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London: Collins, 1986.. 1st ed. Fiction. "A deliciously funny fairy tale of modern life, 'The Beast' is a novel of real originality by a writer of rare gifts". Pp. 128. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w price-clipped with scuff to front cover. VG/G.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1970.. 1st ed. Fiction. "Perhaps John Updike's best and most attractive book." Pp. 7/206. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w (designed by Richard Dalkins) has slight sunning to spine and is price-clipped but has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/G+.

London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1947.. 1st edition. "Although this book is concerned with the search for a murderer, it is not a detective novel, and its excitements are not the same excitements of a detective novel. ...David Renn became a spy because of his passionate curiosity about what moves behind the eyes and in the dark heart, and because he was employed to keep an eye on traitors and might-be traitors..." Pp.279. Crimson cloth, dustwrapper (designed by Jack Matthew) rubbed with one centimeter tear to top of spine. VG/G+.

London: Faber & Faber, 1955.. 1st ed. "... this volume of original and imaginative stories, published in the author's eighty-third year ..." Pp. 256, fep absent. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w price-clipped. G+/G+.

London: Walter Scott,nd.. Aeg. Pp.428/4(ads), frontis., + 4 other b/w plates, engraved headpieces, inkstamp of Newark Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Association to verso rear endpaper. Illustrated Olive green cloth rubbed, gilt title to front and spine. G+.

London: Collins, 1974.. 1st ed. Fiction. "In this strange world where magic and reality mingle, Simon and Anne experience the difference between the true and the false in a way that they will never be able to forget - even in the 1970s." Pp. 191. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w (by William Blake). VG/G+.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982.. 1st ed. "When the Germans invaded southern Russia in the summer of 1942, their superbly trained troops encountered little opposition - until they reached the Caucasus mountains, where the last, desperate units of the Red Army and Russian partisans were awaiting them. Julian Hale has taken this campaign, the turning point of the Second World War, and crafted it into a gripping novel of war, love and divided loyalty." Pp.296, slight toning to pages. Blue cloth, d/w (illustrated by Michael Johnson). VG/VG.

London: Souvenir, 1962.. 1st British edition. A novel about a scandal at a military academy. "Here is the fictional behind-the-scenes world of West Point, from the cadets' quarters to the officers' homes." Pp.450, light toning to endpapers. Brown cloth, dustwrapper has toning to edge folds and has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1952.. 1st edition. "Retired from the sea, after his fill of adventures and violence and love, old Sandy lives quietly alone in a remote Highland cottage with a barn, a temperamental cow, a few books and a few hundred pounds in the bank. It is the tranquil and reflective evening of his days, Suddenly, willy-nilly, he is commited to a leading part in a tragic drama played out, almost, on his own doorstep." Pp.250. Red cloth, dustwrapper worn with small edge losses. G+/G.

London: Jonathan Cape, 2003.. 1st edition. ""James Wood's novel brings a new comic voice to British fiction - edgy, lyrical, intellectual and passionate. 'The Book Against God' explores questions of belief and unbelief, truth and lies, the relation of father and son, and husband and wife, in a tone that is at once poignant and funny. Above all, it introduces readers to the irrepressible presence of its narrator, Thomas Bunting, liar, doubter, and the strangest philosopher in contemporary fiction." Pp.247. Yellow boards, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

London: Sceptre, 1995.. Rep. "This is the heartrending tale of a man tortured by the past, and of the intense love between his son and adopted daughter which offers redemption. It is the dramatic story of a fight to halt a vast forest fire, which the authorities fail to confront..." Pp.294. Paperback. VG.

Canada: Breakwater, 1984.. 1st ed. Short stories. The author's debut into adult prose fiction. Pp. 114. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1961.. 1st Penguin ed. "The rogue's progress of an Old Etonian in the Brigade of Guards and in London Society". Fiction. Pp. 157/3(ads). Toning to pages. P/b. Illustd. cover by George W. Adamson. G.

Sudbury: Don Fraser Print, 1994.. 1st ed. "A contemporary drama of Eastshire life". Pp 85, some b/w illustrations. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

New York: Warner Books Inc., 1992.. Rep. 45th imp. "A passionate, deeply moving experience in lyrical prose". Fiction. Pp. 12/171. B/w illustns. to chapter headings. Brown and green cloth, illustd. d/w, chip to back wrap top edge. VG/G.

Basingstoke: Pickering & Inglis, 1985.. Rep. "The Broken Stone... a gripping real-life novel about the powers of evil in a 15 year old girl's life, and the rescuing love of God." Pp.156/1(ads). Pbk. VG.

London: Methuen, 1960.. Vanita Mitchell is nearly eight when her large family, recently arrived from France and England, move to a California ranch. The 'gajos' (non-gypsies) don't worry this carefree community; only the hostile 'wofudi man' (a gypsy-hater) tries to interfere, and his bitter feud with the gypsies runs through the book....Vii Putnam writes with authority, for she is herself the grand-daughter of the great gypsy King Mitchell I." Pp.240, minor spotting to endpapers. Orange cloth, d/w designed by Albany Wiseman has small ink date to rear and edgewear. VG/VG.

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head,1946.. 1st edition. "Mr Bell takes the family as pivot for his theme of husbandry and home. It is on human nature that he pins his faith - his faith in the land and the continuity of English values." Pp.170. Blue cloth, dustwrapper has small edge chips and creases and has a clear protective wrap affixed. G+/G+.

London:Michael Joseph,1964.. 1st ed. "This novel about modern Texas contains some of the wildest parties and some of the saddest and funniest scenes in contemporary literature. A many-faceted struggle for power is in progress. On one side the middle-aged; on the other, the disillustioned offspring of material wealth and lost values, coming with bewilderment and excess into their heritage." Pp.371. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999.. Translated by Alan R.Clarke. "What happens when shyness prevents an adolescent love affair from developing? And what happens when, 11 years later, destiny brings the lovers together again?" Pp.x/210. Paperback. VG.