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HOOK, LINE & SINKER TRILOGY. 1. SPY HOOK. 2. SPY LINE. 3. SPY SINKER. 3 BOOKS IN TOTAL.
de Deighton, Len.
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- Usado - Near Fine
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- Very Good+
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- First Editions.
- Published
- 1988
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- ISBN
- 9780091736422
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- 1
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Oakville, Ontario, CAN
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London: Hutchinson, 1988. 3 volume set, hard cover first editions in dust jackets, 8 7/8" H. 1. Spy Hook - 267 pp, 1988, ISBN 0091736420. "Bernard Samson plods through a snow blizzard in Washington DC, and he's not enjoying it. Old pals are not as friendly, colleagues not so confiding as they used to be. Or so it seems… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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AGENT OF ROME: THE SIEGE.
de Brown, Nick.
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 2011
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- Hardcover
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- 9781444714852
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2011. 390 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w map, plan. "270 AD. Rome has ruled Syria for over three centuries. But now the weakened empire faces a desperate threat: Queen Zenobia of Palmyra has turned her Roman-trained army against her former masters and the once invincible legions have been crushed. Arabia, Palestine and Egypt have fallen… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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DECLARATIONS OF WAR.
de Deighton, Len.
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1971
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780224006019
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- 1
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. 205 pp, 8 3/4" H, black boards with gilt lettering on spine, maroon top edge of textblock and endpapers. "In this (collection of short stories) about men at war, Len Deighton slyly traps the reader into an involvement far deeper than he bargains for. A series of literary jump-cuts between actions as far apart as the… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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WESTWARD HO! OR; THE VOYAGES AND ADVENTURES OF SIR AMYAS LEIGH, KNIGHT, OF BURROUGH, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON IN THE REIGN OF HER MOST GLORIOUS MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH.
de Kingsley, Charles.
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- First Canadian Edition with Wyeth Illus.
- Published
- 1920
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Toronto: Copp-Clark, 1920. 413 pp, 9 1/2" H. Black cloth with colour pictorial pastedown on front board, pictorial endpapers, decorated title page and 14 colour plates (all present). Sir Amyas Leigh voyages with Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh in search of Spanish treasure in the New World. A small crease at the bottom edge of the… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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CHILDREN UNDER COMMUNISM. VERSION OF THE RUSSIAN "THE LITTLE LAME WALTER".
de Saloff-Astakhoff, N.I.
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1931
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Oakville, Ontario, CAN
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New York: Self-published, 1931. 78 pp, 7 1/2" H. The author relates a fictional story of an orphanage in the beginning years of communist Russia. Formerly a haven of Christian values, love, and physical comfort, it deteriorates to a place of persecution, misery, want and sin. Children who cling to their Christian faith are punished and starved, becoming young… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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TRAITOR OR PATRIOT? A TALE OF THE RYE-HOUSE PLOT.
de Rowsell, Mary C.
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London: Blackie & Son 287 pp + 16 pp publisher's catalogue (illustrated) at rear, 7 3/8" H, dark blue cloth with gilt and pale yellow lettering/colour illustrations on spine and front board. No publishing date, but inscription dated 1909 on preliminary page. 4 b&w illustrations (including frontispiece - all present. "This story is for the most part a romantic… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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THE SONG OF TROY.
de McCullough, Colleen.
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- Usado - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780752814131
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London: Orion, 1998. 404 pp, 9 1/2" H. 2 b&w maps. "Recounts the tragic and terrible saga of the Trojan War, a three-thousand-year-old tale of enduring love, abiding hate, vengeance, betrayal, honour and sacrifice. The narrative is passed from one character to another: Priam, King of Troy, doomed to make the wrong decisions for the right reasons; the Greek… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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THE WOMEN OF THE COUSINS' WAR: THE DUCHESS, THE QUEEN, AND THE KING'S MOTHER.
de Gregory, Philippa / Baldwin, David / Jones, Michael.
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- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good+
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- 2011
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781451629545
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- 1
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New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster , 2011. 342 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w maps, genealogical charts, etc. Colour plates. "Philippa Gregory and her fellow historians descibe the extraordinary lives of the heroines of her Cousins' War books: Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford; Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV; and Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII. In… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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JADE DRAGON MOUNTAIN.
de Hart, Elsa.
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- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Edición
- First Edition
- Published
- 2015
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781250072320
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- 1
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New York: Minotaur, 2015. 321 pp, 9 1/2" H. "On the mountainous border of China and Tibet in 1708, a detective must learn what a killer already knows: that empires rise and fall on the strength of the stories they tell. Li Du was an imperial librarian. Now he is an exile on his way out of the country… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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WHITETHORN. A NOVEL OF AFRICA.
de Courtenay, Bryce.
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- Usado - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Canadian Edition
- Published
- 2006
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781552786062
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- 1
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Toronto: McArthur, 2006. 682 pp, 9 1/4" H. "The time is 1939. White South Africa is a deeply divided nation with many of the Afrikaner people fanatically opposed to the English. The world is also on the brink of war and South Africa elects to fight for the Allied cause against Germany. Six-year-old Tom Fitzsaxby finds himself in The… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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PERICLES & ASPASIA. 2 VOLUME SET IN DECORATIVE BINDINGS - WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN TWO STATES.
de Landor, Walter Savage. Edited by C.G. Crump.
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- Usado - Very Good
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- Limited Edition.
- Published
- 1890
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- Hardcover
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EUR 88.72
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London: J.M. Dent, 1890. 215 pp, 242 pp - 2 volume set. B&w illustrations. "This Edition is limited to Five Hundred copies for England, and Five Hundred Copies for America (acquired by Messrs. Macmillan and Co.)." 6 1/2" H, medium brown leather spines and corners (spines with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering), cream vellum boards with gilt… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. MOVIE TIE-IN.
de Austen, Jane.
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- Usado - Very Good+
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London: Collins Clear-Type Press 439 pp, 16mo (6 1/8" H), thin burgundy leather over card covers/spine - gilt lettering and decoration on spine, top edge gilt - in original clear plastic wrapper and burgundy slipcase (stamped 'British Made'). Burgundy endpapers, 6 b&w illustrations including frontispiece - movie stills from the 1940 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production starring Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Maureen O'Sullivan,… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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THE CORNET OF HORSE: A TALE OF MARLBOROUGH'S WARS.
de Henty, G.A. (George Alfred Henty.)
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- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good
- Edición
- Second Impression.
- Published
- 1958
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London: Latimer House, 1958. 254 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H). B&w frontispiece. "This edition (slightly abridged) first published in 1953" - from the copyright page. In the early 18th century, Rupert Holliday leaves England to fight with Marlborough at Blenheim, Ramilies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet. Minor browning to edges of text block. Dust jacket has… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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JACOB FAITHFUL.
de Marryat, Captain. Introduction by R. Brimley Johnson.
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- Usado - Very Good-
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
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- Reprint
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Oakville, Ontario, CAN
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London / New York: J.M. Dent & Sons / E.P. Dutton 429 pp, 7" H. Deep red cloth with blind stamped emblem on front board, gilt lettering/decoration on spine, top edge brown. Pictorial endpapers, decorated title page. No date. Originally published in 1834. Born on the River Thames and never having set foot on land until… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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YEAST: A PROBLEM.
de Kingsley, Charles. Introduction by Ernest Rhys.
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- Reprint
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London / New York: J.M. Dent & Sons / E.P. Dutton 275 pp, 7" H. Deep red cloth with blind stamped emblem on front board, gilt lettering/decoration on spine, top edge brown. Pictorial endpapers, decorated title page. No date. Originally published in 1848. A novel of the early Victorian era, "Yeast" refers to the social ferment… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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VANITY FAIR. 2 VOLUMES IN 1 BOOK.
de Thackeray, W.M. (William Makepeace Thackeray.)
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Oakville, Ontario, CAN
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London: Collins Clear-Type Press 381 pp + 384 pp, 16mo (6 1/8" H) - 2 volumes bound in 1. Thin burgundy leather over card covers/spine - gold lettering and decoration on spine, top edge gilt. Burgundy endpapers, b&w frontispiece. **No dustjacket or slipcase.** A tale of wealth & poverty, love & deception, the upper classes & social climbers,… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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THE VIRGINIANS. (SEQUEL TO "HENRY ESMOND".)
de Thackeray, W.M. (William Makepeace Thackeray.)
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London: Collins Clear-Type Press 890 pp, 16mo (6 1/8" H), thin burgundy leather over card covers/spine - gold lettering and decoration on spine, top edge gilt - in slipcase. Burgundy endpapers, sepiatone illustrations, including frontispiece, decorated title page. In this sequel to "Henry Esmond", Henry's twin grandsons find themselves on opposing sides of the American War of Independence. … Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH.
de Reade, Charles.
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London: Collins Clear-Type Press 768 pp, 16mo (6 1/8" H). Thin burgundy leather over card covers/spine - gold lettering and decoration on spine, top edge gilt. Burgundy endpapers, b&w frontispiece. **No dustjacket or slipcase.** Set in the 15th century, the novel follows Gerald Eliassoen as he leaves Holland for Rome in an attempt to earn money to… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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BARNABY RUDGE.
de Dickens, Charles.
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London: Collins Clear-Type Press 639 pp, 16mo (6 1/8" H). Thin burgundy leather over card covers/spine - gold lettering and decoration on spine, top edge gilt. Burgundy endpapers, b&w frontispiece. **No dustjacket or slipcase.** Set at the time of the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots in London, this is a tale of murder, deception, social unrest and romance. Previous… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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ANY KNOWN BLOOD.
de Hill, Lawrence. Signed.
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- Usado - Very Good
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- First Edition, First Printing
- Published
- 1997
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780002245678
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- 1
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Toronto: HarperCollins, 1997. 512 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H) . Signed by author on title page: "Larry Hill (underscored". When the narrator, the 38 year-old son of a black father and a white mother living in Southern Ontario, loses his job, he goes to Baltimore and embarks on a quest for his family history. "Beginning with his own parents'… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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