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Imprint: LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN & COMPANY,1993. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.[He wrote his mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M[enzies] Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's,black ink handwritten signature - without dedication - to title page,and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy b/w, part-embossed illustrated front panel with black ink printed letters,thumbnail illustration repeated to spine/backstrip with black letters, rear panel white background with black ink printed critics' reviews; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no major tears present - one tiny snick at head of rear spine/backstrip's gutter's fold/crease only.Head of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing. Front panel of dw/dj with minimal,minor,superficial scoring+indents - without affecting board beneath,rear panel similarly affected with slightly more scoring to it.Top+fore-edges bright,white,clean without blemishes and without any toning; 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 plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt thumbnail illustration repeated from front panel of dw/dj and similarly silver gilt lettering to spine/backstrip,pale grey eps with part-embossed dw/dj design repeated to front free endpaper - an indeterminate,small,smudge/smear to lower corner of same,rear eps without illustration and therefore plain,pale grey.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,without dedication, 1st edn,3-313pp [paginated] includes 13 chapters each with an identical b/w chapter headpiece thumbnail illustration from part of dw/dj's illustrated design; plus [unpaginated] half-title,a b/w thumbnail chapter headpiece illustrated,author SIGNED title page,Contents list/table with dedication to it's reverse and individual b/w+grey numbered,chapter separator pages. Described hard,but fairly and honestly and still an acceptable example - despite listed minor detractions - for collector's,particularly as an uncommon and also as a SIGNED title. Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel,'THE WASP FACTORY' in 1984.He has then since gained enormous popular and critical acclaim for both his mainstream and his science fiction novels.Sadly no longer with us. Died June 2013. Want more Iain M[enzies] BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2, MODERN FIRSTS, 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die and SIGNED catalogues. Cameron Colley is an obsessive,substance abusing,fully-paid-up Gonzo journalist on an Edinburgh-based newspaper; the kind of man who rolls joints in the car,driving at ninety miles an hour while steering with his knees and shouting at slow drivers. He's totally into his job,a computer game called called Despot and an intermittently sadomasochistic love affair. Cameron appreciates a good conspiracy theory as much as the next hack and now he seems to be on the brink of uncovering the grandfather of all conspiracies.But while he's researching a series of bizarre deaths from a few years ago,the police are investigating a sequence that's still going on,and Cameron - complicit as he seems to be - might be able to help them with their enquiries. 'Complicity' vividly explores the morality of greed,corruption and violence and ventures into the darker regions of human purpose.It confirms Iain Banks' status both as an exceptional storyteller and as one of the most imaginative and witty novelists 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! 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: rja912720. ISBN: 0316906883.
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Imprint: LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN,2002. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks,including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.] NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,white background,sepia scenic photographic illustrated upper panel of dw/dj with white lettering,critics' black lettered reviews) to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip,front inner flap's lower corner lightly creased,as is the rear's top edge of the rear inner flap - all constituting the majority of the creasing.To both front+rear board's top edges towards spine/backstrip's gutter edges, have some inexplicable minor,minimal indents - but without commensurate indents on dw/dj. Described hard but fairly and honestly - nowhere as bad as it reads or would appear on viewing. Top edges aged/toned - as usual - with some minimal dust-soiling,fore-edges less aged/toned so brighter and cleaner; contents bright - apart from page-edge toning - tight,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain dark brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked white ink letters to spine/backstrip and bright,immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-408pp [paginated] includes 13 chapters - each with a small b/w photograph vignette (from dw/dj design) chapter headpiece; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents list/table,and individual chapter separator pages. Want more Iain BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS, MODERN FIRSTS2, 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die and SIGNED catalogues. Iain Banks' new novel starts with a bang and then accelerates through one man's political obsessions,manic media manipulations and wildly dangerous private life,speeding through a London of pubs,clubs and geezers of extreme dodginess to a twinned climax of nail-shredding intensity. A novel about politics,trust,paranoia and - perhaps - redemption,'Dead Air' is Ian Banks at his coruscating best. 'Dead Air' is a deliberate parody of the cynicism of political and social self-awareness. "Shock-jock" Ken Nott's politics,while palatable to most contemporary readers,are also presented through such a morally bankrupt man that they are rendered as unpalatable as the Holocaust-refuter whom Nott attempts to thwart by punching in the face (and then denying it ever happened). Bank focuses on a series of set piece hypotheses about the state of the world in the new century, in which he highlights the preoccupation of the middle classes with their own beliefs,while at the same time exposing the individual to the reader's scrutiny. There is little to endear Ken Nott to the reader,and his promiscuous,expensive lifestyle has all of the hallmarks of 1980's callousness, spread with a veneer of pseudo-socialism that indeed makes it the perfect reflection of the downmarket world of "bright young things" in the early 2000's.In 'Dead Air',Banks is once again engaged by the recurring subtexts of the new millennium - avarice,cynicism,and pretensions to libertarianism.[EMcCS.] 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 US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the less expensive 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: rja471714. ISBN: 0316860549.
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Imprint: LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN,2002. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,clean,white background,sepia scenic photographic illustrated upper panel of dw/dj with white lettering,critics' black lettered reviews to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip.Top+fore-edges aged/toned - as usual - but still clean and free of any spotting/foxing; contents bright,tight,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain dark brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked white ink letters to spine/ backstrip and bright,immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-408pp [paginated] includes 13 chapters - each with a small b/w photograph vignette (from dw/dj design) chapter headpiece; plus [unpaginated], half-title+title pages,a dedication,a Contents list/table,and chapter separator pages. Want more Iain BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS, MODERN FIRSTS2, 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die and SIGNED catalogues. Iain Banks' new novel starts with a bang and then accelerates through one man's political obsessions,manic media manipulations and wildly dangerous private life,speeding through a London of pubs, clubs and geezers of extreme dodginess to a twinned climax of nail-shredding intensity. A novel about politics,trust, paranoia and - perhaps - redemption,'Dead Air' is Ian Banks at his coruscating best. 'Dead Air' is a deliberate parody of the cynicism of political and social self-awareness. "Shock-jock" Ken Nott's politics,while palatable to most contemporary readers,are also presented through such a morally bankrupt man that they are rendered as unpalatable as the Holocaust-refuter whom Nott attempts to thwart by punching in the face (and then denying it ever happened). Bank focuses on a series of set piece hypotheses about the state of the world in the new century, in which he highlights the preoccupation of the middle classes with their own beliefs,while at the same time exposing the individual to the reader's scrutiny. There is little to endear Ken Nott to the reader,and his promiscuous,expensive lifestyle has all of the hallmarks of 1980's callousness, spread with a veneer of pseudo-socialism that indeed makes it the perfect reflection of the downmarket world of "bright young things" in the early 2000's.In 'Dead Air',Banks is once again engaged by the recurring subtexts of the new millennium - avarice,cynicism,and pretensions to libertarianism.[EMcCS.] 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 US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the less expensive 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: rja807518. ISBN: 0316860549.
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Imprint: LONDON.CHATTO & WINDUS,1981. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Contents bright and clean with clean fore-edges. Please contact seller,because of the 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,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: rja985. ISBN: 0701125934.
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Imprint: LONDON.PIATKUS,1998. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.MINT/MINT. Want more Lynne Reid BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS and CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogues. Please contact seller,because of the lighter 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: rja894. ISBN: 0749904240.
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Imprint: LONDON.ORBIT,1994. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks,including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.] MINT/NMINT. Wrapped+protected/stored from day of issue - therefore an unread copy.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip to dw/dj - assumed a trade export copy/edn as there is no publisher's price to dw/dj's bottom,front inner,lower corner of dw/dj flap.Bright,crisp,glossy,colour pictorial wrap-around illustrated dw/dj by Mark Salwoski; with white embossed and printed lettering to front panel,white printed letters to spine/ backstrip and rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges very lightly toned - nowhere to ubiquitous degree that these publisher's (ORBIT) hardback titles are prone to - contents bright,tight and very clean - 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 black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,4-279pp [paginated] includes 10 Pts/sections comprising 4 chapters each to the first 9 Pts/sections and 6 in the remaining one; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,and 9 individual, identical b/w illustrated Pts/sections separator pages,and to the rear,as last page,publisher's order page. 6th book in his 'The Culture' sequence.An exceptional example in excellent condition. Winner of the British Science Fiction Association Award,Novel,1995.A bravura narration in dyslexic English - into a neatly planned climax. Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel,'THE WASP FACTORY' in 1984.He has then since gained enormous popular and critical acclaim for both his mainstream and his science fiction novels.Sadly no longer with us. Died June 2013. Want more Iain M[enzies] BANKS/Iain BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2, MODERN FIRSTS,1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die,and SIGNED catalogues. Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time. . . Chief Scientist Gadfium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been waiting for from the Plain of Sliding Stones. . . Bascule the Teller,in search of an ant,is about to enter the chaos of the crypt. . . And everything is about to change. . . For this is the time of the Encroachment and,although the dimming sun still shines on the vast,towering walls of Serehfa Fastness,the end is close at hand.ThE King knows it,his closest advisers know it,yet still they prosecute the war against the clan Engineers with increasing savagery. The crypt knows it too; so an emissary has been sent,an emissary who holds the key to all their futures. 'Feersum Emdjinn' is an imaginative tour de force,a stunning novel of bravery and hope,fear and betrayal,strangeness and charm in the face of darkness: it is Iain M. Banks at his unparalleled best. 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,the 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 less expensive 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: rja583. ISBN: 1857232356.
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Imprint: LONDON.ORBIT,1994. UK,8vo wraps,Uncorrected Proof copy,1st edn. [He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.] MINT.Unread. Bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,wrap-around,matt,maroon card covers with publisher's capitalised,black-lettered ORBIT PROMOTION - JUNE 1994 and UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY FROM ORBIT information,similarly lettered+coloured book's title and author's other black-lettered name to front cover; a flat and reading-crease free spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author's and publisher's capitalised, black-lettered name and black illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear cover with a critic's [The Times] black-lettered review,black lettered synopsis and publisher's information of publication date,price,format and ISBN and publisher's UK address.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp,unblemished with no ageing/toning or any foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, unread othr than my own collation.UK,8vo wraps, Uncorrected Proof copy,4-279pp [paginated] includes 10 sections with varying number of chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a blank dedication (to be supplied) page and blank (with artwork to be supplied) indvidual section pages and to the rear,2pp blanks as final pages. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 30-year-old age and nature, i.e an ephemeral paperback Proof. It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults usually associated with a decades' old paperback.An uncommon and superb example in such a high grade. Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time. . . Chief Scientist Gadfium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been waiting for from the Plain of Sliding Stones. . . And Bascule the Teller,in search of an ant,is about to enter the chaos of the crypt. . . And everything is about to change. . . For this is the time of the encroachment and, although the dimming sun still shines on the vast,towering walls of Serehfa Fastness,the end is close at hand.The King knows it,his closest advisers know it,yet still they prosecute the war against the clan Engineers with increasing savagery. The crypt knows it too; so an emissary has been sent, an emissary who holds the key to all their futures. 'Feersum Endjinn' is an imaginative tour de force,a stunning novel of bravery and hope,fear and betrayal,strangeness and charm in the face of darkness: it is Iain M. Banks at his unparalleled best. Want more Iain M[enzies] BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2,1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die and SIGNED catalogues. 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 less expensive 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: rja521. ISBN: 1857232739.
