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Imprint: LONDON.BBC BOOKS,2010. UK,thick 8vo p/back,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/ title. Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.] FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to cover.Bright,crisp,clean and sharp-cornered,glossy,colour photographic illustrated card covers with white+blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and no reading creases to spine/ backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and generally clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,unread - apart from my own collation.UK,thick 8vo wraps,p/back, 1st edn thus,7-704pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,foreword by Philip Pullman, separate introductions by Russell T Davies & Benjamin Cook,acknowledgements,key to references,Who's Who,Books One & Two comprising 25 chapters,24pp contemporary colour photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp192/3, pp352/3 and pp512/13 respectively,b/w illus by Russell T. Davies,works referenced and an index. Plus [unpaginated] reviews,half-title+title pages,individual and Book separator pages. For this new edition of 'The Writer's Tale', Russell T Davies and Benjamin Cook expand their in-depth discussion of the creative life of Doctor Who to cover Russell's final year as Head Writer and Executive Producer of the show,as well as his work behind the increasingly successful Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures spin-offs.Candid and witty insights abound throughout two years' worth of correspondence,covering David Tennant's last episodes as the Doctor and the legacy that Russell and David leave behind as a new era of Doctor Who begins. With over 300 pages of new material,and taking in events from the entire five years since the show's return in 2005,'The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter' is the most comprehensive - and personal - account of Doctor Who ever published. 'You can douse all the other books about new Who in lighter fuel and spark up your Zippo - this is all you need.' SFX MAGAZINE. 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 or FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja754017. ISBN: 9781846078613.
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Imprint: LONDON.BBC Books/an imprint of Ebury Publishing,2010. UK,thick 8vo p/back,1st edn 5th imp. [Complete number line 5 7 9 10 8 6] VG. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from rear card cover. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour photographic illustrated front cover of David Tennant,Russell T. Davies and John Simm,taken during the cover shoot for this book,with co-authors' capitalised,white-lettered names at top edge,a Tennant-era elleiptical orange background with capitalised black-lettered DOCTOR WHO logo and capitalised white-lettered part title [THE WRITER'S TALE] and capitalised light blue lettered sub-title [THE FINAL CHAPTER] and capitalised,white-lettered strapline in a green horizontal band along the lower edge.Spine with front's thumbnail repeated colour photograph at its head,similarly coloured+lettered authors' names,Doctor Who logo,title and publisher's colophon at its foot,as the front's,with reading creases present.Rear cover with b/w+colour polaroid photographs and other colour ephemra item illustrations,critics' green-lettered reviews and a white-lettered synopsis.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners but no nicks, tears or splits present,but some laminate wrinkling to corners,a couple of small indents to rear cover.Top+fore-edges aged/toned; contents tight and clean - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK, thick 8vo p/back,1st edn 5th imp,7-704pp [paginated] includes a Contents list/table,a Foreword by Philip Pullman,an Introduction each, by Russell T. Davies and Bejamin Cook, Acknowledgements,a Key to References,a Who's Who,Books One + Two comprising 12 and 13 chapters respectively with an Interlude between chapters 16 and 17 in Book Two,fully illustrated with script pages, personal notes, and never-before-seen photos and artwork in 24pp of b/w+ colour photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece between pp192/93 - lower fore-edge corners of these pages with a uniform,accidental(?) crease to same - pp352/53 and pp512/13 respectively,a list of Works referenced and an Index.Plus [unpaginated] 2pp (recto+verso) of critics' reviews,a half-title page,two small cartoons illustrated title page. When 'The Writer's Tale' was originally published in autumn 2008,it was immediately embraced as a classic. For this extensively revised and updated paperback edition,Russell T Davies and Benjamin Cook continue their candid and in-depth correspondence to take in work on the last of Russell's 2009 specials - and the end of David Tennant's era as The Doctor - while also looking back to the achievements of the first three seasons. For this new edition authors Davies and Cook expand their in-depth discussion of the creative life of Doctor Who to cover Russell's final year as Head Writer and Executive Producer of the shows,as well as his work behind the increasingly successful Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures spin-offs.Candid and witty insights abound throughout two years' worth of correspondence,covering David Tennant's last episodes as the Doctor and the legacy that Russell and David leave behind as a new era of Doctor Who begins. With over 300 pages of all-new material,and taking in events from the entire five years since the show's return in 2005 including new photos and original artwork, 'The Writer's Tale' is a fitting tribute to Russell T Davies' phenomenal achievement in bringing Doctor Who back for a new generation of fans.It is also the most comprehensive - and personal - account of Docor Who ever published,as well as being the definitive story of the BBC series. 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: rja1162824. ISBN: 9781846078613.
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Imprint: WALES.SWANSEA.CHRISTOPHER DAVIES(Publishers)LTD,1987. WALES,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.MINT/MINT.8vo, 210pp.Profusely illustrated with b/w contemporary and modern photographs, detailed street plans and maps. One of the functions of this book is to show the complexities of Thomas's biographical geography.Another is to show how real places are used in his writings.The guide book format - a new approach to Thomas's life and work - enables both to be seen in new ways.This volume covers all the key areas of DYLAN'S literary and biographical landscapes,with special sections on SWANSEA,'the best place'; LAUGHARNE,'this wet idyllic tomb'; LONDON,'city of the restless dead'; and NEW YORK,'nightmare city,cosy as toast'. Not only for Thomas specialists but also general readers who as a local,tourist, visitor or armchair traveller is interested in places that have acquired a special significance because of their connection with a famous personality or that personality's famous works. Please contact seller,because of the light 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: rja374. ISBN: 071540654X.
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Imprint: LONDON.DENT,1964. UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn.VG.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj.Tan paper-covered bds with stamped silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and slightly foxed,plain white eps.Top edge dust-soiled and aged as usual/normal,slightly aged fore-edge, contents minimally foxed with one ink annotation (pp25) and generally bright, tight and clean.12mo,ix+1-75pp includes author foreword. The substance of this essay was originally given in two lectures, delivered at the invitation of the Honorable Society of Cymmrodorion,in December 1962,and the State University of New York at Buffalo,in May 1963.The author also worked with Dylan Thomas at the BBC. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja1524. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.J.M. DENT & SONS LTD.,1971. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,clean,blue+white subject portrait photographic illustrated upper wrap with black lettering,publisher advert to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip,which is also minimally sunned/faded.Top edge coloured,fore-edge slightly aged and minimally,sporadically spotted/foxed,contents bright,tight and clean - a gloss paint-splash to pp152/3, partially obscuring odd letters in some sentences - but still discernible and decipherable.The affected pages have not stuck together and are separate. Publisher's original,plain black cloth bds with crisp,bright,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-xvipp+3-204pp [paginated] includes contents list/table, author intro,Pts 1+2 comprising creative work - short stories and excerpts from an unpublished novel,a film script,plus critical and other writings respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages. The prospect of a substantial volume of little-seen prose by one of the great literary craftsmen of the century must lift the spirits of every serious reader. That prospect is well realized.The book has the excitement,the anticipation of the unexpected in both thought and expression that Dylan Thomas imparted to virtually everything he wrote.The new book is a selection of Dylan Thomas's prose left either uncollected or,in some cases, unpublished.It gathers into one convenient volume examples of his work in the form of the short story,the novel,the broadcast, the critical review and the film script. Some examples of Thomas's writing which conditions prevailing during the 1930s made it impossible to publish are here included.Though its scope extends over Thomas's entire career,it is of particular interest in presenting early short stories from magazine and manuscript sources which extend our knowledge of the writer's early work in the medium.An excerpt from his novel,'The Death of the King's Canary',is published for the first time. The Editor has added an essay of introduction and also source and explanatory notes.The introduction discusses the bibliographical and pyschological context of the early plans to publish a fuller collection of his prose works than proved possible in the event. By supplementing the more readily available body of the poet's work in prose,'Early Prose Writings' helps to clarify and chart Dylan Thomas's progress towards the comic idiom of which he became one of the supreme masters in English. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja30328. ISBN: 0460039903.
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Imprint: LONDON.BOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES,1984. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[This item is the second and substantially-revised edition of a popular book (1st edn was 1975) that now reflects almost a decade of further change - then 1984.Although a BCA publication,it is published in arrangement with David St. John Thomas (b. 30th August,1929 – d. 19th August,2014) who was an English publisher and writer who founded David & Charles.On 1 April 1960 he founded, with canal writer Charles Hadfield,the non-fiction publishing house of David & Charles,of which he became chairman. Initially run from his house at Ipplepen before moving to its better-known address at Newton Abbot Railway Station.With a staff of up to 300 the firm ran Britain's second-largest book club group,Readers' Union,which had a score of specialised clubs totalling about 250,000 members.In later years,he also published some books under his own imprint.He continued to write himself,including a series of well-illustrated books on railway topics with Patrick B. Whitehouse and others,and more books on travel-related topics.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip - absence of published price - as a book club subscription item.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,contemporary monochrome,wrap-around photographic illustrated dw/dj (Metropolitan Railway 4-4-4T No 107 engine waiting to leave Verney Junction with a train for Baker Street,1936) with bright green lettering to front and non-faded spine/backstrip; negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean with barely discernable blemish - no foxing /spotting - contents bright,tight,clean solid and sound - virtually pristine - and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, unblemished,sharp-cornered plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and clean,plain white endpapers - front free endpaper with very faint hint of off-setting from dw/dj's front inner flap and a bright,crisp,clean immaculate b/w 8-panelled gate-fold 'Railways in the Chilterns and Cotswolds' regional map+key,pasted to rear pastedown. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,but effectively a revised 2nd edn,5- 256pp [paginated] includes contents list/table, list of b/w plates (contemporary b/w photographs),a Foreword to 2nd edn,an Introduction,8 chapters with 32pp b/w plates interspersed throughout the text and the book,similarly interspersed b/w region maps,diagrams and railway tracks illustrations,a 32pp Gazetteer,a 9pp bibliography,acknowledgements and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, the latter with a dedication to its verso. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. Within the 'Forgotten railways series,this book aims to give a readable account including history,working and atmaospher of the abandoned railways north of London and south of Birmingham,broadly bounded by the Chiltern Hills and their southern slopes forming the London Green belt,and the Cotswold Hills with their continuation northeastwards into the Northamptonshire uplands.It does not attempt to be exhaustive in its coverage but rather to portray the most interesting facets of selected lines within the area.The original publication stimulated interest in these railways and several detailed studies have appeared since,but this popular volume remains the best introduction.It vividly records the lines' lives and times,their traffic and curiosities,as well as their building,closure and remains. Against a background of the area and the pattern of railway development,a representative selection of the many types of line,ranging from branch to cross country and even main lines to be found within it,has been described in seven geographical areas.A final chapter considers the need for and the construction of the Great Cemtral Railway London Extension and features Woodford Halse,a focal point of the Extension. To provide a guide to the remaining features of interest for those visiting the lines and the detailed information about each line that would otherwise intrude on the narrative,a comprehensive gazetteer is included and the account is illustrated by detailed maps,and photographs of lines in their heyday and since closure. The gazetteer has a twofold purpose. Firstly,it aims to provide essential background information including the opening dates,major changes of ownership (where applicable) and the closure sequence for each of the railway mentioned in the text; and secondly,it attempts to establish a record of the more interesting physical remains,the present use made of the track alignment and the outstanding scenic sections of every line so described. 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: rja1006422. ISBN: 0946537070.
