ATKINSON**, KATE:
WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS?

Imprint: LONDON.DOUBLEDAY/TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS,2008.
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,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with blue+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 - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' cornertips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a gold headband, a dark blue sewn-in silk bookmark ribbon and immaculate grey+white flecked endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,13-348pp [paginated] includes Pts I- VI; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,Thanks,an epigram,Pts separator pages,and 4pp blanks at the rear. Want more Kate ATKINSON titles? For similar and other titles,please search my MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogue. In a quiet corner of rural Devon,six-year -old Joanna Mason witnesses an appalling crime. Thirty years later the man convicted of the crime,Andrew Decker,is released from prison. In Edinburgh,sixteen-year-old Reggie,wise beyond her years,works as a nanny for a GP.But Dr Hunter has gone missing and Reggie seems to be the only person who is worried. Across town,Detective Chief Inspector Louis Monroe is also looking for a missing person, unaware that hurtling towards her is an old friend - Jackson Brodie - himself on a journey that is about to be fatally interrupted. In an extraordinary virtuoso display,Kate Atkinson produces one of the most engrossing, brilliantly written and piercingly insightful novels of this or any year.'When Will There Be Good News?' sheds new light on the nature of fate,and on to the human condition itself. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US 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. **

CANCELLED/04/10/2023.

Stock number: rja724917. ISBN: 9780385608015.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

ATTENBOROUGH**, DAVID:
AMAZING RARE THINGS: THE ART OF NATURAL HISTORY IN THE AGE OF DISCOVERY.

Imprint: LONDON.ROYAL COLLECTION ENTERPRISES LTD.,2007.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no publisher's price,so no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,cream background with colour pictorial flora+fauna figures illustrated dw/dj, with black+brown lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread apart from my collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain red endpapers.UK, Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,10-223pp [paginated] includes 6 sections/chapters,profuse colour+sepia figures/illustrations/plates by artists: Leonardo da Vinci,Cassiano Dal Pozzo, Alexander Marshal,Maria Sibylla Merian and Mark Catesby throughout the text and the book,an Illustrations list/table,Further reading,an Index; plus [unpaginated] double-page with a colour vignetted title page,colour vignette illustrated Contents list/table,and a Foreword by Jane Roberts (Librarian and Curator of the Print Room). The great voyages of discovery of the 16thC and 17thC brought European artists face to face with new and exotic plants and animals,and created an intense interest in the way nature was investigated and recorded. In 'Amazing Rare Things',Sir David Attenborough - the renowned naturalist and documentary-maker,and one of the natural world's best-loved commentators - leaves the here-and-now to explore the history of natural history instead. Joining expert curators from the Royal Library at Windsor Castle he explores the contributions of four great artists and one pre-eminent collector to this era of extraordinary scientific advances. Profusely illustrated throughout,this book is organized around a selection of exquisite drawings and water-colours by Leonardo da Vinci,Alexander Marshal,Maria Sibylla Merian,and Mark Catesby; and the works collected by Cassiano dal Pozzo from his immense 'Paper Museum'.These beautiful images - all held in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle - reflect each artist's engagement with the natural world,from Renaissance Italy and England,and on to the New World of the Americas.Sir David Attenborough's introduction,discussing representations of the natural world from prehistory to the present day,leads the reader on to detailed examinations of the passions and achievements of each of these five individuals,with fresh,lucid and thought-provoking commentaries provided throughout by Sir David on a range of their works. All artists have responded to and been inspired by the natural world.This unique and fascinating book shines a new light on the role of art and the artist in our exploration of that world. Please contact seller,because of the weight - just under 1Kg unpackaged,and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') 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 US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,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: rja769118. ISBN: 9781902163468.

£ 30.00 (approx. $US 39.04 )

ATTENBOROUGH**, DAVID:
LIFE ON AIR: Memoirs of a Broadcaster.

Imprint: LONDON.BBC,2002.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,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 to dw/dj.B/w subject portrait photographic panels to dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges.Top edges minisculely,faintly marked,fore-edges bright and clean: contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated, 1st edn,5-384pp includes 27 chapters,separate Contents & Illustrations lists/tables,profuse mixture of both b/w+colour contemporary photographs throughout the text and the book,an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title-pages. See also my book iD rja1190024 for a UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,rev'd,updated+enlarged 3rn edn,1st thus example. Amused and amusing,the working memoirs of one of the most influential,admired and best-liked figures in English television.When 26,he applied for a job in the BBC - which then meant radio - and was promptly turned down.But someone saw his rejected application and asked,would he like to try television? He would and 50 years later he is still at it.Elegantly told,often funny,here is his story. 'An enthralling autobiography from one of the lynchpins of television. His life has been fascinating. Attenborough is a master story-teller,and his book is crammed with anecdotes.' - Good Book Guide. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US 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: rja436512. ISBN: 0563534613.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

ATTENBOROUGH**, DAVID:
Life Stories. [Author SIGNED copy. **]

Imprint: LONDON.COLLINS,2009.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author SIGNED - without dedication.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn. FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn but author's immediately recognisable,neat,blue ink, handwritten signature - without dedication - to title page and a price-clip to dw/dj.Rear inner flap of dw/dj top corner with an accidental small diagonal corner crease.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,subject/author portrait colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with pale blue+white lettering to front and spine,rear panel with numerous colour natural wild life photographs; 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 collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale green endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED, illustrated 1st edn,10-224pp [paginated] includes author Foreword,20 chapters,profusely illustrated with b/w+colour illustrations reproductions and colour photographs - some from his own personal library and collection, Acknowledgements/illus lists/credits; plus [unpaginated] half-title with colour illustration reproduction (Paradise Birds) illustrated frntis to its verso,author SIGNED title page,and a Contents list/table. Teaching as it should be: an outstanding observer of the world around us,sharing his fascination and excitement.Now in his 80s (then 2009),Sir David has never stopped widening his interests.Mineral,fossil,vegetable,human and other animals - he keeps his eyes open and discusses what he sees and thinks,with not only charm and intelligence but something rarer - directness.He knows how to speak to people. So in 2009 BBC4 suggested to him a series of very short - 10-minute - weekly radio talks,a new medium for this master of television,on any subjects he cared to choose.These relaxed but concentrated, 'bite-sized' broadcasts are predictably a triumph,on Friday evenings and Sunday mornings. But radio is impermanent,has a faithful but smaller audience than television,and above all is not visual.So this book not only offers the complete texts of the first five months of the Life Stories radio talks,but has given David Attenborough the chance to illustrate them.To this he has brought his personal selection of pictures old and new,and his commentary on each - from creatures perfectly preserved in amber millions of years ago to singing gibbons of today, mermaids and salamanders,dragons and Charles Darwin,great collections and bird artists of the past.For any reader with curiosity and a lively mind,here is rich entertainment - full of surprises and unexpected pleasures. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') 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 US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases 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: rja775418. ISBN: 9780007338832.

