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UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line .] FINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around maroon background wiith colour action photographic illustrated front of dw/dj with black-outlined,capitalised white-lettered title and capitalised,white-lettered author names; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as front,and publisher's other white lettered name to foot of same,rear panel with similarly coloured+lettered title as front with 3 montage'd colour sports photographs. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - rear panel of dw/dj with majority of light,superficial scoring/indents but without penetration to boards beneath. Top+fore-edges generally bright,crisp,clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's… Read More

UK,8vo wraps,no dw/dj - as issued,2nd rpt,2nd edn [revised+ expanded].FINE.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour artwork illustrated upper wrap [Titanic leaving White Star Dock,Southampton,on 10 April 1912 at start of her maiden voyage by E.D. Walker]; with negligble shelf-wear,rubbing or
creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - a light reading crease to spine/backstrip though.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine.UK,8vo wraps,2nd reprint,2nd edn(revised+expanded),8-184pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,contents list/table, author's introduction,11 chapters,appendices(4),profuse b/w contemporary photographs+illus throughout the text and book,8pp contemporary colour photographs between pp96/7,and an index.
More than eight decades after the most famous sinking of all time, interest in the Titanic tragedy remains as strong as ever.
In the second edition of this best-selling paperback,two of the… Read More

UK,8vo wraps,2nd rpt; 2nd edn [revised+expanded]. FINE. No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour artwork illustrated upper wrap [Titanic leaving White Star Dock,Southampton,on 10 April 1912 at start of her maiden voyage by E.D.Walker]; with negligible shelf-wear,rubbing or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - a light reading crease to spine/backstrip though.Top+fore- edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight and near pristine.UK,8vo wraps,8-184pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,a contents list/table,author's introduction,11 chapters,appendices(4),profuse b/w contemporary photographs+illus throughout the text and book,8pp contemporary colour photographs between pp96/7,and an index. More than eight decades after the most famous sinking of all time, interest in the Titanic tragedy remains as strong as ever. In the second edition of this best-selling p/back, two of the world's foremost Titanic experts - the only historians to have made the two… Read More

UK,12mo wraps,p/back,1st edn(?) (nd - circa mid 1940s?).[Originally and first published UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,COLLINS,1943.This edn,a COLLINS MYSTERY novel,No. 188c WHITE CIRCLE POCKET NOVEL series.Pseudonym .] VG.No owner inscrptn and no printed price removal to cover - a couple of spot blemishes to front cover.Otherwise bright,generally clean,matt,card covers: black background with 2 hooded-silhouettes,one green+black holding a gun,one green+white holding a dagger; green lettering to white circle and the green+white hooded gunman Crime Club logo+price (1/-) to front cover,rear cover lightly grubbed,with a jewellery company's b/w+green advert,and a further Cadbury's chocolate advert to inside of rear cover.With negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - an accidental corner crease to top front corner with similar uniform concomitant crease to first few pages - but no major nicks,tears or splits present,no noticeable reading creases to spine/backstrip,book with slight… Read More

UK,slim 12mo p/back,1st edn.[Specially written for this BIOGRAPHY series,but witout a serial number.This is the first UK,wartime paperback edn.] VG+.No owner inscrptn.Lightly grubbed,crisp,sharp-cornered, publisher's original card,dark blue+white banded front cover with black +blue letters,black letters to spine/backstrip,and plain dark blue rear cover.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears,splits present.Top+fore-edges darkened but without foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean with page-edge toning,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Any discolouration and imperfections commensurate with book's age.UK, slim 12mo p/back,1st edn thus,vii-ixpp+11-122pp [paginated] includes preface,contents list/table with subject's monochrome contemporary portrait frntis to its reverse,IX (9) chapters+epilogue,2 b/w regional maps (Orinoco Basin,Cadiz Harbour),a bibliography,an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title with author's… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,orange dw/dj with black illustrations and lettering to front, rear and spine/backstrip illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present - tiniest of one snick at head of spine.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; 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,ribbed,black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt decoration,letters and publisher's device to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-439pp [paginated] includes 27 chapters some,if not most,with 19thC b/w comtemporaneous illustration,a section of Useless Learned Explanations,an illustrations list/table -… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.First published Italy by RCS Libri as 'Sulla Letteratura' and translate to English by Martin McLaughlin in 2004.This issue the first English edition.] NFINE/FINE.Owner's handwritten inked name+date to top of title page,preventing listing as FINE,but no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,repeated colour photograph of vertically stacked,openend books displayng books' signatures' top edges,illustrated dw/dj with embossed white lettering to front+spine/backstrip,rear panel with single Los Angeles Times's critic's review; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean without spotting; 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 burgundy cloth boards with… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Translated from the Italian by Richard Dixon.Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,b/w street scene photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with red+white lettering to front and critics' reviews to rear panel; 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 red cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped black ink printed letters to spine/backstrip,a red+yellow striped headband and immaculate plain black eps.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-190pp [paginated] includes XVIII (18) chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,an epigram,contents list/table,last page of novel unpaginated too,6pp blanks… Read More

UK,12mo p/back,reprint.[Originally published,as a paperback by Bantam Press (London),1988.First CORGI (London) p/b 1990 and reprinted annually to date (then 1994) with the exception of 1992.] FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to rear cover.Bright, crisp,clean, glossy colour pictorial artwork illustrated front cover by Geoff Taylor,with b/w+orange lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing - no nicks or tears present - almost as new,apart from slight ageing of paper - despite being wrapped and protected from original day of issue/ purchase! No reading creases to spine/backstrip,and no intentional dog-ear readIng creases to any pages' corners - unread,apart from my own collation.Top+fore-edges aged/toned but without foxing or any other blemishes; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound.UK,12mo p/back reprint,9-443pp [paginated] includes a prologue, Pts 1-3 - each part with a b/w map to reverse of Pt's separator page and comprising 8,8 and 9 chapters respectively; plus… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NMINT/NMINT.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Pictorial colour wrap-around artwork by Geoff Taylor dw/dj, with no shelf-wear and no creases,nicks or tears. Top+fore-edges clean, contents pristine.Unblemished,blue paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain blue eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4-394pp includes intro,a preface,and profuse b/w illus,maps by Geoff Taylor throughout text.
The Rivan Codex is a book full of wonders.In its pages can be found the origin and the birth of the greatest fantasy epic of modern times which began with 'The Belgariad' and continued with 'The Malloreon'.Here for the very first time David and Leigh Eddings present the seminal texts on which they built their worldwide bestselling masterpiece.Their millions of readers are entranced by the magic of the… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] NFINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Geoff Taylor,illustrated dw/dj,with capitalised, fluorescent metallic,dark blue-lettered author+title and a capitalised,black-lettered review to bottom edge; spine/ backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author+title as front and publisher's black-lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with dark blue lettered prose extract. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners,head+foot of spine/backstrip minimally pushed with reciprocal creases – but no nicks,tears or splits present.Age-acquired but minimal,superficial scoring/ indent to either panel of dw/dj,but without penetration to boards beneath.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - near pristine - one small smudge to fore-edge of pp132 - but no dog-ear reading creases… Read More

