DONLEAVY**, J. P:
THE HISTORY OF THE GINGER MAN - AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

Imprint: LONDON.VIKING PENGUIN,1994.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,subject's biographical b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Some minor indents/impressions to upper panel of dw/dj - but without affecting boards beneath,some minimal,superficial scoring to rear panel of dw/dj too.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's 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,1-517pp [paginated] includes 46 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w biographical photographs and thumbnail illustrations/sketches interspersed throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] blank with publisher's advert to it's reverse,title page,b/w facsimile manuscript extract,title separator page,and a publisher's note to rear. This is he dramatic story of J. P. Donleavy's struggle to create and publish a book which became a 20th century masterpiece: 'The Ginger Man'.It is literary history combined with Donleavy's autobiography - growing up in the Bronx,education at Catholic schools,service in the US Navy,travels and adventures,and his current life as a proprietor of a landed estate in Ireland,where he breeds thoroughbred cattle. Trinity College,Dublin after WW2 was a mecca for adventurous Americans,who used the GI bill as a passport to higher education.Among them were able-bodied seaman second class J.P. 'Mike' Donleavy,fighter pilot George Roy Hill (now a celebrated Hollywood director) and naval yeoman Gainor Stephen Crist,a midwestern rara avis and prototype of the Ginger Man.Student life included degrees in debauchery; drunken brawls in Dublin pubs; comic adventures with Brendan Behan; eccentric Angl-Irish aristocrats; living on miraculous credit and in constant debt,with plenty of time for the seduction of nice Catholic girls. Donleavy,impecunious and newly married,began to write 'The Ginger Man' in a primitive cottage at Kilcoole.The book was written over a period of four years on two continents.Upon completion it was rejected by nearly thirty-five British and American publishers.The book was finally pubished in Paris by Maurice Girodias of the Olympia Press - as a work of pornography. Twenty-five years of bitter litigation between Donleavy and Girodias followed,with Donleavy emerging triumphant as the owner of Olympia and its copyrights,including 'The Ginger Man'.Since its traumatic birth,'The Ginger Man' has become a contemporary classic,translated into many languages with millions of copies sold throughout the world.See my book ID rja219 'THE GOOD SHIP VENUS: The Erotic Voyage of the OLYMPIA PRESS' by John de St Jorre,for a UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** 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: rja579415. ISBN: 0670847933.

£ 30.00 (approx. $US 39.04 )

O'DONOGHUE, BEN and STONE, CURTIS:
SURFING THE MENU: Two chefs,one journey: a fresh-food adventure. [A Co-author SIGNED copy.]

Imprint: AUSTRALIA.SYDNEY,ABC BOOKS/AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION,Feb,2004.
Edition: AUSTRALIA,Qrto HB+dw/dj, co-author SIGNED,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Co-author SIGNED - without dedication.

AUSTRALIA,Qrto HB+dw/dj,co-author SIGNED, 1st edn.[Complete number line 5 4 3 2 1.] FINE+/FINE-.No owner inscrptn but one of the co-author's neat blue inked,bold and expansive signature - without dedication: 'Ben O'Donoghue' to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.In the UK,this is generally classed as an export copy and as such,precedes the trade issue.A genuine, handwritten signature as there is a concomitant carbon-like imprint across the following content's list/table page and a faint indented impression of signature to the verso of the title page.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,author's portrait and food colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with blue,brown and white lettering to front; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears.A small chip with minimal loss,to rear,top edge of dw/dj and two accidental folds/creases to top corner of dw/dj's rear inner flap.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original paper- covered,wrap-around seascape scenic colour photographic illustrated bds with white ink printed letters to spine/backstrip,a dark blue headband and immaculate plain lilac eps.AUSTRALIA,Qrto HB+dw/dj,co-author SIGNED,1st edn,6-255pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements - double-page for Curtis Stone and a single page for Ben O'Donoghue,potted biographies of either chef with colour photographs,an introduction by them both,9 chapters on travelling Australia to create new menus/ recipes,profuse colour autobiographical and colour scenic photographs throughout the text and the book,an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title page with colour photograph to verso,co-author SIGNED title page,and contents list/table. Two hot young chefs.Eight extraordinary locations in Australia.Brilliant fresh produce.Add inspiration and passion - and you're SURFING THE MENU through eighty delicious recipes. Ben O'Donoghue and Curtis Stone are Australian chefs living and working in London - Ben at the Atlantic Bar and Grill,and Curtis at a new restaurant project with Sir Terence Conran.They come from two different cooking traditions: Ben from London's world-renowned River Cafe and its vivd evocations of Italian food; Curtis from the precise traditions of French cuisine and the restaurants of Marco Pierre White. Two distinctive styles but a common and passionate aim: to use the freshest,most naturally grown produce to create extraordinary and delectable food for the table. United in their cause and seeking fresh inspiration,Ben and Curtis returned to Australia,where they went straight to the sources of good produce,travelling to such glorious places as Broome,Tasmania,Byron Bay,the Hunter Valley,the Spanish mission at New Norcia,Margaret River,and the amazing rocky outcrops in the Indian Ocean known as the Abrolhos Islands. 'Surfing the Menu' is the result of their journey: an adventurous pursuit of exceptional ingredients to create a wonderful selection of starters,mains and puddings.From Lobster tagliatelle with fennel and truffle oil to Buffalo mozarella,broad bean,mint and rocket salad; from Spiced loin of lamb with spinach and pinenuts to Pineapple and black pepper tarte tatin,'Surfing the Menu' is simply stuffed with luscious recipes that will excite all lovers of good eating. BEN O'DONOGHUE is Head Chef at London's famous Atlantic Bar and Grill.Before moving to the UK he worked at a number of restaurants in Australia,including Jessica's in Perth,and at Goodfella's and Tribeca in Sydney.In London,he worked at the world-renowned River Cafe before moving to the exclusive Monte's Club in Knightsbridge as Head Chef.Ben has made many appearances on cookery programmes in the UK and USA,and co-presented 'The Best',which also gave rise to a best- selling cookbook of the same name. Until 2003 when he moved to his exciting new restaurant venture in Chelsea with Sir Terence Conran,CURTIS STONE was Head Chef at Quo Vadis,one of the flagships of Marco Pierre White's restaurant group.Born in Melbourne,Curtis began a degree in business before finishing his training at The Savoy Hotel in Melbourne.He went to London and worked at Marco Pierre White's Cafe Royal and at Mirabelle - where he was instrumental,as Sous Chef,in gaining Michelin stars at both restaurants - before moving to Quo Vadis.Curtis and his food have featured in many magazines in both the UK and Australia,and he makes regular television appearances in the UK where he has also presented his own food series called 'Dinner in a Box'. 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 - in excess of 1Kg unpackaged - 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: rja757417. ISBN: 0733313019.

