ALLESTREE, ANN

Triptych of a Young Wolf (Signed Copy)

Brighton, Book Guild Publishing. 2008, First Edition. (ISBN: 9781846242366). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page 'To Virginia, Every good wish from Penelope (Ann Allestree), November 2008'. (Ann Allestree is the pseudonym of the journalist Penelope Ann Craig). Nominated for the Literary Review's annual 'Bad Sex in Fiction Award' in 2008. It is the story of the wolf cub Louis-Loup, abandoned on the French Mediterranean island of Porquerolles, who is discovered by Madame Veuve, gardienne to the beautiful Comtesse de Beauclaire. Over one long, hot Provencal summer, Louis grows in strength and stature as a domestic drama of island life - all the desires, suspicions, jealousies and human folly - unfold around him. When the Comtesse arrives at her summer villa with her Moroccan lover Uqba in tow, the scene is set. A gripping tale of sex, savagery and survival from the author of 'Seize the Day', her acclaimed chronicles of 30 years of global wandering. 11. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Island of Porquerolles, Wolf Louis-Loup, Comtesse de Beaucaire, Madame Veuve, Uqba, Penelope Ann Craig 9781846242366

BARBER, NOEL

The Daughters of the Prince

London, Hodder and Stoughton. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340425393). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine copy with Fine pictorial dustjacket which is not price clipped. Credited as the authors last novel it was in fact unfinished at his death in 1988 and was finished by Alan Wykes who had worked with him on ideas and research for many previous novels. The novel is set in Italy just prior to World War II and is a moving story of the art world and captures the times and places admirably. NOT A BOOK CLUB COPY 21. Near Fine/Fine.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Alan Wykes, Italy, Art World 0340425393

BAYNE, ALAN

The Au Pair

Lewes, East Sussex, The Book Guild. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 185776255X). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Over the centuries the reputation of more than one family has been tarnished by illicit desire, such a family are the Wakehursts of Blakely Manor, but the vigilant Sir Julian is determined that the shame that the fourth Baronet brought upon them in the previous century would never return. However when his eldest son dies, it was probably shortsighted of him to invite the attractive Ilse Schultz to work as an au pair in close proximity to his youngest son, who is quickly discovering the benefits of money, privilege and boyish good looks. Sir Julian's worst fears are soon realized, the scandal escalates, and enigmatic Ilse finds herself at the centre of a family in chaos, as her influence extends to Sir Julian himself. NOT EX LIB C3B. Fine/Fine.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Fiction, Aristocracy, Scandal 185776255x

BOGARDE, DIRK

A Period of Adjustment

London, Viking. 1994. (ISBN: 0670855596). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which is not price-clipped. The actor and author's novel is a sequel to his Jericho, where William Caldicott has travelled to France to solve the mystery of his brother's disappearance and having learned the truth discovers that he has inherited the lease to his brother's house in Provence - Jericho. A1D. Fine/Very Good.

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Sonstige Stichworte: 0670855596

O'BRIAN, PATRICK

Richard Temple

New York, W.W. Norton. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 0393061876). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The author (1914-2000) born Richard Patrick Russ, who later legally changed his name, was famous for his Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin novels. This novel, first published in 1962 but never published before in America, is of a prisoner of war in France, held captive by the Germans, who conducts a minute examination of his life to keep sane. Escaping from a blighted childhood and his widowed, alcoholic mother thanks to an artistic gift, his life as a painter in the 1930's is cruelly deprived and in order to eat, squanders his asset by becoming a forger, particularly of Utrillo. He is rescued by the love of a beautiful and wealthy woman, and it is the failure of this relationship, coupled with the outbreak of war, that propels him into the world of espionage. An unforgettable tale of art and espionage in World War II. NOT EX LIB L. Fine/Fine.

