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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED+dedicated,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten black ink inscrptn: "For Deja Vu, Good Luck in Tasy! Go For for it! Elle",and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to head of spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,with merest hint of ageing/toning; contents bright, tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly an unread copy? Bright,crisp,clean,blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,a blue+white striped head+tailband and immaculate repeated colour photographic seascape illustrated endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+ dw/dj, author SIGNED,1st edn,vii-xxpp+1-394pp [paginated] includes list of illustrations,maps (3 b/w,one double-page),an Introduction,a prologue,17… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,subject's colour photographic portrait illustrated dw/dj,with b/w+gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head+foot of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj,minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing and some light superficial but minimal scoring/indents to dw/dj panels' - boards beneath unaffected though.Top edges very lightly aged and a couple of smudges,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.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked white ink letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,x-xipp+1-399pp [paginated] includes list of illustrations,a prologue,FULL… Read More

USA,NY.PRAEGER,1965.US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NF/VG.8vo,367pp,b/w illus,map eps.Contains excerpts from speeches,reports and papers from every phase of Gen MacArthur's career - from young Lt.,Fort Riley Kansas 1908 - to farewell remarks to group West Point cadets on his 84th birthday. Please contact
rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight and value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten,black ink inscrptn: "go for it! Ellen.",and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to head of spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,with merest hint of ageing/toning; contents bright,tight and pristine - possibly an unread copy? Bright, clean,blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a blue+white headband and immaculate blue+white seascape illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED, 1st edn,vii-xxpp+1-394pp [paginated] includes list of illustrations,maps (3 b/w,one double-page),an Introduction,a prologue,17 chapters+epilogue,32pp of contemporary colour photographs in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece interspersed throughout the text and the book,an appendix,a… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-removal to boards.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Allan Curless, illustrated boards with white+yellow lettering to front,black lettering to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,bumps/dents or tears present - and immaculate red background with vertical yellow wavy lines and white spots vertically between the lines design illustrated eps.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.UK, slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,32pp [unpaginated] includes half-title page,colour vignette illustrated title page,double-page (the majority) full-colour illustrated artwork by Allan Curless. Mr Punch is at the end of a long journey.When he looks around him,all he sees are shadowy trees,a flat… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Originally,one of only 22 titles published in 1942.] VG+/VG.Neat,handwritten ink owner name+date (1943), plus ink written date: 14/8/43 to front inner flap of dw/dj. Generally bright, crisp,clean,red background with 4 white line-bordered edges with white lettering and white fireplace/hearth silhouetted vignette/design illustrated front panel of dw/dj,plain red rear panel with 4 white line-bordered edges; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners.Miniscule rubbing/chipping to both head +foot of spine/backstrip and the corners too,spine/backstrip lightly dulled - fragility of the wartime economy standards paper used - and a couple of tiny splits.Top+fore-edges ubiquitously aged/toned but generally 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.Free endpapers and pastedowns bright, crisp and clean without the foxing/spotting usually… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,montage'd contemporary b/w photographs separated horizontally across the centre of front panel of dw/dj by a glossy,red belly-band type strip with capitalised,embossed white-lettered COLDITZ part-title,capitalised,embossed black-lettered PRISONERS OF THE CASTLE sub-title and glossy,capitalised, embossed black-lettered author name and other capitalised red lettering to front,glossy red spine /backstrip with flat printed,capitalised,matt white-lettered COLDITZ partial part-title,capitalised,black-lettered author name and capitalised,white-lettered publisher name to foot of same,rear panel with 22 assorted contemporary thumbnail,b/w portrait photographs of detainees and capitalized red-lettered strap line question.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present,front inner flap of dw/dj with an accidental small vertical fore-edge crease to… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.Ink,gift (Xmas) presentation to ffe and price-clipped to dw/dj.Pictorial,colour illustrated,white background upper panel dw/dj with green+black letters and publisher advert and critics reviews in black+red letters to rear panel.Minimal shelf-wear and no rubbing; negligible creasing to dw/dj edges - with no nicks or tears present.Top two corners lightly bumped+creased and minimal bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip.Top+fore- edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and near pristine but for already mentioned inscrptn.Unblemished,plain green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and bright, clean,plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-229pp includes title+half-title pages. It was an uninhabited undeveloped… Read More

UK,rectangular Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED bookplate,1st edn,3rd imp. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but there is an author personally handwritten,signed/dedicated bookplate pasted to fep,for Scottish Gourmet Members.Author's neat,handwritten,blue ink inscrptn: 'With best wishes from Claire Macdonald of Macdonald' and printed below that Signed personally by the Author for Scottish Gourmet Members. Colour photographic dw/dj with minimal shelf-wear to edges and no price-clip.Maroon paper-covered boards with gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and plain pinkish endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,160pp includes 150 colour photographs by John Ferro Sim,foreword,useful addresses and an index of recipes. Here,Lady Claire Macdonald takes the reader to ten of the best hotels and restaurants in Scotland,shares with them sixty of her favourite recipes,and introduces some of the… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.Neat, ink Christmas gift inscrptn (mother to son) to front fep,and no price-clip to dw/dj but diagonal crease just above, probably in preparation for price to be removed. Bright,clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial artwork illustrated upper wrap with green+black letters,publisher advert+critics' reviews in black and red letters to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges very,very lightly aged/toned but clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,clean,dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean,plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,5-229pp includes half-title+title pages,14 chapters,2pp blanks to rear.A non Travis McGee title/novel. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers -… Read More

UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.VG+.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj. Generally clean,lightly grubbed/marked plain brick red,publisher's original cloth boards with blind stamped design to spine/backstrip with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to same and minimally foxed/spotted,plain white endpapers.Top edge coloured,fore-edge slightly aged/darkened as usual/normal; contents bright,tight and clean,virtually foxing-free apart from endpapers,half-title+title pages and rear eps and last few pages. UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,11-376pp includes half-title+title pages, contents illustrations lists,20 chapters in 6 Pts,and 32pp contemporary b/w scenic+portrait photographs. Divided up into parts:Pt 1 covers the country, Pt 2 the Land Dyaks, Pt 3, the Ibans, Pt 4 the Kayans and Kenyahs, Pt 5 the Melanaus, Malays and Chinese and Pt 6 Envoi. Please contact… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,dw/dj unclipped and unpriced.Unpriced copies were published first for distribution to the Commonwealth for the book to be priced at it's destination.As such these usually preceded the UK first trade edns.Bright,clean,glossy laminated colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - and spine/backstrip bright and not faded.Top edge bright,untanned but with two tiny blemishes, fore-edge bright and clean - unaffected; contents bright,tight and pristine,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,clean, red paper-covered boards with black cloth 3/4 spine,blocked with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw /dj,1st edn,1-246pp includes half-title+title pages,21 chapters+epilogue.A Travis McGee novel - 19th in the series. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. VG+/VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.5-colour block pictorial decorated dw/dj with minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges.Top edges dw/dj lightly yellowed with very slight fading,sunning to spine/backstrip, head of same lightly bumped and creased.Top edge slightly aged and dust-soiled with fore-edge lightly marked.Contents bright,tight and clean.Blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,252pp.21st title in the Travis McGee series. Travis McGee is one of suspense fiction's most popular and idiosyncratic private investigators.The Florida beach-bum savant,home based aboard his houseboat the Busted Flush,enters his 21st adventure when hired to investigate the disappearance of a lavishly appointed custom-built yacht and finds more than he bargained for.The… Read More

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip to dw/dj.Crisp,bright,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creases to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.Publisher's clean unmarked,original brown cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate beige endpapers.UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-304pp includes b/w photograph vignette illustrated half-title (Edward VII's pet's gravestone), double-page b/w illustrated frntis+title page,a contents list/table,profuse b/w contemporary illus/photographs throughout the text,32pp colour illus/ photographs in blocks of 8pp between pp32/33, pp160/61,pp192/93 and pp256/57 respectively,5 chapters,notes,an index and picture acknowledgements. When the Dowager Empress of China died in 1908,her favourite Pekingnese was led before her coffin by the chief eunuch,following a precedent of some nine hundred… Read More

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Crisp,bright,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creases to edges - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,unmarked original brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate beige endpapers.UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-304pp includes b/w photograph vignette illustrated half-title (Edward VII's pet's gravestone),double-page b/w illustrated frntis+ title page,a contents list/table, profuse b/w contemporary illustrations/photographs throughout the text,32pp colour illustrations/photographs in blocks of 8pp between pp32/33, pp160/61, pp192/93 and pp256/57 respectively,5 chapters,notes,an index and picture acknowledgements.… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 0 0 1.] FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£25.00) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,blush pink background with silver gilt decorated border design,with white and silver gilt letters illustrated dw/dj; 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,would appear unread apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,plain black paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain mauve endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-xvipp+3-320pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,an introduction,20 chapters,profuse colour+ b/w contemporary reproductions of illustrations,contemporary colour photographs etc.,List of objects,a bibliography,references, picture credits,acknowledgements and an index.Plus [unpaginated]… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.Bright,crisp,clean, b/w+colour photographic montage'd illustrated upper panel of dw/dj with red gilt+black ink lettering,rear panel critics' reviews for previous author title; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - virtually as new.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.Publisher's bright,clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked fluorescent red ink letters to spine/backstrip,red+black striped headband,and immaculate red endpapers illustrated with the number twenty in Roman numerals,which forms a double cross, across the middle of them.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2- 417pp [paginated] includes preface,25 chapters+ Aftermath,32pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 16pp apiece,between pp114/5 and pp290/1 respectively,notes,a select bibliography,acknowledgements and an index.Plus [unpaginated],half-title+title pages,a dedication,prose extracts… 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 - wrapped and protected from day of issue/purchase - virtually as new.Bright,crisp,clean,part-glossy,part-matt, superimposed/montage'd b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with black,red and white lettering to front and black+red lettering to rear; 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,unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crispblocked fluorescent red gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain red endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xiipp+2-352pp [paginated] includes a preface,an introduction,20 chapters,an afterword by John le Carre,32pp contemporary b/w auto +biographical photographs in 2… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.Neat,ink owner inscrptn+date to top,right-hand corner of front free end[a[er and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with white+yellow lettering,rear panel
with blue+white publisher's advert; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges generally 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 red cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers - aforementioned owner inscrptn excepted. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-192pp [paginated] includes illus list/table,a foreword,16 chapters,16pp contemporary,historical b/w photographs in 8 blocks of 2pp apiece interspersed throughout the book and the text; plus… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.Bright,crisp,clean, b/w+colour photographic montage'd illustrated upper panel of dw/dj,with red gilt+black ink lettering,rear panel critics' reviews for previous author title; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - virtually as new.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.Publisher's bright, clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked fluorescent red ink letters to spine/ backstrip,red+black striped headband,and immaculate red endpapers illustrated with the number twenty in Roman numerals, which forms a double cross,across the middle them.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-417pp [paginated] includes preface,25 chapters+ Aftermath,32pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 16pp apiece,between pp114/5 and pp290/1 respectively, notes,select bibliography,acknowledgements and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication, prose extracts… Read More