BOND**, MICHAEL:
J.D. POLSON AND THE LIBERTY HEAD DIME.**

Imprint: LONDON.OCTOPUS BOOKS LTD.,1980.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Roger Wade Waker,illustrated front cover with grey,black and red lettering,a colour illustration to story precis and note to author's portrait b/w photograph respectively to rear cover,with black lettering,colour illustrated endpapers; 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.UK, slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn, 44pp [unpaginated] includes colour pictorial artwork in comic strip style. J.D. Polson is no ordinary armadillo.Born and bred in downtown Dilloville,Texas,he has an ambition to go places and win new friends.One day he sets out to dig for fame and fortune,and tunnels his way to New York.There his adventures begin with the chance discovery of a mint-condition 1894 Liberty Head Dime. . . . Michael Bond is the creator of many legendary children's characters,including the world-famous Paddington Bear.With this new series he introduces us to J.D. Polson,an armadillo with a sense of adventure and a desire to make friends. 'J.D. POLSON AND THE LIBERTY HEAD DIME' is the first title in the series. Want more Michael BOND titles? Please search the rest of my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED and MODERN FIRSTS catalogues for similar and other 'PADDINGTON','Monsieur Pamplemousse', 'Parsley','Olga da Polga' and 'J.D. Polson' titles/stories. 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, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja749917. ISBN: 0706413814.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

BOND**, JENNIE:
Reporting Royalty. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

Imprint: LONDON.HEADLINE,2001.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: 'To Zettie - Best Wishes - Jennie Bond.'

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED+dedicated, 1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten bold,black ink dedication+signature to half-title page: 'To Zettie - Best Wishes - Jennie Bond.' and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,author portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine /backstrip,headband,and immaculate maroon eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,1-310pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters,16pp contemporary colour photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp118/19 and pp182/3 respectively,an index; plus [unpaginated] SIGNED half-title page,title page, dedication,contents list/table,and acknowledgements. It may look easy on television and Jennie Bond,the BBC's royal correspondent, certainly gives the impression of being serenely in control as she broadcasts from outside Buckingham Palace.But behind the scenes,her life reporting on the hottest stories of the past decade has been anything but calm. Here,Jennie relives those turbulent years with the royal family and tells us what it's really like to be at the hub of it all.It's a story told from the correspondent's point of view,describing the pressures of working under constant deadlines and being permanently on call.It takes us inside the Palace walls on the day Charles and Diana separated.It portrays the panic of learning that Windsor Castle was on fire and of witnessing an apparent assassination attempt on Prince Charles in Sydney. Jennie also reveals details of the lengthy one-to-one conversations she had with Diana,Princess of Wales,in her private apartment at Kensington Palace.She recalls the trauma of the night the Princess died - and of the week that followed,during which she broadcast almost non-stop. 'Reporting Royalty' is the inside story of the dramas and difficulties of covering many of the events which have dominated the headlines in recent years.And it describes vividly how Jennie Bond has managed to combine a high-profile career with being a wife and mother.Her up-to-the-minute book is a terrific read that guarantees you'll never think of royal reporting in the same way again.See also rja487014 for another similar SIGNED example. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015, and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,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: rja30438. ISBN: 0747240027.

£ 23.99 (approx. $US 31.22 )

BOND**, MICHAEL:
THE COMPLETE PADDINGTON - 12 Volumes.

Imprint: LONDON.FOLIO SOCIETY,2010.
Edition: UK,8vo HBs+s/case,1sts thus,12 Vols.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/djs - slipcased - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,small,slim 8vo HBs+s/case,1st edns thus,all 12 volumes.[This edition was exclusively produced for the Folio Society by HarperCollins Children's Books,in 2010.] FINE.No owner inscrptns,no dw/djs - slipcased - as issued.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher' original dark blue cloth with bright,crisp,stamped gilt silhouette of Paddington Bear and gilt lettering covered slip-case.12 small,slim 8vo HB volumes,each in a different colour cloth binding with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and front bd which also has a colour pictorial paper onlay with a single-line gilt border edge to it.Each volume with top edges all gilt, fore-edges bright and clean; a matching bd's coloured headband - i.e. green bds,green headband and Paddington Bear silhouettes line illustrated eps and profuse b/w line illustrations by Peggy Fortnum throughout the text and the book.[One of the titles - 'Paddington Here and Now' is illustrated by R. W. Alley - the only exception.] Contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread - apart from my own collation.Each volume with pagination varying between 7- 157pp pagination.3 volumes spine/backstrips with minimal, light sunning/fading; 1 volume in particular with sunning/fading to rear bd too,from being stored in proximity of a smaller book's presence.Titles include 'Paddington Here and Now','A Bear Called P','More About P','P Helps Out','P Abroad','P At Large','P Marches On','P At Work','P Goes to Town','P Takes the Air','P on Top' and 'Paddington Takes the Test'. An exceptional item in Fortnum's inimitable and bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to her canon of work. Want more Michael BOND titles? Please search the rest of my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED and MODERN FIRSTS catalogues for similar and other 'PADDINGTON','Monsieur Pamplemousse', 'Parsley','Olga da Polga' and 'J.D. Polson' titles/stories. Margaret Emily Noel Fortnum (b. 23 December 1919; died 28 March 2016.) Worked as Peggy Fortnum.Born Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex.Educated at St. Margaret's School,Harrow.Joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (1942-43); discharged, after injury,with a pension and war grant on which she studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts.An introduction by John Farleigh (then Art Director at the Sylvan Press) led to publisher's commissions,and she continued to work as a book illustrator (of over 70 titles,mainly for children) until 1975.Her light-hearted pen and ink sketches did much to enliven the first eleven books in Michael Bond's 'Paddington Bear' series (1958-74/1980). She also paints,in oil and watercolour,and has exhibited in England and America; she has also designed textiles (1947-51). The Folio Society’s formula for success is publishing books with exceptional typography,illustrations,paper and bindings.The Society sources new introductions from literary experts to accompany classic texts and uses skilled designers and master printers to produce memorable fine books.Fiction and non-fiction titles are published.The Folio Society also prides itself on producing series of an author's works which regular publishers might not think economic - in several cases it is only possible to acquire forgotten books by major writers in Folio Society editions. 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 it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight - nearly 4.2Kg unpackaged - 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: rja704317. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 225.00 (approx. $US 292.82 )

BONINGTON**, CHRIS:
ASCENT: A Life Spent Climbing on the Edge.

