AMIS, KINGSLEY

Green Man, the

Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0224617400. First Edition. A Very Good+ blue Hardcover with gilt titles to the spine. Blue top edges. A sound binding with clean & unmarked pages. Light spine end bumping with a bump to the bottom front cover corner. The DJ is clipped, glossy with cover rubbing and edgewear. "A ghost story for adults. Like all good coaching inns, the Green Man is said to boast a resident ghost: Dr Thomas Underhill, a notorious seventeenth-century practitioner of black arts and sexual deviancy, rumoured to have killed his wife. However, the landlord, Maurice Allington, is the sole witness to the renaissance of the malevolent Underhill. Led by an anxious desire to vindicate his sanity, Allington strives to uncover the key to Underhill's satanic powers. "; 7.75"; 253 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27243

Catalogue: Fiction, Horror, Classics, Fantasy, British Literature

Keywords: 0224617400 Fiction > Horror Classics British Literature Fantasy Fiction Horror Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature

DICKENS, CHARLES. INTRODUCTION: DAME SYBIL THORNDIKE

Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Oxford University Press, USA, 1996. Hardcover. ISBN: 0192545086. Burgundy Hardcovers, white titles to the spine. A sound binding, other than an inscription on the front end paper, the balance of the book is bright & unmarked. The DJ is in Near Fine condition, glossy, light rubbing. Thirty-nine illustrations byPhiz. ; 5.5 X 1.75 X 7.75 inches; 864 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 27441

Catalogue: Classics, Fiction,19th Century, British Literature

Keywords: 0192545086 Fiction > Classics 19th Centruy British Literature Victorian Fiction Classics Literature

DU MAURIER, DAPHNE (1907-1989)

Rendezvous and Other Stories

London : Gollancz, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0575028459. Bright red Hardcovers, gilt title to the spine. A sound binding, bright, unarked pages. In Fine condition. The DJ is clipped and in Very Good+ condition. "The fourteen tales included in the present volume were written over a period of many years some of them before her first novels were published, others in her thirties and forties; they reflect many human romance, disenchantment, fantasy, nostalgia, ambition, irony, the longing for adventure. Each story is based on something du Maurier observed or overheard and will provide pleasure for every mood." ; 142 X 22 X 219 millimeters. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 27002

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics, Short Stories, Mystery, British Literature

Keywords: 0575028459 Fiction > Classics Short Stories British Literature Mystery Fiction Mystery & Detective Classics Short Stories

GOLDING, WILLIAM

Paper Men

Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0571132065. Orange / blue Hardcovers in Very Good condition. A sound binding with unmarked pages. An ex-library book with tape residue from the pocket, on the back end paper. One stamp to the top edge. The DJ is unclipped, Very Good and is protected by a clear, plastic covering. "Fame, success, fortune, a drink problem slipping over the edge into alcoholism, a dead marriage, the incurable itches of middle-aged lust. For Wilfred Barclay, novelist, the final unbearable irritation is Professor Rick L. Tucker, implacable in his determination to become The Barclay Man." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 191 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27621

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics, British Literature, Authors

Keywords: 0571132065 Fiction > Classics British Literature Authors Classics Literature Authors

MITFORD, NANCY (1904-1973)

Don't Tell Alfred: No. 3 of the Radlett and Montdore Series

Hamish Hamilton, 1960. Hardcover. Green Hardcovers with gilt titles the spine. Near Fine with a tight binding, bright, unmarked pages, sharp corners. The DJ is clipped with a small tear to the bottom spine end hinge and front cover edge. Edgewear and cover rubbing. Jacket design by Cecil Beaton. Small date inked on the front end paper. "Fanny is content with her role as a housewife, married to Oxford don, Alfred. Her life changes overnight when Alfred is appointed Ambassador to Paris. Suddenly she is mixing with Royalty, Rothschilds and Dior-clad wives. On top of this, she has to keep track of her four maverick sons." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 248 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: 26683

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics, British Literature

Keywords: Fiction British Literature Classics Fiction Classics Literature England