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

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[1st state with blocked gilt lettering.Published July, 1956.Printed by Taylor,Garnett,Evans and Co. Ltd.Watford,Herts.] VG+/VG.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (16s. net) to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,fairly clean,colour pictorial artwork by SAX,illustrated front+spine/ backstrip with yellow+white lettering to both,rear panel with lightly grubbed white background (a ubiquitous and common fault) with blue+ black lettered publisher's advert for other titles with critics' reviews for each.Front panel of dw/dj with light,minimal,superficial scoring - without penetration or affecting boards/covers beneath.With shelf-wear, rubbing and minimal creasing to edges and corners - all corner tips rubbed with some minimal chipping and losses to same and similar minimal chipping to both head+foot with small loss but lettering unaffected,two small closed tears - one each to top rear gutter's fold/crease,and one to the rear,lower gutter's fold/crease - but overall, still approx. 99% present.Top… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[1st state with blocked gilt lettering.Published July,1956.Printed by Taylor,Garnett,Evans and Co. Ltd.Watford,Herts.] VG+/VG.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (16s. net) to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork by SAX,illustrated front+spine/ backstrip with yellow+white lettering to both,rear panel with lightly grubbed white background (a ubiquitous and common fault) with blue+ black lettered publisher's advert for other titles with critics' reviews for each.With shelf-wear,rubbing and minimal creasing to edges and corners - both front corner tips rubbed with some minimal loss to same and similar minimal chipping to both head+foot with small loss but lettering unaffected - but overall,still approx. 99% present. Internally to dw/dj,1" wide,aged sellotape repairs across both top corners' tips and also across both top+bottom edges of spine/backstrip.Top edges very lightly toned,minimal foxing/spotting,fore-edges similar with minimal, faint,sporadic… Read More

UK,8vo p/back,1st thus.NMINT.Unread copy.Originally published by Weidenfeld+Nicolson,1978.8vo p/back,1st thus 176pp includes map, family tree,reference notes,sources,an index and b/w photographs.
No ruler has ever been so lauded and reviled by the British
public as Queen Victoria's grandson,Kaiser William II.His birth in Berlin in 1859 was welcomed in London as though he were British rather than a Prussian prince;and as he grew older,the Queen granted him a succession of unprecedented titles and honours.But by 1915 he had become the most hated man in Britain,and for many people the catastrophe of 1914-18 remains 'The Kaiser's War'.
Alan Palmer examines the Anglo-German background to William's life and reign,and emphasizes his changing attitudes towards Britain - a country he both admired and resented.In particular he throws new light on the clash of imperialism in the 1890's, the Kaiser's visit in 1907 and on
the… Read More

UK,8vo wraps,s/back original,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.] FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to cover - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean and sharp-cornered,matt,colour photographic illustrated front cover with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners,no nicks or tears present and no reading creases to spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,Qrto wraps,s/back original,1st edn,176pp [unpaginated] includes profuse contemporary b/w illus and b/w+colour photographs throughout the text and the book. Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band… Read More

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Protected dw/dj,but lightly rubbed dw/dj edges previously. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,slim,square 8vo HB,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn. FINE+. Presentation inscrptn+contempraneous date and handwritten ink signature of Prince Luitpold,a member of the Bavarian Royal Family and owner of the Kalternberg Castle and the propreitor and CEO of the Kalternberg brewery. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting; contentsbright,tight,clean,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,sharp-cornered, original textured black leather (faux?) boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt Kaltenberg name to front board; the spine and rear board undecorated and plain without any text and immaculate,repeated dark blue+white lozengy - any area covered in a pattern of lozenges - illustrated endpapers.UK,slim,square 8vo HB,author SIGNED,colour onlay illustrated,1st edn,9- 40pp [paginated] includes Kalternberg: A… Read More

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Virtually as new,wrapped+protected from day of issue/purchase.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Michael Foreman, illustrated dw/dj with white+silver gilt lettering to front+spine,white lettering to rear panel; 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.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt silhouette of a sitting cat to centre of front board and bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate double-page London cityscape illustrated endpapers.UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9- 206pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters,8 double-page,3… Read More

UK,slim 8vo 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,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Michael Foreman, illustrated dw/dj, with white and silver gilt lettering to front and spine,with silver gilt flecks to the illustration too,rear panel with white letters; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no 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 - possibly unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt upright sitting cat design to front board,bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain rear board,and immaculate pastel colour illustrated endpapers.UK, ,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-206pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters and a… Read More

UK,slim 8vo 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,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Michael Foreman,illustrated dw/dj,with white and silver gilt lettering to front and spine, with silver gilt flecks to the illustration too,rear panel with white letters; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, 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' corners - possibly unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt upright sitting cat design to front board; bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain rear board,and immaculate pastel colour illustrated endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 9-206pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1-10.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - virtually as new - wrapped and protected from day of issue/purchase.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, contemporary b/w subject's portrait photographic illustrated upper panel of dw/dj and subject's couple (William+Kate) colour photographic illustrated rear panel of dw/dj,with white+grey 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,unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain black cloth
boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK, 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,7-256pp [paginated] includes an introduction,17 chapters,16pp contemporary autobiographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp96/7 and pp160/61… Read More

