Alison, Jane

The Love-artist

Fine/Near fine. Allison and Busby, 2002. Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) in fine condition, with Dj(small nicks and scratches on the Dj cover) in near fine condition. The book is new with light shelf wear on the back of the Dj cover, small ink mark on the outer edges of the pages. 215pp. Price un-clipped. Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 9780749005474

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Book number: 4142

Catalogue: Literature & Fiction : Historical

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Allende, Isabel

Daughter of Fortune

Near fine condition. Flamingo, 1999. First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2). Tan hardback(nick/dent on the edge of the front cover, silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of small creases & nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Illustrated with a b/w map. Nice and clean pages with light shelf wear on the outer edges, a couple of small creases, nick and light shelf wear on the edges of the pages. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. 399pp. Price un-clipped. First edition. Review: Until Isabel Allende burst onto the scene with her 1985 debut, The House of the Spirits, Latin American fiction was, for the most part, a boys' club comprised of such heavy hitters as Gabriel Garcªa M?rquez, Jorge Luis Borges, and Mario Vargas Llosa. But the Chilean Allende shouldered her way in with her magical realist multigenerational tale of the Trueba family, followed it up with four more novels and a spate of non-fiction and has remained in a place of honour ever since. Her sixth work of fiction, Daughter of Fortune, shares some characteristics with her earlier works: The canvas is wide, the characters are multigenerational and multiethnic, and the protagonist is an unconventional woman who overcomes enormous obstacles to make her way in the world. Yet one cannot accuse Allende of telling the same story twice; set in the mid-1800s, this novel follows the fortunes of Eliza Sommers, Chilean by birth but adopted by a British spinster, Rose Sommers, and her bachelor brother, Jeremy, after she is abandoned on their doorstep. n nYou have English blood, like us, Miss Rose assured Eliza when she was old enough to understand. Only someone from the British colony would have thought to leave you in a basket on the doorstep of the British Import and Export Company, Limited. I am sure they knew how good-hearted my brother Jeremy is and felt sure he would take you in. In those days I was longing to have a child and you fell into my arms, sent by God to be brought up in the solid principles of the Protestant faith and the English language. n nThe family servant, Mama Fresia, has a different point of view, however: You, English? Don't get any ideas, child. You have Indian hair, like mine. And certainly Eliza's almost mystical ability to recall all the events of her life would seem to stem more from the Indian than the Protestant side. n nAs Eliza grows up, she becomes less tractable and when she falls in love with Joachin Andieta, a clerk in Jeremy's firm, her adoptive family is horrified. They are even more so when a now-pregnant Eliza follows her lover to California where he has gone to make his fortune in the 1849 goldrush. Along the way Eliza meets Tao Chi'en, a Chinese doctor who saves her life and becomes her closest friend. What starts out as a search for a lost love becomes, over time, the discovery of self; and by the time Eliza finally catches up with the elusive Joachin, she is no longer sure she still wants what she once wished for. Allende peoples her novel with a host of colourful secondary characters. She even takes the narrative as far afield as China, providing an intimate portrait of Tao Chi'en's past before returning to 19th-century San Francisco, where he and Eliza eventually end up. Readers with a taste for the epic, the picaresque and romance that is satisfyingly complex will find them all in Daughter of Fortune. Near Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 9780002259750

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Book number: 588

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Alliott, Catherine

Not That Kind of Girl

Fine condition. Headline Book, 2005. First edition-first printing. Purple hardback(silver lettering to the spine)in fine condition with Dj(some creases, nicks and scratches on the Dj cover)in near fine condition. The book is new with a small pencil mark impression on the edge of the title page, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 438pp. Price un-clipped. Product Description: Henrietta Tate has always taken her role as a full-time mother and home-maker very seriously. She's never had time for anything else. But now she and her family have moved to an idyllic house in the countryside and her teenage children are away at boarding school most of the time, she finds herself less than fulfilled by life in the sticks. Perhaps a new job working for Laurence de Havilland, the famous military historian, could provide just the distraction she needs!. Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 9780755323197

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Book number: 1726

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Amidon, Stephen

Human Capital

Mint condition. Viking, 2004. First UK edition-first printing. Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the edge of the cover) with Dj(two small creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in mint condition. The book is new with a mall crease on the edge of the pages. 375pp. Price un-clipped. From Publishers Weekly: Tensions, lies and hypocrisy lurk beneath the cool exteriors of Totten Crossing, Conn. in this fine new novel of suburbia from Amidon (The New City; Subdivision). In an effort to keep up with the Joneses, fading real estate broker Drew Hagel sinks all his money into a hedge fund that goes bust. Meanwhile, his second wife, psychologist Ronnie, is pregnant with twins, and his teenage daughter, Shannon, is experiencing first love with Ian, one of Ronnie's young patients, whose mother died of cancer when he was 14, leaving him a large sum of insurance money that he will inherit when he turns 18. Ian's uncle, David, a decent man with few prospects, plans on using the inheritance to fulfill his dream of owning a bar in North Carolina. Finally, Carrie Manning has grown restless and uncomfortable with her broker husband's wealth and embarks on a brief affair. All these lives collide on one fateful night when Ian accidentally strikes and kills a bicyclist while driving home from an end-of-year high school party; the vehicle belongs to Jamie, Carrie's hard-drinking teenage son. It all sounds a bit like Peyton Place, but Amidon's intentions are far more serious. Writing with a sociologist's insight, he crafts a sharp page-turner mined with moments of dark satire. Amidon's previous novels had moments of profundity, but this exceptional novel delves deeper and more passionately into the fractured lives of people whose lives revolve around money. Its impact lingers long after the final credits roll. As New/As New. ISBN: 9780670915279

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Book number: 1155

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L'amour, Louis

The Outlaws of Mesquite

Near fine condition. Bantam Press, 1990. First edition-first printing. Cream hardback with red borders(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(two small nicks, crease and scratch on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Illustrated with b/w drawings. Nice and clean pages as new but with a small mark on the outer edges, small ink mark inside the front endpaper. Nice and clean book. 201pp including Author's note. A collectable first edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 9780593021675

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Book number: 7308

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Andersen, Kurt

Turn of the Century

Mint condition. Headline Book, 1999. First Paperback edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Paperback(two small nicks and creases on the edges of the cover) in mint condition. 600pp. Heavy book. As New. ISBN: 9780747274704