£ 22.00 (approx. $US 28.63 )

DONOVAN, JASON:
Between the Lines: My Story Uncut. [Author SIGNED copy.]

Imprint: LONDON.HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS,2007.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author's signature - without dedication.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,but author/subject's expansive felt-tip black ink signature - without dedication,to title page just below the title itself,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,subject portrait and other related assorted colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with gilt coloured text,with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.W.H Smith's (UK bookseller) circular,silver+blue,adhesive 'Signed Edition' sticker to upper panel of dw/dj.Head of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing,the foot of same,minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing - majority of the creasing is to top edges and top corners of dw/dj.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,solid and sound,near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered - apart from upper bd's lower,right-hand corner,which is lightly bumped with creasing - other corners unaffected,publisher's original, plain pale grey cloth bds with bright, crisp,stamped white ink letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate subject,portrait colour photographic montage'd illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn, ix-xpp+1-292pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,author intro,22 chapters, 24pp subject-related biographical, contemporary colour (the majority)+b/w photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp84/5,pp148/9 and pp106/7 respectively,and an index.Plus [unpaginated],half-title page,SIGNED title-page,dedication,and contents list/ table. Adored by millions of fans,Jason Donovan was the ultimate Eighties heart-throb.From Scott Robinson in Britain's favourite soap 'Neighbours' to chart-topping pop success, Jason's stardom was assured. But behind his manufactured wholesome image,Jason found early fame hard to handle and,in his search for cool,came close to destroying his body,mind,soul and career with drugs.With his endless partying and increasing addiction to recreational drugs,Jason's life spiralled out of control. In his incredibly raw autobiography,Jason talks about his life-threatening drug habit,the breakdown of his relationship with Kylie Minogue and the media storm around his sexuality. But as Jason hit rock bottom,he found the courage to turn his back on an addiction that threatened to end everything.Jason's moving and inspirational story reveals how he found the strength to reinvent his life both personally and professionally,and how,with the help of hs partner Ange and children Jemma and Zac,he fought his personal demons. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja474514. ISBN: 9780007261475.

£ 14.00 (approx. $US 18.22 )

DOONICAN, VAL:
THE SPECIAL YEARS: AN Autobiography. [Author SIGNED copy.]

Imprint: LONDON.ELM TREE BOOKS/HAMISH HAMILTON,1980.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: 'To Vicki with love and good wishes Val Doonican 1980'

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn. VG+/VG+.No owner inscrptn but author's/ subject's blue ink,handwritten warm dedication: 'To Vicki with love and good wishes Val Doonican 1980' to half-title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject/ author portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj front+rear panels,with white lettering to front and inevitably but slightly sunned/faded spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top edges slightly dulled/ darkened or toned,fore-edges brighter and clean too; 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.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj, SIGNED,1st edn,1-156pp [paginated] includes an introduction,11 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w auto+biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp50/1 and pp114/15 respectively, assorted b/w illustrations by Val Doonican himself,interspersed throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] author SIGNED half-title page,title page,a dedication,acknowledgements and a contents list/table. The first of 2 volumes of autobiography by Doonican,preceding 'Walking Tall' the sequel. 'It took me seventeen years to become an overnight success.' And so it did.For seventeen years Val Doonican had played and sung all over Ireland,Britain,and Germany,in clubs,dance halls,theatres,Army and Air Force bases - even cinemas; it took just one major television show from the London Palladium in 1964 to turn him into a star,an overnight success. Val Doonican,whose gentle voice and Irish humour have charmed us ever since,now tells the story of those seventeen years and of his childhood in Ireland before World War II. From a poor but close-knit family,Val paints a vivid,humorous and touching picture of his early years; the many incidents he recounts,filled with fun and drama,recall the world of childhood with particular charm. Compelled to leave school because of his father's sudden tragic death,Val's first job was in the works where his brothers were employed.He describes how,on his first day,the boss handed him a hammer 'with which I became remarkably adept, knocking inch nails into wooden boxes with such speed and accuracy that I would have made a worthy interlude on 'The Generation Game'. About a year later he left the job,and from then on his story was one of a long hard grind (alleviated by much good humour and camaraderie) towards his goal of becoming a musical entertainer. His discovery by impressario Val Parnell marked the turning point of Val's career as a highly successful and much-loved artist,whose television programmes and recordings have made him a household name. Val's story,which reflects in its every line the warmth,sincerity and humour of the man who wrote it,will bring as much pleasure to its readers as his unmistakable brand of entertainment has to his millions of fans over the years. Born in Waterford,Ireland in 1927,Val Doonican is now celebrating his 33rd year in the entertainment business (then 1980). He has to his credit: 9 hit records,6 best -selling LPs,3 Television Personality of the Year Awards,box-office records for thatres all over the country and an annual series of television shows on BBC 1,in addition to a number of special programmes.His main hobby is golf and he lives in Buckinghamshire with his wife, Lynn,and his two daughters,Sarah and Fiona - (again,then 1980). 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 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: rja764318. ISBN: 241104998.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

DORMER, DENT [pseud Frederick Sleep]:
The Devil and the Kaiser - With Other Poems, Grave and Humorous. [Author SIGNED copy.]

