BELL, JOSEPHINE:
ADVENTURE WITH CRIME.

Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1962.
Edition: UK,12mo HB+protected,cropped dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 8vo HB+protected,cropped dw/dj,1st edn. [Josephine Bell,pseudonym of Doris Bell Collier. Born: 8th December 1897,Manchester,UK; Died: 24th April 1987.] VG/VG. No owner name or other inscrptn other than two tiny,blue ink ticks and an ink squiggle to rear pastedown,both the inner flaps of dw/dj appear to have been trimmed - no blurb and no price present - due to missing portion of said flaps.Front endpapers have been replaced,rear pastedown with residual 'ghost' of aged sellotape in a vertical strip commensurate with and replicated with residual 'ghost' to its inner flap's fore-edge,similar residual 'ghost' to front inner flap's fore-edge but no 'ghost' on the commensurate pastedown.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,bold and bright,4-colour block (b/w, grey+orange illustrated pictorial illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised white-lettered title and capitalised black-lettered author name; white background to spine/backstrip with capitalised black -lettered title and author name,publisher's black illustrated colpohon and black-lettered name to foot of same,rear panel with white background to an orange panel with black-lettered advertisement for 4 author's other titles - includes 2 other titles by Bell.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges slightly aged/toned with a couple of foxing spots,fore-edges equally aged/toned with a few more but still a minimal amount of sporadic foxing spots; contents generally clean,solid and sound with very minimal,sporadic foxing/spotting to page margins - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,would appear unread other than my own collation.Publisher's original bright,sharp-cornered,clean - but for residual sellotape 'ghosts' on front board's fore-edge and rear board's upper+lower corners - green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/ backstrip and clean plain white front endpapers, aforementioned rear endpapers with already described faults.UK,12mo HB+ protected,cropped dw/dj,1st edn,7-192pp [paginated] includes 19 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title with a paragraph synopsis to its reverse,a title page with a small doodled ink circle and a dot inside it drawn just above the title.                    Described hard but honestly and fairly appears better than it reads!                            Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an acceptable condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age 50+ year-old age. It is only the described faults that prevents a slightly higher overall grading.Despite them,it is still an acceptable example.                                          When newly married young woman Frances Aldridge loses her husband in a freak car accident, friends persuade her that a holiday in the United States would help her to recover her vitality.Deciding to travel by bus, she chooses a route which transverses the vast American landscape, from New York to Colorado. As she crosses the States she begins to fall in love with their splendour, and on the bus, she encounters many friendly people who share their stories, including Jim Field - strangely enigmatic in this open country, handsome and travelling with a companion who she takes to be his mother.                                      One night in Cleveland, Frances is woken abruptly in the middle of the night, by what she thinks is the door to her hotel room clicking shut. The next morning, she discovers that her pearl earrings are missing. She does not bother to report this minor theft,but is appalled to read in the news a few days later that an elderly woman had been murdered in the same hotel the very night she had been there. In the dramatic story that unfolds, Frances finds herself increasingly feeling as though she is being followed, state to state, city to city . . . and murder to murder.                      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,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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja1084523. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

BELL, ANNE OLIVIER - Abridged+edited by:
A Moment's Liberty: The Shorter Diary - Virginia Woolf.

Imprint: LONDON.THE HOGARTH PRESS,1990.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Colour pictorial illustrated upper wrap [reproduction of 'Still Life on Corner of a Mantelpiece' by Vanessa Bell],subject facsimile signature to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing - no nicks or tears present - no bumping to corners.Minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing to head of spine/ backstrip - which is also vey,very lightly sunned/faded.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/ toned - as usual/normal,contents bright, tight and clean.Bright,clean,blue paper-covered bds with bright stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, vii-xiipp+1-516pp includes half-title+ title pages,contents list,introduction by Quentin Bell [husband of author and biographer and nephew of Virginia Woolf], editorial note,the diary (1915-1941 - abridged+edited by author) and an index. On 1 January 1915,Virginia Woolf set herself to write a day-by-day diary; interrupted after a few weeks by illness, she began again in 1917,and from then until a few days before her death in 1941 habitually used the diary to record her activities,observations and preoccupations.The result is one of the great diaries,now available for the first time in a one-volume,abridged edition (originally a 5-volume set). Virginia Woolf turned to her diary as to an intimate friend,to whom she could freely and spontaneously confide the thoughts and images uppermost in her mind. Whether describing public events or the joys and trials of domestic life, gossiping about her friends or wrestling with the difficulties of her art,Virginia Woolf writes with unfailing grace,courage and honesty,and a lively wit which makes her one of the most moving and entertaining diarists of this,or any, century. Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja22756. ISBN: 0701208449.

£ 40.00 (approx. $US 52.06 )

BELL, MICHAEL - Compiled by Bookseller of Lewes,East Sussex.
Scouts in Bondage And Other Curious Works from Bygone Times with Titles That Might Cause Vulgar Minds to Misapprehend Their Content.

Imprint: LONDON.AURUM PRESS LTD.,2006.
Edition: UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus. [Complete number line 6 - 1 descending with another line 2011 - 2006 (left to right) below it.] FINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£9.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, beige background with a red-bordered front panel with black+red lettering within same to front panel and a contemporary colour photographic book title example to rear panel,with black text; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Rear,lower edge of dw/dj with an accidental,small folded crease.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain red cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip, and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim, small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-95pp [paginated] includes a preface,45+ facsimile photographic colour+monochrome covers with bibliographical information opposite the example; plus [unpaginated] title page. All the books illustrated in this irresistible little volume were collected by Michael Bell when he owned an antiquarian bookshop.His criterion for inclusion in his 'Not for Sale' bookshop's window display was simple: these were old books - that had graced publishers' catalogues prior to WW2 - that raised a grin if not a guffaw from his customers as soon as they saw them. Some of the titles are simply mystifying like the enigmatic 'Book of Blank Maps - With Instructions'; or bizarre like Frances E. Willard's perfectly straight-faced account,'How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle',others evoke a world which has long since vanished,like Paulo Montegazza's manual on 'The Art of Taking a Wife',but most frequent of all are the titles, like 'Scouts in Bondage' itself,along with the boy's story 'Invisible Dick',for example,or another children's novel,'How Nell Scored' that now suggest something quite at odds with the authors' original intentions. 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: rja859619. ISBN: 1845131967.

£ 4.99 (approx. $US 6.49 )

BELL, QUENTIN:
VIRGINIA WOOLF: A BIOGRAPHY. [Volume II: MRS WOOLF 1912 to1941.]

Imprint: LONDON.THE HOGARTH PRESS,1973.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,5th imp.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5th imp. [First published (UK) October 1972,then a 2nd+3rd impressions the same month,a 4th in February 1973 and then this,the 5th impression in April 1973.] VG+/VG++. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy, subject's b/w portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj with subject's capitalised black-lettered name and part-title,other white lettered partial sub-title and author's name to top edge of front of dw/dj; a light blue spine/backstrip with repeated capitalised,black-lettered subject name and detailed sub-title and author's name,plus publisher’s name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with white background and advertisement of first volume's title accompanied by critics' black-lettered reviews of same.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners,top two corner tips minisculely rubbed with reciprocal loss – no other major nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges with light toning,faint dust-flecking to top,fore-edge brighter and with some minimal sporadic 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 plainpale grey paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip,and immaculate OS survey 1912 b/w map of environs round Lewes,Sussex to front endpapers and (OS,1920) b/w diagrammatic street map of St. Giles-in-the-Fields and St. George, Bloomsbury illustrated rear endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,5th imp,v-ixpp+1-300pp [paginated] includes a Contents list/table,an Illustrations list/table,Acknowledgements,10 chapters,7 double-sided contemporary b/w biographical photographic pages interspersed throughout the text and the book; Appendices (A-C),a Note on Sources and References,References: Volume I + II,a short Bibliography,and an Index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title,subject b/w portrait photographic frntis,and facsimile b/w illustration of Virginia Woolf's handwriting, 1925. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 50+ year-old age.It is only the faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall. Despite them it really is still an exemplary example for its brightness and lack of major detracting faults. The 2nd volume of a two-volume biography of Virginia Woolf,written posthumously by her nephew Quentin Bell and the book is unique,being based upon unpublished rather than published sources.Prior to his death Leanard Woolf invited the author [Virginia's nephew] to write her biography,giving him access to all her private documents including the diaries which she kept for most of her life; and in addition he had access to two important archives and has seen a great many letters,memoirs,and unpublished works of her fiction.                                 Volume Two discusses in detail her life with Leonard Woolf and the prolonged mental breakdown of the years 1912-1915.The origins and growth of the Hogarth Press are described and also Virginia's gradual emergence as a novelist of ever-increasing reputation.The later history of her friends in the 'Bloomsbury Group' is examined as also some new and important friends of her later years: Katherine Mansfield, T.S. Eliot, Ethel Smyth, Hugh Walpole and, most important of all,Vita Sackville-West.Professor Bell describes the struggles involved in the writing of 'The Waves' and later of 'The Years',the political and personal distresses of Virginia's last decade which end with the war and her suicide.                                 Woolf's character was difficult and complex but Professor Bell has succeeded in presenting her with skill,humour and candour.He has produced a truthful, fascinating and extraordinarily evocative portrait of this remarkable woman.      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: rja1127524. ISBN: 0701203714.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

BELLAMY, DAVID:
JOLLY GREEN GIANT: The Autobiography of David J Bellamy OBE,Hon FLS,An Englishman.

Imprint: LONDON,CENTURY,2002.
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,matt,subject's portrait colour+ monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj,with green+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges though ubiquitously lightly aged/toned - 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, sharp-cornered,original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark green endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xipp+3- 398pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,a prologue,6 sections comprising 30 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w auto+biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp116/7 and pp276/7 respectively,and appendices (8).Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,an epigram,section separator pages, and 4pp blanks at rear. Here,for the first time and in his own infectious style,David Bellamy tells the story of how he came to be one of Britain's best-loved botanist,campaigner and broadcaster. A fascinating memoir packed full of humour, adventure and observation,not to mention one or two surprises. 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja563815. ISBN: 0712683593.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

BELLOC, HILAIRE:
THE BAD CHILD'S BOOK OF BEASTS. [Illustrated by Tony Ross.**]

Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1991.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated, 1st edn thus. [Originally and first published (1896) children's poems,with Basil Temple Blackwood  (B.T.B.) as the illustrator.] FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from rear board.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy, glazed,colour pictorial artwork by Tony Ross, illustrated boards with capitalised,black-lettered title,author and illustrator names to front board; blue spine/backstrip with black-lettered author+illustrator names,capitalised, black-lettered title and publisher's black illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with colour pictorial illustration,and immaculate pale grey endpapers with a 3-colour block (b/w+grey) illustration of of Polar bear removing its outer fur over the course of the those sets of endpapers.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present but some minimal, superficial indent to rear boards,top edge,rear top corner - else virtually scoring/indent free. Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean - no foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages; corner tips, appears unread other than my own collation.UK, slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,colour illustrated,1st edn,44pp [paginated and includes both free endpapers] also includes vignette illustrated title page with a colour pictorial illustrated dedication,an illustrated Introduction,16 illustrated animal rhyming couplet verses of animals such as the YAK, POLAR BEAR, DODO, CAMELOPARD, ELEPHANT, BABOON and the FROG etc.                                        Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 20+ year-old age and nature, i.e. a child’s book. It is only the minima exterior fault described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. Anthony Lee Ross (b. 10th August,1938 in London.) is a British author and illustrator of children's picture books.He attended Helsby Grammar School and studied at the Liverpool School of Art and Design.Ross has had many jobs, including a cartoonist, graphic designer, then art director at an advertising agency. In 1976, his long association with the fledgling Andersen Press began with the publication of his re-telling of 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'. For several years he was also a senior lecturer in art and head of the illustration course at Manchester Polytechnic.                           Here,he is best known for writing and illustrating his 'Little Princess' books and for illustrating the 'Horrid Henry' series of Francesca Simon's.He also illustrates the works of David Walliams.He has also illustrated the 'Amber Brown' series by Paula Danziger, the 'Dr. Xargle' series by Jeanne Willis, and the 'Harry The Poisonous Centipede' series by Lynne Reid Banks.                                            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: rja1103923. ISBN: 0224031546.

£ 9.00 (approx. $US 11.71 )

BELLOW**, SAUL:
MORE DIE of HEARTBREAK - A NOVEL.

Imprint: LONDON.THE ALLINSON PRESS/MARTIN SECKER & WARBURG LIMITED,1987.
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,glossy laminated blue- green background dw/dj with white+gilt lettering,rear panel with critics' reviews; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.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,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,9-335pp [paginated] includes 11 chapters (non-paginated],plus [unpaginated] half-title page,publisher advert,author disclaimer,and title-page. 'More Die of Heartbreak' has the rapid humour of a French farce.Much of the action revolves about icons of popular culture such as a Charles Addams cartoon and Alfred Hitchcock's Pyscho.But inseparable from the the novel's tragicomic plot are the author's ingenious examinations of modern sexuality and the dilemma of two men whose brilliant minds cannot save them from the mistakes with which all too many of us are all too familiar. "I am a phoenix," says Uncle Benn,"who runs after arsonists." 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: rja508114. ISBN: 0436039621.

£ 19.99 (approx. $US 26.01 )

BELTON**, BRIAN:
Bubbles, Hammers & Dreams.

