COOKSON, CATHERINE

The Mallen Novels

London: William Heinemann, 1979. Omnibus. Hardcover. ISBN: 0434142700. DJ shows light edge wear, price-clipped. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8.58 X 5.51 X 2.28 inches; 683 pages; An omnibus consisting of 'The Mallen Streak', 'The Mallen Girl', and 'The Mallen Litter'. Three historical novels by Catherine Cookson, starting in 1851, and following the stormy lives of the Northumbrian Mallen family through four generations, from the grandeur of Victorian England to the dark days of the World War I.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 17051

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical::Series

Keywords: 0434142700 Mallen British Fiction Fiction::Historical

COOKSON, CATHERINE

Tilly Trotter, Tilly Trotter Wed, Tilly Trotter Widowed

London UK: Chancellor Press, 1993. Omnibus. Hardcover. ISBN: 1851524665. Light wear, previous owner's name on front free end paper and bookplate on front pastedown, light tanning of pages as is common in British publications of this period. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 688 pages; Complete and unabridged. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20984

Catalogue: Fiction::British

Keywords: 1851524665 tilly trotter Fiction::Historical

COOPER, SUSAN

The Boggart

New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1993. Third Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0689505760. Book boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book with DJ in near-fine condition, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8.5 X 5.8 X 1.0 inches; 208 pages; "In a tumbledown castle in the Western Highlands of Scotland lives the Boggart. He is invisible -- an ancient mischievous spirit, solitary and sly, born of a magic as old as the rocks and the waves. He has lived in Castle Keep for centuries, playing tricks on the owners. But the last Scottish owner has died and left the castle to his great-nephew Robert Volnik of Toronto, Canada. The Volnik family -- including Emily and her nine-year-old computer genius brother Jessup -- visit Castle Keep, and when they return to Toronto, they unwittingly take the Boggart with them. The astonishments, delight, and horrors that invade their lives with the arrival of the Boggart fill this swiftly moving story. The collision of modern techology and the Old Magic brings perils nobody could have imagined -- and, in the end, an amazing and touching solution to the problem of the Boggart who has found himself on the wrong side of the ocean.". Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 20648

Catalogue: Fiction::Juvenile

Keywords: 0689505760 boggart JUVENILE Juvenile::Young Adult

COOPER, J. FENIMORE

The Pathfinder

New York: A. L. Burt, circa 1910. Reprint. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards show some shelf wear, corners lightly bumped, previous owner's name inside front board on illlustrated end papers. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 476 pages; "Vigorous, self-reliant, amazingly resourceful, and moral, Natty Bumppo is the prototype of the Western hero. A faultless arbiter of wilderness justice, he hates middle-class hypocrisy. But he finds his love divided between the woman he has pledged to protect on a treacherous journey and the untouched forest that sustains him in his beliefs. A fast-paced narrative full of adventure and majestic descriptions of early frontier life, Indian raiders, and defenseless outposts,". Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 18880

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical

Keywords: Natty Bumppo Lake ontario Juvenile::Young Adult Fiction::Historical

CORELLI, MARIE

Barabbas; Dream of the World's Tragedy

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1894. Tenth Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth boards show some shelf wear, corners lightly bumped. Previous owner's name in ink on FFEP. Front and back hinges started but still solid. ; A tight solid book. Fore edges untrimmed. Dark green cloth covered boards with silver stamped design on front and back boards and gilt stamped titles front and spine. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 465 pages; A religious novel involving Christ's crucifixion.. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 19026

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical

Keywords: Jesus Pilate Crucifixion Fiction::Historical

CORELLI, MARIE

Innocent Her Fancy and His Fact

Toronto: William Briggs, 1914. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. DJ shows some light chipping and boards show very light shelf wear and light dust soil top page edges. Previous owner's name, dated, on FFEP. ; A bright, solid book, green cloth covered boards with black titles front and spine, hinges intact. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector, no additional printings. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 436 pages; "Abandoned as a baby at the farm of Hugo Jocelyn, Innocent is raised to love medieval French literature. Prone to romantic thoughts, Innocent constructs elaborate fantasies to insulate herself from the truth of her birth. When Jocelyn dies, she discovers the identity of her parents, and travels to London to pursue a writing career. " This is a novel written mid career. Scarce in this condition with dustjacket. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 21215

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: FICTION

CORNWELL, BERNARD

The Burning Land

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0060888741. Remainder dot on bottom page edges. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Saxon Tales #5; 9.50 X 6.40 X 1.50 inches; 336 pages; "At the end of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in ill health; his heir, an untested youth. His enemy, the Danes, having failed to conquer Wessex, now see their chance for victory. Led by the sword of savage warrior Harald Bloodhair, the Viking hordes attack. But Uhtred, Alfred’s reluctant warlord, proves his worth, outwitting Harald and handing the Vikings one of their greatest defeats.For Uhtred, the sweetness of victory is soon overshadowed by tragedy. Breaking with Alfred, he joins the Vikings, swearing never again to serve the Saxon king. Instead, he will reclaim his ancestral fortress on the Northumbrian coast. Allied with his old friend Ragnar-and his old foe Haesten-he aims to invade and conquer Wessex itself. But fate has different plans .". Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 18381

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical::Series

Keywords: 0060888741 Anglo-Saxon uhtred Britain Fiction::Historical

CORNWELL, BERNARD

Enemy of God : A Novel of Arthur (Warlord Chronicles: II)

London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1996. First British Edition; First Printing. ISBN: 0718100514. DJ shows light shelf wear, chipping.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; WARLORD CHRONICLES #2; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 397 pages; This is a follow-up to the Arthurian novel Winter King.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21616

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 0718100514 Fiction Fantasy Historical Arthur King Arthurian R FICTION

CORNWELL, BERNARD

Sharpe's Havoc Richard Sharpe & the Campaign in Northern Portugal, Spring 1809

New York: Harper, 2007. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0060530464. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, remainder mark on bottom page edges, a light lean. ; Bright solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Richard Sharpe's Adventure Series #7; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 306 pages; " It is 1809 and Lieutenant Sharpe, who belongs to a small British army that has a precarious foothold in Portugal, is sent to look for Kate Savage, the daughter of an English wine shipper. But before he can discover the missing girl, the French onslaught on Portugal begins and the city of Oporto falls. Sharpe is stranded behind enemy lines, but he has Patrick Harper, he has his riflemen and he has the assistance of a young, idealistic Portuguese officer. Together, they have to find the missing girl and extricate themselves from the entanglements cast by Colonel Christopher, a mysterious Englishman who has his own ideas on how the French can be ejected from Portugal. Those ideas are as fantastic as they are dangerous, but the French are rampant, Lisbon is threatened and Christopher sees Sharpe and his riflemen as the only obstacles to his subtle scheme. But there is a newly arrived British commander in Lisbon, Sir Arthur Wellesley, and just when Sharpe and his men seem doomed, Sir Arthur mounts his own counter-attack, an operation that will send the French army reeling back into the northern mountains. Sharpe becomes a hunter instead of the hunted and he will exercise a dreadful revenge on the men who double-crossed him. ". Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 21818

Catalogue: Fiction::Military

Keywords: 0060530464 Portugal Richard Sharpe

COUPLAND, DOUGLAS

Eleanor Rigby

Toronto: Random House of Canada Ltd, 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0679313370. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 5.74 X 0.92 X 8.52 inches; 249 pages; Coupland has taken inspiration for this book from the Beatles' song and developed it into a touching story about a lonely single woman living in Vancouver, BC who finds love in an unlikely place.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21071

Catalogue: Fiction::Canadian

Keywords: 0679313370 Eleanor Rigby Single lonely Fiction::Canadian FICTION

COURTENAY, BRYCE

Fishing for Stars

Toronto: McArthur & Company, 2008. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1552788067. Light wear head & tail of spine. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 1.7 x 8.9 x 6 Inches; 601 pages; Nicholas Duncan is a semi-retired shipping magnate who resides in idyllic Beautiful Bay in Indonesia, where he is known as the old patriarch of the islands. He is grieving the loss of his beautiful Eurasian wife, Anna, and is suffering for the first time from disturbing flashbacks to WWII, the scene of their first meeting and early love. His other wartime lover is the striking Marg Hamilton, a powerful and influential political player in Australia who has remained close to Nick. Marg suspects Nick is suffering the onset of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and organises for a specialist to meet with him in Sydney. But when they meet, Tony Freedman stirs long-buried emotions in Nick and the two men don't hit it off. Nick leaves in an explosion of anger and finds himself in hospital after being hit by a car. Tony visits and encourages Nick to write as a form of therapy, to write about Anna. So he sets about writing about the woman who has inspired him since his late teens, and in doing so draws us into the compelling tale of the life he has lived post war-hero days building a shipping empire, navigating international corruption, supporting his wife's third-world education crusade and loving the women who inspire him.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 15712

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 1552788067 Australia PTSD Japan FICTION

COURTENAY, BRYCE

Fortune Cookie

Toronto: McArthur & Company, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1552789888. Some edgewear to dust jacket ; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped, bright, solid book ; 9.10 X 6.40 X 2.20 inches; 584 pages; "Simon Kang is an ambitious Australian-born Chinese who goes to Singapore in the mid-sixties to work for Samuel Wing, an advertising agency. But the Wing brothers are not what they seem. There is soon trouble when he falls in love with the forbidden Mercy B. Lord the illegitimate daughter of a Japanese officer and a Chinese mother who abandoned her on the doorstep of a Catholic orphanage. " jacket blurb. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 16206

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 1552789888 Singapore Australia

COURTENAY, BRYCE

The Potato Factory

Toronto, ON: Little Brown, 1996. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316158550. Light edge wear on book and DJ, previous owner's name on front free end paper. ; DJ in Mylar, unclipped. A bright solid, book ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 666 pages; "Ikey Solomon is in the business of thieving and he's very good at it. Ikey's partner in crime is his mistress, the forthright Mary Abacus, until misfortune befalls them. They are parted and each must make the harsh journey from thriving nineteenth century London to the convict settlement of Van Diemen's Land. In the backstreets and dives of Hobart Town, Mary learns the art of brewing and builds The Potato Factory, where she plans a new future. But her ambitions are threatened by Ikey's wife, Hannah, her old enemy. The two women raise their separate families, one legitimate and the other bastard. As each woman sets out to destroy the other, the families are brought to the edge of disaster.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21851

Catalogue: Fiction::UK

Keywords: 0316158550 tasmania van diemen's land penal colony London British Fiction

COURTENAY, BRYCE

The Power of One

Toronto: Little Brown & Company, 1989. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316158224. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 9.2 X 6.1 X 1.3 inches; 506 pages; "In 1939, hatred took root in South Africa, where the seeds of apartheid were newly sown. There a boy called Peekay was born. He spoke the wrong language–English. He was nursed by a woman of the wrong color–black. His childhood was marked by humiliation and abandonment. Yet he vowed to survive–he would become welterweight champion of the world, he would dream heroic dreams.But his dreams were nothing compared to what awaited him. For he embarked on an epic journey, where he would learn the power of words, the power to transform lives, and the mystical power that would sustain him even when it appeared that villainy would rule the world: The Power of One.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21717

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 0316158224 Peekay Boxing apartheid South Africa FICTION

COURTENAY, BRYCE

Tommo & Hawk

Toronto: McArthur & Company, 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1552780031. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, DJ has minor creasing and 3cm tear on top front foredge with mild creasing. Previous owner's name on front pastedown. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Map endpapers ; 9.3 X 5.9 X 2.0 inches; 673 pages; "Brutally kidnapped and separated in childhood, Tommo and Hawk are reunited at the age of fifteen in Hobart. Together they escape their troubled pasts and set off on a journey into manhood. From whale hunting in the Pacific to the Maori wars of New Zealand, from the Rocks in Sydney to the miners' riots at the goldfields, Tommo and Hawk must learn each other's strengths and weaknesses in order to survive. Especially in their last, worst confrontation between good and evil. Brilliantly evoking a time of struggle and triumph in the young colonies, Bryce Courtenay has created an unforgettable tale of the enduring bond between two brothers." This is a follow-up to The Potato Factory. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 19825

Catalogue: Fiction::Series

Keywords: 1552780031 potato factory Mary Abacus Australia