FERRARS, ELIZABETH.

Don't Monkey with Murder.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1951. 1st Penguin edition. The first shock Toby Dyke and his 'Watson', George, received on thier arrival was the discovery that Irma was a chimpanzee. The next shock was to find that this time Irma had not been kidnapped, but killed.. Pp.192, pages toned, owner's name to half-title page. Paperback, spotting mainly to rear, spine darkened. G+.

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Book number: 49944

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Keywords: Elizabeth Ferrars Don't Monkey with Murder Mystery Crime Fiction Toby Dyke Irma Chimpanzee Paul Virag 51454 Fiction: : Crime

FILBY, RAY.

The Sun and the Moon of Alexandria.

Sussex: The Book Guild Ltd, 1993. 1st ed. Fiction. "The book sheds light on the history of the spread of Christianity throughout the Mediterranean through the story of four young people living in Alexandria in the first century AD." Pp. 454, + 5 maps and 8 plans, promotional ephemera loosely enclosed. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has small mark to top of spine. VG/G+.

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Book number: 15844

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FINKEL, IRVING.

Alfred and the Pirates. (Illustrated by Emily Donegan).

London: Parrot Books, 2006. 1904982107. 1st edition. "Alfred Appletree is fourteen years old. While writing a history project for school about what seagoing pirates were really like he begins to experience overpowering dreams about the horrors of life on a pirate ship. Before he knows it, the pirates take over his own life. Could the help of a history professor and his friend Josephine Jellicoe be enough for him to escape their terrifying clutches..?" Pp.144, occasional line drawing illustrations by Emily Donegan throughout with illustrated endpapers. Illustrated laminated boards. VG.

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Book number: 43509

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FIRBANK, RONALD.

Prancing Nigger.

London: Duckworth, 1931. Originally published in England under the title "Sorrow in Sunlight", it was published in America under the title "Prancing Nigger" which was subsequently used as the title for this first New Readers Library edition. It is set in a Caribbean republic (compounded of Cuba and Haiti). A socially ambitious black family move from their rural home to the capital, and the story is concerned with their attempts, which prove mainly abortive, to 'get into society'. Pp.126/15(publisher's catalogue), pencil ownership details to front free endpaper, toning to endpapers, spotting to closed page edges occasionally encroachng onto margins. Blue cloth, orange dustwrapper a little dusty. Scarce in this edition. G+/G+.

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Book number: 45858

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Keywords: Ronald Firbank Prancing Nigger Sorrow in Sunlight Caribbean Novel Fiction Social Climbing Black Family 47410 Fiction

FISHER, DAVID.

Compartments.

London; W.H. Allen, 1972. 0491006020. 1st ed. A novel by the author of Crisis. "A novel of relationships and affections.. an essentially adult novel, not merely in its sophisticated attitude to moral freedom, but in the way it unaffectedly accepts the way real people think and behave in the real world." Pp. 208. Maroon cloth, d/w designed by Ken Reilly Ltd, price clipped. VG/VG.

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Book number: 30073

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Keywords: Fisher Romance Affection Relationships 28224 Fiction: : General

FISHER, STEVE.

I Wake Up Screaming.

London:Robert Hale,1943. 1st British ed. The classic film noir, based on this book, was made in 1941 starring Victor Mature, Betty Grable and Carol Landis. Pp.216,slight toning to pages. Black cloth, red title and silver gun to spine, edges slightly rubbed. Scarce. VG.

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Book number: 20965

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FORD, NORMAN R.

The Black The Grey and The Gold.

London: Souvenir, 1962. 0. 1st British edition. A novel about a scandal at a military academy. "Here is the fictional behind-the-scenes world of West Point, from the cadets' quarters to the officers' homes." Pp.450, light toning to endpapers. Brown cloth, dustwrapper has toning to edge folds and has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

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Book number: 35836

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FORD, ELIZABETH.

The Green Beetle.

London: Hurst & Blackett, 1972. 1st ed. Fiction. Pp. 184, toning to pages. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. G+/G+.

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Book number: 17314

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FORD, SALLIE ROCHESTER, (1828-1910) .

Mary Bunyan, The Dreamer's Blind Daughter. A Tale. By Sallie Rochester Ford.

