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New York, U.S.A.: Vantaghe Press, 1980. First edition. Hardback. Very Good.. Hardback. Very Good.. Very Rare SIGNED copy of this first hardback with wrapper. In this novel of intrigue and suspense , murder, and betrayal, Jane Graham paints a vivid portrait of life in present day Botswana (1970's - 1980). Very Good+ Book (fine internally , boards Very Good , .Wrapper Good+ - Slight edge wear. Signed on the title page by the author. 95 pages. The author was born in England and is an artist, but has most of her life in Africa. Z3

Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First UK Edition. First Printing. The Book is very good, It is unmarked, with clean pages free of inscriptions or marks (except bookplate) and has been signed by the author ny means of a bookplate attached to the title page. IDesperate for help to find her adopted son, Jeremiah, Linden Avery has resurrected Thomas Covenant in a cataclysmic exertion of Earthpower and wild magic. But the consequences of her efforts are more terrible than she could have imagined. Sorcery on that scale has awakened the Worm of the World's End: the ultimate end of all Time, and therefore of all life, has been set in motion. And on a more personal level, the results are no less extreme. The stress of reincarnation so many centuries after his death has fractured Covenant's mind. He cannot tell Linden where to find her son. And his leprosy has renewed its grip on him, inexorably killing his nerves.The Ranyhyn had tried to warn her.Now, plunged to depths of desperation… Read More

288 pages: hardback. Very Good . Internally . tanned but firm, inscription and date on fep. Good+ Binding and boards. Rare CopyPlease See Photos for ConditionB8

2005. First edition. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Inscribed "Best Wishes and Signed by the Author. SCARCE SIGNED FIRST. C3

Very Good Book with VG+ Wrapper. Signed without dedication by AUTHOR.Aquamarine coloured boards with gilt titles to spine. Betrayal takes many forms in this psychological mystery replete with murder, adultery, and scandal from the author. 372pp. Pages lightly tanned.Please See Photos for ConditionD4

ery Good Book with VG+ Wrapper. Signed without dedication by AUTHOR.Aquamarine coloured boards with gilt titles to spine. Betrayal takes many forms in this psychological mystery replete with murder, adultery, and scandal from the author. 373pp. Pages lightly tanned.Please See Photos for ConditionC2

Fine Copy: . Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Fairyloot Edition, signed by the author on the decorative front endpaper. Limited Edition. 329pp. SIGNED.
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365 pages Inscribed on first blank front page. Very scarce real first edition of this long novel by the famous American-born actress, suffragette and novelist, also known as C.E. Raimond. Publisher's first issue grey-green cloth lettered in silver and black and with motif of two silver coins to front cover. 365pp text + 2pp integral ads for other works by Robins. Frontis. + 3 other illustrations. See Photos Dated 1908 hardback. Near Very Good InternallyGood Binding and boardsSee PhotosB5

2003. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Used Hardcover First Edition Signed 367 pages. Inscribed with best wishes Marcia Willett. Hardcover with Wrapper S4

2003. First edition. Hardback. Fine / Fine. FINE BOOK and Wrapper. an Unread Copy. First, Signed by author. The Clerkenwell Tales is a truly extraordinary feat of historical imagination: a slim novel, straining at the seams with a sort of macabre relish, in which disgust and enthusiasm jostle. The Sunday Telegraph A gripping thriller which also happens to be wonderfully full of engaging historical detail and conversation-enhancing words like hopharlot. Literary Review [The Clerkenwell Tales] is a pacy novel brimming with Ackroyds imaginative use of scholarship. This is more than a reworking of earlier material, be it Chaucers or his own. Ackroyd is clearly out to impress, and its worked. The Daily Telegraph Historical fiction of the utmost potency. The Daily Mail Ackroyds colour is so curious, so rich and so variegated that there is something in almost every sentence to sharpen ones sense of late 14th-century London as squirmingly aliveand extremely pungent . . . a cunning little intrigue. The… Read More

2008. Paperback. Fine. Paperback. Fine. Paperback Near Mint, unread. Signed by author and dated 19th July 2008. crime thriller. Historical novel. 1840's Nottingham. S2

Very Good Book and wrapper.Inscribed and signed bu the author" For Lilian with love on the first meeting in the flesh -Laura Conway. 77"159 pages , no other inscriptions, jacket, cleanB7Please See Photos for ConditionB7

2000. Paperback. Very Good. Jeffery Deaver. Signed.. Unread. Very good unread condition. One Crease on bottom corner of cover. Paperback . A bright clean copy of this fiendish suspense thriller and signed to title page by this popular modern writer Signed by Author. Z6

1963. Hardback. Very Good: Wrapper Good .. Signed by on fep. First Reprint in 1963 (in publication Year.) Rare signed book. (188pp.). Illust. by E. Standon. Hardback. Dora King , a rather prim English schoolteacher arrives in Jindi, a tiny seaside settlement on the eastern coast of Australia. Hilarious. Y1

1987. First edition. Hardback. Very Good / Very Good. Inscribed " with best wishes" and Signed "David Fraser". Black cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Internally the pages are in a great condition, except some dusty marks on the edges of the pages. Price un clipped. See photographs. Every medal has its reverse.The German Nazi movement of the 1920s and 30s attracted many a high-minded young patriot, as well as misfits and sadists.Wieland Breitfall, dedicated and idealistic, was one such rising star.In England, Theo Tate, brilliant and ambitious, worked zealously for a different cause - as an undercover communist.Extremists like these - at either end of the political spectrum - are often portrayed as monsters.Yet they were sometimes people of great charm and character, and in that strange unsettled era they sometimes met.This is the story of two who did. Z4

2016. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine / First Edition Signed & Inscribed With Wrapper. "For the Good People of Budleigh S. Festival, Kind Regards, Signed" See Photo Fine Condition Kabul, Afghanistan. William Carver, a veteran but unpredictable BBC hack, is thrown into the unknown when a bomb goes off killing a local official. Warned off the story from every direction, Carver won't give in until he finds the truth. Patrick, a young producer, is sent out on his first foreign assignment to control the wayward Carver, but as the story unravels it looks like the real story lies between the shadowy corridors of the BBC, the perilous streets of Kabul and the dark chambers of Whitehall. Set in a shadowy le-Carré-esque world, A Dying Breed is a gripping novel about journalism in a time of war, about the struggle to tell the stories that need to be told - even if it is much easier not to. S4

By Peter HaningtonPublished by Two Roads, 2016Fine / Hardcover / First Edition Signed Signed & Inscribed 1st hb . With Wrapper. "17.9.16,Signature Thanks For Your support" See Photo. Fine Condition.C1Fine Condition

Kabul, Afghanistan.William Carver, a veteran but unpredictable BBC hack, is thrown into the unknown when a bomb goes off killing a local official. Warned off the story from every direction, Carver won't give in until he finds the truth.Patrick, a young producer, is sent out on his first foreign assignment to control the wayward Carver, but as the story unravels it looks like the real story lies between the shadowy corridors of the BBC, the perilous streets of Kabul and the dark chambers of Whitehall.Set in a shadowy le-Carré-esque world, A Dying Breed is a gripping novel about journalism in a time of war,about the struggle to tell the stories that need to be told - even if it is much easier not to.C1

1906 First Edition. RARE COPY. Very Good Conditionby Hugh Tempest Sheringham, Nevill MeakinHardback, bluecloth with stamped dessign and gold coloured lettering. Good Condition, Firm Binding. ight tanning, no inscriptions. 366 pages, slightly musty. very scarce.conditionPlease See Photos for ConditionB4

2013. . Hardcover. Very Good+/very good+. Blue cloth silver lettering dust jacket 273 pp first edition, first printing: Signed by the author on the title page. Minimal edge wear to wrapper - not price clipped. Near Fine hardback. Clean. 1958: Unassuming civil servant Thomas Foley is plucked from his desk at the Central Office of Information and sent on a six-month trip to Brussels. His task: to keep an eye on The Brittania, a brand new pub which will form the heart of the British presence at Expo 58 - the biggest World's Fair of the century. . S2

2006. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. First Printing / First Edition / Signed Copy. Very Good Book and wrapper. Not Price clipped. Signed with name only to the title page, the fourth Emperor novel. The strife between Pompey, Rome and the young general had come to a head, Julius Caesar had crossed the Rubicon and was marching towards Rome. But to fight against your own people would never be easy. So even when Caesar with Brutus, Mark Antony and Octavian rode triumphantly into Rome, his path to success would be challenging. His powerful speeches to the Senate made him sure of his role, sure that power should be his alone. But that power was not repeated in Spain, Africa, Greece and Asia Minor where there were still legions loyal to Pompey and the Roman state. Would the friends who had fought at his side for so long continue to do so? How could Caesar succeed against such odds?. Signed Without Inscription. S2