DRABBLE**, MARGARET:
The Middle Ground.**

Imprint: LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,1980.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Appears an unread copy.Dw/dj with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - a small,wrinkle to b/w author portrait photographic rear wrap.Dw/dj,internally, appears to have partial residue of a water(?) stain,but the boards are unaffected and show no such sign! Top edge very,very lightly dust-soiled with minimal ageing, fore-edge cleaner and virtually unmarked; contents bright,tight and pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners and no bumped corners.Immaculate,sharp-cornered, unblemished,plain orange paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped,gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. A brilliant and witty novel about communication and non-communication across the barriers of sex,race and age,and it ends on a note of guarded optimism.See also rja2105 - rja2108 inclusive for other titles/copies of Margaret Drabble. 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,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja2104. ISBN: 0297778080.

£ 14.50 (approx. $US 18.87 )

DRABBLE**, MARGARET**:
The Middle Ground.**

Imprint: LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,1980.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NMINT/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Appears an unread copy.Dw/dj with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges,a tiny,tiny closed tear/nick to front,upper edge towards spine/backstrip edge - no other nicks or tears present - and miniscule bumping with reciprocal creases to foot of spine/backstrip.Top edge very,very lightly aged,fore-edge cleaner and virtually unmarked; contents bright,tight and pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to page corners and no bumped corners.Immaculate,unblemished, plain orange paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps. A brilliant and witty novel about communication and non-communication across the barriers of sex,race and age,and it ends on a note of guarded optimism.See also rja2105 - rja2108 inclusive for other titles/copies of Margaret Drabble. 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 and possibly,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja2106. ISBN: 0297778080.

£ 14.50 (approx. $US 18.87 )

DRABBLE**, MARGARET:
The Radiant Way: A NOVEL.**

Imprint: LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,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 to dw/dj - assumed an export copy,which precedes UK trade 1st edn - as there is no publisher's price to front,inner flap.Glossy, laminated,colour artwork illustrated dw/dj by Stephen Raw,with a small,super-imposed b/w author portrait photograph to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - and minimal bumping with reciprocal creases to both head+foot of spine/backstrip but no sunning/fading to same.Top+fore-edges slightly tanned as usual/normal with this title - part due to quality of paper used; contents bright, tight and clean with no dog-ear reading creases to page corners and only the rear top corner minimally bumped.Immaculate plain dark green paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-396pp includes half-title+title pages. 'The Radiant Way' centres on three women, all brought up in the North of England,all educated at the same Cambridge college,and all,as the novel opens,living in London. At Liz Headleand's New Year's Eve party on 31 December 1979,we meet Liz herself,a successful psychotherapist,and her two closest friends,Alix Bowen,who has made a less successful career with female criminals,and Esther Breuer,art historian. We explore through them and a large cast of husbands,friends and relatives the social and political changes that in the 1980's alter Britain and their personal expectations in ways they would not have imagined.Here is Margaret Drabble at the height of her powers,with a panoramic novel of enormous distinction: 'The Radiant Way' is a joy to pick up,a pleasure to return to,and a sadness to finish.Both as an ironic feminist bildungsroman and a magnificent state-of-England novel,this remains one of her finest and most absorbing books.She was awarded the CBE in 1980. 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: rja2108. ISBN: 0297790951.

£ 27.50 (approx. $US 35.79 )

DRABBLE, PHIL:
A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

Imprint: LONDON.PELHAM BOOKS,1991.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.[Number line 2-10.]FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip (£15.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,subject colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners,head of spine/ backstirp minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing,no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain dark green cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 2nd imp,viipp+2-166pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,foreword by Gordon Beningfield,9 chapters,chapter headpieces and 3 full-page,b/w line illus by Gordon Beningfield,and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and a contents list/table. This absorbing,forthright and,at times, impassioned autobiography looks back on three-quarters of a century of intimate involvement with the English countryside and sounds as important a warning for future generations as Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring'. Phil Drabble has written more than a score of books and contributes regularly to national magazines and specialist journals.His first sound broadcast was in 1947 and his first TV programme was in 1953.He is especially well known for the popular BBC television series 'One Man and His Dog' and has featured on many television programmes such as 'Badger Watch','Animal Magic',and 'Favourite Things' with the late Roy Plomley. Since April 2013,again 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 of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja489214. ISBN: 0720719089.

£ 8.00 (approx. $US 10.41 )

DREW**, SIMON:
AND SO I FACE THE VINYL CURTAIN. . . [Author SIGNED copy.**]

Imprint: UK.WOODBRIDGE,SUFFOLK.ANTIQUE COLLETORS' CLUB,2005.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author SIGNED - without dedication.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated, 1st edn. NMINT/MINT-. NO owner inscrptn,but author's ubiquitous,trademark,neat,handwritten green ink signature - but without dedication - to title page,and a price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial artwork by  Simon Drew,illustration of side profile of a dog's head to the foreground with a running shower-head behind it and a vinyl shower curtain behind that - a visual pun.Author's capitalised, white-lettered name and title to front of dw/dj; a white spine/backstrip with capitalised black-lettered title and author's other black-lettered name,and publisher's black illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with a colour pictorial artwork illustration by Simon Drew,of three moles waiting on an underground station's platform with punning text - . . . the garden had suffered severe molestation.Virtually no shelf-wear,creasing,nor any nicks,tears or splits present and virtually scoring/indent-free.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp,clean without blemish or foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, glossy glazed boards with dw/dj repeated design/illustration and lettering,and immaculate punning colour pictorial artwork illustrated endpapers+text - 3 pig's heads with caption "I haven't clawed my way to the top of the food chain just to eat vegetables" to front and an ox in a boat with caption 'boat ox' to rear endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED, illustrated,1st edn,3-48pp [paginated] includes 28 single-page visual punned and 9 double-paged punned colour illustrations - all by Simon Drew; plus [unpaginated] Michelangelos DVD vignetted title page with author's signature and with a colour vignette illustrated dedication page to its reverse.                                Visually the exterior appearance is spectacularly exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its near 20-year-old age.It is only the price-clipped dw/dj that prevents a higher grading of near perfect! It really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of any other detracting faults.                                Want more Simon DREW titles? For similar and other titles,either SIGNED or not,1sts or reprints,then please search my SIGNED and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. This is Simon Drew's 21st book of nonsense - thus establishing him in the same league as Jane Austen (or at least of her neighbour's gardener).                       Shakespeare,Wordsworth and Blake will all no doubt be turning in their one enormous grave; in fact,almost anyone called William will now want to avoid this unfortunate book.                  Recent research has shown that anyone who thinks Agatha Christie is a good writer might find this book a bit too high brow: think of all those people who need care in the community who could so easily be saved from being a drain on the state by simply reading this book.            Goverments across the world have requested copies to be distributed to all their worst political prisoners. One copy has already been in a canister and sent into space to be found by future interstellar civilisations.In fact a suggestion has been made that ALL copies of this book should be sent into space. . . Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and size,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: rja1141424. ISBN: 1905377010.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

