Search Results: Titles starting with C from R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.

UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn,9th imp.[First published November,1933.This 9th impression dated November,1939.] VG+. No owner inscrptn but Sunday School presentation adhesive bookplate pasted front free endpaper,dated Xmas,1940 and bookseller's impressed stamped name to top,right-hand corner of same,and minus it's dw/dj. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges,corners,head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal crease,corner tips with age-acquired but miniscule rubbing and gentle curl,but no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges with inevitable age-acquired toning with minimal foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,generally clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked blue ink lettering,and plain white endpapers - bookplate excepted.UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn,9th imp,5-255pp [paginated]… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Preceded by US,(NY), Poseidon Press (1988) trade HB+dw/dj 1st edn,and US,(NY),Poseidon Press. (1988) Limited edition of 750 signed and numbered copies and the US,Poseidon/Doubleday Book Clubs HB (1988).This the first UK,(London),Collins 1989 HB edn of only 2,300 copies.] FINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - these generally believed to be export edns,released prior to trade's issue in the country of its origin.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial artwork illustration by David Scutt,illustrated front of dw/dj,with author's capitalised,yellow-lettered name,a capitalised,red-lettered title and a capitalised, white-lettered strap line to same; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered name+title as front's and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered+illustrated name and colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with author's superimposed b/w portrait photograph on illustration's background.Negligible shelf-wear to… Read More

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, colour pictorial artwork by Robert Dudley,illustrated front of dw/dj with capitalised,red+grey lettered part-title,subtitle with other red+black lettered sub-title to a glossy yellow banner and capitalised,white-lettered author's name to dw/dj front; grey spine/backstrip with publisher's white illustrated colophon to an orange band at head of spine,glossy white banner with red+grey lettered part-title,red+black lettered sub-title and capitalised,white-lettered authoir name towards foot of spine,rear panel with monchrome illustration and black-lettered synopsis.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges with light toning and minimal flecking to top edges; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£16.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, colour+b/w subject photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj bumped with reciprocal creasing,the heavier to head of same,book has a slight lean.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned but generally clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread? Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,a green headband,and immaculate monochrome facsimile medal award citations illustrated eps.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-299pp [paginated] includes prologue,Pts I-IV (England,America,Vietnam,The Cage) comprising 25 chapters, 16pp contemporary b/w+colour subject's biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece, between… Read More

UK.slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.Wrapped+ protected from day of issue/purchase,so,no owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Bruce Pennington,illustrated dw/dj with bright,blue+black letters to front,spine - which in turn,is lightly sunned itself,and blue letters to back panel; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean - no foxing/spotting or toning; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered original burgundy cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK.slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-180pp [paginated] includes Pts One to Three,8 b/w full-page illustrations interspersed throughout the text and the book - by Bruce Pennington (?); plus [unpaginated] b/w line… Read More

US,slim 12mo p/back,1st edn. [Complete and unabridged, with stated FIRST PRINTING,FEBRUARY 1964.] FINE-. No owner imscrptn and no price removal (40c) from front card cover.Bright crisp,with clean,sharp-cornered,glossy,black wrap-around black background with non-credited colour pictorial artwork illustrated front cover with capitalised red-lettered title,other white-lettered author name and credit for a subsequent title (TheSWCIFTCold),publisher's b/w lettered,illustrated,numerated (G2435) and priced colophon to front cover's fore-edge and white-lettered synopsis and 2 critic's reviews; a flat,black spine/backstrip with a small red panel with SIGNET credit within,at its head,book's white letter+serial number,capitalised white-lettered title and other white-lettered author's name; rear cover with red+white lettered synopsis and 3 US critics' red-lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present.Spine/backstrip with some minimal small vertical wrinkles - due to… 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,wrap-around scenic colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with b/w and pink fluorescent 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,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread(?) - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, clean,white paper-covered sharp-cornered boards with bright,crisp,blocked pink fluorescent ink letters to spine/ backstrip, a blue+white striped headband,and immaculate plain pale blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-341pp [paginated] includes story/novel,author's note of thanks,and a bibliography.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,verse /prose extract (T.S. Eliot 'Little Gidding' - see my book ID rja401011),and 4pp blanks at rear. This is a book about a fat man with glasses.Aviator shades to be… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NMINT/NMINT. Wrapped+protected from day of issue/purchase.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap -around colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj with embossed,silver gilt and yellow lettered author/title respectively,lilac lettered co-author name and gold foil circular adhesive label: No1 International Bestselling Author to front panel of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean and unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate orange+yellow repeated design of hummingbird sat on a flower,illustrated… Read More

UK,12mo p/back,author SIGNED,1st edn,3rd imp.[Transworld Publishers Ltd.,are a British publishing house based in Ealing,London.Its hardbacks are either published under the Doubleday or the Bantam Press imprint,whereas paperbacks are published under the Black Swan,Bantam or Corgi imprint.Title originally published as UK,8vo HB+dw/d,2002.This paperback 1st edn,3rd imprint,published 2003.Complete number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4.] FINE-. No owner inscrptn,but author's brown ink signature - without dedication - to title page,and no price removal from card cover. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered.matt wrap-around colour illustrated card cover's artwork by Chris Collingwood,illustrated covers - illustration continues to inside of front cover - with embossed dark green,dark blue letters (author+title respectively), other white lettering to front cover,plus presence of a b/w circular adhesive 'Signed by the Author at Waterstone's' label; glossy,embossed letters and inevitable but slight sunning/fading to spine/… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,subject related,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creases to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting - but slightly aged/toned; contents bright,tight,solid and sound,near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly an unread example? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original dark blue cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked white ink letters to spine/backstrip, with near immaculate,plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xpp+1-270pp [paginated] includes contents list/ table,acknowledgements,a preface,24 chapters,32pp contemporary colour photographs in four blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp52/3,pp116/7, pp148/49 and pp212/13 respectively,player profiles with 11 b/w cricket player/team member b/w portrait photographs,Vaughan's career statistics and an index.Plus… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB,ex-lib issue,1st edn.VG++.[Though an ex-public library book,in library binding/recasing and with all it's usual library alpha-numerical notations,it's overall appearance both externally and internally,is of a solid,clean example.] Sub-title reads 'An account of the East Cornwall Mineral Railway and the Southern Railway's branch line from Bere Alston to Callington from its inception as part of the Plymouth Devonport & South Western Junction Railway,together with notes on the mines and shipping whose stories are inseparably linked with the history of these railways.' Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,recased in library binding,maroon textured cloth with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters and library numeration to spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf- wear to edges and corners. A 'DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL COUNTY LIBRARY' brown card docket pasted to front pastedown; partial horizontal,residual strip from removed ex-library label,with notation indicating 'pp17 torn on issue' and Librarian… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Pictorial,colour decorated upper wrap,publisher advertisement for author's other titles to rear wrap,and full-length,b/w author portrait photograph to rear inner flap; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges and no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges clean, contents bright,tight and pristine. Unblemished,blue paper-covered boards with author's initials above a star constellation(?) in blocked gilt to upper board's bottom right-hand corner; bright,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip with plain blue endpapers and attached blue silk ribbon bookmark.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,3-184pp. Two worlds,connected by the insult of slavery,are explored in this powerful novel: the Caribbean plantation hierachy in its every shade of prejudice; and England,at a time when the abolition of slavery was official,but London 'bird and beast shops' still… Read More

UK,Demy 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Stated First Edition.] FINE/FINE. Wrapped+protected from day of issue/ purchase, so NO owner inscrptn and NO price-clip to dw/dj - as NEW.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around pale beige background and a blue background panel with a 3-colour block (black,pale beige and blue) colour pictorial illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised,beige- lettered title and sub-title and author name to front panel of dw/dj; pale beige spine/backstrip with capitalised blue-lettered part-title, capitalised,black-lettered author name, black+blue thumbnail illustration taken in part from front to head of spine.and publisher's black-lettered name to foot of same,rear panel with a blue panel leaving a pale beige border,and with critics' capitalised,beige+black lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear… Read More