Imprint: LONDON.ARTHUR H. STOCKWELL,n.d.[circa 1925.]
Edition: UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj,SIGNED,2nd edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj.
Inscription: 'Alderman P. Brown with author's kind regards (2nd Edn) (F. Sleep')'

UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj,SIGNED,2nd edn.VG+.No owner inscrptn,but author's ink inscriptn+ dedication and own name signature:(to) 'Alderman P. Brown with author's kind regards (2nd Edn) (F. Sleep')'.The author has signed his name alongside DENT DORMER, on the title page.Publisher's original, plain dark red cloth boards with blocked gilt letters to upper board+spine/ backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners and off-set marked,plain white sets of endpapers.Top edge aged and lightly dust-soiled,fore-edges brighter and cleaner - all edges untrimmed; contents bright,tight and generally clean,with minimal,sporadic foxing. Another 24pp signature,containing 9 non-listed poems,has been extra bound into the book to the rear,and it is these pages that show the majority of any foxing described. UK,12mo HB,6-116pp [paginated] includes 40 poems + 9 extra; plus [unpaginated],SIGNED title page,author preface,contents list/ table and 2pp blanks to rear.Collection of comic and serious poems/poetry,by a local (Plymouth,Devon,UK) dentist. 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: rja33999. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 22.00 (approx. $US 28.63 )

DORS**, DIANA:
DORS BY DIANA: An intimate self-portrait.

Imprint: LONDON.MACDONALD FUTURA PUBLISHERS LIMITED,1981.
Edition: UK,12mo wraps,p/back,1st edn.
Binding: Paperback original., No dw/dj - p/back as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn.[Simultaneous issue as UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.] VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to cover.Bright, crisp,clean,subject's glossy,sitting full portrait photographic illustrated front cover with white lettering,and white lettering to spine/backstrip and rear cover with short precis; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners,no nicks,splits or tears or any external loss present.Top+fore-edges toned - as usual/normal; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread, apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo wraps, p/back 1st edn,8-3178pp [paginated] includes alphabetical 12 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w auto+ biographical photographs in 1 block, between pp160/1; plus [unpaginated - i.e. unnumbered] subject's preface,title page, epigram,a foreword and publisher advert to rear as last page. See the previous alpha-numerical book IDs' (rja882920,rja883020 - for a SIGNED paperback 1st edn 'FOR ADULTS ONLY',and rja883120). 'If all these things had not actually happened to me,then I would dismiss such stories as quite incredible.' So Diana Dors begins the first,full story she has ever written of her extraordinary life. Sparing nothing and no-one,and least of all herself,Diana describes how a young girl from a respectable middle-class background was transformed into Britain's No.1 sex symbol.And how,with fame and the luxury of Hollywood stardom,came heartbreak and tragedy - the turbulent marriages,the bitter-sweet love affairs,the broken promises and terrible betrayals. But Diana came through to tell now her own story with the same cheerfulness and honesty that have endeared her to millions throughout the world Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct and insured (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,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: rja883220. ISBN: 0708820255.

£ 9.00 (approx. $US 11.71 )

DORS**, DIANA [Subject SIGNED copy.] & HOBBS, JACK - Associate Editor:
FOR ADULTS ONLY.

Imprint: LONDON.STAR/W.H. ALLEN & CO.LTD.,1978.
Edition: UK,slim 12mo wraps,p/back,SIGNED 1st edn.
Binding: Paperback., No dw/dj - p/back as issued.
Inscription: Author SIGNED - 'Yours sincerely Diana Dors.'

UK,slim 12mo wraps,p/back,SIGNED 1st edn. VG.No owner inscrptn but a previous bookseller/retailer's ink stamp to preface,and no price removal to cover. Bright,crisp,sharp-cornered,subject's glossy,colour portrait photographic illustrated front cover with red+black lettering,a white spine/backstrip also with red+black lettering and reading creases,rear cover with monochrome biographical photograph and short precis; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners,no nicks, splits or tears or any external loss present,book lightly cocked.Top+fore-edges toned - as usual/normal; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any other pages' corners.UK,slim 12mo wraps,SIGNED,p/back 1st edn,4-256pp [paginated] includes alphabetical A-Z of her life,profuse b/w autobiographical photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated - i.e. unnumbered] subject's preface with contemporary b/w full-length portrait photographic frntis and title page. From the Aga Khan to Raquel Welch, Working Men's Clubs to Las Vegas, Catholicism to the Underworld, Doris Day to Two-Way Mirrors, Jayne Mansfield to Lord Olivier,this book is Diana's very own outrageously hilarious collection of anecdotes - a collection which embraces the warm and witty essentials of her first love . . . a voluptuous love of LIFE.See the previous alpha-numerical book ID (rja882920) for a UK,paperback 1st edn of same title. Since April 2013 and in March 2015,and again in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct and insured (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja883020. ISBN: 0352301589.

£ 80.00 (approx. $US 104.11 )

DOUGLAS, HUGH:
Jacobite SPY WARS: MOLES,ROGUES AND TREACHERY.

