Search Results: Titles starting with F from David Edward Hellawell

London: Faber and Faber, 1995. Third printing of first trade paperback edition. No DW. VG. 528 pages. Some of the classic scientific readings which are accessible to the non-scientist because they are often of literary as well as scientific merit. .

London: Faber and Faber, 1991 0571164803. First edition. Hardback. VG/VG in unclipped DW. No inscriptions. 267 pp. Follows the development of a play, dealing with different stages from writers, agents and producers, to casting, rehearsals and performances. An anthology from Roman and Greek times to modern era in UK, Europe and USA. .

London: Faber and Faber, 1979 0571113567. First edition. First printing. Hardcover. VG/VG. Yellow cloth, A very clean copy. Unclipped DW has one small repair but is bright and shiny. Pages evenly browned. Hard covers are yellow and lettering on spine is excellent. No annotations or inscriptions. 352 pages. Verse chosen by Geoffrey Grigson who also wrote the introduction. Excellent sources and notes together with an index of writers, poems and prose. .

London: Chatto & Windus, 1955. First edition. Hardback. No DW. Elegant bookplate of Mill Hill School on inside of front cover. 392 pages. 5" by almost 8". A couple of small ink marks on spine, and a couple of small indents on back cover. Otherwise a good tight copy. .

London: HarperCollins, 1999 0002558637. First UK hardback edition. Third printing. VG/VG. Very Good copy with unclipped DW. Blank front end page has been removed but otherwise Very Good. No inscriptions. This is a bright, tight copy. 448 pages including index. "Ruth Dudley Edwards's portrait of the loyal institutions - the Orange Order, Apprentice Boys and Royal Black Preceptory - is engrossing and illuminating..." Stephen Howe, New Statesman .

London: William Collins, 2018 9780008264420. Softcover. Very good. No annotations or inscriptions. 602 pages including index. The unmissable inside story of the most dramatic general election campaign in modern history and Theresa May's battle for a Brexit deal, the greatest challenge for a prime minister since the Second World War. By the bestselling author of All Out War, shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2017. This is the unmissable inside story of the most dramatic general election campaign in modern history and Theresa May's battle for a Brexit deal - the greatest challenge for a prime minister since the Second World War. Fall Out tells of how a leader famed for her caution battled her bitterly divided cabinet at home while facing duplicitous Brussels bureaucrats abroad. Of how she then took the biggest gamble of her career to strengthen her position - and promptly blew it. It is also a tale of treachery where - in the hour of her greatest weakness - one by one, May's colleagues began… Read More

London: Reprint Society, 1967. Reprint hardback. Foxing on front edge. Inscribed. Otherwise Good/Good in somewhat worn but unclipped and intact DW. 454 pages including index and many BW photos, maps etc. .

London: Guild Publshing, 1992. Fine. Spine in blue leatherette with gilt lettering, marker ribbon, blue paper covered boards with gilt title. No jacket as published. A handsome publication in excellent condition that would make a fine gift. No annotations or inscriptions. Revised edition with introduction and notes by Robin Seager. .

London: Viking/Penguin, 2021 9780241388679. Hardback. First edition. Fourth printing. Fine/Fine. DW is NOT price-clipped. No annotations or inscriptions etc. 8vo, 1/2 cloth. 18-page preface plus 322 pages including detailed index, plus 8 pages of B/W photos. Winner of the UKs 2022 Costa Prize for Biography. A portrait of one of the most enigmatic figures in the annals of white-collar crime. A well-researched, compelling book that uncovers many mysteries about a media tycoon. Kirkus Reviews. From the acclaimed author of 'A Very English Scandal', a thrilling and dramatic true-life account of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious media moguls of all time: Robert Maxwell. Maxwell was the embodiment of Britain's post-war boom. Born an Orthodox Jew, he had escaped the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, fought in World War 2, and was decorated for his heroism with the Military Cross. He went on to become a Labour MP and an astonishingly successful businessman, owning a number of newspapers and… Read More

London: Orion, 2001 9781398709355. First edition. First impression. Complete numberline. Hardback. Fine/Fine. NOT price-clipped. No inscriptions, annotations or highlighting etc.. 399 pp. A student has gone missing in Edinburgh. She's not just any student, but the daughter of extremely well-to-do and influential bankers. There's almost nothing to go on until Detective Inspector John Rebus gets an unmistakable gut feeling that there's more to this than just another rebel, high on daddy's money and more. Two leads emerge: a carved wooden doll in a six inch coffin abandoned at a rural beauty spot and an Internet role-playing game run by a mysterious cyber guru.Rebus takes the unpromising historical material and runs with it, leaving DC Siobhan Clarke to take her chances with the virtual Quizmaster. She's young enough to know how to navigate the net, but is she old enough and wise enough to pick up the clues in such a complex case?Rebus takes his eye off the ball, intrigued as to… Read More

London: BBC Books,1993 056336274x. First edition. Hardback. Neatly inscribed as gift on first title page. Otherwise Fine/Fine. Unclipped.DW. No other annotations or inscriptions. 256 pages including index. Imperial octavo. Lavishly illustrated in b/w and colour. Accompanying Clive James's BBC Television series, this book traces how the invention and development of mass communications - press, radio, film and television - has transformed the nature of fame, and how the famous have dealt with that fame. The key international figures of the 20th century, in politics, cinema, art, literature, theatre, music, science, crime and sport, are brought together and examined. The many personalities featured include Edison, Einstein, Ford, Picasso, Chaplin, Lenin, Valentino, Disney, Lindbergh, Garbo, Astair, Hemingway, Hitler, Roosevelt, Callas, Sinatra, Monroe, Stalin, Presley, Muhammed Ali, Howard Hughes, Neil Armstrong, Nixon, The Princess of Wales, Reagan and Madonna.This is a large item so extra postage… Read More

London: George Routledge and Sons, Undated. Hardback Author's Edition. Fair. No DW. 524 pages including appendix and index of 173 pages. 5.5" by 8". Some wear on spine but gilt lettering is still clear. Inscribed as Xmas 1913. .

London: Methuen, 1995 0413696006. First Edition. Hardback. VG/VG. No inscriptions or annotations. Bright, glossy DW is not price clipped. Slight bumping. Based on a series of articles originally published in 'The Guardian'. Offers insights into successful families and the experiences of a lifetime's work by one of the country's foremost group and family therapists. .

London: Constable, 1988 0094682909. VG. Hardback. No DW. 189 pages. Reprint in year of original publication. Very attractive coloured bookplate on front end page. Excellent gilt lettering on spine. No annotations. "Mercurially funny, playful and mischievous" Ali Smith. "I was in heaven reading this book. I think she writes like an angel . . . just blissful" Stephen Fry: "A novel of pure delight." Claire Tomalin. By the author of 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'. Rich and slim, the celebrated author Nancy Hawkins takes us in hand and leads us back to her threadbare years in postwar London, where she spends her days working for a mad, near-bankrupt publisher (of very good books) and her nights dispensing advice at her small South Kensington rooming house. Everywhere Mrs. Hawkins finds evil: with aplomb, however, she confidently sets about putting things to order, to terrible effect. .As a young publishing assistant and war widow Mrs Hawkins crosses swords with writer… Read More

London: Doubleday, 2020 9780857525840. Hardback. Second printing of first edition. Fine/Fine. No inscriptions or annotations. DW is not price-clipped. Interwoven with the science, social history and psychology of weight management, Fat Cow, Fat Chance is a refreshingly honest account of what it's like to be fat when society dictates that skinny is the norm. 258 pages (not the 272 pages mistakenly stated elasewhere) including bibliography and acknowledgments. 'A powerful, poignant tale of dieting and despair.' The Times. 'A moving, brutally honest memoir about what it feels like to be fat-shamed.' Mail on Sunday. .

London: Jonathan Cape, !975 0224011855. Second impression in year of publication. Softcover. Front top right hand edge creased. Otherwise VG. No inscriptions or annotations. Illustrations by Marc. 97 pages. .

London: Heinemann Educational Publishers, 1970 0435133500. Hardback. First edition with introduction and notes. 224 pages. No DW. No inscriptions or annotations. "A record of a struggle between temperaments, two consciences and almost two epochs. It ended, as was inevitable, in disruption. Of the two human beings here described, one was born to fly backward, the other could not help being carried forward." The acknowledged masterpiece of Gosse junior. "An early--noteworthy-- attempt to understand the meaning of temperamental differences and the psychology thereof." .

London: Michael Joseph, 1965. First edition. Hardback. VG/VG in mylar-protected and unclipped DW. 220 pages. Follows on from Brothers in Law and Daughters in Law. .

London: Simon & Schuster UK, 2018 9781471181290. Hardback. Fine/Fine. First edition. First printing. Complete number line. Like new. No inscriptions, annotations or highlighting etc. DW is not price-clipped. Octavo. over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 16 pages of glossy photo plates. xxvi. + 420 pp. Source Notes, Index. Contents clean and bright. "Despite Woodward's title, it's Trump who seems afraid – of a job that he can't do, of the advisers who outwit him, and of imminent legal consequences" (The Guardian). "The book details the experiences of a number of aides of Trump. According to the book, aides took papers off his desk to prevent him from signing them. White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly referred to Trump as an "idiot" and "unhinged", while Secretary of Defense James Mattis said Trump has the understanding of "a fifth or sixth grader," and John M. Dowd, formerly Trump's personal lawyer, called him "a fucking liar" telling Trump he would wear an "orange jump suit" if he agreed to testify to Robert… Read More

London: Chatto and Windus, 1994 070116011x. First edition. First printing of first hardback edition. Fine/Fine. Unclipped. No inscriptions. 6" by 9.5". 390 pages. The autobiography of the famous author of 'Fear of Flying'. .