Search Results: British Fiction from Ainsworth Books

London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0701130326 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, light tanning of pages as is common in British books of this period..; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 7.9 X 5.4 X 0.7 inches; 131 pages; The book is written in the form of two plays: Art and Eros, a Dialogue about Art with the characters - Callistos, Acastos, Mantias, Deximenes, Plato and Socrates and the second play is Above the Gods, a Dialogue about Religion with the characters - a servant, Antagoras, Timonax, Acastos, Socrates , Plato and Alcibiades .

London: Heinemann. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 0434222216 . Light rippling of DJ; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages; A thriller set in Hong Kong .

London: Frederick Muller Ltd. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 058431177x . Light edge wear to dustjacket and book; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; The First-born of Egypt #3; 1.02 x 8.43 x 5.51 Inches; 274 pages; This is the third volume in Simon Raven’s First Born of Egypt saga, following Morning Star and The Face of the Waters. The story opens with Lord Canteloupe’s strange toast to ‘absent friends’. His wife Baby has recently died and Canteloupe has been left her retarded son, Lord Sarum of Old Sarum. This child is not his, but has been conceived by Major Fielding Gray. In Italy there is an illegitimate child with a legitimate claim to the estate, whom Canteloupe wants silenced. The plot also sees young Marius Stern and his school friend, Tessa Malcolm, drawn into Milo Hedley’s schemes and into a dramatic finale orchestrated by Raisley Conyngham, Milo’s teacher. .

London: Cassell & Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1925. Reprint. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 306 pages; Brown cloth boards with black design on front board and black titles on spine, some light soiling, very light shelfwear to corners. Front and back hinges started but solid .

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0297794833 . Some creasing and short tear to top of dust jacket spine, yellowing of pages. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; Donald Cameron #13; 8.60 X 5.50 X 1 inches; 192 pages .

London: Smith Elder. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth covered boards have bumped corners, some spotting front hinge intact, back hinge appears to have been glued, previous owner's name on FFEP ; A tight solid book. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. This is the ; 442 pages; Charles 'Cleg' Kelly was a street urchin whose took as his domain the streets of Edinburgh. His many fine adventures make a great read. .

London: Constable. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 2001. Omnibus. Hardcover. 1841193453 . Light chipping to extremities of DJ, some scuffing, light creasing ; DJ in Mylar, unclipped. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 528 pages; "This is the fifth volume of Julian Fane's collected works. It begins with the semi-autobiographical "Memoir in the Middle of the Journey". Next comes "The Social Comedy", a romance that demonstrates the power of society, and finally, "Evening", describing the different degrees of love." .

London: Blackie and Son. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1930. Hardcover. Beige cloth covered boards with brown stamped design and titles on front and spine, last 20 pages folded over top corner. Unclipped DJ in Mylar - chipped with tape repaired tears and creases. ; B&W Plates; 360 pages; Marchant was a prolific author of stories for teenage girls. This book is undated but DJ art appears to be from 1920-1930 .

London: F.H. Revell Co. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket. N.D.. Later Printing. Hardcover. Clipped DJ heavily chipped with some loss head & tail of spine, long archival repaired tear front panel of DJ. Gift notation on FFEP dated 1940 ; DJ in Mylar. A bright solid, book, blue cloth covered boards, hinges intact ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 576 pages; The author specialized in religious fiction. .

London: The Book Club. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1968. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. DJ shows light edge wear, chipped head & tail of spine, short tears, some dust soiling of back panel, small bump bottom back board. ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar ; 286 pages .

London: Jonathan Cape. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 0224014900 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear, discoloration of DJ inner surfaces, light foxing of page edges and yellowing of pages common in British publications of this era. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 704 pages; "The eponymous hero of John Fowles's largest and richest novel is an English playwright turned Hollywood screenwriter who has begun to question his own values. Summoned home to England to visit an ailing friend, Daniel Martin finds himself back in the company of people who once knew him well, forced to confront his buried past, and propelled toward a journey of self-discovery through which he ultimately creates for himself a more satisfying existence. A brilliantly imagined novel infused with a profound understanding of human nature" .

London: Macmillan. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First British Edition. Hardcover. 033368303X . Signed by Author; Only slight wear and a light lean. ; DJ in Mylar, unclipped. Signed by author on title page ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 410 pages; "Alex and her husband, Paul, are criminal lawyers practicing together in London. Their work is putting a strain on their marriage, as she feels he is all too willing to represent the guilty. Then Will Dearden, an old friend whom she hasn’t seen for twelve years, calls upon her for help. He still lives in Norfolk, where they grew up together. His elegant wife, Grace, has disappeared. The police, he thinks, aren’t trying hard enough to find her.Despite—or maybe because—Alex once had a crush on Dearden, she goes to his aid, and discovers that he had very good reason for murdering the alluring but not so very lovable Grace" .

London: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0304292893 . tear top front panel of DJ, some scuffing and edge wear ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 288 pages .

London: The Book Club. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 0091197201 . Bottom fore corners bumped only light wear else; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar. Attractive wraparound jacket art. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 411 pages; "This Roger Brook story begins in 1814, after Napoleon's first abdication. Roger, now the Earl of Kildonan, accompanies Castlereagh to the Congress of Vienna. Thence he is sent to Elba, to assess the likelihood of the exiled the Emperor planning to return. He arrives in his false identity as Colonel Comte de Breuc, Commander of the Legion of Honour. There he is caught up in Napoleon's bid to regain his throne, accompanies him during his amazing march to Paris, his last campaign and defeat." .

Edinburgh: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Price clipped dust jacket shows only light edge wear and scuffing. Sticker shadow and erasure on front pastedown ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar. Red boards with gilt titles on spine. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 222 pages; "Philip Hepburn, Lt. Commander RN, home in East Lothian on leave from Far Eastern service, stumbles on strange events in the benighted seas of the great Firth of Forth estuary, and stumbles again, this time to his own hurt, on the equally benighted tidelands of Aberlady Bay. An inquisitive and obstinate man, Trisha Denholm saves him once - but cannot save him a second time." .

London: Thornton Butterworth Limited. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1927. 1st UK; Second Printing. Hardcover. Only light edge wear, bookplate removed from FFEP leaving some thinning of paper ; A tight solid book. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 317 pages; This is the follow-up to 'Saviours of Society' and 'The Secretary of War' .

Toronto, ON: John Lane/Bell and Cockburn. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1912. Hardcover. Some tearing base of spine, one 1/4 inch tear at top. Previous owner's name crossed out with marker on front pastedown, number in ink beside it. Light soil on pages, a few pages spotted, front hinge started & back hinge cracked but solid, corners lightly bumped. FFEP creased ; Green cloth covered boards have black titles on front board and gilt titles on spine ; 428 pages .

Toronto, ON: Macmillan. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1932. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 568 pages; Dust jacket in Brodart. DJ is quite chipped and worn, large chip top of spine, some soiling. Book is frayed top and bottom of spine, light wear elsewhere, foxing to page edges and first few pages. Solid and tight, hinges intact. .

London: John Murray. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1927. First Edition; Fifth Printing. Hardcover. DJ worn torn, water spotted, chipped, sticker damage on back panel. Some foxing of pages ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. DJ stabilized in protective Mylar ; 348 pages .

Toronto: The Musson Book Company Ltd.. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1930. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. DJ and boards show shelf wear, with DJ having heavy chipping, soiling, tears and missing portions front, back and spine. Sun-faded on spine. Previous owner's name on half-title page. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Bookseller sticker on back pastedown ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 640 pages .