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Above Suspicion
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Above Suspicion

by Mac Innes, Helen

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January 1, 1942
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Hardcover
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** Above Suspicion -Mac Innes Vintage copy closer to the original form - Swiftness suspense humor -Novel about a pair of English babes in the wood, against the Gestapo - interesting ad on the back fly of dust jacket to buy victory u.s. War savings bonds and encourages you to mail the book to the USO office nearest you for - Army libraries for the postal rate of only one and a half percent per pound to the US . Dust jacket, does have quite a few tears ruffling scuffs ,scratches, just acceptable book itself has blue buckram boards, gold titling Spine, blue wash top of book -deckle Edge pages , book is just good Corners somewhat bumped, worn...Above Suspicion was MacInnes' breakthrough book, a bestseller published in 1941 and released as a movie in 1943, directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray. "Richard and Frances Myles are preparing for their annual European summer vacation in 1939 when they are visited at their Oxford college by old friend Peter Galt, who has a… Read More
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Coventry
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Coventry

by Helen Humphreys

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Used - Good
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First edition
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780393067200
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0393067203
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W W Norton & Co, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. book is pretty much unread Chrisp interiors, clean, spine is hardly been cracked open, First American Edition with complete # line. there is some wear to the dust jacket is not great condition some dings, small tear,see pictures, ruffling, no inscriptions inside.Helen Humphreys draws on history to delve into the lives torn asunder by the German attack of November 14, 1940. Harriet, a widow from World War I, is atop Coventry Cathedral, part of the nightly watch, when first the factories and then the church itself are set on fire. In the ensuing chaos she bonds with a young man, very much like the husband she lost, who relies on her to find the way back to his home where he left his mother. On their journey through a hell of burning shops and collapsed homes, Harriet awakens to emotions she had long put aside. At home, the youth's mother awaits his arrival and rethinks the life that has brought her to this city and her life raising her son… Read More
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Iokaste The Novel of the Mother-Wife of Oedipus
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Iokaste The Novel of the Mother-Wife of Oedipus

by Victoria Grossack; Alice Underwood

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Used - Very Good
Edition
2004 first printing
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Paperback
ISBN 13
9781413726756
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1413726755
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gift-able-softcover covers bright and shiny– used but Very good--first printing 2004-Greek mythology – story of Oedipus-despite all efforts to avoid his fate, killed his father &married his mother more compelling are the experiences of his wife & mother, Lokaste.-she finally tells her story-Lokaste's brother Kreon tells his sister she must die-sacrilege of her unnatural marriage is revealed; the queen of Thebes can either take her own life or be torn to pieces by an angry mob-until dawn to choose the means of her death. Horrified, Lokaste's daughter asks: How much of the truth did you know? And when did you know it? Lokaste answers these questions- disappointment of her first marriage & loss of her firstborn child,Lokaste learns the sacrifices demanded of a queen- husband dies, - prince of Korinth claims the heart of the queen, and Lokaste finds herself involved in a relationship richer&complex & than imagined possible - but this very love threatens the destruction of all she holds dear. -- see… Read More
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An Operational Necessity
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An Operational Necessity

by Griffin,Gwyn

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Used - Good
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First edition
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9781860465963
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186046596X
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**An Operational Necessity -
Putnam's, 1966, 1966. First edition. Good. wonderfully printed dark blue cloth boards with the author's name in a stylized embossed shipwreck on the cover titling head and foot of spine are slightly pushed in, good binding spine is in excellent condition pretty endpapers on the most wonderful paper with variegated edges cream-colored that appears to have very high cotton content soft feeling, the dust jacket has some terrors small amount of sustaining ruffling not backward stage the colors very good there is no sun damage the interior the book has no writing highlighting story about war driver burned South Atlantic seas and World War II, all built in retribution, climax by one of the most electrifying courtroom scenes in modern fiction if you're a fan of World War II you might find his furry enjoyable it also costs a lot of poking questions and how one things to decide between the moral right and wrong and interesting work in exploration of crime and punishment… Read More
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