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Imprint: LONDON.TARGET/W.H. ALLEN,1988. UK,12mo paperback 1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn.Light ageing fore-edges as usual/ normal.Superb copy.Though No.128 in the Dr WHO Library series featuring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor,the wrapper states No.127.Cover by Masero. McCoy logo,with first edition flash to upper wraps bottom right corner.Uncommon in as good a grade as this, plus low print run of only 23,000 copies. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja367#. ISBN: 0426202325.
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Imprint: LONDON.TARGET/W.H.ALLEN,1988. UK,12mo paperback 1st edn.FINE.Appears an unread copy as there are no spine/backstrip creases.No owner inscrptn.Pictorial colour artwork by Alistair Pearson; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges,with a tiny,faint dog-ear crease to upper front,bottom corner.Top edge lightly aged and minimally foxed/spotted and fore-edge lightly aged but unfoxed.Contents tight and clean.McCoy logo and outline decal, with blue spine/backstrip.No.131 in the Doctor Who Library series,featuring Colin Baker as the Doctor.Published 15/09/1988 in a low print run of only 23,000 copies and therefore scarce, particularly in as high a grade as this.A very nice copy of an out-of-print,collectable and sought after book. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja1164r/o. ISBN: 0426203291.
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Imprint: LONDON.W.H.ALLEN,1986. UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.[This first and ONLY UK,HB worldwide edn,precedes both subsequent p/back issues.] FINE.No owner inscrptn but negligible,minimal foxing/spotting to free endpapers.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Andrew Skilleter illustrated boards and violet neon logo with b/w letters to upper board and white letters to violet spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners, head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing - otherwise,almost as new.Top+fore-edges minisculely aged but clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj - as issued, 1st edn,7-135pp [paginated] includes half-title+ title pages,contents list/table,a prologue,an epilogue and 20 chapters. Novelisation of BBC's sci-fi TV script by Pip & Jane Baker; produced by John Nathan-Turner and directed by Sarah Hellings. En route to Kew Gardens,the Doctor and Peri are more than a little surprised when they land in the middle of a slag heap in England at the time of the Luddite uprisings.Unknown to the Doctor, his TARDIS has been dragged off course by the Master who plans to destroy his arch enemy once and for all,and pervert the course of history. But also present is the Rani,another exile from Gallifrey,who is conducting her own evil experiments on the humans of the nineteenth century.Soon the Doctor discovers that the female of the species is far,far deadlier than the male. . . . Now out-of-print and with an initial low print run,an uncommon edition and title in the series, particularly in such a high a grade as this.See also,the previous 1 and then the following 4 sequential,alpha-numeric book ID's for other titles in this format from this series. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja26697. ISBN: 0491035322.
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Imprint: UK.MANCHESTER.THE MANCHESTER WAREHOUSEMEN AND CLERKS' ORPHAN SCHOOLS,1955. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Laid in,is a pink card admission ticket,for FOUNDERS' DAY - CENTENARY SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING held in MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL, Friday October 28th,1955,at 2-30 p.m.Also laid in,a privately taken,contemporary(?) b/w photograph of the facade of school's main entrance and the bell tower beside it.Green ink printed,cream dw/dj with some shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners,chipping with miniscule loss to same and spine/backstrip slightly dulled and grubbed.Top edge slightly dust-soiled and slightly aged/darkened - as usual/ normal,fore-edge brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight and clean. Publisher's original plain green cloth boards with crisp,bright,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and near immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-ixpp+2-128pp [paginated] includes contents+illus lists/ tables,acknowledgements,an introduction,12 chapters,14 b/w contemporary photographs etc.,throughout the text and the book, appendices(4) and an index; plus [unpaginated] title page,contemporary b/w photographic aerial view of school frntis and 2pp blanks to rear. A Centenial School history with Rules of the School,Roll of Honours for WWI+WWII, Scholarships,Prizes and Endowment Funds, sports trophies won by the school. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja30098. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HAMISH HAMILTON,1993. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Very light shelf-wear to top edge dw/dj. 8vo,478pp includes b/w illus,index,notes and bibliography. Here is the first major biography of this century's most important poets and one of the most influential figures in British-American literary history.In her poetry, essays and public statements,Laura Riding tackled Freud, feminism, communism, language and belief,sensuality and the coming of age of the American dream.In her personal relationships she was often at the centre of a circle of friends and artists; her associations included writers as diverse as Hart Crane, Gertrude Stein, Edmund Wilson, Malcolm Crowley, Allen Tate and Robert Penn Warren.During a thirteen year relationship with Robert Graves, the two writers produced an astonishing range of work.Together they launched the New Criticism.Laura Riding,who died in 1991 at the age of ninety was the frequent subject of outrageous rumour and intense controversy.She has been portrayed as a meglomaniac, a sexual libertine, a femme fatale, even a witch.In this brilliantly original biography Baker considers Laura Riding in the context of her background, her times and her work and removes the layers of conjecture, bias and sometimes sheer nonsense that have distorted her life,reputation and sense of achievement. The result is a biography of revelation, reassessment and restoration. Please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja1104. ISBN: 0802113648.
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Imprint: UK.HERSHAM,SURREY.IAN ALLAN PUBLISHING,2010. UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - as issued.Bright,crisp,clean,glazed,sharp-cornered boards illustrated with b/w contemporary photographs and white lettering,with immaculate plain white eps; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - virtually as new.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - unread? UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,4-144pp [paginated] includes author introduction, 21 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w illus and b/w photographs (the majority), appendices(3),and a biblio.Plus [unpaginated] title page and contents list/table. 'London Transport' had been in existence a little over six years when war broke out on 3 September,1939.It had been created on 1 July,1933,exactly two weeks before Adolf Hitler declared Germany to be a one-party state and had set in motion the process which would inexorably lead to WW2,even if at that time he hoped that Britain would join him an Aryan alliance and turn a blind eye to his plans for world domination. Covers evacuations,false alarms, preparations,the Blitz itself and the aftermath,and finally war's end. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja492614. ISBN: 9780711034785.
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Imprint: UK.TIVERTON,DEVON.HALSGROVE,2002. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,2nd facsimile edn. [Facsimile 2nd edn.Originally published by John Haywood Ltd.,1903.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour scenic photographic illustrated upper wrap of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - an unread copy? Bright,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate b/w map endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,2nd facsimile edn,10-207pp [paginated] includes 26 chapters,43 contemporary b/w photographs (frntis included) throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] title page,b/w photographic frntis,modern introduction,facsimile preface,contents+illus lists/tables. First published in 1903,this is a long awaited reprint of the classic study of the earliest years of walking,rock climbing and caving in the Peak District and its neighbourhood.It recounts the exploits of the renowned Kyndwr Club,a group of Sheffield and Derby walkers and climbers, which was founded in 1900. Ernest Baker led the Derby contingent,and this is his highly acclaimed personal account of some of the club's most notable early expeditions, including many first ascents - and descents - of the Peak's crag and cave challenges. Baker's highly descriptive accounts,especially those of crossing the high,and at the time forbidden,moorlands,have become classics in Peakland literature. In addition to the descriptions of the club's regular trespasses over Kinder Scout and Bleaklow,there are also accounts of ascents of Cratcliff Tor,Robin Hood's Stride and Cromford Black Rocks and some of the earliest descents of Eldon Hole,the Bottomless Pit in Speedwell Cavern,with maps and plans. Enest A. Baker was born in Bath in 1869 and gained a First Class Honours degree in English at London University in 1896.He gained his MA in Classics in 1898 and was awarded a doctorate in Literature in 1908. In 1893 he had been appointed librarian at the Midland Railway Institute at Derby, later moving to Wallasey and finally Woolwich.He was also author of 'A Descriptive Guide to the Best Fictions',and editor of Half-forgotten Books. He married Louise Gardiner,who died in 1932,and the couple had two sons and two daughters.Baker died in January 1941 at Blackheath,and his obituary in the 'Derbyshire Advertiser' stated: 'Baker was autocratic and intolerant of incompetence or indolence in either work or recreation, and did not seek to obtain popularity with the average man.' Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight (675g unpackaged) and value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja415812. ISBN: 1841141712.
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Imprint: LONDON.ARCANE/SANCTUARY PUBLISHING LIMITED,2004. UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,pink photographic illustrated dw/dj,with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Pages coloured pink and top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain white cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain maroon endpapers. UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-230pp [paginated] includes a foreword by Graham Norton,profuse trivia,facts etc.,plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages and 2pp blanks at the rear. Homosexuality has gone mainstream on both sides of the Atlantic in recent years - 'civil partnerships' and gay marriage continue to grab headlines,while our television screens have brought us successes like V Graham Norton,Queer As Folk,Will & Grace and the US hit The L Word. In 'Queer Facts',Michelle Baker and Stephen Tropiano collect tidbits,statistics and anecdotes from across the entire spectrum of gay culture,from film and fashion to literature, politics and history. Who was the first openly gay politician elected to office? The first lesbian soap character? What's the most successful gay novel of all time? And just why did the Village People think it was 'fun to stay at the YMCA'? 'Queer Facts' answers these questions and more - with inimitable style! Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja581115. ISBN: 1860746969.
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Imprint: LONDON.FABER & FABER,1999. UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from rear board.Black and purple pictorial decorated paper-covered boards with author's capitalised,white-lettered author name and title to upper board and spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges with hint of toning and some minimal,sporadic foxing spots,fore-edge brighter and clearer but with much less spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread other than my own collation.UK,slim,small 8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated,1st edn,3- 123pp [paginated] with profuse [each alternate page] b/w line illustrations by David Roberts throughout the text; plus [unpaginated] a potted biography of author,b/w line illustrated title page,a b/w line illustrated title separator page with a b/w line illustration to its verso. Robert Caligari is a thoroughly evil thirteen-year-old who gets his kicks from kicking pigs. After a humiliating episode with a bacon butty (sandwich), Robert realizes just how much he loathes the human race - and his revenge is truly terrible. This subversive horror-fantasy from Tom Baker (ex-monk,ex-sailor,and the ultimate Dr Who) is outrageous and funny. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja975. ISBN: 057119771X.
