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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,1949. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG.Slightly creased+ rubbed dw/dj edges.A TERENCE O'DAY story. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja719. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,WHITE CIRCLE POCKET NOVEL.nd.[- circa 1947?] UK,12mo wraps,p/back,1st edn (nd - circa 1947?).[Originally and first published UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, COLLINS,1945.This edn,a COLLINS MYSTERY novel No. 283. in WHITE CIRCLE POCKET NOVEL series.] VG+.No owner inscrptn and no printed price removal to cover.Bright,crisp,fairly clean, pinkish background with b/w illustration (helmeted policeman blowing a whistle) to front cover with black lettering within two circles,a Pelman Institute advert to recto of same and (local,Plymouth) bookseller's small strip adhesive label to bottom edge,rear cover with jewellery company's b/w advert with some minimal foxing/spotting and also with an advert (Maltesers) to its verso; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or splits present,no noticeable reading creases to spine/ backstrip. Top+fore-edges though aged/toned still clean with minimal foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread apart from my own collation.UK,12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn,5- 191pp [paginated] includes contents list/ table,4 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half- title with dedication to recto,title page 2nd novel in the Everard Peter Quayle series. Meet Shaun O'Mara,a slick and capable Irishman,who can liquidate a foreign agent or make love to a beautiful woman with equal facility.Returning from a South American assignment for the British secret Service,he finds himself in the midst of the seething hot-bed of intrigue that was London in the days before the Normandy invasion.How he cunningly and ruthlessly breaks up an enemy intelligence ring,with all its sinister ramifications,makes for one of the most entertaining stories to come out of the war. Peter Cheyney has created here a strong paced tale of action and suspense,written with great vividness and dramatic skill.He has cleverly woven together all the ingredients of a classic spy story with an intriguing mystery yarn,and the result is guaranteed to please and fascinate the most exacting reader. An uncommon title of the contemporary period. 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: rja879220. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.FABER & FABER,1937. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+./VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Red,black+ yellow designed dw/dj; with neglgible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - a couple of tiny,closed tears to top edges - corners minisculely rubbed with some reciprocal loss, head+foot of spine/backstrip also minisculely rubbed+chipped,and slight darkening of same.Top edge dust-soiled - as usual/normal - and darkened,fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - an unread copy? Clean,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and lightly, sporadically foxed,plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-232pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,5 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages. Not long before the outbreak of war between China and Japan,an event took place in China that threatened to wreck the Chinese nationalist movement: this was the mutiny in Sian in December 1936. General Chiang Kai-Shek,the great figure of modern China,who has led the struggle for national unity,was seized,while on a tour of inspection in Sian,by a rebel general Chang,and was held prisoner by mutinous troops till he should agree to their anti-nationalist demands.General Chiang was firm in his refusal: his life was in danger,but he would not abandon his political ideals.Many of the Central Government were for attacking the rebels immediately,but Mme. Chiang,who has worked side by side with her husband for a united China,took control of the situation.She realized that the use of force would inevitably mean not merely the execution of her husband by the rebels but a bloody war and probably the crumbling of the slow achievement of the past years.Negotiations were opened with the rebel headquarters,and Mme Chiang,at the risk of her life,joined her husband in his captivity.At last the firm stand of General Chiang and his wife triumphed: the rebel leaders were divided,and the prisoners were released,though it was not until their aeroplane left the ground that they knew they were safe and that civil war had been avoided. Mme. Chiang has been called the First Lady in China: her sisters are Mme. Sun Yat Sen, the widow of the first great revolutionary leader,and,Mme. Kung,wife of the Minister of Finance: the story of the three sister's lives is the story of China during the last decade (then 1936/7).The first part of this book is by Mme. Chiang: to show the full significance of the Sian mutiny,she describes what has been happening in China since the fall of the Manchus twenty years ago: first the fight led by General Chiang against the regime of the War Lords,then the gradual building up of a united China. General Chiang kept a detailed diary during the mutiny,and this is reproduced in the book. Mme. Chiang also gives an account of her experiences during the crisis.The book is thus a first-hand record of important events on which the future of China depended; it also gives a clear picture of two arresting personalities. Scarce edition,particularly with dw/dj,and in as good a state as this - for it's 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,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja29848. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: US.NEW YORK,NY 10020,October,2010. US,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED+dedicated, Omnibus,1st edn thus. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending. Three stories originally published (US) individually in 2005, 2006 and 2007 respectively.This is the (US) 1st edn of this omnibus,2010.] NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink dedication and signature thus: ' To Janet, Warm regards, Jennifer Chiaverini ' to the title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,multi-colour floral design illustrated dw/dj panels with cursive-style black-lettered title and author's name and capitalised,red lettered legend THREE NOVELS IN THE NEW YORK BESTSELLING SERIES - all within a central,border-decorated panel to front of dw/dj.Border edging from front panel to vertical edges of spine/backstrip with thumbnail repeated colour illustration repeated from front,as is the coloured+lettered author's name and title with publisher's capitalised, black-lettered name and black illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with a slightly different but almost similar design as front's with critics' black+red lettered reviews inside the central panel. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - the tiniest of snicks at head of spine and a miniscule crease with slight curl to same - but NO other nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges whilst bright and clean are not without a couple of light,small and faint smudges but no foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to anypages' corners.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,pale custard yellow paper-covered boards with white papered floral design embossed blind-spine with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering,a yellow+white striped headband and gentle pushing at head+foot of same, and immaculate plain white endpapers.US,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,omnibus 1st edn,x-xipp author's Introduction,6-235pp comprising 11 chapters [SUGAR CAMP QUILT],242-481pp comprising 6 chapters [CIRCLE OF QUILTER'S], and 488-722pp comprising 12 chapters [THE QUILTER'S HOMECOMING] respectively; plus [unpaginated] a blank with publisher's thumbnail b/w colophon illustration with publisjer's list of author's other titles to it's reverse,author SIGNED+ dedicated title page,a Contents list/table,a double-page Bergstrom Family Time Line diagram,and each story with individual title separator page with Acknowledgements to its reverse,and a seperaate dedication. Visually the exterior appearance is still exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age. 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,any brightness and lack of major detracting faults. (i) History is thick with secrets in 'The Sugar Camp Quilt'. Set in Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania, in the years leading up to the Civil War, the novel follows Dorothea Granger's passage from innocence to wisdom against the harrowing backdrop of the American struggle over slavery. She discovers that a quilt she has stitched for her uncle Jacob with five unusual patterns of his own design contains hidden clues to guide runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad. (ii) When Elm Creek Quilts announces openings for two new teachers in 'Circle of Quilters', quilters everywhere are vying to land the prestigious post. The impending departure of two founding members means untold changes for the Elm Creek Quilters. As they begin the interview process, a single question emerges: Who can possibly take the place of beloved colleagues and friends? (iii) A Roaring Twenties adventure unfolds in 'The Quilter's Homecoming', as young bride Elizabeth Bergstrom Nelson sets off with her husband, Henry, from her family home of Elm Creek Manor in Pennsylvania. This rich historical narrative travels to the unfamiliar terrain of southern California, where the adventurous newlyweds embrace a life as dramatic as the landscape. 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: rja1152224. ISBN: 9781439197790.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1969. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG+.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj.Contents clean and solid.Inner flaps dw/dj both creased.8vo,56pp includes b/w photographs. Chichester writes "This book chiefly describes a set of exercises which have been invaluable in keeping me fit or in helping me regain fitness after an accident or illness.I have written this description of my keep-fit regime in the hope that it will help others to improve their health and achievements". He also writes about some of his illnesses - because he maintains they were due to strain and stress; because these are the portion of everyone during a lifetime; and because his recovery in each case was largely due to his keep fit regime.Whatever their age or physical condition,this is a book of sound advice for every man,woman or child who is anxious,if not to emulate Sir Francis,at least to make the most of him or herself. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja1394. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1964. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG+.Owner inscrptn+bookplate,but no price-clip to dw/dj.Dw/dj slightly grubbed/darkened, slightly creased head of spine/backstrip. 8vo,352pp includes index,b/w maps and photographs. Extraordinary because of the time-spread and diversity of his adventures.He not only made the world's first solo long-distance seaplane flight in 1931,but also won the first solo sailing race across the Atlantic in 1960.The first was probably the toughest flight ever made and the second the toughest ever sailed.Here is a navigator in the true Elizabethan sense.In 1932 he received the top award for air navigation and in 1961 the top award for single-handed navigation.Not content with his 1960 trans-Atlantic record he raced his own time across to New York in 1962 aged 60 and reduced his previous record by seven days.Francis Chichester emigrated to New Zealand at 18 with £10 in his pocket.After trying various jobs which made him a member of three trade unions,he founded a business with a New Zealand partner and was earning £10,000 a year by the time he was 26.Later they founded an aviation company and in 1930 Chichester became the second person to fly alone from England to Australia. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja202. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.BANTAM PRESS/TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS,2015. 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 panels,with red+b/w lettering to front and spine/backstrip with critics' red+white lettered reviews to rear panel of dw/dj; all with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-425pp [paginated] includes 59 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,title separator page and to the rear of the book; about the author and 4pp blanks. After leaving his job as a Military Police Major,Reacher roams the US taking odd jobs. He'll arrive in town,come across someone who needs his help,solve a mystery and take out the bad guys,and then get on the next bus out of town.Reacher is never looking for trouble,but trouble always finds him. The Reacher books can be read in any order. There are weird names all over the country.Why single out Mother's Rest,in a nation with towns called Why and Whynot, and Accident and Peculiar,and Santa Claus and No Name? Jack Reacher has no place to go,and all the time in the world to get there,so a remote railroad stop on the prairie with the curious name of Mother's Rest seems perfect for an aimless one-day stopover. He expects to find a lonely pioneer tombstone in a sea of nearly-ripe wheat . . . but instead there is a woman waiting for a missing colleague,a cryptic note about two hundred deaths,and a small town full of silent,watchful people. Reacher's one-day stopover becomes an open-ended quest . . . into the heart of darkness. Prepare to be nailed to yor seat by another hair-raising,heart-pounding adventure from the kick-ass master of the thriller genre! 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.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: rja763718. ISBN: 9780593073889.
