Search Results: Titles starting with K from BritoBooks

Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2006. Soft Cover. Fine. Long Listed for the booker Proof Copy of this very funny novel. Immaculate condition . Synopsis: Life should have been sunny for Max Glickman, growing up in Crumpsall Park in peacetime, with his mother's glamorous card evenings to look forward to, and photographs of his father's favourite boxers on the walls. But other voices whisper seductively to him of Buchenwald, extermination, and the impossibility of forgetting. Fixated on the crimes which have been committed against his people, but unable to live among them, Max moves away, marries out, and draws cartoon histories of Jewish suffering in which no one, least of all the Jews, is much interested. But it's a life. Or it seems a life until Max's long-disregarded childhood friend, Manny Washinsky, is released from prison. Little by little, as he picks up his old connection with Manny, trying to understand the circumstances in which he made a Buchenwald of his own home, Max is drawn into Manny's… Read More

Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2006. Hardcover. Fine. Long Listed for the 2006 Booker. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT, SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE. Immaculate, FINE/FINE condition. Synopsis: Life should have been sunny for Max Glickman, growing up in Crumpsall Park in peacetime, with his mother's glamorous card evenings to look forward to, and photographs of his father's favourite boxers on the walls. But other voices whisper seductively to him of Buchenwald, extermination, and the impossibility of forgetting. Fixated on the crimes which have been committed against his people, but unable to live among them, Max moves away, marries out, and draws cartoon histories of Jewish suffering in which no one, least of all the Jews, is much interested. But it's a life. Or it seems a life until Max's long-disregarded childhood friend, Manny Washinsky, is released from prison. Little by little, as he picks up his old connection with Manny, trying to understand the circumstances in which he made a Buchenwald of his own home,… Read More

Heron, 2014. Hardcover. Fine. Iain Gale - Keane`s challange - First u.k hardback printing - Heron 2014. Fine jacket priced £16.99. Fine book and contents. Signed by author on title page.

Heron, 2013. Hardcover. Fine. Ian Gale- Keane`s Company- first u.k hardback printing- Heron 2013. Fine jacket priced £14.99. Fine book and contents. Signed by author direct to title page

Chatto & Windus, 2006. Hardcover. Fine. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT, SIGNED, STAMPED with blackbird illustration, NUMBERED out of 100. This SPECIAL BLACKBIRD EDITION was commisioned by the top London Independant Bookseller, Goldsboro Books Ltd. THERE ARE ONLY 100 OF THESE WORLDWIDE. From the Publisher Madness, greed, love, obsession, Machiavellian plotting and a great train robbery. in a captivating Victorian mystery about the extreme and curious things men do to get - and keep - what they want. Synopsis Egg-stealing in the Scottish highlands, fraud and felony on the streets of London, and strange goings-on in the fens... Captivating and ingenious, full of suspense and teeming with life, "Kept" is a Victorian mystery about the extreme and curious things men do to get what they want. In August, 1863 - Henry Ireland, a failed landowner, dies unexpectedly in a riding accident, leaving a highly-strung young widow. Not far away lives Ireland's friend James Dixey, a celebrated naturalist who collects strange… Read More

Chatto & Windus, 2006. Soft Cover. Fine. UK UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF IN SLIPCASE of KEPT written by D J TAYLOR. Book in Nr FINE condition. Slipcase suffers knocks on edges. VERY RARE in SLIPCASE. From the Publisher Madness, greed, love, obsession, Machiavellian plotting and a great train robbery. in a captivating Victorian mystery about the extreme and curious things men do to get - and keep - what they want. Synopsis Egg-stealing in the Scottish highlands, fraud and felony on the streets of London, and strange goings-on in the fens... Captivating and ingenious, full of suspense and teeming with life, "Kept" is a Victorian mystery about the extreme and curious things men do to get what they want. In August, 1863 - Henry Ireland, a failed landowner, dies unexpectedly in a riding accident, leaving a highly-strung young widow. Not far away lives Ireland's friend James Dixey, a celebrated naturalist who collects strange trophies, a stuffed bear, a pet mouse, and a wolf that he keeps caged in the grounds… Read More

Indigo, 2012. Hardcover. Fine. Annabel Pitcher - Ketchup clouds - First U.K hardback printing - Indigo 2012. Fine jacket priced £9.99. Fine book and contents - no owner names. Signed on title page by author. Award winning book and very hard to find signed or first printing.

HarperCollins, 2012. Hardcover. Fine. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT, As new, unread, FINE/FINE condition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE. Conspiracy thrillers don't come any bigger or better than THE KEY - from the author of the bestselling thriller debut of 2011, SANCTUS: 'Plenty of action, plenty of intrigue and wonderfully imaginative. The sort of novel to devour in one sitting' Kate Mosse. Hounded. Haunted. Hunted. She is the most important person in the world. She is The Key. In the ancient Turkish city of Ruin, American journalist Liv Adamsen lies in an isolation ward staring at walls as blank as her memory. She knows she entered the monumental Citadel at the heart of Ruin but can remember only darkness. Something strange is stirring within her, whispering that she is 'the key'. But the key to what? For the Ghost, a mercenary operating in the Syrian Desert, Liv could unlock one of mankind's most potent secrets. For the brotherhood in the Citadel - now cursed by a terrible plague - her may be… Read More

Point Blank, 2021. Hardcover. Fine. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT. Book in unread FINE/FINE condition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Stenciled page edges to imitate blood splatter

535 bOOKS, 2019. Hardcover. Fine. Michael Fuller - Kill the black one first - First U.K hardback printing - published by 535 Books 2019. Fine jacket priced £16.99. Fine boards. Fine contents - no previous owner marks. Surprisingly hard to find first printing on a topic big in recent news.

Piatkus, 2001. Hardcover. Fine. Zoe Sharp- Killer instinct - First U.K hardback printing - Piatkus 2001. Fine jacket priced £17.99. Fine book - no marks or inscriptions. Collectors copy of this growing authors debut book - first in the series P

Piatkus, 2001. Hardcover. Fine. Zoe Sharp- Killer instinct - First U.K hardback printing - Piatkus 2001. Fine jacket priced £17.99. Fine book - no marks or inscriptions. SIGNED LINED (Meet Charlie Fox!) & DATED (August 30, 2001) Collectors copy of this growing authors debut book - first in the series

Piatkus, 2001. Hardcover. Fine. Zoe Sharp- Killer instinct - First u.k hardback printing - Patcus 2001. Fine jacket- price clipped. Fine book and contents- no owner inscriptions. Authors first book in this series and hard to find now.

Headline Book Publishing, Limited, 2000. Hardcover. Fine. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT, SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE. As new, unread, FINE/FINE condition. Synopsis From the smoke-filled gentleman's clubs of London to the steamy jungles of the Guinea Coast, Lieutennant Kit Killigrew risks death and disgrace in order to uncover the man behind the Transatlantic slave trade. From the Author Synopsis 1847: Despite the efforts of the Royal Navy, transatlantic slavers continue to make vast profits from the illegal trade. Idealistic young naval officer Kit Killigrew believes the navy will always be fighting a losing battle while loopholes in a complex system of international laws protect those who deal in human flesh. With the aid of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, Killigrew hatches a daring plan to infiltrate the slavers and discover the whereabouts of the biggest slave market in West Africa, owned by shadowy megalomaniac Francisco Salazar. But by far the most dangerous part of Kit's mission will be to… Read More

Mulholland Books, 2013. Hardcover. Fine. Kate Rhodes - A killing of angels-First u.k hardback printing -Mulholland books [ Hodder] 2013. Fine jacket priced £18.99. Fine book and contents. Book has been signed by author, lined "the foyer was heaving when i reached Guy`s" and dated 29th August 2013. Rare with these attributes.

Zaffre, 2023. Soft Cover. Fine. UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF. Book in unread FINE condition. Due publication April 2023. Meet Scott Jericho, crime fiction's first traveller detective

Orion, 2015. Hardcover. Fine. Saul Black - The killing lessons - First u.k hardback printing - Orion 2015. Fine jacket priced £12.99 Fine book and contents. Signed by author. Very few signed about.

Picador, 2013. Hardcover. Fine. Richard House - The kills- first u.k hardback printing- Picador 2013. Fine book in pictorial boards as issued - contents fine. Signed and numbered out of 500 limited editions in a fine slipcase- longlisted for Booker prize. Overseas sales attracts extra post

Picador, 2013. Hardcover. Fine. Richard House - The kills- first u.k hardback printing- Picador 2013. Fine book in pictorial boards as issued - contents fine. SIGNED LINED & DATED BY AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE - longlisted for Booker prize. Overseas sales attract extra post

Faber & Faber, 2023. Soft Cover. Near Fine. UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF. Book in unread Nr FINE condition, suffers crease to front cover. Due publication March 2023. Thriller