Modern Fiction (post 1945)

Author: Thomas Le BretonBinding: HardbackPublished: HERBERT JENKINS, 1923Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerConfessions Of Mrs May presents a compelling...

Author: Richard GordonBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1961Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerRichard Gordon's Doctor On Toast presents a delightful continuation of his beloved medical comedies, chronicling the often-absurd daily...

Author: Ray BradburyBinding: HardbackPublished: Granada Publishing., 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Slight bumps to spine.This collection of speculative fiction presents...

Author: Zadie SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 2019Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Light marks to front of DJ. Board and pages in good condition.Zadie Smith's Grand Union: Stories...

Author: Italo SvevoBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsAs A Man Grows Older presents a poignant psychological portrait of Emilio Brentani, a...

Author: Nadine GordimerBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsNadine Gordimer's Something Out There presents a compelling collection of short...

Author: A. S. Gillespie-JonesBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling narrative chronicles the professional and personal journey of a legal professional who rediscovers the lighter...

Author: Ruby M. AyresBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1926Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThe Faint Heart chronicles the emotional journey of a young woman navigating the complexities...

Author: Santa MontefioreBinding: HardbackPublished: Orion, 2025Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Signed by the authorShadows In The Moonlight presents a sweeping narrative of love and destiny, set against a...

Author: Colleen McCulloughBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Row, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling psychological drama transports readers to a military psychiatric...

Author: Anton MyrerBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsA compelling narrative of human longing and the pursuit of an elusive ideal, A Green Desire chronicles...

Author: Rod McKuenBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsIn this book, Rod McKuen presents a poignant collection of poetry...

Author: Garson KaninBinding: HardbackPublished: Barrie & Jenkins Ltd, 1978Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerOne Hell Of An Actor chronicles the tumultuous life and career of a legendary...

Author: Richard HughesBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto & Windus, 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in god condition. Light foxing on book block. Clean...

What really happened to a soldier in the infamous Maori battalion, killed in the battle for Crete during World War II? And why did the soldier's family place a curse...

Author: Garson KaninBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, London, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSmash presents a sharp, insider chronicle of Broadway’s high-stakes theatrical world, blending fiction with the author’s firsthand...

When Rilke, a dissolute and promiscuous auctioneer, comes upon a hidden collection of violent, and highly disturbing, erotic photographs, he feels compelled to unearth more about the deceased owner who...

'A gracefully told and sharply observed debut' KILEY REID 'Such a sincere blast to read' KAVEH AKBAR The Tiny Things Are Heavier follows Sommy, a Nigerian woman who comes to...

This stunning debut has won major acclaim, winning the Guardian First Book Award and Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards ; it was shortlisted for the Dublin...

Author: RitaBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson's Colonial Library, 1897Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerA spirited entry in the Victorian-era romantic drama...

Author: Elizabeth Von ArnimBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1911Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis comedic novel chronicles the misadventures of...

Author: Tom SawyerBinding: HardbackPublished: William Kimber, London, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: SignedIn this gripping and darkly humorous memoir, decorated RAF veteran Group Captain Tom Sawyer pulls no...

Author: Michael CroninBinding: HardbackPublished: Robert Hale, London , 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowed boards in good condition. Worn Dj with some shelfwear. Clean and bright copy....

Author: Mervyn Wyke EvansBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThe Days Of May chronicles a pivotal period in history, presenting a vivid tableau of societal...

Author: Chester HimesBinding: HardbackPublished: Arthur Barker Limited, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis satirical novel, Pinktoes, chronicles the escapades of a vivacious Harlem madam...

Author: Elizabeth HelyBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann, 1959Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsDominant Third presents a gripping mystery that ensnares readers in a web of secrets and suspense....

Imagine having famous actors for parents. And grandparents. Imagine that while they bask in the limelight, you feel consigned to the role of second spear-carrier in the tired repertory production...

'Funny and clever, this is the next Devil Wears Prada ' Paige Toon Behind every successful man is a busy assistant and Tina's boss is very successful. But Tina is...

Author: Ernest RaymondBinding: HardbackPublished: CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD, 1929Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Marks and specks on...

SHAKEN AND STIRRED combines wonderful storytelling, Irish warmth, romance, drama and ambition with enormous universal appeal. It is the story of four characters who work in an advertising office in...

Author: Margaret AtwoodBinding: HardbackPublished: Octopus Books., 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight tear to back of DJ and minor bumps to spine.This...

Hewn into the towering cliffs of central Greece, the Meteora monasteries are all but inacessible. The Holy Trinity is the most isolated, its sacred brotherhood the guardians of a long-forgotten...

ESCAPE THE NIGHT -a powerful novel of suspense and scandal, of surveillance and threat, of amnesia and obsession, of parents and children - and the long buried secret that links...

Author: David HolbrookBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Worn and faded pictorial boards. Name on...

Twins Mary-Kate and Ashley meet new friends while on filming a movie on location in Utah and Nevada, and one friendship leads to romance while the other leads to trouble.

Harry Silver returns to face life in the "blended family." A wonderful new novel about modern times, which can be read as a sequel to the million selling Man and...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Hours', time, technology and love are the central concerns of a provocative novel that calls to mind David Mitchell's 'Cloud Atlas'. Lucas, Catherine,...

Author: Jeffrey ArcherBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 2005Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Small tear on top corner of dust jacket as shown in photo.False Impression...

From Las Vegas to Melbourne, from Europe to a doomed airplane in mid-flight, from a seedy motel to the local bookstore, the true setting of these stories is the human...

A new edition of this Australian classic. An engaging story of profound love. Carefree physical love, born in fleeting pleasures and casual sex, tested by cruel adversity, deepening at every...

Now a classic, this new edition of Lovelock is republished together with 'Berlin Diary', McNeish's journal written in Germany while researching the novel; and an afterword, which contains a sobering...

An unexpected act of violence brings together two families in this propulsive and sweeping story of love, identity and the American experience. Set in New York and China over three...

'I'm going to kill her. You'd better come if you want to save her.' Lorraine - 'Rainy' - lives at the top of Tiger Mountain. Remote, moody, cloistered in pine...