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The Pallid Giant – Pierrepont B. Noyes – 1927 Science Fiction

A second edition of the highly sought sfter science fiction classic from the 1920’s.

Advanced civilisations destroy themselves, two survivors mate with sub-humans to produce modern man

1927 – early science fiction … stunning dust jacket

$60.00

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Wild Geese – Martha Orstenso – 1926

A very good 1926 edition of the Wild Geese first published 1925.

This is a special edition with images from the silent movie made from this book directed by Phil Stone and released in 1927. An Epic of the Northern Frontier and packed with living character. Superb dust jacket and beneath that pictorial boards to die for.

A special book of the era

$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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Walk with the Devil – Elliott Arnold – First Edition 1950 – Fine Condition

A fine first edition 1950 published by Knopf, New York. Stunning dust jacket art.

Set in the Italian Apennines the lives of six very different people intermingle with serious consequences through to the climax that challenges moral conscience.

Perfect Condition 1950 First

$60.00

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Jamba – Wilfred D Hambly – First edition 1947

A rather stunning book in looks and narrative … a first edition published by Pellegrini, Chicago in 1947.

An unusual fantasy in deepest Africa … the story of Jamba and the beautiful Miapia. The writer was a serious anthropologist who led the Field Museum Expedition into a little then known part of Africa and lived amongst the Ovimbundu. This work is influenced by his observations.

A beautiful book with intelligent background – Voyager favourite.

$50.00

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The Fountain – Charles Morgan – 1932 First Edition

Published by Knopf, New York a first edition 1932 in really lovely condition with as good a dust jacket as you will get.

The author went to Brasenose and the book fits his pedigree. Lewis Alison is a British Officer (WWI) interned in a Dutch Castle, Enkendall. A strange and strangely moving love story ensues after he meets Julie the “hosts” stepdaughter … complex and beautifully written.

Dust jacket art by FM (Frank Mill)

Top novel in extra good condition

$60.00

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