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The Plato Papers, a novel
- £15.00
- On ritual occasions Plato, the orator, summons the citizens of London to impart the ancient history of their city, dwelling particularly on the unhappy era of Mouldwarp (AD 1500-2300). He lectures on The Origin of Species by the nineteenth-century novelist Charles Dickens and on Sigmund Freud; whilst providing a glossary…
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The Plato Papers, a novel (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- On ritual occasions Plato, the orator, summons the citizens of London to impart the ancient history of their city, dwelling particularly on the unhappy era of Mouldwarp (AD 1500-2300). He lectures on The Origin of Species by the nineteenth-century novelist Charles Dickens and on Sigmund Freud; whilst providing a glossary…
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The Playmaker
- £60.00
- In 1789 in Sydney Cove, the remotest penal colony of the British Empire, a group of convicts and one of their captors unite to stage a play. As felons, perjurers and whores rehearse, their playmaker becomes strangely seduced. For the play's power is mirrored in the rich, varied life of…
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The Porcupine
- £9.00
- Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader of a former Soviet satellite country, is on trial. His adversary, the prosecutor general, stands for the new government's ideals and liberal certainties, and is attempting to ensare Petkanov with the dictator's own totalitarian laws. But Petkanov is not beaten yet. He has been…
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The Porcupine (SIGNED)
- £75.00
- Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader of a former Soviet satellite country, is on trial. His adversary, the prosecutor general, stands for the new government's ideals and liberal certainties, and is attempting to ensare Petkanov with the dictator's own totalitarian laws. But Petkanov is not beaten yet. He has been…
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The Power of the Dead (A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight: 11)
- £30.00
- Volume eleven of The Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight. Twelve hundred acres of downland valley with a trout stream await an heir and Sir Hilary Maddison wants his only nephew Phillip to learn farming the hard way, beginning as a labourer and rising to a tenancy-for-life. But Phillip has other ideas.…
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The Praise Singer
- £50.00
- The great lyric poet Simonides lived in ancient Greece when tyrants kept an unsteady rule and poetry, music, and royal patronage combined to produce a flowering of the arts. Born into a stern farming family on the island of Keos, Simonides escapes his harsh childhood through a lucky apprenticeship with…
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The Private Patient
- £8.00
- When the notorious investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn booked into Mr Chandler-Powell's private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring and long-standing facial scar, she had every prospect of a successful operation by a distinguished surgeon, a week's peaceful convalescence in one of Dorset's most beautiful manor houses and…
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The Private Patient
- £25.00
- When the notorious investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn booked into Mr Chandler-Powell's private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring and long-standing facial scar, she had every prospect of a successful operation by a distinguished surgeon, a week's peaceful convalescence in one of Dorset's most beautiful manor houses and…
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The Private Patient
- £25.00
- When the notorious investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn booked into Mr Chandler-Powell's private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring and long-standing facial scar, she had every prospect of a successful operation by a distinguished surgeon, a week's peaceful convalescence in one of Dorset's most beautiful manor houses and…
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The Private Patient (An Adam Dalgliesh mystery) (SIGNED)
- £60.00
- When the notorious investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn booked into Mr Chandler-Powell's private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring and long-standing facial scar, she had every prospect of a successful operation by a distinguished surgeon, a week's peaceful convalescence in one of Dorset's most beautiful manor houses and…
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The Quiet Wards
- £30.00
- The 3rd novel by Andrews (pseudonym of Lucilla Crichton) in her series of hospital romances.
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The Raymond Chandler Omnibus
- £25.00
- First UK combination of 4 great Chandler wartime novels: The Big Sleep (1939); Farewell, my Lovely (1940); The High Window (1943); The Lady in the Lake (1944).
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The Razor’s Edge, a novel
- £150.00
- Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brillant characters - his fiancee Isabel, whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliot Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob. The…
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The Reader’s Companion to the Twentieth Century Novel
- £20.00
- A unique guide to the twentieth century novel surveys and synopsizes 750 significant novels written in English, chronologically arranges them from earliest to most recent, and provides background on novelists, excerpts, and a calendar of world events for each year.
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The Plato Papers, a novel
- £15.00
- On ritual occasions Plato, the orator, summons the citizens of London to impart the ancient history of their city, dwelling particularly on the unhappy era of Mouldwarp (AD 1500-2300). He lectures on The Origin of Species by the nineteenth-century novelist Charles Dickens and on Sigmund Freud; whilst providing a glossary…
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The Plato Papers, a novel (SIGNED)
- £40.00
- On ritual occasions Plato, the orator, summons the citizens of London to impart the ancient history of their city, dwelling particularly on the unhappy era of Mouldwarp (AD 1500-2300). He lectures on The Origin of Species by the nineteenth-century novelist Charles Dickens and on Sigmund Freud; whilst providing a glossary…
- Add to basket
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The Playmaker
- £60.00
- In 1789 in Sydney Cove, the remotest penal colony of the British Empire, a group of convicts and one of their captors unite to stage a play. As felons, perjurers and whores rehearse, their playmaker becomes strangely seduced. For the play's power is mirrored in the rich, varied life of…
- Add to basket
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The Porcupine
- £9.00
- Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader of a former Soviet satellite country, is on trial. His adversary, the prosecutor general, stands for the new government's ideals and liberal certainties, and is attempting to ensare Petkanov with the dictator's own totalitarian laws. But Petkanov is not beaten yet. He has been…
- Add to basket
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The Porcupine (SIGNED)
- £75.00
- Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party leader of a former Soviet satellite country, is on trial. His adversary, the prosecutor general, stands for the new government's ideals and liberal certainties, and is attempting to ensare Petkanov with the dictator's own totalitarian laws. But Petkanov is not beaten yet. He has been…
- Add to basket
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The Power of the Dead (A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight: 11)
- £30.00
- Volume eleven of The Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight. Twelve hundred acres of downland valley with a trout stream await an heir and Sir Hilary Maddison wants his only nephew Phillip to learn farming the hard way, beginning as a labourer and rising to a tenancy-for-life. But Phillip has other ideas.…
- Add to basket
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The Praise Singer
- £50.00
- The great lyric poet Simonides lived in ancient Greece when tyrants kept an unsteady rule and poetry, music, and royal patronage combined to produce a flowering of the arts. Born into a stern farming family on the island of Keos, Simonides escapes his harsh childhood through a lucky apprenticeship with…
- Add to basket
-
The Private Patient
- £8.00
- When the notorious investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn booked into Mr Chandler-Powell's private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring and long-standing facial scar, she had every prospect of a successful operation by a distinguished surgeon, a week's peaceful convalescence in one of Dorset's most beautiful manor houses and…
- Add to basket
-
The Private Patient
- £25.00
- When the notorious investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn booked into Mr Chandler-Powell's private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring and long-standing facial scar, she had every prospect of a successful operation by a distinguished surgeon, a week's peaceful convalescence in one of Dorset's most beautiful manor houses and…
- Add to basket
-
The Private Patient
- £25.00
- When the notorious investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn booked into Mr Chandler-Powell's private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring and long-standing facial scar, she had every prospect of a successful operation by a distinguished surgeon, a week's peaceful convalescence in one of Dorset's most beautiful manor houses and…
- Add to basket
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The Private Patient (An Adam Dalgliesh mystery) (SIGNED)
- £60.00
- When the notorious investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn booked into Mr Chandler-Powell's private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring and long-standing facial scar, she had every prospect of a successful operation by a distinguished surgeon, a week's peaceful convalescence in one of Dorset's most beautiful manor houses and…
- Add to basket
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The Quiet Wards
- £30.00
- The 3rd novel by Andrews (pseudonym of Lucilla Crichton) in her series of hospital romances.
- Add to basket
-
The Raymond Chandler Omnibus
- £25.00
- First UK combination of 4 great Chandler wartime novels: The Big Sleep (1939); Farewell, my Lovely (1940); The High Window (1943); The Lady in the Lake (1944).
- Add to basket
-
The Razor’s Edge, a novel
- £150.00
- Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brillant characters - his fiancee Isabel, whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliot Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob. The…
- Add to basket
-
The Reader’s Companion to the Twentieth Century Novel
- £20.00
- A unique guide to the twentieth century novel surveys and synopsizes 750 significant novels written in English, chronologically arranges them from earliest to most recent, and provides background on novelists, excerpts, and a calendar of world events for each year.
- Add to basket