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Imprint: UK.BARNSLEY,SOUTH YORKSHIRE.PEN & SWORD AVIATION/PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD.,2011. UK,heavy Qrto HB+dw/dj,3rd revised+updated edn. [Originally and first published in UK in 1966, with a 2nd revised edn in 1985 and this 3rd revised and updated edn in 2011.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with capitalised,white lettered title+ sub-title and author name to front panel,spine/backstrip with similarly lettered titles,thumbnail colour Squadron badge to head of same,grey lettered author name and colour illustrated publisher's colophon to its foot,rear panel with colour photograph of 4 planes in formation in scenic coastal location. 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 - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, generally sharp-cornered,original plain lack cloth boards with brigth,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,a +black striped headband,and imaculate plain white endpapers. UK,heavy Qrto HB+dw/dj,3rd revised+updated edn,II-VIIIpp+1-344pp [paginated] includes reverse of title page,contents list/table,forewords to 1st+2nd Editions also with 3rd edn acknowledgements and to foot of page,a bibliography with a b/w portrait photographic frntis to its verso,of Air Chief Marshal Sir Simon Bryant,who provides the Foreword on opposing page which to its reverse,has a b/w photographic reperoduction of a fighting cock,34 chapters+Postscript,profuse,historical contempraneous b/w photographs and contemporary modern b/w+colour photographs and colour illustrations interspersed throughout the text and the book,Appendices (1-9),and Indices - General and People; plus [unpaginated] title page. 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 age.It really is an exceptional example for its cleanliness and brightness. In April 1916,a group of early aviators gathered in the fields beneath the crags and ramparts of Stirling Castle to form what was to become one of the Royal Air Force's most distinguished fighter squadrons.Few squadrons can match the history of 43 Squadron which has included being the first to undertake ground attack operations during the First World War,shooting down the first enemy aircraft over England in the Second World War, and achieving the remarkable double of shooting down 6 enemy aircraft in one day in both World Wars. Its distinctive emblem of the Fighting Cock embodies the spirit and resilience of a fighter squadron that has been in the vanguard of RAF operations for almost a century. Perhaps the Fighting Cocks' finest period occurred during the Battle of Britain when its Hurricanes destroyed 60 enemy aircraft with a further thirteen "probables" and twenty-five more damaged. With the advent of the jet age, 43 Squadron became the first unit to fly the Hunter,seeing operational duties in Aden,before re-equipping with the Phantom until the end of the Cold War.This new edition of the Fighting Cocks' history brings the story up to date and covers its 20 years of service with the Tornado F3, including the Gulf War, NATO operations over Bosnia, and the Iraq War. * Few squadrons can match the history of 43 Squadron,Fighting Cock embodies the spirit and resilience of a fighter squadron that has been in the vanguard of RAF operations for almost a century. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.** Stock number: rja1049823. ISBN: 9781848843851
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Imprint: US.SARASOTA,FL.ADVOCATE HOUSE,2002. US,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.] No owner inscrptn,but author's black ink,warmly dedicated with signature and (a later) date: 'Charlotte Thank You.I sure hope you enjoy the story Best Wishes Stephen P. Beeler.4-21-08.',no price-clip - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,colour pictorial illustrated upper panel,with red fluorescent gilt,silver+ black lettering,critics' reviews to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - though some inevitable but light and superficial scoring/indents - without affecting the boards beneath. Internally to dw/dj,a waterstain to length of front inner flap's crease,smaller near imperceptible waterstains to both head+foot of spine/backstrip also - nothing visible externally and WITHOUT affecting the boards beneath at all.Top rear corner minimally bumped.Though top edges bright and generally clean,some very faint and near imperceptible dust-soiling(?) spotting, fore-edges bright and generally clean too, though a light trace of waterstaining to foot at bottom of page edges,but invisible internally.Bottom edges similarly affected with watermarks towards spine/backstrip edges and towards the fore-edges edge. Described hard,but fairly and honestly and in detail (probably too much!) - nowhere as bad as it reads or may sound!Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's black flecked,white paper-covered boards with dark grey cloth blind spine,with red fluorescent gilt ink letters to spine/ backstrip and white endpapers.Feps show small,slight waterstain to spine/backstrip's gutter's edge with another noticeable,small colour bled waterstain to bottom right-hand corner which has lightly and very faintly affected the same corner to the following half-title page.Associated and included ephemera of author's own personal,headed notepaper typewritten dated (April 21,2008) letter to recipient dedicatee (Charlotte) explaining donation of book and inclusion of his resume describing his law enforcement experience in L.A County Sheriff's Dept (for 21 years),his law enforcement consulting services to film production companies etc.[The recipient has some connection to/with Two Four Studios,Bush Park,Estover,Plymouth,Devon.UK.] His resume includes design,development and management of private guarded security operations, seminars etc.,lists his achievements and career achievements,a card bookmark,and a b/w photocopied,folded A4 paper sheet,of two US police deputies (one of them holding an automatic rifle/shotgun - standing behind a written placard stating 'Turn left of Get Shot') at Firestone Station during the Sixties,just after the riots of 1965. Where folded in half,the bottom,right-hand edge has a waterstain - which when placed within the feps,is revealed to be the source of the waterstain marking to the book! Author Stephen Beeler,worked for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department for 21 years, serving as everything from a patrol officer to working in administration.He knows law enforcement,and what can go wrong with it. 'The Firestone Syndrome' portrays what happens when officers of the law act above the law,taking things into their own hands. It also shows the checks and balances that provide damage control,and the bravery of thse who patrol their own. The "Stoney Boys," an elitist group of deputies assigned to the Firetone Station in South Central Los Angeles accept the axiom "absence of crime" - just not the method by which it should be achieved. Through the hard work of their superiors and one very brave fellow officer,this network of renegade cops is revealed and dealt with - but not without danger to their opposition. Fiction? Yes,but as Deputy Chief of Police Robert P. White of Flagstaff,AZ,put it,"This story reflects what can happen when the 'police' think that they are at war with their community.Who becomes the 'enemy'? Although situated in Los Angeles, this syndrome can occur anywhere that police leaders aren't diligent. 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja533715. ISBN: 0970657641.
