AMIS**, KINGSLEY:
DIFFICULTIES WITH GIRLS.**

Imprint: LONDON.HUTCHINSON,1988.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NMINT/NMINT.No owner inscrptn,AND no price-clip to dw/dj. Colour pictorial illustrated upper wrap by Alastair Taylor,with minimal shelf-wear. Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and pristine.Clean,plain blue paper-covered bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate grey+white decorated eps. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-276pp+blank to rear. Set in London during the mid sixties, Amis's new (then 1988) novel explores the twin jungles of sexual liberation and office politics in a distinguished literary publishing house.The story opens with Patrick and Jenny Standish moving into their south-of-the-river flat at 1, Lower Ground.They and their fellow tenants have little in common except,perhaps, difficulties with girls.Patrick succumbs all too easily to temptation,whether it be to the wife of his neighbour,Harold Porter-King,or of his boss,the mysterious Simon Giles.Another neighbour,Tim,is unsure whether he likes girls at all,and embarks on a hilarious quest to convince himself that he is a homosexual. Eric and Stevie,the queens who share the fourth flat,have more difficulties with one another than they do with girls. Perhaps only Jenny,who endures Patrick's adulterous liaisons in silence,knows what she wants and emerges with a dignity that eludes the members of the opposite sex. 'Difficulties with Girls' reveals Amis in sparkling form,with a subject ideally suited to his unnerving talent for exposing the frailties of the spirit and of the flesh.See also rja531, and rja1222, rja2068, rja2070, rja2072, rja2073,and rja2101 for other Kingsley Amis titles. Want more Kingsley AMIS titles? For similar and other available fiction and non-fiction titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS and MODERN FIRSTS2 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: rja2069. ISBN: 009173505X.

£ 22.00 (approx. $US 28.63 )

AMIS**, KINGSLEY:
DIFFICULTIES WITH GIRLS.**

Imprint: LONDON.HUTCHINSON,1988.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Colour pictorial illustrated upper wrap by Alastair Taylor,with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no major nicks or tears present.Top-edge slightly dust-soiled and lightly aged, fore-edge lightly aged and minimally marked/grubbed; contents bright,tight and near pristine.Clean,plain blue paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate grey+white decorated eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,1-276pp+blank to rear. Set in London during the mid sixties, Amis's new (then 1988) novel explores the twin jungles of sexual liberation and office politics in a distinguished literary publishing house.The story opens with Patrick and Jenny Standish moving into their south-of-the-river flat at 1, Lower Ground.They and their fellow tenants have little in common except,perhaps, difficulties with girls. Patrick succumbs all too easily to temptation,whether it be to the wife of his neighbour,Harold Porter-King,or of his boss,the mysterious Simon Giles.Another neighbour,Tim,is unsure whether he likes girls at all,and embarks on a hilariouus quest to convince himself that he is a homosexual.Eric and Stevie,the queens who share the fourth flat,have more difficulties with one another than they do with girls. Perhaps only Jenny,who endures Patrick's adulterous liaisons in silence,knows what she wants and emerges with a dignity that eludes the members of the opposite sex. 'Difficulties with Girls' reveals Amis in sparkling form,with a subject ideally suited to his unnerving talent for exposing the frailties of the spirit and of the flesh.See also rja531, rja1222, rja2069, rja2070, rja2072, rja2073, rja2101 for other Kingsley Amis titles. Want more Kingsley Amis titles? For similar and other available fiction and non-fiction titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja2068. ISBN: 009173505X.

£ 14.99 (approx. $US 19.51 )

AMIS**, MARTIN:
HEAVY WATER AND OTHER STORIES.** [Author SIGNED copy.**]

Imprint: LONDON.CAPE,1998.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED+dated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author inscribed: 'Martin Amis' 1.10.98 .'

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,author SIGNED/dated, 1st edn. FINE/FINE.Due to protected dw/dj,no shelf-wear,no creases,no nicks or tears,no bumped corners,no bumped head or foot of spine/backstrip - immaculate! Author signed: 'Martin Amis' and dated 1.10.98 in black ink to title page,just below his own printed name.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.Bright,clean,plain blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,1-2321pp [paginated] half-title+ title pages,a Contents list [unpaginated],9 novellas/short stories. Amis's short stories make his novels look prim. They are also more frankly satirical.Whole worlds are created - or inverted. In 'Straight Fiction',everyone is gay (apart from the beleaguered 'straight community'); in 'Career Move',screenplay writers submit their works to little magazines,while poets are flown first- class to Los Angeles; in 'The Janitor on Mars',a sardonic robot gives us some strange news about life in the solar system.In 'Let Me Count the Times' a man has a mad affair with himself.'Heavy Water' portrays the exhaustion of working-class culture; 'State of England' its weird resuscitation.And in 'The Coincidence of the Arts' an English baronet becomes entangled with an African-American chess hustler.The earliest story, 'Denton's Death',was first published in 1975, but the bulk of the collection can be firmly labelled 'most recent work'.An exceptional copy.See also rja1265. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct [insured, or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinatios 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: rja713. ISBN: 0224051261.

£ 85.00 (approx. $US 110.62 )

AMIS**, KINGSLEY:
NEW MAPS OF HELL - A Survey of Science Fiction.

