Published by Duckworth Books, Richmond, 2018
ISBN 10: 1788420802 ISBN 13: 9781788420808
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A positive crimewave has descended on Miss Seetons peaceful home village of Plummergen. Theres the Sherry Gang, who go round offering to help old folk with their shopping then ply them with drugged booze and rob them. And a return to olden times with the Dick Turpin robberies coaches of people held up on the highway and told to Stand and deliver!When the Battling Brolly tries to help the police by creating some of her famous sketches she seems to hint at a connection between the gangs but what? If only Chief Superintendent Delphick can work out the subconscious clue behind Miss Esss cryptic cartoons.Serene amidst every kind of skullduggery, this eccentric English spinster steps in where Scotland Yard stumbles, armed with nothing more than her sketchpad and umbrella! Its highway robbery for the innocent passengers of a motor coach tour. When Miss Seeton sketches the roadside bandits, she becomes a moving target herself.Serene amidst every kind of skullduggery, this eccentric English spinster steps in where Scotland Yard stumbles, armed with nothing more than her sketchpad and umbrella! Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Duckworth Books, Richmond, 2020
ISBN 10: 1788420721 ISBN 13: 9781788420723
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Have you ever had to decide what to do with an unidentified corpse by a Devonian cowshed when the herd is due in for milking? And how would you react if one of your patients was abducted by aliens?If you are a GP it seems these are routine matters. From coping with the suicide of a colleague to the unusual whereabouts of a jar of Coleman's mustard, this is the story of one rural doctor's often misguided attempts to make sense of the career in which he has unwittingly found himself.Dr Sparrow's adventures would be utterly unbelievable were they not 100% true stories. His bedside manner may sometimes leave a little to be desired but, if you're in dire straits, this doctor will have you in stitches. Dr Sparrow's adventures would be utterly unbelievable were they not 100% true stories. His bedside manner may sometimes leave a little to be desired but, if you're in dire straits, this doctor will have you in stitches. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Duckworth Books, Richmond, 2020
ISBN 10: 178842249X ISBN 13: 9781788422499
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A fast-paced, sharply observed novel of rural suspense.Sheriff Lucian Wing goes to the aid of a pair of young runaways, Duncan and Pamela, who have fled to his backwoods county jurisdiction in Vermont. The girl's powerful stepfather New York has set a smoothly menacing lawyer and well-armed thugs on their trail.At the same time Wing must deal with his wayward wife's chronic infidelity; the snobbery of Pamela's cosmopolitan mother; the dubious assistance of a demented World War Two enthusiast - and even the climactic, chaotic onset of a prodigious specimen of the local wildlife.Amidst it all, can Wing bring Duncan and Pamela to safety? A pair of runaways take refuge in Sheriff Wing's slice of the Vermont countryside. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Duckworth Books, Richmond, 2019
ISBN 10: 1788421612 ISBN 13: 9781788421614
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The first in a classic trilogy of humorous rural adventures through pre-war England. Mr Edgar Finchley, unmarried solicitor's clerk, aged 45, is told to take a holiday for the first time in his life. He decides to go to Margate. But Fate has other plans in store. From his abduction in a Bentley by a cheerful crook, to his smuggling escapade off the south coast, the timid but plucky Mr Finchley is plunged into a series of the most astonishing and extraordinary adventures. His rural adventure takes him gradually westward through Bristol, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall and back, via a smuggling yacht, to London. Jerome Jerome meets Mr Bean in this gentle comedy series, which was a runaway bestseller on first publication in the 1930s and retains a timeless appeal today. It has been dramatised twice for BBC Radio, with the 1990 series regularly repeated. AUTHOR: Victor Canning was a prolific writer throughout his career, which began young: he had sold several short stories by the age of nineteen and his first novel, Mr Finchley Discovers His England (1934) was published when he was twenty-three. Canning also wrote for children: his trilogy The Runaways was adapted for US children's television. Canning's later thrillers were darker and more complex than his earlier work and received further critical acclaim. Mr Edgar Finchley, unmarried solicitor's clerk, aged 45, is told to take a holiday for the first time in his life.He decides to go to Margate. But Fate has other plans in store.This gentle comedy trilogy was a runaway bestseller on first publication in the 1930s and retains a timeless appeal today. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Duckworth Books, Richmond, 2020
