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Imprint: LONDON.ARMADA/MAY FAIR BOOKS LTD.,1967. UK,12mo wraps,pback,1st edn.[Originally published by W. & R. Chambers,LONDON & EDINBURGH,1950,UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.This edn first published by ARMADA/MAY FAIR BOOKS LTD., 1967,LONDON.C172 to spine,black ink price 2/6 to front,lower corner and ARMADA PAPERBACKS for BOYS & GIRLS colophon/logo to front,top corner.] VG. No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean, generally sharp-cornered with top+lower front corners and top rear too with slight corner creasing,colour pictorial artwork (non-credited) illustrated covers with blue+orange lettering to front,blue+black lettering to spine and black-lettered story precis to rear cover; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - though book lightly cocked.Top+fore-edges ubiquitously aged/toned; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - ubiquitous page-edge toning too,some minimal,concomitant page corner creasing from card covers creasing but no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,almost appears unread - apart from reading creases to spine.UK, 12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn,5-192pp [paginated] includes 15 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title with available titles+ copyright details to verso,and title page with contents list/table to it's reverse. St. Briavel'a Island! What a wonderful new setting for the Chalet School! . . . and how the girls enjoy exploring this beautiful island off the Welsh coast,with its wild cliffs and bays and fascinating bird sanctuary.When Jo Bettany presents the school with five boats,there is more opportunity for hilarious games and escapades. Amongst all the excitement,even kind Jo doesn't guess the secret that troubles Annis Lovell - and Annis sets out alone on an adventure that nearly ends in disaster! Elinor M. Brent-Dyer (b.1894 - d.1969). British authoress of nearly 100 girls' stories,chiefly in school settings.She created the 'Chalet School' series, beginning with 'The School at the Chalet' (1925) - see my book ID rja784818 for UK, p/back 1st edn of this same title; these were set in an international school in the Tyrol and centred on the character of 'Joey ' Bettany - one of the original nine pupils when her sister opened the school, an English girl who rises to be head of the school and then in adult life becomes a writer of girls' stories. The Chalet School stories,published over a period of at least 40 years,have introduced young readers to scores of girls,each with one dominant trait illustrated through suitable vicissitudes. The clever and the careless,the earnest and the mischievous,the lonely and the debonair - one after another the girls appear,make their mark on the stories,and vanish again.Jo alone is drawn in some depth and forms a link between many of the stories,even when she is glimpsed only in the reminiscences of other characters.The last book in the series,'Prefects of the Chalet School',was published postumously in 1970. 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: rja785318. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.ARMADA/FONTANA PAPERBACKS,1982. UK,12mo wraps,pback,1st edn.[Originally published by W. & R. Chambers,LONDON & EDINBURGH,1958,UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.This p/back edn first published by ARMADA/FONTANA PAPERBACKS,1982,LONDON.(C1959) to foot of blue spine.] VG+.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp, clean,generally sharp-cornered,colour pictorial artwork (non-credited) illustrated front cover with orange and white lettering to front,black-lettered story precis to rear cover; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges ubiquitously aged/toned; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - ubiquitous page-edge toning too,but no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,almost appears unread - apart from reading creases to spine.UK, 12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn,7-160pp [paginated] includes XVII (17) chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title,title page with publisher printed 'This Armada book belongs to' box (unused) with other listed titles to verso,title page with dedication to reverse and contents list/table. The Chalet School is twenty-one years old! Suddenly everyone is caught up in a whirl of exciting celebrations,with a host of special activities to look forward to. But there's danger ahead when the Old Girls take a party of prefects to the beautiful Tyrol, where the famous school began.For Joey Maynard and Mary-Lou set out on a night-time boat trip that ends in disaster . . . Elinor M. Brent-Dyer (b.1894 - d.1969). British authoress of nearly 100 girls' stories,chiefly in school settings.She created the 'Chalet School' series, beginning with 'The School at the Chalet' (1925) - see my book ID rja784818 for a UK,p/back 1st edn of this same title - these were set in an international school in the Tyrol and centred on the character of 'Joey' Bettany - one of the original nine pupils when her sister opened the school,an English girl who rises to be head of the school and then in adult life becomes a writer of girls' stories. The Chalet School stories,published over a period of at least 40 years,have introduced young readers to scores of girls,each with one dominant trait illustrated through suitable vicissitudes. The clever and the careless,the earnest and the mischievous,the lonely and the debonair - one after another the girls appear, make their mark on the stories,and vanish again. Jo alone is drawn in some depth and forms a link between many of the stories,even when she is glimpsed only in the reminiscences of other characters.The last book in the series,'Prefects of the Chalet School',was published posthumously in 1970. 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: rja786518. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: EDINBURGH/LONDON.W.& R. CHAMBERS LTD.,[nd. - c1962.] UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn.VG.No owner inscrptn, no dw/dj.Minimally grubbed/marked,publisher's original,pale powder blue cloth boards with oxidised letters+bands to spine/backstrip which is also dulled,faded/sunned,with bright,clean, plain white endpapers.Minimal shelf-wear and bumping to edges+corners.Top+fore-edges lightly aged and minimally foxed/spotted,contents bright,tight and clean with no dog-ear creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,9-205pp [paginated] +half-title+title pages,b/w line illus frntis by Dorothy Brook,contents list/table,and 18 chapters. Elinor M. Brent-Dyer(1894-1969). British authoress of nearly 100 Girls' Stories,chiefly in school settings.She created the 'Chalet School' series,beginning with 'The School at the Chalet'(1925);these were set in an international school in the Tyrol and centred on the character of 'Joey ' Bettany - one of the original nine pupils when her sister opened the school,an English girl who rises to be head of the school and then in adult life becomes a writer of girls' stories.The Chalet School stories, published over a period of at least 40 years, have introduced young readers to scores of girls,each with one dominant trait illustrated through suitable vicissitudes.The clever and the careless,the earnest and the mischievious,the lonely and the debonair - one after another the girls appear,make their mark on the stories,and vanish again. Jo alone is drawn in some depth and forms a link between many of the stories,even when she is glimpsed only in the reminiscences of other characters.The last book in the series,'Prefects of the Chalet School',was published posthumously in 1970. 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. Buyers in EU countries may be required to pay Import VAT and a handling fee to the courier/mail service on items costing more than 150 Euros (including shipping costs).For items less than 150 Euros to EU buyers,charges may be minimised by opting to pay myself direct,via my account at Paypal. Please contact seller prior to ordering for more information. ** 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: rja27527. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.ARMADA/MAY FAIR BOOKS LTD.,1969. UK,12mo wraps,p/back,1st edn.[Originally published by W. & R. Chambers,LONDON & EDINBURGH,1957,UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.This p/back edn first published by ARMADA/MAY FAIR BOOKS LTD.,1969,LONDON,so UK,p/back 1st edn.(C26 to spine).] VG.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp, clean,colour pictorial artwork (non-credited) illustrated covers with b/w lettering to front, black-lettered story precis to rear cover; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Some pin point indents - without penetration - to front cover.Rear cover with several,diagonal corner creases in vicinity of rear,lower corner. Top+fore-edges ubiquitously aged/toned; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - ubiquitous page-edge toning too,but no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,almost appears unread - apart from reading creases to spine.UK, 12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn,5-157pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title with copyright etc.,details to verso,title page with contents list/table to it's reverse and to the rear publisher's 2pp advert for available books/titles and the forthcoming 'A Genius at the Chalet School' and 'Chalet Girls at Camp'. "Dear Miss Ferrars,I wish to offer you the post of form mistress . . ." Kathie couldn't believe her eyes,but that's what the letter said! She'd been chosen to teach at the famous Chalet School in the Swiss mountains - what a wonderful start to her career! But she soon discovers that it's not an easy task.Rules are hard to enforce and classes can be a chore.Kathie can't cope with the vain Yseult,while she mistreats the trustworthy Mary-Lou - who in turn saves her from a perilous death . . . Happily,Kathie benefits by her mistakes and pulls through the term with flying colours. Elinor M. Brent-Dyer (b.1894 - d.1969). British authoress of nearly 100 girls' stories,chiefly in school settings.She created the 'Chalet School' series, beginning with 'The School at the Chalet' (1925) - see my book ID rja784818 for a UK,p/back 1st edn of this same title; these were set in an international school in the Tyrol and centred on the character of 'Joey' Bettany - one of the original nine pupils when her sister opened the school,an English girl who rises to be head of the school and then in adult life becomes a writer of girls' stories. The Chalet School stories,published over a period of at least 40 years,have introduced young readers to scores of girls,each with one dominant trait illustrated through suitable vicissitudes. The clever and the careless,the earnest and the mischievous,the lonely and the debonair - one after another the girls appear, make their mark on the stories,and vanish again. Jo alone is drawn in some depth and forms a link between many of the stories,even when she is glimpsed only in the reminiscences of other characters.The last book in the series,'Prefects of the Chalet School',was published posthumously in 1970. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja786118. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.ARMADA/MAY FAIR BOOKS LTD.,1969. UK,12mo wraps,p/back,1st edn thus. [Originally published by W. & R. Chambers,LONDON & EDINBURGH,1957,UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.This p/backedn first published by ARMADA/MAY FAIR BOOKS LTD.,1969,LONDON. (C390) to blue spine with yellow and black lettering,and price 17.1/2p ((3/6).] VG.No owner inscrptn.Bright, crisp,clean and generally sharp-cornered - front+rear lower corners minimally creased, colour pictorial artwork (non-credited) illustrated front cover with black+red lettering to front,black-lettered story precis to rear cover; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges ubiquitously aged/toned; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - with ubiquitous page-edge toning too,but no dog-ear intentional reading creases to any pages' corners - an accidental corner crease to the penultimate paginated pages' (pp155/6) lower corners,otherwise almost appears unread internally - apart from reading creases to spine.UK,12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn thus,5-157pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title with publisher's list to verso,title page with contents list/table to reverse and to the rear,2pp publisher adverts for already existing titles and a forthcoming 'Shocks for the Chalet School'. "Dear Miss Ferrars,I wish to offer you the post of form mistress . . ." Kathie couldn't believe her eyes,but that's what the letter said! She'd been chosen to teach at the famous Chalet School in the Swiss mountains - what a wonderful start to her career! But she soon discovers that it's not an easy task.Rules are hard to enforce and classes can be a chore.Kathie can't cope with the vain Yseult,while she mistreats the trustworthy Mary-Lou - who in turn saves her from a perilous death . . . Happily,Kathie benefits by her mistakes and pulls through the term with flying colours. Elinor M. Brent-Dyer (b.1894 - d.1969). British authoress of nearly 100 girls' stories,chiefly in school settings.She created the 'Chalet School' series, beginning with 'The School at the Chalet' (1925) - see my book ID rja784818 for a UK,p/back 1st edn; these were set in an international school in the Tyrol and centred on the character of 'Joey' Bettany - one of the original nine pupils when her sister opened the school,an English girl who rises to be head of the school and then in adult life becomes a writer of girls' stories. The Chalet School stories,published over a period of at least 40 years,have introduced young readers to scores of girls,each with one dominant trait illustrated through suitable vicissitudes. The clever and the careless,the earnest and the mischievous,the lonely and the debonair - one after another the girls appear,make their mark on the stories,and vanish again.Jo alone is drawn in some depth and forms a link between many of the stories,even when she is glimpsed only in the reminiscences of other characters.The last book in the series,'Prefects of the Chalet School',was published posthumously in 1970. 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: rja786318. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.ARMADA/WILLIAM COLLINS SONS & CO. LTD.,1975. UK,slim,12mo p/back,abridged 1st edn thus. [Originally and first published by W. & R Chambers Ltd.,(LONDON),1938,the 13th title.This the first UK,12mo p/back issue.1975.] VG+.Owner name but no price removal from card cover. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial artowrk illustrated,sharp-cornered,card covers with author's black+brown lettered name and title respectively,similarly lettered spine with numeration C1018 to foot of same and no reading creases to spine,rear panel with small colour illustratation to fore-edge corner and black-lettered story synopsis and decimal price (30p). Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no niks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges ubiquitously aged/toned; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any page's corner tips - possibly unread other than my own collation.UK,slim,12mo p/back,abridged 1st edn thus,5-128pp [paginated] includes 11 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title with owner's inked name in 'Belongs to' panel at foot of page with 9 Chalet titles to reverse - 'The Chalet School and Jo' to 'The Wrong Chalet School' as last title in list,and title page. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it’s age and nature, i.e. achild's ephemeral p/back. It really is an exceptional example for its cleanliness,brightness and completeness. The new term at the Chalet School gets off to an exciting start with a series of mysterious practical jokes.The girls are plagued by sneezing powder,stink bombs,and a parcel of frogs - then comes an attack of Dr. Jem. When the school's electricity supply is cut off,Joey decides the jokes have gone too far.But the 'Mystic m' - as the jokers call themselves - will stop at nothing . . . not even kidnapping! 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: rja1042223. ISBN: 0006910181.
