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

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+protected dw/dj,(ex-library) 1st edn.[Ex-School Library.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn per se,but a Comprehensive School Library's inked,oval stamp with numerical notation to title page and library docket pasted to rear pastedown - no other library marks/ notation present,and price-clip to protected dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,montage'd monochrome photographic illustrated panels of protected dw/dj,with green and b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore- edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine (library marks excepted) - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread (no noted withdrawals to library docket!) - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain green speckled cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers.Sellotape… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NFINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp, clean,matt,running Paddington Bear colour illustration by Peggy Fortnum illustrated front of dw/dj with author's capitalised,black-lettered name and capitalised white-lettered title within a narrow horizontal red band at top edge and black lettered strpline and illustrator's (Peggy Fortnum) credit at lower edge; spine/backstrip with thumbnail white silhouette of Paddington at its head,capitalised,black-lettered title+author name and publisher's black-lettered+illustarted colophon respectively,to foot of same,a matt white background rear panel of dw/dj with thumbnail b/w line illustrations of Paddington in various poses towards it's fore-edge and a critic's (Stephen Fry) black-lettered quote.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – rear top corner minisculely rubbed - but no other nicks,tears or splits present,front inner flap's top corner with… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.Previous owner's ink name to top corner of ffe,and a price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,postcard's tinted colour illustrated dw/dj with b/w letters; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Partial,slight water stain to top+ bottom internal edges of dw/dj - boards benaeth unaffected though.Top+fore-edges inevitably aged/toned - as usual/normal; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,grey mottled cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate b/w line illustrated endpapers (a longtitudinal section of a paddle steamer).UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-136pp [paginated] includes 8 chapters,profuse b/w contemporary photographs throughout the text and the book,a bibliography and an index.Plus [unpaginated] b/w… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,unclipped dw/dj. Colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj by Liz Pyle; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip. Top+fore-edges clean,contents bright,tight and clean also.Blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpaperss.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1- 263pp [paginated],2pp blank to rear. Author's first major novel in 5 years (then 1997). Set in 19thC Italy,a love story between a penniless young man,del Campo,and a noblewoman,Donnatella.He builds a palace for her,but it is never finished,and across three generations,it provides a backdrop for tragedy,first as Donnatella dies in childbirth.… 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 colour wrap- around photographic illustrated dw/dj with silver gilt+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 and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean dark/navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,black+silver headband,and immaculate pale blue illustrated endpap[ers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-351pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3 comprising 13 chapters,historical note; plus [unpaginated],half-title - recto has b/w map,3pp place names,title page,a dedication,poem extract,contents list/table,Parts separator pages,double-page aerial scenic b/w illustration (Scene of Battle of Ethandun,878) between pp285/8,and 2pp publisher's advert to rear.Sequel to 'The Last Kingdom'.See also… Read More

UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj,1st reprint.[Originally and first published in France,in the original French in September,1916 and then in English translation in December,1916 and in January,1917 as the first reprint,this offered edn.Despite Roumania's entry into the war in August,1916,their repulsion and peace treaty in December,1917,the text of the book remains unaltered.] FINE.No owner inscptn.Exceptionally bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original light khaki cloth boards/covers with a red single-line blocked border edge and title+author lettering within, to front,red stamped letters to a lightly dulled spine/backstrip, rear board/cover plain and undecorated and without stamped border,clean plain white eps,both hinges solid and sound without any cracking.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears,splits or any fraying present.Top edges very lightly toned without foxing/spotting,fore-edges similarly toned and without foxing; contents bright,tight,clean -… 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 to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,wrap-around monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj with white+yellow 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 gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a pale blue headband and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-371pp [paginated] includes story told in chapters in descending numerical countdown segments - i.e TEN to ZERO, plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, title separator page,individual numerical countdown separator pages (10 - 0), and to the rear: a note about the author and 2pp… Read More

UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st thus.NMINT/NMINT.8vo,256pp,b/w map+ photographs,source notes,a biblio and indices.Pictorial colour decorated bds,design repeated to dw/dj. The tactics of this revolution,saw men and machines deploy at pace and with power,unprecedented and unforeseen,have been examined and analysed from that day to this,as has the inability of great European nations to counter it. PANZER represents a masterly explanation of the reasoning,and portrayal of the means,by which German land and air forces,following lessons learnt in the 1914-18 conflict and the inter-war years,utilized the maximum mobility and fire-power available in their advances.By tracing their principal… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line.] NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Rodney Matthews,dw/djs' illustrated front panel and lightly sunned/faded spine/backstrip,with red+white letters to both - red letters to spine lighty faded,rear panel with critics' black lettered reviews; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges ubiquitously toned but without foxing/spotting,fore-edges brighter and also without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,but some accidental,and the tiniest of uniform corner tip creasing minisculely affecting pp379/86 inclusive,text body otherwise near pristine,would still appear unread ,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt lettering… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner name,and no price-clip (£16.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated white background with subject's colour portrait photographic illustrated upper panel of dw/dj,subject's contemporary,biographical sepia,b/w+colour photographic montage'd rear panel,purple+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges lightly aged/toned but bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip, immaculate plain black eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-330pp [paginated] includes 26 chapters and an epilogue,24pp subject's contemporary b/w biographical photographs in 1 block,between pp154/5.Plus [unpaginated],half-title+title pages,and author's dedication. Now for the… Read More

UK,12mo p/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 in the country of its origin,and sometimes, even worldwide.Stated A Star Original.] VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover.Bright,crisp,clean,reasonably sharp-cornered,glossy,vibrant colour illustrated front cover with mixture of white+red and embossed silver gilt author's name and red letters; either white or very pale green and red, letters to spine which has reading creases and very minimal sunning/fading,rear cover with red+ white letters to black background.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present.All edges in varying,decreasing degrees of brightness and cleanliness; top edges coloured (?) - else slightly toned(?),fore-edge brighter with… Read More

UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued(?),1st edn.FINE-. No owner inscrptn. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,sharp-cornered - excluding front board's top corner tip with tiny knock,other corners unaffected,paper-covered boards of pale grey background with Parisian-themed colour illustrations and glossy capitalised lettered part title with a glossy red dot over the 'I' in PARIS,remainder of title in red lettering to upper board,a red cloth blind-spine with bright,crisp,blocked white lettering to same,rear board with black line illustration and black lettered publisher's/book blurb,a red+white striped headband,a sewn-in silk bookmark ribbon in the French flag's colours and immaculate repeated colour schematic city illustration illustrated endpapers. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners.Top+ fore-edges with coloured edges from illustrations on corresponding pages;contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other… Read More

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,green background to front panel+spine of dw/dj with orange stumps illustration and red(?) cricket ball with capitalised,black outlined,white lettered title and other white-lettered author name to front panel of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with partially sunned/faded,capitalised, lettered title and author name,and publisher's b/w illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with subject/author b/w portrait photograph and his facsimile signature below it.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks, tears or splits present -both headfoot of spine/backstrip with miniscule chipping and reciprocal miniscule loss.Top edges look to have been coloured green(?) but now partially faded and dulled without foxing,fore-edges bright and clean with minimal,random foxing spots to bottom of same; contents brigth,tight,and clean with very minimal blemish - no dog-ear… Read More

UK,slim square Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE-.Handwritten,ink presentation inscribed card pasted to front pastedown - 'PRESENTED TO JANE ARNOLD-BROWN ON HER RETIRMENT AS CHAIRMAN AND AS A TOKEN OF THANKS AND APPRECIATION OF HER MANY SERVICES TO THE SALCOMBE ART CLUB. 10th JANUARY,2004.' and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,author/subject's portrait with scenic,coastal background colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with gilt, purple+black lettering to front panel and spine/backstrip, rear panel of dw/dj with a scenic,colour photographic illustrated panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits 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 dark blue cloth boards with… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn but author's neat,handwritten black ink signature - without dedication to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around white background with glossy,colour pictorial moonlit night's beach cove illustration by Susan Moxley, illustrated front of dw/dj,with capitalised black-lettered author name and capitalised, blue/grey-lettered title+author name to front of dw/dj; very lightly sunned(?) spine/backstrip with capitalised black-lettered author name and (faded) capitalised, blue-lettered title,and pubcapitalised,black-lettered and illustrated name+colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with white background and 9 critics' black+blue lettered review,s to six of her previous novels.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges inevitably but lightly aged/toned and virtually without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,white background with colour pictorial artwork, by Susan Moxley,illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with black +blue lettering,critics' reviews to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Small,slight,waterstain internally to top of rear panel of dw/dj,towards the spine/backstrip's gutter's edge with the cloth's blue ink/dye bleaching to dw/dj and concomitant dulling of the cloth to corresponding spot/ space of the board.Some light scoring/indents to both panels of dw/dj - but without affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges quiet heavily toned/aged - low quality of paper used at the time - otherwise spot+mark free; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine,page-edge toning excepted - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's… Read More

UK,slim square Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,author/subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with gilt, purple and black lettering,rear panel of dw/dj with a scenic,colour photographic illustrated 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, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale blue endpapers.UK,slim,square Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-192pp [paginated] includes double-page colour photograph,6 sections/ chapters,profuse mixture of contemporary scenic+autobiographical photographs in both colour (the… Read More

LONDON.BANTAM,1997.UK,8vo wraps,uncorrected proof,1st thus.[Often of limited availability,the text of a forthcoming book,is printed and bound in softcovers for use by the author,editors,proofreaders and some favoured reviewers.For undecorated printed wraps,with minimal publication data imprinted - the produced/ released number of copies would almost certainly be less than 500,and most probably would tend to be around 200 copies.For glossy pictorial illustrated wrappers,produced numbers are often higher than 200,but either have a scarcity to them.Often errors or earlier versions of text appear in these proofs. Versions where the text has changed considerably are obviously considered more desirable by their nature.] VG+.No owner inscrptn.White wraps,black ink printed letters.Slightly grubbed and small area of rubbing rear wrap.Forms a triptych with her other wartime novels,'The Camomile Lawn' and 'A Sensible Life'.                           Please contact… Read More

UK,slim square Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,author/subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with gilt,purple+black lettering to front panel and spine/backstrip,rear panel of dw/dj with a scenic,colour photographic illustrated panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges all generally 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.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale blue endpapers.UK,slim,square Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6- 192pp [paginated] includes double-page colour photograph,6 sections/ chapters,profuse mixture of contemporary… 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,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Roger Garland,illustrated dw/dj,with red lettering to front and spine; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A couple of small closed tears: front lower corner and front gutter's edge at head of spine/backstrip.To the spine/backstrip of dw/dj, some minor indents without penetration.but leaving some minimal impressions on spine beneath and similarly to front panel and board.A tiny penetrating incision on front board's spine/gutter's edge fold of dw/dj - very lightly impressing the concomitant spot beneath.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean - free of foxing/spotting; 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. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered original… Read More