CHILTON BOOKS: Fiction: : General
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Finding Rachel.
New York: iUniverse, Inc, 2009. 9781440124792. By the author of "Stillness in the Air". "When Dr Wesley Legion's twin sister, Rachel, dead for twenty-six years, speaks to him, he dismisses it as trick of the imagination. But when it occurs again, this time feeling her presence and the touch of her hand, he cannot but relate it to the symptoms of one of his patients for whom he has ordered Electro Convulsive Therapy.." Pp.303. Paperback, minor creasing to corner tips. VG.
-- Boeknummer: 40804
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.25]
Catalogus: Fiction: : General
Trefwoorden: Louise Goodman Finding Rachel Fiction Psychology Mystery Hallucination Novel 41929 Fiction: : General
Monsignor Quixote.
London: The Bodley Head, 1982. 0370309235. 1st edition. The book is a pastiche of the classic Spanish novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes with many moments of comedy, but also offers reflection on matters such as life after a dictatorship, Communism, and the Catholic faith. Pp.221. Green cloth, unclipped dustwrapper has minor edge wear. VG/VG.
Boeknummer: 43568
GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.75]
Catalogus: Fiction: : General
Trefwoorden: Graham Greene Monsignor Quixote Novel Pastiche Don Quixote Cervantes Dictatorship Communism Catholic Faith 44838 Fiction: : General
Don Camillo and the Devil.
Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1966. Reprint. "It's Cold War in the Little World...but you have to laugh at this classic of humour". Pp.176, pages slightly toned, some blacck & white illustrations, owner's name to inside front cover. Paperback, creasing to corners, scuffing to spine. Good.
Boeknummer: 24284
GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.75]
Catalogus: Fiction: : General
Trefwoorden: Guareschi Don Camillo Devil Humour Priest Peppone Communist 43878 Fiction: : General
Blood Hunt.
London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1952. 1st edition. "Retired from the sea, after his fill of adventures and violence and love, old Sandy lives quietly alone in a remote Highland cottage with a barn, a temperamental cow, a few books and a few hundred pounds in the bank. It is the tranquil and reflective evening of his days, Suddenly, willy-nilly, he is commited to a leading part in a tragic drama played out, almost, on his own doorstep." Pp.250. Red cloth, dustwrapper worn with small edge losses. G+/G.
Boeknummer: 43804
GBP 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.25]
Catalogus: Fiction: : General
Trefwoorden: Neil Gunn Blood Hunt Fiction Novel 45146 Fiction: : General
Love On A Branch Line.
Bury St Edmunds: The Alastair Press, 1988. 1870567501. A classic novel of East Anglia. Pp.291, owner's name to front free endpaper. Blue cloth, wraparound dustjacket illustrated by John Verney has sunning to spine. VG/G+.
Boeknummer: 34085
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.25]
Catalogus: Fiction: : General
Trefwoorden: John Hadfield Love on a Branch Line East Anglia Novel Humour 51598 Fiction: : General
Be Near Me.
London: Faber & Faber, 2006. 0571216021. 1st edition. "In a small Scottish parish, an English priest is stalked by the fear of scandal, class hatred and lost ideals. Over the spring and summer of 2003, Father David becomes friends with two young people, Mark and Lisa: by the year's end his life is the focus of public hysteria." Pp.278. Cream boards, dustwrapper. F/F.
Boeknummer: 35659
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5]
Catalogus: Fiction: : General
Trefwoorden: Andrew o'Hagan Be Near Me Fiction Religion Novel Father David 36032 Fiction: : General
Our Fathers.
London: Faber & Faber, 2000. 1st paperback ed. Shortlisted for the 1999 Booker Prize. "A beautiful, elegaic work .. required reading for everybody". Pp. 282. P/b. Illustd. cover. VG.
Boeknummer: 9047
GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4.25]
Catalogus: Fiction: : General
Trefwoorden: Ohagan Our Fathers Scotland Catholic Fiction A1587 Fiction: : General
Black Summer.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. 0241107679. 1st ed. "When the Germans invaded southern Russia in the summer of 1942, their superbly trained troops encountered little opposition - until they reached the Caucasus mountains, where the last, desperate units of the Red Army and Russian partisans were awaiting them. Julian Hale has taken this campaign, the turning point of the Second World War, and crafted it into a gripping novel of war, love and divided loyalty." Pp.296, slight toning to pages. Blue cloth, d/w (illustrated by Michael Johnson). VG/VG.