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Imprint: US.BUFFALO,NY.FIREFLY BOOKS LTD.,2010. US,slim square Qrto HB+dw/dj,2nd printing. FINE+/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price -clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photograhic illustrated dw/dj,with b/w+yellow lettering; with some minimal shelf-wear to edges and corners.A small closed tear/nick to top of dw/dj's spine/backstrip's rear gutter's edge with some light rubbing and miniscule loss. Majority of creasing is to top,rear edges of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Dw/dj design repeated to bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glazed boards,and immaculate pale blue endpapers.A small dent to front,top gutter's edge with a 2/5" split.US,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,2nd printing,6-110pp [paginated] includes an contents list/ table,an introduction,chapter on Anamorphic technique,58+ colour examples of artist's work; plus [unpaginated] half-title page with full colour,full page frntis to verso,title page,and credits to rear. The pavement chalk artist is a master of art,perspective,creativity and performance. Julian Beever is one such extraordinary master.More than just traditional flat drawings,the works Beever creates are uniquely three-dimensional anamorphic drawings.They are drawn in perspective and distorted so the subject can be viewed properly only from one particular viewpoint.For those who are standing in the right place,his chalk drawings invite them to step right into the scene or,in the case of the artists well-known Swimming Pool in the High Street,dive right into the water. Pavement Chalk Artist includes a fabulous selection of Beever's most intriguing anamorphic drawings.Each one is accompanied by a description of the techniques he used and the challenges he overcame.These photographs record the development of his unusual skill and understanding of perspective. Readers can see how his art progresses and matures as he takes on commissioned works and a wealth of original,inventive subjects in locations worldwide.The photographs tell the story,giving readers both an understanding of the principles of this 3-D art form and the pleasure of sharing the scenes that passersby once enjoyed before these unique works disappeared forever. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja542115. ISBN: 9781554076611
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER and STOUGHTON,[n.d. - but 1913.] UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn but presence of a seasonal (Christmas,1913) JOHN BULL 'Bullets Competition' compliment's slip/label, tipped-in to front free endpaper.Colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj with gilt embossed title+author letters to front panel,slightly grubbed and age-soiled white background spine/backstrip with blue ink lettering and plain white,undecorated rear panel similarly age grubbed.Some shelf-wear to edges,some creasing,rubbing and chipping,a few closed tears to top+ lower edges and small losses to head of spine - affecting letters SIN in RISING missing; a small detached piece of dw/dj included but not repaired,minimal chipping and loss to foot of same,small piece missing at top,rear corner,miniscule loss to other corners - but approx 97% present. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original dark red cloth boards /covers with a single-line white ink blind-tooled border edge to front board/ cover with bright,crisp,stamped gilt lettered title+author to rectangular panel at the top of the board,below and with the other upright rectangular panel a small (5cm high by 4cm wide) gilt-bordered colour portrait illustrated onlay.Spine/backstrip slightly darkened to almost maroon - despite presence of dw/dj, and a small circular sunned/faded spot concomitant with aforementioned missing letters on dw/dj at it's head of spine - with bright,crisp,stamped gilt lettering, rear board plain without decoration,and plain white endpapers,hinges solid and sound with no cracking.Verso of front and recto of rear free endpapers,each with off-set shadows.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing and no fraying to any edges,corners or spine/backstrip - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges very lightly dust-soiled - much less than normally encountered or would expect for a book of its age - but still fairly bright, fore-edges with some minimal,sporadic foxing/spotting,bottom edges deckled (untrimmed); contents bright,tight,text body exceptionally and remarkably clean, solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,could appear unread - apart from my own collation.UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-viiixpp+2-312pp [paginated] includes XXVII (27) chapters and an epilogue, author's note,plus [unpaginated] half- title,title page with dedication to Joan Begbie - one of his four daughters,who had several books published including 'Sergeant the Dog' and 'Freelance the Pony.' and contents list/table. A children's 14thC chivalric adventure novel.A really bright crisp and exceptional example for the book's age and it's period,particularly with the presence of the dw/dj. Since April 2013 and in March 2015,again in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item,for correct and insured (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja884320. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HEADLINE,1992. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj. B/w+monochrome photographic upper wrap with red+white text with minimal shelf- wear and negligible creasing to dw/dj edges - no nicks or tears present.Both inner flaps of dw/dj have internal creasing,due in part,to incorrect closure of book at some stage of it's lifetime.Top +fore-edges slightly aged/toned,as usual/ normal,contents bright,tight and clean. Black paper-covered bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.8vo,ix+1- 306pp includes title+half-title pages, contents list,19 chapters,32pp contemporary b/w illus/photographs: 16pp between pp82/3 and 16pp between pp210/11 respectively,12pp biblio and an index. 150 years ago,amid considerable public suspicion,a tiny squad of six plain-clothes detectives was set up at Scotland Yard.From this grew the formidable Criminal Investigation Department, reknowned throughout the world for its unparalleled skill and experience in catching criminals.The famous newspaper headline,'SCOTLAND YARD CALLED IN.' still evokes all the pride and excitement of a crack team of detectives tackling the most notorious and baffling of crimes. Working with the full support of Scotland Yard,the authors present the first history of the C.I.D. to appear for half a century.Paul Begg and Keith Skinner have discovered documents,memoirs and photographs never published before,some not even known to have existed.They give a full picture of the development of the detective and,uniquely,set it against a changing social scene. 'The Scotland Yard Files' scans the fascinating history of the C.I.D. from the first Great Train Robbery in 1885 to Jack the Ripper;Crippen to the Kray Twins; the Siege of Sidney Street to the Iranian Embassy Siege.It also chronicles the scandals which have periodically rocked the force,from the Great Scotland Yard Scandal,out of which the C.I.D. was born,to the Porn Enquiry. What emerges is a story which shows that crime essentially hasn't changed - people have - and that the C.I.D.'s most difficult job is to adapt to changing social standards.Through this survey of 150 years,'The Scotland Yard Files' looks at the type of police force we have now and that we may get in the future. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja1872. ISBN: 0747203717.
