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Antarctic Crime – A Victim of the Aurora – Thomas Keneally – First Edition 1977

Published by Collins a first edition 1977 in pretty good condition.

A mischief-maker is strangled during a pre WWI British Antarctic Expedition, and personalities are revealed in a believable and usual crime story from the great Thomas Keneally. Dedicated to Bob Hawke!

Murder at its Coldest!

$20.00

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Author’s Letter and Book – C.A. Wendell – Author of “Out of the Fog”

An unusual letter and again a nice turn of phrase to his Doctor following a “refund check”

“Here is a copy of my latest book: “Out of the Fog”. It’s pure fiction, but fiction with a purpose. You may not have time or the inclination for fiction, but the story contains a few pages which may interest you – and your wife too maybe – in case you care to find them” etc etc

Amusing letter and advice and we found the pages … a Voyager secret!

$30.00

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Winter in the Sun – David Burnham – First Edition 1937

First edition and very good … in beautiful condition with a stiking gold coloured dust jacket

The hot sun is in Arizona and a couple from the East find themselves living on a small ranch on the Mexican border. It gets complicated.

Beautiful book in every aspect

$60.00

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The Human Factor – Graham Greene – US First Edition

Graham Green himself an ex spy back in the world of spies. “Out of reality are our tales of imagination fashioned” – superb Greene. First US Edition

Spying undetected by Greene

$40.00

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Signed Letter – Elspeth Huxley -1982 (References Kenya)

Type written and signed clearly by author and African legend Elspeth Huxley. Embossed address.

To Crosby … returning a signed book … and responding to the recipient’s suggestion of starting a business selling signed book. Elspeth will oblige and is prepared to sign half a dozen but suggests that the postage may be prohibitive. She closes with reference to Kenya and a recent visit “It has changed of course, but where has not?” and mentions the TV serial “I think the producers did an excellent job in re-creating the atmosphere etc of 1913/14, insofar as they could”.

The TV serial of course is the Flam Trees of Thika along with Mottled Lizard her most lyrical work. She was five years old in 1912 when her parents arrived at Thika. Her husband was the grandson of the great Thomas Huxley. She published many works and fell out with Harold Macmillan who refused to publish her description of female mutilation of the worst type.

Elspeth Huxley highly respected and knew Africa. Boldly Signed.

We also have a nice copy of the “Flame Trees ….

$60.00

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Sleep in Peace – Phyllis Bentley -1938

A Voyager favourite. This lovely copy published same month as the first edition April 1938 with simply the best dust jacket.

Bentley is back in Yorkshire and follows three generations of as each tries to do better than the last – “Sleep in Peace! I will be different than you”

Best English Literature with the looks 1938

$60.00

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