Buy this book on-line WHEATLEY**, DENNIS: : The KA of GIFFORD HILLARY.**LONDON.HUTCHINSON & CO, (Publishers) LTD.,1956. ISBN No ISBN.
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 edges very lightly toned,minimal foxing/ spotting,fore-edges brighter and clean with minimal,faint sporadic foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight - text body virtually foxing-free other than light,sporadic foxing/spotting to prelims up to dedication - 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/covers with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears,splits or fraying present,plain white eps - some minimal off-set shadowing from dw/dj inner front flap to front free endpaper with minor foxing/spotting to it's reverse,and similar shadowing+foxing to verso+recto of rear free endpaper - but both hinges solid and sound with no splits,tears or cracking.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,v-ixpp+11-407pp [paginated] includes a dedication,contents list/table,author's note,a statement,15 sections/chapters in journal form spanning w/end 3rd/4th September to 1st to 9th October and a Postscript,plus [unpaginated] sporadically foxed/spotted half-title,title page and dedication.
Sir Gifford Hillary and Wing Commander Johnny Norton are involved in plans to counter the might of Soviet Russia,and interest soon centres on the evil Lady Ankaret and the tragedy which occurred at Longshot Hall,South Hampshire,on the night of the 9th September.
A victim is struck down,and from that moment onwards the events which follow seem,at first,fantastic and unbelievable – but are later realised to be entirely logical.What does happen after death? And why should Sir Gifford find himself in prison,on trial for his life?
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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 foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight - text body virtually foxing-free - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Inexplicably,it appears that the 1" wide sellotape repair at head of spine of dw/dj has correspondingly preserved(?) the whole of the blocked gilt letters of the words 'The KA',but only the top half of letters to 'of' in the book's title; with the remainder of the title i.e the lower half to the word of and 'GIFFORD HILLARY' in blocked pale green ink,whilst below it,the author's name is in a blocked gold colour ink,whilst at the foot,the publisher's name is in bright,crisp, blocked gilt - despite being covered/ protected by internal sellotape's presence.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards/covers with the above,fore-mentioned printing anomaly; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears,splits or fraying present.Plain white eps - some minimal off-set shadowing from dw/dj inner front flap to front free endpaper with minor foxing/spotting to it's reverse,and similar shadowing+foxing to verso+recto of rear free endpaper - but both hinges solid and sound with no splits,tears or cracking.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,v-ixpp+11-407pp [paginated] includes a dedication,contents list/table,author's note,a statement,15 sections/chapters in journal form spanning w/end 3rd/4th September to 1st to 9th October and a Postscript,plus [unpaginated] sporadically foxed/spotted half-title and title page,and a dedication.
Sir Gifford Hillary and Wing Commander Johnny Norton are involved in plans to counter the might of Soviet Russia,and interest soon centres on the evil Lady Ankaret and the tragedy which occurred at Longshot Hall,South Hampshire,on the night of the 9th September.
A victim is struck down,and from that moment onwards the events which follow seem,at first,fantastic and unbelievable – but are later realised to be entirely logical.What does happen after death? And why should Sir Gifford find himself in prison,on trial for his life?
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UK,8vo HB+protected 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 white background 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 - three 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 - but overall,still approx. 99% present.Top edges toned,and with minimal foxing/ spotting,fore-edges slightly brighter withoutfoxing/spotting; contents bright, tight - text body virtually foxing-free - 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/covers with bright,crisp,
blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks, tears,splits or fraying present,plain white eps - some minimal off-set shadowing from dw/dj inner front flap to front free endpaper with sellotape 'ghosts to fore- edge corners,and similar shadowing+foxing to verso+recto of rear free endpaper - but both hinges solid and sound with no splits,tears or cracking.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, v-ixpp+11-407pp [paginated] includes a dedication,contents list/table,author's note,a statement,15 sections/chapters in journal form spanning w/end 3rd/4th September to 1st to 9th October and a Postscript,plus [unpaginated] sporadically foxed/spotted half-title,title page and dedication.
Sir Gifford Hillary and Wing Commander Johnny Norton are involved in plans to counter the might of Soviet Russia,and interest soon centres on the evil Lady Ankaret and the tragedy which occurred at Longshot Hall,South Hampshire,on the night of the 9th September.
A victim is struck down,and from that moment onwards the events which follow seem,at first,fantastic and unbelievable – but are later realised to be entirely logical.What does happen after death? And why should Sir Gifford find himself in prison,on trial for his life?
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