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

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 001.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,silvered background with embossed colour pictorial illustrated front panel of dw/dj, with capitalised,embossed purple-lettered author name and capitalised,blocked black-lettered title+sub-title to front panel of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with similarly capitalised,coloured but embossed purple-lettered author name and similarly capitalised,coloured but embossed black-lettered title+sub-title and publisher's capitalised,flat printed black-lettered name to foot of same,rear panel with 5 critics' black-lettered reviews and story straplines. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - text body pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/j,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication - to title page,no price-clip to dw/dj. Front,inner flap of dw/dj with an accidental oblique-angled crease.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around landscape colour photographic illustrated dw/dj and wreath+sword photograph detail superimposed,and with gilt embossed title+author name and other white lettering to front panel of dw/dj,gilt embossed lettered spine/backstrip,rear panel with colour photographic dw/djs' illustrations of the 3 other titles in the 'EMPEROR' sequence and also with printed gilt and white lettered critic's quote.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/j,1st edn. [Complete number line1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around landscape colour photographic illustrated dw/dj and sword photograph detail superimposed,and with silver gilt embossed title+author name and other white lettering to front panel of dw/dj,silver gilt embossed lettered spine/backstrip,rear panel with embossed silver gilt and critics' other white-lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges clean but slightly toned,fore-edges brighter and clean also; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - 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 chocolate brown endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/j,1st… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj,with red,blue and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges though slightly toned are 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 boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,3-326pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3 comprising 29 chapters with a few recipes included; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,individual Pts separator pages,and to the rear of the book,acknowledgements and a potted biography of the author/actress.A debut novel,following on… 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 yellow+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. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain yellow endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-356pp [paginated] includes 53 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,title separator page and 6pp blanks at the rear of the book. Reykjavik,August 1941.A city under the shadow of war. When a travelling sales rep is found murdered in a basement flat,killed by a bullet from a… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Originally published as an 8vo p/back by Irish Times Ltd, Republic of Ireland,1979.This special collector's
edition is exclusive to W.H. Smith and also contains a short story; 'The Writing Class' by Maeve Binchy.An introduction by Gordon Snell who happens to be Maeve's husband.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with brown(?),green and red lettering;
with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Blue+white circular adhesive bookseller's 'Collector's Edition' label with it's
exclusivity noted,to front panel of dw/dj.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - 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 purple cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped… Read More

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,reprint.[Published in association with the Football League and the National Dairy Council.The trade edn first published 1983 and reprinted 1984 - this edn.A special p/back edition was printed in 1984 for the National Dairy Council.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour photographic front panel of dw/dj,with green,b/w lettering.Sepia photographic rear panel of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.An approx 1/2" closed tear/nick to front lower corner,internally repaired with sellotape.Top edges with very light evidence of light dust-soiling, fore-edges minimally and sporadically spotted/ foxed(?) otherwise bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,could appear unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain dark green cloth boards with… Read More

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn thus.FINE-/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,and a price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,clean,matt,multi-colour illustrated design [purple, blue,white],and multi-colour lettered title+author [white,orange and blue,some lettering with black outlines] to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip similarly coloured+lettered,rear panel of dw/dj with critics' white-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners with some minimal rubbing with colour loss to corner tips,head+ foot of spine/backstrip – but no major nicks, tears or splits present.Top edges with inevitable age-acquired toning,some minimal blemishing but very little foxing, fore-edges similar; contents bright,particularly the text block,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread, apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp and clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,cream+brown+cream,Bert Kitchen artwork illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges.Two small closed tears [one each to top edges of both front and rear edges] with reciprocal creasing but no loss. Top edge lightly dust- soiled and aged with minimal spotting,fore- edge considerably brighter and cleaner; contents crisp,bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,publisher's original,plain dark brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,7-216pp [paginated] includes half-title page,recto of same b/w line illustrated,title page,contents list/table,potted biography of W.Cobbett,introductory observations from treatise on Cobbett's Corn,selected writings on Gardening,Farming,Rural Sports,two sweetcorn recipes,profuse b/w line… Read More

UK,slim,landscape rectangular HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE-. No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,matt paper-covered,wrap-around white background with matt+ glossy colour pictorial artwork by Mick Inkpen,single black line bordered illustrated panel to front board,with a pair of horizontal rectangular panels of a pale yellow and a dusky pink respectively,with capitalised,black-lettered title to top panel and black-lettered author name+other credited work/creations to lower panel respectively,a smaller colour illustration of both Ploo+Dig in a overlapping circular border to top,left-hand corner of the top panel; spine/ backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as the front's,and publisher's capitalised,b/w lettered +illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with glossy,colour pictorial illustration to top+lower edges respectively with story's black-lettered text extract between them. Negligible… Read More

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - generally believed to be an export copy,which usually precedes the UK trade edn issues and distribution.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,b/w photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with red lettering,rear panel with b/w reproduction historical illus with red+white letters; 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 black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a b/w striped headband and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-192pp [paginated] includes an intro,13 chapters,profuse historical b/w reproduction illustrations and contemporary b/w… Read More

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG-.Owner's name to THE BOOK SOCIETY brown+white illustrated bookplate pasted to front free endpaper,but no price-clip to dw/dj. Protected dw/dj,but with creasing to rear top edge,with minimal chipping and loss to head of spine/backstrip. Closed tears (2),no loss to bottom edge dw/dj.About 2" loss of dw/dj to foot of spine/backstrip,up to and just beneath the BOOK SOCIETY CHOICE roundel /logothe,the remainder of the spine/backstrip being lightly darkened. Top edges coloured with slight fade to headband area, fore-edges lightly and sporadically foxed/spotted,bottom edges deckled (untrimed),slight foxing to tops of prelims to half-title page; contents bright,tight,solid and sound with minimal foxing to body text - no dog-ear reading creases to any ages corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered - exception of front lower corner with corner tip pushing - spine/backstrip with bright,crisp, blocked gilt… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE-/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy colour pictorial nautical chart and design by Kenneth Farnhill, illustrated front panel+spine of dw/dj,with capitalised orange-lettered author name and capitalised black lettered title to front panel,a lightly sunned/faded capitalised,orange-lettered author's name,similarly coloured+lettered title as front,author's b/w portrait photograph and his potted biography beneath.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – one tiny closed tear to front,lower corner tip - no other major nicks,tears or splits present,other than minimal bumping with reciprocal creases at hea of spine. The majority of edge creasing with its ubiquitous curl,is to top edges of dw/dj, rear panel of dw/dj with minimal superficial scoring but without penetration to board beneath,front panel scoring/indent-free.Top egdes bright and clean without foxing/spotting,fore-edges also bright and clean with very… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG.Neat,handwritten blue ink familial gift presentation inscrptn+contempraneous date to reverse of front free endpaper,but no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour pictorial illustrated front+spine of dw/dj with capitalised,white-lettered author name and other white-lettered title to front panel,spine/ backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name,title and publisher's name to foot of same;rear panel with a slightly grubbed white background with publisher's advert for author's 3 other titles.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - pair of small closed tears at head and rear top edges,a small closed tear at foot of spine's rear facing gutters fold/crease and a pinprick to middle of spine,three corners with miniscule chipping.Top edges lightly dust-soiled and minimally discoloured and with faint,minimal foxing,fore-edges also with sporadic light foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to… Read More

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG++/GOOD+. Owner's black ink,handwritten name to front free endpaper.Grey+white artwork design by Kenneth Farnhill,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with black lettered author name,capitalised reddish-brown lettered title and capitalised,black-lettered BOOK SOCIETY CHOICE, and illustrator's white-lettered signature to front's lower corner,a slightly dulled spine/ backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name, title as front panel and publisher's capitalised reddish-brown name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with age acquired grubbing on a white background with publisher's black-lettered advert for author's 3 other titles. Some minimal shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners; lower two corners with a small closed tear each, head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creases,a small vertical closed tear in front facing gutter's fold/crease at the head of same.A continuation of the that tear/split is a feathered tear across the front… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG-.Handwritten donor's blue ink presentation inscrptn to front free endpaper,but no price-clip to dw/dj. Monochrome illustrated front panel of dw/dj with yellow-lettered title and capitalised,yellow-lettered author's name,spine/backstrip similarly coloured+ lettered title+author as front,and publisher's capitalised, yellow-lettered name to foot of same,rear panel with author's monochrome portrait photograph with his facsimile signature to a white panel/band below.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - corner tips inevitably but minisculely rubbed - no major tears or splits present.Slightly nicked,rubbed with miniscule chipping loss to head of dw/dj's spine/backstrip. Top edges+fore-edges lightly aged/toned but without foxing; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG.No owner inscptn, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,colour pictorial artwork illustrated front+spine of dw/dj with capitalised,white-lettered author name and pale orange-lettered title; slightly darkened spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+ lettered author+title as front panel and publisher's capitalised,black-lettered name to foot of same,rear panel with author's b/w portrait photograph.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no major tears or splits present.Head+foot of spine/backstrip with minimal bumping and reciproacl creases,and miniscule chipping.Top+fore-edges lightly aged and with very minimal blemishes but reasonably clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips to any pages' corners,appears unread other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt-lettered… Read More

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Richard Dalkins,illustrated dw/dj,with black-outlined white capitalised author name and other black-lettered title to front panel.spine/backstrip with light sunning/fading to foot with similalrly coloured+lettered author+title as front panel and publisher's capitalised,black-lettered name to foot of same also,rear panel black lettered advert for author's titles list from the Collected Edition of his work. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present - but removal of an adhesive label has removed a small portion of top gloss paper onbackground of front panel's background of illustration and some minimal superficial scoring but without penetration to board beneath. Bothe head+foot of spine/backstrip with gentle pushing and reciprocal creases.Top edges bright with a couiple of tiny blemish… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,distinctive Gollancz yellow background dw/dj,with red+black lettered front panel,black lettered spine/backstrip and red+black lettered publisher's advert for other assorted authors' published titles to rear panel - all with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges bright without foxing/spotting,fore-edges also bright and clean but for 2 foxing spots; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-192pp [paginated] includes a Prologue Pts 1-4 comprising XV(15) chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/table with blank… Read More

UK,slim 12mo p/back 1st edn.[Originally published,UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn by Victor Gollamcz (London) in 1956.] VG.No owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover.Bright,crisp,clean colour illustrated card covers with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges,some miniscule rubbing o some edges - but no major nicks,tears or splits present and light creasing to corners.Top+fore-edges inevitably aged/toned; contents tight and clean with minimal page-edge toning - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages; corner tips - appears unread - no spine creases - apart from my own collation.UK, slim 12mo p/back 1st edn,7-158pp [paginated] includes 18 ingenious tales of detection; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a contents list/table and to rear as reverse of last page,publisher's advert for author's previous title 'Appleby Talks'.Contains: A matter of Goblins, Was he Morton?, Dangerfield's Diary, Grey's Ghost, False Colours, The Ribbon, The Exile, Enigma Jones, The Heritage… Read More