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London:panther 1965. Used.PAPERBACK 1965 EDITION. NO RIPS OR INSCRIPTIONS. SMALL CREASES ON FRONT COVER AND PAGE DISCOLOURATION DUE TO AGE.The classic novel about the downsides of small-town life by the Nobel Prize???winning author of Babbitt and It Can???t Happen Here. Carol is a relatively worldly and educated woman, and when she marries a doctor and follows him to his hometown of Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, she hopes to put the things she has learned into practice and contribute to the improvement of her new community. But the locals are far from welcoming, in this satirical masterpiece by one of the twentieth century???s most accomplished novelists, famed for chronicling the foibles of American culture.

London: University of Queensland Press, 1953. Hardcover/Vintage. Used. **In excellent condition for a 70 year old book.No cracks on the spine, no inscription on the inside and no tears or rips...The daughter of a Church of England clergyman, she married Rev Henry Cowper Cradock, also a Church of England clergyman and took his initials as well as his surname as her nom de plume. Their only child, Aline Mary, named after her mother-in-law Aline, was born in 1905.

New York:VINTAGE PAPERBACK.PAGES DISCOLOURED DUE TO AGE. AND SOME CREASES ON SPINE AND COVER.PRIOR OWNER NAME ON INSIDE Ace Books 1958. Vintage. Used. Herman Wouk was a bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning Jewish American author with a number of notable novels to his credit, including The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance.Herman Wouk was born in New York City into a Jewish family that had emigrated from Russia. After a childhood and adolescence in the Bronx and a high school diploma from Townsend Harris High School, he earned a B.A. from Columbia University in 1934, where he was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity and studied under philosopher Irwin Edman. Soon thereafter, he became a radio dramatist, working in David Freedman's "Joke Factory" and later with Fred Allen for five years and then, in 1941, for the United States government, writing radio spots to sell war bonds

J M Dent & Sons, EDITED BY RICHARD WILSON.PRIOR OWNER NAME ON INSIDE COVER. BOOK SPLIT FROM SPINE AND SPINE HAS CRACKED.NO DUST JACKET AND SMALL MARKS ON RED HARD FABRIC COVER.1940. Used. Ernest Shackleton, in full Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, (born February 15, 1874, Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland?died January 5, 1922, Grytviken, South Georgia), Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who attempted to reach the South Pole.Educated at Dulwich College (1887?90), Shackleton entered the mercantile marine service in 1890 and became a sublieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve in 1901. He joined Capt. Robert Falcon Scott?s British National Antarctic (Discovery) Expedition (1901?04) as third lieutenant and took part, with Scott and Edward Wilson, in the sledge journey over the Ross Ice Shelf when latitude 82?16?33? S was reached. His health suffered, and he was removed from duty and sent home on the supply ship Morning in March 1903.

, 1938. Used. prior owner name on inside page..HARDCOVER 1938 EDITION. BOOK HAS TAPE ON SPINE AND PAGES WITH TITLE WRITTEN ON SPINE BY HAND.INSCRIPTION ON INSIDE PAGES.SOME PAGES LOOSE..The Man from Snowy River is a collection of poems by Australian bush poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas.

Saturn Press, 1948. Rare/Collectable. Used.DUST JACKET HAS WEAR TO EDGES NEAR SPINEFirst Edition in excellent condition..Physical description; 76 pages. Subjects; Hamlet - 1948 film. 20th century cinema. Shakespeare - adaptation. Film book.CAST SIGNATURES PRINTED ON DUST JACKETThe Film Hamlet: A record of its productionBRENDA CROSS, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

1948. Hardcover/First Edition/Collec. Used. NO DUST JACKET.HARDCOVER IN GOOD CONDITION. NO TEARS RIPS OR INSCRIPTIONSAmerica is at war, and Lanny Budd risks life and limb from North Africa to Moscow on behalf of the Allied cause in this ???absorbing??? historical novel (The New York Times). Members of the German high command believe that American art expert Lanny Budd is sympathetic to their cause, but since 1938 he has been an undercover agent working for President Franklin Roosevelt. Now, in 1941, the United States has been pulled into the fray by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and Lanny???s services are required more than ever. In Algiers he must convince the French troops to stand with the Allies in advance of the Axis invasion. A meeting in Moscow, intended to sway Communist despot Joseph Stalin, precedes Hitler???s disastrous decision to invade Russia. Over the course of the next two years, Lanny faces death at virtually every turn as his important presidential missions carry him from the… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1933. Hardcover/Vintage. Used. HARDCOVER 1933 EDITION.SOME WEAR TO THE EDGES OF THE PAGES BUT NO TEARS/RIPS. PAGE DISCOLOURATION DUE TO AGE.NO MARKS BUT PRIOR OWNERS NAME ON INSIDE COVERSome reviewers were outraged by Ann Vickers when it first appeared in 1933. "Persons unused to horrid and filthy things had better stay at a safe distance from this book," wrote one. Lewis's Ann Vickers is a complex character: a strong-minded prison superintendent dedicated to enlightened social reform, she also seeks to fulfill herself as a sexual being. Ann Vickers is in all respects her own person, standing up to the confining rules of her society.

London: Good Press, 1919. Hardcover/Vintage. Used.HARDCOVER 1919 EDITION.IN GOOD CONDITION SOME CREASES TO SPINE. NO TEARS OR INSCRIPTIONS.NO DUST JACKETHARDCOVER 1919 EDITION...Some small marks and the last page is slightly torn. Pictures can be provided upon request..."1914, and Other Poems" by Rupert Brooke. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary Fiction and non-Fiction to forgotten???or yet undiscovered gems???of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

London: JONATHAN CAPE1935. Vintage/First Edition. Used.HARDCOVER 1935 FIRST EDITION. PRIOR BOOKSHOP STAMP ON INSIDE COVER.NO TEARS OR INSCRIPTIONS. PAGES SLIGHTLY DISCOLOURED DUE TO AGE. BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION HOWEVER DUST JACKETHAS SMALL FRAYING ON TOP OF SPINE. FURTHER PICTURES CAN BE PROVIDED'An eerily prescient foreshadowing of current affairs' Guardian'Not only Lewis's most important book but one of the most important books ever produced in the United States' New YorkerA vain, outlandish, anti-immigrant, fearmongering demagogue runs for President of the United States - and wins. Sinclair Lewis's chilling 1935 bestseller is the story of Buzz Windrip, 'Professional Common Man', who promises poor, angry voters that he will make America proud and prosperous once more, but takes the country down a far darker path. As the new regime slides into authoritarianism, newspaper editor Doremus Jessup can't believe it will last - but is he right? This cautionary tale of liberal complacency in the face… Read More

London: Thomas nelson Circa 1950's. Vintage. Used. ORIGINAL OWNER NAME ON INSIDE PAGE.NO TEARS OR RIPS.Undated older edition. This book has the original owners signature on the first page, otherwise this book is in excellent condition. Approx print is between 1940 to 1950's....This novel describes Tom's time at Rugby School from his first football match, through his troubled adolescence when he is savagely bullied by the unspeakable Flashman, to his growing maturity as a young man.