Search Results: Titles starting with B from David Edward Hellawell

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1953. Hardcover. First edition. First printing. VG/VG. DW is not price-clipped but has some sellotape reinfocement on back of intact whole jacket. 8vo. x + 150pp. B/w. frontispiece of aerial photo of school in 1948 has become displaced but is in good condition and has been re-affixed to front end page. Good appendices including roll of honour and decorations for first and second world wars. 21 good black and white photographic plates. In attractive original dark blue buckram gilt hard cover binding. .

London: Granta, 1999 1862070504. Hardback. First edition. First printing. Complete numberline. Fine apart from slight bumping to spine. In VG DW which has one sellotape reinforcement but is intact and not price clipped. 276 pages including index. No annotations or inscriptions. Thick black hardbound: gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 8vo. 9.5ins x 6.25ins, xxvi, 726pp. Numerous maps within the pre-lim pages. This is a magisterial survey of the complex and bloody history of the Balkans by the distinguished former special correspondent. of the BBC in the area. This is a heavy book which will require some extra postage. .

London: The Cresset Press, 1952. First edition. Hardback. Very Good. No DW. A tight copy. No inscriptions or annotations. 433 pages. This volume also contains eight other stories by this great American writer some of which have been filmed such as 'Reflections in a Golden Eye'. .

London: Chatto & Windus, 1973. First edition. Ex-library hardback first edition with the usual stamps, although all of these have been neatly covered over on the front endpages with a few photocopies of some of the book's B/W illustrations. Otherwise VG with an intact DW which at first sight looks VG externally but has a water stain at the foot of the back cover and a couple of small sellotape reinforcements. 272 pages including index. Lavishly illustrated throughout in B/W and colour. The 30 colour plates, many of which are full page, help this book to give a very rich picture of the life of Balzac and the French and European culture in which he operated. Over 10" by 7.5" This is a heavy item so extra postage will be required. An excellent coverage of the life and works of Karl Marx's favourite novelist. .

London: University of London Athlone Press, 1964. First edition. Hardback. Ex-high school library with the usual stamps and some pencil marks on a few pages. Some bumping at top and base of spine, but otherwise a Very Good copy. No inscriptions. No DW. Over 8.5" by 5.5". 506 pages including index. .

Staplehurst: Spellmount Publishers Ltd, 2004 9781862272286. Hardback. First Edition. Complete numberline. VG/Fine. Except for the fact that a previous owner's inscription has been cut off the top corner of the front endpage, there are no blemishes. DW is not price-clipped. No inscriptions or annotations etc. 341 pages including bibliography and index. Illustrated with B/W photos,and copious maps etc. 'The Defeat of Germany', takes a chronological look at the Soviet counter- attack around Stalingrad. Manstein's enigmatic counter-stroke in the spring of 1943 through the battle of Kursk, and the subsequent German retreat to the Dneiper.. 'Barbarossa to Berlin' gives the reader a unique insight into the sheer scale of this titanic struggle. The chronological approach adopted by the author gives fine detail to a complex series of battles.. .

London: Little, Brown and Company, 1999 0316648159. First edition. Hardback. Signed by author in presence of seller. Fine/Good. DW is price clipped and has some creasing at top of front cover. 306 pages. An intimate family history and autobiography by one of the the foremost biographers of modern times. .

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1978 0297775405. First edition. Hardback. Ex-library with usual stamps etc. Good in VG mylar-protected and unclipped DW with painting by Edward Ardizzone. 185 pages. One of the novels in the Fortunes of War series. .

Kettering: Index, 2000 9781856055352. Hardback. First edition. First printing. Fine/Fine. DW is not price-clipped. No annotations or inscriptions. A comprehensive and informative account of the greatest aerial conflict. Includes an extensive appendix with details of the aircraft, men and units that fought in the Battle of Britain on both sides. Includes features on a range of topics: Italian contribution to the Battle, commanders involved, tactics and formations used. .

London: Quercus, 2009 9781849169899. Hardback. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. No annotations or inscriptions etc. DW is NOT price-clipped. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, and square. 392+ pages printed on superior glossy paperincluding very detailed index, tables, sources and maps. 9.75 x 5.00 x1.00 inches. The unclipped dust wrapper is in excellent bright condition with one small nick invivibly mended. After the fall of France in 1940, Hitler turned his attention to Germany's sole remaining enemy: Great Britain. His plans to invade Britain depended on crippling Britain's Royal Air Force. In July the Luftwaffe, the German air force, began its attempt to bomb Britain into submission - the resulting conflict was known as the Battle of Britain. Acclaimed historian Patrick Bishop is ideally placed to tell the story of Britain's fight for national survival. Battle of Britain offers a concise,… Read More

London: Batsford, 1963. Second impression of hardback edition. VG/VG. One small nick on back of DW repaired by tape but otherwise intact and not price-clipped. 224 pages including bibliography and index. Many B/W photos. 6" by 9". This book is generally reckoned to be one of the best researched and most authoritative accounts of the battle. .

Great Witley: Peter Huxtable Designs, 1988 0948626356. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine.:A book that is in excellent condition. No creasing to covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. 250 x 210mm; 46 pages. Sub-titled: "A factual account of the events of Sunday June 30th 1940 in and around Bewdley." "This account of the Battle of Bewdley was built up from newspaper accounts, military and police records. In the spring and summer of 1970, the author tape-recorded interviews with nearly 50 of the surviving paticipants. The picture that emerges is a vignette of a particular moment in British History, the darkest hour of the Second World War. It tells us how ordinary people reacted to a dangerous threat." .

Paris: Gallimard, 1947. Hardback version of first paperback edition? Ex-university library with usual stamps but no annotations and otherwise VG. No DW. 224 pages. Book In French language and dedicated to Jean Genet. .

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1952. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, xxvi,272pp, VG. No DW. Front end page discoloured. One biro entry of Beatrice's date of birth on p.1. No other annotations or inscriptions. With an introduction by Lord Beveridge. "Martha Beatrice Webb, Baroness Passfield, FBA (née Potter; 22 January 1858 – 30 April 1943), was an English sociologist, economist, socialist, labour historian and social reformer. It was Webb who coined the term "collective bargaining". She was among the founders of the London School of Economics and played a crucial role in forming the Fabian Society.." Wikipedia .

London: Profile Books, 2011 9781846683428. Fine/Fine.. Illustrated with b/w plates. Translated from the original Swedish by Peter Graves 1st Edition 1st Printing. Complete numberline. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 532 pages including index. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket is also un-clipped. No inscriptions. An original narrative drawing on the letters and journals of 20 individuals of disparate backgrounds, nationalities and genders whose mosaic of impressions reconstructs the Great War from the average person's viewpoint and gives voice to previously unheard, or ignored witnesses. "One of the finest writers of our time on the tactics and the psychology of war" Simon Sebag Montefiore .

London: Da Capo Press, 2004 9780306814761. Hardback re-issue of book first published by William Heinemann. VG/Fine. DW is NOT price-clipped. 8vo; Glossary; Index; Sources; Bibliography 458 pp. Cesarani is a respected historian who has produced a thought- provoking reappraisal of the life and murderous career of Eichmann which avoids knee jerk reactions and glib, superficial generalisations. The spine of this book is creased but otherwise it is a very good copy with no annotations or inscriptions. British historian Ian Kershaw wrote that he commended Cesarani's "expert guidance through the web of lies, deceit, and contradictions built into Eichmann's various tendentious accounts of his life and career". Kershaw says that Cesarani's "revision of Arendt's interpretation is surely correct" in arguing that "Eichmann was a convinced anti-Semitic ideologue in a key position where he himself could initiate action and make things happen" rather than a bureaucrat… Read More

London: Victor Gollancz, 2000 0575071117. First edition. First printing. Signed by author. No other inscriptions. Slight bumping at top and bottom of spine but otherwise as new. So VG/VG. Unclipped. Almost 9.5" by 6". 298 pages. It 'gloriously skewers the pretensions both of the literary life and of the insanity business.' .

London: Ted Smart, 2005 9780091903398. Hardback. First edition. First printing. Complete number line. Fine/Fine. Like new. No annotations or inscriptions etc. DW is NOT price-clipped. 'Quite simply, this is one of the greatest, most riveting books of war letters I have ever read' - Stephen E. Ambrose on "War Letters". In 2001, Andrew Carroll authored the US top ten bestseller, 300,000 copy selling "War Letters" - a unique compilation of extraordinary correspondence from American soldiers serving in US conflicts throughout history. Following the publication of this landmark work, Andrew was inundated with letters from soldiers all around the world (to date he has a staggering 75,000 letters). Inspired by these messages he embarked on a quest to discover other previously unpublished letters written during conflicts around the globe. For six exhausting months, Andrew travelled the world zealously collecting letters from over 35 different countries. "Behind The Lines" is the remarkable anthology that has… Read More

London: Pitman Publishing, 1971 0273361333. Hardback. First Edition. No DW. 341 page including interviews with Jorge Luis Borges, Tom Stoppard, Joe Orton, Edward Bond, Frederico Fellini, Harold Pinter, Gore Vidal, etc. No annotations or inscriptions. Some water discolouring to covers and pages but a perfectly sound reading copy. .

London: Victor Gollancz ,1998 0575065907. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Unclipped. No inscription. 575 pages with b/w photos. This is a heavy item so extra postage may be required. .