O'BRIEN, KATE:
ENGLISH DIARIES AND JOURNALS. [Britain in Pictures No. 55.]

Imprint: LONDON.WILLIAM COLLINS,1943.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo HB minus dw/dj,2nd imp.
Binding: Hardback , Minus dw/dj.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.[One of only 16 new titles published,1943.] GOOD+. No owner inscrptn.Bright,pale pink background with 2 white line-bordered edges with white lettering and white circular vignette/design illustrated paper-covered card front cover,rear cover with plain,pale pink background with 2 white line-bordered edges and spine/ backstrip which is completely bleached white (waterstain damage) and without any lettering - head+ foot of same with approx 3/10ths" paper-covering loss; with negligible shelf-wear and bumping to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Miniscule rubbing and chipping to both head+ foot of spine/backstrip.Front, top left-hand corner of front cover with faint residue of water-stain,rear cover with an approx 2" wide water(?) bleaching stain the vertical length of cover - some rubbing/ flaking at top 3.25". Top edge although with minimal sporadic foxing, along with fore-edges are both lightly aged/toned and generally clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Pastedowns and free endpapers without any foxing/spotting.UK, slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-47pp [paginated] printed on Mellomex Book paper and includes an intro,8 colour plates,19 b/w illustrations which includes 2 b/w vignettes - all illustrations within the text,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,colour +b/w illus lists/tables. 'Britain in Pictures' (BIP) a comprehensive series of illustrated books devoted to the life,art,institutions and achievements of the British.The majority of the titles,113 of 126 are under the banner of 'The British People in Pictures' series,plus 7 'British Commonwealth in Pictures' titles and a further 6 titles under the 'English Poets in Pictures' imprint - 6 further titles of the 132 listed,were never published.The earliest titles in the series were not numbered, although numbers were eventually added to the jacket spine (but not on the books themselves).Original price was 3/6 (later increased to 4/6,and then 5/-),and a normal print run averaging between 20,000 to 30,000 copies. Author was the Irish novelist and critic and this is her review of English diarists and their diaries century by century. The English diary proper seems to have made its first appearance in the 17thC with Sir William Dugdale,an industrious Warwickshire gentleman,who laboured all his long life at works of antiquarianism and of heraldry and fought for Charles I in the Civil War,and kept a journal through the latter forty-five of his eighty-two years of life,with the merest of jottings.Others mentioned include John Evelyn,Samuel Pepys,John Wesley,William Windham,Fanny Burney,CAroloine Fox (Quaker) and Katherine Mansfield. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK,buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or FREE. 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: rja700517. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 4.00 (approx. $US 5.21 )

O'BRIEN, CHRISTINE:
INDIAN MINIATURES.

Imprint: LONDON.STUDIO EDITIONS LTD.,1994.
Edition: UK,16mo HB,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,16mo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn. FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no dw/dj - as issued.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth boards with colour pictorial paper onlay in a gilt border illustrated upper/front board,with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark blue endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no bumps,nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,very much appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,16mo HB,no dw/dj - as issued, 1st edn,64pp [unpaginated] includes half- title with colour pictorial artwork illustrated frntis to it's recto,title page,6pp of text with 4 colour illustrations introduction to the subject, a further 25 full-page,full colour illustrations of Indian miniatures artwork each plate with prose/text on the opposite page,picture/plate credits to recto of last plate; also acting as the last page. Describing the development through history of the art of Indian illuminated manuscript and miniature art and painting. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the light weight and small size of this item, for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja612916. ISBN: 1858911796.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

O'BRIEN**, EDNA:
RETURNING - Tales.

Imprint: LONDON WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,1982.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK.8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. VG++/VG++. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Crisp,glossy laminated dw/dj with minimal shelf-wear to edges and corners.Internally dw/dj marked with water-stain to bottom of spine/backstrip and partially to front+rear panels.Two closed tears to lower edges,one each to front+rear panels,corners lightly rubbed.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and generally clean,plain white endpapers.Rear endpaper with water-stain and wrinkling.Top edges of boards lightly sunned/faded/bleached. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,10-158pp [paginated] includes [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,contents separator page,contents list/table and 2pp blanks at rear. In this new collection of stories,Edna O'Brien powerfully evokes the sensations of childhood and girlhood in Ireland - the smells and tastes, the fears and joys,the sadnesses and the confusions.This volume wonderfully enhances Miss O'Brien's reputation as a story-teller par excellence. 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: rja432312. ISBN: 0297780522.

£ 17.00 (approx. $US 22.12 )

O'BRIEN, EDWARD J - Editor:
THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF 1922 - And the Yearbook of the American Short Story.

Imprint: USA,BOSTON.SMALL,MAYNARD & COMPANY,1923.
Edition: USA,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

USA,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.VG.Neat,ink owner name to top corner of half-title page,no dw/dj.Publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to upper board,spine/ backstrip faded and dulled,gilt lettering oxidised,rear board lightly grubbed; with neglgible shelf-wear to edges and corners. Top edge slightly aged/darkened - as usual/ normal,fore-edge similar to a lesser degree,but considerably brighter and cleaner,contents bright,tight and clean.UK, 8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xixpp+3- 389pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,contents list/table,Editor introduction,20 assorted,alphabetically listed,short stories. Yearbook of American short story (Oct, 1921 to September,1922),indices of short stories in books of American,English+Irish authors and translations,and similar for short stories published in American magazines; plus [unpaginated] half-title +title pages,and 4pp blanks to rear. Contributors include: Conrad Aiken,Sherwood Anderson,Konrad Bercovici,Susan M.Boogher, Frederick Booth,Edna Bryner,Rose Gollup Cohen,Charles J.Finger,Scott Fitzgerald, Waldo Frank,David Freedman,Katharine Fullerton,Ben Hecht,Joseph Hergesheimer, William Jitro,Ring W.Lardner,James Oppenheim,Benjamin Rosenblatt,Wilbur Daniel Steele,and Clement Wood. Contains the first book appearance of "Two for a Cent" by F. Scott Fitzgerald [Bruccoli B3], "I'm A Fool" by Sherwood Anderson, "The Golden Honeymoon" by Ring Lardner, and short stories by Ben Hecht, Conrad Aiken et al.The 7th anthology/ collection, from this series by this editor.Uncommon and now out of print. 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: rja32538. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 45.00 (approx. $US 58.56 )

O'BRIEN**, EDNA:
THE LIGHT OF EVENING.