Boeknummer: 30556
GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.75]
Catalogus: Fiction: : General
Trefwoorden: Julian Hale Black Summer Fiction Novel Second World War Ww2 Red Army 29852 Fiction: : General
Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry.
London: Collins, 1963. 0. Action takes place over a day in which George revisits a seaside town where he grew up, and events of his life (brief & stormy marriage to a rich girl and estrangement from his parents) start to come into focus. Pp.191, signed by author to title page, a little occasional light spotting. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. VG.
Boeknummer: 35645
GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.25]
Catalogus: Fiction: : General
Trefwoorden: John Hale Signed Kissed Girls Made Them Cry Adult Fiction Novel 36006 Fiction: : General
The Come-Uppance of Arthur Hearne.
London: Hammond, Hammond, 1967. 1st edition. "It was a long way - socially, at least - from the gypsy encampment to the residence of the Mayor of Eastsea: and Artaros Rossar-Mescro had made the journey the hard way. First he had abandoned his gypsy heritage to become Arhtur Hearne, repertory actor of swarthy appearance and mythical Spanish ancestry; and then he had married the Mayor..who was, of course, a lady.." Pp.192, 'shadow' toning to front free endpaper. Pale yellow cloth, dustwrapper(designed by Barbara Walton) has small chipped edge losses but is now in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/G+.
Boeknummer: 40934
GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14.75]
Catalogus: Fiction: : General
Trefwoorden: Angus Hall Come Uppance Arthur Hearne Gypsy Fiction Novel Humour Double Cross 42072 Fiction: : General
The Least of These.
Co Dublin: The Columba Press, 1991. "These stories are moving and authentic. The author has spent a lifetime working in Ireland, Africa, South and Central America, where wealth, power and privilege belong to others." Pp, 95. P/b. VG.
Boeknummer: 10746
GBP 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 5.5]
Catalogus: Fiction: : General
Trefwoorden: Ohalloran Least These Fiction Ireland Africa America Wealth Power A2666 Fiction: : General
Pal Joey.
London: The Cresset Press, 1952. 1st UK edition. A series of short stories originally published in The New Yorker and adapted into the musical of the same name. Pp.125, small bookseller's label (Books & Careers, Oxford St. London). Red cloth, gilt title to spine, small bump to lower front board. G+.
Boeknummer: 39001
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 12]
Catalogus: Fiction: : General
Trefwoorden: John o'Hara Pal Joey Fiction Short Stories 39947 Fiction: : General
Sermons and Soda-Water.
London: The Cresset Press, 1961. 1st ed. Fiction. Three linked stories of American life during the troubled interim from the end of one world war to the end of another. Pp.265. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine, dustwrapper edges rubbed with small losses. G+/G.
Boeknummer: 15315
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5]
Catalogus: Fiction: : General
Trefwoorden: Ohara Sermons Soda Water Three Linked Stories America Fiction A9429 Fiction: : General
The Solitude of Thomas Cave.
London: Bloomsbury, 2007. Signed Uncorrected Proof copy. "Set in the first half of the 17th century, this is a poetic and highly literate novel that has as its themes the nature of mankind and our impact on the environment. Thomas Cave is a whaler on Arctic expeditions collecting whale oil and associated products, which in the early 1600s was a highly hazardous though lucrative occupation. Cave accepts a wager that he would be able to survive an Arctic winter alone and is left behind by his ship with provisions and shelter as the summer conditions begin to give way to the icy temperatures of winter.." (Historical Novel Society). Pp.237, inscribed by the author to top of title page. Paperback, faint ring mark to front, spine and edges slightly scuffed. VG.** Georgina Harding is the author of three novels: The Solitude of Thomas Cave, The Spy Game and, most recently, Painter of Silence, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012.
Boeknummer: 41739
GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 47.25]
Catalogus: Fiction: : General
Trefwoorden: Georgina Harding Signed Proof Solitude Thomas Cave Novel Fiction Arctic Whaling Winter Survival 42982 Fiction: : General
One. Interior. Day. Adventures in the Film Trade.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1978. 1st ed. Collection of nine stories, dealing with the adventures of the young British writer Edward Lands. Pp. 146. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w. VG/VG.
Boeknummer: 15671
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 12]
Catalogus: Fiction: : General
Trefwoorden: Harwood One Interior Day Adventures in Film Trade Nine Stories Edward Lands A9999 Fiction: : General
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