PLASS, ADRIAN.

Stress Family Robinson.

London: Marshall Pickering. 1995. 1st ed. "Does life behind the front door of the tall, thin Victorian semi-detached where they live match up to the image they convey at their parish church? - Does anyone's?". Pp 224. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

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Book number: 15453

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POTOK, CHAIM.

My Name is Asher Lev.

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1973. rep. "Here Asher Lev plunges back into his childhood and recounts the story of love and conflict which dragged him to this crossroads". Pp 319, name to fep. P/b, illustrated cover. G+.

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Book number: 28412

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POTTER, DENNIS.

Pennies from Heaven.

London: Quartet Books, 1981. 1st. "His attempts to prove that life is a bowl of cherries make for a wonderfully comic, heartrendingly sad story, which has been transformed into a film by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer." Pp. 196. 8 b/w photographs. P/b. Illustrated cover. Slight toning to rear cover. VG.

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Book number: 12157

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POULTNEY, C.B.

Cold Noses. A Collection of Stories from the Dog Books of C.B.Poultney. (Illustrated by the author).

London: Methuen & Co.Ltd, 1943. !st compendium edition (Book Production War Economy Standard)selected from seven of C.B.Poultney's dog books, including adventures of both Pompey and Roderick Dhu as well as of Patrick the cat. pp.134, occasional line drawings throughout. Blue spine, white illustrated paper-covered boards, illustrated dustwrapper is price-clipped and has old tape repairs to top edges but is now in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/G+.

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Book number: 39775

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PRAWER JHABVALA, RUTH.

Heat and Dust.

London: Abacus Books, 1992. "The author has not only written a love story, she has also exposed the soul and nerve ends of a fascinating and compelling country." Pp, 181. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

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Book number: 7221

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PRIOR, ALLAN.

Theatre.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1981. 1st ed. "Theatre is a star-studded novel about a star-studded play .." Pp. 303. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

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Book number: 15692

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PUTNAM, VII.

Brothers to the Wind.

London: Methuen, 1960. "Vanita Mitchell is nearly eight when her large family, recently arrived from France and England, move to a California ranch. The 'gajos' (non-gypsies) don't worry this carefree community; only the hostile 'wofudi man' (a gypsy-hater) tries to interfere, and his bitter feud with the gypsies runs through the book..Vii Putnam writes with authority, for she is herself the grand-daughter of the great gypsy King Mitchell I." Pp.240, minor spotting to endpapers. Orange cloth, d/w designed by Albany Wiseman has small ink date to rear and edgewear. VG/VG.

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Book number: 33253

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RAYNER, WILLIAM.

Big Mister.

London: Collins, 1974. 1st ed. Fiction. "In this strange world where magic and reality mingle, Simon and Anne experience the difference between the true and the false in a way that they will never be able to forget - even in the 1970s." Pp. 191. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w (by William Blake). VG/G+.

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Book number: 24218

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READ, MISS.

The Howards of Caxley. Drawings by Harry Grimley.

London: Country Book Club, 1968. 1st Country Book Club ed. Novel. Pp. 224, 2 line drawings. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w edge tears to spine. VG/G.

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Book number: 18097

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REES, JENNIFER.

The Broken Stone.

Basingstoke: Pickering & Inglis, 1985. 0720823528. Rep. "The Broken Stone.. a gripping real-life novel about the powers of evil in a 15 year old girl's life, and the rescuing love of God." Pp.156/1(ads). Pbk. VG.

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Book number: 30139

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RENAULD, RON.

Table For Five. (Based on the Screenplay by David Seltzer).

New York: Pinnacle Books. 1983. 1st ed. "A playboy golf pro, a wandering husband, and an absentee father, until his wife divorced him..tragedy occurs during a holiday with his children, and he discovers the real meaning of the word father". Pp 212. Page edges slightly toned. P/b. Spine & cover creased. Illustrated cover. G.

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Book number: 17011

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RENAULT, MARY.

The Mask of Apollo.

London:Longmans,1966. 1st ed. "Set in the fourth century B.C, the book follows chronologically on her first classical novel, The Last of the Wine. The story is seen through the eyes of her hero-narrator, Nikeratos, a gifted tragic actor." Pp.378, slight stain to edges of first 25 pages. Cream cloth, illustrated d/w edges rubbed with chips to top and bottom of spine. G+/G+.

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Book number: 6441

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RENNICK, JENNIFER.

Country Affairs. (Signed).

London: Headline, 1995. 0747212287. 1st edition. "An irresistibly lively, hearbreakingly poignant novel of country life." Pp.314, signed by the author to title page, pages slightly toned. Green cloth, dustwrapper has minor edge wear. VG/VG.

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Book number: 38931

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RICHARDS, ELIZABETH.

Rescue. A Novel.

New York: Pocket Books, 1999. 0671023977. 1st ed. By the author of 'Every Day'. "Rescue is the engrossing story of a childless woman in a crumbling marriage whose effort to save a troubled stepson risks destroying them both." (Shelby Hearon). Pp.276. Brown cloth spine over tan boards, d/w slightly rubbed. VG/VG.

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Book number: 30574

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RIVIERE, WILLIAM.

Borneo Fire.

London: Sceptre, 1995. 0340618531. Rep. "This is the heartrending tale of a man tortured by the past, and of the intense love between his son and adopted daughter which offers redemption. It is the dramatic story of a fight to halt a vast forest fire, which the authorities fail to confront.." Pp.294. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 30688

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