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Imprint: LONDON.FABER & FABER,1999. UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from rear board.Black and purple pictorial decorated paper-covered boards with author's capitalised,white-lettered name and title to upper board and spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges with hint of toning and some minimal,sporadic foxing spots,fore-edge brighter and clearer but with much less spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread other than my own collation.UK,slim,small 8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated,1st edn,3- 123pp [paginated] with profuse [each alternate page] b/w line illustrations by David Roberts throughout the text; plus [unpaginated] a potted biography of author,a b/w line illustrated title page,a b/w line illustrated title separator page with a b/w line illustration to its verso. Robert Caligari is a thoroughly evil thirteen-year-old who gets his kicks from kicking pigs. After a humiliating episode with a bacon butty (sandwich),Robert realizes just how much he loathes the human race - and his revenge is truly terrible. This subversive horror-fantasy from Tom Baker (ex-monk,ex-sailor,and the ultimate Dr Who) is outrageous and funny. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja1164724. ISBN: 057119771X.
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Imprint: UK.SHEPPERTON,SURREY.IAN ALLAN LTD.,1984. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG+.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour+b/w scenic,train photographic illustrated front+rear wraps with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no major nicks or tears present. Head of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/tanned - as usual/normal, contents bright,tight and clean.Bright, clean, publisher's original dark green cloth bds with bright,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip with immaculate,plain white eps.Slim 8vo,half-title+title pages,b/w photographic frntis, author intro, profuse b/w photographs with accompanying text and captions. The years since Nationalisation have seen considerable changes to Britain's railway network - changes to traffic, traction and track in all Regions of BR.For the Western Region, and the immense army of diehard Great Western followers,some of these changes have a special poignancy - the disappearance of the fine 'King','Castle' and 'Manor' 4-6-0s and, later,that of the 'Western','Hymek' and 'Warship' diesel-hydraulics.Today sleek High Speed Trains and powerful Class 50s haul the prestige trains to the West Country. Michael Baker,whose previous book so graphically portrayed the changes to the Southern and London Midland Regions, examines pictorially the Western since 1948.A remarkable collection of photographs brings back the atmosphere of days and scenes gone by,of lines no longer in service to passenger trains and of the beautiful West Country landscape - while at the same time trying to give equal prominence to 'Dukes' and DMUs,'47s' and '55xxs'.Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja27587. ISBN: 071101390X.
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Imprint: LONDON.HOWARD BAKER PUBLISHERS LIMITED,1970. UK,12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn thus.[This issue,first published in 1970,in this Howard Baker edition/format by Howard Baker Publishers Limited,London by arrangement with Fleetway Publications. 'Fire Over India' was originally published in 1960 as 'The Angry Night' - it was revised and republished in 1966 in this it's present form.After Fleetway ceased publishing the Sexton Blake Library series at the end of its fourth volume in 1963, Blake editor William Howard Baker licensed the character from the IPC Magazines Ltd. company and published a fifth volume independently,via Mayflower-Dell Books, that ran until 1968.He then published a final series of four Sexton Blake novels, using his Howard Baker Books imprint,in 1969.Two complete novels in each omnibus.] VG+.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered, publisher's original dark blue cloth boards/covers with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters and publisher's device to spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing - no nicks or tears present.Board's top,front edge with small dent,clean,plain white endpapers with both hinges solid and sound without any splits,tears or cracking.Top edges very lightly toned with faint,miniscule dust-soiling flecks,fore-edges bright and clean but with some minimal foxing/ spotting; contents bright, tight,clean, solid and sound - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - though an accidental,uniform,lower corner crease(s) to pp243-250 - else appears unread apart from my own collation.UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,7-267pp [paginated] includes Books ONE + TWO ['THE FUGITIVE' and 'FIRE OVER INDIA'] - 2 novels,with 18 and 22 chapters respectively,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and individual title separator pages. Sexton Blake,the detective,has been featured in many British comic strips, novels and dramatic productions since 1893.His adventures were featured in a wide variety of publications,in an assortment of many languages,from 1893 - 1978.In all,there are more than 4,000+ stories by some 200 different authors. Sexton Blake also featured in many movies, radio serials,and a 1960s ITV television series - see my book IDs' rja899829 to rja900220 consecutively,for some examples. The first Sexton Blake story was 'The Missing Millionaire' by Harry Blyth writing as Hal Meredeth.It was published in the story paper 'The Halfpenny Marvel', No.6,on 20 December 1893. A veritable and successful rival to the likes of Sherlock Holmes,The Saint,Ellery Queen and Nero Wolfe in the detective fiction genre. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja900320. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.WILLIAM KIMBER,1985. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Very slightly cocked,fore-edges lightly aged.8vo, 187pp,a collection of 18 short stories by the author. Laurie knew at once when their lodger had packed and gone,leaving June and her children to fend for themselves in the basement flat.It was nothing said or described: just a feeling in the air.What happens then,and how it affects his happy marriage is thoughtfully evoked by Denys Val Baker's perceptive and gentle pen in this opening story of his new collection. Baker died in July,1984 and this is his last,of 13,novel published posthumously. Publisher no longer in existence,ceased trading late 1980S,so book is now out of print and uncommon in this high a grade. William Kimber himself,worked for Hutchinson for about 17 years before founding "William Kimber & Co" in 1950.It specialized in aviation, war memoirs,autobiographies and motor-racing titles until 1973 when "Haunted Cornwall" took off and the Ghost Stories became another specialty.The company was bought by Thorsons in 1988,and therefore ceased publishing under that name. William Kimber was purchased by Thorsons in 1988 and therefore ceased publishing under that name.Thorsons was purchased by William Collins in 1989.William Collins became wholly owned by News Corporation in 1990, and was then incorporated into HarperCollins Publishers. The name of William Kimber has not been used for publishing since that,making all previously published titles by them,out-of-print,under that name. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja1379. ISBN: 0718305752.
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Imprint: LONDON.SYLVAN PRESS,1945. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG+.Dw/dj slightly chipped/rubbed extremities/edges with about bottom half of spine/backstrip of dw/dj missing.Very small loss to top of spine/backstrip.Author's debut novel. Scarce copy, title to find - more so with dw/dj. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja821. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.WILLIAM KIMBER & CO. LIMITED,1982. UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,white background with colour pictorial illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with brown+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges lightly dust-soiled with faint,sporadic foxing/spotting,otherwise fairly clean,fore-edges brighter and cleaner but with minimal sporadic spotting/foxing to a much lesser degree than the top edges; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain dark brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-188pp [paginated] includes author's introduction, acknowledgements,VI(6) chapters,a literary gazetteer to Land's End; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a contents list/table,and an index at rear. There are two Land's Ends: the Land's End of the casual visitor to the spectacular rocky cliffs at Cornwall's western-most corner,and the Land's End of those who pause a while,held by the haunting underlying mystery of the area. Denys Val Baker,who lives in an old mill house near Land's End and who is the author of the well known series of books about his life there, writes in this new book of the spell that this Western tip of England - so well known in one way,so little in others - has exerted over writers through the ages,inspiring in them great works of art; he writes of the St Ives of Virginia Woolf,the Zennor of D. H. Lawrence,and the mining areas so well described in Winston Graham's and Hammond Innes's works. Through their eyes he succeeds in conveying to the reader the land of Celtic mystery,of prehistoric remains,where despite the gift and the tea shops the old Cornwall slumbers on. This edition is now out-of-print as the publisher ceased trading in the late 1980's. William Kimber himself, worked for Hutchinson for about 17 years before founding "William Kimber & Co" in 1950.It specialized in aviation, war memoirs, autobiographies and motor-racing titles until 1973 when "Haunted Cornwall" took off and the Ghost Stories became another specialty. The company was bought by Thorsons in 1988,and therefore ceased publishing under that name. William Kimber was purchased by Thorsons in 1988 and therefore ceased publishing under that name. Thorsons was purchased by William Collins in 1989.William Collins became wholly owned by News Corporation in 1990, and was then incorporated into HarperCollins Publishers.The name of William Kimber has not been used for publishing since that,making all previously published titles by them, out-of-print,under that name. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja578115. ISBN: 0718304381.
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Imprint: LONDON.VICTOR GOLLANCZ,1988. UK,landscape 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,watercolour pictorial artwork by F.J. Widgery,illustrated dw/dj panels,with black+red lettering to front panel,white lettering to spine/backstrip with minimal sunning/fading; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate green+white sketch illustrated endpapers.UK,landscape 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-128pp [paginated] includes 3 chapters (intro and Dartmoor and it's artists and it's writers),a potted biography of artist,section of artists watercolour plates with accompanying text,a bibliography and acknowledgements, plus [unpaginated] half-title page with a b/w sketch to its reverse,title page, contents list/table with subject/painter's b/w portrait frntis to its reverse and section/chapter separator pages. Introduction by C. Jane Baker Curator of Fine Art Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter. Enigmatic Dartmoor,with its proud tors and brooding marshes,has always evoked the best from artists and writers - and none more so than F.J. Widgery,one of the finest of Devonian painters. In 1896 Widgery was commissioned to illustrate the 3rd edition of Samuel Rowe's best-selling 'A Perambulation of Dartmoor'. All 22 of his superb watercolours are reproduced here in this new book,along with many of his line drawings and sketches of Dartmoor scenery. The illustrations are accompanied by selections from many of the writings about Dartmoor that were familiar to,and much loved by Widgery,as well as by a lengthy Introduction setting Widgery's work in its historical context and tracing and assessing the history of painted depictions of the Moor. 'A Vision of Dartmoor' is much more than a celebration of one of our most noted national parks.It is also an exploration of one man's obsession with an area of outstanding beauty and mystery. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja710017. ISBN: 057504294X.
