Search Results: Titles starting with I from David Edward Hellawell

London:Harvill Secker, 2010 9781846553004. Hardback. First edition. First printing. Complete numberline. Fine/Fine. DW is not price-clipped. No annotations or inscriptions. 233 pages. "I Curse the River of Time, the new novel from the winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for Out Stealing Horses, is a mesmerizingly beautiful book about love, regret, family secrets and failed revolution. The novel takes us through thirty-seven-year-old Arvid's life and its descent towards a moment of terrible crisis. It traces his parents' hesitant support when he gives up his place at college to work in a paper mill, like his father; his experiences as a fervent young Maoist in Norway in the 1960s; the death of his younger brother; the passionate, enveloping romance that led to marriage and children and, for a time, happiness; the failure of that relationship, and its transformation into a source of harrowing pain. By 1989, everything that gave Arvid's life meaning has melted into… Read More

London: Harvill Secker, 2010 9781846553004. First Edition; First Printing. Copmplete numberline. Hardcover. 233 pages. Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket which has small and attractive photographic promotional sticker on front over. This is a novel from the winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for Out Stealing Horses. "It is a mesmerizingly beautiful book about love, regret, family secrets and failed revolution. The novel takes us through thirty-seven-year-old Arvids life and its descent towards a moment of terrible crisis. It traces his parents hesitant support when he gives up his place at college to work in a paper mill, like his father; his experiences as a fervent young Maoist in Norway in the 1960s; the death of his younger brother; the passionate, enveloping romance that led to marriage and children and, for a time, happiness; the failure of that relationship, and its transformation into a source of harrowing pain." .

Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, 1998 1840180579. First edition. First printing of first UK hardback edition. Fine/Fine. 320 pages including index and 12 pages of B/W plates. Not price clipped. No inscriptions. Over 6" by 9.5". The first major biography of Jones in over forty years. Dr Mackay is an award winning biographer. .

London: Macmillan, 2019. 9781509864096. Hardback. Fine/Fine. First edition. First impression. Complete numberline. In original dust jacket which is NOT price-clipped. Collectible. Book has no inscriptions or annotations. 312 pages. This explosive book from ex-MI5 surveillance officer Tom Marcus takes the reader on a non-stop, adrenalin-fuelled ride as he hunts down those who would do our country harm. Tom spent years working covertly to stop those who want to do us harm. In his bestselling memoir Soldier Spy, he told how he was recruited and described some of his top-secret operations. In I Spy, he takes us deeper undercover as he puts his life on the line once more. I Spy plunges the reader straight into the action as Tom and his team race to prevent terrorists from causing carnage on our streets and outsmart Russian agents, blocking a daring plot that threatens the security of the nation. Relying on their quick wits, training and courage, the extraordinary men and women of MI5 are under intense… Read More

London: Collins; 2009 9780007303021. Softcover. First edition thus. Complete numberline. Fine. No annotations and inscriptions. 273 pages. The compelling and moving narrative of a young girl caught by the tides of marching armies during the siege of Budapest in 1945. This 2009 edition also includes the follow-up to her wartime experiences. Christine Arnothy, daughter of an Austro-Hungarian father and a German-Polish mother, was born in Budapest in 1930. She worked as a journalist for nearly forty years, and has published many novels as well as her volumes of autobiography. She now divides her time between Geneva and Paris. .

London: Front Line Books, 2011 9781848326101. Hardback. First edition. Fine/Fine. Like new. DW is not price-clipped. No annotations or inscriptions etc. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Xii + 292 pages + 32 plates including index, notes and bibliography. "In this brilliant and profoundly moving collection of farewell letters written by servicemen and women to their loved ones, Sian Price offers a remarkable insight into the hearts and minds of some of the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the past three hundred years. Each letter provides an enduring snapshot of an impossible moment in time when an individual stares death squarely in the face. Some were written or dictated as the person lay mortally wounded; many were written on the eve of a great charge or battle; others were written by soldiers who experienced premonitions of their They write of the grim realities of battle, of daily hardships, of unquestioning patriotism or bitter regrets, of religious fervor or political disillusionment,… Read More

