ARMSTRONG, THOMAS

A Ring Has No End

London: Cassell & Company, 1958. 1st UK. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards show light shelf wear.; A tight solid book. ; 410 pages; A novel set in Russia culminating in the Russian Revolution. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 20295

Catalogue: Fiction::UK

Keywords: Revolution RUSSIA FICTION British Fiction

BOYLAN, CLARE

Beloved Stranger

London: Little, Brown & Company, 1999. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316848077. Only light edge wear to book and dust jacket. Previous owner has trimmed the top of the title page, probably to remove a name. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 9.30 X 6.20 X 1.20 inches; 309 pages; "Dick and Eunice have been married for 50 years. Eunice believes that they have achieved the point of real love but then Dick takes a terrifying plunge into insanity and enters a world of imaginary enemies, fantastic opportunities and sexual rivals.". Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 16209

Catalogue: Fiction::UK

Keywords: 0316848077 Love FICTION

BRAINE, JOHN

The Crying Game

London: The Book Club, 1968. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. DJ shows light edge wear, chipped head & tail of spine, short tears, some dust soiling of back panel, small bump bottom back board. ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar ; 286 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 15007

Catalogue: Fiction::UK

Keywords: British Fiction

BROWN, CHRISTY

Wild Grow the Lilies

London: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0436070952. Price clipped dust jacket chipped with a couple of short tears and some edgewear, erasure top fore corner of FFEP. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Oddity is that in the title on the spine the spelling is lillies ; 8.40 X 5.80 X 1.30 inches; 256 pages; "Irish journalist Luke Sheridan, newly jilted, sets out to cover the story of a poisoning gone awry and ends up in a boisterous party tht moves at the pace of the Keystone Kops set loose in a fun house. From Madame Lala's house of pleasure, with her most alluring "girl" Babysoft, and Count Fustenhalter, the designated murder victim, through gallons of drink and hours of orgy, we are exposed to a multi-bedroom farce of the good, old-fashioned, earthy, laugh-out-loud kind." By the author of 'My Left Foot'. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 18567

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Keywords: 0436070952 British Fiction

BUCHAN, JOHN

Sick Heart River

Toronto, ON: Musson Book Company, 1941. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Price clipped DJ shows shelf wear with creasing, scuffing, tears and chipping. Sunfaded. Previous owner's name in front free end paper ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Blue cloth covered boards with blindstamp on front cover and gilt titles on spine, blue publisher topstain on top page edges with a little bleeding down onto pages. Fore and bottom page edges untrimmed. Prologue by Howard Swiggett ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 322 pages; This is one of the books utilising characters from the classic mystery 'The Thirty-nine Steps'. Sir Edward Leithen, one of Richard Hannay's circle, is in search of a man who has mysteriously disappeared. His search takes him into the wilderness of northern Canada.. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 18259

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Keywords: Fiction Richard hannay thirty-nine steps British Fiction Fiction::Mystery

CLEEVE, BRIAN

The Dark Side of the Sun

London: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0304292893. tear top front panel of DJ, some scuffing and edge wear ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 288 pages. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 12209

Catalogue: Fiction::UK

Keywords: 0304292893 Central Africa Fiction British Fiction

CROCKETT, S. R.

Cleg Kelly; Arab of the City

London: Smith Elder, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth covered boards have bumped corners, some spotting front hinge intact, back hinge appears to have been glued, previous owner's name on FFEP ; A tight solid book. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. This is the ; 442 pages; Charles 'Cleg' Kelly was a street urchin whose took as his domain the streets of Edinburgh. His many fine adventures make a great read.. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 10144

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Keywords: edinburgh scotland British Fiction

CUNNINGHAM, MICHAEL

A Home at the End of the World

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1990. First British Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0241129095. DJ has some edge wear, chipping, front flap creased, pages a little yellowed as is common in British publications of this era.; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 'A novel which crosses homosexual/heterosexual barriers conveying a message about love and lust. It tells the story of Jonathan Glover and Bobby Morrow, high school friends, comrades and lovers. Bobby's life is shattered when his revered elder brother dies by walking through a glass door.'. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 11649

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Keywords: 0241129095 British Fiction high school Homosexuality FICTION

DEEPING, WARWICK

Shabby Summer

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1939. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. DJ chipped and worn, shot tears and creasing, large piece missing from top of DJ spine affecting most of title. Blue cloth covered boards show only light wear, some discoloration top of spine, foxing of page edges, ; DJ stabilized in Mylar protector, hinges intact; Farm life, drought, greed and a love story are the major story lines in this novel.. Very Good in Fair dust jacket .

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Book number: 12349

Catalogue: Fiction::UK

Keywords: drought Nursery British Fiction

DUGGAN, WILLIAM

The Great Thirst

London: Hutchinson, 1985. First British Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 009160060X. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 350 pages; Dust jacket in Mylar. DJ shows light wear, unclipped. A South African novel centred on a tribe fighting the effects of the incursion of the white man. "Based on old African legends, this novel traces the life and loves of Mojamaje, Eater of Rocks, who leads the BaNare people against their combined enemies of nature and the Boers". Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 5975

Catalogue: Fiction::UK

Keywords: 009160060X South Africa Zulu Boer War British Fiction FICTION

EDWARDS, SAMUEL

All That Glitters

London: Heinemann, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0434222216. Light rippling of DJ; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages; A thriller set in Hong Kong. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 11731

Catalogue: Fiction::UK

Keywords: 0434222216 Hong Kong British Fiction

FANE, JULIAN

The Collected Works of Julian Fane "Memoir in the Middle of the Journey", "Social Comedy", "Evening" V. 5

London: Constable, 2001. Omnibus. Hardcover. ISBN: 1841193453. Light chipping to extremities of DJ, some scuffing, light creasing ; DJ in Mylar, unclipped. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 528 pages; "This is the fifth volume of Julian Fane's collected works. It begins with the semi-autobiographical "Memoir in the Middle of the Journey". Next comes "The Social Comedy", a romance that demonstrates the power of society, and finally, "Evening", describing the different degrees of love.". Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 11209

Catalogue: Fiction::UK

Keywords: 1841193453 British Fiction LITERATURE British Fiction

FORESTER, C. S.

Randall and the River of Time

London: Michael Joseph, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Unclipped DJ is chipped with a couple of short tears ; A bright solid, book, hinges intact; 320 pages; A more modern story than his Hornblower novels, the central character is a young soldier home on leave from the trenches in WWI. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 10846

Catalogue: Fiction::UK

Keywords: hornblower flanders WWI British Fiction

FRANCIS, CLARE

A Dark Devotion

London: Macmillan, 1997. First British Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 033368303X. Signed by Author; Only slight wear and a light lean. ; DJ in Mylar, unclipped. Signed by author on title page ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 410 pages; "Alex and her husband, Paul, are criminal lawyers practicing together in London. Their work is putting a strain on their marriage, as she feels he is all too willing to represent the guilty. Then Will Dearden, an old friend whom she hasn’t seen for twelve years, calls upon her for help. He still lives in Norfolk, where they grew up together. His elegant wife, Grace, has disappeared. The police, he thinks, aren’t trying hard enough to find her.Despite—or maybe because—Alex once had a crush on Dearden, she goes to his aid, and discovers that he had very good reason for murdering the alluring but not so very lovable Grace". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 8050

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Keywords: 033368303X Mystery Signed British Fiction Fiction::Mystery

FRASER, CHRISTINE MARION

Ullin Macbeth

Sutton, Surrey UK: Severn House Publishers, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 072784976X. Bottom fore corners bumped, light edge wear ; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. A tight solid book. US price top corner & UK price bottom corner of flap ; 0.92 x 8.83 x 5.72 Inches; 218 pages; This is a standalone modern love story set in the Hebrides.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 12755

Catalogue: Fiction::UK

Keywords: 072784976X Hebrides scotland mull British Fiction