Imprint: LONDON.SCIENCE FICTION BOOK CLUB/GOLLANCZ,1962.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Originally and first published USA,Harcourt Brace & Co,1960, then first UK edn,Gollancz,1961 and this the Science Fiction Book Club edn,1962.Number 61 in the Club's publication list.] FINE/VG.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - book club subscription only.Slightly grubbed white background with an orange design and lettering to front panel of dw/dj,spine/backstrip grubbed with a couple of splash stains and also with orange lettering, rear panel also white and lightly grubbed,but without illustration/decoration other than orange text of 'Science Fiction Book Club; all with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or splits present.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj with some minimal bumping with reciprocal creasing and some miniscule chipping with some minimal loss.Top+fore-edges 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.Sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain pale blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked brown ink printed letters to spine/backstrip which is lightly faded,and clean plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn thus,9-161pp [paginated] includes author's foreword,6 sections/chapters+ essays, and index of names+titles (sci-fi authors+their works); plus [unpaginated] half-title+title page,a dedication and a contents list/table with poem to its reverse. Though Kingsley is best known for social comedies as his first 'Lucky Jim' (1954),which won him the sobriquet of Angry Young Man in the catch-phrase of the time,he has also been closely connected with SF throughout his professional life. He delivered a series of lectures on SF in 1959 at Princeton University,probably to their surprise since SF was presumably not the context in which he was invited to speak.Revised,these were published as a book,'New Maps of Hell' (1960),which was certainly the most influential critical work on SF up to that time,although not the most scholarly.It strongly emphasized the dystopian elements of SF. Kingsley,himself a satirist and debunker of note,saw SF as an ideal medium for satirical sociological extrapolation. Hitherto most writing on SF had regarded it as first and foremost a literature of technology. As a survey the book is one-sided and by no means thorough,but it is witty, perceptive and quietly revolutionary. 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: rja870920. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 12.00 (approx. $US 15.62 )

AMIS**, MARTIN:
NIGHT TRAIN. ** [UK,Uncorrected Book Proof copy.]

Imprint: LONDON.CAPE,1997.
Edition: UK,8vo wraps,Uncorrected Proof copy..
Binding: Original wraps., No dw/dj,wraps - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 8vo wraps,Uncorrected Proof copy.[Provisional publication date October,1997. Often of limited availability,the text of a forthcoming book,is printed and bound in softcovers for use by the author,editors, proofreaders and some favoured reviewers.For undecorated printed wraps,with minimal publication data imprinted - the produced/released number of copies would almost certainly be less than 500,and most probably would tend to be around 200 copies.For glossy pictorial illustrated wrappers,produced numbers are often higher than 200,but either have a scarcity to them.Often errors or earlier versions of text appear in these proofs.Versions where the text has changed considerably are obviously considered more desirable by their nature.] MINT - unread.Wrapped+protected,and stored from day of distribution - so NO owner inscrptn,NO reading creases to spine or page corners. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,wrap-around, matt,pale blue background with a pale blue stars decorated narrow black band to lower edges card covers withauthor's capitalised,black-lettered name and other black-lettered title and capitalised,black-lettered publisher's name and UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF legend along with publisher's blue+black illustrated colophon to front's lower edge,flat and crease-free spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name and book's title and repeated publisher's colophon to foot of same,rear cover with black-lettered synopsis and publisher's promotion information and book details in a black bordered panel of book's size,pagination price,publication date and ISBN etc.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-degs bright crisp and exceptionally bright without any ageing/toning, blemish or foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,solid and sound,virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages'corners, unread other than my own collation.UK,slim 8vo wraps,Uncorrected Book Proof,1-147pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication and a Contents list/table. Want other PROOF copies? Please search my MODERN FIRSTS, MODERN FIRSTS2, CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED, BIOGRAPHY, SIGNED, NAVAL/MILITARY SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY catalogues for examples. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 25+ year-old age and nature, i.e an ephemeral paperback Proof copy.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults usually expected/encountered in a decades old paperback. Story told from the perspective of Detective Mike Hoolihan,a hulking,chain-smoking,deep-voiced policewoman.This case is about the apparent suicide of Jennifer Rockwell,Mike's mentor's daughter,a beautiful young woman who had everything to live for.Contrary to the evidence,Mike questions the suicide and begins to investigate.Author's ninth novel and a fine mystery story that will linger in your mind long after Mike Hoolihan closes the case. Want more Martin AMIS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2,MODERN FIRSTS,SIGNED 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 US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja463. ISBN: 0224050184.

£ 45.00 (approx. $US 58.56 )

AMIS**, MARTIN:
NIGHT TRAIN.**

Imprint: LONDON.CAPE,1997.
Edition: UK,slim,small 8vo,HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.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,clean,matt,wrap-around colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with red+white lettering to front; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark blue endpapers.UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1- 149pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,dedication, contents list/table and 3pp blanks to rear. Story told from the perspective of Detective Mike Hoolihan,a hulking,chain-smoking,deep-voiced policewoman.This case is about the apparent suicide of Jennifer Rockwell,Mike's mentor's daughter,a beautiful young woman who had everything to live for.Contrary to the evidence,Mike questions the suicide and begins to investigate.Author's ninth novel and a fine mystery story that will linger in your mind long after Mike Hoolihan closes the case. Want more Martin AMIS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2,MODERN FIRSTS,SIGNED 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja835219. ISBN: 0224050184.

£ 30.00 (approx. $US 39.04 )

AMIS**, KINGSLEY:
ON DRINK. [Illustrated by Nicolas C. Bentley.]

