DISNEY**, WALT:
WALT DISNEY WONDER BOOK.

Imprint: LONDON.SUNSHINE PRESS,nd.
Edition: UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj(as issued),1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.VG+. Not dated,but c1940's.Red pictorial colour printed paper covered card bds. MICKEY,DONALD,GOOFY and one of the seven dwarves, all using musical instruments; in basket of balloon.Sign on basket says, Trip to the Moon 1d.Corners rubbed as usual/normal,otherwise very little rubbing to edges - shelf-wear? Ink owner name top left-hand corner of front bd and to inside cover.Yellow cloth,blind spine,20pp (unpaginated) colour illus.Includes dice board game,maze,colouring page neatly attempted but unfinished,and a puzzle corner page.Stories of ALICE,SNOW WHITE, FERDINAND the BULL,PECOS BILL,DISNEY Nursery Rhymes + Alphabet,CINDERELLA and BRER RABBIT.Scarce. 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: rja145. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 50.00 (approx. $US 65.07 )

DIXON-KENNEDY**, MIKE:
THE ROBIN HOOD HANDBOOK: THE OUTLAW IN HISTORY,MYTH AND LEGEND.

Imprint: UK.STROUD,GLOS.SUTTON PUBLISHING LIMITED,2006.
Edition: UK,8vo wraps,s/back original,1st edn.
Binding: Original wraps., No dw/dj,as issued,s/back edn.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo wraps,s/back original,1st edn.[Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/ title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format and can be the only format too.] FINE. No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - wraps as issued.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour photographic illustrated wraps/covers with green+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.No reading creases to spine/ backstrip.Top edges bright and clean,fore- edges generally bright and clean - but with some light but minimal thumbing; contents though bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread - apart from my own collation? UK,8vo wraps, s/back original,1st edn,viii-xipp+3-434pp [paginated] includes b/w line illustrated frntis,author's preface,acknowledgements, Pts 1-4,profuse contemporary b/w line illus,reproductions and photographs throughout the text and the book,16pp similar contemporary colour illus, reproductions,photographs etc.,in one block between pp212/13,appendices(3 - b/w maps,a rough chronology life+times of Robin Hood and films of/about Robin Hood),and bibliography.Plus [unpaginated] half-title +title pages,a dedication,a contents list/ table,b/w line illustrated vignetted Pts+ appendices separator pages,and 2pp blanks at rear. Robin Hood whether riding through the glen,robbing the rich to pay the poor or giving the Sheriff of Nottingham his come- uppance,is one of the most captivating and controversial legendary figures.Was there a historical figure behind the legends? Did Robin and his Merry Men rampage through Sherwood Forest? Or did he spend most of his time in Barnsdale Wood in Yorkshire? And is the story of the freedom-loving Saxons refusing to be put under the Norman yoke,as portrayed in the Errol Flynn films, true? Mike Dixon-Kennedy ranges far and wide in his quest to present a complete picture of the exploits of this indestructible hero, drawing on ballads,poems,proverbs,films, novels,folklore,musicals and place-names. The author has a longstanding interest in mythology and legends. He has developed a database of world mythology and is the author of several books,including 'Heroes of the Round Table','Encyclopedia of Graeco-Roman Mythology' and 'A Companion to Arthurian and Celtic Myths and Legends' (Sutton,2004 - see my book ID rja727217). 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: rja526215. ISBN: 075093977X.

£ 14.99 (approx. $US 19.51 )

DOBBS**, HORACE:
JOURNEY INTO DOLPHIN DREAMTIME. [Author SIGNED copy.]

Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1992.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author's signature+year date.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.Donor's neat,blue ink 'Christmas 1998' gift presentation inscrptn towards the foot of half-title page; author's instantly recognisable neat,handwritten,black felt-tip pen ink calligraphic signature+year date: '98 - matching donor's gift inscptn date - to title page.(It appears that the donor has got the author to sign the book,prior to giving it away as a Christmas gift.] Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographs of dolphins,illustrated dw/dj with yellow+brown letters; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj+boards minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain dark blue cloth boards with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED+dated signature,1st edn,9-208pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters,10pp underwater dolphin-related colour photographs interspersed throughout the the text and the book,acknowledgements,a bibliography,and information.Plus [unpaginated]; half-title page,author SIGNED title page,contents+ illustrations/ photographs lists/tables,and prose extract (Anthony Daniels). 'Horace Dobbs has it taped when it comes to spreading the word about his favourite healer - the dolphins ...' So begins Anne Page's recent article in the Guardian which investigates the effect of a recording of 'Dolphin Dreamtime',a blend of music and dolphin sounds which releases locked-up emotions and brings relief to those suffering from anxiety and stress. In his new book Dr Dobbs takes his concept of Dolphin Dreamtime a stage further with an evocation of the uplifting effect of dolphins on people around the world.He begins with Aborigines at Ayers Rock in the Australian outback and moves to the coast in Western Australia where dolphins play with children in the shallows and are now coming inshore in large numbers to sport with divers.He tells the extraordinary story of the wild dolphin Freddie,who haunts the Northumbrian coast near Amble,and JoJo,who seems capable of some sort of telepathic communication with humans in the Caribbean.His trail to discover the secret of the dolphin's therapeutic power leads him to Japan,where Professor Nakagawa's practice in the Eastern medical art of chi (or ki) is having miraculous effects. Finally awesome meetings in the sea with migrating Humpback whales,the size of submarines,help him top unlock the mystery. 'Journey into Dolphin Dreamtime' is the culmination of almost twenty years' study of one of the world's most intelligent creatures. Dr Dobbs,a scientist by training,not only shows how dolphins can teach us to banish stress,but also suggests a new approach to one of the world's gravest environmental problems. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja487414. ISBN: 0224030922.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

DOBEREINER**, PETER:
PREFERRED LIES ABOUT GOLF: The Real Low-down on the Royal and Ancient Game.