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Imprint: UK.PEVERELL,PLYMOUTH,DEVON.A. T. J. BAKER,2001. UK,small 8vo wraps/softback,author SIGNED,rev'd+ enlarged,edn. [Originall,and first self-published,1991.This revised and enlarged edn,is author SIGNED and was published in 2001.] FINE. No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black inked dedication and signature thus: 'To Gordon Alf 'Blackie' Baker.' to title page.Bright, crisp,clean,wrap-around,card glossy dark green background covers with a cross-stich coloured embroidered F.E.P.O.W. circular badge to front cover along with capitalised white lettered title and pale blue lower case lettered author name and similarly coloured capitalised edition information,similarly formatted lettering for title+author to spine/backstrip which has NO reading creases; rear cover with white lettered book's synopsis to a black background panel on the cover. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners,no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edge with minimal smudge towards the fore-edges else bright and clean, fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread other than my own collation.UK,small 8vo wraps/softback,author SIGNED,rev'd+enlarged edn,ii-xiipp+1-228pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,other titles advert with dedication to its reverse, author's Acknowledgements,Author's Notes,with a b/w biographical photograph to its reverse.a Foreword (by author's wife) with n extract from a General Wavell letter to the reverse,47 sections/parts etc,Rolls of Honour for Rabaul and Ballali, contemporary b/w photographs,maps and facsimile document reproductions throughout the text,a bibliography and a Glossary: Japanese - Pidgin-English words. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature, I.e. an ephemeral softback. It really is an exceptional,exemplary copy for its cleanliness and brightness. The true story of 600 Artillerymen captured by the japanese at the fall of Singapore and transferred by 'hell-ship' to Rabaul,New Britain.Three years later when released,only 18 remained alive. The story takes us through P.O.W. camps at Kokopo,Death Valley and Wantom Island.It tells us what happened to the 517 men taken from Rabaul to 'Ballali' in the Solomon Islands. 'What Price Bushido?' speaks of the brutal treatment,physical and psychological,inflicted by vivious captors and highlights the iron will needed to fight the war-within-a-war against depression and disease,starvation and the Japanese. Each chapter begins with a poem written especially for F.E.P.O.Ws (Far East Prisoners of War) bybJames Hacobian and relates to the chapter it heads.Photographs and maps accompany the text . A Roll of Honour lists all those who died at Rabaul and 504 of the men taken to Ballali from where there were no survivors.The survival rate from both camps was three percent.By 2002 only survivors remain alive - Ken walker and the author. Meanwhile many families still seek information on loved ones listed as 'missing with no known grave.'As a result of this book,but they may at last be helped,for all but 13 of the 600 men are now named. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja1053723. ISBN: 1871330432.
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Imprint: LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,1997. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but author's neat,ink handwritten signature - without dedication - to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,268pp,b/w photographs and index. Tom Baker was born an Irish Catholic in Liverpool in 1934.Growing up,surrounded by innumerable relatives in a poor but spirited community,he quickly developed a penchant for lying,a passion for football and a suspicion of priests.After time at school spent failing to find a vocation, and eager to achieve approbation anyway he could,Baker became a monk and spent much time smelling of carbolic soap and avoiding making eye contact with others. Before long he came to the horrifying realization that what he wanted more than anything else was to break all the commandments one by one - a life of charity was clearly not for him.What could he do but become an actor? With ambitions to take on the great roles,he soon discovered that acting mainly involved being out of work,becoming practised at auditioning for inappropiate parts,and drinking.But from a struggling start he went on to appearances at the National Theatre,to work with Pasolini and, finally to star as the ultimate Doctor Who. WHO ON EARTH IS TOM BAKER? is a richly coloured,startingly wild black comedy.Tom Baker is the kind of man who could drink the old off-the wagon Anthony Hopkins under the table and now spends much of his leisure time mowing the grass around his own grave-stone in the local churchyard. His memoirs,full of anarchic humour, surreal,ribald and revealing anecdotes,will stand comparison with those of Spike Milligan, Peter Ustinov and David Niven. Please contact seller,because of this item's value,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja856. ISBN: 0002558343.
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Imprint: LONDON.CHATTO & WINDUS,2000. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, clean,subject colour miniature portrait illustrated upper wrap and b/w letters; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - an unread copy? Publisher's unblemished,original,plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and dark blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-xxpp+1-438pp [paginated] includes Contents+Illustrations lists/tables,a dedication,double-page Byron and Holdernesse genealogical trees,1pp Trevanion/Byron connection,Notes on names and spelling,a Preface,a Prologue,30 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w illus/portraits etc.,in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp140/1 and pp284/5 respectively, an Epilogue,Source notes,a Bibliography,an Index,Acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and 6pp blanks to rear. Augusta Leigh was the child of one of the most sensational scandals to hit Georgian England - the seduction of the wilful and beautiful Marchioness of Carmarthen by 'Mad Jack' Byron - and scandal,of one kind or another,was to pursue Augusta for the rest of her life and even beyond the grave. Her marriage to her cousin,equerry and companion of the Prince of Wales,Colonel George Leigh,who fell from grace when it came to light that he had cheated the Prince over the sale of a horse and fiddled regimental accounts to fund his gambling habit,brought her nothing but poverty and seven children.Her love affair with her half-brother,Lord Byron,was largely responsible for his separation from his wife and his subsequent exile. Lady Byron,determined that Augusta's incestuous liaison should not go unpunished,waged a relentless war of attrition against her,in which Augusta's daughter,Elizabeth Medora,also became entangled.This is the first biography of Augusta Leigh for over thirty years,and draws on a wealth of new material from archives all over the country.It sheds new light not only on this remarkable and courageous woman,but on Georgian and Regency society and the life of the court. Please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja34979. ISBN: 0185619754.
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Imprint: LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON 1977. UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,co-author SIGNED,1st edn.FINE+/VG.No owner inscrptn,but co-author Joan Bakewell's neat, handwritten,blue ink underlined,signature - without dedication - to centre of half- title-page,but a price-clipped dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour +b/w scenic photographic illustrated dw/dj and white lettering; with some minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.Clear sellophane taped,internally+ externally reinforced,repaired and therefore protected,top+bottom edges+ corners of dw/dj.Miniscule nicks with miniscule loss to lower edges and corners; top edges and corners have 3 slightly larger tears but again with some minimal loss.Both internal,inner flaps of dw/dj have slight,accidental(?),diagonal creases to top+bottom corners of each.Described, hard,but fairly and honestly not as bad as it reads or appears.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread? Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and near immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,with co-author (Joan Bakewell) SIGNED,1st edn,128pp [unpaginated] includes Joan Bakewell SIGNED half-title page,title page and the three contributor's (Bakewell,Drummond and Lawson) collaborative introduction, comprising an anthology of graveyard, vault,crypt,gravestone etc.,epitaphs - illustrated with profuse b/w photographs by Andrew Lawson throughout the text and the book. 'A Fine and Private Place' is a personal anthology of epitaphs and inscriptions, selected primarily for the beauty of their language,expression or appearance.Ranging over five hundred years,from the 14th to the 19th centuries,they recall,sometimes poignantly,often with humour or irony,the largely forgotten or unknown people they commemorate. Though almost entirely overlooked today, the epitaph was one of the most familiar and idiosyncratic of literary forms.Our ancestors wrote and spoke of death with a confidence which came of close acquaintance.In doing so they also provide an unconscious commentary on religious attitudes and social aspirations. This collection of outstanding examples, though by no means exhaustive,is the result of long-standing enthusiasm on the part of the authors.In it they seek to recapture the curious charm of country churchyards,before atmospheric pollution eats away the stones,or the statelier splendours of city churches,before vandalism ensures that their doors are kept locked.This book is a reminder of traditions which,like those they commemorate,are no longer with us. Joan Bakewell was born in Stockport, educated there and at Newnham College, Cambridge.She has been a broadcaster since the mid-1960's,a journalist and writer since 1970. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja482414. ISBN: 0297774328.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,1947. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG.No owner inscrptn and price-clip to dw/dj.Fairly clean,brown background with white lettering to front and spine,rear panel with white background and brown lettered critics' reviews and showing some sporadic foxing/spotting; with negligible shelf- wear or creasing to edges and corners - some minor nicks or closed tears present along with some rubbing and miniscule loss in places to dw/dj's edges.Both head+foot of dw/dj spine ae chipped,creased with minimal loss.Top edges slightly dust-soiled and darkened,fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents generally bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain dark brown cloth boards with some minimal but faint mottling spots and bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers with some minor grubbing/markings.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-320pp [paginated] includes a prologue, sections in Acts/scenes form,an epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,biblical extract (Matthew XXV.,24 and 25.),and prologue separator page. This is not a Nigel Balchin novel in the ordinary sense.In fact it cannot be described technically as a novel at all.The subject is one on which the author has meditated and worked on for ten years - the subject of his own generation,its nature,its faults,virtues,and direction if any.To say what he has to say Mr Balchin has composed a kind of super-play,using the devices of the theatre on a scale that transcends the possibilities of any theatre. Seven characters represent seven different types of the generation that came to maturity after the 1914-18 war. hey are tried out against many and various situations to see how they respond and what is in them.The analysis is both wide and deep,the verdict severe yet compassionate. The author will not allow the plea that special circumstances made life for his generation too difficult,but holds them up to the enduring tests of courage,honesty and good faith.The reader will probably agree with him that they emerge no worse than other generations. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja788418. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.VIKING/PENGUIN,2014. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 001.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat black ink signature - without dedication - to foot of title page and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with b/w and blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - virtually as new.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp, white ink printed letters to spine/ backstrip and b/w illustrated eps - rear free endpaper has an angled,vertical diagonal fold - unsure if accidental or part of production design? UK,8vo HB+dw/ dj,SIGNED,1st edn,1-291pp [paginated] includes a pre-amble,6 Wayfarer'e Walks comprising of 2,3,3,3,2,1 chapters respectively,16pp colour photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp118/9 and pp166/7,5 b/w maps interspersed throughout the text and the book,b/w illustration chapter headpieces,scattered b/w illus within text borders,acknowledgements,plus [unpaginated] half-title page,SIGNED title page,dedication,b/w illus vignetted epigram,double-page contents list/table with maps list/table to recto of last page of contents list/table,and text permissions as last page. Clare Balding never had time to walk,or to discover Britain.She was too busy rushing on to the next adventure,jumping the next fence. Then,in 1999,Clare took a call out of the blue from a radio producer looking for a presenter for a new series."Do you walk?" she asked. "Well,I walk the dog . . ." Clare replied.That series is still going strong - and Clare's caught the walking bug. Since then she's covered fifteen hundred miles of footpaths from the Pennine Way to the South-West Coast Path.She's tackled apocalyptic thunderstorms,struggled with blisters and a twisted ankle,and seduced fans of 'erotic radio' by getting changed in a bus stop.She's walked with historians,geologists,twitchers,botanists and poets,who've told her things thy thought they would never reveal. Now she wants her family to share some of that pleasure.She and her brother Andrew are determined to conquer the Wayfarer's Walk,a route that runs past their family stables in Kingsclere.What could possibly go wrong? This is a story of paths and people,of discovering the glories of Britain and Ireland,and of (mis)adventures with the family.Along the way there are charming diversions and life-chnging rambles, including her take on the 2012 Olympics. And,finally,this is Clare's story of walking home. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja597216. ISBN: 9780670921478.
