Tales coast hardcover r

Buy Tales of Adventure on the Coast Hardcover by R. M. Ballantyne (Hardcover) for R45.00

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Original tales by remarkable writers Hometown Tales is a series of books pairing exciting new voices with some of the most talented and important writers at work today. Some of the tales are fiction and some are narrative non-fiction - they are all powerful, fascinating and moving, and aim to celebrate regional diversity and explore the meaning of home. In these pages on the South Coast, you'll find two unique tales. 'Margate Calling' is an intimate, honest and inspiring account of living in Margate by award-winning BBC broadcaster Gemma Cairney. 'Maisie and Mrs Webster' is a bold, fiercely funny and deeply moving piece of fiction about an obese young woman who is confined to her bed and longs to see the sea, by Brighton-based playwright Judy Upton. Features Summary Hometown Tales: Celebrating regional voices Two remarkable tales of life in the South Coast of England Author Gemma Cairney (Author), Judy Upton (Author) Publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson Release date 20180628 Pages 176 ISBN 1-4746-0869-8 ISBN 13 978-1-4746-0869-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days A new B-format edition of JRR Tolkien's legacy of short stories which inhabit the realm of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lord of the Rings with a whole collection of background and new stories from the twentieth century's most acclaimed popular author. The book concentrates on the realm of Middle-earth and comprises such elements as Gandalf's lively account of how it was that he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, the emergence of the sea-god Ulmo before the eyes of Tuor on the coast of Beleriand, and an exact description of the military organization of the Riders of Rohan. Unfinished Tales also contains the only story about the long ages of Numenor before its downfall, and all that is known about such matters as the Five Wizards, the Palantiri and the legend of Amroth. The tales were collated and edited by JRR Tolkien's son and literary heir, Christopher Tolkien, who provides a short commentary on each story, helping the reader to fill in the gaps and put each story into the context of the rest of his father's writings. Features Summary A new B-format edition of JRR Tolkien's legacy of short stories which inhabit the realm of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. Author J. R. R. Tolkien Publisher HarperCollinsPublishers Release date 19920331 Pages 611 ISBN 0-261-10216-8 ISBN 13 978-0-261-10216-3

Book still in a very good condition.   *N.B.*  If you buy more than one book from me on the same day you only pay R 6 extra postage on each of the additional books  – Please see what else I have to offer, it might just be worth your while.  