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Imprint: UK.EDINBURGH & LONDON,MAINSTREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY(EDINBURGH) LTD,1999. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges with negligible ageing but clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - an unread copy? Head of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Publisher's bright,clean sharp-cornered original dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-223pp [paginated] includes 15 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and contents list/table. Following in the footsteps of J.B. Priestley, whose book 'English Journey' told the tale of his 1934 voyage,Hunter Davies embarks upon an epic journey at the end of the century.Davies spends a year travelling from London to Lakeland,observing the people and places of England today and noting the mood of the nation as we end the millennium.It is also a journey into his own life,recalling incidents and people from his past. Unlike the dark,depressing landscape experienced by Priestley,Davies is impressed by a sense of light and optimism encouraged by the many mega-million-pound Lottery projects now nearing completion, such as the Lowry Centre in Salford and the 2,500 miles of public pathways being created by Sustrans. He visits two ancient stately homes,Chatsworth and Althorp,as well as a more modern and humble council house in Liverpool,formerly the home of Paul McCartney.In Milton Keynes,he samples the delights of how we might all live and work in the future. His journey takes him from a private party with Tony Blair at 10 Downing Street to Derby and a Croatian star of Derby County; from Rochdale and one of Blair's so-called Babes to the Lake District,ending up at the Loweswater Show,in the far north-west corner of Cumbria.This is where he and his wife live for half of each year, spending the other half in London.This clash between urban and rural life is at the heart of the book. Most of all,however,Hunter Davies,in his own witty,informative and inimitable style,brings the people of today's Britain alive through his account of their hopes, aspirations and fears. 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: rja389511. ISBN: 1840182059.
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Imprint: LONDON.ORION,1994. 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 photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white lettering; 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 blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1- 293pp [paginated] includes a prologue,30 chapters and an epilogue,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with acknowledgements to it's reverse,and 4pp blanks at the rear. High rollers in the City of London are there for one purpose only - to make money.They can be clever,unscrupulous, corrupt and greedy,but without that single,driving ambition they cannot survive,let alone succeed.Bad enough for a man wanting to flourish in the nest of vipers; hell for a woman. Sarah Jensen,one of the youngest and most highly paid foreign exchange traders in the City,knows all about survival.Her strange and tragic childhood has equipped her to deal with most situations; now her glamour provides the perfect camouflage in the lethally competitive environment in which she works. When the Governor of the Bank of England and the Director of Counter-Narcotics Crime at MI6 decide to investigate corruption in a leading merchant bank,they identify Sarah Jensen as the ideal undercover agent,and they send her in to find out what she can.The trouble is that they don't reveal to her their own secret agenda,and they have no idea that Sarah - when the killings begin - is more than capable of taking fate - and the law into her own hands. 'Nest of Vipers' is an absolutely gripping thriller,a first novel set in a world of big money,big gambles,and massive,secret corruption,and in Sarah Jemsen,Linda Davies has created a truly great heroine for our times.Author's debut novel. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK and all overseas buyers please note,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 or postage free.Free P+p 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. 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: rja702417. ISBN: 185797350X.
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Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,1961. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.VG+/VG+.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat, handwritten blue ink dedication+signature to ffe: 'For Ken,With best wishes - from John Davies' and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,clean,colour pictorial artwork (non-credited),illustrated upper wrap+ spine/backstrip,author b/w portrait photograph to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.Small closed tears/nicks to corners,head+foot of spine/backstrip - all with some miniscule loss and light chipping/rubbing.Top edge dust-soiled and slightly aged/darkened,fore-edge slightly brighter and cleaner; contents bright, tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Clean,dark blue paper-covered bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean,plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, SIGNED,1st edn,5-256pp [paginated] includes 13 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title,SIGNED title page. The Law wasn't the trouble.The real danger was that all the contraband in the Naples area was falling into the hands of one big,vicious organization.Leonardo Volpi was determined to eliminate the smaller outfits,including the single boats.Blair was a one-boat operator, running illicit cargoes in his fast launch across the narrows of the Mediterranean between Naples and Tunis.A broken marriage had driven him into the game - he needed the excitement to help him forget.But now things were different.He had fallen in love again,with Meya Nordstrom,a beautiful Swedish actress who lived on Capri.And one of his friends had been brutally murdered. It was time to get out.But by the time Blair had decided to do that,it was already too late.He found himself fighting a desperate one-man battle against the whole of Volpi's organization; and Meya was inextricably involved. 'SEE NAPLES AND DIE' is a thriller in the true sense of the word,a dramatic action story which moves at a breathless pace from start to finish,and the tension mounts steadily to a sensational and unexpected climax. 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: rja29998. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.BROWN,WATSON,LIMITED/DIGIT BOOKS,1963. UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.[UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn first published by CAPE (London), 1926.This an early,UK vintage p/back issue by DIGIT,who had also reissued author's bestseller 'Autobiography of a Super Tramp'.] VG+. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from card cover.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial artwork (non-credited),illustrated front cover with black lettering,black concave spine with yellow/white and no discernible reading creases,rear cover with minimal blemishes to white background with publisher's story blurb; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Very small,minimal corners' creases.All edges aged-toned but without any other blemish,foxing or spotting; contents bright,tight,clean solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn,7- 238pp [paginated] includes author foreword,16 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a contents list/ table and to the rear,publisher's illustrated b/w advert for 'Autobiography of a Super Tramp'. The 2nd part of Davies' autobiographical trilogy which uses material from two earlier autobiographical works - 'Beggars' & 'The Traveller'. William Henry Davies (b. 1871 - d. 1940) Welsh author and poet who spent much of his adult life as a tramp,or hobo in the United States and Britain and was best known as the author of ' The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp.' A classic account of a carefree existence based on real characters who (then) have or have had a real existence. 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: rja929621. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.HEADLINE REVIEW/an imprint of HEADLINE BOOK PUBLISHING,2006. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED+dedicated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's spidery handwritten,black ink inscrptn thus: 'To Charlie Hunter Davies' to title page,and a price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,monochrome author's familial portrait photographic front of dw/dj,with glossy,black lettered forenamed and glossy brown-lettered surname,capitalised,glossy blue-lettered title,a grey,small elliptical shape with capitalised,off-white lettered 'A MEMOIR' within it,a matt,brown spine/backstrip with capitalised,glossy black-lettered title; capitalised,glossy blue-lettered forename and capitalised,glossy white-lettered surname, author's b/w thumbnail side profile portrait photograph to foot of spine along with publisher's capitalised blue+white -lettered name and white illustrated colophon to foot of spine too; rear panel author's monochrome family holiday photograph which includes Paul and Linda [Macartney] in the holiday snap and blue/green lettered caption.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - an approx. 1" partially penetrating scoring mark to front's facing gutter's fold/crease towards foot of same,but no other nicks,tears or splits present and miniscule bumping with reciprocal creases to head of spine.Top edges lightly aged/toned with a few random,sporadic foxing spots,fore-edges brighter,crisper,and cleaner without foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettering,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-344pp [paginated] includes author's Introduction,37 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between p120/21 and pp216/17 respectively,Appendices (I+II - Journalism,Jobs and Positions - includes TV,Radio and Film - screenplay writer for Here We Go, Round the Mulberry Bush,1968 and an Books Published - includes Novels,Biographies, Football,Social History,Travel,Walking Books, Guides,Publisher and Author,Other Non-fiction, Children's Books,For Teenagers,Books Edited and Collections - both appendices with b/w thumbnail photographs),and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED+dedicated title page, Acknowledgements with a blank reverse,and a Contents list/table. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable, and particularly internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher overall grading.Despite them,it really is still an exemplary example for its brightness and lack of any other major detracting faults. Instead of writing about others,as he is used to,the author describes his own extraordinary life in this autobiography.From growing up on a Carlisle council estate in the 1950s and his student days at Durham to his introduction to Fleet Street at the heart and height of the 1960s - which is when he wrote his first novel, 'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush,later a cult film,this intimate portrait of his life and work is filled with wonderful observations,warm humor,and colorful anecdotes. Hunter Davies has enthralled Beatles and football fans,been an influential journalist,and written ground-breaking books for over forty years.He wrote the only authorised biography of the beatles and the seminal book about Tottenham Hotspur FC,'The Glory Game',years before football writing became fashionable. He reveals how he came to write about the Beatles,and his relationship with them afterwards,and how he infiltrated a top football club in a way that would never happen today.He also talks about meeting many other well-known figures of thelast forty years - from George Best to Noel Coward - and gives an intimate portrait of his marriage to his teenage girlfriend Margaret Forster,herself a well-known novelist. Evocative and honest,'The Beatles,Football and Me' is full of great stories,humour and wonderful observations. 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: rja1092523. ISBN: 0755314026.
