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Imprint: LONDON.JOHN BLAKE PUBLISHING LIMITED.,2001. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£15.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,author/subject's colour photographic portrait illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top edges lightly dust-soiled with some minimal grubbing and light,sporadic foxing/spotting,fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,3-242pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w auto+ biographicl photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp84/5 and pp180/1 respectively,plus [unpaginated] half-title +title pages,contents list/table,a dedication,a preface and 2pp blanks at the rear. Peter Bleksley was the best undercover cop Scotland Yard ever had.In over ten years operating in covert squads,he came up against some of the most hardened, lethal and bizarre underworld operators, constantly putting his life on the line so that the deadliest villains would end up where they belonged: behind bars. A master of disguise,he assumed numerous identities in order to get close to his targets - drug dealer,counterfeiter, gangster and hit man to name just a few.So determined was he to nail his man,he would even have to take cannabis or cocaine to remain above the suspicion of gang bosses. When the Yard needed to crack one of the biggest international drugs rings,it was Blex that risked his life by going undercover to infiltrate the gang and seize £4 million worth of heroin.He pulled it off,but the danger did not end there: the gang took out a contract on his life and he was forced into hiding. This is a breathtaking story that will take you inside a world that few have access to.It is the story of a man so dedicated to his job that it became more important even than his own life,a man so professional that his reputation preceded him the world over.This is the story of the Gangbuster. Mike Fielder is a best-selling author and former Fleet Street crime reporter.He has covered major stories,from Lord Lucan to the multi-million pound Brinks-Mat robbery,to the murder of Rachel Nickell.He also covered the Gibraltar shootings of three IRA terrorists in 1988 and the horrific cannibal killings of Jeffrey Dahmer in Milwaukee,USA.He wrote the highly-acclaimed 'The Murder of Rachel Nickell',an in-depth study of the horrific murder on Wimbledon Common. 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: rja719017. ISBN: 1903402190.
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Imprint: LONDON,HODDER & STOUGHTON,1989. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,subject SIGNED,1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but subject's neat,handwritten calligraphic,fountain-pen blue ink,dated+dedicated inscrptn: 'To George and Kathleen,my best wishes Hortense Daman - August 1989.' to half- title page,no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour+b/w contemporary photographic montage illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,clean, publisher's original dark brown cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,vi-viipp+1-301pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,14 chapters,15 single- page pages of contemporary b/w photographs,2 b/w maps (plans of the centre of Louvain,Belgian and Ravensbruck concentration Camp respectively),3pp biblio,plus [unpaginated] SIGNED+inscribed half-title page,title page,contents list/ table,b/w map of centre of Louvain, Belgium,a dedication and subject, contemporary b/w portrait photographic frntis and 8pp blanks to rear. The year 1942.Under cover of darkness,a small group of people were gathering illegally in a cemetery,in Nazi-occupied Louvain,Belgium.They had come to disinter the body of an English airman whom they knew to have been tortured to death by the Gestapo and to give him a proper burial. One of those huddled there in horror at the young man's fate was Hortense Daman,a fifteen-year-old schoolgirl.Although she had already known what it was to be forced from her home by dive-bomb attacks from the Luftwaffe,this was when she first understood the terrible realities of war. Hortense's brother Francois had already gone underground to join the partisans and now she asked to work with him,first as a courier,then as a fighter in the Resistance.It was in the same cemetery, later,that she helped shoot a vicious Belgian collaborator.'CHILD AT WAR' is the story of Hortense Daman's amazing secret career,of her terrifying missions,her adventures and escapes; her eventual betrayal and capture,along with her parents,by the Gestapo.Imprisoned, tortured,condemned to die,she was sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp with her mother,but against all odds,they survived. After the war,Hortense married an English soldier and they now live in Staffordshire,England (then 1989).This is the first time that she has told the full story of her life,a story which represents not only a fascinating and inspiring aspect of the Second World War but also,in its examination of a child's reaction to an extraordinary situation,casts an interesting light on our own troubled times. 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 weight allowances, dimensions and lowered its compensation rates too! So,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: rja34079. ISBN: 0340491175.
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Imprint: LONDON.BLOOMSBURY,1991. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten,black ink inscrptn/dedication thus: 'To Mary,All My Love Best Wishes Brian Blessed' to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - front inside flap with an accidental,narrow vertical crease to it's fore-edge.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - an unread copy? Publisher's bright,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate b/w map illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-217pp [paginated] includes 7 chapters,an Epilogue,24pp contemporary colour photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece between pp58/9,pp90/1,and pp154/5 respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a contents list/table,and a dedication. From the age of seven,when he read about George Mallory's 1924 ascent of Everest in his Hotspur comic, Brian Blessed dreamed of recreating Mallory's historic climb.At the age of fifty-three,accompanied by a camera crew,he realised that dream. Wearing the same type of clothing as Mallory, and without oxygen,Blessed followed in his footsteps. Published to coincide with the release of the film 'Galahad of Everest' (then 1991),in which Blessed stars,'The Turquoise Mountain' tells the whole story,from his spellbound childhood fascination with the idea of climbing Everest, through its development into a passionate obsession,to its finally becoming a reality. Blessed holds us enchanted through it all: from the arduous training he underwent and his preparatory meetings with Captain John Noel - the last survivor of the 1924 expedition - and mountaineering veterans Reinhold Messner and Chris Bonington; through the journey to the Himalayas and his encounters with the Dalai Lama and the people of Bhutan; to the awesome ascent itself,full of danger,tragedy,fear,sickness, privation - and,ultimately,tranquillity. This is really a book about people's dreams.We all have our own personal Everest to climb: for Brian Blessed it was the actual mountain,his desire to come to terms with it and to understand both himself and his hero.For anyone who cherishes an ambition to conquer anything seemingly insurmountable,'The Turquoise Mountain' is a charm,an encouragement and an inspiration. 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: rja1127824. ISBN: 0747510466.
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Imprint: LONDON.BLOOMSBURY,1991. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - an unread copy? Publisher's bright,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate b/w map illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-217pp [paginated] includes 7 chapters, an Epilogue,24pp contemporary colour photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece between pp58/9,pp90/1, and pp154/5 respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a contents list/table,and a dedication. From the age of seven,when he read about George Mallory's 1924 ascent of Everest in his Hotspur comic,Brian Blessed dreamed of recreating Mallory's historic climb.At the age of fifty-three,accompanied by a camera crew,he realised that dream. Wearing the same type of clothing as Mallory, and without oxygen,Blessed followed in his footsteps. Published to coincide with the release of the film 'Galahad of Everest' (then 1991),in which Blessed stars,'The Turquoise Mountain' tells the whole story,from his spellbound childhood fascination with the idea of climbing Everest, through its development into a passionate obsession,to its finally becoming a reality. Blessed holds us enchanted through it all: from the arduous training he underwent and his preparatory meetings with Captain John Noel - the last survivor of the 1924 expedition - and mountaineering veterans Reinhold Messner and Chris Bonington; through the journey to the Himalayas and his encounters with the Dalai Lama and the people of Bhutan; to the awesome ascent itself,full of danger,tragedy,fear,sickness, privation - and,ultimately,tranquillity. This is really a book about people's dreams.We all have our own personal Everest to climb: for Brian Blessed it was the actual mountain,his desire to come to terms with it and to understand both himself and his hero.For anyone who cherishes an ambition to conquer anything seemingly insurmountable,'The Turquoise Mountain' is a charm,an encouragement and an inspiration. 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: rja426612. ISBN: 0747510466.
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Imprint: LONDON.BLOOMSBURY,1991. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4th imp.[Complete number line 10 - 4 descending,so 1st edn,4th imp.] NFINE/VG.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major tears present.A few minor,miniscule nicks to top edges and head+foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj.Some minimal rubbing of laminate with reciprocal loss.Top+fore-edges aged/toned; contents generally bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - an unread copy? Publisher's bright,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-217pp [paginated] includes 7 chapters,an Epilogue,24pp contemporary colour photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece between pp58/9,pp90/1,and pp154/5 respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a Contents list/table,and a dedication. From the age of seven,when he read about George Mallory's 1924 ascent of Everest in his Hotspur comic,Brian Blessed dreamed of recreating Mallory's historic climb.At the age of fifty-three,accompanied by a camera crew,he realised that dream.Wearing the same type of clothing as Mallory,and without oxygen,Blessed followed in his footsteps. Published to coincide with the release of the film 'Galahad of Everest' (then 1991),in which Blessed stars,'The Turquoise Mountain' tells the whole story,from his spellbound childhood fascination with the idea of climbing Everest, through its development into a passionate obsession,to its finally becoming a reality. Blessed holds us enchanted through it all: from the arduous training he underwent and his preparatory meetings with Captain John Noel - the last survivor of the 1924 expedition - and mountaineering veterans Reinhold Messner and Chris Bonington; through the journey to the Himalayas and his encounters with the Dalai Lama and the people of Bhutan; to the awesome ascent itself,full of danger,tragedy,fear, sickness, privation - and,ultimately,tranquillity. This is really a book about people's dreams.We all have our own personal Everest to climb: for Brian Blessed it was the actual mountain,his desire to come to terms with it and to understand both himself and his hero.For anyone who cherishes an ambition to conquer anything seemingly insurmountable,'The Turquoise Mountain' is a charm,an encouragement and an inspiration. 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: rja727317. ISBN: 0747510466.
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Imprint: LONDON.BBC,1988. UK, Qrto HB, 1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/d,as issued(?).Colour photographic decorated,laminated boards with little or no shelf-wear to edges and only very light bumping to corners.Top+ fore-edges clean.Contents bright,tight and pristine.UK,Qrto HB,1st edn,96pp includes foreword,14 projects all illustrated with b/w photographsb/w detailed plans,cutting lists and instructions,sections on tools and techniques,materials and finishes and a list of useful addresses at rear. Good,sturdy outdoor toys that suit both your children and your pocket can be hard to find.How much more satisfying then to provide your kids with a slide,a swing, seesaw and Wendy house that you have made yourself in beautiful warm wood! Richard Blizzard of BBC TV fame has turned his imagination and ingenuity to making simple toys for out-door loving youngsters that anyone able to wield a saw and screwdriver can make.As well as the more familiar playground toys,there is a sand dozer,a log cart,a Trojan horse for hide-and-seek fans and a magnificent ride-on fire-engine. There is even a play castle,complete with watch tower and drawbridge,for brave young knights and captive maidens. Projects include: Periscope,Strength tester,swing,Slide,See-saw,Market stall, Viking longboat,Dump truck,Post van,Volvo shovel-loader,Castle,Trojan Horse,Garden house and a Fire-engine. Throughout the book metric measurements are given first,followed by imperial measurements in brackets.This edn is now out-of-print.See also rja1371. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja1554. ISBN: 0563214139.
