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Burgess, Anthony
The Kingdom of the Wicked
Publisher: London: Abacus, 1986 1st ed. thus..
391pp. paperback: Good+ [text is age browned; couple of round owner embosses; else G+] The prolific English writer, John Burgess Wilson (“Anthony Burgess,”1917-93), is probably best known for his 1962 novel “A Clockwork Orange,” made into a film in 1971 by Stanley Kubrick.
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AUD 4.89 | CAD 5.00 | EUR 3.78 | GBP 3.20 | JPY 453.64 | MXN 55.44 | ZAR 44.95 |
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Item number: 5903.
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Davis, William Stearns
The Beauty of the Purple: A Romance of Imperial Constantinople Twelve Centuries Ago
Publisher: The Macmillan Co., New York 1924.
Deep purple cloth with gilt stamped titles in decorative cartouche. 570 pages with short glossary. First printing, September 1924. Christian Constantinople in the eighth century, and the store of Leo - his humble origins, rise to power, and his defence of Constantinope from the Saracens. Spine a very tiny bit faded, a couple of page corners have very small crimps, minor shelf rubs to foot of spine, otherwise a very clean, tight, and particularly bright copy in eminently collectible condition. FICTION-D 4561 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Condition Small 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Fiction
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AUD 73.53 | CAD 75.15 | EUR 56.82 | GBP 48.08 | JPY 6,818.18 | MXN 833.33 | ZAR 675.68 |
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The Prints & The Paper.
Item number: 4561.
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Fattah, Michel
ETERNAL FIRE A Novel of Persia's Struggle for Freedom
Publisher: Roundtable Publishing Santa Monica, CA 1987.
First Edition Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; The passions, tragedies and victories of ordinay families caught in the sweep of history during th Russian occupation of Persia. ; 447 pages
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AUD 9.80 | CAD 10.02 | EUR 7.58 | GBP 6.41 | JPY 909.09 | MXN 111.11 | ZAR 90.09 |
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Gibson's Books.
Item number: 34225.
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Fattah, Michel
ETERNAL FIRE A Novel of Persia's Struggle for Freedom
Publisher: Roundtable Publishing Santa Monica, CA 1987.
First Edition Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; The passions, tragedies and victories of ordinay families caught in the sweep of history during th Russian occupation of Persia. ; 447 pages
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AUD 9.80 | CAD 10.02 | EUR 7.58 | GBP 6.41 | JPY 909.09 | MXN 111.11 | ZAR 90.09 |
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Gibson's Books.
Item number: 34226.
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Glazebrook, Philip.
Captain Vinegar's Commission.
Publisher: New York: Atheneum, 1987.
1st edition, 1st printing. ISBN: 0689119100 Hardcover Fine book (no markings) / Fine dust jacket (price not clipped). A clean, fresh copy.
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AUD 18.14 | CAD 18.54 | EUR 14.02 | GBP 11.86 | JPY 1,681.82 | MXN 205.56 | ZAR 166.67 |
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Item number: 4887.
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Jones, Sherry.
The Jewel of Medina.
Publisher: New York: Beaufort Books, 2008..
ISBN: 9780825305184 1st edition, 1st printing. 358 pp. As New book (no markings) / As New dust jacket (price not clipped). Clean and fresh. A new copy. Hardcover
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AUD 13.24 | CAD 13.53 | EUR 10.23 | GBP 8.65 | JPY 1,227.27 | MXN 150.00 | ZAR 121.62 |
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Buckeye Bookshop.
Item number: 8838.
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Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph / T.E. Lawrence
Publisher: Stockholm, Continental Book Co, 1946.
700 p., [12] leaves of plates, ill., maps; 21cm. "Privately printed, 1926; first published for general circulation, 1935" Printed from: New ed. London, Cape, 1940. This is the first post World War II edition. PA. Stock# 36,218. Good, spine darkened/ no dj.
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AUD 19.61 | CAD 20.04 | EUR 15.15 | GBP 12.82 | JPY 1,818.18 | MXN 222.22 | ZAR 180.18 |
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The Owl at the Bridge.
Item number: 36218.
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Moore, George, Illustrated by: Gooden, Stephen
The Brook Kerith : a Syrian Story
Publisher: The Macmillan Company New York, NY 1929.
391 pp, quarterbound w/black papercovered boards w/vellum spine w/gilt lettering, this is #215 of 500 of revised & reset edition for American sale, SIGNED by the author and illustrator, t.e.g. (Top Edge Gilt), uncut fore edge & bottom edge. The author's theory of the "Christ myth" is the theme of the novel, the life of Jesus. The first part of the book is the story of Joseph of Arimathea. The book says that when Joseph took Jesus to the tomb for burial, he discovers he is still living. After Jesus recovers, Joseph goew with him to Essenes by the Brook Kerith. The book has some wear to corners, prev owner tipped in blurb about bound set of corrected proofs for this book on verso of the limited edition page. Signed By Author & Illustrator Limited/Numbered No Jacket Hard Cover Very Good- Sm4to from 9" to 11" Limited & Numbered Edition
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AUD 129.17 | CAD 132.01 | EUR 99.81 | GBP 84.46 | JPY 11,977.27 | MXN 1,463.89 | ZAR 1,186.94 |
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Curio Corner Books.
Item number: 023255.
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Potter, Jennifer
The Long Lost Journey
Publisher: San Francisco: Mercury House, 1990 1st Am. ed..
176pp. hardback 8vo: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dj [hint of age browning to top & fore edges; else VG+] Part adventure novel, part travel writing, a story set in Arabia in 1910.
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Auldfarran Books, IOBA.
Item number: 1464.
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