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THE STRODE VENTURER.

Innes, Hammond, · 1965

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Collins, London, 1965, 1st edn., 320pp, blue/black dichromatic cloth lettered in gilt at spine, dustwrapper design by 'Farnhill', a maritime adventure in coral atolls of the Maldives, with a background of high finance in the shipping world, lightly rubbed at tips, upper edge...

NORTH STAR.

Innes, Hammond, · 1974

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Collins, London, 1974, 1st edn., 318pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper by Paul Wright, a thriller at sea set against the oil industry of the North Sea, lightly rubbed at tips, light bumps to spine ends, light foxing upper and fore-edge...

THE RAINBOW AND THE ROSE.

Shute, Nevil, · 1958

£8.40 (€10.07 | $11.10 | ¥1,772)

Heinemann, London, 1958, 1st edn., [vi], 306pp, red cloth gilt, coloured dustwrapper by Stein, a flying rescue story set in Tasmania, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, faint foxing to prelims., dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems. with sl. loss at spine ends and cnrs., spine s...

SUMMER'S LEASE.

Mortimer, John, · 1988

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Viking, London, 1988, 1st edn., 288pp, col'd endpapers, crimson cloth lettered in silver at spine, col'd montage dustwrapper, edges tanned, dustwrapper: tiny nick head of spine, fine in a very good plus dustwrapper,

FANDANGO ROCK.

Masters, John, · 1959

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Michael Joseph, London, 1959, 1st edn., 350pp, black cloth lettered in gilt and lined in white at spine, pictorial dustwrapper by Richard Barton, very sl. cocked, tiny bumps at upper tips, edges tanned, endpapers partially browned, dustwrapper: a little rubbed at extrems. wit...

SOLOMANS SEAL.

Innes, Hammond, · 1980

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Collins, London, 1980, 1st edn., 320pp, light grey cloth lettered and decorated in gilt at spine, dustwrapper by Ronald Clark, maritime adventure, the islands of the South West pacific and rare stamps, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, light mark lower board, dustwrapper:...

LEVKAS MAN.

Innes, Hammond, · 1971

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Collins, London, 1971, 1st edn., 320pp, pictorial maps at eps., dark brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper by Richard Dalkins, unusual interweaving of anthrological research and dark personal history set against the background of Greek nationalism...

LEVKAS MAN.

Innes, Hammond, · 1971

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Collins, London, 1971, 1st edn., 320pp, pictorial maps at eps., dark brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper by Richard Dalkins, unusual interweaving of anthrological research and dark personal history set against the background of Greek nationalism...

ATLANTIC FURY.

Innes, Hammond, · 1962

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Collins, London, 1962, 1st edn., 318pp, maps at eps., green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, maps at endpapers, pictorial dustwrapper by Michael Harvey, adventure for two brothers in the Western Isles of Scotland, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges tanned and foxed...

ATLANTIC FURY.

Innes, Hammond, · 1962

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Collins, London, 1962, 1st edn., 318pp, maps at eps., green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, maps at endpapers, pictorial dustwrapper by Michael Harvey, adventure for two brothers in the Western Isles of Scotland, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems. esp. upper edges of bds...

THE DOOMED OASIS.

Innes, Hammond, · 1960

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Collins, London, 1960, 1st edn., 320pp, black cloth lettered in gilt at spine, unattributed pictorial dustwrapper, set in the desert sand of Arabia, the story of the struggle for oil and a fight to save an oasis, a little rubbed and lightly bumped at extrems., upper edge dust...

THE MARY DEARE.

Innes, Hammond, · 1956

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Collins, London, 1956, 1st edn., 256pp, maps at endpapers, green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper (unattrib.), told by a salvage operator, the story of the three times torpedoed tramp steamer, sl. cocked, rubbed and a little bumped at extrems., ed...

THE EDGE.

Francis, Dick, · 1988

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Michael Joseph, London, 1988, 1st edn., 283pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial montage dustwrapper by Chris Yates, edges tanned, dustwrapper: very lightly rubbed at tips, tiny repaired nick tail rear flap fold, very good plus in a very good plus dus...

A GENTLE OCCUPATION.

Bogarde, Dirk, · 1980

£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)

Chatto and Windus, London, 1980, 1st edn., 360pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd pictorial dustwrapper, the author's first novel, very lightly bumped at tips, 3 line ink name/date front paste-down, dustwrapper: very sl. browned at spine, very good plus in a ...