 335pp, paperback, colour photos. £9.99 WAS £2 NOW £1


68258 TROTSKY: Downfall of a Revolutionary by Bertrand M. Patenaude


The ice-pick assassination of Leon Trotsky in Mexico 1940 is the most notorious of the 20th century’s political murders. Photos, 370 roughcut pages. $27.50 WAS £3 NOW £1.50


68674 A MORTAL CURIOSITY: A Lizzie


Martin Mystery by Ann Granger Lizzie’s employer harbours the delusion that her recently deceased baby has been stolen. Lizzie determines to get to the bottom of the mystery. 313 pages. £18.99 WAS £2.50 NOW £1.25


68908 THE FORGOTTEN MAN: A New History


of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes A striking reinterpretation of the Great Depression that devastated America in the early part of the 20th century. 464 paperback pages, archive photos. £16.99 WAS £2.75 NOW £1.35


68916 LOSING THE PEACE: Failed


Settlements and the Road to War by Matthew Hughes and Matthew Seligmann A comprehensive study of the key themes of peace and war and why peace has so often failed in the modern era. 242pp.


£16.99 WAS £3 NOW £1.50


68937 WORLD CITIES: YESTERDAY AND TODAY by Michael Swift


Alexandria, Amsterdam, Antwerp...Warsaw, Washington, York - 57 great cities are described by means of old maps and new satellite. 256pp, 250 colour reproductions.


£25 WAS £6 NOW £3


68951 BOOK OF THE MOON by Rick Stroud Starting with facts and figures and including Astronomers, Astronauts, Cosmonauts and Lunar Exploration, Magic, Medicine and Science. 368pp, illus. £16.99 WAS £4 NOW £2


69066 CECIL B. DEMILLE AND THE GOLDEN CALF by Simon Louvish


Here is the story of one of Hollywood’s most enduring legends, remembered for his grandiose biblical sagas such as Samson and Delilah. 507 pages, illus. £25 WAS £3 NOW £1.50


69145 HARRIER THE V/STOL WARRIOR Combines the versatility of the helicopter with the performance of a high speed combat aircraft. 128 pages, colour photos.


£12.99 WAS £3 NOW £1.50


69195 CHINA: World’s Oldest Living Civilisation Revealed


by Dr. John Makeham


China boasts a recorded history that dates back more than 3,500 years. This wonderful tome examines the turbulent history, 500 superb colour photos. 368pp. 9" x 12" with bonus CD-Rom. £30 WAS £16 NOW £8


69206 IMPRESSIONS OF ARABIA:


Architecture and Frescoes of the Asir Region by Thierry Mauger


Awe-inspiring landmarks, hand painted, brightly coloured interior decoration and painted façades. 199 very large pages, colour with maps.


£37.50 WAS £8.50 NOW £4.25


69207 IMPRESSIONS OF RAJASTHAN by Carisse and Gérard Busquet Superb photos and text capture everyday life in Rajasthan and explains the symbolism and spiritualism portrayed in their murals. 194 pages in colour, map. £37.50 WAS £9 NOW £4.50


69230 READY, SET, DECORATE: The Complete


Guide to Getting it Right Every Time by Emma Callery


From painting to lighting, is covered with practical tips on choosing materials. 128 large pages, colour plates. £16.99 WAS £2.50 NOW £1.25


69329 DIET BIBLE: Use It To Lose It! by Judith Mills


Over 50 diets are covered. Covering issues of weight, shape, health, fitness and the mental challenge. 288pp, softback, colour photos, diagrams. £12.99 WAS £2 NOW £1


69370 SPANISH BOW by Andromeda Romano-Lax


When Feliu Delargo is born, late 19th century Spain is a nation slipping from international power and plunges into Civil War. 554 paperback pages. £12 WAS £1.50 NOW 75p


69460 ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE: A Life in


Letters edited by Jon Lellenberg et al Over 1000 frank letters to his mother from the time he went to boarding school in 1867 until 1920. 706pp, paperback, photos. WAS £1.75 NOW 85p


69554 CODEX BODLEY: A Painted Chronicle


from the Mixtec Highlands, Mexico by Maarten Jansen and G. A. Pérez Jiménez Codex Bodley one of the most important ancient Mexican manuscripts. The history, its provenance and the circumstances behind its creation are all studied. Illus, 32cm x 28cm, 96pp. Facsimile, first published 2005. £19.99 WAS £8 NOW £4


69560 DIRTY WORDS: The Story of Sex Talk by Mark Morton


For all tongues and lovers who love cunning linguistics here is a lip-smacking collection of smutty words. 368pp. £12.99 WAS £2.50 NOW £1.25


69578 NOBLE DREAMS, WICKED PLEASURES:


Orientalism in America, 1870-1930 edited by Holly Edwards


A rare exhibition catalogue, gorgeously illus, looks at Orientalist stereotypes by some of the country’s most important high art painters of the 19th century. 12" x 9" large softback, 224pp.


£39.95 WAS £12.50 NOW £6.25


69753 THE CANDLEMASS ROAD by George Fraser Macdonald


This powerful, haunting novel of the Border Country in the reign of Elizabeth I creates some unforgettable fictional characters. 181pp, paperback. $14.95 WAS £4 NOW £2


69827 DALI & I by Stan Lauryssens Art world skulduggery from a man jailed for selling fake Dalí masterpieces. Lauryssens realised just how easily the public could be conned. 224pp. £16.99 WAS £4 NOW £2


70241 FORBIDDEN ASIA


The golden age of Chinese erotic art, Japanese woodcuts from the shunga tradition, the great master Utamaro. 255pp, colour erotic reproductions. WAS £5 NOW £2.50


70247 ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE 20TH CENTURY


by Dorothea Iemert


Two-volumes. Features Matisse and the wild beasts in Paris, the fauves and the autonomy of colour, futurism, cubism, materiality and collage, the Russian avant- garde, architecture in the first half of the 20th century. 33cm x 29½cm, 256pp. The second covers the second half of the 20th century. Beginning in the 1960s with the nouveaux réalistes through to minimal art, conceptual art, the new expressivity of the 60s to the 80s, new media and video, photography, sculpture and readymades, painting and installations. 256 huge pages, colour examples. Slipcased. £42 WAS £33 NOW £16.50


70254 BRAZZAVILLE CHARMS by Cassie Knight The book tells the story of militiamen who are led by a dreadlocked reincarnation of Christ, of exorcisms and sorcery, of timber companies exploiting the rainforest. 240pp with 26 colour photos. £14.99 WAS £2.50 NOW £1.25


70339 CASSANDRA AND JANE: A Jane Austen Novel by Jill Pitkeathley


Beloved sisters Jane and Cassandra Austen suffered the same fate as many of the women of their era - tasting passion, knowing great love and then losing it. 270pp in paperback.


£9.95 WAS £2.25 NOW £1.10


70348 DEAREST COUSIN JANE: A Jane Austen Novel by Jill Pitkeathley


A luminous portrait of the true-life cousin of Jane Austen. Outrageous, precocious, free spirited and seductive, Countess Eliza de Feuillide. 276pp in paperback. Remainder mark.


£9.99 WAS £2.25 NOW £1.10


70400 THE BOX: Tales from the Darkroom by Gunter Grass


Gunter Grass writes using the voices of his 8 children as they record memories of their childhoods, and their father who was always at work on a new book. An intimate picture of this most public of men. 194 pages. $23 WAS £2 NOW £1


70423 THE TIME MACHINE by H. G. Wells This dark vision of human destiny established H. G. Wells as the founding father of science fiction. 106pp in paperback. £6.99 WAS £1.75 NOW 85p


19 70432 UNLOCKING THE MASTERS DELUXE


SET by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms in one elegant slipcase box. Each book is accompanied by a full-length Naxos CD with recordings made specifically for this book. 145pp in paperback. 500pp in total, 16 x 23.5cm. £43.95 WAS £11 NOW £5.50


70538 REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON VAN


RIJN: Erotic Sketches by Norbert Wolf The stigmata of life itself is imprinted in these studies. 31 drawings, black chalk, grey wash, pen and ink etchings. $25 WAS £5 NOW £2.50


70542 HISTORY’S WORST PREDICTIONS: And The People Who Made Them


by Eric Chaline


Organised chronologically from antiquity to modern times, this book exposes the credulity and absurdity of humanity’s prophetic utterances. 256 pages, colour illus, maps. WAS £8 NOW £4


70557 SEX AND THE SEASONED WOMAN:


Pursuing the Passionate Life by Gail Sheehy Over 100 women of 45 and above were falling over themselves to tell Sheehy about their sexual experiences and to respond to her questionnaire. 354pp. $25.95 WAS £3.50 NOW £1.75


