Search Results: Titles starting with L from BritoBooks

Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, 1916. Soft Cover. Fair. ANDRE TUDESQ HAS WRITTEN & SIGNED A DEDICATION TO COLONEL CLIVE BIGHAM. Henry Ruffin has also signed on the same page. Text in french. Lots b&w photos. Binding & hinges good, book paper covers suffer few tears on edges. VERY SCARCE.

Putnam, 2006. Hardcover. Fine. US 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT, FLAT-SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE. As new, unread, FINE/FINE condition. FILM DUE ON TV EASTER 2013.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2014. Hardcover. Fine. N.A.Pickford - Lady Bette and the murder of Mr. Thynn - First u.k hardback printing - Weidenfeld 2014. Fine jacket priced £20. Fine book and contents. Signed by author. Rare signed copy.

Bloomsbury, 2012. Soft Cover. Fine. UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF. Book unread in FINE condition. Due publication July 2012. It is 1923 and Evangeline English, keen lady cyclist, arrives with her sister Lizzie at the ancient Silk Route city of Kashgar to help establish a Christian mission. Lizzie is in thrall to their forceful and unyielding leader Millicent, but Eva's motivations for leaving her bourgeois life back at home are less clear-cut. As they attempt to navigate their new home and are met with resistance and calamity, Eva commences work on her book, A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar...In present-day London another story is beginning. Frieda, a young woman adrift in her own life, opens her front door one night to find a man sleeping on the landing. In the morning he is gone, leaving on the wall an exquisite drawing of a long-tailed bird and a line of Arabic script. Tayeb, who has fled to England from Yemen, has arrived on Frieda's doorstep just as she learns that she is the next-of-kin to a dead… Read More

Baskerville, 2021. Hardcover. Fine. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT. Book in unread FINE/FINE condition. SIGNED & NUMBERED (out of only 300) BY AUTHOR. Sprayed page edges

Mantle, 2014. Soft Cover. Fine. C.J.Sansom - Lamentation - Mantle 2014. Fine u.k uncorrected proof - not many of these around. Heavy book attracts Extra post for overseas destinations

Quercus, 2014. Hardcover. Fine. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT. Book as new, unread FINE/FINE condition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

Chatto & Windus, 2012. Soft Cover. Fine. UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF, Book Condition: Nr Fine, tip front cover corner curled. Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize for new fiction. SIGNED & DATED by author to title page. Synopsis: Judith and her father don't have much, their house is full of dusty relics, reminders of the mother she's never known. But Judith sees the world with the clear Eyes of Faith, and where others might see rubbish, Judith sees possibility. Bullied at school, she finds solace in making a model of the Promised Land - little people made from pipe cleaners, a sliver of moon, luminous stars and a mirror sea - a world of wonder that Judith calls The Land of Decoration. Perhaps, she thinks, if she makes it snow indoors (using shaving foam and cotton wool and cellophane) there will be no school on Monday - Sure enough, when Judith opens her curtains the next day, the world beyond her window has turned white. She has performed her first miracle. And that's when her troubles begin. With its… Read More

Chatto & Windus, 2012. Hardcover. Fine. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT, Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize for new fiction. SIGNED by author to title page. Synopsis: Judith and her father don't have much, their house is full of dusty relics, reminders of the mother she's never known. But Judith sees the world with the clear Eyes of Faith, and where others might see rubbish, Judith sees possibility. Bullied at school, she finds solace in making a model of the Promised Land - little people made from pipe cleaners, a sliver of moon, luminous stars and a mirror sea - a world of wonder that Judith calls The Land of Decoration. Perhaps, she thinks, if she makes it snow indoors (using shaving foam and cotton wool and cellophane) there will be no school on Monday - Sure enough, when Judith opens her curtains the next day, the world beyond her window has turned white. She has performed her first miracle. And that's when her troubles begin. With its intensely taut… Read More

Macmillan, 2011. Hardcover. Fine. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT. Book in as new, unread, FINE/FINE condition. SIGNED, LINED (lisianthus = appreciation) & DATED BY AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE. The Victorian language of flowers was used to express emotions: honeysuckle for devotion, azaleas for passion, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it has been more useful in communicating feelings like grief, mistrust and solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster care system, she is unable to get close to anybody, and her only connection to the world is through flowers and their meanings. Now eighteen, Victoria has nowhere to go, and sleeps in a public park, where she plants a small garden of her own. When her talent is discovered by a local florist, she discovers her gift for helping others through the flowers she chooses for them. But it takes meeting a mysterious vendor at the flower market for her to realise what's been missing in her own life, and as she starts to fall for him, she's forced to… Read More

Macmillan, 2011. Hardcover. Fine. 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINT. Book in as new, unread, FINE/FINE condition. SIGNED, LINED (Rose = Love) & DATED BY AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE. The Victorian language of flowers was used to express emotions: honeysuckle for devotion, azaleas for passion, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it has been more useful in communicating feelings like grief, mistrust and solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster care system, she is unable to get close to anybody, and her only connection to the world is through flowers and their meanings. Now eighteen, Victoria has nowhere to go, and sleeps in a public park, where she plants a small garden of her own. When her talent is discovered by a local florist, she discovers her gift for helping others through the flowers she chooses for them. But it takes meeting a mysterious vendor at the flower market for her to realise what's been missing in her own life, and as she starts to fall for him, she's forced to confront a… Read More

John Murray, 2009. Soft Cover. Fine. UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF. Book as new, unread, FINE condition. Due publication July 2009. Review 'Hart is emerging as one of the biggest new American talents in the psychological thriller field, and should be joining Harlan Coben and Linwood Barclay on the bestseller lists' -- Bookseller Praise for Down River -- - [Hart] explores betrayal and forgiveness in indelible prose' -- Peter Guttridge, Observer Praise for John Hart and King of Lies -- - 'Presumed Innocent meets Fatal Attraction. Hart's prose is like Raymond Chandler's, angular and hard...' -- Entertainment Weekly 'Smart and swift-moving... Hart knows his way around the courtrooms and jailhouses...the way that Grisham and Turow do' -- Pat Conroy 'Akin to the close-range gut-roiling atmosphere summoned by the legal thrillers of Scott Turow' -- New York Times 'Presumed Innocent meets Fatal Attraction. Hart's prose is like Raymond Chandler's, angular and hard...' -- Entertainment Weekly 'Nobody does hate… Read More

Doubleday, 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine. Terry Pratchett. The last continent. First U.K hardback printing . Doubleday 1998. Near fine jacket priced £16.99. Light edge wear. Near Fine boards with light rubbing board edges. Fine contents. No previous owner names or inscriptions. Signed by Terry on title page. Getting hard to find now in signed format. Nice Discworld collectablep

Doubleday, 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine. Terry Pratchett. The last continent. First U.K hardback printing . Doubleday 1998. Fine jacket priced £16.99. Near Fine boards with light corner nudge. Fine contents. No previous owner names or inscriptions. Top page block tanned and some scattered foxing . Signed and inscribed by Terry on title page. To Dave . No worries ! Getting hard to find now in signed format. Nice Discworld collectable. p

Orion, 2014. Hardcover. Fine. William Napier. The last crusaders. first u.k hardback printing. Orion 2014. Fine jacket priced £20. Fine book and contents. Signed by author on title page. Very few signed about.

Avon, 2022. Soft Cover. Fine. UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF. Book as new, unread FINE condition. Due publication September 2022. Thriller

Gollancz, 2001. Hardcover. Fine. Paul Kidby. Terry Pratchett. The last hero. First U.K hardback printing. Gollancz 2001. Near Fine jacket priced £17.99 with light edge wear. Fine boards. Sharp corners and spine . Fine contents. No previous owner marks or names. Large volume illustrated throughout by Paul Kidby. Signed and inscribed by Terry on title page. To Caroline . The song remains Nice Discworld collectable.p

Gollancz, 2001. Hardcover. Fine. Paul Kidby. Terry Pratchett. The last hero. First U.K hardback printing. Gollancz 2001. Fine jacket priced £17.99. Fine boards. Sharp corners and spine . Fine contents. No previous owner marks or names. Large volume illustrated throughout by Paul Kidby. Signed by Terry on title page. Nice Discworld collectable.p

Gollancz, 2001. Hardcover. Fine. Paul Kidby. Terry Pratchett. The last hero. First U.K hardback printing. Gollancz 2001. Fine jacket priced £17.99. Fine boards. Sharp corners and spine . Fine contents. No previous owner marks or names. Large volume illustrated throughout by Paul Kidby. Signed and inscribed by Terry on title page. To Neville . Heroic wishes. Nice Discworld collectablep

Gollancz, 2001. Hardcover. Near Fine. Paul Kidby. Terry Pratchett. The last hero. First U.K hardback printing. Gollancz 2001. Fine jacket priced £17.99. Near Fine boards with very light edgewear . Fine contents. No previous owner marks or names. Large volume illustrated throughout by Paul Kidby. Signed and inscribed by Terry on title page. To Roger. Heroic wishes. Nice copy. Heavy book so international costs higher.p