MO, TIMOTHY

The Redundancy of Courage

London: Chatto and Windus, 1991. 1st UK. Hardcover. ISBN: 0701137487. Signed by Author; Light edge wear, creasing top edge of DJ, book lightly bumped head & tail of spine ; DJ in Mylar, unclipped. A bright solid, book ; 408 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Katalog: Fiction::UK

Sonstige Stichworte: 0701137487 Literature & Fiction Mo, Timothy British Fiction

MURDOCH, IRIS

Henry and Cato

London: Chatto & Windus, 1976. 1st UK. Hardcover. ISBN: 0701121955. Price clipped DJ has sticker damage on front flap causing some loss of print, gift notation on FFEP, spine faded, light edge wear, some soil to back panel of DJ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 340 pages. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Sonstige Stichworte: 0701121955 prodigal sons British Fiction

RAVEN, SIMON

Before the Cock Crow

London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 058431177x. Light edge wear to dustjacket and book; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; The First-born of Egypt #3; 1.02 x 8.43 x 5.51 Inches; 274 pages; This is the third volume in Simon Raven’s First Born of Egypt saga, following Morning Star and The Face of the Waters. The story opens with Lord Canteloupe’s strange toast to ‘absent friends’. His wife Baby has recently died and Canteloupe has been left her retarded son, Lord Sarum of Old Sarum. This child is not his, but has been conceived by Major Fielding Gray. In Italy there is an illegitimate child with a legitimate claim to the estate, whom Canteloupe wants silenced. The plot also sees young Marius Stern and his school friend, Tessa Malcolm, drawn into Milo Hedley’s schemes and into a dramatic finale orchestrated by Raisley Conyngham, Milo’s teacher.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Sonstige Stichworte: 058431177x Egypt British Fiction

SHAKESPEARE, NICHOLAS

Snowleg

London: Harvill, 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1843431580. Only slight wear; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. A bright solid, book ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 387 pages; "A young Englishman visits Cold War Leipzig with a group of students and falls for an East German girl who is only just beginning to wake up to the way her society is governed. Her situation touches him, but he is too frightened to help. He spends decades convincing himself that he is not in love until one day, with Germany now reunited, he decides to go back and look for her. But who was she, how will his actions have affected her, and how will her find her? All he knows of her identity is the nickname he gave her - Snowleg.". Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Sonstige Stichworte: 1843431580 leipzig Cold war British Fiction

SMITH, WILBUR

A Time to Die

Toronto, ON: Stoddart, 1989. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0773723161. A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. DJ has creasing and some shelfwear, short tears, light yellowing of pages common to this edition. Remainder spot bottom page edges, scratch marks front of DJ.; Courtneys of Africa #4; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 461 pages; For Sean Courtney, veteran guerrilla fighter and professional warrior, it is a time to fight and a time to find a deep and passionate love. For the beautiful Claudia Monterro, it is a time to face the ultimate test in a world where American values count for nothing. And for Ricardo, her father, a rich and ruthless tycoon, it is a time to confront a dangerous obsession. This is a gripping tale from Wilbur Smith, the master of adventure.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Katalog: Fiction::UK::Series

Sonstige Stichworte: 0773723161 Courtney Africa British Fiction

SUTHERLAND, JOAN

Adrian Grey

London: Cassell, 1933. Reprint. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 252 pages; Dust jacket in Mylar. DJ chipped with short tears, scuffed, some soiling of back panel of DJ. Pages tanned, stamp lower corner of front free end paper. Attractive DJ art typical of the era. From Cassell' s Eightpenny Novel series.. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Buchzahl: 5103

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Sonstige Stichworte: FICTION

SWAN, ANNIE S.

Corroding Gold

London: Cassell & Company, 1925. Reprint. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 306 pages; Brown cloth boards with black design on front board and black titles on spine, some light soiling, very light shelfwear to corners. Front and back hinges started but solid. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Sonstige Stichworte: FICTION Scotland British Fiction FICTION

SWAN, ANNIE S.

The Land I Love

London: Ivor Nicholson & Watson Ltd, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 335 pages; Red cloth boards have some light soiling, light shelfwear to edges, 1/4 inch tear head of spine. Previous owner's name on FFEP. Illustrated by B&W Drawings, hinges intact. A loving look at the people of Scotland.. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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Katalog: Fiction::UK

Sonstige Stichworte: Scotland Great Britain British Fiction Great Britain

TAYLOR, ALBINE

The Spider and the Web

Lewes UK: Book Guild Publishing Ltd, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1857762835. Only slight wear to DJ ; A bright solid, book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 136 pages; This is a follow-up to 'The Golden Thread'.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Sonstige Stichworte: 1857762835 Vietnam Buddhism British Fiction

THOMPSON, E.V.

Lewin's Mead

London: Headline, 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0747213240. Light creasing of DJ edges, first few pages lightly creased ; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped, bright, solid book. Wraparound jacket art by Kevin Tweddell ; 410 pages; Through a misunderstanding Becky finds herself pregnant and alone when her artist husband abandons her in the Bristol slums of Lewin's Mead, and so must face the birth of her child with only a couple of friends to help her, but as she raises her daughter she never loses hope that one day her husband will return. Luck finds her in the form of a blind musician who cares for when she is deathly ill. This is a follow-up to Thompson's novel - 'Becky'. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Sonstige Stichworte: 0747213240 bristol slums Musician becky British Fiction

THOMPSON, E.V.

Singing Spears; a Retallick Novel

London: Macmillan, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0333340728. Some creasing to top edge of price clipped DJ, small dent on front panel of DJ extending through to book, some scuffing of DJ. Pages show the light yellowing common to British hardcovers of the era. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar, hinges intact; Daniel Retallick series; 1.7 x 8.6 x 5.8 Inches; 444 pages; "This is the story of Matabeleland in the 1880's, land to become eventually part of Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. Daniel Retallick has grown to manhood during the years of flood tide in the chronicles of Africa. The son of Josh and Miriam Retallick, he settles with his wife and children on a homestead in a valley of Matabeleland.But the years are the 1880s, and the Matabele impis are advancing with their singing spears towards the deal-dealing Maxim guns of the white man. Daniel Retallick's loyalties, plans and dreams are about to be swept by fate into the whirlpool of history". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Katalog: Fiction::UK::Africa::Series

Sonstige Stichworte: 0333340728 Africa Daniel Retallick Matabele warriors Regiments mozambique British Fiction

THOMPSON, E.V.

The Tolpuddle Woman

London: Headline Book Publishing, 1994. 1st UK; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0747210535. Some edge wear to book & price clipped DJ, light yellowing of pages, remainder mark top page edges ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 475 pages; Set amidst a period of upheaval in the West Country, 18-year old Wes must protect his family from the law's injustices, contend with the unwelcome attentions of the magistrate's daughter and rescue the vicar's girl from ruin, before he is free to pursue his sweetheart, Saranna. Wesley Gillam fears he has little chance of romance with the beautiful Saranna, especially when he discovers she is his brother's girl. Saranna is drawn by Wes's distance, but Wes is committed to helping his stuggling fellow countrymen before he is free to pursue his own cherished dreams.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Sonstige Stichworte: 0747210535 West Country Romance dorchester British Fiction FICTION

TRANTER, NIGEL

James, By the Grace of God

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0340337222. Light edge wear. Remnant of pevious owner's stamp on front free end paper. ; A bright solid, book, DJ in Mylar, unclipped. ; James the Fifth #2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 368 pages; Tranter continues the story of Scotland's King James V begun in his novel The Riven Realm. James, whose father, James IV, died when he was a baby, is 12 years old when this tale begins. For the warring nobles, control of the boy-king is a much sought after prize. Still, one man, David Lindsay, remains faithful to his king and seeks to protect him from those who would keep him prisoner while ruling in his name. Later, when James reaches his majority, David tries (not always successfully) to keep the impressionable young man from heeding the advice of some of the more unscrupulous courtiers.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Katalog: Fiction::UK::Series

Sonstige Stichworte: 0340337222 James the Fifth James V scotland Fiction::Historical

TRANTER, NIGEL G.

Mail Royal

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0340499567. Price clipped DJ has some edge wear, FFEP neatly removed, withdrawn stamp on title page. Pages yellowed as is common, book has light lean, no markings on DJ ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar ; Ex-Library; James the Sixth; 9 x 1.25 x 6 Inches; 320 pages; Behind the scenes at the court of James the Sixth, the members of the Gray family are firmly embroiled in Scottish politics. David Gray's hunt for the famously incriminating Casket letters, belonging to Mary, Queen of Scots, takes him to Fast Castle in Berwickshire, to London on a delicate mission to King James, and to Paris to help woo Princess Henrietta Maria for Prince Charles.. Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Sonstige Stichworte: 0340499567 James the Sixth scotland British Fiction

TRANTER, NIGEL

The Riven Realm

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1984. 1st UK. Hardcover. ISBN: 0340337214. Light lean, DJ shows light edgewear, spine lightly faded, chip top back DJ ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.. ; James V Trilogy #1; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages; 1513; King James IV lies dead on Flodden's field, his young heir entrusted to two low-born lairds. There are many who seek to supplant or control the boy-king, and only his loyal protectors stand in their way . Two hundred years earlier, Robert the Bruce had driven out the English and restored his nation's pride. But now the King of Scotland lay dead amongst the bloody slaughter of Flodden. Now as fate decreed, the new king, James V, was a child, just seventeen months old. And that same fate had in store intriguing roles for two young men. David Lindsay and David Beaton - neither high-born, each the son of a lowland laird - were caught up in the very centre of the storm of hatred, fear, treachery and ambition that followed the young king's coming to the throne. Buffeted by events that would involve England, France, the Empire and even the Vatican, each was to win his own very special place in history.... Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Buchzahl: 13056

Katalog: Fiction::Historical::UK

Sonstige Stichworte: 0340337214 scotland James V British Fiction