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Imprint: LONDON.HEADLINE/REVIEW,2006. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten,spidery black ink signature - without dedication - to title page,just below his own printed name,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,subject sepia photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf- wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Publisher's original, unblemished,red cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip, sharp corners,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,1-344pp [paginated] includes introduction,37 sections/ chapters,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece between 120/21pp and pp216/17 respectively,appendices(I+II),an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title,SIGNED title page, Acknowledgements and Contents list/table. Hunter Davies has enthralled Beatles and football fans,been an influential journalist,and written ground-breaking books for over forty years.He wrote the only authorised biography of the Beatles and the seminal book about Tottenham Hotspur FC,'The Glory Game',years before football writing had become fashionable. In all this time he has lived a fascinating and diverse life - mixing with the great and the not so good,and always writing with his inimitable style about his adventures.His story starts on a Carlisle council estate in the 1950's and moves on to his early years in Fleet Street at the heart and height of the 1960's - which is when he wrote his first novel,'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush',later a cult film. He reveals how he came to write about the Beatles,and his relationship with them afterwards,and how he infiltrated a top football club in a way that would never happen today.He also talks about meeting many other well-known figures of the last forty years - from George Best to Noel Coward - and gives an intimate portrait of his marriage to his teenage girlfriend Margaret Forster,herself a well-known novelist. Evocative and honest,'The Beatles, Football and Me' is full of great stories,humour and wonderful observations.An uncommon SIGNED copy. Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja362110. ISBN: 0755314026.
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Imprint: UK.MIDDLESEX.GUINNESS PUBLISHING,1998. UK,Qrto wraps,1st edn.FINE.An unread copy.No owner inscrptn but a small black ink dot to top corner of ffe.Pictorial colour decorated wraps (Guinness adverts) with inner flaps and minimal shelf-wear to edges.UK,Qrto,240pp includes preface,introduction,profuse b/w+colour illustrations and photographs,bibliography and an index. A celebration of an extraordinary brand. It is hard to think of a beer which over two centuries has been held in such affection and has,to many around the world,come to symbolise a way of life. This is due in no small part to the advertising which,arguably without equals,has maintained a quality and character so high that it has attracted its own brand loyalty.Published in the year that Guinness celebrate the centenary of John Gilroy's birth.Gilroy,with his menagerie of characters which included the ubiquitous toucan, was the artist who in many people's minds came to define an essential image of Guinness.His work is on display in many of the c1800 Irish pubs around the world. In his day Gilroy was an innovator.As you turn the pages of this book this is the characteristic which stands out: the extraordinary creativity and originality of the artists,illustrators,photographers,graphic designers and film makers who kept the Guinness brand at the forefront of advertising in every decade since the 1920's.From the revival of the toucan in the 1970's,through the Genius campaigns of the 1980's,and including the "Black and White" campaigns of the 1990's Guinness advertising has captured the zeitgeist of its target markets. Please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja1619. ISBN: 0851120679.
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Imprint: LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,1994. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated subject colour portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges clean, contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear creases to any page's corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,unblemished, publisher's original plain black cloth bds with crisp,bright,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.8vo,vii-xviiipp+1-307pp [paginated] includes illustrations list/table, acknowledgements,intro,Pts 1+2,appendix, 8pp contemporary b/w photographs between pp138/9,an index; plus [unpaginated] half- title+title pages,contents list/table,and 7pp blanks to rear. Following the bestselling publication of 'The Kenneth Williams Diaries' - also edited by this author - the devastating self-portrait of one of our most loved and complex performers is completed with this marvellous selection of his letters.This is a wonderful treasure trove of correspondence with all manner of people, including Alec Guinness, Maggie Smith, Joe Orton,Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, and the Stoker's Mess of HMS Leverton. Kenneth Williams meticulously kept carbon copies of all his letters,which were usually long and invariably faultlessy typed.As his diaries show,he took letters very seriously,and he was always disgusted by a morning that failed to provide him with some mail to pore over.He did not welcome all of it,even when it was kindly meant - a rich haul of Christmas or birthday cards would sometimes be dumped summarily into the waste-paper basket - but letters from friends,and thoughtful ones from strangers,almost always received the compliment of a careful reply. Letters called forth the performer in Williams in a way that his diaries never did: many of those collected here are virtual comic monologues,and in general they suggest much more strongly than the diaries the likeable and constructive side of a man who remains,nonetheless,as outrageous and 'difficult' as ever.Above all the letters round out,in varied voices and many moods,the picture of Kenneth Williams's unique and troubled personality which emerged from the diaries. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja30068. ISBN: 0002550245.
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Imprint: LONDON.ANTHONY BLOND LTD.,1966. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Book quickly reprinted in November,1966 and then again in January,1967.] VG+/VG+.Private owner's b/w 'EX LIBRIS' bookplate pasted to front free endpaper along with their handwritten,black ink name/ signature.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, magenta background with black pictograph (an eye) to front lower edge and to top of spine,b/w letters to each,and the rear cover with black letters; jacket design by Jeanette Spencer.A little breakdown of laminate to top edges resulting in minimal rubbing with miniscule chipping and reciprocal miniscule loss to both front+ rear edges and at head of spine too - similarly to just the foot of rear's facing spine crease.Two top corners are minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing - both dents leaving concomitant,corresponding uniform crease impressions to those pages' top corners in lessening degrees - the rear corner's dent affecting more pages than the front dent; bottom two corners,sharp and unaffected.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears of splits present.Top edges slightly toned,fore-edges brighter,cleaner with minor blemish at foot of same; contents bright,tight,clean - no foxing/spotting,no intentional dog-ear reading creases to pages' corner tips - aforementioned page corner creases aside.Publisher's bright clean,original plain black cloth boards with white ink blocked letters to spine,and clean,plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,13-296pp [paginated] includes 3 sections: Public Pleasures - Mainly by Day,Private Pleasures - Mainly by Night and Foreign London - each with numerous categories - 13,10 and 7 respectively; from some 28 assorted contributors/writers,b/w drawings by Kaffe Fassett interspersed throughout the text,an index,a British/American English short glossary; plus [unpaginated] b/w part-illustrated half-title+title pages, contributors list/table,an unattributed introduction (assumed the Editor?),contents list/table,and Kaffe Fassett b/w illustrated section separator pages. Some contributors include David Benedictus,John Betjeman,Anthony Blond,Tim Heald James Henry, Jonathan Routh etc. Described hard,but fairly and honestly exceptionally better than it reads or sounds! The book takes it's title from the first published,1703 edition by landlord Ned Ward,of the King's Head,a tavern next to Gray's Inn.He started and finished in a tavern,going round London describing all the pleasures and diversions he found there.In between he visited harlots and astrologers,parties and gaming houses, baited the lunatics at Bedlam with silly questions and watched a woman being whipped at Bridewell.But he also described some sedater pleasures,like Covent Garden and Westminster Abbey.The topics in this,'The New London Spy', are equally diverse and entertaining,equally scandalous and sedate.The flavour is eclectic, intimate and epicurean; the information accurate (at time of publication). Diverse and extraordinary topics include church sermons,Lesbian London,Gentlemen's clubs,the best pubs,what to do on Sundays, girls and boys (free and bought),the underworld,street markets, nightclubs, hotels (where you may or may not), the Irish,West Indians,Australian,Jewish,Indian, Polish quarters,striptease,pornography,drugs etc.,etc.,etc.,etc. and advice on how the visitor may conduct themselves in Town in a satisfactory and successful manner. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! **N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja926921. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH LTD.,1995. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 5 7 9 10 8 6,so 1st edn,5th imp.] VG+/VG. Donor's gift presentation inscrptn+Xmas date '95 to top corner of half-title page,but no clip to dw/dj - absence of published price - so possibly an export edn.Bright,clean, glossy, white background illustrated with a grey topographical map and subject's sitting portrai colour photograph to front of dw/dj with capitalised,purple-lettered part-title and black-lettered sub-title at front's top edge and author's capitalised,dark grey lettered name at front's lower edge.Spine/backstrip with a grey small diagram,author's similarly coloured+ lettered name at its head,capitalised,pale blue-lettered (sunned/faded?) and black-lettered sub-title and publisher's capitalised,black-lettered name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with subject's own hand drawn b/w thumbnail sketch reproduction and black-lettered prose extracts from his diaries.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no major nicks tears or splits present - rear,top corner tip with a small closed tear with clear sellotape repair internally and externally; inevitable but minimal,light and superficial scoring to either panel of dw/dj,an indent to rear panel's gutter crease - without penetration to board beneath. Top edge with minimal ageing/toning and minimal dust flecks,fore-edges brighter and cleaner - almost foxing-free; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's brigth clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked,gilt-lettered spine,a b/w striped headband and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,vii-xipp+1- 355pp [paginated] includes Illustrations list/table with Acknowledgements to its reverse, author's Introduction,28 chapters,16pp contemporary subject and others' biographical b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp52/53 and pp292/93 respectively,plus subject's b/w thumbnail sketches,views and maps and b/w facsimile illustration reproductions interspersed throughout the text and the book,an Appendix in form of a compass diagram listing the fells locations at all points,a Bibliography and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,title page with repeated compass illustration of Appendix,and a Contents list/table. Visually,the external appearance is more than acceptable,and particularly internally, is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it’s 25+ year-old age.It is only the minimal faults described that prevent a slightly higher grading overall. Despite that,it really is still an exemplary example for it’s brightnesss,cleanliness and lack of other age-acquired detracting faults commonly encountered in a book of this age. Alfred Wainwright will always be known for his Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells - hand-drawn and handwritten works of art from which all true fellwalkers have taken their inspiration for th past forty years. Despite many bestselling books and three television series,Wainwright always remained a very private person,ecouraging readers to believe his image as a gruff recluse who much preferred animals to humans.With full access to Wainwright's private letters and unpublished material,Hunter Davies reveals a far more complex man - passionate,witty and generous - than any reader of his guides might suspect. Wainwright with a barren home life,lived almost in a fantasy world.In 1938 he wrote about the woman of his dreams - but had to wait nearly thirty years before he found her.In 1942 he prophesied that 'my life's blood will be Wainwright's Guide to the Fells,and will be my memorial'. From his early days in Balckburn,where he was the satirist of the Borough Treasurer's Office, to Kendal,where he lived and worked for so many years,'Wainwright' throws a completely new and surprising light on what has been until now a shadowy and misunderstood person. Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct 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: rja1172324. ISBN: 0718139097.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1997. UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn. NMINT.Pictorial colour decorated laminated bds with gilt letters to upper and white+ yellow letters to spine/backstrip.UK,Qrto HB,1st edn,44pp with colour comic strip format. Wallace has lost his slipper,and it's replacement - the Longlife Indoor Carpet Clog with Reinforced Everything - just isn't comfy.But when he and Gromit turn the clock back to return to the slipper's last recorded sighting - calamity - a malfunction in the time-space continuum lands man and dog thousands of years from home and their mid-morning elevenses.So begins the Oscar-winning characters' first ever cartoon strip adventure.The stars of 'A Grand Day Out','The Wrong Trousers' and 'A Close Shave' find out why King Harold didn't like umbrellas back in 1066.They reveal why Stonehenge was built One Million Years BC (Before Cheese).And they expose the threat posed to our delicate planet by people who wear clogs,as they pursue a shoe thief from the future who is, quite literally,hopping mad. 'The Lost Slipper' also includes Wallace and Gromit's second cartoon adventure, 'The Curse of the Ramsbottoms'.This reunites them with Wendolene,a rare beauty,and Preston,a cyber-dog who is also rare but no beauty.And it pits them against the dastardly Rhett Leicester - a man with an unhealthy interest in gnomes, and cheese. 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: rja1455. ISBN: 0340696559.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1997. UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn.Pictorial colour decorated,laminated bds with gilt+ white letters to upper bd,yellow+white letters to spine/backstrip.No bumped corners,top and fore-edges bright and clean; as are contents.UK,Qrto HB,1st edn, 2-44pp includes colour cartoon strips. Wallace has lost his slipper,and its replacement - the Longlife Indoor Carpet Clog with Reinforced Everything - just isn't comfy.But when he and Gromit turn the clock back to return to the slipper's last recorded sighting - calamity! - a malfunction in the time-space continuum lands man and dog thousands of years from home and their mid-morning elevenses.So begins the Oscar-winning characters' first ever cartoon strip adventure.The stars of 'A Grand Day Out','The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave' find out why King Harold didn't like umbrellas back in 1066.They reveal why Stonehenge was built One Million Years BC [Before Cheese].And they expose the threat posed to our delicate planet by people who wear clogs,as they pursue a shoe thief from the future who is,quite literally,hopping mad. 'The Lost Slipper', by writer Tristan Davies and artist Nick Newman,includes Wallace and Gromit's second cartoon adventure,'The Curse of the Ramsbottoms'. This reunites them with Wendolene,a rare beauty,and Preston,a cyber-dog who is also rare but no beauty.And it pits them against the dastardly Rhett Leicester - a man with an unhealthy interest in gnomes, and cheese. 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: rja1587. ISBN: 0340696559.
