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London: Collins, 1960. 447pp. Original black cloth boards. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated (author in pensive mood, portrait on rear), loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn, with a short, closed tear. Originally published in the German as "Argert Dich Dein Rechtes Auge', Franz Schneekluth, Darmstard, 1957. This first English translation by Norman Denny. The central character and narrator of this novel is a young physicist, Thoma... more information

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Bluffton, South Carolina: Rivilo Books, 1998. 278pp., intext, action-area map. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Silver title there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket lightly edgeworn, with former creases on spine, plus front and rear flaps. Military fiction set in 1968 Vietnam, when the realities of war are thrust upon John Ellsworth, rookie fighter pilot. Surviving the experience, off-duty, he meets Kate Moffit, an army nurse...Book weight approx. 680g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED... more information

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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1980. 279pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Plain blue boards very good. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated (John Green) loose-plastic protected dustjacket minimally edgeworn and colour-faded on spine. Max Hennessy is the pseudonym of highly-talented author, John Harris ('The Sea Shall Not Have Them', et al). Action-packed, with first-rate battle scenes, the key character in this tale is much travelled, heroic cavalry officer Colby Goff, attr... more information

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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Hybrid Publishers, 1999. 336pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. An inscription (mostly a quote from the 'Goons') signed by the author on title page, otherwise leaves clean, but lightly acidic. Art-illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn, plus an oblique crease on lower front foredge. Science fiction humour with key character Zach Vance aboard Earth's first-ever starship. For companions he has a frigid medical technician, an illegal military clone, a talking p... more information

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Blackburn, Victoria, Australia: Broadviews Publishing, 1998. 384pp. Book clean. Slightly cocked spine has several soft reading creases there-on. Concise ('to CxxxL') inscription, signed by author on his bio. page, otherwise leaves clean. Pictorial card wrapper nominally edgeworn only. Fanciful fiction finds Australian adventurer Digger Mawson cool in a major world crisis. Self interest engulfs, scientists, the military and governments when a raging comet threatens to destroy life on Earth. Our hero... more information

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Sutton, Surrey, Great Britain: Severn House, 1999. 188pp., intext, area-action map. Book clean, square. Spine tight. Leaves unmarked. Art-illustrated [uncredited], gloss boards have a minuscule bump on upper foredge corner, otherwise undamaged. Identically-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. Special Boat Squadron One, covert operatives supposedly disbanded over forty years ago, are plucked from operational duties in the Falklands conflict, and ordered into an area domin... more information

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London: Robert Hale, 1989. 236pp., ex-library copy with minimal identifiers. Book clean. Vivid silver title over slightly cocked and bumped spine. Plain black boards very good. Front free endpaper adhered to front pastedown, ex-libris markers on title page, and head of text-block, else minor margin soiling. llustrated (Front panel: colour-art illustration, Barbara Walton. Rear Panel: photographic author portrait) loose-plastic protected dustjacket lightly edgeworn only. Harrowing, confronting, with graphi... more information

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