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Raymer, Robert (Ed.) 'New Writing 4', published in July 2004 in Malaysia by Silverfishbooks, 282pp, ISBN 9833221009. Sorry, sold out, but click image to access prebuilt search for this title on Amazon UK Reynolds, J. B. 'The Haunted Barn', published by Samuel French in 1945, 28pp, paperback, staple binding. Very good clean copy. Price: £4.25, not including p&p, which is Amazon's standard charge (currently £2.75 for UK buyers and more for overseas customers) Ridley, Arnold; and Merivale, Bernard. 'The Wrecker: A Play in Three Acts' published as French's Acting Edition No. 635 by Samuel French in 1930, 84 pages. Sorry, sold out but click image to access prebuilt search on Amazon UK for this title Robertson, Terence. 'Walker R. N.', published by Evans Brothers Limited, London, 1965, 192 pages, hardcover, with dustjacket. Good condition with good condition dj. Dj has a couple of rips to the top and bottom edges and rubbing to edge round the spine. Price: £4.75 (not including postage & packing, which for UK buyers is Amazon's standard £2.75 charge, more for overseas buyers) Roche, F. J. 'Building Model Locomotives', published in 1972 in Great Britain in hardback with dustjacket, 192pp, ISBN 0711000492. Condition: Good+ condition copy with good+ condition dustjacket. The book is quite clean & tidy, the dustjacket is very sligthly faded and has a rip on the top right front corner (sellotaped by a previous owner). Price: £12.00, not including post and packing, which is Amazon UK's standard charge (currently £2.80 for UK buyers, more for overseas customers) Rosen, Michael; Graham, Bob. 'Poems for the Very Young', published in 1993 in Great Britain by Kingfisher Books, in hardback, 77pp, ISBN 1856971163. Condition: fair or acceptable - has dents and scuffs on the outside and a bit of pen on a few of the inside pages. Price: £2.20, not including post and packing, which is Amazon's standard charge (currently £2.80 for UK buyers, more for overseas customers)
Raymer, Robert (Ed.) 'New Writing 4', published in July 2004 in Malaysia by Silverfishbooks, 282pp, ISBN 9833221009

Condition: very good, clean & tidy copy

Category: Anthologies-short stories

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Reynolds, J. B. 'The Haunted Barn', published by Samuel French in 1945, 28pp, paperback, staple binding.

Condition: Very good clean copy.

Category: Entertainment: Theatre Plays

Contents: Has roles for 8 people: Ted Manning, John Manning (his younger brother), Tony Hathersett (cousin of the above), Jim Hathersett (his brother), Charles Penman (a village constable), Sam (a native of the village), Mr. X ( a one-time airman, German spy) and Mr. Hathersett (father of Tony & Jim). Contains stage plan, property plot and lighting plot

Price: £4.99, not including p&p, which is Amazon's standard charge (currently £2.80 for UK buyers and more for overseas customers)

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 Ridley, Arnold; and Merivale, Bernard. 'The Wrecker: A Play in Three Acts' published as French's Acting Edition No. 635 by Samuel French in 1930, 84 pages

Category: Plays: 1930s

Storyline: Contains 15 roles and was first produced at the New Theatre, St. Martin's Lane, London on Tuesday December 6th, 1927. Act 1 is in the General Office of the Great Trunk Railway; Act 2, Scene 1 is in the Library of Roger's House in Marylebone Square. Act 2, Scene 2 is in a Signal Box. Act 3 is the same as Act 1.

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 Robertson, Terence. 'Walker R. N.', published by Evans Brothers Limited, London, 1965 , 192 pages, hardcover, with dustjacket.

