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Imprint: UK.LITTLE,BROWN AND COMPANY (UK),1997. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn but price-clipped dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial caricature artwork by Peter Brookes,illustrated dw/dj panels with black letters,rear panel also illustrated and with black-lettered captions; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.A narrow 1" sunned/faded,vertical band only partially affecting some of coloured cartoons in vicinity,extending from front spine's gutter's fold towards fore-edges - noticeable to front only.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without any blemish; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corner tips – virtually pristine - unread apart from my own collation. Publisher’s bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, colour pictorial caricature artwork repeated from dw/dj,illustrated paper-covered boards with repeated coloured lettering from dw/dj,and immaculate plain dark green sets of endpapers. UK,landscape 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-111pp [paginated] includes 53 full-page,full-colour cartoons each with an accompanying,facing short history/news story context; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and a dedication. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's 25+ year-old age,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It realy is an exceptional, exemplary example for its brightness,cleanliness and lack of detracting faults. See als my book ID rja31208 'Nature Notes III', UK,HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. Peter Brookes is an English political cartoonist who produced work for many publications,most notably The Times (UK newspaper),for which he is the leader-page cartoonist. In 1996,Political Cartoonist of the Year Peter Brookes launched a new series of cartoons in the The Times newspaper on Saturdays called 'Nature Notes' - brilliantly executed drawings of both domestic MPs and international leaders as members of a weird and wonderful world.A menagerie with a vegetable patch,the world of 'Nature Notes' is a place where the great and the good can and do become the small and the furry: Boris Yeltsin as a Muscovy (lame) duck; Ian Paisley as an Orange-Utan ('Devours all greenery'); and Baroness Thatcher as a rabid old bat ('Its venom is of European origin,and any bite can prove gravely injurious to grey-haired, bespectacled gentlemen').Anything is possible - John Prescott can even become a Great Tit. 'Nature Notes' brings together over fifty of the first 'Nature Notes' cartoons to appear in The Times.Covering the period from February,1996 to June,1997,just after Labour's landslide victory in the General Election,each cartoon takes as its theme a news story of the time - among them Tory splits,sleaze and Euro-bickering; Labour's ruthlessly inexorable path to power; BSE,Budgets and Britannia; crime and royalty and Northern Ireland. Both a revealing commentary on the dog-days of Tory Britain and a hilarious succession of merciless character studies,'Nature Notes' is essential reading for the politically informed. 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. 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: rja1005322. ISBN: 03166641537.
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Imprint: LONDON.SIMON & SCHUSTER UK LTD.,2014. 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,partially colour tinted b/w full portrait of subject illustrated front panel extending to spine/backstrip of dw/dj with printed red and white glossy embossed lettering,red+white lettered spine,rear panel with subject's colour football action photograph; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges very lightly toned with some minimal spotting on top edges towards the head of the spine,fore-edges without blemish; 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, unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain white cloth boards with black lettering to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-327pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w autobiographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp120/21 and pp200/1 respecively,career statistics,acknowledgements and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,and a contents list/ table. When Trevor Brooking was still at school, the Essex-born teenager was one of the most eagerly pursued prospects in London, but he chose to go to West Ham United - the only club that was prepared to allow him to complete his studies - and so began a lifelong attachment to the Upton Park outfit.In 1967 he made his debut for the club,and went on to play for them until 1984, helping them to win two FA Cup trophies,and scoring the only goal in the 1980 final.A cultured midfielder at the heart of West Ham's side,he was soon seen as crucial to England's fortunes,helping them to qualify for the World Cup finals in 1982. Brooking recalls the highlights of his career, playing with and against some of the most famous names in the sport,and provides revealing details about life with West Ham and England.His story recalls a time when he was a symbol of solidity during the era of flared trousers,punk, and the turmoil of the Revie regime. Respected by fans and his peers alike,Brooking has been at the forefront of the FA's work to develop the game in recent years,and his views on the future of football are essential reading. 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 postage 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: rja957621. ISBN: 9781471130441.
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Imprint: LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN,2005. UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn. FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price -clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,orange background with multi-coloured lettering illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.A small diagonal production-fault wrinkle to rear panel of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges slightly aged but generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain orange cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked black ink letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn,63-407pp [paginated] includes [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,'bon mots'/quotes,a prologue separator page and unpaginated chapters. See also,other book ID's rja727 ('Quite Ugly One Morning' - author's award-winning debut novel) and rja536815,and rja537915 for other titles by and from this author. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured 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: rja538515. ISBN: 0316857432.
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Imprint: LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN AND COMPANY,2001. UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn. FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price -clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,multi-coloured lettering illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major tears - a tiny snick to foot of lower front corner.Top edges slightly aged/toned with some minimal spotting/foxing,fore-edges less aged and toned and brighter; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn,6-500pp [paginated] includes prologue; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,and a dedication. See also,other book ID's rja727 ('Quite Ugly One Morning' - author's award-winning debut novel) and rja536815,and rja538515 for other titles by and from this author. 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. ** 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: rja537915. ISBN: 0316857432.
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Imprint: LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN & CO,1996. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price clip to dw/dj. Minimal shelf wear dw/dj edges. Quite Ugly One Morning is a wickedly entertaining tale of greed,corruption and moral turpitude.Full of acerbic wit, cracking dialogue and villains both reputed and shell-suited,it is a vivacious thriller and a chronicle of our times. Scottish author's debut novel.He was the winner of the First Blood Prize (best first crime novel award) with this book. 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: rja727. ISBN: 0349108854.
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Imprint: LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN,2008. UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE+. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,black background with red,blue and white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges lightly,barely perceptible dust-soiling with minimal sporadic spotting,fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents bright, tight, 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 black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked red ink letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain red endpapers. UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn,3-393pp [paginated]. A viciously dark satire,a breathlessly exhilarating thriller and a most unlikely romantic comedy: this is Christopher Brookmyre at the very top of his game.See also,other book ID's rja727 ('Quite Ugly One Morning' - author's award-winning debut novel),rja537913 and rja538515 for other titles by and from this author. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always **. Stock number: rja536815. ISBN: 9780316027632.
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Imprint: LONDON.CAPE,1993. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork (The Setting of the Sun,1752,by Francois Boucher) illustrated upper panel of dw/dj,with white 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,solid and sound -near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - though book has a slight lean.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain grey cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-218pp [paginated] includes 9 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and 2pp blanks at rear. Mild and self-effacing,Paul and Henrietta Manning are ill-prepared for the interruption into their lives of Dolly, widow of Henrietta's brother Hugo.Dolly's ways are not of their ways,and are not indeed anybody's ways,yet she is an object of fascination and dread to her beleaguered relatives.It is the child Jane who studies her most closely,although it is clear that they have nothing in common: Jane feels no affection for Dolly,while Dolly clearly dislikes children.Yet Jane and Dolly are fated to go through life in uneasy harness,until such time as their alliance is accepted by them both as not only inevitable but as something of great value. 'A Family Romance' is a moving account of the bonds and obligations that shape our lives.See also rja93 and rja1403 for other listed titles by the author. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja512115. ISBN: 0224036432.
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Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1992. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial top 1/3rd of front panel of dw/dj (painting detail from Sacred and Profane Love by Titian),with red+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - but both panels have inevitable but light scoring/indents - nothing excessive and without adversely affecting boards beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases - appears unread.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain cream endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5- 224pp [paginated] includes 17 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages. Authoress's 12th novel. When Anna Durrant is reported missing her friends seem unconcerned at her disappearance. After all,her life has been one of concealment: for years Anna submitted to the protective dependence of her mother, and even after Amy Durrant's death she simply conformed to the expectations of others. Increasingly,Anna finds herself trapped by the uneasy friendship of Mrs Marsh - a well-meaning,if not uncritical,friend of her mother - and the studied indifference of Mrs Marsh's son Nick.She must suffer, too,the insincere attentions of Doctor Halliday and his predatory wife Vickie. Only by drawing on extraordinary vigilance and determination,Anna realises,can she truly break away and enjoy her freedom. Written with all Brookner's delicacy and insight,'FRAUD' is a triumphant portrait of a woman taking charge of her own destiny. Please contact seller,because of either the weight or the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to 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: rja531415. ISBN: 0224033158.
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Imprint: LONDON.CAPE,1987. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Colour decorated dw/dj painting 'The Tempest' by Giorgione; with minimal shelf- wear to edges - no nicks or tears present. Tan paper-covered boards with gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers.Fore-edges slightly aged as usual/normal; but contents bright,tight and clean.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,205pp. From London to Venice this elegant, revealing,beautifully controlled study builds to a startling unmasking of its protagonists and their motives.Rachel,for all her keen observation and assumptions about others,is destined for a self-exposure she does not foresee. Powerful in conception,rich in execution, 'A Friend from England' is Anita Brookner at her most poignant and thought-provoking. Author's 7th book and a previous Booker Prize Winner in 1984 with 'Hotel du Lac', her 4th novel. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja1403. ISBN: 0224024434.
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Imprint: LONDON.CAPE,1986. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Colour pictorial dw/dj; with minimal shelf-wear to edges.Fore-edges slightly aged as normal with a black ink letter 'D' stamped to bottom edge.'D' damaged(?),but there are no obvious signs of such to the book.Contents bright,tight and clean. Please contact seller,because of either the weight or the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US 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: rja93. ISBN: 0896218201.
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Imprint: LONDON.VIKING,2001. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+. Bright,crisp,clean,b/w scenic photographic illustrated upper panel of dw/dj with gilt,orange+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj inevitably,but lightly sunned/faded,along with a small vertical edge of front panel's gutter edge - proximity of a smaller book being stored beside the book. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually as new - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped fluorescent gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,a gold+white striped headband, and immaculate plain brick red eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-216pp [paginated] includes 17 chapters,plus [unpaginated] title-page and 2pp blanks at rear. Zoe Cunningham is delighted when her widowed mother remarries,particularly as her new stepfather is amiable,generous,and the owner of a villa in Nice.Enchanted visits come to an abrupt end when an entirely unexpected tragedy ensues. This in its turn is followed by a bewildering decline in which both Zoe and Anne,her mother,are trapped. Surrounded by strangers,however well-meaning,both yearn for home,although that home appears even more remote.They are forced to learn how and how not to trust appearances.A benign outcome,so often read about in the fairy stories of childhood,may in fact be possible,but only if one is willing to shed the illusions that those same stories did so much to encourage. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order pages! Stock number: rja513115. ISBN: 0670896624.
