ARMSTRONG, THOMAS

Pilling Always Pays

London: Collins, 1955. Third Printing. Hardcover. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, light soiling. Price-clipped. Pages somewhat toned ; DJ in mylar. A bright solid book.; Crowther Chronicles #2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 447 pages; This is a follow-up to 'The Crowthers of Bankdam'. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 19378

Catalogue: British Fiction

Keywords: Fiction Sam Pilling Ramsfield Fiction::Historical

BECKWITH, LILLIAN

A Rope

London: Hutchinson, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0090898109. Illustrated by Douglas Hall jacket art. Dustjacket shows some wear to extremities, previous owner's name on front free end paper. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Wraparound jacket art by Douglas Hall with B&W illustrations throughout. ; 8.27 X 5.20 X 0.79 inches; 192 pages; "'When I had first come to the Hebrides, Morag, my landlady, had advised me always to "take a rope - in case," . Over and over I had proved its usefulness. I might need it to catch a calf or a sheep; to carry a bundle of hay to the cow or a can of paraffin from the grocer; to tie a bundle of driftwood I had collected, or a sack of peat; to secure a boat; make a temporary repair to a sagging fence or a halter for a horse . Excepting when they were going on holiday or to church, the Bruach crofters were rarely without a length of rope, either coiled around an arm or protruding from a pocket.' The fourth of Lillian Beckwith's books on her life on Bruach, A Rope - In Case is packed with hilarious stories and delightful characters. Yet it is never sentimental - always observant.". Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 18842

Catalogue: British Fiction

Keywords: 0090898109 Bruach scotland Hebrides FICTION

BINCHY, MAEVE

Light a Penny Candle

London: Century Publishing, 1982. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0712600000. Boards show very light shelf wear, DJ shows some shelf wear, light chipping with 3 cm tear bottom front DJ edge and short tear top back edge. Small dot bottom page edges. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9.2 X 6.6 X 1.8 inches; 540 pages; "To escape the chaos of London during World War II, young Elizabeth White is sent to live a safer life in the small Irish town of Kilgarret. It is there, in the crowded, chaotic O’Connor household, that she meet Aisling—a girl who soon becomes her very best friend, sharing her pet kitten and secretly teaching her the intricacies of Catholicism. Aisling’s boldness brings Elizabeth out of her proper shell; later, her support carries Elizabeth through the painful end of her parents’ chilly marriage. In return, Elizabeth’s friendship helps Aisling endure her own unsatisfying marriage to a raging alcoholic. Through the years, they come to believe they can overcome any conflict, conquer any hardship—as long as they have each other. Now they’re about to find out if they're right...". Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 19881

Catalogue: British Fiction

Keywords: 0712600000

BOOTH, MARTIN

The Jade Pavilion

London: Hutchinson, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0091680905. Boards and DJ show light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 8.27 X 5.12 X 1.57 inches; 466 pages; "Sean Mulrenan is an Anglo-Irish piano player and adventurer in Hong Kong. His mistress is Alice Soon, half-Chinese, ex-prostitute. It is 1937, and war is about to upset the complex rituals of the colonials. Sean becomes rich in the black market and flees to India. Alice retreats to neutral Macao and waits out the war. Although events intrude on both, Booth is concerned with the factors by which they measure themselves. Alice uses adversity to become strong; Sean's Anglophobia and self-hatred eventually bring about his spectacular fall. This vivid picture of social expectations and self-realization should be an essential purchase for its penetrating visions of Europeans and Chinese." (Lib. Journal). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18473

Catalogue: British Fiction

Keywords: 0091680905 Hong Kong macao British Fiction FICTION

BOOTH, MARTIN

The Jade Pavilion

London: Hutchinson, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0091680905. Boards and DJ show light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 8.27 X 5.12 X 1.57 inches; 466 pages; "Sean Mulrenan is an Anglo-Irish piano player and adventurer in Hong Kong. His mistress is Alice Soon, half-Chinese, ex-prostitute. It is 1937, and war is about to upset the complex rituals of the colonials. Sean becomes rich in the black market and flees to India. Alice retreats to neutral Macao and waits out the war. Although events intrude on both, Booth is concerned with the factors by which they measure themselves. Alice uses adversity to become strong; Sean's Anglophobia and self-hatred eventually bring about his spectacular fall. This vivid picture of social expectations and self-realization should be an essential purchase for its penetrating visions of Europeans and Chinese." (Lib. Journal). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20466

Catalogue: British Fiction

Keywords: 0091680905 Hong Kong macao British Fiction FICTION

COOKSON, CATHERINE

Tilly Trotter, Tilly Trotter Wed, Tilly Trotter Widowed

London UK: Chancellor Press, 1993. Omnibus. Hardcover. ISBN: 1851524665. Light wear, previous owner's name on front free end paper and bookplate on front pastedown, light tanning of pages as is common in British publications of this period. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 688 pages; Complete and unabridged. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20984

Catalogue: Fiction::British

Keywords: 1851524665 tilly trotter Fiction::Historical

DELDERFIELD, R. F.