Imprint: LONDON.STANLEY PAUL & CO LTD.,1987.
Edition: UK,slim,tall 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim,tall 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE.Previous owner's ink name felt-tip pen crossed out at top corner of ffe and a price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour+b/w pictorial cartoon artwork by John Ireland, illustrated dw/dj panels,with green+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Some light,superficial scoring and indentations without penetration or affecting the boards beneath.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 lime green cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim, tall 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xpp+1-100pp [paginated] includes author's foreword,18 chapters,16 full-page b/w cartoon illustrations - all by John Ireland - throughout the text and the book,a note about the author to the rear,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents list/table and 2pp blanks at the rear. The true history of golf has long been shrouded in mystery.Now,with the delicacy of Burke and Hare the shroud has been ripped aside to reveal the game's morbid secrets.It is not generally realised,for example,that King James II used golf to lure visitors to Scotland,tranquillized them with whisky distilled from his chamber pot and then fleeced them of their assets.The revelations come thick and fast.Mary,Queen of Scots,had Lord Darnley done in because he refused her full membership.Mary,in her turn,was beheaded to discourage further applications from women golfers.The Society of St Andrews Golfers for years consisted of a roomful of stuffed shirts while the real members dallied with wenches in the cellar and drank inferior claret,hence the reference in the rules of golf to 'watery filth'. With a fine disregard for chronological niceties,Peter Dobereiner leads us through the era of our golfing idols,from Hogan, grimly perfecting the 'pronation' of his wrists,to the adoration of the infant Palmer by the three wise guys bearing golfing gifts,from Player communing with jubgle animals to Ballesteros conspiring with Mephisto and Beelzebub. Destined to become a cult book like 'Roots',or Stanley Gibbons' Stamp Catalogue and possibly even his 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire',here is golf's own irreverent Myth of Origin. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja702817. ISBN: 0091736064.

£ 9.50 (approx. $US 12.36 )

DOBIE, G. VERA:
ALPHONSE DAUDET. [Author SIGNED+dedicated copy.]

Imprint: LONDON.THOMAS NELSON AND SONS LTD.,1949.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author SIGNED+dedicated.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.VG+/POOR. No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten dark blue ink inscrptn+dedication thus: ' To Edith C. Thomas (the invaluable 'Mrs Nicol',whose typing saved my eyesight,whose Index never let me down),in memory of happy companionship and common toil. G. V. D. November 1949.' to top, right-hand corner of front free endpaper.Dw/dj grubbed,rubbed,snicked,chipped,torn with varying degrees of concomitant loss to both head+foot of spine/backstrip,and all corners - approx. 80+% present.Top edges with faded,patchy blue colouring,fore-edges with minimal sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - text body virtually foxing-free and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's original,bright, clean,reasonably sharp-cornered - gentlly curled tips - undecorated,plain RAF-blue cloth boards with bright crisp,blocked gilt lettering and gilt decoration of a windmill,to the spine/ backstrip,and clean,plain white endpapers - inscrptn excepted - both hinges intact without any cracking.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED + dedicated,1st edn,v-xiiipp+1-306pp [paginated] includes author's Preface,separate contents+ ilustrations lists/tables,a dedication with blank verso,33 chapters,13pp contemporary b/w illustration,reproduction painting,engraving portraits,and indoor+outdoor photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book, appendices (A-E),a 4pp bibliography and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title with blank verso,subject's bw contemporary b/w portrait photographic frntis with blank recto and title page. Leaving the dw/dj aside,visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable for a book of it's age and for the little protection offered by the rather distressed dw/dj,and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior faults described that prevent a higher grading.Despite them,it really is an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness.The dw/dj is included for overall completeness only. Alphonse Daudet,born in Nimes,France. (b. 13th May,1840 – d. 16th December,1897) was a French novelist,short story writer,a playwright, and a poet.He was the husband of Julia Daudet and father of Edmée, Leon and Lucien Daudet. This literary biography was composed while first-hand material from Daudet's contemporaries was still obtainable.It presents Daudet as man and author against the social and political background of 19thC France from the coup d'etat of 1851 to the campaign for the revision of the Dreyfus sentence towards the end of the century. The author gives us vivid impressions of Daudet's milieux: Provence,the Latin Quarter, Second Empire politics,the Franco-Prussian War, and England in the Nineties. Daudet is not depicted as an isolated figure, but counting among his many friends Turgenev, Flaubert,Edmond de Goncourt,Mistral and Zola. Mrs Vera Dobie has made this study her devoted life-work,and has succeeded in presenting her scholarly material with such warmth and skill that this book should give pleasure to all interested in French life and literature. 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: rja1019222. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 35.00 (approx. $US 45.55 )

DOCTOR, JENNY and WRIGHT, DAVID - Edited by:
The Proms: A NEW HISTORY.

Imprint: LONDON.THAMES & HUDSON LTD.,2007.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,dw/dj unclipped - due to price (£24.95) printed to rear panel. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap- around (interior of the Royal Albert Hall,concert 2006) colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears - though there is a small,closed tear/nick to top,rear corner.Top+fore- edges bright and clean; contents near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plum cloth bds with publisher's colophon (two circling dolphins) impressed to centre of upper board,with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,white headband and immaculate plain gold coloured eps. Front bd's lower corner minimally bumped. UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-320pp [paginated] includes preface,8 chapters by assorted authors,profuse contemporary b/w+ colour illus and photographs (155 illus,42 in colour,compiled by Elisabeth Agate) interspersed throughout the text and the book,Proms chronology,biographical sketches,audience capacities,contributors, abbreviations,notes,a select biblio, acknowledgements+photograph credits and an index.Plus [unpaginated],colour vignetted half-title page,colour photographic frntis,title page and contents list/table. 'The Proms: A New History' explores the story of one of the most famous institutions in British musical life: the London Promenade Concerts. From its beginnings over a century ago as a popular series of orchestral concerts, the 'Proms' has grown into one of the largest international music festivals of the world,famed for its inspiring orchestral performances,wide repertory and uniquely committed audiences.Since the BBC began to promote the season eighty years ago (now 2007),it has become known worldwide through radio and television broadcasts,especially of the Last Night celebrations. When the series began in 1895,the bold vision of Robert Newman,the 'Prom's' founder,was to mount an informal summer music festival conducted by Henry Wood,in which a wide range of music,including much new work,was performed to the highest standards at affordable prices to large, socially mixed audiences.'The Proms: A New History' charts the fortunes of this musical experiment.Through the early periods of crisis (when its future was far from secure),through its association from 1927 with the British Broadcasting Corporation,to the 'Proms' of today,the influences on this popular series are surveyed by a range of expert authors.They discuss how key social trends have changed the 'Proms' and how,moving with the times, the 'Proms' has continued to shape the musical tastes and listening habits of a nation. Fully illustrated with images from over a century - Proms venues,celebrated performers,programmes and prospectuses, social context,and of course the Prommers themselves - this book brings the history of a great musical institution vividly to life.It will appeal to all lovers of classical music and to anyone with an interest in Britain's cultural history. 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 (just over 1.5 Kg unpackaged) of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja493614. ISBN: 9780500513521.

