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Vendetta for The Saint – Leslie Charteris – First of Type 1965

Simon Templar (aka The Saint) is relaxing in Naples, eating his “Lobster alla Vesuvio” when he is interrupted by an unsightly brawl … it all turns very “Saintly’ after that.

A Book Club first of type published in 1965 with permission from Hodder. Octavo, 192 pages, a very good copy in a super dust jacket designed by Critchard.

The Saint disturbed from his Lobster – Watch for the Sign of the Saint! … He will be back!

$30.00

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The Young Hornblower [A Trilogy] – CS Forester

A super trilogy of Hornblower in his energetic years. Includes Mr Midshipman Hornblower; Lieutenant Hornblower and … Hornblower and the Hotspur.

Published by Michael Joseph, London a second impression 1969.Thick octavo, 633 pages in very good to better condition. Wrap around dust jacket art by Gorham.

Hornblower – three in a row and undefeated.

$60.00

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The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway – Cape Edition

Published by Jonathan Cape a 1970 edition. Octavo, 127 pages with the magical wrap around dust jacket by Hans Tindal. Some light spotting to page edges, ownership name on free endpaper, otherwise very bright internally … better than good copy in a very good unclipped dust jacket.

The Nobel citation reads – “his powerful style-forming mastery of the art of modern narration, as most lately revealed in his novel The Old Man and the Sea”.

Just has to be a reflection of Hemingway’s life a struggle to reach beyond his boundaries …

Should be everyone’s favourite short read.

Nobel Classic – Desired Cape Jacket

$50.00

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Summer of Smoke – Tennessee Williams – 1957

Published by Secker & Warburg as a softcover in 1957 originally completed by Tennessee Williams in 1948. Perfect bound 8-0 pages with wrap-around green paper cover to the blue soft cover binding. Excellent condition bar ownership stamp and personal library reference on half title.

A play in two parts with thirteen scenes. The play was successful after a re-write [published here] in 1952… it again took another form and was re-titled “the Eccentricities of a Nightingale” in 1964.

The entire play is set in Glorious Hill, Mississippi and is set in the early part of the 20th Century. The story centres on the potential romance between Alma Winemiller a highly strung minister’s daughter and John Buchanan a rather wild and undisciplined young doctor.

The “Author’s Production Notes” covering two pages are succinct but very helpful … focussing on the scenes, mood etc they provide a super introduction for those who enjoy the reading of a play of some standard.

Tennessee Williams and the Summer and Smoke

$30.00

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Light in August – William Faulkner

Faulkner classic written between the wars and considered Southern Gothic in style. Complex and thought provoking as you would expect.

Published by The Modern Library, New York. Octavo, 444 pages with an introduction by Richard Rovere that puts the work up there with Faulkner’s best.

Rubbed dust jacket, personal bookplate on front end paper otherwise a very good copy.

Highly regarded

$25.00

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The Comedians – Graham Greene – First Edition 1966

First edition published by The Bodley Head, London in 1966. Octavo, 313 pages. Very good condition. First edition variant dust jacket designed by James and Ruth McCrea.

Described as a novel, not an entertainment, if you understand the Greene definition.

Classic Graham Greene novel based in Haiti at the time of dictator Doctor Duvalier “Papa Doc”. Greene could not return to Haiti to finish his novel because of his description of the dictator in the English press. As usual alive with characters and suspense and sometimes comedy.

First edition Greene Classic

$50.00

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