Search Results: Authors starting with R from BritoBooks

Librairie Tross, 1870. Hardcover. Very Good. Book written in French. 3rd edition. 120 illustrations, full page caricatures, Book in very good condition. Half orange cloth, half marbled boards, probably rebound, hinges and binding excellent. no inscriptions, very minimal foxing, end-papers tanned

Hot Key Books, 2020. Soft Cover. Fine. UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF. Book as new, in unread FINE condition. Due publication june 2020. DEBUT and 1st in trilogy

Quercus, 2014. Soft Cover. Fine. UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF. Book in unread, FINE condition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE TITLE PAGE. Due publication May 2014.

Quercus, 2010. Hardcover. Fine. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT. hardback in unclipped dustjacket. Both book and dustjacket in fine condition. Published as a hardback in the UK a month before US publication. "In his zinger of a debut, Rachman deftly applies his experience as foreign correspondent and editor to chart the goings-on at a scrappy English-language newspaper in Rome. Chapters read like exquisite short stories. There are more than enough sublime moments [and] unexpected turns." - Publishers Weekly, starred review. From Kirkus Reviews - "Rachman's ability to create a diverse group of fully formed individuals is remarkable. Each is vivid and compelling in his or her own way. The individual stories work well independently, even better as the author skillfully weaves them together a very strong debut Funny, humane and artful." Reviews of the book, including a NY Times Book Review front page, have been virtually unanimous in their praise and portend major book award consideration. The latest news… Read More

Riverrun, 2018. Hardcover. Very Good. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT. Book in overall Very Good condition, suffers light bumps to top/bottom of spine. Fine jacket priced £16.99. Fine contents. No previous owner marks or names. Hard to find in signed state.

F.W. Crossley Publishing Co. Ltd, 1904. Hardcover. Fair. The F.W. Crossley Publishing Co. Ltd, 1904. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering, soiled but intact. Pages are browned at edges and some foxing throughout. Binding very good. 112pp with b&w illustrations. Published for the benefit of the funds of the Irish Branch of the Railway Benevolent Institution.

Little Brown, 2021. Hardcover. Fine. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT. Book in unread FINE/FINE condition. SIGNED & NUMBERED BY AUTHOR .

Viking, 2011. Soft Cover. Fine. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT. Book as new, unread, FINE condition. SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE.

Gollancz, 2012. Hardcover. Fine. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT. Book as new, unread FINE/FINE condition.

Gollancz, 2010. Soft Cover. As New. UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF. Book in as new, unread FINE condition. Includes Publisher's Promo Letter. DEBUT. Jean le Flambeur is a post-human criminal, mind burglar, confidence artist and trickster. His origins are shrouded in mystery, but his exploits are known throughout the Heterarchy - from breaking into the vast Zeusbrains of the Inner System to steal their thoughts, to stealing rare Earth antiques from the aristocrats of the Moving Cities of Mars. Except that Jean made one mistake. Now he is condemned to play endless variations of a game-theoretic riddle in the vast virtual jail of the Axelrod Archons - the Dilemma Prison - against countless copies of himself. Jean's routine of death, defection and cooperation is upset by the arrival of Mieli and her spidership, Perhonen. She offers him a chance to win back his freedom and the powers of his old self - in exchange for finishing the one heist he never quite managed . . . The Quantum Thief is a dazzling hard… Read More

Bloomsbury, 2019. Hardcover. Fine. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT. Book in unread FINE/FINE condition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE

Michael Joseph, 2007. Hardcover. As New. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT, SIGNED, LINED & DATED BY AUTHOR DIRECT TO TITLE PAGE. . Debut crime thriller set in Glasgow. Book as new, unread, FINE/FINE condition. published June 2007. Synopsis 1984: It looked like a simple job. That was why they gave it to him. Guarding a woman - nameless and almost faceless after a savage acid attack - at a Glasgow hospital, PC Alan McAlpine has no idea that this simple job will haunt his career and change his life forever. 2006: Two decades later, Alan steps into Partickhill police station and back in time. Now a celebrated Detective Chief Inspector, McAlpine has been drafted in to lead the hunt for a man the press are calling 'the Crucifixion Killer'. Two women are already dead, their mutilated bodies laid with arms outstretched. With his distinguished reputation, McAlpine's team are confident their new DCI will lead them to the killer. But the obsession that was born in a hospital room twenty-two years earlier has… Read More

Orion, 2013. Hardcover. Fine. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT, Book in as new, unread FINE/FINE Condition. SIGNED, LINED & DATED BY AUTHOR DIRECT TO TITLE PAGE. On her 13th birthday Maia, who has been brought up by Tareth, the weaver and warrior who she has always believed is her father, falls into an adventure that will take her on a perilous journey to a kingdom poisoned by bitterness and jealousies. A kingdom that she must save. Tareth is no ordinary weaver - the silk he weaves sings of destiny and danger, of Maia's future. Because she is no ordinary girl either. She has always been the flame-headed outsider among the Cliff Dwellers, but she doesn't want to listen to the song of the silk, or to the terrifying words of the village Watcher. Guarding her secret, denying her future, Maia steps into places she has never explored where she'll encounter mercenaries, spies, friends and enemies. And where she will face her destiny as a Sun Catcher. Exotically located in the Far East in an age when trading and… Read More

Hale, 2005. Hardcover. Fine. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT, SIGNED and inscribed to the Arnold family BY THE AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE. Book in new, unread FINE/FINE condition.

Orion, 2019. Soft Cover. Fine. UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF. Book in unread FINE condition. Re-release of this 1990 thriller

Orion, 1992. Soft Cover. Good. UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF. limited to 500 copies, this is Number 280) . Book in generally Good condition. Has been read and has reading creases to spine, also creased front cover, top corner. No inscriptions. Appears to be 2 variants of this book: title in red lettering on spine (as this is) and I'm also aware the books sometimes have the title in yellow/gold lettering on the spine. SCARCE

The Bodley Head, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT. Book in overall Very Good condition. No price clipped. No inscriptions. Jckt suffers little edge wear. Boards pushed bottom of spine. Page edges just starting to fade. NOT EX-LIB. SCARCE early novel

Charles Scribeners & Sons, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good. first u.s hardback printing Charles Scribeners Sons 1942. Near v.g price cut jacket- browning on the inside and odd small tears/rubs. Book v.g- contents near fine- ownership inscription FEP.

Adam and Charles Black, 1908. Hardcover. Very Good. Book Condition: Very Good. No Dj. 1st edition. A celebration of the seasons, with 16 full-page protected coloured illustrations, mainly of English scenes from original paintings by the author. Green cloth, gilt dec., top edge gilt; a little shelf wear, very nice copy. Internally clean and tight; pictures in very good condition.

Cassell, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT, SIGNED INSCRIPTION BY AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE. Book in excellent condition. Very clean and tight. Novel involving the participants in the event of a baby kidnapping, but more than a crime novel with emphasis on the strains to a relationship of parents of varied ages and the nationwide angst that people experience in such cases.