Imprint: UK.STROUD,GLOS,SUTTON PUBLISHING LIMITED,1999.
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,glossy colour pictorial 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 near pristine.Sharp-cornered,unblemished, publisher's original,dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xii-xviipp+2- 269pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,preface,chronology,17 chapters+epilogue,16pp assorted contemporary b/w illus in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece between pp78/9 and pp206/7 respectively,notes,biblio,index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, dedication and contents+illus lists/ tables. The Jacobite story is more than the tale of Bonnie Prince Charlie,his unlucky father and grndfather,and a handful of battles - the Boyne,Sheriffmuir,Preston, Prestonpans,Falkirk and Culloden.It is also one of history's longest-running spy sagas,the story of the dark underbelly of the Jacobite years,of spies and counter-spies,treachery and manipulation. The Jacobite Movement began with the Glorious Revolution of 1688 when James II of England and VII of Scotland fled and his daughter,Mary,and her husband,William of Orange,took over the thrones. It ended in 1788 with the death of Prince Charlie who ruled as 'King over the Water'. Although destroyed several times - in the defeats of the risings of 1715,1719 and 1745,and with the wrecking of several invasion attempts by France and Spain - in an intelligence war that drew in people from Sussex smugglers to Highland clansmen,the Jacobites proved remarkably able to haunt the Hanoverian government. Across Europe 'moles' dug for secrets at every court,and kings,ambassadors, soldiers,cardinals and royal mistresses all took part,from the great Duke of Marlborough to Madame de Pompadour and the devious King Louis XV.Even young Glengarry,heir to a highland chieftainship,sold himself to Prince Charlie's enenmies.Sir Robert Walpole proved a compulsive master mole-catcher, Baron Philip von Stosch combined art with spying,and the Irish adventurer,pimp and cardsharper,Dudley Bradstreet,claimed with justification to have wrecked Prince Char lie's 1745 rising. As for the prince,in his character lurked all the makings of a great spy and the defects of a bad one.He was a master of disguise and intrigue,which fooled his enemies,yet his arrogance and impetuosity contributed greatly to the Jacobites' eventual defeat in the espionage war.In the final analysis all the battles won and lost during the Jacobite century do not account for the failure of the Stuarts to be restored to the kingdoms they lost at the Glorious Revolution: ultimate defeat lay in their failure to win the intelligence war. 'Jacobite Spy Wars',the new book by the author of the widely acclaimed 'Flora MacDonald:the Most Loyal Rebel',tells the story of the spy wars on and off the battlefield during the hundred years of the Jacobite's fight for power.Told with vigour and vividly recreating the atmosphere of those times,it will appeal to anyone interested in European 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 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: rja366910. ISBN: 0750914254.

£ 19.99 (approx. $US 26.01 )

DOUGLAS, NORMAN:
LOOKING BACK: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL EXCURSION.

Imprint: LONDON.CHATTO & WINDUS,1934.
Edition: UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , Minus dw/dj.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.[Originally and first published by C&W,1933,in a Limited,2-volume set.That was an illustrated 535 special signed and numbered copies,in quarter buckram and patterned paper boards with 500 for sale. This edition/volume is the first,trade edition, single-volume edn of those two titles,a year later in 1934.] NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original dark brown textured cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked,non-oxidised gilt lettering to a lightly sunned/faded spine/backstrip,a grey+white striped headband and brown+beige wood-grain effect illustrated endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear or bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears,splits or fraying present.Head of spine/backstrip with minimal creasing and lightly pulled (as in book removed from shelf by fore-finger or thumbs) causing a small fraying tear at head towards front board's spine/ backstrip's gutter's edge/fold.Bottom edge of same minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing and production(?) fault to front,lower corner,of an unglued smallish wrinkle to cloth.Top edges coloured brown,fore-edges lightly aged/toned, bottom edges deckled (untrimmed); chain-laid paper contents bright with some page-edge toning,some minimal random,scattered blemishes throughout,but still tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn thus,v-viipp+1-527pp [paginated] includes subject's introduction,illustrations list/table,8 monochrome collotypes interspersed throughout the text and all called for (present),an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title with page-edge toning,b/w vignetted title page reverse of which with indeterminate splatter splashes to and concomitant on the opposite page. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** UK,buyers note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded after order receipt and before order's despatch,especially if 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: rja866620. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 30.00 (approx. $US 39.04 )

DOVERS ,ROBERT:
HUSKIES.

Imprint: LONDON.BELL,April 1957.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st rpt.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st reprint.(1st edn was March,1957.)VG+/VG.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped dw/dj.Part-pictorial and b/w photographic dw/dj with light shelf-wear to bottom edge and some slight creasing to top edge.Top edge also slightly nicked and rubbed to top corners and head of spine/ backstrip with minimal loss.Red cloth boards with black ink stamped letters and huskie's head silhouette to spine/ backstrip with plain white endpapers.Top+ fore-edges slightly aged; contents bright,tight and clean.8vo,219pp includes b/w line illus title-page,12pp b/w photographs and 4 b/w maps. An account of an adventurous year in the Antarctic.The author was Australian observer in Adelie Land with the Third French Antarctic Expedition and this is the year that this book describes.The expedition to which the author was attached had three teams of huskies which were in his care.He trained them and they trained him.The characters of the individual dogs are drawn so clearly - Boss, Bjorn, Fram, the leaders, Aspirin the clown, Ifaut the beautiful, Helen the little dark she-devil, and the others - that one comes to know them as well as one knows one's own dogs.When the time approaches for the expedition to leave and the dogs to be destroyed,the reader becomes as desperately anxious about their fate as were the Dovers and his companions. One of the objects of the expedition was to maintain the first all-the-year-round study of the life of those marvellous birds, the Emperor penguins.There is much about these birds,seals and other penguins in the book.There are also brilliant descriptions of the Antarctic scene and weather.There is at times tense excitement.Plenty of it.In particular, there is an almost epic account of a long journey across the sea ice in the appalling conditions of darkness and blizzard in midwinter. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja1304. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 12.00 (approx. $US 15.62 )

DOWD, SIOBHAN:
THE LONDON EYE MYSTERY.

Imprint: UK.OXFORD.DAVID FICKLING BOOKS,2007.
Edition: UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork,by David Dean,illustrated dw/dj,with red+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.White circular adhesive sticker label with black lettering of a competition to win a party on the London Eye,to top right-hand corner.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain yellow endpapers.UK,12mo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-322pp [paginated] includes 41 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and to rear,acknowledgements and 4pp blanks. Monday 24 May,11.32 a.m.Ted and Kat watch their cousin Salim get on board the London Eye.He turns and waves and the pod rises from the ground.Monday 24 May,12.02 p.m. The pod lands and the doors open.people exit in all shapes and sizes - but where is Salim? Dowd's second novel,following 'A Swift Sure Cry'(2006),published by David Fickling in June 2007.'The London Eye Mystery' won the NASEN/TES Special Educational Needs Children's Book Award, was longlisted for the 2008 Carnegie Medal,and was shortlisted for the Red House Children's Book Award,Doncaster Book Award,and Southwark Schools Book Award.In May 2008,Dowd was posthumously awarded the €10,000 Bisto Book of the Year prize for 'The London Eye Mystery'.In January 2009,it won the Salford Children's Book Award,and in January 2010 it won the Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** 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: rja574315. ISBN: 9780385612661.

£ 35.00 (approx. $US 45.55 )

DOWNES, COLIN:
BY THE SKIN OF MY TEETH: Flying RAF Spitfires and Mustangs in World War II and USAF Sabre Jets in the Korean War.

Imprint: UK.BARNSLEY.PEN & SWORD AVIATION/PEN & SWORD BOOKS LTD.,2005.
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 - virtually as new - laid in publisher's FREEPOST order postcard.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork illustarted upper wrap,author sepia portrait photographic rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - an unread copy? Bright,clean, publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white sets of endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,3-315pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-4 comprising 4 chapters,32pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 16pp apiece,between pp120/1 and pp192/3 respectively,an epilogue,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, dedication,contents list/table,prologue and 4pp blanks to rear. This is a memoir of flying with the Royal Air Force in war and peace during a career in military and civil aviation covering half a century.The text is filled with personal experiences,reminiscences and impressions and is written in four parts. Part One covers the years leading to the author's graduation and the winning of his RAF Wings.This is followed by action-packed stories of flying propeller-driven fighters,Spitfires and Mustangs,during and just after the Second World War.The author then tells of his unique experiences of front-line fighter operations when he flew jets with the United States Air Force during the Korean War.The final chapter covers the remainder of his RAF Service flying until retirement. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** 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: rja31968. ISBN: 1844152979.

£ 19.99 (approx. $US 26.01 )

DOWNING, DAVID:
JACK NICHOLSON - A Biography.

Imprint: LONDON.W.H.ALLEN,1983.
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 inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. 8vo,192pp includes filmography+index,b/w photographs. Nicholson is one of Hollywood's biggest, and many would say,most important stars. Up to date (1983) he has made forty films, with no sign of a drop in either popularity or productivity.He began his long movie career playing variations on James Dean in the late fifties,before moving into the 'drug and rock music' films of the sixties.EASY RIDER was his turning point,while FIVE EASY PIECES confirmed him as a new star.Over the last decade he has appeared in a string of film classics such as CHINATOWN,ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO NEST and THE SHINING. Downing seeks out the reasons for NICHOLSON's success and the significance of his contribution,analysing the films and characters he has played against the backdrop of recent history.In the process, he draws a vivid picture of a changing HOLLYWOOD and of this man himself.Few stars have been willing to express their opinions on a wide range of subjects,from sex to politics,from the poetry of basketball,to the poetry of film. NICHOLSON has taken more risks than most in his career and life,and it makes him a more fascinating subject. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja725. ISBN: 049103010X.

£ 14.99 (approx. $US 19.51 )

DOYLE, MALACHY:
JODY'S BEANS. [Illustrated by Judith Allibone.]

Imprint: LONDON.WALKER BOOKS LTD.,1999.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn. [Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-removal (£9.99) from cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,matt,wrap-around pale green background with colour pictorial artwork by Judith Allibone,illustrated paper-covered boards with capitalisedred lettered title,black lettered author and illustrator names to front cover, capitalised,black-lettered author+illustrator surnames,title and publisher's name and black bear colophon to spine/backstrip,rear cover with colour illustrated vignette to a pale yellow panel within a runner bean-foliaged beanpoles border,and immaculate colour illustrated front endpapers,rear endpapers with author+illustrator note and colour illustration.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creases to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to ny pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued, 1st edn,28pp [unpaginated] includes both free endpapers,colour pictorialvignetted title page, profuse colour illustrations by Judith Allibone, throughout the text and the book,reverse of last page as an Index with colour illustration,rear pastedown with about the author and about the illustrator notes - also colour illustrated. Illustrator's debut book. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature, i.e. a child’s book.It really is an exceptional acceptable copy for its cleanliness and brightness. Part of a series of non-fiction picture books about the real world.They're written from a personal viewpoint,mixing facts with feelings, encouraging children to think,feel and imagine as they learn. A magical story will inspire you to grow your own runner beans. When Jody’s grandfather comes to visit,he brings along a packet of seeds for them to plant.Through spring, summer, and fall,Jody watches her plants sprout, flower, and grow lots of beans. Soon, as Jody’s parents await a new baby,Grandpa and Jody are picking the beans — and waiting for next spring. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item, for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note, stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja1048123. ISBN: 0744562120.

£ 5.00 (approx. $US 6.51 )

DOYLE**, RODDY:
OH, PLAY THAT THING.**

Imprint: LONDON.CAPE,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,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Glossy,pictorial dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no major nicks or tears present - appears unread.Negligible and miniscule rubbing with reciprocal chipping to head of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj,top two corners alo minisculely rubbed with reciprocal loss. Described hard but fairly and honestly - not as bad as it reads or sounds.2nd volume in The Last Roundup trilogy - first was 'A Star Called Henry'. Want more Roddy DOYLE? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2,and CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogues. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja737917. ISBN: 0224074369.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

DOYLE**, RODDY:
SMILE.

Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,2017.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,monochrome portrait photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj, with bright,glossy red lettering,red lettered critics' reviews to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain maroon endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-213pp [paginated] includes 14 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and 4pp blanks at the rear of the book. Just moved into a new apartment,alone for the first time in years,Victor Forde goes every evening to Donnelly's pub for a pint,a slow one. One evening his drink is interrupted.A man in shorts and a pink shirt brings over his pint and sits down.He seems to know Victor's name and to remember him from school.Says his name is Fitzpatrick. Victor dislikes him on sight,dislikes too the memories that Fitzpatrick stirs up of five years being taught by the Christian Brothers. He prompts other memories too - of Rachel,his beautiful wife who became a celebrity,and of Victor's own small claim to fame,as the man who says the unsayable on the radio. But it's the memories of school,and of one particular Brother,that he cannot control and which eventually threaten to destroy his sanity. 'Smile' has all the features for which Roddy Doyle has become famous: the razor-sharp dialogue,the humour,the superb evocation of childhood - but this is a novel unlike any he has written before. When you finish the last page you will have been challenged to re-evaluate everything you think you remember so clearly. 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: rja792618. ISBN: 9781911214755.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

DOYLE**, ARTHUR CONAN:
A STUDY IN SCARLET.

Imprint: LONDON.WARD,LOCK & CO.,LIMITED,nd. [circa 1920s]
Edition: UK,12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st thus.
Binding: Hardback , Minus dw/dj.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st thus.[Undated, but probably circa 1920s.] VG+.No owner inscrptn but sporadic foxing/spotting to the following; prelims,front pastedown and free endpaper,title page,publisher's note,an 8pp note by Dr. Joseph Bell on Sherlock Holmes - up to contents list/ table and first page of Chapter One - each in diminishing degrees.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered publisher's original decorated red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked black ink circular vignette (Sherlock Holmes smoking a pipe); a circular initialled publisher's device to front,lower,right-hand corner and bright, crisp,blocked black ink lettering all within a single line border - all to front board,bright, crisp black ink printed lettering to a lightly sunned/faded spine/backstrip,the rear board being undecorated; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears,splits or fraying present.This illustration is found on several of Ward,Lock's editions,and they were the first publisher of this famous tale (in 1887).Top edges lightly aged/toned with minimal,sporadic dust-soiling flecks,fore-edges also lightly toned but with some more sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,fairly clean - some sporadic, scattered foxing/spotting within the text body, otherwise tight,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,therefore appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK, 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st thus,3-255pp [paginated] includes a publisher's note to the edn,an 8pp introduction/note by Dr. Joseph Bell on 'Sherlock Holmes',a contents list/table,Pts I+II comprising 7 chapters in each; plus [unpaginated] title page. Book presents extremely well for it's age and period,and is an attractive,affordable example. Doyle's debut novel and Sherlock Holmes's debut too. As a doctor at Southsea (Hampshire) for eight years (1882-90) with some intervals as a ship's doctor,he supplemented his incomes by writing short stories,published anonymously in a variety of magazines.'A Study in Scarlet' (1887) was accepted by Ward Lock for £25 and published in 'Beeton's Christmas Annual'. The central character was Sherlock Holmes,based on one of Doyle's teachers,a Dr. Joseph Bell.The story aroused no particular interest in England but the editor of of the American 'Lippincott's Magazine' found it more promising and his representative in London commissioned more work. The result was 'The Sign of the Four',which appeared in 'Lippincott's magazine' in February 1890.In the same year it was published in London but as 'The Sign of Four'.Both novels are not among Doyle's best work - he preferred the historical novel - but his character,Sherlock Holmes,caught the imagination of the public and Newnes (UK) asked for Sherlock Holmes stories for his 'Strand Magazine.The first one appeared in July 1891. 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! ** 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: rja866920. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 29.00 (approx. $US 37.74 )

DOYLE**, ARTHUR CONAN:
THE BRITISH CAMPAIGNS IN EUROPE 1914-18.

Imprint: LONDON.GEOFFREY BLES,[No date but 1928.]
Edition: UK,8vo HB,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued?
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB,1st edn.VG+.Neat gift presentation + date thus: 'To Arthur Xmas 1929' to top corner of a slightly off-set foxed/spotted front free endpaper.Publisher's generally bright and clean, original sharp-cornered - exception of lower rear (gently bumped) - blue cloth boards with a single-line blocked border edge to front board, an age-darkened spine/backstrip but capitalised, gilt blocked lettered title,author and publisher's colophon still visible though gilt has slight minimal oxidising,rear board plain and undecorated with a faint shelf-sunned narrow band to top+fore-edges.Front hinge with 5/8" central tear,rear hinge with a pair of similar sized splits but majority of each intact - rear free endpaper with corner crease leaving a fold impression to its preceding page which also has a corner tip crease but of a smaller size. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears,splits or fraying,though both head+ foot of spine/backstrip with minimal,gentle pushing and reciprocal creases.Top edges coloured(?),fore-edges though aged/toned are virtually foxing/spotting-free; contents bright, tight,clean with just minimal page-edge toning and very litlle foxing to text block - no intentional dog-ear reading creases.UK,8vo HB, 1st edn,v-xiipp+2-1008pp [paginated] includes author's Preface,contents list/table,b/w maps+ plans list/table,a fold-out,attached (1 of 11) b/w map,LXV (65) chapters,other b/w tipped-in mapor battl plans maps etc.,totalling 44 separate pages,and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and to the rear,2pp pubisher's advert for author's other published work. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age. It is only the faults that prevents a slightly higher grading Despite them,it really is an acceptable copy for its cleanliness, brightness and completeness. A revised edition of 'British Campaigns in France and Flanders',enlarged to include the Italian & Salonika campaigns.Particularly of note are the references to the brigade/ divisional viewpoint with frequent mention of those formations and those units engaged; with excellent b/w maps and frequent mentions of the casualty figures involved. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included. Available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja1045223. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 50.00 (approx. $US 65.07 )

DOYLE**, RODDY:
The Giggler Treatment.**

Imprint: LONDON.SCHOLASTIC LTD.,2000.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial artwork by Charlie Fuge, illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Miniscule bumping with reciprocal creases to head of spine/backstrip.Top edge lightly dust-soiled and minimally marked,fore- edges brighter and slightly cleaner; contents bright,tight and clean,no dog-ear creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Dw/dj design/illustration repeated to glossy laminated bds with red,white and blue lettering and near immaculate plain, blue eps.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7- 107pp [paginated] +b/w line illustrated half-title+title pages,profuse b/w illustrations throughout the text and the book - all by Brian Ajhar. Mr Mack is about to step foot-first into a fate he doesn't deserve.He is about to experience . . .the Giggler Treatment.Who gets the Giggler Treatment? Adults who are mean to children - who tell them something tastes like chicken when it doesn't,or who fart and blame it on the child,or who eat the last slice of pizza without even asking if someone else wants any.What is the Giggler Treatment? And why is Mr Mack in for it? Read on and find out. Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle is rude,silly,irrreverent and infectiously funny in this,his first book for children. Want more Roddy DOYLE? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2,and CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogues. 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: rja27237. ISBN: 0439997941.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

DOYLE**, Sir ARTHUR CONAN:
THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.

Imprint: LONDON.LEOPARD,1996.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.NFINE/FINE.No inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj.Pictorial, colour decorated,laminated bds,design repeated to dw/dj.Fore-edges slightly aged.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,266pp. 3rd volume in the Sherlock Holmes Collected edn,with an introduction by Kingsley AMIS. It is at the end of The Memoirs that Watson,in 1893,takes up his pen with a heavy heart to reveal what really happened at the Falls of Reichenbach between that 'Napoleon of crime',Professor Moriarty, and his own intimate friend,Sherlock Holmes.Conan Doyle had every intention of killing off Holmes and extinguishing Europe's most dangerous and capable criminal at a single blow.But if Holmes must go - and Conan Doyle's other preoccupations seemed to dictate this - it must be with a flourish.And what better protagonist than one in every way his intellectual equal? 'My horror at his crimes was lost in my admiration at his skill',Holmes confides to Watson.So into that dreadful cauldron of swirling water and seething foam the perfectly matched combatants are plunged,leaving poor Watson and countless readers to mourn.A collection of 11 stories.See also rja1356, rja1358,and rja1360. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja1357. ISBN: 1879582147.

£ 7.99 (approx. $US 10.40 )

DOYLE**, ARTHUR CONAN:
The Second SHERLOCK HOLMES Illustrated Omnibus.

Imprint: UK.FAKENHAM,NORFOLK.NATIONWIDE BOOK SERVICE,1979.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,rpt.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,rpt.[1st edn thus,2nd printing by this publisher - same year as original publishers,Murray+Cape.]VG+/VG+. Includes a Sherlock Holmes ephemera item; an opened,in-house (ABBEY NATIONAL - building society's Headquarters stationery) envelope with glassine window - no other contents,with Sherlock Holmes Centenary Baker St.,franked,dated, postmarks loosely laid in between pp156/57.No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,peppermint green background and b/w letters,with b/w pictorial illustrated dw/dj - Holmes+ Watson sitting in chairs to upper wrap and facsimile cover illustration of The Strand Magazine to rear wrap.Dw/dj with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing with one tiny,tiny small closed tear/nick with no loss - no other nicks/tears present.Top edge slightly dust-soiled+ spotted,fore-edge similar but slighter; contents bright,tight and clean.Clean,blue paper-covered bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and white eps with a negligible residue of off-set foxing from dw/dj's inner flaps to both pastedowns+feps.UK,8vo HB+dw.dj,rpt, 10-388pp [paginated] includes half-title+ title pages,contents list,33 stories in 3 collections,profuse b/w contemporary illustrations by varied contemporary artists and 4pp blanks to rear. Here is the sequel to the popular first illustrated Omnibus published in 1978. Sidney Paget who illustrated the Adventures,Memoirs,Return,and The Hound of the Baskervilles,died in January 1908.So when Conan Doyle began yet again to write Sherlock Holmes stories later that year after a gap of nearly four years,The Strand Magazine had to look around for another source of pictorial images to accompany the vivid verbal ones which its star writer provided.The solution adopted was not to plump for one particular artist. Instead,the seven stories published between 1908 and 1917 and then collected in His Last Bow had seven different artists.'The Valley of Fear',appearing in the early months of the War,was a long story and needed a single artist - Frank Wiles.The Case Book stories of 1921 to 1927 were shared with two exceptions between Wiles and Howard K. Elcock.There was no question of a departure from the image of Holmes that Paget had created from the features of his brother Walter (who incidentally did the drawings for 'The Dying Detective').But within the convention of the masterly brow, inquisitorial nose and commanding jaw, there are some intriguing variations of gauntness.While Watson continues to wear stick-up collars and Holmes a turned-down collar with bow-tie tucked under,the deer-stalker only reappears at the last minute in 'Shoscombe Old Place'. It is often regretted that Sidney Paget did not live to illustrate these last nineteen short stories and 'The Valley of Fear',but it must also be acknowledged that his successors rose to the challenge both of his example and of the stories themselves. Uncommon edition/issue,with an intriguing piece of Sherlockiana ephemera. 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: rja22406. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

DOYLE**, RODDY:
THE WOMAN WHO WALKED INTO DOORS.

Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1996.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NFINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,grey background with multi-coloured lettering to title,white lettering for author's name and critics' reviews to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip of both dw/dj+ boards are minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.To same area internally,of dw/dj,is light water-staining and subsequent bleeding along front's top edges of bds+dw/dj.Inevitable scoring+indents to both panels of dw/dj - but without affecting the boards beneath.Top+ fore-edges ubiquitously aged/toned,body of text block generally brighter,contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original red cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.Described hard,but fairly and honestly,reads worse than it actually is - too much detail! UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-226pp [paginated] includes 31 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,song lyric extract (The Ballad of Lucy Jordan) and 6pp blanks at rear. See also,book ID's rja1361,rja1733, rja22986 and rja 27237 for other titles by this same author. 'Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha',Roddy Doyle's last novel (then 1996),won the 1993 Booker Prize and went on to become a phenomenal international bestseller.'The Woman Who Walked Into Doors' is his finest achievement to date,the heart-rending story of a woman struggling to reclaim her dignity after a violent,abusive marriage and a worsening drink problem.Paula Spencer recalls her contented childhood,the audacity she learns as a teenager,the exhilaration of her romance with Charlo,and the marriage to him that left her powerless. Capturing both her vulnerability and her strength,Doyle gives Paula a voice that is real and unforgettable. Lean and sexy,funny and poignant,'The Woman Who Walked Into Doors',shows,yet again,that Roddy Doyle has an unparalleled gift for transforming ordinary life into great literature. Want more Roddy DOYLE? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2,and CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogues. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,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: rja537415. ISBN: 0224042726.

£ 17.50 (approx. $US 22.77 )

DRABBLE**, MARGARET:
A Natural Curiosity - A NOVEL.

Imprint: LONDON.VIKING,1989.
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,clean,crisp,glossy laminated colour pictorial wrap-around artwork illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Crisp,clean,green paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip with immaculate plain cream eps.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to pages' corners. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-308pp [paginated] includes title page,author note and 4pp blanks to rear. A Natural Curiosity continues the story of Alix,Liz and Esther begun so brilliantly in 'The Radiant Way.' It picks up some of the characters and stories, while adding others.The scene shifts largely from London to Yorkshire,to the industrial city of Northam,where the problems and opportunities of eighties Britain are vividly encapsulated.The result is an engrossing novel,a worthy successor to The Radiant Way and a quite memorable portrait of the way we are today (then 1989). Want more Margaret DRABBLE titles? For similar and other available titles,please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and 1001 Book You Must Read Before You Die catalogues. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja24807. ISBN: 0670828378.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

DRABBLE**, MARGARET:
THE DARK FLOOD RISES.

Imprint: SCOTLAND.EDINBURGH.CANONGATE BOOKS LTD.,2016.
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,matt,wrap-around cover colour pictorial artwork of: Dam Devil Damask by Paul Simmons illustrated dw/dj with author's capitalised, embellished gilt-lettered name and capitalised,gilt-lettered title to front of dw/dj; vertical black band to spine/backstrip with bright,crisp,capitalised, blocked gilt-lettered author name and title and publisher's blocked,gilt colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with continuation of front's illstration with a black-lettered synopsis and 2 critics' grey+black lettered reviews transposed to a space in the illustration.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges bright crisp and clean without blemish,foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.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 grey repeated front's design detail illustrated endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-326pp [paginated] includes no chapters - continuous story and an Envoi with Acknowledgements to it's verso; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,epigram's page: poetry extracts D.H. Lawrence,'The Ship of Death' and W.B. Yeats,'The Wheel',and to the rear,2pp blanks.   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. The author's 19th novel.                        The title of the book is a quotation from a poem,'The Ship of Death' by D.H. Lawrence about mortality: “Piecemeal the body dies,and the timid soul/has her footing washed away,as the dark flood rises.”                Fran may be old but she's not going without a fight. So she dyes her hair,enjoys every glass of red wine,drives around the country for her job with a housing charity and lives in an insalubrious tower block that her loved ones disapprove of. And as each of them - her pampered ex Claude,old friend Jo,flamboyant son Christopher and earnest daughter Poppet - seeks happiness in their own way,what will the last reckoning be? Will they be waving or drowning when the end comes? By turns joyous and profound,darkly sardonic and moving,'The Dark Flood Rises' questions what makes a good life,and a good death. This triumphant,bravura novel takes in love,death, sun-drenched islands,poetry,Maria Callas,tidal waves,surprise endings - and new beginnings.   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: rja1133824. ISBN: 9781782118305.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

DRABBLE**, MARGARET:
THE ICE AGE.**

Imprint: LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,1977.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.MINT/NMINT.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. An immaculate,unread copy.Glossy, laminated,colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj by Colleen Paynebright, with b/w author portrait photographic rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - and no sunning/fading to spine/ backstrip as is usual/normal with this edition.Top+fore- edges bright,clean and near pristine; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - in fact some of the top page- edges in the later signatures are still partially uncut/opened. Immaculate,plain dark 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,9-297pp includes half-title+title pages. With novels such as 'The Millstone', 'Jerusalem the Golden' and 'The Needle's Eye',Margaret Drabble has firmly established her position as a writer in the forefront of British novelists today. With 'The Ice Age',she has written what many consider her finest work to date (then 1977),a book that is a triumph of incisive but humane irony. Anthony Keating,a rebel against his liberal upbringing,has switched from producing 'social conscious' programmes on television - to property speculation.A spell of enforced idleness at his seventeenth-century North Yorkshire moors home causes him to reappraise the direction in which he is heading.The sour winds of the seventies have blown out some of the spirit of ebullient enterprise of the decade before,and Anthony himself feels threatened from all sides. Alison Murray,the woman that Anthony Keating loves,is suffering the pangs of middle age.Emerging from her marriage to an egocentric actor,and having given up a promising career in acting herself,Alison finds herself torn between the needs of her two daughters: Jane,in prison behind the Iron Curtain,and Molly,whose cerebral palsy necessitates constant care and security.Through Anthony and Alison we are introduced to their families and friends: to Anthony's former wife,the chaotic Babs; to Len Wincobank,Anthony's idol in the whiz-kid property speculation line - now doing time in Scratby Open Prison; to Maureen,Len's cheerful and down-to-earth girlfriend; to Kitty Friedmann,survivor of a restaurant bombing; to Linton Hancox, brilliant classics scholar and poet of talent - twenty years ago. As the events of the novel unfold,Anthony Keating's own searching for more meaning in his life takes a surprising turn when he discovers,by sheer chance,exactly the modus vivendi that can give piquancy to his middle-age angst.In this brilliant tragi-comedy,Margaret Drabble examines the complex spectacle of Britain struggling through the early nineteen seventies.An exceptional copy,in a particularly high grade - the best I've ever handled. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer 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: rja2107. ISBN: 0297773682.

£ 28.00 (approx. $US 36.44 )