Search Results: Titles starting with D from R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/VG+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,matt,b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj with front+spine horizontally dissected into 2 portions,the smaller top portion of a pale sky blue background with capitalised, black lettered title+author's name to the front with similarly coloured+lettered spine,with the addition of capitalised,black-lettered publisher's name to same, the slightly larger bottom portion illustrated with b/w photograph of an Olympic Airline aeroplane,dw/dj rear panel with pale sky blue background with a white-bordered, b/w contemporary portrait photograph of Geoffrey de Havilland and Frank Hearlewith their second successful aeroplane,in September,1910.Usual helf-wear to edges and corners includes chipping to head of spine and approx. 2" along rear top edge from the gutter fold/crease,but strengthened,repair with clear sellotape internally and externally too,all corner tips rubbed/chipped with miniscule loss,rear lower edge from… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE-/FINE-.Owner name+date (1980) but no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - generally believed to be export copies,issued before UK trade issues.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,montage'd subject's 2 monochrome photographs to front panel of dw/dj - with unevenly faded yellow,white and pale lilac letters; lettering to spine/backstrip sunned+faded - as is the spine itself,rear panel as a white background with brown lettered critic's review; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks, tears or splits present.Top edges lightly toned with minimal sporadic foxing/spotting,fore-edges brighter and cleaner without foxing; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – near pristine,appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered… Read More

UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,colour+ b/w photographic illustrated front+rear panels respectively of dw/dj with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.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 black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark blue endpapers.UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-xpp+1-150pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,episode list, author's introduction,The story in a nutshell chapter,9 series episodes and 2 Christmas Specials script extracts,one-liners and jokes,profuse b/w (the majority) and colour cast stills/photographs throughout the text and the book,a… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NMINT/NMINT.B/w photographic dw/dj. Black paper-covered boards with gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers.8vo,160pp includes scripts and profusely illustrated with unique b/w archive photographs. It has been thirty-odd years since viewers first saw Captain Mainwaring's ill-trained,ill-equipped platoon shamble forward to defend the realm with a butcher's lorry to transport it,a church hall as headquarters and a bank manager in command.Dad's Army ran to 80 episodes,and after three decades of regular,prime-time repeats the wartime adventures of Walmington-on-Sea's Home Guard have established themselves as true and enduring classics of British comedy.All but one of the six episodes recorded for Season Two,however,were accidentally wiped after their first broadcast in 1969,never to be seen again.Although… Read More

UK,small Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.NMINT.Pictorial colour decorated,glazed boards with black lettering,no owner inscrptn; negligible shelf-wear bumping,creasing to edges or corners - no nicks teasrs or splits present.Minimal,superficial scoring/indentsto rear board.Top+fore-edges clean; contents pristine with b/w photographic montage-type,illustrated endpapers.UK,small Qrto (approx 10" tall x 7.50" wide)HB,1st edn,5-127pp includes title page,a preface,profuse b/w contemporary illustrations,and b/w photographic stills from the series. This log is for Field Commanders trying to forge a ruthless fighting unit. Therefore it deals with war and weapons and how to turn ordinary chaps into tough-as-steel soldiers.It is unsuitable for civilians. These are the words of Captain George Mainwaring who commanded the Walmington-on-Sea platoon of the Home Guard during the Second World War.When Arthur Wilson,M.A.,the nephew of Mainwaring's platoon sergeant,was asked to write a book marking the anniversary of… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG.No owner inscrptn due to a substantial diagonal clip to front free endpaper - approx a third of it removed. Pictorial colour decorated dw/dj - design repeated to laminated boards - both inner flaps creased.8vo,144pp profusely illustrated with both b/w+ colour illus and photographs. Dad's Army followed the bungling adventures of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard during the dark days of the Second World War.The hilarious story of these enthusiastic part-time soldiers,defending their country with pitch-forks and a butcher's van,caught the public imagination from its first screening in 1968.Here is the complete inside story of Dad's Army - from original idea to hit TV comedy.So popular did the series become that it was made into a film,radio show and stage play. Dad's Army star,Bill Pertwee,gives a colourful… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.[This is the first annual produced by Egmont UK Ltd.The size has been reduced from the annuals,and it is now slightly smaller than those of the 1990's.] FINE+. No owner inscrptn to 'belongs to' name-box/panel and no price-clip (£7.99) to colour pictorial illustrated title page.Bright,clean,crisp,sharp -cornered,glossy/glazed,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card boards and repeated colour pictorial illustrated endpapers by John HARROLD; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,splits or tears present.Virtually scoring/indent-free to either board.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents exceptionally bright,tight and clean,solid and sound,near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread,apart from my own collation.Between pp98/99,an inexplicable but small cluster wrinkling impression with no discolouring /staining to the fronts+backs of those 4 pages - as if… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn. [Though published 2019,the annual for 2020 - 100 years since Rupert first appeared in the Daily Express.] MINT.No owner inscrptn to 'belongs to' name-box/panel and no price removal from rear cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy/glazed,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card boards and repeated colour pictorial illustrated endpapers by John HARROLD; with negligible shelf-wear,NO bumping,NO creasing to edges and corners,NO scoring or indents - and NO nicks,tears or splits present.Hence the grading/listing as MINT.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents exceptionally bright,tight and clean,solid and sound,pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread, apart from my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,8-116pp [paginated] includes six stories by three different Rupert artists - John Harrold (4),Alfred Bestall (1),and Stuart Trotter (1),activities include a Rupert picture… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.FINE.Owner's ink handwritten name (in childish scrawl) to 'belongs to name-box/ panel inscrptn but no price-clip (£6.99) to colour pictorial illustrated title page.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy/ glazed,wrap-around colour pictorial illustarted card boards and repeted colour pictorial illustrated endpapers by John Harrold; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creases to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - boards virtually indent-free.A small 1cm closed tear to lower edge of front free endpaper, towards spine's gutter fold.Top edges with a short,narrow, longitudinal blemish,fore-edges bright and clean and without blemish; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound,one dog-ear reading crease to top corner pp71/72,5 various interactive activities.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,4-109pp [paginated] includes 6 colour illustrated stories,a completed Missing Character grid puzzle,a colouring page - untouched,a completed… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.NMINT. No owner inscrptn to ownership name-box/panel and no price-clip to colour pictorial illustrated title page.Bright,clean,crisp,sharp-cornered,glossy/glazed, wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card boards and repeated colour pictorial illustrated endpapers by John HARROLD; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - boards virtually scoring/ident-free.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean,mo foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents exceptionally bright,tight and clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,6-108pp [paginated] includes 5 colour strip stories, none of the two colouring-in pages attempted,an untouched spot-the-difference puzzle page,a Who am I? riddle page,an untouched crossword puzzle,similarly for the maze puzzle,as for an encrypted code puzzle,and thea recognition puzzle and a word puzzle too,ALL of these… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.FINE. Childish-hand Christian name (Rebekkah) to name-panel,but no price-clip (£7.50).Bright,clean,crisp,sharp-cornered glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by John HARROLD illustrated boards which are virtually indent-free apart from some minimal indents to rear board; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,4-109pp [paginated] includes colour strip stories,an untouched,unattempted spot-the-difference puzzle,an unattempted wordsearch puzzle,an attempted and completed dot-to-dot puzzle, an attempted and completed maze puzzle page,and a colouring-in page (which offer to colour in,has been declined and therefore untouched),a puzzle's solutions page.Cover: Rupert with a brown face,amongst other Nutwood friends/characters holding a small dragon.Other Nutwood… Read More

UK,Qrto HB Annual,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork illustrated bds.Slight rubbing to bottom corners. Pictorial colour, cartoon strips by CUBIE. 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,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn/name to name panel on contents page and no price-clip to colour pictorial illustrated title page.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,sharp-cornered,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card boards and colour pictorial illustrated front endpapers, both each by John HARROLD,rear pastedown with colour pictorial publisher advert for Rupert story strips in the Daily Express newspaper; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges very lightly aged/toned; contents bright,tight and clean, solid and sound - one dog-ear reading crease to pp11/12 top corner tip,no other pages affected.UK, slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,4-92pp [paginated] includes 5-colour strip stories,1pp Origami instructions+illus to make a Horse's head,and a memory test untouched.Cover: A brown-faced Rupert along with Willie Mouse,Algy and Bill Badger in spring-heeled shoes bouncing up and down… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn. [Compilation annual with stories by three artists: Alfred Bestall (2),John Harrold (1) and Stuart Trotter (1) respectively.This annual out-of print,no facsimile of this annual issued either.] No owner inscrptn and no price-clip - absence of internal published price,instead printed to rear board (£7.99) without any removal attempt.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, glossy/glazed boards with wrap-around colour artwork by Stuart Trotter,illustrated boards and story illustration for a new story 'Rupert and Robo',with colour illustrated endpapers and contents page adapted from the Rupert Annual,1967,illustrated by Alfred Bestall; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Some minor and very light, superficial scoring impressions to front board - visible only under an angled light.This fault is preventing its description of MINT. Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (60p).Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card bds,by Alex CUBIE; with negligible shelf-wear and bumping to edges and corners.Corners inevitably but minimally bumped,some virtually imperceptible laminate wrinkles to both bds and minimal indentations to either bd too.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/tanned; contents though are bright,tight and clean - with no foxing spotting,no nicks or tears present.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj, as issued,1st edn,2-115pp [paginated] includes colour strip stories, 1pp origami instructions to make Rupert's paper yacht,a puzzle to contents' page,a nursery rhyme puzzle-page,and solutions page at rear.Cover: Rupert in snow,holding a chicken made from snow.Algy standing nearby making another one and other Nutwood friends/ characters in the background. Rupert has a brown face.First story Rupert and the Iron Spade (1963) plus 3 others - Rupert and Jenny… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.FINE+.Handwritten, ink dated 1992 Christmas gift presentation inscrptn to belongs to box/panel but no price-clip (£4.75) to colour pictorial illustrated title page.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy/glazed,sharp-cornered,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card boards and pictorial coloured endpapers by John HARROLD; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Foot of spine/backstrip minimally bumped,with a couple of horizontal laminate wrinkles/ creases to same - virtually the only production(?) fault - looks almost as new.Boards are virtually indent-free.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents exceptionally bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,no nicks or tears,and no foxing/spotting present.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,6-92pp [paginated] includes 5 colour strip stories,a competently and neatly coloured… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn. NMINT.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£6.99) to colour illustrated title page.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy/glazed,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card boards and repeated colour pictorial illustrated endpapers by John Harrold; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges or corners - top edge of head of spine/backstrip minisculely rubbed with paper loss,but there are no other nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,clean and without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - pristine with none of the interactive activities attempted - all untouched and therefore appears unread,other than my own collation. UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn, 6-109pp [paginated] includes 5 colour illustrated stories,2 recipes [Apple Crumble + Baking Apples],a grid puzzle,an Odd One Out puzzle,Who Am I? riddle,2 Spot-the-difference puzzles,and a Which Story recognition page,a… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.NFINE-.Owner's childish handwritten,felt-tip inked name to name-panel to reverse of front free endpaper,and price-clip (originally 80p) to bottom corner on the colour pictorial illustrated title page - naturally,partially affecting the text to it's verso.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card boards and colour pictorial illustrated endpapers by Alex CUBIE; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or splits present - but inevitable bumping to head+foot of spine/backstrip with some miniscule rubbing and colour paper loss. Corner tips minisculely bumped,tips turned gently inwards,and boards with inevitable but very minor,very superficial scoring/indents.Top edges lightly aged/toned with sporadic blemish,fore-edges brighter and cleaner and with virtually no foxing; contents exceptionally bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners. Previous owner has… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn. FINE++.No owner inscrptn,a blank,unused 'This Book belongs to box, and no price-clip (£5.50) to colour pictorial illustrated title page.Bright,clean, crisp,sharp-cornered,glossy/glazed,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card boards and repeated colour pictorial illustrated endpapers by John HARROLD; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creases to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present.Very minimal,minor, superficial scoring/indents to front cover,rear cover virtually indent-free.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents excetionally bright,tight and clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly an unused and unread(?) copy, apart from my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,6-108pp [paginated] includes 5 colour strip stories,an anniversary colouring competition page,a spot-the-difference puzzle page,a colour double-page Rupert characters illustration with… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.VG+.Owner name tippexed out and a price-clip (originally showed two prices 7/6d + 37.1/2p,for change over to decimalisation.) to colour illustrated title page.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Alfred BESTALL illustrated boards; with some negligible shelf-wear to edges,but all the corners minimally bumped; top two corners with small creasing,head of spine/ backstrip with tiny split and peel of paper but still in situ.Upper board with some minimal and superficial scoring/indents,similar to rear board.Top edges lightly aged/toned, fore-edges less so and therefore brighter and cleaner,but both without other blemish; contents particularly bright, tight and nearly pristine - no nicks/ tears,foxing/spotting nor dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - though a light,accidental(?) oblique crease through ffe to the first 4pp of story (upto and including pp8.)UK,slim Qrto HB, no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,4-115pp… Read More