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

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 9 - 1 descending.A title from the Collins Crime Club imprint/series.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour photographic upper panel of dw/dj,with white,orange and yellow capitalised lettering,b/w lettering to an orange spine/backstrip and a b/w illustrated Collins Crime Club logo to head of same,rear panel with black lettered,assorted other author's published titles in this series,publisher's b/w advertisement of assorted other authors' recent titles from the same imprint,to a white background; all with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip. Top+fore-edges bright and clean - a single tiny blemish/spot on fore-edges; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread other than my own collation. Publisher's… 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,colour pictorial artwork,by Boris Vallejo,illustrated dw/dj with small puncture/pierce to front boards' spine/backstrips gutters' edge and a small circular puncture with concomitant loss and also affecting the board beneath with siimilar loss.Head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing and some minimal rubbing/fraying,similar fault to rear top corner too and negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - though no major nicks or tears present.Orange(?) paper-covered boards with gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,7- 127pp [paginated] includes foreword by Isaac Asimov, artist's introduction,10 chapters and an afterword,profuse full-colour,full-page illus,and b/w thumbnail sketches of Vallejo's artwork throughout the text and the book.Vallejo discusses in depth the techniques of a personal style which has… Read More

UK,Qrto wraps,no dw/dj - as issued,1st s/back edn.VG+.No owner inscrptn.Boris Vallejo laminated,pictorial,colour illustrated wraps with minimal shelf-wear and rubbing to edges.Top edge slightly aged, fore-edge slightly thumb marked/grubbed,contents bright,tight and clean.UK,Qrto wraps,7-127pp [paginated] includes half-title+colour illustrated title page,colour illustrated contents list page, foreword by Isaac Asimov,author introduction and afterword. Contains 52 full or near full-page colour illustrations,many part-page colour illustrations throughout text,with 4 full-page b/w line fantasy art illustrations and several part-page b/w illustrations throughout the text also. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight of this item,for correct,insured (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please… Read More

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st thus. [BCA edn - Book Club Associates,so no price,no ISBN either.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn.Pictorial colour decorated dw/dj with small closed tear to top front corner and spine/backstrip slightly sunned/faded,and with light creasing dw/dj edges.Tan paper-covered boards with gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus, 127pp includes foreword by Isaac Asimov,profuse full-colour,full-page illustrations of Vallejo's artwork. Vallejo discusses in depth the techniques of a personal style which has placed him among the leading international fantasy and science fiction artists of today (1985).His work has illustrated such writers as Edgar Rice Burroughs and Frederick Pohl,and has also appeared in the well-known series Conan,Tarzan and Doc Savage.In this book the artist has produced more fabulous paintings.He describes how he creates them from the initial concept, through the subtlety of every stage of painting,specifying the media he… Read More

UK,Qrto wraps,no dw/dj - as issued,s/back 1st edn.VG. No owner inscrptn.Laminated,colour,pictorial illustrated wraps by Boris Vallejo with light shelf-wear and minimal rubbing to edges,corners lightly rubbed and a 1/2" closed tear with 2" diagonal crease to front,bottom corner.Top edge slightly dust-soiled,fore-edge lightly thumbed, contents though are bright,tight and clean.UK,Qrto wraps,1st edn, 2-107pp includes half-title+b/w line illustrated title page, 15 full-page,full-colour and 8 full-page b/w fantasy art illustrations,with profuse,other b/w line illustrations throughout the text. Desire, fantasy, sensuality, enchantment.15 dazzling new full- colour paintings by renowned artist Boris Vallejo and a collection of boldly erotic stories by Doris Vallejo weave a magnificent spell of human passion and the transcendent power of love. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG./VG.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Pictorial colour decorated dw/dj with slightly rubbed corners with small closed tears but little or no loss,top edge light creases and small closed tears and light rubbing and chipping to head of spine/backstrip. Bottom edges lightly creased with a closed tear to front and a small nick to rear.Rear panel slightly grubbed.Top edge lightly dust-soiled and foxed with light foxing and spotting to fore-edge.Closed tear to middle of slightly faded/sunned spine/backstrip.Light foxing to prelims: ffe,half-title and title pages; else contents bright,tight and clean.Plain red cloth boards with stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-319pp. A story of adventure.Briefly,it is the tale of two white hunters: one old,… Read More

