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37003 Alexander, Patrick
SHOW ME A HERO
Macmillan, London, 1979, 1st edn., 271pp, ISBN:0333238435 : maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated dustwrapper by Tom McSweeney, the author's second book, a fantasy about Britain 'ruled by a left-wing tyrrany'. lightly rubbed at tips, light foxing to edges and endpapers, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., several short closed edge tears, light fox marks front flap, internally repaired, very good in a good plus dustwrapper, £5.00
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20564 Allbeury, Ted
SHADOW OF SHADOWS
Granada, London, 1983, 1st in imprint, paperback, : very good, £3.00
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37009 Ambler, Eric
DIRTY STORY
The Bodley Head, London, 1967, 1st edn., 210pp, : khaki cloth lettered in gilt at spine, unattrib. photo ill. dustwrapper, very sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at extrems., sl. tanning to edges with some faint fox marks, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., sl. loss and creasing at edges, internally repaired, very good in a good plus dustwrapper, £6.00
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37011 Ambler, Eric
PASSAGE OF ARMS
Reprint Society, London, 1960, club edn., 256pp, : black paper backed spine with blue paper covered boards, light blue title panel at spine lettered in gilt, green decorated col'd dustwrapper lettered in red and black, light bump head of spine, edges sl. tanned with a few faint fox marks, single small fox mark lower paste down, dustwrapper: very lightly rubbed at extrems., very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, £4.00
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37012 Ambler, Eric
THE NIGHT-COMERS
The Reprint Society, London, 1957, club edn., 218pp, : deep turquoise cloth with maroon title panel at spine lettered and edged in gilt, top edge coloured, decorative lettered dustwrapper, sl. cocked, lightly bumped at lower cnrs., faint foxing fore-edge, dustwrapper: a littlke rubbed at extrems., tiny nick tail of spine, very good in a good plus dustwrapper, £4.00
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32305 Ambler, Eric
UNCOMMON DANGER (in US as 'Background to Danger)
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1952, 1st thus, paperback, 255pp, [i] blank, #C1, : col'd pictorial wrappers (unattrib.), Yellow Jacket series in slightly larger than modern mass market format, the first UK paperback issue of the authors second book, spine relined and recased in original wrappers, a little rubbed at extrems., repaired nicks at spine ends, light creasing to cnrs., very good, £12.00
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29602 Amis, Kingsley and Conquest, Robert
THE EGYPTOLOGISTS
Panther, London, 1975, 1st in imprint, paperback, 207pp, : photo pictorial upper wrapper by Beverley Le Barrow, a little rubbed at extrems. with sl. flaking cnrs. spine, light vertical creasing to spine and upper hinge, diag. crease top cnr. upper wrapper, edges tanned, good, £2.50
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37014 Anthony, Evelyn
THE ASSASSIN
Hutchinson and Co. Ltd., London, 1970, 1st edn., 254pp, ISBN:0091029708 : dark blue cloth grain paper covered bds. gilt at spine, col'd photo pictorial dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at tips, sl. tanning and faint foxing to edges, crease in lower paste down, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., several light marks, small edge tears and creases, internally repaired, very good in a good dustwrapper, £8.00
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37015 Anthony, Evelyn
THE HOUSE OF VANDEKAR
Hutchinson, London, 1988, 1st edn., 348pp, ISBN:0091734703 : black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd photo pictorial dustwrapper, lightly bumped at spine ends and at fore-edge of lower bd., edges sl. tanned and faintly foxed, a few fox marks at endpapers, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, slight rubbing and creasing at head of spine which is internally relined, foxed to reverse, very good in a very good dustwrapper, £6.00
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37016 Anthony, Evelyn
THE HOUSE OF VANDEKAR
Hutchinson, London, 1988, 1st edn., 348pp, ISBN:0091734703 : black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd photo pictorial dustwrapper, sl. cocked, upper edge sl. dusty, tiny fox mark fore-edge, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, £8.00
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37017 Anthony, Evelyn
THE PERSIAN RANSOM
Hutchinson, London, 1975, 1st edn., 224pp, ISBN:0091247500 : black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd photo pictorial dusrwapper, sl. cocked, edges tanned with some faint fox marks, a few scattered fox marks at endpapers, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems., three short edge tears internally repaired, creases to flaps, very good in a good plus dustwrapper, £6.00
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37019 Anthony, Evelyn
THE SILVER FALCON
Book Club Associates, London, 1978, club edn., 285pp, : black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound photo pictorial dustwrapper by Gerry Cranham and Patrick McGreeth, edges sl. tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., spine. sl. sunned, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, £4.00
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37020 Anthony, Evelyn
VOICES ON THE WIND
Hutchinson, London, 1985, 1st edn., 270pp, ISBN:0091620007 : black cloth grain paper covered bds. lettered in silver at spine, col'd photo pictorial dustwrapper, very sl. cocked, lightly bumped upper tips both bds., edges sl. tanned and a few tiny fox marks, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips., sl. sunning fore-edge, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper, £5.00
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20576 Archer, Jeffrey
A MATTER OF HONOUR
Coronet, London, 1987, paperback, : very good, £3.00
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37021 Archer, Jeffrey
A MATTER OF HONOUR
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1986, 1st edn., 349pp, ISBN:0340393653 : black cloth grain paper covered bds. with title panel in red at spine lettered in gilt, decorative head and tail bands, coloured endpapers, coloured lettered dustwrapper, slightly cocked, edges a little tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, quite heavily sunned at spine and slightly into upper panel, very good in a very good dustwrapper, £4.00
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37024 Archer, Jeffrey
HONOUR AMONG THIEVES
Harper Collins, London, 1993, 1st edn., 420pp, 4pp reproduction of Declaration of Independence, ISBN:0002242885 : bright red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured decorated dustwrapper by David Scutt, very sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at tips, edges sl. tanned, one line ink inscr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good dustwrapper, £4.00
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20578 Aricha, Amos and Landau, Eli
PHOENIX
Futura, London, 1979, 1st edn., paperback original, : very good, £3.50
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29603 Bagley, Desmond
BAHAMA CRISIS
Fontana, London, 1982, 1st in imprint, paperback, 250pp inc. 2pp map, [vi] ads., : wraparound pictorial cover art (unattrib.), a little rubbed at extrems., spine slanted with light vertical crease, light creasing to wrappers and cnrs. inclined to curl, edges lightly tanned, good, £2.00
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37031 Bagley, Desmond
THE ENEMY
Book Club Associates, London, 1978, club edn., 285pp, : red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd decorative lettered dustwrapper by Mark Lawrence, cocked, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, foxing front flap, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper, £3.50
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20585 Bagley, Desmond
THE SNOW TIGER
Fontana, London, 1976, paperback, : fine, £4.50
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20587 Bagley, Desmond
THE TIGHTROPE MEN
Fontana, London, 1978, paperback, : very good, £3.00
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37032 Bagley, Desmond
THE TIGHTROPE MEN
Collins, London, 1973, 1st edn., 285pp, ISBN:000221847X : black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, a thriller set in Norway, Finland and Soviet Russia, very lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: very lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, £12.00
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20586 Bagley, Desmond
THE VIVERO LETTER
Fontana, London, 1981, paperback, : very good, £3.00
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16514 Barclay, Wilfrid
THE SECRET MENACE
Modern Publishing Company, London, ND, reprint, unpaginated, ads. at endpapers, : pale blue paper covered boards lettered in black at spine and lower board, a little rubbed at extrems., spine sunned, top edge dusty, a little shaken, paper tanned, no dustwrapper, good plus, £4.00
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37043 Barlay, Stephen
TSUNAMI
Hamish Hamilton, London, 1986, 1st edn., 329pp, ISBN:0241117216 : navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Pat Doyle, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: faint crease head of spine, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, £4.00
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29604 Beaty, David
CONE OF SILENCE
Scholastic Publications / Pan Books, London, 1967, paperback, 254pp, [ii] ads., : pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), very sl. roll and vertical crease to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, faint crease upper wrapper, very good, £3.00
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37048 Behr, Edward
GETTING EVEN
Hamish Hamilton, London, 1980, 1st edn., 246pp, ISBN:0241104661 : blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd lettered dustwrapper by Peter Horridge, edges sl. tanned, dustwrapper: a little rubbed with sl. loss at tips, repaired to reverse, faint foxing to flaps, some creasing and light marks, very good in a good plus dustwrapper, £4.00
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37052 Benchley, Peter
THE DEEP
Andre Deutsch, London, 1976, 1st edn., 252pp, ISBN:0233967931 : dichromatic turquoise and brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured endpapers, wraparound pictorial dustwrapper by Gillian Hills, edge lightly tanned and faintly foxed, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, £4.00
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20592 Bennett, Dorothea
THE JIGSAW MAN
Corgi, London, 1979, 1st in imprint, paperback, : film tie in, Michael caine, Lawrence Olivier, very good, £3.00
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10844 Biderman, Bob
KOBA
Gollancz, London, 1988, 1st edn., 190pp, : black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative lettered dustwrapper, inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper, a little bumped at lower tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper, £12.00
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20599 Block, Thomas H.
MAYDAY
New English Library, London, 1981, paperback, : good, £2.00
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37075 Bridge, Ann
THE LIGHT-HEARTED QUEST
The Reprint Society, London, 1958, club edn., 320pp, : navy blue cloth with red title panel at spine lettered and edged in gilt, top edge coloured, decorative lettered dustwrapper, faintly bumped upper tips, some pale fox marks fore-edge, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, £4.00
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16530 Burroughs, Edgar Rice
THE SON OF TARZAN
Methuen, London, 1921, 12th edn., 245pp, : pocket format pale blue cloth type paper covered boards, lettered and lined in black at spine, lettered and bordered in black upper board, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., label lower board, edges browned, ink names front endpapers, endpapers browned and foxed, hinge cracked at final eps., etc., no dustwrapper, reading copy only, £3.00
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37084 Cannon, Elliott
THE V2 VIRUS
Robert Hale, London, 1980, 1st edn., 171pp, ISBN:0709177771 : black cloth lettered in silver at spine, col'd photo pictorial dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges sl. tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems. with some surface rubbing, very good plus in a good plus dustwrapper, £8.00
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29607 Clancy, Tom
DEBT OF HONOUR
HarperCollins, London, 1995, 1st in imprint, paperback, [viii], 900pp, [i] ads., : wraparound pictorial cover art (unattrib.), a Jack Ryan novel, lightly rubbed at tips, small internal stain at tail of spine for first few pages, very good, £3.00
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21028 Clancy, Tom
RED STORM RISING
Fontana, London, 1987, 1st in imprint, paperback, : very good, £3.50
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37108 Clavell, James
ESCAPE
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1995, 1st edn., 356pp, maps at endpapers, ISBN:0340654155 : black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd wraparound pictorial dustwrapper by Garry Grace, edges sl. tanned, dustwrapper: very lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, £6.00
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37112 Clifford, Francis
ALL MEN ARE LONELY NOW
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1967, 1st edn., 250pp, : black cloth lettered and lined in gilt at spine, upper edge coloured, pictorial dustwrapper by Raymond Hawkey, a few fox marks upper edge, free endpapers lightly partially browned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, £6.00
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37113 Clifford, Francis
AMIGO, AMIGO
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1973, 1st edn., 192pp, ISBN:0340172673 : dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, upper edge coloured, pictorial dustwrapper by Colin Andrews, light foxing fore-edge, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, £6.00
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20709 Corley, Edwin
SIEGE
Stein and Day, New York, 1984, 1st in imprint, paperback, : very good, £3.00
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37123 Coyle, Harold
BRIGHT STAR
Simon and Schuster, New York, 1990, 1st edn., 432pp, coloured endpapers, ISBN:0671685422 : grey paper covered boards backed with deep red cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Gaylord Welker, another military thriller from the author of Team Yankee and Sword Point, light bump upper tip upper board, edges very sl. tanned, dustwrapper: very lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper, £6.00
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28875 Crichton, Michael
CONGO
Allen Lane, London, 1981, 1st edn. UK, xiv, 348pp, [vi] blank, : green cloth lettered in metallic green at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Andrew Skilleter, sl. cocked, a little rubbed and lightly bumped at extrems., dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, sl. loss of gloss to laminate upper cnr., closed tear tail of lower flap fold, internally repaired, good plus in a good plus dustwrapper, £3.00
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37127 Cullum, Ridgewell
THE TRIUMPH OF JOHN KARS - A Story of the Yukon
Chapman and Hall, London, ND (circa 1920's), reprint, [ii] blank, vi, 331pp, [i] blank, : blue cloth lettered in black at spine, border and red indian device in blind upper bd., col'd pictorial dustwrapper, in the uniform series 'Tales of the Great Northwest' (artwork of 4 other titles illustrated on lower panel of dw), a little rubbed and lightly bumped at extrems., head of spine sl. sunned, edges tanned and faintly foxed, light foxing to endpapers, dustwrapper: well rubbed with sl. loss at extrems., chip at head of spine/upper joint, spine sl. sunned, overall light soiling, very good in a good dustwrapper, £12.00
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25092 Cussler, Clive
RAISE THE TITANIC!
Sphere Books, London, 1980, paperback, 319pp, [i] ads., : film tie-in pictorial design upper wrapper (unattrib.), sl. spine slant, lightly rubbed at extrems., faint creasing to spine and upper hing, very good, £3.50
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37131 Darnton, John
NEANDERTHAL
Hutchinson, London, 1996, 1st edn., 368pp, ISBN:009179319X : dark blue cloth lettered in metallic red at spine, pictorial dustwrapper (unattrib), faintly bumped upper tips and small impressed mark upper board, edges sl. tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, light stain to upper edge lower panel into head of spine, very good in a good plus dustwrapper, £4.00
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27775 Davidson, Lionel
A LONG WAY TO SHILOH
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1969, paperback, 235pp, [iii] ads., : pictorial upper wrapper by Goodwin Sorrell and Nelson Hargreaves, a little rubbed at extrems., sl. wrinkling at tail of spine, light diag. creasing lower cnr. upper wrapper, good plus, £3.00
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29608 Davidson, Lionel
KOLYMSKY HEIGHTS
Mandarin, London, 1995, reprint, paperback, [x], 454pp, : pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), lightly rubbed at tips, edges sl. tanned, very good plus, £4.00
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20731 de Felitta, Frank
SEA TRIAL
Arrow, London, 1981, 1st in imprint, paperback, : very good plus, £3.50
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20755 Deighton, Len
AN EXPENSIVE PLACE TO DIE
Triad / Granada, London, 1982, paperback, : very good, £3.00
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20754 Deighton, Len
AN EXPENSIVE PLACE TO DIE
Panther, London, 1969, 1st in imprint, paperback, : good plus, £5.00
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20735 Deighton, Len
BERLIN GAME
Granada / Panther, London, 1984, 1st in imprint, paperback, : volume 1 of the Game, Set and Match trilogy, good plus, £3.00
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31132 Deighton, Len
BERLIN GAME
Granada / Panther, London, 1984, 1st in imprint, paperback, 304pp, : decorative upper wrapper, volume 1 of the Game, Set and Match trilogy, light vertical reasing to spine and diag. to top cnr. upper wrapper, edges a little tanned, very good, £4.00
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37207 Deighton, Len
BILLION-DOLLAR BRAIN
Jonathan Cape, London, 1966, 1st edn., [viii], 312pp, decorated endpapers, : dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated in white upper board, sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned with some marks, no dustwrapper, good plus, £3.50
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20741 Deighton, Len
CITY OF GOLD
Arrow, London, 1993, 3rd imp., paperback, 323pp, [v] ads., ISBN:0099918900 : vary faint creasing to wrappers, edges sl. tanned, very good plus, £4.00
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20759 Deighton, Len
DECLARATIONS OF WAR
Panther, London, 1977, paperback, : very good, £3.50
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20738 Deighton, Len
LONDON MATCH
Grafton, London, 1986, 1st in imprint, paperback, : volume 3 of the Game, Set and Match trilogy, good, £2.50
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20739 Deighton, Len
LONDON MATCH
Grafton, London, 1986, 1st in imprint, paperback, : volume 3 of the Game, Set and Match trilogy, very good, £3.50
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20749 Deighton, Len
LONDON MATCH
Grafton, London, 1986, 1st in imprint, paperback, : volume 3 of the Game, Set and Match trilogy, very good plus, £4.00
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20737 Deighton, Len
MEXICO SET
Granada / Panther, London, 1986, paperback, : volume 2 of the Game, Set and Match trilogy, good plus, £2.50
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20748 Deighton, Len
MEXICO SET
Granada / Panther, London, 1986, 1st in imprint, paperback, : volume 2 of the Game, Set and Match trilogy, very good plus, £4.00
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34873 Deighton, Len
ONLY WHEN I LARF
Sphere, London, 1968, 1st edn., paperback original, 251pp, [v] ads., : film tie-in, photo pictorial wrappers, lower wrapper shows Len Deighton, Alexandra Stewart, David Hemmings and Richard Attenborough on the set of the Paramount picture, issued simultaneously with the Michael Joseph hardback edition, sl. roll ans slant to spine with light vertical creasing, spine sunned, rubbed at extrems., edges tanneed, good, £4.00
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20744 Deighton, Len
SPY HOOK
Grafton, London, 1989, paperback, : volume 1 of the Hook, Line and Sinker trilogy, very good, £3.00
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20745 Deighton, Len
SPY HOOK
Grafton, London, 1989, paperback, : volume 1 of the Hook, Line and Sinker trilogy, very good, £3.00
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20743 Deighton, Len
SPY HOOK
Grafton, London, 1989, 1st in imprint, paperback, : volume 1 of the Hook, Line and Sinker trilogy, very good plus, £4.00
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37142 Deighton, Len
SPY SINKER
Hutchinson, London, 1990, 1st edn., [vi], 387pp, [vii] blank, ISBN:0091743206 : red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by Patrick McCreeth, the final part of the trilogy, Hook, Line and Sinker, a continuance of the Bernard Sampson saga, dustwrapper: price clipped, fine in a very good plus dustwrapper, £10.00
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25093 Deighton, Len
SPY STORY
Granada, London, 1982, paperback, 224pp, : pictorial design upper wrapper by Chris Mayger, a novel of how, when war-games are played for real, violence and treachery quickly threaten the future of Europe, lightly rubbed at tips, edges a little browned, very good plus, £4.00
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37143 Deighton, Len
SS-GB
Jonathan Cape, London, 1978, 1st edn., 350pp, [ii] blank, col'd endpapers, ISBN:0224016067 : black cloth lettered in silver at spine, upper edge col'd, decorative headband, decorated dustwrapper by Raymond Hawkey, a spy story set in German occupied Britain, 1941, sl. cocked, edges sl. tanned and marked, dustwrapper: price clipped, spine sunned with bleaching to the colour red, a little rubbed at extrems., sl. offsetting from col'd eps. to flaps, very good in a very good dustwrapper, £8.00
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37144 Deighton, Len
SS-GB
Jonathan Cape, London, 1978, 1st edn., 350pp, [ii] blank, col'd endpapers, ISBN:0224016067 : black cloth lettered in silver at spine, upper edge col'd, decorative headband, decorated dustwrapper by Raymond Hawkey, a spy story set in German occupied Britain, 1941, light tanning to edges, dustwrapper: price clipped, slight sunning to spine with partial bleaching to colour red, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, £12.00
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34874 Deighton, Len
THE IPCRESS FILE
Panther, London, 1966, reprint, paperback, 223pp, [i] ads., : film tie-in (uncredited), photo pictorial wrappers, upper wrapper shows Michael Caine as 'Harry Palmer', lower wrapper Michael Caine and Nigel Green as 'Dalby' in the Rank Organisation picture, very sl. roll and slant to spine with light vertical creasing, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges sl. tanned, very good, £4.00
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20762 Deighton, Len
TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE SPY
Triad / Granada, London, 1982, paperback, : good plus, £3.00
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20752 Deighton, Len
XPD
Granada, London, 1982, 1st in imprint, paperback, : good plus, £3.00
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25073 Deighton, Len
XPD
Granada, London, 1982, 1st in imprint, paperback, 431pp, : decorative montage design upper wrapper (unattrib.), in this novel when a film producer announces his next film is about plundering German gold in the last days of WW2, a closely guarded secret of a clandestine meeting between Churchill and Hitler is in danger of being exposed, lightly rubbed at extrems., very good plus, £4.50
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37145 Deighton, Len
XPD
Hutchinson, London, 1981, 1st edn., [vi], 397pp, [i] blank, ISBN:0091445701 : black cloth lettered in silver at spine, decorated dustwrapper by Carroll and Dempsey Ltd., set in 1979 about a long buried secret from 1940 and an 'expedient demise' rating given to any potential betrayer, edges sl. tanned, dustwrapper: price clipped, sunning to spine with almost total bleaching of the colour red, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper, £8.00
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20758 Deighton, Len
YESTERDAY'S SPY
Panther, London, 1977, paperback, : very good, £3.00
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37146 Deighton, Len
YESTERDAY'S SPY
Jonathan Cape, London, 1975, 1st edn., 224pp, coloured endpapers, ISBN:0224011251 : dark brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, upper edge coloured, photo dustwrapper by Raymond Hawkey, a novel of the intelligence world with those who worked together in WW2 now apparently in competition, single word ink name ffront free endpaper, dustwrapper: price clipped (but top of £ symbol just visible), very slight sunning to spine, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, £12.00
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20777 Diehl, William
SHARKY'S MACHINE
Sphere, London, 1979, paperback, : very good, £3.00
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28726 Doyle, Arthur Conan
THE POISON BELT
Hodder and Stoughton, London, ND (circa 1920's), 199pp, : pocket format 7 x 4.5 inches, red cloth lettered in black at spine, decorated in blind upper board, lightly bumped and rubbed at extrems., spine sl. sunned, upper edge dusty, faint browning to free endpapers, no dustwrapper, very good, £8.00
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37184 Duke, Madelaine
FLASHPOINT
Michael Loseph, London, 1982, 1st edn., 287pp, ISBN:0718118766 : black cloth lettered in silver at spine, lettered and decorated dustwrapper, a holocaust in Eritrea, murder in England, kidnapping in California and abduction in Vienna - a thriller, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, £6.00
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37187 Eastwood, James
COME DIE WITH ME
Macmillan, London, 1970, 1st edn. UK, [viii], 211pp, [v] blank, : pale blue cloth lettered and lined in black at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Colin Andrews, a little rubbed at extrems., pages tanned and edges a little foxed, sharksfin error upper edge two leaves, dustwrapper: clipped and old label stain front flap, rubbed at extrems. with some surface loss at folds, short repaired tear head of spine, light overall soiling, very good in a good dustwrapper, £4.00
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11610 Edelman, Maurice
THE FRATRICIDES
Random House, New York, 1971, 1st edn. US (stated), 306pp, : maroon cloth backed blue paper covered boards, lettered in gilt, black and blue at spine, decorated in gilt at upper board, upper edge coloured, fore-edge uncut, pictorial dustwrapper by Robert Korn, inscribed on front free endpaper to Douglas Stuart (BBC presenter of 'World Tonight'), signed and dated by author, with loosely inserted manuscript letter on House of Commns headed paper to Douglas Stewart signed Maurice, lightly bumped at tips, dustwrapper: price clipped, rubbed at extrems. with numerous short edge tears and light adjacent creasing, tiny chip tail of spine, very good in a good dustwrapper, £14.00
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37191 Ely, David
TROT
Secker and Warburg, London, 1963, 1st edn., 252pp, : maroon cloth lettered insilver at spine, pictorial montage dustwrapper by Jack Larkin, lightly rubbed at tips, edges sl. tanned, dustwrapper: price clipped, a little rubbed with sl. loss at extrems., relined at spine head and upper flap folds, spine a little sunned, light soiling lower panel, very good in a very good dustwrapper, £8.00
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10268 Faber, Nancy W.
STRANGE WAY HOME
Michael Joseph, London, 1964, 1st edn., 238pp, : dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, a little rubbed and lightly bumped at extrems., edges a little dusty and foxed, no dustwrapper, good plus, £3.00
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37197 Finch, Phillip
TRESPASS
Franklin Watts, New York, 1987, 1st edn., 245pp, coloured endpapers, ISBN:0531150445 : black paper covered boards backed with black cloth at spine lettered in silver and metallic blue, decorative head and tail bands, pictorial dustwrapper by Lawrence Ratzkin, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, remainder mark lower edge, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems. with very sl. loss spine ends and cnrs., relined at head of spine, very good in a very good dustwrapper, £6.00
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29612 Fleming, Ian
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
Pan Books, London, 1964, paperback, 192pp, : decorative upper wrapper, a James Bond novel, rubbed at extrems., some creasing to wrappers, edges browned, etc., reading copy only, £2.00
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29613 Follett, James
TROJAN
Mandarin, London, 1992, 1st in imprint, paperback, [iv], 490pp, [i] ads., : decorative upper wrapper (unattrib.), rubbed at extrems., some creasing to wrappers, edges browned, etc., reading copy only, £2.00
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37200 Follett, Ken
TRIPLE
Raven / Macdonald General Books, London, 1979, 1st edn., [viii], 377pp, ISBN:035404446X : blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial montage dustwrapper by Harrison McCann, sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at extrems. and faintly bumped at tips lower board, edges tanned and light marks upper edge, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., sl. creasing at spine ends, good plus in a very good dustwrapper, £5.00
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37201 Forbes, Bryan
THE DISTANT LAUGHTER
Collins, London, 1972, 1st edn., 287pp, ISBN:0002211815 : dichromatic black/blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Bryan Organ, edges very sl. tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, £6.00
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20802 Forbes, Colin
DOUBLE JEOPARDY and THE HEIGHTS OF ZERVOS
Pan Books, London, 1993, 1st thus, paperback original, 252pp, [iv], 254pp, [vi], : double volume first thus, marked on upper wrapper as 'Special Limited Edition', limitation unspecified, sl. roll and slant to spine with numerous light vertical creases, lightly rubbed at extrems., very good, £4.50
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27869 Forbes, Colin
PRECIPICE
Pan Books, London, ND (c1999,), paperback, [vi], 478pp, [i] ads., : pictorial upper wrapper by Chris Moore, light creasing to spine, very good plus, £3.50
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37202 Forbes, Colin
RHINOCEROS
Simon and Schuster, London, 2000, 1st edn., [viii], 471pp, [i] blank, coloured endpapers, ISBN:0743202872 : red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, dustwrapper by Larry Rostant, sl. cocked, edges sl. tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, short scratch lower edge lower panel, very good in a very good dustwrapper, £6.00
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35016 Forbes, Colin
THE CELL
Simon and Schuster, London, 2002, 1st edn., [viii], 424pp, ISBN:0743231813 : black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured endpapers, pictorial dustwrapper by Larry Rostant, edges lightly tanned, fine in a fine dustwrapper, £6.00
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20804 Forbes, Colin
THE JANUS MAN
Pan Books, London, ND (c1987), paperback, : very good, £3.00
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35017 Forbes, Colin
THE VORPAL BLADE
Simon and Schuster, London, 2002, 1st edn., [vi], 407pp, ISBN:0743220528 : red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured endpapers, pictorial dustwrapper by Larry Rostant, very sl. cocked, edges lightly tanned, very good plus in a fine dustwrapper, £6.00
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35018 Forbes, Colin
THIS UNITED STATE
Macmillan, London, 1999, 1st edn., [viii], 533pp, ISBN:0333744411 : red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured endpapers, pictorial montage dustwrapper (unattrib.), tiny bumps to upper tips, edges lightly tanned, very good plus in a fine dustwrapper, £7.00
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34967 Forester, C. S.
THE EARTHLY PARADISE
Michael Joseph, London, 1953, new edn., 207pp, : red cloth lettered and decorated in light blue at spine and upper board, coloured lettered dustwrapper, a little foxed at edges, 3 line ink inscr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, sl. overall soiling, very good in a very good dustwrapper, £10.00
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35019 Forsyth, Frederick
AVENGER
Bantam, London, 2003, 1st edn., 347pp, ISBN:0593050932 : black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, coloured endpapers, pictorial dustwrapper by Larry Rostant, edges very lightly tanned, fine in a fine dustwrapper, £6.00
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20842 Forsyth, Frederick
NO COMEBACKS
Corgi, London, 1985, paperback, : very good, £3.00
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20839 Forsyth, Frederick
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
Corgi, London, 1973, paperback, : good plus, £2.50
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20840 Forsyth, Frederick
THE DEVIL'S ALTERNATIVE
Corgi, London, 1981, paperback, : good plus, £2.50
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20841 Forsyth, Frederick
THE DEVIL'S ALTERNATIVE
Corgi, London, 1982, paperback, : good plus, £2.50
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21027 Forsyth, Frederick
THE DEVIL'S ALTERNATIVE
Corgi, London, 1982, paperback, : very good, £3.00
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25094 Forsyth, Frederick
THE DOGS OF WAR
Corgi Books, London, 1976, paperback, 439pp, [i] ads., : decorative design upper wrapper (unattrib.), when platinum is discovered in a remote African republic, this novel tells how the plans for a coup have far-reaching consequences, slight spine roll, rubbed at extrems., vertical creases to spine, binding brittle, good, £2.00
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20843 Forsyth, Frederick
THE ODESSA FILE
Corgi, London, 1973, paperback, : very good, £3.00
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25095 Forsyth, Frederick
THE ODESSA FILE
Corgi Books, London, 1974, paperback, 334pp, [iii] ads., : decorative design upper wrapper, in this novel, the hunt for a Nazi criminal involves a desparate struggle between Mossad and Odessa against a background of espionage and arms deals, slight spine roll and slant, a little rubbed at extrems., nicks at spine ends, edges sl. browned, good plus, £3.00
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30202 Foy, George
COASTER
Fontana, London, 1986, 1st edn. UK, paperback original, 389pp, [viii] ads., : pictorial montage wrappers (unattrib.), light vertical creasing at spine, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus, £4.00
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34968 Fullerton, Alexander
OTHER MEN'S WIVES
Cassell, London, 1973, 1st edn., [vi], 186pp, ISBN:0304292745 : very dark green cloth lettered in orange at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper by Sue Streeter, lightly bumped at tips, edges sl. dusty, light browning to endpapers, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems., creasing to front flap, very good in a very good dustwrapper, £30.00
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34712 Fyfield, Frances
PERFECTLY PURE AND GOOD
Corgi / She Magazine, London, 1994, paperback, 252pp, 33pp extract from A Clear Conscience, [iii] ads., ISBN:0552141747 : photo pictorial upper wrapper by Jonathan Ring, promotional edition with 'She', sl. roll and slant to lightly creased spine, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing upper wrapper, lower cnr. inclined to curl, good, £1.50
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37229 Gallico, Paul
BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
Heinemann, London, 1978, 1st edn. UK, 237pp, ISBN:043428064X : grey cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial dustwrapper (unattrib.), a sequel to The Poseidon Adventure, sl. damage to front paste-down (in pasting) under front flap of dustwrapper:, small paper flaw to contents page, light remainder mark lower edge, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips with sl. surface loss at tail of spine, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper, £6.00
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37236 Gann, Ernest
TWILIGHT FOR THE GODS
Companion Book Club, London, 1958, club edn., 272pp, : ochre cloth with brown title panel at spine lettered in gilt, upper edge coloured, decorative lettered dustwrapper, edges very sl. tanned with a few light fox marks, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, short repaired tear lower panel, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper, £4.00
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37239 Garner, William
THE DEEP, DEEP FREEZE
Collins, London, 1968, 1st edn., 288pp, : dichromatic dark/light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd lettered dustwrapper by Brian Russell, light tanning to edges, sello stains to endpapers (offsetting from old dw protection), ink name/date top cnr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, small rub front flap fold, creasing front flap, very good in a very good dustwrapper, £10.00
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37244 Gaskin, Catherine
THE FILE ON DEVLIN
Collins, London, 1965, 1st edn., 286pp, : dichromatic dark/light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Leigh Taylor, lightly rubbed at tips, edges sl. tanned and a little foxed, light foxing to endpapers and prelims., dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems., sevarl tiny nicks at edges, very good in a very good dustwrapper, £8.00
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37245 Gaskin, Catherine
THE TILSIT INHERITANCE
Collins, London, 1963, 1st edn., 446pp, : dichromatic dark/light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd lettered dustwrapper by Bryan Russell, edges sl. tanned, light foxing upper edge, faint impressed mark top cnr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., several closed tears repaired to reverse, very good in a good dustwrapper, £8.00
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27870 Goddard, Robert
OUT OF THE SUN
Corgi Books, London, 1996, 1st in imprint, paperback, 411pp, [v] ads., : photo pictorial upper wrapper by Jonathan Ring, sl. roll and slant to spine, light creasing spine and upper wrapper, good plus, £3.00
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37259 Gordon, Donald
LEAP IN THE DARK
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1970, 1st edn., 222pp, ISBN:0340128666 : black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, lettered and decorated dustwrapper, light foxing to edges, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems. with sl. loss spine ends and cnrs., short repaired tear upper edge lower panel, creasing to front flap, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper, £6.00
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25314 Gregory, Philippa
THE LITTLE HOUSE
HarperCollins, London, 1998, paperback, 361pp, [iv] ads., : decorative design upper wrapper, a story of two women, related by marriage, whose differing ideas about their mutual family have disturbing consequences, sl. spine slant, lightly rubbed at extrems., light creasing to spine and lower cnr. upper wrapper, good plus, £3.00
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37314 Haggard, William
THE HARD SELL
Cassell, London, 1965, 1st edn., 188pp, : navy blue cloth lettered in white at spine, decorative lettered dustwrapper by Mudge Marriott, a little bumped at upper corners, small bookseller's label front paste-down, light tanning to edges, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed and creased at top cnrs., very good in a very good plus dustwrapper, £8.00
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37315 Haggard, William
THE POWER HOUSE
Cassell, London, 1966, 1st edn., 186pp, : blue cloth lettered and lined in silver at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Nicholas Flower, lightly rubbed at tips, edges sl. dusty and tanned, small bookseller's label front paste-down, ink name top cnr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed with very sl. loss at tips, relined at head of spine and upper edge lower flap fold, flaps creased, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper, £6.00
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37316 Haggard, William
YESTERDAY'S ENEMY
Cassel, London, 1976, 1st edn., [iv], 204pp, ISBN:0304297275 : black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper by Mick Wells, a Colonel Charles Russell story, light bump upper tip lower board, edges sl. tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper, £5.00
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13497 Hale, John
THE WHISTLE BLOWER
Jonathan Cape, London, 1984, 1st edn., 239pp, : black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd decorative lettered dustwrapper by Mon Mohan, a traitor in GCHQ, (British intelligence gathering organisation), an apparent suicide, a father's investigation into the death of his son - and the lengths to which agencies go to protect their secrets, fine in a fine dustwrapper, £10.00
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37318 Hall, Adam
THE 9TH DIRECTIVE
Heinemann, London, 1966, 1st edn., 254pp, : blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a Quiller novel, edges and endpapers lightly foxed, booksellers' label front pastedown, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., small label mark upper panel, sunned at spine, sev. edge tears internally repaired, very good in a good dustwrapper, £4.00
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37319 Hall, Adam
THE 9TH DIRECTIVE
Heinemann, London, 1966, 1st edn., 254pp, : blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a Quiller novel, neat ink name front free endpaper, sl. off-setting at rear free endpaper (from promotional label on dustwrapper: flap), dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., spine a little sunned, tear in lower panel internally repaired, very good plus in a good plus dustwrapper, £6.00
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37320 Hall, Adam
THE 9TH DIRECTIVE
Heinemann, London, 1966, 1st. edn., 254pp, : blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a Quiller novel, lightly rubbed at tips, edges sl. tanned, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, tiny repaired nick top edge front flap fold, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper, £8.00
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29614 Hanley, Gerald
THE CONSUL AT SUNSET
Pan Books, London, 1955, 1st in imprint, paperback, 220pp, [iv] ads., : pictorial upper wrapper by Sax, rubbed at extrems., light creasing at upper hinge and to cnrs., edges browned, good, £2.00
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37390 Harling, Robert
THE ENORMOUS SHADOW
The Reprint Society, London, 1956, club edn., 272pp, : deep turquoise cloth with maroon title panel at spine lettered and bordered in gilt, top edge coloured, decorative lettered dustwrapper, sl. cocked, bumped at tail of spine, faint foxing to edges, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper, £4.00
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37391 Harling, Robert
THE PAPER PALACE
The Reprint Society, London, 1952, club edn., 317pp, : deep turquoise cloth with maroon title panel at spine lettered and bordered in gilt, top edge coloured, decorative lettered dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at tips, a few faint fox marks to edges and endpapers, dustwrapper lightly rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper, £4.00
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37393 Harris, John (Max Hennessy interest)
THE SLEEPING MOUNTAIN
Companion Book Club, London, ND (c1958), club edn., 256pp, : orange cloth with maroon title panel lettered in gilt at spine, top edge col'd, wraparound decorative lettered dustwrapper, a little rubbed at extrems., dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems. with sl. loss at spine ends and cnrs., very good in a good dustwrapper, £6.00
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21963 Harris, Robert
FATHERLAND
Arrow Books, London, 1993, paperback, 386pp inc. 2pp Author's Note, double page plan of Hitler's Berlin 1964, 1pp map, : ...'set in a world that almost existed but never was ...the hub of a victorious Third Reich'...'a terrible conspiracy starts to unravel when the naked body of an old man is found floating in a lake'..., sl. spine roll and creasing, sl. rubbed at extrems, good plus, £3.00
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30033 Harris, Robert
FATHERLAND
Arrow Books, London, ND (c1990's), 20th imp., paperback, [xii inc. diagram and map], 386pp, : photo pictorial upper wrapper by Tony Stone, vary sl. slant with faint vertical creasing at spine, very good plus, £3.50
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37397 Hartland, Michael
FRONTIER OF FEAR
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1988, 1st edn. UK, 193pp, ISBN:0340412747 : black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper (unattrib.), a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., faint damp stain lower edge lower board, edges tanned, bookseller's label front pastedown, dustwrapper: rubbed with sl. loss at extrems., a few short closed tears, some staining to reverse, good plus in a good plus dustwrapper, £3.00
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20940 Higgins, Jack
CONFESSIONAL
Pan Books, London, 1986, paperback, 256pp, : lettered and decorated upper wrapper, setting a killer to catch a killer as a Russian agent in Ireland becomes expendable but has one last target, good plus, £3.00
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25097 Higgins, Jack
DAY OF JUDGEMENT
Pan Books, London, 1979, 1st in imprint, paperback, 218pp, [vi] ads., : pictorial design upper wrapper (unattrib.), in this novel set in 1963 on the eve of Kennedy's visit to Berlin, a desparate mission is organised to rescue a priest from Russain captivity before they launch their propaganda counter-strike, sl. spine slant, lightly rubbed at extrems. faint vertical crease in spine, very good, £3.00
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31142 Higgins, Jack
DAY OF JUDGEMENT
Pan Books, London, 1979, 1st in imprint, paperback, 218pp, plan of village in text, [vi] ads., : pictorial design upper wrapper (unattrib.), set in 1963 on the eve of Kennedy's visit to Berlin, a desparate mission is organised to rescue a priest from Russain captivity before they launch their propaganda counter-strike, sl. slant to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, pages sl. tanned, very good, £3.00
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37406 Higgins, Jack
DAY OF JUDGMENT
Collins, London, 1978, 1st edn. UK, 224pp, ISBN:0002221489 : black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound pictorial dustwrapper by Reg Boorer, a cold war story of the efforts to recover an eldely Irish priest from the hands ofthe East Germans, sl. cocked, light foxing to edges and endpapers, ink name/date front free endpaper, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., faint foxing to flaps, very good in a very good dustwrapper, £6.00
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37407 Higgins, Jack
DAY OF JUDGMENT
Collins, London, 1978, 1st edn., 224pp, ISBN:0002221489 : black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound pictorial dustwrapper by Reg Boorer, a cold war story of the efforts to recover an eldely Irish priest from the hands ofthe East Germans, very sl. cocked, edges a little tanned, dustwrapper: price clipped with publishers price label added, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, £8.00
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35071 Higgins, Jack
DAY OF RECKONING
HarperCollins, London, 2000, 1st edn., [vi], 295pp, ISBN:0002261278 : blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, sl. cocked, rubbed at spine ends, bumped at lower cnrs., dustwrapper: a little rubbed and creased at extrems., good plus in a very good dustwrapper, £3.00
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20951 Higgins, Jack
EAST OF DESOLATION
Coronet, London, 1990, paperback, 190pp, : pictorial wrappers, a mystery in the Arctic waste of Greenland, light vertical creasing at spine and upper hinge, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good, £3.00
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20952 Higgins, Jack
EYE OF THE STORM
Signet, London, 1993, paperback, [x], 276pp plus 18pp trailer for Thunder Point, : pictorial upper wrapper, British Intelligence employs a killer to neutralise the assassin employed by Iraq to eliminate key Western Govenment figures, very good plus, £3.50
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20943 Higgins, Jack
NIGHT OF THE FOX
Pan Books, London, 1987, 4th imp., paperback, : pictorial wrappers, 1944 and an SOE mission to Jersey to rescue or eliminate an injured American officer, roll and slant to spine with numerous light vertical creases, rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good, £3.00
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20944 Higgins, Jack
SOLO
Pan Books, London, 1981, paperback, : very good, £3.00
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20945 Higgins, Jack
SOLO
Pan Books, London, 1983, paperback, 256pp, : pictorial wrappers, set in the 1970's and an eminent concert pianist who kills for pleasure crosses an SAS soldier, himself a trained killer, very good, £3.00
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20946 Higgins, Jack
STORM WARNING
Pan Books, London, 1980, paperback, : very good, £3.00
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20947 Higgins, Jack
TOLL FOR THE BRAVE
Arrow, London, 1979, paperback, 184pp [viii] ads., ISBN:0099140004 : pictorial wrappers, slight spine slant, spine sunned, horizontal impression across upper wrapper, lightly rubbed at extrems., very good, £3.00
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20948 Higgins, Jack
TOUCH OF THE DEVIL
Pan Books, London, 1983, paperback, : lettered and decorated wrappers, an ex IRA killer is persuaded to work for British Intelligence against another killer in the employ of the Russians, good, £2.00
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20949 Higgins, Jack
TOUCH OF THE DEVIL
Pan Books, London, 1983, paperback, ISBN:0330280635 : lettered and decorated wrappers, an ex IRA killer is persuaded to work for British Intelligence against another killer in the employ of the Russians, very good, £3.00
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37413 Higgins, Jack
TOUCH THE DEVIL
Collins, London, 1982, 1st edn., 239pp, ISBN:0002226936 : red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Don Macpherson, an ex IRA killer is persuaded to work for British Intelligence against another killer in the employ of the Russians, slightly cocked, a few light mainly marginal marks in text, black crayon 'D' on lower patsedown, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper, £8.00
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37431 Howe, Russell Warren
BEHOLD, THE CITY
Secker and Warburg, London, 1953, 1st edn., 190pp, : black cloth lettered in yellow at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Rudland, a little bumped at lower cnrs., edges tanned and foxed, light partial browning to free endpapers, dustwrapper: price clipped, rubbed at extrems. with sl. loss spine ends and cnrs., repaired to reverse, very good in a good plus dustwrapper, £10.00
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37434 Hunter, Evan (Salvatore A. Lombino aka Ed McBain)
FAR FROM THE SEA
Hamish Hamilton, London, 1983, 1st edn., 248pp, ISBN:0241109256 : mid blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Nick Yates, lightly rubbed and very faintly bumped at tips, upper edge dusty and pages tanned, lacks front free endpaper, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, edges sl. browned, good plus in a very good dustwrapper, £4.00
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37436 Hurd, Douglas and Osmond, Andrew
SCOTCH ON THE ROCKS
Collins, London, ND (copyright 1971), 255pp, maps at endpapers, ISBN:0002216531 : dichromatic maroon/blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative lettered dustwrapper by Kenneth Farnhill, sl. cocked, edges sl. tanned, small ink name front free endpaper, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, £4.00
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37437 Hurd, Douglas and Osmond, Andrew
THE SMILE ON THE FACE OF THE TIGER
Collins, London, 1969, 2nd imp., 286pp, : orange cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative lettered dustwrapper by Kenneth Farnhill, a few fox marks upper edge, edges evry sl. tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, tiny nick lower edge upper panel, sl. sunned at spine, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper, £4.00
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37439 Hyman, Tom
RICHES AND HONOR [HONOUR]
Viking, New York, 1985, 1st edn., 439pp, ISBN:0670805084 : blue paper covered boards backed with red cloth lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper (unattrrib.), decorative head and tail bands, book published US (US spelling HONOR) in dustwrapper for UK market (UK spelling HONOUR), lightly rubbed at tips, edges sl. tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., faint label residue stain front flap, very good in a very good dustwrapper, £4.00
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25100 Innes, Hammond
AIR BRIDGE
Fontana, London, 1985, paperback, 253pp, [ii] ads., : decorative montage design upper wrapper (unattrib.), set against the Berlin airlift in 1948, this novel tells of the ruthless determination of an inventor's attempt to build his revoluntionary engine in time to join the airlift, small impressed marks lower edge prelims, fine, £4.50
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10115 Innes, Hammond
CAMPBELL'S KINGDOM
Collins, London, 1952, 1st edn., 284pp, iv ads., : red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative lettered dustwrapper by Kenneth Farnhill, searching for oil in the Rockies of Canada and a fight against corporate interests, sl. cocked, crnrs. sl. bumped, cloth rather mottled, edges sl. tanned and some foxing to endpapers, bookseller stamp final free endpaper, dustwrapper: unpriced (probably export), rubbed at crnrs. and spine ends, several light marks, spine sun darkened, light overall soiling, good in a good plus dustwrapper, £6.00
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13414 Innes, Hammond
CAMPBELL'S KINGDOM
Collins, London, 1955, reprint, 284pp, iv ads., : maroon cloth lettered in silver at spine, decorative lettered dustwrapper by Kenneth Farnhill, searching for oil in the Rockies of Canada and a fight against corporate interests, lightly rubbed and bumped at tips, edges sl. dusty and faintly foxed, small bookseller stamp final pastedown, dustwrapper: a little rubbed with sl. loss at tips, small stain upper panel and light overall soiling, internally repaired, very good in a good dustwrapper, £6.00
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10116 Innes, Hammond
CAMPBELL'S KINGDOM
Collins, London, 1952, 1st edn., 284pp, iv ads., : grey cloth lettered in black at spine and decorated in black upper board, first edition in remainder binding, decorative lettered dustwrapper by Kenneth Farnhill, searching for oil in the Rockies of Canada and a fight against corporate interests, lightly rubbed at tips, edges sl. dusty and faintly foxed, old ink price top cnr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: a little rubbed with very sl. loss at tips, light overall soiling, very good in a very good dustwrapper, £8.00
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25102 Innes, Hammond
DEAD AND ALIVE
Fontana, London, 1970, paperback, 158pp, [ii] ads., : pictorial design upper wrapper (unattrib.), in this novel '...a letter from the mother of a girl,who has disappeared..' '..leads ex-Lt. Commander David Cunningham into the seamy side of Italy in the aftermath of WW2..', sl. creasing and roll to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., ink name half title, very good, £3.50
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29620 Innes, Hammond
DEAD AND ALIVE
Fontana, London, 1982, paperback, 158pp, [ii] ads., : pictorial montage upper wrapper (unattrib.), sl. slant to spine with light vertical cerasing, lightly rubbed at tips, very good, £3.50
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16895 Innes, Hammond
GOLDEN SOAK
Collins, London, 1973, 1st edn., 285pp, col'd maps at endpapers, : ochre cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a quest for wealth centred round the Golden Soak, an abandoned mine in the outback of Australia, a little rubbed at extrems., bump at fore-edge and lower cnr. upper bd., upper edge sl. dusty and faintly foxed, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems. with sl. loss spine ends and cnrs., several closed edge tears and adjacent creasing, some old sello stains, internally reaired, good plus in a poor dustwrapper, £3.00
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10332 Innes, Hammond
GOLDEN SOAK
Collins, London, 1973, 1st edn., 285pp, col'd maps at endpapers, : ochre cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a quest for wealth centred round the Golden Soak, an abandoned mine in the outback of Australia, very sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at extrems. and a little sunned at spine, edges sl. tanned and foxed, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, two short tears upper edge lower panel, internally repaired, very good in a good plus dustwrapper, £6.00
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10331 Innes, Hammond
GOLDEN SOAK
Collins, London, 1973, 1st edn., 285pp, col'd maps at endpapers, : ochre cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a quest for wealth centred round the Golden Soak, an abandoned mine in the outback of Australia, very sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at tips, edges sl. tanned, light foxing to upper and fore-edges, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, relined at head of spine, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper, £8.00
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10337 Innes, Hammond
HIGH STAND
Collins, London, 1985, 1st edn., 336pp, ISBN:0002229714 : an adventure in the Yukon - trees, drugs and boats, light bump tail upper of spine, edges tanned, leaves sl. tanned, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good dustwrapper, £10.00
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21075 Innes, Hammond
LEVKAS MAN
Fontana, London, 1973, 1st in imprint, paperback, 285pp, [iii] ads., : col'd pictorial wrappers, unusual interweaving of anthrological research and dark personal history set against the background of Greek nationalism and the threat of war, lightly rubbed at tips, faint vertical creasing to spine, edges sl. tanned, very good plus, £4.00
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10123 Innes, Hammond
LEVKAS MAN
Collins, London, 1971, 1st edn., 320pp, pictorial maps at eps., ISBN:0002214792 : dark brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper by Richard Dalkins, unusual interweaving of anthrological research and dark personal history set against the background of Greek nationalism and the threat of war, very sl. cocked, a little rubbed at extrems. with tiny bumps to lower cnrs., edges sl. tanned, glue stain to recto rear free endpaper, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., sl. sunned at spine, good plus in a very good dustwrapper, £6.00
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10124 Innes, Hammond
LEVKAS MAN
Collins, London, 1971, 1st edn., 320pp, pictorial maps at eps., ISBN:0002214792 : dark brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper by Richard Dalkins, unusual interweaving of anthrological research and dark personal history set against the background of Greek nationalism and the threat of war, very sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges sl. tanned and faint foxing to upper edge, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., sl. sunned at spine, very good in a very good dustwrapper, £8.00
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28293 Innes, Hammond
LEVKAS MAN
Collins, London, 1971, 1st edn., 320pp, pictorial maps at eps., ISBN:0002214792 : dark brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper by Richard Dalkins, unusual interweaving of anthrological research and dark personal history set against the background of Greek nationalism and the threat of war, faintly bumped at lower tips, upper and lower edges sl. dusty, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, light sunning at spine, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, £12.00
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10336 Innes, Hammond
THE BIG FOOTPRINTS
Collins, London, 1977, 1st edn., 349pp, : ochre cloth lettered in silver at spine, a man's struggle to save the African elephants from slaughter, no dustwrapper, very good plus, £4.00
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13484 Innes, Hammond
THE BIG FOOTPRINTS
Collins, London, 1977, 1st edn., 349pp, : ochre cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, a man's struggle to save the African elephants from slaughter, lightly rubbed at tips, light bump at spine head, sl. tanning to edges, dustwrapper: unpriced, a little rubbed at extrems., overall rippling and sl. creasing, short closed tear upper edge lower panel, internally repaired, very good in a good dustwrapper, £6.00
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10119 Innes, Hammond
THE DOOMED OASIS
Collins, London, 1960, 1st edn., 320pp, : black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, unattributed pictorial dustwrapper, set in the desert sand of Arabia, the story of the struggle for oil and a fight to save an oasis, a little rubbed and lightly bumped at extrems., upper edge dusty, all edges tanned, eight line ink inscr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems. with sl. loss at spine ends and cnrs., ink mark front flap, internally repaired, good plus in a good dustwrapper, £6.00
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10120 Innes, Hammond
THE DOOMED OASIS
Collins, London, 1960, 1st edn., 320pp, : black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, unattributed pictorial dustwrapper, set in the desert sand of Arabia, the story of the struggle for oil and a fight to save an oasis, top edge a little tanned, gilding dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, £20.00
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25103 Innes, Hammond
THE KILLER MINE
Fontana, London, 1970, paperback, 188pp, [iv] ads., : pictorial design upper wrapper (unattrib.), a modern tale of smuggling set in an old tin mine on the bleak coast of Cornwall, sl. creasing and roll to spine, 1/4 inch nick head of spine, a little rubbed at extrems., light creases to wrappers, ink name half title, chip from fore-edge of contents page not affecting text, good, £3.00
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29616 Innes, Hammond
THE LAND GOD GAVE TO CAIN
Fontana, London, 1970, paperback, 253pp, [iii] ads., : photo pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), a mystery set in against a background of the building of a railway in the bleak and desolate landscape of Labrador, roll and slant to spine with light vertical creasing, rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good, £2.50
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21076 Innes, Hammond
THE STRANGE LAND
Fontana, London, 1987, paperback, 287pp, : wraparound col'd pictorial wrappers (unattrib.), a mystery novel set in Morocco, light vertical creasing at spine and upper hinge, lightly rubbed at tips, very good, £3.00
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16681 Innes, Hammond
THE STRANGE LAND
The Book Club, London. 1955, , club edition, 256pp, : light green cloth lettered in black at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Biro, a little rubbed at extrems., water stain upper board, edges tanned and dusty, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems., short nicks at head of spine, good in a very good dustwrapper, £4.00
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10117 Innes, Hammond
THE STRANGE LAND
Collins, London, 1954, 1st edn., 255pp, : dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictcorial dustwrapper by John Rose, a mystery novel set in Morocco, lightly rubbed at extrems., upper edge dusty, all edges tanned and a little foxed, faint foxing and browning to endpapers, dustwrapper: price clipped, rubbed with sl. loss at extrems., several edges tears, internally repaired, overall soiling and light foxing, very good in a good dustwrapper, £14.00
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23466 Innes, Hammond
THE TROJAN HORSE
Fontana, London, 1966, paperback, 190pp, : decorative wrappers, sl. slant to spine with light vertical creasing, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, ink name half title, good plus, £3.50
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20977 Innes, Hammond
THE WHITE SOUTH
Fontana, London, 1978, paperback, 256pp, : cover art by Paul Wright, light wrinkle in spine, edges a little tanned, very good plus, £3.50
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29617 Jenkins, Geoffrey
A CLEFT OF STARS
Fontana, London, 1975, 1st in imprint, paperback, 190pp inc. 2pp map, [ii] ads., : wraparound pictorial cover art (unattrib.), spine slanted with light vertical creasing, a little rubbed at extrems., diag. creasing upper wrapper, good, £2.50
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29619 Jenkins, Geoffrey
A WATERING PLACE OF GOOD PEACE
Fontana, London, 1975, paperback, 188pp inc. 1pp map, [iv] ads., : wraparound pictorial cover art (unattrib.), sl. slant to spine with light vertical creasing, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned and foxed, good plus, £2.50
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37448 Jessup, Richard
THREAT
Victor Gollancz, London, 1981, 1st edn., 256pp, ISBN:0575030348 : red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated lettered dustwrapper, a thriller set around the St. Cyr tower, New York, tiny bump lower tip upper bd., edges sl. tanned, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, £4.00
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37451 Kaplan, Howard
THE DAMASCUS COVER
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1978, 1st edn. UK, 257pp, ISBN:0340222298 : orange cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Jefferson Godwin, sl. cocked, small scratch upper edge of text block, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper, £5.00
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37466 Klavan, Andrew
AGNES MALLORY
Little Brown and Co., London, 1996, 1st edn., [viii], 248pp, coloured endpapers, ISBN:0316877743 : maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound pictorial dustwrapper by Elaine Cox, edges sl. tanned, dustwrapper: tiny indentation upper joint, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, £4.00
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37472 Lamont, Stewart
THE THIRD ANGLE
John Long, London, 1978, 1st edn., 185pp, ISBN:0091322901 : brown rexine cloth lettered in gilt at spine, upper edge coloured, photo montage dustwrapper by Chris Yates, edges sl. tanned, faint erased mark top cnr. front free endpaper, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper, £6.00
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21730 Lange, John [Michael Crichton]
BINARY
Heinemann, London, 1972, 1st edn., 213pp, : black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper (unattributed), early novel by Michael Crichton writing under the pseudonym John Lange, lightly rubbed at tips, edges lightly tanned with a few fox marks, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, spine sunned with quite heavy bleaching to title, very good in a very good dustwrapper, £32.00
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21985 le Carre, John
OUR GAME
Coronet, London, 1996, 1st in imprint, paperback, : very good plus, £4.00
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24982 le Carré, John
A PERFECT SPY
Coronet, London, 1987, 1st in imprint, paperback, 607pp, : pictorial wrappers, a little rubbed at extrems., light vertical creasing to spine, a few light creases to wrappers, edges sl. browned, good plus, £4.00
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24983 le Carré, John
A PERFECT SPY
Coronet, London, 1987, reprint, paperback, 607pp, : pictorial wrappers, very slight spine slant, lightly rubbed at extrems., numerous light vertical creases to spine, very good, £4.00
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20028 le Carré, John
SMILEY'S PEOPLE
Pan Books, London, 1982, paperback, : good plus, £2.50
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37478 le Carré, John
SMILEY'S PEOPLE
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1980, 1st edn., 327pp, ISBN:0340247045 : navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper by Stephen Cornwell, very sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at tips, edges sl. tanned with a few fox marks upper edge, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, laminate shrinking esp. at folds, tiny nick tail of spine, good plus in a good plus dustwrapper, £3.00
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37479 le Carré, John
SMILEY'S PEOPLE
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1980, 1st edn., 327pp, ISBN:0340247045 : navy blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper by Stephen Cornwell, lightly rubbed with faint bump lower tip upper board, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed with tiny repiared nick upper edge lower panel, spine sl. sunned, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper, £6.00
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29621 le Carré, John
THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY
Pan Books, London, 1981, paperback, 543pp, [i] ads., : decorative upper wrapper, a George Smiley novel, spine rolled and slanted with vertical creasing, rubbed at extrems., sl. creasing and surface loss to wrappers, reading copy only, £2.00
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29622 le Carré, John
THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY
Pan Books, London, ND (c1995), paperback, 543pp, [i] ads., : decorative upper wrapper, a George Smiley novel, lightly rubbed at extrems., top edge foxed, all edges lightly tanned, very good, £3.50
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37480 le Carré, John
THE LOOKING-GLASS WAR
Heinemann, London, 1965, 1st edn., 246pp, : black cloth lettered in silver at spine, col'd lettered dustwrapper, lightly rubbed and faintly bumped at tips, upper edge foxed, edges sl. tanned, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems. with several repaired tears at edges, spine heavily sunned, very good in a good dustwrapper, £6.00
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20024 le Carré, John
THE NAIVE AND SENTIMENTAL LOVER
Pan Books, London, 1975, paperback, : good, £2.50
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37477 le Carré, John
THE NIGHT MANAGER
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1993, 1st edn., 443pp, coloured endpapers, ISBN:0340592818 : black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative head and tail bands, lettered and decorated dustwrapper, a thriller in the world of intelligence, faintly bumped at upper tips, edges sl. tanned, dustwrapper: lightly creased, very good in a very good dustwrapper, £6.00
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34208 le Carré, John
THE NIGHT MANAGER
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1993, 1st edn., 442pp, 1pp acknowledgments, ISBN:0340592818 : black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decoratibe headband, coloured endpapers, lettered and decorated dustwrapper (unattrib.), lightly rubbed at extrems., faint bumps at tips lower board, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at