£ 19.95 (approx. $US 25.96 )

DOHERTY**, BERLIE:
ABELA: The Girl Who Saw Lions.** [Author SIGNED copy.**]

Imprint: LONDON.ANDERSEN PRESS LTD.,2007.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: 'With good wishes - Berlie Doherty'.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's neat, handwritten,blue ink inscrptn+signature: 'With good wishes - Berlie Doherty' to title page.Bright,crisp,clean,colour photographic illustrated upper wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading pages' to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Sharp cornered, bright,clean,publisher's original green cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,with immaculate beige endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,1-235pp [paginated] includes 26 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title,SIGNED title page,and acknowledgements to recto of last page.An exceptional copy and uncommon SIGNED. "Be strong,my Abela." These are the last words of Abela's mother in their HIV/Aids stricken African village,where it seems that to live or to die,to be sick or to be healthy,is just a matter of chance. It takes all Abela's strength to survive her Uncle Thomas' scheming to get to Europe,but what will be her fate as an illegal immigrant? "I don't want a sister or brother," thinks Rosa in England,when her mother tells her that she wants to adopt a child. Could these two girls ever become sisters? Is there room in Rosa's family for an African orphan haunted by lions? Is there room in their hearts? Abela is a powerful and moving story based on true life from Carnegie award winning author Berlie Doherty writing at her very best. 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 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: rja379810. ISBN: 9781842706893.

£ 22.00 (approx. $US 28.63 )

DOHERTY**, RICHARD:
IRISH MEN AND WOMEN IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Imprint: IRELAND.DUBLIN.FOUR COURTS PRESS LTD.,1999.
Edition: IRELAND,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but a mint unused CHRIST CHURCH OXFORD b/w armorial coat-of-arms illustrated adhesive bookplate to top, left-hand corner of ffe and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's printed price.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, wrap-around super-imposed monochrome portrait and other subjects photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with b/w 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,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.IRELAND,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,7-319pp [paginated] includes illustrations list/table,an introduction, 12 chapters+epilogue,16pp contemporary b/w - mainly autobiographical - photographs in 1 block,between pp160/1,notes,sources, acknowledgements and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a contents list/table with a poem (by Stephen GWYNN) to it's reverse. Almost all the Irish men and women who took part in World War Two were volunteers - the greater proportion of them from the Irish Free State,a country that was officially neutral. Using personal interviews and memoirs, Richard Doherty provides a vivid account of their experiences.This is what the war was like for those who won decorations and also for the unsung heroes,men and women, service personnel,medics,chaplains,nurses . . . A page of Irish history,largely unwritten until now. Richard Doherty,writer and broadcaster, has published numerous articles and books on Irish militay history.He has also researched and presented several special programmes for the BBC and UTV. 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: rja684917. ISBN: 1851824413.

£ 22.00 (approx. $US 28.63 )

DOHERTY**, P[aul] C:
THE ASSASSIN IN THE GREENWOOD.

Imprint: LONDON.HEADLINE BOOK PUBLISHING PLC,1993.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial mediaeval-style artwork by Dave Senoir,illustrated dw/dj panels,with gold, green and red lettering to front,lettering to spine ubiquitously and slightly sunned/ faded; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top edges toned but without foxing/spotting,fore-edges brighter and clean too; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners but page-edge tanning, else appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white eps.Residual signs of an adhesive label removal (?) at top,right-hand corner of ffe.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-217pp [paginated] includes a prologue,12 chapters and a conclusion,author's note, plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, and a dedication. In the late summer of 1302 Edward I of England and Philip IV of France continue to observe the diplomatic niceties whilst their agents wage a secret,bloody war in the filthy streets of Paris.Edward's agents,controlled by his chief clerk and keeper of the Secret Seal,Sir Hugh Corbett,are desperate to discover Philip's military preparations for the invasion of Flanders.They manage by seduction and murder to obtain this information - only to discover it's hidden in a secret cipher which Corbett is unable to break. Edward has other problems: a few years previously he issued a pardon to the famous wolfshead,Robin of Locksley, popularly known as Robin Hood.Robin, however,has now gone back to his outlaw ways in Sherwood Forest where he battles against royal authority,culminating in the barbarous massacre of royal tax collectors and the mysterious murder of Sir Eustace Vechey,one of the sheriffs of Nottingham. Corbett and his two faithful servants Ranulf and Maltote are sent to Nottingham to hunt down both Robin Hood and Vechey's murderer.Corbett is all the more perplexed on his arrival to find fresh mysteries: why are three fire arrows shot into the air above Nottingham Castle on the 13th of every month? Who is the traitor in Nottingham Castle? And his already precarious peace of mind is further shattered by the cypher and the news that the French,fearful of his skill,have dispatched a secret assassin. . . 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: rja778018. ISBN: 0747208336.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

DOHERTY**, PAUL:
The Waxman Murders.

