RODRIGUEZ, K.S.

Dawson's Creek. Long Hot Summer.

London: Channel 4 Books. 1999. Rep. "An all-new original story featuring the characters of the hit TV show". Pp 150. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

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ROLAND, NICHOLAS.

Who Came by Night. A Novel.

London: Harvill Press, 1971. 1st ed. Fiction. Starting with the 'woman taken in adultery' and ending with the burial of Jesus, a story of one man exposed to a breaking strain, and of the strain which broke him. Pp. 223. Dark brown cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w. VG/G+.

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Book number: 12819

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ROMAN, HOWARD.

Pitfall in August.

London: W.H.Allen,1961. 1st British ed. "This full-bodied novel of suspense brilliantly depicts the plight of a compassionate young man caught in a web of deceit and madness." Pp.306. Red cloth. G+.

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Book number: 11837

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ROSS, SHEILA.

Five Days Till Noon.

London: Collins, 1973. 0002212692. 1st ed. Novel about a plane hijack. "..it was happening - and within a few hours the Jewish and Muslim passengers had been spirited away, the children evacuated, and a little group of six crew and eleven passengers were left as hostages aboard a plane stranded among the desert dunes. If certain Arab prisoners were not first released, their captors told them, then at noon on the fifth day the plane with all its occupants would be blown up." Pp.255. Brown cloth, d/w has edge chipping to base of spine. VG/G+.

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ROSSNER, JUDITH.

Emmeline.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1980. 1st ed. Novel, set in 19th century industrial and rural New England. Pp. 331. Olive cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w edges rubbed. VG/G+.

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Book number: 14855

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ROYDE SMITH, NAOMI.

Jane Fairfax.

London: Macmillan & Co.Ltd, 1940. 1st edition. A ‘prequel’ to Emma, which also mixes in characters from other novels, not necessarily all by Jane Austen, and from history. Pp.x/323/2(ads for other books), owner's names to front free endpaper. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, edges rubbed with a couple of marks to boards. G+.

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Book number: 39716

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RUNYON, DAMON.

The Snatching of Bookie Bob and other Stories. (Penguin 60's Series).

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1995. "Five fast-moving, hard-boiled stories of New York life by the author of Guys and Dolls". 14cms x 11cms. Pp 88. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

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Book number: 26846

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RYAN, DESMOND.

Michael Collins and the Invisible Army.

Republic of Ireland: Anvil Books, 1977. 0900068000. Reprint. Originally published in 1932 as 'The Invisible Army'. "With the exception of the Nineteen-Sixteen leaders, Michael Collins and a few others, obvious to all who know the period, 1916-1924, the characters in this book are ficttitious, and no reflection is made or implied on any living person".(Desmond Ryan, 1932). Pp164, pages toned. Paperback, slightly rubbed. G+.

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SALAMAN, NICHOLAS.

Falling Apart.

London: Alison Press/ Secker & Warburg, 1986. 0436440873. 1st ed. "Charlet seemed to have everything going for her..Her troubles, when they started, seemed small and unimportant, though rather eerie.." Pp.190, slight toning to pages. Black cloth, d/w photograph by Luc Carson and designed by Costa Sarafoglou. VG/VG.

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SALKEY, ANDREW. (EDITOR.)

Stories from the Caribbean. An Anthology.

London: Elek Books, 1965. 1st ed. "Andrew Salkey, a young West Indian novelist, has collected together a diverse and representative anthology of short stories from a number of West Indian writers .." Pp. 256. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w slightly rubbed. VG/G+.

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SAURAT, DENIS.

Angels and Beasts. New short stories from France, selected and introduced by Denis Saurat.

London: Westhouse, 1947. 1st ed. "These eleven short or long-short stories are among the best that have been produced in France." Pp. 285/1 acknowledgements, inscrip. to fep, uneven toning to endpapers. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has minor edge chips. G+/G+.

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Book number: 15364

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SAYLE, ALEXEI.

Short Stories: Taken from Barcelona Plates and The Dog Catcher.

London: Sceptre, 2001. 0340821728. Short stories by Alexei Sayle, comedian, actor, presenter, writer and car columnist. Exclusive edition which came free with the August 2001 Edition of Car Magazine. Pp92, a few creased top corners. Pbk. VG.

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Book number: 35559

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SCOTT, SIR WALTER.

Two Stories.

Edinburgh: Canongate Books. 2001. "Wandering Willie's Tale is one of Scott's best-known stories of the supernatural and recounts a chilling pact with the devil, while The Two Drovers' tells of a fatal quarrel over Highland honour and the terrifying intervention of second sight". Pp 89, P/b. 15.5 cms x 11 cms. Illustrated cover. VG.

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Book number: 18907

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SEELEY, MABEL.

Woman of Property.

London: Michael Joseph,1948. 2nd impression before publication. Novel. Pp.382, slight toning to pages. Red cloth library binding, edges rubbed. G+.

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SHARKAWI, A.R.

Egyptian Earth.

London: Heinemann. 1962. "The narrator of this Egyptian novel is a twelve-year-old boy, who returns from his primary school in the city to find his village torn with feud and anxiety". Pp 250, name to fep. Brown cloth cover, slight sunning to spine, silver title to spine. G+.

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