DUNN**, NELL:
UP THE JUNCTION.

Imprint: LONDON.MACGIBBON & KEE,1963.
Edition: UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/GOOD.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj.White lettered,pink+black photographic illustrated upper wrap and b/w publisher's advert+critics' reviews to rear wrap. Minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges, miniscule rubbing with reciprocal loss to corners and to head+foot of spine/ backstrip.Front+rear wraps minimally grubbed/marked considering the book's age. 3.5" vertical,closed tear to upper wrap's vertical edge towards crease of front inner flap of dw/dj,with a similar,longer (7.25") closed tear to opposite edge, towards spine/backstrip,a small 1/2" closed tear to upper wrap's top edge,just above the first letter N of author's surname; plus a 2" vertical,closed tear to rear wrap, towards top 2" of spine/ backstrip's edge.Majority of any creasing is to both front+rear,top edges of dw/dj. Reads horrifically,but is described honestly and fairly! Top+fore-edges very lightly aged; contents generally bright, tight and clean,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Dark blue paper-covered bds with minimal marking and bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine /backstrip and white eps with off-set foxing from dw/dj's inner flaps,front and rear.UK,slim 12mo (approx 7.3/4" tall - listed by others elsewhere as 8vo)HB+dw/dj,1st edn,13-110pp [paginated] includes 16 chapters,profuse b/w line illus by Susan Benson throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] 2pp blanks,half-title+title pages, acknowledgements,contents list/table, title separator page,and 2pp blanks to rear. These scenes of London life (particularly as it is lived in Battersea) have a few parallels in contemporary writing. They are deft,observant and convey an immediacy of time and place which is uncanny and sometimes disturbing - like unexpectedly overhearing a conversation not intended for your ears. The author has a superb gift for catching spoken idioms,and the characters observed in these pages - ton-up boys and their girls,clip-joint hostesses,old women, children - convey that caustic,ironic and compassionate feeling for life in a manner that vividly surpasses a limited vocabulary.A turn of phrase,a terse expression,frequently contains startling flashes of wit and poetry. And Battersea,that teeming waste-land of brick south of the river,dominated by the four belching chimneys of its power station,has found its poet in Nell Dunn. Since April 2013,aghain in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja407112. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 50.00 (approx. $US 65.07 )

DUNNING. MARTIN:
Francis Frith's AROUND PLYMOUTH - PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORIES.

Imprint: UK.SALISBURY,WILTSHIRE.FRITH BOOK COMPANY LTD.,2004.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo softback,2nd rpt.
Binding: Softback., No dw/dj - as issued - card covers.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

K,slim 8vo softback,2nd reprint edn.[Originally published in HB in 2000,reprinted in HB 2001,a first softback edn in 2001,and then reprinted in 2003 and 2004,this edn issue - so a 3rd issue of the softback edn.].Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-corner tipped,glossy card covers with colour photograph of The Barbican,Plymouth 1890 - the colour tint for illustrative purpose only,and is not intended to be historically accurate - with capitalised white+gold lettered title,author name in capitalised gold lettering to front cover and also an easy peel FREE Mounted Print offer label to cover for voucher included within the book which is still in situ and unused. Glossy green spine/backstrip with no reading creases and capitalised white+gold lettered title and white lettered publisher name to same; rear cover with 6 b/w thumbnail photographs of city's various views with accompanying white lettered text and thumbnail colour photogrsaphs of 3 other book titles from the series advertisement.Top+fore-edhes inevitably but lightly aged/ toned; 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.UK,slim 8vo softback,2nd reprint edn, 7-88pp [paginated] includes.preamble on Francis Frith,Victorian pioneer,Frith's Archive - A Unique Legacy,Around Plymouth - An Introduction, 4 sections: The Hoe and The Barbican,The City, Devonport and The River Tamar and Outlying Areas all illustrated with profuse contemporary captioned b/w photographs,an Index and the Free Mounted Print Voucher; plus [unpaginated].4pp blanks,thumbnail b/w photograph illustrated half-title,title page,and thumbnail b/w photograph illustrated contents list/table and a further 4pp blanks at rear of the book. 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 and nature, i.e. an ephemeral softback book. It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. Plymouth is a port city in Devon,southwest England. It’s known for its maritime heritage and historic Barbican district with narrow, cobbled streets.Sutton Harbour is home to the National Marine Aquarium, where sharks and rays glide in a deep tank.Also in the harbour are several marinas and a fish market,the Plymouth Fisheries. The Mayflower Steps are where the Pilgrim Fathers set sail for the New World in 1620. [Google] 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: rja1051523. ISBN: 9781859373895.

£ 9.99 (approx. $US 13.00 )

DUNWOODY**, RICHARD:
OBSESSED: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

Imprint: LONDON.HEADLINE BOOK PUBLISHING,2000.
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 1-10.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with gilt+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. Majority of creasing is to top edges of dw/dj. Front,bottom corner minisculely rubbed with a tiny split.Inevitable,but light superficial scoring to both panels of dw/dj,but without affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned,fore-edges minimally grubbed/thumbed but still bright and generally clean; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain grey endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xpp+1-294pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,author foreword,19 chapters+epilogue,24pp contemporary b/w+colour autobiographical photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp54/5 (b/w), pp150/1 (colour) and pp230/1(colour) respectively,a career record and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,dedication and contents list/table. 'Obssessed' is the story of a jump jockey and his compulsion to be the best.To be that,he put himself through hell.The rewards came.At 22,he was the youngest jockey in the 1986 Grand National,cooly guiding West Tip to victory.There were other great horses,like Desert Orchid,as the stream of winners kept on flowing.But greater than titles and victories was the recognition from those he rode against.Inside the weighing room,no one was more respected.See also,my book ID rja29148 (DUEL - THE CHAMPION'S DEFENCE] for another Dunwoody related book. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja564615. ISBN: 0747272182.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

DURANTI, FRANCESCA:
HAPPY ENDING.

