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St Andrean 1992  Editor: Mrs. C. Tedder A first edition softcover published by the School in 1992 Picture cover boards are clean & bright, binding is tight & strong, no marks or inscriptions Postage inside South Africa R30.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postal Quote  

Springs in the Valley by Mrs. C Cowman Religious diary.FIRST EDITION Illustration of title  page  Published by the Oriental Missionary Society, California, 1939, 371p. Condition: Hard cover, No dust jacket. Age yellowing and slight binding fraying name and message of previous owner on frontispages.   Postage R55 (In SA). POSTING WILL ONLY BE DONE ON FRIDAYS IN ORDER TO CUT OVERHEAD COSTS SUCH AS TRAVELLING (FUEL), PARKING FEES, PACKAGING AND POSTAGE, IN ORDER TO KEEP MY PRICES LOW AND REASONABLE.  Should you wish to make other arrangements or need a book(s)/item(s) urgently, please let me know. N.B.: It is cheaper to purchase more than one book at a time, as postage for the first 1 kg remains R55, and R8 per extra book after 1 kg. So do browse through my PoggioBooks BOB page.  

 MRS BEETON'S ALL ABOUT COOKERY WITH OVER 2000 PRACTICAL RECIPES WITH 8 PLATES IN COLOUR AND OVER 100 ILLUSTRATIONS WITH SECTIONS ON........ Labour Saving Household Work Servants Duties Carving and Trussing The Art of "Using-Up" Meals & Menus & many more. Published by Ward, Lock & Co, no publishing date (1940?), H/C, 640 pages, includes beautiful advertising plates both front & back. Minor staining on front cover, spine very good, large stain on back cover, no stamps, names, signatures, foxing or spotting, binding very good, O/A in good condition. POSTAGE R55.00

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Another Poor Relation has to resort to genteel thievery to make end meet - but she gets much more than she bargains for! Cut off by her own relations, pretty, dainty widow Eliza Budley must visit some other family manor to purloin expensive baubles. Happily, the rich Marquess of Peterhouse is in his dotage and wouldn't know a relative from a bedpost, so Eliza is sent to play the imposter. But things do not go as planned and Eliza is met by the new Marquess - wickedly handsome, and with all his wits about him. And somehow Eliza finds herself confessing her bluff to him and he in turn is much taken with her daring and charm - but can he fall in love with such a scheming widow from the world of trade? Time for the other Poor Relations to get involved and help these confused lovers! Features Summary Delightful Regency romance from the author of the Agatha Raisin series; now a major new drama from Sky 1 Author M.C. Beaton Publisher Canvas Release date 20130812 Pages 192 ISBN 1-78033-319-6 ISBN 13 978-1-78033-319-9

Buy The Childrens Book of Gardening by Mrs Sidgwick and Mrs Paynter. 1st 1909. H/C. 235 pp. for R685.00

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days There's a serial killer on the loose, working his way through the alphabet and the whole country is in a state of panic. A is for Mrs. Ascher in Andover, B is for Betty Barnard in Bexhill, C is for Sir Carmichael Clarke in Churston. With each murder, the killer is getting more confident--but leaving a trail of deliberate clues to taunt the proud Hercule Poirot might just prove to be the first, and fatal, mistake. Features Summary There's a serial killer on the loose, workinghis way through the alphabet and the wholecountry is in a state of panic. A is for Mrs. Ascher in Andover... Author Agatha Christie Publisher HarperPaperbacks Release date 20110501 Pages 252 ISBN 0-06-207358-3 ISBN 13 978-0-06-207358-7

Published by Secker & Warburg. 1st Edition 1958. Unclipped. Pages 430. On the front and back page the owner stamped his name. D/C good condition, but here and there some marks.  For a book of 58 years good. Under 1kg. R45 postage in S.A. Pages 430

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days The stunning bestseller by Benji Davies, now in a cased board format! Noi and his father live in a house by the sea, his father works hard as a fisherman and Noi often has only their six cats for company. So when, one day, he finds a baby whale washed up on the beach after a storm, Noi is excited and takes it home to care for it. He tries to keep his new friend a secret, but but there's only so long you can keep a whale in the bath without your dad finding out. Noi is eventually persuaded that the whale has to go back to the sea where it belongs. For Noi, even though he can't keep it, the arrival of the whale changes his life for the better - the perfect gift from one friend to another. Winner of the 2014 inaugural Oscar's First Book Prize in association with the Evening Standard, now in a brand new cased board book format! 'A future classic and a must have for the discerning picture book fan' The Booksniffer 'The Storm Whale is an evocative portrayal of a child's need for friendship, told through the sparest of text and imagery in this beautiful picture book' The ReadingZone 'The Storm Whale is one of those rare picture books that evokes loneliness with such fragility, and that conveys such feeling and beauty that it cannot fail to move its readers... an absolute gem, do not miss out' Library Mice 'I have to admit that I was fighting back tears by the end. It's just so incredibly sweet and really pulls the heart strings!' Being Mrs C 'Charming and engaging this book gives lots of scope for child to adult discussion about feeling lonely and saying goodbye to something loved' Love All Blogs 'Poignant, sensitive and understated [...] this is a not to be missed tale where the narrative thrust and emotional span transcends the simplicity of its words' Droplets of Ink Features Summary A tender and poignant story about loving something - and knowing when to let it go. Author Benji Davies Publisher Simon & Schuster Childrens Books Release date 20130815 Pages 32 ISBN 1-4711-1568-2 ISBN 13 978-1-4711-1568-4