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Quick view D H Lawrence - Lady Chatterley's Lover & The Trial of Lady Chatterley 1961 Vintage Penguin Two vintage Penguin paperbacks, as follows - (a) A 1973 reprint of Lady Chatterley's Lover, originally published in 1928, and in this edition by Penguin in 1960. this edition has an introduction by Richard Hoggart, in very good condition ,... MSRP: Now: €8.00 Add to Cart Quick view Joyce Cary - Spring Song : Vintage Penguin Short Stories - Paperback 1963 A paperback first Penguin edition, of Donegal born author (Arthur ) Joyce Cary - Spring Song & Other Stories, 1963, originally published by Michael Joseph in 1960, and a collection of all his short fiction, some of which only appeared in this... MSRP: Now: €7.00 Add to Cart Quick view Bates, H.E. - The Purple Plain ( Vintage Penguin PB 1956 ( Originally 1948) & The Daffodil Sky & Other Stories 1959 ( Originally 1956) The Purple Plain Full of mounting suspense and masterly characterisation, Bates's popular wartime novel tells the story of three very different men who, after their aircraft crashes, are forced to trek across the Burmese wilderness to safety... MSRP: Now: €9.00 Add to Cart Previous 1 2 Previous 1 2 Compare Selected × OK
Quick view Joyce Cary - Spring Song : Vintage Penguin Short Stories - Paperback 1963 A paperback first Penguin edition, of Donegal born author (Arthur ) Joyce Cary - Spring Song & Other Stories, 1963, originally published by Michael Joseph in 1960, and a collection of all his short fiction, some of which only appeared in this... MSRP: Now: €7.00 Add to Cart Quick view Bates, H.E. - The Purple Plain ( Vintage Penguin PB 1956 ( Originally 1948) & The Daffodil Sky & Other Stories 1959 ( Originally 1956) The Purple Plain Full of mounting suspense and masterly characterisation, Bates's popular wartime novel tells the story of three very different men who, after their aircraft crashes, are forced to trek across the Burmese wilderness to safety... MSRP: Now: €9.00 Add to Cart Previous 1 2 Previous 1 2 Compare Selected
Quick view Bates, H.E. - The Purple Plain ( Vintage Penguin PB 1956 ( Originally 1948) & The Daffodil Sky & Other Stories 1959 ( Originally 1956) The Purple Plain Full of mounting suspense and masterly characterisation, Bates's popular wartime novel tells the story of three very different men who, after their aircraft crashes, are forced to trek across the Burmese wilderness to safety... MSRP: Now: €9.00 Add to Cart Previous 1 2 Previous 1 2 Compare Selected