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The final novel in the trailblazing Harlem Detective series, set in a New York City at boiling point Bawdy and tough-talking, wickedly funny and wantonly sensual, Blind Man With a...

'The greatest find in American crime fiction since Raymond Chandler' Sunday Times Jackson's woman has found him a foolproof way to make money - a technique for turning ten dollar...

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The searing debut novel by Chester Himes, 'written with youthful panache and a bellyful of anger' (Observer) Robert 'Bob' Jones - crew leader, shipyard worker, educated, employed - is finding...

Author: Chester HimesBinding: HardbackPublished: THE CHATHAM BOOKSELLER, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis hardboiled crime novel, For Love Of Imabelle, plunges...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Best known for his hardboiled Harlem Detective series, Chester Himes was also a superb literary writer, beginning his creative life by...

A classic thriller from the Harlem Detective series, where love, jealousy and many-peopled mayhem abounds Big Joe Pullen is dead and his wake is getting boozy. When the opium-addicted Reverend...

Author: Chester HimesBinding: HardbackPublished: THE CHATHAM BOOKSELLER, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis hardboiled crime novel plunges readers into the gritty...

Robert Jones has a lot going for him: a steady job, a steady relationship and plenty of prospects, until a white woman accuses him of rape and, all of a...

Author: Chester HimesBinding: HardbackPublished: THE CHATHAM BOOKSELLER, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsRun Man Run presents a gripping narrative of a...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Clean and bright copy. A landmark collection of African American literary fiction...

Fast-paced and hard-boiled, this Harlem Detectives novel follows a pile of stolen money - or it would if anyone could find it... Alberta Wright drops dead on the street during...

A masterful novel about the injustices of the prison system and the humanity that flourishes despite it, by the author of the acclaimed Harlem Detective series Thrill-seeking white teenager Jimmy...

In Letters of Note: Cats , Shaun Usher collects together the most engaging missives that celebrate, eulogise, rail against and analyse the idiosyncratic ways of our feline companions. James Joyce,...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsSet against the gritty backdrop of South Central Los Angeles, this hard-boiled mystery introduces Aaron Gunner, a Black...

Secondhand Literary Fiction Bargain Book Box SP2890 Serious literary fiction with real international range — twenty-one novels that take the form seriously, from a Costa Prize winner to Nadine Gordimer...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Few poets have provoked as much controversy,...

'Enthralling' Daily Mail 'Fizzing with gossip, intrigue and wit' Mail on Sunday If you love The Crown , you will love this fictional look inside the life of Wallis Simpson......

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A beautifully illustrated guide to the city and surrounding area Chichester is nestled beside the clear blue sea of Wittering's beaches and Chichester Harbour, a designated area of outstanding Natural...

Author: George Herbert Moberly, M.A.Binding: HardbackPublished: Warren & Son, Printers & Publishers; Castle & Lamb, 1887Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings:...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodLong before the age of the graphic novel, one square-jawed detective redefined American popular culture — and The Celebrated Cases...

The thrilling new romance from E L James, author of the phenomenal number 1 bestselling Fifty Shades trilogy 'Packed with passion ... a love story full of charm, music and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the scandalous heart of the Restoration court stood John Wilmot, the Second Earl of Rochester — rake, libertine, and one of the most...

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Author: Frederick BussbyBinding: HardbackPublished: Paul Cave Publications, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Remainder markStone by stone, the sweeping history of a thousand-year-old cathedral unfolds, revealing moments of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the glittering, dangerous world of the Restoration court, poetry was as much a weapon as a rapier...

Author: Paul Morley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 624 'Reading From Manchester With Love I feel I understand the times we've lived through differently, better, and from new angles. The...

LGBTQ writing from ancient times to yesterday, selected by award-winning translator Frank Wynne. LGBTQ writing from ancient times to yesterday, selected by award-winning translator Frank Wynne. Since the dawn of...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedCondition remarks: Overall good. [faded boards?]. DJs - Vol I - minor tears; vol II - Chipped and...

Written by a renowned scholar and broadcaster, this account of Wilmot''s work strives to place it in its socio-political context and describe the way the poet & his work were...

When an unassuming young Melbourne woman bumped into a handsome naval lieutenant in a Colombo hotel swimming pool in 1926 she would never have dreamed of one day being the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew poets of the English Restoration have provoked as much fascination, scandal, and scholarly debate as John Wilmot, the second...

Author: Bertrand RussellBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1946Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards show yellowing with...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedA masterpiece of chess literature, 100 Master Games of Modern Chess presents one hundred of the most brilliantly contested and instructive chess...

The extraordinary tale of Philip Augustus, one of medieval Europe's greatest monarchs, and the part he played in the downfall of four Plantagenet kings of England. Philip II ruled France...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingFew art books dare to gather five of the most towering figures in Western painting under a single, authoritative volume — Great Masters of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedFew games have captivated the human mind across centuries and civilisations quite like chess, and Jerzy Giżycki's A History of Chess presents the most...