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Imprint: LONDON.PUTNAM AND COMPANY,1964. UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork illustrated front of dw/dj with black+pale blue lettering, similar letters to white spine/backstrip, rear panel with white background and blue+ black lettered publisher's advert for new fiction titles (2); with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - one small closed tear to rear,top edge - no other major nicks or tears present, laminate starting to break at front gutter's edge/fold and book has slight lean.Top+fore-edges bright and clean with minor blemishes but no foxing; contents bright,tight,clean - apart from one indeterminate fluid stain to top edge of pp8/9,else solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain red textured rexine-type boards with stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white eps.UK,12mo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,7-208pp [paginated] includes a prologue,10 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title with story precis,title page, and title separator page. Author's debut novel. A vivid glimpse of a few days on the life of a child in wartime London,and a brilliant evocation of his ups and downs, hopes and fears,memories and regrets - his first painful encounter with toffs,the strange world of his new school,how to keep on the right side of mum,how dad nicked a lamp-post right under a copper's nose in the good old days - in short,a most unusual and rewarding first novel,in which the experiences of the child are linked to the author's adult philosophy. 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: rja893620. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.BANTAM PRESS/TRANSWORLD 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 montaged artwork illustrated dw/dj with glossy,embossed white+yellow lettering and other white printed letters to front, similaer coloured but printed lettered spine/backstrip,author's colour portrait photograph with critics' superimposed white +yellow lettered reviews to rear respectively; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – pristine, unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain black cloth boards,yellow headband,bright,crisp, blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and clean plain black sets of endpapers - front endpaper with an accidental vertical, oblique partial crease,nearly the complete page,book with a slight lean.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,7-394pp [paginated] includes 45 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,and to the rear note about the author and 4pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptiona,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. After leaving his job as a Military Police Major,Reacher roams the US taking odd jobs. He'll arrive in town,come across someone who needs his help,solve a mystery and take out the bad guys,and then get on the next bus out of town.Reacher is never looking for trouble,but trouble always finds him. The Reacher books can be read in any order. It's just a voice plucked from the air: 'The American wants a hundred million dollars.' For what? Who from? It's 1996,and the Soviets are long gone.But now there's a new enemy.In an apartment in Hamburg,a group of smartly dressed young Saudis are planning something big. Jack Reacher is fresh off a secret mission and a big win.The army pats him on the back and gives him a medal.And then they send him back to school.It's a school with only three students: Reacher,an FBI agent and a CIA analyst. Their assignment? To find that American.And what he's selling.And to whom.There is serious shit going on,signs of a world gone mad. 'NIGHT SCHOOL' takes Reacher back to his army days,but this tiime he's not in uniform.With trusted sergeant Frances neagley at his side,he must carry the fate of the world on his shoulders,in a wired, fiendishly clever new adventure that will make the cold sweat trickle down your spine. 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: rja1010122. ISBN: 9780593073902.
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Imprint: LONDON.BANTAM PRESS/TRANSWORLD.2016. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED+dedicated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink inscrptn,signature+ dedication: 'Louise Enjoy the book! L Child' to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic montaged artwork illustrated dw/dj with glossy,embossed white+yellow lettering and other white printed letters to front,along with a yellow,small circular adhesive label with Waterstones Exclusive Contains essay from Lee Child text within; similar coloured but printed lettered spine/backstrip,author's colour portrait photograph with critics' superimposed white+ yellow lettered reviews to rear respectively; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – virtually pristine,unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain black cloth boards,yellow headband,bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and clean plain black sets of endpapers,book with a slight lean. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-394pp [paginated] includes 45 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and to the rear note about the author and 4pp blanks. An uncommon SIGNED+dedicated example of this title. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of presentation. After leaving his job as a Military Police Major,Reacher roams the US taking odd jobs. He'll arrive in town,come across someone who needs his help,solve a mystery and take out the bad guys,and then get on the next bus out of town.Reacher is never looking for trouble,but trouble always finds him. The Reacher books can be read in any order. It's just a voice plucked from the air: 'The American wants a hundred million dollars.' For what? Who from? It's 1996,and the Soviets are long gone.But now there's a new enemy.In an apartment in Hamburg,a group of smartly dressed young Saudis are planning something big. Jack Reacher is fresh off a secret mission and a big win.The army pats him on the back and gives him a medal.And then they send him back to school.It's a school with only three students: Reacher,an FBI agent and a CIA analyst. Their assignment? To find that American.And what he's selling.And to whom.There is serious shit going on,signs of a world gone mad. 'NIGHT SCHOOL' takes Reacher back to his army days,but this tiime he's not in uniform.With trusted sergeant Frances Neagley at his side,he must carry the fate of the world on his shoulders,in a wired,fiendishly clever new adventure that will make the cold sweat trickle down your spine. 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,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of 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: rja1015522. ISBN: 9780593073902.
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Imprint: LONDON.BANTAM PRESS/an imprint of Transworld Publishers,2017. 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,montage'd colour photographic illustrated front of dw/dj with capitalised, white-lettered sub-title; capitalised,embossed, glossy pale green-lettered author name with capitalised,embossed glossy white-lettered part-title to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered sub-title, similalrly coloured,lettered and glossy,but flat printed author name+title; a thumbnail,repeated colour photographic detail from front's photograph to foot of same,along with publisher’s red illustrated colophon and capitalised,white-lettered publisher name. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright crisp,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.Publisher’s bright,crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt-silhouetted figure to front board - repeated to head of spine/backstrip along with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering,a lime green silk headband,and immaculate multiple repeated black-silhouetted figure to pale green background illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-390pp [paginated] includes 12 short stories,a 3 chapter extract with a grey fore-edge border to those pages,from the next Jack Reacher novel - 'THE MIDNIGHT LINE.', November, 2017 - see my following sequential, alpha-numerical book ID rja1111923 for a UK,HB+ dw/dj,1st edn example; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a Contents list/table and to the rear,an Extract separator page and as last printed page - a potted biography of the author and a further 2pp blanks. 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 5+ year-old age. It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. Jack 'No Middle Name' Reacher, lone wolf, knight errant, ex military cop, lover of women, scourge of the wicked and righter of wrongs, is the most iconic hero for our age. This is the first time all Lee Child's shorter fiction featuring Jack Reacher has been collected into one volume. Read together, these twelve stories shed new light on Reacher’s past, illuminating how he grew up and developed into the wandering avenger who has captured the imagination of millions around the world. The twelve stories include a brand new novella,'Too Much Time.' Some of the other stories in the collection are: Second Son, Deep Down, High Heat, Not a Drill, and Small Wars - previously only published in ebook form,and amongst the others,includes James Penney's New Identity and Guy Walks Into a Bar. 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: rja1111823. ISBN: 9780593079010.
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Imprint: LONDON.BANTAM PRESS/TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS,2005. 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 front of dw/dj with glossy embossed graduated white,grey,silver lettered author's name, embossed gilt title and critic's white-lettered review lettering to front,similar lettering for author+title,black-lettered publisher to spine/backstrip,rear panel with critics' reviews; with some shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no major nicks,tears or splits - majority of light creasing to head of spine and dw/dj's top edges and only a small (0.5cm) closed tear on rear top edge.Top+fore-edges with inevitable but very light ageing/toning and without foxing/spotting, so clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corner tips – appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher’s bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered with exception of front lower corner - minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing - original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/ backstrip,a b/w striped headband and immaculate/ clean plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-363pp [paginated] includes 17 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,title separator page and 4pp blanks at rear of book.Author's 9th Reacher title, previous titles were all best-sellers. After leaving his job as a Military Police Major,Reacher roams the US taking odd jobs. He'll arrive in town,come across someone who needs his help,solve a mystery and take out the bad guys,and then get on the next bus out of town.Reacher is never looking for trouble,but trouble always finds him.The Reacher books can be read in any order. Six shots.Five dead.One heartland city thrown into a state of terror.But within hours the cops have it solved: a slam-dunk case.Except for one thing.The accused man says: 'You got the wrong guy.' Then he says: 'Get Reacher for me.' And sure enough,from the world he lives in - no phone,no address,no commitments - ex-military investigator Jack Reacher is coming. In Lee Child’s astonishing new thriller, Reacher’s arrival will change everything - about a case that isn’t what it seems,about lives tangled in baffling ways,about a killer who missed one shot - and by doing so give Jack Reacher one shot at the truth.... The gunman worked from a parking structure just thirty yards away–point-blank range for a trained military sniper like James Barr.His victims were in the wrong place at the wrong time.But why does Barr want Reacher at his side? There are good reasons why Reacher is the last person Barr would want to see.But when Reacher hears Barr’s own words,he understands.And a slam-dunk case explodes. Soon Reacher is teamed with a young defense lawyer who is working against her D.A. father and dueling with a prosecution team that has an explosive secret of its own.Like most things Reacher has known in life, this case is a complex battlefield. But,as always,in battle,Reacher is at his best. Moving in the shadows,picking his spots, Reacher gets closer and closer to the unseen enemy who is pulling the strings. And for Reacher,the only way to take him down is to know his ruthlessness and respect his cunning - and then match him shot for shot.... 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. 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,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of 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: rja977021. ISBN: 0593051831.