Imprint: LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,2006.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,colour illustrated dw/dj panels,with white and fluorescent blue gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.A blue+white circular adhesive (removable) 'As read on BBC Radio 4' sticker/label towards bottom corner of front panel of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked fluorescent blue gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-272pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,Pts 1-8 and an Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,an epigram, a dedication,Pts separator pages and 8pp blanks at the rear. Edna O'Brien's commanding new novel is a story of attachments; especially the attachment between a mother and daughter,who yearn for closeness but are also estranged. From her hospital bed in Dublin,the elderly Dilly awaits the visit of her daughter, Eleanora,from London.The epochs of her life pass before her; emigrating to America in the 1920s,a romantic liaison she had there,the destiny that brought her back to Ireland,and her marriage into the stately Rusheen.She also retraces Eleanora's precipitate marriage to a foreigner, which alienated mother and daughter even more, and Dilly's heart-rending letters sent over the years in a determination to reclaim her daughter. Eleanora's visit does not prove to be the glad reunion that it might have been and,in her sudden departure,she leaves behind the secret journal of their stormy relationship,a revelation which brings the novel to a shocking close. Ireland is always the inner and outer landscape for Edna O'Brien's fiction but, with 'The Light of Evening',we also have a cinematic portrait of Brooklyn in the 1920s,seen through the eyes of a young emigrant. It is a novel of dreams and broken dreams but, at its core,is the realisation that the bond between mother and child is unbreakable,stronger than even death. A powerful,ambitious and disturbing novel,it is sure to bring this daring author her widest audience yet. Want more Edna O'BRIEN titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED catalogues. 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: rja619016. ISBN: 0297851330.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

BRIGGS**, ASA:
ARTHUR'S BRITAIN: The Land and the Legend.

Imprint: UK.CAMBRIDGE,PEVENSEY PRESS,1985.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but there is a used bookplate pasted to front fep and price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,scenic colour photographs (St Michael's Mount+Stonehenge - front+rear wraps respectively) illustrated dw/dj with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore -edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight and near pristine.Bright,clean, publisher's original blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean,plain blue endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-144pp [pagin ated] includes half-title+title pages,colour scenic photographic frntis (entrance to Porchester Castle),contents list,an introduction,80 colour photographs,4 b/w maps,4 sections: SW Britain,S+SE Britain, Wales+Welsh Borders, North of England+Scotland,a bibliography, and an index of names. 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 pre-historic stone circles and burial chambers to medieval fortified castles and inaccessible hermit's 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 guidebooks),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 for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja24657. ISBN: 0907115268.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

BRIGGS**, IAN:
DOCTOR WHO: THE CURSE of FENRIC.**

Imprint: LONDON.TARGET,1990.
Edition: UK,12mo paperback original,p/b 1st edn.
Binding: Paperback original,1st edn., No dw/dj,wraps - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,12mo paperback original,p/back 1st edn. [Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title. Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn, but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.] FINE.An unread copy with a slight,light crease to upper wrap.Only ever published in paperback,never being reprinted, also with a low print run making it ultra RARE. No.151 in Dr WHO Library series,an adventure featuring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor with Ace his assistant.RARE in as good a grade as this. Please contact seller,because of the light 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: rja1444. ISBN: 0426203488.

£ 45.00 (approx. $US 58.56 )

BRIGGS**, IAN:
DOCTOR WHO: THE CURSE of FENRIC.**

Imprint: LONDON.TARGET/W. H. ALLEN,1980.
Edition: UK,12mo paperback original,p/b 1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj,as issued,card wraps.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,12mo paperback original,p/back 1st edn. [Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title. Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn, but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.] FINE.Owner's small,ink name/ signature to top left-hand corner of front cover internally.Negligible shelf-wear to edges - no nicks or tears present.Upper wrap having been opened,has left a crease towards spine/backstrip's edge,and barely discernible reading creases to spine/backstrip - assumed an unread(?) copy.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned - as usual/normal - contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Cover by Alistair Pearson.McCoy logo, white spine/backstrip with outline decal.Only ever published in paperback,never being reprinted,and also with a low print run of 29,000,making it an ultra RARE edition. No.151 in Dr WHO Library series,an adventure featuring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor with Ace his assistant.Uncommon in as good a grade as this. 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: rja398611. ISBN: 0426203488.

£ 45.00 (approx. $US 58.56 )

BRIGGS**, RAYMOND R[edvers]:
FUNGUS the Bogeyman - PLOP-UP BOOK.**

Imprint: LONDON.HAMISH HAMILTON,1982.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB,Pop-up,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB,colour illustrated Pop-up,1st edn.FINE+.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - as issued and no price removal from rear cover.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy/glazed paper-covered boards with pictorial colour artwork illustration by Raymond Briggs.White spine/backstrip with black+red lettering - and unusually and uncommonly - the red letters being nearly as bright as the red letters on the front! Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present,and both boards with inevitable,but very minimal, minor and superficial scoring/indents.12pp (6 double-page) pop-ups,and additional pull and lift tabs.All complete,working and without any sign of any extra use at all,other than my own collation.Second book in the series. A triumph of paper engineering by Ron Van Der Meer,surely one of the best produced pop-up books of recent times.As such,much in demand from BRIGGS collectors and pop-up enthusiasts alike. FUNGUS,in all his delicious disgustingness. Following a typical day for Fungus the Bogeyman, starting when he wakes up and ending just before he falls asleep.As his day progresses,he undergoes a mild existential crisis,pondering what his seemingly pointless job of scaring surface people is really for. The book depicts the mundane details of Bogey life in loving detail,with definitions of Bogey slang and numerous annotations concerning the myths,pets,hobbies,literature,clothing and food of the Bogeys. Much of the humour derives from word play.For example,Bogeymen are shown to enjoy eating and sharing flies in a similar way to humans with cigarettes; one brand of fly is the "strong French Gallwasp",a pun on the cigarette Gauloises. BOGEYDOM is dark,dim,unclear,indefinite, indistinct,abtruse,difficult to understand, unexplained,doubtful,hidden,secluded,remote from public observation,unknown,lowly,humble,dull, dingy,gloomy,murky. . . MOW READ ON ---> Raymond Redvers Briggs (b.1934).Born in London, son of a milkman.Studied at Wimbledon School of Art (at the age of fifteen,1949-53) and completed a typography course at the Central School of Art. And after National Service,he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art (1955- 57).Since 1957,he has been a full-time illustrator and author,mainly of children's books; since 1961,he has been a part-time lecturer in illustration at Brighton Polytechnic.He won the Kate Greenaway Medal for 'The Mother Goose Treasury' (1966) and 'Father Christmas' (1973),the first book for which he adopted the distinctive strip-cartoon format that he has since used frequently.'The Snowman' had no words,and was adapted by him for television (December 1982); 'When the Wind Blows',a powerful condemnation of nuclear defence (for adults),was adapted for radio (February 1983) and the theatre (April 1983).An accomplished draughtsman,he works in line and watercolour,gouache,pencil and crayons. Raymond Briggs is one of our most respected and beloved artists,and went on to produce a notable treasure trove of work.Characters that he's created are now icons for generations of children,include 'Fungus the Bogeyman', 'Father Christmas' and,of course,the beloved 'Snowman.' The biography of his parents in graphic novel form,'Ethel & Ernest',also became a bestseller in the UK,and an animated feature film based on the novel will be released in 2016.Briggs has won many other awards over his career including the Kurt Maschler Award, The Children's Book of the Year, the Dutch Silver Pen Award. 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: rja315. ISBN: 024110811X.