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Imprint: UK.YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS,2012. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.Although with US Library of Congress Cataloguing-in- Publication data,book was printed in Padstow,Cornwall,Great Britain.]FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - possibly an export edn/issue.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,colour pictorial illustrated front panel of dw/dj (detail from a painting 'The Duke of Wellington at Waterloo' by Robert Alexander Hillingford),with russet+black lettering, white letteing to spine and rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain chocolate brown cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain maroon eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, vii-xvipp+2-303pp [paginated] includes illustrations+maps lists/tables,a preface, 9 chapters and a conclusion,8pp contemporary facsimile b/w reproduction illustrations in 1 block,between pp112/3, 12 b/w maps interspersed throughout the text and the book,abbreviations,notes,a bibliography and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title page,and contents list/table. Arthur Wellesley,Duke of Wellington, lives on in popular memory as the 'Invincible General',loved by his men, admired by his peers,formidable to his opponents.This incisive book revises such a portrait,offering an accurate - and controversial - new analysis of Wellington's remarkable military career. Unlike his adversary Napoleon,Wellington was by no means a man of innate military talent,Huw J. Davies argues.Instead,the key to Wellington's success was an exceptionally keen understanding of the relationship between politics and war. Drawing on extensive primary research, Davies discusses Wellington's military apprenticeship in India,where he learned through mistakes as well as successes how to plan campaigns,organise and use intelligence,and negotiate with allies.In later campaigns and battles,including the Peninsular War and Waterloo,Wellington's genius for strategy,operations and tactics emerged.For his success in the art of war, he came to rely on his art as a politician and tactician.This strikingly original book shows how Wellington made even unlikely victories possible - with a well-honed political brilliance that underpinned all of his military achievements. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja744617. ISBN: 9780300164176.
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Imprint: LONDON.ORION,1996. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NMINT/NMINT. [Wrapped+protected from day of issue/ purchase - last overlooked copy in stock!] No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt colour illustrated front panel of dw/dj of an embossed half-red, half black gecko with a diamond jewel on its back and with embossed gilt author's name,embossed gilt-edged white lettered title and other white letters,white spine/backstrip with silver gilt and red+black lettering,rear panel white background with red+black lettered critics' reviews of author's debut novel and thumbnail colour photograph of of that book's dw/dj; 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 - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread,apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark grey cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt letters to spine and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,1-309pp [paginated] includes a prologue,54 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication, acknowledgements and to the rear,2pp blanks. Author's 2nd novel,she debuted with 'Nest Of Vipers' to acclaim. See my book ID rja702417 for a UK,1st edn,of that debut novel. Two beautiful women - one a banker,the other an undercover agent . a diamond mine in Vietnam . a corrupt Hong Kong businessman . and the spymaster behind them all. These strands are brilliantly interwoven to form the plot of Linda Davies' extraordinary new thriller. Please contact seller for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK and all overseas buyers please note,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 or postage free. ** 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. 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: rja940921. ISBN: ISBN 1857976444.
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Imprint: LONDON.ARMADA PAPERBACK/WILLIAM COLLINS SONS & CO.,1975. UK,slim 12mo p/back original,1st edn. [Paperback/softback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/ title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back,s/back originals are published prior to any other format.] VG. Owner's name plate pencilled in and no price removal to cover.Bright,clean colour pictorial wrap-around artwork illustrated covers with some minor indents; negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges aged/toned; contents solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.UK,slim 12mo p/back original,1st edn,7-127pp [paginated] includes editor introduction,9 stories by assorted female (assumed and the majority) and male authors,full page (5) and part-page b/w illustrations by Jim Cawthorn,interspersed throughout the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, contents list/table with acknowledgements to its reverse and to the rear,to last page,publishers advert. Authors include: Julia Birley,Tim Short,David Campton, Margaret Little (x2), Rosemary Timperley, Elizabeth Fancett,Basil Cooper and Chris Parr. First volume of 3 published (at that date) and for the younger reader.It seems to be uncommon too. Tales of fantasy and adventure beckon you towards the strnge world of Tomorrow. . . The monstrous Aliens at the bottom of the garden . . . a jungle planet inhabited by huge jellies . . . a robot with a human heart . . . the terrible,terrifying Trodes . . . Stories to thrill you,stories to amuse you - and stories to give you sneaking shivers of doubt. 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. ALL buyers please note,p/backs' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if p/back is offered P/p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. ** Stock number: rja919821. ISBN: 0006909035.
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Imprint: LONDON.LEOPARD,(division of RANDOM HOUSE).1992. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Previously published by LANDFORD (UK),1983.] FINE/FINE.8vo,208pp,b/w+colour plts. German badge+insignia during THIRD REICH. Use extended to not only military armed forces but to paramilitary formations, political organisations and extensive use by almost all admin+ancillary uniformed groups. Divided into 11 main categories; covering personnel of 64 different uniformed organisations/formations.Apart from well known forces; ARMED - SS et al,to obscure but equally fascinating personnel as TECHNICAL STUD SERVICE of PRUSSIA, WATERWAYS AIR RAID PROTECTION SERVICE. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja248.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER &STOUGHTON;,2021. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with capitalised,matt,black-lettered title and other white-lettered sub-title - A FLAVIA ALBIA NOVEL,and author's name in capitalised,bright, crisp,gilt-lettering; spine/backstrip with capitalised,gilt-lettered name,capitalised,white -lettered title and publisher's capitalised, white-lettered name and capitalised white-lettered initial of name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with story's black-lettered prose extract.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners,minimal pushing with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine – and no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright crisp and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp and clean,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt capitalised lettering to spine/backstrip, and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-386pp [paginated] includes 64 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a title separator page with streets of Rome,The Aventine Hill b/w map to its verso, another Rome b/w map,Time line page with first page of characters to its reverse, 2nd page of characters,and to the rear,a single page advertisement for author's media platforms' information. Visually the exterior 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 its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. A spin-off from her 'Marcus Didius Falco' mysteries,Lindsey Davis’s 'Flavia Albia' series casts Falco’s daughter as a private informer in Ancient Rome during the reign of Domitian, investigating murder and intrigue in the politically-charged Roman Empire.This is the 9th volume of the series. In Rome,89 A.D.,poisonings,murders,and a bloody gang war of retribution breaks out during the festivsl of Saturnalia,and when her husband, Tiberius,becomes a target,it's time for Flavia Albia to take matters into her own hands. Flavia Albia, daughter and successor of private informer Marcus Didius Falco is twiddling her thumbs with no clients during the December festival of Saturnalia.But that doesn't mean all is quiet. Her husband Tiberius and the Fourth Cohort are battling organized crime interests that are going to war over the festival nuts. A series of accidental poisonings,then bloody murders of rival nut-sellers,and finally a gruesome warning to Tiberius from the hidden criminal powers to back off. Albia has had just about enough and combines forces with Tiberius to uncover the hidden criminal gangs trying to worm their way into the establishment at a banquet of the emperor Domitian. 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: RJA1140524. ISBN: 9781529374292.
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Imprint: SCOTLAND.EDINBURGH+LONDON.MAINSTREAM PUBLISHING,2000. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.Neat, ink birthday,gift inscrptn to ffe,but no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,glossy, laminated,b/w subject portrait photographic dw/dj; with negligible shelf- wear and minimal creasing to edges - no major nicks or tears present and miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip.Top+fore- edges bright and clean,contents bright, tight and clean also.Clean,black paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip with clean,plain light grey endpapers. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-272pp includes half-title,b/w subject portrait photographic title page,contents list, author preface,an introduction,12 chapters,profuse b/w+colour contemporary photographs throughout the text; plus discography,acknowledgements,visual credits and bibliography. Diana Ross has enjoyed a remarkable career.With the Supremes she achieved the unprecedented feat of twelve No.1 hits in America,and since beginning her solo career in 1970 she has recorded over fifty hits.She has also enjoyed movie success - receiving an Oscar nomination for her debut film,Lady Sings the Blues - and has produced several specials for American TV. 'Diana Ross: A Legend in Focus' chronicles her career from the early days with the Supremes to TV shows,films and business enterprises and,of course,all the musical highlights on stage and record.The text is accompanied by stunning pictures and a full discography. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja22416. ISBN: 1840183357.
