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Ah King ; six stories

Ah King ; six stories

Maugham, William Somerset
William Heinemann Ltd
1933
A collection of short stories set in the Federated Malay States and elsewhere in Southeast Asia during the 1920s.
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Docherty

Docherty

McIlvanney, William
George Allen & Unwin Ltd
1975
Follows the struggles of a miner called Tam Docherty and his family.
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Bitter herbs : a little chronicle

Bitter herbs: a little chronicle

Minco, Marga
Oxford University Press
1960
Based on a true story of a Jewish girl in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
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Peake's progress : selected writings and drawings of Mervyn Peake

Peake's progress: selected writings and drawings of Mervyn Peake

Peake, Mervyn
Overlook Press
1981
A selection of Peake's writings and drawings, made by his widow.
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Count d'Orgel opens the ball

Count d'Orgel opens the ball

Radiguet, Raymond
Harvill Press
1952
A haunting novel of chaste and sacrificial love set in the Paris of the early nineteen-twenties.
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roads to freedom

The roads to freedom

Sartre, Jean-Paul
Hamish Hamilton
1947-1950
Sartre's trilogy of novels which revolve around Mathieu, a socialist teacher of philosophy, and a group of his friends.
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reprieve

The reprieve

Sartre, Jean-Paul
Hamish Hamilton
1947
Sartre's second novel, concerned with life in France during the eight days before the signing of the Munich Agreement.
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Saturday Evening Post stories 1952

The Saturday Evening Post stories 1952

Saturday Evening Post
Random House
1952
A selection of short stories from the Saturday Evening Post. From the library of Neil Gunn, one of whose stories is included.
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world is a wedding, and other stories

The world is a wedding, and other stories

Schwartz, Delmore
John Lehmann
1949
A collection of short stories by the American poet.
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widower

The widower

Simenon, Georges
Hamish Hamilton
1961
The wife of Bernard Jeantet, a former prostitute, suddenly disappears after 8 years of marriage.
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girl in his past

The girl in his past

Simenon, Georges
Hamish Hamilton
1976
A murderer flees Paris and then gives himself up to the police in a village bar.
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Carotid cornucopius ...

Carotid cornucopius ...

Smith, Sydney Goodsir
M. Macdonald
1964
A revised and extended edition of Smith's earlier satirical novel.
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Seed on the wind

Seed on the wind

Stout, Rex
Morley & Mitchell Kennerley Jr
1931
A pre-Nero Wolfe psychological thriller. From the library of Neil Gunn.
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Bayamus

Bayamus

Themerson, Stefan
Editions Poetry London
1949
A humorous novel about a three-legged man on a roller skate and the book that introduced the concept of semantic poetry.
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Portrait de l'artiste en jeune chien

Portrait de l'artiste en jeune chien

Thomas, Dylan
Editions de Minuit
1947
A collection of autobiographical pieces. Number 76 in a limited edition of 100.
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Portrait de l'artiste en jeune chien

Portrait de l'artiste en jeune chien

Thomas, Dylan
Editions de Minuit
1947
A collection of autobiographical stories. Number 76 in a limited edition of 100.
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Botteghe Oscure

Botteghe Oscure

Thomas, Dylan
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
1952
Literary journal with numerous contributors including the first appearance of Llareggub by Dylan Thomas, the first part of Under Milk Wood.
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frost on my frolic

A frost on my frolic

Thomas, Gwyn
Victor Gollancz
1953
From the library of Naomi Mitchison with a gift inscription from Gwyn Thomas, plus bookplate of Naomi Mitchison.
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Folios of new writing : Spring 1941

Folios of new writing: Spring 1941

Unknown
Hogarth Press
1941
A compilation of war-time prose and poetry.
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