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Imprint: LONDON.JR BOOKS,2009. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with lilac+white 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 with no marks,foxing or spotting, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-viiipp +1-376pp [paginated] includes author's introduction,16 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w+colour (the majority) auto+biographical photographs in 1 block,between pp184/85,sources, discography,acknowledgements and 'about the author'; plus [unpaginated] title page,and verso of contents page with blank recto. There is no one quite like Sir Elton John,and this is his story. . . In a career spanning five decades,Elton John has proved he can do it all in the world of popular music.He is a true legend. Part Oscar Wilde,part George Gershwin,Elton's life has been wild,glitzy,boozy, bawdy and unconventional.His big personality and grand gestures,as well as his stylistic versatility, flamboyant stage shows,memorable costumes and tremendous talent,mesmerise his millions of fans.He has won five Grammy awards,an Academy Award,a Golden Globe and a Tony. In this sensational new look at one of the most successful artists of all time, Mark Bego draws on interviews with many people who know or worked with Elton to create a unique insight into the life and career of the singer/ songwriter: Patti LaBelle,Mary Wilson of The Supremes,Alice Cooper,Monkee Micky Dolenz, RuPaul,Martha Reeves and Rita Coolidge,all long-term friends; as well as Long John Baldry and Tony King - both gay comrades of Elton before he hit the big time. 'The Elton John Story' is the book that every Elton John fan has been waiting for.It is filled with all the addictions,the self-doubts,bad toupees,affairs and scandals - but also with the triumphant later years,the coming-to-terms with his sexuality and the establishment of a happy and healthy private life. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** 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: rja816518. ISBN: 9781906779214.
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Imprint: UK.WELLINGBOROUGH,NORTHANTS,1988. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp. FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour wrap-around artwork [specially commissioned painting] by Ken Marschall illustrated dw/dj; with negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - but with a laminate wrinkle/crease the length of the upper wrap's edge towards the spine/backstrip (a production fault?).Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright, unblemished,plain black paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,5-176pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,contents list/ table,Edward S.Kamuda (founder,General Secretary of Titanic Historical Society Inc.) foreword; prologue,introduction,Pts 1-5,24pp b/w contemporary photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,discussion+conclusion,references, acknowledgements,further reading and an index. For over 75 years,the loss of the Titanic has captured the popular imagination,and one of the most intriguing aspects is the number of people who claimed to have received a psychic portent of the tragedy. Many heeded the warnings and were saved. But others went ahead in spite of their serious misgivings and so were lost with the ship. George Behe here investigates 135 fascinating cases which claimed to have a pyschic element.On closer scrutiny he has found that some seem to be mere coincidence,while others are genuine mistakes or deliberate hoaxes.Many accounts do indeed have a possible psychic connection,but lack some vital piece of evidence to prove the case conclusively either way.Most baffling of all are those incidents which cannot be explained away purely in rational terms,and which do indeed seem to be examples of genuine paranormal phenomena.After careful study, some curious events are revealed that have no apparent origin in normal human experience.With fifty photographs,many published here for the first time, this book provides an unusual perspective on the story of the Titanic which every open-minded reader will find engrossing. George Behe has been fascinated by the Titanic story since he was a small boy, when his grandmother told him about it - she lost two relatives in the disaster.He is a member of the Titanic Historical Society and spends most of his spare time undertaking further research into the ship and its passengers.He is fortunate in counting several Titanic survivors among his friends. As the Titanic sailed majestically out of Southampton on the first leg of her maiden voyage on 10 April 1912,she was heralded as 'practically unsinkable'.Four nights later she brushed an iceberg in the middle of the Atlantic and took Captain Smith and 1,500 of his passengers and crew to their deaths in the freezing water.Since that tragic night,reports have come to light of people who,by word or deed,seemingly exhibited foreknowledge of the Titanic disaster.Amongst those who perished was the famous spiritualist W.T.Stead and many paranormal phenomena were reported which coincided with his death.But people from all walks of life - crew,eminent passengers,even the Captain - were involved in some way with apparently psychic occurences.This dispassionate critique looks at 135 carefully documented instances of psychic activity,the unlikely,the possible and the inexplicable,giving a new slant to an endlessly fascinating episode of history. 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: rja26047. ISBN: 1852600888.
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Imprint: UK.NEWTON ABBOT,DEVON.DAVID & CHARLES,1974. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj,with brown+ b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges slightly aged - as usual/normal; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain pale beige cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,5-112pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,an author's introduction,2 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w shipwreck photographs and text - virtually to every page,Suggestions for further reading,acknowlwedgements, sources of illustrations/photographs and an index of wreck illustrations/ photographs' plus [unpaginated] oval vignetted b/w shipwreck photographic illustrated half-title page,title page with dedication to it's reverse. For this dramatic record of Westcountry shipwrecks spanning more than a century John Behenna has drawn upon his own remarkable collection of wreck photographs,as well as other private and public sources,to assemble over one hundred illustrations,many of which have never previously been published. All victims come alike to the treacherous,reef-strewn coastlines of Devon,Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and among the great variety of stricken vessels featured in this book are tall ships from the golden age of sail - the 'Queen Margaret',the 'Cromdale' and the 'Herzogin Cecile' - ocean liners and tankers,including the infamous 'Torrey Canyon',and a host of other types,large and small,from trading schooners and tramp steamers to trawlers,drifters and luggers of the off-shore fishing fleets. Many of the photographs are of particular interest to maritime history as the only surviving pictorial record of certain ships,whilst others,by the contrast they provide with the contemporary scene,are a valuable record of coastlines and havens as they were before they were spoilt by modern development. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja666817. ISBN: 071536569X.
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Imprint: LONDON.CAPE,1989. UK,slim, heavy Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,a small diagonal clip to top,right-hand corner of ffe,but no price-clip to dw/dj though. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial Les Miserables logo to upper wrap,colour photographic stills from the musical to rear wrap,with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.A small,closed tear/nick towards head of spine/backstrip,on top,rear edge,head+foot of same minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright, crisp and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,unblemished,publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean,pale grey endpapers.UK,slim,heavy Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,12-191pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters,libretto,profuse contemporary b/w+colour photographs+illustrations throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, Les Miserables logo illustrated frntis,contents list/table,acknowledgements,a chronology of Victor Hugo's life+times,and picture credits to last page. Les Miserables has made musical history. It has become a cultural,financial and social phenomenon.In just three years(then 1989),over a million people have flocked to see it and in ticket revenues alone it has grossed 150 million dollars.It is currently being performed worldwide and in 1992 Alan Parker celebrates Les Miserables in celluloid with another major feature film. It all began with the book,'Les Miserables',which Victor Hugo started writing in 1836.It was not until 1980 that its musical potential was realised when two young Frenchmen - Alain Boublil and Cluade-Michel Schonberg - adapted Les Miserables for the French stage.In 1982 the impresario Cameron Mackintosh stumbled on their record,decided to work on it in English and the trials and tribulations behind the genesis of a major international hit began. Edward Behr goes right back to the book and the fascinating events surrounding its development,not least the dramas in Victor Hugo's own personal life.He conveys the sheer excitement and wonder surrounding the conception and production of the musical. 'Les Miserables - History in the Making' incorporates first-hand interviews (with casts,directors,producers),hundreds of photographs,set and costume illustrations (some of which never before reproduced) and the complete libretto from the show.It offers a historically informed and challenging thesis and makes a lasting record of a unique and unforgettable venture. 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: rja31478. ISBN: 0224026755.
