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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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Book cover ofVoice of the Air
  • THE VOICE OF THE AIR (Limited Edition)

  • Author: John HOWARD
  • Publisher: Egaeus Press
  • Comments:

    A first UK limited edition hardback (275 copies only).  Published without a dust jacket.  Unread.  Contains three novellas.

    SYNOPSIS:  “Dr Cristian Luca has lived through it all. From power and influence to near destitution, from audiences at the Royal Palace to sleeping on building sites, from manipulating people to dependence on the kindness of hidden friends, from a successf....

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Book cover ofLovecrafts Disciples 4
  • Lovecraft’s Disciples Issue #4

  • Authors: John B FORD (Editor) Steve LINES (Editor)
  • Publisher: Rainfall Books
  • Comments:

    A  first edition chapbook.  Rainfall Chapbooks are A5 sized publications with photocopied pages, laminated covers and stapled together.  Unread.  Bought new at publication and stored carefully ever since.

    Issue #4 in a series of Lovecraft tribute chapbooks containing stories and poems edited by John B Ford and Steve Lines.

    SIGNED by co-editor John B Ford.

    SYNOPSIS:  &....

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Book cover ofStorm Front
  • STORM FRONT

  • Author: Jim BUTCHER
  • Publisher: Orbit
  • Comments:

    A UK B Format (130 x 198 mm) paperback in very good condition for its age.  Age tanning to pages.  Bumped at base of book spine.  Covers are showing signs of wear to extremities and there is a faint crease across the bottom left-hand corner of the rear cover.

    The Dresden Files Book One.

    SYNOPSIS:  “Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago’s first (and only) Wizard PI.  Turns ....

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Book cover ofA Bright Moon For Fools
  • A BRIGHT MOON FOR FOOLS

  • Author: Jasper GIBSON
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Comments:

    A UK B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback.  First printing of this edition.  In good condition for its age.  Some tanning to pages.  There is damage to the bottom edge of the rear cover and 14 sheets of the text block – text not affected.  Some creasing at top left-hand corner of rear cover which extends to a few pages of the text block.

    Author’s debut novel.  The title wa....

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Book cover ofThe Drabbler 1
  • THE DRABBLER ISSUE #16

  • Author: Terrie Leigh RELF (Editor)
  • Publisher: Sam's Dot Publishing
  • Comments:

    Issue #16 dated April 2010.  SIGNED by contributor Glynn Barrass.

    SYNOPSIS:  “A ‘drabble’ is a story that contains exactly 100 words, no more, no less.  Sam’s Dot Publishing held a themed contest every four months and published the very best entries of the contest.

    The theme for issue 16 was Alien Architecture.  Herein you will find tales that deal wit....

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Book cover ofDeath on Lindisfarne
  • DEATH ON LINDISFARNE

  • Author: Fay SAMPSON
  • Publisher: Lion Publishing
  • Comments:

    A first UK edition B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a stated first edition.  Read once very carefully.

    The Aidan Mysteries.

    SYNOPSIS:  “Twice each day the holy island of Lindisfarne is cut off from the mainland by the incoming tide.

    Slight and ginger-bearded, Aidan the photographer and accidental sleuth brings his inquisitive eight-year-old daughter Melangell ....

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Book cover ofIf Wishes Were Horses
  • IF WISHES WERE HORSES

  • Author: Anne MCCAFFREY
  • Publisher: Dorchester Publishing
  • Comments:

    Published by Dorchester Publishing this is a Cosmos book. Mass market paperback. Unread.  Bought new at publication and stored ever since.  Covers showing some signs of storage wear and there is a light crease at the bottom of the front cover.  There is age tanning to pages and the insides of the covers are very heavily tanned.

    SYNOPSIS: “Young Tizra and her twin brother Tracell....

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