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

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG-.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped to dw/dj.B/w photographic wraps with shelf-wear,bumping and creasing to all edges with some minor loss to top rear edge, lightly sunned/faded spine/backstrip.Boards bottom edges slightly bumped.Top+fore-edges clean,contents bright,tight and clean. Grey paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean,white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7- 160pp includes title+half-title pages,a glossary,contents list,author introduction,12 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w photographs, b/w maps,charts+illus,4pp colour illus+photographs,appendices(8) and a biblio. The building of the American army in WWII from a tiny,outdated and ill equipped force into one of the mightiest armies in the world was rightly described by Sir Winston Churchill as a 'prodigy of… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped dw/dj.Colour photographic dw/dj with minimal shelf-wear to dw/dj edges with very light creasing and light scoring/marking to rear wrap panel.Lightly dust-soiled top edge and lightly marked fore-edge.Contents bright,tight and clean.Black paper-covered bds with white ink stamped letters to spine/backstrip and plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, xpp+325pp includes author's note,intro,8pp b/w photographs,a discography,sources and an index. It is probably true to say that, over the last decade, U2 have been one of the very few bands that have really advanced the cause of rock music as a valid form of popular culture, carrying the torch lit in the 1960s by the likes of Lennon and Hendrix.From their first album Boy in 1980 to Achtung Baby in 1991, U2 have gone through a sequence of changes that have run the gamut from… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip to dw/dj.Minimal shelf-wear to dw/dj edges with some creasing to top edges and top corners lightly bumped;some light score marks to rear wrap and very light bumping and creasing to head of spine.Fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight and clean.Black paper-covered boards with white ink stamped letters to spine/backstrip and plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xxxpp+226pp includes foreword by Holly George-Warren - editor Rolling Stone Press,an introduction by Elysa Gardner, discography and videography.The ultimate compendium of interviews, articles,facts,and opinions from the files of Rolling Stone.Best Artist (U2).Best Male Singer (Bono).Best Album of the Year (Achtung Baby). Best Single (One).U2 romped through Rolling Stone's most recent(1994) readers' poll, winning all the major categories.Now U2:The Rolling Stone Files forms the ultimate tribute to this iconoclastic Irish band by collecting together a seminal compendium… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Minimal shelf-wear to dw/dj edges;some light score marks to upper wrap and very light bumping and creasing to head of spine/ backstrip.Lightly dust-soiled top edge and fore-edges lightly aged. Contents bright, tight and clean.Black paper-covered bds with white ink stamped letters to spine/backstrip and plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,xxx+226pp includes foreword by Holly George-Warren;editor Rolling Stone Press,an introduction by Elysa Gardner,a discography and a videography. The ultimate compendium of interviews,articles,facts,and opinions from the files of Rolling Stone.Best Artist (U2).Best Male Singer (Bono).Best Album of the Year (Achtung Baby).Best Single (One).U2 romped through Rolling Stone's most recent(1994) readers' poll, winning all the major categories. Now 'U2:The… Read More

USA,NY.KENSINGTON BOOKS,1997.US,8vo wraps,trade paperback, 1st edn.MINT.No shelf-wear and an unread copy,no spine/backstrip creases. 8vo,ix-xivpp+3-224pp includes preface,and trivia questions+answers. Suffering from INSOMNIA? Can't shake that feeling of MISERY?
DESPERATION creeping up on you? Then you've roamed the nightmares and dreamscapes of Stephen King's world.But if you think you know everything there is to know about today's
leading horror writer - his novels, his movies, and the DEAD ZONE of his frightening imagination - think again.If you dare.Which King novel was too frightening even for King?
What is "Jaunting"? What feature film did King direct? Who is Charlie McGee? How old was King when he sold his first book? What kind of car was Christine? How did Richard Bachman really die? And hundreds more other unnerving questions and terrifying trivia to tease your brain, rattle your nerves and keep you awake long past midnight.… Read More

UK,8vo wraps,softback original,1st edn.[Complete line 1 - 10 ascending. P/back,softback original(s) 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+s/back originals are published prior to any other format.] FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to cover.Bright,crisp,clean and sharp-cornered,glossy,montage'd monochrome photographic illustrated front cover with yellow, maroon and white lettering to front; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and no excessive reading creases to spine/backstrip.There is however one centrally placed crease the length of the backstrip - as though the book has been opened halfway and then viewed internally.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… Read More

UK,8vo HB+d/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4,so 1st edn,3rd imp.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's trademark handwritten,black felt-tip pen inked signature - without dedication - to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork,by Larry Rostant,illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with white+green lettering,similarly lettered spine/backstrip,rear panel with similarly lettered too with critics' reviews; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A small (4/5ths") closed tear on top,internal edge of front inner flap of dw/dj. A Waterstone's 'SIGNED by Author' adhesive label to front of dw/dj.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… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6
4 2.] FINE/VG.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£18.99) to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with gilt and
white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to
edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top two
corners of dw/dj minisculely rubbed with reciprocal loss.Fluid staining internally to top,rear corner and to bottom edges along part of front edge towards foot of spine/backstrip and approx half-way along the rear edge - only lightly affecting the boards beneath - and not visible externally.Top edges have a couple of smudge marks otherwise bright and clean,fore- edges bright and cleaner; 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… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,subject's colour portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with pink+white lettering to either; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip with minimal bumping and some reciprocal creasing.T op+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 plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-289pp [paginated] includes a prologue,28 chapters and an epilogue,16pp contemporary b/w+colour auto+biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp148/9 (mixture of b/w+colour) and pp244/5 (all… Read More

LONDON.GOLLANCZ,1989.UK,8vo paperback original,p/back 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.UK, 8vo p/b original,1st edn,96pp with b/w illustrations/ cartoons by Gray Jolliffe (of Wicked Willie fame!) Can you recognise a real,unadulterated cat when you see one? Real cats never wear flea collars.or appear on birthday cards.or chase anything with a bell in it.Real cats do eat quiche.And giblets.And butter.And anything else left on the table.They can hear a fridge door opening two rooms away.Real cats don't need names.But they often get called them. "Yaargeroffoutofityabastard" does nicely. Please… Read More

US,8vo wraps,no dw/dj - as issued,paperback original,p/back 1st edn. NMINT.An unread copy,no spine/backstrip creases.US,8vo p/back Original,1st edn,vii-xviipp+1-246pp
includes title+half-title pages,b/w frntis,contents list,foreword by Colleen Doran,an intro,profuse b/w photographs,and appendices[6].
'The Unauthorized Anne Rice Companion' is the skeleton key
that opens the door to Anne Rice's haunted worlds.In the tradition of 'The Stephen King Companion',this is the first
general-interest book,resource guide, and reference work for
Rice's millions of fans.Packed with nearly 70 articles,interviews,profiles,and sidebars,this is the book her fans have been waiting for: an authoritative compilation that draws on two decades of Rice in the media.Profusely illustrated with haunting photographs by New Orleans photographer Scott Stewart and new photographs by George Beahm taken especially for this… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.Dw/dj unpriced,so believed to be an export edn,believed to be issued/ published before UK trade release and so the true first edn.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, colour pictorial artwork,by Iain McIntosh, illustrated dw/dj,with brown+ 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 - 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 grey illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-344pp [paginated] includes 100 chapters,b/w line illustrations as chapter head+tail pieces by Ian McIntosh,plus [unpaginated] critics' reviews for book,title page,a dedication with… Read More