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Sonstige Stichworte: World War II, Art Forger, Utrillo, Espionage 0393061876

LE CARRE, JOHN

Agent Running in the Field

London, Viking. 2019, First. (ISBN: 9780241401231). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy with an As New Dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 282 pages. Nat, a 47 year-old veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an agent runner are over. He is back in London with his wife, the long-suffering Prue. But with the growing threat from Moscow Centre, the office has one more job for him. Nat is to take over The Haven, a defunct substation of London General with a rag-tag band of spies. The only bright light on the team is young Florence, who has her eye on Russia Department and a Ukrainian oligarch with a finger in the Russia pie. Nat is not only a spy, he is a passionate badminton player. His regular Monday evening opponent is half his age: the introspective and solitary Ed. Ed hates Brexit, hates Trump and hates his job at some soulless media agency. And it is Ed, of all unlikely people, who will take Prue, Florence and Nat himself down the path of political anger that will ensnare them all. Agent Running in the Field is a chilling portrait of our time, now heartbreaking, now darkly humorous, told to us with unflagging tension by the greatest chronicler of our age. D4A. As New/As New.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Secret Agent, Spy Fiction 9780241401231

LE CARRE, JOHN

The Mission Song

London, Hodder and Stoughton. 2006. (ISBN: 034092196X). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which has a crease to front inner flap. Fourth impression. The novel is of Bruno Salvador, known as Salvo, 29 years old, the orphaned love child of a Catholic Irish missionary and a Congolese headman's daughter. Salvo, inspired by his mentor Brother Michael, trains as a professional interpreter in the minority African languages and soon becomes a rising star in his profession, courted by City corporations, hospitals, law courts and inevitably the mushrooming overworld of British Intelligence. By turn thriller, love story and comic allegory of our time, it recounts Salvo's heroically naive journey out of the dark of Western hypocrisy and into the heart of lightness. D4D. Fine/Near Fine.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Fiction, Bruno Salvador, Catholic Irish Missionary, British Intelligence 034092196x

CARRE, JOHN LE

A Most Wanted Man

London, Hodder and Stoughton. 2008, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780340977064). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Near Fine unmarked copy which has a few spots to top edge with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Silk page marker bound in. New spies with new loyalties, old spies with old ones; terror ar the new mantra; decent people wanting to do good, but caught in the moral maze; all the sound, rational reasons for doing the inhuman thing. A work of deep humanity and uncommon relevance to our times, poignant, compassionate, peopled with characters the reader never wants to let go. D4D. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Spy Fiction, Terrorism Fiction 9780340977064

CARSON, MICHAEL

Coming Up Roses (Signed Copy)

London, Victor Gollancz. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0575045531). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. A near Fine copy with a small mark to front endpaper caused by the erasing of a name with a complete dustjacket which has a small indentation to front VG+. A humorous novel of King Fadl who wants part of the neighbouring kingdom of Zibda, which intrudes into his kingdom. He telephones Sultan Nabil of Zibda to make him an offer he can't refuse but GCHQ are listening in and a disgraced MI42 agent, Charlie Hammond, is sent to gather information. Hammond meets an English teacher, Armitage, there and when the Ministry for the Suppression of Vice and the Encouragement of Virtue orders the circumcision of all expatriates, Hammond and Armitages's troubles are just beginning, then they are caught in flagrante by Abdul Wahhab Higgins, Jesuit turned Muslim zealot, can they escape the lash? A glorious black comedy. NOT EX LIB A1D. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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CARSON, MICHAEL

Coming Up Roses

London, Victor Gollancz. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0575045531). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page with dedication. A near Fine copy with a touch of foxing to front endpaper with a complete dustjacket which has creasing to front. A humorous novel of King Fadl who wants part of the neighbouring kingdom of Zibda, which intrudes into his kingdom. He telephones Sultan Nabil of Zibda to make him an offer he can't refuse but GCHQ are listening in and a disgraced MI42 agent, Charlie Hammond, is sent to gather information. Hammond meets an English teacher, Armitage, there and when the Ministry for the Suppression of Vice and the Encouragement of Virtue orders the circumcision of all expatriates, Hammond and Armitages's troubles are just beginning, then they are caught in flagrante by Abdul Wahhab Higgins, Jesuit turned Muslim zealot, can they escape the lash? A glorious black comedy. NOT EX LIB A1D. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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CARTLAND, BARBARA

Love Climbs in; from Hell to Heaven; Caught by Love; Riding to the Moon; Diona and a Dalmatian

New York, Wings. 1996, First Thus. (ISBN: 0517182394). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy (Fine apart from a light crease to front endpaper) with near Fine dustjacket. Five complete and unabridged texts of the original editions brought together under the caption of Love and Luxury from the grand dame of romance. A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.15 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST C3C. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Romantic Fiction 0517182394

CARTMELL, STEPHEN

Papal Whispers

Lewes, East Sussex, The Book Guild. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 1857763351). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy wit near Fine complete dustjacket. It is 1999, and when the pope dies, throwing the Vatican into a welter of subterfuge, the papal prefect Thomas Costello, finds himself at the hub of affairs he doesn't understand and cannot control. Not even he could have predicted the new pope's unexpected approach to church policy or his subsequent battle of conscience between faith, free will and fatalism. It would take him around the world and across the path of his old friend, Robert Paine. The press are soon alerted and as political editor of The Times, Paine is expected to investigate events in Rome, but when he realises the extent of Costello's involvement, he is torn between friendship and his commitment to his paper. What is the reason for the pope's secret meetings, and why is there a sudden, yet concealed meetings between the world's religious leaders? What is the meaning of the unknown word on the lips of the dying pope? Why are government agencies interested in Paine's activities? Costello and Paine pool resources to try and unravel the mystery. NOT EX LIB D4E. Fine/Near Fine.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Religious Thriller Mystery Fiction, Vatican, Papal Prefect 1857763351

COULCHER, PATRICK

The Mountain of Mist - Signed Copy

Lewes, East Sussex, The Book Guild. 1999. (ISBN: 1857763114). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE without dedication. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from some light foxing to closedtop edge) with Fine price clipped dustjacket. 208 pages. 9 colour illustrations. Map drawings to front endpapers. Sean Foster, brilliant RAF pilot seconded to the American airforce to instruct pilots fighting in Vietnam, seems as unlucky in his flying career as he is in his love life. Near-death experiences in the Bermuda Triangle and equally painful love affairs make him redress his life. He has always been interested in UFO's, and it gradually dawns on him that he is being plagued by extra-terrestrial forces, a belief reinforced by a meeting with the sinister Toni Angelini. Pursuit of the truth takes Sean to the Florida swamps, the Grand Canyon, the English South Downs, the western Isles and mountains of Scotland. A persistent and impossible dream lures him to one of the remoter Western Isles of Scotland where, with the woman destined to be the love of his life, Sean discovers that the truth is far stranger and more devastating than he had ever imagined. 2. Near Fine/Fine. Signed by Author.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Vietnam, Florida Swamps, Grand Canyon, South Downs, Western Isles of Scotland, Ufo's 1857763114

DAVIS, MARGARET THOMSON

The Gourlay Girls (Signed Copy)

Edinburgh, B & W Publishing. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 1903265088). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page with dedication " To Clifford - One of my dearest friends". A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. A novel set in Glasgow in the 1930's of Nicholas Cartwright, successful novelist, who lives in a splendid home in the West End with his beautiful wife Virginia and their two children, where everything is perfect in their comfortable, privileged lives. Until one dreadful day, when their world is touched by tragedy and they find themselves struggling to come to terms with a mystery that will haunt them for years to come. Meanwhile in the run down tenements of Springburn, the Gourlay family are battling to make ends meet, the Depression has hit Glasgow hard and Erchie Gourlay is unemployed ,and only the long hours spent sewing and dressmaking by his three daughters keeps the spectre of poverty at bay. The future looks bleak for them until the arrival of a destitute young girl on their doorstep brings them new hope of a better life. NOT EX LIB 14. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Fiction, 1930's Glasgow, Nicholas Cartwright, Gourlay Family, the Depression 1903265088

FOWKES, KEN

The Manx Pony Brooch

Lewes, East Sussex, The Book Guild. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0863327303). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. "Denise Barnclyde was a foundling, abandoned at birth and brought up by nuns, with a secret in her past that even she cannot guess, until her own awakening desire forces it into the light. The diamond brooch that she wears innocently to work behind her bank clerk's counter is a clue to her origins, a jewel of historic interest as well as great value. D4E. Fine/Fine.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Fiction, Denise Barnclyde, Isle of Man 0863327303