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

Catalogue: Fiction: : Victorian

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

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

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

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Keywords: Jefferson Farjeon Shadow of Thirteen Crime Club Murder Mystery Suspense Fiction 51447 Fiction: : Crime

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

FARNOL, JEFFERY.

Winds of Fortune.

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co.Ltd, 1933. 1st edition. Historical novel, set in Spanish America during the colonial era. Pirates are mentioned; Incas play a role. All of this is narrated by Ursula Revell, 23 years of age, and a participant in the various adventures she recounts. Pp.x/374, owner's name to inside front board. Red cloth, rubbed with worn patch to lower front, corners bumped. Dustwrapper rubbed with edge tears and small losses. G/G..

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Book number: 50281

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Keywords: Jeffrey Farnol Winds Fortune Historical Romantic Fiction Spanish America Pirates Incas Ursula Revell 51802 Fiction

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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Book number: 44816

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Keywords: Doris Farran Signed Some Opes Brody Street Fiction World War One Ww1 East End London Hope Family 46311 Fiction: : General

O 'FARRELL, MAGGIE.

The Marriage Portrait.

London: The Tinder Press, 2022. 9781472297624. 2nd printing. Exclusive Waterstone's edition. "In the winter of 1561, Lucrezia, Duchess of Ferrara, is taken on an unexpected visit to a country villa by her husband, Alfonso. As they sit down to dinner in the icy hall it occurs to Lucrezia that Alfonso has a sinister purpose in bringing her here: he intends to kill her.." Pp.454,illustrated endpapers. Red boards, dustwrapper (design by Emma Ewbank) has "Exclusive Waterstones Edition" label to front. VG/VG.

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Book number: 50845

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Maggie o'Farrell Marriage Portrait Historical Fiction Lucrezia Alfonso Ferrara Italy 52287 Fiction

FAULKNER, WILLIAM.

Absalom, Absalom!

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1975. "As a poor white boy, Sutpen was turned away from a plantation owner's mansion by a Negro butler. From then on, Sutpen was determined to be a Virginia plantation owner himself". Pp 316. 2 sketch maps. Name to verso front cover. Edge stain to lower corner of first 24 pages - not affecting text. Pages toned. P/b. Spine and cover scuffed. Illustrated cover. G.

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Book number: 15237

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Keywords: Faulkner Absalom Virginia Plantation Fiction Negro Butler A8861 Fiction: : General

FAULKNER, WILLIAM.

As I Lay Dying.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1981. 0140019405. Penguin Modern Classics. "Successive episodes in the death and burial of Addie Bundren are recounted by various members of the family circle, principally as they are carting their mother's coffin to Jefferson, Mississippi, in order to bury her among her people.." Pp.208, slight toning to pages. Paperback, minor scuffing to spine edge. G+.

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Book number: 47427

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: William Faulkner As I Lay Dying Fiction American Literature Addie Bundren 48908 Fiction

FAULKS, SEBASTIAN.

The Girl at the Lion D'Or.

London: Hutchinson, 1989. 0091734517. Reprint. "The Girl at the Lion d'Or is set against a background of social and political restlessness, the beginning of the downhill road to Vichy. An unashamedly romantic story, it is enriched by its steady contemplation of its underlying themes: the moral integrity of desire, the meaning of a single action, and the strange nature of the physical world." Pp.253. Olive cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG. **"The Girl at the Lion d'Or by Sebastian Faulks, was the author's second novel. Set in the tiny French village of Janvilliers in 1936. Together with Birdsong and Charlotte Gray, it makes up Faulks' France Trilogy. The character Charles Hartmann is common to all three books."(wiki).

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Book number: 42604

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Keywords: Sebastian Faulks Girl Lion D'or France Trilogy Charles Hartmann Novel Fiction 43949 Fiction: : General

FEIST, RAYMOND E. (RAYMOND ELIAS FEIST 1945 - ) .

Magician .

