BARTOLI, CECILIA:
MARIA (Maria Malibran,1808-1836.)

Imprint: LONDON.DECCA MUSIC GROUP,2007.
Edition: UK,Limited Edn,32mo BOOK & DVD/CD.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Limited Edn,32mo BOOK & DVD/CD.[A Limited edn DVD/CD tribute to Maria Malibran,a Spanish mezzo-soprano who commonly sang both contralto and soprano parts,and was one of the most famous diva/opera singers of the 19th century.] FINE. No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - as issued - CD/DVD in pasted card wallet to rear pastedown on rear board.Bright,crisp,clean,monochrome portrait photograph of Cecilia Bartoli with gilt,grey and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and acreasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or bumps present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear readig creases to any pages' corner - would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Text in English,French,German and Italian.Bright,clean,monochrome portrait photograph of Cecilia Bartoli to sharp-cornered front+rear paper-covered card boards and immaculate colour photographic illustrated endpapers.UK,Limited Edn,32mo BOOK & DVD/17 track CD,8-146pp [paginated] includes colour photographs throughout the text and the book. Cecilia Bartoli leads a tribute to the extraordinary life of Maria Malibran,the first female superstar in music history.A meteoric career,which ended abruptly with her death at the age of only 28,made Maria an international celebrity.Surrounded by scandal and mystique,she was muse to the most important opera composers of the era.She was worshipped as the public goddess of Romanticism.Cecilia Bartoli follows La Malibran's unique journey through the musical capitals of the world. Cecilia Bartoli accompanied by the Orchestra La Scintilla,led by Ada Pesch. Maria Malibran: 1808-1836 - London 1825-36,New York 1825-1827,Paris 1827-1832,Bruxelles 1829- 1832,Napoli 1832-1835,and Milano 1834-1836. 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,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: rja636416. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

BARTON, FIONA:
The Child.

Imprint: LONDON.BANTAM PRESS/TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS,2017.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

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 (£12.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj with black,dark green and white lettering to front panel,white lettered spine/backstrip,rear panel with dark green+white lettered critics' reviews; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corners – pristine,appears unread, apart from my own collation.Publisher’s bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked white lettered spine/ backstrip,a b/w striped headband and immaculate/clean plain slate grey sets of endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-363pp [paginated] includes 86 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and to the rear, acknowledgements and note on author. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. When a paragraph in an evening newspaper reveals a decades-old tragedy,most readers barely give it a glance.But for three strangers,it's impossible to ignore. For one woman,it's a reminder of the worst thing that ever happened to her. For another,it reveals the dangerous possibility that her darkest secret is about to be discovered. And for the third,a journalist,it's the first clue in a hunt to uncover the truth. The child's story will be told. Author's debut novel,'The Widow' was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and has been published in thirty-five countries and optioned for television.This her second novel,'The Child',was a Sunday Times bestseller.Born in Cambridge (UK), she currently lives in south-west France. Previously,a senior writer at the Daily Mail,news editor at the Daily Telegraph, and chief reporter at the Mail on Sunday, where she won Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards.Whilst working as a journalist,she reported on many high-profile criminal cases and she developed a fascination with watching those involved, their body language and verbal tics.She has interviewed people at the heart of these crimes,from the guilty to their families,as well as those on the periphery,and found it was those just outside the spotlight who interested her most . . . 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. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA 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: rja980921. ISBN: 9780593077719.

£ 8.00 (approx. $US 10.41 )

BASCOMB, NEAL:
RED MUTINY: Mutiny,Revolution and Revenge on the Battleship Potemkin.

Imprint: LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,2007.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

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,red+black illustrated wrap-around dw/dj,with red,white and orange lettering to front and spine/ backstrip,orange+white Lenin quote and orange+white lettered critics' reviews to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered - exception of top two corners each with a minimal bump,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked red ink lettering to spine/ backstrip,and clean maroon endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,x-xvpp+4-363pp [paginated] includes author's 3pp note with b/w Black Sea regional map to reverse of last page,a prologuePts I-III comprising 5,12 and 5 chapters respectively,8pp contemporary b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp176/7,and an epilogue; Dramatis Personae, acknowledgements,research notes and a 12pp bibliography,notes and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and contents list/table, and 4pp blanks at rear In June 1905,the sailors of Imperial Russia's newest and most powerful battleship,the Potemkin,killed their captain and raised the red flag of revolution.Subjected to atrocious conditions,they were led to rise up against their tyrannical officers by a band of dedicated revolutionaries. The spur had been a consignment of rancid, maggot-infested meat purchased by the ship's supply officer,the intended result, a fleet-wide mutiny that would in turn trigger a nationwide revolution.But it was not to be. With uprisings quelled aboard other warships,the crew found themselves alone on the Black Sea with the rest of the Russian navy in pursuit.Hunted and hounded from port to port,the mutineers entered Odessa,sparking the bloody insurrection later immortalised in Sergei Eisenstein's film 'The Battleship Potemkin'.Rebellions broke out all over Russia,with massive riots in the big cities.For a few weeks it seemed that Nicholas II,already facing defeat in his war with Japan,would be overthrown. As Lenin said at the time,'The Rubicon has been crossed',for though the Black Sea mutiny ultimately failed to launch the great revolution,it exposed the rot within the country's bloated regime.Neal Bascomb paints a vivid portrait of the men at the centre of events,from sadistic naval officers to hardened revolutionairies,from the hapless tsar to the leader of the mutiny,Afanasy Nikolayevitch Matyushenko. Drawing on long-closed Soviet archives, 'Red Mutiny' is a thrilling tale threaded through with dramatic adventure,epic naval battles,treachery and heroic sacrifice. 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: rja911420. ISBN: 9780297846482.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

BASS, BILL and JEFFERSON, JON:
Death's Acre - INSIDE THE LEGENDARY 'BODY FARM'.