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Imprint: LONDON.SEVENOAKS/CARLTON PUBLISHING GROUP,2008. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject's contemporary b/w portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with b/w and grey lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Head+foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj,minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing; some light,superficial scoring/indents to both panels - but without affecting the boards below. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-xiipp+1- 244pp [paginated] includes contents list/table, author's introduction,a Dave Godin essay,13 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w+colour autobiographical photographs in 1 block,between pp116/17,a bibliography and a list of author's other published books/titles and an index; plus [unpaginated] half- title+title pages. Dusty Springfield is a pop music legend. Goddess of the sixties,reluctant recluse of the seventies,icon of the eighties and nineties,she attracted a passionate following that has remained loyal to this day.She crossed the line into soul music,her first love,but never turned her back on pop music.A perfectionist in her work,she was a shy,awkward girl off stage. Misunderstood and misquoted,that was Miss Springfield.She had a lifestyle to envy,was the original "IT" girl and achieved,many believed, the height of decadence.But who really knew her? Who was the real lady behind the black mascara and backcombed hair? This is the story that she never had the chance to tell herself because, nearly two years after her first battle with breast cancer,the disease returned to take her life in 1999. When the end finally came,the music business descended into mourning,tributes flooded in from all over the world.The Daily Telegraph front page announced "Dusty Springfield dies on day she was to get OBE" and Her Majesty The Queen was reported to be "deeply saddened". Dusty Springfield was the very heart and soul of British music.Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant,who was responsible for her return to chart success in 1987,believed that "she was the very essence of fabness". 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. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja611716. ISBN: 9781862005891.
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Imprint: LONDON.CENTURY,1996. UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn. NMINT/NMINT.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Author SIGNED to title page.8th novel featuring MARCUS DIDIUS FALCO.Historical sleuth fiction. Want more Lindsey DAVIS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2,MODERN FIRSTS and SIGNED 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: rja496. ISBN: 0712659412.
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Imprint: LONDON.CENTURY,1996. 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,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated artwork by Colin Hadley,illustrated dw/dj, with orange+white lettering to front panel and b/w lettering to spine/backstrip, inevitable and ubiquitous light sunning/ fading of same; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing o edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Book lightly cocked.Top edges slightly aged/toned - as usual/ normal,fore-edges less so and brighter - but all bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine apart from page-edge toning - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original dark brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped giltl letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,3-342pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-4 comprising 67 chapters+ epilogue in total,and as the last page; research acknowledgements,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication (in memory of Edith Pargeter), dramatis personnae list/table with b/w area historical map to reverse of last preceding page,blank,and Pts separator pages. 8th novel featuring MARCUS DIDIUS FALCO. Historical sleuth fiction. Want more Lindsey DAVIS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED catalogues. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja665617. ISBN: 0712659412.
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Imprint: LONDON.RAVETTE,1986. UK,oblong 24mo wraps,1st edn softback. FINE.No inscrptn,no price clip. Compilation of b/w cartoon illus by Jim Davis. 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: rja1349. ISBN: 9780948456176.
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Imprint: LONDON.RAVETTE,1986. UK,oblong 24mo wraps,1st edn softback. FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip. Compilation of b/w cartoon illus by Jim Davis. 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: rja1350. ISBN: 0948456159.
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Imprint: LONDON.ANDRE DEUTSCH/CARLTON PUBLISHING GROUP,2008. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,subject's contemporary b/w portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj panels, with grey lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present.Head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj,minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing; virtually scoring/indent-free panels. Top+fore-edges bright and clean with no foxing/ spoting; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tipss,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-xiipp+1- 244pp [paginated] includes contents list/table, author's introduction,a Dave Godin essay,13 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w+colour autobiographical photographs in 1 block,between pp116/17,a bibliography and a list of author's other published books/titles and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's age,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness. Dusty Springfield is a pop music legend. Goddess of the sixties,reluctant recluse of the seventies,icon of the eighties and nineties,she attracted a passionate following that has remained loyal to this day.She crossed the line into soul music,her first love,but never turned her back on pop music.A perfectionist in her work,she was a shy,awkward girl off stage. Misunderstood and misquoted,that was Miss Springfield.She had a lifestyle to envy,was the original "IT" girl and achieved,many believed, the height of decadence.But who really knew her? Who was the real lady behind the black mascara and backcombed hair? This is the story that she never had the chance to tell herself because, nearly two years after her first battle with breast cancer,the disease returned to take her life in 1999. When the end finally came,the music business descended into mourning,tributes flooded in from all over the world.The Daily Telegraph front page announced "Dusty Springfield dies on day she was to get OBE" and Her Majesty The Queen was reported to be "deeply saddened". Dusty Springfield was the very heart and soul of British music.Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant,who was responsible for her return to chart success in 1987,believed that "she was the very essence of fabness". 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: rja1016522. ISBN: 9780233002378.
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Imprint: LONDON.CENTURY,1993. UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. NMINT/NMINT.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Author SIGNED to title page.5th novel featuring MARCUS DIDIUS FALCO. Want more Lindsey DAVIS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2,MODERN FIRSTS and SIGNED 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,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: rja494. ISBN: 0712658319.
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Imprint: LONDON.CENTURY,RANDOM HOUSE UK LIMITED,1992. UK,8vo wraps,Limited Edition (No.299/400),Author SIGNED,Uncorrected Proof copy - includes folded A4 publicity newsletter of book's promotion with handwritten ink signature of Group Publicity Director, Elizabeth Sich. NMINT. No owner inscrpn but author's handwritten ink signature - without dedication to title with limitation number 299/400 to same page.Bright crisp,clean, glossy,black wrap-around backsground with author's capitalised,white-lettered name and title and white-lettered legend 'A Limited Edition Uncorrected Proof' to lower edge; spine/ackstrip with NO reading creases and similarly coloured+lettered author name and title as the front's and publisher's capitalised,white lettered initial of name and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name to foot of same, rear cover with white-lettered synopsis and 3 critics' white-lettered review s and publisher's promotion bullet points to lower edge.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners,the tiniest of corner tip creases to front's and rear's lower corners - but no nicks,ters or splits present. Top edges clean,fore-edge similar but with a single tiny spot blemish; contents bright,tight, clean solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,unread other than my own collation.UK,8vo wraps,Limited Edition (No.299/400),Author SIGNED,Uncorrected Proof copy,1-336pp [paginated] includes LXXIII (73) chapters; plus [unpainated half-title, Ltd/No'd 299/400 and author SIGNED title page,a dedication/memoriam to RosemarySutcliff (who'd ded whilst the book was being written),double-paged Family tree of Marcus Didius Falco,a b/w city map of Imperial Rome with Characters Cast to its verso,a chronological ROME: CAPUA: ROME March-April AD 72 separator page and 2pp blanks at rear,as last pages. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 30+ 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 assocuated with paperbacks. A historical mystery crime novel and the fifth instalment of the Marcus Didius Falco mysteries series. Set in Rome during AD 72,and featuring Marcus Didius Falco,informer and imperial agent. The gold in the title refers to the treasure, taken by Falco's brother Festus for one of Festus' wild schemes and which now appears to have gone down with the ship, returning to Poseidon. Falco returns from a six-month mission to Germania Libera only to become embroiled in the after-effects of a scam by his now-deceased, older brother Festus.The story recounts shipping scams,crooked antiques auctions,and hired thugs, all while Falco is trying to clear his family's name and sort out Festus' business dealings. 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: rja1147224. ISBN: 0712658319.
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Imprint: LONDON.CENTURY,1993. UK,8vo wraps,Ltd+numbered+signed uncorrected proof.[No.299/400,author signed.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.] NMINT - unread.Limited,No'd. 299/400,author signed to title-page.Marcus Didius FALCO,5th in series - and DAVIS's first for CENTURY,her new publisher.Also present,a typed,signed 1pp A4 publicity letter from Elizabeth SICH,Group Publicity Director,explaining the promotion. Want more Lindsey DAVIS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2,MODERN FIRSTS and SIGNED 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: rja467. ISBN: 0099831902.
