Search Results: fiction from Naval Marine Archive

Random House, New York, 1978. 1st. g/g,

Little, Brown and Co, Boston, 1954. 1st bc. good/good.

Little, Brown and Co, Boston, 1954. 1st bc. good.

Collins, 1956. 1st. good/fair -.

Crown Publishers, 1951. 1st. good.

Michael Joesph, 1990. 1st. very good/very good.

Sloane and Associates, 1950. 1st. good. cloth covers

Award-winning writer Jon Cleary's new novel featuring the popular detective Scobie Malone, in which he reveals a corrupt and ruthless conspiracy surrounding the Olympics. As Sydney prepares for its grand role as host of the next Olympic Games, Scobie Malone is confronted with solving a scam that does nothing for the city's image. Lurking beneath a facade of respectability, illicit deals are being struck and money from Hong Kong is being banked in large quantities. But whose money is it, and where is it really from? HarperCollins, First Edition, 247 p., London, 1998, 24 cm. The book is in a near fine condition with a slight discoloration of the boards near the top of the spine. The dust jackets shine has begun to fade in areas and there is some slight foxing along the upper edge.

A powerful tale about wealthy nineteenth century Scottish Highlanders, and their family regiment. War, secrets and betrayal cast a shadow over the Maclarens from the battlefield to the drawing-room. The Dial Press/ James Wade, 1978, 24 cm, First Printing, First Edition, 307 p., hardcover. The book is in a very good condition with some light foxing around the boards on the spine. The dust jacket has some foxing around the edges and has been price clipped.

McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 2019, 377 p. very good/very good. Novel begins with a young boy found dead in a garbage bin and Inspector Banks investigates. A powerful mystery.

Murder song is a compelling cat-and-mouse game of killer and victim. Using Scobie Malone, a decent cop in a dirty world, as a lens through which to examine the corruption in Australian society, Jon Cleary has written another first-class novel full of excitement and suspense. This first edition book is in a near fine condition, only marred by a price clipped dust jacket. Collins Publishers Ltd, 1990-06-04, 288 p., Hardcover, 23.8 cm.

On Wings of Eagles is the nonfiction story of Green beret colonel, a decorated solider of World War II and Vietnam, who came out of retirement to lead a secret raid against staggeringly perilous odds ... a group of computer executives who were hastily shaped into a crack commando team ... a Texas industrialist who would not abandon two men when all hope seemed lost. William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1983, First Edition, 24 cm, 444p., hardcover. The book is in a good condition with some foxing around the top of the boards, some fading of the gilt lettering on the spine, some fading of the cloth boards, and a water stain on the upper right corner of the front board. The Dust jacket contains numerous rips and foxing on the spine and upper edge.

Andre Deutsch, 1985, 2nd imp. 259 p. good: former owner sticker, one page some dampness /good: some aging of dj coating. The story is adapted by the author of his time in Japan. He studied in Japan and learned the language. He taught English to the children and lived with locals. He explored Japan's sizzling world of bars, brothels and night clubs and fell in love. He was submersed in a different culture.

The body of Japanese industrialist Kenji Sagawa was found in one of his own firm's threshing machines at the cotton gin that has brought prosperity, but also tension, to the little country town of Collamundra. In Pride's Harvest Jon Cleary tells an exciting story, full of intrigue and suspense, while applying his characteristic dry humor and laconic powers of observation to examine corruption in Australian Society. London, HarperCollins, 1991, Hardcover, 24 cm, 288 p., British First. Book is in a near fine condition with some fading of the gilt on the spine. The cover is in a very good condition with a sticky price label on the inside of the dust jacket.

Sean Courtney, who made and lost £5 million on the goldfields of the Witwatersrand and fought his way through the bloody battlefields of the Anglo-Boer War, now makes his final appearance as soldier, statesman and power in the land. Heinemann, London, hardcover, first edition, 539 p., 22 cm, 1977. The book is in a very good condition with a slight fading of the gilt lettering on the spine. The dust jacket is faded and contains several closed rips. The dust jacket has been priced clipped. The dust jacket is now protected in a mylar sleeve.

Philip Latham, who runs a Mission in the remote South of Morocco, had advertised for a doctor and had one reply, from Kavan, who had written to say he is qualified but with little experience, he just needs to get away and start a new life. Kavan will, rather unconventionally, be travelling to Morocco in a yacht owned by a man called Wade. First Edition, Collins, 255 p., Hardcover, 20 cm. The book has an ex-libris marking on the cover but is otherwise in a near fine condition. The dust jacket has some foxing around the edges and some closed rips.

Collins, 1980, First Edition, first printing, 314 p. very good (minor skewing, else fine), price clipped dust jacket otherwise in very good condition with minor tanning at the top (mylar protected). This is the seventh in the Aubrey Maturin series, and this first edition is scarce as Collins cut back on the print run after remaindering the previous title "The Fortunes of War."

Macmillan, 1957. 1st. bc ed., good/fair+ ,184 p., 22 cm, the story moves between London and Boston in the year of 1770.

McBooks Press, 1977. 2003. good. bw charts. tpb

The hijacking of a jumbo jet off the Seychelles galvanises anti-terrorist chief Peter Stride into the action for which he has spent a lifetime training. But even in the hail of bullets which follows, he knows this is the beginning of a nightmare. Heinemann, 1979, 22.5 cm, 370 p., 6 p. of advertisement, First edition, Hardcover. Book is in a very good condition with a few wrinkles in the cloth boards along the spine. The dust jacket contains numerous closed rips and fading and has been price clipped. The dust jacket is now protected in a mylar sleeve.