DREW**, SIMON:
A Book of Bestial Nonsense.** [Author SIGNED copy.**]

Imprint: UK.SUFFOLK.ANTIQUE COLLECTORS' CLUB,1986.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,2nd rpt.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author SIGNED - without dedication.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,2nd reprint.(True 1st was 1986,1st reprint October 1986,2nd reprint November 1986.) FINE/FINE.Signed by author,in green ink towards foot of half-title page,just above his printed name.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,pictorial colour illustrated dw/dj by Simon Drew,design repeated to glossy laminated boards with pictorial colour illustrated endpapers; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,2nd reprint,5-47pp includes colour illustrated half-title, colour frntis - recto of half-title, title page,author introduction,8 double-page colour illus,20 single-page colour illus and 2 single-page b/w line illustrations. Want more Simon DREW titles? For similar and other titles,either SIGNED or not,1sts or reprints,then please search my SIGNED and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. Simon Drew combines a collection of elegant drawings of birds and beasts with piquant rhymes.A latter day Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, Simon Drew creates amusement from the absurdity of playing around with words.Gifted with a fine sense of fun and a rich imagination, he interprets quite literally,in pictures,prose and verse,conventional words and phrases, situations and circumstances.The result is a delightful and sensitive collection,totally unexpected and highly amusing,touched in parts with a slight melancholy - for the world is not all laughs (as Lewis Carroll's Walrus and Carpenter would well appreciate.) With its verbal and pictorial puns this book both amuses and stretches our imagination. Simon Drew in no way sells his anthromorphic characters short: the wily gannet,the sad dog,the puffins in an onion patch,the bull in his cage are seen through the eyes of a gentle and understanding observer.The 1st title in this series.See also rja1894, rja1995, rja920 and rja27247 for similar,related titles by this author/illustrator or search my SIGNED and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,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: rja1994. ISBN: 1851490418.

£ 9.50 (approx. $US 12.36 )

DREW**, SIMON:
CAMP DAVID: Nonsense in Art.** [Author SIGNED copy.**]

Imprint: UK.SUFFOLK.ANTIQUE COLLECTORS' CLUB LTD.,1993.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,rpt.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author SIGNED - without dedication.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,rpt. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author/ illustrator's handwritten distinctive green ink signature - without dedication, to the title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj - no publisher price.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Simon Drew,illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - almost as new.Dw/dj design repeated to glossy laminated boards with colour pictorial illustrated endpapers.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED, reprint,5-48pp [paginated] + SIGNED title page and introduction,full-page,full-colour illustrations all by Simon Drew.See also rja463213 (another SIGNED example). Simon Drew's sense of humour is an acquired taste - it may be a moot point whether it is worth acquiring,yet thousands of fans around the world have clearly already succumbed to its questionable attractions.These converts will clearly appreciate this new and puzzling collection of nonsensical puzzles.This is a book to exasperate and annoy: the only way to solve the puzzle drawings is either to start with a warped mind or put yourself through gymnastic mental contortions that your mind ends up warped and twisted as a result.The existing Drew devotees should find no problem with this. Simon Drew has done it again! This,his sixth title of nonsense words,verse and drawings,is another imaginative look at life (this time Art with a capital A) from any angle but the expected. The sheer delight of this mischeivous and inventive foray into knocking convention off its pedestal lies not only in Drew's clever use of language,but also in his meticulous and hilarious illustrations. No one and nothing is spared,from Bacon to da Vinci,Dali to Van Gogh.Shakespeare becomes an Emmnetal cheese,Rodin's 'The Kiss' a session at the dentist (among other possibilities),while Michelangelo's David and Venus de Milo. . . .well . . . .read on! If you have not as yet dipped into the pages of Simon Drew's books,now is the time to give it a try - you will either hate them or love them. 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: rja31368. ISBN: 1851491627.

£ 7.50 (approx. $US 9.76 )

DREW**, SIMON:
Cat with Piano Tuna and Other Feline Nonsense.

Imprint: UK.WOODBRIDGE,SUFFOLK.ANTIQUE COLLECTORS' CLUB,1997.
Edition: UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,reprint.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,reprint.[Originally published,1990 and then reprinted also in the same year and reprinted again in 1997 - this example.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - generally believed to be an export copy,which usually precedes the UK trade edn issues/istribution.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Simon Drew,illustrated dw/dj,with black 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 - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original glazed boards with dw/dj repeated design,and immaculate colour pictorial verbal punned illustrated endpapers. UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,reprint,4-48pp [paginated] includes 17 single-page and 12 double-page full colour illustrations by Simon Drew,each with either a visual,verbal pun or nonsensical verse captioning; plus [unpaginated] colour vignette title page. Want more Simon DREW titles? For similar and other titles,either SIGNED or not,1sts or reprints,then please search my SIGNED and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. Simon Drew has compiled a series of poems,puns and drawings about cats seen from unusual angles.Whether they are strange,wicked,angelic or exotic these cats are always cats and never the little furry humans often depicted elsewhere.Why some of the cats do the things they do is anyone's guess but in any case this book will intrigue,perplex and enlighten all at the same time. This is Simon Drew's fifth book and is the first to concentrate so strongly on one subject.The others are 'A Book of Bestial Nonsense' - see my book ID rja1994 and rja463113 - both author SIGNED 2nd reprint edns,'Nonsense in Flight','Still Warthogs Run Deep' and 'The Puffin's Advice' - see my book ID rja920 for author SIGNED,1st edn. All have received enthusiastic acclaim and sold widely in the UK and the rest of Europe,USA, Australia and New Zealand. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this/these item(s) 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: rja746417. ISBN: 1851491384.

