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London: Heinemann, 1988. 154pp. Book clean and square. Vivid silver title on firm spine. Plain maroon boards undamaged. Leaves slightly browned, else unmarked. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket shelfworn only. The author's debut novel (having previously published criticism, and essays) is set in Paris in the Spring of 1968. Cinephiles Guillaume, his twin sister Danielle, and Matthew, an American student they have befriended, are denied their nightly 'fix' when a government minister orders the closure of the Cinematheque. Little by little they withdraw into their own universe of private games, ordeals, humiliation, sexual jousting . . . This scarce first novel was later rewritten and issued as 'The Dreamers', forming the basis of a film of the same name. Book weight approx. 405g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. 247pp. Book clean and square. Blue quarter-cloth spine, bright gilt title there-on. Plain black boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated (Paul Bacon), loose-plastic protected dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. A simple search, for a missing cat, by Private Detective Dirk Gently develops into a ghost-horror-detective-time travel-romantic comedy epic . . . more interested in telekinesis, quantum mechanics and lunch, our hero's task is not easy. Sadly for the cat . . . Douglas Adams, born in Cambridge, U.K., in 1952, died in 2001. Book weight approx. 460g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First U.S. Edition, 1st Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. 604pp., colour, story-setting map endpapers (art by Rafael Palacios). Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped spine. Stylized art design over undamaged brown cloth boards. A discreet remainder stripe on textblock foot abutting spine, otherwise leaves clean. Art-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn, with short closed tears and slight tanning. Following his multi-award winning debut novel 'Watership Down', Richard Adams' 'Shardik' is "a fantasy of somber-indeed of tragic-character, centered upon the long-awaited reincarnation of the gigantic bear Shardik and his appearance among the Ortelgan people . . . " Contents include: 58 chapters, over seven 'books'. Book weight approx. 840g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First U.S. Edition, 1st Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Victor Gollancz, 1996. 221pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Backstrip lightly bumped on head and heel. Art-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn, plus small splash-stain on rear. Many of Jane Austen's legions of readers have been irked by the knowledge that, after writing seventeen and a half thousand words of 'The Watsons', Jane Austen abandoned the work. Joan Aiken, having previously produced 'Jane Austen Entertainments', has accepted the challenge: Tell the Watson story, one she accepted with aplomb . . . Book weight approx. 460g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First British. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1961. 790pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, vivid silver title there-on. Red boards undamaged. Lower margin damage (creased; plus one with biopredation) on several leaves, otherwise very good. Art-illustrated (P. Youngman-Carter) loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn, with jagged tears and creases, plus minor fading on spine. Action thriller set in Egypt during and after the Suez crisis. By 1956 few Englishmen are left in the country. One exception is the mysterious and problematic Captain Scott, who works for the Egyptian Government Survey. He had previously been court-martialled while in the British Eighth Army, remaining in Egypt after the war . . . Book weight approx. 810g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Victor Gollancz, 1970. 224pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Minor spots on rear free endpaper and text-block edges, otherwise clean. Typical, bright yellow, loose-plastic protected, printed d/jacket edgeworn, small jagged closed tears, smokey spine panel and price-clipped. Five Novellas, previously published in 'somewhat different form', i.e.; "Memory" [under the title "A World Called Maanerak"]. Contents: Memory. Brake. The Sensitive Man. The Moonrakers. Starfog. Book weight approx. 370gms. . 1st U.K. [Thus].. Hard Cover + D/J. Very Good./Good.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Australia: Gordon A. Publishers, 1994. 189pp., book clean, square. Spine firm. Signed on title page by author, otherwise leaves clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper has several mild creases and lightly splayed, else good. "This is a humourous story about the confidence tricksters who inhabit Australia's famous bohemian centre . . . " Book weight approx. 250g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Signed by Author. Softcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: George Harrap, 1956. 