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

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/VG+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,matt,b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj with front+spine horizontally dissected into 2 portions,the smaller top portion of a pale sky blue background with capitalised, black lettered title+author's name to the front with similarly coloured+lettered spine,with the addition of capitalised,black-lettered publisher's name to same, the slightly larger bottom portion illustrated with b/w photograph of an Olympic Airline aeroplane,dw/dj rear panel with pale sky blue background with a white-bordered, b/w contemporary portrait photograph of Geoffrey de Havilland and Frank Hearlewith their second successful aeroplane,in September,1910.Usual helf-wear to edges and corners includes chipping to head of spine and approx. 2" along rear top edge from the gutter fold/crease,but strengthened,repair with clear sellotape internally and externally too,all corner tips rubbed/chipped with miniscule loss,rear lower edge from… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE-/FINE-.Owner name+date (1980) but no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - generally believed to be export copies,issued before UK trade issues.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,montage'd subject's 2 monochrome photographs to front panel of dw/dj - with unevenly faded yellow,white and pale lilac letters; lettering to spine/backstrip sunned+faded - as is the spine itself,rear panel as a white background with brown lettered critic's review; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks, tears or splits present.Top edges lightly toned with minimal sporadic foxing/spotting,fore-edges brighter and cleaner without foxing; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – near pristine,appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG.No owner inscrptn due to a substantial diagonal clip to front free endpaper - approx a third of it removed. Pictorial colour decorated dw/dj - design repeated to laminated boards - both inner flaps creased.8vo,144pp profusely illustrated with both b/w+ colour illus and photographs. Dad's Army followed the bungling adventures of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard during the dark days of the Second World War.The hilarious story of these enthusiastic part-time soldiers,defending their country with pitch-forks and a butcher's van,caught the public imagination from its first screening in 1968.Here is the complete inside story of Dad's Army - from original idea to hit TV comedy.So popular did the series become that it was made into a film,radio show and stage play. Dad's Army star,Bill Pertwee,gives a colourful… Read More

UK,small Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.NMINT.Pictorial colour decorated,glazed boards with black lettering,no owner inscrptn; negligible shelf-wear bumping,creasing to edges or corners - no nicks teasrs or splits present.Minimal,superficial scoring/indentsto rear board.Top+fore-edges clean; contents pristine with b/w photographic montage-type,illustrated endpapers.UK,small Qrto (approx 10" tall x 7.50" wide)HB,1st edn,5-127pp includes title page,a preface,profuse b/w contemporary illustrations,and b/w photographic stills from the series. This log is for Field Commanders trying to forge a ruthless fighting unit. Therefore it deals with war and weapons and how to turn ordinary chaps into tough-as-steel soldiers.It is unsuitable for civilians. These are the words of Captain George Mainwaring who commanded the Walmington-on-Sea platoon of the Home Guard during the Second World War.When Arthur Wilson,M.A.,the nephew of Mainwaring's platoon sergeant,was asked to write a book marking the anniversary of… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NMINT/NMINT.B/w photographic dw/dj. Black paper-covered boards with gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers.8vo,160pp includes scripts and profusely illustrated with unique b/w archive photographs. It has been thirty-odd years since viewers first saw Captain Mainwaring's ill-trained,ill-equipped platoon shamble forward to defend the realm with a butcher's lorry to transport it,a church hall as headquarters and a bank manager in command.Dad's Army ran to 80 episodes,and after three decades of regular,prime-time repeats the wartime adventures of Walmington-on-Sea's Home Guard have established themselves as true and enduring classics of British comedy.All but one of the six episodes recorded for Season Two,however,were accidentally wiped after their first broadcast in 1969,never to be seen again.Although… Read More

UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,colour+ b/w photographic illustrated front+rear panels respectively of dw/dj with b/w 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,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark blue endpapers.UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-xpp+1-150pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,episode list, author's introduction,The story in a nutshell chapter,9 series episodes and 2 Christmas Specials script extracts,one-liners and jokes,profuse b/w (the majority) and colour cast stills/photographs throughout the text and the book,a… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn. NMINT.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£4.99) to colour pictorial illustrated title page.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, glossy/glazed,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card boards and repeated colour pictorial illustrated endpapers by John HARROLD; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. The head of spine/backstrip gently pushed - virtually the only fault - looks almost as new. Boards are virtually indent-free.Top+fore-edges bright and clean and without blemish; contents exceptionally bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,no nicks or tears,and no foxing/spotting present.