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Imprint: UK.STROUD,GLOUCESTERSHIRE.AMBERLEY PUBLISHING,2012. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,subject colour painting portrait detail to superimposed background of medieval painted rood screen illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with white lettering,rear panel with colour photographic detail from memorial window, Middleham church of Richard III - also with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges lightly aged/toned,fore-edges brighter and both clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,6-256pp [paginated] includes Dramatis Personae list/table,an introduction,a prologue,15 chapters,32pp colour facsimile illustrations reproductions and contemporary colour photographs in 1 block,between pp128/9 and 14pp b/w line illus reproductions in 1 block also,between pp158-171,an appendix, notes & references,a bibliography,a list of ilustrations and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, contents list/table,double-page genealogical table and to rear: 4pp publisher's b/w illustrated advertisements for other historical biographies. Not many people would claim to be saints, or alternatively,consider themselves entirely without redeeming qualities.Some are unquestionably worse than others,but few have been held in greater infamy than Richard Plantagenet,afterwards Duke of Gloucester and,later still,King Richard III.Richard's character has been besmirched as often as it has been defended,and the arguments between his detractors and supporters still rage after several centuries.Was he a ruthless hunchback who butchered his way to the throne,a paragon of virtue who became a victim of Tudor propaganda,or (as seems more likely) something in between? Some would argue that a true biography is impossible because the letters and other personal documents required for this purpose are simply not available; but David Baldwin has overcome this by an in-depth study of Richard's dealings with his contemporaries.The fundamental question he has answered is 'what was Richard III really like'. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja730417. ISBN: 9781445601823.
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Imprint: UK.ROCHESTER,KENT.BAGGINS BOOK BAZAAR/BRUCE AUBRY,1998. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,ltd.,1st edn. [Stated Limited first edition run of only 500 books worldwide,but without numerical notation.As a SIGNED copy,probably much scarcer than the majority of the 500 issued unsigned.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,handwritten blue/black ink signature - without dedication - but dated: 4 April,1998 to half-title-page; and no price-clip to dw/dj - lack of publisher's printed price.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, contemporary,historical b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj with gilt+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.The majority of any creasing is to top edges of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and generally clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original,plain dark maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate b/w illustrated endpapers (1 brass rubbing illus+3 contemporary historical maps).UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED, ltd.,1st edn,vii-xiipp+1-402pp [paginated] includes Acknowledgements,a Preface,an Introduction,20 chapters,32pp contemporary, historical b/w illus+photographs (40 in total) in one block,between pp210/11,8 Appendices,a Glossary,a Bibliography and an Index.Plus [unpaginated]; author SIGEND+dated half-title page,title page,separate Contents and Illustraions lists/tables. The first complete history of the town of Gillingham in Kent. Beginning,as a schoolboy the author asked questions about Gillingham's history,and spent most of his life seeking the answers to those questions.Through the exploitation of local and national archives and libraries,through the interviewing of the town's senior citizens,and through the detailed exploration of Gillingham's geographical setting and the exploration of every street and avenue,the author has found more of the answers than has any other local author. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct [insured,or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja482914. ISBN: 190162501X.
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Imprint: WALES.PONTYPOOL,TORFAEN.BLACK SHEEP PRINT & PUBLISHING LTD.,2016. UK,slim 8vo wraps/softback original, SIGNED,1st edn.[Softback/paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/ title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but softback/pback originals are published prior to any other format.] FINE+. No owner inscrptn but author SIGNED - without dedication - and no price removal to cover. Bright,crisp,clean and sharp-cornered,glossy, colour photographic illustrated covers with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and no reading creases to spine/ backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim 8vo wraps,p/back original,1st edn,3-115pp [paginated] includes items as diverse as Apothecary's measuring beaker right through to wishbone sugar tongs - all illustrated with a colour photograph and accompanying explanatory text. A handy reference guide for all antiques collectors. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and smaller size of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja787218. ISBN: 9780993546709.
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Imprint: UK.SURREY.TEMPLAR PUB.,CO.,1996. UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn. NFINE.No owner inscrptn.Pictorial colour decorated card boards with circular magnifying glass cut-out to upper bd revealing a cat's pawprint on front free endpaper.Minimal shelf-wear to edges,but slightly bumped top,upper corner and a red ink X to top corner ffe.Contents bright, tight and clean.Qrto,32pp [unpaginated] includes opened 6pp solution to rear,a detachable cardboard magnifying glass,with creases to handle,in paper holder to front inner board,and colour illustrations by Helen Ward. Milton the Cat needs to find a hidden treasure,but before he can start his search he needs to know what the treasure is! You can help him by solving the seven riddles or puzzles that you'll come across in the following pages.The answer to each one is an object that you will find somewhere in the accompanying picture.Once you've found it (and remember there may be more than one),look at it through your magic magnifying glass and part of a hidden message will be revealed.You also need to find a key in each picture in order to discover seven hidden numbers. When you've gathered all the words and numbers together,see if you can work out what they are trying to tell you.The answer will lead you back through the book to search for Milton's secret treasure with the help of your magic glass.On the way,if you look at the pictures carefully, you will come across all sorts of other hidden signs.Remember, anything marked with the sign of a fish is a red herring, put there to catch you out.Look instead for the sign of the cat's paw - it's there to help you solve the final mystery! And if you get really stuck,just open the seal at the back of the book and all the answers will be revealed. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja1658. ISBN: 1898784582.
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Imprint: LONDON.PELHAM BOOKS LTD.,1969. UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean but lightly grubbed in places,subject's action colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with white lettering,spine/backstrip slightly darkened with black lettering,rear panel with 2 contemporary b/w montage'd photographs with black captions; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no major nicks,tears or splits present.A small puncture to rear spine/backstrip gutter's fold/ crease,but no loss to same,corners tips minisculely rubbed with reciprocal loss.Top+fore -edges though slightly aged/toned without foxing or spotting; contents generally bright,prelims (endpapers to title page) minimally foxed/ spotted as is the facing side of rear free endpaper to reverse of last page too,else tight, clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher’s bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain dark blue boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip and minimally foxed plain white sets of endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,6-120pp [paginated] includes an introduction by Harry Catterick (manager Everton F.C.),3 articles by Alan Ball,one by his father too,plus numerous other contributors amongst whom: Bobby Charlton,Ray Wilson, George BestJoe Mercer,Colin Bell,Gordon Banks,Norman Hunter, Denis Law,Nobby Stiles,Geoff Hurst etc,profuse b/w contemporary biographical photographs interspersed throughout the text and b/w diagrammatic coaching illustrations; plus [unpaginated] foxed half-title with Alan Ball b/w photographic frntis to its reverse,lightly foxed title page,contents list/table with another Alan Ball b/w sports photograph to its reverse. The 1st Annual in the series - see the following book IDs' rja985222 and rja985322 for subsequent annuals. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for a book of it's age,and even internally,the book is in an acceptable condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the faults described that prevent a higher grading. Alan Ball is among the most dedicated young footballers of our time.By instinct, ability and single-minded determination he has joined the select band of world-class players. In this,his first Soccer Annual,he has much to say himself and has also enlisted contributions from Banks,Best Wilson,B. Charlton,Peter Thompson,Jimmy Tarbuck,Jon Sammelle,Billy McNeill,Geoff Hurst,Denis Law,Norman Hunter, Harold Hassell,Glyn Evans,Nobby Stiles,Harold Shepherson,Colin Bell and Joe Mercer. Soccer is the sport of the 20thC in Britain.The sport of science,of glamour,of knife-edge judgement and split second reaction. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja985122. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.PELHAM BOOKS LTD.,1970. UK,slim Qrto HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.VG+.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to front free endpaper, whilst printed price still in situ on rear board.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, glossy,paper-covered boards with subject colour sports action photographic front board and b/w lettering,white spine/backstrip with faded red but bright black lettering,rear panel with white background with red+black lettering of precised contents; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners – no major nicks, tears or splits present.Front board with a smattering of scoring,rear board virtually unaffected,near immaculate plain white sets of endpapers.Top+fore-edges though slightly aged/ toned are without foxing or spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – sunread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-120pp [paginated] includes an introduction by Ken Stanley,3 articles by Alan Ball,plus numerous other contributors amongst whom: Bobby Charlton, George Best,Peter Bonetti,Alun Evans,Billy Bremner,Jimmy Smith,Denis Law,Jim Lane,Alan Mullery,Alex Stepney,Danny Williams,Joe Royal etc,profuse b/w contemporary biographical photographs interspersed throughout the text and an Alan Ball football quiz with answers; plus [unpaginated] clean half-title with Alan Ball b/w photographic frntis to its reverse,clean title page,clean contents list/table with another Alan Ball b/w sports photograph to its reverse. The 2nd Annual in the series - see the previous and following book IDs' rja985122 and rja985322 respectively,for other annuals in this series. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for a book of it's age,and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the front cover's faults described that prevent a higher grading overall. Alan Ball is among the most dedicated young footballers of our time.By instinct,ability and single-minded determination he has joined the select band of world-class players.Here he enlists a team of contributors who discuss the many aspects of the World Game. In this,his 2nd Soccer Annual,he has much to say himself and has also enlisted contributions from Bonetti,Best Wilson,B. Charlton,Denis Law, Alun Evans,and Joe Royle amongst others. Soccer is the sport of the 20thC in Britain.The sport of science,of glamour,of knife-edge judgement and split second reaction. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja985222. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.PELHAM BOOKS LTD.,1971. UK,slim Qrto HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.VG+.No owner inscrptn but clip to front free endpaper's bottom fore-edge corner,whilst printed price still in situ on rear board.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,glossy,paper-covered boards with author'/subject's colour sports action photographic front board and white lettering, white spine/backstrip with blue+black lettering, rear panel with white background with blue+black lettering of precised contents; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no major nicks,tears or splits present.Front board with a few superficial,tiny indents,rear board virtually unaffected by same,but a small stain to rear,top+lower corners,plain white sets of endpapers with minimal foxing.Top+fore-edges though slightly aged/toned are without foxing or spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – unread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,7-120pp [paginated] includes an introduction by Harold Shepherdson,3 articles by Alan Ball,and one by his father,plus numerous other contributors amongst whom: Billy Bremner, Willie Morgan,Geoff Hurst,Denis Law,Peter Thompson,Nobby Stiles,Francis Lee,Les Cocker, John Greig,David Jones and Peter Jones etc, profuse b/w contemporary biographical photographs interspersed throughout the text and an Alan Ball football quiz with answers; plus [unpaginated] minimally foxed half-title with Alan Ball b/w photographic frntis to its reverse,similar title page,a clean contents list/table with a Bobby Charlton and physio Harold Shepherdson b/w sports photograph to its reverse. The 3rd Annual in the series - see the previous two book IDs' rja985222 and rja985122 respectively,for other annuals in this series. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's age,and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the cover's faults described that prevent a higher grading overall. Alan Ball is among the most dedicated young footballers of our time.By instinct, ability and single-minded determination he has joined the select band of world-class players.Few players work harder on the field than the dynamic Everton skipper Alan Ball.His dedication is known and acknowledged wherever the world game is played,and with each successive year his 'International Soccer Annual' grows in popularity too.This year he broadens his coverage with contributors who discuss the many aspects of the World Game. Soccer is the sport of the 20thC in Britain.The sport of science,of glamour,of knife-edge judgement and split second reaction. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/CAnada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja985322. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.ARCTURUS PUBLISHING LTD.,1998 - for INDEX. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour illustrated dw/dj - design repeated to laminated bds - with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges or corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned but otherwise unblemished; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Glossy,laminated bds with immaculate,plain white eps.UK,Qrto HB +dw/dj,1st edn,7-197pp[paginated] includes half-title+title pages,contents list, author preface,11 chapters/sections,32pp of contemporary b/w illus+photographs in 2 blocks of 16pp apiece,between pp36/7 and pp134/35 respectively,appendices(13 astrological charts),a bibliography and an index. 'Jack the Ripper - A Psychic Investigation' is different from all the other books on the 'first serial killer' by giving a completely new dimension to the insights into the main characters of the drama.Using her psychic skills the author is able to revisit the scenes of the 'horrible murders' which took place in the autumn of 1888 and to make contact with the people and events at the centre of the nightmare.Piecing together key facts from research over the years by other Jack the Ripper investigators and adding them to her own often startling conclusions,Pamela Ball has created a fascinating record of her voyage into the unknown.Each murder was an event in its own right,and yet it seems that each was also a part of a web of intrigue,poverty and deception.The process of investigation itself is an unfolding adventure that draws us ever nearer to the solution of a riddle that has perplexed and transfixed the world for over a century - who was Jack the Ripper? Please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja25257. ISBN: 1900032139.
