Search Results: CLEAROUT from R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.

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,wrap-around silver foil background with pictorial artwork of birds' white silhouettes in flight with a pair of birds' black silhouettes to front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised,black-lettered author name +title,capitalised,black-lettered 'NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR' credit along with publisher's name too,on front panel; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured +lettered author name as front,but white-lettered part title and publisher's black illustrated colophon to foot of same, rear panel with similar illustration as front's but with colours reversed - birds' black silhouettes and a pair of birds' white silhouettes and 5 critic's black-lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - majority of light creasing to top edges but no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright, crisp,clean with very minimal blemish;… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus. [Originally and first published by Century (LONDON) 1995,this edition published the same year,by arrangement with CENTURY.] FINE-/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no clip to dw/dj - absence of published price as a Book Club Association issue - obtained initially by subscription/membership only. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy monochrome pictorial illustrated dw/d panels of dw/dj,with capitalised,white-lettered title+authors' names; lightly sunned/fafded spine/ backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered authors' names and part-title as front,rear panel with enlarged detail from front illustration and b/w barcode ISBN. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks, tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges evenly aged/toned and clean without foxing/spotting; contents though tight, clean,solid and sound are with minimal page-edge toning and no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,would appear unread,other than my own… Read More

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,glossy laminated,monochrome superimposed photographic illustrated dw/dj,with embossed yellow/gilt+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present and expected age-acquired but minimal,superficial scoring/indents to either panel ,but without pentration to boards beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and generally clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - one dog-ear reading crease to pp59/60 top corner tip excepted,but no other pages affected.Publishers bright,crisp,sharp-cornered original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt author's monogram initials to centre of upper board, and bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain black endpapers. Inexplicably, both the fore-edge and gutter fold/crease of the front board have a series of… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,2nd imp. [Complete number line 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around plum colour background with glossy pictorial illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with glossy,embossed white-lettered author's name,capitalised,embossed silver gilt-lettered title,other glossy,embossed white lettering and a circular silver gilt label with black-lettered 'FREE Owl Inside* *Bird food not included text; spine/backstrip with flat printed white-lettered author'a name and impressed silver gilt-lettered title,and publisher's thumbnail white-lettered+ illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with glossy,colour illustrations and white-lettered synopsis and author's facsimile signature,illustrator credit and a couple of critics' white-lettered reviews/quotes. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks, tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting; contents… Read More

UK,French flaps,slim 16mo softback/wraps,5th imp. [Complete number line 5 7 9 10 8 6.French flaps are a design in which the covers includes an extra internal folded piece of cover inside each side,giving the publisher more room to tell you about the book,and gives you a built-in bookmark to fold into place.] NFINE. No owner inscrptn and an absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered card covers with glossy,part detail of Alphonse Mucha 'Zodiac' colour photograph illustrated front cover with lower case white lettered title to same,tan spine/backstrip with white lettered title,thumbnail repeated colour photograph from front - to head of spine and publisher's colour illustrated colophon to its foot and no reading creases to spine/ backstrip,rear cover with 5 assorted colour photographs of Art Nouveau items and white lettered synopsis. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - both covers with some inevitable age-acquired… Read More

UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st thus.[An early reprint by this publisher,as originally published and copyrighted to The Bobbs-Merrill Company,Indianapolis,1939.] NFINE/VG+.Two previous owner's handwritten names, one crossed through,and a modern(?) colour illustrated bookplate of an anthropomorphic squirrel reading a book,pasted below the names,to the front free endpaper.Publisher's original and reasonably bright and clean,green cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked,brown ink lettered title+author to upper board with a similar coloured fawn in grass illustration to board's centre,a bright,spine/backstrip with blocked,brown lettered title,author and publisher to same,rear board without decoration or text/lettering. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - corner's tips' with minimal bumping and gentle pushing/curl - no nicks.tears or splits present. Top edges coloured - aged red(?) now appears brown, fore-edges aged/toned but without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid… Read More