Did belong to a library before but book and wrapper remained in a very good condition. >>>    Cape Town: David Philip, 1991 First edition - ISBN 0864861982 - 122 pages - Line drawings by Sydney-Anne Wallace. -  "A novel for everyone who loves the sea - no ordinary fisherman's tale but one that every fisherman will learn from and marvel at.  Hjalmar Thesen is renowned for his novels and articles about the natural world, and here he has produced an engrossing work of imagination, linking man and fish, ocean and land, all set among the incomparable beauty of the seas, lagoons, rivers and mountains of the southern coast of Africa, the Garden Route." *N.B.*   If you buy more than one book from me you only pay R 6 postage on each additional book - See what else I have to offer, it might be worth your while.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days The latest in a new series of classic detective stories from the vaults of HarperCollins is a reissue of one of literature's most audacious and thought-provoking novels of murder and intrigue, in hardback with its 1929 cover design and a brand new introduction. London lawyer Gabriel John Utterson is persuaded to investigate the sinister activities of the dastardly Mr Edward Hyde. He becomes convinced that Hyde is blackmailing his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and that a master criminal is at work. To his horror, Utterson discovers that the doctor's own researches into the duality of human nature have unleashed a murderous sociopath and set in motion a deadly chain of events that threatens to overwhelm him. Published in January 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson's crime fantasy was an immediate success, inspiring more than 100 stage and film adaptations and becoming one of the best-known stories ever written. It was reissued in the Detective Story Club in 1929 for being 'without equal in the realm of detective fiction'. This Detective Story Club classic is introduced by supernatural and detective fiction researcher Richard Dalby. It includes Stevenson's macabre tales 'Markheim' and 'The Body Snatcher', plus two of the earliest published Jekyll and Hyde parodies - the detective story 'Dr Jekyl' by Robert McLaughlin (1931) and a bizarre 'Untold Sequel' by Francis Little (1890). "The Detective Story Club", launched by Collins in 1929, was a clearing house for the best and most ingenious crime stories of the age, chosen by a select committee of experts. Now, almost 90 years later, these books are the classics of the Golden Age, republished at last with the same popular cover designs that appealed to their original readers. Features Summary The latest in a new series of classic detective stories from the vaults of HarperCollins is a reissue of one of literature's most audacious and thought-provoking novels of murder and intrigue... Author R. L Stevenson (Author), Richard Dalby (Introduction by) Publisher Collins Crime Club Release date 20151119 Pages 192 ISBN 0-00-813721-8 ISBN 13 978-0-00-813721-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days This Title is Edited, Introduced And Illustrated By Audrey Niffenegger. Haunted houses, spectral chills, and of course, the odd cat...In this volume, Audrey Niffenegger, bestselling author of The Time Traveler's Wife, has brought together her selection of the very creepiest, weirdest and wittiest ghost stories around. Scare yourself silly with old favourites by Edgar Allan Poe and M R James. Entertain the unnerving with tales from Neil Gaiman, Kelly Link and Audrey Niffenegger herself. And as bedtime nears, allay your fears with funny new writing from Amy Giacalone and the classic wit of Saki. When the nights draw in and the fire burns low, enjoy the eeriness, the dread and the comedy of all things ghostly. Features Summary Featuring haunted houses, spectral chills, and of course, the odd cat, the author of The Time Traveler's Wife, has brought together her selection of the very creepiest... Author Audrey Niffenegger Publisher Vintage Classics Release date 20150921 Pages 450 ISBN 1-78487-006-4 ISBN 13 978-1-78487-006-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days This Title is Edited, Introduced And Illustrated By Audrey Niffenegger. Haunted houses, spectral chills, and of course, the odd cat...In this volume, Audrey Niffenegger, bestselling author of The Time Traveler's Wife, has brought together her selection of the very creepiest, weirdest and wittiest ghost stories around. Scare yourself silly with old favourites by Edgar Allan Poe and M R James. Entertain the unnerving with tales from Neil Gaiman, Kelly Link and Audrey Niffenegger herself. And as bedtime nears, allay your fears with funny new writing from Amy Giacalone and the classic wit of Saki. When the nights draw in and the fire burns low, enjoy the eeriness, the dread and the comedy of all things ghostly. Features Summary Featuring haunted houses, spectral chills, and of course, the odd cat, the author of The Time Traveler's Wife, has brought together her selection of the very creepiest... Author Audrey Niffenegger Publisher Vintage Classics Release date 20150924 Pages 450 ISBN 1-78487-006-4 ISBN 13 978-1-78487-006-5

Book and wrapper in very good condition - Neat gift message in front -  Illustrated with Photographs - First Edition/First Printing. Robert Morley describes the pleasures of advancing age by musing on the simple enjoyment of breakfast in bed or sitting at table and enthralling a rapt audience with tales of the past, or on the more daring exploits of his comtemporaries in climbing the Matterhorn, to celebrate a seventieth birthday, or Mount Fuji, to celebrate a ninetieth. There is at last time to rest on one's laurels, or search for one's glasses; there is time to read what one likes.   *N.B.*   If you buy more than one book from me you only pay R 6 postage each on the additional books – see what else I have to offer, it might be worth your while.    

This is an ex-lib with the usual markings - remained in good condition though - sadly no dustjacket.    >>>    Fourth in a series of stories about Lydia, Jean and little Mark - escapades about very real small children. Plum Daffy is a house on the dunes of Cape Cod, and it is there that the children spend a summer filled with kinds of things that might happen. Jean forgets the oars and almost floats out to sea; the children are caught by a storm and spend an eerie night at the lighthouse; Captain Dan spins tall tales and spouts little poems. The short episodes would be quite the thing for short classroom read-aloud-and third graders could read them to themselves. *N.B.*   If you buy more than one book from me you only pay R 6 postage on each additional book – see what else I have to offer, it might be worth your while.