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Imprint: LONDON.ARMADA/MAY FAIR BOOKS LTD.,1967. UK,12mo wraps,p/back,1st edn thus. [Originally and first published by W. & R. Chambers,LONDON & EDINBURGH,1925,UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.The first title in a long-running series of 60 books/titles.This edn first published by ARMADA/MAYFAIR BOOKS LTD.,1967,LONDON.C184 to spine and black ink price 2/6 towards front lower corner cover - later imprints had a variety of different price styles.Plus publisher's colophon/Armada Paperbacks strap line and logo - an astern view of ship under sail with words 'for Boys and Girls' below,to front,top left-hand corner.] VG+. No owner inscrptn.Bright, crisp,clean,minor scoring, generally sharp-cornered,colour pictorial artwork (non-credited) illustrated front cover with blue+white lettering to front,black-lettered story precis to rear cover; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges ubiquitously aged/toned; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - with ubiquitous page-edge toning too,but no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,almost appears unread - apart from reading creases to spine.UK,12mo wraps, p/back 1st edn,5-192pp [paginated] includes 26 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title with 3 'Chalet School' titles (2nd,14th stories and 'The Chalet School and Barbara' as last title)+ copyright details to recto,and title page with contents list/table to it's verso. Debut book of the entire 'CHALET SCHOOL' series. A boarding school in the Alps! Jo 'Joey' Bettany has been ill.Now,on her way to Austria,all she can think about are the mountains she will see,the snow,the lakes - and the adventures she and her future companions will have! Her older sister,Madge,is opening a girls' school for all nationalities and ages and Jo will be her first pupil. So begins a marvellous series of stories which take you to the Austrian Tyrol, Switzerland, Guernsey,England - and back to Switzerland.In all of them you can follow the romantic and exciting adventures of the pupils of the Chalet School. Elinor M. Brent-Dyer (b.1894 - d.1969). British authoress of nearly 100 girls' stories,chiefly in school settings.She created the 'Chalet School' series, beginning with 'The School at the Chalet' (1925) see my book ID rja784818 for UK, p/back 1st edn of this same title; these were set in an international school in the Tyrol and centred on the character of 'Joey ' Bettany - one of the original nine pupils when her sister opened the school, an English girl who rises to be head of the school and then in adult life becomes a writer of girls' stories. The Chalet School stories,published over a period of at least 40 years,have introduced young readers to scores of girls,each with one dominant trait illustrated through suitable vicissitudes. The clever and the careless,the earnest and the mischievous,the lonely and the debonair - one after another the girls appear,make their mark on the stories,and vanish again.Jo alone is drawn in some depth and forms a link between many of the stories,even when she is glimpsed only in the reminiscences of other characters.The last book in the series,'Prefects of the Chalet School',was published poshtumously in 1970. 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: rja784818. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.BLACKIE AND SONS LIMITED. [n.d. - circa 1920.] UK,12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.[Not dated but from publisher's advert list 'With Allenby in Palestine' (1920) - see my book ID rja895020 for an example - is the 2nd title in that list,first being 'With the Allies to the Rhine' - assumed as the newest title.] Owner name inked out to top edge of toned ffe inscrptn but no date. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,publisher's original green cloth boards/covers,with 4-colour (red,green,black and yellow) pictorial artwork by William Rainey,R.I., with black lettering,illustrated front panel and the ubiquitously dulled dragon detail illustrated spine/backstrip,rear panel with slight grubbing but plain and undecorated,corner tips minisculaly bumped,as are both head and foot of spine/ backstrip.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing - corner tips minisculely bumped and rubbed; front,lower corner with small crease,no nicks,tears,splits present,any other discoloration or imperfections commensurate with book's age.Top edges lightly toned from light dust-soiling and without noticeable foxing/spotting,fore- edges also lightly toned,aged but with very faint,and very minimal sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean - text body virtually foxing-free, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Toned verso and recto of front and rear free endpapers respectively from respective opposing pastedowns,both hinges solid and sound without any tears,splits or cracking.UK,12mo HB,1st edn,5+9-352pp [paginated] includes contents list/table, XXV (25) chapters,6 b/w illus by William Rainey,R.I - includes frntis,a b/w Pekin region map - all called for and present, plus [unpaginated] light sporadically foxed verso of half-title with publisher's advert list of author's other titles to its reverse,foxed verso of frntis,foxed verso+recto to title page,and an illustrations list/table. Another uncommonly presentable item,this example has survived exceptionally well, particularly without any dw/dj and unusually,without the usual major discolouration and other imperfections usually encountered or expected in a children's book of this age. Frederick Sadleir Brereton,CBE,b. 5th August,1872 – d. 12th August,1957, was a decorated soldier and the author of boys' books on heroic deeds conducted in the name of the British Empire.Brereton was a prolific author,in his lifetime,he had written somer 40-odd books. 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: rja895120. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED. UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG.No owner inscrptn,but diagonal price-clip to dw/dj, but publisher's black ink stamp 3/6 NET adjacent to clip of front inner,lower corner of dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Frank Gillet,with black lettering,to illustrated front panel and the ubiquitously sunned spine/backstrip,rear panel with slightly grubbed,rubbed white background with blue lettered publisher's advert for other Boys' and Girls' books,but still approx. 99% present.Top+fore-edges lightly toned with faint,sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean - light, sporadic foxing/spotting commensurate with book's age,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,virtually spotless and blemish free,publisher's original light green cloth boards/covers with darker green triple-lined edged border to front with similar coloured lettering and a foliage sprig decoration, similar coloured lettering to spine/ backstrip,rear board/cover plain and undecorated,corner tips minisculaly bumped as are both head and foot of spine/ backstrip.No nicks,tears of splits present and clean eps,both hinges solid and sound without any tears,splits or cracking.UK, 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5+9-287pp [paginated] includes contents list/table, XX (20) chapters,4 b/w illus by Frank Gillet inludes frntis - all called for and present,plus [unpaginated] foxed verso+ recto to half-title,foxed verso of b/w illustrated frntis,foxed title page,and an illustrations list/table. An uncommonly presentable item,this example has survived exceptionally well, particularly with dw/dj and unusually, without the usual major discolouration and other imperfections usually encountered or expected in a children's book of this age. Frederick Sadleir Brereton,CBE,b. 5th August,1872 – d. 12th August,1957, was a decorated soldier and the author of boys' books on heroic deeds conducted in the name of the British Empire.Brereton was a prolific author,in his lifetime,he had written somer 40-odd books. 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: rja895020. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.DOUBLEDAY,2004. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten bold,black ink, dedication+signature to title page: 'To CJ - Theresa Breslin.' and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour (orange+black) 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 near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,unmarked,publisher's original,plain dark brown cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine /backstrip,and immaculate plain white eps. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,1- 225pp [paginated] includes 33 chapters,b/w line illustrated chapter head-pieces (lighthouse); plus [unpaginated] half- title page,SIGNED title page,a dedication, b/w map frntis,and to rear,author's note+2pp blanks. Saskia Granton is intrigued by an invitation to visit her reclusive great- aunt Alessandra,who lives on the Scottish coast.It's a chance to rediscover her lifelong love of the sea - and to forget, if only for a few weeks,the boring career her parents have mapped out for her. Swept immediately into the rhythm of life in a fishing community,Saskia slowly begins to realize how little she really knows about her roots.Somehow,she needs to understand the past if she is to find the direction she needs for her future - a future that may or may not include her new friend Ben. Just as the sea gives up its bounty,so too her great-aunt must reveal the secrets of the past - the terrible toll of lives lost,and the very personal tragedy that left Alessandra herself so isolated. Only then can Saskia break free. . . . Lyrical,mesmerizing and absorbing, 'Saskia's Journey' is also a tale of self- discovery - a journey from childhood to self-determination that will strike a chord with all young people. Author's first book,'Simon's Challenge', won the Young Book Trust's Fidler Award for new writers and,since then,her books have appeared regularly on many children's book award shortlists.She received the Carnegie Medal for 'Whispers in the Graveyard',and in 2000 'The Dream Master' was shortlisted for the Children's Book Award.Author's 5th book for this publisher. 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: rja30458. ISBN: 0385604823.
