JAMES, HENRY.

The Turn of the Screw and The Aspern Papers.

Ware: Wordsworth Editions. 1993. "The Turn of the Screw is a chilling tale of the supernatural....The Aspern Papers is a tale of Americans in Europe, the author cleverly evokes the drama of the comedie humaine against the majestic setting of a Venetian palace". Pp 236, pages slightly toned. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

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JAMESON, STORM.

Before the Crossing.

London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1947. 1st edition. "Although this book is concerned with the search for a murderer, it is not a detective novel, and its excitements are not the same excitements of a detective novel..David Renn became a spy because of his passionate curiosity about what moves behind the eyes and in the dark heart, and because he was employed to keep an eye on traitors and might-be traitors.." Pp.279. Crimson cloth, dustwrapper (designed by Jack Matthew) rubbed with one centimeter tear to top of spine. VG/G+.

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JEFFREY, ELIZABETH.

Strangers Hall.

London: Century, 1988. 0712623973. 1st ed. "Redolent with the sights and sounds of the Elizabethan cloth industry, Strangers' Hall weaves around the disparate Dutch and English communities of Colchester a tapestry of prejudice, of loyalties, of lies - and of a love that surpasses them all." Pp.266, inscribed by the author to fep, slight toning to page edges. Blue cloth, illustrated d/w (by Mike Emden) is price clipped. VG/VG.

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JENKINS, HERBERT.

Mrs Bindle: Some Incidents From The Domestic Life of the Bindles.

London: Herbert Jenkins, nd.(c.1922). 0. Seventh Printing Completing 84,643 Copies. Humorous fiction in the 'Bindle' series about the life of cockney Joseph Bindle, here featuring his indomitable wife. Pp.312/8(ads), owners details to front free endpaper, toned strip to endpapers, top edge dusty. Bright, green illustrated cloth with silhouettes of Mr and Mrs Bindle to front board. Illustrated dustwrapper, by C. Morse, has minor edge wear and has a clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

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JHABVALA, R. PRAWER.

Esmond in India.

London: George allen & Unwin,1958. 1st ed. Pp.256, owners name to fep. Black cloth, silver title to spine. VG.

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Book number: 29211

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JOHANNESSEN, OLGA.

Gunhild's Cabin.

Swansea: Jones & Son(printers), nd.(c.1950). 0. Norwegian story written in English and privately published by the author, edited by Borghild Johannessen. Pp.184, owner's details to front free endpaper. Green cloth. VG.

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JOHNSTON, JENNIFER.

The Captains and the Kings.

London: Headline Book Publishing (Reveiw), 1998. rep. "Elegantly written .. It is a tragic story with a merciful ending .. the author knows her Ireland as well as she knows human nature" - Irish Times. Pp.124. P/b with illustrated cover. G+.

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JOHNSTON, WILLIAM.

Dr. Kildare. The Faces of Love.

London Fontana Books, 1965. 1st ed (Fontana). "A novel based on the top TV series of Dr. Kildare's daily experiences at Blair General Hospital. Pp.126, owner's note to fep. P/b with illustrated cover. G+.

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Book number: 14330

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JOHNSTON, JENNIFER.

Two Moons.

London: Headline Book Publishing. 1999. "A novel of love and intimacy, this book is a warm and resonant as it is delightfully inventive". Pp 232. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

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JONES, DAVID.

The Perfumed Acres.

Newcastle Emlyn: Mr. David Jones, nd. nd. Welsh tales. Pp. 110, 1 b/w illustration (by John H. Rees), inscrip. to fep. Brown cloth, illustrated d/w. G+/vG.

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JONES, JONAH.

Zorn.

London: Heinemann, 1986. 1st ed. "With its haunting characters and narrative power, Zorn is a remarkably rich and well-crafted novel - a mystery, an adventure, an almost mythic story of suffering and endurance. From the quiet of a peninsula woodland in Britain to the horrors of the Nazi death camps, th book leads us through vivid landscapes of war and peace to a moving and unforgettable conclusion." Pp.240. Green cloth, d/w design by Nicholas Pollitt, illustration by Neil Breeden. VG/VG.

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JOPE-SLADE, CHRISTINE.

The House of Broken Dreams.

London: Nisbet & Co.Ltd, 1924. 0. 1st edition. Pp.320, top edge dusty but pages very clean. Blue cloth, yellow titles to front and spine. VG.

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JOPE-SLADE, CHRISTINE.

The Madonna of the Clutching Hands.

London: Nisbet & Co, 1927. 0. 1st edition. "To Carolne Curtis the well-being of her husband, her mother and her children was a constant preoccupation. To secure their happiness she did not count the cost of any sacrifice, but their lives had to be lived in and through her.." Pp.308, toned strip to endpapers. Black cloth, illustrated dustwrapper featuring a pair of hands dangling silhouette figures from strings(puppets). The dustwrapper has 1 inch loss to top of spine and other small edge losses, the edges and rear are soiled but the front illustration is bright. The d/ has a removable clear protective wrap. Scarce with dustwrapper. VG/G.

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JORDAN, NEIL.

A Neil Jordan Reader. Night in Tunisia and Other Stories; The Dream of a Beast; The Crying Game.

New York: Vintage Books. 1993 (rep). "Include the complete screenplay for the Academy Award-winning film The Crying Game, as well as Night in Tunisia, a collection of stories that won Jordan the Guardian Fiction Prize, and the novella The Dream of a Beast; in which Jordan locates the terrible ecstasy that accompanies losing one's humanity". Pp 267, slight toning to page edges. P/b. G+.

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JOYEUX, ODETTE.

Open Arms. (Translated from the French by Elspeth Grant & Peter de Polnay.)

London: Allan Wingate, 1954. 1st ed. Fiction. "The unmistakeable quality of this novel is its Frenchness; its story could not happen, nor could its three characters exist outside France." Pp. 162, faint spotting to endpapers. Blue cloth, illustrated d/w rubbed with loss to lower edge. G+/P.

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