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,6-93pp [paginated] includes 5 colour strip stories,activities include: a colouring-in page,a spot-the- differences puzzle - both untouched and not attempted,2 single-page origami… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn. [Compilation annual with Alfred Bestall (3),John Harrold (2) and Stuart Trotter (a new story) illustrated stories.] NMINT.No owner inscrptn to name panel on Contents page,and no clip to colour illustrated title page - absence of publisher's price - now printed to rear board.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated glossy/ glazed boards by Stuart Trotter of Rupert and Lily Duckling beneath a multi-coloured umbrella and surrounded by Pong Ping,Algy,Bingo and Bill Badger respectively to front board,rear board with other story-related characters,and bright,crisp,clean,repeated colour pictorial illustrated endpapers by Alex CUBIE; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually MINT. - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - unread,other than my own collation.UK,slim Qrto… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.Near MINT. No owner inscrptn or gift presentation inscrptn and no price-clip (£4.75) to colour pictorial illustrated title page.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy/glazed, sharp-cornered,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card boards and pictorial coloured endpapers by John HARROLD; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.head of spine/backstrip front gutter's fold/crease with a small crease,top front corner tip minisculaley rubbed and some minimal,superficial scoring to front board only - virtually the only faults - looks almost as new.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents exceptionally bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tipss,no nicks or tears,and no foxing/spotting present.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,6-92pp [paginated] includes 5 colour strip stories,an untouched colouring page,an untouched… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.NFINE-.Owner's childish handwritten,felt-tip inked name to name-panel to reverse of front free endpaper,and price-clip (originally 80p) to bottom corner on the colour pictorial illustrated title page - naturally,partially affecting the text to it's verso.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card boards and colour pictorial illustrated endpapers by Alex CUBIE; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or splits present - but inevitable bumping to head+foot of spine/backstrip with some miniscule rubbing and colour paper loss. Corner tips minisculely bumped,tips turned gently inwards,and boards with inevitable but very minor,very superficial scoring/indents.Top edges lightly aged/toned with sporadic blemish,fore-edges brighter and cleaner and with virtually no foxing; contents exceptionally bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners. Previous owner has… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.VG.Donor's handwritten ink gift (Christmas+date) presentation inscrptn to reverse of front free endpaper at its top edge and the recipent's name in name panel too, (Sheldon) but no price-clip (43p) to colour illustrated title page.Bright, crisp,clean, glossy laminated colour pictorial illustrated card boards, and coloured endpapers by Alfred Bestall; with negligible shelf-wear, creasing,bumping to edges and corners.Minor bumping,rubbing to foot of spine/backstrip.An approx 1.5cm vertical,rear-facing split at head of spine's/backstrip's edge and a smaller-sized,1cm front-facing split at head too - no loss though.All corner tips minimally curled inwards,some indent impressions to upper board,similar but fewer to rear board.A mixture of both some vertical+horizontal wrinkles to top+bottom edges and spine's gutters anf ore-edges respectively.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned - as usual/normal; contents though are bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - no dog-ear… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn. FINE++.No owner inscrptn,a blank,unused 'This Book belongs to box, and no price-clip (£5.50) to colour pictorial illustrated title page.Bright,clean, crisp,sharp-cornered,glossy/glazed,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card boards and repeated colour pictorial illustrated endpapers by John HARROLD; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creases to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present.Very minimal,minor, superficial scoring/indents to front cover,rear cover virtually indent-free.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents excetionally bright,tight and clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly an unused and unread(?) copy, apart from my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,6-108pp [paginated] includes 5 colour strip stories,an anniversary colouring competition page,a spot-the-difference puzzle page,a colour double-page Rupert characters illustration with… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.VG+.Owner name tippexed out and a price-clip (originally showed two prices 7/6d + 37.1/2p,for change over to decimalisation.) to colour illustrated title page.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Alfred BESTALL illustrated boards; with some negligible shelf-wear to edges,but all the corners minimally bumped; top two corners with small creasing,head of spine/ backstrip with tiny split and peel of paper but still in situ.Upper board with some minimal and superficial scoring/indents,similar to rear board.Top edges lightly aged/toned, fore-edges less so and therefore brighter and cleaner,but both without other blemish; contents particularly bright, tight and nearly pristine - no nicks/ tears,foxing/spotting nor dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - though a light,accidental(?) oblique crease through ffe to the first 4pp of story (upto and including pp8.)UK,slim Qrto HB, no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,4-115pp… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.VG++.Owner name crossed out but no price-clip (53p),some green ink scribbles to front pastedown and ink ticks in contents list/table.