Imprint: LONDON.CAPE,1972.
Edition: UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour photographic portrait of author, illustrated dw/dj,with white+red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A tiny closed tear more or less centrally placed to front panel of dw/dj's bottom edge.Some light rubbing with loss,to parts of top edge of dw/dj, along with head of spine/backstrip of same.Top+ fore-edges generally bright and clean - minimal spotting; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain salmon pink(?) endpapers.UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,11-109pp [paginated] includes author's Introduction,13 chapters/ sections,6 full-page b/w cartoon illustrations by Nicolas Bentley throughout the text and book; plus [unpaginated] 2pp blanks,half-title+title pages,a Contents list/table,a dedication and 2pp blanks at the rear. Kingsley Amis,one of English literature's most versatile craftsman,is also a master of the art of drinking. From his many years of experience, and with an eye both to economics and to enjoyment,he presents this witty and masterly informative handbook for the drinker,amateur and professional. From a guide to alcoholic literature,he moves to a selection of prime drink recipes - the fruit of untold years' research in the field. Among his list can be found personal extravaganzas like the Lucky Jim and the Kingers and such irresistibly titled brews as Reginald Bosanquet's Golden Elixir and Evelyn Waugh's Noonday Reviver. Practical guidance on equipment and the store cupboard is followed by a wealth of information about wine (including a Wine Shopper's Guide) and incidental intelligence on drinking abroad. On a less serious note,Kingsley Amis gives us the riotous Mean Sod's Guide ('Vital requirement: prepare pre- and post-dinner drinks in some undiscoverable pantry or broom cupboard'). He has thoughtfully included a section on dealing with The Hangover,suggestions for a Boozing Man's Diet,and finally for those for whom prevention is better than cure some notes on How Not to Get Drunk. With its apt and highly amusing drawings by Nicolas Bentley,this book is an ideal gift for the drinking man,of whatever pocket or preference,it is as pleasing as a well-made cocktail. Nicolas Clerihew Bentley (1907-78).Born Highgate,London.Son of E.C. Bentley,the novelist,leader writer for The Daily Telegraph and inventor of the four-line verse form known as the 'clerihew'. Studied at University College School,London and at Heatherley's School of Art.Before and after WW1 (during which he was deputy director of the Home Intelligence Unit and editor in the Publications Division of the Ministry of Information),he worked freelance as a journalist,author and humorous illustrator. Director of Andre Deutsch (from 1950).Drew the daily pocket cartoon for The Daily Mail (1958- 62).An editor for Sunday Times Publications Ltd.,(1962-3) and for Thomas Nelson & Son (1963- 7). Nicolas Bentley's illustrations for Belloc's 'New Cautionary Tales' (as successor to B. T. Blackwood) estalished his importance as an illustrator.His stylish,witty and economical drawings,often depicting figures without background or setting,owed much to his admiration for the work of the French draughtsman Caran D'Ache and the Swede Olaf Gulbransson.Elected FSIA (1946) and the FRSA (1974). 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,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: rja600016. ISBN: 0224007971.

£ 22.00 (approx. $US 28.63 )

AMIS**, KINGSLEY and CONQUEST**, ROBERT - Edited by:
SPECTRUM 1: An anthology of SCIENCE FICTION. [M61.]

Imprint: LONDON.PAN BOOKS,1964.
Edition: UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.
Binding: Paperback., No dw/dj,p/back as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.[First published UK,GOLLANCZ,1961.The first paperback issue and the first title of several of these anthologies edited by this pair,from this publisher.See my book ID rja925421 for the 2nd volume: SPECTRUM 2: A second anthology of SCIENCE FICTION.[M75.]] VG.No owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Spine with light sunning/fading and reading creases.Top+fore-edges aged/ toned with sporadic foxing/spotting, insides of card covers similar,along with some preliminary pages at the front; contents bright,tight,solid and sound with inevitable page edge toning,but no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK, 12mo p/back,1st edn,9-316pp [paginated] includes 4pp introduction by the Editors, 10 short stories by assorted sci-fi authors; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages; contents list/table, acknowledgements and to the rear,3pp publisher's adverts. Authors include: Frederik POHL,Clifford SIMAK,Algis BUDRYS,William TENN,Stephen BARR,John BERRYMAN,H. Chandler ELLIOTT, Robert SHECKLEY,Katherine MacLEAN and Robert HEINLEIN. 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! ** 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 title 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. 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

rja99721 on biblio.

Stock number: rja919721. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 6.50 (approx. $US 8.46 )

AMIS**, KINGSLEY:
STANLEY AND THE WOMEN. **

Imprint: LONDON.HUTCHINSON,1984.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NMINT/NMINT. An unread copy.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour,pictorial illustrated,wrap-around artwork by Alistair Taylor,with a miniscule bump/crease to foot of spine/backstrip - no other shelf-wear or bumping to corners and no other nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to corners.Unblemished,plain red paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.A superb copy in an exceptional grade.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-255pp includes half-title+title pages,and contents list. Stanley Duke is more or less comfortably settled into early middle-age,with a well- paid job and an apparently happy second marriage,when Steve,his son by his first wife,begins to display the first signs of acute schizophrenia. There is nothing at all funny about madness in the family,but the stages of Steve's illness,set out in all their desperate banality,now and again touching upon horror,have an effect on those around him that ranges from the devastating to the hilarious.As Steve's condition deteriorates and father and son fall into the hands of the women,including the female psychiatrist in charge of the boy's case,the situation exposes in its true awfulness and strangeness the character of the women in Stanley's life. Could it be that there are other,subtler, more insidious forms of madness than Steve's? Amis's new novel (then 1984),latest in the rich comic vein that runs from 'Lucky Jim' to 'Jake's Thing',negotiates brilliantly the difficult course that runs between tragedy and helpless laughter. It is not a book that is likely to win many prizes for fairness or fashionable social attitudes,but readers will delight in its triumphant handling of the unconscionable,the unbearable and the unspeakable.See also rja818818 [for another copy], rja531, rja1222, rja2068, rja2069 and rja2072, rja2073, and also rja2101 for other Kingsley Amis titles. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja2070. ISBN: 0091562406.

£ 30.00 (approx. $US 39.04 )

AMIS**, MARTIN
SUCCESS.

Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE LTD.,1978.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Ex-Public Library.] VG-/VG-. Library's black ink oblong stamps (2 each) to both the front and rear pastedowns with both the front and rear free endpapers glued to same and obscuring the legibility of their lettering,a subsequent owner's handwritten pair of blue ink initials above the 'M' of Martin on the title page which also has a black ink alpha-numerical library number to its reverse,no other library notation or stamps present, and the dw/dj has a price-clip.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy, wrap-around red background,with capitalised yellow-lettered title and capitalised,black-lettered author's name to front panel of dw/dj, spine/backstrip with minimal fade and similarly coloured+lettered author+title as front and publisher's red+black lettered+illustrated colophon,to foot of same,rear panel with white single line ruled border to author's b/w photographic side profile portrait and his capitalised,black-lettered name below it.Some minimal shelf-wear of rubbing+ miniscule chipping with miniscule loss,to edges and lower corner tips due in part to laminate breakdown. Both head and foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj with some chipping and colour paper loss - the foot more so than the head,and gentle pushing to head+foot of boards spine.Top two corner tips with miniscule rubbing/chipping and reciprocal colour paper loss – but no major, tears or splits present.Superficial scoring and creasing to front panel of dw/dj,rear panel with similar light scoring and other wrinkles but without any penetration to respective board beneath.Dw/dj's rear inner flap with wrinkled laminate strip and an approx. 1" vertical closed tear at top+bottom beside the laminate strip but to the unlaminated paper of the inner flap.Top edges without any trace of yellow topstain,but is slightly aged/toned with minimal sporadic foxing/spotting, fore-edges less aged/toned and slightly brighter,clean with one blemish - thicker paper than usual/normal has been used in the production by the publisher - so appears deckled (untrimmed).Contents bright,tight,generally clean with some minor,minimal,sporadic and random foxing,else solid - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,clean,generally sharp-cornered - exception of top two tips with minor pushing - original plain black paper-covered boards with spine/backstrip's rear gutter's fold/crease with an approx. 3/4" split at it's head,and bright, crisp,blocked gilt lettered and gilt illustrated publisher's colophon to remainder,and clean plain white verso+recto of front+rear glued free endpapers respectively.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-224pp [paginated] includes 12 [January to December] monthly chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a dedication with a blank reverse which has minimal blemishes. Described honestly and fairly. Author's 3rd novel.                 Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable, and even internally,the book is also in an acceptable,readable condition/state of presentation for a book of its age and nature, i.e. an ex-public library book.It is only the faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite them,it really is still a desirable stop-gap filler copy.               Telling the story of two foster-brothers, Gregory Riding and Terry Service,and their rising and falling fortunes. This was the first example of Amis's fondness for symbolically "pairing" characters in his novels,which has been a recurrent feature in his fiction since [Martin Amis and Martina Twain in 'Money', Richard Tull and Gwyn Barry in 'The Information',and Jennifer Rockwell and Mike Hoolihan in 'Night Train']                        Timid,balding and meaningfully short,Terence Service tiptoes through the flat and life of his flamboyant foster-brother,Gregory Riding. Terry can scarcely remember the last time a girl agreed to sleep with him,although he does occasionally glimpse the stray naked bit of some visitor to Gregory's bed as he creeps through to the kitchen. Keenly aware of the time-tested theory that sexual success is the surest guarantee of sexual success,Terry longs for a start of any kind.                               In 'Success' Martin Amis displays all the assured skill and irresistibly acid wit for which he was honoured with the Somerset Maugham Award in 1974.                                   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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                                                        

Stock number: rja1068223. ISBN: 0224015710.

£ 100.00 (approx. $US 130.14 )

AMIS**, KINGSLEY:
THE BIOGRAPHER'S MOUSTACHE.

Imprint: LONDON.FLAMINGO,1995.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,clean,protected,glossy laminated colour pictorial artwork illustrated upper wrap by Bill Gregory; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - and no corners bumped.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/tanned - as usual/normal - otherwise clean, contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to page corners. Publisher's unblemished,original plain,black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and near immaculate plain pale blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-282pp includes half-title+title pages,and 30 chapters. Gordon Scott-Thompson,a struggling hack,gets commissioned to write the biography of veteran novelist,Jimmie Fane.It is a task which proves to be fraught with extraordinary and unforeseen difficulties. Fane,an unashamed snob,has many pet hates, including younger men with moustaches and trendy pronunciation.Scott-Thompson,however,is extremely attached to his own moustache and not so particular about his use of language.It doesn't help matters that Fane's wife Joanna isn't yet sure what she feels about moustaches, but has decided views on younger men.So,will Gordon have to part with his most distinctive facial feature for the sake of a publisher's advance? Or perhaps advances of an amorous nature will lead Gordon into even more dangerous complications. . . . Kingsley Amis's keen eye for the nuances of class difference has never been put to sharper use.Deliciously wicked and delightfully mischievious,'The Biographer's Moustache' mercilessly exposes a literary world of pretension and vanity while poignantly revealing the potential for love across the social divide. Another superb copy. Want more Kingsley AMIS titles? For similar and other available fiction and non-fiction titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS and MODERN FIRSTS2 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,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: rja1328. ISBN: 0002253305.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

AMIS**, MARTIN:
The Information.**

Imprint: LONDON.FLAMINGO,1995.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/NFINE. No previous owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Dw/dj with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore -edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread? Black paper-covered boards with blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain maroon endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 9-493pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-4; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and Pts separator pages. Amis's best-known novels are 'Money','London Fields',and 'The Information',commonly referred to as his 'London Trilogy'.Although the books share little in terms of plot and narrative,they all examine the lives of middle-aged men, exploring the sordid,debauched,and post-apocalyptic undercurrents of life in late 20th-century Britain. Amis's London protagonists are anti-heroes: they engage in questionable behaviour,are passionate iconoclasts,and strive to escape the apparent banality and futility of their lives. There aren't many ways for one writer to hurt another.Even if the literary world were as hopelessly corrupt as some people like to think it is,a writer cannot seriously damage a rival. This is the unwelcome conclusion reached by Richard Tull,failed novelist,when he contemplates the agonising success of his best friend (and worst enemy) Gwyn Barry. A scathing review,a scurrilous profile? Such things might hurt Gwyn Barry,but they wouldn't hurt him.So Richard Tull is obliged to look elsewhere,to the weapons of the outside world - seductions and succubi,hoaxes,mind games,frame-ups,sabotage - until at last Richard finds what he is looking for: a true professional - someone who hurts people in exchange for cash. In 'The Information' Martin Amis returns to the big picture of 'Money' and 'London Fields'.The book takes in the whole of society,with the possible exception of the middle classes.This leaves us with the very rich,the very desperate, and the very bohemian.Comedy,the author has said,is the only genre with any future: it is all that's left.So 'The Information' is a comedy that goes where comedy shouldn't normally go, into the territories abandoned by romance,by satire and by tragedy. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct [insured,oruninsured at own risk] 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 US 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. **

Marked unsold/on hold Biblio - check for signature @ 65/85?.