Imprint: UK.DERBY.BREEDON BOOKS PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED,1997.
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,glossy laminated,sepia photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white+blue letters; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - some inevitable minor,minimal scoring/indentations to dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually as new - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread? Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,13-254pp [paginated] includes author's introduction,14 chapters+epilogue,a glossary,chronology and biblio.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a contents list/table,forewords by Geoff Hurst,MBE and Alan Curbishley and 2pp blanks at rear. Players,managers,direcors and now even grounds come and go,but football supporters are always there.As such,football clubs do not belong to boards, shareholders or chairmen,they are the fans'.So it is from their point of view,and their moment in time,from the Boxer Uprising in China,through two World Wars,the Fifties and CND,Sixties London,the slump of the Eighties and into the future - the Irons of 2095,their second centenary year - that 'Bubbles,Hammers & Dreams' looks at the growth of West Ham United Football Club. Arthur Hopcroft,in his classic work 'The Football Man',wrote: 'Football has not been a sideshow of this century.What happens on the football field matters,not in the way that food matters,but as poetry does to some people and alcohol does to others; it engages the personality.' In 'Bubble,Hammers & Dreams' this is essentially what Brian Belton has captured. Across the decades and generations,his book looks at West Ham United through the lens of historic events and the eyes of the past. And this is not just a book for West Ham supporters.It should be read by anyone who has an interest in football and who seeks to understand how passion,loyalty and love for a football club are transported over thousands of miles,down the years and across entire communities. 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: rja495214. ISBN: 1859831079.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

BEMELMANS, LUDWIG:
MADELINE'S CHRISTMAS.

Imprint: LONDON.SCHOLASTIC CHILDREN'S BOOKS,1995.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus. [Originally published as a special book insert in the 1956 Christmas edition of McCall's,which was a popular American monthly woman's magazine.It's first issue was in 1873 and then a final issue in 2002.UK,HB+dw/dj,1st edn by Andre Deutsch Ltd.,in 1985.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt, colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj with white lettering to front and black lettering to red spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/ backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original colour pictorial illustrated paper-covered boards - design repeated from dw/dj with immaculate plain red endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus, 32pp [unpaginated] includes single paged and 3 double-page colour illustrations with verse text,plus half-title page,colour pictorial illustrated title page,and a title separator page before body of text.The last title in the Madeline series of six. Sincere thanks to Mrs Ludwig Bemelmans and Barbara Bemelmans for their help and advice in adapting and restoring the text and art for 'Madeline's Christmas',and for lending us the few remaining pieces of original art.For this book,the art has been photographically enlarged and recoloured by Jody Wheeler to prepare it for reproduction. "In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines,lived twelve little girls in two straight lines." It's Christmas Eve and all is not well with Miss Clavel and her charges.They are in bed with colds,feeling miserable. All except Madeline.She is busy tending to her friends,until a knock comes at the door... The rug-selling magician is a Christmas blessing.Madeline buys his rugs,and then, colds forgotten,the twelve little girls are whisked away on magic carpet rides. . . Madeline's one of twelve girls in a convent boarding school in Paris - the only one out of pattern.She is the only child not afraid of mice,the only one who even breaks out of the 'two straight lines' in which they walk out 'in rain or shine',the only one who has an appendix scar,the only one who falls into the river and is fished out by a dog - and the only one who knows best 'How to frighten Miss Clavel',their strict but devoted teacher. Ingenious rhymes and the endless inventiveness of a superb caricaturist have established for all time Pepito the Bad Hat,Genevieve the excessively fertile bitch adopted by the school, Miss Clavel (always seen either stiffly vertical or fully extended as she runs ever faster towards some anticipated disaster),and the demure individualist Madeline. Ludwig Bemelmans,an Austrian author,born in 1898 and emigrated to America in 1914.Notable for his 'Madeline' picture books with verse texts.'Madeline's Rescue' (1953) won the Caldecott medal.He died in 1962. 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: rja826018. ISBN: 0590542036.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

BENCHLEY**, PETER:
THE DEEP.

Imprint: LONDON.ANDRE DEUTSCH LIMITED,1976.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,colour pictorial,wrap-around artwork,by Gillian Hills, illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.Minimal bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip and miniscule rubbing to corners,and bookseller's label to front inner flap of dw/dj. A small scratch/scrape with miniscule loss of colour paper of artwork,on upper wrap,towards top right-hand corner.Top edge lightly aged and dust-soiled,with minimal spotting/foxing,fore- edge brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight and clean.Bright,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original pale blue+brown speckled cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean,plain white endpapers with minimal,faint,off-set foxing from dw/dj's inner flaps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 7-251pp [paginated] includes 11 chapters; plus [unpaginated] blank,half-title-title pages,a dedication,author's note on last page and a blank to rear. 'The Deep' has all the drama and suspense that made Peter Benchley's first novel, 'Jaws',a worldwide bestseller and the most successful in history (then 1976). The secret which unlocks the story lies on a coral reef off Bermuda. It's a harmless-looking ampoule - presumably from the medicine chest of the schooner Goliath which went down during World War Two.It is found by Gail and David Sanders,honeymooners who chose Bermuda for the diving they love.An agreeable underwater potter,a curious find .... and suddenly Gailand David are plunged headlong into a situation of appalling danger. It comes from Cloche,the sinister revolutionary whose political pull embraces the island's authorities and whose reputation as a 'bush' magician terrifies the poplace.To get his hands on what that ampoule represents,Cloche will stop at nothing.The Sanders' only ally against him is Romer Treece,diver and treasue-hunter extraordinairy,who is afraid of nothing in or out of water and has his own good reasons for thwarting Cloche.From him they learn that the 'Goliath' was not the reef's only victim, nor is her cargo its only secret. What follows is a race against time,a battle of wits against Cloche,and a daring challenge to the sea and the perils it conceals. Peter Benchley writes of the underwater world with breathtaking authority: the terrors that lurk at the edge of the diver's vision,the seductive promise of what may be hidden under the next lump of coral,or the next.And his touch is no less sure with the desperate human drama triggered by that small,apparently harmless object picked up off the sand. The innumerable admirers of 'Jaws' will expect a great deal from 'The Deep'.They will not be disappointed. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja407312. ISBN: 0233967931.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

BENDIS,BRIAN MICHAEL:
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN.

Imprint: USA,NY.MARVEL,March,2002.
Edition: US,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

US,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.MINT/MINT.Crisp, glossy,laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj with no shelf-wear or any faults at all - a really superb copy. Immaculate blue rexine-type boards with bright,crisp,stamped red gilt letters to upper board+spine/backstrip,and plain black eps.US,thick Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,348pp [unpaginated] includes title page,contents list,13 chapters,colour comic strip illustrations throughout,a foreword by Bill Jemas,Bill Jemas/Mark Bagley sketchbook,plot synopsis by Bill Jemas,facsimile reprint of Amazing Fantasy #15 (the story that began the legend and enters the world of young Peter Parker for the first time) and an afterword also by Bill Jemas. "With great power there must also come great responsibility." In 1962,these prophetic words launched one of the most successful and recognizable characters of the 20th Century - Spider-Man! The powers granted to bookish Peter Parker by a radioactive spider have fuelled the imagination of fans worldwide for nearly 40 years.With the dawning of a new age, however, comes a hero for a new millenium. . . .Ultimate Spider-Man! High school, puberty,first dances; there are many pitfalls to being young.Compound these with intense personal tragedy and super powers,and you can start to visualise the world of Peter Parker,a.k.a. Spider-Man. Following the murder of his uncle,the assault on his high school,and the confusing signals from the beautiful Mary Jane Watson,Peter finds himself on the brink of manhood: getting a job as webmaster at the Daily Bugle newspaper to help support his widowed aunt, and taking on extracurricular activities. . . . such as bringing down the head of organised crime - the Kingpin! Updating Spider-Man for the 21st century was no easy task,and it took the brilliant minds of Bill Jemas and Brian Michael Bendis to do just that. With the artistic talents of Mark Bagley and Art Thibert breathing new life into the legendary mythos,Spider-Man is back at the forefront of cutting edge storytelling. . . where he belongs. Contains material originally published in magazine form as ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #s 1-13 and Amazing Fantasy #15.See also rjaz1921 - rjaz1924 inclusive, rjaz1528, rjaz1935 and rjaz1951,for other Spider-Man related titles/items. Please contact seller,because of the light 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: rjaz2071. ISBN: 078510898X.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

BENEDICTUS**, DAVID:
Return to the Hundred Acre Wood. ** [Colour illusrations by Mark Burgess. **]

Imprint: US.NEW YORK,NEW YORK10014.DUTTON CHILDREN'S BOOKS/a division of Penguin Young Readers Group,2009.
Edition: US,8vo HB+dw/dj,colour illustrated,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

US,8vo HB+dw/dj,colour illustrated,1st edn thus. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. The Authorised,official and adapted sequel to A. A. Milne's original Winnie-the-Pooh stories,by David Benedictus; with illustrations by Mark Burgess in the style of the original E[rnest].H. Shepard illustrations.] FINE+/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,edges cream background with a pale orange illustration of a wood's clearing [from front board's illustration] with superimposed light navy blue panel with an embossed,gilt-bordered,glossy,colour illustration of Pooh+Piglet sat on a log; bright,crisp,embossed gilt-lettered title and author+illustrator names in white lettering,and capitalised blue-lettering in an orange strip - IN THE TRADITION OF A. A. MILNE & ERNEST H. SHEPARD legend at panel's lower edge,a further gilt roundel with capitalised black-lettering, and Pooh's black illustrated figure - THE NEW TALE OF WINNIE-THE-POOH within it.A lighter navy blue spine/backstrip with author+illustrator white-lettered surnames,yellow-lettered title,a thumbnail colour illustration of Pooh holding a honey-pot,and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name to foot of same.Rear panel with two blue horizontal rectangular panels separated by a narrower orange-bordered white panel with story's assorted characters as a colour illustration.The blue panels with white-lettered synopsis,and yellow-lettered other titles in the collection to top and lower panels respectively. Neglgible shelf-wear to edges and corners; a repaired tear to rear's lower edge unfortunately also adhered to board beneath at concomitant spot - but NO other nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges bright and clean - a single, tiny speck/blemish,fore-edges bright and crisp without blemish; contents right,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to anypages' corners.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,matt,illustrated paper-covered boards with cream background with pale orange background of a wood's clearing illustration to both front+rear boards but the front board only,with colour illustrated figures of Christopher Robin and Pooh side by side, holding a conversation; spine/backstrip with repeated,similarly coloured+lettered as the dw/dj,and immaculate,repeated colour map of Hundred Acre Wood illustrated endpapers.US,8vo HB+dw/dj, colour illustrated,1st edn thus,1-201pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters with profuse thumbnail colour illustrations in text body+ edges,4 single-page and 1 double-page colour illustrations - all by Mark Burgess in the E. H. Shepard style - throughout.Plus [unpaginated] thumbnail colour illustrated half-title+title pages,dedication and author's Exposition, unillustrated Ackowledgements page,story's characters thumbnail,colour illustrated double-page'd Contents list/table with colour vignette frntis to  reverse of last page of same,and to the rear' potted biographies of Benedictus, Burgess, Milne and Shepard as last page.          Visually,the external appearance is still exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 15 year-old age and nature, i.e. a children's book.It is only the minimal faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite them,it really is an still an exceptional, exemplary example for it's brightnesss, cleanliness and lack of any other child or age-acquired detracting faults usually encountered in a children's book.  "HALLO,EVERYONE.I'M BACK!" The Rumours are true - Christopher Robin is back in the Hundred Acre Wood. A. A. Milne's stories about Pooh and his Forest friends have been loved by generations of children and their parents ever since the publication of 'Winnie-the- Pooh' in 1926. Now eighty years on,David Benedictus takes up the pen where Milne left off.'Return to the Hundred Acre Wood' is the much-anticipated official sequel to 'Winnie-the-Pooh' and 'The House at Pooh Corner'. 'Return to the Hundred Acre Wood' by author David Benedictus picks up from the poignant ending of Milne's last Pooh book,'The House at Pooh Corner',in which Christopher Robin is growing up and heading away to school. "Pooh,promise you won't forget about me,ever. Not even when I'm a hundred," he tells the bear, and they leave together.In these new adventures we revisit all our favourite characters,and are introduced to someone new - Lottie the otter! E[rnest].H.Shepard's decorations played as much a part in Pooh's widespread appeal as Milne's words. Following in his footsteps is no mean feat,but Mark Burgess's new illustrations capture the charm and humour of these stories beautifully. This book is a delightfully entertaining sequel to one of the classics of children's literature. David Benedictus brought Winnie-the-Pooh to life in his audio dramatisations starring Dame Judi Dench, Stephen Fry and Jane Horrocks.He published his first novel at 22,and saw his second adapted for film by Francis Ford Coppola. Mark Burgess has been an illustrator of children's books for over twenty years.He studied Fine Art at the Slade School in London. He then worked for a short time at London Zoo and in a library in Cambridge before becoming a full-time artist and writer.Mark was also the colourist for E.H. Shepard's drawings in 'When We Were Very Young' and 'Now We Are Six'. 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,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: rja1153824. ISBN: 9780525421603.

£ 14.99 (approx. $US 19.51 )

BENEDICTUS**, DAVID:
Return to the Hundred Acre Wood. ** [Colour iIllustrations by Mark Burgess. **]

Imprint: US.NEW YORK,NEW YORK10014.DUTTON CHILDREN'S BOOKS/a division of Penguin Young Readers Group,2009.
Edition: US,8vo HB+dw/dj,colour illustrated,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

US,8vo HB+dw/dj,colour illustrated,1st edn thus, 3rd imp. [Complete number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4. The Authorised,official and adapted sequel to A. A. Milne's original Winnie-the-Pooh stories,by David Benedictus; with illustrations by Mark Burgess in the style of the original E[rnest].H. Shepard illustrations. See my book ID rja1153824 for another US First Edition of this same title.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/j.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,edges cream background with a pale orange illustration of a wood's clearing [from front board's illustration] with superimposed light navy blue panel with an embossed,gilt-bordered,glossy, colour illustration of Pooh+Piglet sat on a log; bright,crisp,embossed gilt-lettered title and author+illustrator names in white lettering,and capitalised blue-lettering in an orange strip - IN THE TRADITION OF A. A. MILNE & ERNEST H. SHEPARD legend at panel's lower edge,a further gilt roundel with capitalised black-lettering, and Pooh's black illustrated figure - THE NEW TALE OF WINNIE-THE-POOH within it.A lighter navy blue spine/backstrip with author+illustrator white-lettered surnames,yellow-lettered title,a thumbnail colour illustration of Pooh holding a honey-pot,and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name to foot of same.Rear panel with two blue horizontal rectangular panels separated by a narrower orange-bordered white panel with story's assorted characters as a colour illustration.The blue panels with white-lettered synopsis,and yellow-lettered other titles in the collection,to top and lower panels respectively. Neglgible shelf-wear to edges and corners; a repaired tear to rear's lower edge unfortunately also adhered to board beneath at concomitant spot - but NO other nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edge bright and clean without ageing/toning,foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents right,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,matt,illustrated paper-covered boards with cream background with pale orange background of a wood's clearing illustration to both front+rear boards - but the front board only,with colour illustrated figures of Christopher Robin and Pooh side by side,holding a conversation; spine/backstrip with repeated, similarly coloured+lettered as the dw/dj,an orange headband,and immaculate,repeated colour map of Hundred Acre Wood illustrated endpapers. US,8vo HB+dw/dj,colour illustrated,1st edn thus, 3rd imp,1-201pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters with profuse thumbnail colour illustrations in text body+edges,4 single-page and 1 double-page colour illustrations - all by Mark Burgess in the E. H. Shepard style - throughout.Plus [unpaginated] thumbnail colour illustrated half-title+title pages,dedication and author's Exposition,an unillustrated Ackowledgements page; story's characters thumbnail,colour illustrated double-page'd Contents list/table with colour vignette frntis to reverse of last page of same,and to the rear,potted biographies of Benedictus, Burgess, Milne and Shepard as last page. Visually,the external appearance is still exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 15 year-old age and nature, i.e. a children's book.It really is an still an exceptional, exemplary example for it's brightnesss, cleanliness and lack of any other child or age-acquired detracting faults usually encountered in a children's book.   "HALLO,EVERYONE.I'M BACK!" The Rumours are true - Christopher Robin is back in the Hundred Acre Wood.  A. A. Milne's stories about Pooh and his Forest friends have been loved by generations of children and their parents ever since the publication of 'Winnie-the- Pooh' in 1926. Now eighty years on,David Benedictus takes up the pen where Milne left off.'Return to the Hundred Acre Wood' is the much-anticipated official sequel to 'Winnie-the-Pooh' and 'The House at Pooh Corner'.  'Return to the Hundred Acre Wood' by author David Benedictus picks up from the poignant ending of Milne's last Pooh book,'The House at Pooh Corner',in which Christopher Robin is growing up and heading away to school.  "Pooh,promise you won't forget about me,ever. Not even when I'm a hundred," he tells the bear, and they leave together.In these new adventures we revisit all our favourite characters,and are introduced to someone new - Lottie the otter! E[rnest].H.Shepard's decorations played as much a part in Pooh's widespread appeal as Milne's words.  Following in his footsteps is no mean feat,but Mark Burgess's new illustrations capture the charm and humour of these stories beautifully. This book is a delightfully entertaining sequel to one of the classics of children's literature. David Benedictus brought Winnie-the-Pooh to life in his audio dramatisations starring Dame Judi Dench, Stephen Fry and Jane Horrocks.He published his first novel at 22,and saw his second adapted for film by Francis Ford Coppola.  Mark Burgess has been an illustrator of children's books for over twenty years.He studied Fine Art at the Slade School in London. He then worked for a short time at London Zoo and in a library in Cambridge before becoming a full-time artist and writer.Mark was also the colourist for E.H. Shepard's drawings in 'When We Were Very Young' and 'Now We Are Six'.  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,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: rja1153924. ISBN: 9780525421603.

£ 14.99 (approx. $US 19.51 )

BENEDICTUS**, DAVID:
Return to the Hundred Acre Wood. **

Imprint: LONDON.EGMONT UK Limited,2009.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,colour illustrated,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,colour illustrated,1st edn thus.[Authorised,official and adapted sequel to A.A.Milne's original Winnie-the-Pooh stories,by David Benedictus; with illustrations by Mark Burgess in the style of the original E[rnest].H. Shepard illustrations.Published simultaneously in US - see my book IDs' rja1153824 and rja1153924 for US,HB+dw/dj,1st edn and 1st edn,3rd imp respectively.] FINE+/FINE-.No owner inscrptn per se,but a green ink 'stamp Healthy Planet Books for FREE' towards foot of title page and no price-clip to dw/dj - publisher's price to rear panel of dw/dj.[Healthy Planet is a charity that recycles books to prevent them going for waste.] Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,white background with colour pictorial artwork by Mark Burgess,illustrated dw/dj with green,brown and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present a laminate wrinkle and a superficial score - without penetration to board below to front of dw/dj. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - virtually pristine - one tiny dog-ear reading lower corner crease to pp157/58 but no other pages' corners affected. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered boards, dw/dj design+lettering repeated to paper-covered boards,a dark green headband and a silk sewn-in bookmark ribbon,and immaculate colour pictorial artwork illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,colour illustrations,1st edn thus,1-201pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters, full single+ double-page,full colour illustrations by Mark Burgess throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] a colour vignetted illustrated half-title+ title pages,a dedication page similarly,an exposition, Acknowledgements,a double-page colour vignetted contents list/table,an oval colour pictorial vignetted frntis to verso of content's last page,and to rear; last 2 pages as publisher's b/w adverts for other similar Pooh-related book titles.  Visually,the external appearance is more than acceptable,and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it’s 14 year-old age and nature, i.e. a children’s book. It is only the minor,minimal faults described that prevent a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really is still an exemplary example for it’s brightnesss,cleanliness and lack of other age-acquired detracting faults.  "HALLO,EVERYONE.I'M BACK!" The Rumours are true - Christopher Robin is back in the Hundred Acre Wood. A.A. Milne's stories about Pooh and his Forest friends have been loved by generations of children and their parents ever since the publication of 'Winnie-the- Pooh' in 1926. Now eighty years on,David Benedictus takes up the pen where Milne left off. 'Return to the Hundred Acre Wood' is the much-anticipated official sequel to 'Winnie-the-Pooh' and 'The House at Pooh Corner'.  'Return to the Hundred Acre Wood' by author David Benedictus picks up from the poignant ending of Milne's last Pooh book,'The House at Pooh Corner',in which Christopher Robin is growing up and heading away to school. "Pooh,promise you won't forget about me,ever. Not even when I'm a hundred," he tells the bear, and they leave together.In these new adventures we revisit all our favourite characters,and are introduced to someone new - Lottie the otter! E[rnest].H.Shepard's decorations played as much a part in Pooh's widespread appeal as Milne's words.  Following in his footsteps is no mean feat,but Mark Burgess's new illustrations capture the charm and humour of these stories beautifully. This book is a delightfully entertaining sequel to one of the classics of children's literature. David Benedictus brought Winnie-the-Pooh to life in his audio dramatisations starring Dame Judi Dench,Stephen Fry and Jane Horrocks.He published his first novel at 22,and saw his second adapted for film by Francis Ford Coppola. Mark Burgess has been an illustrator of children's books for over twenty years.He studied Fine Art at the Slade School in London. He then worked for a short time at London Zoo and in a library in Cambridge before becoming a full-time artist and writer.Mark was also the colourist for E.H. Shepard's drawings in 'When We Were Very Young' and 'Now We Are Six'. 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,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: rja1157724. ISBN: 9781405247443.

£ 14.99 (approx. $US 19.51 )

BENEDICTUS**, DAVID:
this animal is mischievious.

Imprint: LONDON.ANTHONY BLOND,1965.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG.Owner inscrptn ffe,but no price clip to dw/dj. Pictorial colour decorated,laminated dw/dj with slight rubbing,creases and nicks to dw/dj top edges.Couple of small closed tears.Fore-edges slightly marked and aged.8vo,248pp.Author's third book. A black comedy with a prophetic theme, the eruption into organized violence of the anti-black feeling in England.That the victims reciprocate is,he feels,an illustration of the aphorism "Cet animal est tres mechant; quand on l'attaque il se defend". 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,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja1401. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

BENFORD, GREGORY:
FOUNDATIONS FEAR - The Second Foundation Trilogy.

Imprint: LONDON.ORBIT,1997.
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.Very slight creasing to top front edge dw/dj.Minimal shelf-wear to other edges.8vo,245pp. This is the first installment of The Second Foundation Trilogy,based on Isaac Asimov's famous Foundation series,published after Asimov's death,with the approval of the Asimov estate.Acclaimed hard science fiction writers Gregory Benford,Greg Bear and David Brin,will each produce a work for the trilogy - to complete the series. Benford kicks off exploring the beginnings of the Foundation itself and its creator,Hari Seldon.Seldon is working on a project to ease the inevitable collapse of the universe-spanning Empire and the Dark Ages that will ensue.But the current emperor has other plans,like appointing Seldon first minister and thus thrusting him into a world of political intrigues and assassination attempts that ultimately will bring him up against future history's greatest threat. 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: rja905. ISBN: 1857234634.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

BENFORD**, GREGORY:
IN ALIEN FLESH - SHORT STORIES.

Imprint: LONDON.GOLLANCZ,1988.
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 inscptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Nebula Award winning author of Timescape and Great Sky River,this is his first collection of short stories.13 stories ranging from human and alien contact in 'In Alien Flesh' and 'White Creatures', nuclear holocaust in the American South in 'To the Storming Gulf' - to a complete contrast 'Doing Lennon' has the famous singer reawakened - or is he? - in the future. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja683. ISBN: 0575041420.

£ 13.95 (approx. $US 18.15 )

BENHAM, HERVEY:
ONCE UPON A TIDE.

Imprint: LONDON.HARRAP,1971.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st thus.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st thus.Revised edn, first edn,1955.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped dw/dj.Diagonal clip to top corner title page.8vo,240pp includes pictorial eps,b/w line illus and photographs,bibliography,and 3 indices. Very slight creasing top+bottom edges dw/dj. New revised and updated,this re-issue offers a colourful picture of the ships and seamen of our East Coast seaboard as they were in the two centuries between Defoe and Dickens.Accurately recreates the spirit and splendour of the golden days of English coastal shipping.Benham's lively tale will appeal particularly those who cherish East Anglia's distinctive traditions and value the study of its social history,for this book follows closely the growth and decline of the East Coast ports and traces the development of the many coastal trades which flourished in those years.Pages filled with yarns and anecdotes that bring the places and people alive and recall the age when wrecks were counted by the hundred and smugglers and privateers plied their dangerous trades on land and sea.The easy flowing narrative and numerous complementary illustrations make this book a unique readable record of an era,when the life of the waterside ebbed and flowed with each tide and the steamship and the railway had not yet stripped the sea of sail. 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: rja986. ISBN: 024550804X.

£ 17.99 (approx. $US 23.41 )

BENINGFIELD**, GORDON:
BENINGFIELD's COUNTRYSIDE. [Author SIGNED copy.]

Imprint: LONDON.ALLEN LANE,1980.
Edition: UK,slim rectangular Qrto HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author's signature - withot dedication.

UK,slim rectangular Qrto HB+dw/dj,SIGNED, 1st edn.FINE/NFINE.Neat,blue ink,familial, birthday gift presentation inscrptn to top right-hand corner of ffe,author's handwritten,blue ink signature - without dedication - to half-title page,and price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork,by Beningfield,watercolour illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with black lettering,pale green background rear panel with black+ green kestrel illustrations; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major tears present.Tiny nick/closed tear to rear, lower corner of dw/dj,and some minimal rubbing with miniscule loss to the four corners.Some inevitable,but light, superficial indents+scoring to both panels of the dw/dj - but without affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight,clean - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain pale green cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and near immaculate colour pictorial watercolour illustrated eps.UK,slim rectangular Qrto HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn, 14-141pp [paginated] includes author/ illustrator's introduction,9 chapters+ epilogue,profuse mixture of colour+b/w vignette illustrated pages,double+single page colour+b/w pictorial artwork illustrations,all by Gordon Beningfield, and a list of pictures.Plus [unpaginated], SIGNED half-title page with colour frntis to it's recto,colour vignetted artwork to title page,double-page colour scenic watercolour of countryside of southern England,and colour vignetted contents list/table. In this book Gordon Beningfield celebrates a classic countryside that was once typical of much of England but is increasingly falling victim to modern intensive farming and the spread of urbanization.Gordon Beningfield's world is centred on the gentle,rural landscapes of Hertfordshire and the open downs and lush valleys of Dorset. Gordon Beningfield is almost unique among artists who have made a reputation painting wildlife since he is also a perceptive and gifted landscape painter. 'Beningfield's Countryside' combines intimate close-ups of animals and flowers with broad landscapes that provide a setting and at the same time convey a powerful feeling for the special qualities of English scenery.In these fine pictures, Beningfield's talent as a painter of landscapes is displayed to the general public for the first time. In his text,his sketches and his exquisitely detailed watercolours and oil paintings Beningfield again shows himself to be a skilled and observant naturalist.'Beningfield's Countryside' is irresistable in its evocation of the small-scale pleasures of the country - here a pile of nuts neatly opened by a dormouse,there a fox basking only half asleep in a shaft of sunlight or a yellowhammer singing boldly from the top of a hawthorn bush. In all,'Beningfield's Countryside' is a moving visual tribute to a countryside that is universally loved. His last exhibition (at that time,then 1980) was in 1978 and was devoted to butterflies,and the pictures in it formed the basis of the successful book, 'Beningfield's Butterflies' (see my book ID rja577015 - PENGUIN,1981,Qrto wraps - with extra additional illustrations than the prior Chatto/Windus,1978,hardback.) The pictures in this book coincide with his largest show/exhibition of his work. Want more GORDON BENINGFIELD titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my GENERAL or SIGNED catalogues. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja576815. ISBN: 0713912820.

£ 16.50 (approx. $US 21.47 )

BENINGFIELD**, GORDON:
Beningfield's Woodlands.

Imprint: LONDON.VIKING,1993.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.Stated First Edition.] NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£15.00) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Gordon Beningfield, illustrated dw/dj panels with black lettering to front and spine; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears - present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a dark green headband and immaculate watercolour landscape illustrated endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,10-75pp [paginated] includes 17 full-colour,full page and 28 full colour part-page illustrations; and 11 part-page with 2 full page b/w illustrations - all by Gordon Beningfield - interspersed throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] colour illustrated vignetted half-title page with full colour,full page frntis illustration to recto,title page,contents list/ table with full page b/w sketches to recto. Want more Gordon BENINGFIELD titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my GENERAL or SIGNED catalogues. Britain's woodlands are cherished by everyone who loves the countryside and values its richness.Few people who have been lucky enough to see a bluebell wood in spring will forget this magical experience,and the splendour of an ancient oakwood is a truly impressive sight. Sadly,only a fraction of this country's once extensive forests,woods and coppices remain,and all too few of them are properly managed.Almost nothing has survived of the variety of crafts and industries that they once supported.But the pockets of woodland that remain harbour some of our most attractive animals and plants,as this beautiful book shows. Gordon Beningfield has sought out some of the quiet corners where English woodland continues to flourish in all its glory,and reminds us of the delights to be found in this most precious part of our natural heritage.Here are the pollarded beeches, the old oak trees with their enormous gnarled trunks,the primroses on mossy banks and the delicate wood anemones scattered across the woodland floor.Gordon Beningfield also celebrates the wildlife of the woods: tawny owls,woodpeckers,foxes and fallow deer,and - a Beningfield speciality,this - the woodland butterflies.There is room,too,for the creatures that are not wholly wood- dwelling but depend on woodland for sustenance,cover or a place to raise their young.In this glorious collection of watercolours and sketches,all produced specially for this book,Beningfield once again delights us both with his skill as an artist and with his countryman's eye for detail. Gordon Beningfield began his career as an eccliastical artist,but,since the early 1960's,he has built a reputation as a painter of the countryside,and his work has in recent years reached wide audiences through his appearance on television. Beningfield's first book,'Beningfield's Butterflies' - see my book ID rja577015, was published in 1978 and paved the way for the very popular 'Beningfield's Countryside' (1980) - see my book ID rja576815 and rja576915,which has appeared in 5 languages,with over 100,000 copies in print.His third book,'Hardy Country',in 1983 was celebrated by major exhibitions in both Dorchester and London,and a film has been made about the painting of the pictures for it.He has designed two sets of stamps for the British Post office, showing butterflies (1981) and other insects (issued in 1985). Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja820318. ISBN: 0670840017.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

BENINGFIELD**, GORDON:
Poems of the Seasons.**

Imprint: SCOTLAND.BCA,1992.
Edition: UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim landscape 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Though a Book Club edn,almost indentical,apart from Book Club logo,and published by arrangement with Penguin Books Ltd..]FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn, no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of price, as a book club edn.Glossy,colour pictorial illustrated artwork dw/dj by Gordon Beningfield; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Minisculely bumped to head+foot of spine/backstrip and edges with reciprocal creasing.Top edge lightly dust-soiled and minimally foxed,fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean.Clean,grey paper-covered boards with bright,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and colour,pictorial illustrated eps.UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,10-125pp [paginated] includes colour pictorial frntis,b/w illustrated title page, pictures+poems lists,30 full-page,full- colour illus+6 full-page b/w illus plus several colour and b/w illustrated part-pages,all by Gordon Beningfield. Gordon Beningfield's previous anthologies of verse - 'The Darkling Thrush','Poems of the Countryside' and 'Green and Pleasant Land' - have brought pleasure to innumerable lovers of poetry and the countryside.His latest collection,'Poems of the Seasons' (then 1992),is a delightful celebration of the glories of the changing year.For country people,the seasons have always had enormous significance,particularly where they are reflected in the traditional farming calendar,but even for those who have no direct contact with the countryside,the natural rhythms of the year touch a deep chord.Poets have for centuries been moved to evoke the new life of Spring,the ripeness of Summer,the rich melancholy of Autumn and the chill of Winter.'Poems of the Seasons',drawn from writings covering four hundred years,offers a wealth of lyrical gems beautifully complemented by Gordon Beningfield's sensitive watercolours,some of which have been painted especially for this anthology. Gordon Beningfield began his career as an eccliastical artist,but,since the early 1960s,he has built a reputation as a painter of the countryside,and his work has in recent years reached wide audiences through his appearances on television.He has designed two sets of stamps for the British Post Office,showing butterflies (1981) and other insects(1985). 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: rja23747. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 8.50 (approx. $US 11.06 )

BENJAMIN, ALISON & McCALLUM, BRIAN:
THE GOOD BEE - A Celebration of Bees and How to Save Them.

Imprint: LONDON.MICHAEL O'MARA BOOKS LTD.,2019.
Edition: K,8vo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn. [Completet number line 1 - 10 ascending.] NMINT.Wrapped+protected from day of issue/ purchase,so no owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,paper-covered boards with navy blue background and bright,crisp,gilt blocked honeycomb design surrounding title +and author's names in bright,crisp, blocked gilt lettering along with gilt blocked bee figure and a white lettered review to front board,gilt coloured spine/ backstrip with navy blue and white lettering and a navy blue+gilt illustrated bee figure,rear board with repeated honeycomb design surround but in gold-coloured ink and a white-lettered synopsis within it; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present - and immaculate gold-coloured endpapers with repeated gold-coloured honeycomb design. 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 and unread, other than my own collation.UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,7-192pp [paginated] includes an introduction,4 chapters each with bee vignette headpiece, profuse b/w illustrations by James Nunn interspersed throughout the text and the book,an About the authors,acknowledgements a select bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] bee-vignette illustrated half-title+title pages,and bee-vignetted contents list/tablededication,contents list/table. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. Bees are our most loyal ally.These fascinating,enigmatic creatures are a key lynchpin in the working of our planet. Without them the landscape,as well as every aisle in our supermarkets,would look radically different.And we're not just talking about honey bees.There are more than 20,000 species of bee worldwide and only a handful make honey.Some live in colonies and others are solitary.We can all help protect them - and they desperately need protecting - but you can't save what you don't love.And you can't love what you don't know. 'The Good Bee' is a celebration of this most vital and mysterious of nature's wizards.Here you'll discover the complexities of bee behavior - as well as the bits that still baffle us - the part they play in the natural world,their relationship with us throughout history, how they are coming under threat and what we can all do about it. 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: rja978821. ISBN: 9781789290837.

£ 11.99 (approx. $US 15.60 )

BENNET, RODNEY:
LITTLE MISS PINK AT THE GREAT HOUSE.

Imprint: LONDON.GEORGE G. HARRAP & CO.LTD.,[nd but circa 1949.]
Edition: UK,slim 8vo HB,no dw/dj (ever issued?),1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , NO dw/dj - as issued?
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 8vo HB,no dw/dj (ever issued?),1st edn.VG+.No owner inscrptn,but amateurish inking over of original price (3/6) to rear board.Sharp-cornered,paper-covered, pale green background to bright vibrant colour anthropomorphic artwork by Astrid Walford,illustrated front board with black and darkish orange letters,rear board is unillustrated and plain,apart from inked price; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing - no nicks, tears or splits present.Some off-setting from pastedowns o white endpapers.Spine/backstrip lightly darkened,very minimal and moderate grubbing of boards,notwithstanding the book's age - over 70 years old! Top+fore-edges inevitably aged/toned; but contents exceptionally bright,crisp,clear and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim 8vo HB,no dw/dj (ever issued?),1st edn,4-31pp [paginated] includes colour vignetted half-title page with colour ilustration of a single mouse to its reverse,colour vignetted title page,a full-colour,part-page illustration by Astrid Walford,to every page with text above and below them,reverse of last page with colour vignette of a mouse. A charming and charmingly illustrated anthropomorphic fiction for children using a family of mice.A title from the 'Little Miss Pink' series written by Rodney Bennett and illustrated by Astrid Walford. 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 FREE. That 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: rja950821. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

BENNETT, MARTIN:
ROLLS-ROYCE: THE HISTORY OF THE CAR.

Imprint: UK.RISINGHURST,OXFORD.OXFORD ILLUSTRATED PRESS,(not dated),circa 1973/4.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE-.Neat,blue ink donor's gift presentation inscrptn+date to top right-hand corner of the front pastedow; and hidden and obscured behind the front,inner flap of dw/dj,an adhered adhesive owner name+address label to left-hand corner,dw/dj price-clipped. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,red+black and silver colour illustrated front panel of dw/dj with silver+black lettering; with some minimal shelf-wear and creasing to top+bottom edges and corners - all with some minor nicks or closed tears but miniscule loss to same - 99% dw/dj present.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean with some miniscule marks; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain grey cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers - presentation inscrptn excepted.UK,Qrto HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xvipp+1- 179pp [paginated] includes ilustrations list/ table,author's foreword,acknowledgements, author's introduction,24 sections/ chapters, profuse contemporary b/w photographs,diagrams, illustrations (278) etc.,throughout the text and the book,and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,and contents list/table. 'Roll-Royce: The History of The Car',by Martin Bennett,is a comprehensively illustrated history of Rolls-Royce motor cars from 1904 to the formulation of Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd.,and the production of the Corniche.It contains a wealth of information and photographs,many of which are previously unpublished.Working diagrams appear throughout the text together with some superb drawings by the Australian artist John Bull.At the end of each chapter appears a brief technical specifications of each model together with results of contemporary road-tests extracted from the motoring press and lists of chassis numbers. Also included in this book is the complete list of the eighteen Phantom IV cars with details of the splendid coachwork and their original and distinguished owners. All research has been undertaken with the full co-operation,and encouragement of Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd. To date (then circa 1973/4) the only book on the market that covers every model produced by Rolls-Royce Limited and the present Company Rolls-Royce Motors (1971) Limited from the little 10 h.p. of 1904 to the present 'Corniche'.The vast majority of the illustrations in the book have never previously been published and this is a predominantly pictorial book and each model is illustrated as profusely as possible and a few illustrations of a technical nature have been included. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja797518. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 30.00 (approx. $US 39.04 )

BENNETT**, ALAN:
Telling Tales.

Imprint: LONDON.BBC WORLDWIDE LIMITED,2000.
Edition: UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,reprint.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,reprint.[First published 2000 and reprinted (this edn) in the same year.The book was published to accompany the BBC2 television series 'Telling Tales' which was produced by Slow Motion Ltd and first broadcast on BBC2 in the same year,2000.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, author's colour photographic portrait illustrated front panel of dw/dj with b/w,blue and orange lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a b/w striped headband and immaculate plain black eps. UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st reprint,8- 95pp [paginated] includes author's intro, 10 chapters,contemporary b/w biographical and autobiographical photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] author's b/w portrait photographic frntis,title page, contents list/table,publisher's advert for author's other works in various formats: audio (cassette+CD),video and books. Alan Bennett recalls his childhood in a sequence of tales that are funny,touching and told in his unique style.Ten childhood snapshots from the master of the monologue. Hampered,as he sees it,by a family that never manages to be quite like other families,he recounts his early years in Leeds - a place where early in life one learned the quite useful lesson that 'life is generally something that happens elsewhere'. Hiking every Sunday,trips into town and teas in cafes,it's an ordinary childhood - his father a butcher, his mother a reader of women's magazines who dreams of coffee mornings,cocktail parties and life 'down south'. Here Alan Bennett relives family crises, early pieties and the lost tradition of musical evenings round the piano,with the wry observation and ironic understatement that has earned him a place in the forefront of contemporary writing. 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 lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja593816. ISBN: 0563537736.

£ 7.00 (approx. $US 9.11 )