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Imprint: UK.STROUD,GLOUCESTERSHIRE.SUTTON PUBLISHING,2004. UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Also includes laid in loose,an approx. 22mm x 10mm colour illustrated card for THE NATIONAL GALLERY exhibition 'AMERICANS IN PARIS 1860- 1900',22nd February - 21st May,2006,with painting detail of Madame X by John Singer Sargent to front and Exhibition details: Events, Films,Catalogue: P/back+HB,DVD,Opening times, Admission costs and Tickets to its reverse.] FINE-/FINE-. No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten black ink signature without dedication,just above her printed name on the title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial portrait artwork study by John Singer Sargent of the subject Mme Gautreau,c.1844 to front of dw/dj,with capitalised black+gold-coloured-lettered part-title,capitalised white-lettered sub-title,a white lettered review (Stephen Fry) and a brown circcular adhesive label with white-lettered 'Signed by the author' within it; a white (top) and a black (lower) sectioned spine/ backstrip with capitalised,black-lettered part title to top,and white-lettered title+author to lower,along with publisher's b/w illustrated and black-lettered colophon to foot of same,rear panel with pale beige background with black lettered review by Stepheh Fry.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - minimal, superficial scoring without penetration to boards beneath to either panel.Top+fore-edges inevitably with age-acquired but light toning, clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine but for light page-edge toning - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean.sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering,and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn, xii-xivpp+2-239pp [paginated] includes author's Introduction,Acknowledgements,6 chapters and an Afterword,contemporary b/w portrait reproductions,b/w location photographs, contemporary b/w artist sketches/illustrations, b/w facsimile handwriting specimens and contemporary b/w+colour paintings' reproductions interspersed throughout the text and the book,Notes,an 8pp Bibliography,and an Index ; plus [unpaginated] half-title with critics' reviews to its reverse,author SIGNED - without dedication - title page,a dedication,a Contents list/table,and an Illustrations list/table,the latter three all with a blank reverse. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its near 20-year-old age.It is only the minimal, minor exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness and lack of other detracting faults and also for its scarcity as an author SIGNED item. Madame X or 'Portrait of Madame X' is a portrait painting by John Singer Sargent of a young socialite,Virginie Amelie Avengo Gautreau, wife of the French banker Pierre Gautreau. Madame X was painted not as a commission,but at the request of Sargent.It is a study in opposition. Sargent shows a woman posing in a black satin dress with jeweled straps,a dress that reveals and hides at the same time.The portrait is characterized by the pale flesh tone of the subject contrasted against a dark-colored dress and background.The scandal resulting from the painting's controversial reception at the Paris Salon of 1884 amounted to a temporary setback to Sargent while in France,though it may have helped him later establish a successful career in Britain and America.Sargent later sold the painting in 1916,to the Metropolitan Museum of Art,New York. Today,'Portrait of Madame X' is Sargent's best-known work.The story that propelled the artist to international renown but condemned his subject to a life of public ridicule. A 23-year-old new Orleans Creole,Virginie Gautreau had moved to Paris and quickly became the 'it girl' of the day.All the leading artists wanted to paint her,but it was Sargent,a relative nobody,who won the opportunity.Yet, when it was unveiled at the 1884 Paris Salon, Gautreau's portrait led its subject to infamy rather than stadom.Sargent had painted one strap of Gautreau's dress dangling from her shoulder, suggesting,to outraged Parisian viewers,either the prelude or the aftermath of sex.Gautreau's reputation was irreparably damaged,and she eventually retired from public life.Sargent escaped the furore by repairing to England. Deborah Davis draws upon documents from private collections to reveal the tantalising truth at the heart of Madame X. Was the painting,with the scandal it generated, the machination of a sexually conflicted man who desires a woman and a lifestyle he could never possess? Was it a bold,ill-advised move by a fame-hungry artist? Why did Gautreau allow herseld to be displayed in such a way? Sargent was an expatriate like Gautreau,and their collaboration has been interpreted as motivated by a shared desire to attain high status in French society. She was an American expatriate who married a French banker, and became notorious in Parisian high society for her beauty and rumored infidelities.She was referred to as a "professional beauty" – an English-language term for a woman who uses personal skills to advance herself socially. What led the artist finally to repaint the strap to sit more modestly on her shoulder? [The author notes that women were particularly vocal about their disapproval of Madame X, "as if to assert their moral superiority." Davis also explains that,whilst there were plenty of nude paintings exhibited alongside Madame X, none of which were the subject of scandal,"nude women in paintings could be only historical or mythological figures,or anonymous types." While Gautreau's identity was technically obscured in the title it was widely known.Because Gautreau was a public figure and a married woman,her suggestive appearance was more shocking than works which were "mindful of the conventions regarding nudes". (Wiki.)] 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: rja1097023. ISBN: 0750937068.
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Imprint: LONDON.CENTURY,2003. 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 photographic wrap-around illustrated dw/dj [superimposed panel - fresco of Phaedra and Hippolytas with her muse - to mosaic background] with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creases.Top+fore-edges very,very lightly aged but clean,contents bright,tight and clean.Bright,clean,plain black paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1- 283pp includes half-title+title pages,2 b/w maps to front,family tree and characters list,58 chapters,and 8pp blanks to rear. Fresh from his trip to Britain,Falco needs to re-establish his presence in Rome.A minor role in the trial of a senator entangles him in the machinations of Silius Italicus and Paccius Africanus - two real-life lawyers at the top of their trade.These notorious ex-consuls play a dangerous game,where success brings rich pickings but a mistrial or a wrong verdict entails huge financial penalties. The senator is convicted but then dies, apparently by suicide.It may be a legal move to protect his heirs,but Silius hires Falco and his young associates to prove it was murder.Probing a tangle of upper-class secrets leads to new prosecutions - and these bring new risks.As Falco shows off his own talents in the role of advocate,he exposes himself to powerful elements in Roman law: offending the wrong people may lead to charges he has not bargained for, in a contest that threatens financial ruin for himself and his family. . . 15th novel in the Marcus Didius Falco series.Author was awarded the first CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger for her top-ten bestseller,'Two For The Lions' (the 9th book in the series).Received the 1999 Sherlock Award for Best Comic Detective for her creation,Marcus Didius Falco. Want more Lindsey DAVIS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED 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 it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja226. ISBN: 0712625569.
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Imprint: LONDON.CENTURY,2003. 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 photographic wrap-around illustrated dw/dj [superimposed panel - fresco of Phaedra and Hippolytas with her muse - to mosaic background],with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creases.Top+fore-edges very,very lightly aged but clean,contents bright,tight and clean.Bright,clean,plain black paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1- 283pp includes half-title+title pages,2 b/w maps to front,family tree and characters list,58 chapters,and 8pp blanks to rear. Fresh from his trip to Britain,Falco needs to re-establish his presence in Rome.A minor role in the trial of a senator entangles him in the machinations of Silius Italicus and Paccius Africanus - two real-life lawyers at the top of their trade.These notorious ex-consuls play a dangerous game,where success brings rich pickings but a mistrial or a wrong verdict entails huge financial penalties. The senator is convicted but then dies, apparently by suicide.It may be a legal move to protect his heirs,but Silius hires Falco and his young associates to prove it was murder.Probing a tangle of upper-class secrets leads to new prosecutions - and these bring new risks.As Falco shows off his own talents in the role of advocate,he exposes himself to powerful elements in Roman law: offending the wrong people may lead to charges he has not bargained for, in a contest that threatens financial ruin for himself and his family. . . 15th novel in the Marcus Didius Falco series.Author was awarded the first CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger for her top-ten bestseller,'Two For The Lions' (the 9th book in the series).Recieved the 1999 Sherlock Award for Best Comic Detective for her creation,Marcus Didius Falco. Want more Lindsey DAVIS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED 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 it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja27177. ISBN: 0712625569.
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Imprint: USA.NY.SMITHMARK Publishers,1996. US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,dw/dj unclipped - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,contemporary b/w photographic (Union soldiers posing beside a 3-inch ordnance rifle) illustrated upper panel of dw/dj 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; contents bright,tight,clean - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread? Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,maroon rexine(?) bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-512pp [paginated] includes author introduction, Pts 1-3 (comprising 13 chapers+epilogue, 12,and 13 chapters respectively - each chapter with references too),and an index. Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and contents list/table. From 1861 to 1865,civil war raged across America.To this day it probably remains the single most significant event in American history,changing the "Union" into the "United States".This epic and heartbreaking conflict is recounted here with compassion and insight by a leading military historian,to provide a unique record of the commanders,the men and the battles which shaped the course of the war. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the heavier weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja494114. ISBN: 0831774169.
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Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2013. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE+.Bright,crisp,clean,mattt,wrap-around white marble background with colour photographic, illustrated dw/dj with capitalised,embossed,brown-lettered title and author’s name and strap line FALCO: THE NEW GENERATION to front's lower edge.Spine/backstrip with flat printed,but similarly coloured+ lettered title as the front's; author's capitalised,black-lettered name and publisher’s capitalised,brown-lettered name and brown-lettered initialled colophon to foot of same, rear panel of dw/dj with 3 critics' brown+gold lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges inevitably but lightly aged/toned with very minimal,sporadic foxing; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – near pristine - with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corners,appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher’s bright,crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain dark brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked bronze gilt-lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,[illustrated],1st edn,3-355pp [paginated] includes 58 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,half-title separator page,with first page of double-page b/w map of Aventine Hill,Rome street plan to it's reverse,2pp Cast list/table,another separator page,and to the rear,Historical Note to reverse of last paginated page,and 2pp blanks. Visually,the external appearance is more than acceptable,and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it’s 10+ year-old age.It is only the faults described that prevent a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really is still an exemplary example for it’s brightnesss,cleanliness and lack of other age-acquired detracting faults. Flavia Albia is the adopted daughter of a famous investigating family.In defiance of tradition, she lives alone on the colourful Aventine Hill, and battles out a solo career in a male-dominated world. As a woman and an outsider, Albia has special insight into the best, and worst, of life in ancient Rome. A female client dies in mysterious circumstances.Albia investigates and discovers there have been many other strange deaths all over the city, yet she is warned off by the authorities.The vigils are incompetent.The local magistrate is otherwise engaged, organising the Games of Ceres, notorious for its ancient fox-burning ritual.Even Albia herself is preoccupied with a new love affair: Andronicus, an attractive archivist, offers all that a love-starved young widow can want, even though she knows better than to take him home to meet the parents. . . As the festival progresses, her neighbourhood descends into mayhem and becomes the heartless killer's territory. While Albia and her allies search for him, he stalks them through familiar byways and brings murder ever closer to home. 'The Ides of April' is vintage Lindsey Davis, offering wit, intrigue, action and a brilliant new heroine who promises to be as celebrated as Marcus Didius Falco and Helena Justina, her fictional predecessors. 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: rja1157424. ISBN: 9781444755817.
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Imprint: LONDON.CENTURY,2002. 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 (£16.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj,with yellow+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip of both board and dw/dj minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing and book has a slight lean.Some inevitable but light and superficial scoring/indentations to both panels of dw/dj - but without affecting the bds beneath.Top+fore-edges aged/tanned - as usual/normal - but still clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound apart from page-edge tanning - otherwise near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain brown cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1- 342pp [paginated] includes 60(LX) chapters,an archaeological note,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, dedication,double-page Londinium,AD75 b/w map with principal characters list to it's recto,and a separator page. Lindsey Davis' 14th novel in the bestselling Marcus Didius Falco series is a Londinium noir tale of gangsters, gladiators and love. . . For Falco,a relaxed visit to Helena's relatives in Britain turns serious at the scene of a downtown murder.The renegade henchman of Rome's vital ally,King Togidubnus,has been stuffed head-first down a bar-room well - leading to a tricky diplomatic situation which Falco must diffuse. One murder leads to others.Londinium now has a forum and an amphitheatre; the town is a magnet for legitimate traders - and for criminals from Rome.Drinking dens are plundered by extortionists; prostitution reigns in the dark streets; the army turns a blind eye.With his vigiles pal Petronius,Falco leads the hunt for gangsters who are intent on taking over. This will bring unwelcome encounters with faces from the past and grave threats to their present relationships.Danger and death lurk throughout their pursuit,all the way fom the brand new wharves beside the River Thamesis to the familiar old haunts of organised crime back home in Italy. . . Want more Lindsey DAVIS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED 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 it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja645616. ISBN: 0712680446.
