Wednesday, December 9, 2020

"Doctor Cockaigne" by N.E. Davies (Methuen, 1930)

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Found on the "Vintage" table at the Lifeline Bookfair.  It appears to be a first (and only?) edition, and wonder of wonders, it ha...
Thursday, December 3, 2020

The Right Hand of Dextra, and, The Gods of Xuma by David J. Lake (DAW, 1977 and 1978)

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TO THE PURPLE BORN The key to life on Earth is the DNA helix, which determines all the characteristics of every living thing.  The h...
Tuesday, February 19, 2019

"The Case of the Smoking Chimney" by Erle Stanley Gardner (Horwitz, 1963)

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Found at the Lifeline Bookfair. Where else? Millions of readers throughout the world read the cases of wily lawyer-detectiv...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Murder by the Pack by Carl G. Hodges (Original Novels Foundation, 1960?)

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Found in a dusty corner of the Green Shed: They got to Cochran just outside the safety of his home.  And when Bob Ruff got there h...
Thursday, October 4, 2018

Dark Duet by Peter Cheyney (Pan, 1958)

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(For the Fontana edition of the same book, go  here .) COUNTER ESPIONAGE! IN THIS BUSINESS YOU'RE EITHER A BRAVE MAN ... OR ...
Thursday, September 27, 2018

Terror at Seacliff Pines by Florence Hurd (Manor Books, 1976)

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A large scary house in the background?  A pretty young woman in the foreground?  This has got  to be a Modern Gothic novel. HOUSE OF ...
Thursday, September 20, 2018

Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck (Pan, 1958)

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Found in a corner of The Green Shed: Boisterous, Light-hearted, Impudent!   High spirits, robust and tender humour, in this ...