CLARKE, MARCUS.

For the Term of his Natural Life. (Australian Classics series).

London: Angus & Robertson, 1979. 0207140731. Unabridged edition with introduction by Hilary Lofting and 45 full-page illustrations. "The grim and tragic story of life in an Australian penal colony..Clarke had studied the records of "the System" and nothing he describes was too cruel or brutal to have happened under it. One convict is mercilessly flogged to death; another is racked on the torture stretcher; others are driven insane and to cannibalism." Pp.xviii/657, portrait frontispiece + 45 full-page illustrations by Hilary Lofting, owner's name to front free endpaper. Maroon cloth, dustwrapper has sunning to spine but is in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/Good.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 45769

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Marcus Clarke for the Term of His Natural Life Australian Convicts Penal Colony Transportation Historical Fiction Unabridged Sarah Purfoy Rufus Dawes Frere Dora 47320 Fiction

CLARKE, ARTHUR C.

The Ghost from the Grand Banks.

New York: Bantam Books, 1990. 1st ed. Science fiction. "A novel of the race to raise the Titanic." Pp. 10/274, occasional b/w illustrations. Pink cloth with black spine, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 20975

Catalogue: Fiction: : Science Fiction

Keywords: Clarke Ghost from Grand Banks Science Fiction Titanic A16554 Fiction: : Science Fiction

CLEEVE, BRIAN.

The Dark Side of the Sun.

London: Cassell & Co. Ltd, 1973. 1st ed. Novel. "Richly drawn and living characters people a vast landscape that spans our century from Russia in 1905 to London and France and Ireland today .." Pp. 284, signed by author to fep. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/G+.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 29136

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Keywords: Cleeve Dark Side Sun Novel Signed 26811 Fiction: : General

CLIFFORD, MARTIN.

The Scapegrace of St Jims.

London: Spring Books,1951. 0. More adventures of Tom Merry & Co. "A very undesirable character threatens to bring disgrace to one of the members of St Jim's, and a vital cricket match hangs in the balance." Pp.188, pages darkened. Blue cloth, illustrated dustwrapper (a schoolboy sliding wildly down a bannister - monocle flying!) has some edge wear, but has a removable clear protective wrap. G/G+.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 34583

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Martin Clifford Scapegrace St Jims Tom Merry Boys School Fiction 34796 Childrens Fiction

CLIFFORD, FRANCIS.

Ten Minutes on a June Morning and other stories.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1977. 0340217421. 1st ed. Collection of twenty of Francis Clifford's short stories. The title story, 'Ten Minutes on a June Morning', was originally written in 1963, and won the Crime Writers Association Short Story Award. Pp.188. Brown cloth, d/w has edge wear. VG/G+.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 29971

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Keywords: Clifford Ten Minutes June Morning Short Stories 27927 Fiction: : General

CODE, MARY L.

Wandering May; or "Come Unto Me".

Kilmarnock: John Ritchie, nd. (c.1915). By the author of "Willie the Orphan", "Clarie's Little Charge", "Lonely Lily", etc. Pp.142/xii(publisher's catalogues), engraved frontispiece + 5 further full page illustrations, owner's details in pencil to front and rear endpapers, "Y.M.C.A. War Emergency Fund" and "In Aid of the Jack Cornell Ward at the Star & Garter Home" stamps to inside front board. Blue illustrated cloth, slightly rubbed with wear to top and tail of spine. G+.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 49550

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Mary Code Wandering May Come Unto Me Christian Children Fiction 50809 Childrens Fiction

COELHO, PAULO.

By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept.

London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. 0722535201. Translated by Alan R.Clarke. "What happens when shyness prevents an adolescent love affair from developing? And what happens when, 11 years later, destiny brings the lovers together again?" Pp.x/210. Paperback. VG.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 37864

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Keywords: Paulo Coelho by River Piedra Sat Down Wept Fiction Novel 38704 Fiction: : General

COLETTE.

Claudine and Annie.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963. "Annie is contentedly married to pompous, thoughtless, domineering Alain. But when Alain goes of on a trip, a sequence of personalities and events shows up her marriage for what it is - a loveless sham." Pp, 158, page edges toned. P/b, illustrated cover. G.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 9394

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Keywords: Colette Fiction Claudine Annie Marriage Novel A1568 Fiction: : General

COLLENETTE, ERIC J.

Ninety Feet to the Sun. A Sea Novel of World War II.

London: William Kimber, 1984. 071830506X. 1st ed. A fast-moving adventure of the war at sea. Pp. 192, inscribed by author to half-title, signed. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has chipping and small loss to top edges. VG/G+.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 19657

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Keywords: Collenette Ninety Feet to Sun Sea Novel World War II Signed A15145 Fiction: : General

COLLINGS, DOROTHY K.

Folk Tales of the Channel Islands. (Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum).