LONDON.HOGARTH PRESS,1953.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.8th imp. [True 1st,in 1952.].NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Pictorial illustrated upper wrap; with negligible shelf-wear to edges, minimal creasing,or rubbing.Slight chip with minimal reciprocal loss to front top, right-hand corner.Small closed tear to foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj. Author's first travel book. 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 - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Top page edge slightly spotted.Slight shelf-wear/creasing top edge dw/dj, with spine/backstrip slightly faded/sunned.
Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,b/w photograph illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.Bright,clean,unblemished,publisher's original black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4pp blanks,vii-xxxpp+1- 265pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,contents+maps lists/ tables,a foreword [Major General Julian Thompson],a glossary,Rear Admiral Busser's address (Argentine),12 chapters includes postscript, 16pp contemporary b/w photographs in two blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp62/63 and pp174/75 respectively,19 b/w maps,appendices+ notes(10), biblio,4pp blanks to rear and an index. The Argentinian invasion of the… Read More

UK,16mo HB,no dw/dj as issued,author SIGNED,1st edn. Near FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's neat, handwritten signature - without dedication - to title page,no dw/dj - as issued.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original dark green cloth boards with cream(?) lettering to front,spine and rear cover,a Waterstone's circular,black adhesive label with white letters 'Signed by the author' label to front cover,a green+white striped headband and immaculate plain white endpapers.Top+fore-edges lightly toned with minimal but faint,sporadic spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound,a small number of blocks of pages' top corner tips with faint,uniform but accidental creases - otherwise seems unread,apart from my own collation.UK,16mo HB,no dw/dj as issued,author SIGNED,1st edn,3-368pp [paginated] includes month by month and day by day facts/information relating to Plymouth,across it's history; plus [unpaginated] author SIGNED title page.Through the year day by day,'The Plymouth Book… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges very lightly aged but bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,dark green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-394pp [paginated] includes an introduction,5 yearly/annual Pts (1914- 1918) comprising 18 chapters+an aftermath,32pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece between pp122/3 and pp266/7 respectively,acknowledgements,sources+credits for text+photographs,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and contents+abbreviations lists/tables.… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt b/w contemporary photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - as new.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,publisher's original, plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip with immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-340pp [paginated],half-title+title pages,contents list/ table,author introduction,15 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w photographs/illus/ newspaper cuttings etc.,in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp88/9 and pp248/9 respectively,acknowledgements,sources,an index,and 4pp blanks to rear. At the outbreak of the First World War,boys as young as thirteen were caught… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges very lightly aged but generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,dark green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,2-394pp [paginated] includes an intro,5 yearly/ annual Pts (1914-1918) comprising 18 chapters+an aftermath,32pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp122/3 and pp266/7 respectively,acknowledgements,sources+ credits for text+photographs,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and contents+abbreviations lists/tables. For other related… Read More

USA,NY.AWARD BOOKS,1967.US,12mo wraps,no dw/dj - as issued, paperback original,p/back 1st edn.VG+.No owner inscrptn.White wraps with red+black lettering to both wraps and black spine/backstrip with white lettering with minimal shelf-wear to edges and negligible creasing and wraps lightly grubbed/spotted.All edges uniformly coloured,contents bright,tight and clean, considering book's age,with a dog-ear crease to top corner pp69/70.Though manufactured and printed in US,this copy has the British publisher TANDEM logo to upper wrap and spine/
backstrip with an English price of 5/-.An interesting and scarce title.
The inside story that goes behind the headlines for the truth about the Kennedy book battle.The contradictory truth that even as they prepared to take their case to court, the Kennedys knew they had already lost their fight.The inescapable truth that Robert Kennedy's desperate attempts to stop publication of William Manchester's… Read More

UK,12mo p/back,1st thus.[Green Penguin Crime series, number 1776.Precedes the US (NY) Dell Publishing, 1963 p/back.A Judge Dee,Chinese detective story, originally published in UK,as an 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,by Michael Joseph,1959.A 1st edn thus.] VG+. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy green+black illustration in Chinese style with an over-riding b/w Chinese calligraphic letter front cover with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.A couple of minimal,minor abrasion/indents to front - but without penetration.Concave spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges inevitably aged/toned; but contents bright,tight and clean - no intentional reading creases to any pages' corner tips.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn thus,5-221pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,18 chapters+ Postscript,10 full-page author's b/w line illustrations in Chinese style and a district's b/w map section, interspersed throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title… Read More

UK,12mo wraps,no dw/dj,as issued,p/back,1st thus.[Green Penguin Crime series,number C2431.A Judge Dee,Chinese detective story,originally published in UK as an 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,by William Heinemann, 1963.The author has also drawn the b/w illustrations in Chinese style. A 1st edn thus.] VG+. Bright,crisp, clean,glossy colour photographic illustrated front cover with bright,non-faded red and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - contents bright, tight and clean - no intentional reading creases to any pages' corners.Book has been carefully read with vertical creases to both card covers in vicinity of the spine/backstrip.There is an accidental diagonal crease to bottom corners of pp157 (the last page) and to the following blank in the same spot - both pages' creases within each other - so,not separate,different distinct creases.Small creases to rear corners of rear cover.Top edges toned/aged - as usual/normal (book's age!) -… Read More

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.[Originally serialised in Astounding Science Fiction,February, March & April 1943. First US,HB's by Hadley Publishing Co. [1947],Providence, RI; a revised edition (US),New York,Greenberg,(1952). First UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,by Weidenfeld and Nicolson,UK (1954).Other than US ACE Double with the story's variant title (D-94,vt 'One Against Eternity' 1955),this single p/b issue is it's first appearance thus.] Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy,colour pictorial artwork (uncredited but Gaighan),illustrated front cover with yellow,b/w and pale blue lettering to same,similar lettering to sunned,slightly faded spine which appears to have no reading creases,rear cover with monochrome art detail repeated from front illustration and red+black lettered critics' reviews; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.All edges coloured light pink and with sporadic but minimal foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and… Read More

UK,slim 12mo French wraps,1st edn. [Translated from the Dutch.] VG+. Owner's name and contemporary date to blank after ffe and before half-title page.and an ink stamped SIGILLUM ECCLESIAE STAE HELENAE, GREAT CROSBY seal illustration,to reverse of last page of the preface.Same ink stamp seal repeated to reverse of the last page of the appendix at rear of the book. [Great Crosby is an area of the town of Crosby, in the now, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton (formed April,1974), Merseyside,England and is historically,part of Lancashire.] Sharp-cornered and fairly bright,yellow +red bands with red+black lettering to stiff paper French wraps front cover,red+black letters to spine/backstrip and a black lettered publisher's advert list to rear cover.A small blemish to front cover.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned; contents bright,tight and clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo French wraps,1st edn, v-viipp+1-61pp… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten,black ink signature,SIGNED b/w photographic salamander illustrated pasted bookplate to title separator page and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around,matt white background with vibrant pink upright,rectangular panel with superimposed hummingbird colour photograph to front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised,blocked gilt lettered title+author name and critic's other vibrant pink lettered review and a b/w circular adhesive 'SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR' label,spine/backstrip with red shadowed,capitalised gilt lettered title,capitalised gilt lettered author name and publisher's red+white illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with a vibrant orange,upright,rectangular panel with superimposed salamander colour photograph with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as front and 2 critics' vibrant orange lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£16.50) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,monochrome montage'd photographic illustrated dw/dj, with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and a creasing to edges and corners - some inevitable but minor,superficial scoring and light indents to dw/dj - without too adversely affecting the boards beneath.A production fault vertical wrinkle to cloth edge of front board.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound 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 dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-234pp [paginated] includes foreword,27 chapters,an afterword; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,prose extract (Napoleon III, 'Life of Caesar'.) and to… Read More