£ 135.00 (approx. $US 175.69 )

ATTENBOROUGH**, DAVID:
THE LIFE OF MAMMALS. [Author SIGNED copy. **]

Imprint: LONDON.BBC BOOKS/BBC WORLDWIDE LTD.,2002.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author SIGNED - without dedication,1st edn.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn. FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn but author's neat,handwritten black ink signature - without dedication - to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour photograph of a tiger to front panel b/w lettering to same,thumbnail,repeated front cover photograph to head of spine/backstrip with white +yellow lettering,rear panel of dw/dj with an author+meerkats colour photograph; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – but no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – pristine - unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate/clean plain sets of endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn,7-320pp [paginated] includes Foreword,10 chapters,mammals' profuse colour photographs throughout the text; plus [unpaginated] half-title with orang-utan colour photographic frntis to its verso,author SIGNED title page and a Contents list/table. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's 20+ year-old age and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. 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,stock(s') 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 US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,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: rja1006022. ISBN: 0563534230.

£ 155.00 (approx. $US 201.72 )

ATTENBOROUGH**, DAVID:
The Trials of Life: A NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR. ** [Author SIGNED copy. **]

Imprint: LONDON.WILLIAM COLLINS SONS & CO.LTD.,1990.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author's signature - without dedication.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn. FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's uncommon,but neat,handwritten,blue ink signature - without dedication - to half-title page; and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A tiny,tiny nick/closed tear with miniscule rubbing to front,top corner; front lower corner is also minisculely rubbed and both head+foot of dw/dj's spine/ backstrip are minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Some inevitable,but minor scoring/indents to dw/dj panels,but the boards beneath unaffected.Described hard but honestly and fairly - nowhere as faulty as it reads! Top+fore-edges clean; contents bright, tight,solid and sound,pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a b/w striped headband,and near immaculate plain white endpaperss.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn,8-320pp [paginated] includes introduction,12 chapters, profuse nature colour photographs throughout the text and the book,Acknowledgements,the Trials of Life TV production team,Picture credits,and an Index.Plus [unpaginated] author SIGNED half-title,a colour photographic frntis,a title page and a Contents list/table. Attenborough's brilliant new book (then 1990) and BBC TV series follow 'Life on Earth' and 'The Living Planet' in surveying the whole animal kingdom - mites and mammals,insects,fishes,birds and reptiles worldwide - but with a difference. Whereas the earlier books were about evolution and the variety and development of animal's bodies,this one is about the way they use those bodies: how animals behave and why. Each chapter,like each TV programme of the same title,looks at a separate stage in the life of animals.In each,Sir David shows with dramatic and often moving examples how from birth to death all animals have to solve a particular set of problems if they are to survive and eventually pass their genes to the next generation.Life is indeed a series of trials. This book ends a trilogy begun 11 years ago with 'Life on Earth',which set out to examine the vast diversity of animal life. The second book,'The Living Planet', concentrated on the other great influence that shapes the bodies of animals - the environment.Thus,the first two books are concerned with the bodies of animals and the way they have been shaped.This last book looks at the way animals use those bodies and the way they behave. David Attenborough wrote the text,and chose the colour photographs to illustrate it,at th same time as making the films. The book and TV programmes complement each other. Attenborough has collected twenty three awards and thirty-one honorary degrees from British universities since 1970.His contribution to broadcasting and wildlife film-making has brought him international recognition,and his BBC programmes are considered the exemplary model of public service broadcasting. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') 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 US AIRMAIL 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: rja487114. ISBN: 0002199122.

£ 145.00 (approx. $US 188.70 )

ATTENBOROUGH**, DAVID:
The Trials of Life: A NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR. ** [Author SIGNED copy. **]

Imprint: LONDON.WILLIAM COLLINS SONS & CO.LTD.,1990.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author SIGNED - without dedication.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn. FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's uncommon,but neat,handwritten,blue ink signature - without dedication - to half-title page; and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Some inevitable,but minor scoring/indents to dw/dj panels,but the boards beneath unaffected. Described hard but honestly and fairly - nowhere as faulty as it reads! Top+fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight,solid and sound,pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread? Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a b/w striped headband,and near immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn,8-320pp [paginated] includes an Introduction,12 chapters,profuse nature colour photographs throughout the text and the book, Acknowledgements,the Trials of Life TV production team,Picture credits,and an Index. Plus [unpaginated] author SIGNED half-title,a colour photographic frntis,a title page and a Contents list/table. See also my book ID rja487114,for a similar SIGNED - without dedication - UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn. Attenborough's brilliant new book (then 1990) and BBC TV series follow 'Life on Earth' and 'The Living Planet' in surveying the whole animal kingdom - mites and mammals,insects, fishes, birds and reptiles worldwide - but with a difference. Whereas the earlier books were about evolution and the variety and development of animal's bodies,this one is about the way they use those bodies: how animals behave and why. Each chapter,like each TV programme of the same title,looks at a separate stage in the life of animals.In each,Sir David shows with dramatic and often moving examples how from birth to death all animals have to solve a particular set of problems if they are to survive and eventually pass their genes to the next generation.Life is indeed a series of trials. This book ends a trilogy begun 11 years ago with 'Life on Earth',which set out to examine the vast diversity of animal life. The second book,'The Living Planet', concentrated on the other great influence that shapes the bodies of animals - the environment.Thus,the first two books are concerned with the bodies of animals and the way they have been shaped.This last book looks at the way animals use those bodies and the way they behave. David Attenborough wrote the text,and chose the colour photographs to illustrate it,at th same time as making the films. The book and TV programmes complement each other. Attenborough has collected twenty three awards and thirty-one honorary degrees from British universities since 1970.His contribution to broadcasting and wildlife film-making has brought him international recognition,and his BBC programmes are considered the exemplary model of public service broadcasting. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') 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 US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,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: rja960121. ISBN: 0002199122.