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Imprint: LONDON.ORBIT,1999. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,wrap-around,glossy,colour pictorial artwork by BROM,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with white-lettered author credit for Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace novel based on the screenplay and story by George Lucas at top edge,author's capitalised,embossed,pale blue to white graduated coloured lettered name and blue/grey illustrated,blocked title to front's lower edge with green-lettered strapline beneath.Spine with flat printed,similarly coloured+lettered author's name,book's title as front and publisher's capitalised black-lettered name and b/w illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear of dw/dj with continuation of illustrated artwork and story's white-lettered prose extract. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean without foxing/spotting; 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/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain royal blue cloth boards with bright crisp, blocked silver gilt-lettered spine and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-335pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,28 chapters over 5 days - Sunday, December 21 through to Wednesday,December 24 and Christmas Day,with 7, 7, 6, 7, and a single chapter(s) respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,a title separator page and individual days' separator pages,and to the rear,individual pages of About the Author and Note on Type,plus 4pp blanks. Visually,the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 25-year old-age.It is really is an exceptional, exemplary example for it's brightnesss, cleanliness and lack of usage or other age-acquired detracting faults usually encountered in a book of this age. 'Angel Fire East' closes Terry Brooks's Nest Freemark-John Ross saga/trilogy,which began with 1997's 'Running With the Demon'.After a break for the middle book,'Knight of the Word',the story returns to Nest's native Hopewell,where once again Nest and John must face off against the Void,this time though in the form of ancient demon Findo Gask.Angel Fire's main plot thread is compelling: John Ross has caught a shape-changing,wild-magic creature of enormous power,a gypsy morph,that he and Nest must discover how to turn to the Word before Gask and his crew can capture it for the Void. If you're - new to Terry Brooks,check out his earlier listed titles,or even his capable novelization of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace -see my book IDs' rja283 and rja1009 for UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED bookplate tipped in edns. Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured,or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order, especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja1172724. ISBN: 1857237528.
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Imprint: LONDON.THE ROBSON PRESS/BITEBACK PUBLISHING LTD.,2012. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.]FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn but author/subject's handwrittern black ink inscrptn: 'To Gill with love Elkie' to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,white background with subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with blue and b/w lettering,rear panel with subject's b/w portrait photograph; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ixpp+1- 289pp [paginated] includes author's foreword,27 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w auto+biographical photographs in 1 block,between pp150/51,list of musicians,backing vocalists,vocalists,crews, lighting technicians,tour managers etc.,that she has worked with; plus [unpaginated] half-title, author/subject SIGNED title page,content list/ table,an epigram,and 4pp blanks at rear of book. An uncommon and rare SIGNED example. Blessed with one of the richest and most distinctive voices in the music business,Elkie Brooks has been entertaining people around the world since the age of fifteen - and even longer,if you count the weddings and bar mitzvahs at which she was asked to perform in her native Manchester (UK) as a young girl! It was Don Arden,father of Sharon Osbourne and the notorious 'Mr Big' of the music world,who discovered her,making her change her name from Bookbinder and sending her on a tour of Germany.It was make or break for the still raw Elkie,but as always her voice won through.She went on to become part of cult rock groups such as Dada and Vinegar Joe,before establishing herself as one of the UK's most successful female vocalists.[In the 1990s she was recognised in the Guinness Book of Records as the most charted female of the last twenty years.] Yet the road to stardom was never an easy one.But for the support of Elkie's great friend Humphrey Littleton,she says she might have been dead from drink.She has experienced hardships that would have daunted most,and dealt with them with the same spirit,grit and humour that make her singing so powerful.Along the way she has worked with many of the biggest names in the business and recorded some of the most iconic songs in rock history,including 'Lilac Rain', 'Sunshine After the Rain' and her signature tune,'Pearl's a Singer'. In 'Finding My Voice',Elkie tells her remarkable story in her own unique voice, laying bare the reality of stardom and sharing her committment to the great passion of her life - music. Elkie has had sixteen UK hit albums and continues to record,releasing her twentieth studio album 'Powerless',in 2010. 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: rja809718. ISBN: 9781849542999.
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Imprint: LONDON.LEGEND BOOKS LIMITED,1996. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,publisher's bookplate,1st edn. FINE-/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's SIGNED (UK) Random House bookplate pasted to the half-title page with author's signature - without dedication or date. [Books publishing details lists This edition first published by LEGEND Books Limited/an imprint of Random House UK Limited,1996,along with First published in Great Britain in 1996 by Random House UK Limited.] Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Keith Parkinson,illustrated front of dw/dj with author's capitalised,glossy,embossed,gilt-edged,white-lettered name,other similarly coloured but lower-cased,lettered title with other flat printed,white-lettered credited 'The sequel to the best-selling SHANNARA series' - to front of dw/dj.A black glossy spine with author's,flat printed,capitalised,white-lettered name at head,colour thumbnail illustration detail from front's artwork,flat printed,white-lettered title and publisher's capitalised, white-lettered name and colour illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with white-lettered prose extract/synopsis to a black background background.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges with ubiquitous ageing/toning but still generally clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,with minimal page-edge toning,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine and immaculate,clean,coloured map illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3- 489pp [paginated] includes 34 chapters; plus [unpaginated] author's SIGNED bookplated half-title page,title page,a dedication,and a Fall of Paranor separator page. Terry Brooks,having written more than 40+ books,3/4s of which are related to one another. If read chronologically,it will spoil your reading of the epic Shannara series.For example, 'First King of Shannara' despite being a 'prequel' to 'The Sword of Shannara' would be best read after finishing 'The Heritage of Shannara' series - which includes The Scion of, The Druid of, The Elf Queen of and 'The Talismans of Shannara'- see my book ID rja117524 for UK,HB+dw/dj,1st edn example. Visually,the external appearance is more than acceptable,and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 25+ year-old age.It is only the toning faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall. Despite that,it really is still an exemplary example for it's lack of other age-acquired detracting faults commonly encountered in a book of this age. The prequel to the 'Shannara' Series. Set 500 years before "The Sword of Shannara",this is the story of the fall of the Druids and their city,Paranor. Horrified by the misuse of magic they had witnessed during the First War of the Races,the Druids at Paranor devoted themselves to the study of the old sciences, from the period before the collapse of civilization a thousand years before.Only the Bremen and a few trusted associates still studied the arcane arts.And for his persistence, Bremen found himself outcast,avoided by all but the few free-thinkers among the Druids. But his removal from Paranor was not altogether a terrible thing,for Bremen learned that dark forces were on the move from the Northlands.That seemingly invincible armies of trolls were fast conquering all that lay to their south.That the scouts for the army - and its principal assassins - were Skull Bearers,disfigured and transformed Druids who had fallen prey to the seductions of the magic arts.And that at the heart of the evil tide was an archmage and former Druid named Brona! Using the special skills he had acquired through his own study of Magic,Bremen was able to penetrate the huge camp of the Troll army and learn many of its secrets.And he immediately understood that if the peoples of the Four Lands were to escape eternal subjugation they would need to unite.But,even united, they would need a weapon,something so powerful that the evil magic of Brona,the Warlock Lord,would fail before its might. . . Dark forces are on the move from the Northlands, and Bremen, an outcast Druid,learns of the huge Troll armies on the march and the Skull Bearers who act as their spies.To save the Druids,Bremen must convince the people of the Four Lands that their only hope lies in uniting - and in using the magic they fear above all else. Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured,or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja1172624. ISBN: 0099601915.
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Imprint: LONDON.EARTHLIGHT/an imprint of Simon & Schuster UK Ltd.,2003. 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,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork illustration by Steve Stone,illustrated dw/dj,with author's capitalised,embossed,gilt-lettered name at front's top edge,the book's title also capitalised and embossed,but in white-lettering beneath; flat printed, capitalised white lettered trilogy title and flat printed,capitalised,orange-lettered BOOK ONE - both to lower edge of front panel.Spine with continuation of front's illustration with author's flat printed yellow to graduated orange-lettered name at head,flat printed, capitalised,white-lettered trilogy name and book title with capitalised,orange-lettered BOOK ONE and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name and white illustrated colophon to foot of same, rear panel of dw/dj with illustration background with author's superimposed colour portrait photograph and white-lettered story strapline. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges with ubiquitous ageing/toning but no foxing/spotting or other blemishes; 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. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt-lettered spine, and immaculate Four Kingdoms coloured map by Russ Charpentier,illustrated front free endpaper and rear pastedown - a security tag still in situ,to rear pastedown,behind book's rear inner flap.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-398pp [paginated] includes 30 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title,a separator page with auhtor's list of published titles with a b/w roundel illustrated publisher's detail page to its reverse,title page,a dedication,a title separator page,and to the rear,as last page of story a synopsis of Book Two, 'Tanequil' followed by 4pp blanks. Visually,the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 20+ year-old age.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for it's brightnesss, cleanliness and lack of use or any other age-acquired detracting faults commonly encountered in a book of this age. The first instalment in a new 'SHANNARA' trilogy. Twenty years have passed since the events told in 'The Voyage Of The Jerle Shannara' trilogy - see my book ID rja1172924 for 'ANTRAX: Book Two' of trilogy,a UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. Grianne Ohmsford,rescued from oblivion by her brother Bek,has renounced her former life as the evil Ilse Witch,and now serves as the head of a new Druid Council.Her purpose is to defend the Four Lands from anarchy and warfare. Such was the destiny foretold for her by the Druid, Walker Boh.But there are those who cannot easily forgive her past actions,and are loathe to follow her leadership.When Grianne's enemies cause her to disappear,only a few loyal friends can help her.The dwarf Tagwen; Grianne's nephew, Pen Ohmsford; and the Elf Prince,Ahren Elessedil, begin a desperate journey to find Grianne and return her to the Druids' keep at Paranor.Their quest is urgent,their way uncertain and perilous,for the darkest of magics have been used to spirit Grianne away.Pen Ohmsford is descended from the line of Jerle Shannara,the first of the Elven Kings,but his own magic seems small and inadequate when measured against that of his aunt's enemies,who will stop at nothing to thwart Pen's efforts to rescue his aunt and restore the nascent Druid Council.And there is another threat.An ancient and deadly power has found its way out into the world.If things are not put to right,the danger to the Four Kingdoms will be immeasurable. Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured,or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja1172824. ISBN: 074346124X.
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Imprint: LONDON.EARTHLIGHT/SIMON & SCHUSTER UK LTD.,2003. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.]Bright,crisp,clean,matt, colour pictorial illustrated front panel of dw/dj with author's capitalised,embossed,gilt-lettered name and other white+orange letters, rear panel with author's colour photograph portrait; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edge and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Ubiquitously,top edges lightly aged/toned but without foxing/spotting,fore-edges lightly aged/toned too,but with very minimal blemishes; contents bright,tight, clean, solid and sound,minimal page-edge toning notwithstanding the book's age - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,original plain black cloth boards - three corners with minimal bumping and reciprocal creases,top front corner unaffected and sharp,bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate endpapers illustrated with colour map of Northland to front free endpaper and map to rear pastedown respectively.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-398pp [paginated] includes 30 chapters each with chapter head+tail piece illustration; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author's other book advert page, title page,a dedication,a title separator page and to the rear 6pp blanks. The first instalment in a magical new SHANNARA trilogy. Twenty years have passed since the events told in 'The Voyage Of The Jerle Shannara' trilogy. Grianne Ohmsford,rescued from oblivion by her brother Bek,has renounced her former life as the evil Ilse Witch, and now serves as the head of a new Druid Council.Her purpose is to defend the Four Lands from anarchy and warfare.Such was the destiny foretold for her by the Druid,Walker Boh. But there are those who cannot easily forgive her past actions,and are loathe to follow her leadership.When Grianne's enemies cause her to disappear,only a few loyal friends can help her.The dwarf Tagwen; Grianne's nephew,Pen Ohmsford; and the Elf Prince,Ahren Elessedil, begin a desperate journey to find Grianne and return her to the Druids' keep at Paranor.Their quest is urgent,their way uncertain and perilous,for the darkest of magics have been used to spirit Grianne away. Pen Ohmsford is descended from the line of Jerle Shannara,the first of the Elven Kings,but his own magic seems small and inadequate when measured against that of his aunt's enemies,who will stop at nothing to thwart Pen's efforts to rescue his aunt and restore the nascent Druid Council.And there is another threat.An ancient and deadly power has found its way out into the world.If things are not put to rights,the danger to the Four Kingoms will be immeasureable. 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. ** 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: rja955221. ISBN: 074346124X.
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Imprint: UK.GILLINGHAM,KENT.MERESBOROUGH BOOKS,1982. UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued(?),1st edn. NFINE.Neat,black ink,owner's inscrptn+date to ffe, black ink,author dedication+ signature:'With best wishes R.J. Brooks' to title-page.Bright,clean,glossy laminated pale blue bds; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.B/w lettering,black Squadron badge and motto to upper bd,b/w author portrait photographic rear bd.Top edge minimally, lightly dust-soiled and minisculely spotted,fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight and clean also with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Spine/backstrip slightly sunned/ faded - as usual/normal.UK,8vo HB,SIGNED, 1st edn,5-158pp [paginated] includes title page,contents list/table, acknowledgements,author foreword,14 chapters,Commanding Officers+Squadron Standard+Old Comrades Association+Squadron bases+aircraft periods of service lists, profuse b/w contemporary photographs,b/w line illustrations interspersed throughout the text and the book,a biblio,and 1pp publisher advert to rear. Tracing the history of Kent's 500 Squadron,from it's early days in 1932,with the first of three Vickers Virginia bombers and 2 Avro 505n trainers,through the war years and up to the time the squadron was disbanded in early 1957. 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: rja26127. ISBN: 0905270541.
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Imprint: LONDON.ORBIT/an imprint o Little,Brown Book Group,2011. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,repeated monochrome artwork by Steve Stone,illustrated dw/dj,the front's illustration with capitalised,glossy,black-lettered THE MASTER OF MODERN FANTASY credit above author's capitalised,glossy,black-lettered name at top edge of dw/dj; capitalised,glossy, series white-lettered part-title,capitalised, glossy,black-lettered sub-title and book's number (Book Two) at front's lower edge.A matt, white spine with capitalised,gloss,black-lettered series title and book number to it's head; author's capitalised,glossy,black-lettered name,capitalised,glossy,blue-grey lettered sub-title,a repeated monochrome thumbnail of front's illustration and publisher's red-lettered name in a b/w illustrated colophon at foot of same, rear panel of dw/dj with repeated but darker front's illustration with 2 critics' blue-grey lettered reviews and glossy,colour thumbnail illustrations/photographs of series's duology titles - 'The Measure of Magic' and 'Bearers of the Black Staff'. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean with minimal blemish and little or no ageing/toning; 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/unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt-lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-381pp [paginated] includes 33 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title with author's list of other titles to its verso,title page,a dedication,and to the rear,separate pages for About the Author and About the Type,followed by 8pp blanks. Visually,the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 10+ year-old age.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for it's brightnesss, cleanliness and lack of use or any other age-acquired detracting faults commonly encountered in a book of this age. Legends of Shannara is a series of two fantasy fiction novels,published in the US by Del Rey Books in 2010 and 2011,respectively.It bridges Brooks's Genesis of Shannara series and the 'Shannara' series,and covers events taking place 500 years after The Great Wars. 'The Measure of the Magic' focuses on Sider Ament's companion Panterra Qu,who inherited the staff in 'Bearers of the Black Staff',and his efforts to control the ancient artifact's magic.' 'Bearers of the Black Staff' tells of the quest of the eponymous Sider Ament,who,with his companions' help,must protect his home valley from an army of Trolls. Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured,or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order, especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja1173024. ISBN: 9781841495866.
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Imprint: LONDON.LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD.,2013. UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued(?),1st edn. FINE-. No owner inscrptn. Bright,crisp,clean, matt,sharp-cornered - excluding front board's top corner tip with tiny knock,other corners unaffected,paper-covered boards of pale grey background with Parisian-themed colour illustrations and glossy capitalised lettered part title with a glossy red dot over the 'I' in PARIS,remainder of title in red lettering to upper board,a red cloth blind-spine with bright, crisp,blocked white lettering to same,rear board with black line illustration and black lettered publisher's/book blurb,a red+white striped headband,a sewn-in silk bookmark ribbon in the French flag's colours and immaculate repeated colour schematic city illustration illustrated endpapers.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners.Top+fore-edges with coloured edges from illustrations on corresponding pages; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation. UK,Qrto HB,1st edn,7-152pp [paginated] includes author's Introduction,8 sections: Architecture, The Street, Le Cafe, Fashion, Shopping Art, A to B and La Nuit,each accompanied with colour illustrations by Jason Brooks with either typewritten or handwritten text captions; plus [unpaginated] title page,double-page coloured Paris cityscape view,.contents list/table with monochrome frntis illustration to its reverse. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minor exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. PARIS. The city of light,art,fashion and romance is brought to life through the stunning work of leading international fashion illustrator Jason Brooks in his Paris Sketchbook.During his time on fAshion assignments at the couture shows, Jason developed a fascination for the city, drawing and painting beautiful travel journals that demonstrate his passion for all things Parisian.Bursting with insider fashion knowledge,insights on cafe cullture and exquisite architectural details,Jason's whimsical take on Paris is part guidebook,part illustrated journal.It is a delicious armchair travelling experience that will transport you right into the centre of that sublime and dazzling city: Paris. Jason Brooks began working regularly for British Vogue after winning the Vogue Sotheby's Cecil Beaton Award for The Independent newspaper,those in New York for Visionaire and London Fashion Week for ELLE.In recent years his artwork has formed an international advertising campaign for Virgin Atlantic and provided the visual identity for the record label Hedkandi. His work is in the permanent collection of the V & A museum,in London. 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. 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: rja1040223. ISBN: 9781780671055.
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Imprint: LONDON.ORBIT,1997. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NMINT/NMINT. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour pictorial decorated wrap-around dw/dj; with minimal,light creasing to rear bottom edge with little or no shelf-wear to other edges.Top+fore-edges bright and clean.Contents pristine.Green paper-covered boards with stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain dark green endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,420pp. Twenty years ago,Terry Brooks turned fantasy fiction on its head with The Sword of Shannara, the first fantasy novel to make the mainstream bestseller list,the New York Times Trade Paperback Bestseller List,where it remained for more than five months; and the first in an unbroken string of thirteen bestselling books. Now in 'Running with the Demon',Brooks does nothing less than revitalize fantasy fiction again,inventing the complex and powerful new mythos of the Word and the Void,good versus evil still,but played out in the "real world" of our present.On the hottest Fourth of July weekend in decades, two men have come to Hopewell,Illinois, site of a long and bitter steel strike.One is a demon,a dark servant of the Void,who will use the anger and frustration of the community to attain a terrible secret goal.The other is John Ross,a Knight of the Word,a man who,while he sleeps,lives in the hell the world will become if he fails to change its course on waking.Ross has been given the ability to see the future.But does he have the power to change it? At stake is the soul of a fourteen-year-old girl mysteriously linked to both men.And the lives of the people of Hopewell.And the future of the country. This Fourth of July,while friends and families picnic in Sinnissippi Park and fireworks explode in celebration of freedom and independence,the fate of humanity will be decided. 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,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja954. ISBN: 1857235746.
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Imprint: LONDON.CENTURY,1998. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED bkplt,1st edn. MINT/MINT.A SIGNED Brooks bookplate tipped in. In barren desert lands and seedy spaceports,in vast underwater cities and in the blackest depths of space,unfolds a tale of good and evil, of myth and magic,of innocence and power.At last the saga that captured the imagination of millions turns back in time to reveal its cloaked origins,the start of a legend,the story of STAR WARS. Based on the screenplay by George Lucas,this novel by master storyteller Terry Brooks probes the depths of one of the greatest tales of our time,providing rich detail and insight into the minds and motives of the characters,and shedding bold new light on George Lucas's brilliant creation. 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,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja1009. ISBN: 0712680578.
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Imprint: LONDON.CENTURY,1999. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED bkplt,1st edn. FINE/NFINE.Author SIGNED bookplate inserted to half-title page.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Some slight flaking/rubbing to gilt letters on upper panel dw/dj.Minimal creasing and bumping to head+foot of spine/ backstrip.Contents and fore-edges clean.Colour artwork to front panel and colour photographic rear panel.Black paper-covered boards,Star Wars blocked to bottom corner of upper board with silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and black endpapers. In barren desert lands and seedy spaceports,in vast underwater cities and in the blackest depths of space,unfolds a tale of good and evil, of myth and magic,of innocence and power.At last the saga that captured the imagination of millions turns back in time to reveal its cloaked origins,the start of a legend,the story of STAR WARS. Based on the screenplay by George Lucas,this novel by master storyteller Terry Brooks probes the depths of one of the greatest tales of our time,providing rich detail and insight into the minds and motives of the characters,and shedding bold new light on George Lucas's brilliant creation. Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured 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 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: rja283. ISBN: 0712680578.
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Imprint: LONDON.ORBIT/an impringt of Little,Brown Book Group,2016. 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 pictorial artwork by Bastien Lecouffe Deharme, illustrated front of dw/dj with an orange roundel with b/w lettering within: The Shannara Chronicles is NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES,a capitalised,matt,white-lettered strapline at top edge; author's name,book's sub-title beneath that and the series part-title name at front's lower edge.Spine/backstrip with a colour illustration of a sword with author's capitalised white-lettered name; capitalised, black-lettered sub-title and publisher's red-lettered name within a b/w illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with a pale blue background with 4 critics' reviews. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - an inexplicable faint vertical fold/crease to whole of the spine of the dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean with no foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain purple cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt-lettered spine,and immaculate,repeated colour pictorial Four Kingdoms map by Russ Charpentier,illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-332pp [paginated] includes 32 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title with author's other titles to its verso,title page,a dedication, double-page b/w Four Kingdoms map,and to the rear,2pp blanks,author's potted biography and promotional information,an About The Type page,followed by 6pp blanks. Author's 3rd book of 'The Defenders of Shannara' trilogy. Visually,the external appearance is still exceptional,and particularly internally is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for it's brightnesss,cleanliness and lack of use or age-acquired detracting faults - dw spine's crease aside. THE DEFENDERS of SHANNARA: Set 100 years after the events in 'The Dark Legacy of Shannara' trilogy.The three novels are loosely connected,stand-alone novels,described as the setup for the conclusion of the entire Shannara saga.The trilogy consists of 'The High Druid's Blade' (published July 15,2014), 'The Darkling Child' (published June 9, 2015), and 'The Sorcerer's Daughter' (published May 24, 2016). Leofur is the daughter of Arcannen - a power-hungry sorcerer prepared to use the blackest of magic to get what he wants. But she is also devoted to Arcannen's nemesis, Paxon Leah - sworn protector of the Druids who defend the Four Lands against evil. When the Druids are forced to flee,having been framed for a murderous rampage which leaves many dead,Paxon knows that the evil sorcerer Arcannen is behind it.As the Druids seek sanctuary,Leofur sets out on a perilous quest to thwart her father's desires to destroy them all . . . Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured,or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Subject to a book's size and weight,US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can 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: rja1173124. ISBN: 9780356502236.
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Imprint: LONDON.LEGEND BOOKS,1993. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE-/FINE. No owner inscrptn andno price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Keith Parkinson,illustrated front of dw/dj with author's capitalised,glossy,embossed,red-edged, white-lettered name,other similarly coloured but lower-cased,lettered part-title and flat printed white-lettered sub-title - all to dw/dj front. Dark blue spine/backstrip with flat printed similarly coloured+lettered author name and title as the front's,an elliptical colour thumbnail detail from front's illustration and publisher's name and illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with white-lettered synopsis to dark blue background. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corner - no nicks, tears or splits present.Ubiquitous toning to top+fore-edges but still generally clean; contents bright,tight,clean with minimal page-edge toning,solid an sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-ccornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt lettered spine and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-453pp [paginated] includes 37 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,double-page b/w map,a title separator page and to the rear,an About the Author page. Visually,the external appearance is stiil exceptional - toning aside - and even internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it’s 30+ year-old age.It is only the minimal fault of toning described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite that,it really is still an exemplary example for it’s lack of other age-acquired detracting faults usually encountered in a book of this age. Here in the final volume the four of his bestselling series,'The Heritage of Shannara', Terry Brooks tells of the culmination of the struggle between a handful of determined heroes and the insidious,pervasive evil that seeks to crush them. Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured,or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja1172524. ISBN: 0099262312.
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Imprint: LONDON.EARTHLIGHT/SIMON & SCHUSTER UK Ltd.,2001. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edge lightly dust-soiled and minisculely spotted,fore-edges lightly aged with some minimal foxing; contents bright,tight and clean with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.Sharp-cornered,bright,clean, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blockedped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers and full colour map illustrated front+ rear free endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1- 375pp [paginated] includes 29 chapters each with a b/w line illustrated tail-piece; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,publisher's advert for other author titles,title page,a dedication, and to rear,a note about the author. In 'Isle Witch',Terry Brooks started a new Shannara series - already,his most successful. Now in 'Antrax',as the crew aboard the airship Jerle Shannara is attacked by evil forces,the druid's protege,Bek Rowe,and his companions are pursued by the mysterious Ilse Witch. Meanwhile,Walker is alone caught in a dark maze beneath the ruined city of Castledown,stalked by a hungry,unseen enemy.For there is something alive in Castledown. Something not human,and old beyond reckoning. It covets the magic of Druids,elves - even the Isle Witch. It is Antrax: a spirit that commands ancient technologies and mechanical monsters,feeds off enchantment and traps the souls of men. With the Jerle Shannara under siege,the Isle Witch finds herself face to face with Bek,a boy who claims to be the brother she last saw as an infant - now a young man,who carries the sword of Shannara and wields the magic of the wishsong. . . . . . Return to the world of the Four Lands,where creatures drift up from the earth like mist,a hypnotic song can kill,a sword can cut through a veil of lies - and one man,the true heir of an ancient magic,must choose between betrayal and redemption. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. q52.MODERN FIRSTS2.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 0743209532.Shannara series_novels_fiction.Jerle Shannara_Bek Rowe_Isle Witch.Castledown.Sword of Shannara_Four Lands.Fantasy Fiction.Books new, used,signed,rare. Stock number: rja400811. ISBN: 0743209532.
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Imprint: LONDON.EARTHLIGHT/an imprint of Simon & Schuster UK Ltd.,2001. 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,part matt,part glossy front+spine with colour pictorial artwork illustration by Steve Stone,illustrated dw/dj,with author's decorative capitalised,embossed,metallic blue gilt-lettered name at front's top edge,the book's title also part-decorative,capitalised, embossed,glossy white-lettering beneath,as is BOOK TWO ANTRAX at front's lower edge.Spine with continuation of front's illustration with author's flat printed name in similar capitalised,metallic blue-gilt lettering as front's at its head,flat printed,capitalised, white-lettered trilogy name and book title and capitalised,BOOK TWO+title,and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name and colour illustrated colophon to foot of same,montage'd colour+monochrome artwork illustration and cpitalised b/w lettered straplines.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without the ubiquitous ageing/toning and no foxing/spotting or other blemishes; 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.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt-lettered spine,and immaculate Four Kingdoms repeated coloured map by Russ Charpentier,to recto and verso of front and rear free endpapers respectively.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-375pp [paginated] includes 29 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author's list of published titles with b/w thumbnail illustrated publishing details to its reverse,a title page,a dedication,and to reverse of last paginated page an About the author page. Visually,the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 20+year-old age. It is really is an exceptional, exemplary example for it's brightnesss, cleanliness and lack of use or other age-acquired detracting faults usually encountered in a book of its age. 'The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara' is a trilogy by Terry Brooks set 130 years after 'The Heritage of Shannara' tetralogy. Similar to its predecessor,this is one cohesive story following the happenings of Bek Rowe, Walker Boh, and Grianne Ohmsford, amongst other characters. The second book in the new Shannara series sees the fellowship of elves,dwarves and men from the airship Jerle Shannara face greater challenges within the mazes of the mysterious city Castledown.Now they face magical terrors and Walkerer's nemesis,the Ilse Witch.Can they survive? Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured,or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order, especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja1172924. ISBN: 0743209532.
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Imprint: LONDON.WILLIAM KIMBER & CO. LIMITED,1974. UK,ex-lib,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp. VG++/VG.[Though an ex public library copy,with all it's usual library alpha-numerical notations,it's overall appearance both externally and internally,is of a solid,sound and clean example.] No owner inscrptn,but an obliquely placed red ink 'Withdrawn From Plymouth Library Services' rectangular library stamp to ffe.Usual library alpha-numerical library notations/markings/stamp to recto of title-page's bottom edge, black ink numerical library notation to adhesive label,to foot of spine/backstrip but beneath protected and sealed dw/dj. Dw/dj is trimmed to bd's outer edges,so no inner flaps; and protectively, transparently sealed.Part dw/dj blurb pasted to half-title page.No other ex-library notation apart from those already described.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned - but generally bright and clean - no major foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,ex-lib 8vo HB+dw/dj,2nd imp,2- 253pp [paginated] includes author preface, Pts I-IV comprising 34 chapters/sections/parts,profuse b/w cartoon sketches - majority by author - others by diverse hands,b/w facsimile signal reproductions, and 8pp colour flags/pennants.Plus [unpaginated]; half-title page,title page, separate contents+illus lists/tables and penultimate 2pp with b/w cartoon to verso. Signalling at sea started when ships found themselves beyond shouting distance from one another.Today it has developed to the point when a fleet could be manoeuvred on another planet by means of radio telephone and television set (then 1973/4). Through all its restless stages of progress signal intercommunication has been the Royal Navy's lifeblood. 'Make Another Signal' is an anthology of signals from the logs of our warships past and present; some recapture the tension of a sea fight by on the spot signal commentary; others pinpoint and illuminate great naval moments.Then there are examples of how close or how far apart two minds concerned with the same problem - but separated by distance - can be.Add to this a large and varied collection of wit,drama,fun,sarcasm and pomposity which at some time has been flagged,flashed or tapped through the ether - each message having in common a thought in the mind of the sender at some past moment which has been preserved fresh from the tarnish of hindsight. The author wrote and published 'Make A Signal' some twenty years previous,which had also been out-of-print for over ten years.This could be considered a 'companion volume'. This title is also by a publisher who is no longer trading - so out-of-print too, and therefore quite scarce. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja488514. ISBN: 0718301935.
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Imprint: LONDON.WILLIAM KIMBER,1974. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE. Presentation inscrptn ffe,price-clipped dw/dj, coloured illus.Two small closed tears top edge dw/dj.8vo,128pp. Verses about Wrens in dockyards,on parade grounds,driving cars,tele-printers and motor-boats. This edition is now out-of- print as the publisher ceased trading in the late 1980's. William Kimber himself,worked for Hutchinson for about 17 years before founding "William Kimber & Co" in 1950.It specialized in aviation, war memoirs,autobiographies and motor-racing titles until 1973 when "Haunted Cornwall" took off and the Ghost Stories became another specialty.The company was bought by Thorsons in 1988,and therefore ceased publishing under that name. William Kimber was purchased by Thorsons in 1988 and therefore ceased publishing under that name.Thorsons was purchased by William Collins in 1989.William Collins became wholly owned by News Corporation in 1990, and was then incorporated into HarperCollins Publishers.The name of William Kimber has not been used for publishing since that,making all previously published titles by them,out-of-print,under that name. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overeas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja901. ISBN: 0718303733.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,1931. UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG+. Handwritten ink gift presentation inscrptn and contemporary date (Xmas 1951) and random number (25) to top corner of ffe but no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,colour /pictorial artwork by Kenneth Farnhill,illustrated front panel+ spine,with b/w lettering to both,rear panel with lightly grubbed white background with author's other novels listing; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - two small closed tears,one with concomitant creasing - both at head of spine's two gutters,top corner with small closed tear but no other major nicks or tears present.Top edges lightly discoloured from light dust-soiling and a small blemish but no foxing/spotting,fore-edges brighter and cleaner with minimal but faint foxing/ spotting,bottom edges deckled (untrimmed); 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. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,plain white eps and both hinges solid and sound with no splits or any cracking.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5- 255pp [paginated] includes contents list/ table,17 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages. 'Turn the Key Softly' develops suspense right from the start, when three women are released at daybreak from a London prison. Significant occurrences fill the following twelve hours, involving a handful of jonquils,an identity disc,a pair of ear- rings bought in Regent Street,a Shakespearean tag quoted in jest,a celebration ended by a telephone call,and a key which opens a door leading to the roof of a theatre.Step by step with the events,the diverse characters of the three women are fully and truthfully disclosed, each as the other two see her,but each also from the vantage point of her own most secret thoughts and feelings. 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 the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja892320. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.MERREL PUBLISHERS LIMITED,2012. UK,slim,rectangular 12mo HB,minus dw/dj, 1st edn.FINE+.A neat,ink,donor gift presentaton inscrptn to recto of ffe,minus issued dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,white background with b/w lino-cut illustrations each with a different colour background, illustrated boards by Christopher Brown and b/w+silver gilt letters; and immaculate grey+white linocut illustrated endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Top+fore-edges bright, clean and pristine; contents bright,tight, solid,sound and virtually pristine too (apart from aforementioned presentation inscrptn) - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? UK,slim 12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn,7-93pp [paginated] includes Jasper Conran foreword,author/illustrator's potted recollections of 'Living in London' - with a few contemporary,biographical-related b/w photographs,an A-Z alphabet of London - each letter with both b/w+colour linocut illustrations,a biographical chapter on author 'Working in London' with b/w+ colour illustrations and b/w photographs to rear,and an index.Plus [unpaginated]; b/w linocut vignetted half-title+title pages,similar contents list/table, dedication+acknowledgements to rear. London is the only city in the world where you could ever find Gilbert and George sharing space with the Gherkin and the Globe while the Great Fire burns and a gin drinker glugs her favorite tipple,and where members of the Bloomsbury Group hail a black cab while barrage balloons hover over Broadcasting House during the Blitz. In 'A London Alphabet',Christopher Brown presents a series of wonderfully whimsical linocuts illustrating every aspect of London past and present,including personalities,buildings,monuments,legends,historic events,and other metropolitan icons.From Dickens,Dr Johnson,Tower Bridge,and the Shard to the Diamond Jubilee,Wimbledon,pigeons,and jellied eels,all London life is here.A born-and- bred Londoner,Brown recounts his own memories of growing up in the capital,and also describes how he creates his distinctive prints.His unique,often humorous take on London will delight anyone who lives in or visits the city. Christopher Brown has lived in London all his life,to date.He studied at the Royal College of Art,where he met and assisted the master of the linocut,Edward Bawden. He is an illustrator and print-maker, senior lecturer in Graphic Arts at Liverpool School of Art and Design,and a visiting lecturer in Fashion Menswear at Central Saint Martins and in MA Illustration at Camberwell College of Arts.His clients include the Folio Society,The Guardian,the Sunday Times,the New Yorker,the Bay Tree Food Company and Few and Far. His work has been exhibited widely in the United Kingdom,including at the Royal Academy of Arts,the Fry Gallery,the Victoria and Albert Museum and St Jude's Gallery,and he illustrated 'A Pack of Dogs: An Anthology' (Merrell,2010). Jasper Conran is an authority on British style and one of the UK's leading fashion designers,with a successful career spanning more than thirty years.He has applied his signature irreverant but classically British elegance to clothing, fragrance,eyewear,interiors and homewares. In 2008 he was appointed OBE for services to the retail industry. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja486814. ISBN: 9781858945736.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2020. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,4 colour scheme (b/w and blue+beige) design with scattered wartime occupations silhouetted male+ female figures to same,illustration to front panel of dw/dj with black,blue and brown lettering,white capitalised white lettering and a land-girl's white silhouette to navy blue spine/backstrip,rear panel with white overlaid white panel to colour illustration with brown lettered review and black lettered Mass-Observation diary extracts from years 1939 to 1945 respectively.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners,foot of spine/ backstrip with minimal bumping and reciprocal creasing to same – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges whilst bright are very minimally toned,and without foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – near pristine,possibly unread, apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain mauved cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked fluorescent silver gilt lettering to spine/ backstrip and immaculate/clean palain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viiipp+1-311pp [paginated] includes verso of contents list/ table,an introduction with a note on diarists,12 chapters each with contemporary b/w facsimile handwritten or typewritten diary extracts as headpieces and an unpaginated contemporary b/w photographic separator frntis to same chapter, and an Epilogue,a Further Reading list: anthologies of diarists and a selection of standalone diaries/diarists and acknowledgements as last [paginated] page.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,recto of contents list/table,aforementioned individual contemporary b/w photographic chapters' frntis separator pages - each with blank verso,and picture credits to verso of acknowledgements page. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is really is an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness. Mass-Observation is a UK social research project; originally the name of an organisation which ran from 1937 to the mid-1960s,and was revived in 1981 at the University of Sussex. Originally aimed to record everyday life in Britain through a panel of about 500 untrained volunteer observers who either maintained diaries or replied to open-ended questionnaires (known as directives).The organisation also paid investigators to anonymously record people's conversations,their behaviour in workplaces,and on the street and also at various public occasions,amongst them and including public meetings,sporting and religious events too. During the period of WW2,Mass-Observation research was occasionally influential in shaping British public policy.In 1939 Mass-Observation publicly criticised the Ministry of Information's posters,which in turn,led to their being replaced with more appropriate ones.In addition,their study of saving habits was successfully used by John Maynard Keynes to argue for tax policy changes.Also,during the war,there were also a few cases of Mass Observation (MO) doing research on commission for government authorities trying to shape recruiting and war propaganda. Throughout WW2,hundreds of people kept diaries of their private daily lives as part of a groundbreaking nationa experiment.They were warehousemen and WRENS,soldiers and farmhands, housewives and journalists,united only by a desire to record the history they were living through.For decades their words have been held in the Mass-Observation Archive,a time capsule of ordinary voices that might otherwise have been forgotten.These voices tell the human story behind the iconic events of those six years,of the individuals grappling with a world turned upside down.From panic-buying and cpmpetitively digging for victory to extraordinary acts of bravery.'BLITZ SOIRIT' is a remarkable collection of real wartime experiences that represent the best and worst of human nature in the face of adversity. Resonant,darkly funny and deeply moving,this new collection will reveal what it was like to live through a crisis of unprecedented proportions.'BLITZ SPIRIT' celebrates ordinary lives - however small - and shines a light on the people we were,and the people we are now. 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: rja1018322. ISBN: 9781529347050.
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Imprint: LONDON.THE HISTORY BOOK CLUB,1972. UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus thus.VG/VG-. No owner inscrptn and as a History Book Club book issue - absence of a published price means an unclipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,3/4 wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Frederick S. Remington (The Sign of the Buffalo Scout,1907),illustrated dw/dj with black letters,similar lettering to continuation of illustration to an inevitably but slightly sunned/faded spine/backstrip,rear panel also but partially illustrated and with white-lettered Indian Chiefs' quotes(2).Negligible shelf-wear, creasing and some minimal chipping occuring reciprocal loss to edges and corners – no major tears or splits present.Majority of closed tears to top edges and top corner tips of dw/dj minimally rubbed and again,with reciprocal concomitant loss - due in part,to brittle laminate and it's breakdown and deterioration with the passage of time.Top+fore-edges both with light ageing/toning; top with minimal blemishes,fore with age discolouration flecking but no foxing/spotting; text block contents internally are bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corners – near pristine,appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher’s bright,crisp, clean,reasonably sharp-cornered,original,plain chocolate brown cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and clean plain white sets of endpapers.UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,xii-xviipp+1-487pp [paginated] includes illustrations list/table,an author's own Introduction,19 chapters,profuse contemporary Native Indians' b/w portrait photographs,lyrical language+musically notated diagrams of Native Indian songs,chants etc interspersed within the text,Notes,an 8 and a half page bibliography,and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title with,to its verso,half of a double-paged American West 1865-1890,b/w countrywide map with key historical insets and their durations spanning the whole period: Red River Country '65-85,Little Big Horn & Powder Rivers '65-76,Apache Campaign '65-86,Sioux-Cheyenne Campaign '65-'90 and The North-west '65-'90 respectively,verso of 2nd page of map with half of double-paged title,a dedication with blank verso,a contents list/table also with blank verso,and 2pp blanks at rear of the book. First and originally published in 1970 (US, Holt,Rinehart & Winston and UK,BARRIE & JENKINS),this extraordinary book changed the way Americans think about the original inhabitants of their country. Beginning with the Long Walk of the Navajos in 1860 and ending 30 years later with the massacre of Sioux men,women,and children at Wounded Knee in South Dakota,it tells how the American Indians lost their land and lives to a dynamically expanding white society.During these three decades,America's population doubled from 31 million to 62 million. Again and again,promises made to the Indians fell victim to the ruthlessness and greed of settlers pushing westward to make new lives.The Indians were herded off their ancestral lands into ever-shrinking reservations,and were starved and killed if they resisted.It is a truism that "history is written by the victors"; and for the first time,this book described the opening of the West from the Indians' viewpoint. Accustomed to stereotypes of Indians as red savages,white Americans were shocked to read the reasoned eloquence of Indian leaders and learn of the bravery with which they and their peoples endured suffering.With meticulous research and in measured language overlaying brutal narrative,Dee Brown has focused attention on a national disgrace.Still controversial,but with many of its premises now accepted,'Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee' has sold millions of copies worldwide and reissues still continue. Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja1004522. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: UK.SHEPPERTON,SURREY.IAN ALLAN LTD.,1968. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but a diagonal clip to top,right-hand corner of front free endpaper (ffe) - possible removal of a previous owner inscrptn - and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,monochrome photographic illustrated front panel+spine/ backstrip,with orange 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,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth bds with bright, crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,5-192pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,foreword+ acknowledgements,an introduction,5 sections comprising 27 chapters, appendices(14),profuse contemporary, historical b/w photographs over 72pp,in 4 blocks of 16pp apiece and 1 block of 8pp,between pp16-32,pp49-64, pp97-112,pp129-144,and pp161-168 respectively,abbreviations list/ table and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages. In less than six years the Fleet Air Arm grew from a small force, limited in numbers,manpower and material,to a powerful startegic weapon as large as the pre-war Royal Air Force in terms of effective front-line aircraft.Conceived and initially employed as an extension of the big guns of the Fleet,naval aviation was developed to the point where the aircraft carrier became the vital ship in any formation, offensive or defensive. Carrier-based aircraft supported every major amphibious operation from the landings in Norway in April 1940 right through to the re-occupation of Singapore in September 1945,with the sole exception of Dunkirk.Complemented by many action photographs,this book tells the story of operations taken part in by the carrier-borne aircraft, including the difficulties experienced with aircraft equipment, and the expansion of the Fleet Air Arm. Volume I of an intended two-volume work,by the Royal Navy's official historian,covering the carrier operations of the RN and describing the activities and operation of them.The second volume is intended to deal with the work of the Fleet Air Arm units not directly engaged in aircraft carrier operations,but which contributed so much to the fine operational record of the Fleet Air Arm during WW2. 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: rja644716. ISBN: 0711000409.
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Imprint: LONDON.LEO COOPER in Association with SECKER & WARBURG,1984. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,dw/dj unclipped - no publisher price - an export copy? Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edge minisculely dust-soiled and spotted but generally clean,fore-edges brighter and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly an unread copy? Generally sharp-cornered,bright,clean,publisher's original,plain dark brown cloth bds with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate brown+white map illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,v-xiipp+1-228pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,illustration acknowledgements,a preface,8 chapters+ postscript,profuse contemporary sepia photographs/illustrations/drawings throughout the text and the book, appendices(2),notes+ references,a bibliography,an index of soldiers and a general index; plus [unpaginated] half-title,and a double-page sepia illustrated title page. At Christmas 1914 on the Western Front, British and German soldiers sang carols to each other and fraternized openly in No Man's Land. They exchanged souvenirs,took photographs and in many cases freely admitted they had no wish to make war.A British officer who took part in the Christmas Truce wrote (thus reversing an old saying) 'It wasn't war,but it was magnificent.' People who find no interest in tales of battles and campaigns are drawn to the story of the Christmas Truce,yet among the thousands of books on the Great War,there has never been one on this highly emotive and fascinating subject.This book is intended to fill the gap.Its authors demonstrate that the truce was much more extensive,involved many more and lasted far longer than has hitherto been realized.In some areas,it was not until February 1915 that war began again in earnest and it was characterized in many cases by the most astonishing friendliness and courtesy between opposing trenches. The authors who also collaborated in the BBC television documentary 'Peace in No Man's Land' have undertaken a far-reaching programme of research.They have combed the war diaries of units involved,talked to participants,collected a remarkable range of contemporary letters and journals and even unearthed some amusing anecdotes. "One human episode amid all the atrocities",was Conan Doyle's verdict on the Christmas Truce - and it is the human aspect which the authors believe give it its particular significance and appeal. 'It is' they suggest,'perhaps the best and most heartening Christmas story of modern times.' Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja405011. ISBN: 0436071029.
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Imprint: UK.STROUD,GLOUCESTERSHIRE.SUTTON PUBLISHING LIMITED,2004. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour tinted contemporary photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with brown+green lettering, red+ green spine with white lettering,rear panel of dw/dj with a contemporary sepia photograph (3 women,1 man decorating/dressing an indoor Christmas tree.); with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Minimal creasing to top edges of dw/dj, to the corner tips and to the head of spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and pale b/w contemporary photographic illustrated endpapers - front: Christmas party for Deptford children, 1943 and rear: Kings Cross underground canteen, 1944.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vi-ixpp+3- 190pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,an introduction,6 chapters covering the Christmases 1939-1944 individually and a Postscript,profuse contemporary b/w ephemera reproduction illustrations,b/w cartoons,and b/w photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,a bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] title page and contents list/table. The outbreak of war in 1939 saw the disappearance of many traditional British celebrations.Guy Fawkes' Night went immediately - gunpowder production was needed for the war effort and bonfires contravened the blackout. Summer holidays became a thing of the past and Easter all but disappeared as chocolate - and even real eggs - went 'on the ration'.In spite of this the nation remained determined to celebrate Christmas as a time of family and community; a time when war could be set aside,if only for a day. Drawing upon personal recollections, contemporary Mass Observation reports,newspaper articles and advertisements,personal and archive photographs,Mike Brown looks at each wartime Christmas on the British Home Front,from 1939 to 1944.He explores how people celebrted Christmas despite the problems of shortages,rationing,the blackout,Luftwaffe raids and the absence of family members who had been called up or evacuated. Life in Britain changed dramatically as the war progressed; the annual celebration of Christmas provides fascinating yearly 'snapshots', illuminating the changes over six years of conflict.What was the weather like? What was on the wireless? What were the popular records and sheet music of the time? What films were showing at the cinema? What about the pantomimes,shows and concerts? Parties,decorations and trees? Gifts and food are discussed with a look at the presents available,and in vogue.As shortages really took a hold,the various make-do-and-mend solutions are described,and insights are gained into how people adapted food recipes to cope. 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: rja961121. ISBN: 0750938196.
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Imprint: LONDON.VIRGIN BOOKS/VIRGIN PUBLISHING LTD.,1998. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,subjects's colour photographic portrait to front panel of dw/dj with white lettering and white facsimile signature to front.White+red lettered spine/backstrip with subject's thumbnail,colour photograph detail from front panel's photograph to same,rear panel with short story synopsis; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present - though some inevitable but minimal,superficial scoring+ indents to both panels,but without any penetration or effect on boards beneath.Top edges bright and clean,fore-edges with minimal thumbing(?); contents of text body bright, tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – virtually pristine,appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean but partially and lightly dulled front board,otherwise generally sharp-cornered, original plain navy blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/ backstrip,rear board with evidence of fluid splash and slight dulling to same,and immaculate/clean plain white sets of endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-238pp [paginated] includes 20 chapters,8pp subject's contemporary b/w auto+ biographical photographs in 1 block, between pp152/53; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a contents list/table,a title separator page,and 10p blanks at trear of book. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for a book of it's age and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the faults described that prevent a higher grading. Craig Brown,the first Scotland manager to take his side to the European Champiopionship and world Cup Finals in succession,started his career as a professional footballer and was a member of Dundee's championship winning side of 1962,the only time the club has ever won a title.However,a knee injury brought a promising career to a premature end,and it was to be as a manager that Craig's talents really through. He talks about the thrills and spills of this relentlessly demanding job and takes us behind the scenes,into the dressing room with its tensions,decisions and celebrations.Anyone who has ever wanted to know what it's like to manage their country can,here,share the tears,sweat and blood as Craig Brown takes us on a journey from his Ayrshire roots to the highest peaks of professional football. 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 theses 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: rja981821. ISBN: 1852277564.
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Imprint: LONDON.SIMON & SCHUSTER,1997. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,subject's SIGNED bookplate,1st edn.NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but subject's black ink SIGNED,pasted-in bookplate: 'Best Wishes John Prescott' to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,with subject's monochrome portrait photographic illustrated panels of dw/dj,with white lettering to upper panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges aged/toned with some minimal dust-soiling spotting to top edges and some grubbing/ thumbing to fore-edges; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,viiipp+2-344pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,author's introduction,Pts 1 +2 comprising 15 and 9 chapters respectively, 16pp contemporary b/w autobiographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp88/9 and pp248/49 respectively,notes,a bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,subject SIGNED bookplate to title page,and dedication page with picture credits to it's reverse. John Prescott is a fighter.He is notorious for his outspokenness. Nicknamed 'Thumper' and 'Rambo',his aura of raw honesty,thumping beliefs and bruising delivery can often reach where Tony Blair cannot.He is the rough diamond of the party,as well as its unlikeliest sex symbol,about whom poet Fleur Adcock penned passionate poems. Prescott has been patronised by the chattering classes,side-lined by spin doctors,and mocked by Tory ministers.He is said to have a chip on both shoulders.And yet,those who know him well say he is misunderstood and under-rated,that he is an ideas man.His complimentary relationship with Blair is crucial to Labour's success and Blair's continuing efforts to modernise the Labour party. So who is the real Prescott? He is seen as a champion of the traditional Labour,the trade unions,the left wing,the working-class.Yet his upbringing in Chester,after a childhood in working-class Wales and South Yorkshire was relatively middle-class and his career was shaped when,as a ship's steward,he served the rich and famous on-board Cunard liners.He was fighting for trade union ballots when Blair was still at school and he had spent half a decade in politics before entered Parliament.Yet he is known to be fully behind Blair's leadership and has no personal ambitions to be Prime Minister. Colin Brown pulls no punches in this fascinating and entertaining biography.He has been granted exclusive access to Prescott's private documents,files and photographs and exclusive interviews with those close to Prescott.With the full co-operation of his family and his fiercely loyal friends,he has been able to marry many of the contradictions between the public persona and the private man. 'Fighting Talk' documents,for the first time, Prescott's rise to power and the contribution he has made to Blair's modernised Labour Party.It explores the inevitable tensions that lie behind two very different driving forces at the top and what this could mean for a Labour government. Anecdotal,insightful and brilliantly lucid 'Fighting Talk' is a riveting account of an enigmatic man and a powerfully effective politician. Colin Brown is the chief Political Correspondent for the 'Independent' which he joined at its launch in 1986.He became a lobby journalist with the 'Yorkshire Post' before moving to the 'Guardian'.He has reported on Westminster since 1978. Please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! 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: rja621116. ISBN: 0684817985.
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Imprint: LONDON.ALLISON & BUSBY,1987. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.Neat,ink owner inscrptn to front pastedown behind and hidden by front inner dw/dj flap,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Glossy,colour pictorial wrap-around illustrated artwork by Henry Moule [Dorset County Museum]; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - though spine/backstrip is lightly sunned/faded.Top edge lightly dust-soiled and minimally marked,fore-edge bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean also. Clean,dark green paper-covered boards with bright,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain green endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-344pp includes half-title+title pages,contents+illustrations lists/tables, author's introduction,two parts comprising 18 chapters,33 contemporary b/w scenic+ portrait photographs,8pp of Henry Moule watercolour paintings in two blocks of 4pp between pp136/37 and pp264/65 respectively,notes,list of Hardy's works and an index. Thomas Hardy is one of Britain's best-loved writers,not least because of his exquisite descriptions of rural life in the 19thC.His accounts are based on observation and experience - he believed that:"At the dates represented in the various narrations things were like that in Wessex:the inhabitants lived in certain ways, engaged in certain occupations, kept alive certain customs, just as they are shown doing in these pages. . . " Even some apparently far-fetched incidents like wife-selling were taken from local newspaper accounts.Written with often painfully unsentimental realism,his accounts offer probably the most comprehensive and authentic picture of country life in all English literature. Hardy wrote fourteen novels,about a thousand poems,two poetic dramas,many articles and over forty not-so-short stories - a daunting body of work for any but the most dedicated student.In this beautiful book Joanna Cullen Brown has collected and linked passages from his extensive writings to provide a full but accessible picture of life in the English countryside in the late Georgian and Victorian era.These extracts are arranged according to theme; there are sections,for example,on folklore,medicine and disease, music,dialect,the law,power and poverty,farming,poaching and rural skills, religion and education,entertainments,eating and drinking and love. A brilliantly written and lovingly assembled picture of Dorset life - the country year,the people and their activities and attitudes.The book is further enhanced by the watercolours of Henry Moule. A close friend of Thomas Hardy,Moule painted many of the scenes that Hardy described,and indeed the two considered collaborating on a book of Dorset life.It was never done in their life time and Moule's paintings are here published for the first time. Please contact seller,because of the weight (in excess of 1Kg unpackaged!) 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: rja23807. ISBN: 0850313732.
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Imprint: LONDON.CASSELL,1989. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG++.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price,rear free endpaper removed. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour 'Dixton Harvesters' painting detail illustrated dw/dj,with yellow+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Some light,superficial scoring/indents/impressions to both panels of dw/dj - but without affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, would appear unread apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,vi-xvipp+1-224pp [paginated] includes foreword by Rowland Parker, acknowledgements,an introduction,31 chapters,b/w line illustrations/maps/diagrams (non-credited), conclusion,an appendix,a select bibliography and an index.Plus [unpaginated] title page,contents list/table with b/w Parish maps to it's verso. 'Gamlingay' tells the intriguing story of the generations of people who lived in this isolated and often lawless East Anglian village and, through them,the history of village life itself. Like the village,they were by and large unremarkable,but their lives and the times in which they lived were complex,tough and often revealing.What makes the characters in Gamlingay's history different is not that they lived in a world long since vanished,but that they lived in one of the best-documented villages in Britain.It is around this wealth of information that 'Gamlingay' is based. The book covers a period of some six hundred years,starting in 1279 at the height of the medieval open-field system,and ends in 1850 with the coming of Enclosure,and the death throes of that system.The immaculately researched narrative takes the reader from a village still living in the shadow of its Saxon predecessor through to the same village in the Victorian age. 'Gamlingay' is not history as such. It is a true story,beautifully written,based on hard historical evidence.As Rowland Parker stated in his Foreword '. . . .the history of one village is in a sense the history of them all. . . In respect of source material Jim Brown has been outstandingly fortunate,commendably diligent and truly wise.' 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. q52.GENERAL.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 0304316288.Gamlingay_Cambridgeshire_East Anglia_ village history_social life.Saxon_Victorian Village Life.Rowland Parker.Books new,used, signed,rare. Stock number: rja562515. ISBN: 0304316288.
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Imprint: UK.HANTS.MILESTONE PUBLICATIONS,1985. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.MINT/FINE.Private press,published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of NAT GONELLA & THE GEORGIANS's first live appearance on stage.A first authorised biography.A story of a Cockney boy overcoming adversity,including poor health and an orphanage upbringing, to become a legend in the music world,surviving 60 yrs in showbusiness.Fluctuating public's tastes brought him good and bad fortune,the former: friendship of famous,royal patronage,the adulation of millions.The latter,reduced him to playing in seedy clubs and pubs; sharing dressing rooms with strippers and blue comedians,glad to take home a few pounds: where once he had earned thousands. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight/value of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,item's actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if offered P/p included/FREE. ** 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: rja979. ISBN: 0903852683.
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Imprint: LONDON.THAMES & HUDSON/in Association with IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM,2005. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject's contemporary b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj, with orange,brown and white lettering to front, brown,red and b/w lettering to spine and black lettering to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain purple cloth boards with double dolphin colophon to front and bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain orange endpapers. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-208pp [paginated] includes an introduction,Pts 1-3,an envoi, profuse illustrations/photographs (195 - 54 in colour) throughout the text and the book,cast of characters,a chronology,further reading & acknowledgements,list of illustrations etc,an index.Plus [unpaginated] b/w line illustrated subject-portrait vignetted half-title,double-page colour illustrated title page,a contents list/table with subject's b/w portrait photographic frntis to verso,and an epigram. T.E. Lawrence ws the first modern celebrity. From the moment,not long after his death in 1935,that Alexander Korda set out (to) make a film of his life - a dream that only became a reality in the hands of David Lean in the 1960s through Peter O'Toole's riveting performance - the almost mythic figure of the man on a camel enacting a heroic dream has captured the imagination of each succeeding generation. Now,seventy years from Lawrence's death,this visual biography takes us inside the mind of a man of extraordinary energy,ability and charisma who seemed to have everything in his hands only to throw it away,turning the rest of his life into an obsessive quest for anonymity and sanctuary. In Lawrence's own atmospheric photographs, haunting paintings of the desert and its peoples,evocative drawings and ephemera,all supported by quotations from his personal account of his experiences,we are able to enjoy the unfolding drama at first hand. Fiercely ambitious,yet fatally ambivalent about recognition,Lawrence made a brilliant academic career at Oxford before the First World War with a thesis on Crusader castles,before excavating at Carchemish while learning Arabic.Army intelligence work in Egypt in the early years of he war was the prelude to his paticipation in the great Arab Revolt against the Ottomans,fame at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 and work with Winston Churchill in the war's aftermath. But then came a relentlees,restless,self-abasing search for obscurity under assumed names, culminating in a motorbike crash and death at the age of only forty six. This book,and the major exhibition at the Imperial War Museum that it accompanies,combine to shed new light on this enigmatic, contradictory and troubled man - a character of universal appeal who lived on the edge in all that he did. 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: rja788618. ISBN: 0500512388.
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Imprint: LONDON.PUTNAM COMPANY LIMITED,1970. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn and an unusual association copy.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to protected dw/dj.However,there are 3 interesting, associated hand-written dedicated inscrptions: a) 'For Clifford Hands F.G. Miles.', b)' Very best wishes to Clifford Hands. Jeremy Miles.', c) 'Clifford,with very best wishes Don' (book's author) in either black or blue ink for each inscrptn,to the front free endpaper.Bright,crisp,clean,protected, yellow background and b/w photographic illustrated upper panelled dw/dj,b/w publisher's list/advert for other titles, to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edge coloured dark blue,fore- edges generally clean; contents bright, tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners. Though protected,dw/dj's spine/backstrip inevitably,lightly sunned/faded.Bright, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, textured,dark blue cloth bds with bright, crisp,stamped,gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white eps with aforementioned triple SIGNED/ dedicated ffe.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,v-ixpp+1-420pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,acknowledgements,a foreword,2 chapters ('Shoreham' & 'Reading'),nearly 100 descriptions, illustrated by drawings,photographs and tables of dimensions,weights, specifications,performances of every design whether built or merely projected, produced by the firm,Miles Aircraft Ltd.: profuse contemporary b/w aeroplane photographs,diagrams/plans etc.,throughout the text and the book,appendices (I-XIII - five of which are illustrated).Plus [unpaginated] half-title,b/w photographic frntis,title page,a dedication,and 2pp blanks at rear. 'Miles Aircraft since 1925' tells the story of a company founded by two brothers with the help of a handful of friends and enthusiasts.Starting with a single Avro 504K giving five shilling joyrides,they built up an organisation which,over the next twenty years,built some 7,000 aeroplanes.Throughout this period the whole firm was characterised by enthusiasm and drive which stemmed initially from F. G. Miles and resulted in a prodigious number of designs and projects,many of which were built but some of which never saw the light of day.One,for instance,was a contender for the Brabazon I contract for the first civil transport capable of operating a regular non-stop service between London and New York in both directions.Another was the design of what should of been the world's first supersonic aeroplane which, when nearing completion,was summarily cancelled. Owing to the successes in the King's Cup and other air races,the name of Miles is usually associated with light aeroplanes, but actually about 6,000 of the 7,000 aeroplanes built were of 700 hp or over. The first chapter,entitled 'Shoreham', describes the early 'barnstorming' days when the little band of enthusiasts eked out a precarious existence,never doubting for a moment that they would ultimately succeed in becoming designers and manufacturers in their own right.The second chapter,entitled 'Reading', describes the fifteen years during which the firm grew from a mere handful of men to an organisation with some 6,000 employees. Thereafter follows a description, illustrated by b/w drawings,b/w photographs and tables of dimensions, weights and performance of every design whether built or merely projected,produced by the firm - nearly 100 in all.Also included are details of numbers of aircraft built,racing successes, contractor's numbers,civil registrations, dates of first flights and,where known,the ultimate fate of the individual aircraft. The author has been associated with the building of Miles aircraft since the early days at Shoreham. Over forty years ago (then 1970) he was privileged to be admitted to that small band of enthusiasts who,under the inspiring leadership of F.G. Miles,were operating an Avro 504K,giving five-shilling joyrides,always with the ultimate object of learning to design and build aeroplanes.His job was to swing the propeller,take the money,hang on to the wingtip when taxi-ing and,between flights, to teach F.G. Miles mathematics.Many years later,when George Miles was appointed technical director and chief designer of Miles Aircraft Ltd.,he became his personal assistant. An unusual,intriguing association item, and uncommon - particularly with association signatures/dedications. Whilst the number of authoritative books about Miles aircraft is limited,this title /edn is much recommended,and is very highly sought after - even more so,with the company founder's dedications to one of it's important employees. Since April 2013,and again in March 2015, and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja425512. ISBN: 0370001273.
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Imprint: LONDON.BELLOW,1991. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st trade edn+Erratum slip. FINE/FINE.B/w illus+maps.Foreword A.W. LAWRENCE.Previously only issued in an expensive LTD EDN,1939. This collection of Lawrence's wartime desert reports;as first printed in the Intelligence journal ARAB BULLETIN,is an invaluable companion volume to SEVEN PILLARS.It also offers a self-portrait of the author,before the LOWELL THOMAS publicity machine turned him into an international celebrity.Includes restoring some ARAB BULLETIN material omitted from 1939 volume, D G HOGARTH's essay from the journals 100th edn.Also LAWRENCE's,anonymous articles on ARAB REVOLT printed in the TIMES Nov 1918,his tour de force account of attacks on HEJAZ Railway;Demolitions under Fire and MASSACRE,an account of one of his railway raids. 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: rja267. ISBN: 0947792597.
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Imprint: LONDON.SECKER & WARBURG,1974. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj.Fore- edges slightly aged,contents clean,bright and tight.Miniscule shelf-wear to dw/dj extremities.Author better known for 'My Left Foot'. A superb copy of this author's second novel. Set in New York and in a seaside resort in Connecticut,it is the story of a young Irishman,Riley McCombe,pitchforked from total obscurity in a Dublin slum into fame as the writer of a bestseller,which his American publisher is determined to exploit.The core of Christy Brown's novel is in part the tug of war between Laurie and Abbie for Riley's love,in part the intense loneliness of the creative artist who lives in his mind.Can relief come from either problem? 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: rja209. ISBN: 0436070944.
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Imprint: UK.MIDDLESEX.KESTREL BOOKS/PENGUIN BOOKS LTD.,1982. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,absence of publisher's price - generally believed to be an export copy,released before trade edn.Colour illus by DAVID GENTLEMAN.8vo,64pp. Introduction to the world of Shakespeare and his famous theatre,most of his plays written for one theatre - The Globe. Describes the development of theatre companies and Shakespeare's working ways,how the Globe was built,what the interior+backstage looked like etc. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item 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: rja948. ISBN: 0722655584.
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Imprint: LONDON.POCKET BOOKS/SIMON & SCHUSTER UK LTD.,2004. UK,12mo p/back,16th imp.MINT.No owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered sepia montage'd illustrated card covers with lettering to front,similar coloured,lettered spine backstrip with thumbnail photograph detail from front photographs to head +foot of same - and NO reading creases,rear cover with synopsis + a critics' review; with negligible shelf-wear to corners and edges - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges unblemished; contents bright,tight,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,unread apart from my own collation.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn,12-461pp [paginated] includes contents list/table, separate photographs and b/w maps lists/tables, an introduction,29 chapters,a selected chronology of events in the West,a bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title, publisher's advert for author's other titles, title page,a dedication,acknowledgements,and 2pp blanks at the rear,as last pages. The complete history,from Civil War to Wounded Knee. Dee Brown illuminates the history of the American Old West by following the fates of three groups - the settlers,the ranchers and the Native Americans.In their struggle for a place in the new landscape of America,Brown show us how a nation was born. 'The American West' gives us their voices,their stories and their fates, bringing to life Red Cloud and Sitting Bull,Billy the Kid and Buffalo Bill,Dodge City and the great Long Horn Trails. It is the work of a master storyteller at his best,illustrated with an unparalleled collection of vintage photographs. 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: rja960621. ISBN: 9780743490108.
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Imprint: LONDON.REAKTION BOOKS LTD.,2001. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NMINT/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - unread,apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,matt monochrome illustrated front of dw/dj (Gustav Dore,'Glad to Death's Mystery: Swift to be hurt',1850,watercolour and india ink.V & A Museum,London) with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,no nicks or tears present.Internally,a residual fluid stain to bottom edge of dw/dj,extending from foot of spine/backstrip - just past its rear fold/crease,along to just past the folded crease of front,inner flap but without affecting the boards beneath and only visible inside and without any wrinkling. Top+fore-edges bright and clean - without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread other than my collation.Unblemished,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain,undecorated black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt lettering to spine, and immaculate plain,very pale grey endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7- 253pp [paginated] includes author's 13pp introduction with an Andy Warhol art illustration photograph,6 chapters and a Postscript,profuse contemporary,historical illustration reproductions (116,17 in colour,in total) interspersed throughout the text and the book,references,a 2pp select bibliography,acknowledgements, photographic acknowledgements and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title,title page with b/w painting reproduction (John Flaxman's 'Chatterton taking the Bowl of Poison from the Spirit of Despair,c.1780, pen and ink and wash.British Museum, London.),a contents list/table,and 2pp blank at the rear of the book. 'The Art of Suicide' is a history of the visual representation of suicide or self- murder,from the ancient world with Greek scenes of the hero Ajax impaling himself on his sword,to its decriminalization in the twentieth century.After looking at instances of voluntary death in ancient Greece,Ron Brown discusses the contrast between the extraordinary absence of such events in early Christianity and the proliferation of images of biblical suicides in the late medieval Middle Ages era.He emphasizes how differing attitudes to suicide in the early modern world slowly merged,and pays particular attention to the one-time chasm between so-called heroic suicide and self-destruction as a 'crying crime'.Brown tracks the changes surrounding the perception of suicide into the pivotal Romantic era,with its notions of the 'man of feeling',ready to hurl himself into the abyss over a woman or an unfinishable poem.It is possible to see how,after the First World War,the meaning of death and attitudes towards suicide changed radically,and in time this led to its decriminalization.The 20th century in fact witnessed a growing ambivalence towards suicidal acts,which today are widely regarded either as expressions of a death-wish or as cries for help.Brown concludes with Warhol's picture of Marilyn Monroe and the videos taken by the notorious Dr Kevorkian. Brown's sensitive study reminds us that the history of self-murder and of its delineation is neither simple nor straightforward. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja927921. ISBN: 1861891059.
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Imprint: UK.TIVERTON,DEVON.DEVON BOOKS,1996. UK,slim,rectangular 12mo wraps,1st edn. FINE. No owner inscrptn.Published in association with The National Trust & The City of Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery.DEVON BOOKS are Official Publisher to Devon County Council.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated wraps; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and pristine.UK,slim,rectangular 12mo wraps,iv-vipp+ 1-42pp [paginated] includes introduction,3 Pts+ Conclusion comprising 7 sections/chapters, profuse colour+b/w contemporary illus, paintings,diagrams etc.,b/w+colour photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book; notes,a bibliography,acknowledgements,Drake family genealogical tree; plus [unpaginated] title page and contents list/table. Sir Francis Drake is one of history's enduring figures.His exploits as a mariner,explorer and military genius are fixed amongst those most celebrated in British history,while his deeds and enigmatic character continue to attract the attention of historian's the world over. Few of Drake's personal possessions survive and,of these,his drum is perhaps the best known but least studied artefact of almost any from that period.Charged with the essence of Drake's own bombastic character,this is the drum that thrilled his men and their captain with its call to arms.Famed also for it's mystic property in foretelling possible attack upon the English shore,and celebrated in Newbolt's eponymous poem,no detailed study has previously been made of the drum,or of the military flags (amongst the oldest surviving in Europe),also the property of Drake. In 'The Battle's Sound',Cynthia Gaskell Brown provides a detailed study of these artefacts;and how they were made,their military use,and their historical significance.The author's findings add much to our understanding of Drake the man and his stirring times. 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: rja34319. ISBN: 0861148991.
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Imprint: UK.EMAP Consumer Media,2004. UK,slim Qrto Magazine/wraps,1st edn.[This SPECIAL ANNUAL COLLECTORS EDITION includes all the 6 free posters in situ and attached,having not being detached/removed.] No owner inscrptn and no price removal to cover.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,glossy colour photographic front cover with capitalised and lower case white lettering to same,rear cover with 15 assorted thumbnail colour photograph portraits of models/girls of a 2004 list,also with capitalised and lower case white lettering and a 2004 gilt numbered year date.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or splits present.Tiny abrasion rubbings to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip and to rear facing vertical edge of spine with miniscule colour paper loss.Top+fore-edges coloured; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, seems unread,other than my own collation.UK,slim Qrto wraps/Magazine,1st edn,116pp [paginated] includes Contents list/table,8 sections: Cover Girls, Hgh Street Honeys, Student of the Year, Erotique, Global Girls, Sexy Shoots, British Babes and a Girlology section as last page,and profuse colour photographs throughout the text and magazine; plus [unpaginated] Editor's intro/ preface. Includes Girls Aloud, Halle Berry, Abi Titmuss, Carmen Electra, Jennifer Ellison, Paris Hilton,amongst many,many others. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particualrly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral magazine. It is only the exterior faults that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness,completeness and entirety. FHM (For Him Magazine) was a British multinational men's lifestyle magazine that was published in several countries.It contained features such as the FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World,which featured models,actresses, musicians,TV presenters,and reality stars. The magazine began publication in 1985 in the UK under the name For Him Magazine,changing its title to FHM in May 1992,although the full 'For Him Magazine' continued to be printed on the spine of each issue.The first woman to appear on the cover was Gina Davies in February 1993. Circulation expanded to newsagents as a quarterly by the Spring of 1987 and then monthly in 1994. EMAP Consumer Media bought the magazine in 1994 and it subsequently went on to dominate the UK men's market and began to expand internationally,being published in 32 countries. Each of FHM's international editions published yearly rankings for the sexiest women alive, based on public and editorial voting through the magazine's website.In the British edition for 2004,the winner was 22 year-old Britney Spears - whilst the rankings for the international editions vary widely,with many top-ranking women in some editions not appearing at all in others. The final printed issue of British FHM was produced in December 2015,after which the magazine moved to a digital-only platform 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: rja1059323. ISBN: 9771365595005.
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Imprint: LONDON.WILLIAM COLLINS SONS & CO lTD.,1976. UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,no publisher's price sticker and no price- clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's printed price - possibly an export issue - these edns are generally believed to precede the UK trade issue.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork an design by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with b/w lettering to publisher's advert listing other titles in the series,to rear panel; all with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean, spine/backstrip of dw/dj ubiquitously but slightly sunned/faded; contents however, are bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain green buckram cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps - no off- set foxing or spotting.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xiiipp+1-400pp [paginated] includes plates list/table,an editor's preface,an author's preface,27 chapters, 16pp b/w photographs interspersed in blocks of 2pp apiece,throughout the text and the book,along with b/w tables,charts, diagrams and maps,appendices (I+II), bibliographical references,an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and contents list/table and 2pp blanks at the rear. One of the more SCARCE and uncommoner titles from this celebrated series. Clifford and Rosemary Ellis - East Anglia -based artists - were the chosen illustrators for most of the 100 titles in the then 'New Naturalist' series (which also includes 22 single species monographs) - 2 exceptions were 'The Broads' and the 'Snowdonia National Park' issue/edns which had photographic dw/djs. Considering that they were originally contracted to produce dw/djs for only the first four titles of the then new series, their distinctive lithographic artwork was so popular - they worked on all the series books until their deaths in the mid-1980s. The diurnal raptors are among the most arresting and dramatic of British bird species,from the magnificent and immense Golden Eagle of the Highlands to the more widespread but equally spectacular peregrine falcon and the frequent and adaptable kestrel of motorways and urban ledges. Leslie Brown's account of our 15 resident,7 vagrant and 2 migrant species of eagles,falcons,hawks and vultures in Britain presents a great mass of scientific information about these birds in a manner as attractive to the general reader as to the dedicated ornithologist. Each of the resident species is discussed in detail - its status,past and present; its feeding and hunting behaviour: its life history; its breeding behaviour; migration and the threats to its survival. Then the biology of the birds of prey, changes in their habitat and status,their food habits,breeding behaviour,their territories and populations are examined in depth in separate chapters. One issue of particular interest and importance is the question of whether certain species do real harm to man's interests,and the related threats to their survival - a threat posed chiefly by game- keepers,assisted by casual walkers,rock climbers and photographers and, additionally,by pesticides. An acknowledged world authority on birds of prey - co-author with Dean Amadon of 'Eagles,Hawks and Falcons of the World', and author of many other books besides - Leslie Brown is immensely enthusiastic; and the many tables,maps,figures and bibliography are all indicative of the thoroughness of his research. Also illustrated with 40 superb b/w photographs. 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: rja769318. ISBN: 0002194058.
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