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Switchover To Faster Server

Switchover To Faster Server Friday 10th April 2015

Apologies to anyone having problems with my website on Friday between 8 and 8.15am my web host was moving the website to a faster server which should improve response times for everyone.

This move did also mean that the email system for sales@hcbooksonline.com was not working for a longer spell whilst the DNS servers around the world synchronised.

Everything appears to be working fine right now but if anyone has a problem please email me at sales@hcbooksonline.com to let me know what the problem is.

You can browse my books at Heron Books

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Anthony Trollope – Oxford World’s Classics Edition

Anthony Trollope – Oxford World’s Classics Edition

Trollope and Oxford University go back a long way – to 1907, in fact, when the first Trollope novel was published in the fondly-remembered hardback World’s Classics series. The Three Clerks was followed 11 years later by The Warden, then by a further 41 titles, the majority appearing in the 20s and 30s, right up until the late 1950s. The then Oxford publisher, Sir Humphrey Milford, was a great enthusiast, and it is not too much to say that he was chiefly responsible for the resurrection of Trollope’s reputation as a serious writer with the general reader.

A List of Titles in Numerical Order

140 The Three Clerks
217 The Warden
239 An Autobiography
251 The Belton Estate
252 The Claverings
268 Barchester Towers
272 The Vicar of Bullhampton
278 Miss Mackenzie
279 Rachel Ray
298 Doctor Thorne
305 Framley Parsonage
317 Doctor Wortle’s School
336 Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite
341 The Kellys and the O’Kellys
343 Cousin Henry
342 Ayala’s Angel
357 The Eustace Diamonds
391 The American Senator
397 Tales of All Countries First Series
398 The Last Chronicle of Barset
423/424 Orley Farm
443 Lady Anna
444 An Old Man’s Love
447/478 Phineas Finn
450/451 Phineas Redux
454/455 The Prime Minister
462 The Duke’s Children
468/469 Can You Forgive Her?
472 The Small House at Allington
475/476 Ralph the Heir
484 The Way We Live Now
492 Is He Popenjoy?
502 John Caldigate
503 Mr. Scarborough’s Family
504 The Golden Lion of Granpere
505 Nina Balatka and Linda Tressel
507 He Knew He Was Right

Known Titles with so far unknown numbers

The Bertrams
Castle Richmond
Early Short Stories
Later Short Stories

Possible other titles

The Fixed Period
The Landleaguers
An Eye for an Eye
Harry Heathcote of Gangoil
Jones and Robinson
La Vendée
The MacDermots of Ballycloran
The Struggles of Brown

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Second Charity Book Giveaway Update

Saturday October 25th 2014

Saw the 2nd Annual Great Charity Book Giveaway.

Who would have thought that giving books away was so difficult?

I am still amazed that so many people had difficulty getting their heads around the fact that they could take as many of the wonderful books on offer as they liked at no extra charge.

The chosen charity this year was again Sunshine and Smiles the Leeds Down Syndrome Support Group.

Sunshine and Smiles

Admission was by voluntary donation and helped by a tea and cake stall we managed to raise over £800 which was subsequently raised to over £1,000 by a late donation.

What a tremendous achievement for the second year running.

My sincere thanks to the wonderful team of people who made this possible and to all the people who attended and donated so generously.

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D H Lawrence Collected Editions

D H Lawrence Collected Editions

There are three major collected editions of the works of D H Lawrence.

The first of these is the The Works of D. H. Lawrence “Phoenix Edition” in 26 Volumes published by William Heinemann (1955-), London with the volumes uniformly bound in red cloth.

This 26 volume edition contains;
The White Peacock; The Trespasser; Sons and Lovers; The Rainbow; Women in Love; The Lost Girl; Aaron’s Rod; Kangaroo; The Plumed Serpent; First Lady Chatterley; Lady Chatterley’s Lover; Apocalypse; Twilight in Italy (Travel I); Sea and Sardinia (Travel II); Mornings in Mexico & Etruscan Places (Travel III); The Short Novels (2 volumes); The Complete Short Stories (3 volumes); The Complete Poems (3 Volumes); Phoenix: The posthumous papers of D.H.Lawrence (2 volumes); Boy in the Bush (Skinner, M.L., Lawrence, D. H.)

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The second of these is The D H Lawrence Collection published in 24 volumes in the late 1970’s by Heron Books.