70559 TAO OF SEDUCTION Erotic Secrets


from Ancient China by Lin Liao Yi The Ten Questions, The Harmonisation of Yin and Yang and The Supreme Path - are the oldest existing treatises written on the subject of sexuality. Bound as a traditional Chinese text, illus with exotic Chinese paintings. 9" x 13½”. £20.95 WAS £12 NOW £6


70578 PRIMITIVE ART by Franz Boas The definitive analysis for art historians since its initial publication in 1927. 300 photos, drawings and diagrams. 377pp in paperback.


£20.99 WAS £4 NOW £2


70605 501 DAYS OUT FOR KIDS IN THE UK AND IRELAND


Each is assessed for cost, amount of walking and access requirements. 444pp, colour photos and contact details. WAS £2.50 NOW £1.25


70679 DRACULA’S HEIR: An Interactive Mystery


by Sam Stall


Dracula’s Heir begins ten years after the horrific events described in the original novel. Eight removable clues including a newspaper, a death certificate, a private journal and the original first chapter. Woodcut illus. 80pp. 11+. $24.95 WAS £2.50 NOW £1.25


70710 LIGHTS, CAMERA, SOUNDTRACKS by Martin Strong and Brendon Griffin Subtitled The Ultimate Guide to Popular Music in the Movies. Colour photos of classic album covers, movie posters and stars of film and vinyl. 916pp, 7" x 9", softback. £25 WAS £2.75 NOW £1.35


70733 HITCHCOCK PIECE BY PIECE by Laurent Bouzereau


Exclusive pictures and removable memorabilia from the master’s archives make this a most collectable item. Ten golden wallets, each with his unmistakable profile shaping the envelope. Photos, many rare. 176 large pages. £30 WAS £10 NOW £5


70916 EUROPE IN THE AGE OF MONARCHY by John Spike and John P. O’Neill From the collections of the Metropolitan Museum. Caravaggio, Bernini, Tiepolo, El Greco, Velázquez, Rubens and others. 160 pages 23.5cm x 31cm with 132 illus, colour, large map. WAS £8 NOW £4


70917 EUROPEAN MINIATURES IN THE


METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART by Graham Reynolds and Katherine Baetjer Colour plates feature 85 beautiful examples from the 1530s to 1850. 399 illus of 291 exhibits in this rare volume from 1996. 208pp, 9½”×11¼”. WAS £7.50 NOW £3.75


70933 THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, AFRICA AND


THE AMERICAS by Douglas Newton et al The art of Oceania and Africa is the oldest in the world, dating from the first modern men, some 100,000 years ago. 135 colour photos of exhibits. 160 9" × 11¾” softback pages, foldout maps and timelines. £14 WAS £5.50 NOW £2.75


70934 THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY AND SPAIN edited by John P. O’Neill


Examines the styles and themes of the Renaissance in terms of the objects reproduced in this volume. 159 pages 24cm x 31cm, 131 colour illus, map. WAS £8 NOW £4


70954 TUTANKHAMUN: FIVE POSTERS 21" x just over 16" on quality card and ready for framing, includes the famous Mask of Tutankhamun and decoration from Tutankhamun’s Tomb. Colour. WAS £6 NOW £3


70957 GILRAY: FIVE POSTERS


21" x just over 16" on quality card includes John Bull and his Family Leaving off the Use of Sugar 1792 and the Plum-Pudding in Danger 1805 with hilarious captions. Superb coloured artwork. WAS £6 NOW £3


71014 EXPLORING BRITAIN’S CHURCHES AND CHAPELS: Inspirational Journeys of Discovery by


Mic Cady, Julia Brittain and Sue Joiner Here are 870 of the most inspiring of these buildings to be found in England, Scotland and Wales. 256 pages 29cm x 22cm in colour with glossary. Maps. £25 WAS £9 NOW £4.50


71127 THE ENGLISH REBEL by David Horspool Horspool’s rebels are not necessarily violent or left-wing, but they take serious risks with their lives and liberties. Starting with resistance to the Norman Conquest, the author moves on to Thomas Becket and Magna Carta followed by the rebellions familiar from Shakespeare. 453pp, illus.


£25 WAS £6 NOW £3


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