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To search the database of secondhand books and collectables please enter a key word or phrase in the search box. Typically choose the surname of the author (if known) or a few words from the title. The search is not case-sensitive, so searching on 'Wodehouse', 'WODEHOUSE' or 'wOdeHOusE' will yield the same results. To find all the books by P. G. Wodehouse, try entering 'wodehouse' (no quotes) in the search box. To find copies of 'The Captain' containing Wodehouse stories, you could enter 'wodehouse captain'. To find a copy of The Captain containing the story 'The Gold Bat' by P. G. Wodehouse, you could search on 'wodehouse captain gold bat'. In general, the more words you search on, the fewer matches will be found, so it may be best to start with just one or two words and narrow down the search as necessary.

For a phrase, enter it as you would expect to find it in the book title, with words separated by a single space character. Please do not include quotation marks or '+' symbols as they will be interpreted literally as part of the search phrase, which is almost certainly not what you want. Our search is more straightforward than the necessarily complex searches used by Search Engines such as Yahoo and Alta Vista.

Having entered the key word or phrase, please click on the 'Go' button.

The search will return all items containing the entered words. If no items contain the words, a blank form will be displayed.

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If you find an item which you would like to buy, please contact us by email at RNewbury@ardis.co.uk.

Please study the item description before making any purchase.

'Circumlocution. A literary trick whereby the writer who has nothing to say breaks it gently to the reader' - Ambrose Bierce

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