£ 7.50 (approx. $US 9.76 )

DREW**, SIMON:
DOGSBODIES - a book of canine nonsense.**

Imprint: UK.SUFFOLK.ANTIQUE COLLECTORS' CLUB LTD.,2002.
Edition: UK,slim,small 8vo HB+ dw/dj,illustrated,rpt.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,reprint.[Originally and first published (UK) 1997. Reprinted in 1998 and this edn,2002.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price removal to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial,punning artwork by Simon Drew, illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks,tears or splits present - almost as new.Dw/dj design repeated to glossy,laminated boards with punning,colour pictorial illustrated endpapers.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread other than my own collation.UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj, illustrated,reprint,3-48pp [paginated] includes an introduction,and a miscellany of colour pictorial illustrated wordplay,rhymes,nonsense verses and visual puns etc.Plus [unpginated] colour illustrated vignetted title page with colour illustrated vignetted dedication to recto of same. Want more Simon DREW titles? For similar and other titles,either SIGNED or not,1sts or reprints,then please search my SIGNED and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. Having sorted out the cat world in 'Cat with Piano Tuna.' (see my book ID rja746417), investigated the pig universe in 'Pig's Ear.' and upset the birds in 'Bird Dropping.',Simon Drew now chooses to sharpen his merciless wit on trusting and unsuspecting dogs.Perplexing puns - both visual and verbal - mingle with some the English language's most excruciating verse in this light-hearted romp with 'Man's Best Friend.' This is vintage Drew.Everything that one has come to expect from him is here - mind-boggling wordplay coupled with arresting artwork turning the accepted canaine world topsy-turvy.Your view of dogs can never be the same again. You will emerge from 'Dogsbodies.' all the richer for the experience.You will be proficient,for example,in the mysteries of dog semaphore and acquainted with that most useful handydog Pointer and Decorator.Who could ask for more? Clearly this is Simon Drew finally going to the dogs. 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: rja839819. ISBN: 1851492712.

£ 7.50 (approx. $US 9.76 )

DREW**, SIMON:
Nonsense in Flight - Drawings and Verses by Simon Drew.

Imprint: UK.WOODBRIDGE,SUFFOLK.ANTIQUE COLLECTORS' CLUB,1987.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial illustrated artwork by Simon Drew,illustrated dw/dj - design also repeated to glossy,laminated boards with colour pictorial illustrated endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners- one tiny pin-prick to rear board's fore-edge of dw/dj - else no other nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges bright and pristine,as are the contents - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread other than my own collation - virtually as new.UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-48pp [paginated] includes colour vignette illustrated Introduction,both double-page and single-page colour illustrations - some pages having multiple illustration; plus [unpaginated] colour illustrated endpapers, colour illustrated half-title page with a full page colour illustrated frntis to its verso, colour vignette illustrated title page with colour vignette illustrated dedication page. Visually the exterior appearance is stilll exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 35+ year-old age.It is only the minor pin-prick fault described that prevents a higher grading of Near MINT overall.Despite that,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of any other detracting faults. Simon Drew tells us that most "people are unaware of some of the extraordinary properties possessed by birds.This group of the animal kingdom is such a strange collection of beasts that they could never have been invented by any human being." One human being,Simon Drew,sees them in a different light from most people.He erceives the way that birds have entered our thoughts and our language and he uses both his expert ability as an artist and his superbly inventive humour and verse to show them to us in a way that we would never have seen them for ourselves.This topsy-turvy juxtaposition of words and birds is destined to be just as popular as his highly successful 'Book of Bestial Nonsense' which met with such a rapturous reception.                  Want more Simon DREW titles? For similar and other titles,either SIGNED or not,1sts or reprints,then please search my SIGNED and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. 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: rja1144524. ISBN: 9781851490612.

£ 9.50 (approx. $US 12.36 )

DREW**, SIMON:
SHEPHERD SPY: a tale of violence and terrorist sheep.**

Imprint: UK.WOODBRIDGE,SUFFOLK.ANTIQUE COLLECTORS' CLUB,2007.
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 but price-clipped dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated artwork by Simon Drew,illustrated dw/dj - design also repeated to glossy,laminated boards with colour pictorial illustrated endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing - no nicks or tears present - virtually as new.Top+fore-edges bright and pristine,as are the contents - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread.UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 3-48pp [paginated] includes colour vignette illustrated title page,both double-page and single-page colour illustrations - some pages having multiple illustration,plus [unpaginated] colour illustrated title page.See my book ID rja712217 for a UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn of this same title. Want more Simon DREW titles? For similar and other titles,either SIGNED or not,1sts or reprints,then please search my SIGNED and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. The world is in peril.Terrorists are on the rise and are everywhere,but nowhere to be found. This is the story of one particular detective-cum-spy of special prowess as he tracks down his enemy. He is dogged and resolved in his mission.He is persistent. He is cunning.He is undaunted. . . and yet he appears rather sheepish. Through daily musings in his journal,we follow Shepherd Spy's very scenic train of thought as he gradually arrives at his final solution of how to rid the world of its blight of terror.The answer is obvious: chess and conversation. While hunting the evil One,the Shepherd Spy also leaves a trail of clues and puzzles for the reader to investigate. With the obscure humour and gentle irreverence that his legions of fans will instantly recognise,we present to you today's war on terror as seen through Simon Drew's inique imagination. Another title in Simon Drew's highly acclaimed series and readers already familiar with his earlier work will not be disappointed in this,his latest offering. Inspired by that,visual and verbal puns where the boundaries between sense and nonsense are not just blurred but usually absent. Simon Drew lives in Dartmouth,England, with his wife,Caroline,and his dog,Rabbit. He worked mainly in pen and ink,making fiendishly inventive drawings of everyday objects,birds and animals embellished with devious rhymes and word play.His work is widely acclaimed and exhibited,and is already the subject of over twenty books. Past books in this popular series have examined subjects as varied as music,cats, art,birds and animals which have each,in their turn,been subjected to that special Simon Drew 'treatment'. With its echoes of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear,Drew's work invites the reader to suspend disbelief and join him in a bizarre world where nothing is quite what it seems and just about anything is possible.See also rja1994, rja920, rja463113 and rja463213. Others in series include:'A Book of Bestial Nonsense', 'Nonsense in Flight', 'Still Warthogs Run Deep', 'The Puffin's Advice' [rja920], 'Cat with Piano Tuna' [rja746417], 'Camp David: Nonsense in Art' [rja31368 and rja463213] and 'Handel's Warthog Music'. 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 of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja747517. ISBN: 9781851497768.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