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Imprint: LONDON.ORBIT,1994. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks,including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.When originally first published in UK,the title was not for sale in America,nor yet published there (then 1994).] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,glossy,colour pictorial wrap-around illustrated dw/dj by Mark Salwoski; with white embossed and printed lettering to front panel,white printed letters to spine/backstrip and rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges very lightly toned - nowhere to ubiquitous degree that these publisher's (ORBIT) hardback titles are prone to - contents bright, tight and very clean - 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 black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4- 279pp [paginated] includes 10 Pts/sections comprising 4 chapters each to the first 9 Pts/ sections and 6 in the remaining one; plus [unpaginated]half-title+title pages,a dedication,and 9 individual,identical b/w illustrated Pts/sections separator pages,and to the rear,as last page,publisher's order page. 6th book in his 'The Culture' sequence. An exceptional example in excellent condition. Winner of the British Science Fiction Association Award,Novel,1995.A bravura narration in dyslexic English - into a neatly planned climax. Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel,'THE WASP FACTORY' in 1984.He has then since gained enormous popular and critical acclaim for both his mainstream and his science fiction novels.Sadly no longer with us. Died June 2013. Want more Iain M[enzies] BANKS/Iain BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2, MODERN FIRSTS,1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die,and SIGNED catalogues. Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time. . . Chief Scientist Gadfium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been waiting for from the Plain of Sliding Stones. . . Bascule the Teller,in search of an ant,is about to enter the chaos of the crypt. . . And everything is about to change. . . For this is the time of the Encroachment and,although the dimming sun still shines on the vast,towering walls of Serehfa Fastness,the end is close at hand.ThE King knows it,his closest advisers know it,yet still they prosecute the war against the clan Engineers with increasing savagery. The crypt knows it too; so an emissary has been sent,an emissary who holds the key to all their futures. 'Feersum Emdjinn' is an imaginative tour de force,a stunning novel of bravery and hope,fear and betrayal,strangeness and charm in the face of darkness: it is Iain M. Banks at his unparalleled best. 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,the 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 less expensive 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: rja912520. ISBN: 1857232356.
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Imprint: LONDON.ORBIT,1998. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks,including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Not for sale in America,or not yet published there yet (then - 1998). Sixth book in Banks' "The Culture" sequence. Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel,'THE WASP FACTORY' in 1984.He has then since gained enormous popular and critical acclaim for both his mainstream and his science fiction novels.Sadly no longer with us. Died June 2013. Want more Iain M[enzies] BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2,1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die and SIGNED catalogues. 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,the 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 less expensive 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: rja708. ISBN: 1857236262.
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Imprint: LONDON.ORBIT.1998. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks,including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.Not for sale in America,or not yet published there (then - 1998).] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,glossy,colour pictorial wrap-around illustrated dw/dj by Mark Salwoski; with white embossed and printed lettering to front panel,white printed letters to spine/backstrip and rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges with very little,if any,toning - certainly nowhere near to ubiquitous degree that these publisher's (ORBIT) hardback titles are prone to - contents bright,tight and very clean - 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 black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain black endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-336pp [paginated] includes 24 chapter and an epilogue, plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and 24 identical b/w illustrated chapter headpieces with alternating reversal of background from white to black and back; plus [unpaginated] a Note on the text,and both prologue+epilogue unnumbered.An exceptional example in excellent condition. Some years ago,rocks and fire fell from the sky and the old Empire fell with them.In the lands released from that crushing hegemony,a new world order is about to emerge.Two people in particular can see all this in a wider context. In the winter palace,the King's new physician has more enemies than she at first realises.But then she also has more remedies to hand than those who wish her ill can know about. In another palace across the mountains,in the service of the regicidal Protector General,the chief bodyguard too has his enemies.But his enemies strike more swiftly,and his means of combating them are more traditional. Both the doctor and the bodyguard have at least one person they care for deeply and who cares for them.None of them,however,can risk saying so. This is the story of two stories.Spiralling round a central core of secrecy,deceit,love and betrayal - and linked more closely than even those involved can know - each climbs to its own devastating climax. 'Inversions' is a dazzling work of science fiction from an author writing at the height of his remarkable powers. Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel,'THE WASP FACTORY' in 1984.He has then since gained enormous popular and critical acclaim for both his mainstream and his science fiction novels. Sadly no longer with us.Died June 2013. Want more Iain M[enzies] BANKS/Iain BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2,MODERN FIRSTS, 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die,and SIGNED catalogues. 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,the 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 less expensive 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: 912620b. ISBN: 1857236262.
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Imprint: LONDON.ORBIT.1998. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks,including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.Not for sale in America,or not yet published there yet (then - 1998).] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,glossy,colour pictorial wrap-around illustrated dw/dj by Mark Salwoski; with white embossed and printed lettering to front panel,white printed letters to the spine/backstrip and the rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges with very little,if any,toning - certainly nowhere near to the ubiquitous degree that these publisher's (ORBIT) hardback titles are prone to - contents bright,tight and very clean - 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 black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain black endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-336pp [paginated] includes 24 chapter and an Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and 24 identical b/w illustrated chapter headpieces with alternating reversal of background from white to black and back; plus [unpaginated] a Note on the text,and both Prologue+Epilogue unnumbered.An exceptional example in excellent condition. Some years ago,rocks and fire fell from the sky and the old Empire fell with them.In the lands released from that crushing hegemony,a new world order is about to emerge.Two people in particular can see all this in a wider context. In the winter palace,the King's new physician has more enemies than she at first realises.But then she also has more remedies to hand than those who wish her ill can know about. In another palace across the mountains,in the service of the regicidal Protector General,the chief bodyguard too has his enemies.But his enemies strike more swiftly,and his means of combating them are more traditional. Both the doctor and the bodyguard have at least one person they care for deeply and who cares for them.None of them, however,can risk saying so. This is the story of two stories.Spiralling round a central core of secrecy,deceit,love and betrayal - and linked more closely than even those involved can know - each climbs to its own devastating climax. 'Inversions' is a dazzling work of science fiction from an author writing at the height of his remarkable powers. Iain Banks came to widespread and controversial public notice with the publication of his first novel,'THE WASP FACTORY' in 1984.He has then since gained enormous popular and critical acclaim for both his mainstream and his science fiction novels. Sadly no longer with us. Died June 2013. Want more Iain M[enzies] BANKS/Iain BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2 MODERN FIRSTS, 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die,and SIGNED catalogues. 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 US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the less expensive 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: rja912620b. ISBN: 1857236262.
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Imprint: LONDON.ORBIT,2000. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks,including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork,by Mark Salwowski, illustrated dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Both head+ foot of dw/dj's spine/backstrip minimally bumped with some reciprocal creasing,some inevitable but light superficial scoring/indents to dw/dj - but without affecting the boards beneath.Top+ fore-edges lightly aged/toned - as usual/normal but still bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked fluorescent gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-357pp [paginated] includes a prologue,16 chapters and an Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,an epigram,a dedication,and Contents list/table. Want more Iain M[enzies] BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2,1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die and SIGNED catalogues. It was one of the less glorious incident of a long-ago war.It led to the destruction of two suns and the billions of lives they supported. Now,eight hundred years later,the light from the first of those ancient deaths has reached the Culture's Orbital called Masaq'.For the Hub Mind,overseer of the massive bracelet world,its arrival is particularly poignant.But it may still be eclipsed by events from the Culture's more recent past. When the Chelgrian Ziller,a composer of galactic renown living in self-imposed exile on Masaq',learns that an emissary from his home world is being sent to the Orbital,he fears what he assumes to be the worst: that the Chelgrians want him to return. But the composer is far from being the only thing on the Chelgrian emissary's mind.His mission has another purpose; one so secret he does not know it himself at first.Discovering its nature will take him on a journey into his past and the haunting memories of another terrible war whose legacy threatens to be much more than just an unfortunate diplomatic incident. 'LOOK TO WINDWARD' is Iain M. Banks' most powerful novel to date and an extraordinary work of the imagination. Ferociously intelligent,wildly original and hugely enjoyable,it is a masterpiece of science fiction. 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 US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the less expensive 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: rja601916. ISBN: 1857239695.
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Imprint: LONDON.ABACUS,1997. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks,including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.US 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,Simon & Schuster 1998,NY.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj - virtually as new,wrapped+protected from day of issue/purchase. Want more Iain M[enzies] BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2,MODERN FIRSTS,1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die and SIGNED catalogues. 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 US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the less expensive 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: rja707. ISBN: 0316641723.
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Imprint: LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN,2012. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks,including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,b/w marble(?) effect illustrated dw/dj with glossy black+red lettering to front,similar colour letters to spine/backstrip and rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Both head+ foot of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean with no 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,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate black flecked red endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,3-357pp [paginated] includes 19 chapters with story spanning over Friday evening until Tuesday morning,last page as a short, potted biography of author; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,a With thanks page,title separator page,and individual day's separator pages. Want more Iain M[enzies] BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2,MODERN FIRSTS,1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die and SIGNED catalogues. Stewart Gilmour is back in Stonemouth. After five years in exile his presence is required at the funeral of patriarch Joe Murston,and even though the last time Stu saw the Murstons he was running for his life,staying away might be even more dangerous than turning up. An estuary town north of Aberdeen, Stonemouth with it's five mile beach,can be beautiful on a sunny day.On a bleak one it can seem to offer little more than seafog,gangsters,cheap drugs and a suspension bridge irresistible to suicides.And although there's supposed to be a temporary truce between Stewart and the town's biggest crime family,it's soon clear that only Stewart is taking this promise of peace seriously.Before long a quick drop into the cold grey Stoun begins to look like the soft option and as he steps back into the minefield of his past to confront his guilt and all that it has lost him,Stu uncovers ever darker stories, and his homecoming takes a more lethal turn than even he had anticipated. Tough,funny,fast paced and touching, 'Stonemouth' cracks open adolescence,love, brotherhood and vengeance in a rite of passage novel like no other. 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 or postage 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: rja955421. ISBN: 9781408702505.
