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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Book number: 29139

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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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Book number: 11417

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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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Book number: 30003

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EDWARDS, DOROTHY.(EDITOR).

Mists and Magic. (Illustrated by Jill Bennett).

Guildford: Lutterworth Press, 1983. 0718825373. 1st ed. "In new stories written by favourite authors especially for this book, in folk tales and legends and poems, Dorothy Edwards brings together spells and charms, witches and mermaids, the creatures of the other world and the unexpected encounters that are the stuff of magic." Pp.160, occasional illustrations by Jill Bennett. Blue cloth, d/w. VG/VG.

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Book number: 32846

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Keywords: Dorothy Edwards Mists Magic Jill Bennett Short Stories Folk Tales Legends Poems 32808 Childrens Fiction

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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Book number: 40851

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Keywords: Samuel Edwards Twisted Sabre Biographical Novel Historical Benedict Arnold Quebec Siege Us History Saratoga War Independence Peggy Shippen Traitor Treason 41884 Fiction: : General

AN ESCAPED WIFE OF A MORMON ELDER.

In the Grip of the Mormons.

London: Henry Hardingham, nd. Anti-Mormon novel. Probably a later version of "Mormonism Unveiled" by Orvilla S.Belisle. 18cms x -11cms. Pp.151/2(ads for other publications), front endpaper absent(?), owner's embossed address to half-title page, toning to endpapers, front hinge cracked to expose webbing but holding. Red cloth, edges of spine and boards rubbed. Scarce. Good.

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Book number: 40347

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Keywords: Escaped Wife Mormon Elder Grip Mormons Latter Day Saints Anti-Mormon Novel Fiction 41358 Fiction

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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Book number: 33065

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Keywords: Janice Elliott Dr Grubers Daughter Fiction Novel 33126 Fiction: : General

ERVINE, ST JOHN.

The Mountain and Other Stories. (Signed).

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1928. 1st edition. Collection of 22 short stories, some of which were previously published in "Eight O'Clock and Other Studies. Pp.240, inscribed "For the Rev. James Cregan from one of the first infants he baptised" to front free endpaper. Dark blue cloth, dustwrapper rubbed and tanned with edge tears and chipped losses. VG/G.** "St John Greer Ervine (1883 – 1971) was an Irish biographer, novelist, critic, dramatist, and theatre manager. He was the most prominent Ulster writer of the early twentieth century and a major Irish dramatist whose work influenced the plays of W. B. Yeats and Sean O'Casey. The Wayward Man was among the first novels to explore the character, and conflicts, of Belfast." (wiki).

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Book number: 50620

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Keywords: St John Ervine Signed Mountain Fiction Short Stories Conjuror Clutie John Mrs Clifford Ambition Blind Man Well Youth Colleagues Retrement Mr Peden Revelation Pool Crisis Match Derelicts Tripney 52095 Fiction

ERVINE, ST JOHN.

The Wayward Man. (Signed).

London: W.Collins Sons & Co.Ltd, 1927. 1st British edition, 2nd impression. Robert Dunwoody has inherited his father's love of the sea and restless spirit while his mother dreams that he will play a part in their family business. Robert rebels against the world of small shopkeepers to follow the harsh, dangerous life of a sailor. After years away, travelling across the oceans and as a hobo in the United States, Robert returns to Belfast and is trapped into marriage and a shop of his own. Can he free himself to return to the world beyond Belfast's streets and return to the joys of an independent life? The Wayward Man was among the first novels to explore the character, and conflicts, of Belfast. Pp.375/2 (publisher's ads). inscribed by the author "This book belongs to George & Stella Cregan. It was in his father's church in Belfast that Mattie Dunwoody and Andrew Shillington [characters in the novel] were married. St John Ervine. January 24 1928 at Oaklands, Kennilworth." to front free endpaper. occasional light spotting. Blue cloth with red title to front and spine, boards have some speckled bleached spots. G+.

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Book number: 50632

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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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Book number: 43141

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Keywords: Evans Upton Sinclair Anthology Art Love Science Industry Wild Nature Religion History Toil Chasm Outcast Revolt Martyrdom Christ Mammon War Country America Children Humour Poet Socialism 44482 Fiction: : General

EVERETT-GREEN, EVELYN.

Dare Lorimer's Heritage.

London: Hutchinson & Co, nd.(c.1891). 0. All edges gilt. Pp.338/6(publisher's ads), engraved frontispiece with very minor spotting, spotting to tissue guard and preliminary pages, front free endpaper absent, endpapers browned. Red 'art-nouveau' style floral decoration in pink and green to front and spine, wear to spine/rear edge. Scarce. G+. **Evelyn Ward Everett-Green (17 November 1856, London - 23 April 1932, Funchal) was an English novelist who started her writing career with improving and pious stories for children, and later wrote historical fiction for older girls, and then adult romantic fiction. She wrote about 350 books: more than 200 under her own name, and others using the pen-names H. F. E, Cecil Adair, E. Ward, or Evelyn Dare.(Wiki).

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Book number: 38352

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Keywords: Evelyn Everett Green Dare Lorimers Heritage Romantic Girls Victorian Fiction 39168 Fiction: : Victorian

EVERETT-GREEN, EVELYN.

Lady Temple's Grandchildren.

London: James Nisbet, 1883. 0. Victorian Fiction. Pp.249/8(ads), black & white frontispiece illustration + 2 further b/w illustrations, small advertisement pamphlet/bookmark for Nisbet publications loosely enclosed, mark to front free endpaper. Blue cloth decorated in black, gilt title to front and spine. VG.**Evelyn Ward Everett-Green (17 November 1856, London - 23 April 1932, Funchal) was an English novelist who started her writing career with improving and pious stories for children, and later wrote historical fiction for older girls, and then adult romantic fiction. She wrote about 350 books: more than 200 under her own name, and others using the pen-names H. F. E, Cecil Adair, E. Ward, or Evelyn Dare.

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Book number: 35790

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Keywords: Evelyn Everett Green Lady Temples Grandchildren Victorian Fiction 1st 35953 Fiction: : Victorian

FAIRLESS, MICHAEL.

The Grey Brethren. And Other Fragments in Prose and Verse.

London: Duckworth & Co,1924. 11th imp. 10/147, illustrated endpapers to front and back. Green d/w, rubbed. G+/G+.

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Book number: 607

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Keywords: Fairless Grey Brethren Prose Verse Children Fairy Tales Juvenile Fiction 11717 Childrens Fiction

FARJEON, J.JEFFERSON.

The Shadow of Thirteen.

London: Collins for The Crime Club, 1949. 1st edition. Ex library. Macabre, suspense novel. "The shadow of thirteen loomed darkly over Gatleigh Hall. On the thirteenth of October thirteen years ago there had been a death and a disappearance within its gates. For thirteen years on the fatal anniversary Lady Chelwyn had returnedm, in response to some mysterious inner compulsion to her neglected home". Pp.192, library inkstamps and old tape stains to endpapers, a little dusty to some margins. Orange cloth, library inkstamp to lower front corner, spine sunned and spotted, wear to edges. Scarce. Fair.** "Joseph Jefferson Farjeon (1883–1955) was an English crime and mystery novelist, playwright and screenwriter..Farjeon's crime novels were admired by Dorothy L. Sayers, who called him "unsurpassed for creepy skill in mysterious adventures". His obituarist in The Times talked of "ingenious and entertaining plots and characterization," (wiki).

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Book number: 50140

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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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Book number: 43682

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Keywords: Jeffery Farnol Amateur Gentleman Regency Romance Illustrated Brock Jasper Shrig Barnabas Barty 46995 Fiction: : General