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Imprint: UK.AYLESBURY,BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.CHANNEL PRESS,1980. UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour scenic photographic illustrated upper wrap with blue+red lettering,rear wrap white text,publisher's advert; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edge clean,though sporadically foxed/ spotted;fore-edge clean; contents bright, tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,publisher's original,blue cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip which is minisculely bumped to both head+foot with reciprocal creasing,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-190pp [paginated] includes illustrations list/table,author intro,20 chapters,profuse full+part-page colour+b/w (majority) photographs throughout the text and the book,some b/w diagrams; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,and contents list/table. 'My vivid memories are all of the sea.' Keith Beken,sailing photographer extraordinary,never spoke a truer word.The sea lives,pounds and glistens through this biography of a life spent on it and beside it,photographing boats of every description - the great yachts of the past,elegant liners,naval vessels,power boats,tall ships,the racing yachts of today - these boats,and the people who sailed them,live in these pages.All the great sailing events of a century - Edward VII and the German Kaiser racing against each other in their mighty yachts,George V racing Britannia in the Big Time,the America's Cup,Uffa Foxx's new dinghy designs after the war, transatlantic and transoceanic races,Tall Ships meetings,Cowes Weeks and Round the Island races - all are recaptured here in vivid phrase and living picture. Keith Beken's humorous,vigorous personality,his lively approach to every situation - marooned in the Shetland Islands in the early days of the war, failing to get pictures of Olympic sailing events in Italy - convey his enthusiasm on every page - action,sparkle,excitement abound.Beken of Cowes is not just Keith Beken himself - it's a family tradition now three generations strong - innovators and inventors in photography at sea.Part of the fascination of 'Thr Beken File' lies in the story of the camera problems faced and solved,from the first sea-going camera built in their chemist's shop last century onwards.His advice on how to get the best camera shots of racing yachts and speed boats comes from expert knowledge of how the boats perform,how the sea behaves, and how the camera reacts - a unique combination of skills which have earned Keith Beken his royal warrant as photographer to HRH Prince Philip,Duke of Edinburgh,and his renown as the greatest sailing photographer of them all.There is a delight of many kinds for the readers of this book - delight for the eye in the wonderful photographs;delight in the exuberant and vivid peronality of the author,and pleasures and delight in sharing the adventures of a life lived to the full. 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: rja31748. ISBN: 0906781027.
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Imprint: UK.AYLESBURY,BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.CHANNEL PRESS,1980. UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour scenic photographic illustrated upper wrap with blue+red lettering,rear wrap white text, publisher's advert; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edge sporadically foxed/spotted,but generally clean,fore-edge clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,publisher's original,blue cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip which is minisculely bumped to both head+ foot,with reciprocal creasing,and immaculate plain white eps.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-190pp [paginated] includes illustrations list/table,author introduction,20 chapters,profuse full+part -page colour+b/w (majority) photographs throughout the text and the book,some b/w diagrams,plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,and contents list/table. 'My vivid memories are all of the sea.' Keith Beken,sailing photographer extraordinary,never spoke a truer word.The sea lives,pounds and glistens through this biography of a life spent on it and beside it,photographing boats of every description - the great yachts of the past,elegant liners, naval vessels,power boats,tall ships,the racing yachts of today - these boats,and the people who sailed them,live in these pages. All the great sailing events of a century - Edward VII and the German Kaiser racing against each other in their mighty yachts, George V racing Britannia in the Big Time, the America's Cup,Uffa Foxx's new dinghy designs after the war,transatlantic and transoceanic races,Tall Ships meetings, Cowes Weeks and Round the Island races - all are recaptured here in vivid phrase and living picture. Keith Beken's humorous,vigorous personality,his lively approach to every situation - marooned in the Shetland Islands in the early days of the war, failing to get pictures of Olympic sailing events in Italy - convey his enthusiasm on every page - action,sparkle,excitement abound. Beken of Cowes is not just Keith Beken himself - it's a family tradition now three generations strong - innovators and inventors in photography at sea.Part of the fascination of 'The Beken File' lies in the story of the camera problems faced and solved,from the first sea-going camera built in their chemist's shop last century onwards. His advice on how to get the best camera shots of racing yachts and speed boats comes from expert knowledge of how the boats perform,how the sea behaves,and how the camera reacts - a unique combination of skills which have earned Keith Beken his royal warrant as photographer to HRH Prince Philip,Duke of Edinburgh,and his renown as the greatest sailing photographer of them all. There is a delight of many kinds for the readers of this book - delight for the eye in the wonderful photographs; delight in the exuberant and vivid personality of the author,and pleasures and delight in sharing the adventures of a life lived to the full. 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 compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight of this item,for correct and possibly,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja397711. ISBN: 0906781027.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1962. 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.
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Imprint: LONDON.TRAPEZE BOOKS/an imprint of THE ORION PUBLISHING GROUP LTD.,2018. 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,colour photographic collage illustrated dw/dj panels,with capitalised, embossed,glossy red+black-lettered title,glossy green-lettered strap-line and glossy red-lettered author name to front; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as front's and publisher's capitalised, black-lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with colour photographic collage and black-lettered strap lines.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges lightly toned but bright,crisp,clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp, unblemished sharp-cornered,original plain dark green black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt lettering to spine/ backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-298pp [paginated] includes 30 chapters and to the rear EMMERDALE 1918 -A factual overview for the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,author's Thanks and a1914 separator page. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. A wonderful [Christmas] gift for fans of ITV's Emmerdale and readers who love heartwarming and heartbreaking stories set in wartime. August 1914,and a terrible war begins,one that will affect the lives of everyone in the village of Beckindale. For Maggie Sugden,left to run Emmerdale Farm on her own while her husband,Joe,is at the front, it will bring grief and loss but also independence and the chance to find a place to belong - and perhaps even to love again. 'Christmas At Emmerdale' is the first in a sweeping new saga series,exploring the lives of Emmerdale's much-loved families during the run up to the Great War. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja1091423. ISBN: 9781409184997.
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Imprint: LONDON.THE HOGARTH PRESS,1990. 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.