£ 145.00 (approx. $US 188.70 )

ATTERBURY**, PAUL:
Paul Atterbury's LOST RAILWAY JOURNEYS: REDISCOVER BRITAIN'S FORGOTTEN RAILWAY ROUTES.

Imprint: UK.NEWTON ABBOT,DEVON.DAVID & CHARLES,2011.
Edition: UK,landscape,rectangular Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,landscape rectangular Qrto HB+ dw/dj, 1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,montage'd monochrome+ colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with white+yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.A minor indent to front panel which has also impresed the bd beneath in the concomitant spot.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - 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 red cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped black ink printed lettering to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain,pale lemon endpapers.UK,landscape Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-176pp [paginated] includes an introduction,7 sections comprising The West Country, outhern England,East Anglia, Central England,Wales,Northern England, Scotland and Exploring Lost Lines in 44 chapters,all illustrated with a profuse mixture of contemporary colour+b/w ephemera illustrations,monochrome+colour photographs,adverts etc.,picture credits,a note about the author and an index.Plus [unpaginated] colour postcard illustrated half-title,scenic colour photograph with b/w+colour montage'd double-paged title page,double-page colour photographic illustrated contents list/table. For other Paul Atterbury's related UK,HB+ dw/dj,SIGNED or unsigned titles/edns, please see my book ID's rja600716 and rja734717. During the 1960s and early 1970s Britain was devastated by railway closures and many parts of the country were left without any kind of railway service.Since the 1960s,Britain has witnessed the closure of over 2,000 stations and many thousands of miles of track,thus halving the network that had been inherited from the Victorians and littering the landscape with the remains of abandoned railways.The timetables of the 1950s and early 1960s are therefore filled with journeys which are now either impracticable or impossible. 'Paul Atterbury's Lost Railway Journeys' is not just about closed lines,it is about memory,nostalgia and imagination.Walking old railways is now a national past time, while many miles of lost lines have also been saved as preserved or heritage railways.The lines and journeys in this book are arranged regionally,and have been selected to show the diversity of the routes that were lost.They are depicted in their prime and as surviving remains integrated within the landscape,waiting to be rediscovered by the generations that knew them best. In this nostalgic journey,Paul Atterbury traces the routes that have long since been abandoned but are nevertheless still rich in railway culture. Paul Atterbury is probably familiar to many as a long-standing member of the team of experts on BBC TV's 'Antique Roadshow' and someone who has always appreciated the importance of ephemera in telling the story of domestic life in the 20thC. Since April 2013,again in March 2015 and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight of this item - nearly 1Kg unpackaged - for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja734817. ISBN: 9781446300954.

£ 15.99 (approx. $US 20.81 )

ATTERBURY**, PAUL:
THE WAY WE WERE ON HOLIDAY: Remembering yesterday's holidays. [Author SIGNED ephemera.]

Imprint: UK.BASINGSTOKE,HANTS.AA PUBLISHING 2008.
Edition: UK,landscape rectangular Qrto HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: 'To Ron,with best wishes for your birthday from Paul Atterbury.'

UK,landscape rectangular Qrto HB+dw/dj, SIGNED,1st edn.FINE+/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's calligraphic handwritten,blue inked warm dedication and signature: 'To Ron,with best wishes for your birthday from Paul Atterbury.' to back of an unused postcard which has been sellotaped in to front pastedown,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour beach holiday photographic illustrated dw/dj - design repeated to sharp-cornered,immaculate glazed bds beneath - with gilt coloured and white lettering,a green+white chequered headband and immaculate pale yellow eps; with negligible shelf-wear and some minimal creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+ fore- edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, would appear unread - apart from my own collation.UK,landscape Qrto HB+dw/dj, SIGNED,1st edn,8-224pp [paginated] includes 8 sections: The Holiday Tradition,Where We Stayed,What We Wore, Touring,At The Seaside,The Great Outdoors, Something Different,Going Abroad, illustrated with a profuse mixture of contemporary colour+b/w ephemera illustrations,monochrome+colour photographs/adverts etc.,and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, double-page content list/table. See also,my book ID's rja734717,rja734817 and rja749617 for other/similar Paul Atterbury railway titles as UK,HB+dw/dj, SIGNED or unsigned titles/1st edns.For railway-related books/tittles,please search my GENERAL ctalogue. This delightful book is a treasure trove of holiday memories: of days on the beach (and what we wore there),of picnics in the woods,of camping and caravanning,of touring by car or bicycle,of walks in the hills and outings in sailing boats,of travel,hotels and boarding houses,of resorts of all kinds,of cruising and of the early days of travel abroad,before cheap flights and package tours changed the holiday for ever. We all carry memories of holidays from childhood onward,brought to life by family photographs - many taken with the first generation of cheap and foolproof cameras - and scrapbook ephemera such as old postcards,brochures,tickets and luggage labels.A quintessentially British book, whose every page spills over with evocative images.For anyone who went on holiday in Britain between the Edwardian era and the 1960's - a feast of nostalgia. A unique,and uncommon SIGNED 1st edn. Paul Atterbury is probably familiar to many as a long-standing member of the team of experts on BBC TV's 'Antique Roadshow' and someone who has always appreciated the importance of ephemera in telling the story of domestic life in the 20thC. Since April 2013,again in March 2015 and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight - approx 1.3Kg unpackaged - and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja600716. ISBN: 9780749558550.

£ 35.00 (approx. $US 45.55 )

ATTWELL**, MABEL LUCIE:
LUCIE ATTWELL'S ANNUAL - 1970.

Imprint: LONDON.DEAN,1970.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj (as issued),1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj,as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.NFINE. Neat ink gift presentation inscrptn to pictorial colour illustrated front free endpaper.Bright, clean,pictorial colour artwork by Lucie Attwell, illustrated card covers; with negligible shelf-wear to edges: top two corners minimally bumped with some miniscule rubbing to same.Head+foot of spine/backstrip also minisculely bumped with miniscule reciprocal creases - no nicks or tears present - complete and intact.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned as usual/normal; contents bright,tight and clean.Painting page neatly attempted but not completed,in felt-tip pens, dot-to-dot also neatly completed,in pencil.UK, slim Qrto HB,1st edn,7-93pp incudes profuse colour and b/w+colour illustrations throughout, stories,verse and activity pages.A really nice,sound,solid copy obviously carefully looked after at the time and since. 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. ** 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: rja290. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 40.00 (approx. $US 52.06 )

ATTWELL**, MABEL LUCIE:
LUCIE ATTWELL's SUPER BOOK OF FUN: No.3.