Stock number: rja512615. ISBN: 0002253569.

£ 65.00 (approx. $US 84.59 )

AMIS**, KINGSLEY:
The Riverside Villas Murder. **

Imprint: LONDON.CAPE,1973.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE/VG+. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour pictorial,wrap-round artwork by Ian Beck, illustrated dw/dj; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges.However,ubiquitous breakdown of laminate covering to dw/dj,has left some miniscule chipping/rubbing to bottom+top edges,with similar to both head+foot of spine/backstrip and a small closed tear to upper,front edge and rubbing to three corners.Top edge coloured,fore-edge lightly aged - as usual/normal - with minimal spotting; contents bright, tight and clean with dog-ear creasing to bottom corners of pp33-36 and pp57/8.Clean,plain green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain beige endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-224pp includes half-title+title pages,a Contents list and 15 chapters.Described hard but fairly, overall,an acceptable solid,sound copy. The hero of Amis's flesh-with-blood novel is a fourteen-year-old boy hovering hopefully on the brink between inexperience and initiation. The delicious and totally mind-consuming prospect of sex,which tempted him into orgiastic games with his friend Reg,is now centred on the less satisfying (at present) but equally hot pursuit of those mysterious,formidable creatures - girls. Riverside Villas is the scene of Peter's exploits - and someone's crime.The victim, dripping wet and with a bleeding head- wound, staggers in through the french windows of No.19 and dies.Motive - none that the police can pinpoint.Weapon - a weird spiked club,no trace of fingerprints.Opportunity - only one suspect has a foolproof alibi.As the mystery deepens, further attacks and an enigmatic note reveal the presence in the small country town of a learned, thoughtful criminal.Only Peter guesses the truth,a dangerous truth that leads him to the river bank by moonlight. . . . . . Kingsley Amis's setting of an armchair murder story,with its authentic 1930's atmosphere, against the brilliantly witty yet subtle and sympathetic description of Peter's sexual antics is a triumph - clever,comic and chilling.[Those who may wish to pit their wits against the author's and solve the mystery for themselves are advised to study pages . . . no,you'll have to buy the book to find out!!!] See also rja531, rja1222, rja2068 to rja2070 inclusive, rja2073 and rja2101 for other Kingsley Amis titles. Want more Kingsley AMIS titles? For similar and other available fiction and non-fiction titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,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: rja2072. ISBN: 0224008625.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

AMIS**, KINGSLEY:
THE RUSSIAN GIRL.

Imprint: LONDON.HUTCHINSON,1992.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustration to a white background dw/dj,with red+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original,plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a b/w striped headband,and immaculate plain blue endpaprs.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-296pp [paginated] includes 21 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,separate title separator page,and 2pp blanks at the rear. Kingsley Amis's new novel begins like an academic romp but soon takes off into territory which Amis has made triumphantly his own - the battle of the sexes and the conflicting claims of love and integrity. Richard Vaisey is a respected scholar,a good chap who perhaps enjoys slightly too much being 'a bit of a professor'.So far he has managed to survive the ministrations of Cordelia,his manipulating wife.But then he falls for Anna,a Russian poet and dissident whose flamboyant personal appeal makes the awfulness of her verse.A petition is being organized which will safeguard her brother,imprisoned in the disintegrating Soviet Union.But Richard is clear-eyed about the quality of her work. Will he sign? And what effect will his decision have on his marriage,his job,and his life? This is a love story,but as always with Amis,it develops through a variety of wickedly funny scenes and characters.For several books the 'Old Devil' has been at the very top of his form,and 'The Russian Girl' is as entertaining and thought provoking as anything Amis has written. Want more Kingsley Amis titles? For similar and other available fiction and non-fiction titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS and MODERN FIRSTS2 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,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: rja613316. ISBN: 0091745365.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

AMIS**, KINGSLEY:
WE ARE ALL GUILTY. **

Imprint: LONDON.REINHARDT BOOKS,1991.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Clean, glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges.Top+fore-edge clean; contents bright,tight and clean.Clean,black paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked white ink letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9- 92pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,author foreword,8 chapters. Seventeen-year-old Clive Rayner was pissed off.It seemed so long ago since he was at school that he could hardly remember it and now he had no job and only his Giro money to spend.When his stepfather wasn't hassling him about his failure to contribute to the household exchequer,his mother was accusing him of being stupid,or some nosy policeman was sneaking up on him asking questions.Clive knew that he wasn't stupid but life seemed pointless and above all,it was boring. It was when he was in the local Indian restaurant,The Bengal Light,with his mate Terry and their two birds,Marilyn and Paula,that Clive hit on the idea of breaking into Butterfield's warehouse. With the girls safely out of the way on a bus, Clive and Terry were free to embark on the raid. The result of their break-in leaves Clive in a totally unexpected situation - is he the offender or is he the victim? His crime has serious consequences,but as a first offender he gets only forgiveness from everyone - or nearly everyone.He is bewildered by his sense of guilt and left uneasy by his need for punishment. Kingsley first novel for children.See also rja531,rja2068 - rja2073 inclusive and rja2101 for other Kingsley Amis titles. Want more Kingsley AMIS titles? For similar and other available fiction and non-fiction titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. 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,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: rja1222. ISBN: 1871061261.

