Letteratura

My Seed - Thy Harvest

FRANCES DALE · 0 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Hurst & Blackett. 9999, Not Stated. Hardcover. Ex-Library, Red cloth, library binding, probably Boots; binding faded and worn, rust mark inside from the wire thing they put in the spine; last page neatly repaired. Good reading copy. Mid 20th century novel. Fair/No Jacket.

No Flowers, By Request

JUNE THOMSON · 1987 · Marion Pitman Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London, Constable. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 009467650X) Hardcover. Ex-Library, Ex-library, flyleaf torn out, probably half-title also; small stamp rear of title; edges bit brown, small mark two pages, slight spine lean. Dustwrapper has some creasing and small label on spine...

The Running Tide

CYNTHIA S. ROBERTS · 1988 · Marion Pitman Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London, Headline. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747200564) Hardcover. Book, Name on flyleaf, page edges bit brown, slight creasing top edge dustwrapper. Roimantic mystery in 1840s Wales. Very Good/Very Good.

One of Us

MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH · 1998 · Marion Pitman Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

New York, Bantam. 1998, ARC Uncorrected Proof. (ISBN: 0553106058) Soft cover. Book, Trade paperback size, worn on edges. Good.

The East Window

MARGARET MORRISON · 1955 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Hutchinson. 1955, Reprint of 1st Edn. Hardcover. Book, Covers a little marked, one gathering of pages loose; dustwrapper price clipped, worn on edges, piece missing from top of spine. Novel set in England during second world war. Good/Fairly Good.

They Came to Cordura

GLENDON SWARTHOUT · 1958 · Marion Pitman Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

London, William Heinemann. 1958, First UK Edition. Hardcover. Book, Boards slightly warped, name on flyleaf, dustwrapper frayed and torn. "Book Society Choice" on dustwrapper. Later made into a film. Good/Fair.

The Faithful Compass

DOREEN WALLACE · 1941 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Collins White Circle. 1941, Fourth Impression. Soft cover. Book, Corners & edges worn, bottom bit of spine missing, page edges slightly brown, one corner bit curled, back cover creased. With adverts. Novel, seems to be set in Cumberland. Scarce title. Good.

The Third Generation

CHESTER HIMES · 1956 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

New York, Signet / New American Library. 1956, Fourth Printing. Soft cover. Book, Covers bit creased and rubbed, text clean and sound. Good/No Jacket.

A Very Particular Murder

S. T. HAYMON [SYLVIA T HAYMON] · 1989 · Marion Pitman Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

London, Constable. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0094688605) Hardcover. Book, Page edges slightly brown, first few pages creased. Press release and compliment slip loosely inserted. Crime novel, Insp. Ben Jurnet. Good/Very Good.

Springfield Home

ELIZABETH STUCLEY · 1961 · Marion Pitman Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

London, The Bodley Head. 1961, First Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Charles Mozley. Ex-Library, Juvenile novel about a gipsy girl in a children's home. Ex-library with stamps and labels, dustjacket wrapped in plastic, few small marks in text but generally clean and sound. Good/Good.

Quite By Accident

KAGE BOOTON [CATHERINE K. BOOTON] · 1974 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,161)

London, Peter Davies. 1974, First UK Edition. (ISBN: 0432015256) Hardcover. Ex-Library, Ex-library with stamps on title page and dustjacket wrapped in plastic; printing from inside jacket wrapper has offset on covers; otherwise good. Good/Good.

Cavanagh of Kultann

JOAN SUTHERLAND · 1911 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Londo, Harper & Brothers. 1911, First Edition ?. Hardcover. Book, Binding detached from text block, worn, faded & split; endpapers browned, text good. Harper's Colonial Library. Bookseller's label from Calcutta. Fair/No Jacket.

The Fortnightly Club

HORACE HUTCHINSON · 1922 · Marion Pitman Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London, John Murray. 1922, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Green boards, buff cloth spine; binding bit worn, dent in back board; hinges weak; text sound. Flyleaf has previous owner's name dated from Iquique, Chile, 1922; bookseller's label from Iquique. Pasted in the back is a...

Time for Miss Boo

MARGARET LEE RUNBECK · 1949 · Marion Pitman Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

New York, Appleton - Century - Crofts. 1949, First Thus?. Hardcover. Ill.: Peggy Bacon. Book, Off-white cloth, dark blue lettering. Cloth discoloured, bit damp damaged, flyleaf torn out, front hinge cracked. Reading copy. Comprises Our Miss Boo and Time for Each Other. Fair/No...

Lovely Woman

T. W. H. CROSLAND · 1908 · Marion Pitman Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,794)

London, Stanley Paul. 1908, New Edition. Hardcover. Book, Red cloth, worn, spine ends frayed, hinges cracked, rear hinge broken, completely detached; pages brown at edges, name on flyleaf. Misogynistic humour. Fair/No Jacket.

He Couldn't Say Amen

MICHAEL LEIGH · 1951 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Werner Laurie. 1951, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Green cloth, bit worn, endpapers foxed. Novel about the Scottish King. Good/No Jacket.

The Man on the White Horse

WARWICK DEEPING · 1934 · Marion Pitman Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

London, Cassell. 1934, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Corners a little bruised, slight spine lean, very slight foxing at ends, marks on back board, name on half-title; spine slightly different colour from boards, presumably faded. Novel of post Roman Britain. Good/No Jacket.

Black Gallantry

VAL GIELGUD · 1928 · Marion Pitman Books

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,005)

London, Constable. 1928, First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library, Black cloth, rather worn; spine completely detached at rear joint; several stamps from The Strand Library, Teignmouth; flyleaf missing; hinge weak; few spots of foxing. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

To the Wood No More

ERNEST RAYMOND · 1974 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Cassell. 1974, Reprint. Hardcover. Ex-Library, Late reprint; ex-library. Binding worn, few pages marked, stamps & remains of label, flyleaf damaged; dustwrapper worn on corners, wrapped in polythene. Pink wrapper shows vignette of street with Edwardian couple. Fairly G...

Sweet Fanny Adams

C. K. ( KAREL ) JAEGER · 1953 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Grey Walls Press. 1953, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Red cloth; spine and part of cover faded. Very small tears in top edge 3 pages. Very Good/No Jacket.