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Imprint: LONDON.FUTURA PUBLICATIONS LTD.,1975. UK,12mo wraps,1st p/b edn.GOOD.No owner inscrptn,but bookseller ink stamp to ffe. Colour photographic illustrated wraps with slight rubbing to extremities and minimal creasing to spine/backstrip edges.Top+ fore-edges aged/toned as usual/normal; contents clean apart from page-edge toning - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,12mo wraps,1st p/b end,5-142pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters plus [unpaginated] ffe,title page and 2pp blanks at rear. AD1999.A nuclear cataclysm had blasted the Moon and its Alpha base out of Earth's orbit,plunging it into the black gulf of deep space.With no hope of return,the Alphans were forced to wander through the star map in search of an hospitable planet.They found Piri,a peaceful,lush world,a near paradise.Or was it? To Commander John Koenig,Piri spelt danger - it was a mysterious planet of grey ash and blackened rock that had bewitched his crew.Hopelessly outnumbered,the base was evacuated to Piri and there Koenig discovered just what had taken control of their minds . . . . 'THE SPACE GUARDIANS' is the 3rd in this series based on ATV's exciting television spectacular SPACE 1999.Previous two titles include Breakaway (E C TUBB) and MOON ODYSSEY (John Rankine). Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja35009. ISBN: 0860078450.
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Imprint: LONDON.ZAFFRE/an imprint of Bonnier Books UK,2022. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,bold,black felt-tip pen ink inscrptn thus 'Love Michael (?) x' to a tipped-in (?) special title page between the half-title and title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,wrap-around matt background of colour pictorial illustration,with part-glossy, embossed,overlaid colour figures to front of dw/dj by Michael Crampton,with author's capitalised,embossed,bright,crisp,gilt-lettered name,capitalised,glossy,embossed white-lettered title,other white-lettered strapline and critic's white+sandy colour lettered review; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author+title as the front's and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name initial Z to foot of same,rear panel with continuation of front's illustration and critics' (3) white+ sandy colour lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright crisp and clean without blemish or foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread, apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp and clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt capitalised lettering and ticket illustration to spine/backstrip,and immaculate two colour, repetitive design illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-390pp [paginated] includes Overtures and Beginners,Acts I-III,Finale and Curtain Call comprising 11,13,10, 4 chapters and [6 Months Later],Acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,author SIGNED title page,title page,3pp Characters list/table, a dedication,and to the rear,Reader's Letters with author's facsimile signature,b/w illustrated advertisement for book as an Audiobook read by BALL or as a download,an advert for forthcoming book in 2023,separator page for More from the Author, Exclusive to this edition, 5pp article From Stage to Page and facsimile signature again,and as last pages,4pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is still an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults and particularly as a SIGNED item and author fiction debut of a promised forthcoming series/saga. The first in a series set in the world of theatre by the master of musical theatre. Welcome to The Empire Theatre. 'It's the jewel of the north,The Empire. Lord Lassiter bought it for his second wife, Lady Lillian and she supervised every detail of the restoration.There's not a finer theatre in the country'. But The Empire is not just a theatre.From music hall to vaudeville,from revue to grand musical spectacular,it holds a special place in the nation's heart.For its audience,for its actors and singers,for the stagehands,the front-of-house staff,for its backers and its debtors - and above all for its owners - it truly is a palace of dreams.And for young Jack Treadwell,struggling to adapt to civilian life after the horrors of the trenches, it's a lifeline. Looking for work,he arrives at The Empire,it's owned by the family of his former commanding officer, Edmund Lassiter so he hopes to be given a chance. But as Jack soon discovers,it is not just the actors who are donning a disguise.With whispers of a cover-up,a scandal and sibling rivalry,tensions rise, along with the curtain. For there is treachery at the heart of The Empire and a dark secret waiting in the wings. Can Jack discover the truth before it is too late,and the theatre that means so much to them all goes dark?Following the lives,loves and scandals of the Lassiter and Treadwell families, from the aftermath of the Great War and the Roaring Twenties to the dark days of the Second World War and the Blitz,Michael Ball's debut fiction series charts the story of the high notes and the low notes of British musical theatre in all its glamour,greasepaint and glory. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja1141524. ISBN: 9781804180549.
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Imprint: LONDON.BBC,1979. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/VG.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Jill Murphy illustrated dw/dj; with minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no major nicks or tears present.Slight rubbing and peeling/curling of laminate,with miniscule loss to bottom,front corner and bottom edges; similar to front,top corner and head of spine/backstrip.Described hard but fairly - sounds worse than it actually is! Top edge very lightly dust-soiled and minimally aged,fore-edge brighter and cleaner; contents bright, tight and clean.Clean, publisher's original dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and clean plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-96pp includes half-title page,b/w line illustrated title page,contents list,5 chapters,profuse b/w line+silhouette illustrations all by Jill Murphy,throughout the book and text. Gran Dooley had been living in Turnip Cottage all her eighty-one years.Every weekday she would walk to the village to put a small bet on a horse,buy her fish and chips and stout,and walk home again to watch the wrestling on the television. With her cat Rigsby and her parrot Jeremiah for company,she was quite happy to go on like that for ever.But her greedy nieces didn't like it.They wanted her to move into an Old People's Home so they could get their hands on her brass bedstead and her corner cupboards and all her other antiques. Everyone agreed it would be better for her to leave Turnip Cottage.Everyone,that is,except Gran Dooley! "Abandon Rigsby and Jeremiah! Play bingo and drink tea! Never!" snorted Gran Dooley.But by that time,her furniture was already standing on the front lawn.Only the shattered pieces of the old teapot were left.And there, among the broken china, was a little yellow book.Spells For When Ye Need Them it said.Well,Gran Dooley certainly had need of spells now! So she trapped her nieces in the cellar and bolted the door,called Rigsby and Jeremiah,and zoomed up into the clouds on her broomstick with her furniture streaming out behind her.Gran Dooley is a delightfully different witch,and the story is full of wit and humour.Jill Murphy's line drawings are the perfect complement to the text. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja24007. ISBN: 0563177276.
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Imprint: LONDON.HUTCHINSON BENHAM LTD.,1977. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated watercolour pictorial upper wrap and b/w photographic rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.3 small closed tears along top edges,one tiny nick towards foot of spine/ backstrip on rear,lower edge - else complete.Top edge bright and clean,fore-edge generally clean with some minimal grubbing (thumbed?); contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,clean and unblemished, publisher's original,brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt Company livery+motto decorated upper bd and lettering to spine/backstrip and b/w illustrated endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,8-143pp [paginated] includes foreword by Christopher John Mytton Downes; Master,1975-6,9 chapters,4 colour plates,37 contemporary b/w plates/illus/photographs throughout the text and the book,notes, Clerks to the Brewers' Company,Masters of same,a bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, contents+illus lists/tables. 'They drink a high and mighty liquor, different from that of any nation, made of barley and water.This drink is not so subtle in its effects as wine,but it is warming,even more nourishing,and leaves space enough for the performance of many actions before the spirits are quite vanquished.' Thus Julius Caesar on the ale of the ancient Britons.The Anglo-Saxons in their turn brought the beer-hall and a prototype of the pub;the monastries introduce the first organized ale production; and in time of civil strife the Church extended the brewers her protection. The social and economic importance of the brewers of ale,and later beer,was early on made manifest in the formation of a religious brewers' fraternity.This soon amalgamated with the early brewers; trade gild which was formally confirmed in 1319 by grant of Royal Charter,eventually to be incorporated as the Worshipful Company of Brewers,fourteenth in order of precedence among London's Livery Companies. Remarkably enough,the Brewers' Company continues to fulfil its original aims in ways which reflect the changing times. Drawing largely on its account rolls, minutes and scrapbooks,Mia Ball has chronicled the Company's fortunes from its inception until the present day.This fascinating account reflects the wide sweep of the history of the City of London,taking us through the development of autonomous City government and the struggles for power within that government.It covers the Livery Companies' heyday in the 16thC, the Civil War and the Great Fire of the 17thC,which contributed to the Companies' decline in the 18thC - brought about largely by the growth of the great capitalist enterprises - and the modus vivendi reached in the 19thC,with concentration on the administration of charities and trade questions in accordance with the social and moral concerns of the time. The particular,too,is touched upon and 'The Worshipful Company of Brewers' is a mine of information on British drinking habits and anecdotes concerning figures as legendary as Dick Whittington and as venerated as St Thomas a Becket.The end product is a valuable and lively contribution to the social and economic history of the capital's ancient Livery Companies. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja31498. ISBN: 0091278503.