ISBN 10: 1788420845 ISBN 13: 9781788420846
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The classic series of humorous cosy mysteries. "A most beguiling protagonist!" - New York Times "This is not so much black comedy as black-currant comedy . . . You can't stop reading. Or laughing." - The Sun From her discovery of an aristocratic infant abandoned in a village telephone booth, to dark doings amongst Scottish banks and braes, it's a rollercoaster ride for Miss Seeton in this adventure with a tartan touch. Grateful parents Lord and Lady Glenclachan sweep Miss S. northward to MacSporran Castle, their ancestral home, where, as her admiring reporter pal Amelita Forby (scenting a story and hot on her trail) puts it, 'Battling Brolly Finds Corpse Near Crag' not to mention tangling with Jacobites and searching for a fabled gold mine. As usual, the retired art teacher's inner eye sees to the essence of this heady Highland brew. Serene amidst every kind of skulduggery, this eccentric English spinster steps in where Scotland Yard stumbles, armed with nothing more than her sketchpad and umbrella! AUTHOR: Heron Carvic (1913-1980) was an actor and writer, most recognisable today for his voice portrayal of the character Gandalf in the first BBC Radio broadcast version of The Hobbit. He started writing the Miss Seeton novels in the 1960s, after using her in a short story. He later recalled that "Miss Seeton upped and demanded a book". From her discovery of an aristocratic infant abandoned in a telephone booth, to dark doings in the banks and braes, its a rollercoaster ride for Miss Seeton in this adventure with a tartan touch.Serene amidst all kinds of skulduggery, this eccentric spinster steps in where Scotland Yard stumbles, armed with only her sketchpad and umbrella! Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Duckworth Books, Richmond, 2020
ISBN 10: 1788421655 ISBN 13: 9781788421652
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Reality TV turns deadly in Cherry Hinton's first caseWhen Kenny Thorpe, a contestant on Expose TV's Big Blubber, the hot new celebrity weight-loss show, is murdered on live television in front of 3 million viewers, the case seems pretty watertight. After all, everyone saw Martin do it - didn't they?Cherry Hinton knows there's more to this than meets the eye. As an investigative reporter, she went undercover on dating showCaravan of Love. but after getting in too deep with one of the other contestants, she was caught knickerless in front of the nation. Humiliated, fired and heartbroken, she has fled to Brentwood, where she opens a cake shop, and tries to forget all about Expose.Until Kenny Thorpe's sister walks into her shop with a letter that turns Cherry's world upside down. Is Martin innocent? How is infamous gangster Leon Solent involved? Is Expose to blame, and is there a killer still on the loose?Cherry is the only one in a position to find out. When Kenny Thorpe, a contestant on Expose TV'sBig Blubber, the hot new celebrity weight-loss show, is murdered on live television in front of 3 million viewers, the case seems pretty watertight. But Cherry Hinton knows there's more to this than meets the eye. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Duckworth Books, Richmond, 2020
ISBN 10: 1788420853 ISBN 13: 9781788420853
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: NEW. Paperback. The classic series of humorous cosy mysteries. "A most beguiling protagonist!" - New York Times "This is not so much black comedy as black-currant comedy . You can't stop reading. Or laughing." - The Sun It's summertime in Plummergen and cricket madness has overtaken Miss Emily Seeton's pretty village. The pavilion urgently needs repairs, but there's a needle match coming up against arch rivals Murreystone. Miss S's chums Sir George Colveston and his son Nigel talk of little else, especially as the opposition's demon bowler wrought havoc at last year's game, while their own star, the village blacksmith, has a broken arm after a dispute with a mysteriously tipsy Shire horse. Miss S's artistic talents are required to sketch the players and raise money for the pavilion she knows little of cricket, but her uncanny depictions