SOLZHENITSYN, ALEXANDER; BETHELL, NICHOLAS & BURG, DAVID (transl)

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PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1969

KEYWORDS: Alexander Solzhenitsyn 20th century play drama theatre Russia Russian literature modern first edition

CHOI, SUSAN

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PUBLISHER: Serpent's Tail 2019

KEYWORDS: Susan Choi 21st century fiction modern first edition

FRIEDMAN, KINKY

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PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1993

KEYWORDS: Kinky Friedman short stories 20th century fiction modern first edition

KOESTLER, ARTHUR; HARDY, DAPHNE (transl)

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PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz1 941

KEYWORDS: Arthur Koestler 20th century fiction modern first edition

HUGHES, TED

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PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1979

KEYWORDS: Ted Hughes 20th century poetry poems poet modern first edition

KRASZNAHORKAI, LASZLO

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PUBLISHER: Tuskar Rock Press 2019

KEYWORDS: Laszlo Krasznahorkai 21st century Hungarian fiction modern first edition

KINGSOLVER, BARBARA

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PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2020

KEYWORDS: Barbara Kingsolver 21st century literature poetry poems poet modern first edition

SILONE, IGNAZIO; MOSBACHER, ERIC (transl); FOOT, MICHAEL (introd)

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PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent & Sons 1985

KEYWORDS: Ignazio Silone 20th century fiction literature Italy Italian modern first edition

BERCKMAN, EVELYN

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PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1968

KEYWORDS: Evelyn Berckman 20th century fiction modern first edition

HOBAN, RUSSELL; HOBAN, BROM (illus.)

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PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1972

KEYWORDS: Russel Brom Hoban 20th century children's books book juvenile fiction modern first edition

SHAN, DARREN

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PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2008

KEYWORDS: Darren Shan 21st century children's books book juvenile fiction modern first edition Margaret Mahy

PHILLIPS, TOM

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PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1980

KEYWORDS: Tom Phillips 20th century literature fiction modern first edition

HAMILTON-PATERSON, JAMES

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PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1989

KEYWORDS: James Hamilton-Paterson 20th century fiction modern first edition

LEVIN, MEYER

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PUBLISHER: W. H. Allen 1965

KEYWORDS: Meyer Levin 20th century fiction modern first edition

JOHNSTON, BRET ANTHONY

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PUBLISHER: Random House 2024

KEYWORDS: Bret Anthony Johnston 21st century fiction modern first edition

CHRISTIE, AGATHA

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PUBLISHER: The Crime Club 1972

KEYWORDS: Agatha Christie 20th century crime fiction modern first edition

HERGE

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PUBLISHER: Sundancer 1986

KEYWORDS: Herhe Tintin cartoon sketches comic book books comics modern first edition

LOW, DAVID

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PUBLISHER: Collins 1953

KEYWORDS: David Low 20th century cartoons cartoon comics comic strip history modern first edition

SCHWEBLIN, SAMANTA; MCDOWELL, MEGAN (transl)

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PUBLISHER: Oneworld 2017

KEYWORDS: Samanta Schweblin 21st century fiction modern first edition

CARTER, ANGELA; HILL, ROSEMARY

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PUBLISHER: Profile Books 2015

KEYWORDS: Angela Carter 21st century poetry poet poems modern first edition