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A growing area of interest to collectors, writers of young adult fiction are currently producing some outstanding work, much of it just as readable for adults. Here is a selection of some of the most currently collected titles; most of them are award winners.
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ALMOND, DAVID |
Almond’s work, with its very human characters involved in magic realism situations, is immediately appealing and very readable. |
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ALMOND, DAVID |
SKELLIG 1ST Novel (Hardback edition) |
1999 |
F/F |
£125 |
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ALMOND, DAVID |
KIT’S WILDERNESS (Hardback edition) |
1999 |
F/F |
£25 |
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ALMOND, DAVID |
HEAVEN EYES |
2000 |
F/F |
£25 |
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ALMOND, DAVID |
COUNTING STARS (Story collection) |
2000 |
F/F |
£25 |
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ALMOND, DAVID |
SECRET HEART (Latest novel) |
2001 |
F/F |
£14 |
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ALMOND, DAVID |
THE FIRE-EATERS (Signed) |
2003 |
F/F |
£18 |
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ALMOND, DAVID |
THE FIRE-EATERS (Smarties Gold Book Award 2003) |
2003 |
F/F |
£12 |
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AUGARDE, STEVE |
THE VARIOUS (First of trilogy – acclaimed first novel) |
2003 |
F/F |
£45 |
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BERTAGNA, JULIA |
EXODUS (Whitbread listed) P.B.O. Remarkable quest saga – alternative worlds and other amazing ideas! |
2002 |
F |
£14 |
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BRENNAN, HERBIE |
FAERIE WARS |
2003 |
F/F |
£10 |
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BRENNAN, HERBIE |
FAERIE WARS (Signed) |
2003 |
F/F |
£28 |
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BROOKS, KEVIN |
MARTYN PIG (Remarkable new teenage novel) |
2002 |
F/F |
£12 |
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BROOKS, KEVIN |
MARTYN PIG (Signed) |
2002 |
F/F |
£16 |
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BROOKS, KEVIN |
LUCAS (Signed) |
2003 |
F/F |
£16 |
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BYNG, GEORGIA |
MOLLY MOON’S INCREDIBLE BOOK OF HYPNOTISM (Signed) Excellent first novel – ignore the glitzy wrapper (or love it!). |
2002 |
F/F |
£20 |
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BYNG, GEORGIA |
MOLLY MOON STOPS THE WORLD (Signed) |
2003 |
F/F |
£15 |
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CLEMENT-DAVIES, DAVID |
FIREBRINGER (1ST Novel) A new take on talking animal stories, this is a well-written and very moving story of deer fulfilling their destiny, and of one in particular, Rannoch. |
1999 |
F/F |
£10 |
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COLFER, EOIN |
ARTEMIS FOWL (With bookmark) An amazing success story welcomed by children and adults everywhere – many reprints now. |
2001 |
F/F |
£50 |
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COLFER, EOIN |
ARTEMIS FOWL (Signed) With bookmark. |
2001 |
F/F |
£125 |
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COLFER, EOIN |
ARTEMIS & THE ARCTIC ADVENTURE (With bookmark) |
2002 |
F/F |
£15 |
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COLFER, EOIN |
ARTEMIS & THE ARCTIC ADVENTURE (Signed) With bookmark |
2002 |
F/F |
£30 |
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COLFER, EOIN |
THE WISH LIST |
2003 |
F/F |
£10 |
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COLFER, EOIN |
ARTEMIS FOWL: THE ETERNITY CODE (with bookmark) |
2003 |
F/F |
£18 |
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COLFER, EOIN |
ARTEMIS FOWL: THE ETERNITY CODE (Signed) with bookmark |
2003 |
F/F |
£24 |
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CREECH, SHARON |
RUBY HOLLER (Hardback edition) Carnegie Award Winner 2003 |
2002 |
F/F |
£15 |
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CREECH, SHARON |
RUBY HOLLER (Signed) |
2002 |
F/F |
£20 |
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CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, KEVIN |
ARTHUR – AT THE CROSSING PLACE |
2001 |
F/F |
£15 |
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CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, KEVIN |
THIRD VOLUME |
F/F |
£12 |
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CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, KEVIN |
THIRD VOLUME (Signed) |
F/F |
£18 |
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DICKINSON, JOHN |
THE CUP OF THE WORLD (Signed) |
2003 |
F/F |
£15 |
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FISHER, CATHERINE |
THE ORACLE (P.B.O.) |
2003 |
F |
£12 |
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FUNKE, CORNELIA |
THE THIEF LORD (Signed) |
2002 |
F/F |
£60 |
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FUNKE, CORNELIA |
INKHEART (New novel- hardback) Signed |
2003 |
F/F |
£20 |
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GAIMAN, NEIL |
CORALINE (Well-received young adult novel) |
2002 |
F/F |
£14 |
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GAIMAN, NEIL |
CORALINE (Signed) |
2002 |
F/F |
£24 |
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GARDNER, GRAHAM |
INVENTING ELLIOT (1ST Novel) Signed Acclaimed first novel inspired by Orwell’s ‘1984’. |
2003 |
F/F |
£14 |
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GAVIN, JAMILA |
CORAM BOY (P.B.O.) Winner of 2000 Whitbread Children’s Prize, a well researched story of 18th Century foundlings and their fight to survive with the help of John Coram, early benefactor of London’s poor. |
2000 |
F |
£12 |
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GAVIN, JAMILA |
CORAM BOY (Later hardback edition) Signed |
2002 |
F/F |
£20 |
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GIBBONS, ALAN |
SHADOW OF THE MINOTAUR (P.B.O.) |
2000 |
F |
£15 |
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GIBBONS, ALAN |
Winner of the ‘Blue Peter’ Award, this clever blending of Greek myth and computer games has had remarkable success and is becoming highly collectable. |
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GLIORI, DEBI |
PURE DEAD WICKED |
2002 |
F |
£13 |
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GLIORI, DEBI |
PURE DEAD WICKED (Signed) |
2002 |
F |
£35 |
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GLIORI, DEBI |
PURE DEAD BRILLIANT |
2003 |
F |
£10 |
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GLIORI, DEBI |
PURE DEAD BRILLIANT (Signed) |
2003 |
F |
£20 |
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GRAY, KEITH |
WAREHOUSE (New novel) P.B.O. (Signed) Strong stuff ‘not suitable for younger readers’! |
2002 |
F |
£10 |
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HADDON, MARK |
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (Children’s edition) Remarkable novel – Booker & Guardian listed. |
2003 |
F/F |
£25 |
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HADDON, MARK |
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (Signed) |
2003 |
F/F |
£45 |
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HEARN, LIAN |
GRASS FOR HIS PILLOW (Signed) Sequel to ‘Across the Nightingale Floor’ – a beautifully produced book and an exciting sequel to read. |
2003 |
F/F |
£18 |
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HOEYE, MICHAEL |
TIME STOPS FOR NO MOUSE Immediately successful novel from US author complete with newspaper – ‘Pinchester Weekly Squeak’ & bookmark. |
2002 |
F/F |
£15 |
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HOEYE, MICHAEL |
TIME STOPS FOR NO MOUSE (Signed) |
2002 |
F/F |
£22 |
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HOFFMAN, MARY |
STRAVAGANZA (Rapidly reprinted new novel) Remarkable fantasy set in ‘alternative’ Venice. |
2002 |
F/F |
£10 |
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HOFFMAN, MARY |
STRAVAGANZA (Signed) |
2002 |
F/F |
£18 |
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HOFFMAN, MARY |
STRAVAGANZA – CITY OF STARS (Sequel to ‘Stravaganza – City of Masks) |
2003 |
F/F |
£13 |
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HOFFMAN, MARY |
STRAVAGANZA – CITY OF STARS (Signed) |
2003 |
F/F |
£18 |
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IBBOTSON, EVA |
JOURNEY TO THE RIVER SEA Set in the Amazon and the astonishing city of Manaus (remember the Herzog film ‘Fitzcarraldo’?) This was an extremely close runner up to ‘Arthur – The Seeing Stone’ in 2001’s Guardian Prize. Already a well-established children’s writer, this book extends that reputation further still. Many reprints already. |
2001 |
F/F |
£35 |
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KAY, ELIZABETH |
THE DIVIDE (Signed) Remarkably presented boxed book. |
2003 |
F/F |
£20 |
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KAY, JACKIE |
STRAW GIRL |
2002 |
F/F |
£12 |
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KAY, JACKIE |
STRAW GIRL (Signed) First children’s novel from established poet and adult author. |
2002 |
F/F |
£18 |
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LAWRENCE, CAROLINE |
THIEVES OF OSTIA (1ST of series) Signed (Mystery in Rome A.D. 79) |
2001 |
F/F |
£18 |
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LAWRENCE, CAROLINE |
SECRET OF VESUVIUS (Signed |
2002 |
F/F |
£18 |
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LAWRENCE, CAROLINE |
PIRATES OF POMPEII (Signed) |
2002 |
F/F |
£18 |
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LAWRENCE, CAROLINE |
THE DOLPHINS OF LAURENTIUM (Signed) |
2003 |
F/F |
£18 |
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LAWRENCE, CAROLINE |
THE TASKS OF FLAVIA GEMINA (Signed) Others in stock |
2003 |
F/F |
£18 |
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McNISH, CHRIS |
THE SCENT OF MAGIC |
2001 |
F/F |
£18 |
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McNISH, CHRIS |
THE WIZARD’S PROMISE |
2002 |
F/F |
£12 |
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McNISH, CHRIS |
THE SILVER CHILD (Signed) |
2003 |
F/F |
£15 |
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MOLLOY, MICHAEL |
THE WITCH TRADE (1ST Novel – Vol. 1 of series) Witches, magic dust, interesting characters – super! |
2001 |
F/F |
£20 |
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MOLLOY, MICHAEL |
THE WITCH TRADE (Signed) |
2001 |
F/F |
£30 |
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MOLLOY, MICHAEL |
THE TIME WITCHES |
2002 |
F/F |
£12 |
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MOLLOY, MICHAEL |
THE TIME WITCHES (Signed) |
2002 |
F/F |
£30 |
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MORPURGO, MICHAEL |
PRIVATE PEACEFUL |
2003 |
F/F |
£12 |
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NEWBERY, LINDA |
THE SHELL HOUSE (Signed) |
2001 |
F/F |
£16 |
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NICHOLSON, WILLIAM |
THE WIND SINGER (Hardback edition) |
2000 |
F/F |
£100 |
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NICHOLSON, WILLIAM |
Already the winner of the prestigious ‘Smarties’ Award, this first novel (again, first part of a trilogy) has a futuristic setting but peopled by clearly recognisable late 20th Century schoolchildren. Should be read by children, adults, teachers and definitely the Ministry of Education. |
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NICHOLSON, WILLIAM |
SLAVES OF THE MASTERY (2ND Vol. of trilogy) |
2001 |
F/F |
£45 |
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NICHOLSON, WILLIAM |
FIRESONG (3RD Vol. trilogy) |
2002 |
F/F |
£20 |
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NIX, GARTH |
SABRIEL (Fantasy novel) |
2002 |
F/F |
£20 |
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NIX, GARTH |
LIRIEL (Sequel to ‘Sabriel’) Signed |
2003 |
F/F |
£20 |
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PAOLINI, CHRISTOPHER |
ERAGON (1ST UK) Signed on title page plus bookmark |
2003 |
F/F |
£28 |
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PRIESTLEY, CHRIS |
DEATH AND THE ARROW (Laminated boards) |
2003 |
F |
£10 |
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PRIESTLEY, CHRIS |
DEATH AND THE ARROW (Signed) |
2003 |
F |
£16 |
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PULLMAN, PHILIP |
NEW SHORT STORY – LYRA’S OXFORD (Hardback) Signed |
2003 |
F |
£20 |
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REES, CELIA |
SORCERESS (Sequel to ‘Witch Child’) Whitbread shortlist |
2002 |
F/F |
£14 |
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REES, CELIA |
PIRATES (Signed) |
2003 |
F/F |
£14 |
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REEVE, PHILIP |
A superb debut novel – set in a future time when all the earth’s cities (and towns) are moving on wheels and preying on each other! A grand adventure reminiscent of Jules Verne at times and definitely suitable for all age groups. A superb retro dust wrapper completes the package and not surprisingly went into reprint immediately. Winner of Smarties Prize – Whitbread shortlisted. |
2001 |
F/F |
£40 |
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REEVE, PHILIP |
MORTAL ENGINES (Signed) |
2001 |
F/F |
£120 |
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REEVE, PHILIP |
PREDATOR’S GOLD (Outstanding sequel to ‘Mortal Engines’) |
2003 |
F/F |
£15 |
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REEVE, PHILIP |
PREDATOR’S GOLD (Signed) The eagerly awaited sequel to ‘Mortal Engines’. |
2003 |
F/F |
£20 |
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ROBERTS, KATHERINE |
THE SONGQUEST (1ST of series) Winner Branford Boase Award. |
2000 |
F/F |
£20 |
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ROBERTS, KATHERINE |
CRYSTAL MASK (2ND of series) |
2001 |
F/F |
£15 |
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ROWLING, J K |
HARRIUS POTTER ET PHILOSPHI LAPIS Translated by Peter Needham into Latin! This unusual translation has already been reprinted. |
2003 |
F/F |
£21 |
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SEDGWICK, MARCUS |
THE BOOK OF DEAD DAYS (Signed) |
2003 |
F/F |
£18 |
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SEDGWICK, MARCUS |
THE HOUSE OF WINDJAMMER |
2003 |
F/F |
£12 |
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SEDGWICK, MARCUS |
THE HOUSE OF WINDJAMMER (Signed) |
2003 |
F/F |
£20 |
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SHAN, DARREN |
Vol. 1 – CIRQUE DU FREAK |
F |
£12 |
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SHAN, DARREN |
Vol. 2 – THE VAMPIRE’S ASSISTANT |
F |
£10 |
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SHAN, DARREN |
Vol. 3 – TUNNELS OF BLOOD |
F |
£10 |
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SHAN, DARREN |
Vol. 4 – VAMPIRE MOUNTAIN |
F |
£6 |
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SHAN, DARREN |
Vol. 5 – TRIALS OF DEATH |
F |
£5 |
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SHAN, DARREN |
Vol. 6 – THE VAMPIRE PRINCE |
2002 |
F |
£6 |
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SHAN, DARREN |
Others in stock These slim paperbacks are also proving a great success with children – Darren Shan is also the narrator and hero of the books – a boy who runs away to the circus and meets a vampire (well, nowadays he would of course). 10 volumes chart his struggle to retain mortality. |
2002/2003 |
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£6 each |
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SHAW-LARKMAN, NEIL |
THE GREAT LONDON ADVENTURE A fun-filled adventure that introduces all the London sights and attractions and introduces some memorable characters. |
2001 |
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£10 |
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SNICKET, LEMONY (Presumably a pseudonym!) |
These very darkly amusing stories from the U.S. have been a runaway success with children. More are planned and now is the time to buy the first three. Don’t overlook the delightful matching combined volume, produced only for sale in W H Smith. |
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SNICKET, LEMONY |
Vol. 3 – THE WIDE WINDOW |
2001 |
F |
£15 |
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SNICKET, LEMONY |
Vol. 4 – THE MISERABLE MILL |
2001 |
F |
£12 |
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SNICKET, LEMONY |
Vol. 5 – THE AUSTERE ACADEMY |
2001 |
F |
£14 |
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SNICKET, LEMONY |
Vol. 6 – THE ERSATZ ELEVATOR (Others – enquire) |
2001 |
F |
£10 |
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SNICKET, LEMONY |
UNAUTHORISED AUTOBIOGRAPHY With wrap-around band |
2002 |
F |
£8 |
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STEWART, PAUL & RIDDELL, CHRIS |
LAST OF THE SKY PIRATES |
2002 |
F/F |
£18 |
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STEWART, PAUL & RIDDELL, CHRIS |
MUDDLE EARTH (Signed by both) |
2003 |
F/F |
£24 |
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STEWART, PAUL & RIDDELL, CHRIS |
VOX (New ‘Edge Chronicles’ series) |
2003 |
F/f |
£12 |
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STEWART, PAUL & RIDDELL, CHRIS |
VOX (Signed by both) |
2003 |
F/F |
£18 |
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STONE, D |
RATASTROPHE CATASTROPHE |
2003 |
F/F |
£10 |
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STONE, D |
RATASTROPHE CATASTROPHE (Signed) |
2003 |
F/F |
£16 |
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TAYLOR, G P |
SHADOWMANCER (New Faber edition paperback) The most sensationally marketed book of the century (so far). All copies include the extremely uncommon & attractive bookmark. |
2003 |
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£25 |
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TAYLOR, G P |
SHADOWMANCER (Signed) A few still in stock |
2003 |
F |
£50 |
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TAYLOR G P |
SHADOWMANCER (Hardback edition October 2003) Slightly revised text (we are informed) – very limited number signed. Please note: Due to limitations of quantity we can only supply one copy per customer to be fair to all. |
2003 |
F/F |
£25 |
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THOMPSON, KATE |
THE ALCHEMIST’S APPRENTICE (Signed) Others - enquire Excellent historical story – a pleasure to read. Already reprinted. |
2002 |
F/F |
£20 |
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UPDALE, ELEANOR |
MONTMORENCY (First of Series) (Signed) Smarties Silver Book Award 2003 First of a series devoted to the anti-hero of the title! Set in mid-Victorian London, a wonderful and informative novel. |
2003 |
F/F |
£18 |
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WILLIS, JEANNE |
NAKED WITHOUT A HAT (P.B.O.) |
2003 |
F |
£10 |
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WOODING, CHRIS |
THE HAUNTING OF ALAIZABEL CRAY (1ST state D/W) ‘Smarties’ Winner 2001 – now scarce. |
2001 |
F/F |
£45 |
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WOODING, CHRIS |
POISON (New novel) |
2003 |
F/F |
£12 |
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WOODING, CHRIS |
POISON (New novel) Signed Enquire for others |
2003 |
F/F |
£20 |
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I hope you have enjoyed this selection of the most collectable children’s and young adult’s fiction of recent times. There will certainly be more to come from these and other promising authors. Watch this space for further exciting readable and collectable titles. Further children’s titles are added as published. For the very latest arrivals, please look at our listings at:
WWW.ABE.COM N.B. Our ABE listings are under ‘Simone’s Books’. |