£ 150.00 (approx. $US 195.21 )

BRIGGS**, RAYMOND R[edvers]:
Fungus the Bogeyman.**

Imprint: LONDON.HAMISH HAMILTON CHILDREN'S BOOKS LTD.,1977.
Edition: UK,slm Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slm Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated 1st edn.[This the true UK 1st edn,as title was later issued in pop-up format (Fungus the Bogeyman: Plop-Up,(UK,London) HAMISH HAMILTON, 1982,see my book ID rja804718).] Near FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-removal from rear board.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial artwork,by Raymond Briggs, illustrated original paper-covered boards,with black lettering to front,and spine/backstrip,the rear board also colour illustrated with black explanatory text lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners.Bright,crisp,clean colour illustrated endpapers with no hinge cracking or splits present.Front board with some minimal superficial scoring/indents (writing+doodles), rear board much less affected; all corners minimally bumped with reciprocal rubbing and consequential paper loss to same - only the front,top corner tip with a small diagonal crease,and both head+foot of spine/backstrip also with minimal bumping but no nicks,splits or tears present.Top+fore-edges very lightly aged/ toned and without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners possibly unread,other than my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj, as issued,illustrated 1st edn,2- 40pp [paginated] includes colour pictorial illustration(s) with thought+speech bubbles and other text in a storyboard/comic strip formatted story. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for a book of it's age,and its nature, i.e a child's book,and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior faults described that prevent a higher grading.Despite them,it really is an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness. FUNGUS,in all his delicious disgustingness. Following a typical day for Fungus the Bogeyman,starting from when he wakes up and ending just before he falls asleep.As his day progresses,he undergoes a mild existential crisis,pondering what his seemingly pointless job of scaring surface people is really for. The book depicts the mundane details of Bogey life in loving detail, with definitions of Bogey slang and numerous annotations concerning the myths,pets,hobbies,literature,clothing and food of the Bogeys. Much of the humour derives from word play.For example,Bogeymen are shown to enjoy eating and sharing flies in a similar way to humans with cigarettes; one brand of fly is the "strong French Gallwasp",a pun on the French cigarette Gauloises. Briggs at his subversive best! Raymond Redvers Briggs (b.1934).Born in London, son of a milkman.Studied at Wimbledon School of Art ( at the age of fifteen,1949-53) and completed a typography course at the Central School of Art.And after National Service,he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art (1955- 57).Since 1957,he has been a full-time illustrator and author, mainly of children's books; since 1961,he has been a part-time lecturer in illustration at Brighton Polytechnic.He won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice,once for 'The Mother Goose Treasury'(1966) and then again for 'Father Christmas'(1973),the first book for which he adopted the distinctive strip-cartoon format that he has since used frequently.'The Snowman' had no words,and was adapted by him for television (December 1982); 'When the Wind Blows',a powerful condemnation of nuclear defence (for adults),was adapted for radio (February 1983) and the theatre (April 1983).An accomplished draughtsman,he works in line and watercolour,gouache,pencil and crayons. Raymond Briggs is one of our most respected and beloved artists,and went on to produce a notable treasure trove of work.Characters that he's created are now icons for generations of children,include 'Fungus the Bogeyman', 'Father Christmas' and,of course,the beloved 'Snowman.' The biography of his parents in graphic novel form,'Ethel & Ernest',also became a bestseller in the UK,and an animated feature film based on the novel will be released in 2016.Briggs has won many other awards over his career including the Kurt Maschler Award, The Children's Book of the Year, the Dutch Silver Pen Award. 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: rja1012322. ISBN: 0241895537.

£ 125.00 (approx. $US 162.67 )

BRIGGS**, RAYMOND R[edvers]:
Gentleman Jim. **

Imprint: LONDON.HAMISH HAMILTON,1980.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj(as issued?),1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued?
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated 1st edn.FINE-.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp, sharp-cornered,original paper-covered,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Raymond Briggs,illustrated boards front and back,with a black-outlined white panel with black lettered author's name and book's title within it,inset into top edge of the mirror's reflection coloured illustration to front board, black lettered white spine/backstrip,and black outline-bordered full-colour illustration to rear board respectively; with minimal,negligible shelf-wear,bumping to edges and corners,both head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped - as usual/normal - but with no nicks,tears or splits present,and immaculate plain white endpapers.The only overall detraction being the assorted sized 8/9 rust colour spots to rear board - a production fault? Possibly some impurity in the board used as the spots seem to be under the laminate,and concomitant area of the internal rear endpaper unaffected.Both boards virtually scoring/indent free - certainly much less the could be reasonably expected for a book of its age,and front board's fore-edge with a small dent and concomitant crease wrinkling for approx. 1.5".Top+fore-edges very lightly aged/toned but still clean and without blemish; contents bright,tight clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread,other than my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj as issued,illustrated 1st edn,32pp [unpaginated and includes title page],includes colour artwork by Raymond Briggs,illustrated comic-strip story with speech+thought bubbles format.See also my book ID rja2176 for another copy of same title. Visually the exterior appearance is still more than acceptable for a book of it's age and nature,i.e a child's book,and particularly internally,the contents are in a really exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior faults described that prevent an overall higher grading.Despite them,it really is an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness. 'Gentleman Jim',is the author's first homage to his parents and his upbringing,in an affectionate satire on the reveries of Jim Bloggs,a British lavatory cleaner,frustrated at his lack of education,who day dreams of being a highwayman and/or other raffish,glamorous figures - thus enabling Briggs scope to play with episodic adventurous,painterly background imagery.Briggs’ first adult work but also because it’s the first book to feature Jim & Hilda Bloggs,later to appear in Briggs’ masterpiece of nuclear terror; 'When The Wind Blows.' A graphic novel classic from one of the world's best-known cartoonists. Raymond Redvers Briggs (b.1934).Born in London, son of a milkman.Studied at Wimbledon School of Art (at the age of fifteen,1949-53) and completed a typography course at the Central School of Art.And after National Service,he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art (1955- 57).Since 1957,he has been a full-time illustrator and author,mainly of children's books; since 1961,he has been a part-time lecturer in illustration at Brighton Polytechnic.He won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice,once for 'The Mother Goose Treasury' (1966) and then the other one for 'Father Christmas' (1973),the first book for which he adopted the distinctive strip-cartoon format that he has since used frequently. 'The Snowman' had no words,and was adapted by him for television (December 1982); 'When the Wind Blows',a powerful condemnation of nuclear defence (for adults),was adapted for radio (February 1983) and the theatre (April 1983).An accomplished draughtsman,he works in line and watercolour,gouache,pencil and crayons. Raymond Briggs is one of our most respected and beloved artists,and went on to produce a notable treasure trove of work.Characters that he's created are now icons for generations of children,include 'Fungus the Bogeyman', 'Father Christmas' and,of course,the beloved 'Snowman.' The biography of his parents in graphic novel form,'Ethel & Ernest',also became a bestseller in the UK,and an animated feature film based on the novel will be released in 2016.Briggs has won many other awards over his career including the Kurt Maschler Award, The Children's Book of the Year, the Dutch Silver Pen Award. 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. ** 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: rja1467. ISBN: 0241102812.