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

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.[Originally published in Italy as 'Lieto Fine',MILAN,1987.This first English edn, translated from the Italian by Annapaola Cancogni.]No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial,montage-style wrap-around design illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edge aged/darkened and minimally dust-soiled,fore-edge brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Where the book's dw/dj's rear,inner flap has been accidently vertically folded internally,the folded edge has lightly affected and similarly creased the last 8pp of the book - else fine.Bright,clean,publisher's original, plain dark brown cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate,plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3- 164pp [paginated] includes 28 chapters; plus [unpaginated] blank,half-title+title pages,a dedication and note about author+ translator to rear. Author's 2nd book.Her debut novel 'The House on Moon Lake' won the Bugatti Prize, the Martina Franca Prize and the City of Milan Prize.It was also translated into many languages.Translated from the Italian by Annapaola Cancogni. In 'Happy Ending' the author writes of a troubled Italian aristocratic family,over a summer weekend on their Tuscan estate. Through binoculars from his neighbouring tower,Aldo Rugani surveys the comings and goings of the Santini family - its strongwilled but ageing matriarch, Violante,her widowed daughter-in-law Lavinia,and her son and his dominating wife.Violante is trying,before she dies,to arrange her family's future - but the arrival of a mysterious young man unleashes a sexual current which threatens her carefully laid plans. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - 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: rja32488. ISBN: 0434210730.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

DURRELL**, GERALD:
BEASTS IN MY BELFRY.

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

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.Inked gift presentation inscrptn+date (Aug,1973) to ffe and price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated front panel of dw/dj with black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,10-191pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters and an epilogue,profuse b/w illus by Edward Mortelmans throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with epigram to reverse,and contents list/table with Durrell's account of his life at Whipsnade Zoo. Edward Eugene Louis Mortlemans (b. 1915, London - d. 2008.) Worked as Edward Mortlemans as a watercolourist artist and illustrator.Studied at the Upper Hornsey Road Evening Art Institute; Central Institute of Art and Design; and the Slade School of Fine Art under Randolph Schwabe. A mural painter,advertising artist and illustrator of historical books (for children and adults) and book jackets and paperback covers. Best known for illustrating some books by Gerald Durrell - 'Catch Me a Colobus.' (1972),'A Bevy of Beasts.' (US,1973) and some covers for paperback books by Edgar Rice Burroughs for Four Square Books including 'The Son of Tarzan','The Beasts of Tarzan' and 'Lost on Venus.' He works in pen and ink or full colour in a naturalistic vein. Please contact seller 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: rja837519. ISBN: 0002111780.

£ 16.50 (approx. $US 21.47 )

DURRELL**, GERALD:
The OVERLOADED ARK.**

Imprint: LONDON.BOOK SOCIETY LTD/in Association with Faber and Faber Ltd.,July 1953.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (15s.net) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Ley Kenyon, illustrated front panel+spine/ backstrip of dw/dj with white+yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. Top edge coloured grey with some light,partial fading towards headband area,fore-edges bright and clean with virtually no foxing/spotting - unusual - as this title is very prone to foxing/ spotting; 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 green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked blue ink letters to spine/backstrip,and plain white endpapers with ubiquitous off-set foxing from dw/dj inner flaps to both free endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-238pp [paginated] includes eparate contents and illustrations lists/tables, author's acknowledgements with artist's acknowledgements to its reverse,a Word in advance,a prelude,Pts 1+2 comprising 7 chapters each; and a finale to Pt 2,a b/w regional map (British Cameroons),profuse b/w thumbnail/ vignette sketches by Sabine Baur,interspersed throughout the text and the book and an index; plus [unpaginated] 2pp blank,half-title,b/w Mandrill/baboon vignette illustrated title page,and further 2pp blanks at the rear. His first,and the only book written as Gerald M. Durrell,and only title for this publisher, Faber and Faber,and the only Sabine Baur illustrated title.The book's success brought about a change of publisher (to his friend, Rupert Hart-Davis) and the start of a memorable collaboration with illustrator Ralph Thompson. Ralph Thompson (b. 3 June 1913, d. 3 May 2009) was a British artist and book illustrator,who specialized in pen and ink sketches of animal subjects.His most noteworthy works are his series of book illustrations for the famous naturalist and author Gerald Durrell in the period 1954 to 1964 when Durrell was associated with the publishing firm of Rupert Hart-Davis.In that decade,between themselves they produced a delightful and highly popular series of titles based on Durrell's idiosyncratic combination of travel,animal-collecting and natural history - some of the funniest and most charming titles of their kind ever written. Mr Gerald Durrell has made animal collecting his career,and has given some diverting broadcasts from the B.B.C. on the subject.This, his first book,is an account of an expedition he made to the little- known territory of the British Cameroons,West Africa,to capture and bring alive to this country specimens of the unique fauna.He tells with charm and humour of his experiences in the great rain forests,and of his struggles in capturing such extraordinary and rare creatures as the Angwantibo,the Black-legged Mongoose,and that 'living fossil' the Potogamale. Whether he describes hunting with a torch at night in the forest; the trials of hand- rearing baby animals; or the strange customs and beliefs of his native hunters,Mr. Durrell writes vividly and amusingly. To the vast majority of readers who have never been in the jungle and whose experiences of animals is limited to visits to the Zoo,'THE OVERLOADED ARK.' will prove a refreshingly different kind of travel book and will give an unrivalled picture of West Africa with its unusual and entertaining inhabitants,human and animal. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correctd shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** 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: rja837119. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 85.00 (approx. $US 110.62 )

DURRELL**, GERALD:
THE STATIONARY ARK.

Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,1976.
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, subject's b/w portrait photograph with a black+red border,illustrated upper panel of dw/dj,black lettering and critics' reviews to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Inevitable sunning/fading to dw/djs' spine/backstrip.Top edges clean but have some slight ageing and some minimal sporadic foxing/spotting,fore-edges brighter and cleaner - no foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, pale green paper-covered bds with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate b/w illustrated (Jersey Zoo plan) eps.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,11-156pp [paginated] includes author intro,7 chapters,16pp b/w animal photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,b/w illus by William Oliver similarly dispersed.Plus [unpaginated] 2pp blanks,half-title+title pages,separate contents+illus lists/tables and 2pp blanks at rear. In his Zoo in Jersey,Gerald Durrell has created something which is far rarer than it should be: a scientific centre for breeding and research which is also a source of entertainment and delight to all who visit it.The same should be true of every zoo but alas it is not: in the author's words it is more often 'a place where you reluctantly take the children to ride on an elephant and get sick on ice cream.A place where animals are imprisoned.' With his inimitable combination of amusing anecdote and hard- hitting polemic,Gerald Durrell tells how he set out to do something different; of his triumphs and disasters.Nobody can communicate more vividly the excitement, the fun,and occasionally the horror of living with and for animals.'What dedicated Harley Street specialist,' he asks,'would disrobe himself before an audience of some 200 fascinated Africans and prod himself all over with a hypodermic syringe,in order to persuade a highly suspicious baboon that this was a most desirable and fashionable experience?' He might have asked what other zoologist would do so.Exuberant, enthusiastic,immensely professional,his personality emerges as strongly in these pages as it does in the Zoo itself. 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: rja498714. ISBN: 0002167425.

£ 12.95 (approx. $US 16.85 )

DURRELL**, GERALD:
The Whispering Land.

Imprint: LONDON.RUPERT-HART DAVIS,1961.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG-.Ink gift presentation inscrptn to top edge of front free endpaper and price-clip to dw/dj. Slightly toned,beige background with 3-colour (beige, brown+black) fauna illustrated pictorial artwork by Ralph Thompson,to front and spine of dw/dj with black lettering to either; with some shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - a closed tear with crease to top front edge of dw/dj,all corners,head+foot of spine of same,all chipped with some varying degrees of minimal loss,text unaffected though.Spine of dw/dj also slightly darkened.Top+fore-edges lightly toned - as usual/normal; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain tan cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,and clean plain white endpapers.UK, slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,15-235pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,A word in advance, Pts ONE+TWO comprising 5 and 7 chapters respectively,30+ b/w line illustrations by Ralph Thompson throughout the text and the book, acknowledgements at rear; plus [unpaginated] half-title with full page b/w line illustration (foxes with toiletpaper rolls) to reverse,title pages with b/w line vignette,a dedication, and an epigraph (Charles Darwin from The Voyage of HMS Beagle). No one but Gerald Durrell could wake up under a Land-Rover in a cold Patagonian dawn and watch a family of foxes performing a Chinese ballet with a roll of lavatory paper,and no one else could describe their grace and absurdity so vividly.He had gone to that windswept and beautiful land to film penguins who had camped themselves on an arena by the shore where the sand was dotted with relics of an extinct race of Indians,and to watch the placid amours of the fur seals and the gross indolence of the elephant seals,and his description of these creatures is as lively as any film. Besides meeting guanacos and rheas on the pampas he was also out to collect what animals he could from a tropical paradise in the opposite end of Argentina with the delicious name of Jujuy.A wealth of macaws,parrots (one of them with a treacherous flow of abuse) seriemas and other birds keep him busy and the reader entertained and amused,and so does his ingenuity in dealing with such diverse mammals as a half-starved ocelot and a peccary with pneumonia,to say nothing of his crazy and unsuccessful attempt to catch a vampire bat using his own frozen toe as bait. 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. ** 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: rja871520. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

DUSKIN, GERALD L and SEGMAN, RALPH:
If the Gods Are Good: The Sacrifice of HMS Jervis Bay.

Imprint: UK.MANCHESTER,LANCASHIRE.CRECY PUBLISHING LTD.,2005.
Edition: UK,8vo wraps,p/back Original,1st edn.
Binding: Paperback Original., No dw/dj - p/back Original - as issued
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo wraps,p/back Original,1st edn.[Originally and first published in US by Naval Institute Press,Annapolis,Maryland,2004 as HB+dw/dj,1st edn.THis the UK,Paperback original,denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title in that publisher's country of origin.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format in the country of its publisher.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price removal from card cover.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,matt,montaged contemporary b/w thumbnail photographs of opposing ship's captains' portraits and of the opposing ships involved HMS Jervis Bay and the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer to front cover,with white-outlined blue lettered title,sub-title in red lettering and other red lettering and author's names in white letters to front,white lettered pale blue spine/backstrip with thumbnail b/w photograph detail of HMS Jervis Bay at head of same,NO reading creases to spine/ backstrip either,rear cover with white lettered precis and critics' reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - unread,other than my own collation.UK,8vo wraps,p/back Original,1st edn,8-254pp [paginated] includes a Preface,an introduction, 18 chapters and an Epilogue,illustrated with contemporary b/w photographs,b/w facsimile documents reproductions,b/w maps and b/w diagrams of ship's battle movements,interspersed throughout the text and the book,an Appendix, Notes,a 6pp bibliography which also includes interviews,communications,Official documents and articles,an Index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,contents list/table with blank verso,acknowledgements also with blank verso,and to the rear,as last page,a note about each of the authors,accompanied by respective thumbnal b/w portrait photographs. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral p/back Original,and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/ state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional copy for condition,brightness and cleanliness. On 28th October 1940 HMS Jervis Bay,an ancient cargo ship armed with a small number of obsolete guns,set out to escort 37 freighters and tankers across the North Sea.Unexpectedly discovered by the Admiral Scheer,one of Germany's most feared pocket battleships,the Jervis Bay captain immediately dispersed convoy HX 84 to hide in the twilight of a rising winter storm.Outgunned and with no hope of survival,Captain Fegen and over 190 of the 256 Jervis Bay crew sacrificed themselves as they took the battle to the enemy in a one-sided duel with the Admiral Scheer, fighting to secure the safe passage of the ships in their charge. This heroic battle is firmly placed in contemporary naval and political contexts and includes graphic descriptions of battle scenes and action aboard the ships,together with the harrowing aftermath as men struggled to survive the icy seas.Personal stories,recounted for the first time,depict courage and resourcefulness beyond the call of duty from all crew members. For his valour,Captain Fegen was posthumously awarded Britain's only Victoria Cross for convoy defence. "The Jervis Bay was being pounded by 5.9-inch explosive projectiles,fragmentation shells bursting over the ship,and fire shells meant to ignite anything flammable that was not yet afire.Wooden fittings that had not been removed in her first refit,remaining timber deck planks, and thick layers of paint provided fuel for the incendaries.Every overhead explosion produced a vicious spray of splinters that,on hitting the ship,sounded like s clangorous string of Chinese firecrackers.The 'light' bombardment intensified,and Hanlon squeezed himself into a bulkhead partition for protection against flying debris and shrapnel." Want more Victoria Cross-related titles? Please search my SIGNED, NAVAL/MILITARY,GENERAL and BIOGRAPHY catalogues - using keywords: Victoria Cross_VC. 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: rja1016622. ISBN: 0859791076.

£ 16.00 (approx. $US 20.82 )

DWYER**, K. R:
SHATTERED.**

Imprint: LONDON.ARTHUR BARKER LTD,1974.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright clean pristine contents.One small closed tear top edge dw/dj,rear. 'Only four blocks from the furnished apartment in Philadelphia,with more than three thousand miles to drive before they joined Courtney in San Francisco,Colin began one of his games'.The second of three novels under the DWYER pseudonym. Pseud.DEAN.R.KOONTZ.Scarce UK H/B title,due to publisher's low print-run. 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: rja452. ISBN: 0213164701.

£ 175.00 (approx. $US 227.74 )

DYKE, DAVID HART:
FOUR WEEKS IN MAY: THE LOSS OF HMS COVENTRY - A CAPTAIN'S STORY.

Imprint: LONDON.ATLANTIC BOOKS,2007.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with white+pale blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean - 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 grey cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viii-xxvpp+1-272pp [paginated] includes contents list/table, illus list/table,b/w maps+diagrams list/ table,5 b/w maps/diagrams,Task Force Command+Control,acknowledgements,author's preface,HMS Coventry Battle Honours,a prologue,15 chapters,HMS Coventry Roll of Honour,Ship's Company,1982,an epilogue, diagrams,a bibliography and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and 4pp blanks at rear. On 25 May 1982,at a critical juncture in the Falklands War,the destroyer HMS Coventry was attacked by Argentinian aircraft.In a devastating strike,she was hit by three bombs,two of which exploded inside her hull,killing nineteen of her crew and leaving many others badly injured. Within minutes,Coventry had capsized,and would finally sink off Pebble Island the following day.The loss of HMS Coventry was deeply traumatic: it was the first occasion since the Second World War that a British captain and his crew had to abandon a stricken ship and take to life rafts in the cold and unforgiving waters of the South Atlantic. 'Four Weeks in May' is the highly personal,often harrowing story of Coventry's war told by her captain,David Hart Dyke.It is the tale of a proud fighting ship of the Royal Navy and of the complex ties that bind a commander and his crew,especially in times of mortal danger. It is also the record of one man's private anxieties about his responsibilities as captain,the welfare of his men,and his wife and two young daughters back at home. 'Four Weeks in May' is a riveting account of how men prepare for a war they never expected to fight and how they endure its privations and,finally,its horrors. Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja544415. ISBN: 9781843545903.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

DYLAN**, BOB:
CHRONICLES: VOLUME ONE.

Imprint: LONDON.SIMON & SCHUSTER UK LTD.,2004.
Edition: UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp. [Complete number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. So,1st edn,2nd imp.] FINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj panels (front: night-time city scene,rear: author portrait photograph) with black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears.Small closed tear top of front panel towards,spine's/backstrip's gutter edge. Some minimal,light and superficial scoring and indentations to rear panel of dw/dj but without penetration or affecting the boards beneath.Top edges with light dust- soiling and some minimal,sporadic foxing/ spotting,fore-edges with some centrally placed foxing/spotting,otherwise generally 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 plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp, 3-293pp [paginated] includes 5 chapters; plus [unpaginated] blank with publisher's colophon,half-title +title pages,contents list/table and chapter separator pages and 4pp blanks at the rear of the book. "I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down.But now destiny was about to manifest itself.I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else." So writes Bob Dylan in 'Chronicles:Volume One',his remarkable book exploring critical junctures in his life and career. Through Dylan's eyes and open mind,we see Greenwich Village,circa 1961,when he first arrives in Manhattan.Dylan's New York is a magical city of possibilities - smoky, nightlong parties; literary awakenings; transient loves and unbreakable friendships.Elegiac observations are punctuated by jabs of memories,penetrating and tough.With the book's side trips to New Orleans,Woodstock,Minnesota and points west,'Chronicles: Volume One' is an intimate and intensely personal recollection of extraordinary times. By turns revealing,poetical,passionate and witty,'Chronicles: Volume One' is a mesmerizing window on Bob Dylan's thoughts and influences.Dylan's voice is distinctly American: generous of spirit,engaged, fanciful and rhythmic.Utilizing his unparalleled gifts of storytelling and the exquisite expressiveness that are the hallmarks of his music,Bob Dylan turns 'Chronicles: Volume One' into a poignant reflection on life,and the people and places that helped shape the man and the art. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja680617. ISBN: 0743230760.

