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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DOBSON, GAVIN R.

The Accidental Shepherd.

Librario Publishing Limited, 2012. 9781909238008. "Each of the fifteen stories in The Accidental Shepherd should be read on its own merits as a stand-alone vignette in the life of Geordie Kinloch. Some were inspired by experiences and observations of the author and his friends, others are too far-fetched to be autobiographical." Pp.137, signed by the author to half-title page. Paperback. VG.

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DOBSON, GAVIN R.

The Price of Redemption.

Librario Publishing Limited, 2011. 9781906775285. "When the giant American financial group CSF appoints Mark Telford's Appletree Capital Management in London to handle a world-wide fund, the champagne flows in expectation of the fees this will generate..Euphoria is short-lived however, as the temptations of unbelievable wealth stoke the self-justifying ambitions of the players, in a world where amorality can easily degenerate into criminality.." Pp.258, inscribed promotional postcard loosely enclosed. Paperback. VG.

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DUNNE, DOMINICK.

An Inconvenient Woman.

London:Sidgwick and Jackson,1990. 1st ed. "..a richly woven story of how the rich exert their power - no matter what the human price." Pp.458, inscribed by the author "To Kay and Manny my dear friends with love Dominick Dunne" to half-title. Black cloth,d/w. VG/VG.

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DUPLESIS, E.

The Cohort of the Damned. From 'Bleu' to Capitaine. As told to and written down by E.C. Trelawney-Ansell.

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, nd. nd. "A story of a young South African who, after serving with distinction in the 1914-18 war, disgraced himself over a worthless woman." Pp. 12/212. Red cloth, d/w (designed by E. Jeffrey) edges chipped. VG/G.

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DURRELL, LAWRENCE.

Tunc.

London: Faber and Faber, 1968. 1st edition. By the author of The Alexandria Quartet. Pp.316, owner's name to front free endpaper. Red cloth, dustwrapper slightly rubbed. G+/G+.

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DYKE, HENRY VAN.

The Story of the Other Wise Man. (Retold by Michael Lynberg.)

London: Azure, 2000. 1st ed. "This is the story of Artaban the Magi, who discerns from ancient prophecies and the appearance of a new star that the Saviour is to be born among the people of Israel" 13.5cms. x 13.5cms. Pp. 12/83. Cream cloth with gilt title to beige cloth spine, illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

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ECCLESHARE, JULIA.

The Trick of the Tale. Stories chosen by Julia Eccleshare.

London: Viking, Penguin Books, 1991. 1st ed. "The strange, the mysterious and the unexpected - they are all here in this collection of tales with a special twist." 22cms. x 14cms. Pp. 111. Illustrated laminated boards.VG.

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EDEN, DOROTHY.

Listen to Danger.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1965. "The telephone becomes an instrument of torture, as a young widow waits to her from the kidnapper of her two small children." Pp, 206, page edges slightly toned. P/b, illustrated cover. G.

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EDEN, DOROTHY.

The Vines of Yarrabee.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1969. 1st ed. "Set in Australia in the early days of colonization, this is the story of Yarrabee, a vineyard, and the people whose lives it dominated..The vitality and violence of pioneer life in the first part of the nineteenth century provides a strong and dramatic background to a powerful novel of romance and drama." Pp.315. Orange cloth, d/w illustrated by Michel. VG/G+.

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EDWARDS, SAMUEL.

The Twisted Sabre. A Biographical Novel of Benedict Arnold.

London: Alvin Redman, 1964. 1st edition. "What caused Benedict Arnold to become a traitor to the cause for which he had twice been wounded, to which he had given so much?..In 'The Twisted Sabre', a dramatic novel based on fact, Samuel Edwards explains the enigma that was Benedict Arnold. Probably the most universally hated man in the history of the United States. Arnold was also one of the most brilliant - and the least understood." Pp.310. Blue cloth, illustrated dustwrapper (by Rudland) has 1cm tear to base of spine and other edge chips but is now in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/G+.

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ELLIOTT, JANICE.

Dr Gruber's Daughter.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1986. 0340397624. 1st ed. "There is such a thing as evil and it has a daughter, as Janice Elliott - displaying the versatility of her writing - reveals in her wittiest and most ingeniously original novel to date." Pp.159, very minor spotting to closed page edges. Blue cloth, d/w. VG/VG.

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EVANS, I.O. (COMPILER)

An Upton Sinclair Anthology.

London: T.Werner Laurie Ltd, 1934. 1st British edition. "In these works, as indeed in all his writings, Sinclair manifests himself as a worthy exponent of the ideals characteristic of his own nation, their dogged determination and unbounded energy, their love of freedom, thier pioneering spirit and faith in democracy.." Pp.328, front free endpaper absent, slight toning to pages. Black cloth with green outlined title to front and green title to spine. G+.

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FARNOL, JEFFERY.

The Amateur Gentleman. A Romance. (Illustrated by C.E.Brock).

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co Ltd, nd. (c.1912). Attractive decorated binding. Regency romance about Barnabas Barty, the son of John Barty, the former boxing champion of England and landlord of a pub in Kent. At the start of the tale, Barnabas comes fortuitously into the possession of a vast fortune - £700,000, an astronomical amount by Regency standards - and determines to use this fortune to become a gentleman. His father objects to this plan and they quarrel. They settle their differences in a round of fisticuffs, which Barnabas wins, beating his father fair and square. Barnabas sets off for London to further his ambitions and, on the way there, contrives to make a number of influential friends and enemies. 23cms x 17cms. Top edge gilt. Pp.xiv/599, colour illustrated title page, colour frontispiece + 20 further colour plates by C.E.Brock with tissue-guards, occasional light spotting. Dark green gilt decorated cloth, colour illustrated paper roundel pasted to front board is slightly rubbed, minor edge wear. G+.**The Amateur Gentleman is an early novel by the popular author of Regency period swashbucklers, Jeffrey Farnol. The novel was made into a silent film in 1920, another silent film in 1926 and a talking film in 1936 with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. starring as the protagonist, Barnabas Barty.(wiki).

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FARRAN, DORIS.

Some 'Opes of Brody Street, E.1.

Bexleyheath: S.M.D.Print Centre, 2003. 0953492532. A moving yet humorous story of the Hope family, in the screw and scrape times of Peace, and how it was in War, living alongside the East End Docks in the Blitz. Pp.413, signed by author to title page. Paperback. VG.

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