London: Voyager / HarperCollinsPublishers, 2002 . 0007134118. Signed twice! Anniversary edition. Second printing: 35798642 . First published in 1983. This is the 20th anniversary edition published by Voyager 2002. [18pp.] /pp.681 . Maroon leatherette covers with bright gilt image to front cover, and similar image and gilt titles to spine. Dink to front board and spine, otherwise clean binding. Grey endpapers. Yellow silk marker ribbon. Author's signature to half title. Also; dedication to title page: "To Andrew! Raymond E. Feist". Preliminary leaves include: Acknowledgments; Acknowledgement To The Revised Edition; Foreword To The Revised Edition; Foreword To The 20th Anniversary Edition"; plus double-page map of Midkemia. Clean text throughout. VG. ** "Magician is a fantasy novel by American writer Raymond E. Feist. It is the first book of the Riftwar Saga and of the wider Riftwar Cycle. Magician was originally published in 1982. The book is set in a Dungeons & Dragons-style fantasy world called Midkemia, originally invented by Feist and his friends during college. The story follows the early life of friends Pug and Tomas as their world is overtaken by war against alien invaders who appear via portals. In 1992, after the author, and series, fame had grown it was re-published in an edition titled "The Author's Preferred Edition" (or "revised edition" in some markets) text restored from the original edit. Magician is viewed as a classic Fantasy novel which focuses more on the broad politics of nations rather than individual stories.." - See Wikipedia.

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Book number: 49694

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 50942 Voyager / Harpercollinspublishers, Magician Raymond Elias Feist Fiction

FELLOWS, MURIEL H.

Little Magic Painter. A Story of the Stone Age.

London: George G. Harrap & Co.Ltd, 1938. 1st British edition. "An adventure with wolves, a strange tribal dance, grandfather's thrilling story of a mammoth hut - these are but a few of the adventures described by the author-artist in interesting text and charming illustrations". Pp.112, colour frontispiece + 12 further colour plates, black & white plates and illustrations, illustrated endpapers slightly sunned, fgift message to top of title page. Fawn cloth with goat roundel to front and speared bear to spine, minor creasing to lower front edge. Dustwrapper dust soiled, wear to edges, chipped loss to top of spine and loss to lower 6cms of spine, now in a removable clear protective wrap. G+/G-.

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Book number: 49377

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Muriel Fellows Little Magic Painter Story Stone Age Illustrated Childrens Fiction Cavemen Adventure 51119 Childrens Fiction

FERGUSON, NEIL.

Bars of America.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1986. 1st ed. Fiction. "A cityscape of gas stations and banks, interstate freeways, rundown motels, fast-food eats, diners and downtown bars. The USA in the Eighties". Pp. 152, inscrip. to fep, slight toning to pages. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w. G+/G+.

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Book number: 14724

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Keywords: Ferguson Bars America Fiction Usa Eighties A8791 Fiction: : General

FERGUSON, JOHN.

Death Comes to Perigord.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1950. 1st Penguin edition. "When young Doctor Peter Dunn first saw Mere Trouteaud raise the 'clameur' (as the islanders called it) in the market place, he little thought that this incident would be a link in a chain of events that meant murder." Pp.253, pages toned . Paperback, owner's name to front, toning and spotting to covers and tears and wear to top and tail of spine. Scarce. Good.

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Book number: 49945

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Keywords: John Ferguson Death Comes to Perigord Murder Mystery Crime Fiction Detective Mcnab Peter Dunn 51438 Fiction: : Crime

FERGUSON, JOHN.

Night in Glengyle.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1947. 1st Penguin edition. Alec Maitland takes on a Government mission to investigate strange happenings in Africa and to regain possession of some missing papers. But through his efforts he becomes implicated in a sensational murder and soon his efforts are hampered by having the police on his heels. "A story of wits pitted against wits, of bloodshed, of hairbreadth escapes, of flight and pursuit, finishing with a piece of neat detection and surprise both for the guileless Maitland and the reader." Pp.224, pages tanned. Paperback, light creasing to front, spine toned with scuffed edges and chipping to top and tail. Scarce. G+.

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Book number: 50388

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Keywords: John Ferguson Night in Glengyle Murder Mystery Crime Fiction Thriller Alec Maitland 51876 Fiction: : Crime