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Imprint: LONDON.ROBSON BOOKS LTD.,1995. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,b/w subject portrait photographic illustrated upper wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - though spine/backstrip minimally sunned/faded.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright, clean,publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth bds with crisp,bright,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ix -xpp+1-245pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,author intro,12 chapters, an epilogue,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp54/5 and pp150/1 respectively, appendices(5),an index and [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,dedication and contents list/table. In her hey-day,Gracie Fields was one of the highest paid stars in the world. Appearing in a series of films which reflected the spirit of a troubled decade and cutting hundreds of superb recordings, she became an international legend and a national institution,always retaining what she called her 'common touch',the image that endeared her to millions. In this the first full-length biography of Gracie fully authorized by her family, David Bret reveals the real Gracie Fields - a complex woman far removed from the mill-girl-to-riches persona she conveyed to her adoring public - as seen by her family and closest friends. Based on previously unpublished material, including Gracie's own personal war diaries and private correspondence and featuring many first-hand interviews and unique photographs from the private archive of one of Gracie's closest friends,in this fascinating book David Bret shows the other side of this enormously successful woman: her personal tragedies,her great bravery and her often extreme naivety.He also includes many startling revelations from Gracie's stepdaughter,Irene Bevan,who reveals, amongst much else,the truth behind Gracie's three failed marriages and the other romances of her life. But despite the many revelations contained in this enthralling book,Bret tells Gracie's story with honesty and compassion,never denying her extraordinary talent,that indefatigable genius which enabled her to remain a true daughter of the people for over half a century. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja29528. ISBN: 0860519589.
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Imprint: UK.NEWTON ABBOT,DEVON.FOREST PUBLISHING,1990. UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,facsimile 1st edn thus. [Originally and first published in 3 Parts: - 1911 (Pt I.),1912 (Pt II.),1913 (Pt III. Republished in facsimile (combined edition) in 1990 by FOREST PUBLISHING,DEVON,with a new introduction by Mike Lang.So,this single volume is a complete facsimile of the original three-part work (first editions) and includes all of the illustrations and text from those works.) FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price -clip to dw/dj - publisher's price printed to rear panel of dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,Dartmoor landscape scenic views,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with b/w lettering to front,black lettering to white spine/backstrip; all with negligible shelf-wear, creasing or bumping to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright and clean,publisher's original unblemished,sharp-cornered,dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,facsimile 1st edn thus,includes Pts I-III,with 2-72pp,2-80pp and 2-68pp [pagination] respectively,profuse contemporary b/w Dartmoor scene photographs and b/w illustrations interspersed throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title with original author's contemporary b/w portrait photograph to reverse,title page,a contents list /table with publisher's note to reverse,a new introduction by Mike Lang,individual Parts separator pages,each followed by a different b/w landscape photographic illustration,several pages of contemporary b/w illustrated advertisements,a preface and contents list/table for each Part. These delightfully written,well illustrated, books on Dartmoor provide a fascinating record of the largely unspoilt moorland landscape during the early part of this century (20thC),as well as serving as a useful guide to the would-be explorer of the last wilderness in Southern England. Copies of the original books are now extremely scarce and it is hoped that by republishing some of them in facsimile edition a gap will be filled on the bookshelves of all Dartmoor enthusiasts. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and smaller size 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: rja827519. ISBN: 0951527401.
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Imprint: LONDON.HUTCHINSON,1983. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj.Glossy laminated,b/w cartoon illustrated,pale blue background dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges -no nicks or tears present.Complete,slight fading/sunning to spine/backstrip and partially to rear wrap - due to presence/ proximity of a smaller book.Top+fore-edges lightly aged but clean,contents bright, tight and clean also - no dog-ear reading creasing to pages' corners.Bright,clean, blue paper-covered bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-159pp includes half-title+title pages,contents list,b/w line illustrated frntis by William Rushton,12 chapters, profuse b/w illus throughout the text. Molesworth lives! The unwashed monster from St Custard's is still trying to be top and making very little headway except in the recesses of his imagination. Entering middle age now,and still unable to concentrate much,Nigel Molesworth is married to Louise,has two repellent children and works for GBH Ltd (Grabber Bulk Holdings).It is all awful and only redeemed by the occasional glimpse of the dim Charleen's cleavage and away-days into fantasy. Basil Fotherington-Thomas is into whole food and badminton,Molesworth II enjoys unaccountable success in the music business,and Nigel's boss,Grint,bears an unnerving resemblance to the old headmaster of St Custard's,Grimes.As Nigel observes,the real world is horribly like 'skool'. As in days of yore his only real soul-mate is the sterling Timothy Pearson,who has,like Nigel,an admirable respect for the things that really matter - beer,television,tarty women and chips. Here,then,is Nigel Molesworth's survival guide to the eighties.Just as his advice helped many a grubby urchin to endure prep school,so will the wisdom and observation here provide an essential guide for the older man.Wives,children,D.I.Y.,holidays, parties,sport,the office and sex are all subjected to Molesworth's ruthless scrutiny.His taste is immaculate.His spelling still excreble. 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: rja23406. ISBN: 0091523702.
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Imprint: LONDON.VICTOR GOLLANCZ LTD.,1985. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,no price-clip (£12.95) to dw/dj.Crisp,clean, glossy laminated,b/w subject, portrait photographic illustrated upper panel,with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing to same.Top edge very,very lightly dust-soiled; but along with fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tgiht,solid, sound and clean.Bright,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain maroon cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,and bright,clean white eps.Slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,16-198pp [paginated] includes 9 chapters,an appendix,12pp contemporary,subject biographical-related b/w photographs interspersed in 3 blocks of 4pp apiece throughout the text,and an index.Plus, [unpaginated] half-title +title pages,dedication, acknowledgements,separate contents+ illus lists/tables,title separator page,and 2pp blanks at rear. Lionel Brett (Viscount Esher) has had a colourful and diverse career, as an architect,a planner and an influential writer of architecture and landscape.As an early adherent to the Modern Movement,he became known as a spokesman for the new vision.At the same time he was a dedicated conservationist long before it became fashionable.He was associated with many splendid projects - though some,alas,never got off the ground: the life of a planner is infinitely frustrating, the ways of sponsors predictably unpredictable.Triumphs and disasters in the New Towns were followed by the more political dramas of the inner cities. The story of his professional career,told here with great charm and candour,encompasses Abingdon, York,Manchester and Portsmouth; Corsica,Santiago,Caracas and Tehran (just before the Shah had to flee). Also,he has been in much demand as lecturer,and some of his book's most revealing and perceptive pages takes us on tours of the United States, India,Australia,South America. Behind the architect's story, there's the personal story: childhood in wartime London, scholarships to Eton and then to New College (neither of which he romanticises); summer visits to one grandfather's 16thC manor house (with a view of Ben Ledi),and to the other grandfather's Kensington-Italianate villa on Long Island. Grandfather Esher was very grand - intimate of prime ministers,friend and adviser of Edward VII and George V.Grandfather Heckscher was very rich,an entrepreneur of astonishing versatility,who lost a fortune and made another one.Then there was Uncle Maurice,who married a queen of the theatre,Zena Dare; and Aunt Syv, who married the uncouth and unfaithful last Rajah of Sarawak; and Aunt Doll,friend of the handsome and tragic Mark Gertler,crony of Carrington and Katherine Mansfield, adoring confidante of D.H. Lawrence. There are portraits,comic and tragic,of his so different parents, of their literary circle and of its gradual eclipse by the shadow of another war,in which - after a pacifist phase as a London fireman, 979029 - he found himself patrolling the white cliffs in 1940,then splashing ashore in Normandy four years later and writing home from a series of battlefields. It's a highly varied and enjoyable memoir of an epoch,beautifully written,and with a surprise around every corner: for instance,the author's turbulent years as Rector of the Royal College of Art,during the peak period of student revolt in the early Seventies - and he gives the only published account of a student sit-in seen from the management side. 'Our Selves Unknown' is both the autobiography of a brilliant and charming man,and an absorbing chronicle of our times (then 1985). Stock number: rja462913. ISBN: 0575035528.
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Imprint: LONDON.GOLLANCZ,1993. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE. 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: rja564. ISBN: 057505641X.
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Imprint: LONDON.QUERCUS,2010. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 2 descending,so 1st edn,2nd imp.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no dw/dj - as issued.Bright, crisp,clean,colour pictorial illustrated,sharp-cornered bds with b/w+red lettering to front and nautical-related black illustrated vignettes to rear board with red+black lettering,a white headband and immaculate dark blue endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,unread - apart from my own collation.UK,8vo HB,1st edn,2nd imp,6-384pp [paginated] includes an introduction,9 chapters each with a b/w vignette illustrated headpiece, profuse b/w historical illustrations/vignettes throughout the text and the book references and an index; plus [unpaginated] b/w vignette illustrated half-title,white nautical compass illustrated double-page title page,and contents list/table. Please browse my further inventory for a further,wider range of other nautical-related titles available in my NAUTICAL catalogue. 'Breverton's Nautical Curiosities' is arranged into thematic chapters:1) 1) The ocean environment - animals, geography, geology, weather, coasts, islands2) 2) Ship types and parts - from the first boat to the latest cutting-edge technology1) 3) People - heroes, heroines, pirates, sailors, captains 2) 4) Disasters, battles, wars3) 5) Literature - stories, myths, legends, proclamations, acts, orders 4) 6) Nautical sayings and slang Breverton s Nautical Curiosities is about ships, people and the sea. However, unlike many other nautical compendiums, the focus of this book is on the unusual, the overlooked or the downright extraordinary.Thus,someone most of us do not know, Admiral William Brown,is given equal coverage to Admiral Nelson.Without Admiral Brown releasing Garibaldi,modern Italy might not exist.And without the barely known genius John Ericsson designing the Monitor,the Confederacy might have won the American Civil War. Readers will be stimulated to read more about the remarkable men - explorers, admirals and trawlermen - who have shaped our world.The sea has had a remarkable effect upon our language.We hear the terms steer clear of,hit the deck,don't rock the boat,to harbour a grudge and the like, and give little thought to them.In the pages of this book,the reader will find the origin of bumpkin,a brace of shakes,born with a silver spoon,booby prize,to take on board,above board, bombed (in the sense of being drunk),the blues, blind-side,blind drunk,the pot calling the kettle black,reach the bitter end,wasters,ahoy, all at sea,to keep aloof,piss-artist,taken aback,barbecue and bamboozle.Other colourful terms,which have passed out of common usage,such as bring one's arse to anchor (sit down),belly timber (food) and bog orange (potato) are also included,as well as important pirate haunts, technical terms,famous battles,maritime inventors and ship speed records. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and smaller size 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: rja795618. ISBN: 9781847247766.