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Imprint: LONDON.METHUEN in Association with the Guardian,2006. UK,slim 8vo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to rear board/cover.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork,by Steve Bell,illustrated paper-covered boards/covers,with black,brown+red lettering to front,white+yellow lettering to spine and white+yellow lettering to rear board/cover,sharp-cornered boards; 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 - 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 paper-covered colour decorated boards with immaculate colour illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB,1st edn,2- 156pp [paginated] includes 'How to use this book',28 chapters with profuse colour (the majority) and b/w cartoons with accompanying text; plus [unpaginated] colour vignette illustrated half-title page,colour vignette illustrated title page,and contents list/table. You can be successful just like Tony Blair.Use this guide and you can reach your goals.Don't and you won't. Steve Bell dreamed up this book based on long imaginary conversations with Britain's most powerful man.In his day job Steve Bell is an award winning political cartoonist for The Guardian (UK newspaper). Read this book and you could become Prime Minister - or you could do it the hard way.Your vision Your choice 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: rja719417. ISBN: 9780413775931.
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Imprint: LONDON.AURUM PRESS LTD.,2006. 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.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1991. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,but SIGNED solely,by the operations leader (and author) with his neat,blue-black ink signature - without dedication - to the title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,wrap-around colour, scenic,photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.A small,closed tear to head of spine/backstrip - no other major tears present.Some inevitable,minimal, light,scoring/indentations to both panels of dw/dj.Top edge sightly dust-soiled and lightly aged/tanned - as usual/normal, fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tgiht and near pristine - no dog- ear creases to any pages' corners - possibly an unread copy? Bright,clean, sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate,plain white eps with no sign of any off-set foxing from dw/dj's inner flaps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-380pp [paginated] includes intro,10 chapters+ epilogue,32pp of contemporary colour photographs in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece between pp82/3,pp146/7,pp226/7 and pp290/1 (all called for) respectively,appendices (A-H - includes b/w map of upper 700 miles of Yangtze and a couple b/w diagrams),plus [unpaginated] half-title,b/w map frntis, author SIGNED title page,dedication (to wife+daughter),contents list/table, foreword (by Rt Hon.Edward Heath MBE,MP (1991),author acknowledgements,title separator page,and b/w map of Sichuan, Qinghai and Tibet,and 4pp blanks to rear. The River Yangtze - rock-infested,rapid-strewn,the Everest of rivers. No-one has successfully travelled up-river towards the source. Squadron Leader Mike Cole,veteran of hovercraft expeditions all over the world,rose to the challenge.In March 1990,the British Hovercraft Expedition to China was launched from Hong Kong. This was to be adventure with a purpose. With the explorers went a team of doctors, aiming to take a UNICEF vaccination programme to the remote riverside areas. They were joined by engineers to test the new hovercraft materials in the harshest conditions. The obstacles faced by the expedition were immense - endless negotiations with the Chinese authorities,lethal road conditions as they towed the hovercraft over high mountain passes,the virtual cancellation of their ambitious medical programme,and the death-defying challenges of the mighty river itself. Dick Bell tells of the heartaches as well as the triumphs as the team overcame these obstacles.Thirty-two pages of colour photographs give fascinating glimpses of the real China,and capture all the excitement of tackling the great river. 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 compensation rates too! So, please contact seller,because of the lighter weight/value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja450013. ISBN: 034053852X.
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Imprint: LONDON.THE HOGARTH PRESS,1973. 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.
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Imprint: UK.LIVERPOOL.TRINITY MIRROR SPORT MEDIA,2013. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,subject's monochrome portrait photographic illustrated upper panel of dw/dj, with red+white letters; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - unread - wrapped and protected from day of issue/purchase.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a red+ white striped headband,and immaculate plain red endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-399pp [paginated] includes reverse of dedication, contents list/table,acknowledgements,forewords by Steven Gerrard and Mark Hughes respectively,a prologue by Craig Bellamy himself,30 chapters, 24pp of contemporary,subject's biographical-related colour photographs,in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp96/7,pp208/9 and pp304/5 respectively,an index and 4pp personal statistics to rear. CRAIG BELLAMY is one of those footballers you can't ignore.If he plays for your team,you love him.If he doesn't . . . Everyone thinks they know Bellamy.Pace and passion.A handful for defenders. Scoring goals and winding up opponents.Winning friends - and making enemies. Blessed with a natural talent,he has enjoyed a colourful career at a host of top clubs.The proud Welshman is one of the top ten appearance makers for his country. But his rise to the top of the game wasn't easy.It could have all been so different. He came from a loving family but temptations lay in his way.Follow the crowd or follow a dream? Join your mates in a gang on the streets or try to make it as a pro? It was a choice between the two. Bellamy chose football and became a rebel with a cause.He quickly climbed the ladder and shared dressing rooms with some of the biggest stars in football - from Ryan Giggs to Steven Gerrard.His burning desire to succeed made him a winner on the pitch,but that same passion also got him into trouble.There were famous bust-ups with John Arne Riise and Alan Shearer,not to mention rows with Graeme Souness, Rafa Benitez and Roberto Mancini. Away from the spotlight,there is a different side to Bellamy.His earnings from this book will be going to the Craig Bellamy Foundation,a charity which offers children in Sierra Leone the chance to fulfil their sporting potential.He is a devoted dad and was brokenhearted at the tragic and shocking death of his close friend Gary Speed. 'Craig Bellamy: GoodFella' uncovers the real man behind the player and reveals the untold stories of a life inside football's fast lane. Like Bellamy himself,it doesn't hold back. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard 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: rja512315. ISBN: 9781908695307.
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Imprint: LONDON,CENTURY,2002. 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.
