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A BALANCE OF POWER.

Prior, Jim, · 1986

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1986, 1st edn., 278pp, 8pp half tone and line ills., dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, the autobiography of a farmer and Conservative MP, Parliamentary Private Secretary to Edward Heath and subsequently a...

TIN BATH NIGHT in front of the fire,.

Turner, Jean, · 1994

£13.00 (€15.58 | $17.17 | ¥2,742)

J. Publishing, Beccles - UK, ND (1994), 1st edn., paperback original, 104pp incl 4pp ads., photo pictorial wrappers, before indoor plumbing the tradition was to bathe in a portable tin bath, once a week (if you were lucky), this book records reminiscences of those times, fine,

THE GESTE OF DUKE JOCELYN - A Romance in Prose and Verse.

Farnol, Jeffery, · 1943

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Sampson Low, Marston and Co. London, ND (circa 1943), reprint, 250pp, red cloth lettered in black at spine, double line border and author device JF in black upper bd., col'd pictorial dustwrapper (unattrib), cocked, a little bumped and rubbed at extrems., edges a little dusty...

THE FOOL BELOVED.

Farnol, Jeffery, · 1950

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

The Book Club, London, 1950, club edn., 246pp , red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by 'Jeudwine', lightly rubbed and faintly bumped at tips, gilding dull, edges tanned, ink name front free endpaper, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems. wit...

THE FOOL BELOVED.

Farnol, Jeffery, · 1950

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

The Book Club, London, 1950, club edn., 246pp , red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by 'Jeudwine', lightly rubbed and bumped at tips, edges tanned, gilding dull, name, date and blocked out previous owner's label front pastedown, dustwrapper: ru...

ANOTHER DAY.

Farnol, Jeffery, · 1952

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Sampson Low, London, 1952, new impression, 314pp, red cloth lettered in black at spine, author device JF in black upper bd., pictorial dustwrapper by C. E. Brock, a little rubbed at spine head, small abrasion top cnr. upper bd., edges tanned, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at e...

ANOTHER DAY.

Farnol, Jeffery, · 1952

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Sampson Low, London, 1952, new impression, 314pp, red cloth lettered in black at spine, author device JF in black upper bd., pictorial dustwrapper by C. E. Brock, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, final page careless opened with small sharksfin fore-edge, dustwrapper: lig...

THE SINISTER MAN.

Wallace, Edgar, · 1951

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1951, reset edn., 256pp, #B58, smaller format about 7 x 5 inches, red cloth lettered in black at spine, decorated in blind upper bd., unattrib. pictorial dustwrapper, HandS Yellow Jacket series priced at 5/- net, lightly rubbed at tips, top edge...

THE RINGER.

Wallace, Edgar, · 1930

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,953)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, ND (circa 1930's), 32nd edn., 320pp, blue cloth lettered in black, pictorial dustwrapper (later issue, 47th edn. HandS Yellow Jacket series), a little rubbed extrems, sl. cloth misfold top cnr. lower bd., edges a little dusty and tanned with a fe...

MR. JUSTICE MAXELL.

Wallace, Edgar, · 1948

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Hodder and Stoughton, London, ND [1948], reprint, 251pp, smaller format about 7 x 5 inches, pale grey cloth lettered in black at spine, unattrib. pictorial dustwrapper priced at 5/- net, ad. lower panel for Ward Lock 'New Titles' identified as 1948, light bump top cnr. upper ...

CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE.

Hall, Rodney, · 1988

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Faber and Faber, London, ND (copyright 1988), 1st edn. UK, 214pp, green cloth lettered in white at spine, photo montage dustwrapper, a mystery novel written around the facts of the unsolved Gatton triple murders of 1898 Australia, the author's first book, edges tanned, dustwr...

YESTERDAY'S ENEMY.

Haggard, William, · 1976

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Cassel, London, 1976, 1st edn., [iv], 204pp, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper by Mick Wells, a Colonel Charles Russell story, light bump upper tip lower board, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good plus d...

THE HARD SELL.

Haggard, William, · 1965

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Cassell, London, 1965, 1st edn., 188pp, navy blue cloth lettered in white at spine, decorated lettered dustwrapper by Mudge Marriott, a little bumped at upper corners, small bookseller's label front paste-down, tanning to edges, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed and creased at top ...

THE TRICKSTER.

Gray, Muriel, · 1994

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Harper Collins, London, 1994, 1st edn., [viii], 567pp, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, photo montage dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at spine ends, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., tiny nick top edge upper hinge, slit upper panel, repaired and inter...

THE DANGEROUS EDGE.

Grant-Adamson, Lesley, · 1993

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Faber and Faber, London, 1993, 1st edn., 330pp, black cloth lettered in white at spine, decorated and lettered dustwrapper, sl. cocked, edges tanned, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,

N IS FOR NOOSE.

Grafton, Sue, · 1998

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Macmillan, London, 1998, 1st edn., [x], 312pp, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, col'd eps., col'd pictorial dustwrapper by Getty Images, a Kinsey Millhone mystery, sl. cocked, faintly bumped at lower tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good ...

THE CONQUEROR.

Heyer, Georgette, · 1972

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Pan Books, London, 1972, 9th imp., paperback, 349pp, [iii] ads., oval pictorial panel upper wrapper (unattrib.), sl. slant with light vertical at spine and upper hinge, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good plus,

ROYAL ESCAPE.

Heyer, Georgette, · 1977

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Pan Books, London, 1977, 9th imp., paperback, 383pp inc. 2pp bibliography, [i] ads., oval pictorial panel upper wrapper (unattrib.), sl. roll to spine with faint vertical crease, a little rubbed at extrems., a few faint creases to wrappers, edges tanned, very good,

ROYAL ESCAPE.

Heyer, Georgette, · 1970

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Pan Books, London, 1970, 5th imp., paperback, 383pp inc. 2pp bibliography, [i] ads., oval pictorial panel upper wrapper (unattrib.), a little rubbed at extrems. with short nick tail of lower hinge, faint creases to wrappers, edges tanned, very good,

ROYAL ESCAPE.

Heyer, Georgette, · 1971

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Pan Books, London, 1971, 6th imp., paperback, 383pp inc. 2pp bibliography, [i] ads., oval pictorial panel upper wrapper (unattrib.), sl. roll to sunned spine with light vertical creases, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing and soiling to wrappers, edges tanned, ink in...