Search Results: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. from R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.These are generally regarded as the export 1st edns which usually appear before the UK trade 1st edn.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, black background with white+silver lettering designed dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Some inevitable but light,superficial scoring/indentations to both panels of dw/dj - but without affecting the bds beneath.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean also - solid and sound.Bright,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain grey rexine bds with crisp, black ink stamped letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,16-268pp [paginated] includes 5 parts (The Weapons of Peace,Apollo and After,the Literary Scene,and From the Coast of Coral) comprising collection of 31 essays,addresses etc.; plus [unpaginated]… Read More

UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,1st thus.[THIS BOOK IS PRODUCED IN FULL CONFORMITY WITH THE AUTHORISED ECONOMY STANDARDS advice/notification.Stated THE BOOK SOCIETY LONDON NINETEEN FORTY-THREE to foot of the title page.For a book of its age and given the period of production,i.e. 1942- 1947 - with wartime paper-rationing, and the poor quality of paper generally used and the survival rates of air-raids on domestic and commercial properties,i.e publishers+ printers.Any dw/dj would have been of substandard quality and prone to subsequent disintegration and usually discarded - as possible in this example,or be reverse printed - possibly coming from an entirely different book/title.] VG+. Pencilled owner name to half-title page. Bright,clean,publisher's original maroon cloth bds (boards) with bright, crisp,stamped gilt single line border edge to top+bottom of upper board, which is also with an illustration decoration of a moth being attracted to a candlesticked,lit candle,centrally to upper board,rear board plain and… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£16.99) to dw/dj.Bright,clean,white background,sepia scenic photographic illustrated upper panel of dw/dj with white lettering,black lettering (critics' reviews) to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges aged/toned - as usual - but still clean and free of any spotting/foxing; contents bright,tight,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked white ink letters to spine/backstrip and bright,immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3- 408pp [paginated] includes 13 chapters - each… Read More

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to dw/dj's edges - no nicks,tears or splis present.Top+fore-edges clean; contents pristine. Though a 2nd imp; has the true 1st state full-length b/w author,portrait photograph to rear inner flap of dw/dj.An acceptable copy to the expensive,true 1st edn.Set in the closing days of WW2,the novel moves between war-ravaged Italy,and the pre-war African desert of Ladislaus de Almasy's memory,the terribly burned "Englsh Patient" of the title.Scarred beyond recognition,and dying, he is cared for by a young nurse,Hana,in a partially ruined and deserted villa.Into the lives of this strange couple come Kip,a young Indian "sapper" in the British Army,and Caravaggio,a charming Italian-Canadian thief,who has been broken by his experiences of war.The tale of Almasy's doomed affair with a married woman,and its tragic end,weaves around the lives of Hana,Caravaggio,and… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[A genuine UK first edition/first printing, with the full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 on the copyright page.]VG/VG.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj - but half-title page has been neatly removed (probably because of previous owner's inscrptn/name and could withstand sympathetic repair and restoration?).Book would've been graded as FINE but for this fault/defect,so honestly described as VG! Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj,with b/w lettering; with some minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - majority of creasing along top edges of dw/dj.Top rear corner minisculely rubbed and some minimal,superficial scoring/indentations.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean,publisher's sharp-cornered,original, dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip… Read More

UK,8vo HB+s/case,1st edn,3rd imp.[Originally and first appeared in 1975 by this publisher,followed by a 2nd imp (1977),and then this 3rd imp (1979).There were also further impressions.] FINE+/VG+. No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - issued in a slipcase.Slightly,but lightly grubbed,white paper-covered card slipcase; with negligible shelf- wear to edges and corners - no splits.Bright,crisp,clean,publishers' original,sharp-cornered full white cloth lithographed in colour with a watercolour by George Grosz,with bright,crisp,stamped dark brown ink letters to spine/backstrip,a yellow+tan headband,and immaculate dark brown eps.Top edges coloured dark brown,fore- edges uncoloured and a bright,crisp and clean white; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? UK,8vo HB+s/case,5-256pp [paginated] includes separate contents & illustrations lists/tables,a discourse on both author+illustrator by Frank Whitford,author's note,6… Read More

UK,8vo HB+s/case,1st edn,3rd imp. [Originally and first appeared in 1975 by this publisher,followed by a 2nd imp (1977),and then this 3rd imp (1979).There were also further impressions.] FINE+/VG+. No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - issued in a slipcase.Slightly,but lightly grubbed,white paper-covered card slipcase with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no splits.Bright,crisp,clean,publishers' original, sharp-cornered full white cloth lithographed in colour with a watercolour by George Grosz,with bright,crisp,blocked dark brown ink letters to spine/backstrip,a yellow+tan headband,and immaculate dark brown endpapers.Top edges coloured dark brown,fore-edges uncoloured and a bright,crisp and clean white; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? UK,8vo HB+s/case,5-256pp [paginated] includes separate contents & illustrations lists/tables,a discourse on both author+illustrator by Frank Whitford,author's… Read More

UK,12mo HB+protected dw/dj,1st reprint.[Originally and first published UK,Smith,Elder & Co,May 1903,as the British true 1st edn.With this publisher,first published in 1971.It was then reset and published with an added Historical postscript,by this publisher in 1976.This edn is the first reprint of that issue/edn, dated 1978.] VG+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to protected dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic sea-scape illustrated front panel,b/w similar photographic rear panel,white background spine/backstrip,all with black ink lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges generally clean, lightly dust-soiled and slightly discoloured - not heavily or excessively though - with some minimal,sporadic and barely perceptible,faint foxing/spotting,fore-edges lightly aged/toned with slightly heavier coloured,sporadic,minimal foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound with no… Read More

K,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.Tiny,neat,ink owner's name to top corner ffe,no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour, pictorial illustrated upper panel, by Cathie Felstead,author b/w portrait photographic rear panel,with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Minisculely bumped+creased to both head+foot of spine/backstrip.Top edge lightly dust-soiled and minimally marked,fore-edge lightly aged with light thumbing,but generally clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine. Publisher's unblemished plain green paper-covered boards with bright,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and generally clean,plain white endpapers which are lightly marked and have a light trace of off-set foxing from the dw/dj's inner flaps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 3-278pp. Booker Prize winner,and the first novel in Golding's 'To the Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy' - a sea-novel,set in the early 19thC,describing events during a voyage from England to Australia,the other two being, 'Close… Read More

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,b/w critics' 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.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,dark maroon+white striped headband,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… Read More