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,192pp,b/w photo-montage endpapers,profusely illustrated b/w photographs. If GARBO was the first actress to give the cinema its true and subtle sexuality,then KATHERINE HEPBURN was the first to give it spirit and verbal intelligence.Before her,women in films were either silent pioneers like LILLIAN GISH or mindless sex objects like MAE WEST.Hepburn alone brought a mind and an intellect to her movies,she was the first woman on screen to suggest that she had actually thought long and hard about what she would say next.It was with HEPBURN that women in the cinema came of age; 'she didn't grow up to HOLLYWOOD', said her most characteristic and constant director, GEORGE CUKOR, 'HOLLYWOOD grew up to her'.But not easily:the fact that she came from Connecticut,of an already… Read More

UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 001.] FINE. Neat,handwritten black ink familial gift presentation inscrptn+date to reverse of front free endpaper,but no price-clip removal from cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, matt,wrap-around paper-covered,pale blue background with colour pictorial skeleton illustrated front board,with author's capitalised,glossy,impressed white-lettered name,capitalised,glossy embossed black-lettered part-title; spine/backstrip with similarly capitalised+coloured glossy title+author name as front,but flat printed; publisher's colour,thumbnail colophon illustration to foot of same,rear panel with black+yellow lettered synopsis and critics' yellow+ white lettered review quotes.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks, tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages'… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6
4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£16.99)
to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white+gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - book lightly cocked.Top edges lightly dust- soiled and minimally spotted,fore- edges brighter but both generally 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 eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2- 376pp [paginated] includes 16 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and 2pp blanks at the rear.
Catherine has become a victim in her own home.First a… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,3rd reprint.[Originally published by same publisher in same year (1996),this is the 3rd reprint edn in that same year.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - usually indicates an export edition,and generally believed to precede UK trade issue/ distribution.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with gilt+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges though lightly toned are still 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 tan cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4-362pp [paginated] includes Pts I-IV comprising 17 chapters,a… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+.Wrapped and protected from day of issue/purchase.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp clean,matt, montage'd monochrome photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj, with red+white lettering,rear panel with subject's b/w biographical photograph; 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,a black head+tailband and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xxviiipp+1-324pp [paginated] includes a foreword by Steve Williams (Double Olympic Rowing Gold medallist),an introduction by Jon Cooksey and Graham McKechnie,a… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with
white 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 - 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,gilt
letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,iii-ixpp+1-182pp [paginated] includes contents list/ table,a chronology,acknowledgements,a
preface,9 chapters,profuse contemporary historical b/w photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,b/w maps+diagrams,a glossary,a bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] title page.
The… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,inscribed,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten,SIGNED and inscribed: "Best Wishes William" to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Subject,colour portrait photograph and gilt+white letters to upper wrap; subject b/w portrait photograph to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - upper front+rear corners minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and clean also.Bright,clean,green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1- 246pp includes half-title+title pages,19 chapters,16pp b/w contemporary photographs between pp120/21 and an index. To legions of Coronation Street fans,William Roache is Ken Barlow. A leading cast member since the first episode of Britain's best-loved television serial,he holds a special place in the nation's… Read More

UK,slim 8vo s/back original,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.] NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten, neat,handwritten,black ink dedication+signature: 'To Andrew,John Kenneally VC.' to title page,no dw/dj,s/back original - no other published format.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject b/w portrait illustrated upper wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears,no reading creases to spine/backstrip either,present.Top edge slightly aged - as usual/normal - bottom edges some light grubbing; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy.UK,slim 8vo s/back original,SIGNED,1st edn,2-204pp [paginated] includes 12 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w photographs between… Read More

UK,slim 8vo s/back original,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.] NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,handwritten black ink dedication+signature: 'To Andrew,John Kenneally VC.' to title page,no dw/dj,s/back original - no other published format.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, subject b/w portrait illustrated upper wrap; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears,no reading creases to spine/backstrip either,present.Top edge slightly aged - as usual/normal - bottom edges some light grubbing; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy.UK,slim 8vo wraps,paperback original,1st edn,2-204pp [paginated] includes 12 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w photographs between pp124/5;… Read More

UK,8vo wraps,no dw/dj - as issued,paperback original,SIGNED, p/back 1st edn.[Paperback original,often the first and only format, and therefore 1st edn,plus the author's debut novel.] VG+.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten,black,ink dedication & signature to title page: 'Angela know when to hold 'em,baby.lots of love Grant.' Bright,clean,colour pictorial artwork by Lee Motley wraps; with negligible shelf-wear and creases to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - obvious reading creases to spine/backstrip,which is also slightly rolled/cocked,as paperbacks are prone to do.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned; contents generally bright,tight and clean.UK,8vo p/back,SIGNED,1st edn, 3-276pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3 comprising 41 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title,SIGNED+dedicated title page,a dedication and 2pp blanks at rear. What would… Read More