£ 30.00 (approx. $US 39.04 )

AMIS**, MARTIN:
YELLOW DOG.**

Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,2003.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£16.99) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt yellow background with black letters designed dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/ backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing; foot of same,minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing too,the majority of the creasing occurs to the top edges of dw/dj.Top+ fore-edges clean,contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate,plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-340pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3 comprising 10+ last chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents list/table,Pts separator pages and 2pp blanks at rear. Martin Amis's new novel (then 2003 - his first novel in six years.) It drew mixed reviews,its reception was mostly negative. Amis hit back and was unrepentant about the novel and its reaction,calling 'Yellow Dog' "among my best three". A comic masterpiece,darkly in tune with the endlessly shifting moral values of our troubled planet.But Amis is also concerned with what is changeless and perhaps unchangeable: patriarchy, and the entire edifice of masculinity; the violence arising between man and man; the tortuous alliances between men and women; and the vanished dream that we can protect our future and our progeny. 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 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: rja470914. ISBN: 0224050613.

£ 22.00 (approx. $US 28.63 )

AMIS**, KINGSLEY:
YOU CAN'T DO BOTH.

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

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,b/w photographic illustrated upper panel,and author's portrait colour photographic rear panel with dark+pale blue and red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Both head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing - the majority of the little creasing is to top edges of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Residue of partial cup ring to upper board beneath dw/dj,otherwise publisher's sharp-cornered,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,1-306pp [paginated] includes 4 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,another title separator page, and 6pp blanks at rear. Amis's new novel (then 1994),which many readers will see as a precursor to 'Lucky Jim'.Robin Davies,its young hero,is both a shrewd observer and an energetic actor in a drama which takes him from school to Oxford.With him we live through all the pangs of South London adolescence in a pre-war household whose gods enshrine the gentility principle.Robin's relationship with his father,at first suffocating,becomes in time one of poignant, desperate affection - but not before Robin has undergone a full series of rites of passage involving rebellion,self-discovery and sex in various forms and approaches.There is the temptress Dilys,lurking seductively at the end of a Welsh branch line: the intellectual Jeremy, whose restless ideas conceal sexual ambiguities and inner anguish; and finally Nancy,the girl whom Robin meets at Oxford and whose life with him becomes the pivotal relationship of the novel. 'You Can't Do Both' is Amis as you know him - brilliantly funny,outrageous,and exact to every social nuance; but also as you've never known him before,writing with tenderness and compelling insight in a story which is strongly autobiographical. Want more Kingsley AMIS titles? For similar and other available fiction and non-fiction titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS and MODERN FIRSTS2 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 US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja532015. ISBN: 0091782627.

£ 12.00 (approx. $US 15.62 )

ANCHORS, Jr. WILLIAM E:
EPI-LOG Issue #1 Summer 1990: The Television Fanzine of Science Fiction,Fantasy,and Adventure.

Imprint: US.DUNLAP,TN.WILLIAM E. ANCHORS,Jr.,1990.
Edition: US,slim Qrto magazine,1st edn.
Binding: No dw/dj - magazine.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

US,slim Qrto magazine,1st edn.[Planned bi-monthly publishing.This is the very first issue.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy colour photographic illustrated covers; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread - apart from my own collation.US,slim Qrto magazine,1st edn,80pp (5-78pp paginated] includes Editor's Welcome,15 chapters on various US and British TV sci-fi, fantasy and adventure episodes,contemporary b/w photographs throughout the text; plus [unpaginated] index and the last 4pp. 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: rja686817. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 6.99 (approx. $US 9.10 )

ANCONA, RONNI and McGOWAN, ALISTAIR:
A Matter of Life and Death - Or How to Wean a Man Off Football.

Imprint: LONDON. FABER and FABER LIMITED,2009.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,colour pictorial+photographic illustrated dw/dj with red,white+blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight and near pristine apart from an accidental(?) corner crease to top of pp3/4. Bright,clean,sharp-cornered,dark blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,white ink blocked letters to spine/backstrip and clean,red endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-251pp [paginated] includes 42 chapters and acknowledgements to rear; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,humorous Warning page,plus 12pp blanks at rear. Ronni Ancona is fed up with football: the way it dominates TV, takes over men's brains and ruins relationships.So,for the sake of women everywhere,Ronni conducts an experiment to see if a man can be made to give up the very thing he claims he cannot live without. But who would agree to be Ronni's guinea pig? Surely not her ex-boyfriend,ALISTAIR McGOWAN, who has devoted much of his life to the game - from a childhood obsession with everything to do with Leeds United to an adult addiction to the Ceefax football pages (and a disturbing interest in attendances!)? Over the course of a year,using feminine guile, replacement techniques and endless rounds of toast and Marmite,Ronni systematically does all she can to distract her former boyfriend during these early months of withdrawal.But what actually happens when a man gives up the thing he loves the most? And after being 'clean' for the whole summer,will the lure of a new football season break his resolve? And is Ronni really capable of being 'systematic'? Part memoir of a football addict,part comedy self-help manual,'A Matter of Life and Death' is a brilliant,banter-fuelled book about the endlessly frustrating differences between men and women. 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: rja414612. ISBN: 9780571250547.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

ANDERSEN**, HANS CHRISTIAN:
DEAN'S GOLD STAR BOOK of Fairy Tales. [Illus by Janet & Anne Grahame Johnstone.**]

Imprint: LONDON.DEAN & SON LTD.,1973.
Edition: UK,slim Qo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial artwork by Janet & Anne Grahame Johnstone illustrated,sharp-cornered boards,with black,brown and gold coloured lettering to front panel and black lettering to spine/ backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean - solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread - apart from my own collation - no interior markings,nicks or tears present - a really exceptional copy.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,1st edn,28pp [unpaginated] including eps,colour illustrations throughout the text and the book by Janet & Anne Grahame Johnstone.A collection of children's classic and traditional Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales. Highly collected and prolific children's book illustrators,scarce and unusual item/ ephemera in Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone's bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to their canon. Want more Janet & Anne Grahame JOHNSTONE titles? For similar and other available titles please seach my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue. Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone,twins born 1928.Active from c1949,Janet died in a tragic accident in 1979,her sister surviving her until 1998.Children's book illustrators specialising in large, brightly coloured gift books (mainly published by Dean & Son),in which the full-page illustrations normally surround the passages of the text.Their work represents a recent manifestation of the nursery traditions mass-marketed by Mabel Lucie Attwell and updated by Hilda Boswell,characterised by unfailing sentimentality and a palpable determination to please.Between them they published over 200 titles; with over 5,000 illustrations in total: 1,000+ in b/w and 4,000+ in colour,and 10 technical equestrian books. 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja716417. ISBN: 0603057675.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

ANDERSEN**, HANS CHRISTIAN:
FAIRY TALES. [Illus by Arthur Rackham.]

