Wilfred Barclay

Tracked Across the Seas

London, Modern Publishing, 1930. Hardcover. London: Modern Publishing, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. ND, c.1930. "An exciting and absorbing mystery detective story". In VG internal order, bar browning commensurate with age and quality of paper stock. Unpaginated. Clean blue boards just a little faded to spine. News of the World ad embossed to rear. D/J just a little worn to edges and faded to spine. Scarce. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 001122

Catalogue: Fiction

Dudley Barker

A Few of the People

London, Jarrolds, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Seaside novel centered around local newspaper. In VG internal order. Black boards a little marked. Unclipped d/j well worn to edges with closed tears. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 184pp . Good/Fair.

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Book number: 004649

Catalogue: Fiction

James Barlow

The Hour of Maximum Danger

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1952. 1st Edition . Hardcover. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1952. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Espionage novel from Barlow, in VG internal order bar light foxing early and late. Light wear to dulled orange boards, with bright gilt titling to spine. Front board leads very slightly. Good unclipped d/j (with excellent design by B S Biro), a little worn to edges, with some internal repairs. Now in protective sleeve. 12mo. 448pp . Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 010246

Catalogue: Fiction

Robert Barnard

A Corpse in a Gilded Cage

London, Collins, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. The less common UK edition, published by Collins in its Crime Club series. Stock toned, but otherwise all in VG internal order. Smart red boards wit bright gilt titling to spine. Good unclipped d/j a little worn to edges and dulled to rear. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 211pp . Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 105061

Catalogue: Fiction

John Barnes

Ghost Stories of a Norfolk Parson

Oxford, A R Mowbray & Co, 1986. 1st Edition . Soft cover. A vicar's supernatural tales, set in a lightly fictional North Norfolk. Stock a little toned but otherwise all in VG internal order. Card covers rather worn to edges and creased to rear. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. viii, 114pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 105119

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: East Anglia

Damian Barr

You Will Be Safe Here [Signed, Limited Edition Proof]

London, Bloomsbury, 2019. 1st Edition . Hardcover. No.4 of an edition of 200, initialled and numbered by Barr to fep. Dated April 2019 to rear board. Forthcoming publishing information to rear endpapers. Clean, crisp and bright internal order. Boards, which differ from the published version, rather grubby and a little marked. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 329pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006657

Catalogue: Fiction

J M Barrie

Echoes of the War

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. Hardcover. Excellent collection of four short stories. Stock a little toned but otherwise in VG internal order. Green boards a little rubbed and dulled to spine. 12mo. 188pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006414

Catalogue: Fiction

Stan Barstow

A Brother's Tale

London, Michael Joseph, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. London: Michael Joseph, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In VG+, crisp, clean and bright order throughout. No inscriptions. Smart black boards, very lightly shelfworn, with bright gilt tilting to spine. VG+ unclipped d/j, lightly toned and a little faded to spine. 8vo. 206pp . Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 102436

Catalogue: Fiction

Stan Barstow

Next of Kin [Signed]

London, Michael Joseph, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. London: Michael Joseph, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Barstow to title page and scarce thus. A little spotting to block edge and light toning to pages, but in general all in VG internal order. Stamped 'Damaged' to top of block, but this is the only damage evident, so presumably a remaindered copy, signed later. Smart plum boards lightly bumped at base, with bright gilt titling to spine. Clipped d/j, lightly worn, a little rubbed and faded to spine. Priced in Can$ on inner flap. 8vo. 297pp . Good/Good.

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Book number: 102445

Catalogue: Fiction

H E Bates

The Scarlet Sword

London, Michael Joseph, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Bates' novel of Indian partition. Stock a little toned but otherwise all in good internal order. Offsetting to endpapers. Red cloth faded to base of spine and fault in cloth to rear board (see photos). Clipped d/j worn to edges with small loss and hole to base of spine. Marked to rear. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 248pp . Good/Good.

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Book number: 008299

Catalogue: Fiction

Rex Beach

The Mating Call

London, The Readers Library, 1930. Hardcover. London: The Readers Library, 1930. Hardcover. Good/Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. ND. 1930 (WorldCat). Uniformly browned internally in keeping with age and paper stock used by The Readers Library but otherwise all in good order, a reprint house selling books for 6d via chain stores, noted for its eye-catching dust jackets. Dark red cloth lightly worn to edges, bright gilt titling to front. DJ worn to edges with some closed tears and small loss. Scarce . Good/Good.

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Book number: 001171

Catalogue: Fiction

Jillian Becker

The Union [Signed]

London, Chatto & Windus, 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. London: Chatto & Windus, 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The second in Becker's trilogy of South African novels. Signed by her to fep and dedicated to Betty & Lewis Wolpert, he the noted SA-born biologist. Scarce thus as a signed first printing in d/j.All in VG clean and bright internal order bar toning to endpapers and a little dust marking to top of bock. Green boards with bright gilt titling to spine, showing light shelfwear only.Good clipped Biro-designed d/j, with some wear to edges, toning to top and spine and one spot to front panel. 8vo. 255pp . Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 102578

Catalogue: Fiction

Neil Bell

The Black Sheep [Signed]

London, Alvin Redman, 1958. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Inscription and signature by Bell to title page, dated Christmas 1958. All in VG, clean and bright internal order. Smart black boards with gilt titling to spine. Fair d/j, much worn to edges with internal repairs and minor loss, now in protective sleeve. Scarce, much moreso signed. 8vo. 286pp . Very Good/Fair.

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Book number: 010446

Catalogue: Fiction

Margaret Bell

Hubble-Bubble

New York, Dodd, Mead And Company, 1927. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New York: Dodd, Mead And Company, 1927. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Well-written and entertaining novel of Washington political, social and romantic intrigue. Stock lightly toned, but otherwise in VG clean and bright internal order. No inscriptions. Smart blue cloth with gilt tilting, a little shelfworn with some minor surface marking. Dulled to spine. Exceptionally scarce. 12mo. 337pp . Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 104766

Catalogue: Fiction

Adrian Bell

Sunrise to Sunset [Signed]

London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1945. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1945. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Third printing (1945) of first edition (1944) signed by Bell to title page, and scarce thus. A wartime production with stock toned and occasional light foxing, but in general all is in good internal order. Former owner's name neatly to fep. Orange cloth lightly worn to edges and a little dulled. Unclipped d/j worn to edges with some closed tears and minor loss. Faded to spine. Now in removable protective sleeve. 12mo. 192pp . Good/Fair.

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Book number: 102128

Catalogue: Fiction

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