Search Results: Authors starting with J from Books in Bulgaria

London: Sphere Books Limited. Very Good+. 1980. First British Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Slight discolouration to sunned spine, light foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block, some internal spotting of poor quality paper. ; First UK edition. Nice tight flat copy, no names inside, appears unread. Cover design uncredited. ; 352 pages; From a smoke-filled opium den at the heart of 1930s Bangkok, Sir John Weymouth-Smythe, top British agent, watches a catalog of sexual horrors that could spark the bloodiest war between East and West the world has ever known. Erotic adventure in the style of Sax Rohmer and classic pulp fiction. .

London: Lakeland. Very Good+. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Minor reading and cover creases, light foxing and toning to edges of reading block. ; Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside. Cover design uncredited. ; 96 pages; Collection of over forty short talks originally given by the author on his Prayer for the Day BBC radio broadcasts on Monday mornings with an introduction by the Rev. Roy Trevivian. .

London: George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Small drag tear to front cover of unclipped DJ. ; Blue cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; 142 pages; A study of one hundred men on their experiences of becoming fathers for the first time. .

London: Smith Gryphon. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; B&W Photographs; 224 pages; Biography of screen star Daniel Day-Lewis, including interviews with high-profile friends and colleagues, such as Judi Dench, Simon Callow, Barry Norman and David Puttnam. .

Loughborough: Ladybird Books Ltd.. Good. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Corners lightly bumped, slightly slanted spine, some suface tears to final page and rear fold out. ; First edition, first printing with no other printings listed,1997. Gloss pictorial boards. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover artwork by Peter Stevenson. ; Read with Ladybird Level 1; Vol. 5; Colour Illustrations; 32 pages; The Read with Ladybird series is designed to teach four to six-year-olds the basic skills of reading, this book contains three stories at level 1 - Start Reading: "Mystery Tour" by Shirley Jackson and illustrated by Peter Stevenson; "Put That Back"by Lorraine Horsley and illustrated by Andrew Warrington; "Hey! That's Cheating" by Marie Birkinshaw and illustrated by Graham Round; and a rhyming story, "Wheels" by Marie Birkinshaw and illustrated by David Parkins. .

London: Headline. Very Good; Light reading creases and shelf wear, numeral taped to base of . spine. ; Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside.. 1993. Reprint. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Sixth Printing; The Cat Who Series; Vol. 14; 240 pages; Jim Qwilleran races back from his summer retreat when his friend Polly is alarmed by a stranger. Persuaded to join her in a group tour of Scotland, it will mean leaving the cats behind. On the point of leaving a tarot card reading predicts danger for a mature woman with upright values and strict habits. Is Polly at risk from the stranger after all? Or does the Bonnie Scotland trip spell doom for another of its respected members? ; 0747241341 .

London: Headline. Very Good. 1991. Reprint; Fourth Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading creases and shelf wear, slightly slanted spine, numeral taped to base of spine. ; Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; The Cat Who Series; Vol. 12; 240 pages; The local headmaster is dead, and no one in Pickax is sorry about it. Just about everyone in town had a motive for murder. But only when one of Quill's best friends becomes chief suspect does he feel his instinct for mystery overcome his desire for privacy. .

London: Sidgwick & Jackson. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light shelf wear, small sticker ghost to front cover of unclipped DJ, fly shadows to endpapers, minor foxing to edges of reading block. ; Assumed first edition, first printing with no other printings listed. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names inside. ; B&W Illustrations; 144 pages; Glenda Jackson's ten favourite stories from when she was a child, edited by Nicolas Wright and superbly illustrated by Jan Mitchener. Comprises: The Emperor's New Clothes; The Wisdom of Solomon; The Frog Prince; The Story of Joseph; Goldilocks and the Three Bears; The Happy Prince; Robin Hood; Snow White; King Arthur and the Sword in the Stone; Little Red Riding Hood. .

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. Fair in Good dust jacket; Ex library copy with usual stamps and marks . inside. DJ glued to boards, missing front endpaper with scissor cut to . following leaf. ; Blue cloth boards. Good reading copy, no names inside.. 1946. Reprint. Hardcover. Ex-Library . First Printing; The Commonwealth Library; 208 pages; Jacob Ussher has achieved wealth, but, owing to an unhappy marriage, has missed love. Living with his unsympathetic sister, he concentrates his affections on his daughter, Leah, and great is his disgust when he discovers that she has become engaged to his handsome but impecunious young secretary, Rupert Herringham. .

London: Hutchinson & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1947. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Missing DJ, corners lightly bumped, slight foxing to title. Gift inscription to inside front cover ' To Clifford with very best wishes from Committee and Members of H. Y. L. A. April 1948'. ; Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and publisher's name to front cover. ; 224 pages; The story of a family where the parents meet in one world war little expecting that their children will have to fight in another. .

London: Robert Hale Limited. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Missing DJ, slight foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names inside, appears unread. ; 256 pages; Louise and her sister Gwen, are the daughters of a wealthy Yorkshire baronet. Both have led sheltered lives but, whilst Gwen will follow her father's desires and marry a successful industrialist, Loiuse's ambition is to become a great pianist. And, even more to her father's displeasure, has fallen in love with one of his young tenant farmers. .

London: Hutchinson & Company. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1947. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Some shelf wear and tear to unclipped DJ with some loss to spine extremities with large sticker to base of spine and some ink staining to rear, corners lightly bumped, ink name to front endpaper. ; Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and publisher's name to front cover. DJ design uncredited. ; 224 pages; The story of a family where the parents meet in one world war little expecting that their children will have to fight in another. .

London: The Book Club. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1943. Reprint; First Printing. Hardcover. Book Club Edition . Missing DJ, some staining to boards, corners bumped, front gutter cracked, rear gutter starting, previous owner details to front endpaper, paper toned with some foxing. ; Red cloth boards with black lettering to spine. War Economy edition with usual low paper quality. ; 224 pages; The story of an unhappy marriage. .

London: Arrow Books. Very Good; Light reading creases, tiny closed tear to front cover. ; First . paperback edition. Arrow 649. Nice tight copy, no names inside.. 1962. Reprint. Paperback. Mass Market PB . First Printing; 256 pages; John marries the girl of his dreams the vivacious Louise. But the harsh reality of being trapped in a tense, quarrelsome marriage destroys his illusions - and there's no way out. .

London: The Book Club. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1946. Reprint; First Printing. Hardcover. Book Club Edition . Some shelf wear and tear to DJ, corners lightly bumped, some foxing to title and edges of reading block. ; Red cloth boards with white lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names inside. War economy standard compliant. ; 256 pages; Set in the woolen mills of northern England in the later part of the nineteenth century, the story of Abel Moss who rises from poverty to become a mill owner. But his wife, Marion Hart, finds herself trapped in a loathsome marriage and comes to fear her domineering, unfaithful husband... .

London: Arrow Books. Very Good-. 1963. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading creases to spine, one heavy corner crease to rear cover. ; First paperback edition. Arrow 703. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Cover art by Sam Peffer. ; 256 pages; Married to William Harrington, a drunken degenerate, Ann's life had been threadbare and colourless. So she leaves him. But surely life has more to offer her than the Yorkshire family business she runs so efficiently. Then she met Wilford. .

London: Futura. Very Good. 1986. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading and cover creases, old ink price to front endpapers, some foxing to endpapers. ; Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover artwork uncredited. ; The Gollantz Saga; Vol. 7; 256 pages; The seventh and final book in the Gollantz series,. Sir Emmanuel Gollantz is now head of the family and with his hated brother Julian living in America, the illustrious family antiques business thrives once more. In his son, Simeon, Emmanuel is pleased to see a worthy successor and he looks forward to the arrival of the fifth Gollantz generation. But the sudden appearence in London of Julian's two sons add complications... .

London: The Book Club. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; Some wear and tear to unclipped DJ . with slight loss to top of spine and some foxing, slight discolouration to . spine and base of boards, fly shadows to endpapers, some foxing to edges . of reading block. ; Pale blue cloth boards with black lettering to spine.. 1957. Reprint. Hardcover. Book Club Edition . First Printing; 248 pages; Love story set in the Yorkshire countryside. .

London: Coronet. Near Fine. 2003. Reprint; Tenth Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Tenth printing of Coronet mass market edition, 2003. Nice tight copy, no names inside, appears unopened and near as new. Wrap around cover artwork by Nigel Chamberlain. ; The Irish Sisters Series; Vol. 1; 528 pages; Keara Michaels doesn't want to leave her family in Ireland, but fate sends her first to Lancashire, then across the sea to Australia, pregnant and penniless. And Theo Mullane, the man who loves her, is married, with an ailing baby son, so cannot follow her as he longs to. Mark Gibson leaves Lancashire to avoid marriage. But gold prospecting is a dangerous pursuit, and when his gentle young wife dies in childbirth, his father-in-law kidnaps the baby. So Mark runs away again, this time to Western Australia, where he employs Keara in his country inn. But danger threatens them all, even in the bush, as Keara searches for her lost sisters,… Read More

London: Coronet. Very Good-. 2003. Reprint; Second Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Some reading and cover creases, some shelf and edge wear with tiny split to for edge of top of spine, tiny closed tear to fore edge of dedication, light foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Second printing of Coronet mass market edition, 2003. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover design by mousemat with wrap around cover artwork by Nigel Chamberlain. ; The Irish Sisters Series; Vol. 1; 528 pages; Keara Michaels doesn't want to leave her family in Ireland, but fate sends her first to Lancashire, then across the sea to Australia, pregnant and penniless. And Theo Mullane, the man who loves her, is married, with an ailing baby son, so cannot follow her as he longs to. Mark Gibson leaves Lancashire to avoid marriage. But gold prospecting is a dangerous pursuit, and when his gentle young wife dies in childbirth, his father-in-law kidnaps the baby. So Mark runs away again, this time to… Read More