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UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by co-author MH Hill,illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners; 3 small,closed nicks/ tears to lower edges.Top edge coloured pale green,fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean also,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright, clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original bright,green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers with merest hint of offset foxing from dw/dj's inner flaps.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 10-248pp [paginated] includes foreword,introduction,8 chapters, profuse b/w line illustrations throughout the book by Margot Hamilton Hill,glossary,appendices (2),a bibliography,list of Museums & Libraries,an index; plus [unpaginated] blank,half-title+title pages, contents list/table and acknowledgements. The history of… Read More

UK,slim 8vo wraps,1st edn.[Written for the Glasgow Corporation (Transport Department) at the closing of the tramways system 4th September,1962.] VG+.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - card wraps - as issued.Generally bright and clean,green+white illustrated and superimposed b/w photographic illustrated upper panel,rear wraps plain white,with b/w lettering and negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,slim 8vo wraps,1st edn,9-124pp [paginated] includes 25 sections/chapters postscript included,profuse b/w contemporary illus reproductions,b/w maps,cartoons and b/w photographs throughout the text and the book. A history of the Glasgow tram from inception and up to the closure of the system in the early 1960's.Some of these trams have been preserved and can be seen in museums worldwide,in Britain,France and the USA.See the previous… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE-/FINE. No owner inscrptnbut author's handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication to a special tipped-in 'Signed by the author' page between publisher's capitalised,grey+white initialled name's colophonic- illustrated page after the front free endpaper and before recto of 2pps of critics' praise, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, unblemished,matt, multi-coloured pictorial artwork by Tamara Ruiz, illustrated dw/dj panels with capitalised,blocked/impressed matt black-lettered title and author name; with critic's mauve-lettered review and orange+yellow lettered credit for Orange Prize award winning author of 'THE TIGER'S WIFE' to front of dw/dj.An orange spine/backstrip with capitalised,blocked/impressed matt black-lettered title and author's capitalised, blocked/impressed pale yellow-lettered name and publisher's capitalised,flat printed,matt,white-lettered initialled and illustrated colophon to… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£18.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,subject/author portrait, colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear andcreasing to edges and corners - a tiny, tiny snick to head of spine/ backstrip,towards gutter's edge,of same - no other nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate montage'd,colour photographic illustrated eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-310pp [paginated] includes 20 chapters,acknowledgements,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, dedication and 4pp blanks at rear. O'Briain moved to England many years ago,but when he takes his show on tour around the country - from deserted seaside towns and remote off-shore islands,to sprawling… Read More

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.[Originally and first published by Wm. Collins, London,1972,UK,8vo HB+dw/dj.This is the first p/back edn.] VG+.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, wrap-around pictorial colour artwork by Paul Wright,illustrated card covers with black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping or creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present.Partially- read creasing to spine/backstrip,a faint oblique angle crease towards front,lower corner.Top+fore-edges ubiquitously toned - as usual/normal - but with minimal sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright and clean notwithstanding page-edge toning,tight,solid and sound with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK, 12mo p/back,1st edn,5-415pp [paginated] includes 14 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages.The 2nd Aubrey/Maturin maritime adventure,following on from MASTER and Commander,their debut.1803 - Napoleon shatters the frail Peace of Amiens and England and France are at war once more - a war that brings… Read More

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.[Originally and first published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.,London,1978,UK,8vo HB+dw/dj.This is the first p/back edn,1979.] VG+.No owner inscrptn,price to rear cover not removed. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, wrap-around seascape pictorial colour artwork by Paul Wright,illustrated card covers with white+yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present.Reading creases to spine/backstrip,a faint,small oblique angle crease to front lower corner.Top edges inevitably dust-soiled and toned but almost foxing/spotting free, fore-edges ubiquitously toned - as usual/ normal - but to a lighter degree and with minimal,faint sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright and clean notwithstanding page-edge toning,tight,solid and sound with no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn,1-276pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,2pp blanks and to… Read More