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Imprint: LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN & COMPANY,1999. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks,including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.Born 16 February 1954 - died 9 June 2013.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,b/w pictorial illustration by Peter Brown,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with white lettering to same and the spine and rear panel with critics' reviews to rear; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Book has a slight lean.Top edges generally clean but with minimal,sporadic foxing/spotting streaks,fore-edges brighter and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,otherwise appears unread - apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked white ink printed decoration+ letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate black endpapers - ffe+rear pastedown with glossy black and red-eyed creature illustration from dw/dj's design.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-393pp [paginated] includes 12 chapters+epilogue - all with b/w illustrated headpieces design from dw/dj illustration; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title page and a dedication. Kate Telman is a senior executive officer in The Business,a powerful and massively discreet transglobal organisation whose origins predate the Christian Church if not the Roman Empire (which The Business actually owned for 66 days). Financially transparent,internally democratic and disavowing conventional familial inheritance,the character of The Business seems,even to Kate,to be vague to the point of invisibility.It possesses,allegedly,a book of Leonardo cartoons,dozens of Michelangelo's pornographic paintings and several sets of Crown Jewels.It has a permanent base in Antarctica,and wants to buy its own State in order to acquire a seat at the United Nations. Kate's job is to keep abreast of current technological developments and her global reach encompasses both Silicon Valley and Silicon Glen,a ranch in Nebraska,the firm's secretive Swiss headquarters,and a remote Himalayan principality.In the course of her journey Kate must peel away layers of emotional insulation and the assumptions of a lifetime.She must learn to keep her world at arm's length. To take control,she has to do The Business. 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,the 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 less expensive 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: rja817818. ISBN: 0316648442.
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Imprint: LONDON.SCRIBNERS,1992. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.] FINE+/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated b/w illustrated upper panel of dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A tiny,closed tear/nick to rear,top corner of dw/dj.Head of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing,some light superficial indents/impressions to upper panel and slightly more noticeable scoring and slightly heavier impressions/indents to rear panel of dw/dj - in either case,without affecting the boards beneath.Top edges coloured dark grey,fore-edges slightly,lightly and partially thumbed/grubbed; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain grey cloth boards with black cloth blind spine with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt decoration (detail from dw/dj design to head of spine) and bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettered title+ publisher to spine/backstrip and immaculate grey publisher's repetitive-name (Scribners) decorated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3- 501pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,b/w illustrated chapter separator pages and 4pp blanks at rear. Want more Iain BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS, MODERN FIRSTS2, 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die and SIGNED catalogues. 'The Crow Road' begins with one of the most memorable paragraphs in modern literature: "It was the day my grandmother exploded.I sat in the crematorium listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly snoring in harmony with Bach's Mass in B Minor, and I relfected that it always seemed to be death that drew me back to Gallanach." This is the voice of Prentice McHoan,the middle son of an affluent Scottish family whose narrative forms the greater part of the book, while the rest is told in the third person,a kind of saga of the McHoan,Watt,and Urvill families.Away at university,Prentice finds himself returning to his family home (or rather, after a falling out with his father over religious belief,to the home of his Uncle Hamish). Another uncle,Rory,hasn't been seen in eight years.As the mystery of Uncle Rory's fate takes greater and greater hold on the text,Prentice takes on the role of fallible detective,charged with making sense of all that happened to the generations before him and piecing together fragments to form a single truth. 'The Crow Road' is a novel about death: desire in relation to death,the body in life and death, and the exhuming of buried secrets.By the end of the book,despite the concentration on a bleak and stark Scottish landscape,the real map is created within Prentice's mind,as he reaches inside himself to discover the lost truths of a generation and the fragility of memory. [EF.] Iain Banks' new novel describes recurrent rites of passage in a complex but enduring Scottish family.His central character's preoccupations with death,sex,drink,God,illegal substances and the motor car are lovingly embedded in his rich descriptions of the Scottish landscape: with 'The Crow Road',his finest novel yet,the author has come home. 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! 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 less expensive 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: rja548615. ISBN: 0356206521.
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Imprint: LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN,2007. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED+dedicated,1st edn.[He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.Sadly no longer with us.Died June 2013.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat, handwritten,blue ink dedication+signature to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj; 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 and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly an unread copy? Publisher's sharp-cornered, bright,clean,original maroon cloth boards with blocked title to upper board and bright,crisp, clean,white ink blocked letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED+dedicated 1st edn,1-390pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,author SIGNED+dedicated title page,a dedication, Thanks,and 6pp blanks to rear. Full of his trademark warmth,humanity and inventiveness,this wonderfully vivid story of family turmoil,compromised loyalties and hidden origins is Iain Banks's most compelling novel since 'The Crow Road' (then 2007). Want more Iain BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS, MODERN FIRSTS2, 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die and SIGNED catalogues. Please contact seller,because of the weight and 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,the 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 less expensive 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: rja385611. ISBN: 9780316731058.
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Imprint: LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN,2007. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's neat, handwrtten,blue ink,warm and personal dedication +signature: 'To Luke Happy 30th! Iain Banks',to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Some miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges though inevitably and slightly aged/toned are still bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly an unread copy? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original maroon cloth boards with uncoloured blocked title to upper board and bright,crisp, clean,white ink blocked letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED+dedicated,1st edn,1-390pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,author SIGNED+dedicated title page,a dedication, Thanks,and 6pp blanks to rear. Want more Iain BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2,1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die and SIGNED catalogues. Full of his trademark warmth,humanity and inventiveness,this wonderfully vivid story of family turmoil,compromised loyalties and hidden origins is Iain Banks's most compelling novel since 'The Crow Road' (then 2007). 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! 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 less expensive 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: rja536015. ISBN: 9780316731058.
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Imprint: LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN,2007. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Some miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj.Top edges coloured(?) cream,fore-edges bright and a crisp white and either without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears an unread copy Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original maroon cloth boards with uncoloured blocked title to upper board and bright,crisp,clean, white ink blocked letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-390pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters; plus [unpaginated],half-title page+ title pages,a dedication,thanks,and 6pp blanks to rear. Want more Iain BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS, MODERN FIRSTS2,1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die and SIGNED catalogues. Full of his trademark warmth,humanity and inventiveness, this wonderfully vivid story of family turmoil,compromised loyalties and hidden origins is Iain Banks's most compelling novel since 'The Crow Road' (then 2007). 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,the 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 less expensive 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: rja1064923. ISBN: 9780316731058.
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Imprint: LONDON.HAMISH HAMILTON,1984. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Spine/ backstrip slightly faded,slight creasing (shelf-wear?) to top+bottom edge dw/dj - no tears! Fore-edges slightly aged as usual/normal. 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! 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: rja421. ISBN: 0312000170.
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Imprint: LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,2004. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj,by Sarah Perkins; with negligible shelf-wear and creases 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 sharp-cornered, unblemished original red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-230pp [paginated] includes a Prologue+Epilogue and 16 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,a Contents list/table,and to rear, author's notes+6pp publisher's adverts for 3 titles. Lynne Reid Banks's 'TIGER,TIGER' is a hugely powerful and epic novel set against the dazzling backdrop of ancient Rome.This compelling and uplifting story about friendship,brotherhood and battling against the odds will grip all who read it. Two tiger cubs are snatched from their native jungle and shipped to Rome.On arrival at this strange land crowded with noisy "two-legs" they are cruelly separated.One cub becomes the princess's pampered and adored house pet.The other, fiercer,cub is trained to become the star performer in Caesar's bloodthirsty circus. Princess Aurelia detests her father's brutal "sport",but must keep her feelings secret - no one dares criticise the almighty Caesar! The only person she can confide in is the slave Julius,her tiger's keeper.But such a friendship is equally forbidden: should the Emperor find out,his anger would be terrible and the punishment severe. But friendship and love cannot be dictated,and neither tiger nor man is destined for a life in chains.In a world dominated by Caesar's will,all must fight for freedom. . . . . 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,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: rja374610. ISBN: 0007190417.
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Imprint: LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,2004. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj,by Sarah Perkins; with negligible shelf-wear and creases to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - an unread copy? Sharp-cornered,unblemished publisher's original red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-230pp [paginated] includes prologue+ epilogue and 16 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents list/table,and to rear, author's notes + 6pp publisher's adverts for 3 titles. See also book ID rja374610 for another similar example. Lynne Reid Banks's 'TIGER,TIGER' is a hugely powerful and epic novel set against the dazzling backdrop of ancient Rome.This compelling and uplifting story about friendship,brotherhood and battling against the odds will grip all who read it. Two tiger cubs are snatched from their native jungle and shipped to Rome.On arrival at this strange land crowded with noisy "two-legs" they are cruelly separated.One cub becomes the princess's pampered and adored house pet.The other, fiercer,cub is trained to become the star performer in Caesar's bloodthirsty circus. Princess Aurelia detests her father's brutal "sport",but must keep her feelings secret - no one dares criticise the almighty Caesar! The only person she can confide in is the slave Julius,her tiger's keeper.But such a friendship is equally forbidden: should the Emperor find out,his anger would be terrible and the punishment severe. But friendship and love cannot be dictated,and neither tiger nor man is destined for a life in chains.In a world dominated by Caesar's will,all must fight for freedom. . . . . 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: rja804518. ISBN: 0007190417.
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Imprint: LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN AND COMPANY,1995. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.] NFINE/VG+. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to d/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,black background with b/w design illustrated upper panel of dw/dj,with white lettering; with some minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - a small closed tear/nick to foot of front panel; rear lower corner minimally rubbed with some reciprocal loss,some minimal scoring/ indentations to rear panel of dw/dj - without too adversely affecting the boards beneath. Majority of creasing is along top edges of dw/dj.Top edges lightly dust-soiled with some minimal,sporadic foxing/spotting,fore-edges also lightly grubbed/thumbed; contents though are bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread? Publisher's bright,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with black blocked letters to spine/backstrip,a b/w striped headband,and immaculate plain black endpapers with glossy+matt dw/djs' design repeated to centre of same.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-455pp [paginated] includes 29 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,dw/djs' b/w design illustration repeated to chapter separator pages. Want more Iain BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS, MODERN FIRSTS2, 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die and SIGNED catalogues. Related by a heroine of true originality - a beguiling blend of candour,naivete and naked wit - 'Whit' is a modern 'Pilgrim's Progress', exploring the techno-ridden vacuity of modern society from a unique perspective.It confirms Iain Banks' status as one of the most entertaining and perceptive chroniclers of life in contemporary Britain,addressing issues of truth and falsehood,kinship and betrayal in a manner that will entrance the huge readership dazzled by 'The Crow Road' and 'Complicity' - see book ID rja456113 (Author SIGNED,1st reprint). Please contact seller,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 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: rja543115. ISBN: 0316914363.
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Imprint: LONDON.CENTURY,2006. UK,Qrto wraps/s/back,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,14th imp,thus.[Number line 15 17 19 20 18 16 14.Originally and first published in UK,Qrto HB, 2005 by the same publisher,this being a subsequent s/back issue.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj,as issued - pristine - and virtually as new.Bright,clean,wrap-around,colour photographic artwork by BANKSY,illustrated covers; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners, and immaculate plain white endpapers to recto and verso of respective card covers. Circular,red,adhesive sticker label with b/w lettering "NOW WITH 10% MORE crap" to it's centre.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.UK,Qrto wraps,10- 238pp [paginated] includes profuse b/w+colour photographs and illustrated examples of the artist's work throughout the book and some occasional text.See also,book ID rja667017 for the another wraps/s/back edn of same work/title. Graffiti artist Banksy decorates streets,walls, bridges and zoos of towns and cities throughout the world.His identity remains unknown but his work is witty,subversive and prolific.Artistic genius,political activist,painter and decorator, mythic legend or notorious graffiti artist? The work of Banksy is unmistakable,except may be when it's squatting in the Tate or New York's Metropolitan Museum. Witty and subversive,his stencils show monkeys with weapons of mass destruction,policeman with smiley faces,rats with drills,and umbrellas.If you look hard enough you'll find your own.His statements,incitements,ironies and epigrams are by turns intelligent and cheeky comments on everything from the monarchy and capitalism to the war in Iraq and farm animals. 'Graffitti is not the lowest form of art. . . .There is no elitism or hype,it exhibits on some of the best walls a town has to offer,and nobody is put off by the price of admission.A wall has always been the best place to publish your work. The people who run our cities don't understand graffitti because they think nothing has the right to exist unless it makes a profit.But if you just value money then your opinion is worthless. They say graffitti frightens people and is symbolic of the decline in society,but graffitti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians,advertising executives and graffitti writers. The people who truly deface neighbourhoods are the companies that scrawl their giant slogans across buildings and buses trying to make us feel inadequate unless we buy their stuff.They expect to be able to to shout their message in your face from every available surface but you're never allowed to answer back.Well,they started this fight and the wall is the weapon of choice to hit them back. Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place.Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.' Please contact seller,because of the 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: rja528615. ISBN: 1844137864.
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Imprint: LONDON.CENTURY,2006. UK,Qrto wraps/s/back,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,15th imp. [Complete number line 15 17 19 20 18 16.Originally and first published in UK,Qrto HB,2005 by the same publisher,this being a subsequent s/back issue.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj,as issued - pristine - and virtually as new.Bright,clean,wrap-around,colour photographic artwork by BANKSY,illustrated bds; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners, and immaculate plain white endpapers to recto and verso of respective card covers.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.UK,Qrto wraps,illustrated,1st edn,15th imp,10-238pp [paginated] includes profuse b/w+ colour photographs and illustrated examples of the artist's work throughout the book and some occasional text.See my book ID and rja528615 for another UK,s/back issue/copy of this same title. Graffiti artist Banksy decorates streets,walls, bridges and zoos of towns and cities throughout the world.His identity remains unknown but his work is witty,subversive and prolific.Artistic genius,political activist,painter and decorator, mythic legend or notorious graffiti artist? The work of Banksy is unmistakable,except may be when it's squatting in the Tate or New York's Metropolitan Museum. Witty and subversive,his stencils show monkeys with weapons of mass destruction,policeman with smiley faces,rats with drills,and umbrellas.If you look hard enough you'll find your own.His statements,incitements,ironies and epigrams are by turns intelligent and cheeky comments on everything from the monarchy and capitalism to the war in Iraq and farm animals. 'Graffiti is not the lowest form of art. . . .There is no elitism or hype,it exhibits on some of the best walls a town has to offer,and nobody is put off by the price of admission.A wall has always been the best place to publish your work. The people who run our cities don't understand graffiti because they think nothing has the right to exist unless it makes a profit.But if you just value money then your opinion is worthless. They say graffiti frightens people and is symbolic of the decline in society,but graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of three types of people; politicians,advertising executives and graffiti writers. The people who truly deface neighbourhoods are the companies that scrawl their giant slogans across buildings and buses trying to make us feel inadequate unless we buy their stuff.They expect to be able to to shout their message in your face from every available surface but you're never allowed to answer back.Well,they started this fight and the wall is the weapon of choice to hit them back. Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place.Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.' Please contact seller,because of the 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: rja667017. ISBN: 1844137864.
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Imprint: LONDON.EBURY PRESS/EBURY PUBLISHING,2013. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with gold colour and b/w lettering to front; 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 black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-326pp [paginated] includes a prologue,37 chapters and an Epilogue, Acknowledgements and About the author to its reverse; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and author's note and contents list/table. In 1995,a film called I.D.,about an ambitious young copper who was sent undercover to track down the 'generals' of a football hooligan gang, achieved cult status for its sheer brutality and unsettling insight into the dark and often bloody side of the so-called beautiful game. The film was so shocking it was hard to believe the mindless events that took place could ever happen in the real world.Well,believe it now. . . Almost twenty years on,the man behind the film has explosively revealed that the script was largely a true story.That man,James Bannon,was the ambitious young copper.The football club was Millwall F.C. and the gang that he infiltrated was The Bushwackers,among the most brutal and fearless in English football. In 'Running with the Firm',Bannon shares his intense and dangerous journey into the underworld of football hooliganism where sickening levels of violence prevail over anything else. He introduces you to the hardest thugs from football's most notorious gangs,tells all about the secret and almost comical police operations that were meant to bring them down,and,how once you're on the inside,getting out from the mob proves to be the biggest mission of all. A disturbing but compelling read,this is the book that proves fact really is stranger than fiction. 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 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: rja779518. ISBN: 9780091951511.
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Imprint: LONDON.Faber & Faber Limited,2021. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE-/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour photographic illustrated front+spine of dw/dj,with capitalised,matt white-lettered title+author name,a critic's other white+orange lettered review; spine/back strip with similarly coloured+lettered author+title as front's,and publisher's white-lettered colophon to foot of same,rear panel with black background with critic's white+orange lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,creasing to edges and corners - front top corner minisculely bumped and dw/dj's concomitant tip also minisculely rubbed with reciprocal loss,rear corners similalrly bumped - but no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp,clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's original plain orange paper-covered boards; front board with an indeterminate small splash stain other wise clean,with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt lettering to spine,a black headband and immaculate plain black endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-355pp [paginated] includes 6 sections as the story moves between London,Donostia,London,Dublin,Donostia and Dublin again with 1,6,1,8,19,10 and 1 chapters each,respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title +title pages,a dedication,individual section separator pages,and to the rear,publisher's advertisement for the first Detective Inspector Strafford novel (Snow) with a blank reverse,and 4pp blanks. The follow up/sequel novel in the Inspector Strafford series, after 'SNOW', the first title. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable, and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an acceptable example for its lack of other detracting faults. 'Northern Spain is southern Ireland,' she said. 'It rains all the time,everywhere is green,and everyone is Catholic. You will love it.' On the idyllic coast of San Sebastian, Spain, Dublin pathologist Quirke is struggling to relax - despite the beaches,the cafes and his disarmingly lovely wife. So when he glimpses a familiar face in the twilight at the bar Las Arcadas, it's hard, at first, to tell whether his imagination is just running away with him. Could she really be who he thinks she is, and have a connection with a crime that nearly brought ruin to an Irish political dynasty? Unable to ignore his instincts, Quirke makes a call back home and Detective St John Strafford is soon dispatched to Spain. But he's not the only one on route: as a terrifying hitman hunts down his prey, they are all set for a brutal showdown. 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: 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: rja1101123. ISBN: 9780571363582.
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Imprint: LONDON.MARTIN SECKER & WARBURG LTD.1997. UK,small 8vo wraps,Uncorrected Bound Proof,1st edn. [Often of limited availability the text of a forthcoming book,is printed and bound in softcovers for use by the author,editors,proof-readers and some favoured reviewers.For undecorated printed wraps,with minimal publication data imprinted - the produced/released number of copies would almost certainly be less than 500,and most probably would tend to be around 200 copies.For glossy pictorial illustrated wrappers,produced numbers are often higher than 200,but either have a scarcity to them.Often errors or earlier versions of text appear in these proofs.Versions where the text has changed considerably are obviously considered more desirable by their nature.] FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from card cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,matt,author colour portrait painting illustrated upper wrap,with author's capitalised,brown-lettered name and other black-lettered title to front cover,a matt,black spine/backstrip with capitalised,red-lettered author name and other white-lettered title,rear cover with white-lettered synopsis and publisher's promotion's information and 2 critics' white+red lettered reviews,and publisher's white-lettered ISBN,publication date and price.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges bright,crisp and clean with no ageing/toning nor any foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - seems unread.UK,small 8vo wraps,Uncorrected Bound Proof,1st edn,3-244pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-4 but no chapter numeration; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,an epigram,and individual Pts separator pages. Visually,the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it’s 25+ year-old age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral paperback Proof.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for it’s brightnesss, cleanliness and lack of any other or age-acquired detracting faults commonly encountered in a paperback issue. Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples. 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: rja1156324. ISBN: 0436199912.
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Imprint: LONDON.SECKER & WARBURG,1993. UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.[2nd novel in his 'Frames' trilogy,with 'The Book of Evidence' and 'Athena',the other two novels.Banville was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 1989 for 'The Book of Evidence', and eventually won the prize in 2005,with 'The Sea'.] NFINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,neat,black ink,handwritten author's signature to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,protected,author colour portrait painting illustrated upper wrap,critics' reviews to rear panel of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges or corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal - basically the only fault. Publisher's bright,unblemished,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate pale blue/grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,3-244pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,4 Pts and 2pp blanks to rear. A nameless man,a man with a past,nursing his guilt for a nameless crime,waits on an island for the god of redemption to arrive.What comes instead is a strange band of castaways who play out an imitation of life: the life that he forfeited years before.Their loves,fears,regrets and false hopes remind him of what he has lost, while one of their party - the mysterious Felix - reminds him of the past he wants to forget.The twin shadows of the guilty man and his unwelcome visitor cast a long chill over the Arcadian isle - suffered as it is with the rosy pinks of Watteau and the timeless spirit of comedia dell'arte - until the novel's painted backdrops begin to roll away and reveal the simple, terrible drama of crime and its punishment. Invoking all lost souls and every enchanted island,the book is an extraordinary balance of gaiety and menace - a dark comedy shot through with anguish,a dream of passion and loss.The record of a tormented journey back to the 'human world',of despair assuaged by art and imagination,'Ghosts' is a theatrical and exquisitely written fiction by one of our finest living writers. Please 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 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: rja26587. ISBN: 0436199912.
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Imprint: LONDON.Faber & Faber Ltd.,2023. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated front of dw/dj with capitalised,white-lettered title and sub-title and author's name,along with author credit as Bestselling author of 'SNOW'; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author and title as the front's and publisher's white-lettered colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with critics' blue+white-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges bright,crisp,clean without blemish/ foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound – pristine,as new - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain pale blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettering to spine/backstrip,a black headband, and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,3-341pp [paginated] includes 3 instalments/sections comprising 1,5,and 10 chapters and an Epilogue and Author's Note to last paginated page (pp341); plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,an epigram page (Sir Thomas Wyatt),individual instalment/ section separator pages,pp339/40 blank and publisher's 2pp advertisement for author's already published 'SNOW' and APRIL in Spain' the first two Strafford & Quirke mystery novels. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness, brightness and lack of detracting faults. The Sunday Times bestselling author of 'Snow' and 'April in Spain' returns with Strafford and Quirke's most troubling case yet. 1950s Dublin, in a lock-up garage in the city, the body of a young woman is discovered, an apparent suicide.But pathologist Dr Quirke and Detective Inspector Strafford soon suspect foul play.The victim's sister, a newspaper reporter from London, returns to Dublin to join the two men in their quest to uncover the truth. But, as they explore her links to a wealthy German family in County Wicklow, and to investigative work she may have been doing in Israel, they are confronted with an ever-deepening mystery.With relations between the two men increasingly strained, and their investigation taking them back to the final days of the Second World War, can they join the pieces of a hidden puzzle? 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: US 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: rja1116124. ISBN: 9780571370979.
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Imprint: LONDON.DAVIS-POYNTER LTD.,1972. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped to dw/dj. Laminated,colour photographic,illustrated dw/dj; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - most light creasing is to top edges.Top edge very lightly dust- soiled as usual/normal,but clean,fore-edge bright and generally clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine. Unblemished,plain black paper-covered boards with bright,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vi-viiipp+1-292pp includes half-title +title pages,author preface,contents list, 30 chapters and 2pp blank to rear. Fact that reads like fiction.The inside story of the Israeli Secret Service.The duping of the British by Israeli intelligence in 1946.The murder of Count Bernadotte.The smashing of the terrorist gangs: Irgun Zvai Leumi,Stern gang,Union of Fanatics.The breakup of Israeli espionage in Bagdad.The bombing of British and US property in Egypt.Searching out Egyptian and Russian spies in Israel.How the CIA backed Nasser.Tracking down fugitive SS criminals. Full details of stunning intelligence coups in the Arab world.How Israeli intelligence saved De Gaulle.Nasser's secret weapons. 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 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: rja1352. ISBN: 0706700333.
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Imprint: LONDON.WALKER BOOKS LTD.,1994. UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by J. P. Lynch,illustrated dw/dj panels,with black+green lettering to front; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A small indent,without penetration,centrally to front spine/backstrip's gutter's edge and lightly affecting concomitant spot beneath.A small closed tear to foot of same too.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.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glazed boards with dw/djs' repeated design/illustration with bright,crisp,black ink printed letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate beige illustrated endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,44pp [unpaginated includes endpapers],colour illustrated title page,medieval style illumination designs to page border edges,part page and 15 full-page,full colour,2 double-page full colour illustrations by J. P. Lynch throughout the text and the book. Catkin is a cat so small that he can sit on the palm of a man's hand.He lives with a Wise Woman at the top of a hill,at the foot of which live a farmer,his wife and their only child,Carrie. Seeing some danger coming towards the girl,the Wise Woman gives Catkin to her as a guardian - and the two love each other dearly.But one day, while Carrie sleeps in the bushes and Catkin chases a butterfly,the Little People come out from their home inside the hill and take the child,leaving a changeling in her place.Only Catkin can rescue her.He must go into the land of the Little People and win her back from their Lord and Lady,whose riddles and powers of enchantment will test his courage and cleverness to the full. 'Catkin' has the richness and resonance of a favourite fairy tale.Enchantingly written by the author of 'The Mousehole Cat' - see my book ID rja368110 - it is illustrated with dazzling skill,beauty and imagination by J. P. Lynch. Antonia Barber has written many books for children,including 'The Mousehole Cat',which was the Smarties Book Prize children's choice.It was also commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal and won the British Book Award as Illustrated Children's Book of the Year.It has now been dramatized as an animated film.She has twice been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal - for 'Ghosts' (later turned into the popular film 'The Amazing Mr Blunden') and 'The Ring in the Rough Stuff'. Patrick James Lynch born 2 March 1962,Belfast, grew up in 'The Troubles',known professionally as P. J. Lynch,is an Irish artist and illustrator of children's books.Attended Brighton College of Art and on leaving in 1984, he began working on children's books.His first illustrated book,Alan Garner's 'A Bag of Moonshine' - a collection of folklore tales from England and Wales - won him the 1987 Mother Goose Award.Since then folklore - traditional stories,legends,and fairy tales — has been a recurring subject of his work.He has also won the Kate Greenaway Medal for 1995 and 1997. 'The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey' by Susan Wojciechowski,published by Walker Books in 1995, proved to be very popular in the US,with sales in excess of 1 million copies.It also won the Christopher Medal,and a movie based on the book was released in 2007.He won his second Greenaway Medal two years later for illustrating 'When Jessie Came Across the Sea' by Amy Hest (London, Walker Books, 1997). As well as a children's book illustrator, J. P. Lynch has created posters for both Opera Ireland and the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.He has also illustrated four sets of Christmas stamps,as well as other individual stamps.In 2006 Lynch completed work on two large scale murals in oils,on the theme of Gulliver's Travels for the Cavan County Library. 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: rja746517. ISBN: 074452573X.
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Imprint: UK.EXETER,DEVON.OBELISK PUBLICATIONS,1998. UK,8vo wraps,author SIGNED,1st edn.NMINT. Author inscrptn:'Good Luck! Chips Barber', to title-page.Appears an unread copy as no spine/backstrip creasing.Glossy,colour scenic photographic upper wrap; with negligible shelf-wear to edges.Top+fore- edges bright and clean,contents pristine. UK,slim 8vo,2-96pp includes title page, contents list,intro,b/w maps,profuse b/w scenic photographs,73 sections of questions. There are many people who think they know a lot about Dartmoor,but when the proverbial 'push comes to shove' they are often found wanting, with obvious gaps in their Dartmoor education.Here then is your chance,in the privacy of your own home, to test your own knowledge of the moor,its heritage,history,towns and villages,its writers,folklore and so on.The very nature of putting together something like this is something of a 'hit and miss' affair because there will be some of you who may find your intelligence insulted by the easier items whilst there are others who will,perhaps,pull their hair out in sheer desperation at what would appear to them to be an irrelevant or obscure detail.We are all different and all know different things about the moor.The author is described as a 'Dartmoor expert' which he disputes, stating 'there are far more things I don't know than I do know!' As you progress through the book, you will probably discover a degree of repetition, so if you work your way through from start to finish you might 'improve'.The book only covers the tip of the iceberg in Dartmoor literature and knowledge because it is a place that many have laboured long and hard to study and try and get to know. After extensive research amongst both Dartmoor enthusiasts and quiz addicts, the author was assured that most people prefer NOT to have the answers readily to hand.By not putting the answers in the back of the book, maximum room has been created for extra questions! However, when you reach that point of frustration when you really have to know, there is an address for a FREE set of answers to put you out of your misery at the rear of the book! 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: rja2030. ISBN: 1899073760.
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Imprint: LONDON.WALKER BOOKS LTD.,1990. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn. FINE/NFINE.Residual impression of erased pencilled,previous owner's name (in childish hand) to top of title-page,and no price clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj; with negligible creasing to edges,a small nick with slight rubbing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean.Publisher's bright,clean, original plain green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and blue marbled-effect endpapers. Slight rubbing to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip and all four corners - mainly due to shelf-wear.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn,32pp [unpaginated] includes colour vignetted title-page,12 full-page,plus 1 double-page,full colour illus all by Nicola Bayley. At the far end of England is the fishing village of Mousehole,so named because of the smallness of its harbour mouth.Once,a cat called Mowzer lived there with an old fisherman called Tom; and Mowzer's life was very pleasant,because Tom loved her and she loved Tom.Every day they ate mouthwatering meals of fresh fish - morgy-broth,baked hake,kegeree,or star-gazy pie. But then,one terrible winter,the Great Storm-Cat came clawing and snarling and leaping at the harbour walls so that no boat could go out to fish.And soon,with Christmas coming,there was no food left in Mousehole. It was then that Tom and Mowzer set out in their little boat,to try and save their village.As they crossed the harbour towards the Mousehole gap,the voice of the Great Storm-Cat rose all around them like a giant caterwauling; and Mowzer knew that either she must soothe the Storm-Cat's anger,or she and Tom must surely die. Antonia Barber tells this dramatic and moving story so well that the sweet voice of Mowzer and the fury of the Great Storm-Cat seem to sing from the page; and the strength and beauty of Nicola Bayley's illustrations bring a vivid and shimmering sense of truth to this long-ago Cornish adventure. Nicola Bayley,born Singapore,1949.Studied graphic design at St. Martin's School of Art and illustration at the Royal College of Art.Soon after she left college,Jonathan Cape published her first illustrated children's book,'Nicola Bayley Book of Nursery Rhymes',which was outstandingly successful and was followed a year later by 'Tyger Voyage' - see my book ID's rja424112,rja424212 (miniature 1st edns/books) and rja424412,rja424512 for true UK,1st edns; both books were translated into seven languages. The fantasy world that she paints is secure and tranquil and full of carefully worked detail.Her jewel-like colours are sometimes applied with a distinctive stippling technique to produce a varied texture.She is particularly well-known for her pictures of cats and her most popular books include 'The Patchwork Cat' (see my book ID rja28608) and,for Walker Books,the series 'Copycats'.She is also the illustrator of 'Merry-Go-Rhymes' and 'Bedtime and Moonshine' (both Walker Books). Want some more Nicola BAYLEY illustrated books/titles? Please check my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue for other and similar titles. 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja368110. ISBN: 0744507030.
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Imprint: LONDON.WALKER BOOKS LTD.,1990. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour pictorial artwork by Nicola Bayley,illustrated front+rear panels of dw/dj,with dark blue lettering to front; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges or corners.Some minor, minimal and superficial scoring/indents to both panels,but without too adversely affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,original plain green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and blue marbled-effect illustrated endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn,32pp [unpaginated] includes colour vignetted title page,12 full-page,plus 1 double-page,full colour illustrations all by Nicola Bayley. At the far end of England is the fishing village of Mousehole,so named because of the smallness of its harbour mouth.Once,a cat called Mowzer lived there with an old fisherman called Tom; and Mowzer's life was very pleasant,because Tom loved her and she loved Tom.Every day they ate mouthwatering meals of fresh fish - morgy-broth,baked hake,kegeree,or star-gazy pie.But then,one terrible winter,the Great Storm-Cat came clawing and snarling and leaping at the harbour walls so that no boat could go out to fish.And soon,with Christmas coming,there was no food left in Mousehole. It was then that Tom and Mowzer set out in their little boat,to try and save their village. As they crossed the harbour towards the Mousehole gap,the voice of the Great Storm-Cat rose all around them like a giant caterwauling; and Mowzer knew that either she must soothe the Storm-Cat's anger,or she and Tom must surely die. Antonia Barber tells this dramatic and moving story so well that the sweet voice of Mowzer and the fury of the Great Storm-Cat seem to sing from the page; and the strength and beauty of Nicola Bayley's illustrations bring a vivid and shimmering sense of truth to this long-ago Cornish adventure. Nicola Bayley,born Singapore,1949.Studied graphic design at St. Martin's School of Art and illustration at the Royal College of Art.Soon after she left college, Jonathan Cape published her first illustrated children's book,'Nicola Bayley Book of Nursery Rhymes',which was outstandingly successful and was followed a year later by 'Tyger Voyage' - see my book ID's rja424112,rja424212 (miniature 1st edns/books) and rja424412,rja424512 for true UK,1st edns; both books were translated into seven languages. The fantasy world that she paints is secure and tranquil and full of carefully worked detail.Her jewel-like colours are sometimes applied with a distinctive stippling technique to produce a varied texture.She is particularly well-known for her pictures of cats and her most popular books include 'The Patchwork Cat' and,for Walker Books,the series 'Copycats'.She is also the illustrator of 'Merry-Go-Rhymes' and 'Bedtime and Moonshine' (both Walker Books). Want more Nicola BAYLEY illustrated books /titles? Please check my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue for other and similar titles. 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja858319. ISBN: 0744507030.
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Imprint: UK.SUFFOLK.BOYDELL PRESS,1989. UK,Large Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn but price-clipped dw/dj. Bright,clean,glossy,laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj [depicting a furious melee from a late 14thC Florentine cassone (wedding chest) - Musee, Tours; photograph Scala - the border is from the opening page of the contemporary biography of Jacques de Lalaing (Bibliotheque Nationale,Paris)]; with negligible shelf- wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Head+foot of spine/ backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean.Bright,clean,orange paper-covered boards with colour,mediaeval scenic illustrated feps+b/w similar contemporary scenic,rear eps.UK,large Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-225pp includes b/w scroll vignette illustrated half-title, double-page colour illustrated title page, contents list,illuminated colour illustrated frntis,prologue,8 chapters, epilogue,glossary,profuse b/w+colour contemporary illustrations,select biblio, notes and an index. The romantic image of the tournament, where steel-clad knights fought to win the love of ladies watching them,has perhaps been the reason why serious historians have tended to regard them as frivolous occasions.Lately,however,this attitude has changed,and the present book,which draws on recent research,is the first to present a coherent picture of the tournament. The subject proves to be a fascinating one, giving an extraordinary range of insights into the medieval mind,and into the origins of many of the attitudes that colour life and behaviour in the western world today.The tournament is the first sport for which detailed rules and regulations survive: from its history emerges the concept of 'fair play',and the word itself survives as a description of many of today's sporting events.There are unexpected parallels with modern sport - the problems of public order,with entire towns on full police alert for tournaments,and the emergence of sporting heroes whose prowess has little practical aplication.The tournament reflects,as might be expected,the history of warfare; but many aspects of theatre are also found in the tournament.Indeed,every theatre censor in Europe until the last few decades would have banned the occasion in 1428 when the Spanish king and his knights jousted on Sunday dressed as God and the Twelve Apostles.The details of tournaments yield unexpected and lively vignettes of mediaeval life: a father's proud record of his son's first tournament,an 80-year-old knight jousting with his grandson,a knight begging for advice on 'magic arts', knights practising in the streets of Venice with bells on their trappings to warn bystanders to get out of the way. The visual aspects of the tournament are shown in a series of illustrations which bring the text vividly to life,and which include some of the finest surviving mediaeval manuscripts.Heavy tome - 1.3Kg unpackaged!! Please contact seller,because of the value and the weight of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! US/Canada/S.America and other Zone 1 countries - book not available due to UK Post Office's prohibitive shipping costs - check on Royal Mail's dot com website - unless prepared to pay that shipping - my apologies! Stock number: rja22956. ISBN: 0851154700.
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Imprint: LONDON.ORION BOOKS,2008. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,red monochrome illustrated dw/dj,with b/w and reddish-brown lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and 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,would appear unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's immaculate,bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-341pp [paginated] includes a prologue and 44 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,acknowledgements,and to the rear,a note about the author. Canadian author's second book,his first 'No Time for Goodbye' an acclaimed bestseller. When the Cutter family's next-door-neighbours, the Langleys,are gunned down in their house one hot July night,the Cutter's safe,predictable existence is instantly shattered.For violent death to have come so close to them is as shocking as it is inexplicable.The Langleys were an ordinary suburban family.If they could be the victims of an act of random brutality,then surely nobody's safe. But although he feels guilty for thinking it, Jim Cutter can take one positive from the tragedy: if the Langleys were just in the wrong place at the wrong time,then at least lightning is unlikely to strike twice in the same spot. Unless,of course,the killers went to the wrong house . . . At first the idea seems crazy.But with no other plausible explanation for the Langley slayings, Jim finds himself wondering if his own family could be harbouring secrets he knows nothing about - and so begins a disturbing journey of discovery that will turn the Cutter's world upside down. The final secret,the secret that could save them or detroy them,is in the one place nobody would ever think of looking . . . 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: rja563115. ISBN: 9780752888620.
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Imprint: LONDON.ORION BOOKS,2008. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,red monochrome illustrated dw/dj,with b/w and reddish- brown lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and 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,would appear unread apart from my own collation.Immaculate, bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-341pp [paginated] includes a prologue and 44 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,acknowledgements and to the rear,a note about the author. Canadian author's second book,after his debut 'No Time for Goodbye' - an acclaimed bestseller. When the Cutter family's next-door-neighbours,the Langleys,are gunned down in their house one hot July night,the Cutter's safe,predictable existence is instantly shattered.For violent death to have come so close to them is as shocking as it is inexplicable.The Langleys were an ordinary suburban family.If they could be the victims of an act of random brutality,then surely nobody's safe. But although he feels guilty for thinking it,Jim Cutter can take one positive from the tragedy: if the Langleys were just in the wrong place at the wrong time,then at least lightning is unlikely to strike twice in the same spot. Unless,of course,the killers went to the wrong house . . . At first the idea seems crazy.But with no other plausible explanation for the Langley slayings,Jim finds himself wondering if his own family could be harbouring secrets he knows nothing about - and so begins a disturbing journey of discovery that will turn the Cutter's world upside down. But the final secret,the secret that could save them or destroy them,is in the one place nobody would ever think of looking . . . Since April 2013,and 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,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja758117. ISBN: 9780752888620.
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Imprint: LONDON.VIKING PENGUIN,1998. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,orange monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj,with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Dw/dj's spine/backstrip inevitably and lightly sunned/ faded.Top+fore-edges with ubiquitous but lightly ageing/toning,otherwise bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, would appear unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered - bottom two corners bumped with reciprocal creasing,front corner bumped the more heavier - original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain tan endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-277pp [paginated] includes 20 chapters; plus [unpaginated] blank half-title,title page,a dedication,an epigram and 2pp blanks at rear. During the hazy Newcastle summer,Nick's grandfather Geordie lies dying.A proud and resilient man,he has long outlived his peers but not the memories of his youth.As Nick watches, Geordie starts to relive the horrors surrounding his brother's death in the painful days before his own. Meanwhile at Lob's Hill,on the other side of the city,Nick and his pregnant wife Fran are failing to keep the peace in their increasingly fractious home.Looking after two-year-old Jasper is an exhausting business,made more so by the resentments of stepchildren Gareth and Miranda.In an attempt to unite the family Fran organizes the children into decorating the living room.Gradually,as the old wallpaper is peeled away,a vigorous and obscene drawing of an Edwardian family is revealed.The portrait is an excercise in hate: it reveals the history of their home,casting a terrifying shadow over the family. As events at Lob's Hill unfold,Nick begins to learn his grandfather's buried secrets,and comes to understand the power of old wounds to leak into the present. 'Another World' is an extraordinarily powerful study of memory,and of the various ways in which the violent past returns to haunt and distort the present. 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja566915. ISBN: 0670870587.
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Imprint: LONDON.VIKING,2001. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with black+red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Inevitable,but light sunning/fading of spine/backstrip of dw/dj.Top edges lightly marked with minimal,sporadic dust-soiling spotting/foxing - but still bright and clean,fore-edges brighter and cleaner and not affected with any foxing/spotting; 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 dark red cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a black+silver striped headband,and immaculate plain pale beige eps.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-215pp [paginated] includes 22 chapters,plus [unpaginated] blank half-title page,title page,a dedication and 2pp blanks at rear. Tom Seymour is a child psychologist who has worked in the north of England for many years.One day,while walking by a river near his home,he rescues a young man from drowning,and realizes that it's Danny Miller,a child murderer at whose trial he once gave evidence. Evidence he has since come to regard as flawed. Danny has served his sentence and is out of prison.Now he's asking for Tom's help. But as Tom is drawn back,reluctantly,into Danny's troubled world,he begins to question Danny's motives - and his own. In 'Border Crossing',her most gripping novel to date (then 2001),Pat Barker brilliantly grapples with huge moral issues: childhood and innocence, environment and heredity,the narrow border between good and evil.This is Pat Barker writing at her sinewy,confident best. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and inthis year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its compensation rates too! So,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: rja513615. ISBN: 0670878413.
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Imprint: LONDON.WILLIAM COLLINS SONS and CO LTD.,1998. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Preceded by US,(NY), Poseidon Press (1988) trade HB+dw/dj 1st edn,and US,(NY),Poseidon Press. (1988) Limited edition of 750 signed and numbered copies and the US,Poseidon/Doubleday Book Clubs HB (1988).This the first UK,(London),Collins 1989 HB edn of only 2,300 copies.] FINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - these generally believed to be export edns,released prior to trade's issue in the country of its origin.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,colour pictorial artwork illustration by David Scutt,illustrated front of dw/dj,with author's capitalised,yellow-lettered name,a capitalised,red-lettered title and a capitalised,white-lettered strap line to same; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered name+title as front's and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered+illustrated name and colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with author's superimposed b/w portrait photograph on illustration's background. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges unusually - with 4 distinct bands of varying widths of toning to signatures; two light and two slightly darker,the top's bands with faint, sporadic foxing aand the fore-edges also similarly affected; but 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,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered, original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,15-252pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-5 comprising 6, 4, 4, 4 and 7 chapters respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title with critics' reviews of author's already published titles to its verso and the followng 3pp,b/w thumbail illustrated title page,a dedication with an epigram (Domingo D'Ybarrondo,A Bestiary of the Soul) to its verso,a Contents list/table,individual Pts separator pages with an epigram and a b/w illustration to its verso,some random b/w illustration chapter tail-pieces,a Contents list/table and to the rear,2pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and even internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 30+ year-old age. It is only the minimal faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall. Despite them,it really is still is an exemplary example for its overall cleanliness and lack of other detracting faults. Believing himself responsible for horrific crimes,Boone secludes himself in a remote Canadian necropolis,pursued by hunters and a woman who loves him,in a short novel accompanied by four short stories - these four comprise Volume 6 of the 'Books of Blood.' 'One of the things I wanted to do with the book was to set up a classic stalk-and-slash psycho, the 20th century monster on the loose - Decker - against the historical, mythological and fairy tale version of 'the monster' which is what Boone and the Nightbreed are.' - Clive Barker. 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: rja1124624. ISBN: 0002235730.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,1989. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Want more Clive BARKER titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED catalogues. 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: rja429. ISBN: 0671626884.
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Imprint: LONDON.SPHERE BOOKS,1984. UK,slim 12mo p/back Original,anthology,1st edn,4th imp. [Complete number line 10 - 4 descending. 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 p/back Originals are either the only format,or published prior to any other format. UK's Hardback 1st edn, Wiedenfeld & Nicolson,London (1985),the US,HB,1st edn,Berkley (NY) a year later,1985.Sphere Books (UK) also reissued/reprinted this title in 1987 also - these are a much more common issue compared to this listing which are scarcer - particularly in a grade as this.] NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover.Bright crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,card covers with glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Clive Barker,illustrated front card cover,with author's capitalised,black lettered name and similarly coloured +lettered VOLUME I in a white rectangular panel at top edge of front,along with a Stephen King red-lettered review,and black-outlined red-lettered title to panel too; a red triangle to spine's lower front corner with white lettered credit of 'CLIVE BARKER Winner of the 1985 World Fantasy Award' text; a black spine/backstrip without any reading creases and non-sunned red-lettered title and white lettered Volume I and publisher's white illustrated colphon and capitalised, white-lettered name to foot of same,rear cover with stories' red+white lettered straplines. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present and almost scoring-free but for a single line part-way across front cover (visible only under angled light.) Top +fore-edges ubiquitously aged/toned but without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - unread other than my own collation.UK,slim 12mo p/back Original,anthology,1st edn,4th imp,ix-xpp+1-149pp [paginated] includes a Ramsey Campbell Introduction,6 stories; plus [unpaginated] preamble,title page,a dedication with Acknowledgements to its verso,a Contents list/table,and to verso of last page,publisher's advertisement and cut-out Order form. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and even internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 40 year-old age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral p/backedn. It is only the minimal,minor faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness and lack of other detracting faults. Six horror stories include "The Book of Blood," "The Midnight Meat Train," "The Yattering and Jack," "Pig Blood Blues," "Sex, Death, and Starshine," and "In the Hills, the Cities." 'The Midnight Meat Train' a grisly subway tale that surprises you with one twist after another; 'The Yattering and Jack' about a hilarious demon who possesses a Christmas turkey; 'In the Hills,the Cities', an unusual example of an original horror premise; 'Dread', a harrowing non-supernatural tale about being forced to realize your worst nightmare; 'Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament', about a woman who kills men with her mind. No horror library is complete without them. 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: rja1124224. ISBN: 0722114125.
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Imprint: LONDON.FONTANA/Collins,1990. UK,Large 8vo wraps,1st edn.VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price-removal from rear card cover.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,wrap- around colour pictorial artwork with red+ white letters to front card cover,the once red letters now faded/sunned to white on the spine/backstrip - the sunning/fading extends round to an approx. 3cm-wide, vertical band on front cover,adjacent to spine - spine is also without any reading creases,the rear cover with author's superimposed thumbnail b/w portrait photograph and white lettered text.With negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - but some inevitable but minimal,minor indent impressions and minimal superficial scoring,mostly to front cover.Contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread, apart from my own collation.UK,Large 8vo wraps,1st edn,9-233pp [paginated but 240pp in total,as last 7pages are unpaginated, i.e not numbered] includes Barker's foreword,The Making of Nightbreed by Mark Salisbury and John Gilbert,Barker's screenplay,profuse b/w original sketches,drawings storyboards and film's b/w film photographic stills throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] b/w thumbnail sketches(2) illustrated half-title page,b/w illustrated title page with another pair of different thumbnail b/w sketches to its reverse,a contents list/tablea foreword separator page with blank reverse and the aforementioned last 7pp at end of book,These last pages consist of a double-page b/w storyboard illustration with blank reverse,b/w photographic representation of film advert (front of house) and author's large b/w portrait photograph - thee last two pages also with blank reverses. Described hard but fairly and honestly. Internally the book is superb,it's just the exterior presentation that slightly degrades it.Uncommon and still an acceptable example though. 'Nightbreed',based on his bestselling novel,'CABAL',is the latest film (then 1990) from the astonishing imagination of the multi-talented writer and director Clive Barker. CLIVE BARKER'S NIGHTBREED - illustrated throughout with original sketches, storyboards,designs for sets and monsters, and photographs taken during filming - shows how the writer's vision is brought to the screen. Clive Barker's foreword reveals his fascination with the horror genre,while his screenplay allows us to experience the terror of the film itself.In a special introduction by Mark Salisbury and John Gilbert (who was once,himself,the editor of the late FEAR magazine),the concept behind the film is examined and actors, producers and designers talk about Nightbreed - destined to become a classic of cine-fantastique. Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK and all overseas buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded, after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free. ** This item offered P+p Free,offer available UK only. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/ rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja939821. ISBN: 0006381367.
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Imprint: LONDON.SPHERE BOOKS,1985. UK,slim 12mo p/back Original,anthology,1st edn. [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 p/back Originals are either the only format,or published prior to any other format. US p/back 'LORD OF ILLUSIONS' includes CABAL - not in UK p/back edn,Pocket Books,but not until 1995. UK's Hardback 1st edn, Wiedenfeld & Nicolson,London (1985),the US's,Limited HB,1st edn,Scream Press,Los Angeles (1991) in 333 signed and boxed copies and also later, Subterranean Press,2014 in 2 versions: 500 slipcased (with Vols.1(signed) - 5) and 26 traycased (with Vols.1(signed - 5). Sphere Books (UK) also reissued/reprinted this p/back title in 1987 also - these issues are a much more common issue compared to this listing which are scarcer - particularly in a grade as this - this then the TRUE,UK First edition.] VG++.No owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover.Bright crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,card covers with glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Clive Barker, illustrated front card cover,with author's capitalised,black lettered name and similarly coloured+lettered VOLUME I in a white rectangular panel at top edge of front,along with a Time Out red-lettered review,and black-outlined red-lettered title to panel too; a red triangle to spine's lower front corner with white lettered credit of 'CLIVE BARKER Winner of the 1985 World Fantasy Award' text; a black spine/backstrip without any reading creases and lightly sunned/faded red-lettered title,and white lettered Volume VI and publisher's white illustrated colphon and capitalised,white-lettered name to foot of same,rear cover with stories' red+white lettered straplines. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present and almost scoring-free but for both covers with some mininl,superficial scoring/indents,and a couple of laminate wrinkles and an adhesive $ price label to rear cover.Top+fore-edges ubiquitously aged/toned but without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - unread other than my own collation.UK,slim 12mo p/back Original, anthology,1st edn,1-152pp [paginated] includes 7 stories; plus [unpaginated] author's potted biography, title page,a dedication,and a Contents list/table. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and even internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral p/back edn.It is only the minimal,minor faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite them,it really is still an exemplary example for its cleanliness and lack of other detracting faults. In this,the sixth and final volume of CLIVE BARKER'S BOOKS OF BLOOD,five new stories of darkness unleashed. Quintet (5) horror stories include 'The Life of Death', Hidden in the crypt of the derelict church she found Decay and Corruption in all its terrible glory.But such glamour can prove infectious; 'How Spoilers Bleed', They committed a crime no jury could convict them for. But there were other judges,other punishments. . . 'Twilight at the Towers',Ballard was the perfect spy.A man with all the cunning of an animal.Or was it vice versa?; 'The Last Illusion' (A Harry D'Amour Novella), New York had shown Harry horrors enough for a dozen lifetimes.He thought he'd seen the worst that flesh could suffer. Then the beautiful widow walked into his life,with a husband who wouldn't lie down dead,and all Hell on her heels.And suddenly Harry was face to face with forces that could teach Manhattan a lesson in depravity . . . and 'On Jerusalem Street',After the end,a new beginning: walking the highway of the dead . . . No horror library is complete without them. 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: rja1124424. ISBN: 0722114125.
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Imprint: LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN and COMPANY,1999. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,omnibus,1st edn thus. [Originally published as individual volumes in UK paperback Originals in 1985.As an HB Omnibus,originally published UK,Weidenfeld & Nicolson,London,1987.As a paperback omnibus Warner Books,1998.As a HB omnibus,this first published by Little,Brown and Company,1999,so a 1st edn thus. NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around,glossy,non-credited colour pictorial illustration,illustrated dw/dj with capitalised, yellow lettered title to front; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title and publisher's white illustrated+lettered colophon and name to foot of same,rear panel with front's repaeted illustration and white lettered synopsis and 2 critics' - one of them Stephen King's - reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges though with age acquired toning are clean without foxing or spotting; contents tight,clean with page-edge toning,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/unblemished,sharp-cornered,glazed boards with dw/dj repeated design/illustration and lettering riginal to boards and spine/backstrip too,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, omnibus 1st edn, includes Volumes 1- 3 of Books of Blood; 1-149pp, 1-150pp and 1-182pp [paginated] and comprising 6,5 and 5 stories respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,3 individual Books Volume separator pages,3 individual Contents list/tables,4pp blanks between Volume 1 and 2,2pp blanks between Volume 2 and 3,and to the rear as last page,10pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 20+ year-old age. It is only the minor toning fault described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall. Despite that,it is still an exemplary example for its cleanliness and lack of other detracting faults. Initially,the concept started life as re-writes of about five stories he had originally written three years earlier, stories which proved to be too strong for some readers.Originally submitted to an editor at Gollancz,she found them to be among the most disgusting things she had ever read.The paperback house SPHERE,by contrast, accepted them at once,and gave the author a firm committment to publish anything else.Published as paperback originals and paperback 1st edns, the only other hardback issues were the 1985 Weidenfeld & Nicolson,200 limited,signed+ numbered,3 vols sets and the 3 single trade hardback edns; dw/dj's illustrated by Barker. Sphere also published an omnibus hardback edn but only containing Vols 1+2 (1984). Here are the stories written on the Book of Blood.They are a map of that dark highway that leads out of life towards unknown destinations. Few will have to take it.Most will go peacefully along lamplit streets,ushered out of living with prayers and caresses. But for a few,the horrors will come,skipping,to fetch them off to the highway of the damned . . . Gathered together for the first time in one volume,here are sixteen mind-shattering stories from the awesome imagination of World Fantasy Award winning author Clive Barker. They will take you to the brink - and beyond. . . 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja1124524. ISBN: 0316853674.
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Imprint: LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN,2009. UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE+/NFINE+. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with b/w,silver and yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Rear,lower corner minimally bumped and a small dent about an 1" further along before the corner and to the same edge - bump+ dent reciprocated to dw/dj - else,no other faults.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread? Bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered - apart from already aforementioned corner, publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,BLblocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a black+silver striped headband,and immaculate grey speckled endpapers. UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viii-xvipp+4-485pp includes a Contents list/table,a Preface,Notes to text,Pts 1-5 comprising 6,5,5,4,5 chapters respectively,an Epilogue,16pp in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp138/9 and pp330/1 of colour (the majority) and b/w reproductions from contemporary illustrations etc.,Notes,a Bibliography,a Chronology of Key events, Acknowledgements and an Index.Plus [unpagiated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,a Contents list/table,3 b/w historical maps of France,2 genealogical family trees (English & French Royal lines) all drawn by John Gilkes,note about author to rear,along with 4pp blanks at rear also. In her best-selling 'Agincourt',Juliet Barker gave us the definitive narrative of Henry V's extraordinary victory over the French.Now,in 'Conquest',she tells the equally remarkable,but largely forgotten,story of the dramatic years when England ruled France at the point of a sword. Henry V's second invasion of France in 1417 launched a campaign that would put the crown of France on an English head.Buoyed by victory,his conquest looked unstoppable: by the time of his premature death in 1422,almost all of northern France was in his hands.The Valois heir to the throne had been disinherited and it was Henry's infant son who became the first English king of France. Only the miraculous appearance of a visionary peasant girl - Joan of Arc - would halt the English advance.Yet despite her victories,her influence was short-lived: Henry VI had his coronation in Paris six months after her death and his kingdom endured for another twenty years.When he became of age he was not the leader his father had been. It was the dauphin,whom Joan had crowned Charles VII,who would finally drive the English out of France. 'Conquest' brings to life these stirring times - the epic battles and sieges,plots and betrayals - through a kaleidoscope of characters from John Talbot,the 'English Achilles',and John,Duke of Bedford,regent of France,to brutal mercenaries,opportunistic freebooters, resourceful spies and tragic lovers torn apart by conflict. Please contact seller,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: rja511315. ISBN: 9781408700839.
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Imprint: LONDON.FREDERICK WARNE,2000. UK,slim 16mo HB+dw/dj,1st thus.[First published by same publisher,1997.This special edn (2000.) is a compilation of Barker's earlier works spanning 1923-1948, with entirely new transparencies of her original watercolours using the most modern electronic scanning methods.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Cicely Mary Barker,illustrated dw/dj,with black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. Some tiny,tiny snicks to head+foot of spine /backstrip's front gutter's edges and front top corner where the laminated has broken down.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Dw/dj design repeated to bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered glazed boards and immaculate plain green endpapers.UK, slim 16mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,18-254pp [text/verse paginated - illustrations are unpaginated],120 colour illustrations by Cicely Mary Barker.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,b/w line illustrated/ vignetted frntis - recto+verso,and a contents list/table.An A-Z (Alder to Zinnia) anthology of flower,tree,blossom and berry fairies - each with an accompanying verse. The originals of some 15 of the watercolours have been lost,so a 1st edn was used to reproduce some of the pictures/ fairies.Amongst them; the Windflower Fairy, the Dandelion,the Stitchwort,the Daisy,the Dog-Violet,the Speedwell and the Cowslip etc.,etc. Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973) British author-illustrator born in Croydon,Surrey. Studied part-time at Croydon School of Art but was largely self-taught as an illustrator.Working mainly in watercolour but sometimes in b/w,she became one of the most accomplished illustrators of her period.Her works show a Kate Greenaway- like predilection for ravishingly pretty children in idealised village or rural settings; like Kate Greenaway,she was often her own versifier,and her books were thus largely of her own creation.She was best known for her flower fairies - appealing drawn children in picturesque botanic costumes,in marked contrast to the adult and essentially theatrical tradition earlier found in Walter Crane's floral masques.Her books were mainly published by Blackie & Son.She also designed Christmas cards (published by the Girls' Friendly Society),and a stained glass window for St Andrew's Church,Croydon.One of her pictures was purchased by Queen Mary.She was also,a close friend of Margaret Tarrant,and lived in Sussex for much of her life. 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: rja541615. ISBN: 0723246831.
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Imprint: LONDON.FREDERICK WARNE/PENGUIN GROUP,2000. UK,16mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Book size about 4" x 6" // 10x15 cm. Her individual books/titles were originally published between 1923 - 1948. First published by same publisher in this edition in 1997.The originals of some illustrations have been lost and so some 15 extra colour illustrations have been added to this first gift edition.The reproductions in this book have been made using the most modern electronic scanning methods from entirely new transparencies of her original watercolours.] FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - which generally indicates an export copy,which precedes the UK's trade issue.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Cicely Mary Barker,illustrated dw/dj, with black lettering; 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,publsher's sharp-cornered,glazed boards/covers with repeated dw/dj design and clean pale green endpapers.UK,16mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,17-254pp [paginated] includes an A-Z (Alder to Zinnia) anthology of flower,tree,blossom and berry fairies) - collection of 120 individual Flower Fairy colour illustrations/ watercolours by Cicely Mary Barker with accompanying poems; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a b/w line illustrated recto+verso page,and 6pp contents list/table. In 1923 Cicely Mary Barker's first book, 'Flower Fairies of the Spring',was published.Its immediate success led to the addition of more titles until,twenty-five years later,Cicely had completed the series of Flower Fairy books.With each book,Cicely grew in artistic confidence although from the first her accuracy of botanical detail and the delicate charm of her young fairies captivated both children and adults alike. This beautiful treasury contains a collection of the best-loved Flower Fairies illustrations with their poems.The watercolour illustrations are reproduced from the recently reoriginated printing plates so that their delicacy and detail can be seen to the finest advantage and Cicely's skilled craftsmanship as an artist can be fully appreciated. The enchanted world of the Flower Fairies is beautifully represented in this gift edition,making this a book to treasure for always. The 15 lost originals of the watercolours include amongst them; the Windflower Fairy,the Dandelion,the Stitchwort,the Daisy,the Dog-Violet,the Speedwell and the Cowslip etc.,etc. Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973) British author-illustrator born in Croydon,Surrey. Studied part-time at Croydon School of Art but was largely self-taught as an illustrator.Working mainly in watercolour but sometimes in b/w,she became one of the most accomplished illustrators of her period.Her works show a Kate Greenaway- like predilection for ravishingly pretty children in idealised village or rural settings; like Kate Greenaway,she was often her own versifier,and her books were thus largely of her own creation.She was best known for her flower fairies - appealingly drawn children in picturesque botanic costumes,in marked contrast to the adult and essentially theatrical tradition earlier found in Walter Crane's floral masques.Her books were mainly published by Blackie & Son.She also designed Christmas cards (published by the Girls' Friendly Society),and a stained glass window for St Andrew's Church, Croydon.One of her pictures was purchased by Queen Mary.She was also,a close friend of Margaret Tarrant,and lived in Sussex for much of her life. 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,that 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 any inexpensive 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: rja768718. ISBN: 0723246831.
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Imprint: LONDON.EBURY PRESS/an imprint of EBURY PUBLISHING,2013. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE-/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around white background with subject/author's colour portrait part-photograph illustrated lower edge of front of dw/dj,with capitalised,glossy gold colour-lettered 'FORK HANDLES',lower case,glossy black-lettered 'the bery vest of' and capitalised, glossy black-lettered 'RONNIE BARKER' to front ,along with Michael Palin gold+black lettered quotation; matt black spine/backstrip with capitalised,glossy gold-colour lettered FORK HANDLES and remaainder of title in white lettering and publisher's capitalised,white lettered+ illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with subject's colour portrait truncatedl photograph,and 4 critic's reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - head+foot of spine minisculely bumped with reciprocal creases.Top edges lightly toned with minimal,sporadic and faint foxing spots,fore-edges brighter,crisper,and clean without foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip,and immaculate repeated thumbnail illustration of Ronnie Barker's bespectacled head to white background endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-333pp [paginated] includes a Foreword by Ronnie Corbett, 6 sections: Early Sketches, The (Almost) Silent Comedies, The Two Ronnies: The Two Handers, TTR: The Monologues & Spokepersons, TTR: Assorted Sketches, TTR: The Serials ,and 13 Songs; interspersed subjects' contemporary b/w biographical photographs and contemporary TV b/w stills photographs throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, a Contents list/table with a pair of the subjects' b/w portrait photograph/film stills to its reverse,and to the rear,2pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 10 year-old age. It is only the exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher overall grading. Despite that,it really is still an exemplary example for its cleanliness and lack of detracting faults. Loved by millions and collected here for the first time is the very best of Ronnie Barker’s classic sketches, monologues, songs, and, of course, the brilliant two-handers that he wrote for The Two Ronnies.Celebrating his genius for comic wordplay, this wonderful collection includes "Pismonouncers Unanimous," "An Appeal for Women," "Swedish for Beginners," and the nation’s favorite sketch, "Fork Handles." As talented a writer as he was performer, Ronnie Barker was behind the best known Two Ronnies’ material. His comedy writing was so prolific that he began using the pseudonym Gerald Wiley while working on 'Frost on Sunday', which he continued when making 'The Two Ronnies', so eager was he to ensure that his writing was judged on its merit alone. Showcasing the work of a true comic icon, and one of the best writers and comedians of the twentieth century, 'Fork Handles' is every bit as warm and funny as Ronnie Barker himself. Ronnie Barker, considered to be one of the greatest entertainers of his generation, was loved by millions for his roles in classic shows: 'The Frost Report','Open All Hours', and 'Porridge' and not forgetting 'The Two Ronnies'. 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja1094223. ISBN: 9780091951399.
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