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Imprint: LONDON.QUERCUS,2010. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 2 descending,so 1st edn,2nd imp.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no dw/dj - as issued.Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial illustrated,sharp-cornered bds with b/w+red lettering to front and nautical-related black illustrated vignettes to rear bd with red+black lettering,a white headband and immaculate dark blue eps; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,one accidental partial crease to fore-edge and also top corner of pp15/16,else unread - apart from my own collation.UK,8vo HB,1st edn,2nd imp,6- 384pp [paginated] includes an introduction,9 chapters each with a b/w vignette illustrated headpiece,profuse b/w historical illustrations/vignettes throughout the text and the book, references and an index,plus [unpaginated] b/w vignette illustrated half-title,white nautical compass illustrated double-page title page,and contents list/table. Please browse my further inventory for a further,wider range of other nautical-related titles available in my NAUTICAL catalogue. 'Breverton's Nautical Curiosities' is arranged into thematic chapters:1) 1) The ocean environment - animals,geography, geology,weather,coasts,islands,2) Ship types and parts - from the first boat to the latest cutting-edge technology,3) People - heroes,heroines,pirates,sailors, captains 2) 4) Disasters,battles,wars 3) 5) Literature - stories, myths, legends, proclamations, acts, orders 4) 6) Nautical sayings and slang. Breverton's Nautical Curiosities is about ships,people and the sea.However,unlike many other nautical compendiums,the focus of this book is on the unusual,the overlooked or the downright extraordinary.Thus,someone most of us do not know,Admiral William Brown,is given equal coverage to Admiral Nelson. Without Admiral Brown releasing Garibaldi, modern Italy might not exist.And without the barely known genius John Ericsson designing the Monitor,the Confederacy might have won the American Civil War. Readers will be stimulated to read more about the remarkable men - explorers, admirals and trawlermen - who have shaped our world.The sea has had a remarkable effect upon our language.We hear the terms steer clear of,hit the deck,don't rock the boat,to harbour a grudge and the like,and give little thought to them.In the pages of this book,the reader will find the origin of bumpkin,a brace of shakes,born with a silver spoon,booby prize,to take on board,above board,bombed (in the sense of being drunk),the blues,blind-side,blind drunk,the pot calling the kettle black, reach the bitter end,wasters,ahoy,all at sea,to keep aloof,piss-artist,taken aback, barbecue and bamboozle.Other colourful terms,which have passed out of common usage,such as bring one's arse to anchor (sit down),belly timber (food) and bog orange (potato) are also included,as well as important pirate haunts,technical terms,famous battles,maritime inventors and ship speed records. 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 lighter weight and smaller size of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja843819. ISBN: 9781847247766.
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Imprint: UK.CAMBRIDGE.THE PEVENSEY PRESS,1985. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but an addressed colour, pictorial bookplate pasted to ffe - no owner name and a price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, scenic colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges or corners - no nicks or tears present.Minisculely bumped to both head+foot of spine/backstrip with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright, clean and unmarked; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,unblemished, publisher's original plain,royal blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip with clean dark blue endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-144pp [paginated] includes introduction,4 geographical sections [South-West Britain,South+South-East Britain,Wales+Welsh Borders and North England+Scotland],profuse full,part and double-page colour scenic photographic pages(80) by Ernest Frankl,b/w maps(4) by Carmen Frankl,text by Derek Brewer,edited by Ruth Smith,a bibliography,an index of names and list of maps to rear; plus half-title+title pages,scenic colour photographic frntis (entrance to Portchester Castle),contents list/table (unpaginated). In British folktale,legend and literature,King Arthur,the saviour hero of the land,lives on.He takes his origin from a possible heroic warrior of the Celtic races who was the dominant leader of the resistance movement against the invading English.But in the Middle Ages the English themselves came to adopt him as their representative king,and the stories of his exploits,of his knights - Lancelot,Gawain, Kay and the rest - and of his beautiful Queen Guinevere and her fatal love affair with Lancelot all took their settings from Britain.Nowhere are these stories more vividly perpetuated than on the face of the British landscape. From Loch Lomond to St Michael's mount, from Wookey Hole to the Brecon Beacons, striking natural features throughout England,Scotland and Wales have tales of Arthur and his knights attached to them; and so do man-made monuments,from prehistoric stone circles and burial chambers to medieval fortified castles and inaccessible hermits' cells.In all their variety of shape and mood the major Arthurian sites of Britain are illustrated here,in colour throughout,by Ernest Frankl (well-known as the photographer of the Pevensey Press souvenir guide books),who evokes their quintessential character. In his commentary,the distinguished medieval scholar Derek Brewer first traces the growth of Arthurian stories in literature,and then takes a refreshingly direct look at the tales surrounding each site - without minimising the power of the legends,and of the locations that have fostered them,to stir the imagination. Usefully divided into four main regions to serve as a guide for planning holidays and as a gazetteer whilst travelling,this handsome book will be welcomed as a unique compilation by all lovers of Britain's heritage. 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: rja27967. ISBN: 0907115268.
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Imprint: LONDON.PENGUIN/MICHAEL JOSEPH,2009. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£18.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,subject/author portrait,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - a tiny, tiny snick to head of spine/backstrip, towards gutter's edge,of same - no other 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 - an unread copy? Bright,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate montage'd,colour photographic illustrated eps.UK 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-310pp [paginated] includes 20 chapters, acknowledgements,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,dedication and 4pp blanks at rear. O'Briain moved to England many years ago, but when he takes his show on tour around the country - from deserted seaside towns and remote off-shore islands,to sprawling industrial cities and sleepy suburbs - it's clear to him that his adopted home is still a bit of an enigma. But this Irishman loves a challenge; he's certainly got the gregarious personality and the sure-fire wit to bring down the barriers of that famous English reserve, and to have a good old rummage inside. Swapping anecdotes with his audiences and spending time wandering around their hometowns, this nosey neighbour holds England up to the light,while exploring some of the attitudes he brought over here with him too. As Dara goes door to door in search of England in this part-tour-diary,part- travelogue,the result is an affectionate, hilarious and often eye-opening journey though the Sceptered Isle. Please contact seller for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja458013. ISBN: 9780718154370.
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Imprint: LONDON.HARPERCOLLINS PUBLSHERS,1999. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.[Complete number line,3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial seascape illustration,by Geoff Hunt,illustrated dw/dj with blue+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Head of dw/dj's spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing and miniscule nicks and chipping with imperceptible loss - if any at all.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,1-261pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters plus an interchapter between Chapters 9 and 10; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with b/w line illus (sails of a square-rigged ship) to it's verso,and 4pp blanks at rear. The last published (within author's lifetime) novel of the 20-novel series known for its well-researched and highly detailed portrayal of early 19th-century naval life and warfare.See book ID rja521715 for author's posthumously published final Aubrey novel. Want more Patrick O'BRIAN titles? Other titles available - please check my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2,BIOGRAPHY and SIGNED catalogues,for other and similar titles, works. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and 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: rja547115. ISBN: 0002259591.
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Imprint: LONDON.HARPERCOLLINS PUBLSHERS,1999. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line,3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour pictorial seascape illustration,by Geoff Hunt,illustrated dw/dj with blue+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Head of dw/dj's spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal,but generally clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to the spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. Centrally,to both front+rear edges of boards a small water(?) splash/stain,both of which have bled through to concomitant spot on dw/dj's interior - otherwise no visible sign externally. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-261pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters plus an interchapter between Chapters 9 and 10; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with b/w line illus (sails of a square-rigged ship) to it's reverse,and 4pp blanks at rear.The last published (within author's lifetime) novel of the 20-novel series known for its well-researched and highly detailed portrayal of early 19th-century naval life and seawarfare.See book ID rja521715 for author's posthumously published final Aubrey novel. Want more Patrick O'BRIAN titles? Other titles available - please search my MODERN FIRSTS, MODERN FIRSTS2 and BIOGRAPHY and SIGNED catalogues,for other and similar titles,works. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** 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: rja629616. ISBN: 0002259591.
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Imprint: LONDON.HARPERCOLLINS PUBLSHERS,1999. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.[Complete number line,3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial seascape illustration,by Geoff Hunt,illustrated dw/dj with blue+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Foot of dw/dj's spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing and miniscule nick/closed tear.Top edges toned,fore-edges less so and brighter; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,1-261pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters plus an interchapter between Chapters 9 and 10; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with b/w line illus (sails of a square-rigged ship) to it's reverse,and 4pp blanks at rear.The last published (within author's lifetime) novel of the 20-novel series known for its well-researched and highly detailed portrayal of early 19th-century naval life and sea warfare.See book ID rja521715 for author's posthumously published final Aubrey novel. Want more Patrick O'BRIAN titles? Other titles available - please check my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and BIOGRAPHY and SIGNED catalogues,for other and similar titles,works. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja825618. ISBN: 0002259591.
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Imprint: LONDON.FONTANA/COLLINS,1979. UK,12mo p/back,1st edn. [Originally and first published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London,1978,UK,8vo HB+dw/dj.This is the first p/back edn,1979.] VG+.No owner inscrptn,price to rear cover not removed.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, wrap-around seascape pictorial colour artwork by Paul Wright,illustrated card covers with white+yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present.Reading creases to spine/ backstrip,a faint,small oblique angle crease to front lower corner.Top edges inevitably dust-soiled and toned but almost foxing/spotting free,fore-edges ubiquitously toned - as usual/ normal - but to a lighter degree and with minimal,faint sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright and clean notwithstanding page-edge toning,tight,solid and sound with no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners. UK,12mo p/back,1st edn,1-276pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,2pp blanks and to the rear,publisher's adverts for these authors (all 4 of O'Brian's first titles in this saga), Dudley Pope and Herman Wouk,and Fontana Order form to reverse of that last advert. The 5th Aubrey/Maturin maritime adventure, following on from the preceding 'The Mauritius Command.' 'Master and Commander',being their debut. Captain Jack Aubrey is in a hellfire rage with the Admiralty.Bound for Australia,his new ship "Leopard," a fifty-gunner and her skipper's pride,carries a cargo of convicts below the waterline. Among them is a beautiful and dangerous woman. And a floating time-bomb - a killer disease which will ravage the ship from hold to wardroom. A highly collected and prolific book author,and an early title from his 21- volume Jack Aubrey/ Stephen Maturin epic in O'Brian's detailed and enthralling,bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to that canon. Please contact seller,because of the smaller size and lighter weight,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 receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item(s) offered P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIR 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. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja874220. ISBN: 0006155863.
