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Book cover ofHapenny
  • HA’PENNY

  • Author: Jo WALTON
  • Publisher: Corsair
  • Comments:

    A first UK edition B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Unread.  Bought new at publication and stored carefully ever since.

    Book two of The Small Change Trilogy.

    SYNOPSIS:  “Following the Farthing Peace, England appears to have all but completed an inexorable descent into fascist dictatorship.  However, when ....

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Book cover ofHalf a Crown
  • HALF A CROWN

  • Author: Jo WALTON
  • Publisher: Corsair
  • Comments:

    A first UK edition B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Unread.  Bought new at publication and stored carefully ever since.

    Book three of The Small Change Trilogy.

    SYNOPSIS:  “It is the 1960s.  Hitler and the Duke of Windsor are among the global leaders who are convening in London to agree the final partition....

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Book cover ofDance of the Dark Heart
  • DANCE OF THE DARK HEART

  • Author: Julie HEARN
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Comments:

    A first UK edition B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Unread.

    SYNOPSIS:  “Jack Orion is a tormented soul. His childhood companion, and one true love, has been cruelly snatched away from him and now nothing matters to him but being reunited with her. From the goatherd’s shack to the court of King Henry VIII, Ja....

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Book cover ofMobius Dick
  • MOBIUS DICK

  • Author: Andrew CRUMEY
  • Publisher: Dedalus
  • Comments:

    A B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback edition – first printing of the Dedalus edition.  Unread.  Some slight signs of storage wear to cover extremities.

    SYNOPSIS:  “Mobius Dick is a dazzling inventive story that blends techno-thriller, historical fantasy, philosophy and farce, with a cast of characters that includes composers, scientists, geniuses and madmen.  Beneath its g....

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Book cover ofBattle Surgeon
  • BATTLE SURGEON

  • Author: Frank G SLAUGHTER
  • Publisher: Permabooks
  • Comments:

    An unabridged US paperback edition.  The title was originally published in 1944 by Doubleday Inc and then by Permabooks in 1952.  This is a 7th printing of the 1952 edition.   In very good condition for its age.  Tanning to pages.  Crease across top left-hand corner of the rear cover.  Some reading creases to spine.  Covers showing signs of wear to extremities.

    SYNOPSIS:  “....

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Book cover ofPositively Last Performance
  • THE POSITIVELY LAST PERFORMANCE

  • Author: Geraldine MCCAUGHREAN
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Comments:

    A first UK edition B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Unread.  Minor bump to base of book spine.

    SYNOPSIS:  “The Royal Theatre has seen better days.  But then so have the ghosts who live there.  The nightly shows at the Royal Theatre must be seen to be believed.  The problem is that nobody can see them.  Excep....

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Book cover ofGods Dog
  • GOD’S DOG

  • Author: Diego MARANI
  • Publisher: Dedalus
  • Comments:

    A first UK edition B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback.  Originally published in Italy in 2012.  This edition translated by Judith Landry.  Unread.

    SYNOPSIS:  “God’s Dog is Diego Marani’s first detective novel, introducing Domingo Salazar, a Dominican monk, who is a Vatican secret agent.  Italy is now a theocratic state ruled by the Vatican, whose secret agents are d....

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Book cover ofQuick Curtain
  • QUICK CURTAIN

  • Author: Alan MELVILLE
  • Publisher: British Library
  • Comments:

    This is a first printing of the British Library re-issue B format paperback (130 x 198 mm). Introduction by Martin Edwards. The title was originally published in 1934 by Skeffington & Sons.  Read once very carefully.

    SYNOPSIS:  “When Douglas B Douglas – leading light of the London theatre – premieres his new musical extravaganza, Blue Music, he is sure the packed ....

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Book cover ofPutting Out
  • PUTTING OUT

  • Author: Neil FERGUSON
  • Publisher: Abacus
  • Comments:

    This is a B format UK paperback edition with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing of this edition.  The title was first published by Hamish Hamilton in 1988.  In very good condition for its age.  Heavy age tanning to pages making them rather brown but still eminently readable.  The covers are showing some signs of storage wear to the extremities and there is a small cr....

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Book cover ofComet Weather TPB
  • COMET WEATHER

  • Author: Liz WILLIAMS
  • Publisher: NewCon Press
  • Comments:

    A first UK edition trade paperback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Unread.

    SYNOPSIS:  “Practical Magic meets The Witches of Eastwick.  A contemporary tale of four fey sisters.

    Bee: the practical one; still living in the family home of Mooncote in Somerset.  Stella:  vowed never to return to Mooncote following a row, but that was then&....

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Book cover ofDeath of a Prominent Citizen
  • DEATH OF A PROMINENT CITIZEN

  • Author: Cora HARRISON
  • Publisher: Severn House
  • Comments:

    A First World Edition hardback with a stated ‘This First World Edition published 2020 in Great Britain’. Read once very carefully. Pictorial boards. The dust jacket is complete but un-priced.  This is the norm now for books published by Severn House. Some slight damage to the laminate at the bottom edge of the dust jacket caused in transit from the publisher.

    A Reverend Mot....

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Book cover ofStig of the Dump
  • STIG OF THE DUMP

  • Author: Clive KING
  • Publisher: Puffin
  • Comments:

    A UK B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback in very good condition for its age.  The title was first published in 1963.  This is a Penguin Modern Classics edition (originally published in 1993) and this is a later undated re-print of that edition.  Age tanning to pages.  Faint reading crease to spine.

    Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.

    SYNPSIS:  “If you went too near the edge ....

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