£ 70.00 (approx. $US 91.10 )

BRIGGS**, RAYMOND R[edvers]:
IVOR THE INVISIBLE.

Imprint: LONDON.CHANNEL 4 BOOKS/PAN MACMILLAN LTD.,2001.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.[Complete number line 9 - 1 descending.] FINE+/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Raymond Briggs,illustrated dw/dj front panel with dark blue and other black letters,similar lettering to spine/backstrip, rear panel illustrated but without text; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – one tiny closed tear/nick at foot of rear-facing gutter's fold/crease and miniscule rubbing with miniscule loss to corner tips - no other nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean without any blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – virtually pristine,unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original,plain blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate/clean colour pictorial illustrated sets of endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4-40pp [paginated] includes colour pictorial artwork in storyboard format with speech bubbles; plus [unpaginated] half-title and colour vignette illustrated title page. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for a book of it's age and nature,i.e. a child's illustrated book,and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. One Saturday morning John wakes up to find an invisible something sitting on the end of his bed.The something seems to be gigantic but John can`t work out just how big it is.He tries to measure it,but the invisible giant won`t let him. When John asks this strange new friend its name,the letters IVO appear on his mirror, so John decides to call him Ivor.The invisible giant plays tricks on John`s mum and dad, whizzing the washing line round, spraying the neighbours with a hose pipe and stealing the cherries from the trifle when Auntie Barbara comes to tea.But he can be helpful too: he hoovers the carpets and even does the washing up. When Ivor tells John that he wants to go out with him,John takes him to the park where he gets up to even more mischief. but it is when John takes Ivor to school that the trouble really starts. . . 'IVOR THE INVISIBLE' accompanies the film of the same name produced by Screen First for Channel 4.For the first time,Raymond Briggs has written a story especially for the screen and this book uses images based on his original drawings,selected and compiled by Sue Tong. Raymond Redvers Briggs (b.1934).Born in London, son of a milkman.Studied at Wimbledon School of Art (at the age of fifteen,1949-53) and completed a typography course at the Central School of Art.And after National Service,he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art (1955- 57).Since 1957,he has been a full-time illustrator and author,mainly of children's books; since 1961,he has been a part-time lecturer in illustration at Brighton Polytechnic.He won the Kate Greenaway Medal for 'The Mother Goose Treasury' (1966) and 'Father Christmas' (1973),the first book for which he adopted the distinctive strip-cartoon format that he has since used frequently. 'The Snowman' had no words,and was adapted by him for television (December 1982); 'When the Wind Blows',a powerful condemnation of nuclear defence (for adults),was adapted for radio (February 1983) and the theatre (April 1983).An accomplished draughtsman,he works in line and watercolour,gouache, pencil and crayons. Raymond Briggs is one of our most respected and beloved artists,and went on to produce a notable treasure trove of work.Characters that he's created are now icons for generations of children,include 'Fungus the Bogeyman', 'Father Christmas' and,of course,the beloved 'Snowman.' The biography of his parents in graphic novel form,'Ethel & Ernest',also became a bestseller in the UK,and an animated feature film based on the novel will be released in 2016.Briggs has won many other awards over his career including the Kurt Maschler Award, The Children's Book of the Year, the Dutch Silver Pen Award. 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: rja1001322. ISBN: 0752220349.

£ 30.00 (approx. $US 39.04 )

BRIGGS**, RAYMOND R[edvers] and Nicolette Jones:
RAYMOND BRIGGS - BLOOMING BOOKS.

Imprint: LONDON.CAPE in Association with PUFFIN BOOKS,2003.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,heavy Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,thumbnail panels of colour pictorial artwork,by Raymond Briggs, illustrated dw/dj,with gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. Inevitable but superficial scoring/indents and a tiny abrasion to rear panel of dw/dj - but without adversely affecting the boards below. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread -apart from my own collation.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate b/w line illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo Qrto HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,7-285pp [paginated] includes foreword by Raymond Briggs,other text by Nicolette Jones,an introduction,4 main sections, profuse b/w+colour illustrations by Raymond Briggs interspersed throughout the book and the text,and acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] colour artwork illustrated half-title+title pages,contents list/table and a bibliography. 'Blooming Books' is an exploration of Raymond Briggs's work from the time he left art school and began illustrating other people's texts, right up to his most recent publications.Always extraordinary and unpredictable,often controversial,he is one of our most distinguished and best-loved artists working today and has created characters that are now icons for more than one generation of children. He has been honoured twice with the Kate Greenaway Medal (for 'The Mother Goose Treasury' and 'Father Christmas') as well as winning many other prestigious awards.Received the Kurt Maschler Award and the Children's Book of the Year Award (for 'The Man' - see my book ID rja411112),the British Book Award's Best Illustrated Book of the Year (for 'Ethel and Ernest' - see my book ID's rja22846,rja404211 and rja566215 respectively) and the Smarties Silver Prize for 'UG: Boy Genius of the Stone Age'. Illustrations and extracts from his work - and in some cases complete picture books - are accompanied by commentaries from the well-known journalist,Nicolette Jones,reviewing Raymond's intentions and indicating the underlying philosophy of his themes.This stunning and diverse book makes for a fascinating read. Raymond Redvers Briggs (b.1934).Born in London,son of a milkman.Studied at Wimbledon School of Art (at the age of fifteen,1949-53) and completed a typography course at the Central School of Art.And after National Service,he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art (1955- 57). Since 1957,he has been a full-time illustrator and author,mainly of children's books; since 1961,he has been a part-time lecturer in illustration at Brighton Polytechnic.He won the Kate Greenaway Medal for 'The Mother Goose Treasury' (1966) and 'Father Christmas' (1973), the first book for which he adopted the distinctive strip-cartoon format that he has since used frequently.'The Snowman' had no words,and was adapted by him for television (December 1982); 'When the Wind Blows',a powerful condemnation of nuclear defence (for adults),was adapted for radio (February 1983) and the theatre (April 1983).An accomplished draughtsman,he works in line and watercolour, gouache,pencil and crayons. Raymond Briggs is one of our most respected and beloved artists,and went on to produce a notable treasure trove of work.Characters that he's created are now icons for generations of children,include 'Fungus the Bogeyman', 'Father Christmas' and,of course,the beloved 'Snowman.' The biography of his parents in graphic novel form,'Ethel & Ernest',also became a bestseller in the UK,and an animated feature film based on the novel will be released in 2016.Briggs has won many other awards over his career including the Kurt Maschler Award, The Children's Book of the Year, the Dutch Silver Pen Award. Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight of this item - 1.65Kg unpackaged - for correct and possibly,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: rja597316. ISBN: 0224064789.

£ 40.00 (approx. $US 52.06 )

BRIGGS**, ASA:
Secret Days: CODE-BREAKING IN BLETCHLEY PARK.