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Imprint: LONDON.CENTURY,2002. 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 (£16.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj,with yellow+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip of both board and dw/dj minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing and book has a slight lean.Top+fore-edges aged/toned - as usual/ normal - but still clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound apart from page-edge toning - otherwise near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain brown cloth boards with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-342pp [paginated] includes 60(LX) chapters,an archaeological note; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,double -page Londinium,AD75 b/w map with principal characters list to it's recto, and a separator page. Lindsey Davis' 14th novel in the bestselling Marcus Didius Falco series is a Londinium noir tale of gangsters, gladiators and love. . . For Falco,a relaxed visit to Helena's relatives in Britain turns serious at the scene of a downtown murder.The renegade henchman of Rome's vital ally,King Togidubnus,has been stuffed head-first down a bar-room well - leading to a tricky diplomatic situation which Falco must diffuse. One murder leads to others.Londinium now has a forum and an amphitheatre; the town is a magnet for legitimate traders - and for criminals from Rome.Drinking dens are plundered by extortionists; prostitution reigns in the dark streets; the army turns a blind eye.With his vigiles pal Petronius,Falco leads the hunt for gangsters who are intent on taking over. This will bring unwelcome encounters with faces from the past and grave threats to their present relationships.Danger and death lurk throughout their pursuit,all the way from the brand new wharves beside the River Thamesis to the familiar old haunts of organised crime back home in Italy. . . Want more Lindsey DAVIS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED 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 it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja665717. ISBN: 0712680446.
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Imprint: LONDON.CENTURY,1995. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NMINT/NMINT.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. 7th novel featuring MARCUS DIDIUS FALCO. Historical sleuth fiction. Want more Lindsey DAVIS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2,MODERN FIRSTS and SIGNED 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: rja495. ISBN: 0712659315.
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Imprint: UK.AYLESFORD,KENT,R.J. LEACH & CO,1995. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's neat, handwritten black ink,warm dedication: 'To Reg Scott & his wife Devon County Council Former Lord Mayor & Lady Mayoress of Plymouth.A lovely couple whom I feel honoured to call "My Friends".Sincere wishes to you both.Jim Davis OP.R. C.M. 28th July 1995.' to front free endpaper, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by author,upper panel and subject colour portrait photographic rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip,minimal slight,light scoring to rear panel.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backs trip and immaculate plain white eps with aforementioned,author's inked,warm dedication.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED 1st edn,1-144pp [paginated] includes Pts I-VI, 32pp of contemporary,subject related+ biographical b/w photographs in one block between pp88/9.Plus [unpaginated] title-page,dedication+thanks+poem,foreword by assorted people including Mrs Ly Bennett (wife of Air Vice Marshal D.C.T. Bennett, C.B.,C.B.E, D.S.O. Commander Pathfinder Force 1942-5),Reg Scott,Dame Vera Lynn,and tribute page by Sir Arthur 'Bomber' T. Harris and Air V-Marshal Don Bennett), contents list/table and 8pp facsimile letters+official documents to rear. A reflection over a lifetime's experiences,'Winged Victory' takes it's readers through a carefree childhood in pre-war Britain and an adolescence troubled by bereavement and upheaval due to the outbreak of war. This book portrays the feelings of helplessness and fear experienced by the young people of Britain during the Blitz and tells of how being a witness to such destruction inspired many to "do their bit" in order to put an end to the suffering. The author achieves this by joining R.A.F Bomber Command and this book tells of the horror,tears and laughter of such an experience.The account goes to reveal the years of hard work put in to establish a worthy tribute to these young people and indeed all those who fought in the Allied Air Forces. 'Winged Victory' takes it's readers from the 1920's to the present day in a nostalgic remembrance of the achievements of one man,Jim Davis. Through the author's/subject's patience and persistence in cutting through bureaucracy and red tape which culminated in his planning and building the first and only International Air Monument which now stands on Plymouth Hoe where the names of those men and women who gave their lives during WW2 will live in perpetuity.He is also a life-long artist and of some international repute,with many of his own prints sold to swell the funds to make the monument a reality.It was realised on 3rd Sept,1989,as the memorial with a statue of an inknown airman on the top,was unveiled on Plymouth Hoe in front of 17 Allied Nations and a crowd of 20,000 people. Since April 2013,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 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: rja442913. ISBN: 187305016X.
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Imprint: LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON 2003. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,3rd imp. [Uniquely,this has been SIGNED by both the author and his wife,actress Lallah Ward,who has also illustrated some of his titles.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,blue inked signature - without dedication - along with his wife's handwritten,blue ink signature beneath - also without dedication,to the title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with black+grey lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain pale grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-vipp+1-264pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,author's note,editor's introduction, 7 sections comprising 8,5,5,4,5,4 and 1 essay(s) respectively,endnotes,an index,text acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title, double SIGNED title page,and a dedication. Author's 7th title,published five years after Dawkins's previous book 'Unweaving the Rainbow' and preceding 'The Ancestor's Tale.' Uncommon to find both signatories to his works. Richard Dawkins has been one of our most important evolutionary biologists,and a bestselling writer,for many years.'A Devil's Chaplain' is a personal,intriguing selection of his writng which represents a portarit of one of the finest minds in science. This selection includes key writings from his extensive output and Richard Dawkins himself has provided new instructions to each topic covered. The result demonstrates the breadth of his interests,the sheer quality of his writing and the challenging nature of his trenchantly held views.Whether writing on the many aspects of evolution or on science in general,on dead comrades or travel or literature,on education or religion,he is often provocative,but never less than highly influential.Uncompromising,even ruthless as Richard Dawkins famously is when defending scientific truth and reason,this collection also shows a gentler,more contemplative side which may surprise his many readers. Other essays range from Gay Genes to Catholic Memes,from Crystalline Truth to Crystal Balls, from a lament for the author's friend Douglas Adams to a respectful exchange with his supposed foe Stephen Jay Gould,from a skewering of Postmodernism to an African pilgrimage seeking heroes and ancestors. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja813618. ISBN: 0297829734.
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Imprint: LONDON.ROBSON BOOKS LTD.,1995. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE-/NFINE. Owner's inscrptn+contempraneous date to front free endpaper but no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - these edns generally believed to be export edns,released before the trade distribution in the country of the published book's origin.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,red+black representaion of the Japanese rising sun flag illustrated front panel+spine/ backstrip of dwdj,with capitalised,white-lettered part+sub-title and capitalised,grey-lettered author name; a sunned and slightly faded spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+ lettered part-title and author's name as the front's and the publisher’s capitalised,white-lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same, rear panel of dw/dj with black background with critics' white-lettered,advance reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no major nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges lightly toned by faint dust-flecks, bright but with faint,sporadic foxing/ spotting; contents however,are bright,tight, clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corner tips – would appear unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher’s bright,crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip, and immaculate,repeated b/w illustrated regional map of Zone of Captivity,The Pacific War,Mid-1942,showing the extent of the Zone; includes Machuria,Korea,Japan, Burma,Thailand,French-Indo China, Malaya,Sumatra,Java,Borneo,Philippines, Netherlands East Indies and New Guinea. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-462pp [paginated] includes author's Acknowledgements,author's Note,IX (9) chapters,contemporary b/w photographs to pp225- 40 in 1 block,Sources,Notes and an Index; plus [unpaginated] blank with owner inscrptn,half-title+title pages,an epigram,a Contents list/ table and to the rear,2pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 35+ year-old age. It is only the minimal faults described that prevents a slightly higher overall grading.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional copy for its cleanliness, brightness and lack of other,major detracting faults. Gavan Daws has combined ten years of documentary research and hundreds of interviews with surrviving POWs to write this explosive, first-and-only account of the experiences of the Allied POWs of World War II. The Japanese Army took over 140,000 Allied prisoners,and one in four died in the hands of their captors.Here Daws reveals the survivors' haunting experiences,from the atrocities perpetrated during the Bataan Death March and the building of the Burma-Siam railroad to descriptions of disease,torture,and execution. Among the many disturbing questions raised by this powerful and uncompromising book is that of the value placed on the lives of Allied POWs bytheir own supreme command.Of all military prisoners who died inthe Japanese zone of captivity.more than one in four were killed by "friendly fire" ordered by General Douglas McArthur - a te rible fact that is nowhere to be found in official military histories. The inhuman cruelty of the Japanese prison camps is laid bare.It is impossible not to be seized by the horror of the POWs' ordeal, documented here by ten years of research, including much previously unpublished material and harrowing first-hand accounts from hundreds of interviews with survivors. Yet the book,at its core,tells the heartening story of ordinary men trapped in impossible circumstances,not only struggling to survive but stubbornly, triumphantly asserting their inextinguishable humanity. 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: rja1107623. ISBN: 0860519783.
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Imprint: LONDON.ELM TREE BOOKS,1983. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj. Crisp,bright,clean,glossy laminated colour pictorial cartoon artwork by John Ireland, illustrated upper wrap with b/w cartoon illustrated rear wrap dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creases to edges - a tiny nicks towards spine/ backstrip at top front edge.Minisculely bumped to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip with reciprocal creases.Top+ fore-edge bright and clean,contents bright,tight and clean.Clean,air-force blue paper-covered boards with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and b/w cartoon illustrated endpapers. I was born in Manchester in the Thirties, and this book is a disorderly ramble round my home county.Liverpool,Manchester,the flat plains of East Lancashire,Rochdale, Southport,the Trough of Bowland,the Lune Valley - all these and more elbow each other for your attention. . . . Liverpool: 'A total stranger getting off the train at Lime Street Station might expect most things - but never what confronts him.This station possesses all the radiant charm that one usually associates with a Murmansk slaughterhouse.' Bury: 'They sold a variety of cowheel that was a gourmet's ticket to Valhalla, and the tripe was a sheet of pure ecstasy.' East Lancashire: '. . . is flat.If one sees the slightest hummock,it is either a buried sofa or the work of a mole with gout.Market gardeners have their plots here:small stalls sell you carrots the size of a wrestler's thighs,and cows with 'flu muck about in watery troughs.' St Anne's: 'A dowager who refuses to come to terms with anything remotely modern,St Anne's is still tea dances and lavender and swooning maidens in gazebos.Years ago, the pier had a theatre on the end of it, where great music hall acts performed: The Masked Gurkhas and Winnie,underwater jugglers and rabbit benders,Faggot Poo and his Catholic Geese; we will never see their likes again.' I could go on much longer.Inside these elegant covers,I frequently do. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja26907. ISBN: 0241110963.
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Imprint: LONDON.ELM TREE BOOKS,1983. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj. Crisp,bright,clean,glossy laminated colour pictorial cartoon artwork by John Ireland, illustrated upper wrap with b/w cartoon illustrated rear wrap dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creases to edges - no nicks or tears present. Minisculely bumped to both head+foot of spine/backstrip with reciprocal creases. Top edge lightly aged and minimally spotted,fore-edge brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight and clean.Clean air-force blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine /backstrip and b/w cartoon illustrated endpapers. I was born in Manchester in the Thirties, and this book is a disorderly ramble round my home county.Liverpool,Manchester,the flat plains of East Lancashire,Rochdale, Southport,the Trough of Bowland,the Lune Valley - all these and more elbow each other for your attention. . . . Liverpool: 'A total stranger getting off the train at Lime Street Station might expect most things - but never what confronts him.This station possesses all the radiant charm that one usually associates with a Murmansk slaughterhouse.' Bury: 'They sold a variety of cowheel that was a gourmet's ticket to Valhalla, and the tripe was a sheet of pure ecstasy.' East Lancashire: '. . . is flat.If one sees the slightest hummock,it is either a buried sofa or the work of a mole with gout.Market gardeners have their plots here: small stalls sell you carrots the size of a wrestler's thighs,and cows with 'flu muck about in watery troughs.' St Anne's: 'A dowager who refuses to come to terms with anything remotely modern,St Anne's is still tea dances and lavender and swooning maidens in gazebos.Years ago, the pier had a theatre on the end of it, where great music hall acts performed: The Masked Gurkhas and Winnie,underwater jugglers and rabbit benders,Faggot Poo and his Catholic Geese; he will never see their likes again.' I could go on much longer. Inside these elegant covers,I frequently do. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja24847. ISBN: 0241110966.
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Imprint: LONDON.ROBSON BOOKS,1992. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. B/w+colour,subject portrait,photographic dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges clean, contents bright,tight and clean also. Unblemished,blue paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine /backstrip and immaculate plain white eps. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viiipp+2-201pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,author's note to reader,a prelude, 12pp b/w contemporary photographs interspersed throughout the book. So much has happened to Les Dawson since he published a first volume of autobiography that he has been persuaded to continue his story.He calls it the story of an ordinary man in an extraordinary career, but it is much more than that. 'No Tears For the Clown' is an intensely moving book,in which Les Dawson talks frankly about the personal dramas in his life which were to have such a profound effect on his life both on and off-stage. In particular,he records the devastating loss of his much-loved and well respected wife,Meg,after a prolonged illness,and the tremendous difficulties he faced both during her illness and after her death - not least of which was having to stand on a stage and make others laugh when laughter was the last thing on his mind. With his own inimitable brand of candour and honesty,he tells of how the shadows lifted as he found a wonderful new love and,with her unerring support,began to rebuild his life.At the same time,in true Dawson fashion,he recalls the funny moments,too,for the show had to go on for this crowned King of Comedy and,as you would expect,the laughter rises triumphantly out of the tears. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja22606. ISBN: 0860518140.
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Imprint: LONDON.GEORGE HARRAP & COMPANY,1911. UK,12mo HB,1st edn thus.[Believed to have been issued in a different format earlier (1909).From the 'TOLD THROUGH THE AGES' series,this title being the 23rd of 26 so far published (at book's date of 1911.); so 1st thus.NFINE.No owner inscrptn. Bright,crisp,clean,Quarter leather and bright,crisp,2 panels above+below a central divided panel of gilt floral art-nouveau style decoration with Celtic-style entwining border and bright,crisp blocked lettering too,to front dark green cloth board/cover,rear board/coverd plain dark green and undecorated; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.A small tear( - 2/5ths") and another small nick both at the head of bright,crisp,stamped gilt floral design+lettered 6-panelled leather spine/backstrip,all corners ubiquitously but lightly rubbed and generally sharp.Top edges gilt,fore+bottom edges aged/toned - as usual/normal and untrimmed; contents bright,tight,clean with some minimal,sporadic but unobtrusive foxing/spotting,solid and sound - a couple of tiny accidental(?) dog-ear corner creases to a couple of pages' corners, otherwise appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,pictorial artwork by M. Lavarrs Harry,illustrated endpapers.UK,12mo HB,1st edn thus,v-xiiipp +1-234pp [paginated] includes an introduction to reader,unopened contents list/table,an illus list/table,verse extract (IGNOTO),42(XLII) chapters,16 - including frntis - full-page b/w illustrations by Gertrude Demain Hammond (R.I.) all called for and present,plus [unpaginated] slightly sporadically foxed half-title,and 6pp publisher's catalogue (undated) to the rear. Gertrude E. Demain Hammond (1862 - 1952) b. Brixton,London,d. Worthing,1952.Sister of illustrator Chris Hammond (1861-1900). Studied at Lambeth School of Art (1879) and the Royal Academy Schools (1885). Painter,and illustrator in full colour, halftone and black and white.Although less popular,she was a better draughtsman than her sister.Elected RI (1896). 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 or FREE. That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** This item offered P+p FREE.Available UK only. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja701117. ISBN: No ISBN.
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Imprint: LONDON.METHUEN DRAMA/A & C Black Publishers Limited,2007. Heavy UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE. Donor's neat,inked gift presentation inscrptn+ date to front free endpaper and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,subject's monochrome portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj with brown,white and gold coloured lettering to front,thumbnail monochrome portrait photograph repeated to spine with similar lettering,and critics' reviews to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges bright and clean with a few minor blemishes,fore-edges without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,a sewn-in maroon silk bookmark ribbon, and plain maroon endpapers.Heavy UK,thick 8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xiipp+3-780pp [paginated] includes separate contents+illustrations lists/ tables,author's introduction,Pts One - Four, comprising 6,9,5 and 12 chapters/sections and each with 1,3,and 2 intermissions - no intermission(s) in Pt Three though, respectively,profuse contemporary b/w auto+ biographical photographs,b/w facsimile ephemera illustrations,line illus and handwriting examples etc.,all interspersed throughout the text and the book,permissions and an index.Plus [unpaginated] blank with advert for author's other works to reverse,half-title with subject's b/w portrait photographic frntis to reverse, title page,a dedication,title separator page with a subject's b/w portrait illustration by Derek Hill to its reverse,a preface of a Noel-dedicated couplet rhyming poem by Kate Mary Bruce (Somerset Maugham's favourite niece),Pts separator pages,two with a subject's contemporary b/w photograph,one a b/w facsimile theatre flyer and a poem,and to the rear, illustration credits,a note on type,composition and design and 2pp blanks. With virtually all the letters in this volume previously unpublished - this is a revealing new insight into the private life of a legendary figure.Coward's multifaceted talent as an actor,writer,composer,producer and even as a wartime spy(!),brought him into close contact with the great,the good and the merely ambitious in film,literature and politics. With letters to and from some of the most famous names in history: George Bernard Shaw, Virginia Woolf,Winston Churchill,Greta Garbo (she wrote asking him to marry her),Marlene Dietrich,Ian Fleming,Graham Greene,Alec Guiness, Gertie Lawrence,David Niven,Lawrence Olivier, Charlie Chaplin,FD Roosevelt,the Queen Mother and many more,the picture that emerges is a series of vivid sketches of Noel Coward's private relationships,and a re-examination of the man himself. Deliciously insightful,witty,perfectly bitchy, wise,loving and surprisingly moving,this extraordinary collection gives us Coward at his crackling best,from the Blitz to the Ritz and beyond. A highly collected and legendary figure,and an unusual item in Coward's bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the Noe Coward canon. Please contact seller,because of the weight - unpackaged and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** UK,buyers note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded after order receipt and before order's despatch,especially if 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. Stock number: rja868620. ISBN: 9780713685787.
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Imprint: LONDON.PAVILION BOOKS LTD.,2002. UK,16mo HB,no dw/dj,as issued(?),1st edn thus.[Originally published by same publisher,1997 in a larger Folio,padded boards Hardback edn.]FINE.No owner inscrptn.Colour pictorial artwork illustrated padded boards; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and immaculate,sepia illustrated endpapers.Top+fore-edges bright,clean and pristine; contents similar.UK,16mo [approx 6.20" tall x 4.75" wide]HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn, 12- 91pp [paginated] includes vignette illustrated half-title,+title pages, contents list,20 chapters,profuse b/w+ colour illustrations throughout the book and text,which includes a 4pp fold-out,all by Lidia Postma. Exploring the brilliant web of verbal hocus-pocus that J.R.R.Tolkien delightedly spun in THE HOBBIT and THE LORD OF THE RINGS,master hobbit investigator David Day reveals the myriad crafty puns and riddles,hidden meanings,and mythical associations beneath the saga's thrilling surface.Intriguing to the uninitiated, enchanting to the Tolkien enthusiast,THE HOBBIT COMPANION can only enhance the enjoyment of his dark,mysterious world.Of all Tolkien's mystical characters,the Hobbits have become the most famous and this "companion" brings them into sharp focus through the words of David Day and the exquisite art representations of Lidia Postma.The traits,personalities,the individuals,locations,structures and weird creatures of their world are described and illustrated in this magical book of 20 chapters,including a description of how Tolkien "discovered" the Hobbits. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Stock number: rja24047. ISBN: 1862055181.
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