Search Results: Authors starting with K from Goldring Books

Boston: The Writer Publishers, 1979. A Fine unmarked copy with gold titles on blue cloth boards. Dustjacket is price clipped and VG +. This comprehensive guide to writing book reviews introduces writers to the craft of literary criticism as it is practiced by leading book editors, columnists and freelance reviewers. Comprises chapters by 20 leading expert contributors including a Pulitzer Prize winner, who provide authorative answers to many questions. *** NOT EX LIB *** A1E. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Little Brown, 2002. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a small mark to lower closed edge) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A novel set in Berlin in 1945, where in Potsdam on the outskirts of the city, Churchill, Stalin and Truman are meeting to map out the future, but as the leaders arrive for a celebratory banquet, a body is washed up on the shore of the conference grounds. What is a US soldier doing in a Russian quarter with a pouch full of Occupation marks and a bullet hole in his chest? For journalist Jake Geismar, part of the American press corps, the murder of Lieutenant Tully is the story he is looking for, where he can use his crime investigation skills. Jake has another reason to stay in Berlin as he wants to find his former lover, Lena Brandt, and his investigations reveal that Tully was responsible for Lena's husband Emil, an eminent German scientist. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.88 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster Books For Young People, 1995. First edition, First printing. A Fine copy with manment centre stamp to front endpaper with complete dustjacket. A groundbreaking book from the author of 'Change Masters' which shows how businesses and communities can harness global market forces and make them work to their advantage. In the economy of the 21st century success will only come to those companies, large and small, whose goods and services meet world class standards and can compete in the global marketplace. B2A. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lausanne: Éditions Rencontre, 1967. Une copie fine banalisée. 440 pages. Marque-page liée dans. Préface de Maurice Nadeau. 42 auteurs. B2C. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Doubleday, 1999. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING November 1999. A near Fine unmarked copy which has a gift inscription written on a sticker to front endpaper else Fine with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. xi + 850 pages. 68 illustrations. The distinguished Professor of English literature's acclaimed and definitive biography of the novelist, cultural critic, essayist, historian, comic satirist, image maker, provocateur, actor, and brilliant American icon that is Gore Vidal. Kaplan had complete access to Vidal's papers, letters, and private photographs, as well as television and newsreel footage and was guaranteed a free hand by Vidal to write as he saw fit. The result is a lively, witty, and textured life of a literary colossus. PLEASE NOTE - A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.29 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 4. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. Silver title and decoration on black cloth boards with complete pictorial dustjacket. A near Fine copy with near Fine dustjacket. A fascinating detailed biography of the American investigative journalist who was the scourge of Theodore Roosevelt and politicians. The work by the Pulitzer Prize winning author was praised by John Kenneth Galbraith and is a masterly biography and an insight into America of the time and also Europe where Steffens travelled. 30 photographic illustrations. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.83 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 2. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Studio Vista, 1994. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. A large format volume of 135 pages. Mastering tonal value is one of the first steps in improving your paintings. In this book you will learn by example from 20 excellent artists who show you how to makes lights and darks work in your paintings in all mediums. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.89 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST B2F. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boston, Mass: Charles E. Tuttle, 1999. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. The author is a long time resident of Japan, well known for her work in textiles and in this book presents a photographic tour of exquisite homes in the Tokyo area, focusing on original and attractive uses of Japanese antiques and folk crafts. More than 300 beautiful photographs by Shin Kimura. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.2 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** 3. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Acropolis Books, 1994. A Fine unmarked copy with pictorial laminated boards with VG dustjacket which has a small closed tear. A large format volume of 288 pages. Over 350 colour pictures. New Revised edition. No group of painters or period of art history has inspired as much fascination and admiration, or has been celebrated as the Impressionist school which flourished, centred in France, from 1874-1886. The book tells the story of these revolutionary painters and the dramatic times that shaped their vision. The first section - A History of Impressionism - examines the artistic trends which led away from the classical schools of painting and the French landscape tradition in the early part of the 19th century to the realist art of Courbet and on to the shocking debut of Manet in 1863. The second section - The Life and Works - considers the most important individuals in the history of Impressionism - including Pissarro, Manet, Renoir, Sisley, Bazille, Morisot and Casatt - drawing out from their… Read More

California: Michael Wiese , 1992. A Fine unmarked copy. xix + 294 pages. 300 diagram illustrations by the author. The book is a staging and blocking guide with 24 basic variations covering many dialogue and dramatic situations. Unique to this approach is the practical evaluation of each staging strategy from the production point of view. The book includes interviews with well-known professionals who comment on the practical aspects of production. 23. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

California: Michael Wiese, 1991. A Fine unmarked copy. xi + 366 pages. Photo and diagram illustrations. A complete catalogue of visual techniques and their stylistic implications for both the filmmaker and videomaker - 'a text book' which enables working filmmakers (as well as screenwriters and others) to expand their stylistic knowledge. Includes over 75 illustrations, photographs and original storyboards from Spielberg's Empire of the Sun, Hitchcock's The Birds, and Welles' Citizen Kane. A HEAVY VOLUME WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 23. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2001. A Fine unmarked copy. xxix + 171 pages. Steven Soderbergh's cinema-making star blazed with Sex, Lies and Videotape, sputtered with The Underneath, and flared again with Erin Brockovich and Traffic. Charting this writer-director-producer's surprising career, these conversations with Soderbergh reveal him to be as self-effacing and light-hearted in his later, more established years as he was when he was starting out. Unfazed by the glitz and power of Hollywood and unafraid to get his hands dirty and pick up the camera himself, he remains at heart a truly independent filmmaker. 50. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Kettering, Northants: Index / Granada, 1994. A Fine unmarked copy in pictorial laminated boards with Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. Britain's best-loved drama serial has held its television audience in thrall for over 3 decades.The full story of everything that has happened in Coronation Street, both fact and fiction, since Granada Television launched the programme in 1960, is told here along with biographies of the characters. More than 200 photographs, from the earliest days right up to date, illustrate the text. 2. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: W.H. Allen, 1989. First UK edition. A Very Good+ clean and unmarked copy which has a touch of foxing / dust marking to closed top edge with VG+ complete dustjacket. The first biography of the Hollywood actor and his legendary family who whilst noted as an actor also co-produced One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. 15 photographs. 16. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macmillan, 1979. Brown title on brown boards which have a small rub mark to front. Internally a few marks to top edge else clean and unmarked. Dustjacket is complete with some stains to inside but not visible on outside and with a touch of light creasing to top. No biography of Thomas Hardy has yet included a serious attempt to discover what went wrong with his first marriage to Emma Lavinia Gifford, attributing it wholly to her fault. The present study the author has used every available clue, many of them uncovered for the first time by the author, in his quest to find the true character of Emma, of her feeling towards her husband and of the effects of both on his work. The result, unforeseen when the quest was begun, is a completely new theory of what happened to the Hardys' early love for one another and why. 20 photographic illustrations. 2. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1972. A Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which is not price clipped. FIRST EDITION. 275 pages. 21 plates, endpapers and 8 sketches by E.H. New circa 1900 and 19 maps and plans including one large fold out map (which is in Fine condition). This is the first comprehensive survey of the Thomas Hardy country to be published for over 50 years. It is a completely new ppreciation based on a fresh study of the evidence to be found in Hardy's works and onextensive research among diaries, letters, estate records and topographical writings, backed up by the author's own examination of every site and his questioning of local inhabitants, especially the old. 1. First. Hr. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Ward, Lock, 1968. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. The author, a skilled mountain climber, author and cameraman, combined these three talents to venture into the most remote areas of the Himalayas, aided by a team of hardened Sherpa porters, to capture on film the breathtaking beauty of these mountains. Kazami spent months in his quest and many of the 110 photographs are the result of days of waiting on inhospitable and dangerous vantage points for a break in the blizzards. Includes a track of the author's journey and a map of the Himalayas. C3B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Viking, 2000. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. The acclaimed foreign correspondent set out on on a journey through Britain for the BBC, although born in London he has never lived there until recently, having spent years covering the world's conflicts. In his travels in 1999 he discovered a world of poverty, exclusion and alienation. A shocking but sometimes uplifting work, he reports on the courage and lack of self pity of those he encountered and considers the changing ways of life and notes that in August 1999 a Scottish shipyard with 1,200 workers was sold for 2.4 million pounds which was the price for a large house in Islington, spiritual home of New Labour. B2A. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Harper Collins, 2005. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, first printing. xvi + 396 pages. 31 illustrations. The award winning journalist's memoir is the account of an extraordinary journey, a story about bearing witness to horror but also confronting the ghosts within. At its heart is the story of a son's journey in search of his father and the reconciliation that is possible even after death. Keane's life as a leading war reporter is all that we imagine: journeys across landscapes traumatised by death and hunger, encounters with some of the most evil figures of the last half-century. Life in such vulnerable areas of the globe is emotionally draining, but can be illuminated with astonishing moments of camaraderie and human bravery, and so this is also a memoir of the human connections. C3B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1977. A Very Good + unmarked copy with VG+ complete dustjacket which is protected by a plastic cover. Agatha Christie was not only the biggest selling writer of detective stories the world has ever known and a creator of mysteries that have delightedly baffled millions, indisputedly the 'First Lady of Crime', but she was mystery herself. A mystery in that she eschewed personal publicity for most of her long life. The crime novelist Keating has assembled a dozen distinguished writers from both sides of the Atlantic to throw light on this mystery and the approaches are various - penetrating, affectionate, enthusiastic, analytical, funny even critical. Numerous illustrations highlight many fascinating aspects of Agatha Christie's career. A1A. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.