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| Dugain, Marc: The Officer's Ward
Book Number: 41304
Phoenix House 2000. First English edition. 8vo. hardcover. 136pp. near fine. / very good+ d/w.
Keywords: fiction world war one first
Price: $45.00 |
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| Heller, Joseph: Catch-22
Book Number: 41352
World Books 1963 8vo Hardcover in d/w both very good. PO name on ffl. light foxing to page edges and rear end pages.
Keywords: Fiction Catch-22 Heller Joseph fiction modern novel
Price: $30.00 |
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| Riotta, Gianni: The Lights of Alborada
Book Number: 41767
Fourth Estate 5 Jun 2006 8vo softcover 304pp very good. This is a rousing historical adventure from the bestselling author of "Prince of the Clouds". As a boy growing up, Nino Manes used to dash through the morning streets of his island fishing village to reach the church square before the first explosion of the Alborada, the fireworks that rang out over the bay to announce the dawning of a feast day. Now, years later as an Italian prisoner of war in a Texan camp at the end of World War II, Nino receives a letter from his love Zita, and finds himself facing a race against time of a different kind. For Zita tells him she is going to marry professor Barbaroux, their maths teacher - and Nino has only forty days to get back to the island and put a stop to the wedding. Taking his life in his hands, he escapes from the camp, vowing to get home before the marriage can take place. Idealistic and ambitious, Nino sets off on a breathless chase across the United States, and is soon joined on his odyssey by an enigmatic Lieutenant in the US Army, and a young prostitute. Together they face a series of extraordinary dangers, from wild forest animals to unexploded mines, and as their journey progresses, Nino finds himself assailed by doubts, questioning his own motives and those of the people around him. At once a romantic adventure and a thrilling wartime escape story, with a colourful cast of characters, "The Lights of Alborada" is also the story of a spiritual quest and a heartrending exercise in nostalgia.
Keywords: The Lights of Alborada Riotta Gianni
Price: $15.00 |
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| Sackville-West, V.: All Passion Spent; The return of the soldier; Two days in Aragon
Book Number: 41869
Virago Press Ltd 1983 8vo hardcover 574pp. very good, owner's signature on fep. / very good d/w.
Keywords: All Passion Spent The return of the soldier Two days in Aragon Sackville West V
Price: $25.00 |
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| Smith, Stevie: Novel on Yellow Paper; or, Work it Out for Yourself
Book Number: 42132
Morrow, NY, 1937. First edition 8vo. hardcover. 255pp. good, some insect damage to covers, wear to corners & spine ends.
Keywords: fiction novels
Price: $35.00 |
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| Birnbaum, Alfred (Editor): Monkey Brain Sushi: New Tastes in Japanese Fiction
Book Number: 42232
Kodansha International 2002 8vo softcover 304pp index, b/w illus. very good+.
Keywords: haruki murakami japanese literature Monkey Brain Sushi New Tastes in Japanese Fiction Birnbaum Alfred (Editor)
Price: $18.00 |
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| Watkins, Paul: Archangel
Book Number: 42745
Faber Faber Inc 1995 8vo hardcover 283pp. very good, page edges browned/ good d/w with creased & torn top edge.
Keywords: fiction Archangel Watkins Paul
Price: $15.00 |
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| Allende, Isabel: Portrait in Sepia
Book Number: 43071
HarperCollins Publishers 28/9/2001 8vo hardcover 320pp very good+, outer page edges browned. / near fine d/w. Both historical novel and family saga and set in 19th-century Chile, this story concerns Aurora del Valle's search for the mystery of her past, a trauma so brutal that it erased from her mind all recollection of the first five years of her life.
Keywords: Fiction Portrait in Sepia Allende Isabel
Price: $18.00 |
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| Ackroyd, Peter: The Fall of Troy
Book Number: 43315
Chatto and Windus 2006 8vo hardcover 215pp. Fine / very good+ d/w. The Fall of Troy is a meditation on the siren song of history and a compact, disarming character sketch that explores the limits of belief.
Keywords: peter ackroyd catholic british history biography homer historical dimensions and perspectives nonfiction english history history boethius chaucer The Fall of Troy Ackroyd Peter
Price: $25.00 |
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| Nakhjavani, Bahiyyih: Paper
Book Number: 43317
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 2004 8vo hardcover 243pp. very good+ / very good+ d/w.
Keywords: middle east sultan fiction Paper Nakhjavani Bahiyyih
Price: $15.00 |
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