UK,12mo p/back,reprint.[Originally published,as a paperback by Bantam Press (London),1988,reprinted 3 times since and then reissued again in 1989.First CORGI (London) p/b 1989 too and also reissued by them in same year,reprinted annually from 1990 to date (then 1994) with two reprints in 1993 and then this 1994 reprint edn.] FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to rear cover.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy colour pictorial artwork illustrated front cover by Geoff Taylor,with b/w+orange lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing - no major nicks or tears present - almost as new.apart from slight ageing of paper - despite being wrapped and protected from original day of issue/ purchase! No reading creases to spine/backstrip,and one top corner crease on last page of publisher advert - no other intentional dog-ear readng creases to any other pages' corners - unread, apart from my own collation.Top+fore-edges aged/toned but without foxing or any other blemishes; contents bright, tight,… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price- clip to dw/dj.Blue+white illustrated/ decorated dw/dj,embossed letters and sailing galley with minimal shelf-wear,no creases to bottom edge and some light creasing to both top edge and top corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine.Immaculate plain black paper-covered boards very,very slightly cocked,with bright, crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale blue eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-424pp includes half-title+title pages,double-page b/w map frntis,a preface,and b/w line illustrated (not artist credited) book Pt's separator pages. They are called the Dreamers.They look like sleeping children. They are, in fact,Gods.There are eight elder Gods,four awake,four sleep by turns. When they sleep,they sleep for eons.The only time the Gods are vulnerable is when the sleepers awake.Knowing this,the… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.VG+/VG+.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Willy Pogany illustrated upper wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges and miniscule rubbing to corners - no major nicks or tears present,but upper bd's top right-hand corner bumped and glue(?) repaired.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.Bright,clean,publisher's original green cloth bds with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip with immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,5-258pp [paginated] includes b/w line illustrated half-title+title pages,compiler's prefatory note,contents list/ table,95 verses/poems from various contributors,b/w head+tail-pieces to verses and profuse b/w illus in text,with 8 full-page,full-colour illustrations - all by Willy Pogany - throughout the text and the book. This delightful book was one of the first volumes that… Read More

UK,slim Qrto wraps,softback Original,illustrated,1st edn. [Paperback/ softback Original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from a HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but paperback/softback Originals are published prior to any other format and in some cases,be the only edition, either in that publisher's country of origin,or in some cases,worldwide.] Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around,pale green card covers with superimposed Ian Curtis's b/w portrait photograph (from Rainbow Theatre,London,4th April,1980) with white lettering, spine/backstrip with black+orange lettering,rear cover with 4 b/w thumbnail individual male portrait photographs and b/w lettering. Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present.Some inevitable but superficial scoring/indents to either cover - ubiquitous with passage of time and with card covers too - but no penetration through the… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/d,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour tinted+monochrome montage'd photographic illustrated
dw/dj panels,with dark+light blue and black lettering; with
negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A small closed tear to top,front edge of dw/dj,in vicinity of front panel's spine/backstrips's gutter's edge. Top+fore-edges bright and clean;
contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near 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 white emdpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-224pp [paginated] includes an introduction,8 chapters,32pp of 19thC contemporary b/w scenic+ biographical photographs and
some similar illus,street maps,all in 1 block,between… Read More

LONDON.HEINEMANN,1995.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.A comedic novel.Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/VG.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten,black ink,warm dedication,signature and dated inscrptn: 'To Dear Lorna and Ron,With Much Love,Always.Alma. xx. Jane Edward 1979.' to front free endpaper,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,4-colour block (blue,grey+b/w) pictorial illustrated upper panel of dw/dj,with black lettering; author's monochrome portait photographic vignette to rear panel,with a potted biography.Dw/dj with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing; both panels with some superficial scoring/indents but without penetration,therefore without affecting the boards beneath.Top edges bright and clean,fore-edges generally clean - with some light ageing/toning and a couple of foxing spots; contents bright,tight,and clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears… Read More

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/VG.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten black ink,warm dedication,signature and dated inscrptn: 'To Dear Lorna and Ron,With love From Alma (Jane Edward) 1978.' to front free endpaper.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,4-colour block (b/w,pink+green) pictorial illustrated upper panel of dw/dj, with black lettering; author's monochrome portrait photographic vignette to rear panel,with a potted biography.Dw/dj with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. Slight rubbing with miniscule loss to three corners of dw/dj,head of spine/backstrip of same minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing; both panels with some superficial scoring/indentations but without penetration,therefore without affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore- edges generally clean - with some light ageing/toning and a couple of foxing spots; contents bright,tight,and clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners -… Read More

UK,16mo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Peter Warner,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with white lettering and a b/w line illustration to rear panel,with black lettering; all 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 dark green cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,16mo HB+ dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,1-338pp [paginated] includes 24 chapters - each with b/w line illustrated chapter headpiece by Peter Warner,profuse other b/w line… Read More