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 Roche, F. J. 'Building Model Locomotives', published in 1972 in Great Britain in hardback with dustjacket, 192pp, ISBN 0711000492

Condition: Good+ condition copy with good+ condition dustjacket. The book is quite clean & tidy, the dustjacket is very slightly faded and has a rip on the top right front corner (sellotaped by a previous owner)

Category: Model Railways - Planbooks

Price: £12.00, not including post and packing, which is Amazon UK's standard charge (currently £2.80 for UK buyers, more for overseas customers)

 Rosen, Michael; Graham, Bob. 'Poems for the Very Young', published in 1993 in Great Britain by Kingfisher Books, in hardback, 77pp, ISBN 1856971163

Condition: fair or acceptable - has dents and scuffs on the outside and a bit of pen on a few of the inside pages

Category: Poetry - Anthologies

Price: £2.20, not including post and packing, which is Amazon's standard charge (currently £2.80 for UK buyers, more for overseas customers)
Rosen-Ayalon, Myriam. 'Islamic Art and Archaeology of Palestine', published in 2006 by Presses Universitaires de France in paperback, 211pp, ISBN 1598740644. Condition: very good, clean and tidy copy, well looked-after. Price: £19.99, not including post and packing, which is Amazon UK's standard charge (currently £2.80 for UK buyers, more for overseas customers) Ross, Angus. 'The Tyneside Ultimatum', published in 1988 in Great Britain by Chivers Press in their Firecrest series in hardback with dustjacket, 168pp, ISBN 085997958x. Condition: Very good with very good dustjacket (not price-clipped). The internal pages have mild tanning to them (a browning effect from ageing). Price: £26.50, not including post and packing, which is Amazon UK's standard charge (currently £2.80 for UK buyers, more for overseas customers) Routledge, Gordon L. 'The Sorrows of Quintinshill', published in 2002 in Great Britain by Arthuret Publishers, in paperback, 80pp, no ISBN. Condition: very good, clean and tidy copy. Price: £40.00, not including post and packing, which is Amazon UK's standard charge (currently £2.80 for UK buyers, more for overseas customers) Rowlands, Ian (Ed.) 'Understanding Information Policy', published by Bowker Saur, 1997. Hardcover, 306 pages. Price £35.00 plus standard Amazon p&p charge (£2.75 for UK) Russell, T. O. 'The Last Irish King: A Drama in Three Acts' published in 1904 in the Irish Republic by M. H. Gill. Condition: acceptable, or fair. It's a bit worn and dirty on the outside and better condition internally. It's past its best, but still very useable and readable. Price: £8.99, not including post and packing, which is Amazon UK's standard charge (currently £2.80 for UK buyers, more for overseas customers)  
Rosen-Ayalon, Myriam. 'Islamic Art and Archaeology of Palestine', published in 2006 by Presses Universitaires de France in paperback, 211pp, ISBN 1598740644

Condition: very good, clean and tidy copy, well looked-after

Category: Archaeology

Price: £23.75, not including post and packing, which is Amazon UK's standard charge (currently £2.80 for UK buyers, more for overseas customers)

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 Ross, Angus. 'The Tyneside Ultimatum', published in 1988 in Great Britain by Chivers Press in their Firecrest series in hardback with dustjacket, 168pp, ISBN 085997958x

Condition: Very good with very good dustjacket (not price-clipped). The internal pages have mild tanning to them (a browning effect from ageing)

Category: Angus Ross

Price: £26.50, not including post and packing

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 Routledge, Gordon L. 'The Sorrows of Quintinshill', published in 2002 in Great Britain by Arthuret Publishers, in paperback, 80pp

Condition: very good, clean and tidy copy

Category: Railways

Price: £40.00, not including post and packing

Synopsis: On 22nd May 1915, 227 people lost their lives and 246 were injured in the worst disaster in the history of British Railways. This book tells the story

 Rowlands, Ian (Ed.) 'Understanding Information Policy', published by Bowker Saur, 1997. Hardcover, 306 pages, ISBN 1857391799

Condition: Very good condition, clean copy, almost like new.

Category: Non Fiction: Government & Politics: Policies

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Price: £14.99 plus standard Amazon p&p charge (£2.80 for UK)

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 Russell, T. O.
The Last Irish King: A Drama in Three Acts.

Published by M. H. Gill & Sons Ltd, Dublin, 1904

Condition: Acceptable condition paperback, string binding, 44 pages, rare copy, relatively clean & readable, intact, but a little dirty on the exterior.

Price: £8.99, not including p&p

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