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Robert Standish African Guinea Pig
Peter Davis S000935 London, England. 1958 First Edition Hard Cover Good Good 308 pages. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper. Dust jacket price clipped. Foxing to page edges, and also front pages. Dust jacket is rubbed at edges with small closed tears, green boards are in good condition.
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Robert Standish Bonin
Peter Davies 108009 London, England. 1944 Reprint Cloth Very Good 288pages, the author has written a preface stating that the events in this story actually happened so it is fiction based on fact. Bonin is about the Japanese owned Bonin Islands between Japan and Guam. Maps to the front and rear pastedown.
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Standish, Robert ELEPHANT WALK
Peter Davies GHE0003366 London, Great Britain 1955 Reprint Hard Cover Good+ Good+ HB, pale green cloth in pictorial DJ, cover art by William Reusswig, G+/G+, 293pp. Price-clipped DJ has minor rubbing and a number of tears to spine ends and corners, loss to upper edge near spine, creases to edges, now in archival film, colours vibrant. Book has mild rubbing to edges and corners, bumps to corners, inside is has foxing and age toning to prelims, age browning to extremities, else clean and tight, a more than good copy in a protected DJ. Set in Ceylon, the story follows the Careys of Elelphant Walk, a tea plantation, and a bull elephant that is somehow linked with their destiny. 430pp when packed.
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Robert Standish Follow the Seventh Man
Peter Davies 112401 London, England. 1950 Hard Cover Good Good 288pages. Towards the end of the Victorian Era, a sultan is persuaded to send his son an English Public School he set in train events which were destined to have a profound effect upon many lives. Suspended between his Arab/Malay ancestry and the veneer of his education he grew up to manhood with the faults of both worlds. Red boards, rubbing to the dj around the spine area and corners. Age tanning to the endpapers. Main body of the book is in good order.
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Robert Standish Mr OnLoong
Peter Davies 112278 London, England. 1950 Reprint Hard Cover Good Good 290pages. Set against the British West Indies where negro labour is exploited on the sugar plantations. John Onloong the sun of Chinese Landryman is raised by his talent, honesty and industry to the position of the island's general provider.dj has been price clipped. Foxing to the front and rear endpapers. Dj has both open and closed tears to the edges, corners and spine,please see scan for photographs.
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Robert Standish Storm Centre
Peter Davies 112277 London, England. 1951 Cloth Good Good 290pages. Set against an Eastern background, this is a story of Diana Maynard the central character who watches storms all around her helpless to avert the tragedies which are left in their wake. dj has been price clipped. Foxing to the front and rear endpapers. Dj has both open and closed tears to the edges, corners and spine.please see scan
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Standish, Robert THE FIRST OF THE TREES
Phoenix House GHE0019368 London, Great Britain 1960 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good+ Very Good Piper, Raymond HB, green boards in pictorial DJ, 108p, b/w drawings. Un-clipped DJ has minor rubbing to edges and corners, small tears to edges, now protected in clear poly film. Book has very minor rubbing to edges, inside has light foxing to top edge, else square, clean & tight. A lively history of the Olive tree by bestselling novelist. 250g when packed.
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