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.[Originally and first published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.,London,1978,UK,8vo HB+dw/dj. This is the first p/back edn,1979.] VG+.No owner inscrptn,printed price to rear cover inked but not removed.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,wrap-around seascape pictorial colour artwork by Paul Wright,illustrated card covers with white+yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present.Reading creases to spine/backstrip,a faint, small oblique angle crease to top front+rear corners.Top edges inevitably dust-soiled and lightly toned but foxing/spotting free, fore- edges ubiquitously toned - as usual/normal - but to a lighter degree and with minimal,faint sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright and clean notwithstanding page-edge toning,tight,solid and sound with no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Accidental (?) pages lower corner creases to consecutive pp97-100.UK,12mo p/back, 1st edn,1-276pp [paginated]… Read More

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.[Originally and first published by William Collins & Sons Co. Ltd.,London,1983,UK,8vo HB+dw/dj. This is the first p/back edn,1984.] VG-.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to rear cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, wrap-around seascape pictorial colour artwork by Paul Wright, illustrated card covers with black+red lettering to front,spine and rear cover; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges - no nicks,tears or splits present.Reading creases to spine /backstrip,A few diagonal creases to front cover and its lower corner,rear top corner also with a small corner crease,both panels with superficial scoring/indents.Top edges toned and with minimal sporadic foxing/spotting,fore-edges toined - as usual/ normal - also very minimal sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright and clean notwithstanding page-edge toning, tight,solid and sound with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners. UK,12mo p/back,1st edn,7-320pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters;… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2. The true first UK HB edn, originally published in 1938 by Oxford University Press.There was a 2nd edn published by the British Library in 1999.This edn,published 2000,HarperCollins Publishers,so this issue a 1st edn thus.] FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, clean,3/4 wrap-around colour pictorial artwork (detail from a painting - 'An Elephant Outside A Palace', English school,c.1890) illustrated dw/dj,author's b/w portrait photographic quarter strip to rear panel,with brown+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Ubiquitous ageing/toning to both top+fore-edges - the top edges being the heavier and darker; contents otherwise bright,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original,plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.[Complete number line,3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial seascape illustration,by Geoff Hunt,illustrated dw/dj with blue+ white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Foot of dw/dj's spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing and miniscule nick/closed tear.Top edges toned,fore-edges less so and brighter; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,1-261pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters plus an interchapter between Chapters 9 and 10; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with b/w… Read More

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.[Originally and first published by William Collins & Sons Co. Ltd.,London,1981,UK,8vo HB+dw/dj. This is the first p/back edn,1982.] VG. No owner inscrptn and no price removal to rear cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, wrap-around seascape pictorial colour artwork by Paul Wright, illustrated card covers with red+b/w lettering to front cover,white+ yellow lettering to spine and white+yellow lettering to rear cover; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present.Reading creases to spine/backstrip and book has a slight lean.Top+fore-edges ubiquitously toned - as usual/normal - but without foxing/spotting; contents bright and clean notwithstanding page-edge toning,tight,solid and sound with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,12mo p/back, 1st edn,9-346pp [paginated] includes 11 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,Latin motto epigram,author's note and to the rear,5pp publisher's adverts for assorted other… Read More

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[50th Anniversary Special Edition.Originally first published and the author's debut novel of the series (UK,1970),together with THE complete text of 'Men-Of-War' previously unavailable,a new foreword by his stepson and biographer Nikolai Tolstoy,an artist's note by Geoff Hunt who illustrated the books' dws/djs and facsimile reproductions of a selection of letters from the author to his editor.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork by Geoff Hunt,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with a gilt-bordered edges,along with capitalised gilt lettered author name,capitalised master lettered titles and gilt lettered Foreword by Nikolai Tolstoy; and a acircular gilt-edged border with capitalised black-lettered ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION around an inner black circle with white 50th notation,spine/ backstrip with gilt-edged black panel with repeated coloured lettering of capitalised gilt-lettered author name and… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.[Complete number line,3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial seascape illustration,by Geoff Hunt,illustrated dw/dj with blue+white lettering; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Head of dw/dj's spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing and miniscule nicks and chipping with imperceptible loss - if any at all.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp, 1-261pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters plus an interchapter between Chapters 9 and 10; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] NMINT/NMINT.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Geoff Hunt, illustrated upper panel+spine/backstrip of d/dj,with blue,b/w+gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - head of spine minisculely creased - but no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread,apart from my own collation? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,original,sharp-cornered blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked fluorescent gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a dark blue+white striped headband and immaculate colour pictorial artwork illustration by Geoff Hunt,of ALL the 20 previous 'Jack Aubrey' novels' book/covers' art,illustrated endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn, ix-xivpp+2-136pp [paginated] includes… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] NMINT/NMINT. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean, matt,colour pictorial artwork by Geoff Hunt,illustrated upper panel+spine/backstrip of d/dj,with blue,b/w+ gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges bright,crisp and clean; contents bright, tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread,apart from my own collation? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,original, sharp-cornered,blue cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked fluorescent gilt letters to spine/backstrip,dark blue+white striped headband,and immaculate colour pictorial artwork illustration by Geoff Hunt,of ALL the 20 previous 'Jack Aubrey' novels' book/cover art, illustrated endpapers.UK, slim Qrto HB+dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,ix-xivpp+2-136pp [paginated] includes foreword by William Waldegrave,3 chapters, an afterword… Read More

UK,16mo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth boards with colour pictorial paper onlay in a gilt border illustrated upper/front board,with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark blue endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no bumps,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,very much appears
unread - apart from my own collation.UK, 16mo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,64pp [unpaginated] includes half-title with colour pictorial artwork illustrated frntis to it's recto,title page,6pp of text with 4 colour illustrations introduction to the subject,a further 25 full-page,full colour illustrations of Indian miniatures artwork each plate with prose/text on the opposite page,picture/plate credits to recto of last plate; also… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG++./VG++.No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip to dw/dj.Crisp,glossy laminated dw/dj with minimal shelf-wear to edges and corners.Internally dw/dj marked with water-stain to bottom ofspine/backstrip and partially to front+rear panels.Two closed tears to lower edges,one each to front+rear panels,corners lightly rubbed.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound.Bright,clean,publisher's original plain,dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and generally clean,plain white endpapers.Rear endpaper with water-stain and wrinkling. Top edges of bds lightly sunned/faded/bleached.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,10-158pp [paginated] includes [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents separator page,contents list/table and 2pp blanks at rear. In this new collection of stories,Edna O'Brien powerfully evokes the sensations of childhood and girlhood in Ireland - the smells and tastes,the fears and… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip to dw/dj.Some slight creasing and closed tear in proximity to front top edge dw/dj - no other dw/dj faults. Want more Edna O'BRIEN titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED catalogues. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Glossy laminated,scenic green photographic upper wrap,b/w full length author photographic rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present. Head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing and rubbing.Top+fore-edges lightly toned/aged - as usual/ normal - but clean,contents bright,tight and clean.Clean,black paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and unmarked,plain green endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1- 247pp includes half-title+title pages,and a prologue. In 'Wild Decembers',Edna O'Brien completes her brilliant depiction of contemporary Ireland,which began with 'House of Splendid Isolation' (see rja1260) and continued… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour photographic portraiture dw/dj with light creasing/ bumping to both head+foot spine/backstrip.Brown paper-covered boards with gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain red endpapers. Contents and fore-edges clean.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,262pp includes 1pp bibliography at rear.Charming b/w line chapter head+tail pieces by Paula Baynes. O'Brien's choice of writings by both Irish men and women.The selection ranges from early Irish tales and ballads to J.M.Synge, Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Elizabeth Bowen, Samuel Beckett, Kitty O'Shea, Sean O'Faolain,to make a book that is a magical mixture of poetry and prose on the subject of love. Want more Edna O'BRIEN titles? For similar and other available titles - please… Read More