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Imprint: UK.EXETER,DEVON.WEBB & BOWER (Publishers) LIMITED,(in assoc with M.JOSEPH),1986. UK,slim landscape 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,watercolour pictorial artwork by David Bellamy,illustrated dw/dj with brown +black lettering; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.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 - possibly unread? Bright,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain dark brown paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,yellow ink letters to spine/backstrip,yellow hedband and immaculate dark brown eps. Front bd's spine/backstrip's gutter edge has a small split/tear to foot - no loss though.UK,landscape 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 6-192pp [paginated] includes colour scenic watercolour (St Oswald's Church,Horton in Ribblesdale) recto of contents list/table, foreword by John Hillaby with landscape scenic watercolour frntis (Ramshaw Rocks, N.Staffs) to recto,14 chapters/sections - each with section title separator page, profuse part+full-page watercolour illustrations and sketches throughout the text and the book - all by David Bellamy, and an index and acknowledgements.Plus [unpaginated] half-title page,double-page landscape scenic illustrated title page,a dedication and contents list/table. Despite mechanization,industrialization and conurbations familiar to us all,there are areas unspoilt by man's hand; the wild and sometimes lonely places of Britain where nature and the elements are the predominant forces.In this beautiful book the artist David Bellamy captures through his many paintings and sketches the very essence of the untouched landscape. It is difficult to convey in words the atmosphere,attraction and mystery of Britain's wild places evoked by his paintings,most of which have never been published.In his foreword John Hillaby writes: 'David Bellamy is a master at image-making ... he has the extra-normal gift of the poet's eye.At all times,especially during storms,places speak to him ... he can interpret visually the landscapes, ... landscapes as distinctive as fingerprints.' The beauty of Bellamy's paintings tell their own story.How he managed to paint and sketch many of the places,often against great odds and in terrible weather conditions,is his own personal and exciting story and is full of anecdotes.A delight to look at,a joy to read which awaken the compelling attraction of the wild places. 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 and value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja491614. ISBN: 0863501168.
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Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1991. 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.
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Imprint: UK.EXETER,DEVON.WEBB & BOWER (Publishers) LIMITED,1988. UK,landscape Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[First published in 1907 with trade and special limited edition(s) and was out-of-print for many years.This edition published in association with Michael Joseph.] FINE/VG.No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj,with some minimal creasing to top+bottom edges,and a couple of closed tears/ nicks to upper,top corner,head of spine/ backstrip and to rear,lower edge respectively. Top+fore-edges bright and clean;contents pristine - no dog-ear creases to any pages' corners - possibly an unread copy? Sharp-cornered, bright, clean, publisher's original green cloth bds with bright, crisp, white ink printed letters to spine/backstrip, and immaculate,plain white eps.Landscape Qrto HB,6-128pp[paginated]includes intro by Alan C. Jenkins (author of th companion book 'A.R. Quinton's England' (Webb & Bower/Michael Joseph 1987.), The Historic Thames,profuse (71,frntis included) water-colour landscape illus throughout the book and the text,an index, plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,colour frntis,b/w lozenge vignetted contents page. The River Thames has been the pivot of much of England's history,and it runs from the Cotswolds to London through some of the country's loveliest and most typical scenery. 'The Historic Thames', celebrates both these aspects through A.R. Quinton's inimitable paintings of the riverside villages and landscape and Hilaire Belloc's fascinating and wide-ranging survey of the river's history and topography. Some seventy+ of Quinton's paintings have been chosen for this volume and,like all his work, they convey a glorious sense of the richness and tranquility of life at the turn of the century. Belloc's absorbing essay touches on innumerable subjects,from the derivation of place names to military strategy,from politics to geology,revealing his belief in the importance of the past to give meaning to the present,and showing the diversity of Britain's heritage. 'The Historic Thames' is a companion to 'A.R. Quinton's England' (Webb & Bower/Michael Joseph 1987).Both books bear witness to the special charms of the English countryside and its history. Alfred Robert Quinton was born in Peckham (London) in 1853.He studied at Heatherly's Art School and started work as an engraver.From 1885 he concentrated on watercolours, especially landscapes,showing his work regularly in London galleries.Towards the end of the 1890's he started illustrating books on English scenic subjects.He is best known for the postcards of villages,towns and holiday areas reproduced from his paintings by J. Salmon Ltd., of Sevenoaks, Kent, between 1912 and his death in 1934. Stock number: rja399911. ISBN: 0863502733.
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Imprint: LONDON.THE ALLINSON PRESS/MARTIN SECKER & WARBURG LIMITED,1987. 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.
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Imprint: LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,1954. UK,8vo HB,1st edn - minus dw/dj.VG.Red cloth bds,bright,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip. Augie is a handsome and contemplative character who becomes embroiled in a series of increasingly exotic escapades. In an odyssey that takes him from Chicago to Mexico,from Europe to an open boat in the mid-Atlantic,the footloose hero is recruited to a series of crackpot scams that include book stealing,arms trading, and being appointed the task of guarding Trotsky.The reader's sympathy for Augie is in his capacity for genuine and spontaneous human feeling.He loves his family and his idiot brother without reservation.[VA.] 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: rja434. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: UK.DERBY.BREEDON BOOKS PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED,1997. 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.
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Imprint: LONDON.JOHN BLAKE PUBLISHING LTD.,2008. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,montage'd 3 players' monochrome+ colour photograph portraits+US Flag,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with dark blue,white and pale blue lettering to front,white+pale blue lettered spine/ backstrip also with thumbnail monochrome photographic detail from front illustration of Clive Charles,rear panel with b/w photograph of Clive Charles and white+blue lettered quote and attribution (Clyde Best); 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 red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate/clean plain white sets of endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xiii-xviipp+1-269pp [paginated] includes an introduction,8 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w+ colour biographical photographs in 1 block, between pp110/11,appendices(I-III) and a bibliography; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,epigraphs(3),author's note,and contents list/table. On 1 April 1972 West Ham United made sporting history by becoming the first club from the highest echelon of English football to field three black players in League competition.Their manager,Ron Greenwood,picked: Clive Charles (born in Canning Town,just a few miles from the Hammer's Upton Park home); Ade Coker (from Nigeria),and Clyde Best,who had made his way to London's Docklands from Bermuda. Together,these three players smashed a social barrier for this most romantic and enigmatic of clubs. 'East End Heroes,Stateside Kings' tells of the origins of these players,that fateful day in '72 and their lives over the following 30 years as they became pioneering figurs in the success of the North american Soccer League. After being named by Pele in the all-time greatest NASL team,Charles managed the leading College side Portland Timbers,guided the American Women to World Cup glory and achieved historic results in Olympic competition with the US Under-23s. Coker was another leading light in the modern American game and represented the USA at international level,overcoming devastating injury problems. Best grew to be a legend in the NASL,and along with Charles,was one of only four former West Ham players to manage at internationa; level when he took over the Bermudan national team.He has recently been awarded an MBE (Member of the British Empire) - (then circa 2008.) Painstakingly researched and including a foreword and interview with Kenny Lynch, one of Britain's best-loved entertainers and lifelong West Ham fan,this book tells the story of three young black men who genuinely broke the mould. Dr Brian Belton was born within a short walk from West Ham's Boleyn ground.He is a senior lecturer at the YMCA George Williams College in Canning and has written more than twenty books,more than a dozen of which relate to the chronicles of West Ham Unites,making him the foremost historian of the club. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's age, and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. 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: rja979321. ISBN: 978184454.
