BOOKS by J. B. Priestley

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1	Good Companions more books like this by J B Priestley add to wishlist Priestley's story about a travelling theatrical group. The novel follows the motley crew as they sing, squabble, drink and dance their way from theatre to theatre in the English provincial world of seaside boarding houses, market fairs and catchpenny shows of the Twenties. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $31.69! \| first editions
2	The prince of pleasure & his regency, 1811-20 more books like this by J. B. Priestley add to wishlist The Regency Period is perhaps the most romantic of British history. It was an age which swung between extremes of elegance and refinement, and depths of sodden brutality. The central figure is the Prince Regent, Prinny, and though he sometimes appears as a gigantic spoilt child, he was famously good company and a notable patron of the arts. The ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Bright day more books like this by J B Priestley add to wishlist Published to coincide with the centenary of J.B. Priestley's birth. A chance meeting takes film writer Gregory Dawson back in time to the lost world of his youth, and the close-knit Yorkshire community in which he grew up during the last golden summers before the slaughter of World War I. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	English Journey more books like this by J B Priestley add to wishlist In 1933 J.B. Priestley made a journey through England. He travelled by train, bus and car, and on foot, talking to the people he met and taking in his surroundings. From the drowsy idyll of rural backwaters to the dark satanic landscapes of industrialized cities, he took a writer's eye and a warmly human sensibility, describing what he found with ... see all copies from $10.89! new only from $37.03! \| first editions
5	English journey : being a rambling but truthful account of what one man saw and heard and felt and thought during a journey through England during the autumn of the year 1933 more books like this by J. B. Priestley add to wishlist see all copies from $2.00! signed copies \| first editions
6	Angel Pavement more books like this by J B Priestley add to wishlist Priestley's classic novel of the Thirties, following the misfortunes of a group of lower-class clerical workers employed by suppliers of veneers and inlays to the cabinet-making trade. To their dingy City of London premises descends a rapacious financial predator, threatening ruin for them all. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Faraway more books like this by J. B. Priestley add to wishlist When William Dursley finds his long-lost and ailing Uncle Baldwin on his doorstep one wintry night, his life is changed for ever. His uncle relates a story of an island in the South Pacific, filled with a precious uranium ore worth millions of pounds. see all copies from $2.53! first editions
8	Lost Empires more books like this by J B Priestley add to wishlist Priestley's nostalgic novel set in the last years of the England that disappeared for ever in World War I. In 1913, young Richard Herncastle exchanges his office stool for a life of adventure, joining his uncle's illusionist act on the variety stage, and awakening to the worlds of love and sex. see all copies from $2.49! first editions
9	Man and time more books like this by J. B. Priestley add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
10	English humour more books like this by J B Priestley add to wishlist English Humour Originally published in 1929 as part of the English Heritage Series, this is a fascinating book charting the progression of English humour - from great writers to great illustrators. Priestley, the great English novelist, analyzes different the facets of English humor from Chaucer, Chesterton, Shakespeare, Gilbert, et al. in this ... see all copies from $5.00! first editions
11	Time and the Conways more books like this by J. B. Priestley add to wishlist see all copies from $9.97! new only from $49.99! \| first editions
12	Margin Released: A Writer's Reminiscences and Reflections more books like this by J B Priestley add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.83! \| first editions \| SVS
13	An Inspector Calls more books like this by J B Priestley add to wishlist This volume is part of a new series of novels, plays and stories at GCSE/Key Stage 4 level, designed to meet the needs of the National Curriculum syllabus. Each text includes an introduction, pre-reading activities, notes and coursework activities. Also provided is a section on the process of writing, often compiled by the author. In this play, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.66! \| signed copies \| first editions
14	Delight more books like this by J. B. Priestley add to wishlist see all copies from $15.50! signed copies \| first editions
15	Literature and Western man more books like this by J. B. Priestley add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16	Salt is Leaving more books like this by Priestley add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Saturn over the water more books like this by J. B. Priestley add to wishlist Tim Bedford is an artist. He loves exotic places and captures their shades and essences in his art. When Bedford is despatched to Peru in search of Joe Farne, however, he finds himself cast as a private detective uncovering a lost friend, a beautiful woman's advances and a web of intrigue. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
18	Victoria's Heyday more books like this by J. B. Priestley add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Thirty First of June more books like this by J B Priestley add to wishlist This satirical fable tells the story of Sam Penty, an artist in an advertising agency. Penty is spirited off to the kingdom of Peradore in Arthurian England and falls in love with Princess Melicent, but he must fight the infamous Red Knight to win her hand in marriage. see all copies from $2.55! new only from $3.49! \| first editions
20	Instead of the Trees: A Final Chapter of Autobiography more books like this by J B Priestley add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	William Hazlitt more books like this by J. B. Priestley add to wishlist Available for the first time in the United States a new series of innovative critical studies introducing writers and their contexts to a wide range of readers. Drawing upon the mast recent thinking in English studies, each book considers biographical material, examines recent criticism, includes a detailed bibliography, and offers a concise but ... see all copies from $3.50! new only from $15.25! \| first editions
22 view cover	Gcse "an Inspector Calls" (Letts Explore) by J B Priestley add to wishlist Part of a series that helps you to get to grips with the novels, poetry and plays most commonly studied for GCSE coursework and exams, this guide covers Priestley's "An Inspector Calls". see all copies from $2.53! new only from $5.77!
23 view cover	Eden end more books like this by J B Priestley add to wishlist Stella Kirby spent nine years running away; leaving home to find her freedom as an actress. Now she has decided that the only role left to play is the prodigal daughter returned, hoping to discover herself in the familiar surroundings of her childhood home. see all copies from $11.99! new only from $19.28! \| first editions
24 view cover	Farthing Hall by Sir Hugh Walpole, J. B. Priestley add to wishlist In this novel of letters Mark French, a succesful young artist, writes to his old friend, Oxford scholar Bob Newlands, as he embarks on a journey to Farthing Hall, following the woman who had instantly captured his heart in the theatre the previous night. The exchange of letters reveals the story. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $32.20! \| first editions \| SVS
25	Lost Empires - V686 by J. B. Priestley add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS

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