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

UK,slim 8vo wraps.softback,illustrated,1st edn. FINE. Wrapped+protected from day of issue/purchase,so no owner inscrptn and no price removal from sharp-cornered,monochrome photographic card covers. Black+brown lettering to front+spine,rear cover with black lettered synopsis and thumbnail coloured highlighted regional map (DEVON) and red+white St. George flag motif; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present and no reading creases to spine/backstrip unread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim 8vo wraps softback, illustrated,1st edn,7-128pp [paginated] includes an introduction,8 chapters with profuse captioned historical and contemporary b/w photographs interspersed throughout the book and acknowledgements and a bibliography as last page; plus [unpaginated] half-title page with 1920s b/w scenic photograph of The Hoe - picturing the Naval Memorial,Drake's statue and the Armada Memorial illustrated frntis to its reverse,title page and contents list/table.This… Read More

US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price to inner flap of dw/dj,but printed to rear panel (US$27.95).Bright,crisp,clean,matt,montage'd colour portrait photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj, with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A small closed tear to rear,lower corner of dw/dj. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my owncollation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,black paper-covered boards with white paper blind spine/ backstrip with bright,crisp,blocked fluorescent green gilt letters to same,a red headband,and immaculate plain white endpapers.US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vi-viipp+2- 310pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,acknowledgements,author introduction,Pts I-IV comprising 4,3,2,2… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.VG/VG.Owner inscrptn to ffe.Top edge slightly spotted/foxed.Protected dw/dj,but slightly marked under protective laminate.Bonnano family tree eps.8vo,526pp includes 2pp b/w photographs and index. The Mafia - the most discussed,least understood subject in America - is a syndicate of approximately 5,000 men belonging to twenty-four separate "families" located in major cities in every region of the United States.Since the Prohibition era,it has specialised in providing those illegal commodities which,in Lippmann's words,human appetites crave.It is a risky business at best.Sidewalks have been littered with bodies because of "misunderstandings" between mafiosi.Yet,since the survivors in Mafia society are most often as quiet as the corpses,there has never been a factual account of the Mafia world from the inside: what… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour illustrated dw/dj,with red,white and blue lettering;
with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges lightly aged/toned,fore-edges similar but slightly brighter and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - near 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 dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,white ink printed letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain red endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-398pp [paginated] includes a note to the reader,7 sections with 4,5,5,5,57 and 3 chapters respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,gratitude page,a
dedication,contents list/table,sections separator pages,and
at the rear a contemporary b/w autobiographical familial photograph with extracts previous… Read More

LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH,1990.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NMINT/NMINT. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Minimal crease top edge dw/dj - shelf-wear? Derek Tangye has enriched the lives of thousands through his delightful Minack Chronicles, about his life in a clifftop cottage in Cornwall.His bestselling Jeannie was 'a brave,moving and loving tribute' (Sunday Times) to his wife who shared that life with him until she died in 1986, and all those who read it will have wondered how he coped. This book is their answer. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,glossy,colour photographic illustrated wraps (Monty the cat,leaping to front; and author portrait photograph to rear); with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing; three corners minimally rubbed with miniscule loss.Top+fore- edges very,very lightly aged/toned but generally bright and clean, contents bright,tight and near pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,clean,green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-179pp (paginated) half-title page,b/w line illustrated title page,illustrations+illustrators list,8pp colour,scenic photographs+1 colour illus,in two blocks of four,between pp54/55 and pp118/119 respectively,a few b/w line illus by Denis White in text and a verso,b/w line… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip.Very slight minimal creasing top edge dw/dj,shelf-wear? Derek Tangye's wife died 22 Feb,1986.Her death,a shattering loss not only to Derek,himself,but to a multitude of readers who knew and loved her as the heroine of the Minack Chronicles - his enchanting books about their life in a little cottage on a cliff top not far from LAND'S END - and as the creator of the line drawings that adorned them.For all who mourned his loss with him,he has written this moving love story in which he recalls the joys of their marriage. Derek recounts scenes from their blissful,happy marriage - their famous meeting at the SAVOY,their escape from London's hurly-burly to their Cornish flower farm,their tranquil country life surrounded by their animal companions. Jeannie shines… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,handwritten,blue ink signature - without dedication - to title page,just above his own printed name,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edge lightly and sporadically spotted,probably dust-soiling,fore-edges bright,clean and unmarked; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright, clean,publisher's original, plain dark brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,viipp +1-179pp [paginated] includes illustrations list/table,12 chapters, 16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp56/7 and pp120/1 respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,author SIGNED title page,a… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean ,glossy laminated,photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A tiny snick towards rear corner's lower edge.Top edge lightly and sporadically spotted, probably dust-soiling; fore-edges bright,clean and virtually unmarked; contents bright, tight and near pristine - some accidental dog-ear creasing to a few pages' top corners - otherwise,an unread copy? Publisher's bright,clean,original,plain dark brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viipp+1- 179pp [paginated] includes illustrations list/table,12 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp56/7 and pp120/1 respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title page, author SIGNED title page,a dedication and 4pp blanks to rear. 17th title in the… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork (Helen Allingham) with b/w photographic inset,illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Front panel of dw/dj has writing impressions - only seen under a light source - but without penetration or affecting the board beneath,rear panel of dw/dj has some light,superficial scoring/indentations again,without penetration or affecting
the board beneath.Top+fore-edges 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 dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate b/w garden plan illustrated endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viii-xiiipp+ 2-201pp… Read More

US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st thus.[Originally published Stein&Day, 1975.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to protected dw/dj but new fep.Colour pictorial upper wrap, detail taken from "The Last Judgement" by Hieronymous Bosch.Miniscule rubbing to head of dw/dj spine/backstrip and bottom front corner.Salmon-pink paper-covered boards with gilt letters to a purple cloth blind spine and plain white endpapers.Fore-edges near pristine as are the contents.US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,209pp includes 16pp b/w contemporary illus,10pp bibliography,notes and an index. Is cannibalism the oldest taboo in the world? By no means.Man has been eating his fellow man for over half a million years,and only in the last two thousand years has the practice ceased to be respectable.Tannahill,after many encounters (in the literary sense) with cannabilism while researching her book Food in History,has written the first book in English to… Read More

South Africa,8vo HB+dw/dj,4th edn.[Originally and first published Nov.,1961,revised+enlarged Oct.,1963,a 3rd edn Sept.,1967 and this the 4th edn Oct.,1973.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but dw/dj price-clipped.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated card dw/dj with,monochrome lower 1/3rds,front+rear,of dw/dj illustrated dw/dj with also a b/w oval vignette to front,black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks, tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges very lightly toned but still clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually 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 brown,black+white design illustrated boards with black+brown lettering to spine/backstrip,and immaculate brown+white regional map ( KNYSNA Harbour and district - c.1820) illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, vii-xivpp+1-199pp [paginated] includes… Read More

UK,12mo wraps,no dw/dj - as issued,paperback original,p/back 1st edn. [Softback/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.] N/FINE.No owner inscrptn. Tarantino's second screenplay.Script is of special interest as a map of Tarantino's original intentions for the film.Much tauter and leaner than the completed film. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the light weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo wraps,paperback,limited,1st edn.NFINE.No owner inscrptn. Appears an unread copy as there are no reading creases to spine/ backstrip.Assumed production fault - laminate wrinkle/crease/tear(?) to bottom third of spine/ backstrip (see also rja2008 - it has identical fault in same spot:same angle,length etc.,).Colour photographic upper wrap with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges of wraps,though there is a slight dog-ear crease to rear,top corner and minisculely rubbed to foot of spine/ backstrip with minimal loss.Top+fore-edges slightly aged; contents bright,tight and clean.UK,8vo p/back,limited 1st edn,vii-xpp+7-133pp includes title page,TARANTINO intro/interview,2 b/w portrait photographic frontispieces of Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette,a cast list,script and publisher's advert to rear. The first screenplay Tarantino ever wrote.In many ways his most personal film to date,reflecting as it does the days he spent working behind the counter at Video Archives in Manhattan… Read More

UK,8vo wraps,no dw/dj - as issued,paperback,limited,1st edn.NFINE.No owner inscrptn.Appears an unread copy as there are no reading creases to spine/backstrip.Assumed production fault - laminate wrinkle/crease/tear(?) to bottom third of spine/backstrip (see also rja2008 - it has identical fault in same spot:same angle,length etc.,).Colour photographic upper wrap with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges of wraps,though there is a slight dog-ear crease to rear,top corner and minisculely rubbed to foot of spine/backstrip with minimal loss.Top+fore- edges slightly aged,contents bright,tight and clean.UK,8vo wraps,p/back, limited 1st edn,vii-xpp+7-133pp includes title page,TARANTINO introduction, interview,2 b/w portrait photographic frontispieces of Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette,cast list,script and publisher's advert to rear. The first screenplay Tarantino ever wrote.In many ways his most personal film to date,reflecting as it does the days he spent working behind the counter at… Read More

UK,12mo paperback original,Limited 1st edn thus. [Softback/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.] No owner inscrptn. Colour,photographic upper wrap (mr.blonde,mr.brown, mr.white and nice guy eddie,all in black suits),white background with red blood splashes.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents pristine - appears an unread copy - no reading creases to spine/backstrip.UK,slim,12mo, p/b Original,1st edn thus,ix-xviiipp+2-113pp includes half-title+title pages, contents list,a cast+crew list,an abridged interview with Tarantino by Graham Fuller,profuse b/w photographs throughout the text,credits to rear with promoter's and publisher's adverts also to rear. "Like A Virgin is all about a girl who digs a guy with a big dick." With those words,Quentin Tarantino,the most exciting new… Read More

UK,12mo,wraps,no dw/dj - as issued,paperback 1st edn. NMINT. Appears an unread copy as there are no reading creases to spine/backstrip.Colour,photographic rear wrap: Una Thurman, pouting and smoking.Top+fore-edges very lightly aged as usual/ normal,contents bright,tight and near pristine.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn thus,vi-viipp+7- 198pp includes half-title+title pages,contents list,cast list, b/w author portrait photographic frntis,script/screenplay with profuse b/w photographs throughout the text,and credits to rear. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay and the prestigious Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival,Pulp Fiction exploded onto the screen in 1994 and transformed the direction of contemporary cinema. This trio of masterly interwoven crime stories is witty,gritty and shamelessly violent,displaying Tarantino's visceral approach to character and plot.See also rja2005, rja2006, rja2008 and rja2009.… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£18.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,
subject's colour portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj,
with brown and b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to
any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Both head+foot of dw/dj's spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate colour photographic endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-xipp+ 1-307pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,subject's separate acknowledgements and preface,34 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w+colour auto+biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp116/7 and pp180/1 respectively,an index;… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.Translated from the Portuguese by Peter Bush.] FINE/FINE.Neat,blue ink,single Christian name (Jean) owner inscrptn towards top right-hand corner of ffe,but no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork,by Kari Brownlie,illustrated dw/dj,with black+brown lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked fluorescent gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale green endpapers,owner Christian name excepted. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-374pp [paginated] includes 17 chapters and an epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,an epigram,and to… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/VG. No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj.Closed tear to head+foot of dw/dj spine/backstrip which is also slightly darkened.Closed tears and minimal chipping to top edge dw/dj. UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,512pp includes index of author sources and titles,general index,index of first lines (verse),records,b/w line illus, woodcut chapter headpieces by Margot HAMAND,pictorial decorated endpapers. Anthology of angling literature containing useful information and hints on tackle and boats,flies and baits,scale reading and measuring,packaging and cooking fish,fishermen's birds,flowers,weeds and inns. Please contact
rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight and value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers… Read More