£ 18.00 (approx. $US 23.43 )

DYLAN**, BOB - Text by:
HOLLYWOOD FOTO-RHETORIC: THE LOST MANUSCRIPT.**

Imprint: USA.NY.SIMON & SCHUSTER,2008.
Edition: US,slim rectangular Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

US,slim rectangular Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [US,1st edn,simultaneous with UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,glossy laminated,b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj (taken by Barry Feinstein) with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - virtually as new - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale grey eps.UK,slim rectangular Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ii-xviipp+2-141pp [paginated] includes a foreword by Luc Sante,an intro by Billy Collins,92 contemporary b/w photographs taken by Barry Feinstein,interspersed throughout the book with accompanying text and prose poetry by Bob Dylan,and photograph index to rear.Plus [unpaginated] title page and separate 1pp conversations with Barry Feinstein and Bob Dylan respectively.See also rja503514 for a UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn. Surfacing for the first time after more than forty years,'Hollywood Foto-Rhetoric' is a remarkable,long-lost manuscript written by Bob Dylan in the 1960's,inspired by renowned photographer Barry Feinstein's portraits of Tinseltown.These twenty-three prose poems are thought-provoking,witty, and thoroughly unexpected observations of a bygone era,and through the lens of Feinstein's camera they speak volumes about the faces and places that have graced the City of Angels.Images like those of Judy Garland,Marlene Dietrich,and Steve McQueen resonate with our collective memory,while photographs of hopeful starlets,movie studio backlots,and sunny, palm tree'd boulevards evoke the timeless allure of all things Hollywood. 'Hollywood Foto-Rhetoric' marks a unique collaboration: With his unerring eye,Barry Feinstein captured unforgettable moments in stunning black-and-white,such as Marilyn Monroe's swimming pool on the day she died,and Frank Sinatra celebrating at John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Ball.In the provocative accompanying text,Bob Dylan's quixotic,expressive lyricism redefines silver screen nostalgia. Bob Dylan is one of the most influential figures in the history of popular music, having released forty-four albums including his most recent number one release,'Modern Times' (then 2008).Author of the critically acclaimed 'Chronicles' - see my book ID rja680617,Dylan continues to tour extensively and is the host of XM Satellite Radio's Theme Time Radio Hour. Barry Feinstein's photography has appeared in 'Life','Look','Time', 'Esquire','Newsweek',and scores of other magazines and album covers.His photographs of Bob Dylan,George Harrison,Janis Joplin, and others are considered classics of the genre. Since April 2013,and again in March 2015, and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the heavier weight (just over 1Kg unpackaged) of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja504514. ISBN: 9781439112502.

£ 24.99 (approx. $US 32.52 )

DYNAMO [aka STEVEN FRAYNE]:
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE: THE REAL-LIFE ADVENTURES OF A STREET MAGICIAN.

Imprint: LONDON.EBURY PRESS,2012.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.[Complete number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£16.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated front+rear dw/dj panels with silver gilt,grey+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Front,lower edge with a tiny indent which in turn has caused concomitant spot to dw/dj to slightly curl - otherwise faultless.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 bds with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate colour photographic design illustrated eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,3-311pp [paginated] includes a prologue,15 chapters and an epilogue,a profuse mixture of b/w+colour photographs all interspersed throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] half-title with subject's photographic black silhouette to its reverse,title page,a dedication, contents list/table,double page chapter separator pages,and about the author note and picture credits at rear along with publisher's b/w photographic subject advert for available DVD and Boxsets. When his late grandfather showed him magic for the first time,Steven Frayne knew there was more to life than hiding from bullies. He had a destiny.A calling.In that moment Dynamo was born: the most exciting magician of the 21st century. Since then,Dynamo has shocked,thrilled and amazed men,women and children from all walks of life,all over the world.With his mind-blowing illusions,he has catalysed a whole new era of magic. Now,in his very first book,Dynamo invites you to join him on a breathtaking journey across a globe.Be prepared to levitate Lindsay Lohan in Singapore,transform snow into diamonds in the Austrian mountains and walk on water across the River Thames.Along the way,he reveals how to make the impossible possible,what it takes to pull off the greatest stunts man has ever seen, and why everyone needs magic in their lives. This is no illusion.This is the real story of the awe-inspiring Dynamo. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja840219. ISBN: 9780091948917.

£ 9.99 (approx. $US 13.00 )

EASTMAN,P[hilip] D[ey]:
SAM AND THE FIREFLY.

Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS AND HARVILL,1961.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , Minus dw/dj.

UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.[First and originally published US (NY),by Beginner Books,Inc.,in arrangement with Random House Inc.,1958.This is the first COLLINS (UK),8vo HB,1st edn,1961.] VG.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork illustrated front bd,with red,black and white lettering to front and spine,rear bd with publisher advert/list for other published titles in red+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal bumping and some miniscule rubbing on some extremities (3 corners and head+foot of spine) with miniscule loss too.Spine/ backstrip with the first word 'SAM' in red,inevitably sunned/faded to a paler pink along with the stripes in the cat's hat at head of same - all other lettering bright and unaffected.Alpha-numerical notation of B - 6 to foot of spine.An external clear sellotape repair to split at foot of spine/backstrip's front gutter's edge/fold - no other nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges are inevitably but lightly aged with some barely discernible foxing/spotting to either; 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.UK,slim 8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,3-62pp [paginated] includes 3-tone colour illustrations and black lettered text,plus [unpaginated] title page and 2pp blanks at the rear of the book. A very SCARCE British edition of an early Beginner Books title from the series,thus described hard but fairly and honestly. Theodor Seuss Geisel,under the pseudonyms Dr.Seuss,Theo. LeSeig and Rosetta Stone, was the creator of 'Horton the Elephant', 'The Grinch' and 'The Cat in the Hat'.His madcap menagerie of well- loved children's characters stands among some of the finest in all of children's illustrated fiction and literature. What goes on inside the mind of such a genius? How do his thought processes work and where do these brilliant,quirky ideas come from? Geisel was an intensely private person,a man for whom fame was not always welcomed and accepted,a man happier at his drawing table than in front of a reporter or biographer. His books were produced on a large scale and periodically reprinted,endured and enduring as long as there are readers to revel in them.The periodicals in which his work appeared were generally printed only the once,as people threw them away each issue when the next one arrived. 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 order page!

