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Souvenir - Chris ODGERS
Published by UK Sawhorse  26 April 2007  
Price £45.00
ISBN 0954808428 Signed by Author     First Edition     First Printing    

Hardcover, No dust Jacket as issued UK First Edition, First Printing, one of 450 copies with the crow cover. signed. lined and dated (12.05.07) and drawing by the author, on the half title page.

Plus book comes with signed promotional postcard. and a compliment slip signed by author for authenticity of the drawing.

Line " The Stars above twinkled above....

A Melancholic tale of friendship between a restless scarecrow and a hungry crow. The Bird bringing trinkets and tales from the world beyond for his curious friend in exchange for food. Yet answers just raise more questions resulting in a dramatic conclusion....




Leviathan - Paul AUSTER
Published by USA Viking NY  1 September 1992  
Special Price £18.00
ISBN 9780670846764 Signed by Author     First Edition     First Printing    

Hardcover, USA First Edition, First Printing, Signed by author to the title page.

The boards are clean and have no signs of deterioration. The pages are clean and bright, no tears, nicks or creases, no previous owner inscriptions. The book is tight and square with American feather fore edge.  The Fine dust jacket is bright with original $21.00 cover price. No Remainder marks.

When his closest friend, Benjamin Sachs, accidentally blows himself up on a Wisconsin road, Peter Aaron attempts to piece together the life that led to Sach's tragic demise and determine the reason for his death.




Kydd: The Admirals Daughter - Julian STOCKWIN
Published by UK Hodder & Stoughton  18 October 2007  
Price £45.00
ISBN 9780340898598 Signed by Author     First Edition     First Printing     Limited Edition

Hardcover, UK signed Limited Edition book. One of only 500 copies issued, The book has the embossed Limited Edition stamp. Signed and Numbered by Author 378/500. Book comes with a leather bookmarker plus signed promotional postcard.

 In 1803, Commander Kydd has sailed with the Royal Navy in the dangerous South Seas, against Napoleon`s fleet in the Mediterranean and to the edge of the known world in a convict ship to Australia, but he is about to discover that the most dangerous waters can be the closest to home. Tensions are escalating again between England and France. While the Royal Navy launches reconnaissance, rescue missions and spies on the continent, French privateer ships are lurking in English waters poised to strike at British trade. Smugglers, perilous storms and a treacherous coastline all threaten to overcome HMS Teazer and her men fight to gain control of the seas around Cornwall and Devon. Meanwhile an unlikely rival is seeking her captain`s heart. The beautiful and determined admiral`a daughter could be the key to realising all Kydd`s career ambitions and dreams of love. But high society, he finds can be as treacherous as his first mistress- the sea.




Fall - Chris ODGERS
Published by Collision an imprint of Atlantic Press  25 June 2003  
Special Price £50.00
ISBN 0953354326 Signed by Author     First Edition     First Printing    

Hardcover, UK First Edition, First Printing, Signed. dated (1.3.2004) and drawing of Gruesome Maple leaf.

Fall is 36 page Hardcover picture book written and Illustrated by Chris odgers. Through lavish illustrations reminiscent of victorian woodcut/etching with a contemporary edge, supported by romantic macabre poetry. This book appeals to anyone who enjoys quality artwork and story telling from children to adults




BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - Annie PROULX
Published by UK Fourth Estate  1 October 1998  
Price £99.99
ISBN 1857029402 Signed by Author     First Edition     First Printing    

***UNSIGNED ****

HARDCOVER, SCRIBNER NEW YORK 2005 FIRST SEPARATE HARDCOVER EDITION, FIRST PRINTING,

SOFTCOVER WRAP 4TH ESTATE 1998 FIRST UK EDITION (TRUE FIRST) FIRST PRINTING

This novel is set in the beautiful wild landscape of Wyoming among cowboys, its recounts the relationship over twenty years of two ranch hands drop-out country boys with no prospects rough-mannered and tough spoken, glad to have found each other`s company.




Blood and Ice - Robert MASELLO
Published by Bantam books  24 February 2009  
Price £27.99
ISBN 9780553807288 Signed by Author     First Edition     First Printing    

Hardcover, USA. First Edition, First Printing, Signed and Dated (March 21 2009) by author to title page.

 

Troubled journalist, Michael Wilde takes on a commission to write a feature about a remote research station deep in the frozen beauty of Antarctica. On a diving expedition in the polar sea he discovers two bodies encased in ice. The pair a man and a woman chained together, their dress from the nineteenth-century are brought to the surface-along with a trunk containing a strange, but sinister cargo. As the ice around them begins to thaw, the mystery of these time-bound lovers begins to unravel. Michael is gradually drawn into a horrific story that starts in the London barracks in the 1850s and leads to the bloody battlefield of the Crimea and the tragic Charge of the Light Brigade. Now in the Antarctic wastes. the Cavalry officer and his lover are reawakened into a world where the midnight sun lasts for months, where there"s nowhere to hide and no place left for the living to run.. In this chilling supernatural thriller, spanning five continents, and several centuries, Robert Masello, weaves together an extraordinary tale of eternal life and undying love, Gripping and intensely moving. "Blood and ice" will take its readers on an enthralling, and unforgettable journey...


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