Imprint: LONDON.HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP,2006.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour pictorial, mediaeval-style artwork by Sally Taylor, illustrated dw/dj,with blue,red and black lettering to front; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - book has a slight lean.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned but still bright and clean - foxing-free; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - near pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain red cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.A slight indentation/ impression mark to dw/dj's front panel of dw/dj with concomitant but light impression to bd beneath.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,1-314pp [paginated] includes a prologue,14 chapters,author's note,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and a dedication. 1300: On an icy October morn 'The Waxman',most feared of war cogs,is bound for Orwell.Its Master,Adam Blackstock,is taking 'The CloIster Map' - an ancient manuscript,alleged to chart the whereabouts of a legendary treasure - to be diciphered by his brother.But ships flying the colours of the Hanseatic League overrun 'The Waxman' and Blackstock is slaughtered. Three years later Wilhelm Von Paulents,a representative of the Hanseatic League, arrives in Canterbury,in possession of 'The Cloister Map'.Sir Hugh Corbett is sent,by Edward I,to negotiate for ownership of the chart.But less than twenty-four hours after their arrival,Von Paulents and his travelling companions have been barbarously assassinated. But how could this have happened when their lodgings were under a city guard? Even more puzzling is the fact that 'The Cloister Map' has not been stolen.So why were the murders committed? Is this revenge for past deeds or the actions of a killer purely in love with death? It falls to Corbett to investigate and as he,once again,enters the world of shadows, he soon finds his own life under threat. . . 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: rja778118. ISBN: 0755328825.

£ 12.00 (approx. $US 15.62 )

DOLBY, KAREN** - Compiled by:
THE WICKED WIT of QUEEN ELIZABETH II & THE WICKED WIT of PRINCE PHILIP [2 Separate volumes.]

Imprint: LONDON.MICHAEL O'MARA BOOKS LIMITED,2015 & 2017.
Edition: UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6th imp_
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edns but early impressions,2nd + 6th respecively.[2 volumes, both offered together,as one sale/purchase.] Same owner's name to either book,no price-clip to either - price (£9.99) printed to back panel of dw/dj Bright,crisp,clean,matt,white background with individual subject's smiling portrait colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/djs',with respectively; b/w and fluorescent purple and b/w+flourescent red lettering to each dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread - apart from my own collation.Bright, crisp,clean,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettters to spine/backstrip.Grey endpapers with white ink facsimile signature for Queen volume and red endpapers with pink(?) ink facsimile signature for Prince.Both volumes identical pagination,1-158pp [paginated] includes compiler's introduction,subject's timelines,8 chapters and a biblio with related websites to reverse; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and contents list for ER II,and 17 chapters,a bibliography and picture credits; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and contents list for Prince Philip volume. Selling 2 volumes together [BOGOF!]. 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: rja839319. ISBN: 9781782433651.

£ 9.99 (approx. $US 13.00 )

DOMINGO, PLACIDO:
My First Forty Years. [Author SIGNED copy.]

Imprint: US.NY.ALFRED A. KNOPF,1983.
Edition: US,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author's signature - without dedication.

US,8vo HB+dw/dj,author/subject SIGNED,1st edn.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's/subject's neat,recognisable, florid,blue ink signature - without dedication - to front free endpaper; no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,subject/author's b/w+ colour portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj with white+yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip of dw/j,minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; fore-edges deckled (untrimmed); contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unrad? Bright,crisp,clean, charcoal black paper-covered bds with black cloth blind spine, bright crisp,stamped gilt letters (subject's name) to top 1/3rd of upper bd; with similar (author/title/publisher) lettering to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers (aforementioned subject signature excepted).US,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,3-256pp [paginated] includes 11 chapters (includes afterword),70 b/w subject biographical related b/w photographs in 24pp of 3 x 8pp blocks apiece,between pp54/5,pp118/9 and pp182/3 respectively,appendices(I+II - Performances+Discgraphy) and an index.Plus [unpaginated] SIGNED ffe,blank,half-title with subject's b/w portrait photographic frntis to recto,title page,a dedication, contents list/table,title separator page; and to rear,2pp blanks,photo credits,and a note on the type. In 'My First Forty Years',Domingo -as generous,open,and perceptive as his singing is glorious - gives us a totally personal book about the public side of his life: a bouyant account of his development as an artist,as well as a wide range of his ideas and opinions on everything from zarzuela singing and the tenors of the past to digital recording and the (high) price of opera tickets. Continues with the story of his family, his amazing career,and his plans for the future. 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 weight/value of this item,for correct and possibly insured,shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja482814. ISBN: 0394523296.

£ 80.00 (approx. $US 104.11 )

DOMVILLE-FIFE, CHARLES W[illiam]:
SUBMARINE WARFARE OF TODAY.

Imprint: LONDON.SEELEY SERVICE & CO.,LIMITED.nd (c.1920).
Edition: UK,ex-lib 12mo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , Minus dw/dj,libray edn.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,ex-public library 12mo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE.[Though an ex-public library book,in library binding/recasing and with all it's usual library alpha-numerical notations,it's overall appearance both externally and internally,is of a solid, sound,clean example.] Sub-title reads: "How the submarine menace was met and vanquished,with descriptions of the inventions and devices used,fast boats, mystery ships,nets,air-craft,&c. &c.,Also Describing the selection and training of the enormous personnel used in this new branch of the Navy". Though undated to title page,dated author note (1919) and to foot of last page of index,an indication from printer (The Riverside Press, Edinburgh) of 1920.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,re-cased in library binding,dark blue,textured cloth with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters and library numeration to spine/backstrip.A neat,clean,dark blue Anchor motif'ed 'Plymouth Public Libraries - MOUNT WISE NAVAL HISTORY LIBRARY' bookplate pasted to immaculate plain white front pastedown.An obliquely placed red ink 'Withdrawn From Plymouth Library Services' vertical, rectangular stamp to ffe.Usual library alpha-numerical library notations/markings /stamp to recto of title page's bottom edge.Recto of rear free endpaper's bottom edge has a taped library barcode,and finally another slim rectangular,faded, black ink 'Plymouth Public Libraries' stamp to book's bottom edges.No other ex-library notation apart from those already described.Top edges darkened/aged, fore-edges similar but to a much lesser degree and therefore brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight,clean and virtually pristine,no foxing/spotting,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, possibly unread - solid and sound.Some library tape strengthening to majority of the b/w plates/photographs and to some other pages too.UK,ex-lib 12mo HB,no dw/dj - ex-public library,1st edn,7-303pp [paginated] includes author's note dated 1919,author intro,separate contents+ illus lists/tables,26 chapters,b/w plan of 55' coastal motor boat,20 contemporary b/w photographs,33 b/w line illus/figs - all called for and present,all dispersed throughout the text and the book and an index.Plus [unpaginated]; 2pp blank, library tape-strengthened gutter edges of the following: half-title page,b/w photographic frntis (with previous owner's inscrptn to verso of same),title page and dedication page. 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 value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja488014. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 30.00 (approx. $US 39.04 )

DONACHIE**, DAVID:
A DIVIDED COMMAND.

