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DECOIN, DIDIER  Abraham of Brooklyn. Translated from the French by Elaine Halperin
New York, Alfred A. Knopf. 1974. First American Edition. (Abraham de Brooklyn, Paris 1971). [xi], 209, [ii] pp. note about author, note on the type. 8vo/21.5cm. Brown cloth, light wear in slightly edgeworn and lightly soiled dj, internally fine. One of the early novels of the popular French writer, journalist and radio producer Didier Decoin (1945- ). It won the prestigious Prix des Libraires in 1972.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 004434
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GODDEN, RUMER  China Court
New York, The Viking Press. 1961. [ix], 306, [ii]pp. 8vo/21cm. Cloth backed decorated boards, light wear, ex-library (minimum marks), otherwise Very Good. Rumer Godden (1907- 1984) has sometimes been described as one of the most distinguished English language novelists of the twentieth century.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 003896
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GODDEN, RUMER  In This House of Brede
New York, The Viking Press, Inc. 1969. Book club edition. viii, 373pp, illustrated endpapers. 8vo/23cm. Hardcover, mimimum ex-library marks, light foreedge foxing, otherwise clean, tight and very good. A story set in an enclosed community of English Benedictine nuns in the usual well researched style of the author. Rumer Godden (1907-1998) has sometimes been described as one of the most distinguished English language novelists of the 20th century. This is her second book about nuns (Black Narcissus, 1939 was her first).
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 003901
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MAXWELL, WILLIAM  They Came Like Swallows
New York, Harper & Brothers. 1937. [vii], 267pp. 8vo/21cm. Orange cloth gilt, light wear, spine paper label lightly soiled, small stain foot of back board, internally clean, tight and Very Good. Reprint of Christopher Morley's blurb on book from the April [1937?] Book-of-the-Month Club News laid in.
USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 | £UK 5 | JP¥ 706] Book number: 000807
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MICHENER, JAMES A.  Miracle in Seville
New York & London, Random House. 1995. Ill.: John Fulton. Stated First Edition. [vi], 107, [iii], 26 illustrations (many full page) by John Fulton. Tall 8vo/ 24cm. Black cloth backed gilt with white boards, front flap of dj has 2 creases, otherwise NF. Novella set in Spain. James Albert Michener (1907-1997) was a late-starting but distinguished American author of more than forty works. Fulton John Short (b1933- ) later renamed John Fulton ,is an American who has lived and worked in Seville for thirty years and is also a "matador de toros", a matador certified by the Spanish bullfighting association.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 004184
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MOLL, ELICK  Mr. Seidman and the Geisha
New York, Simon & Schuster. 1962. First Printing as stated. 186, [i]pp, pen and ink drawings. 12mo/20.5cm. Illustrated white cloth, ex-lib, light wear with dj in heavy library protector adhered to pastedowns, otherwise clean and tight. An amusing story.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 003540
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