Imprint: LONDON.HARRAP,1985.
Edition: UK,8vo wraps,no dw/dj,as issued(?),1st.
Binding: Original wraps.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo wraps,no dw/dj,as issued(?),1st edn thus. NFINE.No owner inscrptn and appears an unread copy,lacking any spine/backstrip creasing. Rackham colour pictorial decorated upper wrap with black letters,black letters listing of other HARRAP illustrated classics to rear wrap. Minimal shelf-wear to edges with top+fore-edges clean,contents bright and pristine.UK,8vo wraps, 1st thus,7-287pp includes Rackham b/w illustrated half+title pages,illustrator note, contents+illustrations lists/tables,b/w chapter and other head+tail pieces (9),b/w illustrations in text (50),12 back to back full-page,full-colour plates all called for.An anthology of twenty-four fairy tales from the 1932 edn. 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. ** This item offered P+p included.Available UK only, unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja1461. ISBN: 0245542698.

£ 14.99 (approx. $US 19.51 )

ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN:
Michael Hague's Favourite Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales. [Illus by Michael Hague.**]

Imprint: LONDON.METHUEN CHILDREN'S BOOKS,1981.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK.slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [First published in Great Britain in 1981,by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.,1981.(LONDON) by arrangement with HOLT,RINEHART and WINSTON,NEW YORK.Specially edited text for this edition.Book printed in the USA.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around cream background with colour pictorial illustrated front panel leaving a cream border to dw/dj,with white lettered full title,spine/ backstrip with black lettered full title+ publisher name,and the rear panel with a circular colour illustration repeated from frntispiece.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Minimal,superficial,light scoring/indents to dw/dj panels - but without any penetration to boards beneath.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain RAF blue cloth boards with a bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt single-line bordered,central vertical rectangular panel with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettered full title within,spine/ backstrip with repeated blocked silver gilt lettered title and publisher's name,rear board plain and undecorated,a dark blue+white chequered headband and immaculate plain,pale blue endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 1-162pp [paginated] includes 9 colour illustrated fairy tales,23 full-page,full-colour illustrations and a circular colour frntis - all by Michael Hague - interspersed throughout the text and the book,colour vignette illustrated half-title with repeated frntis circular colour illustration to its reverse,a title page; plus [unpaginated] half-title,title page,and Contents list/table with a full-page,full colour illustration to its verso. Stories/tales include: The Snow Queen, The Wild Swans, Thumbelina, The Elfin Hill, Little Ida's Flowers, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Little Match Girl,The Ugly Duckling and The Little Mermaid. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature, i.e. a child's book.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness,entirety and lack of detracting faults. Following the extraordinary success of his newly illustrated edition of 'The Wind in the Willows',artist Michael Hague now offers an equally stunning array of full colour paintings to infuse new life into his favourite Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales. Michael Hague chose these nine tales for their quality as stories."I did not choose these tales for their visual images,as might be expected of an illustrator," he said."Rather,I have selected each one because it means something special to me.They are my old friends.Paintings rolled off my drawing board in an effortless fashion.It was if I had been preparing them since childhood.It is my hope that these paintings are worthy of the stories themselves,and that they will entice children and grown-ups to read them.If they do,I believe they will find,as I have,that imagining and believing are the only forms of magic left in the world." Michael Hague,American artist,born Los Angeles, 1948.A foremost American illustrator,primarily of children's fantasy books.Early influences include turn-of-the-century illustrators Arthur Rackham,N. C. Wyeth,and Howard Pyle.He has established an international reputation as an illustrator of children's classics,notably the 'Wind in the Willows' (1980).Among the other books he has illustrated are classics such as 'The Wizard of Oz', 'The Hobbit' and the stories of Hans Christian Andersen.Known for the intricate and realistic detail he brings to his work,and the rich colours he uses in his illustrations and paintings. 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: rja1060723. ISBN: 0416220800.

£ 18.00 (approx. $US 23.43 )

ANDERSEN**, HANS CHRISTIAN:
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES - AN ALL-STAR ILLUSTRATED RETELLING OF THE CLASSIC FAIRY TALE.

Imprint: USA.NY,HARCOURT BRACE & CO,1998.
Edition: US,Qrto HB+dw/dj+CD,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

US,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj+CD,1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip to dw/dj; includes full-length,cased CD.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by both Quentin Blake+William Joyce illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - almost as new.Bright,clean,unblemished mustard/khaki paper-covered boards with black cloth blind spine with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate mustard/khaki endpapers.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and pristine also - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - an unread copy? US,slim Qrto HB+ dw/dj+CD,5-85pp [paginated] includes 23 readings /performances by assorted celebrities each with a full-page,full-colour illustration by 23 assorted artists/illustrators,cast list (includes illustrators) - in order of appearance,each with a potted biog and b/w portrait photograph; plus [unpaginated] S.Spielberg address,half-title+title pages, performers+ illustrators lists/tables,credits,CD credits and 15 full-page,colour illustrations throughout the text and the book - all by Quentin Blake.A benefit for the Starbright Foundation. Performers as diverse as Dan Ackroyd to Robin Williams,Geena Davis to Dr Ruth Westheimer and illustrators from Daniel Adel to Maurice Sendak complete the book and CD. Once upon a time there lived an Emperor with a passion for fashion. . . .In this bold,hilarious and sumptously illustrated book,Hans Christian Andersen's beloved fairy tale is given star treatment.The celebrity cast includes renowned actors and actresses,award-winning illustrators, and many other highly acclaimed personalities whose talents are outshone only by their generosity. This remarkable group of contributors has donated all royalties from this book to Starbright,an innovative charitable organization committed to improving the lives of seriously ill children.Their gift to the Starbright Foundation is a gift for every reader,a brilliantly reinvented classic that will delight children of all ages. 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja28598. ISBN: 0151004366.

