CRESSWELL, HELEN.

Snatchers.

London: Hodder Childrens Books, 1998. 0340682868. 1st edition. Hardback. "Ellie Horner has gone missing, and there's snow in September: The whole world has turned upside down. The whole world is holding its breath." Pp.176, inscribed by theauthor ( "For Sybil and Ewart with love on the day pigs finally flew! Helen Cresswell. Ely. 26th April 1999.") to title page, slight toning to edges. Illustrated laminated boards (Illustrated by David Smith). VG.

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Book number: 31493

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Helen Cresswell Signed Snatchers Childrens Fiction Juvenile Novel 31035 Childrens Fiction

CROFTS, FREEMAN WILLS.

The 12.30 From Croydon.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1953. 1st Penguin edition. (US title: Wilful and Premeditated). (An Inspector French mystery). A murder which is committed during a flight over the English Channel. The identity of the killer is revealed quite early in the book (making it an early example of the inverted detective story or "howcatchem"), and the reader can watch the preparations for the crime and how the murderer tries to cover up his tracks. The final chapters of the novel are set in a courtroom and during a private function at a hotel, where a résumé of the whole case is given in front of a small group of police detectives, solicitors, and barristers. Pp.255, slight toning to pages. Paperback, creasing and toning to spine. G+.

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Book number: 50376

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Keywords: Freeman Wills Crofts 12. 30 from Croydon Murder Mystery Crime Fiction Inspector French Wilful Premeditated 51860 Fiction: : Crime

CROMPTON, RICHMAL.

More William. (Illustrated by Thomas Henry.)

London: George Newnes Ltd, 1950. 0. 35th impression. Fourteen stories about William Brown. Pp.252, frontispiece + occasional black & white drawings. Red cloth, illustrated dustwrapper of William and the Cook has loss 6cms x 4cms to lower front cover. G+/Fair.

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Book number: 26304

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Crompton Henry More William Illustrated Juvenile Fiction 38353 Childrens Fiction

CRUMP, BARRY.

Two in One: A Good Keen Man and Hang On A Minute Mate.

Wellingtton: A.H.& A.W.Reed, 1962. Rep. Semi-autobiographical, A Good Keen Man was based on Crump's experiences as a government hunter. It was a fictional account of a young hunter who has to suffer through a series of hunting partners who are often unsuitable for the job. This novel became one of the most popular in New Zealand history, and Crump's success continued with Hang on a Minute Mate. Two in One contains the complete text of the two books, with 37 illustrations by Dennis Turner. Pp.384, 37 line-drawing illustrations by Dennis Turner. Red cloth, dustwrapper has edgewear with chipped losses to top and tail of spine. VG/Good.

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Book number: 48550

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Keywords: Barry Crump Two in One Good Keen Man Hang on a Minute Mate Fiction Biography Humour Novel New Zealand Hunting 49974 Fiction

CUBITT, MRS NEVILLE.

Rather a Scapegrace. (Illustrated by W.S.Stacey).

London: Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge, nd.(c.1906). 0. Published under the direction of the General Literature Committee. By the author of "Bob Layton's Adventures". Definition of Scapegrace n. arch.: "A mischievous or wayward person, especially a young person or child; a rascal". Pp.251/4(ads), Colour frontispiece by W(alter) S.Stacey + 2 further colour plates, occasional light spotting throughout. Brown illustrated cloth showing a horse and rider + foxhound to front and a man with his hands on his hips to spine, minor sunning to rear board. Scarce. G+.

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Book number: 35156

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Mrs Neville Cubitt Rather a Scapegrace Illustrated Walter S Stacy Edwardian Childrens Fiction Riding Horses 35476 Childrens Fiction

DAILY EXPRESS / BESTALL, ALFRED.

The Rupert Book.

London: Daily Express, 1948. The Daily Express Annual for 1948. 24.5cms x 18cms. Pp.120, colour strip-cartoon illustrations by Alfred Bestall of Rupert's adventures with his friends (including Golly), gift message to inside front cover and owner's name in pencil to 'This Book Belongs To' box, roughly price-clipped, creasing to corner tips. Illustrated stiff card covers worn with creasing and losses to corners. A scarce early edition. Good.

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Book number: 50024

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Rupert Book Daily Express Annual Alfred Bestall Jack Frost Blue Balloon Magic Sock Sleepy Pears Rosalie Rainbow Puppy Hunt Hobby Horse How to Make Puzzle Picture Golly 51544 Childrens Fiction

DALBY, RICHARD. (EDITOR).

Shivers for Christmas.

London: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, 1995. 1854799193. 1st edition. Sixteen ghoulish stories. "Ghosts, wolves, journeys into other dimensions, exorcism and rats are all set to transport your from the comfort of a warm hearth to a place where your bones will be chilled." Includes: The Christmas Banquet by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Mr Huffam by Hugh Walpole; The Ferry by Joan Aiken; Fancy That! by Stephen Gallagher; Jeremiah by Jessica Amanda Salmonson; Twenty Pence with Envelope and Seasonal Greeting by Terry Pratchett; Sweet Chiming Bell by Roger Johnson; and a new story The Bommie and the Drop-Off by Richard Adams. Pp.250. Black cloth, dustwrapper has minor edge wear but is now in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

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Book number: 41001

Catalogue: Fiction: : Horror

Keywords: Dalby Shivers Christmas Edwards Manville Fenn Nathaniel Hawthorne Saki Temple Thurston Walpole Salmonson Lamsley Drower Johnson Gallagher Pratchett Adams Aiken Beeson Mcmurray Horror Ghost 42135 Fiction: : Horror

DALKEITH, LENA.

Aesop's Fables. (Illustrated by S.R.Praeger). [Told To The Children series].

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, nd. (c.1930). 15cms x 12cms. Pp.xii/47, colour frontispiece + further charming colour plates throughout by S.R.Praeger, owner's name to front free endpaper, scuffing to some plates where the pages have been stuck together at some time with edge tear to one plate. Blue cloth, black illustration of a fox and stork to front board, spine darkened. Good.

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Book number: 43395

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Lena Dalkeith Aesops Fables Praeger Illustrated Told to the Children Fiction 44667 Childrens Fiction

DALY, ELIZABETH.

Evidence of Things Seen.

London: Hammond, Hammond & Company, 1955. Rep.Ex library. "Clara knew something was wrong the first time she saw the old woman in the sun bonnet. Indeed, if Henry had not come when he did, Clara would not have survived to tell him the 'evidence of things seen'. Henry knew what he was up against even before he saw Clara, and his fight to save her life, to keep her from being convicted of murder, and, above all, to keep her sane, presents one of the most exciting stories Miss Daly has yet written". Pp.191, front free endpaper removed, library inkstamp and old tape stains to inside front board, more old tape marks to rear endpapers, pages slightly toned. Red cloth, spine a little sunned. Scarce. Good.** "Elizabeth Daly published sixteen books all of which featured her main series character Henry Gamadge. He is a bibliophile and expert on rare books and manuscripts which makes her books particularly appealing to fans of the bibliomystery" (GoodReads).** "Charles Shibuk, in St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, said that Daly was Agatha Christie's favorite American mystery writer. Daly successfully used many of the literary conventions employed by Christie and other writers of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, he said, and "was always both civilized and literate". The Mystery Writers of America, referring to her as "the grande dame of women mystery writers", awarded her a "Special Edgar" in 1961". (wiki).

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Book number: 50110

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Keywords: Elizabeth Daly Evidence Things Seen Henry Gamadge Murder Mystery Crime Fiction Bibliomystery 51591 Fiction: : Crime

DAMJAN, MISCHA.

Two Cats in America. (Illustrated by Ralph Steadman).

London: Longman Young, 1970. 1st ed. 29cms x 21cms. Unpaginated, colour illustrations by Ralph Steadman throughout. Illustratated laminated boards (American Indians walking off into the distance with two squaws carrying cats in papooses in foreground) slightly rubbed to spine. Scarce. VG.

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Book number: 25997

Catalogue: Illustrated Fiction

Keywords: Damjan Mischa Two Cats America Ralph Steadman Illustrated Fiction Children Juvenile Story 23041 Illustrated Fiction

DANIEL, ROLAND.

The Black Market.

London: Wright & Brown, 1943. 1st edition. Ex 'Andrews' library. Murder mystery featuring 'Buddy Mustard'. Pp.220/4 (publisher's ads), front cover of original dustjacket pasted to front free endpaper, yellow library plate "A.W.Riches (Andrews) Newsagent. Stationer. Tobacconist. Toy Dealer. Church Street, Cromer" pasted to front pastedown, slight toning to pages. Red cloth, rubbed and soiled with remains of 'Andrews' A.W.Riches lable to lower front cover, wear to edges and bumps to corner tips. Scarce. Fair.** "Roland Daniel (1880-1969) was a British writer who also wrote romance novels as Sonia Anderson, He was born in London and grew up in Florida. He served with the Canadian scouts in the Boer War and the Royal Navy in WW1. He married Pearl Daniel in 1919 and toured England in acting companies during the 1920s. He was a prolific writer equally at home with British or American idioms. His series characters were Michael Grant, John Hopkins, Buddy Mustard, Brian O'Malle, Jack Pearson, The Remover, Brian Saville, Michael Wallace and Wu Fang, a Fu Manchu-style oriental villain". (PBWorks).

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Book number: 50071

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Keywords: Roland Daniel the Black Market Murder Mystery Crime Fiction Novel Buddy Mustard 51592 Fiction: : Crime

DAVIES, ROBERTSON.

The Cunning Man.

Ontario: McClelland & Stewart Inc, 1994. 1st ed. "This novel allows Robertson Davies to display his wit (school, he tells us, is 'a form of jail with educational opportunities') and his wisdom in a novel which, of course, never neglects the charms of narrative for the human heart." Pp. 469/3 (ads). Black cloth, illustrated d/w. F/F.

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Book number: 29836

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Keywords: Davies Cunning Man Fiction 27836 Fiction: : General

DAVIS, GERRY.

Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet.

London: Target, 1976. 0426110684. Published simultaneously with Allen Wingate (Publishing) Ltd. "The Cybermen have arrived. The first invasion of Earth by this invincible, fearless race - and the last thrilling adventure of the first Doctor Who." Pp.141, pages tanned. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 50894

Catalogue: Fiction: : Science Fiction: : Doctor Who

Keywords: Gerry Davis Doctor Who Tenth Planet Cybermen Tv Science Fiction 52332 Fiction: : Science Fiction: : Doctor Who

DAVIS, GERRY.

Doctor Who and the Cybermen.

London: Target, 1974. 0426105753. 1st edition. "With metal limbs, they had the strength of ten men. They could live in the airless vacuum of space. They had no heart, no feelings, no emotions, and only one goal - power! In the year 2070, a small blue planet caught their attention. They would land on its satellite adn, from there, attack, ransack, destroy and finally abandon.." Pp.150, occasional illustrations by Alan Willow, pages tanned. Paperback, crease to front, scuffing to lower spine. G+.

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Book number: 50953

Catalogue: Science Fiction: : Doctor Who

Keywords: Gerry Davis Doctor Who Cybermen Tv Science Fiction 52391 Science Fiction: : Doctor Who

DAVIS, JOHN GORDON.

Hold My Hand

London: Michael Joseph, 1967. 1st edition. "This is a love story, uninhibited and passionate, set in..Rhodesia..The words of the title come from an actual incident, when an African policeman was beaten up by thugs and burnt alive with petrol; on being found by a European motorist, the policeman could only say: 'Hold my hand, I'm dying'." Pp.637, owner's name to front free endpaper. Brown cloth, dustwrapper has a clear cover affixed to inside boards, chipping to top of spine. Good/Good.

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Book number: 48122

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: John Gordon Davis Hold My Hand Fiction Novel Rhodesia Salisbury Bulawayo Kariba Zambesi Maloney Suzie Africa Udi Samson 49596 Fiction