Imprint: LONDON.ALLISON & BUSBY LIMITED,2013.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj,with yellow+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,8-319pp [paginated] includes 24 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and a dedication. See also my book IDs'rja1154624 - 'THE SCENT OF BETRAYAL'(1996) for an earlier Harry Ludlow (the 5th) title for an Author SIGNED,UK,HB+dw/dj,1st edn and rja1049223 - 'An Awkward Commssion'(2013) for a UK,HB+dw/dj,1st edn. 1794.The Mediterranean is proving dangerous waters for John Pearce and his Pelicans.Having left his lover Emily, who is also the wife of his mortal enemy Ralph Barclay,in the Tuscan port of Leghorn,Pearce is detained in Naples. When he unknowingly delivers a letter promoting the shady and incompetent Admiral Hotham,Pearce finds himself entangled in a political plot that soon puts those closest to him at peril. When reunited with Emily,John Pearce faces a losing battle to keep her reputation intact. Although his Pelicans aid in the endeavour,Emily sees no future for her with Pearce and leaves while he is conveying private letters for Horatio Nelson to the British Ambassador,Sir William Hamilton.Learning of Emily's departure, Pearce sets off in pursuit and has to take on the superior force of Barbary Corsairs who have targeted the merchant ship Emily is travelling on,the Sandown Castle. Outgunned by a barbaric opponent,John Pearce's chances of survival - as well as those of Emily and Pearce's crew - are dubious.And even if they can win this fierce battle,another threat looms on the horizon as Pearce is not the only one chasing Emily; Ralph Barclay has learned of his wife's desertion and is on his way to recapture her. David Donachie is a Scottish nautical historical novelist. He also writes under the pen-names Tom Connery and Jack Ludlow as well as more recently (from 2019),Jack Cole.Having written 10 different series of novels which include several trilogies,his John pearce series,of which this title is the 10th,is the largest with 16 titles in it,as of 2021. Please contact seller,for correctd 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: rja640016. ISBN: 9780749014254.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

DONALD, CHRIS:
RUDE KIDS: The Unfeasible Story of VIZ.

Imprint: LONDON.HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS,2004.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj - as new.Bright, crisp,clean,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy. Sharp-cornered,bright,clean,publisher's original,plain red cloth bOrds with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate,plain yellow endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-378pp [paginated] includes an introduction,25 chapters,12pp contemporary, biographical,b/w+colour photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp122/3 and pp250/1 respectively,b/w line illus throughout the text and the book,appendix of VIZ cartoons; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/table and a dedication. This is the fascinating rag-mag-to-riches story of VIZ,as told by its creator Chris Donald,who started the magazine in 1979 and remained its editor for 20 years. Chris tells how the tatty magazine he threw together in his Newcastle bedroom became one of the UK's best-selling magazines.He explains the origins of comic characters like Roger Mellie, Biffa Bacon and the Fat Slags.As VIZ flourished and those characters became household names, Chris's life changed dramatically.He was invited to St James's Palace for dinner by Prince Charles,and to New Scotland Yard for questioning by the Anti-Terrorist Branch.He wined and dined the lovely Catherine Zeta-Jones,played celebrity football with,erm. . . . Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards and caught his wife up to no good with Keith Richards in Peter Cook's attic. But it's not all celebrities,sex and drugs.Chris also gives a unique insight into how VIZ affected himself,his family and friends,and tells of the fall-outs and controversy that came with the magazine's phenomenal success. 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: rja408312. ISBN: 0007190964.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

DONALDSON**, JULIA:
Cave Baby. ** [Illustrated by Emily Gravett.**]

Imprint: LONDON.MACMILLAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS,2010.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2. This is Emily Gravett's first picture book collaboration and marks another milestone in her career.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around glossy,white background with wrap-around colour pictorial artwork illustration by Emily Gravett, illustrated dw/dj with multi-colour lettered title and author+illustrator red-lettered names to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with thumbnail coloured handprint illustration detail to head+foot of same,plus similarly coloured+ lettered title as the front's,author's black-lettered name,illustrator's red-lettered name and publisher’s capitalised,black-lettered+ illustrated name and colophon to foot of spine, rear panel of dw/dj with continuation of front's colour illustration.Some minimal creasing at head of spine - both front+rear and its top edges too - but no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright crisp,clean without blemish/foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher’s bright,crisp,clean/unblemished, sharp-cornered,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork illustration by Emily Gravett, illustrated paper-covered boards with no text, and immaculate plain maroon endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,32pp [unpaginated] includes colour illustrated title page,6 single page and twelve double-paged full-colour illustrations by Emily Gravett,with Donaldson's trademark rhyming text.  Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its near 15 year-old age and nature, i.e. a child's book. It is only the minimal faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite those it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                                A hairy mammoth takes a cheeky little baby on a thrilling ride through a moonlit landscape populated by a sabre-toothed tiger, a leaping hare, a laughing hyena and even, just maybe, by a big brown bear . . . But where are they going? And what has it to do with the baby's scribblings on the cave wall?                     An exceptional item in Emily Gravett's inimitable and bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to her canon of work.                                         Emily Gravett,b. 1972,Brighton.She left school at 16 with a GCSE qualification in Art (grade A) only.In 1997 with her family: partner and a daughter,they had settled in Wales and Gravett realising she wanted a career,and drawing was her only skill,she began an Art course.Returning to Brighton in 2001,she got an interview for the Illustration degree course at the local university.She matriculated that September and graduated three years later.                      As a 2nd year student,she entered one of her school projects for the MacMillan Prize for Children's Illustration (a competitive annual award to art students established in 1985).She immediately earned a "Highly Commended" and then won the prize in her final year; when she entered two books that the judges ranked first and second.That ensured a contract publication of 'Wolves' from Macmillan Children's Books (now the children's books imprint of Pan MacMillan).Two years after her graduation she won the Kate Greenaway Medal from the professional librarians,recognising her book 'Wolves' as the previous year's (2005) best-illustrated new children's book published in the U.K. By that time,rights had been sold in five other countries. Next year (officially dated 2007),she made the Kate Greenaway shortlist for 'Orange Pear Apple Bear'.The year after that she won a second Medal (no one has won three) for her fourth book, 'Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears',and again made the shortlist as well,for her fifth book, 'Monkey and Me'.'Orange Pear Apple Bear' is her work most widely held in participating libraries.                                        Children's Laureate (2011-2013) Julia Donaldson wrote and Gravett illustrated 'Cave Baby',a 32-page picture book featuring a prehistoric baby's tour atop a woolly mammoth,published by Macmillan in 2010.It has been published in Welsh-language and Chinese editions but not in the United States.With that one exception,as of September 2012,Gravett has been the writer and illustrator of all her previous published work: which includes thirteen picture books including four board books,and all published by Macmillan.  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: rja1120524. ISBN: 9780230743083.

£ 30.00 (approx. $US 39.04 )

DONALDSON**, STEPHEN:
A MAN RIDES THROUGH - MORDANT'S NEED,VOL II.

Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,1987.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip,protected dw/dj.Two small spots of rubbing to top front corner and front edge of dw/dj. Fore-edges slightly aged as usual/normal. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja1312. ISBN: 0002230747.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

DONALDSON**, JULIA
Princess Mirror-Belle and the Dragon Pox. [Illustrated by Lydia Monks.]

Imprint: LONDON.MACMILLAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS,2014.
Edition: UK,slim,square Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim,square Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued, illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE-. No owner inscrptn,and no price removal from rear board.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,glossy,impressed colour pictorial artwork with glitter decoration illustrations by Lydia Monks,illustrated boards with author+illustrator's capitalised,white-lettered names and multi-colour lettered title to front board; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author & illustrator names as the front's,but capitalised,black-lettered title and publisher’s name to foot of same,rear board with a smaller colour+glitter illustration,a white-lettered synopsis and thumbnail colour illustrations of both collaborator's' three other titles' books' covers and clean,coloured endpapers with glitter decoration.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present - but rear board with some minimal scoring and slightly heavier indent impressions.Top+fore-edges bright crisp,clean without blemish/foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim,square Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated,1st edn,28pp [unpaginated - includes free endpapers] includes 1 double-page and 22 single-page full-colour with glitter decoration illustrations by Lydia Monks and text by Julia Donaldson.                              Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 10 year-old age and nature, i.e. a child's book.It is only the faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite those described itreally is still an acceptable example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of other detracting faults.                                Ellen gets a big shock when her double appears out of the bathroom mirror, but Mirror-Belle is a double with a difference! She is a princess, and a mischievous one at that.She is sure that Ellen’s chicken pox is actually dragon pox – and she is full of ideas about how to make the spots disappear. For slightly older children there are also three chapter books about Princess Mirror-Belle.  Lydia Monks is a bestselling illustrator and author of children's books, based in Sheffield, who has collaborated with many authors on both picture book and fiction titles. She is probably most well known for her collaborations with author Julia Donaldson,including 'Sharing a Shell', 'The Singing Mermaid' and the 'What the Ladybird Heard' series which has sold over 4 million copies and been translated into 25 languages worldwide.Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks have teamed up for their 12th picture book,the fifth in the What the Ladybird Heard series,which is the first to feature a festive theme.'What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas was published in October 2022. 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: rja1120824. ISBN: 9780230771970.

£ 8.00 (approx. $US 10.41 )

DONALDSON**, JULIA:
STICK MAN. [Illustrated by Axel Scheffler.**]

Imprint: LONDON.ALISON GREEN BOOKS/an imprint of Scholastic Children's Books,2008.
Edition: UK,slim,Qrto HB minus dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , Minus dw/dj.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim,Qrto HB,minus dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] NMINT. No owner inscrptn.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,wrap-around,glossy,scoring and indent-free,sharp-cornered glazed boards with colour pictorial artwork,by Axel Scheffler,with capitalised,silver gilt-lettered title and capitalised,black-lettered author & illustrator names to front board.Spine/backstrip with repeated capitalised,silver gilt lettered title and capitalised,black-lettered surnames of author & illustrator and publisher's black illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear board with continuation of colour illustration and black-lettered story's verse,and immaculate peach background with story's characters' repeated thumbnail outlines illustrated endpapers.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread other than my own collation.UK,slim,Qrto HB minus dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,32pp [unpaginated] includes colour illustrated title page,single pages with mutiple small colour ilustrations,4 full-colour double-pages and 8 single full-page,full-colour illustrations - all by Axel Scheffler -throughout the text and book,with Donaldson's trademark rhyming text. 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 15+ year-old age and nature, i.e. a child's book. It is only the missing dw/dj fault described that prevents a higher grading overall.Despite that,it is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of any other detracting faults other than the missing dw/dj. A children's story about an anthropomorphic wooden stick who becomes separated from his family home and the tale of his Odyssey-like adventure to return there in time for Christmas,with a surprise helping hand from Santa himself. 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: rja1126624. ISBN: 9781407106175.