Imprint: UK.BARNSLEY,S.YORKS.FRONTLINE BOOKS,2012.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,clean,sepia photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy - wrapped and protected from day of issue/purchase.Bright,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,ix -xixpp+1-202pp [paginated] includes a plates list/table,acknowledgements, National Archives+picture credits lists/ tables,glossary+abbreviations,10 chapters, 24pp contemporary b/w+colour photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece between pp42/3 (b/w),pp90/1(colour) and pp138/9 (b/w) respectively,an appendix (Selective chronology),further reading,and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, contents list/table,dedication,and a b/w map of Bletchley Park. Asa Briggs was a codebreaker at Bletchley Park from 1943 to 1945,serving as a part of a team of men and women who worked to crack Axis codes and ciphers.Many books have been written about the Buckinghamshire mansion during the Second World War since secrecy rules were relaxed in the 1970's,but Briggs' memoirs are one of only a few first-hand accounts of life at the Park written by a professional historian. Briggs was a history student at Sidney Sussex College,Cambridge,when war was declared in 1939.After graduating in 1941, he taught history at Keighley Grammar School and served in the Royal Corps of Signals before joining the Intelligence Corps in 1942.At Bletchley Park,he worked in Hut Six under the guidance of the brilliant mathematician Gordon Welchman. 'Secret Days' is a meticulously researched account of daily life at Bletchley Park.It covers the range of work done at Bletchley Park,from code-breaking to radio interception to translation to 'administration' to catering and maintenance work.It also describes the two camps that accommodated many of Bletchley's employees.Bletchley's vibrant and diverse community fostered many friendships and Briggs' account provides a fascinating insight the social life of 'BP',as it was known. 'Secret Days' also contains a detailed, critical review of the historiography of Bletchley Park. The title 'Secret Days' reflects the way in which workers at Bletchley Park thought and worked in terms of days,rather than months or years.Each 'day' was divided into three eight-hour shifts,often with deadlines to meet at the end of each shift. Since April 2013,and again in March 2015, and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja617916. ISBN: 9781848326156.

£ 19.99 (approx. $US 26.01 )

BRIGGS**, RAYMOND R[edvers]:
THE MAN.

Imprint: LONDON.JULIA MACRAE BOOKS,1992.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , Minus dw/dj.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn,minus dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated bds and immaculate plain,dark grey endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine.UK,slim Qrto HB, minus dw/dj,1st edn,64pp [unpaginated],story in graphic novel/colour cartoon strip style,boards+ illus (all in colour) all by Raymond Briggs. Raymond Redvers Briggs (b.1934).Born in London, son of a milkman.Studied at Wimbledon School of Art ( at the age of fifteen,1949-53) and completed a typography course at the Central School of Art.And after National Service,he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art (1955- 57).Since 1957,he has been a full-time illustrator and author,mainly of children's books; since 1961,he has been a part-time lecturer in illustration at Brighton Polytechnic.He won the Kate Greenaway Medal for 'The Mother Goose Treasury' (1966) and 'Father Christmas' (1973),the first book for which he adopted the distinctive strip-cartoon format that he has since used frequently.'The Snowman' had no words,and was adapted by him for television (December 1982); 'When the Wind Blows',a powerful condemnation of nuclear defence (for adults),was adapted for radio (February 1983) and the theatre (April 1983).An accomplished draughtsman,he works in line and watercolour,gouache,pencil and crayons. 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. **

p/PAID.

Stock number: rja411112. ISBN: 1856811913.

£ 12.00 (approx. $US 15.62 )

BRIGGS**, RAYMOND R[edvers]:
The Tin-Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman.

Imprint: LONDON.HAMISH HAMILTON,1984.
Edition: UK.slim Qrto wraps,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Wraps - as issued., No dw/dj - wraps - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto softback Original,wraps, illustrated,1st edn. [Paperback/softback Original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back+softback Originals are either the only format,or are published prior to any other format in the country of its origin and sometimes,even worldwide.] FINE+. Virtually as new,no owner inscrptn and no price removal from card cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp -cornered, glossy laminated,card covers with colour pictorial caricatures of protagonists to front cover wth black-lettered title and author's/illustrator's capitalised,black-lettered name.A white spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+ lettered author's name and title as the front's and publisher's capitalised,black-lettered name to foot of same,rear cover with a repeated b/w illustration from inside the book.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no corner tips creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears an unread copy other than my own collation.UK,slim Qrto wraps,softback Original,illustrated,1st edn,48pp [unpaginated] includes part repeated front cover's colour illustrated title page with 2 epigrams to its reverse,14 double-page and a single-page full colour caricature illustrations,3 double-page and 5 single-page muted b/w pencil illustrations and a single page b/w+colour illustration all with captioned text - all by Briggs - throughout the book.Briggs died of pneumonia at Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton,on 9th August 2022,aged 88.                     Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 40-year-old age and nature, i.e  an ephemeral wraps/softback.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                                          Fighting over an innocent little island,the ambitious Tin-Pot Foreign General and the greedy Old Iron Woman end up killing hundreds of brave men in a meaningless war.                        Briggs's visceral,satirical parody of the Falklands/Malvinas War in captioned,colour and b/w comic strip format,savagely caricaturing British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Argentinian leader General Galtieri.       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: rja1146324. ISBN: 0241113636.

£ 45.00 (approx. $US 58.56 )

BRIGHT, PAUL; SIBLEY**, BRIAN; WILLIS, JEANNE and SAUNDERS, KATE:
The Best Bear in All the World.

Imprint: LONDON.EGMONT UK LIMITED,2016.
Edition: UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/VG+. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around gold background with glossy black and matt white illustrated front and rear panels with glossy black lettering and a glossy black line illustration+glossy black lettered '90th Anniversary,Authorized Sequel' circular gilt medallion to front,black-lettered spine/ backstrip with thumbnail Pooh bear black illustration at head of same and publisher's b/w colophon to its foot,rear panel with b/w illustration and black-lettered publisher blurb.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - but the rear panel alone with slight creasing across it's body.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without and blemish; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, illustrated,chocolate brown paper-covered boards with a gold illustrated Pooh+ honeypot to front board,and a gold illustrated Pooh+Piglet kicking leaves,to the rear board,a gilt coloured spine/backstrip with repeated black lettering+illustration from dw/dj spine/ backstrip. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable, and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its nature, i.e. an children’s book. It is only the exterior fault described that prevents a slightly higher grading for the dw/dj. Despite that,it really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. A.A. Milne's stories about Pooh and his friends have been loved by generations of children and their parents ever since Winnie-the-Pooh was first published in 1926.And,to celebrate Pooh's 90th anniversary; Paul Bright, Brian Sibley, Kate Saunders and Jeanne Willis have written four new stories,one for every season of the year,with plenty of adventures and licks of honey along the way.Each sory is illustrated with warmth and wit by Mark Burgess,who follows in the footsteps of the artist who earned himself the name 'the man who drew Pooh' - E.H. Shepard. Mark Burgess is a writer and artist of children's books.He provided illustrations in the style of E. H. Shepard for the first authorised sequel to 'Winnie-the-Pooh, Return to theHundred Acre Wood', published in 2009. Paul Bright is a writer of picture books and poetry for children.His second book,'Quiet!',was shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award; 'Crunch Munch Dinosaur Lunch' was shortlisted for the Red House Children's Book Award and 'I'm Not Going Out There!' won the Stockport Children's award. Brian Sibley is a writer,broadcaster and radio dramatist.The author of 'Three Cheers for Pooh', he edited 'The Pooh Sketchbook' and 'The Pooh Book of Quotations',and has written,lectured and broadcast on the work of A.A.Milne and E.H.Shepard. Kate Saunders has written numerous books for adults and children.Her books for children have won awards and received rave reviews,and include 'Beswitched' and 'The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop. In 2014,Kate won the Costa Children's Book Award for her novel 'Five Children on the Western Front',a sequel to E. Nesbit's 'Five Children and It'. Jeanne Willis wrote her first book aged five and has now written over three hundred titles including 'The Bog Baby' and 'Dr Xargle's Book of Earthlets'.She has won numerous awards, including the Childrn's book Award,the Silver Smarties Prize and has been shortlisted for the Whitbread Award. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja1045623. ISBN: 9781405281904.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

BRISCOE, JOANNA:
touched.

Imprint: LONDON.ARROW in association with HAMMER,2014.
Edition: UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE-/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean.matt,wrap-around monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj with embossed, glossy b/w lettered author+title and other b/w printed lettering to front panel,glossy b/w lettering and other red letters to spine/ backstrip,rear panel with glossy black lettered story precis/blurb; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Majority of light creasing to top edges,minisculely bumped with reciprocal creases at both head+foot of spine, rear panel with minimal and superficial indents without penetration to board beneath.Top edges aged/toned but without further blemish,fore-edges similar; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5- 244pp [paginated] includes 20 chapters,a |Now chapter,author's afterword; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,with blank verso,acknowledgements,also with blank verso,a NOW separator page,a THEN 1963 page the latter two pages also with a blank verso each,and to the rear,2pp blanks,2pp publisher's advert for DBC PIERRE's 'Breakfast with the Borgias' to recto of last page and potted history of Hammer's literary legacy to its verso. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the few,minor exterior faults described that prevent a higher grading.Despite them,it really is an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness. As Rowena struggles with the upheaval of builders while trying to be a dutiful wife to her husband and a good mother to her five small children,her life starts to disintegrate.And then her eldest and prettiest daughter goes missing.Out in the village,a frantic search is mounted - while inside the house reveals its darkest secret: a hidden room with no windows and no obvious entrance.Boarded up,it smells of old food, disinfectant - and death... Set in a world where appearances are everything, and nothing is as it seems,'Touched' is unsettling,claustrophobic,and utterly gripping. The author of 'Mothers and Other Lovers' - winner of Betty Trask Award,, 'Skin', 'You' and the highly acclaimed 'Sleep With Me',which was published in eleven countries and adapted for ITV drama (UK),by Andrew Davies.She spent her very early years in 'the village of the damned', Letchmore Heath in Hertfordshire,the location for the celebrated 1960 film based on John Wyndham's novel 'The Midwich Cuckoos' - and the inspiration,too,for this Hammer novella. 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: rja1025422. ISBN: 9780099590828.

£ 9.99 (approx. $US 13.00 )

BRITE**, POPPY Z:
THE CROW: The Lazarus Heart.

Imprint: LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,1998.
Edition: UK,16mo paperback original, p/b 1st edn.
Binding: Paperback/wraps.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,16mo wraps,paperback original,p/back 1st edn.[Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn, but p/back originals are either the only format,or published prior to any other format.] NMINT.An unread copy,no creases to spine/backstrip.Colour pictorial illustrated upper wrap; with negligible shelf-wear to edges,and no creases to corners.Top+fore-edges clean,contents bright,tight and pristine.UK,16mo wraps/ paperback original,1st edn(approx 6.75" tall x 4.75" wide),1-213pp+1pp publisher's advert to rear. The Eternal One.At our human limits,when we've gone as far as flesh and imagination can take us,we meet the Eternal One.The Crow.Immemorially old and inconsolable, he is there only for those who seek both revenge and love,and are willing to go all the way - and beyond.The Lazarus Heart. Five,four,three,two.Jared Poe counts the days on Louisiana's Death Row.The controversial S&M photographer has been condemned to die for killing his lover.He doesn't know who did it.Only that he didn't.Can he clear his name and find the real killer in time? No.For this is no ordinary thriller. We are in the dark realm of The Crow and Jared must feel the cold shudder of Death, must hear the beating of black wings,must prowl the shadowy gothic netherworld of New Orleans to prove he was no killer when he died.And find out what kind of killer he has become. An original novel by Poppy Z.Brite, inspired by the series created by James O'Barr. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja1861. ISBN: 0006483658.

£ 14.99 (approx. $US 19.51 )

BROADHURST,PAUL:
The GREEN MAN and the DRAGON. The Mystery Behind the Myth of St George and the Dragon Power of Nature. [Author SIGNED copy.]

Imprint: UK.LAUNCESTON,CORNWALL.MYTHOS,2006.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,Ltd.,No'd,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: 'For Ian -hope you enjoy the quest P.'

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,Ltd.,No'd,1st edn. [Published on St George's Day,2006. SIGNED,Ltd.,No'd,767/1000 1st edn.Laid in loose,an illustrated Mythos printed card bookmark] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,black ink dedication: 'For Ian - hope you enjoy the quest P.' to top, right-hand corner of title page and author's black ink numeration (767) and signature towards foot of the title page also; dw/dj unclipped - absence of publisher's price to inner flaps - printed to foot of rear edge.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,colour pictorial illustrated upper panel of dw/dj,with yellow lettering,rear panel with colour vignette reproduction and yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip of both dw/dj and bds.Top+fore- edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,solid and sound - virtually 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 dark green cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and near immaculate plain maroon eps.UK,Qrto HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,SIGNED,Ltd.,No'd,1st edn,2- 218pp [paginated] includes a prologue,18 chapters,Thanksgiving,postscript,profuse brown+white illustrations/reproductions and photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,8pp colour photographs in 1 block,between pp154/5, references and biblio and an index,plus [unpaginated] SIGNED illustrated title page,publisher's advert+acknowledgements with list of illustrations to it's recto, and contents list/table. What lies behind the mask of St George? Most modern researchers believe he never existed as a historical character,and yet he is still revered throughout the world as an inspirational guide and spiritual power. The truth is that he is far older than we might imagine,pre-dating Christianity by many thousands of years.He has powerful links with the enigmatic Green Man and the Knights Templar who understood the mythical traditions of those former times. Is he really an ancient God of the earth from the very beginning of time? This quest to discover the real St George leads to Ancient Egypt,the Holy Land,the megalithic temples of Britain and Ireland and the cathedrals and churches of Europe. It is the story of human evolution from the earliest times,and includes the rediscovery of a science of the forces of Nature,symbolised by the dragon. Within this book is a key to discovering the principles that guided ancient religions and civilizations across the world,and the power of self-transformation that comes with a true understanding of the Mystery behind the myth. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015, and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja629016. ISBN: 0951323679.