London: Ward, Lock, & Co, Warwick House, Dorset Buildings, Salisbury Square, [no date - c. 1878] . 0. A very good Victorian binding. 8vo. 7.0" x 5.0" x 1.5". [6pp.]/pp.300/18pp. - Adverts . Brown cloth with blind-stamp decoration. Bright gilt titles to both front board and spine. Light rubbing to board edges and corners bumped. All page edges bright gilt. Yello endpapers. Inner hinges carefully strengthened. Half-title, followed by engraved frontis, facing and engraved title-page, followed by a printed title-page. Illustrated with a further 6 full-page engravings by W. L. Thomas. Clean English text througohut. Adverts at rear include a green paper insert advertising: "J. C. Lever, Fancy Bazaar, Market Place, Biggleswade..Christmas Season 1879." Hence the estimated date of publication. A very good copy of this scarce book. ** "Sallie Rochester Ford was born in 1828 in at Rochester Springs, Mercer Company, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Colonel James Henry and Demoretta (Pitts) Rochester. Sallie Rochester married Baptist preacher Samuel H. Ford in March 1855.. In 1860 she published "Mary Bunyan: The Blind Dreamer's Daughter", a fictionalized account of the persecution of John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress. The bulk of the novel dealt with three women surrounding Bunyan and focused on their strength of resolve. Especially moving in this respect was Ford's depiction of the execution of Elizabeth Gaunt, whose death in 1685 allowed Ford to capture the utmost sacrifice a woman could make in service of her faith.." - The Free Library .

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Book number: 43211

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Keywords: Mary Bunyan the Dreamer's Blind Daughter a Tale by Sallie Rochester Ford Ward Lock & Co Historical Fiction Biography 45557 Fiction: : Historical

FORESTER, C.S.

Mr Midshipman Hornblower.

London: Michael Joseph, 1958. Horatio Hornblower commences his career in the Royal Navy as an inexperienced midshipman in January 1794. Through a series of challenges and adventures both in and out of combat, Hornblower discovers he is actually talented in both seamanship and leadership. People initially thought Hornblower a dullard but later grew to respect him. Although it may be considered as the first episode in the Hornblower saga, it was written as a prequel; the first Hornblower novel, The Happy Return. Pp.253, toning to pages.Red cloth, dustwrapper (design by Donald Green) has edgewear and 1cm tear to top of spine at front. G+/G+.

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Book number: 49257

Catalogue: Fiction: : Naval

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FORESTER, C.S.

The Sky and the Forest.

London: Michael Joseph,1948. 1st ed. Pp.219,slight toning to endpapers. Red cloth, d/w rubbed and chipped. VG/G.

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Book number: 2055

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Keywords: Forester Sky Forest Fiction Novel 1st 13018 Fiction: : General

FORSTER, WILLIAM J.

Charlie's Year at the Farm.

London:Charles H. Kelly, 1896. 0. A year in the life of a sickly Victorian schoolboy sent to his uncle's farm in the countryside for his health. Pp.64, occasional engraved illustrations throughout. Red cloth with white, yellow and orange flowers to front, boards a little rubbed. G+.

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Book number: 38340

Catalogue: Fiction: : Victorian

Keywords: William Forster Charlies Year Farm Spring Summer Autumn Winter Fiction Diary Countryside Life Farming Illustrated 39268 Fiction: : Victorian

FORSTER, E. M.

Collected Short Stories.

Harmondsworth: Penguin/Pelican, 1975. "All the stories in this book were written before the First World War. Many of the stories express an instinctive beleif in the force of Nature." Pp, 221, page edges slightly toned. P/b, illustrated cover. G.

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Book number: 7591

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FOSS, MICHAEL.

Looking for the Last Big Tree.

London: Michael O'Mara, 1986. 0948397152. 1st ed. "Looking For The Next Big Tree is a novel about man's search for new frontiers, about regaining a lost paradise. The setting is the north-west coast of Canada, the time-scale two centuries, the protagonists the local Indians, Spanish and British explorers of the 18th Century and a young Englishman of the 1950's." Pp.242. Brown cloth, d/w. VG/VG.

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Book number: 32795

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FOSTER, ALAN DEAN.

Alien.

London: Futura, 1979. 0708816185. A novelization of the film, based on a story by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett. Pp.253, slight toning to pages. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 50855

Catalogue: Fiction: : Science Fiction

Keywords: Alan Dean Foster Alien Science Fiction Film Ridley Scott 52296 Fiction: : Science Fiction