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card boards and colour pictorial illustrated endpapers,by Alfred Bestall; with negligible shelf-wear and bumping to edges and corners.All corner tips gently turned inwards;bottom two corners with miniscule rubbing and subsequent paper loss and both head +foot of spine/backstrip inevitably but minimally bumped,with some minimal rubbing with reciprocal loss at its foot.Some indent impressions to front board and virtually imperceptible laminate wrinkles to rear board.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/ toned - much less than usual/normal,and without any further blemish; contents particularly bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - with no foxing/ spotting,nicks or tears.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,4-115pp [paginated] includes 4 colour strip… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.FINE.Black ink familial,gift inscrptn to ownership name panel but no price-clip though (£5.99).Bright,clean,crisp,sharp-cornered,glossy/glazed, wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by John HARROLD, illustrated boards which are virtually indent-free; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners. UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,6-108pp [paginated] includes colour strip stories,one of the two colouring pages (which offer to colour in,has been accepted and attempted,in coloured felt-tip ink pens - the other untouched),an untouched spot-the-difference puzzle page,a who am I? riddle page,crossword puzzle,a maze puzzle,an encrypted code puzzle,a recognition puzzle and word puzzle,all untouched,and a puzzles' solutions page to rear.Cover: Rupert with Little Bo Peep and his friends in a woodland… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clip (originally £1.30p) to colour pictorial illustrated title page.The diagonal price-clip has cut acoss some of the story's text on reverse.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card boards and colour pictorial illustrated endpapers by John HARROLD; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Corner tips minisculely bumped and gently turned inwards,some minor,minimal superficial drawing indent impressions and laminate wrinkles/ creases to front board,less so to rear board; but includes a laminate wrinkle/crease and a scored line and to top edge,a couple of small dents.The rear,top corner tip of the spine/ backstrip's rear-facing edge with a miniscule rub and reciprocal paper loss.Top+fore-edges aged/toned - as usual/normal; contents bright,tight and generally clean - some page-edge toning,but no dog-ear reading creases to any… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.[This is the first annual produced by Egmont UK Ltd.The size has been reduced from the annuals,and it is now slightly smaller than those of the 1990's.] FINE+. No owner inscrptn to 'belongs to' name-box/panel and no price-clip (£7.99) to colour pictorial illustrated title page.Bright,clean,crisp,sharp -cornered,glossy/glazed,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card boards and repeated colour pictorial illustrated endpapers by John HARROLD; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,splits or tears present.Virtually scoring/indent-free to either board.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents exceptionally bright,tight and clean,solid and sound,near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread,apart from my own collation.Between pp98/99,an inexplicable but small cluster wrinkling impression with no discolouring /staining to the fronts+backs of those 4 pages - as if… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn. [Though published 2019,the annual for 2020 - 100 years since Rupert first appeared in the Daily Express.] MINT.No owner inscrptn to 'belongs to' name-box/panel and no price removal from rear cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy/glazed,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card boards and repeated colour pictorial illustrated endpapers by John HARROLD; with negligible shelf-wear,NO bumping,NO creasing to edges and corners,NO scoring or indents - and NO nicks,tears or splits present.Hence the grading/listing as MINT.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents exceptionally bright,tight and clean,solid and sound,pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread, apart from my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,8-116pp [paginated] includes six stories by three different Rupert artists - John Harrold (4),Alfred Bestall (1),and Stuart Trotter (1),activities include a Rupert picture… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.NMINT. No owner inscrptn to ownership name-box/panel and no price-clip to colour pictorial illustrated title page.Bright,clean,crisp,sharp-cornered,glossy/glazed, wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card boards and repeated colour pictorial illustrated endpapers by John HARROLD; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - boards virtually scoring/ident-free.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean,mo foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents exceptionally bright,tight and clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,6-108pp [paginated] includes 5 colour strip stories, none of the two colouring-in pages attempted,an untouched spot-the-difference puzzle page,a Who am I? riddle page,an untouched crossword puzzle,similarly for the maze puzzle,as for an encrypted code puzzle,and thea recognition puzzle and a word puzzle too,ALL of these… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.FINE. Childish-hand Christian name (Rebekkah) to name-panel,but no price-clip (£7.50).Bright,clean,crisp,sharp-cornered glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by John HARROLD illustrated boards which are virtually indent-free apart from some minimal indents to rear board; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,4-109pp [paginated] includes colour strip stories,an untouched,unattempted spot-the-difference puzzle,an unattempted wordsearch puzzle,an attempted and completed dot-to-dot puzzle, an attempted and completed maze puzzle page,and a colouring-in page (which offer to colour in,has been declined and therefore untouched),a puzzle's solutions page.Cover: Rupert with a brown face,amongst other Nutwood friends/characters holding a small dragon.Other Nutwood… Read More