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Imprint: LONDON.FONTANA/COLLINS,1979. UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.[Originally and first published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London,1978,UK,8vo HB+dw/dj.This is the first p/back edn,1979.] VG+.No owner inscrptn,printed price to rear cover inked but not removed. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,wrap-around seascape pictorial colour artwork by Paul Wright,illustrated card covers with white+yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present. Reading creases to spine/backstrip,a faint,small oblique angle crease to top front+rear corners. Top edges inevitably dust-soiled and lightly toned but foxing/spotting free,fore-edges ubiquitously toned - as usual/normal - but to a lighter degree and with minimal,faint sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright and clean notwithstanding page-edge toning,tight,solid and sound with no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Accidental (?) pages lower corner creases to consecutive pp97-100.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn,1-276pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,2pp blanks and to the rear, publisher's adverts for these authors (all 4 of O'Brian's first titles in this saga),Dudley Pope and Herman Wouk,and Fontana Order form to reverse of that last advert. The 5th Aubrey/Maturin maritime adventure, following on from the preceding 'The Mauritius Command.' 'Master and Commander',being their debut. Captain Jack Aubrey is in a hellfire rage with the Admiralty.Bound for Australia,his new ship "Leopard," a fifty-gunner and her skipper's pride,carries a cargo of convicts below the waterline. Among them is a beautiful and dangerous woman. And a floating time-bomb - a killer disease which will ravage the ship from hold to wardroom. A highly collected and prolific book author,and an early title from his 21-volume Jack Aubrey/ Stephen Maturin epic in O'Brian's detailed and enthralling,bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to that canon. Please contact seller,because of the smaller size and lighter weight,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - 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 p/back is offered P+p free. **This item offered P+p FREE - available UK only. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR 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. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja874320. ISBN: 0006136664.
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Imprint: LONDON.HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS,2000. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2. The true first UK HB edn,originally published in 1938 by Oxford University Press.There was a 2nd edn published by the British Library in 1999.This edn, published 2000,HarperCollins Publishers,so this issue,a 1st edn thus.] FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, clean,3/4 wrap-around colour pictorial artwork (detail from a painting -'An Elephant Outside A Palace', English school,c.1890) illustrated dw/dj, author's b/w portrait photographic quarter strip to rear panel,with brown+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Ubiquitous ageing/toning to both top+fore-edges - the top edges being the heavier and darker; contents otherwise bright,clean, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark green endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,1-292pp [paginated] includes 21 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,author's foreword,title separator page,5pp b/w illustration by Jane Conway interspersed throughout the text and the book. Want more Patrick O'BRIAN titles? Other titles available - please check my MODERN FIRSTS2 and BIOGRAPHY catalogues,for other and similar titles,works. 'Hussein - An Entertainment' was Patrick O'Brian's second novel. Published in 1938,when he was only in his early twenties,this marvellously readable Indian adventure was much admired,and compared favourably (as a gorgeous entertainment) to Kipling's 'KIM' by the New York Times.'Hussein' tells the story of a young mahout - or elephant handler - his childhood and life in India and his relationship and adventures with his elephants. As a boy,Hussein falls in love with a beautiful elusive girl Sashiya - and arranges for another of her suitors to be murdered with a fakir's curse.The dead man's relatives vow vengeance. Hussein escapes and his exploits - which include snake charming,sword fighting and cross-border spying - begin. . . Patrick O'Brian is universally acclaimed as the author of the acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin tales and the biographer of Joseph Banks and Picasso (see rja1833 - Pablo Ruiz Picasso: A Biography.).His earlier novels include 'The Golden Ocean','The Unknown Shore',and 'Testimonies',as well as his 'Collected Short Stories'. During his life he also translated many works from French into English,among them the novels and memoirs of Simone de Beauvoir and the first volume of Jean Lacouture's biography of Charles de Gaulle.In 1995 he was the first recipient of the Heywood Hill Prize for a lifetime's contribution to literature.In the same year he was awarded the CBE.In 1997 he was awarded an honorary doctorate of letters by Trinity College Dublin.He lived,for many years,in the South of France.He died in January 2000. 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: rja536315. ISBN: 0002259532.
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Imprint: LONDON.HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd.,2019. UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[50th Anniversary Special Edition.Originally first published and the author's debut novel of the series (UK,1970),together with THE complete text of 'Men-Of-War' previously unavailable,a new foreword by his stepson and biographer Nikolai Tolstoy,an artist's note by Geoff Hunt who illustrated the books' dws/djs and facsimile reproductions of a selection of letters from the author to his editor.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork by Geoff Hunt,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with a gilt-bordered edges,along with capitalised gilt lettered author name,capitalised master lettered titles and gilt lettered Foreword by Nikolai Tolstoy; and a circular gilt-edged border with capitalised black-lettered ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION around an inner black circle with white 50th notation,spine/backstrip with gilt-edged black panel with repeated coloured lettering of capitalised gilt-lettered author name and capitalised,white-lettered titles and white illustrated+lettered publisher's colophon to foot of same,rear panel with critics' gilt+ white-lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned but without foxing/spotting; 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 - exception of front lower corner - minimally bumped,original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale orange endpapers.UK,small 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn thus,vii-xxpp+1-462pp [paginated] includes a new Foreword by Nikolai Tolstoy,a Latin dedication,with a square-rigged ship's b/w illustration and numbered key,to its reverse, Author's Note,Artist's Note,12 chapters of Master and Commander; plus [unpaginated] colour pictorial artwork illustrated recto+verso page by Geoff Hunt,half-title+title pages,and a contents list/table,Alan Judd's 'Spectator' article,and complete text of 'Men-of-War; 413pp- 459pp [paginated] includes an Introduction,5 sections: The Ships,The Guns,The Ship's Company, Life at Sea and Songs accompanied with several b/w illustrations,and an Index; plus [unapaginated] title separator page and a contents list/table - both with a blank verso, and to the rear,[unpaginated] 10pp of 10 facsimile reproductions of author's letters to his Editor. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minimal exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher overall grading. Despite them, it really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. 'Master and Comander' is the first of Patrick o'Brian's now famous Aubrey/Maturin novels,now regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever written.I establishes the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey RN and Stephen Maturin,who becomes his secretive ship's surgeon and an intelligence agent.It contains all the action and excitement which could possibly he hoped for in a historical novel,but it also displays the qualities which have put O'Brian far ahead of any of his competitors: his depiction of the detail of life aboard a Nelsonic man-of-war,of weapons,food,conversation and ambience,of the landscape aand of the sea.O'Brian's portrayal of each of these is faultless and the sense of period throughout is acute.His power of characterisation is above all masterly. 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: rja1053523. ISBN: 9780008328320.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,1976. UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Subject,b/w portrait photograph to upper wrap; with negligible shelf-wear to edges,due to protected dw/dj; negligible creasing - if any - and no nicks or tears.Top edge slightly dust-soiled and lightly aged with fore- edges lightly aged and thumbed too,though contents are bright,tight and very clean. Dw/dj spine/backstrip not sunned or faded. Bright and clean red paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean,plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,11-511pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,illustrations list,preface,22 chapters,8pp b/w contemporary photographs, appendices(5) and an index. "Both as a biography and a study of Picasso I believe this to be the fullest that I have come across." - Xavier de Salas,Director of the Prado. This is the first complete life to appear in English of the most famous painter of the 20thC, indeed one of the most famous in the history of European art.No other artist has,in his lifetime,had the most celebrated masterpieces of the Louvre moved out to make room for an exhibition of his own work.Everything about him, except his physical stature,was on an enormous scale.No painter of the first rank has been so awe-inspiringly productive - fifteen thousand oil paintings to say nothing of lithographs, etchings,drawings,ceramics,ballet designs, book illustration and much else. No painter of any rank had made so much money.A few painters have rivalled his life-span of ninety years but none have attracted so avid,so insatiable,a public interest.Yet,as Patrick O'Brian shows in this masterly biography,Picasso was a very private person.Even his wives,his children,his mistresses and his closest friends disagree strongly not only about what he was like but about what he thought and felt.The author was sufficiently acquainted with him to have a strong sense of his personality,but he was not so near as to lose his objective view.Besides a lifetime's gratitude and admiration for the painter's work he is equipped with a first-hand knowledge of the life of the north western Mediterranean in which Picasso was bred and with a rare familiarity with the language and culture, Spanish,French and Catalan,in which he was rooted.It is characteristic of his perceptions that he traces one source of Picasso's secretiveness and deviousness to the rules of self-preservation learned the hard way under the savagely repressive regime of late nineteenth century Spain. The man that emerges from this scholarly, passionate,brilliantly written study is one of many contradictions.Hard and tender,mean and generous,affectionate and cold: in his later years he professed communism and at all stages identified himself with advanced and radical opinion, yet he was profoundly superstitious and retained,in his biographer's view,to the end of his life a residually Catholic mentality.Not that such matters were allowed to interfere with his vigorous sensuality.Sex and money,eating and drinking,friends and quarrels,comedies and tragedies,suicides and wars tumble over each other in the vast chaos of his experience,a chaos reproduced to the despair of his immediate circle in studio after studio,house after house,since the Master forbade absolutely that anything ever should be put in order,dusted or thrown away.Through and behind it all looms the subject of this biography, distilling even on paper a sense of power, of challenge,like one of the bulls that he watched with such pleasure from childhood to old age.Much though he desired solitude Picasso's life was rarely solitary.His fellow painters Braque, Matisse, Derain, the Douanier Roussseau, poets and men of letters, Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Jean Cocteau, Louis Aragon, Andre Malraux,dealers and connoisseurs, mistresses and hangers-on crowd the pages of this book as they crowded his life.No less present to his mind were the long idylls of the Mediterranean. 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: rja1833. ISBN: 0002116855.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,1972. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG.No price- clip to dw/dj.An approx. 1/2' split to dw/dj repaired. Author's 2nd JACK AUBREY novel. Second in the Aubrey-Maturin series of novels, set in the early 19thC and concerning the adventures of Captain Jack Aubrey and naval surgeon Stephen Maturin. A highly collectable book,author,and character series,and a particularly scarce title to locate. Want more Patrick O'BRIAN titles? Other titles available - please check my MODERN FIRSTS2 and BIOGRAPHY catalogues,for other and similar titles,works. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja65. ISBN: 0002216574.
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Imprint: LONDON.FONTANA/COLLINS,1974. UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.[Originally and first published by Wm. Collins,London,1972,UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj.This is the first p/back edn.] VG+.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,wrap-around pictorial colour artwork by Paul Wright,illustrated card covers with black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present. Partially-read creasing to spine/backstrip,a faint oblique angle crease towards front,lower corner.Top+fore-edges ubiquitously toned - as usual/normal - but with minimal sporadic foxing/ spotting; contents bright and clean notwithstanding page-edge toning,tight,solid and sound with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' cornertips.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn,5-415pp [paginated] includes 14 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages. The 2nd Aubrey/Maturin maritime adventure, following on from Master and Commander,their debut. 1803 - Napoleon shatters the frail Peace of Amiens and England and France are at war once more - a war that brings danger, action and glory to Captain John Aubrey,R.N. A highly collected and prolific book author,and an early title from his 21-volume Jack Aubrey/ Stephen Maturin epic in O'Brian's detailed and enthralling,bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to that canon. Please contact seller,because of the smaller size and lighter weight,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK,buyers please note,p/backs' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if p/back is offered P+p free. *This item offered P+p FREE - available UK only. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR 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. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja874120. ISBN: 0006136664.
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Imprint: LONDON.HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS,2004. UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.[Number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] NMINT/NMINT. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Geoff Hunt,illustrated upper panel+spine/backstrip of d/dj,with blue,b/w+gilt lettering; 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,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread,apart from my own collation? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,original,sharp-cornered,blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked fluorescent gilt letters to spine/backstrip,dark blue+white striped headband,and immaculate colour pictorial artwork illustration by Geoff Hunt,of ALL the 20 previous 'Jack Aubrey' novels' book/cover art,illustrated endpapers.UK, slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,ix-xivpp+ 2-136pp [paginated] includes foreword by William Waldegrave,3 chapters,an afterword by Richard Snow,and 12 single-sided pages of O'Brian's facsimile manuscript.Plus [unpaginated] half-title page,publisher advert of all author's previously published works,title page,a note and 8pp blanks at rear. At the time of his death (Jan 2000,in Dublin.), Patrick O'Brian had begun to write a novel to follow on from 'Blue at the Mizzen',the 20th book in the famous,highly acclaimed and much-loved series of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin novels. The chapters left on O'Brian's death are presented here both in printed version and a facsimile of his manuscript,which goes several pages beyond the end of the typescript and includes marginal notes by O'Brian. The story picks up from the end of 'Blue at the Mizzen' when Jack Aubrey receives the news,in Chile,of his elevation to flag rank: Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron,with orders to sail to the South African station.This new novel,unfinished and untitled at the time of O'Brian's death,would have been a chronicle of that mission,and much else besides. As the novel opens,we are able to visit these friends we have followed so very far in a rare state of almost perfect felicity.Jack has seen his illegitimate son ably discharging important duties. Sophie and his daughters are with him; Brigid is with her father,she's thriving, and Stephen is with a woman who is very dear to him.Jack,at last,is flying a rear-admiral's flag aboard a ship of the line. And so this great 'roman fleuve' comes to an end with Jack sailing through fair,sweet days; Stephen with his dissections and new love; Killick muttering darkly over the toasted cheese. . . . . Of course,we would rather have had the whole story; instead we have this proof that O'Brian's powers of observation,his humour and his understanding of his characters were undiminished to the end. Want more Patrick O'BRIAN titles? Other titles available - please check my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and BIOGRAPHY catalogues,for other and similar titles, works. See also the following book ID's for more titles by/from this author: rja65 [POST CAPTAIN], rja626 and rja893 [THE WINE DARK SEA], rja1040 [THE YELLOW ADMIRAL], rja1417 [THE HUNDRED DAYS], rja322710 [THE FORTUNE of WAR] and rja1833 [Pablo Ruiz PICASSO: A Biography]. 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: rja521715. ISBN: 0007194692.
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Imprint: LONDON.HarperCollinsPublishers,2004. UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.UK, slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] NMINT/NMINT.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Geoff Hunt,illustrated upper panel+ spine/backstrip of d/dj,with blue,b/w+gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - head of spine minisculely creased - but no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread,apart from my own collation? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, original,sharp-cornered blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked fluorescent gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a dark blue+white striped headband and immaculate colour pictorial artwork illustration by Geoff Hunt,of ALL the 20 previous 'Jack Aubrey' novels' book/covers' art, illustrated endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,ix-xivpp+2-136pp [paginated] includes foreword by William Waldegrave,3 chapters,an afterword by Richard Snow, and 12 single-sided pages of O'Brian's facsimile manuscript.Plus [unpaginated] half-title page, publisher advert of all author's previously published works,title page,a note and 8pp blanks at rear. At the time of his death (Jan 2000,in Dublin.), Patrick O'Brian had begun to write a novel to follow on from 'Blue at the Mizzen',the 20th book in the famous, highly acclaimed and much-loved series of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin novels. The chapters left on O'Brian's death are presented here both in printed version and a facsimile of his manuscript,which goes several pages beyond the end of the typescript and includes marginal notes by O'Brian. The story picks up from the end of 'Blue at the Mizzen' when Jack Aubrey receives the news,in Chile,of his elevation to flag rank: Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron,with orders to sail to the South African station.This new novel, unfinished and untitled at the time of O'Brian's death, would have been a chronicle of that mission,and much else besides. As the novel opens,we are able to visit these friends we have followed so very far in a rare state of almost perfect felicity.Jack has seen his illegitimate son ably discharging important duties. Sophie and his daughters are with him; Brigid is with her father,she's thriving, and Stephen is with a woman who is very dear to him.Jack,at last,is flying a rear-admiral's flag aboard a ship of the line. And so this great 'roman fleuve' comes to an end with Jack sailing through fair,sweet days; Stephen with his dissections and new love; Killick muttering darkly over the toasted cheese. . . . . Of course,we would rather have had the whole story; instead we have this proof that O'Brian's powers of observation,his humour and his understanding of his characters were undiminished to the end. Want more Patrick O'BRIAN titles? Other titles available - please check my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and BIOGRAPHY catalogues,for other and similar titles, works. See also the following book ID's for more titles by/from this author: rja65 [POST CAPTAIN], rja626 and rja893 [THE WINE DARK SEA], rja1040 [THE YELLOW ADMIRAL], rja1417 [THE HUNDRED DAYS], rja322710 [THE FORTUNE of WAR] and rja1833 [Pablo Ruiz PICASSO: A Biography]. 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: rja1133924. ISBN: 0007194692.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,1979. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.A really exceptional copy,virtually as new.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj,though there is a blue biro ink line through the original price of £5.50p.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial wrap-around artwork illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.No bumping to either head or foot of spine/ backstrip and (almost) imperceptible fading to same.Top,bottom and fore-edges bright and clean with no ageing/toning,no dust-soiling,nor any foxing/spotting,no off-set foxing to endpapers, no cocking; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears an unread copy? Publisher's original pale blue bOARds with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and slightest discolouration/fading/sunning to top,extremity edges and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-279pp [paginated] includes author's note,9 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and dedication. Want more Patrick O'BRIAN titles? Other titles available - please check my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and BIOGRAPHY catalogues,for other and similar titles, works. When the present book opens Jack is bringing the storm-beaten H.M.S. Leopard into harbour in the Dutch East Indies only a few weeks after the events described in 'Desolation Island'.He finds waiting for him a letter of appointment to the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Navy.He and his friend Stephen Maturin take passage for England in a despatch vessel.But the sea is an inconstant element and danger is its only certainty.The War of 1812 against the United States breaks out while they are on passage.Bloody actions precipitate them both into new and unexpected scenes where Stephen's past activities as a secret agent return on him with a vengeance. The familiar masculine world of the gun deck and the wardroom is balanced by the reappearance of two bewitching ladies. Louisa Wogan fresh from her adventures in 'Desolation Island' and Diana Villiers,a welcome revenant from 'Post Captain' and 'H.M.S. Surprise',show that when it comes to speed of action and heightening of suspense the women can hold their own with the men any day. In originality of theme and setting,in power of characterisation,in richness of detail,above all in sheer excitement,'The Fortune of War' upholds and extends the superb standards set by the series.In brilliance and fertility of plot it surpasses them.Author's 6th Jack Aubrey/ Stephen Maturin novel. 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: rja372710. ISBN: 0002224984.
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Imprint: LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,1998. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.NFINE/NFINE.3/4 wrap-around Geoff Hunt art-work dw/dj,with author b/w portrait photograph and portion of map to rear wrap.Minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to dw/dj edges - no nicks or tears present.To bottom internal edges,near foot of spine/ backstrip,two small stain marks,boards lightly affected.Top+fore-edges slightly aged as usual/ normal; contents bright,tight and clean.Blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and pristine plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1- 280pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,and b/w line illustrated ship frntis. 19th,and penultimate (then 1998) Jack Aubrey novel. Want more Patrick O'BRIAN titles? Other titles available - please check my MODERN FIRSTS2 and BIOGRAPHY catalogues,for other and similar titles,works. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja1417. ISBN: 0002257890.
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Imprint: LONDON.FONTANA/COLLINS,1982. UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.[Originally and first published by William Collins & Sons Co. Ltd., London,1981,UK,8vo HB+dw/dj.This is the first p/back edn,1982.] VG.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to rear cover.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,wrap-around seascape pictorial colour artwork by Paul Wright,illustrated card covers with red+b/w lettering to front cover, white+yellow lettering to spine and white+yellow lettering to rear cover; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present.Reading creases to spine/ backstrip and book has a slight lean.Top+fore-edges ubiquitously toned - as usual/normal - but without foxing/spotting; contents bright and clean notwithstanding page-edge toning,tight, solid and sound with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn,9- 346pp [paginated] includes 11 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,Latin motto epigram,author's note and to the rear,5pp publisher's adverts for assorted other authors titles. The 8th Aubrey/Maturin maritime adventure, following on from the preceding 'The Surgeon's Mate.' 'Master and Commander',being their debut. Jack Aubrey,now a senior Captain,returns to the Mediterranean to join the squadron blockading the French at Toulon.But blockading is a very different war from that on the high seas.Boredom and foul weather are as much a menace as the constant threat from the superior French ships. Then chance sends Jack and his old friend Stephen Maturin to the Ionian coast.And the delicate diplomatic mission makes the rigours of blockade as enticing as the comforts of home. . . A highly collected and prolific book author,and an early title from his 21-volume Jack Aubrey/ Stephen Maturin epic in O'Brian's detailed and enthralling,bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to that canon. Please contact seller,because of the smaller size and lighter weight,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - 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 p/back is offered P+p free. **This item offered P+p FREE - available UK only. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to thses 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. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja874420. ISBN: 0006165834.
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Imprint: LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,1993. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 9 - 1 descending.] FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,wrap-around,colour pictorial artwork by Geoff Hunt,illustrated dw/dj with author's capitalised,bright,blocked gilt-lettered name and capitalised,orange-lettered title to a navy blue panel with an orange surround with black, single-lined borders - externally and internally respectively,to front's gutter's corner.Spine/backstrip with sunning to thumbnail,repeated front's author+title panel's orange borders' faded to white,as with the title lettering too, with publisher's white-lettered name and colour illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with black,single-lined borders - externally and internally - to an orange panel with 3 critics' black-lettered reviewstransposed over the illustration beneath.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present and virtually scoring/indent-free. Exceptionally bright and clean,but with some inevitable,but very light ageing/toning to top+ fore-edges with a single speck and two speck blemish(es) to top+fore-edges respectively - but no other foxing/spotting.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain purple cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-261pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and to the rear,4pp blanks. Visually the external appearance is more than acceptable and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 30+ year-old age.It is only the minimal faults described,that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for it's brightness, cleanliness and lack of other age-acquired detracting faults. Continuing saga with Jack Aubrey.One of the scarce later titles - this the 16th - in the series,,becoming scarcer,owing to a lower print run for this title. At the opening of a voyage filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are in pursuit of a privateer sailing under American colours through the Great South Sea. Stephen's objective is to set the revolutionary tinder in South America ablaze to relieve the pressure on the British government which has blundered into war with the young and uncomfortably vigorous United States. Want more Patrick O'BRIAN titles? Other titles available - please check my MODERN FIRSTS2 and BIOGRAPHY catalogues,for other and similar titles,works. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja626. ISBN: 0002238268.
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Imprint: LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,1993. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 9 - 1 descending. MINT/FINE.Price-clipped dw/dj. Bright pristine pages and fore-edge. One of the scarce later titles - this the 16th - in the series,becoming scarcer,owing to a lower print run for this title. Continuing saga with Jack Aubrey.The novels are set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and centred on the friendship of English naval captain Jack Aubrey and the Irish/Catalan physician Stephen Maturin. The 20 completed novels and one uncompleted nove,are set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and centred on the friendship of English naval captain Jack Aubrey and the Irish?atalan physician Stephen Maturin.The series is known for its well-researched and highly detailed portrayal of early 19th-century naval life,as well as its authentic and evocative language. Want more Patrick O'BRIAN titles? Other titles available - please check my MODERN FIRSTS2 and BIOGRAPHY catalogues,for other and similar titles,works. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja893. ISBN: 0002238268.
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Imprint: LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,1993. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped dw/dj. Continuing saga with Jack Aubrey.One of the scarce later titles - this the 16th - in the series,,becoming scarcer,owing to a lower print run for this title. At the opening of a voyage filled with disaster and delight,Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are in pursuit of a privateer sailing under American colours through the Great South Sea. Stephen's objective is to set the revolutionary tinder in South America ablaze to relieve the pressure on the British government which has blundered into war with the young and uncomfortably vigorous United States. Want more Patrick O'BRIAN titles? Other titles available - please check my MODERN FIRSTS2 and BIOGRAPHY catalogues,for other and similar titles,works. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja626a. ISBN: 0002238268.
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Imprint: LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,1997. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NMINT/NMINT.Author's 18th novel in the Jack Aubrey/Maturin series. Want more Patrick O'BRIAN titles? Other titles available - please check my MODERN FIRSTS2 and BIOGRAPHY catalogues,for other and similar titles,works. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja1040. ISBN: 0002255618.
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Imprint: LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,1997. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/FINE.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork,by Geoff Hunt, illustrated dw/dj with gilt,brown+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of dw/djs' spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Some inevitable,but minor,and light,superficial scoring/indents to both panels of dw/dj,but without affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned with some minimal, sporadic spotting to both; contents bright, tight,clean - near 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 maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1- 261pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and 2pp blanks at rear. Author's 18th novel in the Jack Aubrey/Maturin series. Want more Patrick O'BRIAN titles? Other titles available - please check my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and BIOGRAPHY catalogues,for other and similar titles, works. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja568015. ISBN: 0002255618.
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Imprint: LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,1997. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] VG/VG.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork, by Geoff Hunt,illustrated dw/dj with gilt,brown+ black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Miniscule chipping with reciprocal loss to top front corner and head of spine/backstrip,along with a small closed nick (approx 0.5cm) to rear top edge of dw/dj.Head of dw/djs' spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Some inevitable,but minor and light,superficial scoring/indents to both panels of dw/dj,but without affecting the boards below.Top edges aged/toned with a degree of dust-soiling resulting in sporadic spotting/ foxing,fore-edges although slightly less aged/ toned with much less sporadic spotting/foxing; contents bright,tight and clean,text block clean with light page-edge toning - 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 maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean,plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-261pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, dedication,and 2pp blanks at rear.Author's 18th novel in the Jack Aubrey/Maturin series. Want more Patrick O'BRIAN titles? Other titles available - please check my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and BIOGRAPHY catalogues,for other and similar titles, works. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja582015. ISBN: 0002255618.
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Imprint: LONDON.FONTANA/COLLINS,1984. UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.[Originally and first published by William Collins & Sons Co. Ltd.,London,1983,UK,8vo HB+dw/dj.This is the first p/back edn,1984.] VG-.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to rear cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,wrap-around seascape pictorial colour artwork by Paul Wright,illustrated card covers with black+red lettering to front,spine and rear cover; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges - no nicks,tears or splits present.Reading creases to spine/backstrip.A few diagonal creases to front cover and its lower corner,rear top corner also with a small corner crease, both panels with superficial scoring/ indents.Top edges toned and with minimal sporadic foxing/spotting,fore-edges ubiquitously toned - as usual/normal - also very minimal sporadic foxing/ spotting; contents bright and clean notwithstanding page-edge toning,tight, solid and sound with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn,7-320pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,Latin motto Mariae Sacrum with an epigram to its recto. The 9th Aubrey/Maturin maritime adventure,following on from the preceding 'The Ionian Mission'. 'Master and Commander' being their debut. With the Surprise laid up for repair and her crew dispersed, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend surgeon Stephen Maturin explore the delights of Malta - and experience the dangers of loose tongues in both love and war.But Maturin's sharp ears and quick wits have not been idle,and his sights are soon set on culprits in high places. . . A highly collected and prolific book author,and an early title from his 21-volume Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin epic in O'Brian's detailed and enthralling,bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to that canon. Please contact seller,because of the smaller size and lighter weight,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK,buyers please note,p/backs' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if p/back is offered P+p free. *This item offered P+p FREE - available 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: rja874520. ISBN: 0006136664.
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Imprint: LONDON.EVANS BROTHERS LIMITED,1952. UK,8vo p/back/wraps,Proof copy.Near VG.No owner inscrptn and absence of publisher's price. Publisher's original plain brown paper covers with no external text or details,Covers slightly foxed/spotted and with inevitable but light age-grubbing,a concave spine/backstrip, glue drying/ageing causing shrinking and wrinkling to same.Head+foot with some minimal paper peel and curling,but still attached and in situ - some inevitable and random corner tips dog-eacreasing.Top+fore-edges aged/toned with sporadic foxing/spotting; contents otherwise, clean and tight.UK,8vo p/back/wraps,Proof copy,5-223pp [paginated] includes separate contents+illustrations lists/tables,Foreword by Sir Basil Embry,a commentary by H. E. Bates,8 escape stories/accounts,8 pp contemporary biographical b/w photographs interspersed throughout th book and the text.Plus [unpaginated] lightly foxed/spotted half-title, and a title page with corner tips curled. The heroism of the servicemen who dared to defy their captors in this volume is matched only by that of the underground movements and ordinary civilians who helped the escapees in these stories of daring,invention and doggedness against the odds. From the account of the Spitfire pilot left for dead by an execution squad in Sicily to the story of the air gunner forced to blag his way across the Baltic,every one is an unputdownable classic. ‘As long as there are prisons men will try to escape from them; and as long as there is an RAF it will bring to the problems of escape the qualities of high resource, pure cussedness and that indefinable, damnably annoying refusal to lie down when dead,of which all the stories in this book are such excellent - and, I think, such exciting - examples.’ H.E. Bates. 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: rja1036922. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,1954. UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,subject SIGNED,1st edn.VG+.Blue ink,gift presentation inscptn to recipient+date (Christmas 1953) to ffe (front free endpaper),and also the biograhy's subject's neat handwritten, blue ink signature and date thus: Douglas Bader (underlined) 18/3/54 (also underlined) to top of a Bader b/w biographical portrait photographic illustrated frntis,and minus it's issued dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain dark blue cloth bds with clean plain white eps - donor inscrptn excepted; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - a tiny nick at head of spine/backstrip which is slightly sunned/faded with some minimal, partial oxidisation of gilt lettering to same.Top edges slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal - fore-edges slightly brighter,clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - text body near pristine apart from a tiny top of page-edge tear (pp259) and a small smudge to top of page edges pp348/350 - otherwise little or no foxing/ spotting and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,but subject SIGNED,1st edn, 9-384pp [paginated] includes illustrations list/table,28 chapters and an interim epilogue,10pp contemporary,historical biographical b/w photographs in 5 blocks of 2pp apiece interspersed throughout the text and the book,an index,plus [unpaginated] subject SIGNED+dated b/w photographic frntis,title page and dedication.See also my book ID rja639616 for a subject SIGNED,UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp, of 'Wings Day: The man who led the RAF's epic battle in German captivity.' [a Subject SIGNED+dated copy.] The bestselling story of Britain's most courageous and most famous flyer,the Second World War hero Sir Douglas Bader, D.S.O,D.F.C.When first published in 1954, some 170,000+ copies were sold in the first few months alone.The initial print run of 300,000 soon quickly sold out,as the biography became the biggest-selling hardback in post-war Britain. 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: rja639716. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH,2014. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,3rd imp.[Complete number line 0 0 3.So ist edn,3rd imp.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,but author/ subject's felt-tip,black ink signature and dedication: 'TO DAVID ALL THE BEST (his signature with three X X X's beneath that) to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with white+yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked yellow ink printed letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate subject's colour photographic montage'd feps and 2 single posed,colour colour photographs to rear endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-479pp [paginated] includes 66 chapters,29pp contemporary,autobiographical colour photographs in 5 blocks of 3 x 8pp,1 x 4pp and a single photograph page apiece,between pp90/1,pp218/19,pp314/15,pp410/11 and pp478/9 respectively. Plus [unpaginated] half-title,SIGNED title page, a dedication,title separator page and 10 pp blanks at rear. Aged just 17,Kevin Bridges walked on stage for the first time in a Glasgow comedy club and brought the house down.He only had a five-minute set but in that short time he discovered that he really could earn a living from making people laugh. Kevin began life as a shy,nerve-ridden school-boy,whose weekly highlights included a cake-bombing attack by the local youths.Reaching his teens,he followed his true calling as the class clown,and was soon after arrested for kidnapping Hugh Grant from his local cinema on a quiet Saturday night.This was a guy going somewhere - off the rails seeming most likely. Kevin's trademark social commentary,sharp one-liners and laugh-out-loud humour blend with his reflections on his Glaswegian childhood and the journey he's taken to become one of the most-loved comedians of our time. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** 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: rja565115. ISBN: 9780718178451.
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Imprint: UK.BARNSLEY,SOUTH YORKSHIRE.LEO COOPER/PEN & SWORD BOOKS 1999. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.MINT/MINT.Wrapped and protected from day of issue/purchase, so no owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial seascape illustartion to front panel o dw/dj with red+white lettering, white lettered spine/backstrip and rear panel with montage,b/w contemporary photographs; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,v-xiiipp+1-274pp [paginated] includes contents list/table, acknowledgements,an introduction,maps list /table with b/w Brish Isles map frntis to its reverse,18 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w hotographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp82/3 and pp114/15 respectively,5 b/w - includes the frntis,a bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages. See also my book ID rja461613 for another title by this author - about WW2 naval atrocities. Some may feel that disguising a well-armed ship as a harmless merchantman is not exactly fair play; others could counter that if both sides are employing such 'ruses de guerre' then that makes it all right.' Whatever the rights and wrongs,that is just what both the British and the German navies were doing during WW1,and in this book Tony Bridgland gives a fascinating account of the activities and adventures of the ships and their crews employed in this highly unconventional form of warfare. Though by its very nature this was an earnest and lethal game,it seems to have been played with a remarkable degree of good humour and chivalry by both sides. Some of the incidents which Tony Bridgland so vividly describes have the elements of farce,with heavy emphasis on surprise and disguise.The latter was not confined to the ships themselves but,on occasion, involved the crews using a variety of fancy dress to achieve their aim. As befits its subject matter,'Sea Killers in Disguise' is a serious work of naval history and tells of remarkable feats of endurance,leadership and daring. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or FREE.That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** This item offered P+p included. Available UK only. ** ** 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: rja954621. ISBN: 0850526752.
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Imprint: UK.BARNSLEY,S.YORKS.LEO COOPER,2002. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj - virtually as new.Laid in loosely,a publisher's unused advertising pre-paid postage postcard.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated b/w+sepia photographic montage'd illustrated dw/dj,with b/w+orange lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.A very small closed tear/nick to upper dw/dj panel,in gutter of spine/backstrip - no other nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread example? Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered (apart from rear bd's lower corner - minisculely bumped - others unaffected),publisher's original dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate, plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, vii-xiipp+1-243pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,intro,13 chapters,16pp contemporary wartime (the majority) and modern,b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp84/5,bibliography and sources,and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a contents list/table. See also my book ID rja954621 for another title by this author - about WW1 British, German Q-ships warfare. The extent to which the rules of war,or conventions as they are more usually referred to,were broken during naval actions in the Second World War is the gripping subject of 'Waves of Hate',naval historian Tony Bridgland's latest work. Contrary to comfortable mythology, unchivalrous or even downright disgraceful acts amounting to culpable war criminality were not the sole preserve of our enemies. All sides stand accused of lapses of conduct which had appalling consequences for their hapless victims.Nor did these only occur in the heat of battle when fear and adrenalin-rush may have confused judgement; all too often there is a strong suspicion of calculated and cold pre-meditation. Thanks to his meticulous research,the author's selection of a wide variety of incidents at sea makes for vivid and compelling,if uneasy,reading.Amid all the drama of action there is much on which to reflect.It is the moral questions that these accounts raise that make 'Waves of Hate' so much more than a mere catalogue of atrocities at sea. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or FREE. That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja461613. ISBN: 0850528224.
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Imprint: LONDON.SIDGWICK & JACKSON,1991. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,white background dw/dj with subject's colour portrait photographic illustrated upper panel with black lettering,same subject's portrait photograph but in b/w and reduced in size,to rear panel of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Rear panel of dw/dj has light, superficial scoring and indentations - bds beneath unaffected though.Head of spine/ backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top edges have slight, light dust-soiling with some minimal, sporadic foxing/spotting,fore-edges brighter and cleaner with no foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-213pp [paginated] includes author's intro,10 chapters including a discography,16pp subject's biographical contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp56/7 and pp152/3 respectively,plus [unpaginated] half-title +title pages,contents list/table, acknowledgements,and 2pp blanks at rear. Annie Lennox is an icon for pop music in the 80's and 90's.Her appeal is broad-ranging,her voice and image immediately distinctive.Consistently voted Best Female Artist,since 1983 she's achieved international success in partnership with Dave Stewart as Eurythmics.Behind her bright yet enigmatic image is a woman struggling to come to terms with her place in pop. In this,the first full-scale biography of Annie Lennox,Lucy O'Brien charts her career from the early troubled days of The Tourists to the monumental decision to take a pop sabbatical at the height of her career to work on behalf of the homeless. The book also traces her life story, starting in 1954 on an Aberdeen housing scheme,moving through an ill-fated period as a student at the Royal Academy of Music.There's her meeting with Dave Stewart,marriage to Krishna devotee Radha Raman,and later happier union with film-maker Uri Fruchtman. Not just a straightforward biography, 'Annie Lennox' analyses through her own words and the views of others,her loves, beliefs and her music within the context of 1980's pop.It looks at the lure of the 'gender bending' female cross-dresser,the rise of New Age religion,the controversy of global charity aid and challenges of pop coupledom.Including interviews with friends,associates and Annie herself,it registers her worldwide impact.Lennox's pop personality has conveyed her as housewife,sister,superstar and political angel,manipulating pop image with a unique vision.This book gets to the heart of the woman. Lucy O'Brien's first book was a biography of Dusty Springfield entitled 'Dusty' (see rja34589),and was widely acclaimed.A freelance journalist and writer,she was a former music editor of 'City Limits',and has also spent periods working for The Guardian,Elle,the New Statesman,The Face and New Musical Express.She has presented items on Channel Four's 'The Tube',RTE, Radio 4,Radio London and LBC on subjects ranging from Madonna and karaoke singing to Bob Dylan and women in pop. 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: rja508214. ISBN: 028306014X.
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Imprint: LONDON.QUARTET BOOKS,1977. UK,Qrto wraps,s/back Original,1st edn.Only printed in this format in the UK.Simultaneous HB+dw/dj issue in the US.[Paperback/softback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title in that country.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but paperback/ softback originals are published prior to any other format.] VG+.B/w+ colour photographs by GERARD KLIJN.Qrto,160pp. 'Arabian Days' explores the changes that befell ABU DHABI following the discovery of oil and the massive increase in wealth that it brought. Established as one of the most popular and acclaimed writer of her times and also one of the most collected of modern authors. An uncommon title of her works. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja305. ISBN: 0704333694.
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Imprint: LONDON.FABER and FABER Limited,2012. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,subject portrait b/w photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj, with b/w and gilt lettering,author's/subject's colour photographic rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Tiniest of snicks to front,bottom corner of dw/dj.Gilt coloured spine/backstrip of dw/dj with reddish brown,gilt and black lettering and both head+ foot of same minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain black endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xpp+3-339pp [paginated] includes Contents list/table,a Prologue,Pts 1-4 comprising 9,7,3 and 4 chapters respectively,19 b/w author/subject biographical b/w photographs randomly interspersed throughout the text and the book,Acknowledgements,list of permissions,list of illustrations; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,Pts separator pages,and 2pp blanks at the rear. The publication of Edna O'Brien's memoir is a major literary event. O'Brien was born in Ireland in 1930,and her brilliant debut novel,'The Country Girls',was banned there upon its publication in 1960.Since then she has created a body of work which bears comparison with the very best writing of the 20thC. In 'Country Girl' we come face to face with a life of high drama and contemplation.And along the way there are encounters with Hollywood giants,pop stars and literary titans - all of whom lend this life,so gorgeously,sometimes painfully remembered here,a terrible poignancy. In prose which sparkles with the effortless gifts of a master,Edna O'Brien has recast her life with the imaginative insight of a poet.This is a book of unfathomable depth and honesty. 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: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja636616. ISBN: 9780571269433.
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Imprint: LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON 1996. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - so, believed to be an export copy - as these precede the domestic trade edn. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,a b/w lettered critic's review to rear panel,with gilt,brown and black 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.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean - though lightly and minimally marked to top edge - fore-edges very lightly toned but clean; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1- 265pp [paginated]; plus [unpaginated] half-title +title pages,and epigrams (2). 'The road silent,somnolent yet with a speech of its own,speaking back to them,father and child, through trappings of sun and fretted verdure, speaking of the old mutinies and a fresh crime mounting in the blood.' So begins Edna O'Brien's new novel (then 1996) 'Down By The River'.The consequences of that crime are far reaching.For the girl,her family and the conflicting mores of the land. Set in her native Ireland,Edna O'Brien's novel explores the dark and umbilical aspects of family ties. As Mary,the young heroine,tries to conceal,then escape her fate,she finds herself driven into the emotional styx.As her private - and redeemable - tragedy is dragged into the public realm,her power of decision is usurped by militant factions on all sides. In 'Down By The River',Edna O'Brien is at the peak of her narrative powers.Her gift for describing extremes of emotional conflict is at its most searing and poetic.Her prose churns the heart with its potent rhythms as she demonstrates how one person's history can be subsumed by church and state. Here at once is a story relevant to our times, but encompassing age-old and primal themes. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja616316. ISBN: 0297818066.
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