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LONDON.PBS,1974.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Original publisher Batsford,1974 - this is the Purnell Book Services edn.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscriptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Subject portrait is a detail from a painting by Sir Oswald Birley at the Royal Naval College,Greenwich with minimal shelf-wear to dw/dj edges; negligible creasing and no nicks or tears.Top+fore-edges clean and bright,contents pristine.Blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean unmarked plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,xpp+1-323pp includes title+half-title pages,b/w subject portrait frntis,contents+b/w maps (21)+ b/w illustrations (31) - all called for and present - lists, appendices(3),chapter references,a bibliography and an index. An admiral who is loved and admired by his subordinates,feared and respected by his enemies and -… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj.[Originally published in South Africa,1975,first UK edn was in 1976.] Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour pictorial wrap-around artwork by Mike Heslop illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.Minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing to head of spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edge bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Publisher's original,plain blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-xpp+1-246pp [paginated] includes contents+ illustrations lists/tables,an author preface, Pts 1-5 comprising 29 chapters/sections,8pp contemporary b/w photographs interspersed throughout the book. 'Deep as the Sea' is the life of a tough… Read More

UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.VG+.No owner inscrptn and minus issued dw/dj.Publisher's original, dark brown cloth boards with minor marks and capitalised red-lettered part title (PHILBY) at head of spine,lightly dulled gilt-lettered authors' names and Le Carre's too - each within a double underlined faux boxes,publisher's colphon to foot of same with negligible shelf-wear,bumping and creasing to edges and corners and iimaculate plain maroon endpapers. Corner tip slightly bumped with some miniscule rubbing and reciprocal loss,head+foot of spine gently pushed,and front's bottom edge with a small crush indent.Top edges coloured salmon pink with sporadic but minimal faint,colour bleaching spots,fore-edges lightly aged/toned and with light foxing/spotting; contents surprisingly bright and clean - especially the text body - tight,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread other than my own collation.UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,9-296pp [paginated] includes a… Read More

UK,12mo 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 and no price removal to cover.Bright, crisp,clean and sharp-cornered,glossy,montage'd monochrome photograph to blue-print street map with white lettering to front cover and author's montage'd thumbnail b/w portrait photograph to blueprint street map also with white lettering rear cover; 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,8vo wraps,p/back original,1st edn,7-128pp [paginated] includes first chapter on 'About… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,subject colour portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj with b/w+gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,pristine,sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a red headband,and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK, slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-160pp [paginated] includes foreword by Andrew Lloyd Webber,11 chapters includes Epilogue,profuse contemporary colour+b/w autobiographical photographs throughout the text and the book,production credits and photograph credits.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj.Slight water-stain top inner rear edge dw/dj.8vo,253pp includes index,b/w photographs,ARCHER family tree endpapers. THE ARCHERS,the best loved and longest running BBC radio serial is 25 years old.That story is told by one of the original cast members who has played the the same part continuously from the beginning,and written over 1,000 episode scripts; NORMAN PAINTING,known to millions as 'Philip Archer'.The book traces the programmes progress from its humble beginnings in Midland Region,BBC to its place as one of the accepted institutions of life in Britain to-day.Anecdotes abound and the author deals hilariously with the occupational hazards of being an 'ARCHER' but the fun and hard work behind the microphone are not forgotten. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk… Read More