£ 70.00 (approx. $US 91.10 )

BROCHU,JIM:
Lucy IN THE AFTERNOON - an intimate memoir of Lucille Ball.

Imprint: LONDON.NEL,1990.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback., With Dust Jacket

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj.8vo,271pp includes b/w photographs and an index. 'The most beloved star in show business' was how Ed Sullivan described Lucille Ball. For twenty three years she and, for most of the time,her producer and co-starring husband,Desi Arnaz,wound their way into the hearts of an adoring world-wide public with 'I Love Lucy', 'The Lucy Show' and 'Here's Lucy'.They were the most famously married couple in America.The birth of Desi Jnr., upstaged the inauguration of President Eisenhower.When Lucy and Desi divorced 'I Love Lucy' ended, their friends were distraught.Happily, their professional partnership survived their matrimonal one. Lucille Ball was the Goldwyn Girl who became Queen of the B's and ended up buying RKO, the studio in which she had learned her craft.She worked with all of the Hollywood greats - Orson Welles, Katherine Hepburn, Joan Crawford, Henry Fonda, Judy Garland, Jack Benny.Then in Aug 1988 she added Jim Brochu to her inner circle of friends. BROCHU had sent her a play to read.Because he was also a mega-fan, he followed it with two hundred roses and a challenge to a game of back-gammon.Lucy, now in her seveties, was recovering from a stroke and a slight heart attack, but she accepted the challenge and that was the start of a magical nine months for BROCHU, the devoted fan, who visited Lucy in the afternoons for back-gammon, lemonade and laughter and gradually became the indispensable friend and confidant who saw her right up to the week of her death.Over the months Lucy opened up the most personal memories of her private and professional life, the difficulties of her marriage to Desi;the creation of their film empire;her relationship with her public;and her views on the stars who queued to be on her show. The result is a delightfully informal and indivdual tribute to the queen of comedy from a very loving friend.

Stock number: rja1007. ISBN: 0450534820.

£ 13.95 (approx. $US 18.15 )

BROGER, KARL - Translation by Oakley Williams:
PILLBOX 17.

Imprint: LONDON.THORNTON BUTTERWORTH LIMITED,1930.
Edition: UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn.[Originally and first published Germany,Jena,1929.From 1937 all his prior works were banned by the Nazis.This is the first English translation and its 1st English edition.] VG,Owner's inked name,address and contemporary date (June 1st 1930) to top left-hand corner of front pastedown. Publisher's original paper-covered card boards/covers with art-deco-esque shapes illustrated design of shaped coloured pastels,a slightly darkened and speckled/ mottled brown cloth blind-spine with bright,crisp,tooled gilt lettering to same; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks tears,splits or fraying present.All corner tips minimally bumped with attendant reciprocal rubbing,paper-covered boards/ covers minimally grubbed with some minor discolouration and other imperfections commensurate with book's age and construction; lightly aged/foxed endpapers,rear free endpaper with bookseller,stationer and bookbinders' grey ink stamp to its recto,hinges solid and sound without any cracking.Top+fore-edges both lightly toned with minimal,sporadic foxing/spotting - to a much lesser degree than is usually encountered for a book of it's age; contents bright,tight with sporadic foxing/spotting throughout - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn,11- 219pp [paginated] includes an autobiographical foreword specially written for the English edition,12 sections/chapters,plus [unpaginated] foxed+spotted recto+verso half-title+title pages,separate dedication and an epigram, both with fore-edge foxing spots and blank rectos,and a contents list/table.A mirrored blemish within the foreword's last pages - on recto and verso of pp14/15. A fine German autobiographical novel. Known as the workman-poet,Karl Broger was one of the most quoted German authors of his day.In this powerful anti-war work, which is in some way a parallel to the English 'Journey's End',we are given a realistic picture of the horrors of warfare in one of those artificial outposts on the Western Front in WW1. A number of men cooped up in a pillbox remain true unto death. It rains - unendingly - continuously - hopelessly. Shells burst overhead; an enemy plane flies over with devastating effect - one dead,three wounded.Two set forth on a quest for assistance,and we follow them in their exciting journey; but no help is possible till darkness has fallen. Meanwhile the pillbox falls in: the occupants are buried alive - thirst overpowers them - they try to open a way out - they try and they fail.At last help comes but too late - corpses are all that is to be found in Pillbox 17.This is the tale of true comradeship - a 'comradeship-in-arms'. A rare 1st edn,and a true literary find for any collector of this genre. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct,insured (where necessary) quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!.

Stock number: rja888920. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 225.00 (approx. $US 292.82 )

BROOKE, RUPERT:
Selected Poems. [Dorothy G. Brooke SIGNED copy.]

Imprint: LONDON.SIDGWICK & JACKSON,LTD.,1919.
Edition: UK,slim 16mo,HB skiver leather,SIGNED,1st edn,4th imp.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: SIGNED+dedicated.Margaret Ross Peddie From Dorothy G. Brooke (underscore) 2nd. July 1920.

UK,slim 16mo,HB skived leather,SIGNED,1st edn,4th imp.[Originally and first published March 1917,a 2nd impressionApril,1017,a 3rd imp. May,1918 and a 4th impression February,1919 - this edn.] VG-.No owner name per se,but a neat,handwritten ink dedication inscrptn,signature and date thus: 'Margaret Ross Peddie From Dorothy G. Brooke (underscore) 2nd. July 1920.' to front free endpaper.[Dorothy. G. Brooke founder of The Old War Horse Memorial Hospital in 1934 in Cairo. See below.] Dark reddish-brown skiver leather-clad card covers [Skiver leather,a thin sheepskin with a colour finish,used in bookbinding.A term commonly used to describe a dressed goat or sheep skin with a patterned embossing.] with rubbing and miniscule loss to edges and corner tips,the complete spine /backstrip absent and missing,both sets of white endpapers with off-set toning but no foxing/spotting.To lower edge front free endpaper a small,narrow longitudinal fluid stain towards front hinge - top 1/3rd of which is cracked,a simlar but slightly larger and longer fluid stain along with residual shadow of bookseller's narrow strip label within said stain to rear,lower edge and similar location as front stain - hing intact and without cracking.This stain has bled through in decreasing degree, from endpapers through 4pp adverts anf from pp75 back to pp67,another water-stain noted at foot of pp66 back to pp50 - again in lessening degrees,and a further fluid stain minimally clipping the respective verso+ recto lower corners of the frntis portait. Top+fore-edges aged/toned - as usual/ normal; contents bright,generally clean and solid - no foxing,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,possibly unread,other than my own collation.UK,slim 16mo,HB skived leather,SIGNED,1st edn,4th imp,5-75pp [paginated] includes 32 poems and the 1914 I-V sonnets including V - 'The Soldier.'Plus [unpaginated] half-title page with other works listed to its verso, author's tissue guarded contemporary sepia portrait photograph,title page,contents list/table,verso of last paginated page with PRINTED AT THE COMPLETE PRESS WEST NORWOOD,and to the rear,4pp publisher's adverts for Brooke's other publications. Although a commonplace title,this particular item despite its fairly and honestly described faults,is all the more intriguing and interesting because of the contempraneous association of the post war-related activity of the signee and therefore probably quite scarce. Brooke's sonnet "The Soldier" is a poem that was the fifth poem in a series of poems entitled '1914 and Other Poems.' published in 1915. This collection of poetry outsold most others of the time, reaching an incredible 24th reprint by 1918.The poem is regarded as one of the most famous war poems ever written, reflecting British sorrow over and pride in the young men who died in World War I.A deeply patriotic and idealistic poem expressing a soldier's love for his homeland - in this case England,which is portrayed as a kind of nurturing paradise. Dorothy Brooke (b. 1st June,1883 – d. 10th June 1955) was the founder of The Old War Horse Memorial Hospital in 1934 in Cairo - renamed The Brooke Hospital for Animals in 1961.Developing from a single operation in Cairo into one of the world’s largest equine's welfare organisations,at work in many countries,with headquarters in London, it is known today as Brooke.She was first married in 1905 to Lt.-Col. James Gerald Lamb Searight,The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment).They divorced in 1926.Brooke married again in 1926,to Major-General Geoffrey Francis Heremon Brooke,C.B., D.S.O., M.C. (1884–1966),16th/5th Lancers. Geoffrey Brooke was a recognised horse expert and author.He trained and rode his own steeplechasers,he was a polo-player and show-jumper and competed as a member of the British equestrian team in the Paris,1924 Summer Olympics. During World War I,horses cast from the veterinary hospitals had initially been sold to Egyptian dealers.British residents in Cairo had protested so forcefully that this practice was halted.In 1919,the cavalry,artillery and draught horses that had served in the British Army in the Egypt and Palestine campaigns of WW1 were sold in their many thousands to a life of continuous hard labour and a painful old age.Many had been requisitioned in England and had served in the British Yeomanry.Some had seen active service on the Western Front before being drafted as remounts to the Near East.After the Armistice,with 22,000 horses,mostly in Palestine and Sinai,requiring transport or disposal,the Remounts Directorate of the War Office ordered the local sale of all animals of 12 years and under that were deemed up to some work - those over 12 and the unsound,were destroyed. Animal welfare charity founder Dorothy Brooke was honoured with a blue plaque in Salisbury,where she lived with her husband from 1939-55. 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: rja1008422. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 80.00 (approx. $US 104.11 )

BROOKES, CHRISTOPHER:
HIS OWN MAN - LIFE OF NEVILLE CARDUS.

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

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Minimal shelf-wear to dw/dj extremities. Contents bright and clean.Blue cloth boards,gilt letters to spine/backstrip.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,280pp includes b/w photographs,notes,bibliography and an index. An old friend once described Sir Neville Cardus as 'his own man'.It is difficult to imagine a more perceptive description of the slight young lad from Rusholme in Manchester who,by dint of his own effort,ability and imagination,created an international reputation and a beguiling personal legend in the course of a career which extended over fifty years.As a writer on both cricket and music,Sir Neville achieved a stature which is perhaps without parallel: as a man he was an enigmatic mixture of determination and diffidence,self-doubt and self-indulgence, introspection and garrulity. Brookes has spent five years exploring Sir Neville's life and work.With the aid of letters,hitherto unpublished manuscripts,and material gathered from conversations with many of Cardus's closest friends and colleagues,he builds up a fascinating portrait of one of England's greatest journalists. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja135. ISBN: 0413509400.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

BROOKES, PETER:
NATURE NOTES III. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

Imprint: LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN & CO.,2001
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author SIGNED - without dedication,bookplate.

UK,landscape 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,'TIMES' Bookplate,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn, but author's neat,handwritten blue ink signature - without dedication,to a 'THE TIMES' bookplate, pasted to ffe,and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,colour pictorial cartoon artwork,by Peter Brookes,illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - one tiny,tiny snick to upper wrap's bottom edge - else unaffected and fine.Top+fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight and clean also - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Dw/dj's design/illustration repeated to paper-covered boards with b/w letters to spine/backstrip and black endpapers. UK,landscape 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED bookplate,1st edn,6- 112pp [paginated] includes 54 full-page, full-colour political cartoons collected from 'THE TIMES' (a UK newspaper) from July,1999 to June,2001 - all by Peter Brookes,Text on opposite pages; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages and dedication. Following the success of 'Nature Notes', the first two collections of his award-winning cartoons for 'The Times' newspaper on Saturdays, Peter Brookes now presents a third selection of brilliantly executed drawings of the people and stories that make the headlines. Covering two years of New Labour government since 1999 including the landslide victory at the General Election in June 2001,Nature Notes III shows how the great and the good might look as small,feathered or furry,or large and pachyderm,with Deputy Prime minister John Prescott as both an Unhappypotamus and a Rail- 'a bird that travels nowhere,fast' - William Hague as a MORI eel 'on the rocks' on the Blackpool shoreline at party conference time; Prime Minister 'Tony' Darwin's Theory of Devolution ('he denied he was attacking God's work because,after all,he was God'). Here also are hilariously acute insights into the top international news events of the last two years,from the Pond Life of Europe - a guide to the depth of Anglo-French understanding ('In Veto Fertilization - the dominant partner holds its mate firmly in its grip.Will not take "non" for an answer) - to the riches of the US presidential election with its Allitigator ('thick-skinned and lethal,this charmer thrives in the legal quagmire that is Florida') and Birds of America - your cut-out-and-keep guide to the high flyers,including former President Clinton as a hornbill ('often flies undone'); Texas woodpecker George W. Bush (Thickasa bricka); and the pregnant chadfinch. From political intrigue and scandal to crises of state abroad,Peter Brookes' dazzling portraits represent a uniquely individual and perceptive view of those who inhabit the corridors of power. Brookes is particularly noted for his "Nature Notes" series of cartoons,begun in February 1996,which portray various fictitious beasts, based on the appearance (and supposed habits) of well-known politicians.He has noted that a benefit of using animal images is that he can show his subjects doing things that,for reasons of decency,could not be published if they were portrayed as human.Brookes said: "you are able to depict crap and fornication and that sort of thing".During the coalition government in 2010, he began a notable series of cartoons known as the "Westminster Academy",which depicted Nick Clegg as a public school fag to a red cheeked David Cameron,who was portrayed as a prefect dressed in an Eton suit and Union Jack waistcoat,with Boris Johnson and George Osborne also appearing in some cartoons as his cronies. During this period also,he depicted leader of the opposition Ed Miliband and shadow Chancellor Ed Balls as Wallace and Gromit. [Wiki.] Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct and possibly, 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: rja31208. ISBN: 0316858803.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )