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Imprint: RED HOUSE PUBLISHING,1995. UK,slim, oblong 8vo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.NMINT.Colour+b/w photographic,laminated boards with clean,plain white endpapers;the free endpaper having 3 light vertical creases. Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents near pristine.UK,slim,oblong 8vo [approx 8.50" tall x 12" wide]HB,1st edn,8-92pp includes colour photographic title page,a scenic colour photographic frntis,a contents list and introduction by Ken Bates,Chairman; profuse b/w+colour photographs throughout and an index. The official celebration of the 25th anniversary of Chelsea's famous FA Cup victory and the Club's return to Europe. On 29 April 1970 Chelsea won the FA Cup for the first and only time in its history after the longest and most gruelling FA Cup final fever. Blue is the Colour is a double celebration - marking the silver anniversary of that remarkable final along with Chelsea's recent return to Europe as this famous London Club enters a new golden era.Every member of the 1970 squad relives the excitement of the final and talks about what they are doing now while some of Chelsea's famous fans share their passion for the Blues.Glenn Hoddle reveals for the first time which club he rejected to take over Chelsea,there's a glimpse behind-the-scenes at Stamford Bridge on a match day,a history of the Club and profiles of today's players,including super-signings Ruud Gullit and Mark Hughes. Sponsored by Coors and in full colour with many exclusive pictures,'Blue is the Colour' is the ultimate experience for all fans of the Blues. 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,p/backs' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before order's despatch,especially if p/back is 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. 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rjaz342. ISBN: 0952251922.
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Imprint: UK.LEICESTER,LEICS.MATADOR/TROUBADOR PUBLISHING LTD.,2008. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,handwritten black ink dedication and signature: 'For David With Best Wishes William' to top of ffe,and no price-clip to dw/dj - lack of publisher's price - to front inner flap,but price to rear,inner flap.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with b/w+yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+ fore- edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers - signed front fep excepted.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,vii-xiiipp+3-336pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,a preface,a prologue,3 sections comprising 7 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w+colour photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp114/15 and pp210/11 respectively,b/w charts, graphs,diagrams interspersed throughout the text and the book, notes,officials,a bibliography and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and 2pp blanks at rear. Something is wrong with professional cricket in England. Three years after the great Ashes victory in 2005,the England cricket team has reverted to type.In 2007,it lost three out of four Test series and got nowhere in the ICC World Cup and Twenty20 tournaments. Since 1987,Australia has thrashed England 34 games to nine in Tests and won four World Cups to England's none (then 1998). Today (2008),Australia has five cricket stadiums with more than 30,000 seats to England's none.Their team is accessible to all on (Australia) Channel Nine,but England's fans have to pay £400 a year for/to Sky. Why was the 2005 resurgence so short-lived? Why has England's performance been generally mediocre since the mid-1980's? Why is cricket on Sky and not on (UK) Channel 4 or the BBC? Why are so many of England's players injured? Why is Lord's so exclusive and expensive? Why does the fan on the back cover of this dw/dj have to go to the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) to watch her team? Who actually runs this game and what are they trying to do? Using Australia as the model and inspiration, 'Pommies' explains what is wrong with England cricket and presents a radical plan to improve the national team and open up the game for fans. Once you have read this book,you will never see England cricket the same way again. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja561615. ISBN: 9781906510329.
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Imprint: LONDON.VIRGIN BOOKS/VIRGIN PUBLISHING,1999. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-aroundblack background with subject's monochrome portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white+green lettering to front panel of dw/dj,similarly lettered spine/backstrip with thumbnail repeated portrait from front to head of spine/backstrip,rear panel with a b/w seated portrait of Bowie and barcode - no other text.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish,or foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,cleanmvirtually pristine but for dog-ear reading crease to top corner of pp423/4 and an accidental lower corner crease to pp155/56 - else carefully read,other than my own collation. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age. It is only the minorr faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. 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: rja1050023. ISBN: 185227784X.
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Imprint: UK.AYLESBURY,BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.JOHN GOODCHILD,1986. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.(Originally published 1953,this edition is revised and re-edited by the author.)VG+/VG.No owner inscrptn - though a small red ink annotation "pp93" under author's name to title page - and price-clipped dw/dj. Pictorial colour illustrated laminated dw/dj by Gordon King; with minimal shelf- wear and negligible creasing to dw/dj's edges with miniscule rubbing to 3 corners, 2 with miniscule loss.Lightly bumped head+ foot of spine/backstrip with reciprocal creasing - a minute nick,1 each to head+ foot of same.Top+fore-edges aged/toned - as usual/normal; contents tight and lightly aged towards page edges - due in part to quality of paper used. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja1884. ISBN: 0863910769.
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Imprint: UK.BARNSLEY,S. YORKS.LEO COOPER/PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD.,2003 UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, montage'd monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with orange+white lettering to front and spine,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 black cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-280pp [paginated] includes author's introduction,Parts One to Eight, 16pp contemporary autobiographical b/w portrait photographs in 1 block,between pp120/21,a bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half- title+title pages,contents list/table,and an MPs'featured list/table. Not all that long ago,in common with the rest of the population,the majority of Members of Parliament had at one time or another worn the service uniforms.Today the situation is very different indeed and the lack of military experience among our law-makers and opinion-formers is all too often apparent - and not necessarily beneficially. What is not in doubt is that service in the Armed Forces,particularly in wartime, has a long lasting,even life-long, influence on the individual concerned.The memories of training,comradeship,fear, discipline,hardship and,yes,humour are enduring.The war generation now is inevitably and sadly diminishing and Henry Buckton has set out to record the prominent politician's experiences and impressions. The result is both refreshing and fascinating.Determined to cast the net widely,he has gathered accounts of those from right across the political divide and from all three services covering very varied theatres.By nature,politicians tend to be articulate and,as a result,they tell their stories fluently yet with welcome and,dare it be said,surprising humility.A number of those who share their exploits and feelings with the reader are household names including prime ministers (Heath and Callaghan) and very senior figures (Jenkins and Healey),while others will be less familiar.But all have superb stories to tell which will certainly interest and often surprise the reader. 'Politician's At War' is a forceful reminder that,when nations fight each other,citizens of all classes and political views get caught up and,if they survive,their lives are changed for ever. It is a humbling reminder that whatever may have happened in the House of Commons, these men once risked their lives in a common cause and we have every reason to be thankful to them and their comrades. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja776418. ISBN: 0850529077.
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Imprint: LONDON.HAMLYN,1997. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj. Crisp, glossy, laminated, colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present. Minisculely bumped with miniscule,with reciprocal creases to head of spine/ backstrip and only one corner minisculely bumped.Top+fore-edges bright and pristine, contents bright,tight and pristine. Unblemished,charcoal-grey paper-covered bds with white ink printed letters+knot silhouette to upper bd+spine/backstrip with immaculate,two-colour knot, photographic eps.Qrto,6-160pp includes double-page,two-tone colour knot photographic half-title+title pages, contents list/table,directory of knots, author introduction,5 chapters/sections each with double-page monochrome photographic separators,profuse two-colour diagrams,glossary,biblio,the international Guild of Knot Tyers and an index. We all use knots,whether scaling the heights of great mountains,sailing across empty expanses of ocean or tying up shoe laces and parcels.'The Hamlyn Book of Knots' is the ultimate knot book, providing easy-to-follow expert instruction in how to tie over 80 of the world's most useful knots. Firstly a directory uses distinctive symbols in an at-a-glance key to the applications of every knot,from the Alpine Butterfly to the Zeppelin Bend. These symbols are featured on every page throughout the book to enable easy cross-reference between sections.Next,a comprehensive introduction contains essential background information on ropes and lines,and a thorough examination of terms and techniques.The book is divided into five sections - boating and sailing, outdoor pursuits,caving and climbing, angling and fishing,and house and home - to help you choose the best knot for your needs.Every entry contains information on the history of the knot and a description of its most common uses. Colour illustrations guide you step-by-step through the stages of tying each knot correctly, efficiently and safely. Invaluable reference for both the novice knot-tyer - looking to be competent quickly - and old hands - wishing to expand their expertise - 'The Hamlyn Book of Knots' is the perfect companion to the world of rope and knot-tying.The author is the co-founder of the International Guild of Knot Tyers, founded in 1982.He is an occasional broadcaster and consultant on knot-tying, and a frequent contributor to the quarterly journal Knotting Matters. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item,for correct shipping/ P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja2060. ISBN: 0600591948.
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Imprint: LONDON.HAMLYN,1997. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj. Crisp,clean, glossy laminated illustrated dw/dj with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Minisculely bumped with miniscule, with reciprocal creases to head of spine/ backstrip and only one corner minisculely bumped.Top+fore-edges bright and pristine, contents bright,tight and pristine. Unblemished,charcoal-grey paper-covered bds with white ink printed letters+knot silhouette to upper bd+spine/backstrip with immaculate,two-colour,knot photographic eps.Qrto,6-160pp includes double-page,two-tone colour,knot photographic half-title+title pages, contents list/table,directory of knots, author introduction,5 chapters/sections each with double-page monochrome photographic separators,profuse two-colour diagrams,glossary,biblio,the international Guild of Knot Tyers and an index. We all use knots,whether scaling the heights of great mountains,sailing across empty expanses of ocean or tying up shoe laces and parcels.'The Hamlyn Book of Knots' is the ultimate knot book, providing easy-to-follow expert instruction in how to tie over 80 of the world's most useful knots.Firstly a directory uses distinctive symbols in an at-a-glance key to the applications of every knot,from the Alpine Butterfly to the Zeppelin Bend.These symbols are featured on every page throughout the book to enable easy cross-reference between sections.Next, a comprehensive introduction contains essential background information on ropes and lines,and a thorough examination of terms and techniques.The book is divided into five sections - boating and sailing,outdoor pursuits,caving and climbing,angling and fishing, and house and home - to help you choose the best knot for your needs. Every entry contains information on the history of the knot and a description of its most common uses. Colour illustrations guide you step-by-step through the stages of tying each knot correctly, efficiently and safely. Invaluable reference for both the novice knot-tyer - looking to be competent quickly - and old hands - wishing to expand their expertise - 'The Hamlyn Book of Knots' is the perfect companion to the world of rope and knot-tying.The author is the co-founder of the International Guild of Knot Tyers, founded in 1982.He is an occasional broadcaster and consultant on knot-tying, and a frequent contributor to the quarterly journal Knotting Matters. Please contact seller, because of the weight of this item, for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja27547. ISBN: 0600591948.
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Imprint: LONDON.VIRGIN,1997. UK,12mo paperback original,p/back 1st edn. [Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title. Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn, but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.] NFINE.No owner inscrptn.Colour pictorial illustrated upper wrap art-work by Alister Pearson,with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges.Miniscule rubbing to head+foot of spine/backstrip and the inevitable reading creases to same.Top+fore-edges lightly aged - as usual/normal but otherwise generally clean and unblemished, contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners. The Missing Adventures series was introduced by Virgin Publishing in July,1994 as the demand for the books showed that new,original novels featuring past Doctors would be as popular as the 'New Adventures' series featuring the 7th Doctor.Thirty-three original novels were produced and this title is the 31st novel of that series.Featuring the 4th Doctor,Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan,this book is now out-of-print and with an extremely low print run and with no reprint,is a scarce and highly sought after title.See also rja2183,and rja2184 for other titles in the same series. 'As a member of an inferior race,you either work to serve the cause of Averon,or die.' Sarah is marooned on a slave world where the only escape is death.Harry is caught in the middle of an interplanetary invasion,and has to combine medicine with a desperate mission.And the Doctor lands on a world so secret it does not even have a name.Why have the TARDIS crew been scattered across the stars? What terrible accident could have wiped the Doctor's memory? And what could interest the Time Lords in this war-torn sector of space? At the heart of a star-spanning conspiracy lies an ancient quest: people have been making weapons since the dawn of time - but perhaps someone has finally discovered the ultimate device of death. This adventure takes place between the television stories 'Genesis of the Daleks' and 'Revenge of the Cybermen'. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja2182. ISBN: 0426205014.
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Imprint: LONDON.BBC,1997. UK,12mo p/back original,p/b 1st edn. [Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn, but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.] FINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - card wraps as issued - an unread copy,no reading creases to spine/backstrip.Colour imaging by Black Sheep to original colour,artwork wraps and TVM logo; with negligible shelf-wear to edges, no bumping/creasing to either head or foot of spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges slightly aged - but generally clean,contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,12mo wraps,paperback original,1st edn,1-281pp [paginated] includes 24 chapters; plus [unpaginated] title-page,2pp publisher's advert and 2pp blank to rear. An innocent shopping jaunt for the Doctor and Peri ends in violence and incarceration as they become caught up in a mysterious transaction involving the sale of co-ordinates leading to Rovan's hoard - the ultimate treasure.The Doctor and Peri join the quest,but the Time Lord remains sceptical.What will they find - and why has it remained undiscovered for so long? The resourcefulness of the travellers is tested to the limits as they each race to be the first to the treasure. And among a seemingly endless array of tricks, tests and traps lurk some deadly surprises. Featuring the 5th Doctor and Peri,this adventure takes place between PLANET OF FIRE and THE CAVES OF ANDROZANI.An exceptional copy of an out-of-print title from the series. In June,1996,the BBC started their range with Terrance Dicks series 'The Eight Doctors',a series of original adventures for the eighth Doctor and Keith Topping+Martin Day's 'The Devil Goblins from Neptune',of which this is the 3rd title of this series.The initial editor at the BBC was Nuala Buffini who oversaw the first six or so releases before leaving to join Hodder Headline,and Steve Cole took over the reins of the BBC range.Cole eventually left in 2000,to be replaced by Justin Richards.The BBC release two adventures/novels a month,except for December. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja30198. ISBN: 0563405716.
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Imprint: LONDON.BBC,1998. UK,12mo paperback 1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn,an unread copy with no spine/ backstrip creases.Original,colour artwork wraps by Colin Howard with TVM logo,with negligible shelf-wear to edges,no bumping/ creasing to either head or foot of spine/ backstrip.Top+fore-edges very,very,slightly aged - less so than normal - but clean; contents bright,tight and clean.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn,1-281pp [paginated] includes 36 chapters,epilogue+prologue; plus [unpaginated] title-page,illus frntis and 3pp blanks at rear.Book now out-of-print. Series featuring 8th Doctor and Sam.14th book in the Eighth Doctor series. In June 1996,the BBC started their range with Terrance Dicks series 'The Eight Doctors',a series of original adventures for the eighth Doctor,and Keith Topping + Martin Day's 'The Devil Goblins from Neptune' (see rja33509),a series for past Doctors.The initial editor at the BBC was Nuala Buffini who oversaw the first six or so releases before leaving to join Hodder Headline, and Steve Cole took over the reins of the BBC range.Cole eventually left in 2000,to be replaced by Justin Richards. The BBC released two novels a month,except for December. Please contact seller,because of the the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja33499. ISBN: 0563405902.
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Imprint: LONDON.BBC WORLDWIDE LTD.,2000. UK,12mo wraps,p/back original,p/b 1st edn. [Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn, but p/back originals are either the only format,or published prior to any other format.] No owner inscrptn,an unread copy, as there are no reading creases to spine/ backstrip - although there is (a production fault?) some minimal,horizontal wrinkling,approx across the middle of same.Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork/imaging by Black Sheep,illustrated wraps; with negligible shelf-wear and creases to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Top+fore- edges lightly aged/toned - as usual/normal - contents bright,tight and near pristine. The year is 1878.Three ships of the British Imperial Spacefleet have just set course for the Moon. The discovery of a mysterious diary, recalling a seemingly impossible journey, takes the Doctor and his companions back to a crucial moment in history - and into certain danger.For the Moon of 1878 is far from deserted. Trapped in a crater teeming with hostile animal and plant life,the Doctor and Turlough must join the British explorers on a hazardous journey to battle for their freedom before the long lunar night descends.For,lurking in the shadows,are the Vrall - cunning and utterly ruthless killers. With the loss of one of their ships - and their captain - the British team become embroiled in a struggle to survive that tests duty and honour to their limits. Meanwhile,Turlough finds himself with Time in his hands and the Doctor must make a choice that will determine the future of an Empire - and Earth itself. Featuring the Fifth Doctor,Turlough,and Kamelion,this adventure takes place between the TV stories RESURRECTION OF THE DALEKS and PLANET OF FIRE. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja361510. ISBN: 0563538015.
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Imprint: UK.BRISTOL.HAGIOLOGY PUBLISHING,1998. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st reprint edn. [First published Novemeber,1998.This edition,the first reprint in the following month, December, 1998.Though a reprint this edition does contain a few minor modifications,mostly to the list of subscribers.One correction has been made to the text.A check on the accuracy of facts of a setback against Birmingham in the 1966 promotion run-in was at home - see page 245 - and not away as ststed in the 1st edn.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price removal from dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,red background with subject's sepia portrait photograph to front panel of dw/dj with b/w lettering,b/w letters+black, red+white publisher's colophon to spine/ backstrip,rear panel with colour thumbnail, subject's presentation photograph and black lettered list of names of contributor's conversations for the biography; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - one tiny closed tear to front,top corner's but tip no other nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread, apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters and publisher's colophon to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st reprint edn,xi-xviii+1-346pp [paginated] includes author's Preface with a note of the new print-run - this edn,28 chapters,profuse b/w photographs: players portraits,match photographs,b/w illustrations and b/w ephemera reproduction photographs - newspapers,match programmes etc.,and b/w illustrations interspersed throughout the text and the book,sources and subscribers list (numbering 735); plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,subject's b/w caricature portrait, contents list/table,thumbnail b/w photograph (subject and Terry Paine) illustrated Terry Paine foreword and to the rear,single page publisher's advert and 2pp blanks. What price loyalty? If loyalty were even modestly rewarded in football today,Matthew Le Tissier would not have been persistently pilloried as 'unambitious' for wishing to to remain with Southampton. So what price TED BATES who has been at The Dell ever since 1937? How unanbitious can you get? Arriving as a player on his 19th birthday,he has since filled eight different posts at The Dell,becoming President in 1998,shortly before his 80th birthday. But some things haven't changed.Former team-mates,players he managed,later managers and other staff,directors and his family,all testify to his enduring ommitment to the Saints and his passion for football - as a game demanding devotion and hard work.And loyalty if you can get it. This book tells the story of Ted Bates's first 60 seasons with the Saints.It is a story of working to overcome limited resources - first his own and then the Club's. As a player,Ted Bates had no hugely enviable talent,apart from an ability to jump higher that you ould expect of a 5ft 9ins inside-forward.And yet he was much admired by team-mates for finding space to receive the ball,for getting it accurayely to his wingers and,most of all,for diving in where it hurt to score 'impossible' goals. As a manager,he brought Southanpton from Division Three to Division One on next to nothing,starting with an astute three-for-one deal in 1959 that complemented his successful youth policy.Then,beginning with Ron Davies in 1966,he found the blend to take the Saints into Europe. Since handing over in 1973 to Lawrie McMeneny, he has continued to go to every home game amd most away games - forever seizing opportunities to talk football with a succession of heirs and to give incoming directors an induction to what the game is all about. Please contact seller,because of the weight - nearly 1200 gms unpackaged - 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. That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja959521. ISBN: 0953447405.
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Imprint: UK.LICHFIELD,STAFFORDSHIRE.DeMontfort Fine Art LTD.,2003. UK,Landscape Folio HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE+/VG+.No owner inscrptn and unclipped dw/dj - no publisher's price to same. Bright,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial cartoon illustrated front panel of dw/dj with black lettering,gold lettered spine/backstrip,rear panel with humorous yellow post-it style,spoof comedic reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners,lower edges with a few minor snicks/closed tears,foot of spine minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing, head of same with small closed tear to rear-facing gutter's edge/fold; both panels with some inevitable but light superficial scoring and minimal amount of indent impressions - boards below unaffected.All edges - top,fore and lower - all bright and clean without foxing/spotting or any other blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread, other than my own collation.Publisher's original,bright,crisp,sharp-cornered, unblemished plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettered spine/backstrip,a black+silver chequered headband and immaculate plain white sets of endpapers.UK,Landscape Folio HB+dw/dj,1st edn,150pp [unpainated] in 7 chapters with profuse,watercolour pictorial cartoon, caricature/etchings illustrations and storyboard-type strips with accompanying calligraphic text. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for a book of it's age,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior dw/dj faults described that prevents a higher grading. 'The Road TO RACQUE + Rouen!' marks Tim Bulmer's authorial debut,he has turned his hand from the figurative to the literary with some considerable assurance and produced a unique and highly entertaining study of one of his great loves.....France. The book loosely follows the author's boozy progress from region to region, taking in the motley crew of characters he meets enroute.These range from the deliciously flirtatious Madame Frou Frou, with her impressive decollage and insatiable appetites,to the rather more down to earth wine growers and estate workers who labours are responsible for the many of our most memorable evenings out (and forgettable mornings after....) Tangents and diversions are frequent,and the author's great love for the country, the food,the cars,the women,and most of all the wine,is presented in his usual wicked, and irresistible style. Featuring over 100 designs of etchings and new watercolours from the Winner of the Fine Arts Trade Guild' Best Selling Original Print Artist Award,2001.'The Road to Racque and Rouen is both an entertaining romp,and a superb collector's item. Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight of this item - just in excess of 2.2Kg unpackaged,for correct, extra and 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: rja1005022. ISBN: 0954489004.
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Imprint: LONDON.HAMILTON & CO (STAFFORD) LTD.,/PANTHER BOOK,1961. UK,slim 12mo wraps,p/back Original,1st edn VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to cover.Bright,crisp,clean,with subject's glossy contemporary colour photographic portrait illustrated front cover with pink,yellow and white lettering,yellow+ white lettering to blue spine/backstrip with NO reading creases and rear cover with colour portrait photograph of 'Valya' - Valentina Tereshkova,the first woman in space; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners,no nicks,splits or tears or any external loss present.One accidental, diagonal crease partly across the body of the rear cover.Top+fore-edges very lightly toned - unusually,much less than is usually encountered for book of its age; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo wraps, p/back 1st edn,7-187pp [paginated] includes 17 chapters,32pp contemporary b/w auto+biographical photographs in 2 blocks, between pp64/5 and pp128/9 respectively, notes on the authors and an index,plus [unpaginated - i.e. unnumbered] precis, title page,contents list/table,an introduction,and to the rear,publisher's 4pp adverts. A really exceptional example for a paperback in such condition.Written in the same year of Gagarin's achievement of April 12th,1961 in Vostok1,orbiting the Earth a the first man into space.A very scarce title and a highly collectable item of unusual nature/ephemera and will be an important and welcome addition to the science of space exploration canon. Panther Books proudly presents the first independent Western evaluation of the Russian space programme and the flight of Major Yuri Gagarin - the first man into space.This is not simply Gagarin's life story; it is the history of the whole Soviet effort in this field,with its problems,its successes and its failures. For the first time: Gagarin himself,in the first private interview that the Russians allowed with Western journalists,describes his feelings during his historic 108-minute orbit of the world. The answers to the questions: Why are the Russians ahead? What will they do next? What is their national policy on space research? Why is the West behind? Russian scientists give their opinion of the U.S. efforts,comparing them with their own.Russian biologists depict fully the extraordinary training of animals and men for space flight.Details are given of the construction and equipment of their space-ships,together with an account of the experiments which led up to final designs and the first prototype of a manned rocket. In this fascinating and important book, the authors have uncovered and presented the facts behind the most momentous event in history. Since April 2013 and in March 2015,again in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct and insured (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja883320. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.PAN,1969. UK,12mo paberback original,2nd printng. NFINE,apart from ageing of paper.94pp,8pp of full colour stills from film.The story of the film,based on the screenplay by ROALD DAHL and KEN HUGHES from Ian Fleming"s original stories.Includes a laid in complimentary slip from the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang competition run by Ambrosia.(Trade name for brand of rice-pudding) Please contact seller,because of the light weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja398. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.ORION,1997. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.(Precedes the US HB edn,therefore the true first edn.) NMINT/NMINT. Included is paperback art-work promotional card. Very,very low print run - 2,800,and now out-of-print,even though there were many reprints. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel of the Year,in 1998.Already a scarce and sought after title and unusual with the p/b promo artwork. 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,p/backs' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded, after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if p/back is offered P/p 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. 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja933. ISBN: 0786862580.
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Imprint: LONDON.ORION,1998. UK,8vo ('C' format paperback) original wraps, Uncorrected Book Proof.[Publication date 15th June,1998.This UK edn precedes the US one.] NMINT. Wrapped+protected and stored from day of distribution,so No owner inscrptn,No nicks, tears,splits or marks to wraps.Bright,crisp, unblemished,sharp-cornered - exception of tiniest of crease to front,lower corner tip - others unaffected; wrap-around,matt red card covers with black-lettered title,author's capitalised,black-lettered name,a critic's [Daily Telegraph] review,and publisher's black illustrated colophon to front's lower edge and capitalised ORION BOOKS AN UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF etc., legend to lower edge.A flat and reading crease-free spine/backstrip - an unread copy other than my own collation - with no text to same,rear cover with black lettered synopsis, author's potted biography and publisher's bulleted promotional information with it's publication date,prices,formats,ISBN's,and publisher's UK address.Top+fore-edges near pristine; contents tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,8vo wraps,Uncorrected Book Proof,2-309pp [paginated] includes 34 chapters and an Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] 4 critics' black-lettered reviews of author's prior 4 novels with a blank verso,a title page,a dedication,author's Thanks,and to the rear,2pp blanks as last pages. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 25+ year-old age and nature, i.e an ephemeral paperback Proof copy.It is only the minimal faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite that,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults usually present in a decades old paperback. Seems pretty scarce as a UK proof and therefore highly collectable with it preceding the US issue. America's finest crime writer returns to the bayou country with a wrenching story of racial violence,class warfare and the cruelty that privilege often brings.The forty-year-old crucifixion of a prominent labor leader named Jack Flynn remains an unsolved atrocity in New Iberia, Louisianna.And when Flynn's daughter Megan,a photojournalist drawn to controversial subjects,returns,it becomes clear to Robicheaux that her family's blood-stained past will not stay buried for long.With nail-biting suspense, dead-on dialogue and characters as memorable as the Louisianna setting they call home,this tale of historic violence and soiled redemption finds James Lee Burke at the top of his form.Another Detective Dave Robicheaux novel. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct Shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,p/backs' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded, after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if p/back is offered P/p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US 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. 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja1773. ISBN: 0752823064.
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Imprint: LONDON.THE FRIDAY PROJECT/HarperCollins Publishers,2009. UK,16mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 for all 3 volumes.3 sequential volumes/titles offered.First edition first printing of the first novel in the Harry Pigg series - the 1st volume with dw/dj, the following two volumes ('THE HO HO HO MYSTERY',2010 and 'THE CURDS AND WHEY MYSTERY',2012 are without,as issued - with colour pictorial artwork illustrated boards - ALL 3 are 1st edns.]FINE/FINE for 1st volume/title,and FINE each,for remaining two volumes/titles.] No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (published at £6.99 each) to dw/dj,where applicable. Bright,crisp,clean, matt colour pictorial artwork by Liam Relph,illustrated dw/dj with yellow,orange and b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,creasing or bumping to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present on any volume.Top+fore-edges slightly toned but generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,all volumes appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers for the first volume/title.The following two titles have colour pictorial artwork illustrated boardds and immaculate plain black,and plain blue endpapers respectively.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, viipp+1-152pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,13 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and dedication. 'THE HO HO HO MYSTERY': viipp+1-168pp [paginated] includes contents list/table, 17 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages and dedication. 'THE CURDS AND WHEY MYSTERY': viipp+1- 198pp [paginated] includes contents list/ table,18 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half- title+title pages and dedication. Meet Harry Pigg,Private Eye.He is one of a kind. Columbo,Kojak,Hercule Poirot,Miss Marple, Sam Spade and Sherlock Holmes were all great detectives but Harry has something that none of them can boast - trotters,a curly tail and a snout for trouble. When Harry is hired to track down a missing lamp for a dodgy local businessman named Aladdin he becomes embroiled in a much larger case.He is beaten up,double-crossed,chased across town and beaten up some more before he finally works out what the hell is going on. And it isn't what he expected.Not at all. 'The Third Pig Detective Agency' proves that you are never too old for nursery rhymes,especially when they are as twisted and funny as this.The first in what is destined to become a cult detective series. 'The Ho Ho Ho Mystery': Join Harry Pigg in his most complicated adventure yet as he wrestles with the intricacies of jet-powered sleights,Santa's Little Helpers,Grimmtown's own CSI Department and not being dropped from flying carpets.Yes, it's just another typical case for the Third Pig Detective Agency.If only he didn't have to deal with those annoying Elves. 'The Curds and Whey Mystery': When asked if she's engaged local detective and professional arachnaphobe Harry Pigg to investigate,Miss Matilda Muffet refused to comment.But if the rumours are true,will the case be safe in Harry Pigg's trotters as he encounters the host of bizarre suspects? Join the Third Pig Detective Agency in the 'Curds and Whey Mystery', their strangest and most baffling case yet. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct and possibly,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja650116. ISBN: 9781906321758.
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Imprint: LONDON.JOHN MURRAY (PUBLISHER'S) LTD.,1990. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour painting ('The Drover's Departure' by Edward Landseer) illustrated dw/dj,with yellow lettering inevitably lightly sunned/faded to spine/ backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges generally 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 brown cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-xipp+1-253pp [paginated] includes separate contents+ illus lists/tables,acknowledgements,a preface,9 chapters,12pp contemporary b/w scenic photographs and reproduction b/w illustrations in 1 block,between pp142/3,a chronology of Scottish and English monarchs,a select bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and a double-page Scotland regional map with 2 island insets. No visitor to Scotland can escape for a moment the powerful presence of the past. On every side castles,kirks,monuments,even the echoing emptiness of glens and lochs, speak of great events - often tragic events,yet leavened by the happier contributions of whisky distilleries,golf courses,and a long tradition of hospitality and wry humour. In this book John Burke brilliantly interweaves history and topography. Scotland is divided chapter by chapter into regions so that the reader,wherever he is,can look around him at the very stage on which the drama on the page was enacted.Yet the book as a whole presents a complete and compelling readable narrative.It encourages the visitor - even the armchair traveller,in spirit wandering into a far,fascinating land - to explore beyond the obvious sights and understand how the present scene relates to past events and people: past,yet still vividly alive. No other book,whether guidebook or formal history,could convey the reader quite so directly to Scotland's heart. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So please contact seller for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja685017. ISBN: 0719547768.
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Imprint: LONDON.BARRIE & ROCKCLIFF/THE CRESSET PRESS,1968. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Colour illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Approx 1" closed tear to head of spine/backstrip,and similar to upper,front corner,chipping and rubbing to head of spine/backstrip also, and rubbing to spine/backstrip front+rear edges.Top edge lightly dust-soiled and aged/toned,fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight,solid and sound and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread? Bright,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine /backstrip and b/w proprietary library bookplate pasted to front pastedown - no other library notation - rear endpapers also bright and clean.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xpp+1-193pp [paginated] includes 7 chapters; plus [unpaginated] novel precis,title page,and dedication. Author's debut novel. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja432512. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.GOLLANCZ,1983. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,distinctive Gollancz yellow background dw/dj,with red+black lettered front panel,black lettered spine/backstrip and red+black lettered publisher's advert for other assorted authors' published titles to rear panel - all with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks tears or splits present.Top edges aged/toned with minimal sporadic foxing/spotting,fore-edges slightly brighter and less affected with minimal,faint foxing; contents bright,tight,and clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,red cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. The Beales,a strange,reclusive family living on the edge of Dartmoor in Ashill House,consist of Simon,an old man entirely withdrawn from active life,Nicholas and Gertrude,perpetually hitting the bottle and playing war games,and the painter Edward, who takes long walks along the moors in search of artistic inspiration. The only one with any drive or ambition is Gertrude's husband Frank Vicary,and all of his time is absorbed by the task of running the family business.When a murder rocks their local community,no-one has any reason for suspecting one of the Beales,until Detective Chief Inspector Wycliffe arrives on the case and finds his investigation leading him up the Beales's garden path. William John Burley (b. 1st August,1914 – d. 15th November,2002) was a British crime writer, best known for his books featuring the detective Charles Wycliffe,which became the basis of the popular television series Wycliffe,shown from 1994 to 1998.Burley was born in Falmouth, Cornwall. He began with books about an amateur detective before deciding to concentrate on the investigations of a professional policeman - Wycliffe - who had made his bow in 'Three-Toed Pussy' (1968) moved on to centre stage in 'To Kill a Cat' (1970). Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** 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: rja889. ISBN: 0575033223.
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Imprint: LONDON.GOLLANCZ,1997. UK slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 97 98 99 5 - 1 descending.] NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with black and blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-189pp [paginated] includes 14 chapters spanning from Friday 11 August through to Sunday August 20; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and 2pp blanks at the rear of the book. William John Burley (b. 1st August,1914 – d. 15th November,2002) was a British crime writer, best known for his books featuring the detective Charles Wycliffe,which became the basis of the popular television series Wycliffe,shown from 1994 to 1998. Burley was born in Falmouth, Cornwall. He began with books about an amateur detective before deciding to concentrate on the investigations of a professional policeman - Wycliffe - who had made his bow in 'Three-Toed Pussy' (1968) moved on to centre stage in 'To Kill a Cat' (1970). A fracas in a hotel Gents results in a man's death.Mainly on the evidence of a local antiquarian bookseller,Simon Meagor,George Barker is convicted of manslaughter and sent to prison.On his release he kills himself. Barker's daughter,Morwenna - the redhead - holds the bookseller responsible for her father's death and the subsequent breakup of her family.She conceives an obsessive hatred for him,but unexpectedly turns up at his shop one day looking for employment.Revenge or a form of therapy? Before Simon Meagor has a chance to find out,Morwenna disappears and Detective Superintendent Wycliffe becomes involved in a case which deeply disturbs his own pece of mind. Here is a brand new case - the twenty-first - for the Cornish detective,who has become Britain's favourite TV cop following the four series starring Jack Shepherd. 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: rja1158124. ISBN: 0575064706.
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Imprint: LONDON.GOLLANCZ,1976. UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,distinctive Gollancz yellow background dw/dj,with red+black lettered front panel,black lettered spine/backstrip and red+black lettered publisher's advert for other assorted authors' published titles to rear panel - all with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks tears or splits present.Top edges lightly aged/toned with minimal sporadic dust flecking,fore-edges slightly brighter and less affected with very minimal,faint foxing; contents bright,tight,and clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,red cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. Visually the exterior appearance is more than 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 exterior faults described that prevent a slightly higher grading.Despite them,it really is an exceptional copy for overall brightness and cleanliness and lack of detracting faults. The Beales,a strange,reclusive family living on the edge of Dartmoor in Ashill House,consist of Simon,an old man entirely withdrawn from active life,Nicholas and Gertrude,perpetually hitting the bottle and playing war games,and the painter Edward,who takes long walks along the moors in search of artistic inspiration. The only one with any drive or ambition is Gertrude's husband Frank Vicary,and all of his time is absorbed by the task of running the family business.When a murder rocks their local community,no-one has any reason for suspecting one of the Beales,until Detective Chief Inspector Wycliffe arrives on the case and finds his investigation leading him up the Beales's garden path. William John Burley (b. 1st August,1914 – d. 15th November,2002) was a British crime writer, best known for his books featuring the detective Charles Wycliffe,which became the basis of the popular television series Wycliffe,shown from 1994 to 1998.Burley was born in Falmouth, Cornwall. He began with books about an amateur detective before deciding to concentrate on the investigations of a professional policeman - Wycliffe - who had made his bow in 'Three-Toed Pussy' (1968) moved on to centre stage in 'To Kill a Cat' (1970). Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard 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: rja1157. ISBN: 0575033223.
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Imprint: LONDON.GOLLANCZ,1995. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with some minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges and both head+foot of spine/backstrip.Couple of closed tears/nicks to head of spine/backstrip,and some scoring/indents to rear panel of dw/dj.Described hard but fairly and honestly.Top edges lightly dust-soiled and minimally aged/toned,fore-edges also lightly aged/toned; contents generally bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Publisher's bright,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain dark brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate,plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-192pp [paginated] includes a prologue,12 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a dedication. William John Burley (b. 1st August,1914 – d. 15th November,2002) was a British crime writer, best known for his books featuring the detective Charles Wycliffe,which became the basis of the popular television series Wycliffe,shown from 1994 to 1998.Burley was born in Falmouth, Cornwall. He began with books about an amateur detective before deciding to concentrate on the investigations of a professional policeman - Wycliffe - who had made his bow in 'Three-Toed Pussy' (1968) moved on to centre stage in 'To Kill a Cat' (1970). The recent TV showings of six of Chief Superintendent Wycliffe's most baffling cases attracted audiences of more than ten million a week,and created a huge new audience hungry for more.Now Wycliffe returns with another intriguing mystery. The Kemps,a Cornish Catholic family,have hung onto Kellycoryk,their ancestral home,for almost five hundred years,but it is beginning to look as though the present century will be their last.Roger,head of the shrinking clan,is desperate to stave off the inevitable.His second marriage,this time to Bridget,a prosperous business-woman with her own ideas for the radical development of the estate,offers a possible way out.But it will be painful. Then Bridget disappears,and inevitably the local tongues start to wag.Didn't Julia,Roger's first wife (herself moderately well-heeled), disappear overboard during a sailing trip? What is Roger up to? Wycliffe is supposed to be spending a week in a nearby cottage,recuperating from illness in the company of his wife,but there is too much that is intriguing about the Kemps for him to ignore. W.J. Burley navigates Wycliffe through a tale with as many twists and turns as a Cornish lane to a thoroughly satisfying conclusion.His many fans,old and new,will be delighted. 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: rja422212. ISBN: 0575059958.
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Imprint: LONDON.GOLLANCZ,1997. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE+.[Complete number line 97 98 99 5 4 3 2 1.] No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,superimposed colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with black+blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean - one small,light,faint splash mark to fore-edge; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-189pp [paginated] includes 14 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and 2pp blanks at rear. William John Burley (b. 1st August,1914 – d. 15th November,2002) was a British crime writer, best known for his books featuring the detective Charles Wycliffe,which became the basis of the popular television series Wycliffe,shown from 1994 to 1998.Burley was born in Falmouth, Cornwall. He began with books about an amateur detective before deciding to concentrate on the investigations of a professional policeman - Wycliffe - who had made his bow in 'Three-Toed Pussy' (1968) moved on to centre stage in 'To Kill a Cat' (1970). A fracas in a hotel Gents results in a man's death.Mainly on the evidence of a local antiquarian bookseller,Simon Meagor,George Barker is convicted of manslaughter and sent to prison.On his release he kills himself. Barker's daughter,Morwenna - the redhead - holds the bookseller responsible for her father's death and the subsequent breakup of her family.She concieves an obsessive hatred for him,but unexpectedly turns up at his shop one day looking or employment. Revenge of a form of therapy? Before Simon Meagor has a chance to find out,Morwenna disappears and Detective Superintendent Wycliffe becomes involved in a case which deeply disturbs his own peace of mind. Here is a brand new case (then 1997) - the twenty-first - for the Cornish detective,who has become Britain's favourite TV cop following the four series starring Jack Shepherd. 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: rja571715. ISBN: 0575064706.
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Imprint: LONDON.GOLLANCZ,1997. UK slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 97 98 99 5 - 1 descending.] NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with black and blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Tiniest of closed tear at front,top corner of dw/dj with an internal,clear sellotape repair.Both panels of dw/dj with superficial scoring/indents - without any penetration or affecting the boards beneath.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and clean plain white endpapers - merest and the faintest hint of foxing to front pastedown.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-189pp [paginated] includes 14 chapters spanning from Friday 11 August through to Sunday August 20; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and 2pp blanks at the rear of the book. William John Burley (b. 1st August,1914 – d. 15th November,2002) was a British crime writer, best known for his books featuring the detective Charles Wycliffe,which became the basis of the popular television series Wycliffe,shown from 1994 to 1998.Burley was born in Falmouth, Cornwall. He began with books about an amateur detective before deciding to concentrate on the investigations of a professional policeman - Wycliffe - who had made his bow in 'Three-Toed Pussy' (1968) moved on to centre stage in 'To Kill a Cat' (1970). A fracas in a hotel Gents results in a man's death.Mainly on the evidence of a local antiquarian bookseller,Simon Meagor,George Barker is convicted of manslaughter and sent to prison.On his release he kills himself. Barker's daughter,Morwenna - the redhead - holds the bookseller responsible for her father's death and the subsequent breakup of her family.She conceives an obsessive hatred for him,but unexpectedly turns up at his shop one day looking for employment.Revenge or a form of therapy? Before Simon Meagor has a chance to find out,Morwenna disappears and Detective Superintendent Wycliffe becomes involved in a case which deeply disturbs his own pece of mind. Here is a brand new case - the twenty-first - for the Cornish detective,who has become Britain's favourite TV cop following the four series starring Jack Shepherd. 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: rja804218. ISBN: 0575064706.
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Imprint: US.NY.OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS,2012. US,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.Printed in the USA on acid-free paper] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour photographic(?) design illustrated dw/dj with red and b/w lettering to front; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black paper-covered(?) boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a b/w chequered head+tailband and immaculate plain white endpapers.US,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viii-ixpp+2-293pp [paginated] includes recto+verso of author's acknowledgements,author's introduction, 24 chapters/sections and an afterword,profuse contemporary b/w photographs throughout the text and the book,appendices (1+2),endnotes,a bibliography,photograph credits,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages, verso+ recto of contents list/table,and verso of acknowledgements. This volume marks the first attempt to chronicle the entire 50-year saga (upto and then 2012) of Bond music making with all of its ups and downs,surprises and disappointments, disasters and triumphs.In addition to the film-by-film history of Bond songs and scores,every chapter looks in detail at the music within a film to help fans pinpoint specific themes and musical highlights,enabling them to match up the music from the film with their favourite tracks on the soundtrack albums (an important commercial by-product of the film scores,also examined in detail). James Bond songs and scores - like diamonds - are forever,and this book celebrates that remarkable legacy. In 'The Music of James Bond',Jon Burlingame throws open studio and courtroom doors alike to reveal the full and extraordinary history of the sounds of James Bond,spicing the story with a wealth of fascinating and previously undisclosed tales,including: How the James Bond Theme was written at the last minute for Dr. No and how it became the subject of controversy,ending in a libel trial 40 years later in London's High Court; How Bond composer John Barry invented a new kind of action-adventure music for movies, and how despite writing immensely popular scores for Goldfinger , Thunderball , You Only Live Twice and eight other Bond films,he never received a single Academy Award nomination for his Bond music; How the Goldfinger soundtrack battled the Beatles and Mary Poppins to the top of the American charts and bested both in 1965; How Thunderball went through two songs,three singers,and its own courtroom showdown, before it ended up with a title tune; How top artists like Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Nancy Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Paul McCartney, Carly Simon, Sheena Easton, Duran Duran, a-ha, the Pretenders, Gladys Knight, Tina Turner, Sheryl Crow and Madonna were convinced to record for Agent 007; How changes in the Bond sound reflected what was happening in pop and rock circles,from the twangy guitar of the Sean Connery era to a more sedate sound for Roger Moore,synthesizers for George Lazenby and Timothy Dalton,and a more contemporary approach for Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig; How Frank Sinatra planned to sing Moonraker but didn't, then Johnny Mathis did (with a different lyric), only to be replaced by Shirley Bassey; The untold stories of how Eric Clapton played guitar on Licence to Kill but saw his work shelved; and how Amy Winehouse very nearly co-wrote and sang the theme for Quantum of Solace. Each chapter contains the full backstory of the music for one Bond film and concludes with a reader-friendly analysis of the score itself, pointing out noteworthy musical sequences from the impact of New Orleans jazz on the Live and Let Die score,to the trendy disco in For Your Eyes Only, to the electronica approach that proved disastrous in GoldenEye.New interviews with many Bond songwriters and composers,coupled with extensive research,fascinating and previously undiscovered details - including tales of temperamental artists,unexpected hits and surprising convergences of great music with unforgettable images - make 'The Music of James Bond' a must reading for 007 buffs,popular music fans,and all who are in music and the movies. 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: rja818618. ISBN: 9780199863303.
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Imprint: LONDON.SECKER & WARBURG,1995. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn - black ink,author SIGNED+dated 30.8.95 - to title-page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Protectively wrapped and stored from day of purchase - therefore almost as new.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents near pristine - an unread copy.Publisher's bright, unblemished,plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine /backstrip with immaculate matt black eps. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED+date,1st edn,1- 231pp [paginated] includes half-title+ title pages and 8 chapters.Author's 2nd novel.His 1st novel,'Alma Cogan',won the Whitbread Best First Novel Award,in 1991. Norman Miller used to be one of Fleet Street's finest.Now in middle age,burned out,victim of a 'spiritual emergency',he no longer gets the good stories.His beat is the railway embankment,the tower-block entrance,the playing-field perimeter and other scenes of the latest nail-bomb or child-snatch or brutal sex death. Separated from his wife and children,his life,like his trade,is permeated by decay and death.A soft toy,taken from a roadside memorial to a young child,is his only comfort and companion.But he is not alone in his predicament. Heath Hawkins is a veteran snapper, addicted to images of anguish and violence.Relegated to covering the same stories as Miller,Hawkins carries his own perverted reminders of childhood.No longer able (or concerned) to distinguish between guilt and innocence,fact or fabrication, their only commitment is to bringing home the 'smudges' and 'gloat quotes',the stories of murder and defilement that daily assault our sense of collective innocence. 'fullalove' is a magnificent,brooding novel of image and memory,violence and decay,by one of the finest writers of our time. 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: rja26567. ISBN: 0436200597.
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Imprint: LONDON.SECKER & WARBURG,1995. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn - black ink,author SIGNED+ dated 30.8.95 - to title page,no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Protectively wrapped and stored from day of purchase - therefore almost as new.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean,contents near pristine - an unread copy.Publisher's bright,unblemished,plain black cloth bds with bright,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip with immaculate matt black eps. 8vo,1-231pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages and 8 chapters. Norman Miller used to be one of Fleet Street's finest.Now in middle age,burned out,victim of a 'spiritual emergency',he no longer gets the good stories.His beat is the railway embankment,the tower-block entrance,the playing-field perimeter and other scenes of the latest nail-bomb or child-snatch or brutal sex death. Separated from his wife and children,his life,like his trade,is permeated by decay and death.A soft toy,taken from a roadside memorial to a young child,is his only comfort and companion.But he is not alone in his predicament. Heath Hawkins is a veteran snapper, addicted to images of anguish and violence.Relegated to covering the same stories as Miller,Hawkins carries his own perverted reminders of childhood.No longer able (or concerned) to distinguish between guilt and innocence,fact or fabrication, their only commitment is to bringing home the 'smudges' and 'gloat quotes',the stories of murder and defilement that daily assault our sense of collective innocence. 'fullalove' is a magnificent,brooding novel of image and memory,violence and decay,by one of the finest writers of our time. 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: rja26577. ISBN: 0436200597.
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Imprint: LONDON.Faber and Faber Limited,1998. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic background (by Mike Parsons) with colour image designed by Damien Hirst,art directed by Hugh Allan, illustrated dw/dj,with white+yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Dw/djs' spine/backstrip inevitably but lightly sunned/faded to a greyish colour,as opposed to the rest of the background which is brown (photograph of soil/earth) and not faded; with both head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top edges slightly aged/tanned,fore-edges also slightly aged/tanned - but to a much lesser degree - so not as affected - contents bright,tight,clean and virtually as new,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,black paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped white ink letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-390pp [paginated] includes 16 chapters,and 2pp acknowledgements to rear,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and 6pp blanks to rear. He brought her a lace dress and a fur coat.Symbols of everything everybody was apparently rebelling against.Straight life.It was his present to her.To mark their first date.A kind of nylon lace dress suitable for someone double,even treble her age and the rabbit-fur coat. Fred's gift to Rose. On 26 February 1994 the remains of Heather West were discovered in the garden of the house at 25 Cromwell Street in Gloucester where she had lived with her seven brothers and sisters,her mother Rosemary and her father Fred.Over the next days the remains of eight other women were found buried and 25 Cromwell Street became known as the 'House of Horror'. Fred West hanged himself in prison before the charges against him of child-rape, sexual abuse,torture and murder could be heard.On conviction,his wife became known as the most depraved woman on earth.In 'Happy Like Murderers' Gordon Burn reveals for the first time the strange inner dynamic of the Wests' relationship throughout their long life together.Was Rosemary West a vicious,sadistic and insatiable bisexual,her husband's full partner in the lust murders of women and young girls? Or was she a physically and psychologically tormented obedience slave, shaped by him and her own submissive dependence into something compliant and corrupt? Gordon Burn has been given unprecedented and,in several cases,exclusive acces to the close family of Rosemary West as well as other materials not previously seen which cast new and startling light on her personality and the nature of her relationship with Fred West.Certain to be one of the most talked about books in recent years (then 1998),'Happy Like Murderers' is a compassionate and coruscating response to a case so horrifying that it already has become part of our folk memory. The author's most memorable book,about the serial killers Fred and Rosemary West, with the jacket famously designed by his friend,Damien Hirst.Gruesome and grotesque,but a brilliant study of Fred West and his even more repulsive wife, Rosemary.Between them they raped,tortured and murdered a still unknown number of people.It cannot avoid being a dreadful tale because of its subject,but is also this very fine writer's best book.The dramatisation on British television,as 'Appropriate Adult',with Dominic West and Emily Watson,renewed interest in the case. Gordon Burn examines the contemporary obsession with celebrity in a series of books spanning three decades,including this extraordinary account of Fred and Rosemary West.He also wrote a Whitbread Best First Novel award-winning novel,'Alma Cogan' - which imagined an alternative life for the British singer Alma Cogan.His 2nd novel was titled 'fullalove' - see rja26567 and rja26577 (both SIGNED,1st edns). His editor,commenting after Gordon Burn's early death,hailed Burn's work as "far ahead of the rest of the literary world", and lamented the loss of "one of the great literary innovators of these times. Gordon's subject of choice was often trauma,spectacle and dysfunction.He was drawn to the dark side of celebrity.His literature and impulse always represented to me an attempt to find comfort,meaning and compassion in the most appalling or baffling of events." Since April,2013,the UK Post Office has increased it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its weight allowances, dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja510014. ISBN: 0571195466.
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Imprint: LONDON.ANDRE DEUTSCH LIMITED,1988. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,subjects' contemporary b/w portrait photograpic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with red+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and some minimal creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. Majority of creasing to front panel's lower edge and spine/backstrip of dw/dj inevitably but slightly sunned/faded.Top+fore-edges lightly aged but generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain blue cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-249pp [paginated] includes Acknowledgements,Illustration list/table, epigrams,a Preface,11 chapters and an Epilogue, 12pp contemporary b/w auto+biographical photographs in 3 different blocks interspersed throughout the text and the book,a Bibliography; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a Contents list/table and 6pp blanks at the rear. Mary Booker and Richard Hillary met in December 1941 and immediately fell in love.Mary was one of the most beautiful and gifted women of her generation: she was also twenty years older than Richard,who was recovering from the terrible injuries he had received as a fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain.He had just written 'The Last Enemy',his memorable account of his life up to,including and after that traumatic experience,when his injuries were tended by the pioneer of plastic surgery,Archibald McIndoe. For a year,until,at 23,Hillary was killed in another crash,Mary and Richard were very close even when they were apart.Over thirty years later,Michael Burn - who married Mary in 1947, after his own release from wartime imprisonment in Germany - found their letters,lovingly preserved,while going through Mary's papers after her death.Burn has woven them into a compelling narrative of devotion,gaiety, depression,exhaustion and ecstasy. As he writes: 'A love affair between a young man and an older woman is a classic relationship . . .' But Mary and Richard were exceptional. Their letters set forth with clarity,wit and poetry the emotional condition of innumerable lovers.To these intensifications of what is usual add the disaster of Richard's death,and a story emerges which does not deserve to stay hidden in the boxroom. The book is written not only as a story,but as a deeply felt personal responsibility.It is a dedicated commemoration of his wife,and a vindication of Hillary,to whose death it provides the true background,hitherto obscured by the fantasies of Arthur Koestler,Middleton Murry and others.It is a luminous document, profoundly moving and brillaintly told. [Richard Hillary was born in Sydney,Australia, in 1919.He came to England after the last war, where his father,who was in the Australian Treasury.In 1931 he went to Shrewsbury,and in 1937 to Trinity College,Oxford.He was at Oxford when the war broke out and,with other members of the Oxford R.A.F.V.R.,was immediately called to duty.He was one of the first pilots to be shot down in the Battle of Britain. Trapped in the blazing cockpit of his machine, he managed to struggle free and baled out,being picked up from the sea by a lifeboat and taken to Margate Hospital suffering from shock and severe burns.Then began a long period of surgical operations and convalescence interrupted by further operations.It was during this period that The Last Enemy was written.As soon as he had recovered sufficiently to use his hands,he did not rest from badgering the authorities until he had been allowed to return to operational flying.He was killed on active service on January 7,1943.Adjudged a literary classic of the Battle of Britain.The title comes from "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death" 1 CORINTHIANS xv.26.] 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: rja607916. ISBN: 0233982809.
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Imprint: UK.BARNSLEY,S.YORKS.LEO COOPER,1999. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but ffe removed and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by John Hamilton, illustrated dw/dj with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean.Bright, clean,publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,sharp corners, and clean,remaining endpapers (ffe removed).UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-262pp [paginated] includes 13 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 4pp apiece, between pp86/7 and pp118/9 respectively,2 b/w maps in text,postscript, notes,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents list/table,publisher's note and a glossary. So much has been written about the great land campaigns of the Second World War that it is easy to forget,if indeed many people today are even aware of the fact,that the nearest Great Britain came to defeat had nothing whatsoever to do with either the British Army or the Royal Air Force.The country was simply on the verge of running out of supplies.There are certainly advantages in being 'a precious stone set in a silver sea',but an island Kingdom depends on its maritime trade to survive and when merchant ships are being sunk quicker than they can be replaced,the moment of crisis can not be far away.This was indeed the situation for month after month during the second and third years of the war and,had the tide not been turned in the nick of time,the country would have been reduced to starvation and the Army and Air Force would have withered on the branch.Indeed Winston Churchill himself was later to write: 'The only thing that really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril.' The task of seeing that the merchant ships which carried the vital supplies reached their destinations fell largely on the shoulders of the Convoy Commanders,who were mostly senior but retired Naval officers who had volunteered to return to duty and it is their story which Alan Burn,who sailed on many such convoys,tells in this book.It is a remarkable story and a worthy but long overdue tribute to those very brave men who had in peacetime enjoyed all the privileges of their exalted rank and now,all too often,found themselves cooped up in some 'dirty British coaster.' But for them it is indeed questionable whether we could have survived. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja31828. ISBN: 0850525047.
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Imprint: UK.WIMBORNE,DORSET.THE DOVECOTE PRESS,1982. UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,yellow background with b/w scenic illustrated dw/dj with red+black 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,solid and sound, pristine - virtually as new - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain green cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,96pp [unpaginated] includes half-title,double-page b/w scenic illustrated title page,an introduction, acknowledgements,10 chapters with 134 b/w contemporary illustrations (cartoons, drawings,engravings,watercolours,and portraits) with succinct captions/related text throughout the book. Gathering prints,drawings and watercolours from private collections and both national and local museums,he has produced a visual portrait of Dorset life that as well as completing his 'Camera Series' is as delightful as the world it portrays.The 134 illustrations span more than 300 years,beginning with a superb view of the Cobb at Lyme Regis taken from a map drawn for Henry VIII in 1539 when invasion threatened,and ending with convicts at Portland Prison at work in an island quarry in 1855,the date of the first known Dorset photograph. There are drawings that show Dorset's towns when most were no larger than villages,others that evoke the bustle of trade and the prosperity of its ports.As well as the places there are the people: the smugglers and coster-girls,fishermen and farmers,George III taking his first bathe at Weymouth,John Love,bookseller and fattest man in England,the rumbustious Henry Hastings,who spent his days coursing and hunting,'but what he borrowed to caress his neighbours wives' - as well as the other men and women who shaped Dorset's character and way of life during three remarkable centuries. Subjects represented include Towns,Markets & Trade,Royal Seaside,Castles & Churches, People,Shipwrecks,Pastimes & Pleasures, Country Life,Ports & Harbours and Transport.See also the following sequential,alpha-numerical book ID (rja481614) for another title from this author's same series. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja481514. ISBN: 0950351873.
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Imprint: UK.WIMBORNE,DORSET.THE DOVECOTE PRESS,1980. UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st reprint.[Originally published by same publisher, 1975.This edn,1980 is the first reprint.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but price- clip todw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,red background with b/w scenic illustrated dw/dj with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Some light,minimal scoring and some minimal indentations to both panels of dw/dj,bds beneath virtually unaffected - nothing excessive.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,solid and sound,pristine - virtually as new - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain orange-brown cloth bds with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white eps. UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,96pp [unpaginated] includes circular b/w photographic vignetted title page,contents list/table,intro,acknowledgements,16 sections/chapters with 150 b/w contemporary photographs with succinct captions/related text throughout the book. The author has produced a visual portrait of Dorset life that as well as completing his 'Camera Series'.The photographs in this book tell Dorset's story from the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 to the coming of peace at the end of the Second World War in 1945.They document one of the most exciting and remarkable periods of history,for not only does the book cover the eleven years of two World Wars but also the years of peace.Years that brought the motor car and tarmac,the charabanc and tractor,the wireless,telephone,and mains electricity: all of them inventions that changed the face of Dorset and opened up its coombes and backwaters.The photographs are a record of recent times,and the reader will come across familiar memories and faces. They come from over thirty sources,many of them private people who turned back the pages of their scrapbooks to help recapture the spirit of Dorset in the 20th century.Here are the cavalry and paddle-steamer,the model 'T' Ford and chain-driven bus; Churchill and T. E. Lawrence, American G.I.s packed into landing craft before D-Day,evacuated children,Land Girls getting in the war-time harvest,Dorset's people and places,her towns and villages, all seen through the camera's eye during thirty-one vigorous and hectic years. Themes represented include Goodbye to all that,The Great War,Helping to Win,Years of Peace (1919-1939),Beginning Again,Town life,Changing Dorset,The Countryman, Commerce,The Coastline,Farming,Events,The People's War 1939-1945,The Threat of Invasion,The Turn of the Tide and finally, D-Day to Victory.See also the previous sequential,alpha-numerical book ID (rja481514) for another title from this author's same series. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja481614. ISBN: 0950351814.
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Imprint: LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH LIMITED,1993. UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn thus. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork by Graham Rust,illustrated dw/dj,with white lettering to front,similarly lettered brown background to spine/backstrip and an oval colour illustrated vignette to rear panel of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - though there's a small pin-prick sized indent to rear spine/backstrip's gutter's fold/crease but without penetration to board beneath,inevitable but very minor and minimal superficial scoring to either panels of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean - without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean and unblemished, sharp-cornered,brown background with white pictorial illustrated brown cloth boards - trellised design reverse repeated from white background with brown illustration endpapers, with visual but faux blind-spine and diagonal corner tips and white lettered spine/backstrip,a brown+white striped headband,and immaculate, aforementioned illustrated endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn thus,7-160pp [paginated] includes 15 chapters,profuse b/w line illus chapter head-pieces,profuse atmospheric water-colour like full and part-page illustrations in b/w+colour throughout the text and the book - all by Graham Rust.Plus [unpaginated] half-title,colour vignetted title page,with illustrator's facsimile signature below the book's dedicatee,and a contents list/table. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's age and nature, i.e. a child's book.It is only the minimal,minor exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. For the first seven years of his life,Cedric Errol lives with his mother,an impoverished widow,in New York City.A popular boy,his best friends include Mr Hobbs, who keeps a grocery store,and Dick,a boot-black.This simple life changes dramatically when a mysterious visitors reveals that Cedric Errol is Lord Fauntleroy,the sole surviving heir of the Earl of Dorincourt. Summoned across the Atlantic by the bad-tempered,gouty Earl and focibly separated from his beloved mother,Cedric has nothing to sustain him in this strange new world of untold riches but his good nature and loving, generous heart. Contrary to the popular image of him as a simpering child tied to his mother's apron strings,Cedric is a robust character: strong, determined and a staunch defender of human rights. Frances Hodgson Burnett's story is a masterpiece of children's fiction,and Graham Rust's illustrations perfectly conjure up the gloomy atmosphere of the English castle and its subsequent transformation by the lively American boy. Graham Rust,born 1942,went to Art School for four years in London and New York.He has painted and travelled extensively,spending a year as Artist in Residence at Woodberry Forest School, Virginia in 1967.His work has been exhibited in London,New York and Hong Kong,and examples of his murals are to be found in houses in Britain, the USA and France.The largest and most spectacular of these,'The Temptation' at Ragley Hall, Warwickshire,was completed in 1983 after more than a decade's work.He has also illustrated other of Burnett's titles: 'The Secret Garden' - see by book ID rja798918 for a UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,for an example,and 'A Little Princess.' Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja1033022. ISBN: 0718137264.
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Imprint: LONDON.WARNE,1888. UK,8vo HB,1st edn thus.[Published a year prior but without the second story.] VG+.No owner inscrptn or prize label.Green pictorial,colour decorated,blocked cloth boards and spine/ backstrip with gilt title.Bevelled boards,slight foxed prelims,boards slightly cocked.A nice solid,clean copy for age. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja1060.
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Imprint: LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH,1986. 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 illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.White pictorial illustrated green cloth bds - trellised design repeated from green+white illus endpapers - with bright,crisp, blocked white ink letters to spine.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-221pp [paginated] includes half-title,colour illustrated title page, contents list/table verso of which has illustrator's facsimile(?) signature to book's dedicatee - his mother,27 chapters,b/w line illus chapter head-pieces,profuse atmospheric water-colour like illustrations in b/w+colour throughout the text and the book - all by Graham Rust. In her autobiography Frances Hodgson Burnett recalled her early memories of gardens - in particular,one which 'lay behind a little green door in a high wall. . . the little door so long unopened . . once there had been flowers and trees in this.' Years later this became the inspiration for 'The Secret Garden',a book which has now charmed readers for several generations. After losing her parents in a cholera epidemic in India,Mary Lennox,an unloved,unattractive and awkward little girl,is packed off to Misselthwaite Manor on the bleak Yorkshire moors.Here she encounters her invalid cousin, Colin,a spoiled and arrogant child who meets his match in Mary. Together they are drawn into the magical world of animals and nature around them and gradually - like the hidden garden they discover and nurture - they are both transformed by the beauty and mystery they find there. The characters,the story and the writing are as fresh today as they were when the book was originally published in 1911,and Graham Rust's original illustrations,full of fine period detail,bring to life the whole cast of characters and,of course,the secret garden itself - 'the sweetest,most mysterious-looking place anyone could imagine'. Graham Rust,born 1942,went to Art School for four years in London and New York.He has painted and travelled extensively,spending a year as Artist in Residence at Woodberry Forest School, Virginia in 1967.His work has been exhibited in London,New York and Hong Kong,and examples of his murals are to be found in houses in Britain,the USA and France.The largest and most spectacular of these,'The Temptation' at Ragley Hall,Warwickshire,was completed in 1983 after more than a decade's work.This is his first illustrated book. 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: rja798918. ISBN: 0718126645.
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Imprint: UK.THAXTED,ESSEX.MILES KELLY PUBLISHING LTD.,2020. UK,small 8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated, 1st edn thus. [Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from rear board.Bright, crisp,clean, wrap-around matt,black black background to sharp-cornered,paper-covered boards with both glossy+matt,embossed overlaid colour pictorial illustrations to boards,and glossy yellow-lettered title+author name to front board; spine /backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author's name as the front's and glossy, embossed colour illustrations at its head+foot and publisher's name to foot of same; rear panel of dw/dj with glossy,onlaid,colour pictorial illustrated border decoration and other pictorial illustration within the border and red +yellow-lettered short synopsis,and immaculate plain black endpapers.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners – head of front gutter with miniscule knock and a tiny knock to front board's fore-edge - but no other bumping present.Top+fore-edges coloured,bright, crisp and clean without blemish/foxing/spotting ; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-160pp [paginated] includes 25 chapters with part-page,17 single-page and 5 double-page colour illustrations throughout the text and the book,by Beatriz Castro; plus [unpaginated] colour illustrated half-title and title pages - the latter with a colour pictorial illustrated frntis to its reverse,and a Contents list/table. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and particularly internally,it is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its nature, i.e. a child's book.It is only the minimal faults described that prevents a slightly higher overall grading.Despite those described faults, it is still is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of other major detracting faults. When Mary Lennox is sent to live at Misselthwaite Manor,she arrives as a sickly, spoilt child.Then she finds a key to a hidden garden,and unlocks something quite magical. Beatriz Castro was born on September 19th,1985, in Logroño, La Rioja, Spain.As a child,she was always drawing and was writing fantastic stories.She studied at the school of arts in her native town,Logroño.She graduated in Illustration from there in 2008,and she soon embarked on a career as a professional illustrator. Her books have been published by many international publishing houses: Spain: Anaya, Ediciones SM, Oxford University Press (Spain and England); England: Usborne, Harper Collins,and Auzou (France), and Rovio (Finland). Beatriz’s illustrations appear in text books, illustrated books and on covers.Her artwork includes colourful images and funny character designs. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja1106023. ISBN: 9781789891867.
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Imprint: LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH,1977. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE/VG+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with black+orange lettering to front panel,and ubiquitous sunning causing orange lettering in title to fade to yellow on backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present - though some minimal rubbing/chipping to corners and head+foot of backstrip.Top+fore-edges slighly aged/toned - as usual/normal - but generally clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - near pristine - appears to be no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - though a pair of uniform, overlapping and jointly folded,top corner page creasings at pp117-120,else appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,11-203pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3 comprising 14 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with acknowledgements to its reverse,an epigraph,and individual Pts separator pages. At last,after sixteen years,the author of 'The Incredible Journey' has written another animal story of classic quality which will bring a new generation of readers to discover the special Sheila Burnford magic. The Bel Ria of the title is a tough little terrier; a member of a tiny Basque travelling circus troupe which was shot to pieces by a German Stuka in the confusion of the retreat from France,the dog survives the sinking of the troopship Lancastria together with his fellow performer,a capuchin monkey called Louis.Ria becomes the charge of Neil MacLean,a complex Scottish sick berth attendant.Man and dog wage their own battle of personalities against the rigorous background of the U-boat-infested North Atlantic convoy run. Later,Ria ashore at Plymouth,endures alone the hell of the Blitz.From then on a new phase begins in the dog's life.He is named Bel by the strange and until now unloved old lady who he finds in the rubble of the Blitz. Three fractured human lives are changed by their involvement with this dog and the story culminates,as readers of 'The Incredible Journey' will not need to be told,in scenes of emotion and drama.But it is the indomitable, sensitive and latterly bewildered spirit of the dog himself which will linger longest in the reader's mind and imagination.Sheila Burnford combines all her talents as a story teller - brilliantly evoking the worst days of the last war - with her deep understanding of the mind of a dog. 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: rja834719. ISBN: 078116348.
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Imprint: LONDON.CAPE,2000. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by John Burningham illustrated dw/dj - design repeated to clean,glossy laminated bds and immaculate, plain pale blue eps - with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Minisculely bumped to top two corners and head+foot of spine/ backstrip with reciprocal creasing.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - an unread copy? UK Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-192pp [paginated] includes 7 previously, separately published stories [The Rabbit (1974),Mr Grumpy's Outing (1970),Avocado Baby (1982),The Shopping Basket (1980), Borka (1963),Courtney (1994)and Where's Julius? (1986).Beautifully illustrated on every page - 15 double-page,41 full-page and numerous drawings in text all in colour by the author.Some part-page b/w line illus but majority of illustrations are colour - all by John Burningham. John Mackintosh Burningham (b.1936).Works as John Burningham,and is married to the illustrator Helen Oxenbury.Born Farnham, Surrey.Studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts (1956-59).Writer and illustrator of children's books and occasionally designed posters (e.g. for London Transport).Winner of Kate Greenaway Medals for Borka (1963) and Mr Grumpy's Outing (1970).He works in a wide range of media,sometimes within a single work,as in 'Come Away from the Water,Shirley' (1977), where 'reality',shown in line with pale crayon tints,is contrasted with the vivid colour washes of the 'daydream' pages.His imagery is simplified and he sometimes successfully adopts a child-like drawing style to increase the sense of participation of young readers. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja30918. ISBN: 0224047582.
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Imprint: LONDON.Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,2004.,1988. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author/compiler SIGNED,1st edn.[Number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Research and interviews by Rose Foot.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,handwritten,blue ink signature - without dedication - to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, colour pictorial artwork,by John Burningham,illustrated dw/dj with red+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top edges minimally and lightly dust-soiled with some light,sporadic spotting/foxing,fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark green cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip, yellow headband and yellow silk bookmark ribbon,and immaculate plain red eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,vipp+1-312pp [paginated] includes contents list/table, 33 contributions,profuse part+full page b/w line illus by John Burningham, throughout the text and the book,along with contributors b/w biographical photographs and b/w facsimile ephemera reproductions also interspersed throughout the text,acknowledgements,a note on UNICEF,a further note on the contributors, and an index.Plus [unpaginated]half-title, author SIGNED title-page,and compiler's note. An enchanting compendium of childhood memories,reminiscences,and experiences from a diverse range of the well known and of the unknown,who all contribute funny, moving,magical and sometimes dark childhood memories. Includes contributions from: Kofi Annan,Andrew O'Hagan,Patricia Hodge,Seamus Heaney,Jung Chang,Alexander Thynn (The Marquess of Bath),John Major,The Rt. Revd. David Sheppard, Josslyn Gore-Booth,Michael Palin,Jeffrey Archer,Maurice Sendak, Margaret Atwood,Sylvia Syms,Sophie Dahl, Marina Mahler,Patty McArthur, Kathleen Cassidy,Jan Pienkowski,Brian Cox, Cornelia Bathurst,Deborah Moggach, Penelope Lively,Yoram Gross,Roger Hancock, Rolf Inhauser,Tom Maschler,Bill De Quick, Onora 'Neill,Tim Piggot-Smith,Benjamin Zephaniah,Posy Simmonds,and Donna Tartt. Please contacr seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja502114. ISBN: 0747571813.
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Imprint: LONDON.PENGUIN,1969. UK,12mo,paperback original,p/back 1st edn. [Softback/paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn, but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.]NFINE.No owner inscrptn.Minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges and a partial crease to spine/backstrip which is also slightly darkened as usual/normal.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned as usual/normal; ,contents tight and clean with page-edge toning and off-set foxing to internal wraps and endpapers.UK,12mo(approx 7" tall x 5" wide)p/bak original,1st edn,9-142pp includes title page,contents list,editor introduction,8 stories,biographical notes and publisher advert to rear. Produced in volumes in a quarterly series designed to bring new short stories by both well-known and exciting writers to the wide public they deserve.Vol 1 contained stories by Willam Sansom, Jean Rhys, David Plante, and Bernard Malamud. This volume contains 8 short stories/ novellas; 3 by John Updike -'The Wait','Bech in Roumania' and 'Man and Daughter in the Cold', 1 by Sylvia Plath - 'The Fifteen Dollar Eagle', and 4 by Emanuel Litvinoff - 'The Geography Lesson','The Battle for Mendel Schaffer', 'A View from the Seventh Floor' and 'Life Class'.All titles published here for the first time in the UK. Please contact seller,because of the light weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja966. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.PENGUIN BOOKS LTD.,1969. UK,12mo p/back,1st edn thus.[The 2nd volume in a quarterly series designed to bring new short stories by both well-known and exciting new writers to the wide public they deserve.Volume 1,contained stories by William Sansom,Jean Rhys,David Plante,and Bernard Malamud.] VG+.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy,sharp-cornered,publisher's original card,light blue background with a white large lfigure 2 to front+rear covers with b/w letters to front,black letters to light blue,creased spine/backstrip,and black letters to rear cover.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks, tears,splits present.Top+fore-edges darkened but without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean with page-edge toning,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn thus,9- 140pp [paginated] includes 8 short stories: Updike x 3,Plath x 1,and Litvinoff x 4,biographical notes,plus [unpaginated] half-title+contents list/ table,editor's introduction with 1pp publisher's advert for other Updike and Plath titles. From John Updike's acute,suspenseful 'The Wait' which has the fluency and dense characterization of a short novel,to the distillation of wit and irony,the blend of bawdy and lyrical in Emanuel Litvinoff's 'Life Class',each story creates its own vivid world.They are both published here for the first time in this country. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja898120. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: UK.LISKEARD,CORNWALL.MARITIME BOOKS,1981. UK,small 8vo wraps,p/back Original,1st edn. [Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.] VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to title page.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,battleship grey background card covers with warship HMS Queen b/w photograph with black lettering to front,black lettered spine without reading creases,rear cover also with ship's launch,HMS Scylla,b/w photograph; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creases to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges clean with foxing; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.UK,small 8vo wraps,1st edn,2-111pp [paginated] includes author's note,an introduction by Vice Admiral Sir Peter Berger,KCB,MVO,DSC, RN,profuse b/w photographs (many full-page) with accompanying text,an Index; plus [unpaginated] title page. A chronological overview with b/w silhouettes and photographs,historical details and specifications of warships built in Devonport dockyard since 1860, when increased levels of armouring qualified the craft as modern,with key facts and potted histories of significant ships such as HMS Royal Oak,HMS Warspite and HMS Exeter. Uncommom,particularly in as good a grade as this. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's age and nature, i.e. an paperback Original,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only, unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja999522. ISBN: 0950632376.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1952. UK,slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.[Preceded by the US issue in 1951.] VG.No owner inscrptn,but a b/w illustrated a W.H.SMITH & SON'S Library bookplate/label and beneath,another smaller price subscription rate label,both pasted to front pastedown.No other library markings/ notifications internally nor externally - no alpha-numerical indications and no inked library stamps.[The company's bookplates were the only discreet evidence of it being a lending library book.] Top edges lightly aged with negligible foxing/spotting,fore-edges with sporadic faint foxing/spotting,contents generally clean with minimal foxing/spotting to page edge's - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - could appear unread.Lightly blemished, publisher's sharp-cornered,airforce blue plain cloth boards,slightly darkened spine/backstrip, with black letters to same,off-setting to front free endpaper from library bookplate and off-setting too,from rear pastedown to reverse of rear free endpaper.UK,slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,5-192pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,XXIV (24) chapters; plus [unpaginated] foxed synopsis with publisher's advert for other Hopalong titles to its reverse, and foxed title page. The 2nd title of the four L'Amour 'Hopalong' titles,highly sought after by his collectors. [The role played by the circulating libraries in the history of library provision is unique to Britain.Circulating libraries bridged the gap from the period when books were almost the exclusive province of the rich to the present situation of a national free public library service.One of two of the biggest circulating libraries in Britain,W. H. Smith and Son (1860-1961) began with book stalls in railroad stations,and they used trains to effectively expand their distribution of books.circulating libraries survived well into the 20th century.] Tex Burns was the pseudonym of Louis Dearborn L'Amour (March 22, 1908 – June 10,1988) an American novelist and short-story writer.His books consisted primarily of Western novels,but he also wrote historical,science fiction,and non-fiction,as well as poetry and short-story collections.Many of his stories were made into films. Originally published under the pseudonym Tex Burns,Louis L'Amour was commissioned to write four Hopalong Cassidy books in the spring and summer of 1950,'H C and the Rustlers of West Fork','H C and the Riders of High Rock','H C and the Trail to Seven Pines' and H C, Trouble-Shooter'. L'Amour's contact with Leo Margulies,led to L'Amour agreeing to write many stories for the Western pulp magazines published by Standard Magazines,a substantial portion of which appeared under the his pseudonym 'Jim Mayo'.The suggestion of L'Amour writing these Hopalong Cassidy novels also was made by Margulies who planned on launching Hopalong Cassidy's Western Magazine at a time when the William Boyd films and new television series were becoming popular with a new generation. L'Amour read the original Hopalong Cassidy novels,written by Clarence E. Mulford,and wrote his novels based on the original character under the name "Tex Burns".Only two issues of the Hopalong Cassidy's Western Magazine were published,and the novels as written by L'Amour were extensively edited to meet Doubleday's thoughts of how the character should be portrayed in print.Strongly disagreeing - L'Amour preferred Mulford's original,much rougher characterization of Cassidy and for the rest of his life,he denied authoring the novels. 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: 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: rja951721. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON LTD.,1957. UK,12mo p/back,1st thus. [Originally and first published,US,HB+dw/dj by Doubleday,1952.UK,HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,London,Hodder and Stoughton,in 1953.This appears to be the first UK,p/back edn,as no other listings in the book for such.] VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price removal (2/-) from card covers.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy,colour pictorial artwork to front cover with author's capitalised,black-lettered name and white-lettered title and publisher's b/w illustrated colophon to front's fore-edge corner; blue spine/ backstrip with a slight lean but no discernible reading creases to same,author's capitalised,white-lettered surname; plus capitalised white-lettered title and publisher's b/w illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear cover with printed blue,faux blind-spine,a vertical white background to remainder of cover with black-lettered synopsis and 3 critics' black-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,bumpiing,creases to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges with inevitable age-acquired ageing/toning and blemish; but contents tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - seems unread,other than my own collation. UK,12mo p/back,1st thus,5-192pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and even internally,is also in a smilar condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 65+ year-old ageand nature, i.e. an ephemeral paperback. It is only the minor and minimal faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall. Despite them,it really is still an exemplary example for its appearance and contents,and also its lack of other detracting faults. Hopalong Cassidy,"a living legend in his own time","a man who lived close to ripping horns, charging hoofs,the thunder of the stampede,the roar of guns - and it showed",set out to help Cindy Blair get the ranch that Melford has left her.It might well be that "the most famous cattleman of them all" had been called in too late; but it was worth a try. Clarence E. Mulford the originator of the fictional character Hopalong Cassidy,over the course of his career (roughly 1906-1941) wrote more than two dozen novels,the majority of which were about Hopalong Cassidy and the other characters from the Bar 20 ranch.In 1941 he published the last of his Cassidy novels, 'Hopalong Cassidy serves a Writ',and retired on the money made by his extraordinarily popular books and the sale of their film rights.In the spring and summer of 1950,Louis L'Amour wrote four stories about Hopalong Cassidy.He used the pen name Tex Burns and the books were commissioned by Doubleday's Double D Western imprint. 'The Rustlers of West Fork', 'Trail to Seven Pines', 'Riders of High Rock', and 'Trouble Shooter' were the first four novels that he had ever published. Want other Western fiction,titles? See my George G. Gilman EDGE UK,p/back 1st edns. 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: rja1122324. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.SIMON & SCHUSTER UK LTD,2012. 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 photographic illustrated dw/dj,with red+black 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 - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain red cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,x-xixpp+2-394pp,includes a preface, author's introduction,29 chapters+ epilogue,contemporary b/w photographs as chapter tail or head pieces - either to verso of last page of each chapter or a separator page before begining of each chapter - interspersed throughout the book,a select biblio,note on the author,acknowledgements and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication and contents list/ table and another note about the author - as the last page. From its early beginnings,when the first football on the shores of Bilbao and Buenos Aires was played by British sailors and engineers,through to the influx of South American stars,and similarly inspirational Italians,Dutchman and Scandinavians,this lively and thoughtful history shows how the engagement of foreigners with home-grown Spanish talent overcame political adversity and produced football of sublime skill, passion,and unparalleled entertainment value. The book takes us on a journey through some of the extraordinary characters, games,and moments that have defined Spanish football; from the early days when a few enthusiasts developed their talent kicking a ball around on a piece of industrial waste-ground or beach,to the emergence of rival giants,FC Barcelona and Real Madrid - the most powerful and successful football clubs in the world - and a national team that,encompassing all that was most brilliant in the Spanish League,became the World Champions. The author of a best-selling biography of Diego Maradona,and similarly widely acclaimed books on FC Barcelona and Real Madrid,Jimmy Burns digs deep into the roots of the most popular sport,to look at how football played in Spain became the most admired in the world. Burns's books on Spanish and South American footbal have earned him a reputation internationally as a master of the genre,mixing acute observation,telling anecdote,and colourful profiles and interviews with players,managers and fans in an absorbing historical and social context. Please contact seller,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: rja531115. ISBN: 9780857206527.
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Imprint: UK.SURREY.DRAGON'S WORLD LTD.,1985. UK,Qrto wraps,1st edn softback.NFINE.No owner inscrptn - appears an unread copy as there are no spine/backstrip creases. Colour pictorial illustrated,laminated wraps with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing with no nicks or tears present,but light rubbing and,tiny dog-ear creasing to three corners.Top edge generally clean with one tiny spot;fore-edge clean,contents bright,tight and near pristine.Square Qrto,7-125pp includes colour,illustrated title-page,full-colour,full-page frntis,colour illustrated contents-page; preface by Robert Silverberg,text by Chris Evans and 10 chapters.Profusely illustrated with 37 full-page,full-colour illus,3 full-colour double-page illus and many others throughout the text.Fantasy art book. 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: rja1897. ISBN: 1850280118.
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Imprint: UK.SPUR,1973.[Private Press.] UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG.Price-clipped dw/dj.Illus eps b/w illus by author+b/w photographs,112 pp. Charts the developement of military fire-arms between two world wars; detailing handguns,shoulder arms of Allied and Axis Powers in WW2.Chapters on every weapon from revolver to light machine gun. Indispensable to weapon enthusiasts and military historians. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja265.
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Imprint: LONDON.HUTCHINSON'S BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE,[n.dated But 1949.] UK,slim,landscape,12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn. [Though undated,published 1949.] VG+.No owner inscrptn per se - but neat, dark ink presentation inscrptn+date: 'For Roger Hoping he will soon be well from The Primary Department 3.4.51' to front free endpaper which has off-setting from front pastedown - rear free endpaper similarly off-set but to a much lesser degree and therefore brighter.Bright,crisp, lightly grubbed but generally clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Dorothy Burroughes, illustrated paper-covered front board with black lettering,rear board with publisher's b/w advert for other children's books; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.All corners ubiquitously but minimally rubbed - as usual/ normal.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim,landscape12mo HB,1st edn,5 -44pp [paginated] includes 5(V) chapters,b/w illustrations within text body and 4 full-page b/w and 5 full-page colour illustrations - all by Dorothy Burroughes; plus [unpaginated] half-title page with full-page,full colour illustrated frntis to reverse,a b/w story characters' illustrated title page with dedication to it's reverse. See also my book ID's rja833019 and rja833119 respectively for other titles illustrated by this artist. A highly collected and sought after children's book author/illustrator,and an unusual item in Burroughes' bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the canon.As such,fairly uncommon. Dorothy Mary L. Burroughes (b.1883,d. 1963) Worked as Dorothy Burroughes,nickname Budge, which she used in her book dedications.Born in Westminster,London.Her father,James Burroughes, was the proprietor of Burroughes & Watts, Britain’s leading manufacturer of billiard tables and snooker accessories.She studied at the Slade School of Fine Art,at Heatherley's School of Fine Art [The school was named after Thomas Heatherley who took over as the school's principal from James Mathews Leigh (when it was named "Leigh's").Founded in 1845,the school is affectionately known as Heatherley's.It is one of the oldest independent art schools in London and is among the few art colleges in Britain today,that focuses on portraiture,figurative painting and sculpture.] and in Germany too. Worked as a commercial artist,a painter and poster and lino-cut artist as well as a highly regarded author/illustrator of 20+ children's books,some of which she either authored and illustrated herself or illustrated for other authors. As a commercial artist,she had a commission from London Underground for a poster that promoted trips to the Zoo at Regents Park.That design design featured a group of Langur monkeys,drawn in a Japanese-woodcut inspired style which was to become synonymous with Burroughes’ later animal studies.A second commission followed in 1922,also for the Zoo. That design,known as ‘the monkey poster’,was even more popular than her first,and it became London Underground’s most requested poster. A solo exhibition,her first,in South Kensington in 1923 also met with acclaim and praise. Examples of her paintings from that exhibition began to appear in contemporary magazines such as 'The Sketch and the 'Illustrated London News'. Despite her success and her acclaim for the animal life drawings,she felt it was heartbreaking and too painful.Nevertheless,her skill at capturing the character and dignity of animal subjects was widely admired and in 1925 she was made a Fellow of the Zoological Society in recognition of her talent.Elected RBA (1925). Her first book was 'Amazing Adventures of Little Brown Bear (1930). Please contact seller,because of the lighter 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: rja832919. ISBN: No ISBN.
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