Imprint: LONDON.DEAN,1969.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj(as issued),1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.No owner inscrptn.Crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork by Lucie Attwell,illustrated,laminated boards with 3-colour block (green,black+white) pictorial illustrated endpaperss; with minimal shelf-wear to edges - no nicks or tears present - no bumped corners,miniscule rubbing to upper board's bottom corner and laminate wrinkle to same,and negligible bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip - as usual/ normal.Top+fore-edges aged/toned; contents bright,tight and clean.UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,8-125pp includes 3-colour block (yellow,black+white) illustrated verso of front free endpaper,a colour frntis,3-colour block (yellow,black+white) pictorial illustrated title page,3-colour block (green,black+white) pictorial illustrated double-page contents list, 4 painting pages untouched,2 dot-to-dot pages also untouched,the activity pages also untouched,and b/w+colour illustrations throughout the book.The illustrations are in 3-colour block - either red,blue,green,yellow and b/w - all by [Mabel] Lucie Attwell. Contributors include M.L.Attwell (10), J.G. Metcalfe, Nancy D.Stevens, Margaret Connor, Eunice Close, Margaret Johnson, Leslie C. Hulley, Brenda Haylock,Charles Griffiths, Reginald Brown and Bertha Leonard. An exceptional and very uncommon title and copy particularly for book's age and ephemeral nature, i.e a child's activity book. Please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja1528. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

ATTWELL**, MABEL LUCIE:
LUCIE ATTWELL'S ANNUAL - 1964.

Imprint: LONDON.DEAN & SON LTD.,1964.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued, 1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.No owner inscrptn,but a childishly handwriiten, colour pencilled comtemporaneous price (1/6d) to top edge of colour pictorial Attwell illustrated front free endpaper,no cracked hinges and the absence of a published price.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy/glazed,wrap-around black background with colour pictorial artwork by Lucie Attwell, illustrated paper-covered boards with white bordered graduated pink capitalised author's name and similalrly coloured,capitalised publisher name and white bordered lemon yellow capitalised 'ANNUAL' as remainder of title,all to the front board,capitalised yellow title and pink capitalised publisher name to spine/ backstrip which has some verical laminate wrinkling,rear board with colour pictorial artwork illustration but no text/letttering.Some minimal shelf-wear to lower corner tips - miniscule rubbing and subsequent colour paper loss to same,foot of spine/backstrips' gutter crease/fold with minor nicks and reciprocal colour paper loss too.Top corner tips minimally bumped with gentle curl and head of spine/ backstrip with rear-facing gutter's crease/fold having an approx. 2cm split/pull - seemingly an ubiquitous fault - with miniscule colour paper loss,and both boards with inevitable but minor laminate wrinkles and scoring/indents - but not excessive,or obtrusive.Front cover of a child reading a large book with two other smaller babies,a bear,a dog a duck,and elf peering round the back of the chair and a gollywog squeezed between the reading child's arm and arm of the chair,rear illustration of a tiger with a giraffe and a sailor and a pair of elves riding on its back,accompanied by 2 flying elves and a rabbit and a duck running alongside the tiger. Top edges aged/toned as usual/normal,but without foxing/spotting,fore-edges slightly darker ageing/toning with some minimal sporadic foxing/ spotting; contents overall,bright crisp,clean and solid - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,7-92pp [paginated] includes 3 full-colour illustrated stories - Come to the Fair,Peaches for the Queen and The Birthday Owl respectively,9 other short stories in several 3-colour block illustrations of either b/w with blue,red,green or mustard,A painting page with colour pencilling partially attempted and childish pencilled handwriting to same's margin, another painting page minimally attempted and incomple,a double-page instruction to make a Woolly Woggie doll,a double-page blue+b/w illustrated Attwell poem,a green+b/w 3-colour block illustrated 2 verse poem (Margaret Johnson),an attempted+completed dot-to-dot puzzle,full-page green+b/w illustrated Attwell single verse poem,another double-page mustard+ b/w 3 colour-block Attwell illustrated single verse poem,a child's uninvited but completed, colour crayoned illustration to Forest Friends story (pp65) a tracing+colouring page unused and not attempted,text block of Sue's Brolly Tent story with childish handwritten blue ink-lined part/section/block of the text,and one more blue+b/w 3-colour block illustrated single verse poem.Plus [unpaginated] verso of front free endpaper with full page colour Attwell illustration - elves+characters hot-air ballooning,another similar themed colour illustrated title page with a full-page,full colour Attwell illustrated frntis to its reverse. Described in detail,honestly and fairly - reads worse than actually is! Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable, and even internally, the book is in an acceptable condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's age and nature, i.e. an child's ephemeral book.It is only the faults described that prevent a better grading. Despite them,it really is still an acceptable example for its scarcity and collectability. Mabel Lucie Attwell (b. 4th June,1879 – d. 5th November,1964) was a British illustrator and comics artist,known for her cute and nostalgic drawings of children.Her drawings are featured on many postcards, advertisements,posters,books and ceramic figurines. Educated privately and at the Coopers' Company School and at the Regent Street school.She studied at Heatherley's and Saint Martin's School of Art,but left to develop her own interest in imaginary subjects,disliking the emphasis on still-life drawing and classical subjects.As well as illustrating such children's classics as Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland, Attwell produced her own Annuals and 'midget books'. The 'Lucie Attwell Annual' was published from 1922-1974,its continuing publication ten years after her death being made possible by extensive re-use of images.She also drew a comic-strip for the magazine,The Passing Show,and contributed to Pearsons,the Strand and many other magazines. 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: rja1029022. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 14.00 (approx. $US 18.22 )

ATTWELL**, MABEL LUCIE:
LUCIE ATTWELL'S TELL ME A STORY POP-UP BOOK.