UK,8vo p/back,reprint.[Originally published UK, 8vo HB+dw/
dj,1st edn by Frederick Muller Ltd.,1953.Published in this format by this publisher in 2006 and then reprinted in 2008,2011,2012 and 2013.] FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price removal (£12.99).Bright,crisp,clean,montage'd colour pictorial illustrated front cover with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - a
small dog-ear creases to front,lower corner.No reading creases to spine/backstrip.Top+fore- edges bright and clean;
contents pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread apart from my own collation.UK,8vo p/back,reprint. During the bleak,heartbreaking days of early… 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,coloured environs map background with colour illus superimposed with red+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,creasing and bumping to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean; contents bright,tight,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,pale cream cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped fluorescent red ink letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain maroon endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn ixpp+1- 227pp [paginated] includes list of illus,a prologue,14 chapters and an epilogue,16pp contemporary b/w photographs,in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp84/5 and pp132/3 respectively,a bibliography and an index.Plus [unpaginated],half-title+title pages,a dedication, acknowledgements,and a family tree. For the very first time,a… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,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 red background to spine and front panel of dw/dj with a white glossy single line panel border with author's capitalised,glossy,embossed white-lettered name and flat printed part-capitalised, part lower case,black- lettered title within the bordered panel which also includes a glossy,part-embossed artwork design of a typewriter with a sheet of paper in situ and a pair of spectacles,b/w glossy capitalised lettering repeated to spine/backstrip which also has a thumbnail repetition of front's illustration, and publisher's white illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with author's b/w portrait photograph and 3 critics' red+white lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners,both head+foot of spine with miniscule bumping with reciprocal creases – but no nicks,tears or splits… 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,red background to spine and front panel of dw/dj with a white glossy single line panel border with glossy embossed,capitalised white-lettered author's name and flat printed part-capitalised,part-lower cased black lettered title within the bordered panel which also includes a glossy,part-embossed,artwork design of a typewriter with a sheet of paper in situ and a pair of spectacles,b/w glossy capitalised lettering repeated to spine/backstrip which also has a thumbnail repetition of front's illustration,and publisher's white illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with author's b/w portrait photograph and 3 critics' red+ white lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without blemish or foxing/spotting are with minimal,light and… Read More

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,co-author/subject SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE+. No owner inscrptn,but co-author's/ subject's handwritten,neat blue ink,warm dedication/ inscrptn and signature: 'To Lucy See ya at Queens again love Pat Cash.' Bright,crisp,clean,protected,glossy laminated,subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with grey+b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - all due to protective covering.Top edges slightly aged/toned with either some sporadic dust-soiling spots or foxing,fore-edges less aged/toned - brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine,no internal markings,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and near immaculate endpapers - apart from a centrally placed small, oblong bar-coded adhesive label… 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 author's b/w portrait photograph,with capitalised pale pink lettered author's name,capitalised purple-lettered title and capitalised pale pink lettered sub-title to front panel of dw/dj;white background spine/backstrip with b/w miniaturised thumbnail author's portrait from front's photograph to head of spine/backstrip with purple,pink and black lettering.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Majority of light creasing tohead of spine and dw/dj's top edges.Top edges clean without foxing /spotting,fore-edges with minimal thumbing; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,plain white cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked bronze gilt lettering and immaculate plaine white endpapers.UK,8vo… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB minus issued (?) s/case,1st thus.[Originally published
in 1972 by the Folio Society with subsequent impressions and editions.This copy,published 1997,with variant binding.] FINE.No owner inscrptn,minus slipcase(?).Bright,clean, unmarked,publisher's original mauve,leaf-lithographed,grey cloth illustrated upper bd,rear bd plain mauve,and bright,crip,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,mauve+white headband with immaculate plain grey eps; bound by Hunter & Foulis,Edinburgh. Top+fore-edges crisp,bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? UK,slim Qrto HB minus slipcase,1st thus,3-93pp
[paginated] includes intro,9 full-page mauve+white lithographs by Ceri Richards (frntis included),illus+Voices
lists/tables and an appendix of discarded passages.The text of this edition,set in 11 point Ehrhardt type leaded 2 points,and printed on Ibis Wove paper,prepared by Douglas
Cleverdon,is no longer authorised for… Read More

LONDON.THE FOLIO SOCIETY,1997. UK,slim Qrto HB minus s/case,1st thus.[Oiginally published in 1972 by the Folio Society with subsequent impressions and editions.This copy,published 1997,with variant binding.] FINE.No owner inscrptn, minus slipcase(?).Bright,clean,unmarked,publisher's original mauve,leaf-lithographed,grey cloth illustrated upper board,rear board plain mauve,and bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip, mauve+white headband with immaculate plain grey endpapers; bound by Hunter & Foulis,Edinburgh.Top+fore-edges crisp,bright and clean,contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? UK,slim Qrto HB, no dw/dj - as issued?,3-93pp [paginated] includes introduction,9 full-page mauve+white lithographs by Ceri Richards (frntis included),illus+Voices lists/tables and an appendix of discarded passages. The text of this edition,set in 11 point Ehrhardt type leaded 2 points,and printed on Ibis Wove paper,prepared by Douglas… Read More