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG++/GOOD+. Owner's black ink,handwritten name to front free endpaper.Grey+white artwork design by Kenneth Farnhill,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with black lettered author name,capitalised reddish-brown lettered title and capitalised,black-lettered BOOK SOCIETY CHOICE, and illustrator's white-lettered signature to front's lower corner,a slightly dulled spine/ backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name, title as front panel and publisher's capitalised reddish-brown name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with age acquired grubbing on a white background with publisher's black-lettered advert for author's 3 other titles. Some minimal shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners; lower two corners with a small closed tear each, head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creases,a small vertical closed tear in front facing gutter's fold/crease at the head of same.A continuation of the that tear/split is a feathered tear across the front… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,reprint. [First published 1979 (UK),reprinted November,1979 (x3),then this edn December,in 1979.] VG/NFINE. No owner inscrptn no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.These are generally believed to be export edns which are released before the trade edn in the country of origin.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy,wrap-around white background with montaged (3 visible and 2 obscured),thumbnail b/w portrait photographs of the book's subjects to the front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised,brown-lettered author name and black-lettered title with dark grey shadow outlining and brown lettered sub-title,and an orange+white buildings facade illustration,spine/backstrip with a brown single line-bordered panel with black+brown lettered author name and title respectively and a black lillustrated+lettered publisher's colophon to foot of same,rear panel with black-lettered montaged newspaper headlines of the scandal. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,reprint.[First published 1979 (UK),reprinted November,1979 (x3),then this edn December,in 1979.] VG/NFINE. No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy, wrap-around white background with montaged (3 visible and 2 obscured),thumbnail b/w portrait photographs of the book's subjects to the front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised,brown-lettered author name and black-lettered title with dark grey shadow outlining and brown lettered sub-title,and an orange+white buildings facade illustration,spine/backstrip with a brown single line-bordered panel with black+brown lettered author name and title respectively and a black lillustrated+lettered publisher's colophon to foot of same,rear panel with black-lettered montaged newspaper headlines of the scandal. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges inevitably aged/toned and with minor sporadic dust-flecking to either; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,reprint.[First published 1979 (UK),reprinted November,1979 (x3),then this edn December,in 1979.] VG/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,wrap-around white background with montaged (3 visible and 2 obscured),thumbnail b/w portrait photographs of the book's subjects to the front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised,brown-lettered author name and black-lettered title with dark grey shadow outlining and brown lettered sub-title,and an orange+white buildings facade illustration,spine/backstrip with a faded to grey (originally brown) single line-bordered panel with black+brown lettered author name and title respectively and a black lillustrated+lettered publisher's colophon to foot of same,rear panel with black-lettered montaged newspaper headlines of the scandal. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top +fore-edges inevitably aged/toned and with minor sporadic dust-flecking to either; contents… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj with glossy swirling overlay to both lower edges,but only visble under angled light,front panel with blue outlined glossy white lettered author name and glossy white outlined,capitalised blue/grey lettered title and white lettered strap line,similary coloured+lettering as front's title+author to spine/backstrip as well as white lettered+illustrated publisher's colophon to foot of same,rear panel with white lettered story's prose extract and a critic's review.
Negligble shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - one small closed tear to rear,top corner tip - no other nicks,tears or splits present,majority of light creasing to top edges and book with slight lean Top+fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,soild and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears… Read More

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st thus. [Originally and first published by Hodder & Stoughton (UK),1944. Max Brand is the pseudonym of Frederck Schiller Faust. William Shatner was offered/cast in the role but declined it for work on For The People,leaving unknown Richard Chamberlain to the role of of the new intern at metropolitan Blair General Hospital.] NFINE/VG++. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,glossy,wrap-around black background with b/w+colour pictorial illustration to front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised black lettered title+author name within a black+red squared banner at its top edge - a letter in each square,lightly sunned/faded spine/backstrip with repeated title+author as front and publisher's b/w colophon to foot of same, rear panel with white letteredadvertising of author's previous Dr Kildare title and a short synopsis. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners,some miniscule rubbing at corner tips and head+foot of spine/backstrip - no… Read More

UK,slim 8vo,Art Exhibition catalogue,2nd imp.VG. No owner inscrptn,and absence of publisher's price.Card cover with red background and b/w portrait of Iron Duke to front cover with capitalised,white lettered title and an accidental,oblique,diagonal corner crease leaving a faint impression of same to title page below - other corners sharp and without crease,metal staples with minimal rust to spine,rear cover,white without lettering and some inevitable but minimal age-acquired light grubbing.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or splits present other than a small closed tear to rear cover's lower edge.Top+fore-edges aged/toned; contents generally bright,tight and clean with minimal sporadic foxing/spotting - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corne tips - possibly unread, other than my own collation.UK,slim 8vo Exhibition catalogue,2nd imp, 2-15pp [paginated] includes a Foireword,and Introduction by Ellis K. Waterhouse (Director of the National… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.[A companion volume/ edition to 'FRENCH LEAVES'.] VG+.No owner inscrptn.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original dark blue cloth boards with blocked single filet bordered edges to front board/ cover and with bright,crisp,blocked gilt facsimile author's signature towards leading lower corner,bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip wih double-line bordered head+foot of same,rear board/cover plain and without decoration or blocking; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears,splits or fraying present.Plain white endpapers - clean pastedowns and verso+recto of front+rear free endpapers respectively,with off-set shadowing from respective opposing pastedowns,both hinges solid and sound - without any splits, tears or cracking.Trimmed top edges slightly toned with light dust-soiling,fore and lower edges lightly toned and deckled (untrimmed); contents bright,tight,clean - text body with some imperfections… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG. No owner inscrptn and price-clipped dw/dj.Wrap-around,glossy,red+black vertical sections (approx. 2/3rds and 1/3rd respectively) illustrated dw/dj with subjects' b/w thumbnail portrait photographs to front red panel, capitalised white lettered title with red illustrated hammer+sickle beneath to front black section,and black-lettered sub-title in front red section,a lightly sunned spine/backstrip with black lettering,rear panel of dw/dj with glossy red backgrond and black+red thumbnail illustrated publisher's colophon. Some minimal shelf-wear,bumping, ,creasing to edges and corners - with some chipping and miniscule colour paper loss to same,closed tears to both top+lower front corners.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned but without foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,solid and sound,glossy pages to text body,so clean and without foxing - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips -seems unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white 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 - one dog-ear folded corner reading crease to page 283/4's lower corner (left as is),else would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain mauve cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dusky pink (?) endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xpp+1- 339pp [paginated] includes illus list/table,24 chapters,24pp contemporary auto+biographical b/w+colour photographs in 3 blocks,between pp84/5, pp164/5 and pp244/5 respectively,an appendix,acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a… Read More

UK,slim 12mo hb+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] NMINT/NMINT. Wrapped+protected from day of issue/purchase - so NO owner inscrptn and NO price-clip to dw/dj - an as new last few copies.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Heather Hacking,illustrated front+ rear panels of dw/dj,with capitalised,black-outlined red-lettered part-title,capitalised,brown-lettered sub-title andauthor's black-lettered name,spine/backstrip with similarly capitalised,red-lettered part title and black-lettered author's name as front,and thumbnail, colour pictorial illustration detail also from front and black-lettered publisher's name to foot of same,rear panel with artist's colour pictorial illustration. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,unread other than my own… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.These edns are generally believed to be export edns which are released before the trade editions' distribution in the country of origin.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,black background with superimposed,colour infographic of US,British and Russian flag and subject's thumbnail b/w portrait photograph illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised red-lettered authors' names and capitalised,white-lettered part tile with red-lettered sub-title,white background to spine/backstrip with similarly coloured capitalised authors' names but a capitalised, black-lettered part title as opposed to the white lettering of the front and red lettered sub-title with thumbnail colour infographic detail of the same 3 flags,rear panel with black background and thumbnail b/wportrait photographs of some participants and red+white lettered bullet points. With negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no… Read More

UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 001.] FINE. Neat,handwritten black ink familial gift presentation inscrptn+date to reverse of front free endpaper,but no price-clip removal from cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, matt,wrap-around paper-covered,pale blue background with colour pictorial skeleton illustrated front board,with author's capitalised,glossy,impressed white-lettered name,capitalised,glossy embossed black-lettered part-title; spine/backstrip with similarly capitalised+coloured glossy title+author name as front,but flat printed; publisher's colour,thumbnail colophon illustration to foot of same,rear panel with black+yellow lettered synopsis and critics' yellow+ white lettered review quotes.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks, tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages'… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE-/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around white background with colour pictorial artwork with gilt decoration by Judith Kerr, illustrated panels of dw/dj, pale blue ink lettered title, and gilt-lettered author name and gilt-lettered credit for 'Mog the Forgetful Cat' at lower edge; spine/backstrip with gilt-lettered title and blue lettered author name and publisher's blue illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel witha small colour illustration and blue-lettered prose extract. Negligible shelf-wear,minimal bumping, creasing to edges and corners - majority of light creasing to top edges and front lower edge; minisculely bumped head+foot of spine with reciprocal creases,sellotape repair to an approx 1.5" closed tear at head of rear-facing gutter's fold and a similar 1.5" closed tear sellotape repair to front's lower fore-edge's corner - but no other… Read More