ADAMS**, RICHARD:
THE BUREAUCATS.** [Illus by Robin Jacques.**]

Imprint: LONDON.VIKING/KESTREL,1985.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn.Colour pictorial laminated boards,identically illustrated dw/dj.B/w line illus by ROBIN JACQUES.8vo,112pp. Richard and Thomas Kitten live with Master, looking after the house for him. Well,yes; that's how the story begins,but in practice the programme,as they say, appears to be subject to alteration. Five adventures full of funny unexpected turns. Delightful pictures - every bit as amusing as the stories themselves. Please contact seller,because of the light weight and the value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,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: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja762. ISBN: 0670801208.

£ 19.95 (approx. $US 25.96 )

ADAMS**, JANE:
THE GREENWAY.**

Imprint: LONDON.MACMILLAN CRIME,1995.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscriptn,price-clip.Her first novel,a highly acclaimed and haunting debut.Award nominated and winner best first crime novel. Again as an unknown writer,a low print run,so difficult to find.Featuring Det.Inspector MIKE CROFT,and retired detective JOHN TYNAN. Please contact seller,because of the 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,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. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only, unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja34. ISBN: 0333644247.

£ 56.00 (approx. $US 72.88 )

ADAMS**, JANE:
The Greenway.** [Author's debut novel.]

Imprint: LONDON.MACMILLAN,1995.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[A pre-publication advanced copy; it is a 1st edn identical to the regular trade edn except without the price on inside flap.Reputed to have a smaller print run than her debut novel.So scarce thus.Complete number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.] FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - see above in parenthesis.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with bright,crisp,embossed gilt title,pale blue author's name and white lettered Minette Walters quote/review to front,similar coloured lettered spine/ backstrip; with some inevitable shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – but no nicks,tears or splits present - most of light creasing to top+bottom edges.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish or toning; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – 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 lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate/clean plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-203pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,22 chapters; plus [unpaginated] a synopsis,and half-title+ title pages. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for a book of it's age and scarcity and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. Author's highly acclaimed debut novel - Nominated for the Crime Writers' Association John Creasey Award for Best First Crime Novel and the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award. Cassie Maltham still has nightmares of the day in August 1975 when her cousin Suzie vanished in the Greenway.Haunted also is John Tynan, a retired detective once in charge of Suzie's case.But when another girl goes missing,both must confront their personal demons and try to solve the mystery. Cassie Maltham was ten that August afternoon in 1975 when her cousin Suzie vanished - almost before Cassie's eyes - never to be seen again.Now,twenty years later,Cassie has returned to the quiet English seashore village where Suzie was last seen,to confront the disaster that changed Cassie's life forever.Little has altered.The Greenway - the ancient sheltered pathway in whose leafy secret depths Suzie had disappeared - is still there.And soon another young girl is swallowed in its shadow.Has Cassie's return provoked this second sinister tragedy? One thing is certain: Evil, inexorable and insatiable,has awakened from its long slumber and is once more on the move. . . . Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,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. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise.** ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja976321. ISBN: 0333644247.

£ 60.00 (approx. $US 78.08 )

ADAMS**, DOUGLAS:
THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE.**

Imprint: LONDON.THE FOLIO SOCIETY,2012.
Edition: UK,8vo+s/case,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj,issued in s/case.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo+s/case,1st edn thus.[First published in 1980 by Pan Books.This Folio Society edition is based on the 2009 Pan Books edition with minor emendations.] MINT/MINT.[Shrinkwrap opened,to verify issue,and still in situ.]No owner inscptn - as new.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,dark blue cloth boards with blue glitter and a blue+blue glitter silhouetted caricature singer with mike in hand,in a gilt spotlight design to upper board,with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate dark blue glittered endpapers. Bright,crisp,clean,immaculate card slipcase in same colour as endpapers.Top+ fore-edges bright and immaculate; contents pristine - untouched apart from collation and therefore unread.UK,slim 8vo HB+ s/case,1st edn thus,v-xvipp+9-208pp [paginated] includes illustrations list/ table,introduction by Adam Roberts,34 chapters,plus [unpaginated] title page, full-page,full colour frntis+7 other full-page,full-colour illus,all by Jonathan Burton,throughout the rest of the text and book,a title separator page,and dedication.Set in Sabon,printed on Abbey Wove paper at L.E.G.O. SpA,Vicenza,Italy and bound by them in cloth,blocked with a design by the artist. The Folio Society’s success is due to publishing books with exceptional typography,illustrations,paper and bindings.The Society sources new introductions from literary experts to accompany classic texts,using skilled designers and master printers to produce memorable fine books in both fiction and non-fiction fields.The Folio Society also prides itself on producing series of an author's works which regular publishers might not think economic - in several cases it is only possible to acquire forgotten books by major writers in Folio Society editions. Please contact seller,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. UK,buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free.Available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/ rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja427412. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 26.00 (approx. $US 33.84 )

ADAMS**, DOUGLAS:
THE SALMON OF DOUBT: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time.**

Imprint: LONDON.MACMILLAN,2002.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,colour illustrated dw/dj; 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 an unead copy? Publisher's sharp-cornered,bright,clean,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and b/w headband and immaculate dark blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xxxvpp+3- 299pp [paginated] includes editor's note,a contents list/ table,a prologue,an introduction, 3 chapters (Life,The Universe,And Everything),an epilogue,Order of Douglas Noel Adams's Memorial service,editor's acknowledgements (both to rear); plus [unpaginated] b/w vignetted half-title+title pages,a dedication,and 4 separator pages. 'The Salmon of Doubt' contains ten chapters of the novel on which Douglas Adams was working at the time of his death in May 2001,along with an astonishing collection of pieces recovered from his beloved Macintosh computer. The plot of 'The Salmon of Doubt' is as intriguing as its title and sees Dirk Gently simultaneously on the trail of half a cat and an actor whose sudden appearance is perhaps not as random as it seems.Starring alongside the pizza-addicted detective are Thor,Norse God of Thunder,Dave of Daveland and a highly confused rhinoceros called Desmond.Other fictional stories include 'Young Zaphod Plays It Safe', featuring the intergalactic star of the 'Hitchhiker' series,and 'The Private Life of Ghengis Khan',written with Graham Chapman,in which the emotional needs of a barbaric marauding killer are revealed. Non-fiction pieces range from an earnest twelve-year-old Douglas's letter to Eagle magazine,through insights into a teenage mind full of adoration for the Beatles and loathing for short trousers,to lectures reflecting Adams's exceptional understanding of our natural,technological and philosophical worlds.Here too are articles on subjects as diverse as religion,the 'little dongly things' making a mess of computers,the letter 'Y' and Douglas's love affair with two dogs in New Mexico. For fans and new readers alike,'The Salmon of Doubt' is the ultimate smorgasbord of the insanities,urbanities and wondrous workings of life,the universe and everything. Please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/ rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja388711. ISBN: 0333766571.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

ADAMS**, RICHARD:
THE SHIP'S CAT.** [Illus in collaboration by Alan Aldridge** with Harry Willock**.]

Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1977.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated 1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated 1st edn.NFINE.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,sharp-cornered glazed boards with colour pictorial artwork by Alan Aldredge,illustrated front board with capitalised title,capitalised illustrator+author names; a white spine/backstrip with capitalised, yellow-lettered title,capitalised,blue-lettered illustrator+author surnames,a thumbnail colour illustrattion detail front ednpaper illustration at head of same and publisher's black illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear board plain navy blue with no illustration - both boards almost scoring/indent-free.Negligible shelf-wear and creases to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present and immaculate dark blue background endpapers with a thumbnail repeated pale blue cat illustration.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound,no cracked hinges and virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,illustrated 1st edn,32pp [unpaginated and excluding endpapers] with text in verse,13 full-page,full-colour illustrations by Alan Aldridge and Harry Willock. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 45+ year-old age and nature, i.e. a child's book.It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. A twenty-six verse tale written by Adam Richards and illustrated in collaboration by Alan Aldridge and Harry Willock,of the ship's cat adventures and brave deeds on the Spanish Maine,together with 'The Most Lamentable Loss of the Alcestis & Triumphant Firing of the Port of Chagres'. Alan Aldridge,born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire,and active from c.1967. Attended Romford Technical College but left at 15 and supported himself with an assortment of jobs including insurance clerk,repertory actor,dock hand and barrow boy.In 1963,he took a short evening course in commercial graphics.Soon he had achieved spectacular success with designs for posters,book covers,record sleeves,car furniture and body painting,as well as magazine and book illustration.In 1966,he was appointed art director of Penguin Books,but left in 1968 to set up his own studio,Ink, which received commissions from many of the leading pop groups and glossy magazines of the day,including the Beatle's ill-fated Apple Corps.As Aldridge's career embodied many of the aspirations of the 'swinging sixties',so his drawings epitomised the graphic idiom of the decade. His use of brilliant 'psychedelic' colours in combination with ebulliently decorative draughtsmanship gave his work the vigorous popular appeal of fairground art;but he used this apparently unsophisticated language to convey ideas of almost surrealistic complexity,abounding in visual ambiguities,allusions and jokes. Stylistically his most influential innovation was his use of the airbrush for fine colour gradation and shading over much of the picture surface,giving the illusion of undulating movement within the crisp contours.As his draughtsmanship developed,he increasingly incorporated graphic references to cultural traditions as diverse as oriental painting and pre-Columbian art,while his imagery continued to invite closer and more intense scrutiny.After disbanding Ink, Aldridge continued to work freelance,finding a regular publisher in Jonathan Cape.In 1974,he won the Children's Book of the Year Award with 'Butterfly Ball',following up with sequels 'The Peacock's Party' and The Lion's Cavalcade'; and latterly he had designed animated films.He has also illustrated periodicals as diverse as 'Nova', 'Harper's','The Queen','The Sunday Times', 'Vogue' and 'Woman's Mirror'.Died 17th February, 2017. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,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: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja728517. ISBN: 0224014412.

£ 22.00 (approx. $US 28.63 )

ADAMS**, RICHARD:
THE SHIP'S CAT.** [Illus in collaboration by Alan Aldridge** with Harry Willock**.]

Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1977.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated 1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj as issued,illustrated 1st edn. FINE.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,sharp-cornered with exception front's lower corner tip minisculely bumped,glazed boards with colour pictorial artwork by Alan Aldridge,illustrated front board with capitalised title,capitalised illustrator+ author names; a white spine/backstrip with capitalised,yellow-lettered title,capitalised, blue-lettered illustrator+author surnames,a thumbnail colour illustrattion detail fron endpaper illustration at head of same and publisher's black illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear board plain navy blue with no illustration - front board with minimal, superficial scoring/indents.Negligible shelf-wear and creases to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present and immaculate dark blue background endpapers with a thumbnail repeated pale blue cat illustration.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound,no cracked hinges and virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,illustrated 1st edn,32pp [unpaginated and excluding endpapers] with text in verse,13 full-page,full-colour illustrations by Alan Aldridge and Harry Willock. A twenty-six verse tale written by Adam Richards and illustrated in collaboration by Alan Aldridge and Harry Willock,of the ship's cat adventures and brave deeds on the Spanish Maine,together with 'The Most Lamentable Loss of the Alcestis & Triumphant Firing of the Port of Chagres'.                                        Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 45+ year-old age and nature, i.e. a child's book.It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                    Alan Aldridge,born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire,and active from c.1967. Attended Romford Technical College but left at 15 and supported himself with an assortment of jobs including insurance clerk,repertory actor,dock hand and barrow boy.In 1963,he took a short evening course in commercial graphics.Soon he had achieved spectacular success with designs for posters,book covers,record sleeves,car furniture and body painting,as well as magazine and book illustration.In 1966,he was appointed art director of Penguin Books,but left in 1968 to set up his own studio,Ink,which received commissions from many of the leading pop groups and glossy magazines of the day,including the Beatle's ill-fated Apple Corps.As Aldridge's career embodied many of the aspirations of the 'swinging sixties',so his drawings epitomised the graphic idiom of the decade. His use of brilliant 'psychedelic' colours in combination with ebulliently decorative draughtsmanship gave his work the vigorous popular appeal of fairground art;but he used this apparently unsophisticated language to convey ideas of almost surrealistic complexity, abounding in visual ambiguities,allusions and jokes. Stylistically his most influential innovation was his use of the airbrush for fine colour gradation and shading over much of the picture surface,giving the illusion of undulating movement within the crisp contours.As his draughtsmanship developed,he increasingly incorporated graphic references to cultural traditions as diverse as oriental painting and pre-Columbian art,while his imagery continued to invite closer and more intense scrutiny.After disbanding Ink,Aldridge continued to work freelance,finding a regular publisher in Jonathan Cape.In 1974,he won the Children's Book of the Year Award with 'Butterfly Ball', following up with sequels 'The Peacock's Party' and 'The Lion's Cavalcade'; and latterly he had designed animated films.He has also illustrated periodicals as diverse as 'Nova','Harper's', 'The Queen','The Sunday Times','Vogue' and 'Woman's Mirror'.Died 17th February, 2017.   Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,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: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja1115524. ISBN: 0224014412.

£ 22.00 (approx. $US 28.63 )

ADAMS**, RICHARD & BAYLEY**, NICOLA:
THE TYGER VOYAGE.**

Imprint: LONDON.CAPE,1992.
Edition: UK,16mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 16mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[An odd volume of a 3 volume miniature set.The true 1st edn was a larger format,by same publisher,author+illustrator but published in 1976.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no clip to dw/dj - lack of publisher's price. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial artwork by Nicola Bayley, illustrated panel to upper wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Dw/dj design repeated to bright, clean,sharp-cornered,glossy laminated bds, with immaculate pale blue/grey eps.The dw/dj design for this edn is different to that of the original 1st edn,being a miniaturisation of one of the internal illustrations of that book/edn.Top+fore- edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean and pristine.UK,slim 16mo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,4-30pp [alternate page pagination] includes 14 full-page,full-colour miniature illus by Nicola Bayley [unpaginated],verse text [paginated]; plus [unpaginated] colour oval vignette illustrated title-page,and a colour miniature map illus frntis. Richard Adams draws on the tradition of epic narrative verse and the stories of the great nineteenth-century explorers to relate the inspiring adventures of two courageous Tyger brothers,Ezekiel and Raphael Dubbs,who embark on an amazing journey around the world. The Tygers survive a storm at sea,a jungle trek and an arduous mountain climb before their eventual triumphant return to London. Nicola Bayley's exquisite illustrations give the tygers a luminous dignity and whether it is a London drawing-room or a jungle swamp her work evokes the detail and atmosphere of the period perfectly. Nicola has established a reputation as one of the most accomplished and imaginative of contemporary illustrators. Her scrupulous attention to detail,the use of jewel-like colours and her exquisite miniaturism have become the hallmarks of her style.Among many stunning books including 'NICOLA BAYLEY'S NURSERY RHYMES' and more recently 'THE MOUSEHOLE CAT' [see my book ID rja368110 - original 1st edn], the three books of this miniature edition,include 'LA CORONA AND THE TIN FROG' [see my book ID rja424312 - original 1st edn] and 'THE PATCHWORK CAT' [see my book ID rja 28608 - original 1st edn] and this title [see book ID's rja424412, rja424512 - original 1st edns],stand out for their beauty and originality. Want some more Nicola BAYLEY illustrated books/titles? Please check my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue for other and similar titles. Since April,2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the smaller size and therefore lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja424212. ISBN: 009176730X.

£ 6.00 (approx. $US 7.81 )

ADAMS**, RICHARD:
TRAVELLER.

Imprint: LONDON.HUTCHINSON,1988.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around artwork painting ('Summer',mural by Charles Hoffbauer) with red+b/w lettering, with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top edge lightly aged/toned and imperceptibly dust-soiled,fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents bright, tight,solid and sound - with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered (apart from rear,lower corner minisculely bumped),publisher's original, plain red cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip, and immaculate,b/w map illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-277pp [paginated] includes 21 chapters,plus [unpaginated],half-title+title pages, preface by Lucy Rees (author of 'The Horse's Mind.',notes & acknowledgements, and 2pp poetry/writing extracts. In comfortable stables at Lexington, Virginia,a sturdy,nine-year-old grey chats to his friend Tom the Nipper,one of the domestic cats.Soon we learn that he is no ordinary horse,but Traveller,General Robert E. Lee's mount in the American Civil War.The war now over,Traveller has become a loved and honoured member of Lee's family at Washington College,where the General (on sufferance of the victorious Federal North) is President.Lee still rides his horse every afternoon.The complete understanding between them,forged in the war years,has grown if anything deeper during these latter days of peace. Through Traveller's memories,told to Tom, we learn how,on Sewell Mountain in 1861, he first met Lee,then a subordinate general,and how the two met again on the coast of Carolina,where Lee bought Traveller (and named him).At the beginning of June 1862,President Davis appoints Lee to command the army desperately defending Richmond against "the Blue men" - the Federals.In the glorious but apallingly bloody campaign which follows,known as the Seven Days,Traveller first experiences action with his master.Then the Army of Northern Virginia marches northward to Manassas,where they again win victory. Traveller carries Lee to Antietam,to Fredericksburg in the snow,to Chancellorsville in the forest,and so to Gettysburg and to the dreadful engagements in The Wilderness.Finally we learn of the siege of Richmond and Petersburg,and hear Traveller's account of what happened at Appomattox. Richard Adams first made his name with a novel about animals,and 'Watership Down' was followed by 'Shardik' and 'The Plague Dogs';but 'Traveller' is the first novel with animals at its centre which he has written for eleven years.With the help of Lucy Rees,the well-known horsewoman and author of 'The Horse's Mind',he has given Traveller a character completely true to horse psychology,and fashioned a brilliant story of Lee (considered by many military scholars to be the greatest general of the past 250 years) and the horse who was indispensable to his achievements. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja462313. ISBN: 0091738911.

£ 12.00 (approx. $US 15.62 )

ADAMS**, RICHARD & BAYLEY**, NICOLA:
TYGER VOYAGE.**

Imprint: LONDON.CAPE,1976.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj,as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn.Bright,clean, glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Nicola Bayley illustrated bds; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and generally bright,clean plain red eps.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean also - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread? Some minimal impressions/ indentations to rear bd.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,32pp [alternate page pagination] includes 14 full-page, full-colour illus by Nicola Bayley [unpaginated],verse text [paginated]; plus [unpaginated] colour oval vignette illustrated title-page and a colour illus map frntis. Richard Adams draws on the tradition of epic narrative verse and the stories of the great nineteenth-century explorers to relate the inspiring adventures of two courageous Tyger brothers,Ezekiel and Raphael Dubbs,who embark on an amazing journey around the world. The Tygers survive a storm at sea,a jungle trek and an arduous mountain climb before their eventual triumphant return to London. Nicola Bayley's exquisite illustrations give the tygers a luminous dignity and whether it is a London drawing-room or a jungle swamp her work evokes the detail and atmosphere of the period perfectly. Nicola has established a reputation as one of the most accomplished and imaginative of contemporary illustrators. Her scrupulous attention to detail,the use of jewel-like colours and her exquisite miniaturism have become the hallmarks of her style.Among many stunning books including 'NICOLA BAYLEY'S NURSERY RHYMES' and more recently 'THE MOUSEHOLE CAT' [see my book ID rja368110 - original 1st edn], the three books of the miniature edition, include 'LA CORONA AND THE TIN FROG' [see my book ID rja424312 - original 1st edn] and 'THE PATCHWORK CAT' [see my book ID rja 28608 - original 1st edn] and this title [see rja424412,original 1st edn], stand out for their beauty and originality. Want some more NICOLA BAYLEY illustrated books/titles? Please check my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue for other and similar titles. Please contact seller,because of the much lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja424512. ISBN: 0224012371.

£ 12.00 (approx. $US 15.62 )

ADDERLEY, JAMES - Edited by:
AND BEHOLD WE LIVE: PAPERS BY A WOUNDED SOLDIER.

Imprint: LONDON.CONSTABLE & COMPANY LTD.,1918.
Edition: UK,slim 16mo wraps+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 16mo wraps+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG+. Neat,blue ink,familial presentation inscrptn: 'Gertrudina with lots of love Uncle John Nov 18' to ffe.Bright,crisp, clean,onlay colour pictorial illustrated paper dw/dj to paper covers,with red lettering,and crisp,clear,black ink letters to spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges inevitably dust-soiled and aged/darkened with some ubiquitous sporadic foxing/spotting to same,fore-edges brighter and cleaner and less affected and also with less foxing/ spotting too; contents bright,tight and clean - text block remarkably unaffected by any foxing/spotting.UK,slim 16mo wraps+ dw/dj,1st edn,v-viipp+1-135pp [paginated] includes note by the editor,contents list/ table,12 chapters followed with a note by the Padre; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages.Printed by The Whitefriars Press,Ltd.,London and Tonbridge.A really exceptional example given it's age and it's ephemeral nature and composition. Account of a convalescing,wounded EastEnd enlisted soldier reminiscing about his life thus far and his religion and religious beliefs throughout the war and his active service.Edited by the Rev. the Hon. James Granville Adderley 1861-1942,a Christian Socialist,who visited France several times. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight,and the 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,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. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja525715. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 65.00 (approx. $US 84.59 )

ADIE**, KATE:
Corsets to Camouflage: Women and War.**

Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2003.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.[Complete number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.So 1st edn, 2nd imp.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj (detail from recruiting posters held in the Imperial War Museum [I W M],of women in uniforms) with brown 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,solid and sound - virtually as new - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear to be unread.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain dark green cloth bds with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain tan eps.UK, Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,vi-ixpp+1- 246pp [paginated] includes intro,20 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w+colour illustrations+photographs throughout the text and the book,source notes, bibliography+sources,an index and photograph acknowledgements.Plus [unpaginated] b/w photograph+colour illustration illustrated half-title page, monochrome illustrated title page,and contents list/table.Laid in loose, associated ephemera: a folded A4 sheet - probably from the exhibition itself - with colour detail of recruitment posters of I W M's major exhibition - 15/10/2003 - 18/4/2004. The 20thC was a period of tumultuous change for women - both in conflict and on the home front.Nowhere are these changes seen more obviously than in the uniforms they wore - from the tight corsets of the nurses in the early 1900's to the battle- ready camouflage of the present day. Kate Adie - as the BBC's Chief News Correspondent - has herself been dressed in camouflage and often wrestled with the practical problems of being a woman in a world of war.She has seen the power of uniform and become fascinated by the social attitudes it both provokes and reflects. In this vivid history,she celebrates the remarkable and often unacknowledged heroism of women whose wide range of roles - from nursing to land girl to fighter pilot - has been so essential to military and civilian life through two world wars and beyond.She uses contemporary newspaper reports to reveal the way the press and society at large have viewed uniformed women,and never-before-seen personal accounts and letters to illuminate the experiences and attitudes of women themselves. A revelation of our changing attitudes and times,this is also a compelling insight into the lives of ordinary women performing extraordinary deeds.In association with a major exhibition at the Imperial War Museum,15 October,2003 - 18 April,2004. Please contact seller,because of the weight (just over 1Kg unpackaged) of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK,buyers please note,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 or FREE.That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja513415. ISBN: 0340820594.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

ADIE**, KATE:
Corsets to Camouflage: Women and War.** [Author SIGNED copy.**]

Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2003.
Edition: ,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,2nd imp.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: 'To Eric Kate Adie'

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,2nd imp. [Complete number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. So 1st edn,2nd imp.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but author's neat,handwritten blue ink inscrptn+ signature: 'To Eric Kate Adie' to half-title page,and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj (detail from recruiting posters held in the Imperial War Museum [I W M],of women in uniforms) with brown lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.White background slightly and minimally grubbed with a couple of light splashes.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually as new - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear to be unread. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain tan endpapers.UK, Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,vi-ixpp+1-246pp [paginated] includes introduction,20 chapters, profuse contemporary b/w+colour illustrations+ photographs throughout the text and the book,source notes,aBibliography+sources,an Index and Photograph Acknowledgements.Plus [unpaginated] b/w photograph+colour illustration illustrated,author SIGNED half-title page, monochrome illustrated title page,and a Contents list/table. The 20thC was a period of tumultuous change for women - both in conflict and on the home front. Nowhere are these changes seen more obviously than in the uniforms they wore - from the tight corsets of the nurses in the early 1900's to the battle- ready camouflage of the present day. Kate Adie - as the BBC's Chief News Correspondent - has herself been dressed in camouflage and often wrestled with the practical problems of being a woman in a world of war. She has seen the power of uniform and become fascinated by the social attitudes it both provokes and reflects. In this vivid history,she celebrates the remarkable and often unacknowledged heroism of women whose wide range of roles - from nursing to land girl to fighter pilot - has been so essential to military and civilian life through two world wars and beyond.She uses contemporary newspaper reports to reveal the way the press and society at large have viewed uniformed women,and never-before-seen personal accounts and letters to illuminate the experiences and attitudes of women themselves. A revelation of our changing attitudes and times,this is also a compelling insight into the lives of ordinary women performing extraordinary deeds.In association with a major exhibition at the Imperial War Museum,15 October,2003 - 18 April,2004. Please contact seller,because of the weight (just over 1Kg unpackaged) 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,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 USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja656617. ISBN: 0340820594.

£ 22.00 (approx. $US 28.63 )

ADIE**, KATE:
Corsets to Camouflage: Women and War.**

Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2003.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp.[Number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4.So 1st edn,3rd imp.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj (detail from recruiting posters held in the Imperial War Museum [I W M],of women in uniforms) with brown 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,solid and sound - virtually as new - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear to be unread.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain dark green cloth bds with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain tan eps.UK, Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,vi-ixpp+1- 246pp [paginated] includes introduction,20 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w+colour illustrations+photographs throughout the text and the book,source notes,a bibliography+sources,an index and photograph acknowledgements.Plus [unpaginated] b/w photograph+colour illustration illustrated half-title page,monochrome illustrated title page, and contents list/table. The 20thC was a period of tumultuous change for women - both in conflict and on the home front.Nowhere are these changes seen more obviously than in the uniforms they wore - from the tight corsets of the nurses in the early 1900's to the battle- ready camouflage of the present day.Kate Adie - as the BBC's Chief News Correspondent - has herself been dressed in camouflage and often wrestled with the practical problems of being a woman in a world of war.She has seen the power of uniform and become fascinated by the social attitudes it both provokes and reflects. In this vivid history,she celebrates the remarkable and often unacknowledged heroism of women whose wide range of roles - from nursing to land girl to fighter pilot - has been so essential to military and civilian life through two world wars and beyond.She uses contemporary newspaper reports to reveal the way the press and society at large have viewed uniformed women,and never-before-seen personal accounts and letters to illuminate the experiences and attitudes of women themselves. A revelation of our changing attitudes and times,this is also a compelling insight into the lives of ordinary women performing extraordinary deeds.In association with a major exhibition at the Imperial War Museum,15 October,2003 - 18 April,2004. Please contact seller,because of the weight (just slightly over 1Kg unpackaged) of this item,for correct,insured shipping/ P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK,buyers please note,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 or FREE.That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja539115 . ISBN: 0340820594.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

ADIE**, KATE:
Fighting On The Home Front. The Legacy Of Women In World War One. [Author SIGNED copy.]

Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2014.
Edition: UK,12mo p/back,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Binding: Paperback., No dw/dj,p/back - as issued.
Inscription: Author inscribed+ SIGNED.

UK,12mo p/back,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Originally,first published in 8vo HB+dw/dj, UK,Hodder & Stoughton,2013,this the 1st UK,12mo p/back edn/issue,2014.Complete number line 1.] NMINT. No owner inscrptn,but author's neat, handwritten black ink inscrptn: 'With best wishes Kate Adie' to title page.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,matt,b/w contemporary photographic illustrated front card cover,with glossy,capitalised red out-lined black letters and glossy capitalised red letters and other black+red lettering to front,similarly lettered spine/backstrip - no reading creases present, rear cover with black lettered preamble and critics' brown lettered reviews; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges - no nicks, tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges lightly toned but without foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread, other than my own collation. UK,12mo p/back,author SIGNED,1st edn,1-328pp [paginated] includes 22 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp90/1 and pp234/5 respectively,a Bibliography,Acknowledgements,Picture Acknowledgements,and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page,a Contents list/table,an Index separator page and as last page,publisher's info on website platforms. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's and nature, i.e. a paperback item,and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. In l914 the world changed forever.When World War I broke out and a generation of men went off to fight,bestselling author Kate Adie,now shows how women emerged from the shadows of their domestic lives.Now a visible force in public life,they began to take up essential roles - from transport to policing,munitions to sport, entertainment,and even politics.They had finally become citizens,a recognized part of the war machine,acquiring their own rights and often an independent income. Former BBC Chief News Correspondent Kate Adie charts the seismic move towards equal rights with men that began a century ago and asks what these women achieved for future generations.This is history at its best - a vivid,compelling account of the pioneering women who helped win the war as well as a revealing assessment of their legacy for women's lives today. In Britain during WW1 some 2 million women were needed to replace men's workplaces other than in limited jobs in factories. There was a sudden demand for work on the land,in trasnsport,in hospitals,and more significantly,in industry and engineering building ships and labour such as loading and unloading coal. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,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: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja1001922. ISBN: 9781444759693.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

ADIE**, KATE:
The Kindness of Strangers.** [Author SIGNED copy.**]

Imprint: LONDON.HEADLINE,2002.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,5th imp.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author signature,without dedication.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,5th imp. FINE/FINE.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,glossy laminated, subject colour portrait illustrated dw/dj,with a circular,silvered WH Smith 'SIGNED edition' sticker to upper wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.There is a light score mark across the barcode on rear wrap - else FINE.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Publisher's generally clean, sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain tan endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,5th imp,1- 373pp [paginated] includes 16 chapters which includes a postscript,24pp b/w+colour (majority) contemporary subject related photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp86/7,pp182/3 and pp278/9 respectively,an index; plus [unpaginated], half-title page,author SIGNED title page,a dedication,Acknowledgements,and a Contents list/table. Kate Adie,reporting from the world's danger zones,is so familiar to us that we feel we know her well.Raised in post-war Sunderland,where life was a 'sunny experience,full of meat-paste sandwiches and Sunday school',Kate has reported memorably and courageously from many of the world's trouble spots since she joined the BBC in 1969. 'The Kindness of Strangers' encompasses Adie's reporting from,inter alia,Northern Ireland,the Middle East,Tianamen Square and,of course,the Gulf War of 1991. It offers a compelling combination of vivid frontline accounts and evocative writing,laced with the nitty-gritty of everyday life travelling the world by cattle truck and armoured vehicle,without even a bath after a night of shell-fire. From the siege at the Iranian Embassy in 1980 to close encounters with bullets and bombs,the mayhem of desert warfare and the eccentricities of Royal tours,Kate has cooly kept us in touch through her reasoned and level reporting. Although fundamentally a private person, Kate Adie takes us behind the camera into the somewhat crazed world of broadcasting,where studios disintegrate during transmission,camera crews have been known to operate naked and a well-aimed potato can put paid to a reporter's best efforts. Kate is sharp and funny,and 'The Kindness of Strangers' is full of insights into the modern world of news,where reporting the facts is not as simple as it might seem. Kate Adie is the BBC`s Chief News Correspondent and the presenter of Radio Four's,'From Our Own Correspondent'.She grew up in Sunderland,read Swedish at Newcastle University and was a member of the National Youth Theatre before embarking on a career initially in radio journalism. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,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 or FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja415612. ISBN: 075531072X.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

ADIGA**, ARAVIND:
BETWEEN THE ASSASSINATIONS.**

Imprint: LONDON.ATLANTIC BOOKS,2009.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[First published in India in 2008 by PICADOR,India.This expanded and revised edition first published in UK in 2009 in hardback,and simultaneously in export and airside trade paperback by Atlantic Books,an imprint of Grove Atlantic Ltd.]FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean pictorial design illustrated dw/dj; 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 - an unread copy? Unblemished,publisher's original, plain black cloth boards with sharp corners and bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and black line illustrated map (by Rachel Tudor Best) to immaculate blue eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-351pp [paginated] plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,dedication,contents list,4pp chronology and 4pp blanks,both to rear. Author's 2nd novel,his first one 'The White Tiger' winning the Man Booker Prize for 2008,to critical acclaim. In this compelling new work of fiction, Aravind Adiga has imagined the small Indian city of Kittur,an everytown nestling on the coast south of Goa and north of Calicut. Through the myriad and distinctive voices of its inhabitants,an entire Indian world comes vividly and unforgettably to life. From a middle-aged Communist to an Islamic terrorist; from the young children of a Tamil building-site worker to a privileged and alienated schoolboy;from an idealistic journalist to a Brahmin housemaid,'Between the Assassinations' presents a compelling microcosm of Indian life in the 80's,the years between the assassinations of Indira Ghandi and her son Rajiv.Muslim,Christian and Hindu, high-caste and low-caste,rich and poor:all of life - the 'sorrowful parade of humanity' - is here. Journeying through Kittur's streets and schoolyards,bedrooms and businesses,its inner workings and outer limits,Adiga conjures a remarkable fictional landscape. Sizzling with acid observations and textured with wicked humour and gentle humanity,'Between the Assassinations' is a triumph of voice and imagination. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja362910. ISBN: 9781848871212.

£ 14.99 (approx. $US 19.51 )

ADIGA**, ARAVIND:
THE WHITE TIGER.

Imprint: LONDON.ATLANTIC BOOKS,2008.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn - but owner's ex-libris blue inked,oval stamp to bottom corner of ffe, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean, white background with 3-colour block (brown,orange and black) illustrated dw/dj, with b/w+brown 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 - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread? Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and near immaculate plain maroon endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-321pp [paginated] includes 7 sections/chapters, plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, dedication,and 7 section/chapter separator pages.Author's debut novel and Man Booker Prize winner,for this year (2008).See also,my book ID rja580315 for author's 2nd novel 'Between the Assassinations'. Meet Balram Halwai,the 'White Tiger': servant,philosopher,entrepreneur,murderer.Over the course of seven nights,by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier,Balram tells his story. . . Born in a village in the dark heart of India,the son of a rickshaw puller,Balram is taken out of school by his family and put to work in a teashop.As he crushes coal and wipes tables,he nurses a dream of escape - of breaking away from the banks of Mother Ganga,into whose murky depths have seeped the remains of a hundred generations. His big chance comes when a rich village landlord hires him as a chauffeur for his son,daughter-in-law,and their two Pomeranian dogs.From behind the wheel of a Honda,Balram first sees Delhi.The city is a revelation.Amid the cockroaches and call-centres,the 36,000,004 gods,the slums,the shopping malls and the crippling traffic jams,Balram's re-education begins. Caught between his instinct to be a loyal son and servant,and his desire to better himself,he learns a new morality at the heart of a new India.As the other servants flick through the pages of Murder Weekly, Balram begins to see how the Tiger might escape his cage.For surely any successful man must spill a little blood on his way to the top? 'The White Tiger' is a tale of two Indias. Balram's journey from the darkness of village life to the light of entrepreneurial success is utterly amoral, brilliantly irreverent,deeply endearing and altogether unforgettable. Please contact seller,because of the 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,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: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja531915. ISBN: 9781843547204.

£ 16.00 (approx. $US 20.82 )

ADKIN**, MARK:
THE Sharpe COMPANION: A Historical and Military Guide to Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe Novels 1777-1808 - Volume 1 - The Early Years.**

Imprint: LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,2003.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[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,wrap- aound colour pictorial+photographic illustrated dw/dj with grey,black and brown lettering; with negligible shelf- wear and minimal creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread apart from my own coLlation.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,xii-xviiipp+2-300pp [paginated] includes maps,sketches and diagrams list/table,author's introduction,7 chapters, 18th+19thC b/w illus reproductions and modern b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp142/3, profuse b/w maps,sketches and diagrams interspersed throughout the text and the book,a timeline,abbreviations used in Text & Glossary list/table; plus [unpaginated] half-title page, publisher/author advert for other work/titles, title page,contents list/table,list of plates,a table of symbols used on maps and a bibliography as last page. The character of Richard Sharpe first saw print in 1981 and since then he has soldiered through seventeen novels (then 1998) and the whole Peninsular War to the Battle of Waterloo.Latterly,his early days in India have also been chronicled in the latest books in Bernard Cornwell's bestselling series.A number of acclaimed television films,starring Sean Bean,have brought Sharpe and his doughty band of Riflemen to an even wider audience. Mark Adkin is a highly respected military historian and former soldier,as well as being a long-standing admirer of the Sharpe novels.In The Sharpe Companion he has produced the definitive guide to the historical and military background of the characters and events in the series.It can be used to accompany the novels or simply read on its own for the wealth of fascinating detail and anecdote that it provides.Beautifully illustrated,complete with pictures of famous battle scenes and characters and maps of the many battles and skirmishes Sharpe was involved in.The Sharpe Companion is,and also provides an indispensable guide to the life and times of Richard Sharpe,a must for every student of military history and fan of Sharpe.It provides chapters devoted to each book and a glossary of characters,both real and fictional,complete with illustrations and a section of photographs taken by Bernard Cornwell while researching the Indian campaigns,plus maps of every battle and skirmish Sharpe fought in.Throughout,the fascinating historical and military background is brought to life with contemporary anecdotes and eye-witness accounts of battle. Since the original 'Companion' (see my book ID rja24347,a s/back 1st edn) was published in 2000,Sharpe has marched on. His exploits are now too many to fit into a single volume,so this first volume of the revised and expanded 'Companion' focuses on Sharpe' life up to the age of thirty: his boyhood in London,his experiences as a recruit,and his rise through the ranks during the Indian campaigns,the special mission that took him to Denmark,and his part in the Battle of Trafalgar.A must for every student of military history and an essential addition to every Sharpe fan's library. Please contact seller,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!

Stock number: rja721917. ISBN: 0007144822.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

ADKIN**, MARK:
THE Sharpe COMPANION: A detailed historical and military guide to Bernard Cornwell's bestselling series of Sharpe novels.

Imprint: LONDON.HarperCollinsPublishers;1998.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

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 to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by David Scutt,background illustrated dw/dj,with wrap-around,superimposed glossy illustration of crossed bayonetted rifle and cavalry sword and other military accoutrements to front panel of dw/dj,with bright,crisp,glossy gilt-bordered red lettered title and black-edged gilt lettered author's name and other black sub-title lettering to front panel of dw/dj,black-edged gilt lettering to a slightly sunned/faded spine/backstrip;rear panel of dw/dj with brown+ black lettered bestselling list of Sharpe novels and a critic' brown lettered review.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,or creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean without any foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – virtually pristine,possibly unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and same,a headband,and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xvi-xxiipp+2-322pp [paginated] includes Bernard Cornwell foreword,Adkin's introduction,16 chapters,one on Sharpe himself, the other 14 on the Sharpe novels (from Sharpe's Eagle to Sharpe's Devil - omitting 'Sharpe's Triumph','Sharpe's Christmas'),40 b/w maps,6 b/w sketches,5 b/w diagrams;16pp b/w plates in 2 blocks of 8pp between pp106-7 and pp202-03 respectively, abbreviations used in the text and glossary,a glossary,and a bibliography.Plus [unpaginated] half-title,publisher's list of Adkin's other titles,b/w thumbnail of S. Essex Regimental flag illustrated title page,contents list/table with blank verso,list/table of b/w list of maps,b/w sketches and b/w diagrams, abbreviations used in text with b/w diagram of symbols used on maps to its reverse,recto of foreword,and to the rear, 8pp blanks.[Bibliography incorrectly paginated with pp221 in Contents list/table - shold read pp321.] Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for book's age and subject matter. It is only the exterior fault described that prevents a deserving and slightly higher grading for the dw/dj.Despite that,it really is an exceptional example for its cleanliness and brightness. The character of Richard Sharpe first saw print in 1981 and since then he has soldiered through seventeen novels (then 1998) and the whole Peninsular War to the Battle of Waterloo. Latterly,his early days in India have also been chronicled in the latest books in Bernard Cornwell's bestselling series.A number of acclaimed television films,starring Sean Bean, have brought Sharpe and his doughty band of Riflemen to an even wider audience.  Mark Adkin is a highly respected military historian and former soldier,as well as being a long-standing admirer of the Sharpe novels.In The Sharpe Companion he has produced the definitive guide to the historical and military background of the characters and events in the series.It can be used to accompany the novels or simply read on its own for the wealth of fascinating detail and anecdote that it provides.Beautifully illustrated,complete with pictures of famous battle scenes and characters and maps of the many battles and skirmishes Sharpe was involved in.  'The Sharpe Companion' is an indispensable guide to the life and times of Richard Sharpe,a must for every student of military history and fan of Sharpe. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,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: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                                                                   

Stock number: rja1031222. ISBN: 0002558173.

£ 35.00 (approx. $US 45.55 )

ADKINS**, ROY & LESLEY:
JACK TAR: Life in Nelson's Navy.

Imprint: LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN/LITTLE BROWN BOOK GROUP,2008.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,contemporary period colour pictorial illustrated front panel with b/w,blue+ red lettering,colour thumbnail miniaturised front illustration to head of spine/back along with red,white and pale grey lettering part-title and authors' names respectively to a sunned(?) pale blue background,rear panel grey background with critics' white+pale grey lettered reviews; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corner - no nicks, tears or splits present.Top edges with light toning and faint,sporadic dust flecking,fore-edges similarly toned and with sporadic foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean and unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain navy-blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt-lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate b/w contemporary period b/w comic cartoon repeated illustrated endpapers. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 14 year age. It is only the exterior faults that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite them, it really is still a a more than acceptable copy for its cleanliness and brightness. When Lord Nelson,Britain's greatest hero,was born 250 years ago (then 2008),the navy for which he sacrificed his life depended on one thing above all else: the thousands of sailors and marines who manned the great wind-powered wooden warships.These ordinary men were drawn - often unwillingly - from all ove rBritain and beyond,and they made the Royal Navy invincible through skill,courage and sheer determination. Yet their contribution has frequently been overlooked,while the officers who led them became celebrities. 'Jack Tar' gives these forgotten men a voice in an exciting, enthralling,often unexpected and always entertaining picture of what their life was really like during this age of sail.Personal letters,diaries and other manuscripts reveal how these men - and even some women and children - lived,worked,fought and died on board the warships.Their emotions and experiences are explored,from the dread of press-gangs,shipwreck and disease to the exhilaration of battle,grog, prize-money and prsotitutes. 'Jack Tar' is a vibrant and gripping account of this wooden world at war. Roy and Lesley Adkins are husband-and-wife writers and archaeologists,the bestselling authors of over eighteen widely acclaimed books on social and naval history,archaeology,ancient Rome,ancient Greece and Egyptology. Their books include the bestselling 'Jack Tar', 'Trafalgar', 'The War for All the Oceans', 'Empires of the Plain' and 'The Keys of Egypt' and have so far been translated into sixteen languages worldwide.' Roy and Lesley Adkins are elected Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London and Members of the Institute for Archaeologists. For further information about them and their books,see their website .adkinshistory.com Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,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: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja1043523. ISBN: 9781408700549.

£ 30.00 (approx. $US 39.04 )

ADKINS**, ROY:
Trafalgar - The Biography of a Battle. **

Imprint: LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN,2004.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

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 Larry Rostant,illustrated front panel of dw/dj, with capitalised,white lettered author name and sub-title.bright,crisp,embossed gilt-lettered part-title (Trafalgar) to front panel of dw/dj, with thumbnail colour painting detail to head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj with capitalised black-lettered author name on thumbnail detail,flat printed gilt-lettered part-title (Trafalgar) and capitalised white lettered sub-title with b/w illustrated+lettered publisher's colophon to foot,rear pane with b/w painting detail reproduction from The Battle of Trafalgar of 'Captain Harvey of the Temeraire,with part of his brave ship's company,clearing the deck of the French and Spaniards who had succeeded in boarding and striking the British flag' (National maritime Museum). Negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Majority of light creasing with minimal curl is to the top edges of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges though very lightly toned,are still bright and clean with one tiny blemish on fore-edge - but no 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 plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a b/w striped headband and immaculate b/w line illustrations of ships' outlines and key,to pastedowns and endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,x-xxiiipp+2- 392pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,an illustrations list/table, an Introduction,a Prologue,15 chapters,24pp (16pp b/w & 8pp colour) contemporary 19thC b/w illus reproductions and historical colour painting details,in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp72/3,pp200/01 and pp296/7 respectively,Ships and their Captains, Notes, Acknowledgements,Selected reading,a Bibliography and an Index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a b/w facsimile 1805 nautical chart,a dedication,and maps+plans list/table. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age.It is only the minimal exterior faults that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite them, it really is still an exceptional,exemplary copy for its cleanliness and brightness. See my book ID rja692317 for a UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, author SIGNED,1st edn example of this same title. This is the true story of the Battle of Trafalgar,Britain's most significant sea battle, as seen through the smoke-hazed gunports of the fighting ships.In an atmosphere of choking fumes from cannon and musket fire,amid noise so intense it was almost tangible,the crews of the British,French and Spanish ships did their best to carry out their allotted tasks. For over five hours they were in constant danger from a terrifying array of iron and lead missiles fired from enemy guns,as well as the deadly wooden splinters smashed from the ships' hulls by the cannon-balls. While the men manoeuvred the ships and kept the cannons firing,the women helped the surgeons tend the sick or helped the boys - the 'powder monkeys' - in the hazardous job of carrying gunpowder cartridges from the central magazine to the gun decks. Trafalgar set the seal on British naval supremacy,which became the mainspring for the growth of the British Empire,and in the short term not only prevented Napoleon from invading Britain,but also enabled Britain and its Continental allies to mount the campaign that would eventually defeat the French Emperor: without Trafalgar there would be no Waterloo. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,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: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja1055723. ISBN: 0316725110.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

ADRIAN EDMUNDSON; DAWN FRENCH; NIGEL PLANER; PETER RICHARDSON & JENNIFER SAUNDERS:
The Comic Strip Presents - FIVE GO MAD IN DORSET,WAR,the beat generation,BAD NEWS TOUR,Summer School and BACK TO NORMAL WITH EDDIE MONSOON.

Imprint: LONDON.METHUEN,1983.
Edition: UK,8vo wraps,p/b original,1st edn.
Binding: Paperback original., No dw/dj,wraps - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo wraps,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 origina and sometimes,even world wide.] VG+.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour illustrated wraps with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges or corners.Top+fore-edges lightly aged; fore-edge minimally thumbed, contents bright,tight and clean.UK,8vo s/back original,9-160pp includes double-page title page,a b/w photograph vignette illustrated foreword,6 complete b/w photographic illustrated scripts of the films; 5 of which were for the Channel Four TV series. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct [insured of uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is 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 the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja25577. ISBN: 0413537803.

£ 26.00 (approx. $US 33.84 )

AGNEW**, PAUL:
FINNEY - a football legend.**

Imprint: UK.PRESTON,LANCS.CARNEGIE PRESS,1989.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,b/w subject sports photographic illustrated upper wrap; 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 near pristine.Publisher's unblemished, original plain blue cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,2-272pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,foreword by Billy Wright,17 chapters+conclusion,statistical analysis, Acknowledgements,Note on the illustrations,80pp b/w contemporary photographs/illus etc.,in 3 blocks of 32pp,16pp,and 32pp respectively throughout the book and text,an index; plus [unpaginated] title page and dedication. Arguably the greatest English footballer ever. His playing skills were unrivalled and he packed stadiums wherever he played. During the 1940's and '50's,Finney dazzled both defenders and spectators with his spectacular runs on the wings,scoring 30 goals for England and no fewer than 210 during 14 seasons for Preston North End.He was strong,very fast, completely two-footed and extremely agile. He played in three separate positions - on both wings and at centre-forward. Avoiding the limelight,but still passionately involved in the game today,Tom's opinions on football are as refreshing as they are forthright.He believes that the standard of play is just as high as in his own day,though lacking the same entertainment value and hampered by players and managers who are determined to win whatever the cost or consequences. Finney was always more than just a footballer. He was - and is - a tremendous ambassador for a game which has received more than its fair share of adverse media coverage in recent years.Never booked or sent off in his entire career,Finney was the perfect gentleman on and off the field - modest, unassuming and loyal.A unique and exciting study of one of the greatest sportsmen of our time. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,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: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja352210. ISBN: 0948789298.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

D'AGUIAR**, FRED:
Feeding the Ghosts.**

Imprint: LONDON.CHATTO & WINDUS,1997.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, clean,glossy,colour pictorial illustrated wrap-around artwork by Marianna Kennedy with white letters dw/dj,with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges very lightly aged but clean,contents bright, tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners. Bright,clean,grey paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine /backstrip; miniscule bump to front bd's upper edge with some minimal fading/ sunning to same edge and immaculate, unmarked,plain dark green eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-230pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,prologue, 13 chapters and an epilogue. Returning from Africa,the Zong - a slave ship - falls prey to disease which spreads quickly through its human cargo.Captain Cunningham orders his crew to seize sick men,women and children and to throw them overboard.One hundred and thirty-two slaves are thrown to their deaths.They are lost to history,their bodies registered as strokes in the Captain's log,their names never set down.But one slave survives drowning by climbing back onto the ship and hiding in the food store. From there she attempts to rouse the slaves to rebel against the killings, becoming a secret force on the ship, stirring up unease among the crew,a voice and a conscience they seem unable to silence. On his arrival back in London,Captain Cunningham submits an insurance claim for the loss,confident that he will receive full compensation for the sick slaves.But the claim is challenged,and the voice of the slave who returned from the dead is heard again. Fred D'Aguiar's powerful new (then 1997 - and his third to date) novel is about history and distortions of the truth, about the importance of memory and testimony in the struggle against oblivion.Richly atmospheric,full of suspense,profoundly moving,this is undoubtedly D'Aguiar's finest book to date. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja24017. ISBN: 0701166681.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )