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  • Forrest, Anthony (pseudonym for Anthony Brown and Norman Ian Mackenzie.)
    CAPTAIN JUSTICE: Secret Agent against Napoleon.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Hill & Wang, 1981. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first in a series of novels featuring Captain Justice - This combines well-researched historical fiction, set in the summer of 1804 when Napoleon was poised to invade England, with a tale of espionage. ISBN: 0-8090-33577.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 20830
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  • CAPTAIN JUSTICE: Secret Agent against Napoleon. by Forrest, Anthony (pseudonym for Anthony Brown and Norman Ian Mackenzie.)
    Forrest, Anthony (pseudonym for Anthony Brown and Norman Ian Mackenzie.)
    CAPTAIN JUSTICE: Secret Agent against Napoleon.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Hill & Wang, 1981. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first in a series of novels featuring Captain Justice - This combines well-researched historical fiction, set in the summer of 1804 when Napoleon was poised to invade England, with a tale of espionage. ISBN: 0-8090-33577.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 31477
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  • RITES OF PASSAGE by Golding, William.
    Golding, William.
    RITES OF PASSAGE

    Edition: First American edition.

    New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1980 dj. Hardcover first edition - Set on an aged ship during the Napoleonic era, which is making its way from England to the Antipodes - a fascinating study of life in a stratified society-in-miniature on board the ship. In 1983, Golding was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-374-250863.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good (line on upper edge of text block, bit of wear to dj, especially at top of spine.)

    Book ID: 10538
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  • RITES OF PASSAGE by Golding, William.
    Golding, William.
    RITES OF PASSAGE

    Edition: First American edition.

    New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1980 dj. Hardcover first edition - Set on an aged ship during the Napoleonic era, which is making its way from England to the Antipodes - a fascinating study of life in a stratified society-in-miniature on board the ship. In 1983, Golding was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-374-250863.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 55567
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  • THE RAPE OF THE ROSE. by Hughes, Glyn.
    Hughes, Glyn.
    THE RAPE OF THE ROSE.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - A highly praised novel by this award winning writer. Set in 1812 in an England gripped by poverty and hunger - a revolution erupts across northern England, sending angry Luddite mobs on a rampage. A self educated weaver and schoolmaster is caught up in the events and is forced to flee. 319 pp. ISBN: 0-671725165.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (remainder line, short tear to upper edge of dj)

    Book ID: 66764
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  • St. James, Bernard.
    APRIL THIRTIETH.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1978.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery, a police procedural set in Napoleonic Paris,introducing Chief Inspector Blanc, and involving the murder of a courtesan. ISBN: 0-06-013707x.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 32749
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  • APRIL THIRTIETH. by St. James, Bernard.
    St. James, Bernard.
    APRIL THIRTIETH.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1978.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery, a police procedural set in Napoleonic Paris, and involving the murder of a courtesan. ISBN: 0-06-013707x.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 45475
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  • APRIL THIRTIETH. by St. James, Bernard.
    St. James, Bernard.
    APRIL THIRTIETH.

    Edition: First printing.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - A police procedural set in Napoleonic Paris, and the second mystery featuring Chief Inspector Blanc, who is involved in a case of seven bodies, sitting upright but with their throats slit. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-06-013707x.

    Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (very faint remainder spray to bottom edge, discoloration to front cover of dj,)

    Book ID: 87353
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