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This series of small books (four and a half inches wide by seven and a quarter tall)is presented by Compact Books and offers unabridged modern classics in a compact format. Price still on dustjacket. Small stain to inside of dustjacket not visible externally. IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH
First UK edition. Price still on dustjacket. A Montague Pluke investigation. “Much as Detective Inspector Montague Pluke loves his job in Crickledale CID, he has been looking forward to a holiday. It gives him the long-awaited opportunity to go in search of the Lost Giant’s Horse Trough of Trippingdale rumoured to exist in the grounds of Trippingdale Castle. The castle has been c....
Price still on dustjacket. First UK edition with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing. Tanning to page extremities. Author’s first novel. “Nothing much happens in Versailles, Maine – until a putrefying body is found in a cabin up by the lake. The dead man turns out to be from the Boston DA’s office, a prosecutor who had been investigating a series....
A Book Club edition. Some tanning to pages. “One day in spring, 1941, Kay Bryant walked along the bombed London street in which she had rented a bedsitting room before the war. She had come to see what the blitz had done to Little Carberry Street, but now that she had seen its emptiness and stillness there was a chance she might be able to forget some of the horror associated with No 1....
First UK omnibus edition. This omnibus contains the novels State of Mind and Just Cause.
Age tanning to pages. Covers generally showing signs of wear; reading crease running from top to bottom of front cover nearest to spine. Minor crease on bottom left hand corner of rear cover.
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First UK paperback edition. Comes complete with the publisher’s publicity handout. A novel in the Legends of the Raven series. “It has been smouldering for years, but now the conflict between Balaia’s four colleges of magic has finally blazed into furious life. Xetesk, the Dark College, determined to impose its rule, now faces an alliance of Lystern and Dordova.” IN ....
First UK edition. Price still on dustjacket. Tanning to pages, mainly at the extremities. “A Chronicle of Hollywood in the fifties. It’s a vivid portrait of power, fame and sex in 1950s Hollywood, from the rise of tabloid journalism to the making of legendary icons. Colourful and humorous anecdotes of such public icons as Lana Turner, Rock Hudson and Kim Novak profile the celebriti....
First UK edition with a full 1 to 9 number sequence indicating a first printing. Very light tanning to pages. Price still on dustjacket. Comes complete with the publisher’s press release. Author’s debut novel. Annals of Lindormyn Volume One. This is a heavy book! “Nobody likes rawgrs. Call them hellhounds or demons, whatever you like – they’re a bad lot, and no ....
Price still on dustjacket, the spine of which is faded. Foxing to top edges of pages not affecting text. “The Negotiator unfolds with the spellbinding suspense, unceasing surprise and riveting detail that are the hallmarks of the world’s greatest master of international intrigue. And in Quinn, the Negotiator, hounded by past killings and past treachery, who must strive for peace in....
First UK edition. Price still on dustjacket. Minor bumps to book spine ends. Some tanning to pages. Author’s first novel. “Daniel Profit is a man no one in New Orleans likes and many people want to know. He’s the main line to some of the finest cocaine around. He’s tired of the life of a dealer and dreams of making one big, final score. All he needs to bring it off ....
Full 1 to 10 number sequence. Reading creases to spine. “The year is 1941. Verna Wilensky is found dead in her bath, apparently the lonely victim of a sad accident. Her life had seemed unremarkable. She had no survivors. But she had a bank account packed with almost $100,000. How could a woman like Verna have amassed such a fortune?” IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH
First UK edition with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing. Price still on dustjacket. Minor bump to the top of the book spine. “When artist Dylan O’Connor pulls into a motel off the Arizona interstate highway, al he wants to do is relax with his autistic brother Shepherd, watch some TV and get a good night’s sleep. Yet within the hour he finds himsel....