Search Results: Authors starting with H from R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.

UK,Qrto wraps,no dw/dj,as issued,p/back 1st edn thus.[Originally and first published by WEIDENFELD & NICHOLSON in 2000.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but this s/back published by a different publisher,so 1st edn thus.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to cover.Bright, crisp,clean and sharp-cornered,matt,colour photographic illustrated front cover with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and no reading creases to spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK, slim Qrto wraps,s/back original,1st edn thus,6-176pp [paginated] includes a foreword by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales,5 chapters,profuse landscape,garden,scenic and flora colour photographs throughout - by Andrew Lawson and Christopher… 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,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,illustrated1st edn.FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj - virtually as new.Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork by Heather Hacking,illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,solid,sound and pristine - no dog-ear creading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate cartoon illustrated pinkish endpapers. UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-95pp [paginated] includes 37 historical figures cari-CAT-ured with humorous text,all illustrated by Heather Hacking,in full-colour,full-page illustrations,plus b/w line illus throughout the book too; plus [unpaginated] colour vignetted half-title+title pages and acknowledgements to rear. It was when the author was peeling the grapes for her cats' 'Sole… Read More

HOLLAND,12mo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.[Translated to English by Karen Green for First Editions Translations Ltd.,Cambridge,UK. Edited by Sally Heavens.] FINE.Sharp-cornered,publisher's original,bright,crisp and clean,matt,colour photographic padded boards with red+white letters to front,red letters to spine and black letters to rear board; with negligible shelf-wear and no bumping or creasing to edges or corners.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight and clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners; appears unread - apart from my own collation.Holland,12mo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,6-302pp [paginated] includes copyright/ printing details,contents list/table,an introduction,6 chapters includes an A-Z of plants,2 indices (Latin names+Common names),profuse colour photographs with explanatory text throughout,photographic acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] 2pp colour photographic-bordered blanks,a title page and similar,single-page photographic-bordered… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork by Marc Bouavant,illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip and the edges.A vertical crease to spine/backstrip also.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and near pristine.Clean,publisher's original plain,black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain red endpapers - security tag still in situ to front board's lower,left-hand corner.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-390pp [paginated] includes 144 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,dedication and 2pp blanks at rear. At fifty-seven,George is settling down to a comfortable retirement,… Read More

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,glossy laminated,wrap-around photographic blue+white Chinoise porcelain motif'ed illustrated dw/dj,with capitalised red lettered title and author's name to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured +lettered title+author name as the front's,plus publishers thumbnail b/w illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with continuation of photographic illustration.Negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges though lightly aged/toned are bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original red paper-covered(?) boards with a bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt house motif centrally placed to upper… Read More

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,glossy laminated,wrap-around photographic blue+white Chinoise porcelain motif'ed illustrated dw/dj,with capitalised red lettered title and author's name to front of dw/dj and a red circular adhesive label with white lettering advertising Haddon as author of 'The Curious Incident etc.'. ; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as the front's,plus publishers thumbnail b/w illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with continuation of photographic illustration. Negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges though lightly aged/toned are bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,… Read More

UK,Demy 8vo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn thus.[One of the earlier titles, published in this Children's Illustrated Classic series for older children/ readers,first by DENT and now, later by DENT/DUTTON,and all illustrated by famous artists.Bound in Sundour cloth with special designs for the binding,end-papers and jackets by ALEXANDER H. WILLIAMSON.] VG+.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj.Bright,clean beige+red illustrated, patterned cloth boards with bright,blue ink stamped letters to upper+spine/backstrip,board's design repeated to endpapers.Negligible shelf-wear to edges,minimally bumped to all corners,spine/backstrip still bright and clean with miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to head +foot of same.Top edge coloured (red],fore-edge lightly aged and minisculely foxed/spotted; contents bright,tight and clean with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.A solid,sound copy,considering the book's age,and an uncommon,scarce title from this series! UK,Demy 8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn thus,v-viii+1-232pp… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Dw/dj designed by GILES with a colour pictorial cartoon to each panel of the dw/dj.] NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,glossy laminated,colour pictorial cartoon artwork by GILES,illustrated dw/dj panels,with black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Rear panel of dw/dj lightly grubbed,spine/ backstrip similar and with a couple of fluid stains/marks to it,and internally to rear panel,a water-stain mildly affecting concomitant area of bd and foot of spine/backstrip.Top edges slightly aged/toned and minimally dust-soiled,fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no foxing/spotting,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation. Bright and generally clean - water-stain faults excepted,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain red cloth boards with… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,2nd edn,3rd imp.[First published 1966 - so the true 1st edn,a 2nd edn in 1970 and this 3rd imp of that 2nd edn in 1981.] FINE/VG.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,b/w photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with blue,black and white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Head of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj with miniscule tear and reciprocal loss,rear panel with abrasions and indents affecting the boards beneath in commensurate spots.Top+fore-edges genrally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white enapapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,2nd edn,3rd imp,9-294pp [paginated] includes illustrations… Read More

UK,slim rectangular Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2. This is the true 1st edn, as it precedes the PAN MACMILLAN wraps edn of 2019, the 50th Anniversary issue of the American spaceflight APOLLO 11, that first landed humans on the Moon.] FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - virtually as NEW.Bright,crisp,clean, matt background wrap-around colour pictorial part-glossy illustrated dw/dj with artwork by the Fan Brothers (Terry + Eric),with silver gilt lettered title and glossy,embossed white lettered author+illustrators names to front panel, spine/backstrip with glossy, capitalised white lettered author,illustrators and title with publisher's capitalised black lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with capitalised white lettered strap line.Neglgiible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,soild and sound - pristine - no… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.Neat,ink presentation inscrptn to front fep,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Crisp,clean,glossy laminated subject b/w portrait photographic illustrated upper wrap; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - and no bumped corners.Some small,light indents to dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - appears an unread copy - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,clean,publisher's original red cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and clean plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xiiipp+1-200pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,contents list, acknowledgements,author's introduction,12 interviews/conversations, 12pp contemporary b/w subject photographs interspersed throughout the text and book.… Read More

LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH,2004. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£17.99) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,colour photographic dw/dj; with some minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - some minimal light scoring/indents to rear panel,not excessively though.Majority of creasing to front+rear top edges,with both the head+foot of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+ fore-edges lightly aged but generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread? Bright,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate colour Arctic Ocean exploration map illustrated endpapers.Book is slightly cocked.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn;xi-xivpp+1-369pp [paginated] includes illustrations list,a prologue,Pts 1+2 and an epilogue,32pp autobiographical+subject related b/w+colour… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,blue inked handwritten dedication and signature: 'Anne and Colin,Bon voyage! Best wishes Pen Hadoe' towards foot of title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,colour photographic dw/dj; with some minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - some minimal,light and superficial scoring/indentations to rear panel - without penetration or affecting concomitant spot to board beneath.Top edges with light dust-soiling causing light sporadic foxing/spotting,fore- edges brighter and cleaner with just one tiniest of spot/blemish; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread? Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered, publisher's original, plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate colour Arctic Ocean exploration map illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn;xi-xivpp+1-369pp [paginated]… Read More

US,8vo wraps,s/back Original,1st edn.[Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title. Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink lengthy dedication,dateline and signature to title-page: 'Feb. 18, 2006 Pearl Harbour To Jason Thanks Jason,for your service in the Royal Navy (The silent Service) and service during Operation Iraqi Freedom Semper Fidelis Jerome T. Hagen B-Gen. USMC (ret)' and no price removal - absence of publisher's price to covers.Bright,crisp, clean and sharp-cornered,glossy, monochrome photographic illustrated front cover with red+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and no reading creases to spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine -… Read More

UK,8vo p/back original,1st edn.[Originally and first published in Germany by Kiepenheur & Witsch Verlag, GmbH & Co.Kg,in 2008. Other distinct issues OME and an E-book.This edition,is the first English issue,and therefore a paperback original,1st edn.Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format,in its country of origin.] FINE+.Bright,crisp,clean,colour photographic illustrated card covers,with blue+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.No dw/dj,as issued - p/back,no price-clip.The book has it's publisher's original wrap-around belly-band still in situ - so complete - and with a tiny snick to it.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - wrapped and protected from day of… Read More

UK,small 8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn thus.[True 1st edn,of 2,000 copies published London,Cassell & Company in 1885 - unillustrated apart from 2 maps. This is the only H. Rider Haggard novel Keeping has illustrated and comes from Blackie's Chosen Books.] FINE. No owner inscrptn and minus dw/dj.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original light blue cloth boards,with 3 separate,bright,crisp,blocked 3 concentric squares design across top 1/3rd of front board. Outer squares outlined,middle square gilt filled.Bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering and same squares design repeated vertically to spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear or bumping to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A tiny 3/5ths" split/tear to front board's spine/backstrip's gutter's edge towards foot of same.Generally clean, plain white endpapers - with some off-set foxing to rear free endpaper, originally from the now missing dw/dj's rear inner flap.Top edges coloured dusky pink,fore-edges generally bright and… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,contemporary monochrome montage photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,separate red or black outlined white letters to front,red outlined white letters to spine/ backstrip,rear panel with white lettered captions to photographs; with negligible shelf-wear, creasing or bumping to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges unblemished,bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually as new - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread,apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards/covers with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate b/w map illustrated eps (endpapers).UK,slim 8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xiiipp+1-194pp [paginated] includes author's acknowledgements,a preface with author's facsimile signature,with a poem to reverse of last page of… Read More

UK,Qrto wraps,no dw/dj - as issued,s/back 1st edn thus.VG+.Pictorial colour glossy boards (softback) part design by Tony Masero,from the original 1st edn.Qrto,272pp profusely illustrated b/w+colour photographs.
In three decades of travelling through space and time, the remarkable TARDIS has taken the Doctor and his companions to some of the strangest places in the galaxy and introduced
them to creatures out of their wildest nightmares.Now in this indispensable handbook, HAINING examines the wonder of Time Travel as seen through the eyes of all the Doctors.He traces the origins of the successful television programme in general and H.G.WELLS' classic novel,'The Time Machine', in particular. He also studies the Doctors' regenerations as well as looking in detail at the Time Lord society on Gallifrey,from which he comes.There is an inventory of the weird and dangerous planets the Doctor has… Read More

UK,Qrto wraps,1st edn thus.FINE.No owner inscrptn. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated upper wrap,white lettering to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.No reading creases to spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine.UK,Qrto wraps, 1st edn thus,9-234pp [paginated] includes an introduction,30-odd chapters,profuse b/w+colour illus/photographs etc.,throughout the text and the book. More than two decades after it began 'Doctor Who' is now the longest-running TV science fiction programme in the world (then 1986). Over the years the show has attracted some of the most talented people in television,from producers and directors,to actors and writers. In 'The Doctor Who File' Peter Haining unlocks the secrets of the TARDIS memory banks and explores the history of this influential show through a… Read More