BRILEY, JOHN.

Cry Freedom. (Based on his original screenplay).

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1987. 0140108912. "Based on the true story of the friendship between Steve Biko and Donald Woods". Pp.271, 8 black & white illustrations, slight toning to page edges. Paperback. G+.

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BROOK, RHIDIAN.

Jesus and the Adman.

London: Flamingo 1999. Rep. "Rhidian Brook writes about faith and crisis and crisis of faith, just as he did in his prize-winning first novel, The Testimony of Taliesin Jones...Although it describes a personal search for answers which results in a frightening mental breakdown, it is also about pressure to conform, to not step out of line or ask unorthodox questions". Pp 194, portrait to verso front cover. P/b, clear protective wrap affixed, illustrated cover. G+.

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BROOKNER, ANITA.

Altered States.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1996. 0224042823. 1st edition. "Altered States is a forceful exploration of the conflicting needs of men and women, and the lack of understanding which divides them. Powerfully written and rich in perception, Anita Brookner's portrait of moral vulnerability and loss of innocence is an extraordinary achievement." Pp.220. Tan cloth, minor water-staining to rear board, dustwrapper has water-damage rippling to rear. G+/G+.

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BROWN, HILTON. (EDITOR.)

Wednesday Stories: Short Stories Broadcast by the B.B.C.

London: Vallancey Press Ltd, 1946. 1st ed. A series broadcast by the B.B.C. on Wednesday nights. Pp.64. Red cloth, d/w rubbed with edge chipping. VG/G+.

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Book number: 30397

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BRYHER. (PSEUDONYM W. ELLERMAN).

Roman Wall.

London: Collins, 1955. 1st ed. "This story takes place seventeen hundred years ago round Aventicum and Orba, a lonely outpost of the Roman Empire in Switzerland, when the German tribes were massing on the far bank of the Rhine.. moments of exciting liveliness and colour alternate with descriptions of strange poetic charm, while throughout there is an underlying sense of doom as the walls of the Roman Empire begin to crumble." Pp.192, + 1 map, uneven toning to endpapers. Red cloth with black cloth spine, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w by Sheila Stratton has tears to top and lower edge of spine. G+/G.

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Book number: 19654

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BURLEY, W.J.

Wycliffe and the House of Fear.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1995. 0575059958. 1st ed. "The Kemps, a Cornish Catholic family, have hung on to Kellycoryk, their ancestral home, for almost five hunrded years, but it is beginning to look as though the present century will be their last.." Pp.192. Brown cloth, d/w price clippted. VG/VG.

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BURNETT, FRANCES HODGSON.

That Lass O' Lowrie's.

London: Ward, Lock and Co, nd. (c.1877). Frances Hodgson Burnett's first novel. "Set in a Lancashire mining town, That Lass o' Lowries is a gritty, and at times brutal, tale of romance across the classes, which stands in stark contrast to her later work.". - Summary by Phil Benson (LibriVox). Pp.181/4(publisher's catalogue), owner's details to front free endpaper, slight toning to pages. Green decorated cloth with white lily-of-the-valley and gilt title to front and spine, spine slightly dulled. G+.

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BURNLEY, JUDITH (ED).

Penguin Modern Stories 6.

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1970. 1st ed. Short stories by Elizabeth Taylor: Dan Jacobson: Maggie Ross and Robert Nye. Pp 141. Toning to pages. P/b. Spine slightly creased. G+.

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Book number: 16614

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BUSCH, NIVEN.

Duel in the Sun.

London:W.H.Allen,1947. 1st British ed. Made into a film in 1946 starring Gregory Peck. Pp.256,rear endpaper absent. Black cloth, yellow oblong with title in red and black to front and spine. G+.

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BUSHELL, LYNN.

The Glass House. (Signed).

London: Piatkus, 1985. 0861883233. 1st edition. Lynn Bushell's first novel. "Lynn Bushell's writing is strongly reminiscent of Iris Murdoch and Elizabeth Jane Howard. The Glass House uses the themes of guilt and jealousy and bereavement as negative emotions which play a positive role in determining the progress of individual lives." Pp.217, signed by the author to front free endpaper. Dark crimson cloth, dustwrapper has minor edge wear. VG/VG.

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CALDECOTT, MOYRA.

The Son of the Sun.

London: Allison & Busby, 1986. 0850316472. 1st ed. "This is a historical novel with a difference. Haunting and full of surprises, it is set in ancient Egypt during the magnificent eighteenth dynasty..events are seen from the point of view of.Smenkhkare - that mysterious and elusive figure who reigned briefly between Akhenaten and Tutankhamun." Pp.186. Black cloth, d/w design by Mick Keates. VG/VG.

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CAMERON, A.A.

Desert Loot.

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, nd. nd. "Two young Englishmen decide to go to French North Africa to retrieve a small fortune hidden by one of them in a shrine some time before, while he was in the Foreign Legion, from which he deserted without collecting his loot." Pp. 252. Red cloth, d/w designed by E. Jeffrey has chipping and edge tears. G+/G.

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Book number: 24855

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CAREY, PETER.

Jack Maggs.

London: Faber and Faber, 1998. 2nd.ed. "Set in London in 1837, is a thrilling story of mesmerism and possession, of dangerous bargins and illicit love." Pp. 327. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

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Book number: 12233

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CHARTERIS, HUGO.

Picnic at Porokorro.

London: Collins, 1958. 1st ed. Fiction. A novel about Africa, about violence, about the predicament of white men living and working in a continent of black men in the middle of the 20th century revolution. Pp. 253. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w edges rubbed. G+/G.

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Book number: 12794

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CHEEVER, SUSAN.

A Handsome Man.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981. Advance Uncorrected Proof. "It traces the relationship between Hannah Bart , a flippant 32-year-old publicist, and Sam Noble, a handsome 50-year-old publishing house president. An engaging and moving exploration of the battles that are fought and the compromises that are made for the sake of love." Pp234, title written to lower page edges. P/b G+.

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Book number: 16276

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