DREW**, SIMON:
SPOT THE BOOK TITLE - a collection of cryptic nonsense and pointless hidden Meanings.** [Author SIGNED copy.**]

Imprint: UK.SUFFOLK.ANTIQUE COLLECTORS' CLUB LTD.,2003.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,rpt.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author/illustrator SIGNED - without dedication.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED, reprint. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author /illustrator's green ink signature - without dedication - to the title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial artwork by Simon Drew, illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - almost as new.Dw/dj design repeated to glossy,laminated boards with colour pictorial illustrated endpapers.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.UK, slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED reprint,4-48pp [paginated] +SIGNED title page,an introduction and a miscellany of colour pictorial illustrated word puzzles, rebuses, wordplay,rhymes and visual puns etc.Plus [unpaginated] colour illustrated vignetted title page with colour illustrated vignetted dedication to recto of same. See my book IDs' rja549015 and rja862920 for other unsigned 1st edn examples of this same title or book ID rja946721 for a SIGNED,1st edn copy of this title. Want more Simon DREW titles? For similar and other titles,either SIGNED or not,1sts or reprints,then please search my SIGNED and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. Simon Drew's sense of humour is an acquired taste - it may be a moot point whether it is worth acquiring,yet thousands of fans around the world have clearly already succumbed to its questionable attractions.These converts will clearly appreciate this new and puzzling collection of nonsensical puzzles.This is a book to exasperate and annoy: the only way to solve the puzzle drawings is either to start with a warped mind or put yourself through gymnastic mental contortions that your mind ends up warped and twisted as a result.The existing Drew devotees should find no problem with this. To offset these mind blowing puzzles this compilation also includes a selection of Drew's other pointless pictures accompanied by truly agonising verse. Whether this is to mitigate the unfortunate side-effects of the puzzles or whether the puzzles are there to distract you from the verse is not made clear.If you have not as yet dipped into the pages of Simon Drew's books,now is the time to give it a try - you will either hate them or love them. 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: rja27247. ISBN: 1851493565.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

DREW**, SIMON:
SPOT THE AUTHOR.

Imprint: UK.SUFFOLK.ANTIQUE COLLECTORS' CLUB LTD.,2003.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial punning,rebus puzzle artwork by Simon Drew,illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - almost as new.Dw/dj design repeated to sharp-cornered, glossy laminated boards with punning,colour pictorial illustrated endpapers.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean,virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,3-48pp [paginated] includes a miscellany of colour pictorial illustrated wordplay,rhymes,nonsense verses and visual puns etc.Plus [unpaginated] a punning,colour illustrated title page,with colour illustrated vignetted dedication to reverse of same. Want more Simon DREW titles? For similar and other titles,either SIGNED or not,1sts or reprints,then please search my SIGNED and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. This is another of Simon Drew's books of uninterrupted nonsense.Some people are infuriated by the puzzle pictures and some people love them.However this last category has yet to be found in the wild as only a few specimens are known and they are all in captivity.It had been hoped that all the devotees of these books would die out and the species become extinct: however a mutant strain has appeared and is spreading through the world like a virus. Following on from the enormous success of 'Spot the Book Title' (see my book IDs' rja27247 and rja549015 - author SIGNED and unsigned 1st edns respectively - for other examples of this same title,Simon Drew has turned his attention to authors.'Spot the Author' is packed full of mind boggling puzzles and nonsensical word games that are guaranteed to goad your mind into a series of highly complicated mental gymnastics. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja862920. ISBN: 1851494537.

£ 7.50 (approx. $US 9.76 )

DREW**, SIMON:
The Puffin's Advice: A Book for the Single or the Married or Those Thinking of changing from One to the Other.** [Author SIGNED copy.**]

Imprint: UK.SUFFOLK.ANTIQUE COLLECTORS' CLUB,1989.
Edition: UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author SIGNED - without dedication.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED, illustrated, 1st edn.NMINT/NMINT.Author SIGNED,in green ink,to title page just below his own printed name.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj by Simon Drew - design repeated to glossy, laminated boards,with colour pictorial illustrated endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners- no nicks,tears or splits present - almost as new.Top+fore-edges bright and pristine,as are the contents - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread other than my own collation. UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED, illustrated,1st edn,1-48pp [paginated] includes colour illustrated recto of ffe and title page, colour illustrated foreword,44pp part or full-page illustrations [majority full-page],a postscript and 1pp publisher advert to rear. Author's fourth book in a well established series. Want more Simon DREW titles? For similar and other titles,either SIGNED or not,1sts or reprints,then please search my SIGNED and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. In 'The Puffin's Advice' Simon Drew has written an ambiguous poem in which many strange and interesting events must happen before a couple can get married.As in his previous books,the birds and animals involved are drawn as they appear in nature rather than in romantic humanised versions; indicating that episodes in the 'story' are not quite bizarre as they first seem. Told in words and pictures in such a way that every main illustration contains an item that is somehow concealed in the accompanying text (where it may span two words or be incorrectly spelt.) However,this is only a diversion and is in no way an essential part of the 'Advice'.See also rja1894,rja1994,rja920,rja27247,rja31368 and rja463213 for other similar titles from the series. 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: rja920. ISBN: 1851491023.

£ 11.99 (approx. $US 15.60 )

DREW**, SIMON:
the quotations of OSCAR WILDE - the drawings of SIMON DREW.

Imprint: UK.SUFFOLK.ANTIQUE COLLECTORS' CLUB LTD.,2008.
Edition: UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st reprintedn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st reprint edn. [Originally and first published (UK) in 2004,this the first reprint,2008 - so first thus.] No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean glossy laminated, colour pictorial artwork by Simon Drew, illustrated dw/dj panels,with colour pictorial illustration and Wildean quote caption to front of dw/dj,part-capitalised,black-lettered title and author name; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+ lettered title+author name and publisher's black illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with colour pictorial artwork illustration by Simon Drew and Wildean black-lettered quotation caption. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present - small score to front's gutter fold/crease but without penetration to board benath.Top+fore edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, glossy,glazed boards with dw/dj repeated illustration and lettering and immaculate coloured illustrated endpapers with Wildean caption.UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,colour illustrated,1st edn,3-48pp [paginated] includes 34 single page and 6 double-page colour illustrated Wildean captions throughout the book,by Simon Drew; plus [unpaginated] colour vignette illustrated title page with colour vignette illustrated dedication to its verso.   Visually the exterior appearance is still exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 15+ year-old age.It is only the minimal scoring fault described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite that,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of other detracting faults. The genius of Oscar Wilde has so often been compaered with that of Simon Drew and for the very first time,you can witness the best work of hte two intellectual maestros in the same volme.  If you want to see an illustration of 'I have nothig to declare but my genius' you won't find it in this book.If you can recal Wilde's witty comment that has something to do with 'gutters' and 'looking at the stars' you wont' find it here.Instead,Drew has painstakingly scoured the world for Wilde's less well-known quotable words of wisdom and humourously illustrated them. Drew's own inimitable drawings will sometimes clarify (or more likely confuse) the meanings of Wilde's quips - but always entertain. If you want a book to give you guidance and to supply you with a philosophy to lve your life by,this isn't the book for you.If you want  good laugh and the ability to pass Wilde's most obscure remarks off as your own,buy this book. Buy it now. Simon Drew works mainly in pen and ink,making fiendishly inventive drawings of everyday objects,birds and animals embellished with devious rhymes and word play.His work is widely acclaimed and exhibited,and is already the subject of 15 books to date (then 2008). 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: rja1144624. ISBN: 1851494774.

£ 7.50 (approx. $US 9.76 )

DRIBERG, TOM:
GUY BURGESS - A PORTRAIT WITH BACKGROUND. [Possible Association copy.]IBLE aSSOCIATION

Imprint: LONDON.WEIDENFELD AND NICOLSON,1956.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Association signature+date?

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Believed to possibly be an association copy as owner's handwritten,inked 'signature+year date, i.e. Arthur Adair Feb 1957' to front free endpaper. Arthur Robin Adair,C.V.O.,M.B.E. (1913-1981), British diplomat.Deputy High Commissioner, Dacca,Pakistan 1960-1964,Deputy High Commissioner,Cyprus 1964-1968,High Commissioner in Brunei 1968-1972.] VG+/VG-.Handwritten ink Signature+date to front free endpaper,dw/dj with inside corners to front inner flap diagonally clipped - price removed.A slightly faded red,and a fore-edge grubbed yellow panel,side by side to top half of front panel of dw/dj,with white-lettered part title to red panel,and black-lettered sub-title and author name inside the yellow panel respectviely,and author's b/w photograph across remainder of dw/dj beneath; with shelf-wear,creasing,chipped corners with varying degrees of loss,creasing+chipping to top edges of dw/dj,spine/backstrip with faded red panel with white-lettered 'Guy Burgess' of title just discernible,darkened and grubbed remainder of spine but text complete and unaffected,but head of spine minus approx. 1cm deep paper loss,whilst foot of same with minimal chipping and reciprocal loss,rear panel with lightly aged white background with publisher's advert for Driberg's biography on Beaverbrook and its with critics' reviews.Described hard but fairly and honestly - dw/dj about 98% complete.Top+fore-edges aged/toned with minimal,sporadic foxing to top specifically, fore-edges just aged/toned; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/ backstrip and generally clean,plain white endpapers without any cracking to hinges.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-123pp [paginated] includes author's introduction,VII (7) chapters, 8pp contemporary b/w biographical photographs in 4 blocks of 2pp apiece interspersed throughout the text and the book,an Appendix; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,separate contents,acknowledgements and illustrations pages,each with a blank verso,and to the rear 2pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable, and even internally,the book is also in an acceptable condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age.It is only the exterior faults that prevents a slightly higher grading,espaecially for the dw/dj. Despite them,it really is still an acceptable copy. An intriguing item and farly uncommon in its own right with or without the possible association. Driberg,in his more familiar field of journalism he caused a sensation by flying to Moscow in August 1956 to interview Guy Burgess, the former British diplomat who in 1951 had defected to Russia with his colleague Donald Maclean.The pair had emerged in Moscow in February 1956,to give a brief press conference. Driberg had known Burgess in the 1940s,and the two shared similar homosexual inclinations; this acquaintance was sufficient to secure the Moscow interview. On his return home Driberg rapidly wrote a book from the interview material,the serial rights of which were sold to the Daily Mail.Critics drew attention to the book's relatively sympathetic portrayal of Burgess; some believed the book had been vetted by the KGB, while others saw it as part of an MI5 plot to trap Burgess into revealing secret information for which he could be prosecuted should he ever return to Britain. After the publication of his relatively sympathetic portrait of Burgess in 1956,Driberg had been denounced as a "dupe of Moscow" by some elements of the press.Two years after Driberg's death,the investigative reporter Chapman Pincher alleged that he had been "a Kremlin agent of sympathy" and a supporter of Communist front organisations.In 1979,Andrew Boyle published 'The Climate of Treason' - see my book IDs' rja1046323 to rja1046423 inclusive for UK, reprint copies - which exposed Anthony Blunt and led to a period of "spy mania" in Britain. Boyle's exhaustive account of the Burgess–Maclean–Philby–Blunt circle mentioned Driberg as a friend of Burgess,"of much the same background,tastes and views",but made no allegations that he was part of an espionage ring. In this atmosphere,Pincher published 'Their Trade is Treachery' (1981),in which he maintained that Driberg had been recruited by MI5 to spy on the Communist Party while still a schoolboy at Lancing,and that he was later "in the KGB's pay as a double agent". Other writers added further details; the former British Intelligence officer Peter Wright,in 'Spycatcher' (1987) - see my book ID,alleged that Driberg had been "providing material to a Czech controller for money". The former Kremlin archivist Vasili Mitrokhin asserted that the Soviets had blackmailed Driberg into working for the KGB by threatening to expose his homosexuality.In a 2016 biography of Burgess,Andrew Lownie reports that Driberg was "caught in a KGB sting operation" at a Moscow urinal,and as a result agreed to work as a Soviet agent.Other friends and colleagues were more sceptical. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja1046923. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 65.00 (approx. $US 84.59 )

DRURY, NEVILL:
INNER VISIONS: Explorations in Magical Consciousness.

Imprint: LONDON.ROUTLEDGE & KEGAN PAUL,1979.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Though the title page states Routledge & Kegan Paul,there is a BCA(bookclub) logo to foot of spine/ backstrip under the dw/dj.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Pictorial colour illustrated dw/dj [Paradiesbaum by Ernst Fuchs] with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges,a small closed tear to front top right upper corner and light fading to spine/backstrip.Top edge lightly dust-soiled,fore-edge lightly thumb marked; contents bright,tight and very clean.Blue paper-covered bds with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and clean,plain white eps.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xpp+1-142pp includes half-title+title pages,b/w illustrated frntis,contents+illustrations lists,an intro,7 chapters,24pp b/w illus plates between pp 70/1,some b/w diagrams in text,notes,biblio and an index. Several commentators,among them Theodore Roszak and Joseph Chilton Pearce,have suggested that the current wave of interest in exotic religions,cults and beliefs reflects our need to re-affirm our position in a world from which we have begun to feel alienated.Nevill Drury,who has written widely on magic and the occult,discusses the nature of contemporary magical thought - encompassing the Tarot and the Qabalah - and considers its impact on the creative imagination. He presents a fusion of the creative, magical and mythological undercurrents which are part of the 'new consciousness', and traces the influence of surrealist art and the expansive psychedelic period on the art and music of the 1970's.He looks, for example,at the relationship of the fantasy art on record sleeves to the electronic inner-space music which it often accompanies,and shows that this form of modern music represents one facet of the contemporary reaction against scientiscm and of the search for what Roszak has termed the visionary sources of our culture.Nevill Drury concludes that a major mythological impulse is emerging in our culture and that magical and surreal approaches represent a profoundly invigorating and inspiring attitude linking the individual to the cosmos.The book is illustrated by examples of the work of Ernst,Dali and Magritte,as well as Roger Dean,Mati Klarwein,Wilfred Satty and others. Please contact seller for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja721. ISBN: 0710002572.

£ 14.00 (approx. $US 18.22 )

DU CANE.Cmndr, PETER:
An Engineer of Sorts.

Imprint: UK.LYMINGTON,HANTS.NAUTICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY,1971.
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 b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.An accidental vertical crease to front inner flap of dw/dj.Top edge lightly,sporadically foxed, fore-edge brighter and cleaner; contents bright, tight and near pristine - no dog-ear creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly an unread copy? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked publisher colophon to upper board's bottom right-hand corner and bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate generally bright and clean,plain white endpapers,with merest hint of very light foxing to same.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,13- 184pp [paginated] includes 15 chapters,66 assorted contemporary b/w photographs,drawings/ diagrams throughout the text and the book, appendices(5),a conclusion,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,b/w photographic frntis,a dedication,separate contents+illustrations lists/tables,and a foreword by Douglas Phillips-Birt. Born in Northumberland,1901,and in his early years spent much time in the coal mines and quarries owned by neighbouring cousins. He was educated at the Royal Naval Colleges, Osborne,Dartmouth,Keyham,and Greenwich,serving at sea as a midshipman in the Royal Navy.He left the Navy in 1928 and learnt to fly with the Auxiliary Air Force; in 1929 he became associated with Vosper and Company of Portsmouth,and in 1931 was appointed Managing Director, retaining the post for 32 years until in 1963 he became Deputy Chairman and Research Director. In 1940 he rejoined the Royal Navy for a year, serving in the Fleet Air Arm as a pilot and technical officer.He was then recalled to Vosper,which had been given a major task in building fast warships,and in July 1941 he paid the first of several wartime visits to the USA,where American yards were building Vosper fighting craft under licence. He specialised in design and construction of high speed craft,including 'Bluebird II' which held the world water speed record from 1939 to 1950,and John Cobb's 'Crusader',which in 1952 became the first boat to exceed 200 m.p.h. He is also associated with the Vosper type MTBs which formed the greater part of the Royal Navy's wartime Coastal Forces; with the gas-turbined 'Brave' and 'Ferocity' classes which provided Fast Patrol Boats for many post-war navies, including that of Germany; also with 'Tramontana',winner of the second Daily Express International Offshore Powerboat race. He is the author of 'High Speed Small Craft', and many technical papers,especially concerned with ship behaviour at sea. 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. ** 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: rja388211. ISBN: 0245507493.

£ 22.00 (approx. $US 28.63 )

DU MAURIER**, DAPHNE:
THE REBECCA NOTEBOOK: And Other Memories.

Imprint: LONDON.Pan Books Ltd.,1982.
Edition: UK,slim 12mo p/back,1st edn.
Binding: Paperback., No dw/dj - p/back - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 12mo p/back,1st edn. [Originally and first published,LONDON,Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1981,UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.] VG+. No owner inscrptn,partially obscured price but still legible - a concomitant bleed spot from that price,internally to the last 4pp of the book. Bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered - rear,top corner tip alone,creased,glossy,colour photographic illustrated front card cover,with capitalised,white-lettered title+sub-title and author's name to front,along with critic's white-lettered review.A white spine/backstrip with capitalised,red-lettered titles and author name with publisher's colour illustrated colophon/logo to foot of same and NO reading creases present,rear cover with white background and 2 critics' black-lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges inevitably aged/toned with some minimal sporadic spotting to top edges; contents brigth,tight, clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,unread other than my own collation.UK,slim 12mo p/back,1st edn,9- 158pp [paginated] includes author's Introduction,The Rebeca Notebook with chapter precis and Rebecca Epilogue,an Introduction to 'Memories' section of 11 prose pieces and 3, Poems section as last pages -  'The Writer', (1926),'Another World',(1947) and 'A Prayer',(1967). Visually,the external appearance is more than acceptable,and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it’s 40+ year-old age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral paperback.It is only the minimal faults described that prevent a slightly higher grading overall.Despite that,it really is still an acceptable example for it’s lack of other age-acquired detracting faults commonly encountered in a paperback of this age.                                             Rebecca was one of the great bestsellers.It has been read all around the world,and in many laguages.It has been highly successful as a play,a film,a television serial. Now Daphne Du Maurier reveals,very fascinatingly,how it came to be written: its origins, its development, the directions it might have taken.The original outline of the novel is here,and so is the original Epilogue.    Daphne Du Maurier also reveals how she first came upon the secret house hidden away in Cornish woodland,that was to become the romantic setting of Rebecca: a house which stood derelict,and which she lovingly restored to make it her own home. Please contact the seller,because of the lighter weight and smaller size,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples.           N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **  

Stock number: rja1157824. ISBN: 0330268260.

£ 5.99 (approx. $US 7.80 )

DUBUFFET, JEAN:
Asphyxiating Culture AND OTHER WRITINGS. [Translated by Carol Volk, Introduction by Thomas M. Messer.]

Imprint: US.NEW YORK,NEW YORK.FOUR WALLS EIGHT WINDOWS,1988.
Edition: US,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

US,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Originally published as 'Asphyxiante culture.',Le Editions de Minuit,PARIS,FRANCE in 1986. Translated by Carol Volk with an Introduction by Thomas M. Messer.] NFINE/NFINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around white background with b/w pictorial illustration of his sculpted work 'Le fondateur' (Buste) to front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised,red lettered author name, lower case part-title and capitalised,black-lettered sub-title, capitalised other lettering (translator and introductor names); spine/ backstrip with capitalised black+red lettered subject's name and capitalised,red+black lettered part and sub-titles respectively,and capitalised publisher name to foot of same,rear panel with subject's b/w contemporary portrait. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges ubiquitously aged/toned but without foxing/ spotting; contents bright, tight,clean with minimal page-edge toning and minimal,sporadic pale blue felt-tip pen ink parentheses - individual square bracket (thus ]),and/or underlining annotations to some text in page edges/margins on some pages - i.e. pp23, pp28/29, pp31, pp38/39, pp43,and pp48/49 - but no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.Publisher's generally sharp-cornered - exception of rear lower corner which is lightly bumped,original plain pale grey paper-covered boards with a couple of blemishes - a spot stain and some mottling to front lower corner - both on front board only.Spine/backstrip with capitalised, red lettering,rear board plain, undecorated and without blemish,a red+yellow chequered headband and generally clean,plain white endpapers.Lower corner of front pastedown with some staining,acquired from concomitant internal water stain to dw/dj front inner flap and transferred to the board's corner.US,slim, small 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-118pp [paginated] includes an Introduction by Thomas M. Messer (Director - Guggeheim Museum),4 essays by the artist;Asphyxiating Culture, Demagnetization of Brains, A Word About the Company of Raw Art, and Remarks on the Unveiling of the Goup of Four Trees,4 contemporary b/w photographs includes subject's b/w portrat photographic frntis - the others works of his art; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a Contents list/table with blank verso,and subject's portrait photograph frntis,and to the rear as last page, publisher advert for other published titles. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and even internally,the book is also in a more than acceptable condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age. It is only the minimal faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall for each part - dw/dj and book.Despite them,it really is still an acceptable copy. Described honestly and fairly,much better than it actually reads or sounds. This is the first full-length work of Jean Dubuffet's to be translaated into EnglishThe essence of the French artist's philosophy is captured in these writings.Known for his spontaneity,his humour and irreverance,the French sculptor and painter was the champion of what he called art brut - "raw art",the principles of which have influenced many of today's artists.Although Dubuffet argued for the spontaneous in art,he developed a cogent philosophy to back his ideas,and he soon won many admirers.In France,where he is esteemed both as a philosopher and a visual artist,he is ranked among the best of essayists. Included besides the main essay "Asphyxiating Culture" are "Demagnetization of the Brain", 'Remarks on the Unveiling of The Group of Four Trees" and "Noice of the 'Raw Art' Group." Jean Dubuffet began painting at the age of seventeen and studied briefly at the Académie Julian,Paris. But after seven years,he abandoned painting and became a wine merchant.During the thirties,he painted again for a short time,but it was not until 1942 that he began the work which has distinguished him as an outstanding innovator in postwar European painting. Dubuffet looked to the margins of the everyday - the art of prisoners,psychics,the uneducated,and the institutionalized - to liberate his own creativity.In doing so,he coined the term "Art Brut" as a reflection of the creative possibilities outside the conventions of the day. His paintings from the early forties in brightly colored oils were soon followed by works in which he employed such unorthodox materials as cement,plaster,tar,and asphalt-scraped, carved and cut and drawn upon with a rudimentary,spontaneous line. At his death in 1985,at the age of 84,Jean Dubuffet was acknowledged to be one of the most important artists of the post-war generation.A wine merchant turned art rebel,the 43-year-old Dubuffet had his first one-man show in Paris in 1944,with the Germans barely departed.Violently anti-tradition when many of the French longed for a return to normalcy,Dubuffet antaagonized the art establishment with his dynamic style - and his articulate arguments justifying his new way of thinking. 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! 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: rja1061923. ISBN: 0941423093.

£ 38.00 (approx. $US 49.45 )

H.R.H DUCHESS OF YORK - fore-word by:
ONE DAY FOR LIFE.

Imprint: LONDON.BANTAM,1987.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback., With Dust Jacket

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/VG.No inscrptn,no price-clip.Slight creasing to top+bottom rear edges dw/dj.Qrto,320pp includes index and 350 b/w+colour photographs. At midnight on August 13th 1987, the chimes of Big Ben signalled the start of a new day in the life of the British Isles.It was to be a day unlike any other. In the course of it, thousands of men, women and children photographed whatever seemed to them to capture the essence of Britain in the pattern of their lives. This,the largest photographic event the world has ever seen, was the launch of the unprecedented SEARCH 88 fund-raising campaign in aid of the Cancer Charities. The photographs sorted into 18 geographical areas,were submitted to a distinguished panel of judges,who selected the 350 most striking,evocative entries for publication in this book. Complete with a celebrities contribution to open and close each of the 5 time-zones chapters,'One Day For Life' presents the image of a nation in all its moods.Far from being a showcase for the professional photographers,the book is unique not only for the range and impact of the photographs,but also for the fact that they represent the creation - and character - of ordinary people everywhere. 'One Day For Life' celebrates the moment in Britain's history when a whole nation, inspired by the wish to help one of the most worthwhile of all causes,set out to record the richness and variety of its' every day life. Please contact seller, because of the weight of this item, for correct shipping/ P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja792. ISBN: 0593014642.

£ 19.95 (approx. $US 25.96 )

DUCHESS of YORK**, HRH, THE with STONEY**, BENITA:
VICTORIA AND ALBERT: LIFE AT OSBORNE HOUSE.