Imprint: LONDON.SIMON & SCHUSTER,2017
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, author's matt,b/w portrait photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with white and fluorescent silver gilt lettering,rear panel with mountain scenic colour photograph; 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 cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked fluorescent silver gilt letters to spine /backstrip and immaculate b/w photographic illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2- 423pp [paginated] includes an introduction,Pts 1-4 comprising 22 chapters and a conclusion; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, dedication,and a contents list/table. See my book ID rja656817 for UK,Qrto HB+ dw/dj, SIGNED,1st edn. Chris Bonington is Britain's best-known climber,having spent a lifetime among the world's highest and wildest mountains.In the 1960s,he made the first British ascent of the north face of the Eiger.In the 1970s,he led some of the most important first ascents ever achieved in the Himalaya,including the south face of Annapurna and the south-west face of Everest - the hard way.Along with the successes came the agony of friends losing their lives on the mountain,gambling with the highest stakes of all. In the 1980s,he reached the summit of Everest himself,aged fifty-one,a moment of fulfilment that only renewed his passion for adventure.In the years since,he has led countless expeditions to remote peaks with small teams all over the world,his enthusiasm for remote and little-known places still burning as he enters his ninth decade. In this new autobiography,he looks back on his extraordinary life,recounting his family's adventurous roots,his mother's struggle to bring him up through the Blitz on her own,his discovery of the mountains,his fierce ambition and the long marriage that gave a sensitive boy the security to find his place in the world. Honours and fame follow the decades of risk and adventure,but nothing can protect him from the devastating fatal illness of his wife Wendy. Open,honest and full of hard-won wisdom,'Ascent' is the epic saga of an unrepeatable life of adventure. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja788918. ISBN: 9781471157547.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

BONINGTON**, CHRIS & KNOX-JOHNSTON**, ROBIN:
SEA,ICE and ROCK: SAILING AND CLIMBING ABOVE THE ARCTIC CIRCLE.

Imprint: LONDON.BCA,1992.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no clip to dw/dj.Colour scenic photographic wrap-around dw/dj with author colour portrait photographs to rear wrap,with minimal shelf-wear; no nicks or tears and little or no creasing to edges apart from light bumping/crease to top of spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges pristine as are the contents.Black paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white eps.UK, Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,143pp includes authors' b/w portrait photographic frntis, 3 b/w maps; profuse b/w+colour photographs,appendices(3),sailing and climbing glossaries. In the sea above the Arctic Circle the ice is an ever-shifting threat to the unreinforced hull of a famous teak sailing ketch,while the rock beckons unclimbed from behind the hostile east coast of Greenland where the mountains have to be located and identified before they can be attempted.An original and attractive undertaking is given an extra dimension of adventure when two masters of their own field agree to put on the L plates of each other's expertise and learn to combine skills which have been put together by few adventurers since Tilman.Knox-Johnston, master mariner and record-making solo circumnavigator,undertook to teach Bonington sailing above the Arctic Circle aboard the 32 ft Suhali.In return, Britain's best known mountaineer would introduce Knox-Johnston to the pains and pleasures of sack-hauling across glaciers and climbing on virgin granite walls.'Sea, Ice and Rock' is the story of a small group of sailors and climbers with very different personalities and physical disciplines sharing a heightened zest for adventure,whether navigating the ice-choked channels of Watkin's Fjord, cavalierly shaving icebergs for ice cubes, or ferrying 30 kilo loads over glacier moraine to climb on a mountain called the Cathedral.It is also a story of traditional travel at the natural pace of the wind and muscle power into a bleakly magnificent untrodden glacier wilderness with a long and fascinating history of maritime exploration.While Greenland's wealth of unclimbed mountains offer boundless opportunity for self-sufficient alpine-style expeditions in the future. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja1712. ISBN: No ISBN

£ 12.00 (approx. $US 15.62 )

BOOKER**, FRANK:
Industrial Archaeology of the Tamar Valley.

Imprint: UK.NEWTON ABBOT,DEVON.DAVID & CHARLES,1971.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,2nd imp,revised edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,2nd impression, revised edn.[Originally and first published 1967,this subsequent edition is a 2nd imp, revised,in 1971.]FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated, montage of a couple monochrome (blue+black and one b/w) photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with black lettering,rear panel with b/w publisher's advert; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges coloured blue,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. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,2nd imp,revised edn,5- 303pp [paginated] includes separate contents+ illustrations lists/tables,Pts I+II comprising 12 chapters and in Pt II - a gazetteer, bibliographic notes,acknowledgements,appendices (1-3) and an index respectively,a mixture of contemporary b/w photographs,maps and diagrams interspersed throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and individual Pts separator pages. The River Tamar,the boundary between Devon and Cornwall,was once the busiest trade highways in Southern England.On its banks was situated a thriving industrial community,diverse,colourful and vital. Minerals abounded: copper,tin,silver, wolfram and many others have been extracted,the famous Devon Great Consols being at one time the richest copper mine in Europe.It later provided half the world's arsenic supply.Railways,a notable early canal,paddle steamers,market gardening,lime burning,and the bustling river quays which handled the resultant traffic are described,and their engineering and economic problems assessed,in this careful and lucid study. Industry and agriculture were closely connected in the Valley,forming part of an industrial complex that is now entirely shattered.By the first world war nearly a quarter of the working population had emigrated.The Tamar has since remained deserted,its traffic killed by rail and road transport.Its unusual and varied scenery is among the least known in Britain,and hitherto its extraordinary industrial past has been hardly known outside the South West.This book, has been warmly received and has done much to reawaken interest in the area,and for this new impression the restoration of the famous Morwellham Quay has been included.Like the others in this well-established series of standard works,includes a gazetteer listing and describing the industrial remains which may be seen today - a rich and picturesque collection. This is a story of fortunes and disasters,of determination - such as in the building early last century of a two- mile canal tunnel,then the longest tunnel of any kind in the country - and of working conditions in an isolated and unique community. See also, my book ID's rja484514 for another but (UK) 1st edn of this example of this title and also rja484414 for another title from the same series. A popular title from the 'The Industrial Archaeology of the British Isles'; a 3-part series,the first group of books,edited by Dr E.R.R. Green,consisting of regional history and eventually covering the whole of the British Isles.The second group of volumes examines smaller areas in greater detail.Finally,there are volumes on specific subjects.All books have the same format and are uniform. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja793818. ISBN: 0715351729.

£ 22.00 (approx. $US 28.63 )

BOOKER, FRANK:
THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY: A New History.

Imprint: UK.NEWTON ABBOT,DEVON.DAVID & CHARLES (PUBLISHERS) LIMITED,1981.[3rd imp.]
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp.[First published 1977,a 2nd imp 1980 and this 3rd imp,1981.] NFINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj,though publisher's adhesive price label in situ. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,pink+black illustration with superimposed oval vignette b/w steam locomotive photograph illustrated front panel of dw/dj with black lettering,red spine with white letters and b/w publisher's logo to foot of same,rear panel with white lettered publisher's advert for some of their other works; with negligible shelf-wear,creasing and rubbing to edges and corners - all corner tips minisculely rubbed/chipped - no major tears or splits present.Both head+foot of spine minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing and some miniscule chipping too.Top+fore-edges bright and unblemished; text body bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine and immaculate plain white front+rear pastedowns; but both front+rear free endpapers are with some minimal foxing/spotting,corresponding with concomitant spots to both front+rear inner flaps of the dw/dj.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp,6-206pp [paginated] includes reverse of contents list/table,preface and acknowledgements,7 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w photographs,b/w maps and b/w facsimile reproductions adverts etc. interspersed throughout the text and the book,a 3pp bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages. The history of the Great Western Railway, from its early beginnings until the last days of the Company's independent existence. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK,buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if item is offered P+p included. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja933621. ISBN: 0715374559.

£ 13.50 (approx. $US 17.57 )

BOORMAN**, CHARLEY with GULVIN, JEFF:
BY ANY MEANS from Wicklow to Sydney. [Co-author (Boorman) SIGNED copy.]

Imprint: LONDON.SPHERE,2008.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,co-author SIGNED,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Co-author signature.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,co-author SIGNED,1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but co-author (CHARLEY BOORMAN) handwritten,bold,black ink signature - without dedication - to bottom,right-hand corner of the title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,colour montage-photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Circular, adhesive 'Signed by Author' label to upper panel of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean;contents bright,tight,solid and sound and virtually pristine.Bright,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate beige eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,viiipp+1-341pp [paginated] includes contents list/table, b/w pictorial map,28 chapters,24pp contemporary colour photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece beween pp56/7,pp120/1,and pp216/7 respectively,9 chapter-head b/w maps,appendix (route details),the other journey (UNICEF),acknowledgements at rear,plus [unpaginated] half-title,SIGNED title page,dedication with picture credits to recto of same. BOORMAN's new adventure,travelling from his home town in Wicklow,all the way to Australia - a trip of over 20,000 miles through 25 countries - sometimes by motor-bike. The journey is undertaken with his good friend and director Russ Malkin and cameraman Mungo,as support. 'I climbed on to my 1953 Triumph and fished out the crude map I'd drawn on a scrap of paper." I thought we had GPS," Russ said."We do.This is for back-up. Annamoe to Dublin,Dublin to Kilkeel. Then over here." I tapped the bottom right-hand corner." That's Australia." "Right.See you there,then . . ." 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 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: rja434612. ISBN: 9781847442468.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

BOORMAN**, CHARLEY:
Race to Dakar. [Author SIGNED copy.]

Imprint: LONDON.TIME WARNER BOOKS, 2006.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author signature - without dedication.

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn. FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten,bold,expansive,black ink signature - without dedication - to foot of title page,and no price-clip to protected dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,scenic landscape,colour photographic illustrated, protected dw/dj,Signed by Author adhesive, circular sticker to top panel of dw/dj,and with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edge minisculely and sporadically spotted/foxed,fore-edge unfoxed and bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly an unread copy? Bright,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean,b/w map illustrated eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,viii-xipp+3-306pp [paginated] includes contents list/table, Pts 1-3 comprising 14 chapters,foreword by Ewan McGregor,16pp of related colour photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp84/5 and pp212/13 respectively, some chapter head b/w maps,appendices (2),UNICEF advert,acknowledgements,plus [unpaginated] half-title,SIGNED title page,a dedication,Pts separator pages,and 2pp blanks at rear. In 2004 Charley Boorman completed his astonishing round-the-world bike trip with his friend,Ewan McGregor.The journey left him exhausted,exhilarated and hungry for a new challenge. And what greater challenge than the Dakar Rally? Beginning in Lisbon and ending in the Senegalese capital of Dakar,the rally takes competitors through 15,000 kilometres of treacherous terrain,and is widely regarded as the most dangerous race on earth. Charley teamed up again with producer and director Russ Malkin to set about making his dream a reality.But even after months of gruelling practice nothing can really prepare a rider for this ultimate off-road event.With his team-mates Simon Pavey and Matt Hall,Charley faced temperatures that soared from below freezing to more than 54C; rode through shifting sands,rock-strewn roads and stinging winds; and faced breakdowns miles from civilisation. In 'Race to Dakar',Charley recounts his extraordinary adventures,and offers an insight into the history of the race.He also follows the stories of other riders in the rally - an eccentric,dedicated band of professionals and rookies who all dream of one thing: reaching the finishing line. From Portugal through Morocco, Western Sahara,Mauritania,Mali,Guinea and Senegal, 'Race to Dakar' is a thrilling adventure, and a fascinating account of a race that has captured the imagination of millions. 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/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja447913. ISBN: 0316731927.

£ 18.99 (approx. $US 24.71 )

BOOTHROYD, BETTY:
BETTY BOOTHROYD: The Autobiography.

Imprint: LONDON.CENTURY,2001.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,author colour portrait photograph (upper wrap) and b/w+colour biographical photographic illustrated rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned - as usual/normal; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,publisher's original,plain dark green cloth bds with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain dark green endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xii-xivpp +1-338pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,author preface,19 chapters,32pp contemporary b/w+colour photographs in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp50/1,pp114/5 (b/w) and pp210/1, pp274/5 (colour) respectively,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, dedication,and contents+illustrations lists/tables. The enormous respect and affection of the British public for Betty Boothroyd has its roots in a strong belief in what she stands for: fair play,an unshakeable sense of honour and a passionate belief in the sovreignty of Parliament.Her convictions, she says,are set in 'Yorkshire granite'. Born into a working-class family in Dewsbury,Betty grew up in a home with little money,but one that radiated love and warmth.Her father,a textile worker and union activist,was often unemployed and her mother was forced to be the family breadwinner.Betty was a bonny lass, popular and a talented dancer who became a local pantomime star,entertained troops during the war and went on eventually to become one of the celebrated Tiller Girls. But by the age of nineteen Betty's dreams of taking the West End by storm had crashed.Undaunted,she won a national speaking award,stood for election to the local council and became a full-time worker for the Labour party. Nothing would ever part Betty from politics again.In 1953 Betty began work at the House of Commons for Barbara Castle and Geoffrey de Freitas.She speaks candidly about those early years,the devastation of losing elections and the time she spent in America campaigning for JFK in the 1960 Presidential election.Back in Britain,Betty landed a job with millionaire Labour peer Harry Walston and the Yorkshire girl became part of the family.She describes the elation she felt on becoming an MP at last in 1973,the huge debt she owes her mother for her support,and the full story behind her role in the struggle to save the Labour party from the hard left. Betty Boothroyd's long political career reached its apogge in 1992 when she was elected the first (and so far - only) woman Speaker of the House of Commons with overwhelming support from all sides of the House.Her term of office coincided with one of the most turbulent periods in British politics of recent times as John Major tried to hold the Conservative Party together and Tony Blair led Labour to a landslide vistory.She unravels many of the stories behind the headlines and her fight to defend the reputation and rights of Parliament.The unexpected announcement of Betty Boothroyd's retirement in October 2000 brought unprecedented tributes from a wide spectrum of people both inside and outside politics and of all shades of political opinion.Written to appeal to the wide audience which has responded so warmly to her and to the values she represents, Betty Boothroyd's autobiography is destined to become a classic. 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: rja31608. ISBN: 0712679480.

