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Product Description: The Pirates in the Deep Green Sea, written for children, is a fantasy, in which Davy Jones and all the drowned pirates under the sea are discovered guarding the great knots that tie latitudes and longitudes together to keep the world from splitting.

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9781448205820 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, March 28, 2013, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: The Pirates in the Deep Green Sea, written for children, is a fantasy, in which Davy Jones and all the drowned pirates under the sea are discovered guarding the great knots that tie latitudes and longitudes together to keep the world from splitting.

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Product Description: In the early years of the Second World War an army officer is sent to the Faroe Islands to investigate rumours of a collaboration with the Nazi regime in Norway. What he finds changes lives, not least his own.No one who reads this book will forget the frozen corpse tied to a chair in an icehouse guarded by two drunken seamen, or the raging storm which batters their, ship as they carry the body to Shetland...read more

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9781448207572 | Bloomsbury USA Academic, December 20, 2012, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: In the early years of the Second World War an army officer is sent to the Faroe Islands to investigate rumours of a collaboration with the Nazi regime in Norway.
9780862418946 | Canongate Books Ltd, September 1, 1999, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: In the early years of World War II, an army officer is sent to the Faroe Islands to investigate rumours of collaboration with the Nazi regime in Norway.

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Product Description: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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9781406723267 | Hesperides Pr, November 30, 2006, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

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Product Description: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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9781406725278 | Hesperides Pr, November 30, 2006, cover price $27.45 | About this edition: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

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Product Description: 'They were hardy folk, the Vikings, hardy feasters and hardy slayers, and their magnificent contempt for life calls out the poet in Mr. Linklater, notably in his description of the voyage of the longship Skua, which is a splendid and exciting prose-poem' Punch

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9781406794380 | Read Books, January 31, 2006, cover price $27.99 | About this edition: 'They were hardy folk, the Vikings, hardy feasters and hardy slayers, and their magnificent contempt for life calls out the poet in Mr.

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Product Description: 'Mr. Linklater has a way with him. He has wit and insight and an unfamiliar background to help him...What he has done, and done remarkably well, is to tell the plain tale of a young man from Orkney who, after fighting in France, tries to become a doctor, fails and finds something like happiness in another direction' Sunday Time...read more

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9781406794731 | Read Books, January 31, 2006, cover price $29.99 | About this edition: 'Mr.

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In the English village of Midmeddlecum, sisters Dinah and Dorinda struggle to keep their promise to try to be good when their father goes off to war, but they soon get into a great deal of mischief.
By Nicolas Bentley (illustrator) and Eric Linklater

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9781590171004 | New York Review of Books, July 1, 2004, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: In the English village of Midmeddlecum, sisters Dinah and Dorinda struggle to keep their promise to try to be good when their father goes off to war, but they soon get into a great deal of mischief.

When Major Palfrey is held captive by the evil Count Hulagu Bloot, the major's twin daughters, Dinah and Dorinda, join forces with a local witch to rescue him
By Nicolas Bentley (illustrator) and Eric Linklater

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9781903252024 | New edition (Jane Nissen Books, May 1, 2000), cover price $13.90
9780862411312 | Canongate Books Ltd, October 1, 1989, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: When Major Palfrey is held captive by the evil Count Hulagu Bloot, the major's twin daughters, Dinah and Dorinda, join forces with a local witch to rescue him

Miscellaneous:

9781590174333 | New York Review of Books, May 4, 2011, cover price $18.95

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Product Description: This hilarious novel charts the rise and fall (and perhaps the rise again) of Magnus Merriman—would-be lover, writer, politician, idealist, and crofter—moved by dreams of greatness and a talent for farcical defeat. Convinced that "small nations are safer to live in than big ones," Magnus becomes a Nationalist candidate for the parliamentary seat of "Kinluce...read more

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9780860098133 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, April 1, 1986), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: This hilarious novel charts the rise and fall (and perhaps the rise again) of Magnus Merriman—would-be lover, writer, politician, idealist, and crofter—moved by dreams of greatness and a talent for farcical defeat.

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9780862413132 | Canongate Books Ltd, March 1, 1994, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: This hilarious novel charts the rise and fall (and perhaps the rise again) of Magnus Merriman—would-be lover, writer, politician, idealist, and crofter—moved by dreams of greatness and a talent for farcical defeat.

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Product Description: Angelo, a private in Mussolini's "ever-glorious" Italian army, may possess the virtues of love and an engaging innocence but he lacks the gift of courage. However, due to circumstances beyond his control, he ends up fighting not only for Italy but also for the British and German armies...read more

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9780862413767 | Canongate Books Ltd, December 1, 1992, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Angelo, a private in Mussolini's "ever-glorious" Italian army, may possess the virtues of love and an engaging innocence but he lacks the gift of courage.
9780907675617 | Reprint edition (Ashford Pr Pub, March 1, 1990), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Angelo, a private in Mussolini's "ever-glorious" Italian army, may possess the virtues of love and an engaging innocence but he lacks the gift of courage.

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Product Description: Eric Linklater was one of the most respected and prolific Scottish writers of this century, yet more than 25 years have passed since his last collection of short stories was published. This selection covers Linklater's entire writing life...read more

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9780862413255 | Canongate Books Ltd, June 1, 1992, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Eric Linklater was one of the most respected and prolific Scottish writers of this century, yet more than 25 years have passed since his last collection of short stories was published.

Product Description: Book by Linklater, Eric

Hardcover:

9781852900212 | Large print edition (Isis Large Print Books, April 1, 1991), cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Book by Linklater, Eric

Hardcover:

9780804616898 | Associated Faculty Pr Inc, February 1, 1931, cover price $26.50

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