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

UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Bookclub edn.] FINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj.8vo,168pp,b/w photographic endpapers,an index and b/w photographs. The Waffen-SS led a chequered career in its search for the right to carry arms in the face of opposition from the Army,which considered it had the sole right,then for the material with which to equip itself.The original SSStabeswache was formed by 'Sepp' Deitrich as a praetorian bodyguard for the Fuhrer and carried rifles and sidearms;it would have been of little use as a bodyguard without them,and besides,the unit was so small that the Army couldn't consider it a threat.But as the armed branch of the SS grew in size and power particularly after the Rohm purge and the institution of an SS inspectorate and training schools under Paul Hauser,the Army began to pay more attention.Obstacles… Read More

UK,12mo wraps,p/back Original,author SIGNED,1st edn.[Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/ title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format,in the country of its origina,and sometimes,even worldwide.] FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten black ink inscrptn: 'To Simon, with love, Laura Quigley' to half-title.Bright,crisp,matt,sharp-cornered,faux distressed look to a 3-colour block (red+b/w) illustrated front card cover with red+white lettering,a b/w lettered red+black spine/ backstrip with NO reading creases to same,rear card cover with white-lettered precis and note about the author; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages'… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Published in association with British Aerospace and Rolls-Royce Limited and on the 50th anniversary of the Spitfire's first flight,5th July,1936.] FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork to front panel of dw/dj and b/w photographic illustrated rear panel, with b/w lettering; 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.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain airforce blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,7-160pp [paginated] includes foreword by Air Vice-Marshal 'Johnnie' Johnson,author's preface (Spitfire test pilot),24… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn. [Published Sept.,2019 (SCOTLAND,Edinburgh) it precedes the US, W.W Norton edn/issue in early 2020,followed by edns in Portuguese,Turkish,German,Italian,Spanish and Chinese amongst others."I Get Loud",the follow-up to "I Go Quiet" will be published in the summer of 2021.] FINE+. No owner inscrptn,and no price removal from cover.Bright,clean,matt,colour scenic day and night illustrated covers to front+rear respectively, paper-covered boards with gilt lettered title and other white lettering on front,a gilt spine/backstrip with white letters,rear panel with white lettered critics' reviews; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - though miniscule rubbing with minimal gilt loss to spine's edge,and immaculate plain dark blue sets of endpapers.Top+fore-edges bright,clean and without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner… 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,subject/author's portrait colour photographic illustrated front+rear panels of dw/dj,with gilt and white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Both head+foot of dw/dj's spine/backstrip with miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to same. Top+ fore-edges both slightly aged/toned with minimal,faint, sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near 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 gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain maroon endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 1-310pp [paginated] includes a prologue,17 chapters and an epilogue,24pp contemporary autobiographical b/w+ colour… Read More