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Imprint: LONDON.BANTAM PRESS/TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS,2018. 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 (£20) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with white+ yellow lettering,rear panel with author's colour photographic portrait and white+yellow lettered critics' reviews,white+yellow lettered spine/ backstrip; with some minimal,negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges lightly toned but fairly 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. Book lightly cocked. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a yellow headband and immaculate plain lemon endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-403pp [paginated] includes 45 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,in Memoriam with blank reverse,and to the rear of the book; 6pp blanks. After leaving his job as a Military Police Major,Reacher roams the US taking odd jobs. He'll arrive in town,come across someone who needs his help,solve a mystery and take out the bad guys,and then get on the next bus out of town.Reacher is never looking for trouble,but trouble always finds him. The Reacher books can be read in any order. Jack Reacher plans to follow the autumn sun on an epic road trip across America, from Maine to California.He doesn't get far.On a country road deep in the New England woods,he sees a sign to a place he has never been - the town where his father was born.He thinks,what's one extra day? He takes the detour. At the very same moment,close by,a car breaks down.Two young Canadians are trying to get to New York City to sell a treasure.They're stranded at a lonely motel in the middle of nowhere.It's a strange place . . . but it's all there is. The next morning in the city clerk's office, Reacher asks about the old family home.He's told no one named Reacher ever lived in that town.He knows his father never went back.Now he wonders, was he ever there in the first place? So begins another nail-biting,adrenaline-fuelled adventure for Reacher.The present can be tense,but the past can be worse. That's for damn sure. 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. 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: rja869320. ISBN: 9780593078198.
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Imprint: LONDON.BANTAM PRESS/TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS,2018. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.This copy is the Waterstone's exclusive edn with canary yellow edges and end-papers and bonus author interview complete with the Waterstone's "signed edition" sticker to front panel as issued.To the rear panel too,an adhesive overlaid ISBN + bar code label with a different ISBN number (9781785174407) than the non-Exclusive issue of same book.] NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's instantly recognisable handwritten,blue ink signature - without dedication - to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with both flat printed and embossed white+yellow lettering,rear panel with author's colour photographic portrait with critics' white+yellow lettered reviews,both flat printed and glossy white+yellow lettered spine/ backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges coloured canary yellow with minor blemishes but bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine text body - with no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - but some accidental,uniform,small and minor bottom corner tips' creasing to pp257-306 inclusive in diminishing degrees,else would appear 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,a yellow headband and immaculate plain canary yellow endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,1-423pp [paginated] includes 45 chapters,plus 17pp extract of author's conversation between himself and John Grisham at the Theakston Crime writing Festival,Harrogate, July 2018; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page,in Memoriam page with blank reverse,and to the rear of the book; 2pp blanks. After leaving his job as a Military Police Major,Reacher roams the US taking odd jobs. He'll arrive in town,come across someone who needs his help,solve a mystery and take out the bad guys,and then get on the next bus out of town.Reacher is never looking for trouble,but trouble always finds him. The Reacher books can be read in any order. Jack Reacher plans to follow the autumn sun on an epic road trip across America, from Maine to California.He doesn't get far.On a country road deep in the New England woods,he sees a sign to a place he has never been - the town where his father was born.He thinks,what's one extra day? He takes the detour. At the very same moment,close by,a car breaks down.Two young Canadians are trying to get to New York City to sell a treasure.They're stranded at a lonely motel in the middle of nowhere.It's a strange place . . . but it's all there is. The next morning in the city clerk's office, Reacher asks about the old family home.He's told no one named Reacher ever lived in that town.He knows his father never went back.Now he wonders, was he ever there in the first place? So begins another nail-biting,adrenaline-fuelled adventure for Reacher.The present can be tense,but the past can be worse. That's for damn sure. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of 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: rja958521. ISBN: 9781785174407.
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Imprint: LONDON.BANTAM PRESS.TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS,7th November,2017. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,black ink handwritten signature - without dedication - to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt colour photographic illustrated front panel with white+pale blue lettering, author's name in embossed fluorescent silver-blue gilt,and a b/w circular adhesive 'Signed by the Author' label,a photographic thumbnail detail from front panel and white+fluorescent silver gilt printed lettered spine/backstrip, rear panel with author's portrait,colour photograph and critics' blue+white lettered reviews; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.A couple of small,slight indent impressions from dw/dj only partially affecting concomitant spot to board beneath on front panel towards its lower edge - but no other indents present.All edges dark blue; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean and unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain white cloth boards with black ink printed lettered spine/backstrip,a blue+black speckled headband and immaculate pale blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,1-391pp [paginated] includes 48 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page,a dedication and to the rear,author's potted biography.Author's 22nd Reacher thriller preceded by 'No Middle Name' and followed by 'Past Tense'. After leaving his job as a Military Police Major,Reacher roams the US taking odd jobs. He'll arrive in town,come across someone who needs his help,solve a mystery and take out the bad guys,and then get on the next bus out of town.Reacher is never looking for trouble,but trouble always finds him. The Reacher books can be read in any order. Jack Reacher takes an aimless stroll past a pawn shop in a small Midwestern town.In the window he sees a West Point class ring from 2005.It's tiny.It's a woman cadet's graduation present to herself.Why would she give it up? Reacher's a West Pointer too,and he knows what she went through to get it. Reacher tracks the ring back to its owner,step by step,down a criminal trail leading west.Like Big Foot come out of the forest,he arrives in the deserted wilds of Wyoming.All he wants is to find the woman. If she's OK,he'll walk away.If shes not . . . he'll stop at nothing. He's still shaken by the recent horrors of ' Make Me',and now 'The Midnight Line' sees him set on a raw and elemental quest for simple justice. Best advice: don't get in his way. Reacher once again in the Midwest,this time being thrust into an investigation involving the illegal opioid trade,the pharmaceutical companies that often turn a blind eye in the name of profits,and the people dependent on them. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included/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. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja942321. ISBN: 9780593078181.
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Imprint: UK.OLD BOSHAM,SUSSEX.BOWKER & BERTRAM LTD.,1978. UK,12mo HB+protected dw/dj,1st reprint.[Originally and first published UK,Smith, Elder & Co,May 1903,as the British true 1st edn.With this publisher,first published in 1971.It was then reset and published with an added Historical postscript,by this publisher in 1976.This edn is the first reprint of that issue/ edn,dated 1978.] VG+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to protected dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour photographic sea-scape illustrated front panel,b/w similar photographic rear panel,white background spine/backstrip,all with black ink lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges generally clean, lightly dust-soiled and slightly discoloured - not heavily or excessively though - with some minimal,sporadic and barely perceptible,faint foxing/spotting, fore-edges lghtly aged/toned with slightly heavier coloured,sporadic,minimal foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread.Generally bright and clean, publisher's sharp-cornered,original yellow cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked black ink lettering to spine/backstrip and b/w Admiralty charts illustrated endpapers. UK,12mo HB+protected dw/dj,1st reprint,vi-xpp+2-347pp [paginated] includes author preface,contents list/table,28(XXVIII) chapters,an epilogue,27 assorted b/w contemporary detail from Admiralty charts, maps and b/w photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book and a 6-sections historical postscript by R.M. Bowker.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,an illustrations list/table,with b/w line sketch of the boat 'Dulcibella' (named after his sister) to recto as a frntis. View my 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die catalogue for other books and suggested reading in it. A unique edition of this classic of small-boat fiction with an exclusive postscript containing the historical facts which lie behind this incomparable sailing story: the best ever written. This edition includes unabridged extracts from the charts actually used aboard Dulcibella; together with 27 illustrations drawn from the past and from the seas which Dulcibelle sailed. Robert Erskine Childers (b.25/6/1870 - d. 24/11/22.),soldier,journalist,politician, novelist.Erskine Childers wrote 'The Riddle of the Sands' after returning home wounded from the Boer War,where he fought for the British.Based on his own sailing trips with his brother Henry along the German coast,it predicted war with Germany and called for British preparedness.Speculation about which of Childers's friends was the model for "Carruthers" in the novel and it seems that he is based not on his brother Henry Childers,but on yachting enthusiast Walter Runciman; "Davies",is Childers himself. An Irish nationalist who smuggled guns to Ireland in his sailing yacht Asgard.He was executed by the authorities of the nascent Irish Free State during the Irish Civil War. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja529215. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HUTCHINSON,1960. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG.No owner inscrptn but bottom third of inner dw/dj flap torn off affecting the text.Colour pictorial decorated dw/dj with minimal shelf-wear to dw/dj edges with light rubbing and minimal loss to two corners. Head+foot of spine/backstrip also lightly rubbed but with one small closed tear. Rear wrap lightly marked.Brown paper-covered bds with stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,with plain white eps.Fore-edge bright,top edge bright.Contents bright,tight and clean. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,187pp includes 8 b/w halftone illus includes frntis; all called for,by Christopher Gifford Ambler. Grasson,the great Golden Eagle,Monarch and familiar spirit of the Black Corrie, disliked change in a world that to him changed so little; the mountains in winter,white with snow,the small lochans, ice-gripped; the crying of the wind in storm; the grey rush of clouds up the glens. Those things he understood because they had been with him always - like the note of the cuckoo in spring, and the purple flaming of the rhododendrons on the roadside.Yet now strange things were happening up at the House of the Black Corrie for a new keeper had come to the glens,a man from the south,whose sullen dourness set other men instinctively against him.Here then is a story of the remotely beautiful Highland glens where a man's strength is measured by his power over the creatures of the wild.And interwoven is the growing tender friendship of a boy for a girl,a boy from the glens and a girl from the city who to begin with finds the lonely beauty of hill and loch a frightening thing.9th book of a series of 13 by Chipperfield. Christopher Gifford Ambler,born 1886, worked as Christopher Ambler.Animal painter and illustrator.He drew in pen and ink,pencil or brush,often with halftone washes,in a bold,cheerfully sketchy style. Recorded as having briefly illustrated the boys' paper Nelson Lee,in 1929.See also rja8519 and rja852019 for other titles by this author. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE - ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja1429. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HUTCHINSON,[nd],circa 1954/5. UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,4th imp.VG/POOR.No owner inscrptn but author's neat handwritten,blue ink inscrptn: 'To Victor with the very best of good wishes from the author Joseph E. Chipperfield (underscore) 25/1/55' to front free endpaper and no price-clip to dw/dj. Slightly grubbed,colour pictorial artwork by Christopher Ambler,illustrated front panel and colour vignette to darkened spine/backstrip,with green,yellow and black lettering to front panel; with extensive rubbing and creasing to edges and corners,some minor loss to both head+foot of spine with some closed tears to both also - included only for completeness - probably about 99% of dw/dj present.Top+fore-edges though lightly toned for books's age,are still fairly bright and clean - a couple of foxing spots; contents bright,tight,generally clean,solid and sound,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,could appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,3 corners bumped, publisher's original plain khaki cloth boards with bright,crisp,black ink printed letters to front+spine/backstrip,and generally bright and clean plain white endpapers - with some inevitable off-set foxing/spotting from dw/djs' inner flaps to both the front+rear free endpapers and author inscrptions excepted.UK, small 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,4th imp,9208pp [paginated] includes Books 1,2,3 comprising 8,7,and 8 chapters respectively,15 full-page b/w halftone illus includes frntis; all called for, by Christopher Gifford Ambler; plus [unpaginated] half-title b/w illustrated frntis,title page,a dedication with contents list/table to its reverse,illustrations list/table with author's note to reverse.A few other minor faults to dw/dj not described. See my book ID rja851919 for another author SIGNED title: WINDRUFF OF LINKS TOR. Greatheart,an Alsatian puppy,was born in a kennel close to the Mendip Hills in Somerset. When about to be sold,he ran off and took up life in the wild.During a very bad winter which brought famine into the lives of many wild creatures,Greatheart became their champion,and by doing so was made an animal with a price on his head. Trekking into Devon,following the trail of two otters,Greatheart meets with misfortune.Being homeless he finally succumbs to the charm of Lionel Radmore,a Devon farmer,and a great affection springs up between the two.When finally Lionel goes away on military service,the dog sets off in search of him,becomes adopted by the Army and is trained as a guard dog. No more moving scene can be found in the annals of animal fiction that that where Greatheart finds his beloved master buried under the debris of a demolished barracks. Undoubtedly a stirring story for readers of all ages,written in striking prose,and ably illustrated by C. Gifford Ambler who has so convincingly caught the sensitive mood of this fine animal story. Christopher Gifford Ambler,born 1886,worked as Christopher Ambler.Animal painter and illustrator.He drew in pen and ink,pencil or brush,often with halftone washes,in a bold, cheerfully sketchy style.Recorded as having briefly illustrated the boys' paper Nelson Lee, in 1929. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** UK,buyers 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 item(s) offered P/p included or 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja852019. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HUTCHINSON,1953. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG-.No owner inscrptn but a school prize label to front pastedown and no price-clip to dw/dj. Colour pictorial decorated dw/dj with some slight chipping and minimal loss to all corners,top edges slight creasing and a few small closed tears.Head+foot of dw/d spine/backstrip also chipped with minimal loss and same slightly sunned.Rear wrap lightly marked.All corners bumped.Tan paper-covered bds with black ink printed letters to upper bd and spine/backstrip, with plain white eps.Fore-edges aged with some light spotting, top edge slightly aged and dust-soiled too.Contents bright, tight and clean.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 216pp includes 8 b/w halftone illus includes frntis; all called for,by Christopher Gifford Ambler. Neil McCulloch,a naturalist,living on the Isle of Skye,watches,from the moment of their birth,the development of two young golden eagles.Here is a drama of the wild based on the author's personal experiences.The battle of the hooded crows,who seek to destroy the eaglets,is spell-binding in effect and many similar adventures threaten the young birds until they are able to leave the eyrie. To Greeka,comes the greatest adventure of all,the fierce emnity between himself and the wild cat,Panzeed,resulting in the magnificent bird being caught in the steel trap that had been set for his enemy.For all ages,this book is an epic of the Scottish Highlands,ably illustrated by C. Gifford Ambler who has once again caught the mood of Chipperfield's moving text.5th book in a series of 10 by Chipperfield. Born 1886,worked as Christopher Ambler. Animal painter and illustrator.He drew in pen and ink,pencil or brush,often with halftone washes,in a bold,cheerfully sketchy style.Recorded as having briefly illustrated the boys' paper Nelson Lee,in 1929.See also rja1429,rja851919 and rja852019 for other titles by this author. Please contact sellr,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja1485. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HUTCHINSON,1954. UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Illustrator's name with misprinted first Christian name initial of 'G' instead of a 'C'.] VG/POOR.No owner inscrptn but author's neat, handwritten,blue ink inscrptn: 'To Victor With the very best of good wishes from the author Joseph E. Chipperfield (underscore) 25/1/55' and no price-clip to dw/dj.colour pictorial artwork by Christopher Ambler,illustrated front panel and colour vignette to darkened spine/backstrip, with red+black lettering to front and spine/ backstrip; with extensive rubbing and creasing to edges and corners,some minor loss to both head+foot of spine/backstrip with some closed tears to both also - included only for completeness - probably about 96% dw/dj present. Top+fore-edges though lightly toned for book's age are still fairly bright and clean - no foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,generally clean - some random,sporadic blemishes,no intentional dog-ear reading creases to pages' corners,could appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain khaki cloth boards with bright,crisp,black ink printed letters to front+spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers - author inscrptions excepted.UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,13-239pp [paginated] includes Books 1,2,3 comprising ,9,9 and 10 chapters respectively,8 full-page b/w halftone illus includes frntis; all called for,by Christopher Gifford Ambler; plus [unpaginated] half-title with b/w frntis illustration to reverse,title page,a dedication,separate contents+illus lists/tables - author's note to reverse of latter list/table,individual Books' separator pages and reverse of last page also unpaginated.A few other minor faults to dw/dj not described. The history of this title was planned one spring at Tavistock in the county of Devonshire, and completed in the spring of the following year at Buckfast. This story of a shepherd dog is told against the wild moors of western England. It combines the sensitive writing of a man who loves animals with keen observation of the habits of foxes, badgers,wild colts,curlews,magpies - the great multitudes of the Dartmoor tors. When gipsy traders smoked out her cubs to be sold at the Tavistock Fair,Redbrush,the vixen, enticed an Alsatian puppy from the Newsome's farmyard.He was just the russet colour of a hill fox.Taught by the vixen,the dog grew into a magnificent creature,Windruff,whose adventures the reader follows,enjoying with the dog the free wilderness of the moors. The patience and devotion of those who love Windruff win out in the end and bring the dog back once more to the farm,and the relationship between the half-wild dog and the man he could trust is a satisfying climax to an unusually appealing story. Christopher Gifford Ambler,born 1886,worked as Christopher Ambler.Animal painter and illustrator.He drew in pen and ink,pencil or brush,often with halftone washes,in a bold, cheerfully sketchy style.Recorded as having briefly illustrated the boys' paper Nelson Lee, in 1929. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** UK,buyers 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 item(s) offered P/p included or 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja851919. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.CHATTO & WINDUS,September 1953. UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp. [First published July 1953.A 2nd impression in July 1953 and then again,a 3rd impression in September 1953 - this edn.] NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj with cream/yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. Dw/dj was once,at some stage,with a now removed, protective covering as there are sellotape 'ghost' residual outline marks to the front+ rear free endpapers,But,as a result of it's one time presence,the dw/dj has been well protected showing little sign of rubbing,chipping,or shelf-wear etc.,since it's removal.Internally though,along with the inner flaps,all are noticeably foxed/spotted.Top+fore-edges with remarkably little toning and nearly foxing-free - one tiny spot to top edges and a few faint, sporadic spots to the fore-edges, otherwise fairly 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. Some minimal foxing to front prelims: front eps,half-title+title pages,and dedication along with rear pastedown,epilogue page,rear blanks and pastedown at rear of book.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and plain white endpapers with aforementioned 'ghost' sellotape outlines.UK,slim,small 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp,7-222pp [paginated] includes a foreword by Air Chief Marshall Sir william Elliot (K.C.B.,K.B.E.,D.F.C.),separate contents+illustrations lists/tables,Pts 1+ 2 comprising 12 and 8 chapters+Epilogue respectively,18pp contemporary b/w photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title,b/w photographic frntis,title page,a dedication and 2pp blanks at the rear of the book. Roderick Chisholm's wartime exploits as a WW2 nightfigher pilot.Flying first Blenheims,then Beaufighters and finally the Mosquito (dw/dj's illustration is of a design from the picture "Mosquitoes Sting at Night" by FRANK WOOTTON,by kind permission of the dw Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd.),he accounted for 9 confirmed kills.He received the DSO and the DFC. Flying during the Battle of Britain,he was awarded the Battle of Britain Clasp to the 1939-45 Star,by flying at least one authorised operational sortie with an eligible unit of the Royal Air Force or Fleet Air Arm during the period from 0001 hours on 10 July to 2359 hours 31 October 1940.The highly decorated author began operations with RAF night fighters as a Pilot Officer,604 Sddn,in 1940 until 1945 and saw the development of night flying techniques under 'Cat's Eyes' Cunningham, later commanding an operational night fighter development unit and being involved with radio counter-measures for bomber crews against German night fighters.He later rose to rank of Air Cdre and died in 1994. This book traces that development of night flying from the early days of night fighters to the final triumph over Germany made possible by amazing technical achievements.It is also the story of the courage and endurance of those air-crews engaged in night fighting and bombing and Sir Philip Joubert praises the author for his 'careful and impressive analysis of a pilot's mental reactions when flying at night on operations.' 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: rja851319. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,2009. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£25.00) to dw/dj - virtually as new - wrapped and protected from day of issue/ purchase.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject+contemporaries b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - an unread copy.Bright,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain maroon cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,with immaculate,colour facsimile hand-written letters/correspondence illustrated eps. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,viii-xivpp +2-402pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,foreword,20 chapters,24pp profuse b/w+sepia (majority) and colour, subject+contemporaries photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece between pp114/5, pp194/5 and pp274/5 respectively,an afterword,appendices(2),notes on sources and acknowledgements,source notes,an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and illustrations list/table. Frances Partridge was one of the great diarists of the 20thC, best known for much of her life for her association with Bloomsbury. Independent-minded and beautiful,she was linked by marriage or friendship to many of the most original and influential writers and artists of her time,and observed them all with clarity and affection.When she met and fell in love with Ralph Partridge she became entangled in the delicately balanced menage a trois he shared with his wife Dora Carrington and Lytton Strachey. In a life that spanned the 20thC (she died in 2004 aged 103) Frances grew up in a circle that included Henry James, Tennyson,Arthur Conan Doyle and Leslie Stephen.As a child she marched for votes for women; at eighteen she studied philosophy at Cambridge and danced the Charleston with Lord Mountbatten; in the 1920's she went to work at Birrell and Garnett's bookshop in Bloomsbury,and came to know Virginia and Leonard Woolf, Lytton Strachey,Vanessa and Clive Bell, E.M. Forster and Maynard Keynes.By the Second World War she and Ralph were committed pacifists,whose house in Wiltshire,Ham Spray,gave shelter to their friends of all opinions. A busy and productive middle age as a translator and indexer was shattered by two disasters: Ralph's fatal heart attack in 1960,followed three years later by the death of their only son,Burgo,at the age of 28.Frances rebuilt her life in London, and found herself observing the social experiments of the 1960's while helping reassess the legacy of Bloomsbury.The publication of two memoirs and six volumes of her diaries in her old age brought her new admirers who delighted in her sharp intelligence,humour,fortitude and unfailing zest for life. With access to Frances Partridge's unpublished diaries and letters,Anne Chisholm's biography is both a portrait of an exceptional woman and a panorama of the lives of her generation. Frances Catherine Partridge CBE (née Marshall; 15 March 1900 - 5 February 2004) was a long-lived member of the Bloomsbury Group and a writer,best known for the publication of her diaries.She married Ralph Partridge (b.1894 - 30th November, 1960.) in 1933. Working at a London bookshop owned by David Garnett and Francis Birrell,she became acquainted with Lytton Strachey, Dora Carrington and Ralph Partridge.In 1921,Ralph Partridge had married Dora Carrington,who was in love with Lytton Strachey,a homosexual who was himself more interested in Ralph Partridge.An added complication was Dora Carrington’s intermittent affair with one of Ralph Partridge’s best friends,Gerald Brenan. Carrington,Partridge,and Strachey shared a Wiltshire farm-house,Ham Spray,in a complex triangular relationship that was recorded in the 1995 film Carrington,with Alex Kingston playing Frances.Ralph Partridge now fell in love with Frances. They lived in London during the week and repaired to Ham Spray at weekends. After Dora Carrington committed suicide out of grief in 1932,shortly after Lytton Strachey’s death,Ralph and Frances married on 2 March 1933. They lived happily at Ham Spray until Ralph’s death in 1960.They had one son, (Lytton) Burgo Partridge,who was born in 1935 and named for Strachey.In 1962,Burgo married Henrietta Garnett,daughter of Angelica Garnett and David Garnett,with Henrietta already pregnant with their daughter.Sadly,he died suddenly of heart failure on 7th September,1963,only three weeks after the birth of their baby,Sophie Vanessa.He had already been noticed for his writing ability,and had published one well-received book,'A History of Orgies' (1958). Frances sold Ham Spray and moved to London.She was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Millennium New Year Honours. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja434112. ISBN: 9780297646730.
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Imprint: LONDON.CORGI BOOKS/TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS LTD.,1968. UK,slim 12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn. [Originally and first published by (UK) Secker & Warburg, 1967.This is the first p/back publication.] VG+. No owner inscrptn and no price removal to cover. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around colour pictorial trompe-l'oeil artwork by Richard Chopping,illustrated card covers with black lettering,spine/backstrip with reading creases and rear cover with continuation of colour artwork,precis and critic's review; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners,no nicks,splits or tears or any external loss present.Front,top corner with diagonal corner creases lightly affecting the concomitant corners of the first 8pp.Top edges toned,fore-edges also toned with thumbing and some minimal sporadic foxing/spotting to same area; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.Both card covers internally,are minimally foxed/spotted which has then transferred/off-set to opposite text - the precis to front and the recto of last page.UK, slim 12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn,9-256pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters; plus [unpaginated - i.e. unnumbered] a precis with two critics' reviews,title page,epigram (Baudelaire - from Intimate Journals),2pp dictionary definition of the word ring,and a characters' list in order of appearance,to recto of last page of dictionary's definition.Author's 2nd novel. Better known for his detailed,trompe-l'oeil surreal artwork for the Jonathan Cape published James Bond titles' dustwrappers,debuting with 'From Russia With Love' in 1957 and 8 other titles,'Octopussy and The Living Daylights' being the last. A really exceptional example for a paperback in such condition.A collectable item of its sexuality genre and highly sought after for an example of his stunning artwork - this depicting a man's face and close-up under his left eye,and to the foreground,a rose and two flies on the rose,all in pale pastel colours - and will be an important and welcome addition to those collectors,in either field. A startling ferociously honest and serious novel.It deals frankly and unsparingly with the sleazy underworld of homosexual London,in the 60s,with all of its 'queer' clubs,Turkish baths and pick-up joints.Boyde Ashlar,the chief character of this novel,is a man in his thirties whose life is dominated by his obsessive interest in young men from a different social stratum and in particular in a young masseur from a Turkish bath and a 17-year-old boy whom he picks up at a flower show. It is a near nightmare world in which Boyde Ashlar lives - there are the sleazy "queer clubs",with their young men in waiting,the Turkish bath,with its middle-aged,all-night denizens,the suffocating atmosphere of Boyde's home with his ageing beauty of a mother lying incontinently in bed; and there is above all the boy Roddy whose relationship with Boyde brings him to prison and crime and who in the end takes his terrible revenge. Richard Chopping (active 1939-45) An illustrator of natural history subjects and children's books.Among the former, 'Butterflies in Britain',in the Picture Puffin series,(drawn direct on the litho plate) is handled with assurance and a fine decorative sense.Chopping also contributed nature subjects and other illustrations to the Bantam Picture Book series - these are lively and humorous but sometimes slightly grotesque.'Mr Postlethwaite's Reindeer',a hardback, is illustrated in line. 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! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja883420. ISBN: 552080268.
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Imprint: LONDON.HEAD of ZEUS.an Apollo Book,2018. UK,small 8vo HB+protected dw/dj,illustrated,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 protected dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, colour painting [Place Saint Augustin,Misty Weather 1878 by Gustave Caillebotte] illustrated front panel of dw/dj with a mix of capitals and lower case black-lettered part-title and sub-title respectively and author's black-lettered name.Spine/backstrip with capitalised,white-lettered part-title,author's white-lettered name and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name in b/w illustrated colophon at foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with a full panel colour painting [Fete de nuit aux Tuileries le 10 juin,1867 by Tetar Van Elven,Carnavalet Museum Collection, Paris.] Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean without ageing/toning or any foxing/spotting; contents pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages corners,appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean and unblemishedsharp-cornered,very pale grey cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked mauve metallic lettered spine,a light grey headband with sewn-in grey silk bookmark ribbon and immaculate repeated colour map of Paris,illustrated endpapers.UK,small 8vo HB+ protected dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,12-183pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,7 chapters and an Epilogue, profuse historic monochrome photographs,b/w illustration reproductions,some colour photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a double-page colour photograpgic frntis [foyer of Garnier's Opera as it is today],a Contents list/table and a double-page colour illustrated map of streets and avenues cut by Haussmann,individual chapter separator pages, Notes,Acknowledgements,Picture Credits and an Index. Visually,the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for it’s brightnesss,cleanliness and lack of usage or age-acquired detracting faults. A sparkling account of 19thC rebuilding of Paris as the most beautiful city in the world - a position that it has never relinquished since. In 1853 the French emperor Napoleon III inaugurated a vast and ambitious programme of public works,directed by Georges-Eugene Haussmann,the prefect of the Seine department. Haussmann's renovation of Paris would transform the old medieval city of squalid slums and disease-ridden alleyways into a 'City of Light' - characterized by wide boulevards,apartment blocks,parks,squares and monuments,new railway stations and department stores and a new system of public sanitation. 'City of Light' charts a fifteen-year project of urban renewal which - despite the interruptions of war,revolution,corruption and bankruptcy - would set a template for nineteenth-and early twentieth-century urban planning and create the enduring and globally familiar layout of modern Paris. Rupert Christiansen is opera critic and arts columnist for The Daily Telegraph.Laid in loose,is a Telegraph newspaper cutting of the book's review. Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured,or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order, especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja1169424. ISBN: 9781786694546.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,1957. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG.No owner inscriptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Slightly chipped head+tail of spine/backstrip of dw/dj,with minimal loss affecting the bulk of the last two letters 'THA' her christian name.Slightly grubbed white,rear panel of dw/dj,with publisher's advert+critic's review for Poirot's 'DEAD MAN'S FOLLY'.Top edges aged/toned but without foxing,fore-edges also aged/toned and with minimal sporadic foxing/spotting,some sporadic foxing to both sets of endpapers and prelims - upto first couple of pages - otherwise a sound,solid copy. A Mrs McGILLICUDDY mystery,turned into a very successful film. Want more Agatha CHRISTIE titles? Please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die catalogues. 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,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja80. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.PAUL HAMLYN,1969. UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,omnibus 1st edn thus.[Single volume from the Agatha Christie CRIME COLLECTION with 3 titles: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. - They Do It With Mirrors. - Mrs. McGinty's Dead. each originally and first published by William Collins,Sons & Co. Ltd.,(UK),1926,1952,and 1952 respectively.This omnibus,collected edn,published by PAUL HAMLYN,London,1969.] FINE.No owner inscrptn and no dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt bands with red lettered author's initials with gilt sword across them and between the two sets of double-lined bands to front board/cover, spine/backstrip with four maroon panels with bright,crip,stamped gilt lettering (author/titles) and AC initials with gilt sword at foot of same,rear board plain and undecorated,a headband and immaculate plain red eps.With negligible shelf-wear or bumping to edges and corners - no nicks,splits,tears or fraying present.Top edges coloured red,fore-edges lightly toned with few blemishes; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,13-507pp [paginated] includes 3 full stories,plus [unpaginated] half-title +title pages,a foreword with author's facsimile signature,a contents list/table and individual title separator pages+ dedications for each story and 4pp blanks at the rear. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - ?. They Do It With Mirrors - Miss Marple. Mrs. McGinty's Dead - Hercule Poirot. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015, and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the heavier weight and the value of this item for correct,insured (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja880720. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.PAUL HAMLYN,1969. UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,omnibus 1st edn thus. [Single volume from the Agatha Christie CRIME COLLECTION with 3 titles: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. - They Do It With Mirrors. - Mrs. McGinty's Dead. each originally and first published by William Collins,Sons & Co. Ltd.,(UK),1926,1952,and 1952 respectively.This omnibus,collected edn,published by PAUL HAMLYN,London,1969.] FINE.Owner inked surname to top edge of ffe and no dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp -cornered,publisher's original black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt bands with red lettered author's initials with gilt sword across them and between the two sets of double-lined bands to front board/ cover,spine/backstrip with four maroon panels with bright,crip,stamped gilt lettering (author/titles) and AC initials with gilt sword at foot of same,rear board plain and undecorated,a headband and immaculate plain red eps.With negligible shelf-wear or bumping to edges and corners - no nicks,splits,tears or fraying present,book with a slight lean.Top edges coloured red,fore-edges lightly toned with few blemishes; contents bright, tight, clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,13- 507pp [paginated] includes 3 full stories, plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, a foreword with author's facsimile signature,a contents list/table and individual title separator pages+ dedications for each story and 4pp blanks at the rear. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - ?. They Do It With Mirrors - Miss Marple. Mrs. McGinty's Dead - Hercule Poirot. 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 heavier 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: rja880820. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.PAUL HAMLYN,1970. UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,omnibus 1st edn thus. [Single volume from the Agatha Christie CRIME COLLECTION with 3 titles: Death On The Nile. - Towards Zero. - After The Funeral. each originally and first published by William Collins,Sons & Co. Ltd.,(UK),1937,1944,and 1953 respectively. This omnibus,collected edn,published by PAUL HAMLYN,London,1970.] FINE.No owner inscrptn and no dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt bands with red lettered author's initials with gilt sword across them and between the two sets of double-lined bands to front board/cover,spine/backstrip with four maroon panels with bright,crip, stamped gilt lettering (author/titles) and AC initials with gilt sword at foot of same,rear board plain and undecorated,a headband and immaculate plain red eps.With negligible shelf-wear or bumping to edges and corners - no nicks,splits,tears or fraying present.Top edges coloured red, fore-edges lightly thumbed; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,other than light thumbing would appear unread.UK,8vo HB mius dw/dj,omnibus 1st edn thus,9-543pp [paginated] includes 3 full stories,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a contents list/table and individual title separator pages (dedication to recto of first story),separate dedications for other two stories: 2nd story's dedication with b/w map to its recto,3rd story's dedication with Abernethie genealogical family tree to its recto. Death On The Nile. - Hercule Poirot. Towards Zero. - Superintendent Battle. After The Funeral. - Hercule Poirot. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015, and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the heavier weight and the value of this item for correct,insured (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja880920. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.PAUL HAMLYN,1970. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,omnibus 1st edn thus. [Single volume from the Agatha Christie CRIME COLLECTION with 3 titles: Evil Under The Sun. Death Comes as The End. The Sittaford Mystery. each originally and first published by William Collins,Sons & Co. Ltd.,(UK),1941,1945,and 1931 respectively.This omnibus,collected edn, published by PAUL HAMLYN,London,1970.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price, rear inner flap of dw/dj with two accidental,diagonal corner creases to it's lower corner.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy, white background with colour photographic ilustrated panels of dw/dj - front photograph repeated to rear panel - front panel with red+black lettering, spine/ backstrip also with red - but lightly sunned/faded - and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,creasing or bumping to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Superficial indents to front panel - but without penetration or affecting the board beneath.Top edges coloured red,fore- edges lightly toned; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - aoart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt bands with red lettered author's initials with gilt sword across them and between the two sets of double-lined bands to front board/cover,spine/backstrip with four maroon panels with bright,crisp, stamped gilt lettering (author/titles) and AC initials with gilt sword at foot of same,rear board plain and undecorated,a headband and immaculate plain red eps.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,omnibus 1st edn thus,11-512pp [paginated] includes 3 full stories,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a contents list/table and individual title separator pages (b/w map to recto of first story's dedication),separate dedication for one of the other two stories: 2nd story's dedication with author's note to it's recto,3rd story with no dedication. Evil Under The Sun. - Hercule Poirot. Death Comes as The End. - ? The Sittaford Mystery. - Inspector Marracott/Emily Trefusis. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015, and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the heavier weight and the value of this item for correct,insured (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja881120. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.PAUL HAMLYN,1969. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,omnibus 1st edn thus.[A single volume from the Agatha Christie CRIME COLLECTION with 3 titles: 4.50 From Paddington. Lord Edgware Dies. Murder In Mesopotamia. each originally and first published by William Collins,Sons & Co. Ltd.,(UK),1957,1933,and 1936 respectively. This omnibus,collected edn,published by PAUL HAMLYN,London,1969.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy,white background with colour photographic illustrated panels of dw/dj - front photograph repeated to rear panel - front panel with red+black lettering,spine /backstrip also with red - but lightly sunned/faded - and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,creasing or bumping to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges coloured red,fore-edges lightly toned; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt bands with red lettered author's initials with gilt sword across them and between the two sets of double-lined bands to front board/ cover,spine/backstrip with four maroon panels with bright,crisp,stamped gilt lettering (author/titles) and AC initials with gilt sword at foot of same,rear board plain and undecorated,a headband and immaculate plain red eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, omnibus 1st edn thus,9-544pp [paginated] includes 3 full stories,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a contents list/ table and individual title+dedication separator pages,first story without dedication to recto of it's separator page,following two stories each with a dedication to recto of their respective title separator page. 4.50 From Paddington. - Hercule Poirot. Lord Edgware Dies. - Miss Marple. Murder In Mesopotamia. - Hercule Poirot. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015, and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the heavier 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: rja881320. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: USA.DODD MEAD,1959. US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG,Price-clipped dw/dj.Simultaneous issue as UK, 1st edn.Slightly grubbed,spotted dw/dj. Very slight chips head+tail of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj,plus 1 other closed tear front top edge dw/dj.Grey bds with red badge detective badge to front bd. Poirot mystery. 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: rja75. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,1954. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG.No owner inscriptn,but price-clipped to dw/dj.Very slight rubbing top+bottom edges dw/dj, shelf-wear? Slight chip head+tail of spine /backstrip of dw/dj. 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: rja303. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,1972. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE+.Though no owner inscrptn,small,neat,ink initials(3) present to top,left-hand corner of ffe,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,clean,green background,green+black/ grey illustrated upper wrap with b/w letters; with negligible shelf-wear or creases to edges - no nicks or tears present,all edges really sharp.Miniscule bumping to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip with reciprocal creasing.Top edge very,very lightly aged,fore-edge minisculely thumbed but clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine.A really superb,clean copy in exceptional condition/grade.Clean,red paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean,plain white eps with very light off-set foxing from inner flaps of dw/dj present.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,7-256pp [paginated].An Hercule Poirot story. Want more Agatha CHRISTIE titles? Please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die catalogues. 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: rja23957. ISBN: 0002312107.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,1972. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,clean,glossy laminated,green background,green+black/grey illustrated upper wrap with b/w letters; with negligible shelf-wear or creases to edges - no nicks or tears present - all edges really sharp.Miniscule bumping to both head of spine/backstrip with reciprocal creasing.Top edge very,very lightly aged, fore-edge minisculely thumbed but clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine.A really superb,clean copy in exceptional condition/grade.Clean,red paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean,immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7- 256pp [paginated].An Hercule Poirot story. Want more Agatha CHRISTIE titles? Please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die catalogues. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja393211. ISBN: 0002312107.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,WHITE CIRCLE POCKET NOVEL.[n.d. - circa mid-1940s?] UK,12mo wraps,p/back,1st edn(?) (nd - circa mid 1940s?).[Originally and first published UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,COLLINS,1941.This edn,a COLLINS MYSTERY novel,No. 216c WHITE CIRCLE POCKET NOVEL series.] VG-.No owner inscrptn and no printed price removal to cover.Slightly dulled,otherwise generally clean,matt,card covers: black background with 2 hooded-silhouettes,one green+black holding a gun,one green+white holding a dagger; green lettering to white circle and the green+white hooded gunman Crime Club logo+price (1/6) to front cover which also has a couple of vertical creases,rear cover lightly grubbed,with a jewellery company's b/w+green advert.With negligible shelf-wear, bumping or creasing to edges and corners - one small semi-circular piece of loss of spine/ backstrip at foot,removing majority of publisher's name - but no other major nicks, tears or splits present,no noticeable reading creases to dulled,convex spine/backstrip,book with slight lean.Top+fore-edges aged/toned with little or no foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - no other intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread apart from my own collation.UK,12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn,9- 252pp [paginated] includes XIII (13) chapters; plus [unpaginated] blank,half-title with list of author's other titles to verso,title page with b/w hooded gunman with gun trademark,a dedication with blank verso,a b/w map with blank versoo and Cadbury's chocolate advert also with blank verso,at rear of book - as the last page. An uncommon British title surprisingly - that features Hercule Poirot - from this author,in this series,of the contemporary period. 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,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja880420. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.CHRISTIE'S,1977. UK,8vo wraps.VG+.73pp includes 22 b/w plts.Includes estimate list stapled to rear wrap.Chinese jades and snuff-bottles and other hardstone carvings sold through their London rooms,the property of late Lord Astor of Hever,the late Colonel J.R.Danson,Mrs Anna Rootchenko and other various sources on Monday,July 4th,1977. 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: rja1288.
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Imprint: LONDON.CHRISTIE'S,SW1,1998. UK,Qrto softback/wraps,1st thus.[Auction catalogue.Laid in loose,two A4 folded sheets of Prices Realised for auction lots sold.] FINE. Either owner's/attendee's inked name (?) or 'auction lots the "property of" information' as the name appears alongside 'The Properties of' listing.Bright,crisp,clean,part-matt,part glossy colour photographic illustrated,sharp-cornered card covers; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present and absence of reading creases to spine/backstrip. UK,Qrto softback/wraps,1st thus,2-412pp [paginated] includes catalogue of 485 lots from the Property of J Paul Getty Museum,The Earl of Lonsdale,Robert Duncombe-Shafto,Esq and from various other sources with colour photographs of items of furniture and effects.Attendee has marked selling/sale prices in ink to a substantial number of items plus 'BI' notation to some items. 'Bought-In': If there are no bids on a lot,or if bidding does not reach the reserve price,the lot is 'bought in' meaning it is left unsold and remains the property of the owner. Stapled in to last page,a Christie's cataloguing lot receipt for seller's item [Lot 108 - (pp128) A Queen Anne Giltwood Cabinet-Stand - which didn't make the reserve and was itself 'BI' at £5,000!].A heavy tome - 1.6Kg unpackaged. Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight - 1.6Kg unpackaged - 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: rja814118. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,1979. UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE/FINE. Colour photographic upper wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - no corners bumped.Miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip.No owner inscrptn, no clip to dw/dj as no price present,therefore, an export copy for pricing at book's commonwealth destination.These editions are believed to precede the domestic (UK) issue.Top edge very lightly aged/toned - as usual/normal, fore-edge considerably brighter; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to pages' corners.Bright,clean, pink paper-covered boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-138pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,8 novellas and 2pp blanks to rear. Agatha Christie always claimed that she herself preferred Miss Marple,who made her bow in 1930, by which time her creator was established as the all-time Queen of Crime,to Hercule Poirot,who had appeared in her very first book.Many Christie fans will undoubtedly agree with her.In the course of her long writing career Agatha Christie wrote a number of short stories featuring St. Mary Mead's best-known inhabitant, which were published in English magazines. However,not all these stories have appeared in volume form on this side of the Atlantic (UK), and the six which form the greater part of the present collection now do so for the first time (then 1979). Sanctuary, Strange Jest, Tape-Measure Murder, The Case of The Caretaker, The Case of the Perfect Maid,and Miss Marple Tells a Story,will delight Miss Jane Marple's millions of admirers, and provide a delightful and unexpected postscript to Agatha Christie's crime-writing career.For good measure,the volume also includes two additional stories,The Dressmaker's Doll and In a Glass Darkly,which display to the full the incomparable Christie talent for creating suspense. Want more AGATHA CHRISTIE titles? Please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die catalogues. 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: rja24627. ISBN: 0002315963.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,1979. UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no clip to dw/dj as no price present,therefore,an export copy for pricing at book's commonwealth destination.These editions are believed to precede the domestic (UK) issue/distribution.Colour photographic upper wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks,tears or splits present - and no corners bumped.Minor scoring/indents to dw/dj panels the front being less affected and both panels without any penetration or affecting either board below.Top edge very lightly aged/ toned - as usual/normal,fore-edge brighter; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound,near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,clean,pink paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn,8- 138pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,8 novellas and 2pp blanks to rear. Agatha Christie always claimed that she herself preferred Miss Marple,who made her bow in 1930, by which time her creator was established as the all-time Queen of Crime,to Hercule Poirot,who had appeared in her very first book.Many Christie fans will undoubtedly agree with her. In the course of her long writing career Agatha Christie wrote a number of short stories featuring St. Mary Mead's best-known inhabitant, which were published in English magazines. However,not all these stories have appeared in volume form on this side of the Atlantic (UK), and the six which form the greater part of the present collection now do so for the first time (then 1979). Sanctuary, Strange Jest, Tape-Measure Murder, The Case of The Caretaker, The Case of the Perfect Maid, and Miss Marple Tells a Story will delight Miss Jane Marple's millions of admirers, and provide a delightful and unexpected postscript to Agatha Christie's crime-writing career. For good measure,the volume also includes two additional stories,'The Dressmaker's Doll' and 'In a Glass Darkly',which display to the full the incomparable Christie talent for creating suspense. Want more Agatha CHRISTIE titles? Please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die catalogues. 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 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: rja862320. ISBN: 0002315963.
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Imprint: LONDON.HarperCollinsPublishers,2011. UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,facsimile edn,1st thus. [Originally first published in UK (London),COLLINS CRIME CLUB,1934.This facsimile reissue forms part of an issue of The Agatha Christie Book Collection partwork published by Agatha Christie Limited,London.] NMINT/NMINT.No owner inscrptn,no clip to dw/dj - absence of price on inner flap.Bright,crisp,facsimile colour pictorial artwork illustrated front panel with orange+white and yellow lettering,rear panel with publisher's facsimile book advertisement with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean - no toning,no marks or dust-soiling; contents bright,tight and clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, immaculate,sharp-cornered,red paper-covered bds; front board with black ink printed double-line bordered edges with black ink printed lettering below top border,black ink printed horizontal double-line borders at the top+bottom of spine/backstrip and black ink printed lettering at the top,plain red rear board, a black headband and immaculate plain white eps.UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,facsimile edn, 1st thus,8-221pp [paginated] includes Pts I-III comprising 8,15 and 9 chapters respectively,plus [unpaginated] title page,a dedication,contents list/table,Pts separator pages,a b/w carriage seating plan diagram to recto of Pt II's,and 2pp blanks at the rear. The famous Orient Express,thundering along on it's three days' journey across Europe,came to a sudden stop in the night. Snowdrifts blocked the line at a desolate spot somewhere in the Balkans.Everything was deathly quiet."Decidely I suffer from the nerves," murmured Hercule Poirot, and fell asleep again.He awoke to find himself very much wanted.For in the night murder had been committed.Mr Ratchett,an American millionaire,was found laying dead in his berth - stabbed. The untrodden snow around the train proved that the murderer was still on board.Poirot investigates.He lies back and thinks - with his little grey cells. . . 'Murder on the Orient Express' must rank as one of the most ingenious stories ever devised. The solution is brilliant.One can but admire again the amazing resource of Agatha Christie. 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: rja643216. ISBN: 14730022.
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Imprint: LONDON.PAN Books Ltd.,1952. UK,12mo wraps,p/back,1st edn. [Originally and first published UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,COLLINS,1937. This is the first p/back issue from PAN Books Ltd. and the 7th title they published of hers.] VG. No owner inscrptn and no printed price (2/-) removal to cover.Bright,crisp,generally clean, glossy,colour pictorial artwork illustrated front card cover with b/w lettering: small diagonal corner creases both to lower,front+rear corners,rear cover with story precis.With negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or splits present,convex spine/backstrip,so book with slight lean.Top+fore-edges aged/toned with little or no foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,text body clean with some page-edge toning,solid and sound - no other intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread apart from my own collation.UK,12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn,5-190pp [paginated] includes XXIX (21) chapters,envoi included; plus [unpaginated] half-title with list of author's 6 other titles to verso,title page with a dedication,a foreword by Giles Reilly M.D.,last page of story with publisher's advert to its verso. An early paperback 1st edn from this publisher, featuring Hercule Poirot,of the contemporary period. 'Murder in Mesopotamia' is set in the Middle East country now called Iraq,where an American expedition is excavating an ancient Assyrian city under the leadership of Dr Leidner. The story is told by a London hospital nurse engaged by Dr. Leidner to look after his wife, who is in a strange nervous condition.And indeed when Nurse Leatheran arrives at the 'dig' she senses at once an odd atmosphere of uneasiness. Mrs. Leidner reveals that the reason for her terror is a series of threatening letters purporting to come from her first husband.Then the blow falls: a murder is committed - and it must have been done by a member of the expedition.Hercule Poirot happens to be visiting Baghdad and is asked to help. Right at the beginning of his inquiries he remarks: "This is a fantastic crime." And a diabolically clever murderer would certainly have gone undetected if Poirot's keen brain had not been brought to bear on this case. The unusual setting is not only vividly but,indeed,authentically described,for Agatha Christie is the ife of the eminent archaeologist Professor Maxz Mallowan,of the University of London,whom she first met at Ur when he was excavating with Sir Leonard Woolley.She wrote 'Murder in Mesopotamia' while accompanying her husband on one of his expeditions,for she regularly goes with him to the Middle East and was assisting him when in 1950 important discoveries of vast buildings and amazing treasures were made on the site of the great palace at Nimrud. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja880620. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.FONTANA BOOKS,1974. K,slim 12mo p/back,1st edn.[Originally and first published in UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,by William Collins,1971.This edn/issue states the title's first UK appearance,as a paperback,1st edn.] VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price removal from cover. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Tom Adams,illustrated front cover,featuring the Camellia house at Chiswick House in London,where even the shape of the tree is quite recognisable in his depiction.His artwork is strikingly notable for either its stylized still-life tableau or surrealist collages.Adams continued illustrating the covers for Agatha Christie's p/backs,for twenty-eight years - from 1962 to 1980. Front cover with dusky pink(?) and black lettering,white spine with Fontana logo, black lettering and partial ISBN number to foot and NO reading creases present,rear cover with story extract and critics' reviews in dusky-pink+black text; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - front lower corner with the only corner crease - no nicks, tears or splits present.Some inevitable, but very minor,minimal,superficial scoring /indents - all without any penetration. All edges aged/toned but all without any other blemish; contents bright,tight,clean other than page-edge toning,solid and sound and without intentional dog-ear reading creases to pages.An accidental,but small,uniform,consecutive,top corners creases to pp9-12 - else would appear unread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo p/back 1st edn,7-192pp [paginated] includes 23 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and contents list/ table. Described hard,but fairly and honestly - it's only the corner crease,toning and accidental page corner creases preventing a higher grade.Still an acceptable and presentable example for collectors. A letter from a dead friend promises Miss Marple a large reward for investigating a crime - without telling her who was involved,or when it happened! When she accepts,she is given a reservation for a coach tour of historic homes and gardens.She has fifteen fellow-passengers - and one of them must know a murderer's secret. . . Thomas Charles Renwick Adams [Tom Adams (1926–2019)] was a US-born Anglo-Scots illustrator and painter.Active in a variety of visual formats,he is known for his work in book cover art,portrait painting, poster,advertising and album art. He is most widely known for his book cover art for the UK,US and continental paperback editions of Agatha Christie crime novels.Tom Adams continued illustrating Christie's paperback covers for 28 years.He began with 'A Murder is Announced' and ended with 'Miss Marple's Final Cases' in 1979,within that period and totalling around 150 different paintings for her publishers on both sides of the Atlantic. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK,buyers please note,p/backs' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if p/back is offered P+p free. * This item offered P+p FREE - available UK only. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja929021. ISBN: 0006134580.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,WHITE CIRCLE POCKET NOVEL.n.d. - circa mid-1940s?] UK,12mo wraps,p/back,1st edn(?) (nd - circa mid 1940s?). [Originally and first published UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,COLLINS,1941.This edn,a COLLINS MYSTERY novel,No. 162c WHITE CIRCLE POCKET NOVEL series.] VG. No owner inscrptn and no printed price removal to cover - absence of publisher's price.Slightly dulled,otherwise generally clean, matt,card covers: black background with 2 hooded-silhouettes,one green+black holding a gun,one green+white holding a dagger; green lettering to white circle and the green+white hooded gunman Crime Club logo to front cover,a PELMAN INSTITUTE advert to it's reverse,rear cover lightly grubbed,with a jewellery company's b/w+green advert,and a further Mars chocolate advert to inside of rear cover. With negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - one small split/closed tear to foot of spine/backstrip's front gutter's fold,but no other major nicks,tears or splits present,no noticeable reading creases to convex spine/ backstrip,book with slight lean.Top+fore-edges aged/toned with minimal,sporadic foxing/ spotting; contents though,are bright,tight,clean - with ubiquitous page-edge toning,solid and sound - no other intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread apart from my own collation.UK,12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn,5-192pp [paginated] includes XVI (16) chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title with story precis to recto,title page with b/w hooded gunman with gun trademark and blank to recto. A very uncommon British title from this author,of the contemporary period. A new story about the famous pair of sleuths, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford,who successfully solved the ticklish problem described by Mrs. Christie in 'Partners in Crime'.They now become involved in one of their most baffling cases in the tense early days of World War II.Hitler's two most trusted agents are in England.N is a man.M is a woman.Both are masters of cunning, deception.and murder.In the unlikely setting of a seaside boarding house inhabited by an innocent-seeming collection of boarders,Tommy and Tuppence get on the trail of a ruthless scheme involving espionage,kidnapping and killing. 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,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja880320. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,1970. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Variant edn with partial,publisher's address - London+ Sydney.] NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top edge lightly dust-soiled and minimally, sporadically foxed/spotted,fore-edge brighter and cleaner and less affected; contents bright, tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - an unread copy? Both head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing and there is fading to author's name (red ink),rendering it almost invisible - however,title+publisher unaffected (black ink).Publisher's bright,clean,original plain orange/red cloth boards with bright,crisp, non-oxidised,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. Described,hard but fairly and honestly.Overall,a sound,solid copy. Want more Agatha CHRISTIE titles? Please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die catalogues. 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,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja85. ISBN: 0002311216.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,THE CRIME CLUB,1973. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG.Neat,ink, donor's gift inscrptn to ffe,but no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,glossy laminated,illustrated dw/dj,with miniscule rubbing+chipping with reciprocal loss to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip,edges and all corners.An inherent fault,due to breakdown of laminate,with the passage of time - but to a lesser degree than normally experienced for this title/book.Dw/dj internally repaired,with brown adhesive/gummed tape to both head+foot of spine/backstrip,and a slight vertical,diagonal wrinkle in laminate to rear wrap - production fault? Top+fore-edges slightly aged and discoloured,contents generally bright,tight and clean.Publisher's original, plain green cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean,plain white endpapers.Book has a slight lean.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-253pp [paginated] includes 27 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents list and 2pp blanks to rear. First edition,first printing of the last Tommy and Tuppence Beresford mystery and the final original novel to be published during the author's lifetime. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford,now retired,move into a house in Devonshire.In an old children's book left in the attic,Tuppence finds cryptic clues to a murder which took place in the village during the First World War.The girl who died was mixed up in an old scandal to do with the passing on of naval secrets.But was she innocent or guilty? Intrigued,Tommy and Tuppence investigate.But few of those in the village at the time are left alive.And their memories are confused or failing.It was such a long time ago.For the rest,it is all hearsay - often contradictory hearsay at that.Yet from these disconnected items of information,a pattern slowly begins to emerge.Tommy and Tuppence are on surer ground after Tommy's visit to a Mr Robinson in London.Then Colonel Pikeaway of MI5 takes a hand. Although the murder is such an old one,there are signs that someone is anxious it should not be revived.Suddenly Tommy and Tuppence are in danger,though no one can guess from what source, nor why their raking up of the past should be so bitterly resented. What can it matter now? Agatha Christie weaves a spellbinding mystery strung between past and present,in which the dog Hannibal plays a considerable part. Want more Agatha CHRISTIE titles? Please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die catalogues. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja33089. ISBN: 0002311909.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS CRIME CLUB,1976. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Laid in,publisher's postage prepaid, invite postcard to be on a twice yearly mailing list for new Crime Club titles and authors as they appear.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy,coloured dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present,but with the inevitable fading/sunning to spine/backstrip.Top edge minimally and lightly dust-soiled,fore-edge brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Publisher's clean,black cloth bds with bright,stamped gilt lettering to spine/backstrip with immaculate unmarked,plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-224pp includes half- title+title pages,contents list and 25 chapters. Written some thirty years prior (then 1976) and published posthumously. Want more Agatha CHRISTIE titles? Please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die catalogues. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja24167. ISBN: 0002317850.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS CRIME CLUB,1948. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG.Owner inscrptn,but no price-clip to dw/dj.Slightly edge worn dw/dj, with a couple of small closed tears and some related creasing and a little loss to head+foot of dw/dj's spine/backstrip.Uncommon.Alternate title 'There Is a Tide' as published,in the USA. Want more Agatha CHRISTIE titles? Please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die catalogues. 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 and also telephone for a more accurate+detailed description! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja1065. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS CRIME CLUB,1948. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.[Original and true 1st edn November 1948,this a 2nd impression: January,1949.] VG+/VG.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (8s. 6d,) to dw/dj. Slightly edge-worn with some minor nicks and tears with related creasing on top+bottom edges, slight rubbing with miniscule loss to three corners; top coner with approx 1/2" loss,dw/dj. Chipping and loss at head of spine/backstrip lightly,partially affecting the first letter 'T' of the title and to foot of same; loss of letters CRIME CLUB entirely,along with some slight darkening entire length of dw/dj's spine/backstrip.Dw/dj has been (at some stage) been sellotaped repaired internally in 3 places: a horizontal tear across the spine,front cover's gutter's edge of spine/backstrip and a strengthened closed tear repair to lower,front fold of inner flap of dw/dj.Top edges lightly toned,fore-edges similar but with sporadic foxing/spotting but still generally 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.Bright,crisp,clean, generally sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked black ink printed letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 2nd imp,7-192pp [paginated] includes a prologue, Books 1+2 comprising 17 chapters each respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title page with publisher's advert to its reverse,title page,and an epigram.Uncommon,possibly scarce as a 1st edn.Alternate title 'There Is a Tide' as published,in the USA. Want more Agatha CHRISTIE titles? Please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die catalogues. 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,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** 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 any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja711517. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,WHITE CIRCLE POCKET NOVEL.[n.d. - circa late 1940s?] UK,12mo wraps,p/back,1st edn(?) (nd - circa late 1940s?).[Originally and first published UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,COLLINS,1947. This edn,a COLLINS MYSTERY novel,No. 288c WHITE CIRCLE POCKET NOVEL series.] VG.No owner inscrptn and no printed price removal to cover.Bright,crisp,generally clean,glossy,card covers: green background with b/w author portrait illustrated front cover; black lettering to white circle and the b/w Crime Club logo+price (2/-) to front cover which also has a diagonal, lower corner crease,rear cover lightly grubbed,with a b/w illustrated Cadbury's chocolate advert to it's verso and a jewellery company's b/w+green advert to recto. With negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or splits present,convex spine/backstrip,so book with slight lean.Top+fore-edges aged/toned with little or no foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - no other intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread apart from my own collation.UK,12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn, 9-256pp [paginated] includes XII (12) chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title with list of author's other titles to recto,title page with b/w hooded gunman with gun trademark with blank verso,contents list/table with blank verso,a dedication also with blank verso,a foreword and Cadbury's chocolate advert also with blank recto,at rear of book - as the last page. An account of twelve cases,featuring Hercule Poirot,with which he intends to close his career as a private detective. The Labours of Hercules' is a collection of short stories featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and his regular associates,like Chief Inspector Japp. 12 twelve short stories,including 'The Nemean Lion','The Creton Bull','The Capture of Cerberus' and others. Agatha Christie is one of the most prolific and successful detective writers of her time and in her field,writing 66 detective novels in total.She is best known for her protagonists Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple of that genre. An uncommon British title featuring Hercule Poirot,surprisingly,from this author,in this series,of the contemporary period.The last of Christie's titles in this series. Agatha Christie is one of the most prolific crime writers of the 20thC. Ranking as she does,the bestselling classic mystery story novelist of all time,her works rank highly in the most-widely published books in her own,or of any other author or field,barring only the Bible and Shakespeare.Her work consists of 66 detective novels,150 short stories and 19 plays; she is also the writer of the world's longest running play,'The Mousetrap' which has been on stage since 1952. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct,insured (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja880520. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,1962. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscriptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Sellotape marks,not remains,to edges of inside dw/dj flaps and verso of dw/dj.Probably from where a previous owner had protected the dw/dj with a home-made sleeve.Protection not now in situ,but dw/dj externally in remarkable condition. A very sound,solid copy. 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,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** 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 any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja78. ISBN: No ISBN.
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