London: George G.Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1953. 1st edition. Folk tales adapted for children. "The old Celtic and Norman tales incline towards the macabre, and the author has very wisely made them less harsh and the endings less crude than in some of the original folk-lore..The word 'pouquelaye' is derived from the Celtic and corresponds to the English 'Puck' and the Irish 'Pixie'. Here in Sark we called them "the wise ones", and they came from the cromlechs and caves which we knew as 'Creux es Fees'." (Foreword by Sibyl Hathaway, the Dame of Sark). Pp.192, many illustrations by Peggy Fortnum, gift message to front free endpaper, small bookseller's label (Whitcombe & Tombs, Perth) to inside front board. Yellow cloth, dustwrapper rubbed with edge tears and chipped losses. G+/Good.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 50240

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Dorothy Collings Folk Tales Channel Islands Illustrated Peggy Fortnum Pouquelayes Nerine Guernsey Lily Fairies Jersey Mystery la Biche Felice Felicite Spinning Wheel Folklore Children 51768 Childrens Fiction

COLLINGWOOD, HARRY.

Under the Chilian Flag.

London: Blackie & Son, nd. A Tale of War between Chili and Peru. The Peak Library series. Pp.280, b/w frontis, slight toning to endpapers. Red cloth, colour to spine faded, edges slightly rubbed. G+.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 32504

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Keywords: Collingwood Under Chilian Flag War Chili Peru Peak Library Adventure Fiction 32350 Fiction: : General

COLLIS, LOUISE.

The Angel's Name.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1950. 1st edition. The author's fourth novel. "Contains a group of people who try to find the satisfactory life, each according to his, or her, needs. Some, Hugh and Bernard , for instance, lack the energy to do what they might have done, had they made the best of themselves, but, acknowledging their weaknesses, arrive at a modus vivendi. Others, particularly Hilary, press on as far as they can. Whether, in the end, Hilary has obtained something worth having, is left to the reader of this strangely lucid novel to decide." Pp.211, staining to top margin of page edges (not affecting text). Orange cloth, dustwrapper rubbed with 5cm tear to top front edge and other edge tears and chips. Good/Good.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 50579

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Louise Collis Angel's Name Novel Fiction 52053 Fiction

COLLISON-MORLEY, KATHLEEN.

Ciivl War at the Rectory.

London: J.M.Dent & Sons Limited, 1980. 0460069802. 1st edition. "A true story of divided loyalties during the Civil War. When the Rector of Penfold rides off to join the King's army, Mary and her two small sisters are left alone in a village full of Roundhead sympathisers. Nearly starving, they are helped by Charles Rayford, an old friend and admirer of Mary's - and a Roundhead. The tragic outcome of the battle of the Rectory was to be the turning point in Mary's life." Pp.128. Illustrated laminated boards, small bumps to top and tail of spine. VG.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 48535

Catalogue: Fiction: : Historical

Keywords: Kathleen Collison Morley English CIVIL War Rectory Rector Penfold Charles Rayford Roundheads Historical Fiction 49968 Fiction: : Historical

COMMAGER, HENRY STEELE. (EDITOR).

The St Nicholas Anthology. With an introduction by May Lamberton Becker.

New York: Random House,1948. 1st ed. Anthology of children's stories and poems by such authors as: Pyle, Candler Harris, Theodore Roosevelt, Tennyson, Longfellow, Kipling, Harte, Ingalls Wilder, London, Hodgson Burnett, Mapes Dodge. + a selection of stories/poems written by children aged 8-17(for the St Nicholas League) + puzzles. Occasional b/w illustrations throughout by Berger, Pyle, Kemble,Remington,Relyea,Kirby, Ward,Palmer, Klepper,Bensale, Cox, Price, Varian, Taber, Hill, Coleman,Edwards,Newell, Beard, Gallagher, Potthast, Maturo, Schmidt, Branson, Birch,Bookhout, Horsfall, and Comstock, including 7 b/w prints of Arthur Rackham paintings. Pp.22/542. Red cloth, green and gilt illustrated title to front and spine,slightly rubbed, spine slightly sunned. G+.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 3581

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Commager St Nicholas Anthology Poetry Poems Stories Children Juvenile Fiction Becker Rackham Illustrated Christmas 02641 Childrens Fiction

CONAN DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR.

The Lost World.

London: Pan Books Ltd, 1950. 2nd printing of this Pan edition. "The story of four men's expedition to a remote plateau in South America, cut off from the surrounding country by unscaleable perpindicular cliffs..Strange creatures long extinct in the outside world have survived from prehistoric times.." Pp.224, pages tanned. Paperback, has small chipped loss to base of spine. G.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 47814

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Conan Doyle Lost World Novel Fiction Adventure Challenger Summerlee Roxton Malone South America Prehistoric Creatures Dinosaurs Ape-Men 49295 Fiction