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Imprint: SCOTLAND.EDINBURGH.MAINSTREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY (EDINBURGH) LTD.,2002. SCOTLAND,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour+b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj with white lettering to front and blue+ black lettering to spine; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain royal blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.SCOTLAND,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7220pp [paginated] includes author's introduction,10 chapters,8pp contemporary and historical b/w+ colour photographs in 1 block,between pp96/7,a table of statistics,a bibliography and an index, plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, contents list/table,and to the rear 4pp blanks. Barcelona and Manchester United may wish to dispute the observation,but Real Madrid are the world's greatest football club. Setting emotion and preferences aside,the facts speak for themselves.Within the trophy room,the gold and silver spoils of a hundred years wink and shimmer in the tasteful lighting - indisputable evidence of football's conquistadores rubbing the world's noses into the dirt.They include twenty-eight League titles,nine European Cups, twelve Spanish Cups,two UEFA Cups and two World Club Championship titles.Their stunning victory in this year's Champions League (then 2002) dispelled any lingering doubts as to their supremacy,and set the club up nicely for the century ahead. The story of Real Madrid's first one hundred years is,however,much more than the mere sum of its achievements.Behind the shine of the trophies there is the darker side of the club's association with fascism - its role as the pure-white ambassador of Franco's vision of a country focused exclusively on the virtues of its capital city.More than anything else, almost thirty years after Franco's death,Real Madrid still represent the bullish concept of 'Madridismo' - the idea that nothing else really matters outside the solid walls of the Bernabeu. 'WHITE STORM' charts the history of the club from its foundations to the golden period of Di Stefano and Puskas,from the 'hippy years' to the latest embodiment of Madridismo - Raul.Don't miss it.These things only come along every hundred years . . . Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja840819. ISBN: 1840186348.
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Imprint: UK.BARNSLEY,S.YORKS.PEN & SWORD MARITIME,2012. UK,8vo wraps,author SIGNED publisher's bookplate pasted in,softback in a reprinted format.[First published as Hardback in 2008,by Pen & Sword.This edn reprinted in this format by Pen & Sword Maritime,an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd.,in 2012 - so 1st thus.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn,but author's signature - without dedication or other inscrptn - to pasted-in publisher's bookplate,no dw/dj,as issued. Bright,crisp,clean,sepia+colour photographic illustrated upper wrap with b/w lettering,colour painting with white lettering to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine -no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - and no reading creases to spine/backstrip, therefore,an unread copy.UK,8vo wraps,author SIGNED softback reprint (1st thus),viii-xvpp+2- 304pp [paginated] includes foreword (by a former serving ship's crew member),Acknowledgements, author Introduction,21 chapters+Epilogue,a few b/w illus/diagrams/maps etc,throughout the text and the book,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in one block,between pp144/5,Appendices (6 - includes 2 Bismarck Action battle maps),a Bibliography,Sources,and an Index.Plus [unpaginated] author SIGNED bookplated half-title page,title page,and a Contents list/table. The Royal Navy battleship HMS Rodney was one of the most famous warships of the Second World War and remains a legend in the pantheon of naval history.In May 1941 HMS Rodney turned Bismarck, the pride of Hitler's navy,into twisted metal, then participated in hard-fought Malta convoys and later supported the D-Day landings. Rodney's vital role,via formidable naval gunfire support,in breaking the morale of German troops during the battle for Normandy,is outlined here.Through the eyewitness accounts of her sailors and marines we discover what it was like to live and fight in a battleship at war.We learn of the many famous fighting admirals who served in,or commanded,Rodney,including Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham and Admiral Sir John Tovey.The stories of previous British warships to carry the name Rodney,dating back to the 1750's,are covered too,including the vessel that took on the batteries at Sevastopol during the Crimean War.In addition to a fresh perspective on Bismarck's destruction,the author seeks to present new insights into the inter-war mutiny that saw Rodney dubbed 'the Red Ship' and a bomb hit in 1940 that nearly destroyed her. There is even an account of how a group of HMS Rodney's sailors took part in a trailblazing British commando raid.It all makes for a thrilling,epic account of naval warfare. Pease contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct [insured,or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja457313. ISBN: 9781848848702.
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Imprint: LONDON.J.M.DENT & SONS LTD.,1949. UK,small 8vo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn thus.(One of the earliest titles,first published in this Children's Illustrated Classic series,by DENT and then later DENT/DUTTON, and all illustrated by famous artists. Bound in Sundour cloth with special designs for the binding,end-papers and jackets by ALEXANDER H. WILLIAMSON.]VG+.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj.Bright,clean beige+green illustrated,patterned cloth boads with bright,red ink,stamped letters to upper bd+spine/backstrip,bd's design repeated to eps.Negligible shelf-wear to edges,minimally bumped to all corners, spine/backstrip minimally darkened but still bright and clean with slight fraying/nick to head of same.Top edge coloured (green],fore-edge lightly aged and minisculely foxed/spotted; contents bright,tight and clean with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.A solid,sound copy,considering the book's age! UK,small 8vo [approx 8" tall x 5.3/4" wide] HB minus dw.dj,1st edn thus,v-xipp+1 -337pp [paginated] +half-title,colour frntis,b/w line illustrated vignetted title page,contents+illus lists/tables, preface,35 chapters,8 colour plates,7 b/w line illus - all called for and all by Leo Bates.See also the following sequential alpha-numeric book ID's to rja27497 for other titles from this publisher's series. Leo Bates,active from c.1920.Portrait painter and illustrator of children's books.A dextrous,fluent,even slick draughtsman who turned his hand mainly to boys' adventure stories and girls' school stories.He worked mainly in pencil, occasionally adding white chalk highlights or grey washes for half-tone reproduction. Work published mainly by the publisher, Blackies,London. Please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja27437. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.DENT/DUTTON,1966. UK,Demy 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.(One of the later titles (No.70.), published in this Children's Illustrated Classic series for older children/readers, first by DENT and now,later by DENT/DUTTON,and all illustrated by famous artists.Bound in Sundour cloth with special designs for the binding,end-papers and jackets by ALEXANDER H. WILLIAMSON.)NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,clean beige+brown illustrated patterned cloth boards with light grey ink,stamped letters to upper bd+spine/ backstrip,bd's design repeated to eps. Negligible shelf-wear to edges, minisculely bumped corners,spine/ backstrip clean with miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to head+foot of same.Top+fore-edges bright and clean, contents bright,tight and clean with no dog-ear creases to any pages' corners.A solid,sound copy,considering the book's age.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,v-viipp+1 -246pp [paginated] +half-title page,b/w vignetted title page,colour frntis, contents+illustrations lists/tables,27 chapters,4 colour illustrations and 16 b/w line illustrations throughout the text and book - all called for and all by Victor Ambrus.See also the six previous sequential alpha-numeric book ID's back to rja27437 for other titles from this publisher's series. Please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja27497. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,1995. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,price-clipped dw/dj.Glossy, laminated,colour+sepia photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf- wear to edges,corners of spine/backstrip with minimal creasing to same.Small, internal sellotape repair to head of spine /backstrip; miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing and rubbing to two top corners - no other nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean.Clean,green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain green eps.UK,Qrto HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,12-227pp includes colour pictorial illustrated half-title page, colour photographic title page,contents list,10 chapters including an epilogue, profuse b/w+sepia contemporary photographs,paintings by Ken Marschall, and diagrams,a chronology,end matter, photograph+illustrations credits,a biblio and an index. Avenge the Lusitania! was the slogan emblazoned on British recruiting posters during the second year of the Great War.In May of 1915,a German torpedo sank the sleek liner Lusitania with the loss of 1,195 civilian lives.The sinking turned world opinion against Germany,and the deaths of 123 American passengers was the first step in bringing the Unites States into WWI.But almost from the moment the torpedo was fired,controversy has surrounded the Lusitania.Why did she sink so quickly? Why was there a second explosion? Had the liner been carrying munitions for the British? Did Winston Churchill,then First Sea Lord,allow the sinking in the hope that it might draw America into the war? Rumours of conspiracies and cover-ups surround the liner,and eighty years later(then 1995) she is still a ship of mystery. In August of 1993,Dr Robert Ballard,the discoverer of the Titanic and the Bismarck,led an expedition to the wreck of the Lusitania,off the coast of Ireland,in search of answers.Using a small submarine and remotely controlled camera vehicles, Ballard and his team studied the wreck like a team of underwater detectives trying to solve a murder mystery.Their high-quality underwater images of the shattered wreck can now shed light on the cause of the sinking that sent to the bottom in minutes. Ballard's conclusions are authoritative and provide a fascinating,definitive account of what happened on that fateful May afternoon eighty years ago.Exploring the Lusitania is also a glorious illustrated history of one of the proudest examples of the age when liners ruled the sea lanes,featuring Ballard's excellent underwater photography paired with high- quality archival material in fascinating "then and now" spreads.And paintings by the noted marine artist Ken Marschall,who accompanied Ballard on his expedition and was able to paint the Lusitania first-hand from a submarine,capture the lost liner in all her shattered poignancy. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja22176. ISBN: 0297813145.