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982 0241108683. First edition. First printing. Hardback. No annotations or inscriptions. Mylar-protected DW is NOT price-clipped. Author's difficult to find third book. 370 pp. 14 cms. by 22 cms. Ex-university library with usual stamps. There is a (water?) stain down the join of the pages 20 and 21. Otherwise VG/VG in unclipped DW. The novel evokes suggestions of the early Evelyn Waugh as a critic of The New York Times wrote at its time of publication. An Ice-Cream War is William Boyd's sparkling debut novel on the grimly comic side of conflict,. What do you think would happen if I shot an elephant in the balls?' 'I think it would hurt a great deal.' Millions die on the Western Front but in East Africa a quite different war is being waged - one with little point and which is so ignored that it will carry on after the Armistice because no one bothers to tell both sides to stop. As the conflict sweeps up natives and colonials, so those left at home and those fighting abroad… Read More

New York: Harper and Bros, 1948. First edition. Hardback. No DW. Corners bumped but otherwise VG. No inscription. 246 pages. .

London: Sage, 1998 080396644X. Unread new copy. Fine. Soft covers.194 pages. No inscriptions or annotations. "Alvy and Robbins offer you ideas, strategies, and words of wisdom gleaned from practical experience to help you prepare for anything a school might encounter." .

London: Picador Pan Books, 1974 0330240293. First edition thus. Pictorial soft covers. VG. 156 pages. A series of polemical essays against World War 1. .

London: Review, 2002 0747235759. First edition. First printing:- complete numberline. Fine/Fine. Mint condition:- no inscriptions or annotations. 338 pages. Illustrated with colour photos. The story of the 12 turbulent years during which Michelangelo created his famous sculpture of David. .

London: Pelham Books, 1980 0720712688. First edition. First printing of first hardback edition. VG/VG. Price clipped DW. No inscriptions. 256 pages including index. Nearly 8" by 10.5". Published to coincide with the centenary year of Welsh Rugby. From the origins of rugby in Wales to the international successes and failures at home and away. Over 200 B/W photos. .

London: Cresset Press,1989 9780712629133. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Flawless condition of both book and DW. Size: Octavo.. 224 pages. Beautifully illustrated throughout with colour paintings from a variety of artists. A re-issue of the evocative and nostalgic account of Lee's country childhood in a secluded Cotswold valley. Lee describes a vanished rural world of village schools and church outings but also touches on the darker side of village life as it comes into contact with murder, rape, suicide and depression. The novel is an account of Lee's childhood in the village of Slad, Gloucestershire, England, in the period soon after the First World War. It chronicles the traditional village life which disappeared with the advent of new developments, such as the coming of the motor car and relates the experiences of childhood seen from many years later. This would make an excellent gift. .

Leicester: Windward, 1982. First edition. Hardback. 4to. Over 9 and three quarters - 12" tall. VG/VG. No inscriptions. 182 pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and B/W. .

London: faber and faber, 1985 057113949. Trade paperback. No inscriptions. Very Good. A tight and bright copy. 600 pages. Nearly 5" by 8". Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Winner of the Melbourne Age Book of the Year Award. .

London: Nick Hern Books, 1994 185459222x. First edition. Hardback. (NB This is a year before the edition often claimed to be the first.) Fine/Fine. Appears unread. 208 pages. Unclipped. No inscriptions. 5.5" by 8.8". Foreword by author's wife, Prunella Scales to whom the letters are addressed. An autobiography in disguise. .

London: Pearson Education/Longman, 2000 9780582434462. Hardback. Fine. Illustrated cover. No DW. No annotations or inscriptions. 296 pages. With notes on each chapter. Hill's novels are written in a descriptive gothic style. "Hooper had known, from the very first moment he had looked into Kingshaw's face, that it would all be easy, that he would always be able to make him afraid." This tragic tale of two isolated children explores the nature of cruelty and the power of evil. Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award in 1971, this tale is linked in its poignancy and humour to "Lord the the Flies". This edition is part of a series of pre- and post-1914 works chosen especially for 14-18 year olds. The series features fiction, anthologies, poetry, plays and non-fiction. .

Birmingham: City of Birmingham Education Committee, 1974. First edition. Hardback. VG/VG. Over 8" by 12" tall. 200 pages. A compilation of essays and art work by Birmingham schoolchildren of all ages together with a few photos of Birmingham. This is now an interesting historical document depicting the everyday lives and impressions of what was fast becoming an increasingly multicultural society. .

London: Secker and Warburg, 1996 043620259x. First edition. UK hardback. 354 pp. including glossary. Fine in Fine unclipped DW. No inscriptions. Almost 9.5" by 6". .

London: faber and faber, 1991 057114456x. First printing. First edition. One quote inscribed at top of title page but otherwise VG. 345 pages. .