US,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Slightly faded spine/backstrip.US Qrto HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,240pp,an index,a bibliography and profusely illustrated with b/w photographs.Chapters include Distant Witness: 1848-1912, Dispassionate Observer: First World War-Spanish Civil War, Enlisted Combatant: Second World War,Intimate Companion: Korea-Northern Ireland,Intense Explorer: Vietnam,Postscript: Civilians Children and Women. The book examines the nature of war photography and its relationship to,and influence on society. Since April,2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too!So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/value of this… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,rpt.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, but author/illustrator's handwritten,green,ink signature - without dedication - to the title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj - no publisher price.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Simon Drew,illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - almost as new.Dw/dj design repeated to glossy laminated boards with colour,pictorial illustrated endpapers.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,rpt, 5-48pp [paginated] + SIGNED title page,an introduction,full-page, full-colour illustrations all by Simon Drew. Simon Drew's sense of humour is an acquired taste - it may be a moot point whether it is worth acquiring,yet thousands of fans around the world have clearly already succumbed to its questionable attractions. These… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£18.99) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with white lettering; 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,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate b/w floor plans/ views of Mychett Place illustrated cream endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,xiii-xvipp+1-336pp [paginated] includes author's notes,14 chapters and an epilogue,8pp contemporary b/w auto+biographical photographs in 1 block,between pp144/5,acknowledgements and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication, epigrams, and… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.MINT/MINT. 8vo,159pp includes notes on sources,an index,88 illus,39 in colour. Four hundred years ago, in 1588, the Spanish Armada of Philip II of Spain set sail for England.Drawing on the wealth and resources of his vast Catholic empire, Philip had assembled a formidable force of ships and men, with the declared intention of seizing power in England.Had he succeeded, he would have become the dominant ruler in Europe and been able to extend his influence over all the emergent Protestant countries.The campaign of the Spanish Armada is thus one of the great climacterics of European history - it radically altered the balance of power in Europe.An exciting story, expertly told, from the conception of the campaign and the reasons for it to its effect upon naval power in subsequent years. It is the story of an ill-fated… Read More

UK,8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn? VG. Undated,but circa 1941,from Dockyard (Devonport) school prize bookplate to front paste-down.Apart from prize bookplate,no owner inscrptn.Fore-edges slightly aged and dust-soiled.Blue cloth boards,slightly marked to upper and slightly bowed,with black ink stamped letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers.Contents bright,tight and clean.UK,8vo HB,xi+259pp includes 5 b/w maps,65 b/w photographs and appendices(3). May 1940 - in twenty days the Germanic forces destroyed the sovereign independence of Holland and Belgium together with their armies, overbore and forced to retreat to the coast a magnificent Anglo-French force consisting of a group of 20 divisions numbering some 500,000 men,broke through the formidable defences which extended the Maginot Line along the Belgian frontier,and captured a large part of the most important industrial and coal-mining regions of France.More important still,… Read More

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG++/GOOD+. Owner's black ink,handwritten name to front free endpaper.Grey+white artwork design by Kenneth Farnhill,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with black lettered author name,capitalised reddish-brown lettered title and capitalised,black-lettered BOOK SOCIETY CHOICE, and illustrator's white-lettered signature to front's lower corner,a slightly dulled spine/ backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name, title as front panel and publisher's capitalised reddish-brown name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with age acquired grubbing on a white background with publisher's black-lettered advert for author's 3 other titles. Some minimal shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners; lower two corners with a small closed tear each, head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creases,a small vertical closed tear in front facing gutter's fold/crease at the head of same.A continuation of the that tear/split is a feathered tear across the front… Read More

UK,slim 8vo wraps,reprint.[Originally published in 1969,this first reprint edn,1987.Locomotion Papers Number 45.] NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price label(?) removed from rear card cover.Bright,clean,lime green background,black-lettered card wraps with b/w contemporary locomotive photograph illustrated upper wrap,a b/w map illustrated rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? UK,slim 8vo wraps,reprint,4-54pp [paginated] includes 6 chapters,16 pages of b/w contemporary photographs in one block,between pp30/1, poetry page,tickets,acknowledgements,a bibliography, appendices(3),plus [unpaginated],half-title+title pages,contents list/table and b/w map frntis. The peninsula of Kintyre,a 45-mile-long strip of land which dangles down between the islands of Arran and Gigha into the approaches of the firth of Clyde,only narrowly misses being an island.Only a… Read More