Search Results: Authors starting with G from R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.

LONDON.PAN,1979.UK,Qrto wraps,no dw/dj - as issued,2nd print, 1st thus.[1st UK HB edn by Deutsch,1972,1st UK wraps,p/b by Pan,1973.] VG+.No owner inscrptn.Pictorial colour 'Vargas' style, decorated upper wrap,design repeated to rear with super-imposed b/w+colour illus/photographs.Minimal shelf-wear to edges with spine/backstrip.creases as usual/normal and small light dog-ear creases to upper top right and rear bottom corner.Cream/white wraps lightly aged.Top edge lightly dust-soiled.Contents bright,tight and complete.UK,Qrto wraps,223pp includes foreword,profuse b/w+colour contemporary illus,profuse b/w+colour contemporary photographs,52 full-page,full-colour plates,a bibliography and an index.
'Packed full of stacked photographs - cheesecake in every shape, form and position' (1).A most delectable and very properly… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+.Wrapped+protected from day of issue/purchase - virtually as new - so no owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,black matt background with glossy Thor's hammer illustration to front panel,with gilt+white lettering,bronze gilt spine/backstrip with black lettering,bronze+white letters to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges with bright and clean; contents bright,tight,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread, apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean and unblemished,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,black cloth boards/covers with bronze gilt Thor hammer decoration,repeated from dw/dj design,to upper board, with bright,crisp blocked bronze gilt lettering to spine/backstrip,rear board plain and without decoration,a black+silver striped headband and immaculate… Read More

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt monochrome montage'd photographic illustrated dw/dj with gilt,red+white lettering to front panel,gilt+red lettered spine/backstrip and critics' gilt+white-lettered reviews to rear panel of dw/dj - some of these gilt letters slightly rubbed; otherwise with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread apart from my own collation.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt illustration to front board,repeated to spine/backstrip along with bright,crisp,blocked letters to same and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-929pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-7 comprising 73 chapters in total;… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean, glossy colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with gilt and plain white lettering; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing, book has a slight lean. Top+fore-edges though slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal - generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked fluorescent,red gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark blue+white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xpp+3-369,a prologue,Pts 1-4 includes 32 chapters and a postscript,bw battle maps/plans, biographical notes (on characters/historical figures),and an… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with white lettering; 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.Publisher's bright,crisp,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-viiipp+ 1-279pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,author's introduction,Pts 1-3 comprising 17 chapters,a final word, 16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp88/9 and pp184/5 respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and contents list/table. Birmingham City's Zulu Warriors occupy a unique place in the annals of… Read More

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NMINT/NMINT.B/w photographic dw/dj. Black paper-covered bds with gilt letters
to spine/backstrip and black eps.12mo,xiiipp+69pp includes b/w frntis and 8 b/w photographs. On the morning of Tuesday,21 October 1997,many of his friends and admirers gathered at St James's Church,Picadilly,to celebrate the long and creative life of Laurie Lee,who had died earlier in the year.The occasion was organised by Jock Gallagher,former BBC producer and long-term friend,and by Laurie's wife and daughter, Cathy and Jessy.Together they assembled a number of people - fellow-writers,politicians,his publisher - who had known Laurie personally and had profound admiration for the man and his work. They each paid moving tribute to the man they had known,and the occasion was given extra resonance by many readings from Laurie's own work.This small book,which takes its title
from one of Laurie's best-known poems,prints the complete text of the… Read More

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,b/w subject portrait photographic upper wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges,no nicks or tears present and no bumping to corners.Printer's device (4 stamped,black ink Penguin logos) to top edge,else bright and clean,fore-edge bright; contents bright,tight and pristine. Unblemished black paper-covered boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain black eps.UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xxiipp+1-69pp [paginated] includes title page,b/w subject sculpture illustrated frntis, contents+illustrations lists,editor intro,11 contributor's sections,9 contemporary b/w photographs relating to the subject. Contributions by Rt Hon. David Blunkett, MP,Canon William Brassell,Dr Christopher Fry, P.J. Kavanagh, Bobby Kok, Tony Lacey, Roger McGough, John Mortimer, Brian Patten and His Excellency Richard Ryan, Ambassador of Ireland to Spain. The book takes… Read More

UK,small,slim 8vo HB,1st edn.Neat,blue inked handwritten Christmas gift presentation inscrptn with date,no dw/j - as issued.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject's b/w portrait photographic illustrated front board with grey+ white lettering,title lettering on spine very faded but just discernible; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges inevitably aged/toned with minimal sporadic foxing/ spotting; 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. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered - rear,top excepted,minimally dented,laminated photographic boards and light,sporadic foxing to frnt+rear free endpapers.UK,small,slim 8vo HB,1st edn,includes 160pp [unpaginated],half-title+title pages,editor's introduction,a dedication,diary entries+footnotes for years 1972 through to 1975 each with b/w illustrated cartoons by Nicholas… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[A Collectors' Editions Club Choice.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,dark brown background with pink+white lettering to front panel+spine/ backstrip,rear panel with white lettered publisher's advert and critics' reviews of listed titles; 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 maroon cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters within a black panel with gilt borders to spine/backstrip, and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2- 313pp [paginated] includes 26 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a dedication.
A highly collected and prolific book author,and an unusual item in Gallico's… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[A Collectors' Editions Club Choice.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,dark brown background with pink+white lettering to front panel+spine/backstrip,rear panel with white lettered publisher's advert and critics' reviews of listed titles; 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 maroon cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters within a black panel with gilt borders to spine/backstrip, and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2- 313pp [paginated] includes 26 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a dedication. A highly collected and prolific book author,and an unusual item in Gallico's… Read More

LONDON.HEINEMANN,1962.UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/VG.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Pictorial colour decorated dw/dj with light rubbing to dw/dj edges,a couple of small closed tears to bottom edges,with a small closed tear to top edge and some small loss on upper panel - removal of sticker/label? Blue paper-covered boardds with gilt letters to spine/backstrip and blue plain eps.UK,small 8vo,128pp,contents bright and clean. Coronation Day, 2 June 1953! The momentous day itself of biting winds and driving rain,followed by sunshine, the brass bands, the cannon-salutes, the seething crowds, the solemn pledges emanating from the Abbey, and the glitter of the golden coach. Gallico has recorded the pageantry and the emotion of that event and combined it with the tenderest love story he has ever written,a story of the love of millions of English for their young Queen. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk, because of the… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.FINE.Neat handwritten,blue ink,familial gift presentation inscrptn and contemporary date (Christmas 1955) to front free endpaper.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original,dark green/grey(?)+white patterned decorated paper-covered boards,with a maroon cloth blind-spine with gilt blocked lettering; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners,no nicks,tears,splits or fraying present,clean plain white eps - inscrptn excepted,both hinges solid and sound without any splits or cracking.Top+fore- edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - could appear unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim 8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,9-47pp [paginated] includes story,part and full-page b/w illustrations by Franz Deak, interspersed throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] half-title,b/w illustrated frntis,title page and a dedication.… Read More

UK,slim 16mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,reasonably clean,colour pictorial artwork by David Knight,illustrated dw/dj with some minimal foxing/spotting to front panel and to internal flaps of dw/dj from which transposed to respective verso+recto of plain white free endpapers,with negligible shelf-wear,creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present,hinges solid and sound without any cracking.Top edges lightly toned from light dust-soiling but without foxing,fore-edges brighter and cleaner and also without foxing; contents exceptionally bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered publisher's original colour illustrated repeated dw/dj design/illustration to paper-covered boards with dark blue cloth blind-spine with bright,crisp blocked silver gilt lettering.UK,slim 16mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-63pp [paginated] with… Read More

UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG+.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Ashley Pope,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with black lettering,mild age toning of spine also with black lettering,rear panel white background with blue floral decoration and black letters with light grubbing - commensurate with book's age; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - two small closed tears to lower edge - lower corner and base of spine's gutter - no other nicks or tears present.Top edges slightly toned from dust-soiling and without foxing,fore-edges slightly brighter and also without foxing; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - virtually 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 pale beige cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters and blue ink floral decoration to spine/backstrip,and… Read More

UK,slim 16mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp.[Originally and first published Sept. 1954,a 2nd impression in April 1955 and a 3rd imp - this edn in Nov. 1955.] NFINE/VG-.Neat ink gift presentation inscrptn and contemporary date (22nd December 1955) to reverse of ffe and author's handwritten,blue ink signature - without dedication - to title page and price-clipped dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by David Knight,illustrated dw/dj with black outlined red,and black outlined white lettering to front,black lettering to a slightly darkened spine /backstrip which has a small closed tear at head and miniscule loss at foot of spine/backstrip.With negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - minor creasing and very miniscule rubbing with some chipping and reciprocal loss to all corner tips and an approx.2.5" closed tear along front,lower edge.Top edges lightly discoloured from dust-soiling but with very little sporadic foxing/ spotting,fore-edges similarly lightly… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE-/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - these generally believed to be export edns,that are released before the trade edns distribution in the country of its origin.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around,glossy,pale blue background with background facsimile reproduction of T.H. White's correspondence with L.J. Potts and a superimposed sepia contemporary photograph taken by Mary Potts of Potts and White,with White wheeling a young child in a wheelbarrow,to front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised,white-lettering with a dark blue shadowed part-title,other blue lettered sub-title and black lettered other strap line to front panel of dw/dj: spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title as front, dark and dark green-lettered Editor's name, publisher's dark green thumbnail lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same, rear panel with pale blue background and no text or illustration.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[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 photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-352pp [paginated] includes compiler's note,an introduction,9 chapters and an epilogue,8pp contemporary b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp160/1,a biblio,acknowledgements,a general index and an index of scripts; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a contents list/table,and a dedication.A joke's a joke - and for more than sixty… Read More

IRELAND,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but co-author and subject's neat,handwritten,blue ink inscribed+SIGNED copy,with: 'Best wishes Mick Galwey.' to front free endpaper.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with orange+ b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Bottom edges of dw/dj have a minimal, internal waterstain with some minimal, dw/dj's white,residual paper stuck to black cloth boards, otherwise boards unaffected.The black dye from the bds, appears to have bled to the bottom edges of the pages.Most of the creasing is to the top edges; with the top two corners minisculely rubbed+chipped.Both panels of dw/dj,have light, minor indents/scoring marks.Generally bright and clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth bds with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and near immaculate, glossy,plain white eps - with… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,author/subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Generally bright and clean top+fore-edges - fore-edges merest hint of thumbing; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - some minor accidental top corner creases,a couple of faint intentional/ accidental(?) dog-ear reading creases (pp209+pp217 top corners),otherwise appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xi-xxvpp+1-415pp [paginated] includes an introduction,two years (2013,2014)annual diaries and an epilogue,an appendix; plus… Read More

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illus,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,subject (Cook+Moore) b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.Bright,clean, publisher's original black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate maroon eps.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-159pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,acknowledgements,author note,contents list,subject colour portrait photographic frntis,10 chapters includes Pete's intro+ Dud's conclusion,profuse b/w+colour contemporary photographs throughout the text and the book,bibliography,a discography, videography,filmography and chronology. Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were comedic pioneers.Always ahead of their time they were key figures in the development of modern satire when they… Read More