Stock number: rja773418. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 28.00 (approx. $US 36.44 )

EATON, JOHN P. and HAAS, CHARLES A.:
TITANIC: DESTINATION DISASTER - The Legends and the Reality.

Imprint: UK.WELLINGBOROUGH,NORTHANTS,1998.
Edition: UK,8vo wraps,2nd rpt,2nd edn [rev+expanded.]
Binding: No dw/dj,wraps - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo wraps,2nd rpt,2nd edn [revised+ expanded].FINE.No owner inscrptn.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour artwork illustrated upper wrap [Titanic leaving White Star Dock,Southampton,on 10 April 1912 at start of her maiden voyage by E.D.Walker]; with negligible shelf- wear,rubbing or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - a light reading crease to spine/backstrip though.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine. UK,8vo wraps,2nd rpt,2nd edn,8-184pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,contents list/table,author's introduction,11 chapters,appendices(4), profuse b/w contemporary photographs+illus throughout the text and book,8pp contemporary colour photographs between pp96/7,and an index. More than eight decades after the most famous sinking of all time,interest in the Titanic tragedy remains as strong as ever. In the second edition of this best-selling paperback,two of the world's foremost Titanic experts - the only historians to have made the two and a half mile dive down to the wreck - present a fascinating summary of the disaster and its aftermath, complete with historic photographs, technical data,and a log of the ship's brief life.They bring the story right up to date (then 1998) with a new chapter detailing the inter-continental struggles for salvage rights,the controversial recovery,preservation and exhibition of artefacts,and fresh evidence on the Californian mystery.Also featured are the authors' own exclusive colour photographs. Please contact seller,because of the light weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja26057. ISBN: 1852605340.

£ 8.00 (approx. $US 10.41 )

ECCLESTONE, ERIC:
SIR WALTER RALEGH.

Imprint: LONDON.PENGUIN BOOKS,1941.
Edition: UK,slim 12mo p/back,1st edn.
Binding: Paperback., No dw/dj - p/back as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.[Specially written for this BIOGRAPHY series,but with no serial number.This is the first UK,wartime paperback edn.] VG+.No owner inscrptn. Lightly grubbed,crisp,sharp-cornered, publisher's original card,dark blue+white banded front cover with black+blue letters,black letters to spine/backstrip, and plain dark blue rear cover.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears,splits present. Top+fore-edges darkened but without foxing /spotting; contents bright,tight,clean with page-edge toning,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Any discolouration and imperfections commensurate with book's age.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn thus,vii-ixpp+ 11-122pp [paginated] includes a preface,a contents list/table with subject's monochrome contemporary portrait frntis to its reverse,IX (9) chapters+epilogue,2 b/w regional maps (Orinoco Basin,Cadiz Harbour),a bibliography,an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title with author's contemporary monochrome portrait to its reverse,title page,a dedication,and to the rear 6pp blanks. A very uncommon title from the PENGUIN BIOGRAPHY series,because of its ephemeral nature and fragility and wartime production era,with air-raids to domestic and commercial properties. 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: rja898320. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 6.00 (approx. $US 7.81 )

ECO**, UMBERTO:
NUMERO ZERO.

Imprint: LONDON.HARVARD SECKER/VINTAGE,2015.
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.[Translated from the Italian by Richard Dixon.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,b/w street scene photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with red+white lettering to front and 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 red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked black ink printed letters to spine/backstrip,a red+ yellow striped headband and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-190pp [paginated] includes XVIII (18) chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,an epigram,contents list/table,last page of novel unpaginated too,6pp blanks and verso of last blank,a note on translator. 1945,LAKE COMO,Mussolini and his mistress are captured by local partisans and shot in a summary execution.The precise circumstances of Il Duce's death remain shrouded in confusion and controversy. 1992,MILAN.Colonna,a depressed hack,is offered a fee he can't refuse to ghost- write a memoir.His subject: a fledgling newspaper financed by a powerful media magnate.As Colonna gets to know the team, he learns the paranoid theories of Braggadacio who is convinced that Mussolini's corpse was a body-double and part of a wider Fascist plot.It's the scoop he desperately needs.The evidence? He's working on it. Colonna is sceptical.But when a body is found,stabbed to death in a back alley,and the paper is shut down,even he is jolted out of his complacency. Fuelled by conspiracy theories,Mafiosi, love,corruption and murder,'Numero Zero' reverberates with the clash of the cynical forces that have shaped Italy since the last days of WW2.This gripping story from the author of 'The Name of the Rose' is told with all the power of a master storyteller. Please contact seller,for correct, 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 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: rja755217. ISBN: 9781910701089.

£ 12.00 (approx. $US 15.62 )

ECO**, UMBERTO:
THE PRAGUE CEMETERY. [Translated from the Italian by Richard Dixon.]

Imprint: LONDON.HARVILL SECKER,2011.
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 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,orange dw/dj with black illustrations and lettering to front,rear and spine/backstrip illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present - tiniest of one snick at head of spine.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; 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, ribbed,black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt decoration,letters and publisher's device to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-439pp [paginated] includes 27 chapters some,if not most,with 19thC b/w contemporaneous illustration,a section of Useless Learned Explanations,an illustrations list/table - excluding most chapter separator b/w illustrations; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,an epigram,and contents list/table. 'The Prague Cemetery.' a novel - an inspired twisting of history and fiction. Nineteenth-century Europe,from Turin to Prague to Paris,abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious.Conspiracies rule history.Jesuits plot against Freemasons,Italian priests are strangled with their own intestines.French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate black masses by night.Every nation has its own secret service,perpetrating forgeries,plots,and massacres.From the unification of Italy to the Paris Commune to the Dreyfus Affair to the notorious forgery 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.',Europe is in tumult and everyone needs a scapegoat. But what if,behind all of these conspiracies both real and imagined,lay just one man? What if that evil genius created the most infamous document of all? 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! Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja850619. ISBN: 9781846554919.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

EDDINGS**, DAVID & LEIGH:
POLGARA the SORCERESS.

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

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.MINT/MINT.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj - wrapped+protected from day of issue/purchase.697pp,unread,apart from my own collation. Companion novel to Belgarath the Sorcerer. Since April 2013,again in 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja99. ISBN: 0246138440.

£ 24.99 (approx. $US 32.52 )

EDDINGS**, DAVID:
THE KING OF MURGOS.

Imprint: LONDON.CORGI,1994.
Edition: UK,12mo p/back reprint.
Binding: Paperback., No dw/dj,p/back as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,12mo p/back,reprint.[Originally published,as a paperback,by Bantam Press (London),1988.First CORGI (London) p/b 1990 and reprinted annually to date (then 1994) with the exception of 1992.] FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to rear cover.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy colour pictorial artwork illustrated front cover by Geoff Taylor,with b/w+orange lettering; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping or creasing - no nicks or tears present - almost as new,apart from slight ageing of paper - despite being wrapped and protected from original day of issue/ purchase! No reading creases to spine/ backstrip,and no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread,apart from my own collation.Top+ fore-edges aged/toned but without foxing or any other blemishes; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound.UK,12mo p/back reprint,9-443pp [paginated] includes a prologue,Pts 1-3 - each part with a b/w map to reverse of Pt's separator page and comprising 8,8 and 9 chapters respectively; plus [unpaginated] note on author,title page and a double-page b/w map,and to the rear 4pp publisher's advert for other titles availability. See my book ID rja918221 for 3rd book in the saga - 'Demon Lord of Karanda' - also a Corgi reprint of the same year,1994. In this second book of 'The Malloreon', Garion and Cenedra continue the quest begun in 'Guardians of the West'.In their party travel the immortal Belgarath the Sorcerer,his daughter Polgara the Sorceress,and the little Drasnian,Silk. THUS BEGINS BOOK TWO OF THE MALLOREON. ** UK,buyers please note,p/backs' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before order's despatch,especially if p/back is offered P/p free. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja918121. ISBN: 0552130184.

£ 5.99 (approx. $US 7.80 )

EDDINGS**, DAVID & LEIGH:
THE YOUNGER GODS. [Book Four of The Dreamers.]

Imprint: LONDON.VOYAGER/an imprint ofHarperCollinsPublishers,2006.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] NFINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Geoff Taylor, illustrated dw/dj,with capitalised,fluorescent metallic,dark blue-lettered author+title and a capitalised,black-lettered review to bottom edge; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+ lettered author+title as front,and publisher's black-lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with dark blue lettered prose extract.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners,head+foot of spine/ backstrip minimally pushed with reciprocal creases – but no nicks,tears or splits present. Age-acquired but minimal,superficial scoring/ indent to either panel of dw/dj,but without penetration to boards beneath.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean without foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - one small smudge to fore-edge of pp132 - but no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked fluorescent silver gilt-lettered spine/ backstrip,and immaculate plain navy blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-429pp [paginated] includes a Preface,23 sections with either 1,2 or 3 chapters individually and an Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,2 single-page b/w illustrated maps of The Trogite Empire,and Tonthakan,Matakan,Atazakan and The Wasteland respectively,individual b/w illustrated section separator pages,and to the rear 10pp blanks.                               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.It is only the minimal faults described that prevents a slightly overall higher grading. Despite them,it really is still an exceptional example for its cleanliness and brightness.     The attacks of the dreadful insect queen known as the Vlagh have been repelled in three of the Elder Gods' realms. Now,only the land ruled by the Goddess Aracia remains for the Vlagh to send her hordes to attack. But while the Gods,their younger avatars and their human comrades have emerged victorious from all previous encounters,this time the Goddess herself may be their greatest foe - she craves worship and hates the idea of being replaced by a younger God when her time comes to an end. . .  and that time is approaching fast.  Volcanoes and floods,blue fire and fields of false gold,nothing has stopped the Vlaghs from making new and improved creatures of the Wasteland that are too canny for the old tricks and pose an even bigger threat.With the Misty Lady controlling the Dreamers and the Aracia out of control,the fate of the Land of Dhrall has never before been in such peril.                  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!               N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja1081523. ISBN: 0007157673.

£ 12.00 (approx. $US 15.62 )

EDGE, BRIAN:
JOY DIVISION + NEW ORDER: Pleasures and Wayward Distractions.

Imprint: LONDON.OMNIBUS PRESS,1984.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto wraps,softback Original,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - softback Original - as issued
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto wraps,softback Original,b/w photographs illustrated,1st edn.[Paperback/ softback Original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title. Paperbacks usually follow on from a HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn, but paperback/softback Originals are published prior to any other format and in some cases,be the only edition,either in that publisher's country or in some cases,worldwide.] Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around,pale green card covers with superimposed Ian Curtis's b/w portrait photograph (from Rainbow Theatre, London,4th April,1980) with white lettering, spine/backstrip with black+orange lettering,rear cover with 4 b/w thumbnail individual male portrait photographs and b/w lettering. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Some inevitable but superficial scoring/indents to either cover - ubiquitous with passage of time and with card covers too - but no penetration through the covers.Front lower,fore-edge corner with minor diagonal corner tip crease and spine/backstrip's vertical edges and foot of same,with some miniscule rubbing with miniscule colour loss - reads worse than actually is!! Top+fore-edges bright and clean - neither aged/toned nor foxed/spotted - blemish free; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread,other than my own collation.UK,slim Qrto s/back,wraps,illustrated 1st edn,5-96pp [paginated] includes an author Foreword,3 chapters/sections - Joy Division, The Years of Independence and The Interregnum,and an Epilogue,The New Order and Discography; profuse contemporary b/w biographical photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title and Curtis's b/w portrait photographic illustrated title page and contents list/table. This is the true 1st edn,there was a much more common 2nd edn in 1988,this being the more sought after and the more elusive and scarcer of the two edns. Visually,the overall appearance is exceptional for a book of it's age and nature - an ephemeral softback,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minimal,exterior faults described that prevent a higher grading. Despite them,it really is still an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness. Joy Division were an English rock band formed in Salford in 1976 and active until 1980.The group consisted of vocalist Ian Curtis,guitarist /keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris.Sumner and Hook formed the band after attending a June 1976 Sex Pistols concert. Sumner,Hook and Morris didn't carry on as Joy Division out of respect of an agrreement they had made between themselves not to continue under the Joy Division name should any one member leave - for any reason - long before Curtis died.He died by suicide on the eve of what would have been the band's first North American tour in May 1980,aged 23. New Order,an English rock band formed in 1980 by vocalist and guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. The members regrouped after the demise of their previous band Joy Division due to the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis.They were joined by Gillian Gilbert on keyboards later that year. New Order's integration of post-punk with electronic and dance music made them one of the most acclaimed and influential bands of the 1980s.Active periods included these 1980-93, 1998-2007 and 2011 to present. 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: rja1022222. ISBN: 0711905274.

£ 30.00 (approx. $US 39.04 )

editors of ROLLING STONE**:
U2 THE ROLLING STONE FILES.**

Imprint: LONDON.SIDGWICK & JACKSON,1994.
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. Minimal shelf-wear to dw/dj edges; some light score marks to upper wrap and very light bumping and creasing to head of spine/backstrip.Lightly dust-soiled top edge and fore-edges lightly aged.Contents bright,tight and clean.Black paper-covered bds with white ink stamped letters to spine/backstrip and plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xxxpp+226pp includes foreword by Holly George-Warren; editor Rolling Stone Press,an introduction by Elysa Gardner,a discography and a videography.The ultimate compendium of interviews,articles,facts,and opinions from the files of Rolling Stone.Best Artist(U2).Best Male Singer (Bono).Best Album of the Year(Achtung Baby).Best Single(One).U2 romped through Rolling Stone's most recent(1994) readers' poll, winning all the major categories.Now U2: The Rolling Stone Files forms the ultimate tribute to this iconoclastic Irish band by collecting together a seminal compendium of interviews, narrative pieces, album reviews, performance critiques and general information and opinion culled from the pages of Rolling Stone, the US magazine that virtually founded rock reporting.The book also includes an exhaustive discography, tourography, chart positions and index. The story of U2 is a dramatic one,and nowhere is that more apparent than in the pages of Rolling Stone magazine,which has covered the band since its inception. Readers will rediscover the band's roots as an earnest group with a peace mission in early articles and album reviews,and will marvel over the abrupt transformation into "Mcphisto" - the degenerate,demonic alter ego that Bono has assumed for U2's recent outrageously successful tour, Zooropa.Part of the uniqueness of this volume is the diversity of opinion found throughout the interviews and articles, allowing the reader a much broader perspective than a traditional biography could provide. Please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja1363. ISBN: 028306239847.

£ 11.50 (approx. $US 14.97 )

EDMONDS, ANTHONY:
Oscar Wilde's Scandalous Summer: THE 1894 WORTHING HOLIDAY AND THE AFTERMATH.

Imprint: UK.STROUD,GLOS.AMERLEY PUBLISHING,2014.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/d,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour tinted+monochrome montage'd photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with dark+light blue and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. A small closed tear to top,front edge of dw/dj,in vicinity of front panel's spine/ backstrips's gutter's edge.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 plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,8-224pp [paginated] includes an introduction,8 chapters,32pp of 19thC contemporary b/w scenic+ biographical photographs and some similar illus,street maps,all in 1 block,between pp96/7,notes,appendices (A-I),sources of illustrations,acknowledgements,and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and contents list/table. In the summer of 1894 Oscar Wilde spent eight weeks in Worthing,and it was during this family holiday that he wrote his masterpiece,'The Importance of Being Earnest.' The Worthing holiday was a microcosm od Wilde's turbulent life during the three years between his falling in love with Lord Alfred Douglas in 1892 and his imprisonment in 1895. Constance Wilde,lonely and depressed, became emotionally involved with her husband's publisher,to whom she wrote a love letter on the day he visited the Wildes in Worthing. Meanwhile Wilde was spending much of his time with the feckless and demanding Douglas,and with three teenage boys he took out sailing,swimming and fishing. One of these boys was Alphonse Conway, with whom Wilde had a sexual relationship, and about whom he was to be questioned at length and to damaging effect in court six months later when he sued Douglas's father,the Marquess of Queensberry,for libel. This book tells for the first time the full story of the Worthing summer,set in the context of the three years of Wilde's life before his downfall.In the final chapter the author reassesses the trials, offering fresh insights into Wilde's attitude to the boys and young men with whom he had sexual relations. There are fifty-six illustrations,over thirty of which are photographs of Worthing as it was in Wilde's time,and three contemporary maps of the town. The first 16 pages of the illustrations consist of portraits of the main protagonists in the Oscar Wilde story; two pages from letters; and images of buildings,locations and events closely associated with the summer of 1894. The buildings include the only four buildings in Worthing that we know Wilde spent time inside - the Haven; the Marine Hotel; the Assembly Rooms; and the pavilion at the sea end of the pier.None of these buildings survive. Most of the photographs in the second section date from within a dozen years or so of Oscar Wilde's visit in 1894,and, except where noted,all show the town just as he knew it.The photographs are arranged in a strict geographical sequence, starting at the Esplanade at the eastern end of Worthing,and proceeding along Brighton Road and Warwick Street; down South Street to the pier; and then a few hundred yards west along the seafront. The three maps of 1896 are reproduced to help readers of this book - especially those that visit modern Worthing - to identify the locations of Wilde's time. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja623716. ISBN: 9781445636184.

£ 17.00 (approx. $US 22.12 )