Imprint: LONDON.TIME WARNER BOOKS (UK),2004.
Edition: UK.8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Not indicated as a reprint or a subsequent impression - merely states first published 2003,by same publisher as this edition,but in 2004.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/j.Bright,clean, matt,wrap-around colour scenic photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - almost as new.Top+fore-edges minimally aged,but bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Publisher's bright,clean,original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,red ink blocked letters to spine/backstrip,sharp corners and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,vii-xvpp+1-299pp [paginated] includes Acknowledgements,a Contents list/table, Patricia Cornwell Foreword (book's title was also the title of her 5th Dr Kay Scarpetta novel),20 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w photographs between pp142/3,Appendices (2),an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and 2pp blanks to rear. In 1981 Dr William Bass founded the Antropology Research Facility at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.It was the first,and remains the only,institution in the world dedicated to research into the timing of post-mortem human decomposition.It quickly acquired the nickname 'the body Farm' - phrase given international recognition after Dr Bass assisted Patricia Cornwell with her forensic research and she used the sobriquet as the title for the 5th Dr Kay Scarpetta novel.The notion that knowledge was desperately needed about the minutiae of how our bodies decay after death struck Dr Bass in the early 1960's when he was asked if he could estimate the interval since a dead cow had been killed by cattle rustlers:he had to reply that there was no known scientific method of establishing that fact. The seed remained in his mind and began to take firmer root in 1977 while he was examining some human remains that appeared to be only a few months old,when in fact the time since death was more than a century.This episode spawned the Body Farm; in the decades since,the research facility and its founder have revolutionised forensic science and have successfully helped to prosecute hundreds of criminals. Besides detailing the meticulous work on the Body Farm - the study of the effects of humidity,temperature,clothing and shelter on bone and flesh,and how insects and bacteria leave a now easily interpreted trail - and describing how numerous killers were brought to justice through Dr Bass's work. 'Death's Acre' also offers a fascinating and intriguing chronicle of a visionary scientist who has inspired his peers and who has helped shape the art of forensic investigation into the remarkable science it is today. 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 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: rja31878. ISBN: 0316725277.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

BASU, SHRABANI:
FOR KING AND ANOTHER COUNTRY: INDIAN SOLDIERS ON THE WESTERN FRONT 1914-18.

Imprint: LONDON.BLOOMSBURY,2015.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,monochrome photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with black ink,fluorescent mauve and fluorescent gilt 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 - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain maroon cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped fluorescent mauve+gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a mauve+white striped headband and immaculate contemporary historical b/w photographic (Indian cavalry soldiers and Indian foot soldiers) front+rear respectively,endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xiv-xxviipp+2-224pp [paginated] includes recto page of Dramatis Personae, an introduction,13 chapters and an epilogue,16pp contemporary sepia+colour photographs and illustration reproductions in 1 block,between pp100/1,appendix,notes, a biblio,acknowledgements and an index, plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, dedication,poetry extract (Sarojini Naidu, 'The Gift of India',1915) with author's note to it's recto,contents list/table,b/w Frontline,Western front,1914 map,and verso page of Dramatis Personae. Over a million Indian soldiers fought in the First World War,the largest force from the colonies and dominions.They travelled from remote villages in India to the harsh trenches of Flanders and France,for a war they could not comprehend.They fought with unquestioning valour and went on to win the highest bravery awards,but their contribution has been mostly forgotten. 'For King and Another Country' tells,for the first time,the personal stories of some of these Indians who went to the Western Front: from a grand turbaned Maharaja raring to fight for the Empire to an illiterate peasant who won the Victoria Cross; from a sweeper who accompanied the troops only to die in an English hospital to a young pilot,barely out of school,who brought down German airplanes. Shrabani Basu delves into narratives buried in villages in India and Pakistan, as well as British archives,to recreate the War through the eyes of the Indians. There are tales of courage and heroism as well as those of despair and desperation. The book examines the relationship that developed between the Indians and their British officers.Above all,it is about how the Great War changed India and led, ultimately,to the call for independence. [For India,the first experience of Western warfare was to be a turning point as a nation.The country's educated elite began staking their claim for greater autonomy as a prize for the nation's contribution to the war.The Indians had proved their worth and their loyalty,but unfortunately,there was to be no reward. Barely five months after the guns were silenced,General Reginald Dyer opened fire on a gathering largely made up of Sikh men, women and children on 13 April 1919 at Jallianwala Bagh near the Golden Temple in Amritsar.Despite the loyalty of the Sikh troops,their contribution to the war and sacrifice,Dyer ordered his soldiers to continue till the last bullet was fired.It was an act that alienated the nation.The poet Rabindranath Tagore,who had so inspired Wilfred Owen,returned his knighthood in protest,and the Indian freedom struggle took on a new momentum. See my book ID rja388111 Arthur Swinson's: 'SIX MINUTES TO SUNSET' for a related book about the incident.] Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja627116. ISBN: 9789384052911.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

BATES**, H[erbert] E[rnest]:
LOVE FOR LYDIA.

Imprint: LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH,1952.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 3rd imp.VG/VG. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.All corners rubbed,with minimal losses and tears.Head+foot spine/backstrip slightly darkened and also rubbed,with minimal chipping and loss to same. Contents clean and sound. Author's first novel with an English setting that he has written since before the war.The story of a young girl,the daughter of a decaying aristocratic household,and her lovers,of which the most important is the narrator himself. 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: rja1318. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

BATES,H.E**:
THE DARLING BUDS OF MAY.

Imprint: LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH,1960.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG+.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip (12s 6d) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around,colour pictorial artwork by Broom Lynne, illustrated dw/dj,with with white letter to upper panel and spine/backstrip,with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.Some minor,miniscule chipping with miniscule reciprocal loss to both head+foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj.Some miniscule rubbing and reciprocal loss to all four corners of dw/dj.Upper panel of dw/dj has it's spine/ backstrip's gutter edge also lightly rubbed it's entire length; with small closed nicks/tears to both the top and the bottom gutter's edges.Rear panel of dw/dj, similarly affected,but with less prominent nicks/tears.Top edge of dw/dj has 4 tiny, tiny snicks (2 each to each panel's top edge).Described hard,but fairly and honestly - nowhere as bad as it sounds or may read - 99.9% present and virtually complete.Top+fore-edges dust-soiled and darkened/aged; fore-edges also tanned/ aged,but to a much lesser degree and therefore appears much brighter; contents remarkably clean - given the book's age - bright,tight,solid and sound - foxing free with a mirrored,tiny,light non-foxing blemish to lower page-edges of pp134/5 and lower 1/3rd of centre-fold to same pages.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain brick-red cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip, with the inevitable light,off-set foxing to both pastedowns from dw/dj's inner flaps - else eps bright and clean. Miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip with a miniscule (1/16th") horizontally faded edge strip to head of spine/backstrip,the foot of same minimally and minisculely frayed.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5- 157pp [paginated] includes 9 chapters,plus [unpaginated],half-title+title pages,and 2pp blanks at rear. 'The Darling Buds of May' is a picture of the spiv-like Larkin family,who live on the fat of the land while all else about them decays,and has something of the gay, exuberant,abundant quality of a Breughel. The Larkins,with their passion for eating and drinking,dodging taxes,making love and drawing up their own peculiar and uninhibited moral code,face life as many of us would like to face it if we dared - richly,robustly and with no single thought for consequences or tomorrow.They behave as naturally as the nightingales whose song floods the woods on the edge of their junkyard paradise; they flourish as happily as the darling buds that give the book it's title. They are as pungent and real as earth and their crazy comedy of living,making a mockery of social values,restrictions and fears,blows through the book like a breath of spring. Since April 2013,and in March 2015,and again in 2016 too,the UK Post Office has increased it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its weight allowances, dimensions and lowered its compensation rates too! So,please contactseller,because of the lighter 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: rja465513. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 40.00 (approx. $US 52.06 )

BATTRICK, ELIZABETH:
THE REAL WORLD OF BEATRIX POTTER.

Imprint: UK.NORWICH.JARROLD,1987.
Edition: UK,12mo s/back,1st edn.
Binding: Colour,pictorial card covers.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,12mo s/back,1st edn.VG+.No owner inscrptn,National Trust sticker - 'Purchased at HILLTOP the home of Beatrix Potter' - to rear wrap's lower left-hand corner.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,laminatedcolour photographic illustrated wraps; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges and wraps - no nicks or tears present.Contents bright,tight and clean.UK,12mo (approx 6.5" tall x 4.75" wide)wraps,1st edn,2-63pp [paginated] +title page,includes profuse colour+b/w photographs throughout the text. 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: rja27807. ISBN: 0711701776.

£ 5.00 (approx. $US 6.51 )

BAUM**, L. FRANK:
The Wizard of Oz.**

Imprint: UK.DORKING,SURREY.TEMPLAR PUBLISHING,2007.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt colour pictorial artwork illustrated upper panel of dw/dj,by Wayne Anderson,with pale green+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present,with majority of any of the light creasing to top edges of dw/dj. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glazed boards with colour,pictorial repeated dw/dj design to them,and immaculate pale green endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,11-158pp [paginated] includes author introduction,24 chapters,20 full-page,full colour,back-to-back artwork illustration - all by Wayne Anderson and all called for - throughout the text and the book.Plus [unpaginated] a b/w vignette illustrated name bookplate-style page (unused - no owner name),half-title page,b/w vignette illustrated title-page,and separate contents and illustrations lists/tables. Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies,with Uncle Henry,who was a farmer,and Aunt Em,who was the farmer's wife. [First lines . . .] This is the story of Dorothy,a little farm girl from Kansas,who is whisked away by a cyclone and dropped into the Land of Oz. With the Tin Woodman,the Scarecrow,the Cowardly Lion and her dog Toto,Dorothy makes her way along the Yellow Brick Road to the City of Emeralds to meet the wonderful Wizard of Oz. 'And oh,Aunt Em! I'm so glad to be at home again!' [. . . last words.] 'The Wizard of Oz' is one of the most famous of all children's stories.Its author L. Frank Baum set out to write a truly American fairy tale and it was with this in mind that he created the story of Dorothy and her dog Toto,both whisked away from Kansas to the magical kingdom of Oz. Many people's familiarity with this wonderful story comes from seeing the 1939 film masterpiece and,indeed,the basic elements of the original story are all there.There are some notable differences, however.In the film,the Wicked Witch of the East's silver shoes become ruby slippers,while Dorothy's journey to Oz, presented as real in the book,becomes a dream in the film. Baum wrote 14 'Oz' books,with Dorothy enjoying numerous adventures in and around 'Oz',appearing in seven of them. Wayne Anderson was born in Leicestershire England in 1946.Leaving school at 15 he went to Leicester College of Art,spending 4 years studying graphic design.He then went to London spending 5 years working freelance.His work has been used in advertising,magazines and for posters and greetings cards.He has made two animated films - one,featuring his drawings,was shown on British television - and has originated and illustrated two children's books in collaboration with Christopher Logue; 'Ratsmagic' (UK,Qrto HB,Cape 1976), for which he won the American Society Illustrators' Gold medal,and 'The Magic Circus' (UK,Qrto HB,Cape 1979) - see my book ID rja31058.He has won the National Art Library Illustration Award (UK) and has illustrated numerous books,including 'The Tin Forest','The Dragon Machine','The FLIGHT of DRAGONS' (see book ID rja529015) and 'Twenty-five December Lane',among many others.See also book ID rja31058 - 'The Magic Circus',rja665217 - 'A Mouse's Tale' and also rja728617 - 'Moon Dog' for others of his books/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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja534715. ISBN: 9781840115871.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

BAUMANN ,KURT:
Dozy and Hawkeye - transl+adapted from the German by Ruth Cornish-Bowen & Paul Langridge:

Imprint: LONDON.HUTCHINSON JUNIOR BOOKS LIMITED,1974.
Edition: UK,slim Qro HB, minus dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , Minus (issued?) dw/dj.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qro HB,minus (issued?) dw/dj,1st edn.[The true 1st edn, published as 'Der Schlafhund und der Wachhund',Nord Sud Verlag,Zurich,1972,which was followed by this English 1st edn thus.]VG.No owner inscrptn.Bright,clean,glossy laminated orange background with colour pictorial artwork by Ralph Steadman,illustrated upper bd,black letters/text to non-illustrated rear bd; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping to edges and corners and near immaculate,plain white eps.Spine/ backstrip lightly sunned/faded,the sunning /fading spreads approx 6/10th" (15cms) horizontally inwards from spine/backstrip edge on upper bd and vertically the bd's height too - rest of the front board is unaffected - due to proximity of a similar sized book,preventing further sunning/ fading,when on shelf or in storage. Corners minimally rubbed with miniscule loss.Some minor indents along both the front+rear top edges; a few minor scoring/ indentations to rear bd,one in particular, vertically from bd's bottom edge up towards the top edge with some minimal coloured paper loss - noticeable but not excessive.Described hard,but fairly and honestly - still an acceptable,collectable state/condition given book's scarcity.UK, slim Qro HB 1st edn,32pp [unpaginated] + feps, includes colour illustrated title-page,colour illustrated dedication page, another 8 single-page colour illus,and 7 full-colour,double-page colour illus - all by Ralph Steadman. In a small town overrun by mice there lived a man with two dogs.One was very lazy and the other was a perfect watchdog, always alert.They were known as Dozy and Hawkeye.Not only did Dozy sleep all the time but he wouldn't stop growing.It was a great worry to both the man and the people of the town. However,even the lazy have their uses and it was Dozy that solved the problem of the mice,though not in the way that was originally intended.Ralph Steadman's marvellous illustrations combine with the text to make a delightful and unusual picture book. Ralph Steadman,born 1936,in Wallasey,near Liverpool.Educated at Abergele Grammar School,North Wales.Apprentice engineer with the De Havilland Aircraft Company. Served in the RAF (1954-56).Caricaturist, sculptor,painter,printmaker:also writer of music and songs. Contributor to Punch,Private Eye [UK satirical magazines),The Times and The Daily Telegraph (UK newspapers) [1961-69], to Rolling Stone (1970-79), and the New Statesman (since 1979).A winner of the Francis Williams Illustrations Award (1972) with Alice in Wonderland(1967). Has travelled extensively in America,Canada, Europe and the Orient. As a caricaturist,Steadman has been influenced by the German expressionist George Grosz and the American Saul Steinberg.He was one of the artists (another was Gerald Scarfe) who,during the 1960's broke away from the tradition of gentlemanly realism established in the 19thC by John Tenniel to explore the realms of passion,fantasy and nightmare. Significantly,perhaps,he took up the challenge of illustrating 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking-Glass', (first illustrated by Tenniel) and proved to be the only 'Alice' illustrator since Arthur Rackham to succeed in creating convincing images that owed nothing to Tenniel's authoraitative iconography.His more recent illustrations to 'Sigmund Freud' have been described as 'the mature work of an artist in sympathy with a genius and through that sympathy finding new reaches in his own capabilities' (Michael McNay: The Guardian,6th July,1982.). Since April 2013,again 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 compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja473914. ISBN: 0091196302.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