£ 12.00 (approx. $US 15.62 )

BOROVIK, ARTYOM:
THE HIDDEN WAR: A Russian Journalist's Account of the Soviet War in Afghanistan.

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

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour photographic upper wrap; with minimal shelf-wear to all edges,no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edge slightly aged as usual/normal; contents bright,tight and clean.Red paper-covered boards with stamped black ink letters to spine/ backstrip and plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xiipp+1-288pp includes 2pp b/w map,author introduction,and 8pp b/w photographs. In the Spring of 1988 eye-witness accounts by a young Russian journalist of the war in Afghanistan attracted unreserved praise from Graham Greene and comparison with Michael Herr's Dispatches. 'The Hidden War' is a record of Artyom Borovik's experiences,living and travelling with the Russian soldiers,going into combat with them and sharing the terror,helplessness and despair of waging war in a foreign land against an unseen enemy for unclear purposes. In addition,it explains how and why Russian troops went into Afghanistan; describes the drug problems,criminal behaviour and psychiatric disorders prevalent among veterans; and concludes with an account of the Russian withdrawal and its aftermath. 'The Hidden War' provides us with the first picture of life within the monolithic Soviet military machine. Vital,powerful and hauntingly written,it is also a moving evocation of the horror of war at all times and in all places. Please contact seller,for correct insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja945. ISBN: 0571141072.

£ 14.99 (approx. $US 19.51 )

BOSLEY, DEBORAH:
Let me count the ways.

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

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, red monochrome,wrap-around photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf- wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges aged/toned - due in part to quality of paper used - contents bright,tight and clean,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,with minimal page-edge toning.Bright,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original,tan cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped black ink letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,3-122pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-4,plus [unpaginated],half-title+ title pages and Pts separator pages and 2pp blanks at rear. Bright,outspoken but dissatisfied Frances is in a dead-end job in a second-hand bookshop in Charlotte Street when her brother takes her to a party at the Royal Institute of British Architects in Portland Square.There she meets Finn,a handsome and glamorous American upon whom she decides to heap her fantasies of Mr. Right.Ignoring all the signs she moves with him to San Francisco,where they marry,and little by little she has to come to terms with the fact that he has been less than honest with her.Their marriage is a sham and slowly they drift apart. Frances returns to London,but when she gets the call that Finn is dying,she decides to move to his mother's house in Dexter in the rural Midwest to nurse him. Marooned in the corn belt,away from her native London,family and friends,she struggles to look after her ailing husband who is nearing the end of a long and cruel terminal illness.She wants to make her peace with him before he dies,but finds that she is still struggling with her feelings of rage,abandonment and humiliation and cannot find it in her heart to forgive him. Luminous with pain,yet never without wit and humour,this is a first novel of extraordinary intensity. 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: rja424012. ISBN: 0712677518.

£ 9.99 (approx. $US 13.00 )

BOTHAM**, IAN with WILSON, DEAN:
BEEFY'S CRICKET TALES: My Favourite Stories from On and Off the Field.

Imprint: LONDON.SIMON & SCHUSTER UK LTD.,2013.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE-/FINE-.No owner inscrptn per se,but repeated inked,small initials(?) to top corners of front free endpapers and half-title+title pages,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around colour photographic+cartoon illustrated dw/dj wth red and b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.A small, superficial indent to front panel of dw/dj with concomitant effect to board beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,accidental,tiny corner tip creases to lower corners of pp147/50 - else appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers - initials excepted.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-ixpp+1-275pp [paginated] includes subject's foreword,contents list/table, an introduction,60+ anecdotes; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and 2pp blanks to the rear. Life is a riot in the company of Sir Ian Botham.Few sporting personalities have spawned as many hilarious tales as Beefy's,England's greatest living cricketer,and this book gleefully recalls many of the best about him and about cricket. With the help of his buddies on and off the field,Beefy takes the reader on an uproarious journey through the underbelly of the cricket world. Featuring contributions from the biggest personalities in the world game such as Shane Warne and Michael Holding,fellow commentators and former team-mates like Nasser Hussain and David Gower,loveable eccentrics in the forms of Bumble and Phil Tufnell,alongside many of the current England team (then 2013),readers can revel in this timeless collection of favourite stories brought together in one rip-roaring volume.A book that celebrates all the moments of brilliance on the field and the fun that goes with it outside the pavilion and beyond. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. That 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja949021. ISBN: 9781849838009.

£ 18.00 (approx. $US 23.43 )

BOTTING**, DOUGLAS:
In the Ruins of the Reich.**

Imprint: LONDON.GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN,1985.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,b/w contemporary scenic,photographic illustrated upper wrap (ruins of Dresden.), black+red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edge slightly aged and minimally foxed/spotted,fore-edges brighter and cleaner without foxing; contents bright,tight and clean - near pristine, no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - an unread copy? Publisher's bright and clean,original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white sets of endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-viiipp+ 1-248pp [paginated] includes introduction,13 chapters,b/w Third Reich map,12pp b/w contemporary photographs (24 total) between pp120/1,sources,a bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated],half-title+title pages,and a contents list/table. See also my book ID rja1089023 for another example of this title. On 8 May 1945,the Nazis surrendered, bringing the war in the West to an end. Hitler had committed suicide in his bunker only days before the fall of Berlin.Two huge Allied armies occupied the ruins of the once mighty Reich. Germany was prostrate,its population starving and its cities devastated,with millions of refugees flooding in from the East. This book tells of the extraordinary period that followed,until the drama of the Berlin airlift of 1948-9 and the formal division of Germany,the crucible of Europe, into two separate nations. While the German people eked out a stone-age existence in the rubble of caves and cellars,the occupying powers behaved like Imperial lords,punishing past crimes and perpetuating new ones of their own.'In the Ruins of the Reich' is a portrait of a great European nation in chaos.Germany in the late 1940's gives us a glimpse of what life could be like after the bomb. 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: rja34479. ISBN: 004943036X.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

BOTTINI, OLIVER:
ZEN AND THE ART OF MURDER. [A BLACK FOREST INVESTIGATION.]

Imprint: LONDON.MacLehose/an imprint of QUERCUS PUBLISHING LTD.,2018.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.First published in German as 'Mond im Zeichendes Zen' by scherz Verlag in 2004,and reissued by Du Mont Buchverlag,Cologne, in 2015.Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,b/w photogrphic illustrated dw/dj panels with glossy,capitalised graduated brown to orange lettered title and glossy black-lettered author name; glossy black spine/backstrip with  thumbnail detail from front's photograph in a small orange circle at head of spine and capitalised,burnt orange lettered title and glossy white-lettered author name and publisher's white lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with winter snow scene b/w photograph with 3 critics' glossy, embossed black-lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without any foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - text body pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,a grey+silver striped headband and immaculate plain pale grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-296pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,Pts I-III comprising 6,5 and 9 chapters,a Note to Reader from author re a short story 'Dark Death' [Louise Boni and the Calambert Case] recounting a case prepeatedly referred to in this novel (the story solved the puzzles surrounding the character of  Louise Boni making her more understandable for the reader),the short story; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with an epigram,individual Pts separator pages,short story title separator page and as last pages,2pp blanks Author's Acknowledgements,potted biographies of author and translator,and a further 2pp blanks.          Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional,exemplary copy for its cleanliness and brightness. An exciting debut novel for the collector. The first in a gripping new crime series set in Germany - the Black Forest Investigations. Louise Boni,maverick chief inspector with the Black Forest crime squad,is struggling with her demons. Divorced at forty-two,she is haunted by the shadows of the past.Dreading yet another a dreary winter weekend alone,she receives a call from the departmental chief which signals the strangest assignment of her career - to trail a Japanese monk wandering through the snowy wasteland to the east of Freiburg,dressed only in sandals and a cowl. She sets off reluctantly, and by the time she catches up with him,she discovers that he is injured, and fearfully fleeing some unknown evil. When her own team comes under fire,the investigation takes on a terrifying dimension, uncovering a hideous ring of child traffickers.The repercussions of their crimes will change the course of her own life.   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,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja1079423. ISBN: 9780857057662.

£ 13.50 (approx. $US 17.57 )

BOULTON, STEVE:
CULT HEROES.

Imprint: LONDON.BBC BOOKS,2005.
Edition: UK,slim rectangular 16mo HB,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim rectangular 16mo HB,no dw/dj,as issued, 1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - as issued,so no price-clip.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated photographic illustrated boards and red,black and white letters; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners and clean,plain white endpapers.UK,sSlim,rectangular 16mo HB (approx 6" tall by 7" wide),162pp [unpaginated] includes either a b/w or colour portrait photograph of each listed/nominated player with a potted biography for all,alphabetically listed,English and Scottish League football clubs. A footballing Cult Hero may not be the greatest player.He may,however,be the most entertaining, devoted,easily led or outspoken.Or he could be just plain rubbish.Every club has a few,and this bookhas a few from every club - three in fact. Each week,from August 2004 to May 2005,BBC1's Football Focus searched for the nation's all-time favourite footballing Cult Heroes.Over the season they put up three nominees for every club in the main English and Scottish leagues (134 clubs in all) and viewers then voted for each club's winner.All winners - including an all-time Cult Eleven - are featured and all nominees are listed in this fully illustrated guide to the much-loved heroes of Britain's beautiful game. 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: rja28928. ISBN: 0563522704.

£ 8.00 (approx. $US 10.41 )

BOURKE**, SEAN:
The Springing of George Blake.

Imprint: LONDON.THE LITERARY GUILD,1970.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.VG-/VG-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - a Literary Guild edn,as a member's subscription book club item.Lightly age-worn,minimally grubbed,glossy, subjects' 2 thumbnail,'WANTED' b/w portrait photographs illustrated front panel of dw/dj, with white+red lettered title,white-lettered author name and other red+black lettering beneath the portraits,black background spine/ backstrip with repeated coloured lettering from front panel to same and caapitalised,white-lettered publisher name at foot,rear panel with b/w Wormwood Scrubs prison wall photograph and black-lettered text caption beneath.Some minimal shelf-wear,and further bumping,creasing,closed tears and chipping,and minimal loss to edges and corner tips and to head+foot of spine/backstrip too - but still approx. 99% present.Top+fore-edges lightly age-toned with the most of the sporadic and faint foxing/spotting to the top edges than the fore-edges; contents remarkably bright,crisp and 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 and clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with gently pushed head+foot of bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip and generally clean,plain white endpapers with minimal vertical strips/bands of off-setting from respective pastedowns.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,1-355pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,Pts 1-3 comprising 8,5 and 4 chapters respectively, 8pp contemporary b/w biographical photographs and facsimile b/w document reproductions in 1 block, between pp158/59,Author's Note, Publisher's Note; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,contents list/table,illustrations list/table with dedication to its reverse, author's 2pp Introduction,individual Pts separator pages and to the rear,an immaculate tipped-in gate-fold b/w Ordnance Survey map of the prison and surrounding area's boroughs. In 1950,George Blake,a British MI6 agent,was taken prisoner by the North Korean army.By the time he was returned to Britain,three years later,he had been converted to the Soviet cause and was acting as a KGB double agent.He was caught in 1961 and sentenced to forty two years in prison.He was serving his time in Wormwood Scrubs prison,in London,in 1966,when he decided to escape. Five years into his imprisonment in Wormwood Scrubs,Blake escaped with the help of three men he had met in jail,namely Sean Bourke (the author) and two anti-nuclear campaigners,Michael Randle and Pat Pottle.The escape was masterminded by Bourke, who first approached Randle only for financial help with the escape. Randle became more involved and suggested they bring Pottle in on the plan as well,as he had suggested springing Blake to Randle in 1962 when they were both still in prison.Their motives for helping Blake to escape were their belief that the 42-year sentence was "inhuman" and because of a personal liking of Blake. Bourke had smuggled a walkie-talkie to Blake to communicate with him while in jail.On 22 October 1966,Blake broke a window at the end of the corridor where his cell was located.Then between 6 and 7 p.m.,while most of the other inmates and guards were at the weekly film showing,Blake climbed through the window,slid down a porch and made his way to the perimeter wall.There, Bourke,who had been released from the jail earlier,threw a rope ladder over the wall.Blake then used it to climb over the wall and they drove off to a safe house.During the escape, Blake fractured his broke his arm jumping from the perimeter wall,but apart from that it all went according to plan. After the escape,it became apparent that the safe house was not suitable as it was a bedsit that was cleaned by the landlady once a week. Blake then spent several days moving between Randle and Pottle's friends' houses,including that of Rev. John Papworth in Earls Court. Subsequently,Blake and Bourke moved in with Pottle,staying with him while preparing to get out of the country.They smuggled Blake across the English Channel in a camper van,then drove across northern Europe and through West Germany to the Helmstedt–Marienborn border crossing. Having safely crossed the border without incident,Blake met his handlers in East Germany and completed his escape to the Soviet Union. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja1047523. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 8.50 (approx. $US 11.06 )

BOVA, BEN:
VOYAGERS.

Imprint: LONDON.SEVERH HOUSE PUBLICATIONS LTD.,1987/by arrangement with METHUEN LONDON LTD.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Ian Thompon,illusTrated front panel with red and white outlined letters to same+spine,rear panel plain black with white lettered other sci-fi titles from assorted other sci-fi authors; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present,though some inevitable but minor, minimal,superficial scoring/indents to either without penetration or affecting boards beneath.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean with no foxing/spotting - very faint thumbing to fore-edges; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread,apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean and unblemished,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4-389pp [paginated + last 2pp unpaginated] includes Books 1-3 comprising 17,13 and 16 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title with story extract,title page,individual Books' separator pages each with a religious quote and to the rear,4pp blanks. An important addition to any SF enthusiast's shelf,and essential reading for a newcomer to the genre. Mankind's long dream and secret fear had at last come true. The Americans were the first to pick up the transmission - radio pulses from the vicinity of Jupiter which had a regular pattern and frequency never encountered before.Then the orbiting telescope,the Big Eye, showed an object circling Jupiter.Not a modest or captured meteorite,it was an artificial craft,the product of intelligent life. At once an absolute security screen was imposed.When the Russians picked up the signals,they also realised the implication.And imposed a total security blanket. But the alien craft changed its orbit, moved away from the huge planet and set its course for Earth.Intelligent life was coming to meet intelligent life and no security system devised by Man could keep the news secret. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK,buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if item is offered P+p free.[UK only.] ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja928421 . ISBN: 0727815024.

£ 16.99 (approx. $US 22.11 )

BOWEN, FRANK C:
FROM CARRACK TO CLIPPER: A Book of Sailing-Ship Models.

Imprint: LONDON.HALTON & CO LTD.,1948.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB minus dw/dj,2nd rev edn.
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB minus dw/dj,2nd revised edn. VG+.No dw/dj,no owner inscrptn.Plain,dark-blue cloth covered boards,lightly grubbed but generally clean,with minimal shelf-wear or bumping and bright,blocked gilt letters to upper board and lightly oxidised and not so bright letters to spine/backstrip.Top edge slightly aged/toned, fore-edge slighlty less so and cleaner; contents bright,tight and clean.UK,Qrto HB minus dw/dj, 2nd revised edn,iii-vipp+1-74pp [paginated] includes colour frntis+3 other colour plates, title page,contents list,10 b/w line illustrations by R Morton Nance and 3 b/w line illustrations by Cecil King in text,66 b/w photographic plates to rear and a list of principal museums and other Institutions in Europe and America containing ship models. 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: rja2170. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 10.99 (approx. $US 14.30 )

BOWEN, JAMES:
The World According To Bob. [Sequel to A STREET CAT NAMED BOB.]

Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON LTD.,2013.
Edition: UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5th imp.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5th imp. [Complete number line 5.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj (£16.99).Bright,crisp, clean,matt,subject's (Bob) colour portrait photograph to front panel of dw/dj with brown, green and white lettering,similar coloured lettered spine/backstrip,rear panel with subject +author's colour portrait photograph and white lettered prose extract.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean - near pristine but for two dog-ear top corner folds to top corner tips of pp71/2 and pp85/6,no other reading creases present.Publisher's bright, crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain dark grey cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked white lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,small 8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,5th imp,1-286pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters+Epilogue, b/w line illus interspersed within text and the book, acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title,subject's b/w line vignetted title page,a dedication,contents list/table,epigrams(2),and to the rear 2pp blanks,Twitter & Facebook addresses page,followed by a further 4pp blanks as last pages. The incredible sequel to the bestselling 'A STREET CAT NAMED BOB' - the moving and uplifting true story of an unlikely friendship between a man on the streets and the ginger cat who adopts him,soon to be a major motion picture. 'Since Bob has appeared, I've made huge strides in my life. For more than a decade I was a homeless drug addict. I was lost to the world and had forgotten what was important in life. Now I've got myself back on my two feet, but as I put the past behind me, I'm still stepping unsteadily into the future. I still need help in the right direction. Bob is always there to offer guidance and friendship.' James and his street cat Bob have been on a remarkable journey together.In the years since their story ended in the bestselling 'A STREET CAT NAMED BOB',James,with Bob's help,has begun to find his way back to the real world.Almost every day,Bob provides moments of intelligence,bravery and humour,at the same time opening his human friend's eyes to important truths about friendship,loyalty,trust - and the meaning of happiness. In the continuing tale of their life together James shows the many ways in which Bob has been his protector and guardian angel through times of illness, hardship,even life-threatening danger.As they high five together for their crowds of admirers,James knows that the tricks he's taught Bob are nothing compared to the lessons he's learnt from his street-wise cat. 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. ** ** 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: rja960921. ISBN: 9781444777550.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

BOWERS, PETER M:
Curtiss Aircraft 1907-1947.

Imprint: LONDON.PUTNAM/CONWAY MARITIME PRESS LTD.,1987.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st reprint.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st reprint.[1st edn first published 1979,this edn is it's first reprint, 1987.] NFINE/VG++.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork (original painting,Keith Woodcock credited) illustrated dw/dj,with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj are minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing,with spine/backstrip of boards beneath commensurately similar.Top right-hand corner of upper panel of dw/dj minimally rubbed and chipped with some minimal loss. Inevitable,but minimal scoring/indents to both panels of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean with some miniscule light grubbing(?); contents bright,tight,solid and sound,with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Publisher's clean,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip, and clean,plain white endpapers.[front free endpaper has some multi-colour ink fingerprint(?) smudges to it's lower corner and edges,but other parts of same are bright,clean and unaffected.Sympathetic replacement of affected feps would cure!] Three of the board's corners are minimally bumped. Described hard and detailed,but fairly and honestly - no way as bad as it may read or sound! UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st reprint edn,1-636pp [paginated] includes intro,15 chapters/sections, profuse b/w diagrams/illus and b/w contemporary photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,appendices(7),and and an index.Plus [unpaginated],half-title+title pages,b/w photographic frntis (three F9C-2 Sparrowhawks flying abreast) and contents list/table. This important book is a complete history of the pioneer work of GLENN H. CURTISS and of the subsequent companies which bore his name. Glenn H. Curtiss was involved in some of the earliest practical flying experiments with gliders and powered aircraft.Before the First World War he had built the 'America' flying-boat,which was sold to Britain and led to the Royal Naval Air Service's family of 'Felixstowe' patrol flying-boats.It was a Navy/Curtiss flying-boat,the NC-4,which,in May 1919,made the first-ever aerial crossing of the North Atlantic. Many thousands of First World War pilots learned to fly on the Curtiss JN Jenny,and this famous aircraft was to live on for many years, mainly in the hands of the barnstormers - the men who toured the United States giving flying exhibitions and joyrides. Through the 1920's and 1930's such military types as 'Hawks','Falcons','Shrikes' and 'Helldivers' achieved worldwide reputations.For the civil market there was the 'Robin' light aircraft and for the airlines the 'Condor' sleeper transport.Curtiss built some beautiful racing bi-planes and on two occasions,as seaplanes,these won the Schneider Trophy races. During the Second World War Curtiss aircraft were used by US,British,French and other services.There was a range of single-seat fighters including the 'P-36','Tomahawk' and 'Kittyhawk',there were naval types such as the 'SBC' and 'SB2C Helldivers',the 'Seagull', 'Seamew' and 'Seahawk'; there were large numbers of 'C-46 Commando' transports,many of them still flying,and there was the little- known 'C-76 all-wood Caravan'. All these aircraft and many others,including projects and prototypes,are described and illustrated with a large number of b/w photogrpahs and b/w general-arrangement drawings. Please contact seller,because of the value and the heavier weight of this item [1.09Kg 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: rja469514. ISBN: 0851778119.

£ 50.00 (approx. $US 65.07 )

BOWERS, DOROTHY:
The BELLS at OLD BAILEY - A Novel of detection.

Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1947.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (8/6d.) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,reasonably clean,colour pictorial illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with black-lettered title and capitalised,black-lettered author name to same; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name, similarly coloured+lettered title but in a white recrangular panel and publisher's capitalised, black-lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with a clean white background with black-lettered synopsis.Some minimal shelf-wear,bumping,creasing and chipping to edges and corners – no major,tears,splits or loss present. The majority of the minimal edge creasing/ chipping is to the top edge and head of spine/ backstrip.Top edges lightly aged/toned with faint,sporadic foxing,fore-edges clean with a single foxing spot; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - no foxing to margins of text body and no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - an accidental lower corner tips fold and creasing to consecutive pp271-76,else appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered original plain brick-red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked black ink capitalised lettered title across top edge of front board and similarly coloured+ lettered title,author+publisher's colophon to spine/backstrip with immaculate plain white pastedowns with no hinge cracking,but both free endpapers with off-setting from dw/dj inner flaps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-288pp [paginated] includes 15 chapters+Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a dedication. Described hard but fairly and honestly and is much better than it actuall reads.                Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and even internally,the book is in a near exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and period of production.It is only the minimal exterior and minor interior faults that prevents a slightly higher overall grading. Despite them,it really is still an exemplary example and an opportunity to acquire her last title since her books have been out-of-print for decades.    Scotland Yard looks into the connection between five suicides in Long Greeting and Miss Tidy,the white-haired owner of the village teashop.It was not until the fifth death in Long Greeting that Miss Tidy made up her mind to go to the police." The owner of the Minerva, a combination hat, tea, and beauty shop, Miss Tidy is a tiny, white-haired lady whose Dresden-doll daintiness conceals a cold and calculating heart. As everyone in the village is quick to point out, she is not a person who inspires affection in others. Five people had died in Long Greeting and its environs in the past months, all by their own hands, and their deaths are the talk of the small village. Although Miss Tidy doesn't realize it until she makes her statement to the police, Detective-Inspector Raikes of Scotland Yard has already been called down to Long Greeting to work with the local constabulary, in particular Superintendent Lecky. The villagers don't take kindly at first to an outsider in their midst, but as poison-pen letters and then murder follow upon the inexplicable suicides, they gradually begin sharing their secrets with Raikes and Lecky, until finally the sharp-witted detectives are able to make some sense of the puzzling events.                               Dorothy Violet Bowers (1902-1948) was born in Leominster,her father a confectioner. The family moved to Monmouth in 1903 where her father ran his own bakery until he retired in 1936. She was educated at the Monmouth High School for Girls, received a scholarship for Oxford,and after sitting the Latin entrance exam three times,she was finally accepted. Women had only recently been able to get degrees at Oxford and Bower’s sister Evelyn also joined her there.Bowers graduated from the Society of Oxford Home-Students (now St Anne’s College) in 1926,with a 3rd Clas Honours degree in Modern History,and spent the next few years pursuing a career as a history teacher.Temporary jobs teaching history and English did not inspire her and she turned to writing.It was during this time that she supplemented her income by compiling crossword puzzles for John O’London Weekly under the pseudonym “Daedalus”.                            Bowers published four Inspector Pardoe novels in quick  succession: 'Postscript to Poison.' (1938), 'Shadows Before.' (1939),'Deed without a Name.' (1940) and 'Fear For Miss Betony.' (1941). 'Fear For Miss Betony' was lauded by the Times Literary Supplement as the "Best mystery of 1941", stating “Every page bears witness to a brain of uncommon powers”. War brought Bowers to London to work in the European News Service of the BBC.This title 'The Bells at Old Bailey' was to be her final book,and was published in 1947,with Inspector Pardoe being replaced replaced by another Scotland Yard detective,Detective Inspector Raikes. Never of robust health,she contracted tuberculosis during this period and eventually succumbed to the disease in August,1948.She died having been inducted into the prestigious Detection Club,the only writer selected for membership in 1948. Her books are intricately plotted affairs,with the clues freely and subtly,interspersed  throughout the story,bringing to life 1930s and 40s life,with thoughtful descriptions of provincial England and the war years.Her early death has resulted in her books becoming out of print for decades.                               Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja1084423. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 90.00 (approx. $US 117.13 )

BOWES, JOSEPH:
THE AUSSIE CRUSADERS.

Imprint: LONDON.HUMPHREY MILFORD/OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. [n.d. - circa 1920.]
Edition: UK,Crown 8vo HB,reprint,1st thus.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Crown 8vo HB,reprint,1st thus.[A title from The Boys' New 1/- Net Library.] VG.No owner inscrptn but a Charity Library ink stamp to title page,residue of an indecipherable ink stamp to same page,but above the library stamp. Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, red cloth boards/covers with a uniform blind-tooled design of St. George on horseback killing a dragon within a ribboned,circular seal; surrounded by repeated heraldic-style lions,the whole with a double-line blind-tooled border to front board/cover,blind-tooled darkened spine with (assumed) absent oxidised gilt lettering and vertical creases/wrinkling, and grey-line illustrated grey endpapers with off-set shadowing from opposing pastedowns to verso and recto of front and rear free endpapers respectively.With negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears,splits or fraying present.Top+fore-edges very lightly aged/toned - much less than normally encountered or would expect for a book of its age and with minimal blemishes and no foxing/ spotting; contents bright, tight,clean - some minimal sporadic foxing /spotting,an ink library stamp to pp65 - no other library notations,and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, would appear unread - apart from my own collation.UK,Crown 8vo HB,reprint,1st thus,v-xpp+2-270pp [paginated] includes dedication,poem (James Montgomery) with blank recto,contents list/table,XXVI (26) chapters,an unpaginated colour frntis by Walter Paget,plus [unpaginated] light foxing/spotting to the following: blank, half-title with publisher advert to recto, title page with blank recto and blank at rear of the book.An uncommon title in this series and generally too. A boys' adventure story set in WW1 in the Middle East.Jock Smith and M'Thirst,two brave ANZAC's,have been captured by the Bedouins and are being traded to their enemy,the Turks.But no matter the situation these Aussies can't be kept down for long and before long they'll have a hand in turning the tide of war.The troops in this captivating tale that takes you behind enemy lines,on daring desert escapes,and finally the troops go into battle as the Allies attempt to take Palestine under General Edmund Allenby. Walter Stanley Paget (1863-1935) Worked as Walter Paget.Younger brother of Henry Marriott and Sidney Paget.Figure painter, magazine and book illustrator. As a war correspondent for 'The Illustrated London News',he covered the Gordon relief expedition (1884-85),and,like his brother Sidney,later became a staff artist on the newly founded periodical 'The Sphere' (from 1900).As a book illustrator in colour,b/w,and halftone,he worked in a reliably conventional vein.He is said to have been used by his brother Sidney as the original model for Sherlock Holmes. Since April 2013 and in March 2015,again in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct and insured (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja885620. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 8.95 (approx. $US 11.65 )

BOWIE, IAN:
Yorkshire Pudding 'n' All That Tripe. [Illustrated by Tim Bulmer.]

Imprint: UK.YORKSHIRE.BOG BOOKS,2009.
Edition: UK,slim,landscape 24mo wraps, p/back Original,1st edn.
Binding: Paperback Original., No d/dj - p/back Original - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim landscape 24mo wraps,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 a 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 and in some cases,be the only edition.] NMINT.No owner inscrptn,and no price removal (£8.95) from its cover.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, colour pictorial artwork by Tim Bulmer, illustrated card covers with b/w lettering to front cover,blue letters to spine/ backstrip,blue,gilt,red and black lettered text,along with colour caricature illustrations,to rear cover.UK,slim, landscape 24mo wraps,1st edn,1-110pp [paginated] includes colour vignette illustrated contents list/table,7 chapters: Yorkshire history,places,grub,folk,sport, for film,music and literature and Yorkshire Air Ambulance chapters,a colour vignetted note on author+illustrator,book with profuse part-page colour caricature illustrations and over 50 full-page,full-colour cartoon illustrations all by Tim Bulmer with accompanying text by Ian Bowie; plus [unpaginated] author+illustrators' converstional preamble,and as last page, publisher's advert for other titles with publisher information to its verso; plus a tipped-in folded,colour pictorial illustrated map of Yorkshire,to recto/ inside of rear cover. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's age, and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It really is an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness. If you've been looking for a book about Yorkshire that will inspire you to walk a different path from one of the usually trodden by visitors,or some trivia to bore people with at your next dinner party or just a good laugh then this is the book you've been looking for. 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: rja1012122. ISBN: 9789526717814.

£ 8.95 (approx. $US 11.65 )

BOWLER**, DAVE & DRAY**, BRYAN:
U2 - A CONSPIRACY OF HOPE.**

Imprint: LONDON.SIDGWICK & JACKSON,1993.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped dw/dj. Colour photographic dw/dj with minimal shelf-wear to dw/dj edges with very light creasing and light scoring/marking to rear wrap panel.Lightly dust-soiled top edge and lightly marked fore-edge.Contents bright,tight and clean.Black paper-covered bds with white ink stamped letters to spine/backstrip and plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xpp+325pp includes author's note,an introduction,8pp b/w photographs,a discography,sources and an index. It is probably true to say that,over the last decade,U2 have been one of the very few bands that have really advanced the cause of rock music as a valid form of popular culture, carrying the torch lit in the 1960s by the likes of Lennon and Hendrix.From their first album Boy in 1980 to Achtung Baby in 1991, U2 have gone through a sequence of changes that have run the gamut from the personally ambiguous to the politically obvious. Brought to life in the aftermath of the late seventies punk explosion they were, to quote Bono, 'a group before we could play', something which has been central to their music ever since.It was as much their closeness as friends as any musical ambition which drew them together initially,a factor which engendered a distinct voice and direction of their own as they tackled the universal themes close to their hearts - faith,doubt,terrorism, political oppression,racism and the destruction of basic human rights. And yet as they espoused the creed of tolerance for one another,they also recognized that they had no magic answers to give as they wrestled with their own personal demons and irrational behaviour for which they earned their fair share of criticism.Ultimately,though,U2 have proved with phenomenal success that where there is wilful intelligence, a willingness to experiment and to pick up on new ideas, there is great rock music. The book looks at the band's creative output in a broader light,tracing the prevailing conditions which shaped their music at each stage and analysing some of the inherent contradictions and frictions which motivate their songwriting. Featuring exhaustive research and extensive interview material,the book will chronicle U2's journey to date (1993) in a musical,political and social context, and will consider the future,giving a wider vision of the work the band have done and what they have yet to do.For a band that's dangerous because it's honest, there's always more work to do. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja557. ISBN: 0283061693.

£ 11.99 (approx. $US 15.60 )