London: Geoffrey Bles, 1967. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Glyn Carr was a pseudonym Showell Styles adopted for his adult detective fiction. This scarce, fine book presents very well and has only very isolated foxing spots to the front endpapers. It opens clean, fresh and tightly.....
London: Ernest Benn, 1964. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Strange goings-on in the Cumberland hills, including helicopters and spies, put the children on high alert. They only wanted to come for a camping holiday! The book is in very good condition; a little jacket off-setting to.....
London: Faber, 1960. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. A boy from the Cumbrian mountains goes off to fight in the Napoleonic Wars. Part of Styles' hugely popular Midshipman Quinn series. This book is in very good condition with only the top edge a little dusty and a......
Reading: Gaston's Alpine Book/West Col Productions, 1974. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. A superb period guide in outstanding condition from the well-known author, scout leader and mountaineer. This fine book joins a wide range of Styles' fiction and non-fiction work in the mountains. Book is fine, almost.....
London: White Lion, 1976. Edition: Reprint. Book Condition: Very good. With fine explanatory illustrations throughout by James Holland, this is a stirring tale of two young cousins let loose in a boat in the challenging environment of the mountain sea lochs of northwest Scotland. The book is in very good.....
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1958. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Self-explanatory instructional text from the original action man. Styles was a mountaineer, instructor, scout leader and prolific author of adventure stories for children and detective novels for adults set in a mountaineering context. The book.....
London: Gollancz, 1969-1971. Edition: 1st UK, 1st & 2nd impressions. Book Condition: Very good. A nice set of two books relating the mountain experiences of John and Ann Davies in Snowdonia. A strange Hungarian girl, a plane crash, spies, and a blizzard are some of the exciting encounters experienced by.....
London: Brockhampton, 1961. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. A potholing adventure and treasure hunt set on the Yorkshire Moors. This book is in fine condition with only a prize-giving plate to the front paste down and the school crest embossed to the front cover. A couple of.....
London: Gollancz, 1962-1966. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. The second and fourth books from the author's "Simon and Mag' series of children's adventure stories. Set between north Wales, Switzerland and Norway, they reflect the author's passion for mountaineering and his desire to introduce the sport to.....
London: Brockhampton Press, 1966-1969. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. A nice set of three of the five books in Styles' 'Wolf Cubs' series. Styles was a scout leader in north Wales and imbues his fiction with his lived experience. These books are all in very good.....