Imprint: LONDON.DEAN & SON LTD.,1968.
Edition: UK,slim,landscape 16mo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim,landscape 16mo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and absence of published price.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy/glazed wrap-around blue background paper-covered boards with colour pictorial artwork by Lucie Attwell,illustrated covers with author's capitalised name,title and publisher's name to front cover,rear cover with colour pictorial artwork by Attwell illustration,and black lettered publisher's colophon; all with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Front cover with a boy& girl sitting on a tree branch,the boy holding a teddy bear and a doll,both surrounded by anthropomorphic animal characters and birds; rear illustration of a kneeling boy talking to a teddy bear,a giraffe and a puppy.Contents bright,clean,solid and complete - all pop-ups functional without tears,[unpaginated] 4 double-paged colour artwork by Attwell illustrations with 3 pop-ups and accompanying text,and colour pictorial illustrated pastedowns.Residual evidence of coloured pencilled scribbling over the body of the text on the first page and partially but minimaly to some of the page's pop-up,2nd pop-up also with similar but very minimal coloured pencil traces and further residual coloured pencilling again,to text body mainly of the last page and pop-up - in each case text is visible and not obliterated! Nowhere as bad as it seems to read.Described fairly and honestly. Story title The BOOBOOS AT THE SEASIDE. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in a more than acceptable condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's age and nature, i.e. a child's ephemeral pop-up book.It really is still an acceptable example for its undamaged pop-ups and its overall cleanliness and brightness,despite the residual coloured pencil attempts. Mabel Lucie Attwell (b. 4th June,1879 – d. 5th November,1964) was a British illustrator and comics artist,known for her cute and nostalgic drawings of children.Her drawings are featured on many postcards, advertisements,posters,books and ceramic figurines. Educated privately and at the Coopers' Company School and at the Regent Street school.She studied at Heatherley's and Saint Martin's School of Art,but left to develop her own interest in imaginary subjects,disliking the emphasis on still-life drawing and classical subjects.As well as illustrating such children's classics as Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland, Attwell produced her own Annuals and 'midget books'. The 'Lucie Attwell Annual' was published from 1922 - 1974,its continuing publication ten years after her death being made possible by extensive re-use of images.She also drew a comic-strip for the magazine,The Passing Show,and contributed to Pearsons,the Strand and many other magazines. 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: rja1029422. ISBN: 060302002X.

£ 7.50 (approx. $US 9.76 )

ATTWELL**, MABEL LUCIE & assorted others:
LUCIE ATTWELL'S SLEEPYTIME TALES.

Imprint: LONDON.DEAN & SON LTD.,1970.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued, 1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.VG++. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip [6/- 30 NP] Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered tips with exception of top two corners which are gently pushed,glossy wrap-around pale blue background with a colour pictorial illustration of a boy+girl reading a book accompanied with a tiger,a car,a gollywog and a doll, repeated to rear board,with capitalised yellow lettered author name and capitalised pink with black shadowing lettered title and capitalised green with black shadowing lettered publisher name to front board,similar coloured lettering to rear board too,pale blue spine/backstrip with capitalised yellow lettered author name+title and capitalised black lettered publisher name;3-colour block illustrated endpapers- front in b/w+blue,rear endpapers in b/w+ orange; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners no major nicks,tears or splits present,other than a tiny indent to front fore-edge and miniscule creasing to rear board's gutter's fold/crease.Top+fore-edges inevitably aged/toned; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound other than a small semi-circular tear/ loss at lower/bottom edge of pp43/4 without affecting any text.UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,8-125pp [paginated] includes 25 short stories each with 3-colour block illustrations of either b/w+red,blue,green or yellow,by assorted authors,8 illustrated single or double-paged verse/poems - 7 by ATTWELL and 1 verse/poem by Eunice Close - but all illustrated by ATTWELL,story authors include: Leslie C. Hulley (3), J. G. Metcalfe (1), Sylvia Pyke (1), John Keating (1), Charles Griffiths (1), Vera Munday (1),Reginald Brown (1), Catherine Morris (1), Sylvia Allen (1), May Kent (1), Penelope Douglas (2), Clement Wood (1),and Aileen E. Passmore (1) respectively. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature, i.e. a children’s book. It is only the minimal faults described that prevents a higher grading. Despite them, it really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and completeness. Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879-1964.) Born Mile End,London,the ninth of ten children of a butcher.Studied at Regent School of Art and at Heatherley's School of Art,but,disliking the formal training, completed neither course. Married Harold Earnshaw (1908) and he is thought to have been responsible for some of the more naturalistic parts of her drawings,such as the animals.From 1911 until the end of her life she designed postcards for Valentines of Dundee. Following the success of a card depicting two children peering over the end of a bed at a mouse (entitled 'What's the good of a perfect day if you can't spend a perfect night') she developed a line in pictures of chubby children in situations with adult overtones and (possibly unconscious) suggestions of double entendre.A rapid and prolific worker,she also designed posters, advertisements,calendars,figurines and wall plaques and contributed to annuals and gift books.Some of her earlier books such as 'Peter Pan' and 'The Water Babies' were delicate and appealing but as she becme a household name her drawing became increasingly stereotyped.She worked mainly in pen and ink and watercolour. Member SWA.She died at Fowey in Cornwall, where she had lived for many years. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,the 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja1050423. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 18.00 (approx. $US 23.43 )

ATTY, HENRY:
EDWARDIAN RAMBLES.

Imprint: UK.WARRINGTON.ALFRESCO BOOKS,1998.
Edition: UK,landscape 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,landscape 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NMINT/NMINT.[Wrapped and protected from day of issue and purchase,therefore pristine.] No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj with red+brown letters; with virtually NO shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - and 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,unread apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered paper-covered boards with dw/dj design/illustration repeated to same,with immaculate plain pale cream eps.UK,slim landscape 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,96pp including two-colour pictorial illustrated title page,a preface,profuse colour water-colour illustrations (the majority) with some in b/w pencil,all with handwritten text/notes,throughout the text and the book. 'Edwardian Rambles' portrays Henry Atty's talent as an artist and observer of the countryside and towns he visited during his leisure time,cycling in Cheshire and Wirral,alone or with his wife and friends, during the first years of this century (then the 20th).His talent would have gone unnoticed if what he produced had not recently been discovered at the back of a wardrobe by the grand-daughter of a friend of his,to whom he had given this journal, which he called Cycling Rambles. Readers of this evocative,wonderfully illustrated book can delight in this craftsman's superb work with paintbrush and pencil,his knowledgeable asides about the historical and literary connections of the area,his visual and written descriptions of the flora and fauna, churches,public houses,and so much more along the way.And one of his longest cycle rides,about twenty-five miles from his home,was to Chester,a city he depicts with well-informed artistry. Yet it is not necessary to know this part of the North West of England to be transported back to those years just before the First World War.Here is a world which,although of this century (then the 20th),now seems far in the past - a time when it was still safe,and a pleasure,to have an exhilarating and enlightening day out on two wheels,only rarely having to cope with,as Atty puts it,'the dust of passing motor cars'. Each page is individually illustrated and handwritten,and the occasional minor errors in spelling add to the charm and immediacy of what was produced with no intention of reaching a wide readership. Henry Atty would almost certainly be astonished,and we think delighted,to see his work available now for all to enjoy. 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, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja497214. ISBN: 1837727100.

£ 14.95 (approx. $US 19.46 )

ATWOOD**, M[argaret] E[leanor]:
CAT'S EYE.

Imprint: LONDON.BLOOMSBURY,1989.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Jamie Bennet,illustrated front dw/dj panel with white and other black letters,white lettered dark blue spine/backstrip,rear panel with critics' white-lettered reviews; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Some minimal, superficial scoring/indents to either dw/dj panel - but without penetration or affecting the boards beneath.Top edges with some minimal,faint dust flecking but still bright,fore-edges bright and clean without any blemish; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corners – virtually pristine,would appear unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher’s bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt 5-star constellation and author's capitalised initialled design to lower fore-edge of front board, bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,rear board plain and unillustrated,a sewn-in blue silk ribbon bookmark and immaculate/clean navy blue sets of endpapers - publisher's colophon to front free endpaper,but same colophon absent from rear endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 3421pp [paginated] includes Pts I-XV (1-15) comprising varying numbers of chapters to each Pt,but 74 chapters in total; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with author's Acknowledgements and Thanks to its verso,epigrams(2),a Contents list/table, individual Pts separator pages,and to reverse of last page - a note on the author. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for a book of it's age,and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior faults described that prevent a higher grading. Controversial painter Elaine Risley returns from Vancouver for a retrospective of her work. Here,in Toronto,the city of her youth,she confronts the submerged layers of her past – her unconventional family,her eccentric and brilliant brother,the self-righteous Mrs. Smeath,and the two men Elaine later came to love in diverse and sometimes disastrous ways.But it is the enigmatic Cordelia,once her tormentor, then her best friend,whose elusive yet powerful presence in her life Elaine finally comes to understand.The realm of childhood and growing up,with its secrecies,cruelties, betrayals,and terrors,has never been so brilliantly evoked.By turns disquieting,humorous,compassionate, haunting and mordant.'Cat's Eye.' is vintage Atwood. 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 US 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: rja1001122. ISBN: 0747503044.

£ 17.50 (approx. $US 22.77 )

ATWOOD**, M[argaret] E[leanor]:
NEGOTIATING WITH THE DEAD: A Writer on Writing. **

Imprint: UK/US.CAMBRIDGE,CAMBRIDGESHIRE.CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS,2002.
Edition: UK/US,small,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK/US,small,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Printed in USA with Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data.] FINE-/FINE+. Virtually as NEW.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj (painting of 'Morality Cubes',1997,by Marianna Gartner reproduced by permission of the artist),with author's capitalised,brown-lettered name and capitalised,blak-lettered part-title with other black-lettered sub-title.Grey spine/backstrip with similarly coloured and lettered author's name and part-title as the front's,a brown upright rectangular panel with publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name at foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with author's thumbnail b/w portrait photograph and white-lettered potted biographical details.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges with minimal, random and sporadic foxing/spots - some fainter than others,but fore-edges bright and cleaner with just one tiny spot; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no itentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - but an accidental,faint impression of an oblique crease to fore-edges of pp133-138 - else would appear unread - apart from my collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain dark green paper-covered boards with plain dark green cloth blind spine/backstrip with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale green endpapers.UK,small,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-xxviipp+2-219pp [paginated] includes note on Empsom Lectures,a Contents list/table,an Introduction,a Prologue,6 Lectures,Notes,a Bibliography,Acknowledgements and an Index; plus [unpaginated] publisher's blurb,title page,epigrams/prose extracts(3),and a dedication.                          Visually the external appearance is  exceptional,and even internally,is still also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 20+ year-old age.It is only the minimal faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite that,it really is still an exemplary example for it's brightness,cleanliness and lack of other or age-acquired detracting faults usually encountered in a book of comparable age.                                                  The Empsom Lectures,named after the great scholar and literary critic Sir William Empson (1906-84),have been established by the University of Cambridge as a series designed to address topics of broad literary and cultural interest.Sponsored jointly by the Faculty of English and Cambridge University Press,the series provides a unique forum for distinguished writers and scholars of international reputation to explore wide-ranging literary-cultural themes in an accessible manner.                                                                      Margaret Atwood's wide and eclectic reference to other writers,living and dead,is balanced by anecdotes from her own experiences as a writer,both in Canada and on the international scene.The lightness of her touch is underlined by a seriousness about the purpose and the pleasures of writing,and by a deep familiarity with the myths and traditions of western literature. 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,stock(s') 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 US 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: rja1184524. ISBN: 0521662605.

£ 30.00 (approx. $US 39.04 )

ATWOOD**, M[argaret] E[leanor]:
STONE MATTRESS - Nine Tales.

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

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,lemon yellow background with part-glossy,part-matt, colour photographic illustrated designs to both dw/dj panels and spine/backstrip with glossy embossed red+black letters to front+spine; other black printed letters to front,and assorted authors' red+black lettered reviews to rear panel of dw/dj.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – virtually pristine - possibly unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked black lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate/clean plain white sets of endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-273pp [paginated] includes 9 stories; plus [unpaginated] half-title with first page of 2pp info of author's published titles to its verso, 2nd page of listed works with blank reverse, title page,a Contents list/table,title separator page,and to the rear a page each to Note on author and Type (font),each with blank versos. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. A recently widowed fantasy writer is guided through a stormy winter evening by the voice of her late husband.An elderly lady with Charles Bonnet syndrome comes to terms with the little people she keeps seeing,while a newly formed populist group gathers to burn down her retirement residence. A woman born with a genetic abnormality is mistaken for a vampire, and a crime committed long ago is revenged in the Arctic via a 1.9 billion-year-old stromatalite. In these nine tales,Margaret Atwood ventures into the shadowland earlier explored by fabulists and concoctors of dark yarns such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Daphne du Maurier and Arthur Conan Doyle - and also by herself,in her award-winning novel 'Alias Grace.' In 'Stone Mattress.',Margaret Atwood is at the top of her darkly humorous and seriously playful game. 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 US 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: rja1001622. ISBN: 9781408857168.

£ 30.00 (approx. $US 39.04 )

ATWOOD**, M[argaret] E[leanor]:
The Robber Bride.

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

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictoial artwork ('Portrait of the Late Mrs Partridge') by Leonora Carrington,illustrated upper panel of dw/dj with b/w lettering,critics' b/w lettered reviews to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - front,upper corner minisculely rubbed with reciprocal loss.Top edges minimally and imperceptibly dust-soiled, but still bright and clean,fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,solid and sound, clean and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a dark maroon+ white striped headband,a sewn-in dark maroon silk bookmark and immaculate plain dark maroon endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-470pp [paginated] includes 7 parts/sections comprising 57 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,prose extracts reverse of which has Acknowledgements,a dedication page,a Contents list/table and individual Parts/sections separator pages. In her captivating new novel (then 1993), Margaret Atwood reports from the farthest reaches of the sex wars.The group of women and men at the centre of this wise,unsettling, drastic,funny and wholly involving story all fall prey to a chillingly recognisable menace, which is given its power by their own fantasies and delusions. Set in Canada in the 1970's,'The Robber Bride' explores several of Atwood's favourite topics - sex,the empowerment of women,the nature of violence,and the inescapable binding of women's fates to the men they know.Loosely based on 'The Robber Bridegroom' by the Brothers Grimm,where an evil groom lures three unsuspecting women into his lair and devours them,the story follows the lives of three women who have been injured by a mutual friend,Zenia,a sociopath whose only joy is hurting people.In Atwood's charateristic style,each of them - Tony,Roz,and Charis - is in some way weak and vulnerable. Beautiful and arrogant,Zenia befriends each woman long enough to determine what would hurt her most deeply,then steals,seduces,and casts aside the man each woman loves.The course of the novel spans less than a week,beginning at a moment of revelation for each woman,when she finds out Zenia is not, as she had believed, dead.Each is forced to deal with the threat Zenia poses to her sanity and relive her defeat at her hands.Driven to act,the three women each arrive on their own at Zenia's hotel to seek retribution but they each,independently,reach the decision not to kill her. On the surface,this is a bleak tale that wallows in the destructive side of human emotions - envy,hatred,and retribution - but by the end,a warmer message emerges: the consolation offered by shared companionship and affection. [EF.] Magnificently written and conceived,'The Robber Bride' is Atwood's finest novel to date.This is her 8th novel. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct [insured,or uninsured at own risk] 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 US 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: rja475114. ISBN: 0747516138.

£ 40.00 (approx. $US 52.06 )

ATWOOD**, M[argaret] E[leanor]:
THE TESTAMENTS. [Sequel to THE HANDMAID'S TALE.]

Imprint: LONDON.CHATTO & WINDUS,Sept,10th,2019.
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 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NMINT/NMINT.Wrapped+protected from day of issue/purchase,so no owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - but merest hint of tiny abrasion to front lower corner's bottom edge with miniscule colour paper loss.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,navy blue black background with 3 colour green,white and black Handmaiden's and other female silhouetted illustration by Noma Bar,to front and rear panels of dw/dj respectively,with bright,crisp,embossed white lettering to either panel and glossy white,green embossed lettered spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.A glossy red+black female portrait illustrated circular adhesive label with white lettering with 'THE SEQUEL TO THE HANDMAID'S TALE' within, to front panel of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright, clean - pristine - without any blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – again pristine,unread other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original matt navy blue paper-covered boards with impressed detail of respective portrait illustrations fron dw/dj design to repeated to respective board beaneath,glossy white embossed letters to spine/backstrip,a navy blue+white striped headband,a vivid green sewn-in silk bookmark ribbon and immaculate,2-colour (green, white) repetitive silhouetted pony-tailed female portrait illustraion to navy blue background sets of endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4- 419pp [paginated] includes XXVII (27) chapters and The Thirteenth Symposium (partial transcript of its proceedings),acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] contents half-title,2pp publisher's list of author's other titles,title page,epigrams(3),a Contents list/table,b/w vignetted individual chapters' separator pages and 2pp blanks at the rear.Joint winner of the 2019 Booker Prize. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minor exterior fault described that prevent a higher grading overall and for the dw/dj in particular. Noma Bar is an Israeli graphic designer, illustrator and artist,based in London.His work has been described as "deceptively simple", featuring flat colours,minimal detail and negative space to create images that often carry double meanings that are not immediately apparent. Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece,'The Handmaid's Tale.' is a recognised classic.Now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel.More than fifteen years after the events of 'The Handmaid's Tale',the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within.At this crucial moment,the lives of three radically different women converge,with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets. As Atwood unfolds 'The Testaments',she opens up the innermost workings of Gilead as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is,and how far she will go for what she believes. 'Dear Readers: Everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well,almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we've been living in.' Margaret Atwood. 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 US 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: rja1000522. ISBN: 9781784742324.

£ 35.00 (approx. $US 45.55 )

ATWOOD**, M[argaret] E[leanor]:
THE TESTAMENTS. ** [Sequel to THE HANDMAID'S TALE.]

Imprint: LONDON.CHATTO & WINDUS,Sept,10th,2019.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,navy blue black background with 3 colour green,white and black Handmaiden's and other silhouetted female figure illustration by Noma Bar,to front and rear panels of dw/dj respectively,with bright,crisp,capitalised, embossed glossy white lettering to either panel and capitalised,embossed,glossy white,green lettered spine/backstrip.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners,light creasing along top edges and bothe head+foot of spine with ubiquitous but minimal pushing with its reciprocal creases - but no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned but still bright and clean without foxing; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original matt navy blue paper-covered boards with impressed detail of respective portrait illustrations from dw/dj design to repeated to respective board below; capitalised,blocked white lettered spine/backstrip,a navy blue+white striped headband,a vivid green sewn-in silk bookmark ribbon and immaculate,2-colour (green,white) repetitive silhouetted pony-tailed female portrait illustraion to navy blue background sets of endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4-419pp [paginated] includes XXVII (27) chapters and The Thirteenth Symposium (partial transcript of its proceedings),Acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title,2pp publisher's list of author's other titles,title page,epigrams(3),a Contents list/table,b/w vignetted individual chapters' separator pages and 2pp blanks at the rear.Joint winner of the 2019 Booker Prize with Bernardine Evaristo,'Girl,Women,Other.' Visually the exterior appearance is still exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minor exterior fault described that prevent a higher grading overall. Noma Bar is an Israeli graphic designer, illustrator and artist,based in London.His work has been described as "deceptively simple", featuring flat colours,minimal detail and negative space to create images that often carry double meanings that are not immediately apparent. Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece,'The Handmaid's Tale.' is a recognised classic.Now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel.More than fifteen years after the events of 'The Handmaid's Tale',the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power,but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within.At this crucial moment,the lives of three radically different women converge,with potentially explosive results.  Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order.The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets. As Atwood unfolds 'The Testaments',she opens up the innermost workings of Gilead as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is,and how far she will go for what she believes.  'Dear Readers: Everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well,almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we've been living in.' Margaret Atwood. 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 US 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: rja1182124. ISBN: 9781784742324.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

AUBERGINE - Edited by:
MANCHESTER UNITED: OFFICIAL MEMBERS' HISTORY BOOK - ONE UNITED.

Imprint: LONDON.CARLTON BOOKS LTD.,2004.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo s/back original,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback

UK,slim 8vo s/back original,1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn - almost as new,and unread - no reading creases to spine/backstrip.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic wraps; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents crisp,bright,tight and near pristine. Slim 8vo,7-143pp [paginated] includes 15 chapters,profuse contemporary monochrome+ colour photographs throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] club crest vignetted title-page,contents list/table and introduction. 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: rja29668. ISBN: 0233001131.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

AUCHINCLOSS**, LOUIS:
SKINNY ISLAND: More Tales of Manhattan.

Imprint: LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,1988.
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.4-colour block (black,white,grey and gold) pictorial illustrated upper wrap+spine/backstrip artwork by Anita Turpin,and b/w literary reviews to rear wrap; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present. Minisculely bumped with miniscule reciprocal creases to head+foot of spine/backstrip but no bumped corners.Top+fore-edges slightly aged and generally clean; contents bright,tight and clean.Unblemished,plain black paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-230pp includes half-title+title pages,a Contents list, and 12 stories. It's only twelve miles long and two miles wide,but it has more money for its area,more history packed into its relatively brief settlement,and more emotional and intellectual energy coursing through its streets than any other place on earth. Manhattan is the setting for all of Louis Auchincloss's fiction,and it is the stage on which those New Yorkers whose roots go down to its bedrock play out the drama of their lives.From the turn of the century to our present urban follies,these stories follow the fortunes of the socially secure and powerful as they try to cope with the changes shaped by the momentous events and growing anxieties of recent decades.Taken together,the tales weave a larger pattern of human strengths and foibles that bemuses the mind and touches the heart.The elegant prose, crystalline dialogue,immense insight into the mores, preoccupations,and afflictions of the rich,and the connoisseur's sense of both art and life are characteristic of Auchincloss - all are here,but with a depth of passion and irony exceeding anything he has accomplished in the past. Please contact seller,because of the 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,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: rja2128. ISBN: 0297792660.

£ 12.00 (approx. $US 15.62 )

AUSTER**, PAUL:
MAN IN THE DARK. [Author SIGNED copy.]

Imprint: LONDON.FABER & FABER LIMITED,2008.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,SIGNED,ex-library,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author SIGNED - without dedication.

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,SIGNED,ex-public library,1st edn.[Complete Number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] NFINE/FINE+.An ex-public library book,so no owner inscrptn,but author's neat, black ink signature - without dedication to the title page,and no price-clip to protected dw/dj. Front free endpaper has been torn out and removed and in doing so,has slightly caught and affected part of half-title's gutter's edge.To the title page also,a 'WITHDRAWN FROM PLYMOUTH LIBRARY SERVICES' red inked library stamp and to recto of title page,an adhesive b/w library label pasted to it,and to rear pastedown is a rectangular white paper security(?) label - these are the ONLY library notations/indications to the book.Protected in a clear protective sleeve,bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around colour, scenic photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white and fluorescent silver gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear - if any - to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,original,sharp-cornered, plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a black headband and immaculate plain,dark blue endpapers - missing ffe excepted.A tiny red ink line to top edge towards the headband.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners. Described honestly and fairly - even as an ex-library book,with the listed imperfections - it is still in exceptional condition and state.UK copies with author's signature are uncommon due to the few and infrequent personal appearances and signings of the author in/at UK signing and literay events.Author of THE BROOKLYN FOLLIES and THE BOOK OF ILLUSIONS. Seventy-two-year-old August Brill is at his daughter's house in Vermont,recovering from a car accident.When sleep refuses to come,he lies in bed and tells himself stories,struggling to push back thoughts about things he would prefer to forget - his wife's recent death and the horrific murder of his granddaughter's boyfriend,Titus. August imagines a parallel world in which America is not at war with Iraq but with itself. In this other America the Twin Towers did not fall,and the 2000 election results led to secession,as state after state pulled away from the union,and a bloody civil war ensued.As the night progresses,August's story grows increasingly intense.and what he is so desparately trying to avoid insists on being told. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US 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: rja527715. ISBN: 9780571240760.

£ 30.00 (approx. $US 39.04 )

AUSTIN, STEPHEN:
The 'Cornish Riviera Express' - A VIEW FROM THE PAST.

Imprint: UK.SHEPPERTON,SURREY.IAN ALLAN LIMITED,2000.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo HB,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 8vo HB,1st edn.FINE+.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - as issued - loosely laid in,a facsimile GWR railway poster (1904) postcard.Bright,crisp,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork,by George F. Heiron,illustrated boards,with red,orange and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners and immaculate double-page, contemporary railway+locomotive scenic b/w photographic illustrated endpapers.Top+fore -edges clean; contents bright,tight,clean -pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners would appear uread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim 8vo HB, 1st edn,3-112pp [paginated] includes b/w photographic part-illustrated contents list/table,prologue,4 chapters and an epilogue,profuse b/w contemporary railway+ locomotive photographs throughout the text and the book. The 'Cornish Riviera Express' is one of the greatest names in British railway history.Starting in the first decade of the 20th century,the Great Western Railway's prestigious service from London to Penzance maintained it's premier status well into the postwar British Rail era.All those who are interested in the great days of British steam railways will find that this latest addition to Ian Allan Publishing's 'A View From the Past' series provides a superb illustrated history of this service,and its locomotives and rolling stock.Looking for other railway-related titles@ Then check out my GENERAL catalogue - some with book ID prefix rjap+number,others rja+number. 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. ** 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: rja552015. ISBN: 0711027234.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )