MATKIN, SIMON.

The Waiting Game.

Lavenham:Privately Published, 2006. 0955419409. Signed copy. "The tale of one Tommy Gainsborough, a posh ex-banker turned Private Hire driver back in his native Suffolk, who struggles to come to terms with all the punters and pisspots of his new trade with the dubious assistance of the motley crew of Messrs Wells Fargo Cars.." Pp.282, signed by author to dedication page,small indentation spot through cover affecting preliminaries. Pbk, some shelfware. VG.

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MAYER, MARTIN.

The Candidate.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1955. 1st British ed. Fiction. "The central figure of this tense, uncompromising novel is Billy Clelland, Governor of one of the farming States in the Middle West of America." Pp. 304. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has small tear to rear top edge and spot to front. VG/G.

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MAYNE, WILLIAM.

While The Bells Ring. (illustrated by Janet Rawlins).

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979. 024189932X. 1st edition. "A story about people, but it is also a story about landscape, in which the Dales setting plays an important part. The artist, Janet Rawlins, knows and loves the Yorkshire Dales and her pictures perfectly complement William Mayne's evocative text." 23.5cms x 17.5cms. Pp.96, line drawing illustrations by Janet Rawlins throughout and signed by her to the title page, spotting to closed top edge of pages. Blue cloth, wrap-around illustrated dustwrapper by Janet Rawlins has a few minor spots but is now in a clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

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Book number: 42412

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MELONEY, WILLIAM BROWN.

Many Are the Travellers.

London: W.H.Allen, 1954. "..the story of a dynastic family - the Tracys - who dominate the environs of the small town in which for centuries they have had their roots." Pp.288. Maroon cloth, d/w rubbed to rear. VG/VG.

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Book number: 33469

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MILLS, HUGH.

Prudence and the Pill.

London: Triton Books, 1965. 1st ed. Fiction. "Prudence and the Pill does not try to do more than entertain. But that it does superlatively well." Made into a film in 1968, starring Deborah Kerr and David Niven. Pp. 144, line drawings to chapter headings. Mauve cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has small closed tears. VG/G.

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Book number: 24214

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MILNE, A.A.

The Holiday Round.

London: Methuen, 1912. 0. These sketches previously appeared in Punch magazine. Pp.312/38(book ads), front free endpaper absent, foxing to half-title page with crack to inner hinge but still holding, occasional light spotting. Green cloth, blind-stamped title to front, gilt title and decoration to spine. Good.

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Book number: 37136

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MILNE, A. A.

If I May.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. Essex Street W.C, 1924. Fifth Edition. 0. 8vo. pp.8/183. A very good original leather binding. Bound in brown leather with Art Nouveau designs. The spine and 4 inset panels on the front show acorns and oak-leaves and an embossed monogram of A. A. Milnes initials on the front cover surrounded by a solid gold gilt circle. Smooth spine with similar decoration and gilt titles. Top & tail of spine carefully strengthened. Rough-cut page edges. Light brown endpapers. Clean text throughout. "These essays are reprinted, with such alterations and additions as seemed proper, from the Sphere, The Outlook, The Daily New, The Sunday Express, and the American Vanity Fair." A good copy of this popular book in a scarce binding.

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MINOT, STEPHEN.

Surviving the Flood.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1983. 0575032375. 1st ed. "Ham, now 900 years old, sets out to put the 'Official Record' straight and tells the story of what really happened aboard Noah's Ark .." Fiction. Pp. 304, 36 engravings and woodcuts. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w slightly rubbed. VG/G+.

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MOORE, BRIAN.

Catholics.

London: Grafton Books. 1986. "Off the coast of County Kerry a remote island monastery stands out against the ecumenical thrust of Vatican IV. Much Abbey is a focus for resistance to change - and a threat to the established order. An American priest is sent out from Rome with power to suppress what used to be traditional but now has become heresy". Pp 92, slight toning to pages, name to verso front cover. P/b, illustrated cover. G+.

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Book number: 28397

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MORRISON, TONI.

Paradise.

London: Vintage, 1999. "Exploring the cultural, religious and racial clashes that exist in American society." Pp, 318, name to fep. P/b, illustrated cover. G+.

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MOYES, PATRICIA.

Night Ferry to Death/Black Girl, White Girl.

London: HarperCollins. 1994. "Two crime stories in one". Pp 380, slight toning to pages, ink stamp to verso front cover and fep. P/b, slight creasing to spine, illustrated cover. G+.

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Book number: 28398

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MURDOCH, IRIS.

Jackson's Dilemma.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1995. 1st ed. A fast-moving drama with a rich cast of characters. Pp. 249. Slight toning to pages. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w, price clipped. G+/G.

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Book number: 12024

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NAYMAN, ANTHONY.

Talking About It Helps.

London: Hutchinson, 1968. 1st ed. Fiction. "This is the story of a man in a mess." Pp. 247. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

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NISTER, DER.

The Family Mashber. 'The Hidden One.'

London: Fontana Paperbooks, 1989. "This book is about a world caught in the instant before it disappeared for all time. The grandeur, complexity and richness of the authors vision and tale have placed his novel alongside the major works of European literature." Pp, 672, page edges slightly toned. P/b, illustrated cover slightly scuffed. G.

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OBREHT, TéA.

The Tiger's Wife.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2011. 9780297859017. 5th printing. Published with Reading Group notes. "Having sifted through everything I now know about the tiger's wife, I can tell you that this much is fact: in 1941, in late spring, without declaration or warning, German bombs started falling on the city and did not stop for three days. The tiger did not know that they were bombs." Pp.336/reading group notes to end. Red cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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