point the way to a burglarious gang who've been robbing local villages. Serene amidst every kind of skulduggery, this eccentric English spinster steps in where Scotland Yard stumbles, armed with nothing more than her sketchpad and umbrella! AUTHOR: Heron Carvic (1913-1980) was an actor and writer, most recognisable today for his voice portrayal of the character Gandalf in the first BBC Radio broadcast version of The Hobbit. He started writing the Miss Seeton novels in the 1960s, after using her in a short story. He later recalled that "Miss Seeton upped and demanded a book". Miss Seetons in on the action when a cricket game leads to mayhem in the village of Plummergen . . . and gives her a shot at smashing Britains most baffling burglary ring.Serene amidst every kind of skulduggery, this eccentric English spinster steps in where Scotland Yard stumbles, armed with nothing more than her sketchpad and umbrella! Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Duckworth Books, Richmond, 2019
ISBN 10: 1788421574 ISBN 13: 9781788421577
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Governor Bill Hoeksma of Michigan is a simple, gun-loving son of a billionaire who idolises George W. Bush.When a mysterious illness afflicts members of his inner circle, his conspiring advisors point to a rumoured viral weapons attack - via monkeypox-carrying prairie dogs - launched by the Wisconsin government. Governor Bill decides the Michigan militia should lead the military response, chaos ensues, and he falls unwittingly into a scheme of his powerful father's making. That scheme begins with cheese research and a Hollywood movie star. How it will end all depends on two unlikely heroes: an aging lesbian state senator, and a high-school teacher born and raised in the Michigan militia.When the conspiracy runs out of road, and guns are drawn in a showdown outside a Cracker Barrel, will anyone emerge victorious from the Great American Cheese War? A mysterious illness afflicts friends of Governor Bill Hoeksma of Michigan, and his conspiring advisors point to a rumoured viral weapons attack by the Wisconsin government. When the conspiracy runs out of road, and guns are drawn in a showdown outside a Cracker Barrel, will anyone emerge victorious from the Great American Cheese War? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Duckworth Books, Richmond, 2021
ISBN 10: 1788420748 ISBN 13: 9781788420747
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Recently retired, Dr Sparrow reveals with refreshing candour and dark humour the most memorable experiences of his career as a rural GP.From sewing back on a patient's chiselled finger on a call-out, and the emergency countryside delivery inspired by James Herriot, to suddenly remembering the body left in the back of a Volvo, and a small oversight that blew up the local crematorium, Dr Sparrow spares no blushes. Recently retired, Dr Sparrow reveals with refreshing candour and dark humour the most memorable experiences of his career as a rural GP. From suddenly remembering the dead body left in the back of a Volvo, and the small oversight that blew up the local crematorium, Dr Sparrow spares no blushes. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Duckworth Books, Richmond, 2020
ISBN 10: 1788420675 ISBN 13: 9781788420679
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A tremendous bestseller when it was first published in 1937,The Importance of Livinghas been a classic for over sixty years. Intended as an antidote to the dizzying pace of the modern world, Lin Yutang's prescription is the classic distillation of ancient Chinese wisdom: revere inaction as much as action, invoke humour to maintain a healthy attitude, and never forget that there will always be plenty of fools around who are willing - indeed eager - to be busy, to make themselves useful, and to exercise power while you bask in the simple joy of existence.Now, more than six decades later, with our lives accelerated to unbelievable levels, this wise and timeless book is more pertinent than ever before. In an era when we're overwhelmed with wake-up calls, it's an entertaining innovation to savour life's beauty, its endless fascination and its slow, sure, simple pleasures. A tremendous bestseller,The Importance of Livinghas been a classic for over sixty years. Intended as an antidote to the dizzying pace of the modern world, Lin Yutang's prescription is the classic distillation of ancient Chinese wisdom. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Duckworth Books 2021-07-01 Richmond,, 2021
ISBN 10: 1788423844 ISBN 13: 9781788423847
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Condition: NEW.
Published by Duckworth Books 2022-07-07 Richmond,, 2022
ISBN 10: 1788423828 ISBN 13: 9781788423823
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Condition: NEW.
Published by Duckworth Books 2017-06-15 Richmond,, 2017
ISBN 10: 1911440578 ISBN 13: 9781911440574
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Condition: new.
Published by Duckworth Books 2024-03-14 Richmond,, 2024
ISBN 10: 1788424972 ISBN 13: 9781788424974
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Condition: NEW.
Published by Duckworth Books 2019-10-17 Richmond,, 2019
ISBN 10: 0715651463 ISBN 13: 9780715651469
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Condition: new.
Published by Duckworth Books, Richmond, 2021
ISBN 10: 178842381X ISBN 13: 9781788423816
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. A timely new edition featuring the brilliant work from among the most inventive minds in illustration and cartoon wizardry.Heath Robinson was one of Britain's most successful graphic artists. His work has had a huge influence on comic art in this country, but also on the image and self-image of the British.As the champion of pragmatic man, Heath Robinson presented a vision of the British as an unflappable, ingenious and slightly demented breed of inventors that persists to the present day. The British are still a nation of garage-haunting amateur engineers who will recognise the inhabitants of Heath Robinson's world, with their pot bellies and pots of tea, archaic faces and sturdily commonsensical approach to the problems of existence.How to hunt tigers by elephant, how to get an even tan, rise with the sun or put out a chimney fire, these and many more pressing questions are answered in the pages of Contraptions.With illustrations salvaged from the family archives and commentary by Heath Robinson expert, Geoffrey Beare, Contraptions is the best possible introduction to the work of one of Britain's great comic talents. With illustrations salvaged from the family archives and commentary by Heath Robinson expert, Geoffrey Beare, Contraptions is the best possible introduction to the work of one of Britain's great comic talents. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Duckworth Books 2017-06-15 Richmond,, 2017
ISBN 10: 1911440586 ISBN 13: 9781911440581
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Condition: new.
Published by Duckworth Books Richmond,, 2020
ISBN 10: 1788422473 ISBN 13: 9781788422475
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Condition: new.
Published by Duckworth / Duckworth Books Ltd, Richmond Mddsx, 2021
ISBN 10: 0715654330 ISBN 13: 9780715654330
Seller: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Dominic Forbes (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some minuscule edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, not price clipped (£14.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy, looks unread. 299pp. Belfast, 1914. Two years after the sinking of the Titanic, high society has become obsessed with spiritualism, attending seances in the hope they might reach their departed loved ones. William Jackson Crawford is a man of science and a sceptic, but one night with everyone sitting around the circle, voices come to him, seemingly from beyond the veil, placing doubt in his heart and a seed of obsession in his mind. Could the spirits truly be communicating with him or is this one of Kathleen's parlour tricks gone too far? Based on the true story of Professor William Jackson Crawford and famed medium Kathleen Goligher, and with a cast of characters including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini 'The Spirit Engineer' conjures a haunted, twisted tale of power, paranoia and one ultimate, inescapable truth.
Published by Duckworth Books, Richmond, England, 2024
ISBN 10: 0715655604 ISBN 13: 9780715655603
Seller: MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS, UXBRIDGE, ON, Canada
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. pp: 538. The first edition signed by the author on the title page. Stories of some of the ancient societies that rose to prominence, and then collapsed. This is a near fine copy in dust jacket. The jacket has two short, closed tears at the head of the spine. It is now protected with a Brodart cover. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Farrago (Duckworth Books), Richmond,, 2023
ISBN 10: 1788424050 ISBN 13: 9781788424059
Seller: Daisyroots Books, GRANGE OVER SANDS, CMA, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. MOORE, Ian Death at the Chateau (signed first edition) 9781788424059 Farrago (Duckworth Books), Richmond, 2023, SIGNED, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, near fine/near fine, boards blue/silver gilt, red end papers, 293 pp. Boards clean and firm, author signature on title page (see scan), no annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, price not clipped. Lovely copy. A Follet Valley Mystery FICTION, 1ST EDITION, IAN MOORE, FOLLET VALLEY MYSTERY, SIGNED COPY 46549 FIC/1ST ED/M 19.50. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Duckworth Books, Richmond, 2019
ISBN 10: 1788421639 ISBN 13: 9781788421638
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Book 3 of the classic trilogy of humorous rural adventures through pre-war England. Mr. Finchley takes a fancy to a horse-drawn caravan that he sees for sale, but his new wife does not relish the prospect of a caravan journey so goes to visit her brother while he sets out to explore Kent and go house-hunting. He has various mishaps while learning to handle the horse and the caravan, and encounters an array of scroungers, eccentrics and country characters and sees several unsuitable houses. Meanwhile other people are showing an unnatural interest in his caravan. It gradually emerges that it contains a secret, and in the ensuing mayhem, Mr. Finchley is imprisoned in an empty house from which he is rescued by the enterprise of his wife. The house he is rescued from turns out to be on the market and just right for them. Jerome K. Jerome meets Mr Bean in this gentle comedy series, which was a runaway bestseller on first publication in the 1930s and retains a timeless appeal today. It has been dramatised twice for BBC Radio, with the 1990 series regularly repeated. AUTHOR: Victor Canning was a prolific writer throughout his career, which began young: he had sold several short stories by the age of nineteen and his first novel, Mr Finchley Discovers His England (1934) was published when he was twenty-three. Canning also wrote for children: his trilogy The Runaways was adapted for US children's television. Canning's later thrillers were darker and more complex than his earlier work and received further critical acclaim. Mr Finchleytakes a fancy to a horse-drawn caravan and sets out to explore the countryside.He encounters a band of eccentrics and it gradually emerges that the caravan contains a secret, and Mr Finchley finds himself in real trouble. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
Published by Duckworth Books, Ltd, Richmond, United Kingdom, 2024
ISBN 10: 0715655000 ISBN 13: 9780715655009
Seller: BJ's Book Barn, Kennesaw, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Stated first edition - first printing. Signed by author on title page. Book is clean and tight. Dust jacket in protective cover. 538 pages with index. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Duckworth Books, Richmond, 2019
ISBN 10: 1788421620 ISBN 13: 9781788421621
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Book 2 of the classic trilogy of humorous rural adventures through pre-war England. An ebullient Mr Finchley is about to propose marriage to a lady he had rescued from mishap, when he is sent to Paris by his firm. There he manages to upset a boat, adopt a stray orphan and get himself kidnapped. The fine tangle he gets into takes some unravelling! Only when eventually back in London does he complete the proposal of marriage that was interrupted at the start. Jerome Jerome meets Mr Bean in this gentle comedy series, which was a runaway bestseller on first publication in the 1930s and retains a timeless appeal today. It has been dramatized twice for BBC Radio, with the 1990 series regularly repeated. AUTHOR: Victor Canning was a prolific writer throughout his career, which began young: he had sold several short stories by the age of nineteen and his first novel, Mr Finchley Discovers His England (1934) was published when he was twenty-three. Canning also wrote for children: his trilogy The Runaways was adapted for US children's television. Canning's later thrillers were darker and more complex than his earlier work and received further critical acclaim. An ebullientMr Finchleyis about to propose to a lady he rescued from mishap when he is sent to Paris by his firm.This gentle comedy was a runaway bestseller on first publication in the 1930s and retains a timeless appeal. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.