£ 28.00 (approx. $US 36.44 )

DONALDSON**, STEPHEN:
The Gap Into Conflict - The Real Story.**

Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,1990.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[The UK,HB 1st edn,Collins,November 1990,precedes the US HB edn by 3 months.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial artwork by David O'Connor,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with gilt and white ink printed letters,gilt+white letters to black spine,rear panel with author's b/w portrait photograph; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges dust-flecked/spotted,fore-edges with light toning; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards (bds) with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers (eps).UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-173pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters and an afterword,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,title separator page and 2pp blanks at rear of book. First book in a new series by acclaimed and best-selling writer in this fantasy genre.In his epic new series he turns his attention to fascinating new worlds,far away in time and space. For the crowd at Mallory Bar the story was simple. Morn Hyland and Angus Thermopyle looked grotesque together.She was gorgeous; he was loathsome and perhaps the most disreputable man still holding docking rights on the Com-Mine ore-mining station. Yet he certainly had some sort of hold over her.The failed asteroid miners, pirates and claim jumpers who drank there even talked of zone implants.They were illegal,of course,except for treating gap-sickness,but they could see the way he kept one hand constantly fisted in the pocket of his grease-stained shipsuit. No one was surprised by the current that sparked across the room when Morn and Nick Succorso first set eyes on each other.His piratical reputation and personal magnetism made him the most desirable man in DelSec.The only flaws on his otherwise perfect face the scars under his eyes that darkened ominously when he first saw Morn. Two weeks later it finally happened.When Com-Mine Security burst into Mallorys to arrest Thermopyle for hijacking a supply ship from Earth,Morn was suddenly at Nick's sdie,and just as suddenly they were gone.While Angus was left to rot in Station lock-up,they disappeared to become the sort of story drunks and dreamers tell each other.Just another tale of animal passion,a man and a woman driven together by lust. That,of course,was not the real story. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct,insured (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja339. ISBN: 0002238276.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

DONALDSON**, JULIA:
THE GRUFFALO'S CHILD.**

Imprint: LONDON.MACMILLAN,2004.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Axel Scheffler, illustrated boards,with silver gilt and black ink printed lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and all corners lightly and minimally bumped with reciprocal creases - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, would appear unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original illustrated boards,with bright,crisp, blockped silver gilt and b/w letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain red endpapers.UK, slim Qrto HB,1st edn,32pp [unpaginated] includes colour illustrated circular vignetted title page,plus 4 full colour,full-page and 4 full colour,double page illustrations and all other pages with full colour illustration or vignettes and verse text.A striking example in Donaldson's style and will be an important and welcome addition to the Donaldson canon. Axel Scheffler born 1957,Hamburg,Germany,came to Britain 1982.Studied at the Bath Academy of Art and worked in advertising and publishing after graduating in 1985.He has drawn his distinctive illustrations for authors of children's books from Britain,Germany and the Netherlands,for multiple other authors including,in addition Julia Donaldson's 'The Gruffalo' and 'The Gruffalo's Child'.See my book ID's rja697917 and rja698017 for other Julia Donaldson titles. Want more Julia DONALDSON titles? For similar or other available UK,Qrto HB (+ dw/dj - where issued),1st edns/titles, please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogues. 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,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. Available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** 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: rja697817. ISBN: 1405020458.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

DONALDSON**, JULIA:
The Magic Paintbrush. [Illustrated by Joel Stewart.]

Imprint: LONDON.MACMILLAN CHILDREN;S BOOKS/an imprint of PAN MACMILLAN,2003.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto wraps,illustrated 1st edn.
Binding: Wraps - as issued., No dw/dj - wraps- as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto wraps,illustrated 1st edn. FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,matt, colour pictorial artwork by Joel Stewart which includes printed red faux blind spine illustration,illustrated card covers with blue lettered title,capitalised,red-lettered names of author+illustrator and single critic's capitalised,black-lettered review; red spine/ backstrip with thumbnail colour paintbrush illustration at its head,capitalised white-lettered title,author+illustrator's white-lettered names and publisher's capitalised black-lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear cover with colour illustration and red lettered verse and black-lettered synopsis and a critic's black-lettered review "A BEAUTIFUL BOOK" - Observer. UK,slim Qrto wraps,illustrated 1st edn,32pp [unpaginated - includes free endpapers) with speckled maroon endpapers,11 single page - includes illustrated title page, and 7 double-page colour illustrations by Joel Stewart and rhyming verse text by Julia Donaldson. 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 20+ year-old age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral wrappered children's book.It really is an exceptional and exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                   "I order you to paint a tree                     And make it very big.                           Instead of leaves,paint golden coins             A hundred on each twig."                        When the greedy emperor hears about Shen's magic brush,all he can think about is gold. Shen,however,is determined to only paint food for the hungry and clothes forthe needy.But how can a little village girl match an emperor's mighty power?                                    Joel Stewart is a British n illustrator and writer of children's books and he is known internationally for his Dexter Bexley picture books,and his illustrations for contemporary authors such as Pam Ayres, Julia Donaldson**, Carol Ann Duffy, Michael Rosen**, Roald Dahl**, and Michael Bond**, and classic texts by authors such as Hans Christian Andersen,and Lewis Carroll.With Steve Roberts he is co-creator and co-artist/writer of the Tangletree Mysteries series of comics for young readers.              Stewart's paintings drawing on a range of traditional techniques and a lifelong love of drawing. They are a personal exploration of place, colour, gesture, emotion, improvisation, depiction and abstraction.                        He is the creator/director of the hit CBeebies children's animation series The Adventures of Abney & Teal, which he created, co-wrote, and directed under the guidance of Anne Wood and Ragdoll Productions LTD (creators of Tellytubbies, Twirlywoos, Dip Dap, and In the Night Garden amongst many others).                Please contact seller,fbecause of the light 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,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: rja1117824. ISBN: 9781509808724.

£ 6.00 (approx. $US 7.81 )

DONALDSON**, JULIA:
The Ugly Five. [Illustrated by Axel Scheffler.**]

Imprint: LONDON.ALISON GREEN BOOKS/an imprint of Scholastic Children's Books,2017.
Edition: UK,slim landscape Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim landscape Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around, matt,colour pictorial artwork by Axel Scheffler,illustrated dw/dj with dark grey lettered title,author and illustrator names to front of dw/dj along with an adhesive silver roundel crediting the creator's of 'The Gruffalo'.Spine/backstrip with capitalised white-lettered title and capitalised, black-lettered author & illustrator surnames and publisher's black illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with white and yellow lettered verse extract and critic's review respectively.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright crisp,clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – pristine,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/ unblemished,sharp-cornered,original paper-covered boards with rpeated dw/dj illustration and lettering,and immaculate pink background with repeated thumbnail illustrations of flying flamingoes illustrated endpapers.UK,landscape Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn,32pp [unpaginated] includes colour illustrated title page and 1 double-page,full-colour,1 double-page of thumbnail illustrations of animals or birds in categories such as: ther Big Five, the Litlle Five, the Shy Five and the Ugly Five,and 13 full-page,full colour illustrations - all by Axel Scheffler - with accompanying Donaldson's rhyming text to opposing page.                    Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 5+ year-old age and nature, i.e. a child's book.It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                We're the ugly five,we're the ugly five.        Everyone flees when they see us arrive.          Meet Wildebeest and Warthog, Spotted Hyena, Lappet-Faced Vulture and Marabou Stork. People call them the Ugly Five . . . but are they really? 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: rja1126724. ISBN: 9781407174198.

£ 18.00 (approx. $US 23.43 )

DONALDSON**, JULIA:
What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday. [Illustrated by Lydia Monks.**]

Imprint: LONDON.MACMILLAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS/an imprint of PAN MACMILLAN,2017.
Edition: UK,slim,square Qrto HB,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim,square (approx. 10" x 10") HB,no dw/dj, as issued, illustrated 1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9  8 6 4 2.] VG++. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from rear board. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial animal(s) artwork with glitter decoration illustration by Lydia Monks,illustrated boards with author+illustrator's capitalised, black-lettered names; multi-coloured and glittered lettered title and similar roundel with 'A brand new What the Ladybird Heard advenure' text within - all to front board; orange capitalised, black-lettered title,author+illustrator names and the publisher’s name+illustrated colophon to the foot of same,rear board  with colour pictorial illustration with glitter decoration, and black-lettered synopsis and critics' reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping to edges and corners – miniscule rubbing and colour loss to  corners' tips and tips of spine/backstrip as well,but no nicks,tears or splits to the boards present,boards virtually scoring/indent-free; blue+white repetitive bone illustrated endpapers - the front hinge with the start of an approx 1" split/crack at the base.Top+fore-edges bright, crisp clean without blemish/foxing/spotting ; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim,square Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated 1st edn,32pp [unpaginated and excluding endpapers] includes colour illustrated title page,13 double-page and 6 single page colour illustrations by Lydia Monks,and glitter decoration to all pages.                          Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable  and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/ state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 5+ year-old age and nature, i.e. a child's book. It is only the miniscule faults described that prevents a higher grading. Despite those described,it is still an acceptable example for its cleanliness, brightness and lack of other major detracting faults.                                          Those two bad men, Lanky Len and Hefty Hugh, are back! They may be in the city instead of the farm, but they haven't changed their thieving ways. In fact, they've got even more ambitious. They're planning to steal a monkey from the zoo and use it to pinch the Queen's crown.            It's a pity for them that a certain crime-busting ladybird is holidaying in the very same city . . . and she's got a good idea that will ensure the dastardly pair won't get away with it! With a whole host of noisy new zoo-animal characters to meet and even a cameo from the Queen. Lydia Monks is a bestselling illustrator and author of children’s books, based in Sheffield, who has collaborated with many authors on both picture book and fiction titles. She is probably most well known for her collaborations with author Julia Donaldson,including Sharing a Shell,The Singing Mermaid and the What the Ladybird Heard series which has sold over 4 million copies and been translated into 25 languages worldwide.Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks have teamed up for their 12th picture book, the fifth in the What the Ladybird Heard series, which is the first to feature a festive theme. What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas was published in October 2022.                        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: rja1117924. ISBN: 9781509837328.

£ 7.99 (approx. $US 10.40 )

DONALDSON**, JULIA:
What the Ladybird Heard next. [Illustrated by Lydia Monks.**]

Imprint: LONDON.MACMILLAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS/an imprint of PAN MACMILLAN,2015.
Edition: UK,slim,square Qrto (approx. 25mm x 25mm) wraps,illustrated 1st edn thus.
Binding: Wraps., No dw/dj - wraps -as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim,square Qrto (approx. 25mm x 25mm) wraps, illustrated 1st edn thus. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9  8 6 4 2.UK,HB originally published 2015.This the 1st s/back edn thus.] FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price removal from cover. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, glossy,colour pictorial illustration  with iridescent glitter decoration by Lydia Monks,illustrated card covers with author+illustrator names in capitalised black lettering,embossed,iridescent glitter decorated multi-colour lettered title, and publisher's similarly embossed,decorated, coloured+lettered advertising roundel to front cover; spine/backstrip with capitalised white-lettered title,,author+illustrator capitalised black-lettered names and publisher's similarly coloured+lettered name to foot of same; rear cover with a different colour pictorial illustration by Lydia Monks with white-lettered strapline and story synopsis and critics' black-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners -miniscule nick and ruubing with reciprocal colour paper loss at foot of spine -but no other nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread other than my own collation.UK,slim,square Qrto (approx. 25mm x 25mm) wraps,illustrated,1st edn thus,32pp [unpaginated] includes colour illustrated title page and 12 double-page and 6 single page colour illustrations by Lydia Monks with the accompanying trademark rhyming text of Julia Donaldson.                                        Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its nature, i.e. a child's ephemeral wrappered softback book.It really is an exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of other usual detracting faults.                                Two greedy robberS get a smelly surprise on the farmyard!                                        Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len decide tosteal the fat red hen.They have a cunning plan - but the clever little ladybird has an even better one . . . Another brilliant Donaldson's trademark rhyming adventure from the creators of the Number One bestseller,'What the Ladybird Heard' - see my and search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue for other similar Julia Donaldson books/titles with this and other illustrators' collaborations. Lydia Monks is a bestselling illustrator and author of children’s books,based in Sheffield, who has collaborated with many authors on both picture book and fiction titles.She is probably most well known for her collaborations with author Julia Donaldson, including 'Sharing a Shell', 'The Singing Mermaid' and the 'What the Ladybird Heard' series which has sold over 4 million copies and been translated into 25 languages worldwide.                                       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: rja1122624. ISBN: 9781509810444.

£ 6.00 (approx. $US 7.81 )