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HIROSHIMA REEF.

Lambert, Eric, · 1967

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Frederick Muller, London, 1967, 1st edn., 250pp, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by C. Owen, a war story set in the Pacific, on one of the smaller of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in 1942, edges tanned, ink name front free endpaper, dustwrapper: li...

THE ITALIAN VILLA.

la Barre, Harriet, · 1989

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Piatkus, London, 1989, 1st edn., 250pp, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by John Hancock, sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at tips, ink name front free endpaper, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., a little creased at head of spine, very good in a ...

DUCKS AND DRAKES.

Krisman, Sue, · 1981

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Heinemann, London, 1981, 1st edn., 186pp, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated lettered dustwrapper by Anita Turpin, lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips and a little sunned, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

HIDEAWAY.

Koontz, Dean R., · 1992

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Headline, London, 1992, 1st edn., 307pp, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Graham Potts, edges tanned, dustwrapper: small repaired nick lower edge lower flap fold, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

PRISONER OF THE PAST.

Knight, Brigid, · 1972

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Hutchinson, London, 1972, 1st edn., 215pp, coloured endpapers, dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by Biro, edges tanned, single fox mark fore-edge, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, sl. surface rubbing, very good in a very good dustw...

AGNES MALLORY.

Klavan, Andrew, · 1996

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Little Brown and Co., London, 1996, 1st edn., [viii], 248pp, coloured endpapers, maroon cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound pictorial dustwrapper by Elaine Cox, edges tanned, dustwrapper: tiny indentation upper joint, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

THE DOWNFALL OF GERDT BLADH.

Kihlman, Christer (tran. from Swedish by Joan Tate), · 1989

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Peter Owen, London, 1989, 1st edn. UK, 221pp, black cloth lettered in metallic turquoise at spine, dustwrapper by Thomi Wroblewski, by one of Finland's best known writers, edges sl tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,

THE ROYAL BOX.

Keyes, Frances Parkinson, · 1954

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Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1954, 1st edn., 317pp, navy blue cloth lettered and lined in silver at spine, wraparound pictorial dustwrapper (unattrib.), a little rubbed at extrems., sl. patches of colour loss to cloth, pages tanned, endpapers replaced, dustwrapper: a little...

THE LETTER FROM SPAIN.

Keyes, Frances Parkinson, · 1959

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Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1959, 1st edn., 286pp, navy blue cloth lettered and lined in silver at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Biro, upper tips lightly bumped, edges tanned, ink name/date and small area thinning front free endpaper, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extre...

MADAME CASTEL'S LODGER.

Keyes, Frances Parkinson, · 1963

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Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1963, 1st edn., 410pp, pictorial eps., dark blue cloth lettered and ruled in silver at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by Jillian Willett, a novel of the American Civil War, lightly rubbed at tips, lightly bumped at lower tips, edges tanne...

JOY STREET.

Keyes, Frances Parkinson, · 1951

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Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1951, 1st edn., 512pp, chapter headings in line by Sue Story Shaw, green cloth lettered in red at spine, wraparound pictorial dustwrapper (unattrrib. but understood to be by identical with US edn. by Doris Beer), a saga of Boston, edges tanned w...

THE ICIEST SIN.

Keating, H. R. F., · 1990

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Hutchinson, London, 1990, 1st edn., 162pp, ochre cloth grain paper covered bds. gilt, an Inspector Ghote novel, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, a little creased lower edge upper panel, faintly marked, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

CHEATING DEATH.

Keating, H. R. F., · 1992

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Hutchinson, London, 1992, 1st edn., 172pp, red cloth grain paper covered bds. gilt, an Inspector Ghote novel, edges tanned, dustwrapper: sm. repaired tear at bottom of front flap fold, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

SMASH.

Kanin, Garson, · 1981

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Macmillan, London, 1981, 1st edn. UK, 522pp, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, lettered and decorated dustwrapper by Mel Williamson, a novel of Broadway, edges tanned, dustwrapper: unpriced, a little rubbed at extrems., spine sl. sunned, very good plus in a very good dus...

THREAT.

Jessup, Richard, · 1981

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Victor Gollancz, London, 1981, 1st edn., 256pp, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorated lettered dustwrapper, a thriller set around the St. Cyr tower, New York, tiny bump lower tip upper bd., edges tanned, dustwrapper: price clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, very good p...

THE FIFTH CHILD'S CONCEPTION IN THE RUNAWAY WIFE.

Jessup, Frances, · 1970

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Andre Deutsch, London, 1970, 1st edn., 144pp, orange cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial dustwrapper, the author's first novel, edges tanned and foxed, dustwrapper: spine quite heavily sunned, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good dustwrapper,

UNTIL THE COLOURS FADE.

Jeal, Tim, · 1976

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Hamish Hamilton, London, 1976, 1st edn., 475pp, light brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound pictorial dustwrapper by Brian Knight, a novel set in Victorian Lancashire and the battlefields of the Crimea, faintly bumped at lower tips, ink name top cnr. front free en...

ORIGINAL SIN.

James, P. D., · 1994

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Alfred A. Knopf, Toronto, 1994, 1st edn. Canada, [vi], 426pp, dark grey cloth lettered in silver at spine, decorated lettered dustwrapper by Spencer Francey Peters, an Adam Dalgliesh story, faint scratch fore-edge of text block, very good plus in a fine dustwrapper,

FLAVIA.

Jacob, Naomi, · 1965

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Robert Hale, London, 1965, 1st edn., 208pp, blue cloth lettered in silver at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Biro, rubbed and lightly bumped at extrems., edges tanned, dustwrapper: rubbed with nicks and sl. loss spine ends and cnrs., light overall soiling, very good in a good...

RICHES AND HONOR [HONOUR].

Hyman, Tom, · 1985

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Viking, New York, 1985, 1st edn., 439pp, blue paper covered boards backed with red cloth lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper (unattrrib.), decorative head and tail bands, book published US (US spelling HONOR) in dustwrapper for UK market (UK spelling HONOUR), lightly rubb...