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	AKUNIN, BORIS The Winter Queen London, United Kingdom, George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd 2003. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0297829742 Very fine unread copy. Clean, bright and tight. Jacket placed in archival wrapper on day of purchase. GBP 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 19.5 US$ 29.07 \| JP¥ 2568] Book number: 007754 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	ANDERSON, M. T. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing : Traitor to the Nation. Volume One: The Pox Party Cambridge, Massachusetts, Candlewick Press 2006. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0763624020 In stock in UK for immediate despatch. Bright, tight, unread and unmarked. Lightest wrinkling to top edge of jacket. Page edges rough-cut as issued. Publisher's promotional flyer laid in. Highly praised histroical novel for teenagers. GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.8 \| JP¥ 954] Book number: 008468 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BAHR, HOWARD The Year of Jubilo: A Novel of the Civil War New York, New York, U.S.A., Henry Holt & Co 2000. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0805059725 Bright, tight, unread. No markings. "A brilliantly woven Civil War story about the ``jubilant'' year (1865) following the supposed cessation of hostilities, from the author of the highly praised (and rather similar) debut novel The Black Flower (1994). The latter unfortunately all but drowned in the wake of the spectacular success enjoyed by Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain. This time around, Bahr ought to nab the hosannas and prizes, for he has produced a stunningly imagined and lyrically written chronicle" - Kirkus Reviews . GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 006871 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BANKS, RUSSELL The Reserve New York, Harper 2008. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0061430250 Signed Bright, tight, unmarked and unread. A fine copy - signed on the title page by the author. "A cool noir thriller..This is new and wonderful turf for this masterful storyteller." - William Kennedy . GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 \| JP¥ 2935] Book number: 009868 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BARSTOW, STAN B-Movie London, Michael Joseph 1987. First Edition, Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 0718128117 Book is clean and bright - feels unread. No markings. Jacket has a little wrinkling to its edges - now protected. Not price-clipped. "..both a poignant exploration of a conflict of loyalties and a tribute to the second-feature films of the Forties and Fifties" - from the blurb . GBP 16.50 [Appr.: EURO 18.5 US$ 27.41 \| JP¥ 2421] Book number: 008002 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BASS, CYNTHIA Sherman's March New York, Villard 1994. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0679430334 Bright, tight, unmarked and unread. Fine protected jacket. "The end of the Civil War, according to Bass's powerful debut novel, began in November 1864, when General William Tecumseh Sherman signed Special Order Number 120. Underlying that order, which contained "explicit and careful instructions for the March to the Sea," was Sherman's conviction that civilians in the South had to suffer all the ravages of war before they could be persuaded to give up the Confederate cause ..This impressive novel should attract not only Civil War buffs and fans of historical fiction but others interested in quality fiction." - Publishers Weekly . GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.8 \| JP¥ 954] Book number: 010365 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BATAILLE, CHRISTOPHE; HOWARD, RICHARD (TRANSLATOR) Annam New York, NY, U.S.A., New Directions Publishing Corporation 1996. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0811213307 Small hardback. Bright, clean and unread. Translated by Richard Howard. Winner of the Prix du Premier Roman. Historical novel set in Vietnam in the late eighteenth century as a group of French monks find that Europe has forgotten them. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 005314 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BAUMANN, HANS Son of Columbus Oxford, Oxford University Press 1973. Reprint, Hard Cover, William Stobbs. Very Good Plus/Near Fine. 0192711156 Bright, tight copy - feels unread. Rubber stamp to front endpaper stating "ex-shelf copy" - no other markings. Protected jacket clean and bright. The first in Bauman's trilogy of novels about America, Asia and Africa. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 005844 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BECKER, JUREK (TRANSLATED BY: BASTAGLI, ALESSANDRA) The Boxer New York, New York, U.S.A., Arcade Publishing 2002. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 1559706155 Bright, tight, unread and unmarked. Three pages of photocopies of US reviews laid in together with a handwritten postcard from the translator. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 008089 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BEHRENS, PETER The Law of Dreams (Signed First Edition) Edinburgh, Canongate 2007. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 9781841951 Signed by Author First pritning. Bright, tight, unread copy. Signed and dated by author on title page. Fine jacket with archival protective cover (easily removeable). "Life burns hot," fifteen-year-old Fergus O'Brien's mother tells him late in the summer of 1846. Before the end of this fateful year, young Fergus will witness his family and house collapsing in flames and be thrust on a journey through the Great Famine in Ireland to the teeming wharves of Liverpool and the brutal railyards of Wales, and finally on a crossing to a new life in Quebec and "the Boston states". In his passage from innocence to experience, Fergus quickly learns "The law of dreams is, keep moving."" . GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 \| JP¥ 2641] Book number: 009948 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BENNETT, RONAN Havoc in Its Third Year Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A., Simon & Schuster 2004. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0743258568 First US edition. Bright, tight, unread copy. Slighest rubbing to jacket surface. Well received by the critics and longlisted for the Booker Prize. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 006196 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BENSON, ANN The Burning Road New York, New York, U.S.A., Delacorte Press 1999. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0385332890 Bright, clean, unread copy in fine jacket. No markings. A substantial historical novel set in both the very near future and fourteenth century France - by the author of the well-received The Plague Tales . GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 \| JP¥ 1101] Book number: 006882 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BENTINE, MICHAEL Templar London, Bantam Press 1988. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 0593013395 Tight, clean copy. Map and genealogical table in place. Feels unread. Some slight marking to top pages and light surface rubbing to jacket. Now protected. Very nice copy of this story of the Third Crusade and the building of Chartres Cathedral. GBP 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 25 US$ 37.37 \| JP¥ 3302] Book number: 010622 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BENZIE, ALEX The Year's Midnight London, Viking 1995. First Edition, Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 0670865060 Signed by Author Book tight - appears unread. Pages browning slightly as usual. Jacket complete but a little rubbed and with very slight edgewear. Now in mylar protection. Signed by author on title page. Benzie's magnificent first novel and uncommon signed. "A great, granite edifice of a novel - solid, awesome, teeming with unorgettable characters and hewn from materials which are both unmistakably Scottish and vividly universal. It is magnificent" - Jim Crace. GBP 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 25 US$ 37.37 \| JP¥ 3302] Book number: 003914 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BOJANOWSKI, MARC The Dog Fighter Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., HarperCollins 2004. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0060595604 Bright, tight, unread copy. Publisher's promotional material laid in. This novel has received extraordinary praise, described as "the most exciting debut I have read by an American author since Jeffrey Eugenides' The Virgin Suicides. It is a relentless and remarkable achievement." - Geoff Dyer. Uncommon in the UK. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 006051 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BONTEMPELLI, BRUNO; COVERDALE, LINDA (TRANSLATOR) The Traveler's Tree (trans. of Le Arbre du Voyageur) New York, NY, U.S.A., New Press, The 1994. First Thus, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 1565841506 Bright, clean, unread copy. Sea story set in the eighteenth centurytranslated from the French. Highly praised by Patrick O'Brian. Uncommon in the UK. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 005439 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BOWEN, RHYS Death of Riley: A Molly Murphy Mystery New York, Minotaur Books 2002. First Edition, Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 0312282117 In stock in the UK. Bright, tight, unread copy. Slightest stain to page edges and very lightest wrinkling to jacket edge. Rhys Bowen won the Agatha Award for best novel of the year for her first Molly Murphy mystery, Murphy's Law. She is also the author of the Constable Evans mysteries. This set in New York in the early 1900s . GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 \| JP¥ 1101] Book number: 008403 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BOWEN, JOHN The World Will Not Help Us - Embroidery on an Historical Theme London, Chatto & Windus 1956. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Book is clean and bright and without markings - feels unread. A little dusty to top edge and light soiling to spine ends. Jacket is complete and has been protected for years but some light wear to edges and 1 inmch closed tear to front. Light soiling to spine and rear. Bowen's very interesting sideways look at the McCarthy hearings through the form of a histoirical novel set in Leith in 1704. Nice copy of a reasonably uncommon book. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 008826 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BRAM, CHRISTOPHER The Notorious Dr. August : His Real Life and Crimes (Signed First Edition) New York, Morrow 2000. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0688175694 Signed by Author Bright, tight, unmarked and unread. In fine protected jacket. Signed on half-title by author. Exceptional copy. "Encompassing dramatic shifts in place and time, from the end of the Civil War to the heyday of Coney Island, this sprawling, splendidly imagined novel dramatizes Victorian age yet eminently familiar dilemmas of race, spirituality and sexual identity through the unforgettable journey of a wonderfully motley cast of characters..Informed by sources as disparate as Ricky Jay's Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women and Edmund Wilson's Patriotic Gore, this provocative, imaginative exploration is generously endowed with evocative period details and rich characterizations of people from all walks of life" - Publishers Weekly . GBP 18.50 [Appr.: EURO 20.75 US$ 30.73 \| JP¥ 2715] Book number: 008974 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BROADBENT, TONY The Smoke : A Creeping Narrative New York, Thomas Dunne Books. St Martins Press 2002. Reprint, Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 0312290276 Bright, tight, unread copy. No markings except for small pentel dot to bottom page edges. Some surface rubbing to jacket. Highly praised first novel set in post-war London and involving real people such as Jack Spot and Billy Hill. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 010348 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BROOKS, BILL Bonnie and Clyde: A Love Story New York, Forge 2004. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 0765307995 Bright, clean, unread copy. Jacket has small (1 cm) closed tear to rear else would be fine. The fictional life of Bonnie and Clyde. Brooks is building quite a reputation with his portraits of American gangster heroes. In stock in UK for immediate despatch. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 009409 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BROOKS, BILL Pretty Boy New York, Forge 2003. First Edition. Fine/Fine. 0765304732 Bright, clean, unread copy. The fictional life of Pretty Boy Floyd. Brooks is building quite a reputation with his portraits of American gangster heroes. GBP 14.50 [Appr.: EURO 16.25 US$ 24.08 \| JP¥ 2128] Book number: 004912 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BUCH, HANS CHRISTOPH The Wedding at Port-au-Prince London, Faber 1987. First Edition, Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 0571149286 Pages browning slightly as usual. Minor surface wear to jacket. Nice unread copy of this appealing novel beginning in Haiti at the time of Toussaint L'Ouverture and evolving into a family saga. GBP 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 5 US$ 7.47 \| JP¥ 660] Book number: 003530 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BUNN, T. DAVIS To the Ends of the Earth : A Novel of the Byzantine Empire Nashville, TN, U.S.A., Thomas Nelson Incorporated 1995. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0785278982 Signed by Author Bright, clean copy - slightest wrinkling to jacket edge. Inscribed by author on title page. Set just after the death of Constantine. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 005237 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BURKE, JAMES LEE White Doves at Morning London, Orion 2003. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First UK printing. Bright, tight copy of Burke's Civil War novel. Unmarked and unread. Jacket in protective mylar cover. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 004873 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.

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	AKUNIN, BORIS The Winter Queen London, United Kingdom, George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd 2003. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0297829742 Very fine unread copy. Clean, bright and tight. Jacket placed in archival wrapper on day of purchase. GBP 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 19.5 US$ 29.07 \| JP¥ 2568] Book number: 007754 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	ANDERSON, M. T. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing : Traitor to the Nation. Volume One: The Pox Party Cambridge, Massachusetts, Candlewick Press 2006. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0763624020 In stock in UK for immediate despatch. Bright, tight, unread and unmarked. Lightest wrinkling to top edge of jacket. Page edges rough-cut as issued. Publisher's promotional flyer laid in. Highly praised histroical novel for teenagers. GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.8 \| JP¥ 954] Book number: 008468 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BAHR, HOWARD The Year of Jubilo: A Novel of the Civil War New York, New York, U.S.A., Henry Holt & Co 2000. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0805059725 Bright, tight, unread. No markings. "A brilliantly woven Civil War story about the ``jubilant'' year (1865) following the supposed cessation of hostilities, from the author of the highly praised (and rather similar) debut novel The Black Flower (1994). The latter unfortunately all but drowned in the wake of the spectacular success enjoyed by Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain. This time around, Bahr ought to nab the hosannas and prizes, for he has produced a stunningly imagined and lyrically written chronicle" - Kirkus Reviews . GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 006871 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BANKS, RUSSELL The Reserve New York, Harper 2008. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0061430250 Signed Bright, tight, unmarked and unread. A fine copy - signed on the title page by the author. "A cool noir thriller..This is new and wonderful turf for this masterful storyteller." - William Kennedy . GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 \| JP¥ 2935] Book number: 009868 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BARSTOW, STAN B-Movie London, Michael Joseph 1987. First Edition, Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 0718128117 Book is clean and bright - feels unread. No markings. Jacket has a little wrinkling to its edges - now protected. Not price-clipped. "..both a poignant exploration of a conflict of loyalties and a tribute to the second-feature films of the Forties and Fifties" - from the blurb . GBP 16.50 [Appr.: EURO 18.5 US$ 27.41 \| JP¥ 2421] Book number: 008002 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BASS, CYNTHIA Sherman's March New York, Villard 1994. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0679430334 Bright, tight, unmarked and unread. Fine protected jacket. "The end of the Civil War, according to Bass's powerful debut novel, began in November 1864, when General William Tecumseh Sherman signed Special Order Number 120. Underlying that order, which contained "explicit and careful instructions for the March to the Sea," was Sherman's conviction that civilians in the South had to suffer all the ravages of war before they could be persuaded to give up the Confederate cause ..This impressive novel should attract not only Civil War buffs and fans of historical fiction but others interested in quality fiction." - Publishers Weekly . GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.8 \| JP¥ 954] Book number: 010365 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BATAILLE, CHRISTOPHE; HOWARD, RICHARD (TRANSLATOR) Annam New York, NY, U.S.A., New Directions Publishing Corporation 1996. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0811213307 Small hardback. Bright, clean and unread. Translated by Richard Howard. Winner of the Prix du Premier Roman. Historical novel set in Vietnam in the late eighteenth century as a group of French monks find that Europe has forgotten them. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 005314 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BAUMANN, HANS Son of Columbus Oxford, Oxford University Press 1973. Reprint, Hard Cover, William Stobbs. Very Good Plus/Near Fine. 0192711156 Bright, tight copy - feels unread. Rubber stamp to front endpaper stating "ex-shelf copy" - no other markings. Protected jacket clean and bright. The first in Bauman's trilogy of novels about America, Asia and Africa. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 005844 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BECKER, JUREK (TRANSLATED BY: BASTAGLI, ALESSANDRA) The Boxer New York, New York, U.S.A., Arcade Publishing 2002. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 1559706155 Bright, tight, unread and unmarked. Three pages of photocopies of US reviews laid in together with a handwritten postcard from the translator. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 008089 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BEHRENS, PETER The Law of Dreams (Signed First Edition) Edinburgh, Canongate 2007. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 9781841951 Signed by Author First pritning. Bright, tight, unread copy. Signed and dated by author on title page. Fine jacket with archival protective cover (easily removeable). "Life burns hot," fifteen-year-old Fergus O'Brien's mother tells him late in the summer of 1846. Before the end of this fateful year, young Fergus will witness his family and house collapsing in flames and be thrust on a journey through the Great Famine in Ireland to the teeming wharves of Liverpool and the brutal railyards of Wales, and finally on a crossing to a new life in Quebec and "the Boston states". In his passage from innocence to experience, Fergus quickly learns "The law of dreams is, keep moving."" . GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 20 US$ 29.9 \| JP¥ 2641] Book number: 009948 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BENNETT, RONAN Havoc in Its Third Year Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A., Simon & Schuster 2004. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0743258568 First US edition. Bright, tight, unread copy. Slighest rubbing to jacket surface. Well received by the critics and longlisted for the Booker Prize. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 006196 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BENSON, ANN The Burning Road New York, New York, U.S.A., Delacorte Press 1999. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0385332890 Bright, clean, unread copy in fine jacket. No markings. A substantial historical novel set in both the very near future and fourteenth century France - by the author of the well-received The Plague Tales . GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 \| JP¥ 1101] Book number: 006882 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BENTINE, MICHAEL Templar London, Bantam Press 1988. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 0593013395 Tight, clean copy. Map and genealogical table in place. Feels unread. Some slight marking to top pages and light surface rubbing to jacket. Now protected. Very nice copy of this story of the Third Crusade and the building of Chartres Cathedral. GBP 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 25 US$ 37.37 \| JP¥ 3302] Book number: 010622 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BENZIE, ALEX The Year's Midnight London, Viking 1995. First Edition, Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 0670865060 Signed by Author Book tight - appears unread. Pages browning slightly as usual. Jacket complete but a little rubbed and with very slight edgewear. Now in mylar protection. Signed by author on title page. Benzie's magnificent first novel and uncommon signed. "A great, granite edifice of a novel - solid, awesome, teeming with unorgettable characters and hewn from materials which are both unmistakably Scottish and vividly universal. It is magnificent" - Jim Crace. GBP 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 25 US$ 37.37 \| JP¥ 3302] Book number: 003914 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BOJANOWSKI, MARC The Dog Fighter Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., HarperCollins 2004. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0060595604 Bright, tight, unread copy. Publisher's promotional material laid in. This novel has received extraordinary praise, described as "the most exciting debut I have read by an American author since Jeffrey Eugenides' The Virgin Suicides. It is a relentless and remarkable achievement." - Geoff Dyer. Uncommon in the UK. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 006051 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BONTEMPELLI, BRUNO; COVERDALE, LINDA (TRANSLATOR) The Traveler's Tree (trans. of Le Arbre du Voyageur) New York, NY, U.S.A., New Press, The 1994. First Thus, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 1565841506 Bright, clean, unread copy. Sea story set in the eighteenth centurytranslated from the French. Highly praised by Patrick O'Brian. Uncommon in the UK. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 005439 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BOWEN, RHYS Death of Riley: A Molly Murphy Mystery New York, Minotaur Books 2002. First Edition, Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 0312282117 In stock in the UK. Bright, tight, unread copy. Slightest stain to page edges and very lightest wrinkling to jacket edge. Rhys Bowen won the Agatha Award for best novel of the year for her first Molly Murphy mystery, Murphy's Law. She is also the author of the Constable Evans mysteries. This set in New York in the early 1900s . GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.46 \| JP¥ 1101] Book number: 008403 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BOWEN, JOHN The World Will Not Help Us - Embroidery on an Historical Theme London, Chatto & Windus 1956. First Edition, Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Book is clean and bright and without markings - feels unread. A little dusty to top edge and light soiling to spine ends. Jacket is complete and has been protected for years but some light wear to edges and 1 inmch closed tear to front. Light soiling to spine and rear. Bowen's very interesting sideways look at the McCarthy hearings through the form of a histoirical novel set in Leith in 1704. Nice copy of a reasonably uncommon book. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 008826 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BRAM, CHRISTOPHER The Notorious Dr. August : His Real Life and Crimes (Signed First Edition) New York, Morrow 2000. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0688175694 Signed by Author Bright, tight, unmarked and unread. In fine protected jacket. Signed on half-title by author. Exceptional copy. "Encompassing dramatic shifts in place and time, from the end of the Civil War to the heyday of Coney Island, this sprawling, splendidly imagined novel dramatizes Victorian age yet eminently familiar dilemmas of race, spirituality and sexual identity through the unforgettable journey of a wonderfully motley cast of characters..Informed by sources as disparate as Ricky Jay's Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women and Edmund Wilson's Patriotic Gore, this provocative, imaginative exploration is generously endowed with evocative period details and rich characterizations of people from all walks of life" - Publishers Weekly . GBP 18.50 [Appr.: EURO 20.75 US$ 30.73 \| JP¥ 2715] Book number: 008974 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BROADBENT, TONY The Smoke : A Creeping Narrative New York, Thomas Dunne Books. St Martins Press 2002. Reprint, Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 0312290276 Bright, tight, unread copy. No markings except for small pentel dot to bottom page edges. Some surface rubbing to jacket. Highly praised first novel set in post-war London and involving real people such as Jack Spot and Billy Hill. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 010348 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BROOKS, BILL Bonnie and Clyde: A Love Story New York, Forge 2004. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 0765307995 Bright, clean, unread copy. Jacket has small (1 cm) closed tear to rear else would be fine. The fictional life of Bonnie and Clyde. Brooks is building quite a reputation with his portraits of American gangster heroes. In stock in UK for immediate despatch. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 009409 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BROOKS, BILL Pretty Boy New York, Forge 2003. First Edition. Fine/Fine. 0765304732 Bright, clean, unread copy. The fictional life of Pretty Boy Floyd. Brooks is building quite a reputation with his portraits of American gangster heroes. GBP 14.50 [Appr.: EURO 16.25 US$ 24.08 \| JP¥ 2128] Book number: 004912 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BUCH, HANS CHRISTOPH The Wedding at Port-au-Prince London, Faber 1987. First Edition, Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 0571149286 Pages browning slightly as usual. Minor surface wear to jacket. Nice unread copy of this appealing novel beginning in Haiti at the time of Toussaint L'Ouverture and evolving into a family saga. GBP 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 5 US$ 7.47 \| JP¥ 660] Book number: 003530 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BUNN, T. DAVIS To the Ends of the Earth : A Novel of the Byzantine Empire Nashville, TN, U.S.A., Thomas Nelson Incorporated 1995. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 0785278982 Signed by Author Bright, clean copy - slightest wrinkling to jacket edge. Inscribed by author on title page. Set just after the death of Constantine. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 005237 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.
	BURKE, JAMES LEE White Doves at Morning London, Orion 2003. First Edition, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First UK printing. Bright, tight copy of Burke's Civil War novel. Unmarked and unread. Jacket in protective mylar cover. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 004873 Click here to order or inquire at Diaskari Books.