UK,thick 12mo p/back,reprint.[Originally first published Weidenfeld & Nicolson,(LONDON,1991) 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.This reprint by ABACUS (UK,LONDON),published in 1992 and reprinted in same year,again in 1993 (x 3),1994 and this reprint in 1995.] VG++.No owner inscrptn and no price removal from card cover.Bright, with light age grubbing but glossy,colour pictorial artwork from a hand-coloured etching by Helena Zakrzewska Rucinska,illustrated front cover with brown lettering,thumbnail colour detail from front illustration to spine/backstrip with similarly coloured lettering as front and reading creases present,rear panel with white background with synopsis and critics' black+brown lettering respectively.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present,Accidental corner tip creases to upper+lower rear cover's corners,a vertical crease to same cover too,and some inevitable age-acquired,but superficial scoring/indents to both card covers.Top+fore-edges… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Originally and first published by same publisher,1996.This edn 2003.] FINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy, colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with capitalised white lettering to front,brown background spine/backstrip with capitalised white lettering and with slight fade/sunning at foot of same;rear panel with superimposed critics' white lettered reviews; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - one small 1cm closed tear,internally sellotape repaired,at foot of spine's/backstrip's front-facing gutter crease/ fold - no other major nicks,tears or splits present.Rear panel of dw/dj with several indent impressions - but all with no penetration to board beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - pristine,appears unread, other than my own collation.Publisher's,bright,crisp, unblemished,sharp-cornered… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,dw/dj unclipped - absence of publisher's printed price,which is instead, present on dw/djs' rear panel.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,monochrome various individuals portrait montage'd illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of dw/djs' spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing - majority of creasing is to the top edges and corners.Internally of dw/dj,a small water-stain with some discolouring to foot of spine/ backstrip spreading across approx 1.5" along rear panel's lower edge,but no higher than 1/2" at it's highest point,a slightly larger and bigger water-stain with discolouring,to head of spine/backstrip,spreading towards the edge/ gutter of the rear,inner flap and approx 2" deep at it's lowest point.Paradoxically,the board's edges beneath remain unaffected and unmarked. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no… Read More

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine. Bright,clean,yellow paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate colour decorated endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-320pp [paginated] includes scenic photographic half-title,title page,author portrait,colour photographic frntis,contents list/table,author introduction, acknowledgements,double-page colour map of author's travels/routes,19 chapters,and profuse colour photographs throughout the text. As Palin and his television crew undertake what may be the first-ever circumnavigation of the Pacific Rim,they prove that there is an awful lot of the world Palin hasn't seen.In this,the third… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,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 - as new. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,multi-imaged,colour pictorial artwork by Chris Wormell,illustrated gilt-bordered panelled front of dw/dj with author's capitalised, embossed,bright,crisp,gilt-lettered name and capitalised,glossy,embossed white-lettered part-title and capitalised,bright,crisp,gilt-lettered sub-title to front of dw/dj. Green spine/backstrip with capitalised, glossy white with black outline lettered part-title, capitalised,glossy black-lettered sub-title and author's capitalised,bright,crisp,blocked gilt-lettered name and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with author's colour photograph visiting war graves. Negligible shelf-wear 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 – no… Read More

UK,slim Qro HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.[Conceived by award-winning designer Richard Seymour and illustrated by Alan Lee. Holograms by Light Fantastic Ltd.,London; hologram blocking by Blockfoil Ltd.,Ipswich and the holographic models provided by Alan Lee,Ray Evangelista and Wendy Froud.] FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to rear cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, glossy,colour pictorial artwork illustrated front cover with hologram and with white and silver gilt lettering,rear cover with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks, tears bumps or dents present - immaculate plain dark blue endpapers.A small,single superficial scored line to top of front cover and some small,minor superficial scoring/indents to rear cover also - not excessive or obtrusive though.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… Read More

UK,12mo wraps,s/back Original,1st edn.[Complete number line
1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] VG++.No owner inscrptn and price removed from rear cover. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated front card
cover,with blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - though some scoring/indentations to rear cover.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean but with some light,
minimal,sporadic marking; contents bright, tight,clean,solid
and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,and no reading creases to spine/backstrip,so, appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,12mo wraps,p/back original,1st edn,12-212pp [paginated] includes Pts 1+2 comprising an A - Z gazetteer,and Pt 2 - selected historical places directory,profuse b/w photographs of plaques throughout,an index of people,an index of historical sites and an index of street names; plus [unpaginated] title page,contents… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.]NMINT/NMINT. Wrapped and protected from day of issue/purchase,so no owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,colour artwork illustration 'The Ypres Salient at Night' by Paul Nash repeated to front+rear panels and thumbnail detail of same illustration, to spine/backstrip,and with red+white lettering to all - rear panel with critics' reviews; with negligible shelf-wear - 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' corners - unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vi-xiipp+2-270pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,illustrations list/table,acknowledgements, author's note,14… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.8vo,231pp includes pictorial eps,colour frntis,100 b/w illus,20pp of colour plates,further reading list,illustrations list and index.Title from the Great Lives series under the editorship of Elizabeth Longford. Frederick the Great (1712-86),King of Prussia,was one of the most interesting and successful monarchs of all time,and yet few kings have remained so elusive.From his austere,unhappy childhood,when he was frequently beaten viciously by his boorish father,to the archetypal Philosopher-King which he became,excelling in wisdom,cultivating the arts,practising diplomacy,and waging warfare with equal brilliance,there are many questions which need to be answered.How did Frederick play off his greedy and grasping neighbours,so as to set them against each other? How was it that,in the course of his reign,he welded the fragmented little state of Prussia into one of the most formidable powers of Europe,thus laying the… Read More

UK,8vo p/back,1st thus.NMINT.Unread copy.Originally published by Weidenfeld+Nicolson,1978.8vo p/back,1st thus 176pp includes map, family tree,reference notes,sources,an index and b/w photographs.
No ruler has ever been so lauded and reviled by the British
public as Queen Victoria's grandson,Kaiser William II.His birth in Berlin in 1859 was welcomed in London as though he were British rather than a Prussian prince;and as he grew older,the Queen granted him a succession of unprecedented titles and honours.But by 1915 he had become the most hated man in Britain,and for many people the catastrophe of 1914-18 remains 'The Kaiser's War'.
Alan Palmer examines the Anglo-German background to William's life and reign,and emphasizes his changing attitudes towards Britain - a country he both admired and resented.In particular he throws new light on the clash of imperialism in the 1890's, the Kaiser's visit in 1907 and on
the… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - though there is a diagonal crease to bottom corner of front inner flap - turned inwards to hide price.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,subject's portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj panels and spine with red+white lettering to front and b/w lettering to spine +rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges generally 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.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xivpp+1-290pp [paginated] includes a foreword by Rob Hughes,a prologue: Mission Statement,8 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp146/7,an epilogue, an index;… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,pictorial 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 and pristine - an unread copy? Dw/dj design repeated to boards,printed white ink letters to spine/backstrip,a black+red headband,immaculate b/w silhouette illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-288pp [paginated] includes intro,8 Pts and a conclusion,profuse colour illus by Robyn Neild,throughout the text and the book,a quiz,movie choices in a crisis,directory,a guide to saying Thank You,two pages for telephone numbers; plus [unpaginated] half-title,colour vignetted title page,and dedication. Want to know the best way to get over being dumped? Do you need to pull a sickie? Do you want to pull a pop star? Or is your flatmate driving you mad having constant sex with her boyfriend? Includes answers to the following… 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,wrap-around,colour pictorial artwork by Lyn Davies,illustrated dw/dj with black+brown lettering to front panel of dw/dj,black lettering to spine/backstrip, rear panel with black lettered content precis and critics' reviews (2),respectively; all with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – 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 dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate/clean dark brown endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,9-215pp [paginated] includes 22 chapters each with b/w line illustration of Morris Traveller estate car laden with suitcases off on holiday… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NMINT/NMINT.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, clean, colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.Top+fore-dges bright and immaculate; contents bright,tight and clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate b/w map illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xiii-xixpp+1-763pp [paginated] includes synopsis of 'Eragon' and 'Eldest' (first 2 books of this on-going epic and so-far published trilogy) 58 chapters/sections,pronunciation guide and glossary, acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,a double-page b/w map,a b/w vignetted frntis,title page,a dedication,and a contents list/table.
Oaths sworn. . . . Loyalties tested. . . . Forces collide.
It's been only months since Eragon first uttered "brisingr",an… Read More