236pp. Book clean. Spine firm, mildly bumped on head and heel. White title on backstrip, white printed author's faux signature on slightly splayed red boards. Foxed endpapers, and textblock margins, else good. Art-illustrated (no ack.), loose-plastic protected dustjacket price-clipped, edgeworn and nipped, with closed tears. Noted for her series of 'hospital romance' novels, the author Lucinda Andrews, armed with an intimate knowledge of hospital life (she was a nurse) has as her theme in this title the emotional problems besetting a young nurse nearing the end of her training. Unofficially engaged to a house-surgeon, her career is jeopardised by a piece of carelessness that completely changes her future. Throw in jealous intrigue and you have 'The Quiet Wards'. Contents include 14 chapters. Book weight approx. 370g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. Third Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Briar Hill, Victoria, Australia: Indra Publishing, 1988. 197pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Concise inscription, signed by author on her bio. page, otherwise leaves clean. Art-illustrated (David Wong) card wrapper lightly edgeworn only. Are dark forces at work? Amyrra believes she is being overpowered by the force of an ominous prediction. Desperate to free herself, she tries to fight it with brutal force. Will it be enough? Book weight approx. 230g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. . Signed and Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Macdonald, 1970. 252pp. Book clean. Bright gilt title over slightly cocked spine. Light splash-stain on plain grey boards. Former owner's name on ffep., else leaves clean. Art-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn, with short closed tears, browned on rear text panel. This first British Edition tells the story of Aton, whose crime, it seems, was to fall in love, as a child, with Minionette, a semi-mythical siren universally despised and feared. Condemned to the brutally hot subterranean mines of Chthon, Aton seeks answers to his questions. None forthcoming, he decides to escape the place where no man has ever fled and survived . . . Contents include: Prelims., Prologue, 3 chapters, Interlogue, 3 chapters, Epilogue. Book weight approx. 400g. . First U.K.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1988. 221pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title on firm spine. Grey tint endpapers. A concise inscription, signed by the author on title page, otherwise leaves clean, though browned. Illustrated (art & pictorial), loose-plastic protected dustjacket scuffed and abraded on upper foredge fold, otherwise very good. Twelve 'Tales with a Twist', beginning with 'The Perfect Murder' . . . Book weight approx. 520g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Signed and Inscribed By Author. 3rd Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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U.S.A.: Delacore Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1973. 695pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Green cloth backstrip lightly bumped on head and heel. Boards undamaged. Nominal flecks on textblock, else leaves clean. Illustrated (author portrait rear), loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn, small biopredation holes on mildly U.V. affected spine. Originally published in Spanish as "Los Ojos de Los Enterrados" Editorial Losada S.A., 1960. English translation 1973 Dell Publishing. The third volume in the 1967 Nobel Prize (literature) winner's powerful 'Banana Republic' trilogy, seethes with poetry, suspense, and violence, dealing with the downfall of George Maker Thompson, King of the Banana Republic...Miguel Angel Asturias was born in Guatemala in 1899, and died in 1974. Book weight approx. 940g. **INTERNATIONAL BUYERS-THIS BOOK WILL INCUR EXTRA POSTAGE CHARGES as it will weigh over 1KG with packing.** Please email for quote. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. . First U.S. Edition, First Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Don Mills, Ontario, Canada: Oxford University Press, 1997. xv, + 462pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Text-block very slightly distorted. Signed on the half-title page by major-name contributor: author Carol Shields [1935-2003], otherwise leaves are clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper nominally edgeworn only. Chosen by Margaret Atwood and Robert Weaver, this current edition is a selection of more contemporary, twentieth-century authors, the earlier edition having included many born from 1850 on. Names included here comprise the cream of Canadian literature, viz: Atwood, Carol Shields, Alice Munro, Matt Cohen, Mavis Gallant, Caroline Adderson, Margaret Gibson and more. Also included are bibliographical references and Index. Book weight approx. 690g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. Signed by an author/contributor. 1st Thus [Corrected]. Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Grafton Books, 1992. 207pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves acidic (browned); more so on author bio. page. Illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn and bumped, with a crudely deleted name on plain inner front wrap. Published as a Grafton 'Special Overseas Edition 1992', this psychological thriller begins with Charles and Laura, a young, happily married couple surrounded by the comforting world of academia. On a Christmas Eve shopping trip to London their angelic daughter Naomi disappears. They hope and pray for her return. And she does . . . doesn't she? Book weight approx. 190g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Thus, 1st Impression. Softcover. Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: BCA, 1991. 173pp. Book slightly cocked. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated [author portrait rear], loose-plastic protected dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. Horror Fiction debut under the pseudonym 'Jonathon Aycliffe', by author/social commentator, Denis MacEoin, better known as 'Daniel Easterman'. A chilling tale finds Charles and Laura, a young and happily married couple, inhabiting the privileged world of academia. With gleeful Yuletide anticipation, Charles sets off with his daughter Naomi on a Christmas Eve shopping trip to London. By days end Charles and his wife are the parents of a missing child. Their beautiful, angelic Naomi has disappeared....or has she? Book weight approx. 500g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. . First Thus. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Cupertino, California: Meta Publications, 1975. ix, + 265pp., b/white frontis illustration. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated (Robert B. Dilts) card wrapper nominally scuffed and indented. " . . . a delightful simplification of the infinite complexities of the language I use with patients . . . Milton H. Erikson, M.D." Contents include: Prelims., Guide to Volume I, Parts I - III, Epilogue, Appendix: Syntactic Environments for Identifying Natural Language Presuppositions in English, Bibliography. Book weight approx. 400g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Hartwell, Victoria: Temple House/ Sid Harta, 2003. v, + 254pp., b/w art illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine tight. Inscription, signed by Simon Klapish on title page, else leaves unmarked. Art-illustrated [Beau White], card wrapper undamaged. The humorous adventures of Dave who runs the biggest rubbish dump in the state. Rubbish and money are his passions, although he has a growing desire for the local pig farmer's daughter. On a government-sponsored fact-finding tour in France, the head of the Paris dump offers to pay Dave to take some 'harmless' packages off his hands from a French Pacific island . . . Book weight approx. 350g.. Signed by Author. First Edition, 1st Impression. Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: HarperCollins, 2004. 489pp., pattern endpapers. Colour-art illustrations throughout, all by the author. Book clean. Spine firm, but slightly askew. Slick boards nominally bumped. Leaves unmarked. Art-illustrated (Clive Barker), loose-plastic protected dustjacket minimally edgeworn, and formerly creased on inner front wrap. Book Two of the Abarat finds Candy Quackenbush's adventures in the amazing world of the Abarat getting more strange by the hour; she is pursued by the henchmen of the Lord of Midnight Christopher Carrion . . . but why? Contents include: Prelims., Prologue, 4 'parts'. Book weight approx. 1.26KG. Buyers outside Australia : ** THIS BOOK WILL INCUR EXTRA POSTAGE CHARGES as it weighs over 1KG.** Please email for quote. NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First U.K. Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Faber and Faber, 1962. 107pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over minimally bumped spine. Original plain green cloth boards bumped on upper foredge corners, else very good. A small, original seller's sticker affixed to front pastedown, textblock bumped and flecked on head. Illustrated (portrait: Author, Paris, 1921), loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn and nipped. A collection of short stories by New York born (1892) Djuna Barnes. Most of these stories first appeared in the 1920s . . . Djuna Barnes died in 1982. Contents include: Prelims., 10 stories, viz: Aller et Retour, Cassation, The Grande Malade, A Night Among the Horses, The Valet, The Rabbit, The Doctors, A Boy Asks a Question, Spillway, The Passion. Book weight approx. 246g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First Thus. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Michael Joseph, 1959. 158pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Blue cloth boards lightly shelfworn only. A former owner's name on ffep., small flecks on text-block edges, otherwise leaves clean. An attractive, contemporary, art-illustrated (Broome Lynne), loose-plastic protected dustjacket price-clipped, mildly nipped and edgeworn, with minor splotch on rear. In this, another 'chapter' in the lives of Pop Larkin and his handsome family of seven, known famously as the stars of the 'Darling Buds of May', by H.E.Bates, we find Pop and the family take their first holiday abroad! To France . . . Let the mayhem begin . . .Book weight approx. 300g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons. No publication date (c. 1890s). 351pp. Small, b/white chapter illuminations. Book clean and square, albeit lightly shaken. Heavily decorated in gilt, red and black over mildly scuffed, edgeworn and abraded original blue cloth. Former owner's name on ffep., a tiny, original seller's stamp on rear endpaper, splotched and flecked throughout textblock. A stand-alone volume in Kenedy and Son's 'Library of Catholic Novels' series. "In the month of May, in the year 397, a number of inhabitants of Antioch (almost a Christian city) collected in the grove of daphne, sheltering under tall trees from the hot midday sun . . . " Contents include: Preface, 12 chapters. Book weight approx. 410g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. Hardcover [Decorated cloth]. Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: St Martin's Press, 1998. 192pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Leaves clean, foredge bound untrimmed. Minor bumps on upper foredge corner of boards. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket nominally edgeworn. Set in Holland and Provence, this coyly erotic work begins with a trio of Vermeer aficionados as they set forth for the Hague to see a Vermeer exhibition. What begins as a simple journey turns quickly into drama as the group become enmeshed in an international terrorist ring. The later part of the story is narrated by Roland, a young man who has read the first narrator's account of the fiascos in the Hague, but, refusing to believe the account true, sets out in search of the original narrator, assuming him to be a fanciful make-believer . . . Book weight approx. 390g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. 1st U.S., 1st Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Boston, MA: Atlantic-Little, Brown, 1975. (xv) + 299pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Blindstamp publisher's device on front brown board. Former owner's name on half-title page, lightly flecked head of text-block. Boards have minor bumps on upper foredge corners. Illustrated (Art: Gerry Hoover, plus photographic author portrait) loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn, nipped, and has short, closed tears. Author M.F.Bell received the 'Atlantic Grant' for this work, a feminist novel which exposes the political reasoning, private sensibilities, anger and fear of a group of radical activists convinced that America is the enemy, and violence their salvation . . . Book weight approx. 560g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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United Kingdom: Virago Press, 2005. 343pp. Book clean, slightly canted. Spine firm, bright silver title there-on. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. "Cork, 1969. In the hollow of an ancient tree, Beatrice Conrad finds some tiny bones . . . her discovery harks back to the great potato famine of the mid 1800s, and that is where this extraordinary story leads. To the Quinns. And to the Veseys. And to a feud that begins in the time of the famine, and has repercussions that will affect generations to come." Book weight approx. 500g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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North Richmond, Victoria, Australia: Power Press, 1985. vi, + 193pp., intext, b/w illustrations by George Dimouski. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Foxing specks on block edges, otherwise leaves clean. Art-illustrated [Dimouski] card wrapper nominally edgeworn only, geographic maps on inside covers. A novelization set in Tasmania . . . Book weight approx. 350g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Softcover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Victor Gollancz, 1953. 285pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Original seller's sticker affixed to front pastedown [resultant acidic offset to ffep.]. Foxing flecks on endpapers and textblock edges. Blue boards nominally bumped. Gollancz, loose-plastic protected, trademark yellow paper , price-clipped dustjacket has several jagged closed tears, edgewear and soiling. A playwright for many years, with many of his works produced on Broadway, Bertram Bloch has turned his hand to writing novels. Contemporary fiction, set in the Roosevelt era, where Mrs Hulett's husband John is one of Roosevelt's bright up-and-coming political hopefuls being groomed for high office. But are the rumours true? Where does beautiful actress Lily Grainger fit in? And who is Sam Thomas? . . . Book weight approx. 350g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . 1st U.K.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Good+/Fair +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Coverdale House Publishers, 1976. Foreword by A. Morgan Derham, Editorial secretary of The Leprosy Mission. 128pp. Book clean, slightly canted. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated [Leon Baxter] card wrapper has minor wear to spine and edges, small corner crease and bump to head. "The letters which make up this book are to an umaginary correspondent and many of the background incidents are likewise fictitious. But the experience out of which they are written is real enough for Val Bock's missionary career began in the area nearest to her native Australia-Papua New Guinea....." Book weight approx. 120g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. 1st [P/B]. Softcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Carlton North, Victoria, Australia: The Vulgar Press, 2005. 262pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Dark sepia, archivally--illustrated card wrapper undamaged. In this debut novel, the author, a multi-skilled Novocastrian, tells the story of the Newcastle coal-mining industry in Australia during the 1880's and 1890's. Through miner Edmund Shearer, a strange and moody man, we are told the story of a community, its tragedies and struggles, always with the ever-present capacity for outbreaks of humour and festive joy in the face of adversity...Book weight approx. 300g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. 1st [P/B]. Softcover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: Gryphon Books, 1952. 240pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, lightly bumped on head and heel. Grey boards undamaged. Text-block edges flecked. Art-illustrated (uncredited) loose-plastic protected dustjacket minimally edgeworn and U.V.affected on spine. A mystery thriller set in the Niagara Falls area of North America. A bitter and disillusioned man named Harrigan, having served time in prison and suffered the loss of his wife, tries to build a new life for the sake of his small daughter, Honor. However, he can never forget his resolve to find the woman who ruined his career . . . Book weight approx. 330g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Australia: Perseus Books, 2002. 183pp. Book clean, slightly canted. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper has minimal edgewear, light reading crease, several indentations. "This is a dramatic work of fiction about love, patriotism and intrigue, set in the present historical and political realities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. While the action takes place in Israel, the plot is linked to Australia through its main characters . . ." Includes a Glossary of Facts and Figures. Book weight approx. 300g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Burbank, California, U.S.A.: Sneaker Press/Midnight Grafitti Press, 1996. vi, + 170pp., b/white 'cartoon-style' line drawn illustrations at rear. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Apparent fine felt tip pen author signature to title page, otherwise leaves clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper has soft vertical crease to front panel, minimal edgewear, light rubbing. "What if Stephen King, Anne Rice, Bret Easton Ellis, and other literary greats had written episodes of 'Star Trek-The Next Generation'? Now you'll know . . ." A Star-Trek Parody. Book weight approx. 290g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. Signed by Author. First Printing. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Bantam Press, 2001. 340pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped spine. Plain black boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket trivially bumped only. A complex psychological thriller featuring key character Julia Havilland and a range of events that have occurred in her life. Drawn across the landscape of her past, unless she confronts her demons, she will not survive . . . Book weight approx. 605g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Amherst, New York, U.S.A.: Prometheus Books, 1998. 246pp. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean and white, soft corner crease to several pages at rear. Illustrated card wrapper has corner crease to front and rear panels, mild reading crease to same. Originally published under the title 'Victorian Erotic Tales', London, M. O'Mara Books, 1995. " . . . brings together the most notorious Victorian erotica by famous authors as well as by those who used pseudonyms or circulated their works unsigned . . . gives the reader a fascinating insight into the teeming underbelly of Victorian society, while serving up a cornucopia of passions that will intrigue and delight . . . " Book weight approx. 360g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Second Impression. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Moss Vale, NSW, Australia: HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 2005. 345pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Soft creasing to top edge of several introductory pages, author signature to title page, otherwise leaves clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper has corresponding crease to top corner of front panel, small, soft crease to rear panel corners, else mild edgewear. "Acclaimed author Geraldine Brooks gives us the story of the absent father from Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women'-and conjures a world of brutality, stubborn courage and transcendent love . . ." Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2006. Book weight approx. 460g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . Signed by Author. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Fourth Estate (HarperCollins), 2008. 390pp. Book clean. Spine firm, slightly concave, with light reading creases there-on. Signed with flair by the author, on title page, using a black pen, otherwise leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper nominally edgeworn only. From the pen of Pulitzer Prize winning author Geraldine Brooks, "People of the Book' crosses continents and centuries to bring stories of hope amidst darkness, compassion amidst cruelty, all bound together by the discoveries made by a young Australian woman, Hanna Heath, whilst restoring an ancient Hebrew prayer book . . . " Book weight approx. 530g. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES.. Signed by Author. First Thus (Aust.) 6th Impression . Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Bantam Press (Transworld), 2004. 467pp., illustrated throughout; full-colour and monochrome halftone plates. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over undamaged spine. Plain black boards unmarked. Textblock pristine. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket near fine. This 'Special Illustrated Collector's Edition' of the phenomenally successful Da Vinci Code novel is thoughtfully enhanced with many illustrations of places, buildings, artwork, etc., relevant to the storyline. Book weight approx. 1.6 KG. Buyers outside Australia: THIS BOOK WILL INCUR EXTRA POSTAGE CHARGES as it weighs over 1KG. ** Please email for quote. NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First Thus, 6th Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1946. 315pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, lightly bumped on head and heel. Plain, ochre-coloured, original cloth boards bumped on lower foredge, else good. Foxed endpapers. Art-illustrated (W.J.Roberts?), loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn and nipped, plus a closed tear on spine. "A first-class adventure story spiced with romance and good humour . . . " Key characters are quiet, rather diffident Nigel Langridge, and the fascinating Marjorie Chicester, who encourages him to rise against misfortune . . . Book weight approx. 305g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. 3rd Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Fremantle, Western Australia: Feral Press , 1999. 206pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Clear vinyl review stickers affixed to fly. Signed by author on title-page, otherwise leaves clean. Pictorial card wrapper has several soft creases, negligible edgewear and a similar clear vinyl review sticker affixed to front. Relationship/lifestyle based novel, set in Australia. Book weight approx. 250gms. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good +,. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Text Publishing, 2008. 259pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, one page previously corner-creased. Illustrated card wrapper as new. First published in Spanish as 'El Mapa del Creador', Roca Editorial de Libros. 2006. Translated into English by Catherine Silver, 2008. "Emilio Calderon weaves a web of political intrigue, love and deceit involving a mysterious and fateful map . . . set during the tumultous 1930s and 40s, during the Spanish Civil War and World War II . . . " Book weight approx. 365g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. . First Thus [English]. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Framingham, MA, U.S.A.: The NESFA Press, 2003. Original cloth. 462pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, vivid silver title there-on. Leaves clean and unmarked. Boards undamaged. Art-illustrated (Bob Eggleton), loose-plastic protected dustjacket undamaged. Writing under the pseudonym 'Don A. Stuart', John Wood Campbell wrote a different style of story, relying more on mood than action, and was typically more 'downbeat' than most of what was appearing in magazines at the time. This volume includes all of Campbell's stories written as Don A. Stuart, including two essays which were never published in book form. John Wood Campbell Jr. was born in 1910, and died in 1971. As long-term (1937-1971) editor of 'Astounding Science Fiction' (Analog) he is credited with the fostering of fledgling writers such as Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and A.E.van Vogt. Book weight approx. 800g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. 1st Thus 1st Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Saint Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press, 2001. 401pp., story locality map. Book clean and square. Spine firm, a trivial bump on head of same. Plain boards undamaged. Tinted endpapers. Untrimmed foredge on slightly tanned text-block. Printed (text only) translucent glassine dustjacket has a short closed tear on foot, else very good. In celebration of Peter Carey winning the highly prestigious Booker Prize, 2001, for this title, this special 'Celebratory Edition' was released in tribute. With literary licence, Peter Carey relates the story of infamous Australian bushranger Ned Kelly, and the wider Kelly gang. Born in 1855, Ned Kelly was hanged at Melbourne, Victoria, on 11 November, 1880 . . . Book weight approx. 715g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Thus. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Celebratory Edition. more information

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Bloomington, In.: 1st. Books Library, 1999. xiii & 222pp., 17 b/w illustrations throughout by author. Leaves clean, minor corner bumps, spine tight. illustrated card wrapper has minor corner bumps, [as leaves], else very good. An epic historical novel, the story of Egypt's last wars before recorded history, culminating in the combining of the Upper and Lower Nile Kingdoms, into a single nation ruled by the first dynasty in history. Book weight approx. 600g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First Edition. Large Format Softcover. Very Good +. Illus. by Author. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Cape Town/ London: Howard B. Timmins/ Hodder & Stoughton. No publication date [c. 1947]. 260pp. Book clean, mildly cocked and shaken. Minor bumps on head and heel of backstrip, ditto on foredge. School Award presentation label and data [Dec. 1947] on front paste-down, acidic ghosting on fep's. No dustjacket. A South African variant, published and printed in Cape Town, under the auspices of Hodder & Stoughton, London. "Simon Templar lighted another cigarette, took a sip of his latest and most anaemic-looking highball, and reflected . . . " Five chapters. Book weight approx. 380g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. Original Grey Cloth Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1957. 252pp., plus (iii). Book clean and square. Spine firm. Patinated, but legible, gilt title there-on. Brighter title on front board. Backstrip lightly bumped and sunned. Acidic (browned) strips on endpapers, otherwise leaves clean. No dustjacket. In 'Saint Around The World', we find Simon Templar in Bermuda, England, France, the Middle East, Malaya, and Vancouver . . . Book weight approx. 250g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: Jarrolds. No publication date (c. 1950). 169pp. Book clean. Spine firm, but cocked. Colour-faded strips on spine, colour-flecked cloth. Leaves brown. Printed, loose-plastic protected, price-clipped dustjacket significantly damaged, with edgewear and pieces missing head and foot of spine and rear panel, less so on foredge corners. " . . . a crazy tale, packed with sparkling dialogue and non-stop action . . . " Book weight approx. 200g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. . Reprint. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Good/Poor. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: Heinemann, 1958. 199pp., intext, b/white art-illustrations throughout by Sheila Hawkins. Book clean, lightly cocked. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Blindstamp publisher's device on rear red board. Slight bump on heel of backstrip. Small, original seller's sticker affixed to front pastedown, a former owner's name on ffep., minimal flecks on textblock edges, otherwise clean. Stylishly-illustrated (Sheila Hawkins), loose-plastic protected dustjacket price-clipped, mildly edgeworn and nipped. An amusing novel, based on the theme espousing the theory that animals (read cats) are really speaking their own language, and that human beings, if we took the trouble, could learn to understand it . . . Key characters in this story are Charles and Mary Warren and their relationship with four Siamese cats; told over twenty chapters. Book weight approx. 450g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Good+/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Secker & Warburg, 1955. 304pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Flecked text-block edges, else leaves clean. Red boards lightly soiled. Art-illustrated (Osbert Lancaster), loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn, price-clipped, closed tears and noticably sunned. Life in 1933 in the French vigneron village of Clochemerle. The age of jazz has reached the heart of rural France, the girls are dancing to new tunes. The age of motoring, electricity, telephone and cinema has arrived . . . Book weight approx. 320g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Good+/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Barcelona, Spain: Plaza & Janés Editories, S.A., 1989. 253pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, slight browning to textblock. Illustrated card wrapper has minimal edgewear, several shallow indentations, original seller's sticker to inside front cover. Originally published in English as "The Songs Of Distant Earth", and translated into Spanish by Francisca Graells Reynoso, this science fiction novel ". . . is centered on a rendezvous between human beings far in the future, after a time of great crisis on Earth, on the oceanic planet of Thalassa . . ." Book weight approx. 190g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. . Softcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Collins, 1957. 255pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Original cloth boards flecked and bumped. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket significantly nipped, edgeworn, with closed tears and piece missing from heel of spine. Set in the world of motor-racing, featuring Ham Rafferty, a well-known racing driver. Son of an equally famous driver who died in a crash, Ham has an up-and-coming, ambitious, younger brother Taz. At Le Mans, Ham meets Joseph Bartell, an American tyre manufacturer, and is offered the drive of a newly designed racing car in the breath-taking, heart-stilling, race - the Mille Miglia . . . Book weight approx. 360g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Good+/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Hutchinson, 1964. 223pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Nominally bumped and faded on head and heel of backstrip. Small, original sellers sticker affixed to front pastedown, minor flecks on all endpapers. Former owner's name on ffep., otherwise leaves clean. Art-illustrated [John Robinson], loose-plastic protected dustjacket price-clipped, lightly specked on flaps, acidic (browned) spot on spine, minimal scuffing on rear [author portrait] panel. Charmian Clift's second novel is an intense, relationship-based story, set on a remote Greek island, with key characters: Kathy, eager and passionate, convalescing after a car accident; Milly, her sister-in-law, Demetrius, Milly's husband, a rich sponge merchant, and Fotis, a drunken, tormented sponge-diver with whom Kathy falls in love . . . Charmian Clift was born in Kiama, NSW on 30 August, 1923, and died on 8 July, 1969. Book weight approx. 400g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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