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

UK,12mo French flaps,p/back 1st edn. [Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.Originally and first published UK,HB+dw/dj,(London), Bloomsbury,2015. This first p/back edn by same publisher,2016 with new material.French flaps are a design in which the cover includes an extra folded piece on each side inside, which gives the publisher more room to detail the book,and also gives a built-in bookmark to fold into place.] NMINT. Wrapped+protected from day of issue/purchase,virtually as new,so no owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,card French flaps covers,matt black background with subject's glossy,b/w portrait photograph positioned centrally to front cover with white letters,white letters to spine/backstrip which has NO reading creases to same,b/w photographic illustrated rear cover with critics' white-lettered reviews and indication of NEW material within.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,solid and sound - pristine - no… 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 (£15.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with bright,crisp,gilt lettering,rear panel with author's portrait colour photograph; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges minimally dust-soiled with faint, sporadic foxing/spotting,otherwise generally clean,fore-edges brighter and cleaner but also with some minimal 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 silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain red endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-300pp [paginated] includes 21 chapters and an Epilogue; plus [unpaginated]… Read More

US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE_.[Stated First Edition - 1996. Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.Published in UK same year.] FINE/FINE No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,colour design by Raquel Jarmillo,illustrated front panel of dw/dj - black background with a red capital letter M,with bright,crisp,embossed capitalised white lettered author name+title to front panel of dw/dj,black background spine/backstrip with flat printed white capitalised lettered author name,white capitalised lettered and publisher colphon in white,to foot of spine/backstrip,rear panel with author's b/w portrait photograph; all with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Front panel of dw/dj spine/backstrip's front-facing gutter's fold with some minimal indents,but without any penetration to board beneath,Top edges whilst crisp,white,bright and clean are with minimal,light and sporadic dust flecks,fore-edges brighter and… Read More

UK,French flaps,12mo s/back,illustrated,1st edn. [French flaps are a design in which the covers includes an extra internal folded piece of cover inside each side, giving the publisher more room to tell you about the book,and also gives you a built-in bookmark to fold into place.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,wrap-around,matt,pale beige background with colour pictorial artwork illustration by Mabel Lucie Attwell, illustrated card covers with capitalised,red-lettered part-title and capitalised,dark blue lettered sub-title and Editor's capitalised name too,with capitalised,light grey lettered Foreword credited name; spine/backstrip with NO reading creases and similarly coloured+ lettered title as the front's,and publisher's b/w lettered +illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with a smaller,colour pictorial illustration by Attwell.A dark blue lettered prose extract quotation by Attwell and black-lettered HELP FOR HEROES charity… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued(?) - 1st edn thus.[These stories and their illustrations: 'Bunty and the Little Boos' and 'The Little Boos at the Seaside' taken in part from Attwell's earlier printed titles,circa 1921-22.The new stories and poems are by Anne Forsyth.] FINE-.No owner inscrptn,printed price to rear board. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around custard yellow paper-covered boards with colour pictorial artwork illustration,by Mabel Lucie Attwell,with capitalised blue-lettered author's name and capitalised red-lettered title to front board,blueoutlined lettering to a ubiquitously but slightly sunned/faded spine/backstrip,rear board with blue+black lettering; all with negligible shelf-wear,bumping and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.|Front top+bottom corners minisculely bumped and some minor indentation to front board too.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean with some minimal,sporadic spotting/foxing; contents bright,tight,clean - virtually… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,monhrome photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with red+ white lettering,rear panel with author's colour portrait photograph with red+white lettered critics' reviews; 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 red paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked black ink printed letters to spine/backstrip,a black headband and immaculate b/w photographic illustrated endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-503pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3 comprising 9,15 and 20 chapters respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,title separator page,… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.Translated from the Norgegian by Don Bartlett.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,b/w photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised,glossy,embossed,red-lettered title and capitalised,glossy,embossed,white-lettered author name, capitalised,glossy,flat printed white-lettered strap line and other capitalised red+white lettering; spine/backstrip with capitalised,glossy,flat printed, white-lettered title,capitalised,glossy,flat printed red-lettered author name, thumbnail b/w detail from front photograph,to head of spine and publisher's capitalised red lettered+black+red illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with author's colour photographic portrait and critics' red+white 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… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NMINT/NMINT.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt colour mannequin figures illustrated dw/dj panels with b/w embossed letters (author in white,title in black) to front,white lettered spine/backstrip; 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 but for a pair of tiny accidental,consecutive corner tips creases to lower corners of pp1-4 inclusive - but no other dog-ear reading creases to any other pages' corners - else would appear unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a black headband and immaculate plain dark blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,1-305pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters; plus… Read More

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial cartoon illustrated upper panel of dw/dj and multi-coloured lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing toedges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread example? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate,plain white endpapers.UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1- 90pp [paginated] includes a mixture of non-sense poems,joke narratives,b/w doodles; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a contents list/table.Hee Haw said the DonkeyHee Who? said the MuleHee Me,said the Donkey That's who,you fool! A Medley? Yes indeedley - new poems,a scattering of cartoons and the truth about the Fuhrer revealed… Read More

US,ACE DOUBLE,12mo p/back,1st edn.[M-135.Series of back to back "Ace Doubles",1966.] 'THE MAD METROPOLIS',p/back Original,1st edn,142pp,with colour pictorial cover art by Jack Gaughan,stated complete novel; 'Space Captain' 112pp,with colour pictorial cover art by Gray Morrow,stated complete First Book Publication - which originally was a shorter magazine version published by Amazing Stories,1965,and publisher adverts between end/beginning of either novel.VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price removal (45c) from cover(s).Each cover with previous bookseller's pair of UK,pre+post decimal inked prices (2/- + 10p) to either cover - 'Space Captain' with top,right-hand diagonal corner clip,and written inked prices repeated to exposed corner of front free endpaper (half-title blurb) beneath.Bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered,glossy colour pictorial illustrated card covers;with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.All edges aged/ toned; contents… 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 inscrptn but author's large,bold handwritten, black ink signature - without dedication - to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,matt,wrap-around white background with b/w repeated illustration to dw/dj panels with glossy embossed red+black capitalised title+author's name and other black+red lettering to front panel,repeated coloured glossy capitalised lettered title+author name and with thumbnail b/w detail from front's illustration to spine/backstrip,rear panel with critics' black+red lettered reviews; all with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean with very light toning but without any foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - unread other than my own collation. Publisher's… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Originally published as a special book insert in the 1956 Christmas edition of McCall's,which was a popular American monthly woman's magazine.Magazine's first issue in 1873 and then a final issue in 2002.In the UK,the HB+dw/dj,1st edn by Andre Deutsch Ltd. in 1985.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj with white lettering to front and black lettering to red spine/ backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.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 colour pictorial illustrated paper-covered boards - design repeated from dw/dj with immaculate plain red… 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,magenta+black lettered super-imposed subject b/w portrait illustrated dw/dj - design repeated to boards - with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Virtually as new! UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-256pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,contents list/table,acknowledgements+photographs acknowledgements,13 chapters,48pp mixture of b/w+colour subject photographs in 3 blocks of 16pp apieice between pp64/5,pp128/29 and pp192/93 respectively,a discography,videos,film,theatre,tours,and an index. Madonna is one of the most remarkable women… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,purple/mauve background with colour photographic upper panel of dw/dj,with purple/mauve,b/w and gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-ear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present and some inevitable,but light,superficial scoring/indentation - without affecting the board beneath - to rear panel.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - vitrually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked fluorescent gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate facsimile contemporary advertising ephemera (her father's grocery shop and a political pamphlet of her public speaking event) illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xixpp+1-275pp [paginated] includes contents list/ table,acknowledgements,author's separate note and… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip to dw/dj.White background,embossed bordered dw/dj and bright, non-oxidised gilt letters to upper+lower boards and spine/backstrip; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edge slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal with this publisher - but generally unmarked and clean,contents bright,tight and generally clean,apart from page-edges' light toning.Unblemished,plain black paper-covered boards with bright,crip,stamped,gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate pentangle illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-309pp includes b/w line illustrated half-title page,title page,contents list,b/w line illustrated design chapter head-pieces,and 41 chapters. "We'd had enough of the rat race.The city was closing in on us with concrete jaws.We'd accumulated too many acquaintances and not enough friends.So Midge and I found a place in the heart of the forest. The cottage was… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.FINE+.Owner's neat inked name to top left-hand corner of inside of front board and no price-clip (£1.65) to front free endpaper.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,glossy/glazed,colour pictorial artwork illustrated cover - design on front repeated to rear cover - with yellow+black lettering,black lettered red spine which is lightly sunned/faded; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present.Very miniscule rubbing to all corner tips with reciprocal loss.Top+fore-edges inevitably but lightly aged/toned; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,42pp excluding illustrated front+rear pastedowns [unpaginated] includes colour illustrated double- page title page with hidden Christmas trees(3)+crackers(3) within the illustration,a collection of several stories (long+short) with b/w+colour… Read More

UK,landscape 8vo HB,exclusive,pop-up,1st edn.[Produced exclusively for Marks and Spencer,plc. a retail chain.] NFINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - as issued.Sharp-cornered,bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated bds; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.Upper, front right-hand corner minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing and a small split in situ where bumped - else FINE. Contents bright and clean,pop-ups complete with some inevitable creasing - but no damage - no tears. Dougal,Florence,Zebedee and their friends from the Magic Roundabout come to life in this exciting pop-up book based on the television series. At their day at the fair the 'monster' in the Ghost Train scares Brian and a fast trip on the dodgem cars causes chaos.So,after a zoom down the Helter Skelter, Dougal is ready for his sugary snack! Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.FINE+.Owner's neat inked name to top left-hand corner of inside of front board and no price-clip (£1.80) to front free endpaper.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,glossy/glazed,colour pictorial artwork illustrated cover - design on front repeated to rear cover - with yellow+black lettering,black lettered red spine; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present. Very miniscule rubbing to bottom corner tips with reciprocal loss.Top+fore-edges inevitably but lightly aged/toned; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,44pp excluding illustrated front+rear pastedowns [unpaginated] includes colour illustrated double-page story title page,a collection of several stories (long+short) with b/w+colour illustrations,and some to do/make activities - two painting pages remain… Read More

UK,slim 12mo softback digest,1st thus.[Originally and first published in HB in 1896,this magazine/digest edn being published circa 30s.] GOOD.Pencilled owner inscrptn to front blank,no price to covers and undated (circa 1920s(?)/30s).Colour pictorial illustrated front paper cover with white and white-outlined red letters,rear cover with blue+ white publisher's advert for other Nat Gould titles is slightly grubbed and with a pencilled horse(?) doodle,blue lettering to spine/backstrip with some minimal loss at foot of same; with shelf-wear,rubbing, creasing and some minimal chipping with reciprocal loss to edges and corners,small closed tears to front corners.Top edges aged/darkened, fore-edges also aged and thumbed; contents also darkened with top+bottom corner creases to some pages - a mixture of accidental and intentional(?) but tight and solid.UK,slim 12mo wraps,1st edn thus, 6-157pp [paginated] includes XXVIII(28) chapters; plus [unpaginated] blank,title page and 2pp blanks at rear. Nathaniel… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus (1975).NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj,but publisher's price has been scribbled over in red ink,but still legible.Pictorial colour illustrated art-work design by Roger King dw/dj; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Dw/dj's spine/backstrip slightly sunned/faded with minimal bumping and reciprocal creasing to head of same.Top edge slightly dust-soiled,fore-edges alo slightly aged and lightly marked; contents though,bright,tight and clean.Unblemished,plain red paper-covered bds with bright stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.8vo,3-281pp includes,half-title+title pages,contents list and three full-length,previously published Maigret stories.The omnibus comprises of Maigret's Memoirs [France,1950, and UK,1963],Maigret and the Headless Corpse [France,1955 and UK,1967] and Maigret and the Saturday Caller [France,1962 and UK,1964].                      … Read More