CLEEVE, BRIAN.

The Dark Side of the Sun.

London: Cassell & Co. Ltd, 1973. 1st ed. Novel. "Richly drawn and living characters people a vast landscape that spans our century from Russia in 1905 to London and France and Ireland today .." Pp. 284, signed by author to fep. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

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N° du livre: 29136

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Mots-clés: Cleeve Dark Side Sun Novel Signed 26811 Fiction: : General

CLIFFORD, FRANCIS.

Ten Minutes on a June Morning and other stories.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1977. 0340217421. 1st ed. Collection of twenty of Francis Clifford's short stories. The title story, 'Ten Minutes on a June Morning', was originally written in 1963, and won the Crime Writers Association Short Story Award. Pp.188. Brown cloth, d/w has edge wear. VG/G+.

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N° du livre: 29971

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Mots-clés: Clifford Ten Minutes June Morning Short Stories 27927 Fiction: : General

COELHO, PAULO.

By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept.

London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. 0722535201. Translated by Alan R.Clarke. "What happens when shyness prevents an adolescent love affair from developing? And what happens when, 11 years later, destiny brings the lovers together again?" Pp.x/210. Paperback. VG.

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N° du livre: 37864

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Mots-clés: Paulo Coelho by River Piedra Sat Down Wept Fiction Novel 38704 Fiction: : General

COLETTE.

Claudine and Annie.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963. "Annie is contentedly married to pompous, thoughtless, domineering Alain. But when Alain goes of on a trip, a sequence of personalities and events shows up her marriage for what it is - a loveless sham." Pp, 158, page edges toned. P/b, illustrated cover. G.

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N° du livre: 9394

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Mots-clés: Colette Fiction Claudine Annie Marriage Novel A1568 Fiction: : General

COLLENETTE, ERIC J.

Ninety Feet to the Sun. A Sea Novel of World War II.

London: William Kimber, 1984. 071830506X. 1st ed. A fast-moving adventure of the war at sea. Pp. 192, inscribed by author to half-title, signed. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has chipping and small loss to top edges. VG/G+.

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N° du livre: 19657

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Mots-clés: Collenette Ninety Feet to Sun Sea Novel World War II Signed A15145 Fiction: : General

COLLINGWOOD, HARRY.

Under the Chilian Flag.

London: Blackie & Son, nd. A Tale of War between Chili and Peru. The Peak Library series. Pp.280, b/w frontis, slight toning to endpapers. Red cloth, colour to spine faded, edges slightly rubbed. G+.

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N° du livre: 32504

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Mots-clés: Collingwood Under Chilian Flag War Chili Peru Peak Library Adventure Fiction 32350 Fiction: : General

CONRAD, JOSEPH.

The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'/Typhoon and Other Stories.

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1985. "In The Nigger the author uses the Kipling touch in his description of life in the forecastle of a sailing-ship...Typhoon is the long short story in which the unimaginative Captain MacWhirr fights a steamship through t violent Pacific storm with a boat-load of cowering coolies". Pp 358, pages toned. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

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N° du livre: 23833

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Mots-clés: Conrad Nigger Narcissus Typhoon Stories Fiction Macwhirr 20149 Fiction: : General

CONSTANDUROS, MABEL AND AGG, HOWARD.

The Respected Lady.

London: Lawson & Dunn, 1946. 1st ed. Pp.190, owners details to fep, browning to pages. Blue cloth, rubbed. Scarce. G.

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N° du livre: 30981

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Mots-clés: Constanduros Agg Respected Lady Fiction Novel 30414 Fiction: : General

COOK, STEPHEN.

Empire Born.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1986. 0340379774. 1st ed. "A highly evocative novel ranging from the last days of colonial Africa to the barricades of Brixton." Pp.192, toned lines to endpapers. Blue cloth, d/w. VG/VG.

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N° du livre: 32763

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Mots-clés: Stephen Cook Empire Born Fiction Novel Colonial Africa Kenya Britain Brixton 32717 Fiction: : General

CORNWELL, JOHN.

Strange Gods.

London: Simon & Schuster. 1994. "This story of a Catholic priest bears comparison with the best of the genre by Brian Moore and Graham Greene. A stimulating novel". Pp 262, slight toning to page edges. P/b, illustrated cover. G+.

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N° du livre: 21377

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Mots-clés: Cornwell Strange Gods Fiction Catholic Priest A16950 Fiction: : General

COUTEAUX, ANDRE.

Portrait of the Boy as a Young Wolf. (Translated from the French by Barbara Wright.)

London: Macdonald & Co, 1968. 1st British ed. Fiction. ".. it results in a story remarkable for its ironic elegance and charm." Pp. 184. Pale blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w (designed by David Gentleman) is slightly rubbed with edge wear. VG/G+.

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N° du livre: 24187

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Mots-clés: Couteaux Wright Gentleman Portrait Boy Young Wolf Fiction 20666 Fiction: : General

COWAN, ALAN.

Fortunately in England...

London: Hutchinson, 1968. 1st ed. Fiction. A novel about a schoolmaster. Pp. 256. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w edges rubbed and chipped. G+/G.

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N° du livre: 18079

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Mots-clés: Cowan Fortunately England School Fiction A12798 Fiction: : General

DAVIES, ROBERTSON.

The Cunning Man.

Ontario: McClelland & Stewart Inc, 1994. 1st ed. "This novel allows Robertson Davies to display his wit (school, he tells us, is 'a form of jail with educational opportunities') and his wisdom in a novel which, of course, never neglects the charms of narrative for the human heart." Pp. 469/3 (ads). Black cloth, illustrated d/w. F/F.

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N° du livre: 29836

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Mots-clés: Davies Cunning Man Fiction 27836 Fiction: : General

DENNISON, DOROTHY.

These Girls I Knew.

London: Paternoster Press, 1956. 5th imp. Novel. One of the Wantoknow Series. Pp. 61, Sunday school bookplate to verso front board. Brown cloth, illustrated d/w price-clipped and has closed tear to spine. G+/G.

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N° du livre: 18081

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Mots-clés: Dennison These Girls I Knew Fiction Wantoknow Series A12767 Fiction: : General

DICKINSON, PETER.

Tefuga.

London: The Bodley Head,1986. 0370308913. 1st ed. "This is a book of vividly created worlds - Nigeria under colonial rule with all its weird anomalies, Nigeria again today teetering through corruption to a military coup, but above all the inner world of Betty Jackland, whose eager and sensitive personality forces its way out through the repressions that try to mould her to the shapes men choose." Pp.256, minor spotting to endpapers. Brown cloth, illustrated d/w by Paul Finn. VG/VG.

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N° du livre: 33021

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Mots-clés: Peter Dickinson Tefuga Adventure Fiction Africa 33082 Fiction: : General