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First publised by Dedalus in 2007, this collection brings together horrifying, dramatic and erotic short stories and poettry, most of which have never before been translated into English. Comes complete with the publisher’s publicity handout. Translated by Kirsten Lodge. IN STOCK NOW READY FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH
Some tanning to pages. First UK edition with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing. Price still on dustjacket. “A deadly predator is roaming Salisbury Plain and Jackson Cawley, a fifteen year old American is abruptly plunged into the hunt to kill it before it kills again… Jackson is in England visiting his aunt Sarah, an eminent anthropologist, who’s be....
This is a new translatin by Brendan King. First publication in the UK in 2008. Originally published in France in 1884. Comes complete with the publisher’s publicity handout. Against Nature is the perfect illustration of Oscar Wilde’s famous paradox that life imitates art, and not the other way round. IN STOCK READY FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH
The book is good for its age. The dustjacket is good to poor, and is grubby with some repairs, but is 95% complete. Tanning to pages making them quite brown. Minor rubbing to head and tail of book spine. Price still on dustjacket. IN STOCK NOW READY FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH.
Very fine and unread. Price still on dustjacket. Author’s first novel. The book is SIGNED by Sarah Miles on the half-title page. “Film designer Ned Nugent is at a crossroads. Disillusioned with a Hollywood that ranks special effects above true style, he has returned to England to what he thinks is real life and a measure of sanity. But no sooner has he set foot in King’s....
First UK edition with a full 1 to 9 number sequence indicating a first printing. Unpriced dustjacket. “Jane Whitefield has an unusual career. She helps people to disappear. Wives escaping abusive husbands, men in trouble with the mob, victims framed for crimes they didn’t commit – she helps them vanish into anonymity by establishing new lives and new identifies for them.&#....
The book is in very good condition for its age. The dustjacket is scuffed at edges. Foxing to leading edges of pages. Price still on dustjacket. Bumped at head and tail of book spine and at the bottom right hand corner of the front board. “Set in London, New York and Moscow, the themes of these stories range from a hilariously funny bull-fight organised to raise money for the Spanish R....
Full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing. Price still on dustjacket. Unread. Based on the Cadfael Chronicles by Ellis Peters. The Cadfael Chronicles are as rich in meaning and relevance today as they would have been in medieval times and these daily sayings will inspire both Brother Cadfael’s devotees and those for whom the medieval detective mysteries are a joy to com....
Stated first printing in Great Britain but undated. Lacks a dustjacket. Very slight foxing to leading edges of pages. FFEP and rear FEP are discoloured. “Tommy Rankin, Mr Propper’s popular detective, makes his first appearance in a post-war mystery in a drama that provides readers with a vastly intriguing puzzle that will keep them guessing until the final denouement.” IN S....
The book is in very good condition for its age. Small elements of the dustjacket are missing, but it is 99% complete. The dustjacket is very grubby with small internal repairs. the spine of the dustjacket is discoloured. Age tanning to pages. “Dr Truscott – shabby, lovable, sexually misadventurous – tells his own story in this novel (a first one) by Hamilton Johnston: being....
Price still on dustjacket. This is the first book in The Roman Mysteries series. Ancient Rome, four children and a mystery. “The year is 79AD. The place is Ostia, the port of Rome. Flavia Gemina, a Roman sea captain’s daughter, is about to embark on a thrilling adventure. The theft of her father’s signet ring leads her to three extraordinary people – Jonathan the J....
First UK edition with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing. Price still on dustjacket. “Thanksgiving is a novel about love, sex, death at midlife, and the power of the past. Anthony is a British journalist whose American wife, Lucy, has suddenly died. Grieving and haunted, he becomes obsessed with her youth and the years he missed before he met her…” ....