£ 17.00 (approx. $US 22.12 )

ANDERSON**, LAURA ELLEN:
AMELIA FANG and the HALF-MOON HOLIDAY. [Author SIGNED+dedicated copy. **]

Imprint: LONDON.EGMONT UK Limited,2019.
Edition: UK,12mo p/back,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Paperback., No dw/dj - p/back - as issued..
Inscription: Author SIGNED+dedicated.

UK,12mo p/back,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn.[Complete number line 68977/001.] FINE. No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink inscrptn and dedication to title page and no price removal from rear cover.Bright,crisp, clean,generally sharp-cornered - rear lower corner excepted - an accidental diagonal corner crease,matt,4-colour (b/w,blue+yellow) pictorial illustration with part gilt decoration to same and to the vertical edges of front cover; with capitalised black-lettered 'AMELIA FANG',white-lettered lower case 'and the,' with capitalised fluorescent green gilt lettered 'HALF-MOON HOLIDAY' and capitalised,white-lettered author name - all to front cover; spine/backstrip with capitalised,white lettering and gilt lettering to title parts,and capitalised white lettered author name and publisher's name to foot of same,rear cover with matt,4-colour (b/w,blue+ yellow) pictorial illustration and yellow decorated vertical edges and black-lettered synopsis.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. The only known,but minimal reading creases to spine,are from the author signing possibly,and my own collation definitely.Top+fore-edges coloured yellow; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - would appear an incompletely read item.UK,12mo p/back,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn,3-225pp [part-paginated] includes 19 chapters,profuse b/w line illustrations throughout the text and the book by Laura Ellen Anderson; plus [unpaginated] b/w illustrated front free endpaper,a b/w illustrated+author SIGNED title page,a double-paged Contents list/table,a double-paged KINGDOM OF THE LIGHT and SUGARPLUM ISLAND b/w illustrated map,and a double-paged b/w thumbnail portrait illustrations of story's diverse, eccentric characters and to the rear,last 2pp as Rangers badges in b/w illustrations.              Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature,i.e. an ephemeral p/back or children's book.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness, brightness,its apparent lack of use and also the lack of detracting faults.Also appears uncommon, as author SIGNED copies.See also my book ID rja1103323 for another author SIGNED title - 'AMELIA FANG and the MEMORY THIEF',UK,12mo p/back,illustrated 1st edn.                      Set in an unusual world full of eccentric characters the series follows the funny adventures of a young vampire with a big heart,Amelia Fang,and her diverse gang of friends. Here,there are always wrongs that need righting, mysteries that need solving and creatures who need rescuing – but whatever the adventure,Amelia and her pals always manage to save the day in their own way.                   It's the school half-moon holiday in gloomy Nocturnia and Amelia is going to spend it with her Rainbow Rangers troop on Sugarplum Island! But whilst exploring,Amelia and her friends are magically shrunk to the size of bugs! How will they make the BIG journey to break the curse when they are all so very TINY? 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: rja1103423. ISBN: 9781405292092.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

ANDERSON, TERRY H:
BUSH'S WARS.

Imprint: USA.NY.OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC.,2011.
Edition: US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj - no publisher's price indicated.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated upper panel dw/dj with black+red letters,black+red pundits' reviews,quotations to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually as new - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unead? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, plain pale grey paper-covered boards with black paper-covered blind spine with bright,crisp,stamped white ink letters to spine/backstrip,red headband,immaculate plain white eps.US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,x-xviipp+4-282pp [paginated] includes author's preface,acknowledgements,intro EAST,intro WEST,4 chapters+epilogue, concluding remarks and legacies,7pp contemporary b/w photographs in one block, between pp130/31,notes,a bibliograhy,and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,contents list/ table,2pp b/w maps and 2pp blanks at rear. From journalistic accounts like 'Imperial Life in the Emerald City' to insider memoirs like 'Jawbreaker',the books about President George W. Bush's War on Terror,in Afghanistan and against Iraq, could fill a library.But each explores a slice of a whole: two wars launched by a single president as part of a single foreign policy. Now acclaimed historian Terry H. Anderson examines them together,in a single comprehensive overview. Shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11,2001,President George W. Bush told advisor Karl Rove,"I am here for a reason,and this is how we re going to be judged." Anderson provides this judgement in this sweeping,authoritative account of Bush's War on Terror and his twin interventions.He begins with historical surveys of Iraq and Afghanistan known respectively as the "improbable country" and "the graveyard of empires",and he examines U.S. policies toward those and other nations in the Middle East from the 1970's to 2000.Then Anderson focuses on the Bush Administration,carrying us through such events as the terrorist's attacks of 9/11,the invasion of Afghanistan and the siege of Tora Bora,the "Axis of Evil" speech,the invasion of Iraq and capture of Baghdad,and the eruption of insurgency in Iraq.He ranges from RPGs slamming into Abrams tanks to cabinet meetings,vividly portraying both soldiers in the field and such policymakers as Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice.Anderson describes the counter-insurgency strategy embodied by the surge in Iraq,and the simultaneous revival of the Taliban.He concludes with an assessment of the prosecution of the wars in the first years of Barack Obama's presidency.Carefully researched and briskly narrated,'Bush's Wars' provides the single-volume,balanced history that we have been waiting for. Please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja490514. ISBN: 9780199747528.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )