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The Angels Weep

by Wilbur Smith

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
3rd Printing
Published
1983
Binding
Paperback
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London: Pan. William Heinemann., 1983 Lovely clean copy. Pages age tanned. No inscriptions.526pp.. 3rd Printing. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback.
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Asterix and the Roman Agent

by Goscinny and Uderzo. Translated Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge.

Condition
Used - Very Good
Published
1976
Binding
Paperback
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London: Knight, 1976 Very light wear to covers. 48 pages, colour comic strip format. Clean,bright tight copy. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good. Illus. by Uderzo. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Oblong.. Paperback.
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Asterix and the Banquet

by Goscinny and Uderzo. Translated Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge.

Condition
Used - Good
Edition
First in This Edition
Published
1981
Binding
Paperback
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London: Knight, 1981 Light wear to covers.48pp.Colour comic strip format.Clean,tight copy. Image attached is of the actual book for sale.. First in This Edition. Pictorial Card Covers. Good. Illus. by Uderzo. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paperback.
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Asterix in Spain

by Goscinny and Uderzo. Translated Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge.

Condition
Used - Very Good
Published
1973
Binding
Paperback
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London: Knight, 1973 Lightest wear to covers.48pp.lightly tanned.Colour comic strip format.Clean,tight lovely copy. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good. Illus. by Uderzo. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paperback.
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The Mansion of the Gods. An Asterix Adventure

by Goscinny and Uderzo. Translated Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge.

Condition
Used - Very Good
Published
1977
Binding
Paperback
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London: Knight, 1977 Very light wear to covers. 47 pages, comic strip format in colour. Clean,bright tight copy.Image is of actual book for sale.. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good. Illus. by Uderzo. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Oblong.. Paperback.
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Rogue's Lute

by Philip Rush

Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
First
Published
1944
Binding
Hardcover
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London: Andrew Dakers Limited, 1944 Some fading to front and rear boards.246pp. Signature of titled owner, plus Norfolk location, on first endpaper.246pp.. First. Black Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover.
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The Shadow of the Pomegranate

by Plaidy, Jean

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
Reprint.
Published
1975
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780709100225
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London: Robert Hale Ltd, 1975 Dustjacket has light wear, priceclipped. Number "732748"written on inside rear board. Light foxing at top and side edges.Clean, bright tight copy.221p. plus bibliography at rear of text. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Maroon Boards, Gilt Titles. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Philip Gough Cover. Hard Cover.
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The Plantagenet Prelude

by Jean Plaidy

Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Published
1976
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780709151012
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Robert Hale Ltd, 1976 Jacket has some edgwear and is not priceclipped.Library markings on first endpaper and one stampon title page. Still a tight, clean,bright copy.No inscriptions.333 pp plus Plaidy bibliography at rear of text. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Maroon Boards. Good/Good. Illus. by Philip Gough Cover. Val Biro Illustrations in Text. Hard Cover Ex Library..… Read more about this item
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Madonna of the Seven Hills

by Jean Plaidy

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
Reprint.
Published
1972
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780709108214
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Robert Hale Ltd, 1972 Jacket 1.5" loss at tail of spine, and is priceclipped,light foxing to flapsand which transposed to endpapers at that point. Brown mark on front flap where price ticket was once removed. Still a tight, clean,bright copy.No inscriptions.286pp + 2pp. of Plaidy novels publisher information. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Maroon Boards. Very… Read more about this item
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Evergreen Gallant

by Jean Plaidy

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
Reprint.
Published
1975
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780709123347
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Robert Hale Ltd, 1975 Jacket has light edgewear and repair at tail of spine, and is priceclipped.Flaps discoloration transposed to endpapers at that point. Pale mark on front flap where price ticket was once. Light foxing on edges, but still a tight, clean,bright copy. No inscriptions.384 pp Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Maroon Boards. Very Good/Good.… Read more about this item
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Lilith

by Jean Plaidy

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
Reprint.
Published
1972
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780709102083
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Robert Hale Ltd, 1972 Light wear to dustjacket, not priceclipped.Tiny pen mark deleting number on top of first endpaper.Clean tight copy.317pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Red Board. Very Good/Good. Hard Cover.
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Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

by Allan Gurganus

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Paperback Thus.
Published
1990
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780571144716
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London: Faber & Faber, 1990 Spine lightly sunned, faint reasing. Pages have light toning.718 pp. Tight, clean copy, no inscriptions. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First Paperback Thus.. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good. Paperback.
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Cruel As the Grave

by Sharon Penman

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First Edition, Second Printing.
Published
1998
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780718143077
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Michael Joseph, 1998 Tiny rub to bottom corner, front dustjacket. Jacket not priceclipped.Pages light age toned. No line 2-10. No inscriptions. 243pp.Bright, tight, clean copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First Edition, Second Printing.. Black boards, Gilt Type. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hard Cover.
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Viking's Dawn (Puffin Books)

by Henry Treece

Condition
Used - Good
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780140303209
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London: Puffin Penguin 1 Tight copy, with pages age toned. No inscriptions. Some faint foxing to inside card covers, and endpaper, also at top edge. 176pp including "About this book" 3pp by author re historical context of life, times and events in the story. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Pictorial Card Covers. Good. Illus. by Victor Ambrus… Read more about this item
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Dr. Blair ; or Irish Protestants Under Home Rule

by Rev P. P. O'Sullivan

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No D/jacket
Edition
First.
Published
1912
Binding
Hardcover
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Belfast, Northern Ireland: R. Carswell & Sons Ltd, 1912 Boards have spotting across front board, some marking also on rear board. Offset tanning to front and rear endpapers.Owner name inscription in tiny neat letters on title page.Loose leaf insert book mark of page from Psalms from a Bible. 204pp. Clean and tight text, tight binding. Gilt shamrock motif under gilt… Read more about this item
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Hungry Hill

by Daphne Du Maurier

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
ninth Impression.
Published
1958
Binding
Hardcover
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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1958 Gollancz Yellow Jacket; jacket not priceclipped.A beautiful bright,very tight, bright, clean jacket, light wear at spine ends. was kept under clear loose cover. VG++. Book Near Fine. Tiny offset mark on endpapers from where clear cover has been wrapped on flaps.Very narrow darkening line on rear flap at top. Faintest wrinkle on rear cover,see other… Read more about this item
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The Reckoning

by Sharon Penman

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Thus.
Published
1992
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780140113259
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London: Penguin, 1992 Light edgewear to cover.Age toning to page borders and endpapers.Owner neat name on first endpaper and inside rear cover. 581pp.Wonderful vivid noveI. Afterword, Author's Notes,List of dramatis Personae,in text at front. Tight, clean copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First Thus.. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good. Illus. by Bryan Leister. Paperback.
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Falls the Shadow

by Sharon Penman

Condition
Used - Good
Edition
First Ballantine.
Published
1989
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780345360335
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New York: Ballantine, 1989 Covers edgeworn and creased.Curl to front cover, and a little bit on rear cover. Pages toned, light rippling and curled back a bit on first pages and endpapers.No inscriptions. 909pp.Wonderful vivid noveI. 2 page family tree.2 page map, in text at front. Still a tight copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First Ballantine.. Pictorial… Read more about this item
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A Ship of the Line. Hornblower Novel.Mermaid Edition

by C. S. Forester

Condition
Used - Very Good
Published
1955
Binding
Hardcover
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London: Michael Joseph, 1955 189pp.Publisher's 4s 6d price on rear pastedown. 4/6 in pencil on top corner, first endpaper, also date 5 August 1995, presumably first booksellers pricing. Clean, bright and tight. Creases at bottom corners of covers, (see images), light rubbbing to spine ends. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Flexiback/. Very Good. Hardcover.
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The Sunne in Splendour

by Sharon Kay Penman

Condition
Used - Good
Edition
Reprint.
Published
1984
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780140067644
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London: Penguin, 1984 Covers edgeworn and creased. Age toning to page borders and endpapers.No inscriptions. 886pp.Wonderful vivid novel of Wars of the Roses and Richard III. 2 page family tree. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Reprint.. Pictorial Card Covers. Good. Illus. by Gino d'Achille. Paperback.
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