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Imprint: LONDON.SCHOLASTIC CHILDREN'S BOOKS,1995. 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.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2005. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn. NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but author's black ink signature - without dedication - to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour photographic upper panel of dw/dj with fluorescent blue ink lettering, subject biographical b/w photograph to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean with some ageing/toning; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread? A couple of small,minor indentations to upper panel of dw/dj, lightly affecting board beneath,some inevitable but light scoring to both panels of dw/dj.Generally bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped fluorescent blue ink letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ixpp+1-294pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements, author's intro,20 chapters including an epilogue,32pp contemporary b/w+colour photographs in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp54/5,pp118/9,pp166/7 and pp230/1 respectively,an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title page,author SIGNED title-page, dedication,and a contents list/table. A wide ranging and entertaining celebration of cricket. 'My Spin on Cricket' tells the story of the great game through the eyes of one of its most popular commentators.Richie Benaud,former Australian cricket captain of distinction,has been a successful and highly respected writer on the sport for many years and is now globally admired for his work with both Australian and British television.Affectionately known as 'The Voice of Cricket',he is uniquely qualified to pass comment on the state of the game, past and present,which he does in his own inimitable style. Cricket is put under the spotlight as Richie Benaud covers all aspects of the game.Gambling,sledging,umpiring and showmanship do not escape his attention, and the future is also well considered, together with the roles of leadership and sponsorship and the benefits of various technological advances. Full of personal anecdotes and infused with his distinctive sense of humour and thoughtful opinions,this book is entertaining and well informed in equal measure.Richie Benaud's spin on cricket will absorb cricket lovers the world over. Born in New South Wales in 1930,Richie Benaud was a high-class allrounder, captaining Australia in twenty-eight of sixty-three Tests in which he played and never losing a series while in charge.In 1963 he became the first cricketer to complete the 'double' of 2,000 runs and 200 wickets in Test cricket.He remains one of only ten Australians to have scored more than 10,000 runs and taken over 500 wickets in first-class cricket and was the first player to complete the double of 2,000 runs and 200 wickets in Australian Sheffield Shield cricket. He began his broadcasting career on BBC Radio in 1960 and moved across to BBC Television three years later while still playing for Australia.He has worked for Australia's Channel NIne since 1977 and joined Britain's Channel Four in 1999. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! 1930-April 2015.(d. aged 84) Stock number: rja501114. ISBN: 0340833939.
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Imprint: LONDON.ANDRE DEUTSCH LIMITED,1976. 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.
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Imprint: LONDON.ANDRE DEUTSCH LIMITED,1976. 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 - no nicks or tears present. Minimal bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip. Top edge slightly aged and dust-soiled, fore-edges brighter and cleaner,but with some sporadic spotting/foxing; contents otherwise bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original pale blue+brown speckled cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white feps 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 terrifes 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 extraordinaire,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,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: rja599616. ISBN: 0233967931.
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Imprint: USA,NY.MARVEL,March,2002. 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.
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Imprint: LONDON.ANTHONY BLOND,1967. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/VG-.No owner inscrptn ffe,no price clip to dw/dj. Pictorial colour decorated,laminated dw/dj with some rubbing,creasing and chipping to dw/dj top edges.Similar degree,with water-stain (boards unaffected) to rear panel dw/dj.Blue paper-covered bds,red cloth blind spine with gilt letters, coloured eps.Contents bright,tight and clean.8vo,109pp.Author's fourth book. Hump,a professional acrobat and hunchback,whose invitation is numbered 15,372, is one of the 20,000 guests at a party given by the Authorities one Sunday morning in London.Hump has no grievances against society,is sure of his art and happy in his dreams of a medieval princess and a less crooked world.As he takes his place in the receiving line,he looks forward to meeting the guest of honour, Miss Rose Tuckaloo,fashion model,but when his turn comes he disgraces himself and runs.As a result of the festivities,he is cruelly interrogated by sophisticated and witty politicians who take him to Paris for lunch.The nightmare hounding and final defection of Hump makes this novel a most gruesome and powerful allegory of the conflict between Art and organised society. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct shipping/ P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja195. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.EGMONT UK Limited,2009. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,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.H. Shepard illustrations.Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - publisher's price to rear panel of dw/dj.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 major nicks or tears present.Tiny snick with miniscule loss to front's top corner of dw/dj.A small abrasion to spine/backstrip of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered - top corners minimally bumped excepted - boards,dw/dj design+lettering repeated to paper-covered boards with a dark green headband and a silk sewn-in bookmark ribbon,and immaculate colour pictorial artwork illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,1-201pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters,full single+ double-page,full colour illus by Mark Burgess throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] colour vignetted illustrated half-title+title pages,a dedication page similarly,an exposition,acknowledgements,double-page colour vignetted contents list/table,oval colour pictorial vignetted frntis to reverse of content's last page,and to rear; last 2 pages as publisher's b/w adverts for other similar Pooh-related book titles. "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: rja597816. ISBN: 9781405247443.
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Imprint: US.NY.DUTTON CHILDREN'S BOOKS,2009. US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp.[Complete number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4,so 1st edn,3rd impression.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, colour pictorial artwork decorations by Mark Burgess,illustrated dw/dj panels,with gilt,white and blue lettering to front,yellow+white letters to spine and rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major 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 paper-covered, coloured illustrated boards and immaculate environs coloured pictorial map illustrated endpapers.US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp, 1-201pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters,4 full-colour,full page,1 double-page full-colour, profuse part-page border edge and thumbnail illustrations in the text - all in colour and all by Mark Burgess; plus [unpaginated] colour illustrated half-title+title pages,a dedication, an exposition,acknowledgements,contents list/ table,with colour frntis to verso and all contributors; Milne,Shepard,Benedictus and Burgess,potted biographies as last page. In the eighty years that have passed since A. A. Milne last visited the Hundred Acre Wood,millions of readers have befriended the world's best-loved Bear of Very Little Brain. Happily,eighty years is but a day in the enchanted place at the top of the Forest, and Pooh and his friends have never stopped playing.Among the new adventures in this volume of ten stories,the animals anticipate the return of Christopher Robin,meet a new friend,and solve the mystery of some missing bees. Capturing the spirit of A. A. Milne and Ernest H. Shepard's original work,'Return to the Hundred Acre Wood' will charm readers of all ages. David Benedictus's stories were inspired by his familiarity with Pooh's adventures after having worked on audio book adaptations of previous Winnie-the-Pooh tales.The author of over twenty books,he has also worked as a journalist,director, and teacher.IN writing 'Return to the Hundred Acre Wood',Mr. Benedictus hopes to "both complement and maintain Milne's idea that whatever happens,a little boy and his Bear will always be playing." Mark Burgess has been illustrating children's books for many years and has drawn countless classic characters, including Paddington Bear and Winnie-the- Pooh.He spends his free time reading, gardening,and walking in the woods near his home in south-west England,where he lives with his wife and cat.Mr. Burgess illustrated this sequel in the style of E. H. Shepard with the approval of Mr. Shepard's estate. A. A. Milne (1882-1956) was a playwright and a journalist as well as a poet and storyteller.Inspired by his son, Christopher Robin,Milne published his first stories about Pooh in 1926.An instant success,Milne's children's books have since sold millions of copies and have been translated into fifty languages. Ernest.H. Shepard (1879-1976) gained renown as a cartoonist and illustrator.His witty and loving illustrations of Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends have become an inseparable part of the Pooh stories. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja783318. ISBN: 9780525421603.
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Imprint: US.NEW YORK,NEW YORK10014.DUTTON CHILDREN'S BOOKS/a division of Penguin Young Readers Group,2009. 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.
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Imprint: US.NEW YORK,NEW YORK10014.DUTTON CHILDREN'S BOOKS/a division of Penguin Young Readers Group,2009. 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.
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Imprint: LONDON.EGMONT UK Limited,2009. 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.
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Imprint: LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,1994. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn ffe,and no price clip to dw/dj. Pictorial colour decorated,laminated dw/dj with slight rubbing and minimal shelf-wear to dw/dj edges.Fore-edges lightly thumbed. 8vo,234pp.Author's 10th novel,the first in nearly 10 years. A scalpel-fine dissection of English fastiousness with powerful undertones of repressed sexuality and violence. Compulsively readable and psychologically acute,it is a memorable scrutiny of one man's search for perfection. Please contact seller,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja621. ISBN: 0297813501.
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Imprint: LONDON.ANTHONY BLOND,1965. 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.
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Imprint: LONDON.ANDRE DEUTSCH,1993. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj.8vo,294pp, 26 b/w photographs. This is the first reassessment in more than a quarter of a century of one of the most brilliant and fascinating figures in American literature - the novelist born in 1879, six years after the war he memorialised in his universally acclaimed The Red Badge of Courage and dead from tuberculosis aged 28. Recounting Crane's brief life,Benfey identifies a curious pattern:Crane tried to live what he had already written.Barely 22 when he wrote Red Badge,he later became the leading war correspondent of his time - in order to see, he told Joseph Conrad, whether Red Badge was 'alright'.He wrote Maggie - A Girl of the Streets more out of curiousity than knowledge;a few years later he took as his common-law wife the madam of a Jacksonville whorehouse.He made a life with her in England,where their circle of friends included CONRAD,Henry JAMES,Ford Maddox FORD and H.G.WELLS. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja212. ISBN: 0233988203.
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Imprint: LONDON.ORBIT,1997. 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.
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Imprint: LONDON.GOLLANCZ,1994. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NMINT/NMINT.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Following on from 'Great Sky River' and 'Tides of Light',this the new Galactic Centre novel. 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja486. ISBN: 057504067X.
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Imprint: LONDON.GOLLANCZ,1988. 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.
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Imprint: LONDON.VICTOR GOLLANCZ LTD.,1988. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE-/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,multi-colour (custard yellow,pale orange,lemon yellow and white) block design with black and shocking pink letters to front,spine's pink letters lightly sunned,rear panel with potted biog of author+works; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present,though some inevitable,but minor and minimal,superficial scoring/indents to either panel,but without any penetration or affecting boards beneath.Bright,crisp, clean and unblemished,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip; a tiny bump/ bruise at lower edge,towards the foot of spine,and immaculate plain beige endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-2980pp [paginated] includes a poem,13 short stories and author's illuminating afterword; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,contents list/table,and title separator page. Author's first collection of stories, showing clearly the range of both his imagination and style.Last story 'Doing Lennon' has the famous singer reawakened - or is he? - in the future. This story followed by author's aforementioned related afterword. An important addition to any SF enthusiast's shelf,and essential reading for a newcomer to the genre and of this author. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. 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. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja928221. ISBN: 0575041420.
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Imprint: LONDON.HARRAP,1971. 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.
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Imprint: LONDON.VIKING,1996. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn though there is a small red ink dot to top corner ffe and no price- clip to dw/dj.Pictorial colour decorated dw/dj by Beningfield,with minimal shelf- wear to edges and very light bumping/ creases to head+foot of spine/backstrip. Blue cloth boarfdds with gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain yellow eps.UK, Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,91pp includes profuse full colour - some full page - illustrations. Beningfield is one of the country's finest and best-loved painters of the English landscape.His campaigning for the English countryside encompasses a passionate concern for the conservation of our villages.Encircled by its rural landscape,the ideal village is made of local materials,with local people and local occupations in mind.But all too often villages no longer reflect their location.For this book,the author went in search of traditional village life, finding special places with interesting architecture,wildlife and country characters.Here he records in words and pictures what he found.Cottages,people, shops,windmills,oast-houses,orchards, churches,ponds - all are delightfully recorded here.And in his quest for the perfect village there were many moments of pure magic:a cricket match,washing on the line in a cottage garden,the laying of a hedge,the discovery of an old-fashioned post office or a surprisingly attractive little garden.The result is a wonderfully evocative and beautiful celebration of the English village in all its glory. 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',was published in 1978 and paved the way for the very popular 'Beningfield's Countryside'(1980),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! Stock number: rja804.
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Imprint: LONDON.ALLEN LANE,1980. 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.
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Imprint: LONDON.ALLEN LANE,1980. UK,slim rectangular Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to 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 nicks or tears present.Some inevitable,but light,superficial scoring to rear panel 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,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate colour pictorial watercolour illustrated endpapers.UK,slim rectangular Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,14-141pp [paginated] includes author/illustrator's introduction,9 chapters+epilogue,a 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],colour vignette to half-title page with colour frntis to it's verso,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 irresistible 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. 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: rja576915. ISBN: 0713912820.
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Imprint: LONDON.VIKING,1993. 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.
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