BAVIER, BOB:
America's Cup Fever: An Inside Look at 50 Years of America's Cup Competition.

Imprint: UK.HANTS.NAUTICAL PUBLISHING CO LTD.,1980.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour photographic illustrated dw/dj, blue+b/w lettering with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - one tiny closed tear to head of spine/backstrip,with internal aged sellotape repair - text unaffected.Top+ fore-edges clean,contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Clean,pale blue paper-covered bds with white cloth blind spine and blue lettering and bright,clean,plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vi-xvpp+ 1-240pp [paginated] includes foreword by Rod Stephens,13 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w photographs throughout the text and the book,appendices(2); plus [unpaginated] half-title+itle pages, b/w photographic frntis and contents list/ table. The America's Cup!The one sailing event which captures the popular imagination, receives international press coverage,and has never been lost to any foreign challenger (then 1980!). Every three years,select boats from around the world compete against each other for the right to meet the American defender in the choppy seas off Newport, Rhode Island.No one is more qualified to trace the development of modern Cup competition than Bob Bavier,sailor extraordinaire,defending helmsman aboard 'Constellation' in 1964,and President of Yachting Magazine.Reaching back over 50 years,from his first sail on 'Weetamoe' as a teenager in 1930,through the early years of Twelve Meter matches after the War,up to the potentials for the latest duel, Bavier has drawn an exciting picture of the boats and men who have made the America's Cup the premier sailing race in the world. Here are all the colourful characters!The great designers: Olin Stephens,always calm and always learning; Alan Payne,the Australian draightsman whose 'Gretel' was easily the fastest boat; Brit Chance, brilliant but arrogant; plus the current crew of whiz kids: Dave Pedrick,Johan Valentjin and Ian Howlett.The helmsmen: the "voice," Ted Turner; intuitive Ted Hood; Mr Clean himself - Bill Ficker; high-pressure Bus Mosbacher; and the men behind the new boats,Russell Long,Ted Turner,John Oakeley,Dennis Connor,Pelle Peterson,the ever-present Baron Bich. . . .only one will claim the silver for his country.There are only winners in the America's Cup,no second places.That's the way of match racing. Not only does Bavier cover the details of match racing,he goes into the intricacies of computers on board,why the early leader often loses,and the psychology of Twelve Meter racing.He goes into the controversies over the use of Twelve Meter boats,the famous protests and the role of the Selection Committee,often discussed and rarely understood.With great acumen, Bavier talks about the future of the America's Cup and the chances,domestic and foreign,for an eventual foreign win. Whether designer,builder,crew,helmsman,or syndicate head - Bavier has known them all,and knows the new faces too. He's either raced aboard or carefully examined all the new boats,talked to all the participants and has the added advantage of being on the New York Yacht Club Selection Committee.Nobody could give you a clearer view or more unexpected inside information.'America's Cup Fever is the book for the race if the year! 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/value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja29188. ISBN: 0245536191.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

BAWDEN**, NINA:
CIRCLES OF DECEIT.**

Imprint: LONDON.MACMILLAN, 1987.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to protected dw/dj.Colour pictorial (non-credited) artwork,illustrated upper wrap,literary reviews rear wrap; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to dw/dj edges - no nicks or tears present - miniscule bumping with reciprocal creases to head of spine/backstrip.Top edge lightly aged and lightly dust-soiled as usual/normal,fore-edges less aged and considerably cleaner; contents bright, tight and clean.Unblemished plain slate- grey paper-covered boards with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-188pp includes half-title+title pages. A subtle and compelling story of human suffering enveloped in a comedy of deception,it is the achievement of a writer at the height of her powers. Narrated by a painter who specialises as a copyist - 'an honest craftsman; not a cheat,not a forger' - this is his story: 'bothered by bills and artistic conscience in about equal measure,physically short and rotund like my merry,dead grandfather, but unlike him (I hope for his sake) susceptible to,bullied and badgered by women.' His women: Clio,his child-bride, wilful,deceptive,dependent; Helen,his first wife,his beloved betrayer; and Maisie,his mother,redoubtable and straightforward,yet not altogether what she seems.Major figures on the canvas, they confound lies and truth in a subtle weave, while the silent agony of the painter's son is a poignant reflection on the busy web of deception. And as the copyist transcribes his modern versions of Old Masters,so the past keeps breaking through the surface of the present,until fact and fiction,like art and life,meet in a remarkable conclusion. Elaborate,compelling and beautifully crafted,this moving counterpoint of artistic and emotional deceit confirms Bawden's reputation as one of our most outstanding novelists.Nominated and short-listed for the 1987,Booker Prize.See also rja2077. 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: rja2078. ISBN: 0333446844.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

BAWDEN**, NINA:
SQUIB. [Author SIGNED copy.]

Imprint: LONDON.GOLLANCZ,1971.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED, dedicated+dated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: 'To Alison Best Wishes Nina Bawden 18/XII/71.'