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Imprint: LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,1995. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj.Glossy, laminated, colour+sepia photographic illustrated dw/dj,with negligible shelf-wear to edges, corners of spine/backstrip with minimal creasing to same.Miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing and rubbing to corners and head of spine/backstrip - no other nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean, contents bright, tight and clean. Clean, green paper-covered bds with bright, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain green eps.Qrto,12-227pp includes colour pictorial illustrated half-title page, colour photographic title-page, contents list, 10 chapters including an epilogue, profuse b/w+sepia contemporary photographs, paintings by Ken Marschall, and diagrams, chronology, end matter, photograph+illustrations credits, biblio and an index. Avenge the Lusitania! was the slogan emblazoned on British recruiting posters during the second year of the Great War.In May of 1915, a German torpedo sank the sleek liner Lusitania with the loss of 1,195 civilian lives.The sinking turned world opinion against Germany, and the deaths of 123 American passengers was the first step in bringing the Unites States into WWI.But almost from the moment the torpedo was fired, controversy has surrounded the Lusitania.Why did she sink so quickly? Why was there a second explosion? Had the liner been carrying munitions for the British? Did Winston Churchill, then First Sea Lord, allow the sinking in the hope that it might draw America into the war? Rumours of conspiracies and cover-ups surround the liner, and eighty years later(then 1995) she is still a ship of mystery. In August of 1993, Dr Robert Ballard, the discoverer of the Titanic and the Bismarck, led an expedition to the wreck of the Lusitania, off the coast of Ireland, in search of answers.Using a small submarine and remotely controlled camera vehicles, Ballard and his team studied the wreck like a team of underwater detectives trying to solve a murder mystery.Their high-quality underwater images of the shattered wreck can now shed light on the cause of the sinking that sent it to the bottom in minutes. Ballard's conclusions are authoritative and provide a fascinating, definitive account of what happened on that fateful May afternoon eighty years ago.Exploring the Lusitania is also a glorious illustrated history of one of the proudest examples of the age when liners ruled the sea lanes, featuring Ballard's excellent underwater photography paired with high-quality archival material in fascinating "then and now" spreads.And paintings by the noted marine artist Ken Marschall, who accompanied Ballard on his expedition and was able to paint the Lusitania first-hand from a submarine, capture the lost liner in all her shattered poignancy. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja25997. ISBN: 0297813145.
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Imprint: LONDON.FLAMINGO/HARPERCOLLINSPUBLISHERS LIMITED,2003. UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st ed.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.]FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,brown background with black+silver gilt London skyline silhouette illustrated top edges of dw/dj panels,with black+gilt lettering to front,and b/w lettered critics' reviews to rear; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges slightly aged/ toned with some minimal sporadic foxing/ spotting from light dust-soiling,fore- edges also aged but less so and with some, minimal,faint foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-294pp [paginated] includes 35 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,contents list/table,title separator page,and 4pp blanks at the rear. Want more J.G. BALLARD titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my BIOGRAPHY and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja636816. ISBN: 000225848X.
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Imprint: LONDON.FOURTH ESTATE,2008. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.[Number line 2.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip (£14.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,contemporary,subject's autobiographical b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj,with 4 colour (grey,blue, yellow and red) lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Spine/ backstrip inevitably but very lightly(?) sunned/faded and scoring+indentation free. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked yellow ink letters to spine/backstrip,a gold+white striped headband,and facsimile newspaper newsprint (Warfare in Shanghai,Aug 13th,1937) illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,vii-viiipp+3-278pp [paginated] includes Pts 1+2 comprising 10 and 13 chapters respectively,contemporary b/w subject-related autobiographical photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book.Plus [unpaginated]half-title+title pages,dedication,Pts separator pages and 2pp blanks at rear. For almost half a century,J. G. Ballard has been one of this country's (Britain) most important writers.In this revelatory autobiography,bookended by time spent in Shanghai - the city of his childhood and internment in a WWII prison camp,and setting of his novel 'Empire of the Sun' - he charts the course of his remarkable life. Beginning with his early childhood spent exploring the vibrant surroundings of 'that magical place','Miracles of Life' takes us from the deprivations and unexpected freedoms of Lunghua Camp to his arrival in a Britain physically and psychologically crippled by war.He recounts his first attempts at fiction while stationed in a frozen airbase in Canada,his part in the social and artistic revolutions of the 60's and his life as a single father after the premature death of his wife. In prose of characteristic precision and wit,Ballard recalls the experiences that would fundamentally shape his writing, while simultaneously providing an striking analysis of the fragmented post-war Britain that lies behind so many of his novels. 'Miracles of Life' is a captivating account of the extraordinary life of an extraordinary writer. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja530915. ISBN: 9780007270729.
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Imprint: LONDON.FOURTH ESTATE,2008. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£14.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, contemporary,subject's autobiographical b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj,with 4 colour (grey,blue,yellow and red) lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Spine/ backstrip inevitably but very lightly(?) sunned /faded and scoring+indent free.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked yellow ink letters to spine/ backstrip,a gold+white striped headband,and facsimile newspaper newsprint (Warfare in Shanghai,Aug 13th,1937) illustrated endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-viiipp+3-278pp [paginated] includes Pts 1+2 comprising 10 and 13 chapters respectively,contemporary b/w subject-related autobiographical photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book. Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,Pts separator pages and 2pp blanks at rear. For almost half a century,J. G. Ballard has been one of this country's (Britain) most important writers.In this revelatory autobiography,bookended by time spent in Shanghai - the city of his childhood and internment in a WWII prison camp,and setting of his novel 'Empire of the Sun' - he charts the course of his remarkable life. Beginning with his early childhood spent exploring the vibrant surroundings of 'that magical place','Miracles of Life' takes us from the deprivations and unexpected freedoms of Lunghua Camp to his arrival in a Britain physically and psychologically crippled by war. He recounts his first attempts at fiction while stationed in a frozen airbase in Canada,his part in the social and artistic revolutions of the 60's and his life as a single father after the premature death of his wife. In prose of characteristic precision and wit,Ballard recalls the experiences that would fundamentally shape his writing,while simultaneously providing an striking analysis of the fragmented post-war Britain that lies behind so many of his novels.'Miracles of Life' is a captivating account of the extraordinary life of an extraordinary writer. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja806918. ISBN: 9780007270729.
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Imprint: LONDON.GOLLANCZ,1987. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG++/VG++.No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial wrap-around artwork,by Paul Wright,illustrated dw/dj with black+gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing and some inevitable but light and superficial scoring+ indentation to both panels of dw/dj,with majority of other creasing along it's top edges.Top edges lightly aged/toned and with some minimal dust-soiling spotting, fore-edges brighter and cleaner and much less affected with some minimal,sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear to be unread.Bright,crisp,generally clean - though there is some light bleeding to internal,rear,lower corner of dw/dj,from concommitant corner of the rear bd,which has at sometime been exposed to moisture,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and near immaculate plain white eps - rear fep excepted,having some minimal foxing/spotting to it's vertical edge.Described hard,but fairly and honestly - nowhere as bad as it reads or sounds.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-254pp [paginated] includes contents list/table, 35 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,and 2pp blanks at rear. The parched,diseased,impoverished terrain of central Africa,somewhere near the borders of Chad and Sudan,is the locale of Ballard's new novel (then 1987). Doctor Mallory arrives to run a WHO clinic in the small town of Port-la-Nouvelle,but within six months the surges and counter surges of guerilla and paramilitary activity in this forgotten and lawless zone have left him without patients,and he devotes himself instead to the problem of bringing water to the region,dreaming of a third Nile which will bring the Sahara into flower. Then an apparent miracle occurs.In front of Mallory's eyes a tractor extending the local airstrip shifts a huge tree bole,and water bubbles to the surface: first a trickle,but soon a powerful flood.Within days more water has flowed from inland, and a sizable river seems to be forming. There may be a simple explanation - seismic activity in the mountains two hundred miles away has shifted the water table - but to the obsessed Mallory the river is in some way his creation,to be owned by him,to be named after him,and to be explored. . . . On his journey to the source of the River Mallory,the doctor becomes the focus of a strange gaggle of people: Noon, the mysteriously silent adolescent girl, formerly a child recruit to the guerilla army; Professor Sanger,documentary film maker,hoping to revive his faded reputation with despatches from this forgotten and unglamorous corner of Africa with the help of his Indian assistant,Mr Pal; Nora Warrender,widow of a Rhodesian veterinary surgeon,the remains of whose menagerie flourish exotically amid the riverine fertility; and Captain Kagwa and General HArare,leaders of rival "armies" - in reality little more than undernourished and -equipped bandit groups - each dreaming of conquest and secession, wealth and fame. . . . Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja512815. ISBN: 0575041528.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1987. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped to dw/dj. Colour pictorial decorated upper wrap; colour photographs rear wrap dw/dj with minimal shelf-wear to edges and a small water-stain to foot of spine/backstrip.Top of same lightly creased and bumped.Blue cloth boards with stamped gilt TITANIC to upper bd and gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and decorated eps.Fore-edges clean,contents bright,tight and clean. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,230pp includes colour photographic double spread title page,an introduction by Walter Lord; profuse b/w+colour photographs,b/w illus, diagrams+maps; Titanic chronology,a glossary and an index. On a cold April night in 1912,the magnificent new liner R.M.S.Titanic struck an iceberg and sank beneath the icy waters of the North Atlantic.The following day the words "TITANIC LOST" shocked the world.Seventy-three years later,on September 1,1985,the headlines would proclaim "TITANIC FOUND." For on that morning,Dr Robert Ballard and a joint French/American expedition had located the legendary lost ship and had photographed her standing proudly upright on the ocean floor. In the summer of 1986,Dr Ballard returned to the Titanic and descended two-and-a-half miles in a tiny three-man submarine to explore the ghostly wreck. Actually landing on the deck of the ship, Ballard sent the Jason Junior,his robotic "swimming eyeball," down the Grand Staircase to "see" glass chandeliers still hanging in place,unseen for three-quarters of a century.During eleven separate descents to the Titanic,Ballard and his team explored the entire ship - including the artifact-strewn debris field and severed stern section - and photographed her in remarkable detail.A compelling, firsthand account of Dr Ballard's twelve- year quest to find the sunken liner.With the help of dozens of never-seen-before photographs,rare archival pictures,charts, paintings and a 25-inch "photo-mosaic" of the ship,Dr Ballard recounts the Titanic's fateful last night and describes the moment-by-moment drama of the expeditions that found and explored her.For the first time,the exact location of the Titanic is revealed and,finally,many of the mysteries that have surrounded her tragic fate are laid to rest. Here is the fascinating concluding chapter to a story that has captured imaginations for almost a century,the dramatic account of the most exciting underwater discovery of our time. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja1303. ISBN: 0340412658.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON/MADISON PRESS BOOK,1990. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,clean,unblemished, publisher's original,dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to upper bd+spine/backstrip,a headband and clean blue+white illustrated eps.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-231pp [paginated] includes an introduction by Ludovic Kennedy,12 chapters includes prologue+epilogue,profuse illustrations (400+) throughout the text and the book comprising full-colour maps,charts and diagrams,foldouts,appendix and an index. "Titanic team finds Bismarck" ran the headlines on June 14,1989,announcing Robert Ballard's discovery of Hitler's greatest battleship.Using the same underwater camera vehicle that had discovered the wreck of the Titanic in 1985, Ballard and his team photographed the Bismarck sitting proudly upright three miles below the surface of the Atlantic off the coast of France. It had taken two years,two separate expeditions,and a painstaking survey of over 100 square miles of seafloor before the legendary German warship was finally spotted.Ballard's remote-controlled cameras captured the scene with brilliant,clear images for all time.Standing on the side of an underwater mountain,surrounded by an enormous landslide that occurred almost fifty years ago when the 50,000 ton battleship collided with the ocean bottom,the Bismarck's huge guns point eerily upward and giant swastikas still defiantly emblazon her bow and stern decks. The story of the Bismarck is one of the most compelling sea sagas of WWII.In May 1941,a shell fired from this sleek new German ship struck the battle-cruiser HMS Hood and within minutes the pride of the British navy was utterly destroyed. An enraged Winston Churchill gave the memorable command to "sink the Bismarck!" - mobilising the British navy into the greatest sea chase of the war.'The Discovery of the Bismarck' recreates the unforgettable story of this great sea battle with historic photographs and the words of the men who fought it.Ballard then gives a dramatic first-hand account of the high-tech hunt for the Bismarck that culminated in its thrilling rediscovery - forty-eight years after it was sent to the bottom.With over 400 illustrations this book has all the pictorial richness that helped make Robert Ballard's previous book,'The Discovery of the Titanic',an international bestseller. Fascinating "then and now" features pair photographs of the Bismarck in 1989 with accurate pictures from 1941; two spectacular full-page foldouts show the Nazi warship in all her fearsome glory and as she looks today (then 1990).Full-colour maps,charts and diagrams throughout plus a host of specially commissioned paintings recreate a remarkable chapter in the history of WWII and illuminate the fascinating world of modern deep-sea exploration. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja28878. ISBN: 0340529768.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1990. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Glossy,laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears or loss - minisculely bumped to both head+ foot of spine/backstrip and corners.Slight indentations to both wraps.Clean,blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt ship's name to upper bd,and letters to spine/backstrip,with blue+white illustrated eps.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and clean also.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-231pp [paginated] includes b/w+colour photographic half-title+title pages, contents list,introduxction by Ludovic Kennedy,12 chapters including prologue+ epilogue,profuse b/w+colour contemporary photographs throughout the text,an appendix and an index. "Titanic team finds Bismarck" ran the headlines on June 14,1989,announcing Robert Ballard's discovery of Hitler's biggest battleship.Using the same underwater camera vehicle that had discovered the wreck of the Titanic in 1985,Ballard and his team photographed the Bismarck sitting proudly upright three miles below the surface of the Atlantic off the coast of France.It had taken two years,two separate expeditions and a painstaking survey of over 100 square miles of sea-floor before the legendary German warship was finally spotted. Ballard's remote-controlled cameras captured the scene with brilliant,clear images for all time.Standing on the side of an underwater mountain,surrounded by an enormous landslide that occurred almost fifty years ago when the 50,000 ton battleship collided with the ocean bottom, the Bismarck's huge guns point eerily upward and giant swastikas still defiantly emblazon her bow and stern decks.The story of the Bismarck is one of the most compelling sea sagas of WWII.In May 1941,a shell fired from this sleek new German ship struck the battlecruiser HOOD and within minutes the pride of the British navy was utterly destroyed.An enraged Winston Churchill gave the memorable command to "sink the Bismarck!" - mobilising the British navy into the greatest sea-chase of the war. Recreating the unforgettable story of this great sea battle with historic photographs and the words of the men who fought it,Ballard then gives a dramatic first-person account of the high-tech hunt for the Bismarck that culminated in its thrilling discovery - forty-eight years after it was sent to the bottom.With over 400 illustrations,this book has all the pictorial richness that helped make his previous book,'The Discovery of the Titanic',an international bestseller. Fascinating "then and now" features pair photographs of the Bismarck in 1989 with accurate pictures from 1941; two spectacular full-page fold-outs show the Nazi warship in all her fearsome glory and as she looks today (then 1989).Full-colour maps,charts and diagrams throughout plus a host of specially commissioned paintings by marine artist Ken Marschall, recreate a remarkable chapter in the history of WWII and illuminate the fascinating world of modern deep-sea exploration. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja22666. ISBN: 0340529768.
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Imprint: LONDON.HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS,1991. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/NFINE. Neat, black ink gift presentation inscrptn with contemporary date (1/10/91) to ffe,price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj with both b/w,red+ gilt edged lettering respectively; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Majority of any creasing is to top edges and head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj.Top edges silghtly aged/toned with slight dust-soiling and ubiquitous spotting,fore-edges also lightly aged/toned but brighter and crisper without spotting; contents bright,tight,clean - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp -cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and near immaculate plain white endpapers - aforementioned inscrptn excepted. UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,9-286pp [paginated] includes Pts I-III comprising 17 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a Contents list/table and Pts separator pages. J. G. Ballard's 'Empire of the Sun' is already established as one of the most important and popular novels of the postwar years: winner of literary prizes,a bestseller in many countries, and filmed by Steven Spielberg. Ballard's compelling account of a boy's life in Japanese-occupied wartime Shanghai,based on his own experiences,touched an enduring chord with millions of readers. 'The Kindness of Women' is so rich a work that it defies easy summary. It is a true novel of ideas: a portrait of the postwar world,wide-ranging in its settings and its concerns,and consistently inventive and penetrating in its insights. It is also the warmest and most passionate novel Ballard has ever written: a graphically honest but often surprisingly tender story.And, as before,Ballard - by putting himself in the centre of his own fiction - creates a remarkable and unflinchingly honest hybrid of autobiography and novel,truthful in its self-portrayal, fictional in its other characters and incidents. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja504614. ISBN: 0002237717.
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Imprint: LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON/MADISON PRESS,1993. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour +b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges clean,contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,unblemished,publisher's original dark blue cloth bds with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate blue+white photographic eps.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 12-227pp [paginated] includes 7 chapters, profuse contemporary b/w+colour photographs,colour maps,b/w drawings, colour paintings,charts and diagrams, appendix,biblio and an index. Iron Bottom Sound . . . it gets its name from all the ships that sank there.From August to November of 1942 the tropical waters off the small island of Guadalcanal were the scene of some of the fiercest sea battles of WWII.Fifty years later,Robert Ballard,the man who discovered the Titanic and the Bismarck,took his exploration team to Guadalcanal.Their goal was not one ship but an entire naval battlefield.On board were some of the men who had served on those ships that now lay beneath Iron Bottom Sound.The memories of these survivors help tell a powerful,poignant story of men and ships and war. 'The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal' re-creates the whole story of the campaign that changed the course of the Pacific war.For all the fame of its air and land battles,Guadalcanal is also a compelling story of sailors and warships.In fact,more Americans died in Guadalcanal waters than on land. The terror and confusion of night naval action is conveyed here in gripping chapters that describe first the bitter American defeat in the Battle of Savo Island and then the struggle to eventual victory in the climactic Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.We then descend in Ballard's submarine to view scenes of American, Australian,and Japanese ships lying together on the ocean floor,their guns still eerily pointing at each other.With over 300 illustrations,this book has all the pictorial richness that helped make bestsellers of Ballard's two previous books,'The Discovery of the Titanic',and 'The Discovery of the Bismarck'. Haunting pictures of the wrecks are paired with photographs of the ships in their prime; a spectacular full-page foldout reveals the USS Quincy and the Canberra,painted in accurate detail by maritime artist Ken Marschall.Full-colour maps and diagrams plus a host of paintings and present-day photographs help to both re-create this extraordinary chapter in the history of the Pacific war and convey the excitement of modern underwater exploration. Please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja28868. ISBN: 0297813056.
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Imprint: LONDON.HOWARD BAKER PRESS LTD.,1972. UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[This issue,first published in 1972 in this Howard Baker edition/format by Howard Baker Press Ltd.,London by arrangement with Fleetway Publications.This is the first time ever in book form.After Fleetway ceased publishing the Sexton Blake Library series at the end of its fourth volume in 1963, Blake editor William Howard Baker licensed the character from the IPC Magazines Ltd. company and published a fifth volume independently,via Mayflower-Dell Books, that ran until 1968.He then published a final series of four Sexton Blake novels, using his Howard Baker Books imprint,in 1969.Two complete novels in each omnibus.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, yellow background with red+black lettering design dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing - no nicks or tears present.Top +fore-edges bright and clean without any dust-soiling,foxing or spotting or other blemishes; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original pale duck-egg blue cloth boards/covers with bright,crisp,blocked black ink letters and publisher's device to spine/backstrip, immaculate plain white endpapers with both hinges solid and sound without any splits,tears or cracking.UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus, includes Books ONE + TWO [I,THE HANGMAN and THE MUCKRAKERS] with 7-139pp [paginated] with 17 chapters,and 7-142pp [paginated] with 21 chapters respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and individual title separator pages.See also my book ID rja900520 for another example of this same title in the same format. Sexton Blake,the detective,has been featured in many British comic strips,novels and dramatic productions since 1893.His adventures were featured in a wide variety of publications,in an assortment of languages,from 1893-1978.In all, there are more than 4,000+ stories by some 200 different authors.Sexton Blake also featured in many movies,radio serials,and a 1960s,(UK) ITV television series - see my book IDs'rja899829 to rja900220 for some examples. The first Sexton Blake story was 'The Missing Millionaire' by Harry Blyth writing as Hal Meredeth.It was published in the story paper 'The Halfpenny Marvel', No.6,on 20 December 1893.A veritable and successful rival to the likes of Sherlock Holmes,The Saint,Ellery Queen and Nero Wolfe in the detective fiction genre. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja900420. ISBN: 0703000195.
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