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Born: Established: 1833 New York (City), New York (State),
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1 y separately published work icon Harper's Magazine Harper's New Monthly Magazine; Harper's Monthly Magazine (International) assertion 1850 New York (City) : Harper and Brothers , Z963280 1850 periodical (18 issues)
1 Harper's Handy Series Harper and Brothers (publisher), series - publisher
1 Library of Select Novels Harper and Brothers (publisher), series - publisher
Harper's Franklin Square Library Franklin Square library Harper and Brothers (publisher), series - publisher
Harper's Library of Select Novels Harper and Brothers , series - publisher
2 2 y separately published work icon Arms for Adonis Charlotte Jay , London : Collins , 1960 Z871222 1960 single work novel crime detective

'The blood of Adonis, thought Sarah, remembering the church that was built like a pagan temple. Coquelicot rouge - the symbol of a dying man whose blood stained the hillside in the spring.

'Sarah Lane, abandoning her French lover for the brilliant Lebanese sunshine, believes that the day will belong to her alone. But when a street bomb hurls her into the arms of a dangerously handsome Syrian colonel, she finds herself trapped once again. Is this a kidnapping? A seduction? Or merely the chaos of the Middle-East?'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Wakefield Press 2019 ed.)
1 y separately published work icon Kippy the Koala Crosby Newell , George Leavens (illustrator), New York (City) : Harper and Brothers , 1960 Z1571332 1960 single work picture book children's Kippy the little koala leaves the safety of his mother's back to find who or what made a series of strange sounds he heard. He meets other animals - a wallaby, a puppy, an emu, a kangaroo, a kookaburra - all of whom make different noises, but he is most pleased to hear the sound of his mother calling him home.
1 2 y separately published work icon Adelaide the Flying Kangaroo Tomi Ungerer , New York (City) : Harper and Brothers , 1959 Z1777692 1959 single work children's fiction children's Adelaide, the flying kangaroo, leaves her parents to travel the world, ending up in Paris where she creates a happy life for herself.
1 y separately published work icon The Grand Duke and Mr Pimm Lindsay Hardy , New York (City) : Harper and Brothers , 1959 Z981108 1959 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon The Man Who Walked Away Charlotte Jay , London : Collins , 1958 Z364569 1958 single work novel crime detective

'It was a dark winter afternoon when Helen Graham received two callers. In that dingy London room she made a decision that turned her life into a living nightmare.

'TORMENTED by the strength of Cedric Crome and the weakness of her son Maurice.

'HAUNTED by the person Maurice called 'The Grey Lady'.

'TERRIFIED because she was being forced to turn back–ultimately in defence of her own life.'

Source: Back cover blurb (Fontana edition).
2 y separately published work icon The Feast of the Dead G. M. Jay , London : Robert Hale , 1956 Z870726 1956 single work novel crime
1 y separately published work icon The Coast of Coral Arthur C. Clarke , New York (City) : Harper and Brothers , 1956 Z1808294 1956 single work prose travel 'Stretching for 1200 miles along the tropical coast of Australia, the Great Barrier Reef is the mightiest coral formation in the world. Arthur Clarke and Mike Wilson spent two adventurous years exploring the Reef - above and below water - and this book tells their story.

The Reef is a vast range of "underwater mountains", whose shifting moods strike terror in the hearts of sailors and can spell death for the careless diver. But the bizarre and challenging spectacles were irresistible to Clarke and Wilson: they saw the dreaded stonefish and the giant manta ray, the lovely fire fish, and the Australian shark, which unlike its relatives elsewhere, is a genuine maneater.

Their report - illustrated with rare underwater photographs - gives us our first look into a region of mystery, of boundless beauty and danger, one of the last and most intriguing unexplored frontiers on our planet.' (Source: back cover, Harper and Row, 1965 edition)
6 y separately published work icon The Man Who Didn't Fly Margot Bennett , London : Eyre and Spottiswoode , 1955 Z808914 1955 single work novel crime detective

Four men are supposed to board a plane, but when it crashes, only three men are found. Where is the fourth man?
2 y separately published work icon The Yellow Turban Charlotte Jay , New York (City) : Harper and Brothers , 1955 Z870723 1955 single work novel crime
1 y separately published work icon A Summer Night Alan Moorehead , London : Hamish Hamilton , 1954 Z1292237 1954 single work novel
2 y separately published work icon The Fugitive Eye Charlotte Jay , London : Collins , 1953 Z870732 1953 single work novel crime

'A baleful game of blind man's buff engages Ian Kane, a coincidental witness to the evidence of murder who then loses his eyesight in an accident and becomes the helpless target of his pursuant. His sullen fears and morbid fantasies become real when he is moved from the hospital to a rest home, loses his nurse en route, and is then the prisoner of his enemies. His escape, in bandages, is painful and almost helpless until he removes them, regains his vision and finally his freedom...'

Source: Kirkus Reviews (https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/charlotte-jay/the-fugitive-eye/). (Sighted: 10/2/2016)
1 y separately published work icon The Tiger in Summer Michael Keon , New York (City) : Harper and Brothers , 1953 Z247359 1953 single work novel historical fiction romance war literature
3 10 y separately published work icon Beat Not the Bones Charlotte Jay , London : Collins , 1952 Z870720 1952 single work novel crime

'Sudden, violent death enshrouded the island port of Marapai. The kind of death known only to voodoo cults and savages. On this island Europeans lost their civilization, their innocence–and their sanity. And famed anthropologist David Warwick lost his life. Rumors whispered suicide. But the rumors were lies. Everyone lied to haunted Emma Warwick, who suspected murder and set out to trap a killer–only to discover the very roots of terror!'

Source: Back cover blurb (Avon edition).
4 y separately published work icon Daughter of the House Catherine Gaskin , London Sydney : Collins , 1952 Z337327 1952 single work novel
1 14 y separately published work icon Dead Men Rising : A Novel Kenneth Mackenzie , London : Jonathan Cape , 1951 Z182740 1951 single work novel war literature Fictional account of the Cowra breakout during the Second World War.
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