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First edition, hardback. Jonathan Cape, London.

A novel exposing an insider's view of the carnival underworld - the cons, the double-dealing, the quick banter, and, of course, the easy money.

Autobiography

Hardback, 1st edition, Chatto & windus, 1980.
In this thought-provoking study of slavery in ancient Greece and Italy, Sir Moses Finley discusses how slave societies came into being and considers the moral, social, and economic underpinnings that allowed them to prosper. His comparison of ancient slave societies with their relatively modern counterparts in the New World opens a new perspective on the history of slavery.

Bound in blue cloth. Some rubbing on edges. Spine is cracked but attached. NO DJ. No internal damage.

In astute film criticism, the author deals with the complex effects of an ambiguous female image - on sex, romance, marriage, divorce, motherhood, ambition, loneliness, alcoholism, and even the notion of androgyny.