Search Results: Authors starting with K from David Edward Hellawell

London: Secker and Warburg/Octopus, 1976 0905712080. First hardback omnibus edition thus. Unclipped dust wrapper has some rubbing on front where label has been removed and there is some slight bumping to spine, but otherwise VG/VG. DW, which is not price-clipped, is bright and shiny with photo of the author on the back cover. No inscriptions. 925 pages. Practically all Kafka's writings are included in English translation. These Octopus editions were produced to a higher quality of paper and binding than is usual and have stood the test of time as there is no sign of them browning or ageing in any way. The DW is bright and unclipped and the faux leatherette binding is as good as new with no sign of the gilt lettering fading etc. Stories are complete and unabridged. No annotations or inscriptions. This is a heavy item so some extra postage will be required. .

London; Observer Classic of the Month Library, 1981. A specially produced hardback version of Kafka's classic novel. Blue cloth with gilt embossing on spine and front cover. No DW. Some wear at the edges of the covers but a Good copy with no inscriptions. 202 pages. Three postscripts by Max Brod to the first three editions and a note on Professor Uyttersprott's possible reordering of the chapters. The classic novel about man's struggle against bureaucracy and officialdom. .

London: Frontline Books, 2012 9781848326361. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Excellent condition. Like New. DW is NOT price-clipped. No annotations or inscriptions. Revised edition of book first published in USA in 1991. 416 pages including detailed notes, bibliography and index. 16 pages of B/W photos, maps etc. . For almost four desperate years, from 1939 to mid-1943, the British and American navies fought a savage, losing battle against German submarine wolfpacks. The Allies might never have turned the tide without an intelligence coup. The race to break the German U-boat codes is one of the greatest untold stories of World War II. Kahn expertly brings this tale to life in this newly-updated edition of his classic book. Soon after war broke out, Hitler's U-boats began to sever Allied lifelines. In the grey wasteland of the North Atlantic, submarines prowled; at night, the sky lit up with the flames of exploding tankers. To meet the growing crisis, ingenious amateurs joined the nucleus of dedicated… Read More

Moscow: Planeta, 1990. Second hardback edition 1990. VG. This handsomely produced book is not only still an excellent guide to the city but is also a historical document in its own right. One of the last English language guides to be published before the citizens voted to change the name of their city back to St. Petersburg. Lavishly illustrated in full colour throughout. 383 pages including index. .

London: Grafton, 1989 0246135492. First edition. First hardback edition thus. Slight bumping at top and bottom of spine but otherwise Fine/Fine. No inscriptions. Not price clipped. 278 pages. 8.5 " by 5.5". A memoir which paints a vivid picture of the history of what is now the Czech Republic from WWII to 1981 with an epilogue written by her son, Jan Kavan, in 1985. "A remarkable autobiography, the story of a tragic disillusionment, political and personal, told with invincible humour." Graham Greene. .

Exeter, Devon: Webb & Bower, 1980 0906671191. First Edition. First printing of first hardback edition. Fine/VG. DW has some very slight marks of use but is close to Fine. Not price clipped. No inscriptions or annotations. Red leather-style binding decorated and lettered in gilt. 220 pages including index. Nearly 8" by 10". Lavishly illustrated, mainly in colour with over 100 facsimile pages, including some pull-out ones, from 'The Delhie Book' compiled by Sir Thomas Metcalfe some 10 years before the Indian 'Mutiny' or 'Uprising', who specially commissioned illustrations from some of the finest Delhi artists of his time. The book is essentially based on his reminiscences and those of his daughter, Emily, Lady Clive Bayley annotated throughout by M. M. Kaye. A most handsome edition which would make an appropriate gift. .

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994 0312104685. First edition. First printing of first hardback edition of April 1994 as stated. Fine/VG. No inscriptions. Unclipped. 513 pages including appendices and end poem by Isaac Asimov. Over 14 cms. by 21 cms. A lavish anthology of Sherlockian writings by some of the best writers who have followed Holmes' adventures over the century since his creation. .

London: HarperCollins, 2005 0007176929. Hardback. First Edition. First Printing. Number 1. Very Good/Fine. DW is not price clipped. No annotations or inscriptions. xvi + 396 pages. Size: 9.5 x 6.25 inches. 31 illustrations. Book is not rated as fine because the inside of the front cover is a bit ragged but you would never know this if you didn't look hard as the inside flap of the DW hides it.. Journalist Fergal Keane's memoir is the account of a journey, a story about bearing witness to horror but also confronting the ghosts within. At its heart is the story of a son's journey in search of his father and the reconciliation that is possible even after death. In this book, Fergal Keane addresses his experience of wars of different kinds, some very public and others acutely personal. Often deeply moving and painful, but equally often ruefully funny, he describes intimately a life uneasily shadowed by the spectre of alcohol. As a nephew of a famous writer and son to a much-loved actor his was a family… Read More

New York: Carroll & Graf, 1994 0786704128. Near Fine. Hardback. First Edition. First printing. No DW. Usual superior USA binding. Would be fine but for one very small indentation on back cover and biro mark on bottom edge. No annotations or inscriptions. 478 pages. 9.10 X 6.50 X 1.50 inches. Stendhal (1783-1842) was the pen name of (Marie) Henri Beyle, one of the chief figures in the history of the French psychological novel. Rated by Simone de Beauvoir (and many other literary cogniscenti) as the finest French novelist of all time. This is a heavy book and may need extra postage. .

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1982 0297778552. Hardback 1982 reprint. Fine/VG. Gilt on spine has not in the least faded. DW is NOT price-clipped. No annotations or inscriptions. Kee wrote and presented the documentary series 'Ireland – A Television History' in 1980. The work was shown both in the United Kingdom and the United States and won the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize. Following the series' transmission on RTÉ, the Irish national broadcaster, Kee won a Jacob's Award for his script and presentation. The TV series was the impetus for the production of this book. Two nicks invisibly repaired in DW. 256+ Pages including detailed index. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. History of Ireland from 8000 BC to 1974. This is a book in excellent condition which is profusely illustrated in B/W and Coiour. Based on the PBS television series, this account of Ireland's complex history traces the nation's development and the forces that shaped it from the ancient period to the late 20th century. Still a… Read More

London: Hutchinson, 1987 0091705215. Second enlarged edition. Soft covers (uncreased). VG apart from some scuffing to the edges of the spine. No inscriptions or annotations. 375 pages. 18 cms by 24.5 cms. Lavishly illustrated in B/W and colour. An excellent biographical selection by two distinguished military historians. .

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2018 9780802126641. Hardback. Stated first edition, first printing. Complete numberline. Fine/Fine. Like new. No inscriptions or anotations. 330 pages including notes and index. "Former Internet entrepreneur Andrew Keen was among the earliest to write about the dangers that the Internet poses to our culture and society. His 2007 book The Cult of the Amateur was critical in helping advance the conversation around the Internet, which has now morphed from a tool providing efficiencies and opportunities for consumers and business to an elemental force that is profoundly reshaping our societies and our world. In his new book, How to Fix the Future, Keen focuses on what we can do about this seemingly intractable situation. Looking to the past to learn how we might change our future, he describes how societies tamed the excesses of the Industrial Revolution, which, like its digital counterpart, demolished long-standing models of living, ruined harmonious environments, and… Read More

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2018 9780802126641. Hardback. Stated first edition. First printing. Complete numberline. Fine/Fine. Like new. No annotations or inscriptions. DW is NOT price-clipped. 330 pages including index. Usual superior USA bookbinding. Former Internet entrepreneur Andrew Keen was among the earliest to write about the dangers that the Internet poses to our culture and society. His 2007 book The Cult of the Amateur was critical in helping advance the conversation around the Internet, which has now morphed from a tool providing efficiencies and opportunities for consumers and business to an elemental force that is profoundly reshaping our societies and our world. In his new book, How to Fix the Future, Keen focuses on what we can do about this seemingly intractable situation. Looking to the past to learn how we might change our future, he describes how societies tamed the excesses of the Industrial Revolution, which, like its digital counterpart, demolished long-standing models of… Read More

London: Faber and Faber, 1998 057119351x. First edition. First printing of first UK hardback edition. Fine/Fine. Not price clipped. No inscriptions. 305 pages. 6" by 9.5". .

London: Secker & Warburg, 1994 0436232928. First edition. Soft cover. Some wear to covers and spine but a bright, tight copy. 374 pages. No annotations or inscriptions. Winner of the Booker Prize. "Forging a wholly distinctive style from the bruised cadences of demotic Glaswegian, the author renders the hidden depths of ordinary lives in sardonic, abrasive prose which is more revealing of feelings than could ever be expected....as uplifting a novel as one could ever hope to read." (Sunday Telegraph) .

London: Sceptre,, 2008 9780340963258. Fine/Fine. First UK Edition, first printing. Number 1. Hardback. No inscriptions or annotations. DW is not price-clipped. 8vo. 312pp. Black boards lettered in gold at spine. Illustrated with fifty-four b/w photographs. In fine state with fine dust wrapper. An account of the writing and subsequent filming of Keneally's celebrated Booker Prize winner including accounts of the postwar activities of Oscar Schindler and the 1,100 Jews he helped to save. Includes dustjacket. .

London: Quality Paperbacks Direct, 2000. First paperback edition thus. VG. 599 pages. 6" by 9.5". "In this compelling portrait of two generations from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Thomas Keneally's vibrant characters and vigorous prose bring both eras alive, as he captures the timeless quests, passions and moral dilemmas that unite them." .

London: Scribner, 2002 0743221036. First edition. First printing of UK first soft cover edition. Ex-library copy which has been removed from library only a few times and with the mylar-protected covers is probably in better condition than most other used copies. 791 pages. This omnibus volume comprises the following three novels: 'Quinn's Book', 'The Flaming Corsage' and 'Legs'. This is a heavy item and may require extra postage. .

London: Robert Hale, 1970 0709118120. First edition. Hardback. Ex-university library with usual stamps etc. Some pencil marks in margins. Otherwise Good/Good in mylar-protected and unclipped DW. .

London: Little, Brown, 1998 0316643831. First edition. Hardback. Inscribed by previous owner but otherwise VG/VG. 387 pp. 6" by 9.5" .