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The virtual bookstore that thinks it's a proper shop. With real books, knowledgeable people, affordable prices and traditional service.

We have a large and varied stock (19,500 books and counting,) ranging from the esoteric to the easy-to-read, on just about any subject one could think of, listed by category. (See blue panel at left.) There are facilities for both a quick search and an advanced search. New stock arrives daily, and there are hundreds of books still waiting to be catalogued and uploaded, so if you can't find what you are looking for please contact us. or go to the Offline Search link in the Navigation section.

From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it. Groucho Marx.

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We are currently working on providing scanned pictures of all of our books, but this is a massive (and tedious) undertaking and will take poor Susie (who drew the short straw) some time. We're well over half way through,but meanwhile if you would like pictures of any of our books please e-mail. We do not use 'stock' photos - what you see is what you'll get.

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force. Dorothy Parker

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While every attempt will be made to give an accurate description, our aim is to please our customers, so we will accept any book back and give a full refund if it fails to meet expectations as to condition, provided that we are notified within seven days of delivery and that goods are returned to us within 14 days of notification, and in the condition they left us.

Books have no value in themselves. They are valuable because they make more real, more interesting, more effective the other things the readers are doing, thinking, feeling and enjoying. Lionel McColvin

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    We are always interested in buying collections or libraries of (predominantly non-fiction hardback) books, within a 120 mile radius of Coventry. If you have books to sell in quantity please bear us in mind .


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And finally........our "click on one site get another one free" special offer. My number one daughter Sara has followed in Dad’s footsteps and has her own site, YesterYear Books – she has another 20,000 books to look at, so why not keep it in the family and pay her a visit too.

Some New Arrivals
The Complete Works of Shakespeare
Shakespeare, William, edited and with a glossary by W J Craig
25.00 GBP
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The Mastery of Sex: Through Psychology and Religion
Weatherfield, Leslie D
7.00 GBP
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The Little Book Of Insults
Edited by: Rosanna Kelly
6.00 GBP
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The Mary Deare
Innes, Hammond
4.00 GBP
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Björnsons ausgewählte Werke. Zweiter Band: Bauern-Novellen.: Aus dem Norwegischen von Edmund Lobedanz.
Björnson, Björnsterne
6.00 GBP
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A Pilgrim's Progress
Nichols, Beverley
6.00 GBP
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The Tin Armada
Whitehand, Satherley
6.00 GBP
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The Kelly
Poolman, Kenneth
3.95 GBP
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The Ordeal of Richard Feverel
Meredith, George
4.00 GBP
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Rivingtons' Books of the Bible: Ezra and Nehemiah
Reverand P W H Kettlewell, M.A (ed)
8.00 GBP
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Rivingtons' Books of the Bible: The Book Of Exodus
Reverand P W H Kettlewell, M.A (ed)
8.00 GBP
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The Kings Treasures of Literature: Form-Room Plays: Intermediate Book
Quiller Couch, Sir A T (ed)
4.00 GBP
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Milton's Samson Agonistes
Milton, John, wih an intriduction and notes by H M Percival
4.00 GBP
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Friends At Court
Cecil, Henry
4.00 GBP
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The Congress of Vienna: A Study in Allied Unity: 1812-1822
Nicolson, Harold
4.00 GBP
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Sons
Hunter, Evan
10.00 GBP
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Three Men In A Boat: to say nothing of the dog!
Jerome, Jerome K
7.00 GBP
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Week-End Wodehouse
Wodehouse, PG with an introduction by Hilaire Belloc
4.00 GBP
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Bavaria
Bunting, James
5.00 GBP
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Over Land and Sea: Book 2
Hardingham, B G
9.00 GBP
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Epochs of English Literature: Volume VIII: The Wordsworth Epoch
Stobart, J C
12.00 GBP
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Epochs of English Literature: Volume IV: The Milton Epoch
Stobart, J C
4.00 GBP
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Epochs of English Literature: Volume II: The Spencer Epoch
Stobart, J C
12.00 GBP
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Epochs of English Literature: Volume I: The Chaucer Epoch
Stobart, J C
6.00 GBP
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The Family History Book: A guide to tracing your ancestors
Colwell, Stella
9.00 GBP
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The Wind Shifting West.
Grau, Shirley Ann.
12.00 GBP
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The King's England : Warwickshire - Shakespeare's Country: with 220 places and 215 pictures.
Mee, Arthur
9.50 GBP
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Wayside and Woodland Blossoms: A guide to British Wild Flowers: Series 3
Step, Edward , revised by R A Blakelock
4.00 GBP
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Wayside and Woodland Blossoms: A Guide to British Wild Flowers: Series 2
Step, Edward, revised by A B Jackson
5.00 GBP
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Light shelf wear only. Wrapper price clipped.
Step, Edward , revised by R A Blakelock
6.00 GBP
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Left Hand, Right Hand Volumes I - III: Comprising Left hand Right Hand, The Scarlet Tree, Great Morning. [THREE VOLUMES]
Sitwell, Osbert
18.00 GBP
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The Oxford Clarendon Shakespeare: Measure For Measure
Shakespeare, William, Edited by R E C Houghton.
4.00 GBP
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Pitt Press Series: Livy: Book XXVII
Livius, Titus [Livy] , with an introduction and notes by H M Stephenson
10.00 GBP
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Noor-un-nisa Inayat Khan (Madeleine) George Cross, M.B.E. Croix De Guerre with Gold Star
Fuller, Jean Overton with a Foreword By Dame Irene Ward, D.B.E., M.P
38.00 GBP
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Business in Great Waters The War History of the P.& O. 1939-1945
Bawden, Nina
9.00 GBP
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Great English Painters
Sharp, William
5.00 GBP
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Daughters in Law
Cecil, Henry
5.00 GBP
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Bellman Carries on
Barker, K P
6.00 GBP
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Everything That Rises Must Converge.
O'Connor, Flannery
55.00 GBP
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Lyrics on Several Occasions: A Selection of Stage and Screen Lyrics Written for Sundry Situations; and Now Arranged in Arbitrary Categories. To Which Have Been Added Many Informative Annotations and Disquisitions on Their Why and Wherefore, Their Whom-For, Their How; and Matters Associative, by Ira Gershwin, Gent.
Gerschwin, Ira
18.00 GBP
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Backyard Farming
Williams, Ann
6.00 GBP
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Oxford
Morris, James
7.00 GBP
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A Woman of My Age
Bawden, Nina
9.00 GBP
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Vittoria Cottage
Stevenson, D E
20.00 GBP
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Billy Liar On The Moon
Waterhouse, Keith
9.95 GBP
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The Hi-Fi Handbook A Complete Guide to Sound Investment
Hope, Adrian
9.00 GBP
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Forecasts Famines And Freezes: Climate and Man's Future
Gribbin, John
7.95 GBP
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Churchill: The Rise to Failure 1874-1915
Morgan, Ted
6.00 GBP
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Seminar Studies in History: The Italian Risorgimento
Clark, Martin
11.00 GBP
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The Lonsdale Library: Volume X: Salmon Fishing
Taverner, Eric, et al.
50.00 GBP
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Only One Year
Alliluyeva, Svetlana, translated by Paul Chavchavadse
6.00 GBP
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Vert Cruel
Queffélec, Yann
9.50 GBP
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Finance For Growth
National Westminster Bank PLC
15.00 GBP
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Company Law and Competition
Berwin, S J
12.00 GBP
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Decorating With Colour: Inspired Ideas for Your Home
Various
12.00 GBP
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Gardening With Colour
Hattatt, Lance
11.00 GBP
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Practical Gardening: A Comprehensive Guide For Gardeners Of All Abilities
Beverley, Deena
12.00 GBP
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Romantic Style
Victoria's Secret
7.00 GBP
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1900 House: Featuring Extracts from the Personal Diaries of Joyce and Paul Bowler and Their Family
McCrum, Mark and Matthew Sturgis
8.00 GBP
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Gardening With Climbers
Grey-Wilson, Christopher and Victoria Matthews
4.95 GBP
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Cricket,lovely cricket
Australian XI English Tour 1934. Orient Line. RMS 'Orford'
Various
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50.00 GBP
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The History Of Surrey County Cricket Club
Lemmon, David, with a personal view by Peter May.
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12.00 GBP
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Compton On Cricketers: Past And Present
Compton, Denis
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8.00 GBP
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The History Of Middlesex County Cricket Club
Lemmon, David, wiith a personal view by Denis Compton
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13.50 GBP
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England V West Indies - Highlights since 1948
Baxter, Peter & Peter Hayter
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11.00 GBP
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England v Australia 1912
Warner, P F
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9.50 GBP
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To The Wicket
Carew, Dudley
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8.00 GBP
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Colin Cowdrey M.C.C. - The Autobiography of a Cricketer
Cowdrey, Colin
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7.00 GBP
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The West Indies: Fifty Years Of Test Cricket
Cozier, Tony
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8.00 GBP
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Linseed and Fishpaste: Confessions of a Cricket nut.
Bussell, Mark
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5.50 GBP
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The Match I Remember
Batchelor, Denzil (ed)
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15.00 GBP
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A Who's Who of Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Brooke, Robert and David Goodyear
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14.00 GBP
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Ashes In The Mouth: The Story Of The Body-Line Tour 1932-3
Mason, Ronald
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6.00 GBP
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500-1 - The Miracle of Headingley '81
Steen, Rob and Alistair McLellan
8.00 GBP
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Frindall's Score Book: The Centenary Test At Melbourne And England Versus Australia 1977
Edited By: Spencer, Howard
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25.00 GBP
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Seasons Past: The Cricketer Diaries Of John Arlott, Alan Gibson, Tony Lewis, Mike Brearley and Peter Roebuck
Edited By: Martin-Jenkins, Christopher
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12.00 GBP
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The Cricketing Family Edrich
Barker, Ralph
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8.00 GBP
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Arlott and Trueman On Cricket
Arlott, John and Trueman, Fred, edited By:Gilbert Phelps
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10.00 GBP
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The Return Of The Ashes
Brearley, Mike
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