Fiction from Naval Marine Archive

Andre Deutsch, 1985, 2nd imp. 259 p. good: former owner sticker, one page some dampness /good: some aging of dj coating. The story is adapted by the author of his time in Japan. He studied in Japan and learned the language. He taught English to the children and lived with locals. He explored Japan's sizzling world of bars, brothels and… Read more about this item

McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 2019, 377 p. very good/very good. Novel begins with a young boy found dead in a garbage bin and Inspector Banks investigates. A powerful mystery.

Philip Latham, who runs a Mission in the remote South of Morocco, had advertised for a doctor and had one reply, from Kavan, who had written to say he is qualified but with little experience, he just needs to get away and start a new life. Kavan will, rather unconventionally, be travelling to Morocco in a yacht owned… Read more about this item

A powerful tale about wealthy nineteenth century Scottish Highlanders, and their family regiment. War, secrets and betrayal cast a shadow over the Maclarens from the battlefield to the drawing-room. The Dial Press/ James Wade, 1978, 24 cm, First Printing, First Edition, 307 p., hardcover. The book is in a very good condition with some light foxing around the… Read more about this item

On Wings of Eagles is the nonfiction story of Green beret colonel, a decorated solider of World War II and Vietnam, who came out of retirement to lead a secret raid against staggeringly perilous odds ... a group of computer executives who were hastily shaped into a crack commando team ... a Texas industrialist who would not abandon two men… Read more about this item

Sean Courtney, who made and lost £5 million on the goldfields of the Witwatersrand and fought his way through the bloody battlefields of the Anglo-Boer War, now makes his final appearance as soldier, statesman and power in the land. Heinemann, London, hardcover, first edition, 539 p., 22 cm, 1977.… Read more about this item

The hijacking of a jumbo jet off the Seychelles galvanises anti-terrorist chief Peter Stride into the action for which he has spent a lifetime training. But even in the hail of bullets which follows, he knows this is the beginning of a nightmare. Heinemann, 1979, 22.5 cm, 370 p., 6 p. of advertisement, First edition, Hardcover.… Read more about this item

Award-winning writer Jon Cleary's new novel featuring the popular detective Scobie Malone, in which he reveals a corrupt and ruthless conspiracy surrounding the Olympics. As Sydney prepares for its grand role as host of the next Olympic Games, Scobie Malone is confronted with solving a scam that does nothing for the city's image. Lurking beneath a… Read more about this item

The body of Japanese industrialist Kenji Sagawa was found in one of his own firm's threshing machines at the cotton gin that has brought prosperity, but also tension, to the little country town of Collamundra. In Pride's Harvest Jon Cleary tells an exciting story, full of intrigue and suspense, while applying his characteristic dry humor and laconic powers of observation… Read more about this item

Murder song is a compelling cat-and-mouse game of killer and victim. Using Scobie Malone, a decent cop in a dirty world, as a lens through which to examine the corruption in Australian society, Jon Cleary has written another first-class novel full of excitement and suspense. This first edition book is in a near fine condition, only marred by a price… Read more about this item

Collins, 1980, First Edition, first printing, 314 p. very good (minor skewing, else fine), price clipped dust jacket otherwise in very good condition with minor tanning at the top (mylar protected). This is the seventh in the Aubrey Maturin series, and this first edition is scarce as Collins cut back on the print run after remaindering the previous title "The… Read more about this item

Crown Publishers, 1951. 1st. good.

Little, Brown and Co, Boston, 1954. 1st bc. good/good.

Michael Joesph, 1990. 1st. very good/very good.

Random House, New York, 1978. 1st. g/g,

McBooks Press, 1977. 2003. good. bw charts. tpb

Collins, 1956. 1st. good/fair -.

Sloane and Associates, 1950. 1st. good. cloth covers

Little, Brown and Co, Boston, 1954. 1st bc. good.

Macmillan, 1957. 1st. bc ed., good/fair+ ,184 p., 22 cm, the story moves between London and Boston in the year of 1770.