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Imprint: LONDON.BBC,1989. UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued(?),rpt (same year as 1st,1987.)FINE.No owner inscrptn. Colour photographic decorated,laminated boards with no shelf-wear to edges and only top rear corner lightly bumped.Top+ fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.UK,Qrto HB,reprint,215pp includes fore-word,an introduction by Blizzard,29 projects all illustrated with b/w photographs,b/w detailed plans,cutting lists and instructions,sections on hand+ power tools,materials and finishes and a list of useful addresses at rear. By popular request,Richard Blizzard - the 'charismatic crafsman' of TV fame - has once more assembled a wonderful collection of wooden toys and models for you to make. With his usual skill and imagination he has designed projects to suit all abilities.Beginners will have no trouble with the delightful pull-along toys or the simple,but effective castle and airport. Those with more experience can take their choice from the fire-engine,David Brown tractor,Mack Superliner and trailer (nearly six feet long!) and many others. And for those who enjoy a real challenge, there is the beautiful Volvo Jakob open tourer.So if your fingers itch when you see a chisel,buy this book.It will keep you busy for a long time to come. Throughout the book metric measurements are given first,followed by imperial measurements in brackets.Plans include: Toddlers: - Wally Woodpecker, Clarence the Clown, Ride-on Ladybird, Dragon, Pull-along rabbit+squirrel, Firefly, Boris the Tank Engine, Indoor rocker, Sopwith Camel, Hobby horse, and Rocking horse. Outdoor toys: - Workbench, Garden slide, Self-propelled cart. Construction toys: - Airport, Dockyard, Doll's House and Castle. Models include: - David Brown tractor+trailer, Traction engine, Dennis fire-engine, Leyland lorry, Hyster fork-lift truck, Mack Superliner+ trailer, Volvo dump truck and Volvo Jakob. This edn is now out-of-print.See also rja1554. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja1371. ISBN: 0563212527.
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Imprint: LONDON.JOHN MURRAY (PUBLISHERS),2009. UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp. [Complete number line 3, so 1st edn,3rd impression.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy, subject's monochrome biographical portrait illustrated dw/dj panels with brown+gilt patterned design to fore-edges of dw/dj flaps and to the height+width of the spine/backstrip, capitalised pale cream(?) author,white part-title and gilt lettered remainder of title to front and repeated to spine,rear panel with critic's black-lettered review.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and unblemished - no foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp,vii-xvipp+1-400pp [paginated] includes contents list/table with blank verso,an illustrations list/table,author's Preface,15 chapters,16pp b/w contemporary subject-related biographical and other photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp112/13 and pp272/73 respectively,Publishing history of Lees-Milne's diaries,Notes and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title with subject's b/w portrait portrait sketch (non-credited) to reverse,title page,and a dedication with blank verso. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional example for its cleanliness and brightness. JAMES LEES-MILNE (1908-97) - known to his friends as Jim - is remembered for his work for the National Trust,rescuing some of England's greatest architectural treasures,and for the vivid and entertaining diaries which have earned him a reputation as 'the twentieth-century Pepys'. In this long awaited biography,Michael Bloch portrays a life rich in contradictions,in which an unassuming youth overtook more dazzling contemporaries to emerge as a leading figure in the fields of conservation and letters. It describes Jim's bisexual love life,his tempestuous marriage to the exotic Alvide,and his friendship with other fascinating literary figures including John Betjeman,Robert Byron, Rosamond Lehmann,and the Mitford sisters (whose brother Tom had been Jim's great love at Eton.) It depicts a man who was romantically attached to the England of his childhood and felt out of tune with his own times,but who left an enduring legacy through the preservation of country houses and his eloquent chronicling of a dying world. 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: rja1027322. ISBN: 9780719560347.
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Imprint: LONDON.TRANSWORLD,1982. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG.Slightly chipped, creased edges dw/dj.Takes up the tale of Norman Bates,20 years on. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja58.
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Imprint: US.NY.PYRAMID PUBLICATIONS,INC.February,1965. US,slim 12mo wraps,p/back original,1st edn.[Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are either the only format,or published prior to any other format.] VG. No owner inscrptn and no price removal (50c) to cover.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Jack Gaughan,illustrated front cover with green,yellow and white lettering,rear corner with black+red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - and no noted reading creases to spine/backstrip. Both top+lower front corners with minimal diagonal corner creases,and a few of indents/impressions and also,very faint, partial residue of incomplete cup-rings. Top+fore-edge with ubiquitous but light toning; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - one accidental top corner crease to title page - else would appear unread,apart from my own collation.US,slim 12mo p/b original, 7-144pp [paginated] includes 10 tales,plus [unpaginated] blurb,title page,and a contents list/table. Monsters,murderers,magicians,maniacs - in masterpieces of horror and suspense.the sudden shock of horror. . . the macabre jolt of fear. . . the wicked wit of the master of monstrous. . . all in these tales of terror and mystery by Robert Bloch. 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: rja881520. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON LTD.,1996. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price (originally £18.99).These are generrally believed to be export edns,released before the trade edn's distribution in the country of publication.Bright,crisp and clean,subject b/w photographic front+rear,illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine.Bright, clean,publisher's original brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and coloured illustrated endpapers showing Simpson's letters.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-239pp [paginated] includes preface,12 chapters,an epilogue,profuse b/w,sepia and colour contemporary photographs+illustrations throughout the text and the book,a select bibliography,an index,photographic acknowledgements at rear; plus[unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and a contents list/table. Ever since EDWARD VIII gave up his throne in 1936 to marry her,the extraordinary career of Wallis,Duchess of Windsor,has never ceased to fascinate. How was it that the most eligible bachelor in the world fell in love with this unknown American woman,who was not generally considered beautiful? What was the nature of their relationship? Was she responsible for the Abdication? What was she really like? The fatherless poor relation of two distinguished American families,Wallis Warfield grew up to be tough and self-reliant. Her unhappy first marriage to a sadistic naval officer was followed by an adventurous period during which she had many love affairs and visited China.It was during her second marriage,to the sentimental London businessman Ernest Simpson,that she met the Prince of Wales, who three years later fell passionately in love with her,and three years after that renounced an empire to be united with her. During their complicated life in exile,often in the glare of hostile publicity,she worked hard to give him an existence suitable for an ex-King,and to make him feel his sacrifice had been worthwhile. The years after his death were sad ones,and the protectiveness of her French lawyer,Maitre Suzanne Blum,only served to heighten curiosity about the Duchess's strange life. Many questions remain unanswered.Why did her birth go unrecorded? What were the qualities which so infatuated the Prince of Wales? Why did she never have children? Michael Bloch,who spent ten years as Maitre Blum's assistant and edited the Windsor's private correspondence (see rja31088 and rja31098 - an author SIGNED copy.) in two best selling volumes,is the ideal person to provide this biographical reassessment.In it he dispels much of the mystery that has surrounded her,and paints a vivid portrait of a courageous, glamorous and unusual individual - perhaps in some ways not a woman at all. Please contact seller,because of the weight - nearly 1Kg unpackaged - 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: rja34129. ISBN: 0297835904.
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Imprint: LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,1986. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated subject,lozenge vignetted,sepia portrait photographic illustrated upper wrap with blue+white lettering,photographic facsimile correspondence illustrated rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.Minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing to head+ foot of spine/backstrip - no major nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and generally clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,publisher's original,plain brown cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean beige royal monogrammed,decorated eps.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xipp+1-308pp [paginated] includes illus list/table, editor preface,intro,Pts 1-3 comprising 15 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w subject photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp84/5 and pp180/1 respectively, numerous b/w facsimile reproductions of letters/correspondence interspersed throughout the text and the book, appendices(3),an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and contents list/ table. If ever there was a book of which it could be truly said that 'here is the story the world has been waiting for',this is that book.No romance is more famous than that of Wallis Warfield of Baltimore and Edward VIII of England who gave up his throne for love of her.And yet,reading the dramatic and long-awaited documents published here for the first time,we are forced to admit that we knew nothing of what really passed between them.For here is the future Duchess of Windsor's diary in the form of her letters to her Aunt Bessie,giving a month-by-month record of her growing involvement with the man born to be king; and here is her intimate correspondence with Edward himself,before, during and after his reign. These letters speak with a truth and a passion which no mere description could convey. We see Edward,as Prince and King,obsessed with love to the point of madness,begging to be led by his beloved,writing to her in terms of infantile adoration.We see Wallis as a woman caught up in a great and ultimately terrible adventure - at first naively thrilled to be his favourite and out to help him,later desperate to escape from him and so keep him on his throne. Then,during the long weeks of separation between the Abdication and their marriage, we find them expressing their feelings in an exchange of letters unique in the annals of romantic correspondence - letters full of tender longing for each other and bitterness at their treatment by the British establishment and by fate. Michael Bloch's editing of this sensational correspondence is as informed as it is reticent.His commentary is designed to help the reader find his way; it never suggests what the reader ought to think.But after six years of research in the Windsor archive in Paris,he is now able to present the intimate facts of a unique story,told in the words of the principal actors,as the unimpeachable evidence of what transpired between Wallis and Edward from the moment of their first meeting up to the time they became man and wife. 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,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja31088. ISBN: 0297788043.
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Imprint: LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,1986. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,but author/editor's neat,handwritten black ink,warm dedication,signature+date to title page: 'To Sir Philip Goodhart from his friend - Michael Bloch.6 v 86.', and no price-clip to dw/dj.[Interestingly,though published+ printed in England,the publisher price on this dw/dj is in $ - $24.95.Other similar English copies,I have seen,handled and stock,have the English price - £12.95 to them.].Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated subject,lozenge vignetted sepia portrait photographic illustrated upper wrap with blue+white lettering,photographic facsimile correspondence illustrated rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.Minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing to head+ foot of spine/backstrip - no major nicks or tears present - though the front,lower and top,rear corners are both minisculely rubbed with reciprocal loss.Top+fore-edges bright and generally clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - diagonal crease to bottom corner of ffe+half-title page - no dog-ear reading creases to any of the other pages' corners.Bright,clean, publisher's original,plain brown cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean beige royal monogrammed,decorated eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, SIGNED,1st edn,vii-xipp+1-308pp [paginated] includes illus list/table, editor preface,an introduction,Pts 1-3 comprising 15 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w subject photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp84/5 and pp180/1 respectively,numerous b/w facsimile reproductions of letters/correspondence interspersed throughout the text and the book,appendices (3),an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and contents list/table. If ever there was a book of which it could be truly said that 'here is the story the world has been waiting for',this is that book.No romance is more famous than that of Wallis Warfield of Baltimore and Edward VIII of England who gave up his throne for love of her.And yet,reading the dramatic and long-awaited documents published here for the first time,we are forced to admit that we knew nothing of what really passed between them.For here is the future Duchess of Windsor's diary in the form of her letters to her Aunt Bessie,giving a month-by-month record of her growing involvement with the man born to be king; and here is her intimate correspondence with Edward himself,before, during and after his reign. These letters speak with a truth and a passion which no mere description could convey.We see Edward,as Prince and King, obsessed with love to the point of madness,begging to be led by his beloved, writing to her in terms of infantile adoration.We see Wallis as a woman caught up in a great and ultimately terrible adventure - at first naively thrilled to be his favourite and out to help him,later desperate to escape from him and so keep him on his throne.Then,during the long weeks of separation between the Abdication and their marriage,we find them expressing their feelings in an exchange of letters unique in the annals of romantic correspondence - letters full of tender longing for each other and bitterness at their treatment by the British establishment and by fate. Michael Bloch's editing of this sensational correspondence is as informed as it is reticent.His commentary is designed to help the reader find his way; it never suggests what the reader ought to think.But after six years of research in the Windsor archive in Paris,he is now able to present the intimate facts of a unique story,told in the words of the principal actors,as the unimpeachable evidence of what transpired between Wallis and Edward from the moment of their first meeting up to the time they became man and wife. Michael Bloch is the author of 'The Duke of Windsor's War' (1982) and 'Operation Willi: The Plot to kidnap the Duke of Windsor,July 1940' (1984). Sir Philip Goodhart was a Conservative MP in the British government. Since April 2013,and again in March 2015, and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its compensation rates too! So,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: rja31098. ISBN: 0297788043.
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Imprint: LONDON.ORION BOOKS LTD.,1998. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£16.99) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,monochrome photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges with very,very light discolouration from some light dust-soiling and two parallel red felt-tip ink oblique strokes but overall still bright and clean,fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain orange cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-278p [paginated] includes 35 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,acknowledgements and epigrams. Ex-cop Matt Scudder is well and truly off the booze,but he still spends time with some of his old drinking buddies - including Mick Ballou. Mick is an Irish-American entrepreneur who operates more often than not on the wrong side of the law.Their friendship was always frowned upon by Scudder's superiors in the NYPD,but as Scudder knows there is honour among some thieves and within his own world Mick Ballou is an honourable man. Mick is also a worried man - two of his henchmen have met violent deaths during a raid on one of his bourbon warehouses.It looks very like someone is muscling in on his patch and he wants Scudder on the case.Matt isn't keen - working for your friends can be a tricky business.On his way home he is jumped,but does more damage than he takes.Somebody wants him off the job. When a friend is shot dead,while Scudder is in the men's room of the restaurant where they're eating dinner,he knows he was the real target.No matter that he is warned off by his ex-colleagues,and his wife,Elaine,this is one case Scudder is going to see out to the end. 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: rja749317. ISBN: 0752802135.
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Imprint: UK.HARPENDEN,HERTS,NO EXIT PRESS,2004. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[True 1st edn,preceding USA issue.]FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj - virtually as new.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy colour illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - an unread copy? Publisher's bright,clean, unblemished,original black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,10-318pp [paginated] includes 41 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,author's note and 2pp publisher advert for author's other titles. When a friend suggests that Bernie Rhodenbarr burglarise a romantic rival's home,Bernie is happy to oblige.For him,burglary is more than a career,it's his favourite hobby.Along with lesbian friend Carolyn Kaiser,Bernie is overjoyed to find a safe full of cash - cash for which income taxes have not been paid and for which a police report is unlikely.And for once Bernie doesn't find a dead body in the house.At least not yet. . . . because a nearby house has also been broken into and three people have died.The police recognise Bernie from a nearby bank ATM camera and soon he's in the newspapers as the suspect. A good lawyer gets Bernie out of jail,but he isn't out of trouble.Because criminals read the newspapers and now they think that Bernie has whatever was missing from the robbery gone bad. Unless Bernie can come up with the truth,he's in for some serious trouble from some very bad people. Fortunately,Bernie is good at finding the truth.Better yet for Bernie,an incidental burglary leads to a relationship with a beautiful lawyer.If he can stay alive long enough to enjoy it,he's got it made. 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: rja373310. ISBN: 1842431226.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON 2001. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic +cartoon (John Ireland) illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Dw/djs' spine/backstrip minimally and lightly but inevitably sunned and faded.Top edge slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal - fore-edges considerably brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread - apart from my own collation? Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-ixpp +1-241pp [paginated] incudes author foreword, acknowledgements,14 chapters,10 full-page b/w line cricketer caricatures,b/w line illustrated chapter headpieces and a few b/w line illustrated chapter tailpieces - all by John Ireland - interspersed throughout the text and the book.Plus [unpaginated] half-title,b/w line vignetted title page,a contents list/table and 4pp blanks at rear. Henry Blofeld is at his best as he unravels and re-interprets the rich story of cricket - The Gentleman's Game. This is a compelling and irreverent account of a sport that originated in 16thC England and was then gradually fed to the British Empire; nowadays,of course,England are regularly outplayed by most of the commonwealth countries. The author's probing research has uncovered hitherto unrevealed scandals amongst the governing bodies of the game and of the complex lives of some of the great heroes of the past and present day. He reveals the plots and sub-plots that have,it can now be said,livened up the MCC Committee meetings at Lord's over the years. Totally outrageous,written with Henry Blofeld's contagious sense of humour,'Cricket and All That' shows cricket as a game that has had a profound effect on the very structure of English life - it's not just cricket,it's a national heritage. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - psarticularly 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: rja479214. ISBN: 0340819731.
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Imprint: LONDON.SIMON & SCHUSTER UK LTD.,1999. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NFINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around white background with author/subject portrait,colour photograph to front of dw/dj black-lettered part-title and capitalised black+red-lettered sub-title; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as front,a thumbnail colour portrait photograph as front and publisher's capitalised,black-lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with 6 critic's black +red-lettered reviews of his published title 'Cakes and Bails'.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges ubiquitously aged/toned; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt lettering,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9- 346pp [paginated] includes 13 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp192/93,Picture Credits and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,a Contents list/table - the latter two named with a blank verso each,and to the rear 4pp blanks. 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 near quarter of a century age.It is only the minimal exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really is still an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of other detracting faults. There is no one quite like Henry Blofeld.His charm and cricket knowledge are unmatched in the game and on the radio airwaves.He is incapable of being dull as he casts his witty and waspish eye over the 1998-1999 cricket year.And it has been an unforgettable year for Henry himself as well as for the game. There was Geoffrey Boycott losing his assault case in the French courts - Blofeld has the full,behind-the-scenes story; the West Indian team strike; the scandal of match betting which tarnished the reputations of Australians Shane Warne and Mark Waugh; the rumpus on the pitch as Sri Lankan captain Ranatunga marched his players off in protest at the noballing of Muralithian; England' heoric loss of the Ashes in Australia (again,and always gallantly of course); Darren Gough's hat-trick; Brian Lara's incredible resurrection in the West Indies against Australia; and full inside details of the drama, excitement,heroes and villains of the 1999 Cricket World Cup. And Henry tells of how his season nearly came to a tragic halt as he was rushed to hospital with a major heart problem and how,as he was lying in bed three lengthy operations later, Test Match Special was whipped away from the BBC by the predatory Talk Radio.But,as ebullient and as irrepressible as ever,Blowers straight bats these googlies with the zest and high spirits that make him so well loved by cricket fans and ordinary mortals alike. 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: rja1090523. ISBN: 0684851520.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2017. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author/subject SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's neat handwritten blue ink signature - without dedication - direct to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,subject's portrait colour photograph with glossy capitalised red-lettered author name, glossy white-lettered title and sub-title to front of dw/dj,spine/backstrip with glossy, capitalised white-lettered author name,glossy red-lettered title and white-lettered publisher name; rear panel with red background with subject's two colour biographical photographs. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Gentle pushing with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish,no foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished, sharp-cornered original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/ backstrip and immaculate repeated colour world map of Test cricket nations illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author/subject SIGNED,1st edn,vii-xvpp+1-304pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,author's Preface,14 chapters,32pp colour+b/w photographs in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece between pp80/81,pp112/13, pp176/77 and pp208/09 respectively,photograph acknowledgements and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title with blank verso, author/subject SIGNED title page,and a dedication,also with a blank verso. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It is only the minimal exterior faults described that prevent a slightly higher grading.It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and the subject's signature. For over half a century,Henry Blofeld has conveyed his unfailing enthusiasm for the game of cricket as a much loved broadcaster and journalist. His characteristically patrician tones, overlaid with those of the bon viveur, have delighted listeners to the BBC's Test Match Special where the personality of the broadcaster comes second only to a deep knowledge of the game and its players. With his engaging conversational tone it is easy to see why listeners feel as if they are actually at the Test match watching in Henry's friendly company. Now that 'Blowers' has decided to declare his TMS innings closed, his book reveals the secrets of life in the commentary box and of the rich cast of characters with whom he shared it, from the early days of John Arlott and Brian Johnson to Aggers and new boys Boycott, Swann, Vaughan and Tuffers. Henry is equally revealing of his own performances and self-deprecatingly recalls his several verbal misfortunes while live broadcasting. Like the greatest commentators and writers on the game Blofeld has always understood that there is a world beyond the cricket field. Not forgetting pigeons passing, red buses and much loved cricket grounds, Henry Blofeld writes of his favourite countries, and experiences while travelling, and meeting and interviewing many cricket-loving celebrities. His passionate and entertaining book will become one of the classics of cricket's literature. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/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: rja1036722. ISBN: 9781473670914.
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Imprint: LONDON.FOULIS,1928. UK, 8vo HB, no dw/dj, 1st edn.VG.No owner inscrptn, but 2 Trinity College of Music, London, book prize-labels - one pasted to ffe,the other laid in - both to same named person: Anna Perrot [of Torquay] for pianoforte playing, and dated for 1931+ 1932 respectively.Publisher's original dark blue cloth bds with bright, crisp, stamped gilt college armorial/heraldic crest/arms+Latin motto and gilt,slightly dulled/oxidised letters to upper bd,and similar stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip.The stamped gilt heraldic crest consists of a convex shield with a straightened (horizontal) 'Chief' (the top 1/3rd of shield) with 3, in a row horizontally,human 'Charges' (heads of choirboys).A 'Clarion' (a musical instrument in a stylised form) - of a harp - to 'Fess' point (the exact centre of shield) and a Latin motto - 'Gloria-in-Excelsis-Deo' in an open 'Scroll/ribbon' beneath the shield.Minimal shelf-wear to extremities and corners; some miniscule rubbing,some light bumping to corners and head+foot of spine/ backstrip with reciprocal creasing - as usual/normal - but bds generally clean.Top edge coloured dark blue; fore-edge lightly dulled but clean; contents bright,tight and clean.UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn,vii- xiiipp+3-241pp [paginated] includes half- title+title pages,pictorial colour onlay frntis,contents+illus lists/tables,author intro,12 chapters,18 b/w plates/illus - all called for - genealogy of the piano,a biblio,an index,and 4pp piano makers/ sellers b/w adverts to rear. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja26647. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1987. UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,handwritten,blue ink,warm dedication, signature and date: 'For Lillian with best blue wishes for a ruby wedding Lionel Blue.29 September 1987.' to half-title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial cartoon by Albert Rusling, illustrated dw/dj with blue+yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to head of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj,some inevitable but light,minimal scoring/indentations to both panels - but the bds beneath unaffected. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no internal markings, no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly 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,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn, 7-159pp [paginated] includes contents list /table,author's thanks,intro,11 sections/ chapters comprising 51 humorous anecdotes/ life's observations,with vignette b/w cartoons by Albert Rusling throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] SIGNED+date dedication to half-title, title page,and dedication. When he was younger,Lionel Blue searched for holiness in candles and eternal lights,lusted after voices and visions, and waited anxiously to be struck by a special revelation from heaven.As he grew older and the bolt from above failed to materialise,he realised that real knowledge of heaven - and earth - came in the most unlikely situations: cooking cabbage in a kitchen,riding a bad-tempered camel while on a package holiday.He also realised that humour is an integral part of our ability to cope with living. Now Lionel Blue has a large audience for his unique blend of humour and insight and in 'Blue Heaven' he has produced a further collection of stories drawn from his own experience.Funny and thought-provoking without ever losing its appealing simplicity,'Blue Heaven' will interest believers and non-believers alike.It is sure to find the same wide readership as his previous bestselling collection,'Bolts from the Blue'. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja485114. ISBN: 0340415169.
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Imprint: LONDON.HUTCHINSON,1994. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,unclipped dw/dj - no publisher price - assumed 1st export edn as these precede the trade 1sts.Bright,clean,glossy laminated colour illustrated upper wrap and colour portrait photograph of John Gotti to rear wrap with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top edge minimally dust-soiled but clean,fore-edge generally clean but with some light thumbing; contents bright,tight and near pristine.Clean,plain black paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.Rear endpaper has neat,ink stamped Warehouse damaged stamp - but book appears unaffected despite this.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,8-349pp includes half-title+ title pages,note to reader,48 chapters, and notes on sources to rear. In 'Gangland',bestselling author and prize-winning journalist Howard Blum tells the riveting story of the FBI's C-16 Organized Crime Squad,a group of modern- day Untouchables who waged a grim six-year battle to bring down this generation's Al Capone - John Gotti. 'Gangland' is a true-life drama as complex and compelling as any fictional detective story - the cat-and-mouse chase that trapped the cocky crime lord who was convinced he was beyond the law.Gotti's trump cards: a gang of ruthless henchmen eager to execute his enenmies - and a mole in law enforcement,a one-legged detective known as 'the Baker' whose inside information enabled the Don to get away - literally - with murder. But arrayed against Gotti were FBI agents,men of courage,ingenuity and daring,whose difficult mission became an obsession; two women,'Easter' and 'the Looker',mob girlfriends brave and resourceful enough to collect incriminating secrets; and Sammy 'Bull' Gravano,Gotti's hitman and second-in- command,who,to the surprise of both sides in the battle,was skilfully pressured into turning against his Don. Drawing on his unprecedented access to FBI records and the FBI agents themselves, Blum goes behind the scenes in the back rooms of the mob and the squad rooms of the FBI to reveal precisely how Gotti's headquarters was bugged,how informants were turned,and how the mole was brought to light.It is a story of small victories and major setbacks,of bureaucratic bungling and bitter inter-agency rivalries that prolonged Gotti's reign of terror, and of the patience and persistence that finally toppled him from his throne: a man trapped by his own words. Please contact seller for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page. Stock number: rja2196. ISBN: 0091784840.
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Imprint: LONDON.CENTURY,2007. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] NFINE/NFINE. Neat blue ink,assumed female's(?) gift presentation inscrptn (2nd anniversary to male partner) to ffe,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Matt,monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white,yellow and green lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of dw/dj's spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing,and some minimal,minor and light superficial scoring+indents to dw/dj - without affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges slightly aged and minimally marked; contents bright,tight,clean - solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread? Publisher's generally bright and clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers - presentation inscrptn excepted.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-370pp [paginated] includes prelude,12 chapters, acknowledgements,notes and sources,and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title page,list of author's other titles,title page,a dedication,a contents list/table,a title separator page,and a note about the author to rear,as the last page. In Victorian Britain,a group of eminent scientists got together to found a society expressly to prove the existence of ghosts. The age of Darwin represented the greatest scientific advances known to man.The tension between science and religion was exposed by Darwin's 'On the Origin of the Species' in 1859,which challenged the basic tenets of belief. Yet many of those in the forefront of the scientific revolution could not give up the idea of a higher reality.Life after death was the unknown frontier.Victorian society was full of mediums claiming they could communicate with the spirits of the dead. Baffling psychic phenomena occurred every day at seances: mysterious rappings were heard,furniture moved,ghostly forms appeared,the mediums spoke in the altered voices of the dead with information only their nearest could possibly know. Psycometry involving locks of hair and watches and children's toys; ouija boards,apparitions; astral projection: all were commonplace. In 1882 the Society of Psychical Research was founded in London to investigate all these phenomena@ it was a group led by some of the greatest scientists of the age but it's membership also included Alfred Lord Tennyson, Leslie Stephen,Virginia Woolf's father,John Ruskin,the Reverend Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) and Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain).Six months later William James,Professor of Psychology at Harvard,and the brother of Henry James,visited London and went on to set up an American branch. Their experiments went on for years.Many mediums,like the notorious Madame Blavatsky,were exposed as charlatans yet there were some mediums who continued to communicate directly with another world,who despite every rigorous scientific test seemed to prove that souls survived death. This is the story of this group of forward thinkers: many of whom were driven to the spirit world by personal tragedy,some whose feeling of loss lead to their own suicides. It is the story of the greatest ghost hunt of any age. 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: rja536415. ISBN: 9781844135967.
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Imprint: LONDON.SIMON & SCHUSTER LTD.,1990. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE-/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,thumbnail colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with black and black outlined orange letters, rear panel with book's prose excerpt; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges both with minimal,sporadic foxing spots, else fairly 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 black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip, and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,18-300pp [paginated] includes a prologue,Pts I-VI,an appendix (9 b/w facsimile TOP SECRET documents),list of abbreviations+ acronyms,a note on sources, acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half- title publisher's advert for author's other works,title page,a dedication,contents list/table,a note to reader, an epigram,prologue separator page,individual Pts separator pages and to the rear of book,a note on author and 2pp blanks. In the winter of 1987,following a series of puzzling events,seventeen member of the U.S intelligence community were summoned to the Pentagon.Their Top Secret mission: to determine if there was life . . . OUT THERE. For years,the government has repeatedly denied any official interest in UFOs or any covert military investigations into the possibility of life on other planets.In an extraordinary feat of investigative journalism,award-winning former New York Times reporter Howard Blum has uncovered the truth: the U.S. government is lying. 'Out There' reveals the existence of the top- secret UFO Working Group,established in December of 1987, whose members - intelligence officials,scientists,military officers - meet regularly at the Pentagon to evaluate UFO sightings and investigate all other unexplained intrusions into our planetary space.It is the group that hopes to determine,once and for all, if there are extraterrestrial beings,how to contact them if they exist on other planets - and how to respond if they attempt to contact us. Based on sources at the highest levels, 'Out There' is a stunning expose of the government's clandestine activities,and a meticulously documented account of the dedicated scientific search for extraterrestrial life.Every chapter of 'Out There' is filled with surprising revelations: The electronic "fence" that surrounds America's defence perimeter is frequently "tripped" by objects that cannot be identified.The illegal infiltration and harassment by Air Force Intelligence of UFO groups,and the circulation of counterfeit documents.The FBI's ongoing investigation of the "MJ-12" documents - classified reports of the recovery in 1948 of a crashed flying saucer and four extraterrestrial bodies in New Mexico. "Classified" military documents that reveal that the Air Force has considered the possibility that alien aircrafts have penetrated the airspace surrounding nuclear installations.The active and covert involvement of the National Security Agency,America's most secret intelligence organization,in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Mr Blum has discovered that what many deride as science fiction is,indeed,fact. 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: rja871120. ISBN: 0671662600
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Imprint: LONDON.MACMILLAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS,2008. UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.Published simultaneously US, Delacourt Press.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, part matt,part glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Kate Pankhurst,illustrated dw/dj with multi-coloured and white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges lighjtly aged/toned - as usual/normal - with minimal foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original mottled yellow cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked black inked letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-119pp [paginated] includes 9 sections/chapters,b/w cartoon illustrations - all by Kate Pankhurst - throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] b/w vignette illustrated half-title+title pages,contents list/table,and to the rear,acknowledgements with publisher's advert to verso. Jake (The Pain) and Abigail (The Great One) are like any other brother and sister.They fight about anything and everything. Whether they are telling tales or losing wiggly teeth,little brothers are a pain. But when the school bully picks on Jake he can count on his big sister to come running to the rescue! In six warm and funny stories,Judy Blume brilliantly captures just what it's like to have - or to be - a brother or sister. 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: rja813218. ISBN: 9780230700277.
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Imprint: LONDON.MILLER'S/REED CONSUMER BOOKS LTD.,1993. UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,reprint.[Originally and first published 1993,this is the first reprint edn.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black faux leather (rexine?) boards with bright, crisp,stamped silver gilt letters front and to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps (endpapers).UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,reprint,6-192pp [paginated] includes an Introduction to Silver Hallmarks and 6 other sections,b/w illustrated date charts/tables,b/w line illus throughout the text and the book, separate Gold+Platinum hallmarking, Sheffield Plate,fakes and alterations, collecting silver,a glossary,a bibliography,a list of addresses and an index and acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, contents list/table to verso of title page,a foreword. The other 6 sections cover British Assay Offices (Major and minor)Continental European marks,methods of manufacture and decoration,illustrated silver styles, Makers and their Marks. John Bly appears frequently on television programmes about antiques,including 'The Antiques Roadshow',and presents his own networked TV series 'Heirloom'.He runs an antiques business at St James's,London and another at Tring,Hertfordshire,founded by his grandfather over 100 years ago.Through these he has supplied major public and private collections in England and the United States.He is a Fellow of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmith's of London,and a former Council member of the British Antique Dealer's Association.He has lectured extensively in Britain and America and is the author of a number of useful books on collecting antiques and the General Editor of 'Is It Genuine?', published by Mitchell Beazley in 1986. This guide includes all major marks on British and Irish silver,gold,platinum and Sheffield Plate,as well as maker's marks and biographical detail.It shows all the major Continental and American town marks and details the principal makers and their mark.Containing a full introduction which teaches you how to read and understand the hallmarks.Also it shows the changing shapes and styles of silver which can help you to authenticate and date pieces,how to distinguish between silver,Sheffield plate and electroplate.Valuable advice on how to spot fakes is given,along with providing tips on buying and caring for silver and has a full glossary of terms used. 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: rja728917. ISBN: 1857320964.
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Imprint: USA,NY.KENSINGTON BOOKS,1997. US,8vo wraps,trade paperback,1st edn.MINT. No shelf-wear and an unread copy,no spine/ backstrip reading creases.8vo,ix-xiv+3- 224pp includes preface,and trivia questions+answers. Suffering from INSOMNIA? Can't shake that feeling of MISERY? DESPERATION creeping up on you? Then you've roamed the nightmares and dreamscapes of Stephen King's world. But if you think you know everything there is to know about today's leading horror writer - his novels, his movies,and the DEAD ZONE of his frightening imagination - think again.If you dare.Which King novel was too frightening even for King? What is "Jaunting"? What feature film did King direct? Who is Charlie McGee? How old was King when he sold his first book? What kind of car was Christine? How did Richard Bachman really die? And hundreds more other unnerving questions and terrifying trivia to tease your brain,rattle your nerves and keep you awake long past midnight. 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: rja1888. ISBN: 1575662280.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON LTD.,1993. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10- 1 descending.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with black+white and yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges with a tiny,one spot blemish,otherwise with 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 blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps - a small dent to rear,top edge.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 13-192pp [paginated] includes 7 chapters, b/w diagrams,profuse contemporary b/w+ colour photographs throughout the text and the book,and appendices (6),plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, contents list/table with note from Chay Blyth and photographic credits to verso, b/w portrait photographic foreword by Princess Anne,double-page b/w exploded diagram 67ft Steel Yacht plan/ illustration,and a double-page b/w journey's map. When Chay Blyth sailed round the world against the prevailing winds and currents, it was dubbed 'the impossible voyage'.That was in 1971.Twenty years after this famous accomplishment,Blyth had the idea of building ten yachts and training 140 people to race along the same route - most of them novices who had never sailed a boat before. In September 1992,the fleet of 67ft steel yachts set off on the British Steel Challenge and began an extraordinary adventure across the world's most hostile waters.Their course took them past the calms of the doldrums,across the Equator to Rio de Janeiro and through the Roaring Forties to the notorious waters off Cape Horn. From here,they headed west,into the teeth of the Furious Fifties and Screaming Sixties,first to Tasmania and then to Cape Town before turning north to finish in Southampton.The nine-month voyage promised unrivalled adversity in conditions even the great sailing ships of trading days could not weather.The crews were guaranteed aching cold,constant wet clothes and wet bunks,and they risked the perils of unseen icebergs which could sink even a steel boat. Yet for the men and women taking part, this was truly the adventure of a lifetime.And in the world of sailing,what was first heralded as reckless folly has become one of the greatest feats of seamanship in history.In this revealing book,Chay Blyth and Elaine Thompson relate the definitive story of the British Steel Challenge and tell of how both the amateur crews and the professionals behind them rose to the challenge. 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: rja753217. ISBN: 03405918900.
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Imprint: LONDON.VIRGIN,1993. UK,12mo paperback Original,1st edn. [Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.] NFINE.An unread copy as there are no spine/ backstrip reading creases and minimal shelf-wear to edges with very light bumping to foot of spine/backstrip. Fore-edges aged as usual/normal,with bottom edge lightly shelf-grubbed; but contents bright,tight and clean.Colour pictorial wraps; artwork by Jeff Cummins. Fore-edges slightly aged,contents bright, tight and clean.Original novel featuring the seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy and his companion Ace) from the series launched in 1991 to much acclaim,and carried on until the BBC opted to withdraw the licence in 1996.A low print run with no reprints,re-issues or hardback issues and now out of print. In 1989,editor Peter Darvill-Evans finally gained permission from the BBC to develop a range of original novels featuring the 7th Doctor and his companion ACE.These were launched in 1991 to much acclaim,and carried on until the BBC opted not to renew their licence in 1996.The initial editor was Peter Darvill-Evans and he was joined by Rebecca Levene who eventually took over editing the range (around the release of 'Tragedy Day'), while assistant Simon Winstone joined towards the end of the range's life. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja1783m. ISBN: 0426203976.
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Imprint: LONDON.VIRGIN,1993. UK,12mo paperback 1st edn.[Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/ title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.] NFINE.An unread copy as there are no spine/backstrip reading creases and minimal shelf-wear to edges with very light bumping to foot of spine/backstrip. Fore-edges aged as usual/normal,with bottom edge lightly shelf-grubbed; but contents bright,tight and clean.Colour pictorial wraps; artwork by Jeff Cummins. Fore-edges slightly aged,contents bright, tight and clean. Original novel featuring the seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy and his companion Ace) from the series launched in 1991 to much acclaim,and carried on until the BBC opted to withdraw the licence in 1996.A low print run with no reprints,re-issues or hardback issues and now out of print. In 1989,editor Peter Darvill-Evans finally gained permission from the BBC to develop a range of original novels featuring the 7th Doctor and his companion ACE.These were launched in 1991 to much acclaim,and carried on until the BBC opted not to renew their licence in 1996.The initial editor was Peter Darvill-Evans and he was joined by Rebecca Levene who eventually took over editing the range (around the release of 'Tragedy Day'),while assistant Simon Winstone joined towards the end of the range's life. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja858219 . ISBN: 0426203976.
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Imprint: LONDON.BBC BOOKS/EBURY PUBLISHING,2010. UK,12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn.[Title originally published by same publisher,in HB in 2009.This the first p/back edn,appearance,2010.] FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to rear cover.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial and superimposed colour photographic illustrated card covers with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges edges though lightly toned are bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,and no reading creases to spine/ backstrip either - appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn,7- 243pp [paginated] includes a prologue/ introduction,15 chapters and acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and 13pp publisher's advert for other Doctor Who titles,to the rear. Hyperville is 2013's top hi-tech 24-hour entertainment complex - a sprawling palace of fun under one massive roof.You can go shopping, or experience the excitement of Doomcastle, Winterzone,or Wild West World.But things are about to get a lot more exciting - and dangerous. . . . What unspeakable horror is lurking on lebel Zero of Hyperville? And what will happen when the entire complex goes over to Central Computer Control? For years,the Nestene Consciousness has been waiting and planning,recovering from its wounds. But now it's ready,and its deadly plastic Autons are already in place around the complex.Now more than ever, visiting Hyperville will be an unforgettable experience. . . . 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: rja858219. ISBN: 9781849901192.
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Imprint: LONDON.HUTCHINSON,1989. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated 3/4 wrap-around,colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Blue paper-covered bds (boards) with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain, clean,dark blue eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,iii-vipp+1-185pp [paginated]+ title page,includes contents list/table,author preface,13 chapters,2 b/w maps,profuse contemporary b/w photographs throughout the text and the book. John Blythe's war - from Cipher Officer in the New Zealand Prime Minister's Department to infantryman and radio operator with gunnery units in North Africa and Italy.This remarkable personal account of WW2 vividly conveys the experiences of the ordinary soldier - boredom and frustration interspersed with the tensions and terrors of combat,and fatigue, disillusionment and despair. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja27817. ISBN: 1869410440.
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Imprint: LONDON.METHUEN & CO LTD.,1944. UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[True UK first edn with the 'THIS BOOK IS PRODUCED IN COMPLETE CONFORMITY WITH THE AUTHORIZED ECONOMY STANDARDS' advice/notification,and stated 'First published in 1944' to reverse of title page. Uncommon example with a dw/dj in a book of its age and given the period of production,i.e. 1942-1947 - with wartime paper-rationing,and the poor quality of paper generally used and survival rates of air-raids on domestic and commercial properties i.e publishers+printers. Any dw/dj would have been of substandard quality and fragility and be prone to subsequent disintegration and usually discarded,or be reverse printed - possibly coming from an entirely different book/title.) NFINE/VG. Neat, blue ink handwritten inked familial gift presentation inscrptn and date (Xmas 1944) to lightly grubbed ffe and a further owner's (recipient's) name+address to verso of front free endpaper.Bright,crisp,colour pictorial front panel with white lettering and spine with blue lettering,illustrated dw/dj and no price-clip (5s.) to dw/dj.Dw/dj with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners,some tiny closed nicks to both top+bottom edges,some chipping/rubbing and minimal loss to both head+ foot of spine too and all corners minimally rubbed with reciprocal loss.Rear panel slightly grubbed with black text to white background,of publisher's advert for author's other works/ titles.Top edges minimally dust-soiled and with lightest of any ageing with no blemishes,fore-edges with slight hint of ageing - very considerably much less than is usual/normal or encountered - so bright and clean with no foxing /spotting; contents bright,tight,clean with minimal marks/blemishes,solid and sound - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked dark blue ink printed letters to front cover/board and similar to spine/backstrip and generally clean plain white endpapers - inscrptn excepted.UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-viiipp+1-166pp [paginated] includes separate contents and illustrations lists/tables,30 short stories,16+frntis full-page b/w line illus by Eileen Soper throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title page with b/w line illustrated frntis to its verso,title page and publisher's advert to rear.Only three of the b/w line illustrations have been coloured in completely by owner - pp45 (coloured pencil),pp57 (water-colour paint) and pp77 (coloured pencil) respectively. An unusual and uncommonly scarce item in BLYTON's inimitable style and will be a welcome addition to her canon. All children like reading about naughty boys and girls - and all parents and teachers like tales of this kind too, providing that the bad are justly punished,and the good duly rewarded! It is an excellent and most interesting way of teaching right and wrong.It has the merit of being really entertaining,while presenting to children a clear picture of what they ought to do,or not to do. The old "moral" tales were justly decried.They were over-emphasised,boring and too easily seen through by the children.These modern "moral" tales are full of fun,really interesting,and the moral is more often implicit than pointed. They are the usual jolly,amusing, interesting tales that Enid Blyton knows how to provide for her world-wide public of boys and girls,and it is certain that both children and parents will ask for a second book of Naughty Children as soon as they have read the first. Eileen [Alice] Soper (b. 1905 - d.1990) Daughter of George Soper under whom she studied and was artistically trained.She first exhibited at the Royal Academy at the early age of 15.She derived much of her subject matter from her father's garden,in the house her father built and which along with her sister she lived and inherited,the greater part of her life.She and her sister have maintained and preserved it as a nature sanctuary.A painter of wildlife,children, portraits and miniatures,and engraver.She was a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists,and elected to the RMS (Royal Society of Miniature Painters,Sculptors and Gravers) in 1972. Eileen is most remembered for her collaboration with Enid Blyton,notably for the 'Famous Five' series (1942-1963) - though she also published her own children's books in the 1940s,and then working mainly on her wildlife illustrations from the 1950s onwards,based on the wildlife in her garden. Enid Blyton's books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author.She wrote over 600 books and hundreds of short stories, including favourites such as 'The Famous Five','The Secret Seven','The Magic Faraway Tree','Malory Towers' and 'Noddy'. Born in London in 1897,Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs,gardening and the countryside.She died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best-loved storytellers. 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! ** 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: rja715817. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.W & A.K. JOHNSTON LTD.[nd] UK,12mo pictorial green cloth and card wraps,1st edn,no date.FINE.Old Thatch Series.64pp,b/w illus.Rear wrap lists 20 other titles in series, No.1 - Talking Teapot and other Tales,this title No.17,and last title,Friends of the Countryside. Wartime issues/editions are notoriously and particularly scarce and as such,are highly sought after. A highly collected and prolific children's book author/illustrator,and an unusual item/ephemera in Blyton's bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the Blyton canon. Enid Blyton's books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author.She wrote over 600 books and hundreds of short stories, including favourites such as 'The Famous Five','The Secret Seven','The Magic Faraway Tree','Malory Towers' and 'Noddy'. Born in London in 1897,Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs,gardening and the countryside.She died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best-loved storytellers. 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 USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja696. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.METHUEN,1957. UK,slim 12mo HB,minus dw/dj,reprint.[Originally and first published October 5th,1944.Reprinted eight times since and this reprint,1957.] VG.No owner inscrptn and no dw/dj.Publisher's original,bright,crisp and generally clean,red paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked black ink lettering to front and to spine/ backstrip,and an outlined,black ink illustration /decoration of a schoolgirl sat on cushion darning/embroidering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and corners minimally bumped. Both free endpapers with off-set foxing from opposing pastedowns of the boards,body of text virtually foxing-free.Top edges lightly aged/ toned with some minimal sporadic foxing/ spotting,fore-edges similar but slightly brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - one dog-ear reading crease to pp93/4 top corners.UK,slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,reprint,vpp+1-153pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,XXIII (23) chapters,8 full-page b/w line illustrations by W. Lindsay Cable throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] a foxed/spotted half-title with b/w illustration repeated from front bd to its reverse,title page and to the reverse of last paginated page,a publisher's advert of other published BLYTON titles. The 5th book of six in the St. Clare's School books.The series begins with the O'Sullivan twins entering on their first term there,and takes them and their friends,book by book,all the way up the school.The six books make a delightful series of pictures of life in a modern boarding-school from the first form to the sixth. An important and welcome addition to the Blyton adventure/mystery story canon for all Blyton fiction collectors/ officianados. Want more Enid BLYTON titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue. W. Lindsay Cable (active 1927-51). Illustrator, mainly of girls' school stories,in pen and ink, brush and ink,and pencil.Initially,her work was rather reminiscent of fashion plates,but by the late 1940s it had become more independent in style,employing a good range of textures and shading. Enid Blyton's books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author.She wrote over 600 books and hundreds of short stories,including favourites such as 'The Famous Five','The Secret Seven','The Magic Faraway Tree','Malory Towers' and 'Noddy'. Born in London in 1897,Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs, gardening and the countryside.She died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best-loved storytellers. Please contact seller,because of either the weight or the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja847919. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.EVANS BROS,[nd] c. 1942. UK,64mo wraps,undated 1st edn.Small upright rectangular paper wraps.VG. Coloured pictorial wraps,b/w line illus by VERNON SOPER. Wartime issues/editions are notoriously and particularly scarce and as such,are highly sought after. A highly collected and prolific children's book author/ illustrator,and an unusual item/ephemera in Blyton's bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the Blyton canon. Enid Blyton's books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author.She wrote over 600 books and hundreds of short stories, including favourites such as 'The Famous Five','The Secret Seven','The Magic Faraway Tree','Malory Towers' and 'Noddy'. Born in London in 1897,Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs,gardening and the countryside.She died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best- loved storytellers. 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: rja287. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.DEAN,1978. UK,slim Qrto HB,1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork,by Rene Cloke,illustrated glazed boards,with black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,splits or tears present - and negligible,barely perceptible scoring/indents too.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, pictorial boards with immaculate colour pictorial illustrated endpapers by Rene Cloke. UK,slim Qrto HB,1st edn,6-116pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,27 bedtime short stories,all with colour pictorial illustrations to each,by Rene Cloke - virtually every page; and a couple of stories in strip format; plus [unpaginated] title page and last page of last story. A number of the stories and illustrations in this edition were previously published by Dean in Enid Blyton's Everyday Book Series: 'Goodnight Stories','Playtime Stories', Sleepytime Stories',and 'Twilight Stories'.A really exceptional and outstanding example in an unhitherto seen state/condition/grade. Rene Cloke (active from 1943).Born Irene Mabel Neighbour Cloke 1905,in Plymouth,Devon.Worked as Rene Cloke and was a postcard and greeting card designer,and as an author and illustrator of stories for very young children.Her work has been published principally by the Medici Society,Dixons,Wheaton,Blackie,Collins, Dean, Ward Lock and Warne.Works in black and white line or full colour,mainly depicting nursery animals and pixies. During World War II,Rene worked for the British War Office as a tracer,producing maps from photographs for use by the Royal Air Force. 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: rja635116. ISBN: 0603075118.
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Imprint: LONDON.LATIMER HOUSE LIMITED,1949. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/VG+.Neat blue ink familial gift presentation inscrptn+date (Xmas 1949) and no price-clip (6s.) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj,with black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. Minimal rubbing/chipping with minimal loss,to both head+foot of spine/backstrip of the dw/dj. Top edges minimally,faintly dust-soiled and with lightest of any ageing with no blemishes,fore-edges with slight hint of ageing - very considerably much less than is usual/normal or encountered - so bright and clean with no foxing /spotting and minimal thumbing; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and generally sound - near pristine - bright text body and one dog-ear reading crease to top corner of page 61/2 otherwise would appear unread - aside from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain olive green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked black ink printed letters to spine/backstrip and near immaculate plain white endpapers gift inscrptn excepted.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-160pp [paginated] includes contents list/table and 34 chapters,b/w line illus by R.Webster throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages. An exciting full-length story bout Circus life written in Blyton's popular style.Every boy and girl will find it is full of thrills and adventure on the open road - and what a wonderful surprise in the last chapter! Pip and Susy-Ann hear that they are to be sent away from home because their father has to go to Australia.They run away and join a travelling circus where they soon become firm friends with all the company. Pip is found to possess remarkable powers as a mimic and this leads to many amazing incidents.Later on his mimicry leads to his appearance in the ring as one of the star performers. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja714917. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.EVANS BROTHERS LIMITED,1947. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,reprinted edn.[Originally and first published 1944,1st reprint in 1945 and then this reprinted edn in 1947,but with fresh illustrations,so 1st thus.] FINE/GOOD-. Pencilled owner name+address and bookseller's price (15/-) along top edge of front pastedown and ffe respectively.Uncommon example with a dw/dj (albeit fragile),in a book of its age and given the period of production,i.e. 1942- 1947 - with wartime paper-rationing,and the poor quality of paper generally used and survival rates of air-raids on domestic and commercial properties i.e publishers+ printers.Any dw/dj would have been of substandard quality and prone to subsequent disintegration (as attested to in this example - very thin,brittle and fragile) and usually discarded,or be reverse printed - possibly coming from an entirely different book/title. Original,but brittle,thin paper,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj with edge wear,folds and creases,rubbing,chipping with some loss, several small closed tears along top+bottom edges,some splits along folds - i.e the top corners,dw/dj flaps; bottom corners with closed tears and some minimal loss ocCuring,some further small losses to both head+foot and a couple of other spots of spine/backstrip of dw/dj - dw/dj overall approx 98% present.Both panels of dw/dj with multiple creases of varying lengths and contemporary but amateurish internal,gummed paper repairs to some tears but not all - to front panel only.Despite damage to dw/dj.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,pale green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to front board and spine/backstrip,with concomitant spots to spine very minimally sunned/faded from missing portions of dw/dj.Immaculate green+white artwork by Donia Nachshen,woodland scene with ramblers and woodland flora+fauna,illustrated endpapers. Top edges coloured green,and/but with original(?) mottling,fore-edge slightly toned with minimal foxing/spotting and thumbing; contents exceptionally bright,crisp,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread - apart from my own collation. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,reprinted edn,5-255pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,b/w line illustrated,year's month-by-month with 2 Walks stories,poems,things to do,Do you know these flowers,birds,further poems,this tree? sections and 6 nature stories - all/each with profuse b/w line illustrations throughout that text,an alphabetical list/table of illustrations,and 16 full-page,full colour illustrations/plates by Noel Hopking interspersed throughout the book.A really exceptional example with only the dw/dj detracting from it's overall appearance and grade. A highly collected and prolific children's book illustrator,and a collectable item in Blyton's usual style and will be an important and welcome addition to the BLYTON canon. Please contact seller,because of either the weight or 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 USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja875520. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1953. UK,small 8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.VG. Owner inscrptn verso half-title.Red cloth bds clean but residue of a cup ring to upper bd.Contents bright,tight and clean with b/w illus by Eileen Soper. Eileen [Alice] Soper (b. 1905 - d.1990) Daughter of George Soper under whom she studied and was artistically trained.She first exhibited at the Royal Academy at the early age of 15.She derived much of her subject matter from her father's garden,in the house her father built and which along with her sister she lived and inherited,the greater part of her life.She and her sister have maintained and preserved it as a nature sanctuary.A painter of wilflife,children,portraits and miniatures,and engraver.She was a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists, and elected to the RMS (Royal Society of Miniature Painters,Sculptors and Gravers) in 1972. Eileen is most remembered for her collaboration with Enid Blyton,notably for the 'Famous Five' series (1942-1963) - though she also published her own children's books in the 1940s,and then working mainly on her wildlife illustrations from the 1950s onwards,based on the wildlife in her garden. Enid Blyton's books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author.She wrote over 600 books and hundreds of short stories, including favourites such as 'The Famous Five','The Secret Seven','The Magic Faraway Tree','Malory Towers' and 'Noddy'. Born in London in 1897,Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs,gardening and the countryside.She died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best- loved storytellers. Since April 2013,and again in March 2015, and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its weight allowances, dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja1309. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1962. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG.Owner's name to half-title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Slight ageing and light foxing to fore-edges.Dw/dj slightlty rubbed+creased top and bottom edges.Some creasing and rubbing also to head+foot spine/backstrip. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,184pp with b/w illus by Eileen Soper.The twentieth and penultimate FIVE'S story. Eileen [Alice] Soper (b. 1905 - d.1990) Daughter of George Soper under whom she studied and was artistically trained.She first exhibited at the Royal Academy at the early age of 15.She derived much of her subject matter from her father's garden,in the house her father built and which along with her sister she lived and inherited,the greater part of her life.She and her sister have maintained and preserved it as a nature sanctuary.A painter of wildlife,children,portraits and miniatures,and engraver.She was a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists,and elected to the RMS (Royal Society of Miniature Painters,Sculptors and Gravers) in 1972. Eileen is most remembered for her collaboration with Enid Blyton,notably for the 'Famous Five' series (1942-1963) - though she also published her own children's books in the 1940s,and then working mainly on her wildlife illustrations from the 1950s onwards,based on the wildlife in her garden. Enid Blyton's books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author.She wrote over 600 books and hundreds of short stories, including favourites such as 'The Famous Five','The Secret Seven','The Magic Faraway Tree','Malory Towers' and 'Noddy'. Born in London in 1897,Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs,gardening and the countryside.She died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best-loved storytellers. 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: rja1166. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED,1949. UK,12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.VG.Owner inked stamp inscrptn (name+address to front pastedown along with pencilled initials repeated just above it and minus issued dw/dj.Generally bright,crisp and clean, minimally bumped corners,red paper-covered boards with black ink printed titles to front and spine/backstrip, author's facsimile signature to front board and clean 3 colour-block (sand,black and white) pictorial illustrated endpapers: with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners and spine/backstrip slightly darkened.Top edges heavily dust-soiled and aged,fore-edges less aged but still foxed/spotted; contents bright,tight and generally clean - some minor foxing throughout,but solid and sound - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,v-viiipp+9-190pp [paginated] includes author's foreword,with contents list/table to it's reverse,separate illustrations list/table,21 chapters,two 3-colour block (red+b/w and blue+b/w) and b/w line illustrations - all by Eileen Soper,throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title page with a b/w line illustrated frntis to it's reverse,title page and 2pp blanks at the rear. Famous Five's 8th adventure.Alone at Kirrin Cottage,with the problem of Gypsy-girl,Jo. Eileen [Alice] Soper (b. 1905 - d.1990) Daughter of George Soper under whom she studied and was artistically trained.She first exhibited at the Royal Academy at the early age of 15.She derived much of her subject matter from her father's garden,in the house her father built and which along with her sister she lived and inherited,the greater part of her life.She and her sister have maintained and preserved it as a nature sanctuary.A painter of wildlife,children,portraits and miniatures,and engraver.She was a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists,and elected to the RMS (Royal Society of Miniature Painters,Sculptors and Gravers) in 1972. Eileen is most remembered for her collaboration with Enid Blyton,notably for the 'Famous Five' series (1942-1963) - though she also published her own children's books in the 1940s,and then working mainly on her wildlife illustrations from the 1950s onwards,based on the wildlife in her garden. Enid Blyton's books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author.She wrote over 600 books and hundreds of short stories, including favourites such as 'The Famous Five','The Secret Seven','The Magic Faraway Tree','Malory Towers' and 'Noddy'. Born in London in 1897,Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs,gardening and the countryside.She died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best- loved storytellers. 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 customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja657717. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED,1950. UK,slim 12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.VG++.Blue ink gift presentation inscrptn to front free endpaper and another but different owner's pencilled name to top of half-title page and minus issued dw/dj.Bright,crisp,generally clean,minimally bumped corners,red paper-covered boards with black ink printed titles to front and spine/backstrip,author's facsimile signature to front board and clean 3-colour block (grey, black and white) pictorial illustrated endpapers: with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Top edges lightly aged and foxed, fore-edges similar; contents bright,tight and clean with minimal foxing,solid and sound - near pristine - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,v-xpp+11-192pp [paginated] includes author's foreword,separate contents and illustrations lists/tables,25 chapters,two 3-colour block (red+b/w and blue+b/w) and b/w line illustrations - all by Eileen Soper, throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title page with publisher's list of previous titles to it's reverse with some titles with an owner's ink tick,a blue+b/w line illustrated frntis and title page. Famous Five's 9th adventure.Alone at Kirrin Cottage,with the problem of Gypsy-girl,Jo. Eileen [Alice] Soper (b. 1905 - d.1990) Daughter of George Soper under whom she studied and was artistically trained.She first exhibited at the Royal Academy at the early age of 15.She derived much of her subject matter from her father's garden,in the house her father built and which along with her sister she lived and inherited,the greater part of her life.She and her sister have maintained and preserved it as a nature sanctuary.A painter of wildlife,children, portraits and miniatures,and engraver.She was a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists,and elected to the RMS (Royal Society of Miniature Painters,Sculptors and Gravers) in 1972. Eileen is most remembered for her collaboration with Enid Blyton,notably for the 'Famous Five' series (1942-1963) - though she also published her own children's books in the 1940s,and then working mainly on her wildlife illustrations from the 1950s onwards,based on the wildlife in her garden. Enid Blyton's books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author.She wrote over 600 books and hundreds of short stories, including favourites such as 'The Famous Five','The Secret Seven','The Magic Faraway Tree','Malory Towers' and 'Noddy'. Born in London in 1897,Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs,gardening and the countryside. died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best- loved storytellers. 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: rja657817. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED,1951. UK,slim 12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.VG+. Blue inked familial donor's Christmas gift presentation inscrptn and year date to reverse of front free endpaper and minus issued dw/dj.Bright,generally clean,sharp-cornered,red paper-covered boards with black ink printed titles to front and spine/ backstrip,author's facsimile signature to front board and clean 3 colour-block (orange,black and white) pictorial illustrated endpapers: with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Top edges dust-soiled and aged/ toned with foxing/spotting,fore-edges slightly brighter but still slightly aged/toned and foxed; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,7-192pp [paginated] includes 22 chapters,two 3-colour block (orange+b/w and blue+b/w) and b/w line illustrations - all by Eileen Soper,throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title with author's foreword to it's recto,title page,contents and illustrations lists/tables. Famous Five's 10th adventure.The night in the barn,the tap on the window,the week-end in the old ruined house. Eileen [Alice] Soper (b. 1905 - d.1990) Daughter of George Soper under whom she studied and was artistically trained.She first exhibited at the Royal Academy at the early age of 15.She derived much of her subject matter from her father's garden,in the house her father built and which along with her sister she lived and inherited,the greater part of her life.She and her sister have maintained and preserved it as a nature sanctuary.A painter of wildlife,children,portraits and miniatures,and engraver.She was a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists, and elected to the RMS (Royal Society of Miniature Painters,Sculptors and Gravers) in 1972. Eileen is most remembered for her collaboration with Enid Blyton,notably for the 'Famous Five' series (1942-1963) - though she also published her own children's books in the 1940s,and then working mainly on her wildlife illustrations from the 1950s onwards,based on the wildlife in her garden. Enid Blyton's books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author.She wrote over 600 books and hundreds of short stories, including favourites such as 'The Famous Five','The Secret Seven','The Magic Faraway Tree','Malory Towers' and 'Noddy'. Born in London in 1897,Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs,gardening and the countryside.She died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best- loved storytellers. 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 customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja657917. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED,1953. UK,slim 12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.VG++. No owner inscrptn and minus issued dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered,red paper-covered boards with black ink printed titles to front and spine/backstrip,author's facsimile signature to front board and clean 3 colour-block (blue,b/w) pictorial illustrated endpapers - bookseller's label to rear pastedown - with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned with minimal,sporadic foxing/spotting; contents generally bright,tight and clean - some minimal foxing and thumb smudges throughout the text body,but still solid and sound - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Accidental bottom corner creases to last page and the rear free endpaper.UK,slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,11-191pp [paginated] includes 19 chapters,two 3-colour block (red+b/w and blue+b/w) and b/w line illustrations - all by Eileen Soper,throughout the text and the book, plus [unpaginated] publisher's advert for Famous Five Club membership,title page with b/w line illustration,author's foreword,and separate contents and illustrations lists/tables. Famous Five's 12th adventure.Summer at Tremannon Farm and the secret of the Wrecker's Way. Eileen [Alice] Soper (b. 1905 - d.1990) Daughter of George Soper under whom she studied and was artistically trained.She first exhibited at the Royal Academy at the early age of 15.She derived much of her subject matter from her father's garden,in the house her father built and which along with her sister she lived and inherited,the greater part of her life.She and her sister have maintained and preserved it as a nature sanctuary.A painter of wildlife,children,portraits and miniatures,and engraver.She was a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists, and elected to the RMS (Royal Society of Miniature Painters,Sculptors and Gravers) in 1972. Eileen is most remembered for her collaboration with Enid Blyton,notably for the 'Famous Five' series (1942-1963) - though she also published her own children's books in the 1940s,and then working mainly on her wildlife illustrations from the 1950s onwards,based on the wildlife in her garden. Enid Blyton's books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author.She wrote over 600 books and hundreds of short stories, including favourites such as 'The Famous Five','The Secret Seven','The Magic Faraway Tree','Malory Towers' and 'Noddy'. Born in London in 1897,Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs,gardening and the countryside.She died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best-loved storytellers. 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 customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja658017. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED,1953. UK,slim 12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE. Blue ink familial donor's gift presentation inscrptn and minus issued dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, red paper-covered boards with black ink printed titles to front and spine/ backstrip,author's facsimile signature to front board and clean 3-colour block (blue,black and white) pictorial illustrated endpapers: with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned,with minimal foxing/spotting and generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,11-191pp [paginated] includes 19 chapters,two 3-colour block (red+b/w and blue+b/w) and b/w line illustrations - all by Eileen Soper,throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] publisher's advert for Famous Five Club membership, title page with b/w line illustration, author's foreword,and separate contents and illustrations lists/tables. Famous Five's 12th adventure.Summer at Tremannon Farm and the secret of the Wrecker's Way. Eileen [Alice] Soper (b. 1905 - d.1990) Daughter of George Soper under whom she studied and was artistically trained.She first exhibited at the Royal Academy at the early age of 15.She derived much of her subject matter from her father's garden,in the house her father built and which along with her sister she lived and inherited,the greater part of her life.She and her sister have maintained and preserved it as a nature sanctuary.A painter of wildlife,children,portraits and miniatures,and engraver.She was a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists, and elected to the RMS (Royal Society of Miniature Painters,Sculptors and Gravers) in 1972. Eileen is most remembered for her collaboration with Enid Blyton,notably for the 'Famous Five' series (1942-1963) - though she also published her own children's books in the 1940s,and then working mainly on her wildlife illustrations from the 1950s onwards,based on the wildlife in her garden. Enid Blyton's books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author.She wrote over 600 books and hundreds of short stories, including favourites such as 'The Famous Five','The Secret Seven','The Magic Faraway Tree','Malory Towers' and 'Noddy'. Born in London in 1897,Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs,gardening and the countryside.She died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best-loved storytellers. 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 customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja658117. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED,1954. UK,12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE.Blue ink donor's Christmas gift presentation inscrptn and date to half-title page,and minus issued dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,red paper-covered boards with black ink printed titles to front and spine/backstrip,author's facsimile signature to front board and clean 3-colour block (blue,black and white) pictorial illustrated endpapers - rear free endpaper with an accidental,slightly angled vertical crease; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Top edges dust-soiled with ageing/toning and sporadic foxing/spotting,fore-edges also aged and spotted; contents bright,tight, clean with minimal,sporadic foxing/ spotting through text body,solid and sound - pristine - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - a couple of accidental corner creases though,otherwise appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,9-183pp [paginated] includes 21 chapters,3-colour block (blue+b/w) and b/w line illustrations - all by Eileen Soper,throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] inscribed half-title page,title page,separate contents and illustrations lists/ tables,and publisher's advert for Famous Five Club membership to the rear. Famous Five's 13th adventure.Camp at Captain Johnston's Riding School and a moor where the Five are not welcome. Eileen [Alice] Soper (b. 1905 - d.1990) Daughter of George Soper under whom she studied and was artistically trained.She first exhibited at the Royal Academy at the early age of 15.She derived much of her subject matter from her father's garden,in the house her father built and which along with her sister she lived and inherited,the greater part of her life.She and her sister have maintained and preserved it as a nature sanctuary.A painter of wildlife,children,portraits and miniatures,and engraver.She was a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists, and elected to the RMS (Royal Society of Miniature Painters,Sculptors and Gravers) in 1972. Eileen is most remembered for her collaboration with Enid Blyton,notably for the 'Famous Five' series (1942-1963) - though she also published her own children's books in the 1940s,and then working mainly on her wildlife illustrations from the 1950s onwards,based on the wildlife in her garden. Enid Blyton's books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author.She wrote over 600 books and hundreds of short stories, including favourites such as 'The Famous Five','The Secret Seven','The Magic Faraway Tree','Malory Towers' and 'Noddy'. Born in London in 1897,Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs,gardening and the countryside.She died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best-loved storytellers. 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 customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja658217. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED,1956. UK,slim 12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.GOOD+. Inked owner inscrptn (name+address) towards top edge of front free endpaper and minus issued dw/dj.Bright and generally clean - a couple of white flecks /spots to front and some slight scoring /indentation on rear board,sharp-cornered,red paper-covered boards with black ink printed titles to front and spine/backstrip,author's facsimile signature to front board and clean 3-colour block (blue,black and white) pictorial illustrated endpapers: with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned with some sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight and generally clean, solid and sound - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,9-182pp [paginated] includes 20 chapters,two 3-colour block (red+b/w and blue+b/w) and b/w line illustrations - all by Eileen Soper,throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,separate contents and illustrations lists/tables,and publisher's advert for Famous Five Club membership - all with light,slight foxing/spotting,to the rear. Famous Five's 15th adventure.The old ruined cottage,the strange boy,the weird noises and the lights. Eileen [Alice] Soper (b. 1905 - d.1990) Daughter of George Soper under whom she studied and was artistically trained.She first exhibited at the Royal Academy at the early age of 15.She derived much of her subject matter from her father's garden,in the house her father built and which along with her sister she lived and inherited,the greater part of her life.She and her sister have maintained and preserved it as a nature sanctuary.A painter of wildlife,children,portraits and miniatures,and engraver.She was a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists, and elected to the RMS (Royal Society of Miniature Painters,Sculptors and Gravers) in 1972. Eileen is most remembered for her collaboration with Enid Blyton,notably for the 'Famous Five' series (1942-1963) - though she also published her own children's books in the 1940s,and then working mainly on her wildlife illustrations from the 1950s onwards,based on the wildlife in her garden. Enid Blyton's books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author.She wrote over 600 books and hundreds of short stories, including favourites such as 'The Famous Five','The Secret Seven','The Magic Faraway Tree','Malory Towers' and 'Noddy'. Born in London in 1897,Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs,gardening and the countryside.She died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best-loved storytellers. 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 customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja658317. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED,1956. UK,slim 12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.FINE. No owner inscrptn and minus issued dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,red paper-covered boards with black ink printed titles to front and spine/ backstrip,author's facsimile signature to front board and clean 3-colour block (blue,black and white) pictorial illustrated endpapers: with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Top+fore-edges barely aged and bright and clean; contents bright,tight and generally clean - a small page edge stain to pp41,and some minimal foxing to pages' bottom borders (pp91-112),a small smudge to foot pp177 otherwise solid and sound,no intentional, but a couple of accidental dog-ear creases to page corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,9-182pp [paginated] includes 20 chapters,two 3-colour block (red+b/w and blue+b/w) and b/w line illustrations - all by Eileen Soper, throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, separate contents and illustrations lists/tables,and publisher's advert for Famous Five Club membership to the rear. Famous Five's 15th adventure.The old ruined cottage,the strange boy,the weird noises and the lights. Eileen [Alice] Soper (b. 1905 - d.1990) Daughter of George Soper under whom she studied and was artistically trained.She first exhibited at the Royal Academy at the early age of 15.She derived much of her subject matter from her father's garden,in the house her father built and which along with her sister she lived and inherited,the greater part of her life.She and her sister have maintained and preserved it as a nature sanctuary.A painter of wildlife,children,portraits and miniatures,and engraver.She was a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists, and elected to the RMS (Royal Society of Miniature Painters,Sculptors and Gravers) in 1972. Eileen is most remembered for her collaboration with Enid Blyton,notably for the 'Famous Five' series (1942-1963) - though she also published her own children's books in the 1940s,and then working mainly on her wildlife illustrations from the 1950s onwards,based on the wildlife in her garden. Enid Blyton's books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author.She wrote over 600 books and hundreds of short stories, including favourites such as 'The Famous Five','The Secret Seven','The Magic Faraway Tree','Malory Towers' and 'Noddy'. Born in London in 1897,Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs,gardening and the countryside.She died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best-loved storytellers. 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 customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja658417. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED,1954. UK,slim 12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.GOOD. No owner inscrptn per se but ink handwritten Patients Library Greenbank to front free endpaper and Patients Library written above title of half-title page also,(Greenbank was a Plymouth hospital - no longer in existence - a housing estate of rabbit hutches now!) and minus issued dw/dj.Lightly marked,grubbed,generally sharp-cornered,red paper-covered boards with black ink printed titles to front and spine/backstrip,author's facsimile signature to front board and clean 3-colour block (blue,black and white) pictorial illustrated endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned with some minimal sporadic foxing/ spotting; contents with a few faults.These include: intermittent foxing/spotting along with assorted circular smudges and indeterminate stains - mainly to page edges,page edges with small nicks/tears and reciprocal creasing to pp17,pp126, pp131pp168/9 (three tears but no loss to each of the bottom corner's vertical and bottom edges),and tears with reciprocal creasing to bottom corner's edges to pp179-182 respectively,some accidental and intentional dog-ear creases to pages 47, 50,99,139,and pp151,an ink stain+small doodle on pp43,an oblique single blue ink line to some text on pp65,and residual impression (John?) of name removal to top of page 89.Described in detail - hard but fairly and honestly,apologies for any faults omitted! UK,slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,9-183pp [paginated] includes 21 chapters,3-colour block (blue+b/w) and b/w line illustrations - all by Eileen Soper, throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title page, separate contents and illustrations lists/ tables,and publisher's advert for Famous Five Club membership to the rear. Famous Five's 13th adventure.Camp at Captain Johnston's Riding School and a moor where the Five are not welcome. Eileen [Alice] Soper (b. 1905 - d.1990) Daughter of George Soper under whom she studied and was artistically trained.She first exhibited at the Royal Academy at the early age of 15.She derived much of her subject matter from her father's garden,in the house her father built and which along with her sister she lived and inherited,the greater part of her life.She and her sister have maintained and preserved it as a nature sanctuary.A painter of wildlife,children,portraits and miniatures,and engraver.She was a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists, and elected to the RMS (Royal Society of Miniature Painters,Sculptors and Gravers) in 1972. Eileen is most remembered for her collaboration with Enid Blyton,notably for the 'Famous Five' series (1942-1963) - though she also published her own children's books in the 1940s,and then working mainly on her wildlife illustrations from the 1950s onwards,based on the wildlife in her garden. Enid Blyton's books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author.She wrote over 600 books and hundreds of short stories, including favourites such as 'The Famous Five','The Secret Seven','The Magic Faraway Tree','Malory Towers' and 'Noddy'. Born in London in 1897,Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs,gardening and the countryside.She died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best-loved storytellers. 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 customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja658517. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED,1957. UK,slim 12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.FINE. No owner inscrptn and minus issued dw/dj. Bright,crisp,generally clean,minimally bumped corners,red paper-covered boards with black ink printed titles to front and spine/backstrip,author's facsimile signature to front board and clean 3-colour block (blue,black and white) pictorial illustrated endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Spine/backstrip slightly faded and front free endpaper slightly cracked but in situ and partially attached.Reverse of ffe ghost residue of sellotape marks.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,11-182pp [paginated] includes 21 chapters,two 3-colour block (red+b/w and blue+b/w) and b/w line illustrations - all by Eileen Soper,throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] title page, separate contents and illustrations lists/tables,and publisher's advert for Famous Five Club membership to the rear. Famous Five's 16th adventure.A secret airfield,Billycock Caves and queer happenings at Butterfly Farm. Eileen [Alice] Soper (b. 1905 - d.1990) Daughter of George Soper under whom she studied and was artistically trained.She first exhibited at the Royal Academy at the early age of 15.She derived much of her subject matter from her father's garden,in the house her father built and which along with her sister she lived and inherited,the greater part of her life.She and her sister have maintained and preserved it as a nature sanctuary.A painter of wildlife,children,portraits and miniatures,and engraver.She was a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists, and elected to the RMS (Royal Society of Miniature Painters,Sculptors and Gravers) in 1972. Eileen is most remembered for her collaboration with Enid Blyton,notably for the 'Famous Five' series (1942-1963) - though she also published her own children's books in the 1940s,and then working mainly on her wildlife illustrations from the 1950s onwards,based on the wildlife in her garden. Enid Blyton's books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author.She wrote over 600 books and hundreds of short stories, including favourites such as 'The Famous Five','The Secret Seven','The Magic Faraway Tree','Malory Towers' and 'Noddy'. Born in London in 1897,Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs,gardening and the countryside.She died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best-loved storytellers. 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 customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja658617. ISBN: No ISBN.
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