Imprint: LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,1991.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top edge minimally dust-soiled and minimally aged+marked,fore-edge bright and cleaner; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any page's corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,publisher's original,plain dark maroon cloth bds with crisp,bright stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip, headband and water-colour,pictorial illustrated eps.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7 -208pp [paginated] includes Victoria's, colour portrait frntis,Duchess of York preface,double-page genealogical table,7 chapters and a postscript,profuse contemporary colour+b/w illustrations/ paintings and photographs throughout the text and the book,reference notes,a select biblio,an index and acknowledgements to rear; plus [unpaginated] colour illustrated half-title page - no text, recto of same,colour illus,title page and contents list/table. It is easy to forget that for almost twenty-two years of her enormously long reign Queen Victoria was a wife and a woman deeply in love.Prince Albert was everything to her and increasingly influenced the Queen's every thought and action.Yet popular history paints a portrait of a reclusive widow and strong-willed successful sovereign,held in esteem bordering on reverence by her vast Empire. This seeming paradox stimulated HRH The Duchess of York's interest in Queen Victoria and prompted her to research the extraordinary relationship that developed between the Queen and Prince,and as an expression of it,the home they created on the Isle of Wight.The Royal Archives at Windsor Castle revealed how,together,they built Osborne House to escape the intense pressures and lack of privacy synonymous with their position. While Prince Albert pursued his plans and improvements for the house and the grounds,the Queen delighted in her freedom,experimenting with landscape painting and seabathing.It was a perfect environment in which to bring up their growing brood of children and to rejoice in each other's company,dining together, dancing,playing whist or arranging albums of pictures. 'Victoria and Albert: Their Life at Osborne House' is an original and compelling tale of royal family life,from the early years together to the tragedy of Prince Albert's premature death,and of the house that can be seen as a monument to their marriage.In the very personal Preface,the Duchess of York reveals the curious coincidences of shared experience that have given her a clear understanding of her subject.With 200 beautiful illustrations this book offers a fresh insight into the private life of this famous couple. Please contact seller,because of the value and the weight of this item - nearly 1.5Kg unpackaged,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja29088. ISBN: 0297831070.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

DUCKHAM,BARON F & HUME,JOHN.R - ed by:
TRANSPORT HISTORY 1971 - Volume 4 of the journal Transport History.

Imprint: UK.NEWTON ABBOT,DEVON.DAVID & CHARLES,1972.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback., With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1st thus.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped dw/dj.Orange and white, b/w pictorial illustrated upper wrap dw/dj with minimal shelf-wear to edges with light creasing to bottom rear edge and no nicks or tears. Fore-edge bright and clean, top edge coloured. Contents tight and near pristine.Slate grey paper-covered bds with stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and plain white eps.8vo,344pp includes b/w maps+drawings,24pp b/w photographs/illus; references,book reviews,notes and indices(3). This is a bound volume of the original issue journal,Transport History published three times a year,containing the complete articles,book reviews and notes and news which appeared in the 3 issues of volume 4,the principal journal of its kind. Here is provided,in a convenient form,a wide range of interesting material of permanent value to all who are concerned with transport development in its manifold aspects.The book will be of particular use to those who do not usually see the separate issues of the journal immediately they appear. Among the varied selection of signed articles are many authoritative contributions in their fields. Longer papers include:'The Railways and Steamboat Competition in Early Victorian Britain';'Continuous Brakes-a vexed Question.How the Scottish Railways resolved it';'The Battle of the Manchester Railway junctions';'Beverley and its Beck;Borough Finance and a Town Navigation 1700-1835';'The Metropolis Roads Commission:an Attempt at Turnpike Trust Reform';and 'Transport Problems of Glasgow West India Merchants during the American War of Independence 1775-83'. There is a full and varied crop of shorter papers and reviews of books and articles published in Britain and elsewhere.The 'Notes and News' section contains as usual items of interest to both scholar and enthusiast alike.See also rja917 and rja1983. This edn is now out-of-print as the publisher ceased trading in the late 1980's. 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: rja435. ISBN: 0715354698.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

DUCKWORTH,C.L.D & LANGMUIR,G.E:
CLYDE RIVER and OTHER STEAMERS.

Imprint: GLASGOW.BROWN,SON & FERGUSON Ltd,1972.
Edition: UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,3rd edn.
Binding: Hardback

UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,3rd edn.VG.Blue cloth bds,gilt letters to spine/backstrip. B/w frntis,b/w plates,257pp includes appendices - fleet (past+present) lists, biblio+index.

Stock number: rja427. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 28.00 (approx. $US 36.44 )

DUDGEON**, PIERS:
The Girl from Leam Lane: THE LIFE AND WRITING OF CATHERINE COOKSON.**

Imprint: LONDON.HEADLINE,1997.
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.Minimal shelf-wear dw/dj extrems.Bright,near pristine fore-edges and contents.Black/ grey paper-covered bds,bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 248pp includes 31pp b/w photographs, author's bibliography and an index. Cookson's first book,'Kate Hannigan',was published in 1950,when she was forty-four. It had been accepted by the first publisher to whom it had been submitted and established its author as a powerful creator of character and storyteller of rare talent.Since then,books have followed at an incredible rate and all of them have become huge bestsellers. What readers of 'Kate Hannigan' didn't realise was that more was being hatched in its initial pages than Kate's bastard daughter,Annie,and a vibrant new writer. The novel represents the first step of the author's triumph over unhappiness,which had led her from nervous breakdown,and a period of voluntary confinement in hospital as a pyschiatric patient,to the brink of suicide,and thoughts of murdering her own mother. Kate Hannigan's world,a place of darkness,imprisonment and suffocation was the same nightmare world into which her creator had herself been born on Tyneside. The faithful autobiographical content of this first novel revealed the author's private purpose.She was exorcising her own demons.Tyneside had taken on the shape of her fears and,still in the throes of breakdown,she was transforming them out of necessity through her art. Piers Dudgeon,who worked with the author on Catherine Cookson Country in the 1980's,unlocks her complex character using her many books as a key and explores with Catherine herself the tortured drama of her personal life and its resolution.It is a unique collaboration,the first time she has participated in a personal memoir since her autobiography in 1969. Please contact seller for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja1462. ISBN: 0747219419.

£ 16.00 (approx. $US 20.82 )