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,dedicated+ dated,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, but neat,ink familial donor gift,dated presentation inscrptn to top edge of ffe, whilst to the recto of same,author's handwritten blue ink,dedicated+dated signature: 'To Alison Best Wishes Nina Bawden 18/XII/71.' to top edge,no price- clip to dw/dj.Both inscrptns are to the same named recipient/person (Alison). Bright,crisp,clean,4-colour block (b/w, brown,blue-green) artwork illustrated dw/dj by Shirley Hughes; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and no fading to spine/ backstrip.Head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.There seems to be a production(?) fault of a light crease/indentation starting on ffe and decreasing in degree to first dozen or so pages.Top edge very lightly dust-soiled/aged with some minimal,sporadic spotting/foxing,fore-edge generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly an unread copy? Bright, clean,sharp-cornered,green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers with the aforementioned inscrptns to both sides of the front free endpaper.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,8-127pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters,3 full-page b/w line illus by Shirley Hughes throughout the text and book; plus [unpaginated] half- title+title pages,and dedication.A really exceptional copy,certainly the best I've handled. Kate Pollack is a girl who likes to get to the bottom of things.An only child and intensely motherly,she worries about Squib,a wordless waif of a boy,who is always in the park when she goes there with Robin and Prue and Sammy,and always stays when they leave.He wears strange, frilly,old-fashioned clothes,and Kate almost believes that he is the ghost of her much-loved brother who was drowned years before. Squib is surrounded by a mystery Kate has to solve: why is he sometimes covered in bruises; why does he never speak; who is he really? But by becoming involved,Kate finds herself in a terrifying situation she is unable to cope with. In Kate,Nina Bawden has created one of her most memorable characters.Shirley Hughes' atmospheric illustrations enhance the text. Nina Bawden British authoress born 1925. A reputation in books for both adults and children,and notable for and 'Carrie's War' (1973) and 'The Peppermint Pig' (1975). Shirley Hughes (b.1927).Born in Hoylake, near Liverpool,daughter of a department store owner.Educated at West Kirby High School.Studied drawing and costume design at Liverpool School of Art,and drawing and lithography at the Ruskin School of Drawing,Oxford.Since then,working freelance,she has illustrated more than 200 books for British,American and Dutch publishers.As an 'intimate chronicler of familiar childhood experience',she has developed a distinctive,easily recognisable way of drawing children, winning the Kate Greenaway Medal (1977) with 'Dogger.' For black and white work, she uses pen and ink,sometimes with brushed-in areas of solid black; for colour,she works up from a fine sepia brush drawing,adding chalk,watercolour, gouache,and finally black ink. The 2nd of 3 Nina Bawden titles that Shirley has illustrated,the first being 'The Witches Daughter' (Gollancz,1966) and the 3rd being 'Rebel on a Rock' - sequel to 'Carrie's War' -(Gollancz,1978). Awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1977 and the Eleanor Farjeon Award in 1984. Awarded the OBE in 1999. Since April 2013,and 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 compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja411012. ISBN: 057500665X.

£ 75.00 (approx. $US 97.60 )

BAWDEN**, NINA:
THE ODD FLAMINGO: A Jubilee reprint.

Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS CRIME CLUB,1980.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Originally published 1954.One of 12 titles of Crime Club's Jubilee reprints especially selected and introduced by Julian Symons. Chosen from titles which appeared under the imprint during the years 1930-1955, and which were out of print at time of selection.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£4.75,which then has an ink cross through it) to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,gilt colour background with b/w Crime Club logo to top of front panel and b/w lettering,rear panel with the other 11 titles from this series advertised to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges with inevitable but very light dust-soiling and toning and minimal sporadic foxing/spotting,fore-edges bright and clean with similar but less foxing/ spotting; contents crisp,bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp- cornered,publisher's original green+black mottled faux leather (rexine?) boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt Crime Club logo to front within a single-line edge border and bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,10- 203pp [paginated] includes 14 chapters; plus [unpaginated] blanks,story's precis, title page and an introduction by Julian Symons. Humphrey Stone was the respected headmaster of a well-known public school. Was it possible that he had been so unwise as to have an affair with the young,very beautiful girl who now confronted his wife in their drawing-room,claiming that he was the father of her unborn child? About the affair there seemed no doubt,for she could produce his love letters.But what about the child? Shaken by doubts,and fearful for her family's future if the scandal became public,Humphrey's wife summoned her husband's oldest friend,Will Hunt,a solicitor,who had always been a little in love with her and through whom the story unfolds.For the murder which soon follows adds terribly to the network of troubles in which Humphrey is already enmeshed,and all Will's seemingly ineffective enquiries lead back to a disreputable little club called The Odd Flamingo,whose members comprise some very weird characters indeed. 'The Odd Flamingo',first published in 1954,was Nina Bawden's second novel.Lovers of a good crime story must regret that she has since turned her talents in other directions,while welcoming the reissue of this memorable and skilful work,with its gripping suspense,foreboding atmosphere, and startling revelation at the end. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja648716. ISBN: 002316145.

£ 11.99 (approx. $US 15.60 )

BAXELL, RICHARD:
British Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War: The British Battalion on the International Brigades,1936-1939.

Imprint: WALES.PONTYPOOL,TORFAEN.WARREN & PELL PUBLISHING,2007.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo wraps,2nd edn.
Binding: Soft cover,photographic wraps., No dw/dj,as issued,wraps.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 8vo wraps,2nd edn.[Firstly and originally published by Routledge(UK) 2004. This is the 2nd edn.This edn published in collaboration with the Canada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies.] FINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - wraps as issued.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, wrap-around contemporary b/w photographic covers,with black+red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Some laminate wrinkling/creasing to front spine/backstrip gutter's edge - no reading creases to actual spine/backstrip.Top+fore- edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,slim 8vo wraps,2nd edn,12-216pp [paginated] includes introduction,7 chapters,contemporary b/w photographs,b/w maps,figures and tables throughout the text and the book,appendices(2),notes,reference andbiblio,and an index,with last page as a publisher's advert for other book/titles. Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, author precis,b/w photographic frntis, contents list/table,list of b/w plates, separate lists of of figures,maps and tables,acknowledgements,and a list of abbreviations. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39, almost 2,500 men and women left Britain to fight for the Spanish Republic.This book examines the role,experiences and contribution of the volunteers who fought in the British Battalion of the 15th International Brigade,asking who were these volunteers? Where did they come from? Why did they go to Spain? And how much did they actually help the Spanish Republic? 'There is a huge literature on the role of the British volunteers in the International Brigades.Some of it inspirational,some of it deeply moving,yet If I could keep only one book on the subject it would have to be the one by Richard Baxell.No one before or since has managed to weld the huge volume of disorganised and confusing memoir material into a clear and coherent political and military chronology and geography. Not only is this entirely serious but it is also extremely exciting.Baxell's book is a classic in the making on the Spanish Civil War.' [Paul Preston,Professor of International History at the London School of Economics. 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: rja531215. ISBN: 9780955419904.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

BAXENDALE**, TREVOR:
DOCTOR WHO: DEEP TIME. [THE GLAMOUR CHRONICLES - Trilogy.]**

Imprint: LONDON.BBC BOOKS,2015.
Edition: UK,12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn.
Binding: Paperback., No dw/dj,wraps - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to cover.Bright, crisp,clean and sharp-cornered,glossy,colour photographic illustrated front cover with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and no reading creases to spine/ backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,unread - apart from my own collation.UK,12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn,7-253pp [paginated] includes a prologue and 21 chapters, acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication and towards the rear 2pp of publisher's other available titles advert. 'I DO HOPE YOU'RE ALL READY TO BE TERRIFIED!' The Phaeron disappeared from the universe over a million years ago.They travelled among the stars using roads made from time and space,but left only relics behind.But what actually happened to the Phaeron? Some believe they were they eradicated by a superior force Others claim they destroyed themselves.Or were they in fact the victims of an even more hideous fate? In the far future, humans discover the location of the last Phaeron road and the Doctor and Clara join the mission to see where the road leads.Each member of the research team knows exactly what they're looking for but only the Doctor knows exactly what they'll find. Because only the Doctor knows the true secret of the Phaeron: a monstrous secret so terrible and powerful that it must be buried in the deepest grave imaginable. THE GLAMOUR CHRONICLES.This trilogy of adventures across time and space follow the Doctor's search for the Glamour,the most desirable - and dangerous - artefact in the universe. An original novel featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Clara as played by Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman. 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: rja790918. ISBN: 9781785940682.

£ 7.99 (approx. $US 10.40 )

BAXENDALE**, TREVOR:
TORCHWOOD: SOMETHING IN THE WATER.

Imprint: LONDON.BBC BOOKS,2008.
Edition: UK,8vo HB boards,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj,card bds,as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB board,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn. FINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj,as issued. Bright,clean,crisp,colour pictorial/photographic illustrated boards with immaculate plain white endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear and bumping to edges and corners.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned,but generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly an unread copy? UK,8vo HB boards,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,7-249pp [paginated] includes 29 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,5pp publisher's advert for other published titles available. Dr Bob Strong's GP surgery has been treating a lot of coughs and colds recently,far more than is normal for the time of year.Bob thinks there's something up but he can't think what.He seems to have caught it himself,whatever it is - he's starting to cough badly and there are flecks of blood in his hanky. Saskia Harden has been found on a number of occasions submerged in ponds or canals but alive and seemingly none the worse for wear.Saska is not on any files,except in the medical records at Dr Strong's GP practice.But Torchwood's priorities lie elsewhere: investigating ghostly apparitions in South Wales,they have found a dead body.It's old and in an advanced state of ecay.And it is still able to talk. And what it is saying is 'Water hag' ... Featuring Captain Jack Harkness as played by John Barrowman,with Gwen Cooper,Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato and Ianto Jones as played by Eve Myles,Burn Gorman,Naoki Mori and Gareth David-Lloyd in the hit series created by Russell T Davies for BBC Television. 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: rja450913. ISBN: 9781846074370.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

BAXTER**, STEPHEN:
FLUX.

Imprint: LONDON.HarperCollinsPublishers/Science Fiction & Fantasy,1994.
Edition: UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.
Binding: Paperback., No dw/dj,p/back as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.[HarperCollins Science Fiction & Fantasy issue/edn and true UK,1st edn p/back.Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.Not to be confused with the HarperCollins/Voyager later imprint of 1998.Uncredited artwork,but identical to that of the scarce,uncommon UK,HB+dw/dj,1st edn of a year earlier, 1993,to this UK p/back issue and entirely different from the later 'Voyager' imprint's artwork.] Near MINT.Wrapped+ protected from day of issue,so no owner inscrptn and no price removal to cover. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial non- credited artwork illustrated front cover with raised silver gilt author name, raised orange lettered title and white lettered critic's quote,silver+orange letters to a black spine,red+white lettered critics' reviews to rear cover; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present.No reading creases to spine/ backstrip and to the rear cover with a couple of minor indents - the only really noticeable fault! Top+fore-edges bright and clean and with toning or blemish; contents similar - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread,apart from my own collation.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn,5-366pp [paginated] includes 29 chapters; plus [unpaginated] note on author,title page and to the rear,a blank with order page to it's reverse.Author's fourth book. Star Humans are microscopic,but their hopes and fears,and loves,are not.And the future of humans everywhere,on Earth and among the stars,depends on their courage in the face of attack by the mighty Xeelee,owners of the Universe. A novel of the Xeelee Sequence,the 3rd, from the acknowledged heir to the visionary legacy of Clarke and Wells, heralding a new Golden Age in science fiction. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight/value of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** UK,buyers please note,p/backs' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before order's despatch,especially if p/back is offered P/p free. ** 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. 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja918321. ISBN: 0006476201.

£ 24.99 (approx. $US 32.52 )

BAXTER**, STEPHEN:
RAFT [A Special Overseas Export edn.]

Imprint: LONDON.GRAFTONBOOKS/an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,[Special Overseas Edition],1991.
Edition: UK 12mo p/back,Special Overseas Export edn,1st edn.
Binding: Special Overseas Edition paperback., No dw/dj - p/back - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,12mo p/back.Special Overseas Export Edition, 1st edn.[Wrapped and protected from day of issue/purchase as MINT,and now recently discovered in an old stock box.] NMINT. No owner inscrptn,and no price removal from cover.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Chris Moore,illustrated front card cover with capitalised,yellow-lettered author name,capitalised silver gilt lettering with thick black outline/shadowing to title and a critic's capitalised,white-lettered review to front cover; a white background to spine/backstrip with capitalised black-lettered author name and capitalised,red letters with thick black outline/shadowing to title and publisher's coloured colophon to foot of same, rear cover with glossy white background with synopsis and 2 critic's red+black-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits and no scoring/indents.Top+fore-edges with very light ageing/toning despite it's storage hibernation but still clean without any foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,and NO reading creases to spine/backstrip either,unread apart from my own collation.UK, 12mo p/back,Special Overseas Edition,1st edn,9- 251pp [paginated] includes 16 chapters; plus [unpaginated] author's potted biography,pair of critics' reviews,a title page,a dedication, Acknowledgements,and to the rear 4pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 30+ year-old age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral p/back. It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                Author's debut novel and the first book in the Xeelee series.  Imagine a universe where the force of gravity is one billion times stronger than on Earth. Where humans detectable gravity fields.Where stars are only a mile across and burn out within a year of their formation.                        Five hundred years after a spaceship acidently crossed into this universe the crew's descendants are struggling desperately to survive.Society is divided into two mutually dependent groups - the Miners,excavating the iron ore of a dead star,and the scientists who live on the Raft,made from the ramshackle wreckage of the ship.Raw materials are exchanged for food - this way their precarious survival is maintained. But for how long?                   Rees is a young boy Miner whose natural curiosity leads him to stowaway on a trade vessel to the Raft.Once there,he is luckily taken on as an apprentice scientist.What he learns is devastating - their world is dying and nobody seems sure how to stop it.                 Rarely has a first novel been so brillaintly conceived. Comparable to the best of Greg Bear or Larry Niven,'RAFT' is unique,wondrous,utterly strange and peopled with believable characters. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight/value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!  N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja1099923. ISBN: ISBN 0586210911.

£ 30.00 (approx. $US 39.04 )

BAXTER**, STEPHEN:
TITAN.

Imprint: LONDON.VOYAGER/imprint HarperCollinsPublishers,1997.
Edition: UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] NMINT/NMINT. Wrapped+protected fron day of issue/ purchase,so no owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,part wrap-around (front+ spine),colour pictorial artwork by Chris Moore,illustrated dw/dj with white,grey and light blue letters to front,blue, white,yellow+orange letters to spine,rear panel with orange and blue+white critics' reviews; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread, apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,stamped fluorescent,metallic blue gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj, 1st edn,3-581pp [paginated] includes a prologue,Books 1-6,an epilogue and an afterword' plus [unpaginated] half- title+title pages,a dedication, acknowledgements,individual prologue, Books,and epilogue separator pages and 2pp blanks at rear. To sail among the rings of Saturn. . .to touch the ground of a new world. . .and to do it now. . . NASA's Cassini probe will reach Saturn in 2004: TITAN is the amazing story of a visionary's response to Cassini's discovery of life on Saturn's moon. Award-winning author Stephen Baxter single-handedly rescues the US manned space programme from near extinction, taking astronauts to the other planets in this extraordinary and gripping novel. 'TITAN' is the epic saga of one woman's will to succeed and the triumph of a dream over bureaucracy and fear.Paula Benacerraf,grandmother and astronaut,is appointed to oversee the dismantling of the Shuttle fleet after another Challenger-type disaster.Instead,she listens to the oddball JPL scientist Rosenberg,who is determined to explore the ammonia-based life Cassini discovers on Titan. NASA's rusting Saturn rockets,mothballed Apollo spacecraft and remaining Shuttles are fitted with as much new technology as NASA can be persuaded to afford - and in the face of violent opposition from the military,frail humans are hurled to the edge of the Solar System.To the edge, also,of sanity. From the acknowledged heir to the visionary legacy of Clarke and Wells,his most ambitious novel yet,a compellingly believable story of our conquest of space as it could still happen. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. 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. 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja915120. ISBN: 0002254247.

£ 19.99 (approx. $US 26.01 )

BAXTER**, STEPHEN:
VOYAGE.

Imprint: LONDON.HARPERCOLLINSPUBLISHERS,1996.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] NMINT/NMINT. Wrapped+protected from day of issue/ purchase - so no owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,part wrap-around (front+ spine only) colour pictorial artwork by Chris Moore,illustrated dw/dj,with blue- grey+white letter to front+spine,rear panel with yellow,white+red critics' reviews; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread,apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-viiipp+1-591pp [paginated] includes author's note,Books 1-6 and an afterword; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and to the rear,b/w diagram ARES Mission Profile (rocket's journey and it's orbital path) followed by 2pp b/w diagrams of space-craft's rendezvous,separation,docking etc., manoeuvres. Baxter's novel tells the story of space exploration as it so easily might have been,had we not lost the desire to look for new frontiers. 'VOYAGE' takes place in a world that almost existed but never was.Here John F. Kennedy survived the assassination attempt in Dallas.From his wheelchair,in 1969,the former president sets NASA a new,daunting challenge: 'At this moment of Apollo's triumph,I would like to set my country a new challenge: to go further and farther than most of us have dreamed - to continue the building of our great ships,and to fly them onward to Mars.' Though Kennedy has no power and President Nixon hates him,his voice carries beyond the clamour of military and industrial lobbies keen to develop the Space Shuttle. Instead,Apollo flights continue,boosted by Wernher von Braun's cherished nuclear rocket.Both are high-risk technologies. . . And when the first ARES mission lifts off for Mars in 1986,it is both a triumphant climax and the end of a long saga of technical and human over-ambition.ARES carries three dedicated people,one of them a woman,who have sacrificed everything to achieve the single goal of reaching another planet: their stories weave through a decade of political drama leading to the transfiguring experience of a year-long journey away from earth. Stephen Baxter is the acknowledged heir to the visionary legacy of Clarke and Wells.In this,his most ambitious novel yet (then 1996),he creates a compellingly believable story of our conquest of space as it should have happened. Please contact seller,because of the weight - approx 1Kg unpackaged 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. 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. 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja915020. ISBN: 0002246163.

£ 19.99 (approx. $US 26.01 )

BAYLEY**, NICOLA:
Nicola Bayley's Book of NURSERY RHYMES.

Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1979.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB,reprint.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB,reprint.[Originally published UK,Jonathan Cape (London),1975 in 8 volumes with pictorial bOARds,NOT to be confused with her first published book 'Book of Nursery Rhymes' same publisher but earlier,in 1973.A revised edn in 1976 and then reprinted in 1977,1978,and 1979. This edn is that last reprint to that date.] NFINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - as issued.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,colour pictorial artwork by Nicola Bayley,illustrated glazed bds with black lettering; some minimal, light and sporadic,superficial scoring+indents. Bright and clean top+fore-edges; contents bright,tight and clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread - apart from my own collation.To each of the last page along with the rear free endpaper,have concomitant,small tears to their top edges,towards vertical gutter's edge.UK, slim Qrto HB,reprint,includes colour pictorial ovoid vignette illustrated title page,32pp [unpaginated],22 colour illustrated nursery rhymes.An opportunity to purchase a single volume of the set to either complete or begin. 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 search 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: rja666417 . ISBN: 0224013378.

£ 6.00 (approx. $US 7.81 )

BAYLEY, STEPHEN - Edited by:
THE CONRAN DIRECTORY OF DESIGN.

Imprint: LONDON.CONRAN OCTOPUS LIMITED,1985.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG++./VG+.No owner inscrptn,and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean, glossy laminated,colour illustrated dw/dj with slight shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges,an internal sellotape repair to rear,top corner split/tear and slightly rubbed top+bottom rear bd's corners.Top edge lightly aged and minimally foxed/spotted,fore-edge brighter, cleaner and not foxed; contents bright,tight and clean.Dw/dj design repeated in black+silver/grey to paper-covered bds with same design repeated to eps,but without the lettering.Qrto,6-255pp [paginated] + half-title+title pages,a contents list/table,a foreword by Sir Terence Conran, author introduction,7 chapters/sections,profuse contemporary b/w+colour photographs+ illustrations (500) throughout the text and the book,A-Z contents+A-Z Entries lists/tables, general bibliography,museums+institutions, acknowledgements and an index of Products and Designs. As mass-produced goods become ever more pervasive in our lives,so the role of design - and those who determine it - becomes increasingly important and subject to scrutiny. THE CONRAN DIRECTORY OF DESIGN provides the key to a better understanding of design today.It is the first comprehensive work of reference on this subject.Authoritative,yet spirited and opinionated,it is a guide to the history of well-designed consumer goods of the last hundred years (then 1985) - a lexicon of names, movements,innovative manufacturing companies,and materials and processes which opened up new possibilities for the designer.Arranged in alphabetical order,the entries combine the essential facts,an analysis of the significant features and an assessment of the subject's contribution to the development of design.While product design dominates,other aspects of design - such as graphics,architecture and fashion - are included where their influence on the styles of the century are inseparable from the industrial objects they affected.The 500 illustrations include not only major achievements in design history,but also contain many surprising and arresting items,and the captions explore the particular stylistic principles behind them. The incisive introductory chapters pinpoint key moments in the history of design, so that the entries and illustrations can be seen within a co-ordinated framework.The cross-referencing system,together with a detailed product index, enables you to trace the designer or manufacturer of any object described in the book.With an ever-growing public awareness of the subject,and new approaches in the ways it is taught,this book is an invaluable companion to design in the late 20thC. Please contact seller,because of the weight - nearly 1.4 Kg unpackaged - 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: rja27337. ISBN: 1850290059.

£ 17.00 (approx. $US 22.12 )

BAYLEY**, NICOLA:
THE NECESSARY CAT: A Celebration of Cats in Picture and Word.**

Imprint: LONDON.WALKER BOOKS LTD.,1998.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 10-1 descending.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Nicola Bayley,illustrated dw/dj,with black+grey(?) and fluorescent gilt 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 - 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 muted brown paper-covered boards with design repeated from dw/dj plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,printed black ink letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain biege endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,16-74pp [paginated] includes profuse colour cat illustrations in a variety of styles and media,literary contributions from various authors throughout the text and the book,an index of titles and first lines, acknowledgements (to rear); plus [unpaginated] colour vignetted half-title+title pages,author foreword,double-page contents list/table,double-page cat themed /named flora illustration, double-page cat themed paper ephemera scrap-book reproduction illustration. Nicola Bayley has collected anything to do with cats for as long as she can remember and she has drawn on this material for 'The Necessary Cat', her gloriously individual homage to the feline race.In this fascinating album,you will find cat toys and plants; odd cat words and even odder cat facts; and cat lore and literature,including nursey rhymes and poems by such luminaries as Eleanor Farjeon,W.B. Yeats and William Wordsworth. Here are exotic cats,wild cats and cats of artistic and literary distinction illustrated in a variety of styles and media,but all displaying the exquisite miniaturist detail and sly sense of humour that distinguish this favourite artist's work.If you love cats or fine art or delightful entertainment,you will love this book.If ever there were a necessary cat,this is it. One of this country's (UK) most highly regarded artists,Nicola Bayley is admired in particular for her pictures of cats.She has illustrated several books,including the 'Copycats' series, 'Fun with Mrs Thumb','The Patchwork Cat' (see my book ID rja28608) and the award-winning 'The Mousehole Cat' (see my book ID rja368110). Nicola Bayley,born Singapore,1949.Studied graphic design at St. Martin's School of Art and illlustration 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja819718. ISBN: 0744519241.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

BEACH.(U.S.N), Capt EDWARD L:
The Wreck of the Memphis.

Imprint: LONDON.JARROLDS PUBLISHERS (LONDON) LTD.,1967.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[True 1st edn was US,8vo HB+dw/dj HOLT RINEHART WINSTON,(NY),a year earlier,in 1966.] VG+/VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,glossy laminated,3-colour block (blue,b/w) pictorial illustrated upper panel of dw/dj (an anchored battle cruiser in heavy seas),with black lettering; author's contemporary b/w portrait photographic illustrated rear panel; with some minimal creasing+rubbing to edges and corners - some light chipping to laminate too.A small (approx 3/4") closed tear towards rear,top spine/ backstrip's gutter edge.Top edges inevitably,but lightly dust-soiled with minimal,sporadic spotting/foxing - along with minimal ageing/toning,fore-edges generally brighter and cleaner with a few grub marks - nothing excessive though; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and near immaculate blue+black map (Santo Domingo Harbour) illustrated endpapers.Bottom edges of boards slightly rubbed with light,reciprocal commensurate fraying.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-312pp [paginated] includes author foreword,18 chapters,4pp contemporary b/w photographs (8 in total) in 1 block,between pp120/1, acknowledgements and an alphabetical index of personnel associated with the disaster and in the rescue attempts - and wives+ widows etc.Plus [unpaginated) half-title+ title pages,a dedication,contents list/ table,and an illustrations list with b/w diagram of USS Memphis,as a frntis,to it's verso.Described hard,but fairly and honestly - nowhere as bad as it reads or sounds! One of the largest battle cruisers ever built by the United States Navy,the Memphis (originally U.S.S. Tennessee in 1904),was utterly wrecked in one of the worst catastrophes ever recorded in naval history.Now,in the swift,vivid prose which distinguished his best-selling book 'Run Silent,Run Deep',Captain Beach tells the full story of the Memphis,of the man (his father) who commanded her,and of the court-martial which shattered a brilliant naval career. On 29 August 1916,the Memphis was anchored off the shoals of Santo Domingo harbour in roughly 50 feet of water.Soon after 3.00 p.m. the ship began to roll,and a short time later a huge wave appeared to the southeast - a wave which raced towards the harbour at 40 miles an hour and which grew until its tops were 80 to 100 feet above the normal level. What happened then - the desperate attempts to raise steam,the violent destruction of the cruiser,the 200 men injured,the 43 killed - is told in objective,minute-by-minute detail by an author who has lived with the tragedy all his life.Captain Beach writes: 'The survivors - their numbers now greatly depleted - meet once a year on the anniversary of the disaster,and it is from them,as well as from Father's old papers and official Navy documents,that I have been able to reconstruct the story of that day.' Edward L. Beach was born in New York in 1918 and entered the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis at the age of 17.During WW2 he served in submarines in the Central Pacific,commanding the U.S.S. Piper in 1945. From 1953-57 he was Naval Aide to the President of the United States,after which he was given command of the nuclear submarine U.S.S. Triton which he took on the first submerged circumnavigation of the world in 1960.Until his retirement from active service at the end of 1966 he was working at the Pentagon.He is also the author of 'Submarine!',the already mentioned 'Run Silent,Run Deep',which was made into a Hollywood film,and of 'Around the World Submerged',the story of U.S.S. Triton's voyage. 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 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: rja532815. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 22.00 (approx. $US 28.63 )