BRAINE, JOHN

The Crying Game

London: The Book Club, 1968. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. DJ shows light edge wear, chipped head & tail of spine, short tears, some dust soiling of back panel, small bump bottom back board. ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar ; 286 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 15007

Catalogue: Fiction::UK

Keywords: British Fiction

BRAY, DONALD

Between Two Shores

London: William Kimber, 1983. 1st UK. Hardcover. ISBN: 0718305027. Light edge wear, top edge of DJ spine cresed ; DJ in Mylar, unclipped. ; 252 pages; "Set in the late 18th century, this is a fast-moving, thrilling story of smuggling and privateering between Brittany and Cornwall". Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 11261

Catalogue: Fiction::Naval

Keywords: 0718305027 Historical smuggling Naval

O'BRIAN, PATRICK

Richard Temple

London: Harpercollins, 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0007214987. Illustrated by Brian Sanders jacket art. Only slight wear, remainder mark bottom page edges; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. A bright solid, book. This is the 1st British edition. ; 1.1 x 8.43 x 5.59 Inches; 250 pages; This is the story of Richard Temple - prisoner of war, sometime adventurer, lover and artist - told with insight, empathy and drama by one of the world's master storytellers.Captive in a brutal German prison towards the end of World War II, Richard Temple has been stripped of everything that once defined him: pride, courage, his very identity have all been surrendered in a desperate bid to protect his secrets from the Nazis.But with the real Richard Temple suppressed to the point of near-extinction, a sudden respite in his torture allows him a moment of rare release, when he can lower his guard and remember who he is. Huddled in his cell, too badly beaten to move, the action of the novel takes place in the Richard’s mind as he retraces a convoluted course from an unhappy childhood, through a vague and uncertain adolescence to a complex, compromised adulthood, shot through with artistic sensibility and the myriad impulses that make a man.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 11631

Catalogue: Fiction::Military

Keywords: 0007214987 Literature & Fiction WWII POW O'Brian, Patrick British Fiction Fiction::Historical

O'BRIEN, TIM

In the Lake of the Woods

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0395488893. Dustjacket has a short tear base of back fore edge, bruised top of spine. Price-clipped.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 1.25 X 6.25 X 9.5 inches; 306 pages; "John and Kathy Wade are a young, idealistic couple living the American Dream until John's bid for the U.S. Senate is trashed by media reports of his involvement in the infamous massacre at My Lai during the Vietnam War. Still very much in love but without direction for the first time in their marriage, John and Kathy flee to a remote cabin. When Kathy disappears without a trace, a massive but fruitless search ensues. Did John murder her or did she simply flee? ". Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 21029

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 0395488893 my lai massacre FICTION

BRIN, DAVID

Earthclan: The Uplift War / Startide Rising

Garden City: Nelson Doubleday / SFBC, 1987. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 156865037X. DJ shows moderate shelf wear with short tears, light chipping and scuffing. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 985 pages; "Omnibus edition of the second and third novels in the “Uplift” series: “Startide Rising” (winner, 1983 Nebula Award, 1984 Hugo Award, 1984 Locus Poll Award) and “The Uplift War” (winner, 1988 Hugo, 1988 Locus Poll Award). These novels were preceded by” Sundiver” (1980).". Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 21836

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: 156865037X sentient species Progenitors Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

BRINK, ANDRE

Other Lives a Novel

Naperville IL: Sourcebooks Landmark, 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1402213913. Light edgewear to dust jacket. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8.10 X 5.30 X 1.30 inches; 320 pages; "In just one morning, he forgot who he was...Three provocative and interconnected stories from one of the world's greatest living writers:A white painter in Africa comes to his studio in the afternoon. On his doorstep, he sees a woman with curly hair and a dark complexion. He has never seen her before, but she embraces him. As he steps past her, two strange children rush to his feet yelling "Daddy!" This family welcomes him home, but he knows none of them.On the other side of Cape Town, a white man pulls himself out of bed and toward his mirror, where he is confronted by his suddenly black face.A concert pianist falls passionately in love with the celebrated singer he works beside, but cannot bring himself to touch her, until one night they sit down to eat dinner, and look up to see themselves surrounded by armed men.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18335

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 1402213913 South Africa LITERATURE FICTION

BRONTE, EMILY

Wuthering Heights

Franklin, PA: The Franklin Library, 1979. Ist Thus. Hardcover. Illustrated by Alan Reingold. Light wear; A bright, solid book in near-fine condition. One quarter leather spine with 3 raised bands, gilt stamped decorations on front, back and spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers and satin bookmark bound in ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 401 pages. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 21879

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: LITERATURE

BROOKS, MAX

Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre

New York: Del Ray, 2020. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1984826786. Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 286 pages; "As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier’s eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined . until now. The journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town’s bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing—and too earth-shattering in its implications—to be forgotten. In these pages, Max Brooks brings Kate’s extraordinary account to light for the first time, faithfully reproducing her words alongside his own extensive investigations into the massacre and the legendary beasts behind it. Kate’s is a tale of unexpected strength and resilience, of humanity’s defiance in the face of a terrible predator’s gaze, and, inevitably, of savagery and death.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21409

Catalogue: Fiction::Alternate History

Keywords: 1984826786 Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy FICTION

BROWN, CHESTER

Louis Riel a Comic

Montreal: Drawn and Quarterly, 2006. Fourth Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 1894937899. Card covers show light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book. ; B&W Illustrations; 9.0 X 5.6 X 1.1 inches; 272 pages; "Chester Brown reinvents the comic-book medium to create the critically acclaimed historical biography Louis Riel, winning the Harvey Awards for best writing and best graphic novel for his compelling, meticulous, and dispassionate retelling of the charismatic, and perhaps insane, nineteenth-century Métis leader. Brown coolly documents with dramatic subtlety the violent rebellion on the Canadian prairie led by Riel, who some regard a martyr who died in the name of freedom, while others consider him a treacherous murderer. ". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 18993

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical::Graphic Novel

Keywords: 1894937899 Louis Riel Comic Books Graphic Novels Metis History::Canada

BROWN, CHRISTY

Wild Grow the Lilies

London: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0436070952. Price clipped dust jacket chipped with a couple of short tears and some edgewear, erasure top fore corner of FFEP. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Oddity is that in the title on the spine the spelling is lillies ; 8.40 X 5.80 X 1.30 inches; 256 pages; "Irish journalist Luke Sheridan, newly jilted, sets out to cover the story of a poisoning gone awry and ends up in a boisterous party tht moves at the pace of the Keystone Kops set loose in a fun house. From Madame Lala's house of pleasure, with her most alluring "girl" Babysoft, and Count Fustenhalter, the designated murder victim, through gallons of drink and hours of orgy, we are exposed to a multi-bedroom farce of the good, old-fashioned, earthy, laugh-out-loud kind." By the author of 'My Left Foot'. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 18567

Catalogue: Fiction::UK

Keywords: 0436070952 British Fiction

BRUCKNER, WINFRIED; GERHARD HABARTA (ED.) & FRANZ STADLMANN (ED.) & B&W AND COLOR PLATES

Spurren Ins All; Science Fiction

Vienna, Austria: Volksbuchverlag, 1970. Hardcover. Illustrated by B&W and Color Plates. DJ chipped and creased with tears stabilized in Mylar protector ; A tight solid book. ; 128 pages; Text in German. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 12370

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: Science Fiction

BUCHAN, JOHN

The Adventures of Sir Edward Leithen

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1938. Omnibus. Hardcover. Boards show light shelf wear, light soiling. School prize bookplate on FFEP ; A tight solid book, beige cloth covered boards with black and blue lettering front and spine. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 1013 pages; This omnibus edition contains the following 4 books featuring the character Sir Edward Leithen: The Power-House (originally pub 1916), The Dancing Floor (pub 1926), John McNab (pub 1925) and The Gap in the Curtain ( pub 1932) as well as the short story Sing a Song of Sixpence (1928) from The Runagates Club.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 21073

Catalogue: Fiction::Series

Keywords: omnibus FICTION

BUCHAN, JOHN

Sick Heart River

Toronto, ON: Musson Book Company, 1941. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Price clipped DJ shows shelf wear with creasing, scuffing, tears and chipping. Sunfaded. Previous owner's name in front free end paper ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Blue cloth covered boards with blindstamp on front cover and gilt titles on spine, blue publisher topstain on top page edges with a little bleeding down onto pages. Fore and bottom page edges untrimmed. Prologue by Howard Swiggett ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 322 pages; This is one of the books utilising characters from the classic mystery 'The Thirty-nine Steps'. Sir Edward Leithen, one of Richard Hannay's circle, is in search of a man who has mysteriously disappeared. His search takes him into the wilderness of northern Canada.. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 18259

Catalogue: Fiction::UK

Keywords: Fiction Richard hannay thirty-nine steps British Fiction Fiction::Mystery

BUCHAN, JOHN & TREVOR ROYLE

Sick Heart River

Midlothian, Scotland: MacDonald Publishers, 1981. Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0904265439. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Edward Leithen #5; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 229 pages; "Lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen is given a year to live. Fearing he will die unfulfilled, he devotes his last months to seeking out and restoring to health Galliard, a young Canadian banker. Galliard is in remotest Canada searching for the River of the Sick Heart. Braving an Arctic winter, Leithen finds the banker. Leithen's health returns, but only one of the men will return to civilization." This was Buchan's last work of fiction, released a year after he died.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20859

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 0904265439 FICTION

BUCHAN, JOHN

Sick Heart River

Toronto: The Musson Book Company, 1944. Third Printing. Hardcover. DJ and boards show shelf wear, with short tears, light soiling and tape marks. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 322 pages; "Lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen is given a year to live. Fearing he will die unfulfilled, he devotes his last months to seeking out and restoring to health Galliard, a young Canadian banker. Galliard is in remotest Canada searching for the River of the Sick Heart. Braving an Arctic winter, Leithen finds the banker. Leithen's health returns, but only one of the men will return to civilization." This was Buchan's last work of fiction, released a year after he died.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 20912

Catalogue: Fiction::Series

Keywords: Edward leithen Richard hannay FICTION