This 24 volume edition contains;
The White Peacock; Sons and Lovers; The Rainbow; Women in Love; The Lost Girl; Aaron’s Rod;
Kangaroo; The Plumed Serpent; Lady Chatterley’s Lover; Twilight in Italy, Sea and Sardinia;
Mornings in Mexico, Etruscan Places, The Trespasser (also seen as Short Novels III); Short Novels (2 volumes); Short Stories (3 volumes); Poems (2 volumes); Plays; Phoenix Part (2 volumes); Letters (2 volumes); Studies in Classic American Literature and Fantasia of the Unconscious.
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The third of these is the scholarly edition of Lawrence´s works, The Cambridge Edition of the Works and Letters of D. H. Lawrence in 44 Volumes (36 Volumes Works + 8 Volumes Letters) Cambridge University Press, publication began in the 1980s.

 

This edition contains;

The White Peacock; Sons and Lovers; The Rainbow; The First Women in Love; Women in Love
The Lost Girl; Aaron’s Rod; Kangaroo; The Plumed Serpent; The First and Second Lady Chatterley Novels; Lady Chatterley’s Lover and A Propos of ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’;
Mornings in Mexico and Other Essays; Sea and Sardinia; Sketches of Etruscan Places and Other Italian Essays; Twilight in Italy and Other Essays; The Prussian Officer and Other stories; England, My England and Other Stories; St Mawr and Other Stories; Mr Noon
The Boy in the Bush; The Fox, The Captain’s Doll, The Ladybird; Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine and Other Essays; Love Among the Haystacks and Other Stories; The Trespasser; The Woman Who Rode Away and Other Stories; The Virgin and the Gipsy and Other Stories
The Vicar’s Garden and Other Stories; Paul Morel; Quetzalcoatl; Late Essays and Articles; The Poems (2 Volumes); The Plays; Introductions and Reviews

View D H Lawrence books at Heron Books

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Don’t Miss The FREE BOOKS on October 25th 2014

Don’t Miss The FREE BOOKS on October 25th 2014

October 25th 2014 sees the second Charity Book Giveaway with Sunshine & Smiles, the Leeds Down Syndrome Charity again being the beneficiary.

Following the amazing success of last years 2013 event when we raised over £1,200 for Sunshine & Smiles we will be sponsoring this years event at the same venue;

The Immaculate Heart Church Hall, 294 Harrogate Road Leeds, LS17 6LE.

Thousands of books are available for FREE and ENTRY to the event is by VOLUNTARY DONATION.

Once inside you can cselect from thousands of books with NO LIMIT on the amount of books you choose.

Last year the children’s books were a great success, this is a family event so please bring your children.

Comments from last years visitors were;

I can’t believe how many books there were, and just how good they were

I hope you are having this event again

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Second Charity Book Giveaway This Month

October 25th sees the second Charity Book Giveaway with Sunshine & Smiles, the Leeds Down Syndrome Charity again being the beneficiary.

Following the amazing success of last years 2013 event when we raised over £1,200 for Sunshine & Smiles we will be sponsoring this years event at the same venue;

The Immaculate Heart Church Hall, 294 Harrogate Road Leeds, LS17 6LE.

Thousands of books are available for FREE and entry to the event is by voluntary donation.

Yes, the books are completely free with no limit on the amount of books you choose.

Comments from last years visitors were;

“I can’t believe how many books there were, and just how good they were”

“I hope you are having this event again”

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Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night in York

Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night in York

Had a super afternoon watching the YSP (York Shakepeare Project) production of Twelfth Night in the York Theatre Royal Studio. The venue is a small intimate studio with seating to three sides.
I enjoyed the production immensely with superb performances from all the performers particularly Paul Osborne as Sir Toby Belch and the lovely Emily White ‘stole my heart’ as Olivia.

The production runs from Thursday 3rd April to Saturday 12 April 2014 at 7.45pm with Saturday matinee perfomances at 2pm.

Book online: York Theatre Royal

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Heron Books Author Collections

Heron Books Author Collections

Edito-Service / Heron Books were responsible throughout the 60s, 70s and early 80s for publishing ‘Collectors Editions’ of famous authors, including Agatha Christie, Charles Dickens, Alexandre Dumas, Aldous Huxley, Alistair MacLean, Wilbur Smith and many many others.

As the leading reseller in Complete Collections of Heron Books you can find them at Heron Books For Sale

You can view my Comprehensive Heron Books Documentation at Heron Books Index