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UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.Designed by Toshiya Masuda and produced by Callaway Editions,New York,USA.The 3rd of 5 books by MADONNA.] FINE/NFINE.Neat,blue ink,familial donor gift presentation inscrptn+ date to lower corner of dw/djs' front inner flap and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Gennady Spirin,illustrated dw/dj, with black,brown and gilt-colour lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Internally to dw/dj an indeterminate fluid stain to centre and lower portion of front panel - visible only internally and WITHOUT affecting the colour illustrated boards beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - near 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 paper-covered boards - dw/dj design… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Stated First Edition. Complete number line 10 - 1 descending and 04 - 10 too.] .Originall and first designed by Toshiya Masuda and pproduced by Callaway Editions,New York,USA.The 3rd of 5 books by MADONNA.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Gennady Spirin, illustrated dw/dj,with black,brown and gilt-colour 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' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original paper-covered boards - dw/dj design repeated to same, with immaculate gilt background with colour illustration illustrated endpapers.US,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,7- 30pp [paginated] includes full single-page,full… 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 pictorial artwork by J.S. Goodall,illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with green and black lettering, with colour vignette illustrated rear panel of dw/dj - with a black lettered review; 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 - 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 green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate green+white illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-266pp [paginated] includes 12 monthly chapters,b/w line illus throughout the text and the book,by J.S. Goodall; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a dedication.… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Originally published by ABELARD-SCHUMAN,LONDON,1963 under pseudonym/authorship of Martin Fallon.The book went out-of-print shortly after it's first publication and was never reprinted and never appeared in paperback form. His second novel published in the U.S. under the Martin Fallon pseudonym. Another pseudonym he used was Hugh Marlow(e).In 1994, the author and his publisher agreed that Higgins would create an entirely new framework to the original book,add some scenes and make some changes throughout.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj artwork by Larry Rostant; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges lightly aged - as usual/ normal - but clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly an unread copy? Publisher's bright,crisp,… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat handwritten,blue ink signature - without dedication - and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Edward Miller,and author lettering by Stephen Raw,illustrated dw/dj,with b/w+gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean and 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 white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-290pp [paginated] includes 24 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page,a thanks page,an epigram,b/w map and 4pp blanks at rear. Jant is the Messenger,one of The Circle,a cadre of fifty… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn but author's recognisable handwritten black ink signature - without dedication- to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around matt black background with glossy,overlaid red+green colour illustration detail of locust's hind wing to front of dw/dj,with capitalised,matt white-lettered and author name and an oval gilt fingerprint with capitalised white lettered credit for 'I AM PILGRIM' title by same author,.ing illustrated adhesive label title+author name to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title and author name as front's and publisher's white illustrated+lettered colophon and name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with similar coloured but matt printed locust wing illustration,and capitalised white-lettered synopsis.Negligible shelf-wear,to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright crisp,clean without… Read More

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[First 2 edns were published elsewhere either in magazines or as lectures to Natural History Society of Marlborough College and another to the Oxford Philological Society. A 3rd edn in 1899 and then reprinted 5 times,this being the 5th reprint.] NFINE. No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,pale blue cloth boards with black ink blocked illustration with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to both front board and lightly aged spine/backstrip - gilt to spine slightly oxidised but still present but not as bright as the front letters,rear board plain and undecorated,and clean sets of plain white endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges lightly aged/toned with some minor blemish, fore-edges brighter,cleaner and without blemish; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound – text body virtually pristine - no foxing/spotting, no dog-ear reading creases to any… Read More

UK,slim,small 8vo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.[Wartime conditions per se,and paper-rationing meant publication of the volumes being published biennially. The Year's Work in English Studies (1928) of which he was co-editor,published annually 1930–1950 - war years excepted - returning annually with the 1947 edn/issue after paper-rationing ending that year.The XIX (19th) Volume,1938 was one of the first volumes in paper-covered card boards in 1940,as the rationing kicked in.Therefore,wartime issues are quite uncommon,given the period of their production,with the paper-rationing,their ephemeral nature and their survival rate from air-raids of domestic and commercial properties, i.e printers and publisher's.] VG+. No owner inscrptn,and no printed price. Bright,crisp,reasonably clean and almost blemish free,publisher's original khaki paper-covered card boards with black lettering within a single line decorative border-edging,similarly colour lettered spine/backstrip,rear board plain and undecorated,… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt yellow background with black letters designed dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing; foot of same minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing too,the majority of the creasing occurs to the top edges of dw/dj. Top+fore-edges clean,contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-340pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3 comprising 10 +last chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title +title pages,a dedication,contents list/table,Pts separator pages and 2pp blanks at rear. Martin Amis's new novel (then 2003… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,mustard yellow background with black stencilled-type lettering illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.A single,small indent impression to each of the panels and the rear gutter's edge of spine/backstrip - without penetration or affecting the concomitant spot beneath them,to board.Top edges with minimal,faint but very light dust-soiling,fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - near 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 plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-340pp [paginated] includes Pts I-III comprising 5,3,and 3 chapters… Read More

UK,Qrto HB+clear plastic protected dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork with YES logo,by Roger Dean, illustrated dw/dj panels with author's capitalised,black-lettered name, sunned spine/backstrip with capitalised, black-lettered part-title+subtitle and author's name alomg with publisher's black-lettered initialled colophon to foot of same,rear panel with Roger Dean colour pictorial illustration.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners due to clear plastic covering - no nicks,tears or splits present - some very minimal, superficial scoring/indents to either panel.Top+fore-edges without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound,text block virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread, other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,unblemished,sharp-cornered original RAF blue cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's neat,blue ink,handwritten inscrptn: 'Kindest regards and best wishes Brian Carter Jan 1983 Devon' to front free endpaper and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,mustard colour background with a black line illustration to a pale yellow panel in centre of front panel of dw/dj with b/w lettering,b/w lettering to lightly sunned spine/backstip; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without marks, blemishes or foxing/spotting; 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 brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers - author's inscrptn excepted.UK, slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,1-186pp… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped dw/dj.Slightly marked front bottom corner of bds.Slightly bumped head+tail of spine/backstrip.Contents solid,sound and clean. Want more Len DEIGHTON titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and NAVAL/MILITARY catalogues. Please contact seller @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! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that the stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Number 6 in this series.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj,with red,blue and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - some minor nicks or tears present.Top edges slightly aged/toned+fore- edges brighter and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near 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 maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean red+pink prints reproductions illustrated endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7- 80pp [paginated] includes 141 b/w facsimile reproduction prints/plates; plus [unpaginated] title page,author's foreword and 3pp plates list/table. In the following pages is presented a picture of the West Riding of Yorkshire in the first half of… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,b/w photographic illustrated upper panel,and author's portrait colour photographic rear panel with dark+pale blue and red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing - the majority of the little creasing is to top edges of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Residue of partial cup ring to upper board beneath dw/dj,otherwise sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-306pp [paginated] includes 4 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,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.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,subject's portrait colour photograph illustrated dw/dj panels with gilt+white lettering to front and spine; 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,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-274pp [paginated] includes foreword by Herman Aubrey Boyce,subject's (D.Trotter) introduction,Pts 1-11 comprising 58 sections,8pp contemporary auto+biographical TV colour photographs/stills and other similar b/w photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,a Lingo… Read More

UK,slim 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 to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt blue background with colour cartoon illustrated dw/dj with glossy 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 navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters and silhouette decoration to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain navy blue endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-247pp [paginated] includes a prologue,an introduction,a Question,Pts 1-4 comprising 4,9,3 and 6 chapters respectively and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/table,a dedication,4 b/w region/ location maps - 2,single page and 2,double-paged and… 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,glossy laminated,black background with silver+black illustration with bright,crisp silver gilt lettering to front panel,rear panel with silvered background with repeated black+silver illustration and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Some minimal,minor superficial scoring to rear panel of dw/dj but with out penetration or affecting the board beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - near pristine - one dog-ear reading creases to pp21 top corner.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate black line illustration (Zeppelin plans/ diagrams) illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-295pp [paginated] includes a prologue,30… Read More

UK,Crown 8vo HB,reprint,1st thus.[Originally and first published LONDON, 1870(?)/1872(?).A title from The Boys' New 1/- Net Library.] VG. Handwritten name to ffe and again,in ink,with date (Xmas 1916) to top corner to verso of frntis.Matt,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,red cloth boards/ covers with a uniform blind-tooled design of St. George on horseback killing a dragon within a ribboned,circular seal; surrounded by repeated heraldic-style lions,the whole with a double-line blind-tooled border to front board/cover,blind-tooled,lightly dulled spine/backstrip with bright,crisp,stamped gilt lettering,rear board/cover with repeated heraldic lions designs within the same lined border and grey-line illustrated grey endpapers with off-set shadowing from opposing pastedowns to verso and recto of front and rear free endpapers respectively, hinges solid and sound without any cracking.Front board/cover with three small mottled/bleached areas/spots towards its top edge.Top edges of… Read More

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn.FINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy wrap- around,colour ppictorial artwork by Michael Foreman,illustrated dw/dj,with dark blue+black lettering to front and to spine; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered - rear top corner tip with tiniest dent,publisher's original,plain RAF blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn,8-109pp [paginated] includes 50 poems in 9 themes - each theme with an individual colour illustrated separator page,other profuse part,full and double-page colour and b/w illustrations - all by Michael… Read More