Give Us This Day

London UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 1973. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0340171847. General wear to dust jacket, short tear top fore corner, spine faded; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Decorative endpapers; Swann Family Saga vol 3; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 767 pages; "Weaving the fortunes of the patriarchal Adam Swann and his family into the pageantry of English history in the years following Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee of 1897, this sweeping historical novel takes Swann’s four sons and daughter into the perilous reaches of government and commerce and the army. As this younger generation of Swanns strives to wed personal dreams to national values, the rumble of the guns of August 1914 signals the end of the world as they and imperial England have known it.". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 21858

Catalogue: Fiction::British

Keywords: 0340171847 Adam swann FICTION

ERVINE, ST. JOHN G.

Changing Winds

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth boards show light shelf wear. Previous owner's name on FFEP.; A tight solid book, hinges intact. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 571 pages. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 21889

Catalogue: Fiction::British

Keywords: Unionism British Fiction FICTION

KENEALLY, THOMAS

Three Cheers for the Paraclete

Sydney, AU: Angus & Robertson, 1968. Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0207950466. Pages lightly yellowed, dust jacket has tears, edgewear and some sticker pull damage to the base of the spine. ; Tight solid book, hinges intact, beige cloth covered boards show little wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages; "set in a Roman Catholic diocese, this is about the dilemma of the rebel who knows that established authority is wrong but doesn't know how to put it right because he is too much a part of it". Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21021

Catalogue: Fiction::British

Keywords: 0207950466 Catholicism Roman Catholic

KNOX, ALEXANDER

The Kidnapped Surgeon

London: Macmillan London Limited, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0333213041. DJ and boards show light shelf wear. Price-clipped dustjacket, with red remainder mark on bottom page edges. ; Wraparound jacket art by Ian Robertson, bright solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 214 pages; A historical fiction set in the Canadian wilds at the end of the 18th century, some characters from 'The Enemy I Kill' and 'Raider's Moon' appear in this book.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 19479

Catalogue: British Fiction

Keywords: 0333213041 Hudson's Bay Company British Fiction FICTION Fiction::Historical

KNOX, ALEXANDER

Raider's Moon

London: Macmillan London Limited, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0333187601. DJ and boards show shelf wear. 2 cm closed tear top front of DJ, red remainder mark on bottom page edges. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector, unclipped. Jacket art by Paul Wright ; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 304 pages; An historical fiction set in Canada in the late 18th century. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 19480

Catalogue: British Fiction

Keywords: 0333187601 British Fiction Fiction::Historical

PATTEN, NIGEL

The Winter Should Pass

London: Chatto & Windus, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. Sticker damage to FFEP. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages; "Issak flees his native Antwerp after committing a terrible crime. Settling in Snowdonia (North Wales), he builds a home in the hills and founds a family with Rachel, a vagrant gypsy woman. But he remains haunted by his past with Julie, his one true love, and the conviction that his eldest son will in some way pay for his father's past sins.". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 18868

Catalogue: British Fiction

Keywords: Wales antwerp British Fiction

PRIESTLEY, J. B.

Faraway

Toronto, ON: Macmillan, 1932. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 568 pages; Dust jacket in Brodart. DJ is quite chipped and worn, large chip top of spine, some soiling. Book is frayed top and bottom of spine, light wear elsewhere, foxing to page edges and first few pages. Solid and tight, hinges intact.. Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 3069

Catalogue: British Fiction

Keywords: FICTION FICTION

SMITH, WILBUR

The Leopard Hunts in Darkness

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1984. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. Previous owner's name on FFEP.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 439 pages; DJ has very light scuffing, heavily chipped bottom front panel with creases and tape repaired tears, pages a little yellowed. Dust jacket in Mylar. A tight bright book. This is the fourth title in the Ballantyne saga.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 18938

Catalogue: British Fiction

TITCHMARSH, ALAN

Bring Me Home

London UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 2014. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0340936916. Slight lean to spine, pages a little yellowed ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 308 pages; "Britain's favorite gardener and TV presenter Alan Titchmarsh takes readers to the scenic highlands of Scotland for his new tale of betrayal, mystery, and romance. It seems a perfect afternoon in the Highlands. Standing at the door of the lochside castle that has been his family's home for generations, Charlie Stuart welcomes his guests to the annual summer drinks party. Conversation, laughter, and the clinking of glasses soon fill the air as friends and neighbors come together to toast the laird's happiness and prosperity. But Charlie sees the truth behind the façade: ". Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21871

Catalogue: British Fiction

Keywords: 0340936916 highlands British Fiction FICTION