Search Results: Authors starting with S from Chris Martin Modern First Editions

Faber 2022 (1stUK). 1st Edition . Hardcover. New. FIrst edition, first impression, signed by the author. A True Story. Mint in a Mint d/w. In 1966, John Barker, a dynamic psychiatrist working in an outdated British mental hospital, established the Premonitions Bureau to investigate these questions. He would find a network of hundreds of correspondents, from bank clerks to ballet teachers. Among them were two unnervingly gifted 'percipients'. Together, the pair predicted plane crashes, assassinations and international incidents, with uncanny accuracy. And then, they informed Barker of their most disturbing premonition: that he was about to die. The Premonitions Bureau is an enthralling true story, of madness and wonder, science and the supernatural - a journey to the most powerful and unsettling reaches of the human mind.

Macmillan 2020 (1st UK). 1st Edition . Soft cover. New. First edition, first printing of this paperback original. Signed by both authors to the title page. Winner of the British Book Awards Children's Fiction Book of the Year 2021. Adventures on Trains is a major mystery series from the prize-winning M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman. First stop, The Highland Falcon Thief, a breathless train journey full of deceptions, puzzles and clues to solve. Mint in pictorial wraps as issued.

Bloomsbury 2013 (1st UK). 1st Edition . Hardcover. New. First Edition/First Printing. An unread copy, signed 'Samantha Shannon' to the title page. She has also added, "I dreamed of poppies struggling from dust 18-9-13". Nineteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working in the criminal underworld of Scion London. Her Job: to scout for information by breaking in to people's minds. For Paige is a dreamwalker, a clairvoyant - and in her world she commits treason simply by breathing. It is raining the day her life changes for ever. Attacked, drugged and kidnapped, Paige is transported to Oxford - a city kept secret for two hundred years and controlled by a powerful, otherworldly race called the Rephaim. Paige is assigned to Warden, a Rephaite with mysterious motives. He is her master. Her trainer. But if Paige wants to regain her freedom she must allow herself to be nurtured in this prison where she is meant to die. Signed without inscription. Mint in a Mint d/w.

Bloomsbury 2013 (1st UK). 1st Edition . Hardcover. New. First Edition/First Printing. An unread copy, signed 'Samantha Shannon' to the title page. Nineteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working in the criminal underworld of Scion London. Her Job: to scout for information by breaking in to people's minds. For Paige is a dreamwalker, a clairvoyant - and in her world she commits treason simply by breathing. It is raining the day her life changes for ever. Attacked, drugged and kidnapped, Paige is transported to Oxford - a city kept secret for two hundred years and controlled by a powerful, otherworldly race called the Rephaim. Paige is assigned to Warden, a Rephaite with mysterious motives. He is her master. Her trainer. But if Paige wants to regain her freedom she must allow herself to be nurtured in this prison where she is meant to die. Signed without inscription. Mint in a Mint d/w.

Faber 1982 (1st UK). First Edition. . Soft cover. Fine. Text consists of 'A Piece of Monologue,' 'Rockaby' and 'Ohio Impromptu.' Stapled in illustrated card wrappers. A fine, bright copy.

Faber 1973 (1st Reprint). Soft cover. Near Fine. 16 pages. Wrappers. 'Not I' is a short dramatic monologue written in 1972 (20 March to 1 April) by Samuel Beckett which was premiered at the "Samuel Beckett Festival" by the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, New York (22 November 1972). First reprint but same year as the first edition.

Hamish Hamilton 2003 (1st UK). 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. A V.I. Warshawski novel. Fine in a Fine d/w.

Henry Holt 2019 (1st US). 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New. First edition, first printing of this well received first novel. Mint in Mint d/w.

Faber 2004 (1st UK). First Edition. . Soft cover. Fine. Shortlisted for the 2004 Booker Prize. Laid in is a publicity bookmark for the award. Mint in soft wraps as issued in pictorial d/w.

Quercus 2008 (1st UK). 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. First edition, first impression. Lyall is an American journalist who worked as London correspondent for The New York Times. This is a fascinating insight into and American's view of the English. Fine in a Fine d/w.

Virago Press 2006 (1st UK). 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New. Shortlisted for both the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize. 1st UK/1st Printing. Mint in Mint d/w.

Harvill Press 1961 (1st UK). First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine. Nice clean copy. First edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine d/w.

Chatto and Windus 1946 (1st UK). 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. An excellent book with 59 plates on 46 and 7 full-page maps in the text. With a foreword by George Winthrop Young. Written from a Japanese POW camp at Singapore, Russell's classic account records summer camps with New Zealand pioneer A.P.Harper, experiences in Jan Mayen and the Arctic, and an expedition to the Karakoram-Himalaya under Shipton. Some chipping to d/w otherwise Very Good in a Good/Very Good d/w.

Viking 1996 (1st UK). 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. First edition, first impression. Fourth legal thriller by the highly rated novelist. Fine in a Fine glassine d/w.

Penguin 2008 (1st UK). Hardcover. Fine. First edition, first printing. Fine in a Fine dustjacket.

1st UK: Walker Studio, 2015. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. New. Tan. Shaun. Signed to a bookplate. Foreword by Neil Gaiman. This art book showcases Shaun Tan's sculptural talent applied here to fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm.

1st UK: Walker Studio, 2015. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. New. Tan. Shaun. This limited gift box edition includes two exclusive signed and numbered prints. Shaun Tan fans get to see his extraordinary talent applied to sculpture in this award-winning, lavishly presented collection of art based on fairy tales told by the Brothers Grimm. Author/illustrator Shaun Tan grew up in Perth and works as an artist, writer and film-maker in Melbourne, best known for illustrated books that deal with social, political and historical subjects through dream-like imagery. The Rabbits, The Red Tree, Tales from Outer Suburbia and the graphic novel The Arrival have been widely translated throughout the world and enjoyed by readers of all ages. Shaun has also worked as a theatre designer, a concept artist for Pixar and won an Academy Award for the short animated film The Lost Thing. In 2011 he received the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in Sweden, in recognition of his services to literature for young people.… Read More

Heinemann 1995 (1st UK) 0. Hardcover. Fine. Booker Prize Shortlist. Very neat small christian name on f.f.e. o/w Fine in a Fine d/wd/w.

Nottinghamshire County Council, 1980. Soft cover. Fine. Revised/updated second edition. A catalogue of printed material in the County and University Libraries of Nottingham.

Bodley Head 1996 (1st UK). First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine. Shirley Hughes. Laid in is a full A4 handwritten letter from Hughes discussing the opening of a school library. Hughes pasted it on to card as she wanted to cover up the original letter on the verso on which she made a mistake. Fine in a Fine d/w.