Anon:
TV COMIC ANNUAL - 1968.

Imprint: LONDON.TV Publications Ltd.,1968.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB, no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.VG.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (9/6d) to front free endpaper.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial cartoon-esque artwork illustrated front board with TV shows' [Adam Adamant,Dr WHO+Daleks (Troughton),and Orlando] & comics' cartoons [Popeye+Olive Oyl,Beetle Bailey,Mighty Moth,Diddy Men and Tivvy] characters,all on a big dipper ride with red+yellow lettering,clean colour illustrated endpapers,a sunned/faded spine with yellow lettering+date (1968),rear board with a colour pictorial illustrated dice+counter Space game and How to play instructions; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping and creading to edges and corners, some minimal bumping,fraying+ rubbing with minimal paper loss at head of spine,foot just minimally bumped - but no major nicks,tears or splits present.All corner tips gently turned inwards and some minimal,superficial scoring to either board.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,5-93pp [paginated] includes the 7 cartoon characters in a mixture of either colour or 3-colour block,several cartoon strips each,2 jokes' pages in similar 3-colour illustrated cartoons,2 Dr Who cartoon stories - 1 in colour,the other in 3-colour blosk illustration,1 Adam Adamant story in 3-colour block illustration,2 Orlando stories in 3-colour block and colour illustrated,also included activities How To? quiz,9 assorted puzzle pages only 2pp of which,are unattempted or adulterated. 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. That 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.**

Stock number: rja957021. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 14.00 (approx. $US 18.22 )

Anon:
TV EXPRESS ANNUAL - 1961.

Imprint: LONDON.TV Publications Ltd.,1961.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn. [Formerly 'EXPRESS ANNUAL' and the first of the only two annual's issues.] VG++. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (9/6) to b/w photographic illustrated front free endpaper.Bright,crisp,clean,glazed, colour pictorial TV western GUN LAW characters to front cover with pale blue,red letters,black lettered date,unlettered spine/backstrip,rear cover with trio of British mediaeval warriors and similar letters as per front cover; with negligble shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present and very,very minimal,minor superficial scoring to same.Top edge aged/toned with minimal sporadic foxing/spotting,fore-edges brighter and cleaner without blemish; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no foxing/spotting - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,6-156pp [paginated. Collection of boys' vintage TV action and adventure comic strips and illustrated stories, along with True-Life features,full-colour pages; Magic tricks,Wee Sporty cartoon strips (2),Ship of the century,Ships of the World,Clan Tartans, Mother of Parliaments,and Future science and 2pp general knowledge quizzes. 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 or postage 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: rja957221. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 18.00 (approx. $US 23.43 )

Anon - uncredited:
PROGRAMME of the Ceremonial Opening of Takoradi Harbour on Tuesday, 3rd April, 1928, and visit of Rt. Hon. J.H. Thomas. P.C.,L.L.D.,M.P.

Imprint: Uncredited.
Edition: 12mo paper wraps,1st edn.
Binding: Wraps., No dw/dj - wraps - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

Slim 12mo paper wraps,1st edn.[Non-credited author,similarly for the publisher but complete text is in English.] No owner inscrptn and no price to wrapper.VG+. Publisher's original but slightly aged,pale green paper covers with black lettering within a decorative and lined border to front cover,a pale green cotton threaded sewn signature tie to spine,and a plain rear cover; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,corner tips with tiny curls but no nicks,tears or splits present.Yapped cover's extend beyond contents fore-edges. Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned; contents bright,tight, clean,sollid and sound - text body near pristine without foxing/spotting. Slim 12mo paper wraps,1st edn,4-17pp [paginated] includes the 8-day visit's itinerary; plus [unpaginated] 2pp blanks, table of Governor's staff and appointed staff to visitors with list/table of Harbour Opening Ceremony Committee to its reverse,first page of itinerary and to the rear an inserted gatefold,b/w seating plan for the ceremony. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for it's age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral paper item,and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior faults/appearance described that prevent a higher grading. An interesting item to appeal to trade union and colonial historians alike. Takoradi Harbour is in the Western region of Ghana,located in the industrial district of Sekondi-Tokoradi and is the oldest harbour in Ghana.The Takoradi harbour and the Tema Harbour are the only harbours in Ghana. The idea for the construction of the port was first advocated in 1895 by consulting engineers of the British Government.The engineers proposed the harbour when constructed,could serve both as a terminal port for the Tarkwa railway project and aa a naval port to serve the British empire in war times.The site for the harbour was proposed at the Amanful village which sat in the bay of the harbour today.The construction of the port begun in 1921 by then governor of the Gold Coast,Sir Gordon Guggisberg and was completed in 1928. The Takoradi harbour is 230 kilometres from Accra,the capital of Ghana.Nowadays, the port receives and exports high volumes of cargo serving as the main export port for Ghana.It now also serves the international trade purposes of land locked countries in the Sahel region of Africa - some of the countries are include Mali,Burkina Faso and Niger,transitting large volumes of cargo for these countries. This is the ceremonial opening of same's official programme of that event.The Harbour declared officially opened by the Rt Hon. J.H. Thomas, P.C., L.L.D., M.P. He was later that day in the visit,to also inspect the Takoradi Railway Terminus,for which there was also an official commemorative book produced. James Henry Thomas [b. 3rd October,1874 – d. 21st January,1949] sometimes known as Jimmy Thomas or Jim Thomas,was a Welsh trade unionist and Labour (later National Labour) politician,elected to Parliament in 1910 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby. He began work at twelve years of age,soon starting a career as a railway worker.He became an official of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants and in 1913 helped to organise its merger with two smaller trade unions on the railways to form the National Union of Railwaymen (NUM) - now part of the RMT. Thomas was elected NUR general secretary in 1916,a post he held until 1931.He was the general secretary during the successful national rail strike of 1919 that was jointly called by the NUR and ASLEF against proposed wage reductions.In 1921 Thomas played a leading role in the Black Friday crisis, in which rail and transport unions failed to come to the aid of the miners,who were facing wage reductions. Before the 1926 General Strike the TUC (Trades Union Congress) asked Thomas to negotiate with Stanley Baldwin's Conservative Government,but the talks were unsuccessful and the strike went ahead. He was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies in the incoming Labour government of 1924 under Ramsay MacDonald. In the second Labour government of 1929 Thomas was made Lord Privy Seal with special responsibility for employment.He became Secretary of State for the Dominions in 1930 and retained that position in Ramsay MacDonald's National Government (1931–1935).As a result of joining the National Government he was expelled from the Labour Party and the NUR.For the first few months of the National Government in 1931 he also served as Colonial Secretary once more.One of the problems he had to cope with was the Australian cricket bodyline affair,which he said was one of the most difficult he faced. Thomas served as Secretary of State for the Colonies once more from 1935 until May 1936,when he was forced to resign from politics.It was revealed that he had been entertained by stock exchange speculators and had dropped heavy hints as to tax changes planned in the budget.For example, while playing golf,he shouted "Tee up!", which was taken as a suggestion that the duties on tea were to rise.[WiKi] 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?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: rja995022. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 45.00 (approx. $US 58.56 )

ANONYMOUS:
JUDAR AND THE Magic Treasure. [ Jack and Jill BOOK No. 15.]

Imprint: LONDON.FLEETWAY PUBLICATIONS LTD.,1962.
Edition: UK,12mo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG+. Girl's pencilled Christian name to font free endpaper and no price-clip (2/6) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,matt,clean - with very light grubbing - pink background with colour pictorial artwork illustration to front panel of dw/dj with green+black lettering,black lettered spine/backstrip, rear panel plain pink apart from black lettered publisher name in the centre; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - small closed tears to top corners+head of spine, miniscule chipping to both head+foot of the spine too - no other major nicks,tears or splits present.Bright,crisp,clean,matt beige paper-covered boards with black line illustration to front cover with black lettering,black lettered spine/backstrip, rear panel plain beige without illustration or text,pink,clean pale pink+ white illustrated endpapers+ pastedowns. Top+fore-edges clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,44pp [unpaginated] includes b/w line illustrated title page with story text to its reverse,23 full page,full-colour illustrations with opposing text to each,the last illustration with list of 16 titles in the series,to its reverse. Book not dis-similar to Ladybird book format and design.A well preserved item and well presented. The story of a poor fisher boy who helps a magician and finds himself well rewarded. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - 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. Available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** This item offered P+p included, available UK only. ** 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: rja. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 7.50 (approx. $US 9.76 )

ANSNES, RAGNHILD LUND:
LIVERPOOL CAPTAINS: A Journey Of Leadership From The Pitch.

Imprint: UK.LIVERPOOL.deCoubertin Books Ltd.,2016.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Stated First Edition.] FINE/FINE.As new,wrapped and protected from day of issue/purchase,so NO owner inscrptn and NO price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, colour photograph [Gerrard on a floodlight football pitch] illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with glossy,capitalised,white-lettered title+sub-title and author's name; black spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+ lettered author+title as front and publisher's white-lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with 14 interviewee's glossy, circular,colour photographic thumbnail portraits,11 of which are superimposed to a blackboard with chalk drawn football field,as a schematic team formation and other white lettering listing them.Top+fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,soild and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettered spine/backstrip,a red+ yellow striped headband,and immaculate colour photographic illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xiiipp+1-265pp [paginated] includes Contents list/table,a Foreword by Roy Evans,16 chapters each with an [unpaginated] subject's b/w portrait separator page,author's Acknowledgements,and a Biblography with blank verso; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with blank verso,and to the rear,a further 8pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional,exemplary copy for its cleanliness and brightness. Never before have so many Anfield legends opened up so freely about their personal lives in print. In 'Liverpool Captains', R. Lund Ansnes meets many of the club's greatest figures; taking you beyond the walls of the training ground and into their homes, uncovering the human impact of leadership. The themes of identity, motivation, teamwork and loyalty are consistent but Ansnes analyses how the role of the captain has changed over the last 55 years since the appointment of Ron Yeats by Bill Shankly. Yeats, indeed, is one of her 16 interviewees and like Tommy Smith after him, Ansnes details the devastating effect of Alzheimer's Disease upon their lives. Ragnhild meets Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher and other former captains such as Paul Ince whose story involves an improbable rise from abandoned child to captain of club and country. An author of two Liverpool books - 'Liverpool FC.' and 'Liverpool Hearts' both in 2010, she was also the Editor for the Norwegian translation of Bill Shankly's autobiography. Ansnes spent three years travelling across Europe getting to know the legends. The outcome is a revealing portrait of life at Anfield, showing sides of players you have never seen before. 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja1055923. ISBN: 9781909245426.

£ 18.99 (approx. $US 24.71 )

ANTHONY, G. H:
The Tavistock, Launceston & Princetown Railways.

Imprint: UK.SURREY.OAKWOOD PRESS,1971.
Edition: UK,small 8vo wraps,1st edn.
Binding: Wraps., No dw/dj,as issued,card wraps.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,small 8vo wraps,1st edn.VG+.No owner inscrptn.Light shelf-wear wraps edges and some light grubbing to wraps.Photographic upper wrap, listed titles to rear wrap. Uk,small 8vo wraps,1st edn,102pp includes b/w track plans,10pp b/w photographs and a list of references.No.29 in the Oakwood Library of Railway History series. 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: rjap1594. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 5.99 (approx. $US 7.80 )

APPS, MICHAEL:
THE FOUR ARK ROYALS.

Imprint: LONDON.WILLIAM KIMBER & CO. LIMITED,1976.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj with white lettering to front panel and spine/backstrip,rear panel plain blue; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top edges minimally and faintly dust-soiled with sporadic foxing/spotting,fore-edges without foxing/spotting but all generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no foxing/spotting and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and clean plain white endpapers with slight off-set foxing from dw/dj inner flaps.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,12-256pp [paginated] includes an introduction,9 chapters, 24pp historical and contemporary b/w photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,b/w diagrams+maps similalrly interspersed,a Bibliography,Appendices(6) and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a Contents list/table with Acknowledgements to its verso, Illustrations list/table,and a Foreword by Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Fell,KCB,DSO,DSC. This edition is now out-of-print as the publisher ceased trading in the late 1980's.The company was bought by Thorsons in 1988,and therefore ceased publishing under that name. Thorsons was purchased by William Collins in 1989.William Collins became wholly owned by News Corporation in 1990,and was then incorporated into HarperCollins Publishers.The name of William Kimber has not been used for publishing since that,making all previously published titles by them,out-of-print,under that name.      The aircraft carrier has played a vital role in the war at sea during the sixty years of the Fleet Air Arm's existence.And of ll the ship's names,that of 'Ark Royal' is one of the best known.In all,there have been four Ark Royals, three of them aircraft carriers,and the last is still in commission (then 1976),though the end of her career is in sight.The first 'Ark Royal' was a 16thC galleon,the flagship of the Lord High Admiral of England,Lord Howard of Effingham,and fought in the Armada.The next 'Ark Royal' fought in a very different age; intended as a merchant ship,she was converted into a sea-plane carrier to serve at the Dardanelles and the Gallipoli landings.Renamed the 'Pegasus',she lived on to the Second World War as a fighter catapult ship.The third 'Ark Royal' was perhaps the best known and best loved of all ships in the second World War,taking part in some of its most stirring battles.She was sunk off Gibraltar having played a crucial part in the sinking of the 'Bismarck'.The fourth 'Ark Royal' was launched in 1950,and is facing the challenge of the future as new types of warships are developed. Michael Apps,formerly of the Fleet Air Arm,and author of 'Send her Victorious', traces the history and development of the four 'Ark Royals',with an emphasis on the outstanding actions they have fought in.This is a book for all interested in what is surely one of England's greatest and imperishable heritages - her naval history. 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. ALL buyers please note,that 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 any inexpensive 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: rja723217. ISBN: 071830344X.

£ 30.00 (approx. $US 39.04 )

APSLEY**, BRENDA - Edited by:
DOCTOR WHO: JOURNEY THROUGH TIME.**

Imprint: USA.NY,CRESCENT BOOKS,1986.
Edition: US,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

US,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.No owner inscrptn,and no clip to dw/dj - unpriced - but diagonal clip to top,right-hand corner of ffe (price removal?).Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj - design repeated to laminated boards - with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine,an unread copy? US,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-189pp [paginated] includes 30 stories/strips in 3 colour block strip format,and colour illustrated stories.Story contributors include the above editor,Charles Pemberton and Lesley Scott. Back in 1963 a strange character appeared for the first time on our television screens - Dr Who,a timeless,ageless traveller through time and space.His adventures have fascinated fans ever since,and this new collection of stories and strips features all six of the Doctor's metamorphoses (then 1986). When Doctor Who first appeared on British TV screens more than twenty years ago (then 1986), the series was scheduled to run for six weeks, but such was the popularity of the time-traveller's adventures that the programme is still running (now 2010). Through various regenerations into men of very different appearance and character the doctor has thrilled millions of fans all over the world,and the series is now the world's longest-running TV sci-fi series. In this new collection of adventures the Doctor is featured in his many guises,travelling through the time-space votrex in the familiar TARDIS to battle the forces of evil in its many forms. 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. 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: rja389711. ISBN: 0517479818.

£ 17.50 (approx. $US 22.77 )

ARBERY, LEN:
Catching Big TENCH.

Imprint: UK.NEWTON ABBOT,DEVON.DAVID & CHARLES,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/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj. Colour photographic dw/dj with light creasing to edges and one small closed tear to head of spine/backstrip on rear panel.Green paper-covered boards with gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,159pp includes b/w frntis+photographs,b/w line illus+ diagrams,address list,a bibliography and an index. Some angling writers in the past have considered tench to be capricious,but in this book methods and techniques are described which dispel any such notion. With the right approach tench,and big ones too,can be caught regularly by anyone who is prepared to put in the necessary time and effort.Suitable big tench waters are described,and where in these waters the tench are likely to be found.Baits are discussed,and recipes given for successful 'boilies' and other 'specials'. The author also explains the important matter of bite detection best suited to various conditions,and there are exciting stories of large catches of big tench and, more importantly,why these successes were achieved.The author is a well known and respected angling writer and photographer, whose approach to angling has been influenced by five men: through Dick Walker's and Fred J.Taylor's writings, and by the friendship and guidance of Bob Buteux,Kevin Clifford and Bill Quinlan both on and off the bank. These influences have helped him achieve an enviable list of big fish,including one 9lb tench and eight over 8lb.The book is illustrated with photographs and explanatory drawings and diagrams. Anyone interested in big fish in general, or big tench in particular,cannot help but find helpful advice within these pages. Publisher ceased trading mid 1980's,so this edn is now out of print. Please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja947. ISBN: 0715392212.

£ 16.00 (approx. $US 20.82 )

ARCHER**, JEFFREY:
CAT O'NINE TALES.**

Imprint: LONDON.MACMILLAN,2006.
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.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/NFINE. 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.Head of spine/backstrip and rear top edges minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean,but with light ageing/toning - as usual/normal - contents bright,tight and clean also.Bright,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a red+yellow striped headband and immaculate plain red endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,ixpp+3-254pp [paginated] includes foreword,12 short stories,13 full-page and profuse part-page b/w line illustrations by Ronald Searle,throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,contents list/table and 6pp blanks to rear. Author's 5th collection of short stories. Ingeniously plotted,with richly drawn characters and deliciously unexpected conclusions,and with the added bonus of illustrations by the internationally acclaimed artist,Ronald Searle. While incarcerated for two years in five different prisons,Jeffrey Archer picked up several ideas for short stories.They range from a tale of 'The Man Who Robbed His Own Post Office' to the story of a company chairman who tried to poison his wife while on a trip to St Petersburg - both with unexpected consequences. In another,'Maestro' an Italian restaurateur ends up in jail,unable to explain to the tax man how he can afford a yacht,a Ferrari and a home in Florence,while only declaring a profit of £100,000 a year. 'The Red King' is a tale about a con man who discovers that an English Lord requires one more chess piece to complete a set that would be worth a fortune.In another tale of deception, 'The Commissioner',a Bombay con artist ends up in the morgue after he uses the police chief as bait in his latest scam. 'The Alibi' reveals how a convict manages to remove an old enemy while he's locked up in jail,and then set up two prison officers as his alibi. In total contrast is the accountant,who,in 'Charity Begins at Home',realizes he has achieved nothing in his life and sets out to make a fortune before he retires. And then there is Archer's favourite,which he came across after leaving prison,'In the Eye of the Beholder',where a handsome premier division footballer falls in love with a twenty-stone woman . . who just happens to be the ninth richest woman in Italy. 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja542615. ISBN: 140503257X.

£ 12.00 (approx. $US 15.62 )

ARCHER**, JEFFREY:
CAT O'NINE TALES.**

Imprint: LONDON.MACMILLAN,2006.
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.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£16.99) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,colour illustrated dw/dj with gilt and white lettering; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Head of spine/ backstrip and rear top edges minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean also - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears an unread copy - apart from my own collation.Bright,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,a red+gold striped headband and immaculate plain red endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,ixpp+3-254pp [paginated] includes foreword,12 short stories,13 full-page and profuse part-page b/w line illustrations by Ronald Searle throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, dedication,contents list/table and 6pp blanks to rear. Author's 5th collection of short stories. Ingeniously plotted,with richly drawn characters and deliciously unexpected conclusions,and with the added bonus of illustrations by the internationally acclaimed artist,Ronald Searle. While incarcerated for two years in five different prisons,Jeffrey Archer picked up several ideas for short stories.They range from a tale of 'The Man Who Robbed His Own Post Office' to the story of a company chairman who tried to poison his wife while on a trip to St Petersburg - both with unexpected consequences.In another,'Maestro' an Italian restauranteur ends up in jail,unable to explain to the tax man how he can afford a yacht,a Ferrari and a home in Florence,while only declaring a profit of £100,000 a year. 'The Red King' is a tale about a con man who discovers that an English Lord requires one more chess piece to complete a set that would be worth a fortune.In another tale of deception, 'The Commissioner',a Bombay con artist ends up in the morgue after he uses the police chief as bait in his latest scam. 'The Alibi' reveals how a convict manages to remove an old enemy while he's locked up in jail,and then set up two prison officers as his alibi. In total contrast is the accountant,who,in 'Charity Begins at Home',realizes he has achieved nothing in his life and sets out to make a fortune before he retires. And then there is Archer's favourite,which he came across after leaving prison,'In the Eye of the Beholder',where a handsome premier division footballer falls in love with a twenty-stone woman . . who just happens to be the ninth richest woman in Italy. 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja620516. ISBN: 140503257X.

£ 12.00 (approx. $US 15.62 )

ARCHER**, JEFFREY:
TELL TALE. [Author SIGNED**,Limited edn.]

Imprint: LONDON.MACMILLAN,2017.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED Limited edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author SIGNED - without dedication.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,Limited edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2. Though a Limited edn,limitation number is not specified.] NMINT/NMINT - virtually as new.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,montage'd colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with bright, embossed,fluorescent red gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a white+silver striped headband and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2- 233pp+1-38pp (pre-publication taster: a foreword and first 4 chapters of forthcoming 'Heads You Win.' novel) [paginated] includes 14 short stories and 4 chapters from forthcoming novel; plus [unpaginated] half-title and between that and the title page the author's own handwritten, black ink signature - without dedication - to the (unspecified number) Limitation page,a dedication with Thanks to its verso,author's foreword,a Contents list/table,individual story title separator pages and at the rear,2pp blanks. Nearly a decade after his last volume of short stories ('Clifton Chronicles') was published, Archer returns with his eagerly awaited,brand-new collection 'Tell Tale.',giving us a fascinating,exciting and sometimes poignant insight into the people he has met,the stories he has come across and the countries he has visited during the past ten years.These tales are marked with an asterisk,while the remainder are the result of his imagination. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct [inusred,or uninsured at own risk] 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: rja848419. ISBN: 9781447252290.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

ARCHER**, JEFFREY:
Tell Tale. ** [Author SIGNED copy. ** One of a Limited SIGNED edn. **]

Imprint: LONDON.MACMILLAN/an imprint of Pan Macmillan,2017.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,Limited 1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author SIGNED 0 withou tdedication.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication to a special inserted Limitation [unspecified] page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around,matt,montaged colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with authors' names in capitalised,embossed metallic red letters, similarly coloured and lettered THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER credit and embossed metallic red lettered title,an adhesive 'Signed copy' roundel - all to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name+title as the front's and publisher’s capitalised,red metallic lettered name and illustrated colophon respectively,to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with repeated front's photograph minus the couple's figures and critics' black+red lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – top two corners mininsculely bumped - but no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges with some minimal toning,fore-edges brighter and cleaner,also without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher’s bright,crisp,clean/unblemished, generally sharp-cornered,original plain burgundy cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettering,a pale blue+white striped headband,and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,collection of short stories and to the rear,4 chapters of the (November,20187) forthcoming new title 'Heads You Win' stand alone novel with author's Foreword; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author Signed Limitation page,title page,a dedication with thanks to its reverse,author Foreword (2017),a Contents list/table,story's individual separator pagesand to the rear,2pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and even internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really is still an exemplary example for its cleanliness and lack of detracting faults.    A brand-new collection 'Tell Tale', gives a fascinating, exciting and sometimes poignant insight into the people he has met,the stories he has come across and the countries he has visited during the past ten years. Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to find out 'Who Killed the Mayor?' And the pretentious schoolboy in 'A Road to Damascus', whose discovery of the origins of his father's wealth changes his life in the most profound way.Revel in the stories of the 1930s woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League University in 'A Gentleman and A Scholar' while another young woman who thumbs a lift gets more than she bargained for in 'A Wasted Hour.'        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: rja1130224. ISBN: 9781447252290.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

ARCHER**, JEFFREY:
The Sins of the Father. THE CLIFTON CHRONICLES - VOLUME TWO. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

Imprint: LONDON.MACMILLAN/PAN MACMILLAN,2012.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author SIGNED - without dedication.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's trademark, recognisable handwritten,black felt-tip pen ink signature - without dedication - to title page, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,colour photograph illustrated dw/dj panels +spine/backstrip with bright,crisp,embossed gilt letters to front+spine,rear panel with white lettered critics' reviews; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present,though book has a slight lean.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – near pristine,appears unread, apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and clean plain gold/gilt coloured sets of endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED, 1st edn,3-383pp [paginated] includes individual familial characters (Cliftons + Barringtons) episodic time span (1939-45) chapters - 46 in total; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED,non-dedicated title page,a dedication (imaginary/real?), author's thanks,Barringtons + Cliftons genealogical family tree charts,an epigram,and individual character episode separator pages and 4pp blanks to the rear. Author'S 2nd title in the 7-volume familial saga (2011-2016). Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the slight book lean described that prevents a slightly higher grading. A sweeping multi-generational saga of fate, fortune,and redemption,the 'Clifton Chronicles' continue in the latest epic masterwork from international bestselling author. It is only days before Britain declares war on Germany.Harry Clifton,hoping to escape the consequences of a family scandal,and realizing he can never marry Emma Barrington,has joined the Merchant Navy.When a German U-boat sinks his ship,Harry and a handful of sailors are rescued by the SS Kansas Star,among them an American named Tom Bradshaw.That night,when Bradshaw dies,Harry seizes a chance to bury his past - by assuming the man's identity. When Harry lands in America,he is arrested for the murder of Tom Bradshaw's brother. Alone,accused,and unable to prove his true identity,Harry is now chained to a past that could be worse than what (that) he left behind - but destined for a future that would be greater than he ever dreamed. . . 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: rja1003822. ISBN: 9780230748231.

£ 30.00 (approx. $US 39.04 )

ARCHER,FRED:
THE VILLAGE OF MY CHILDHOOD.

Imprint: UK.GLOUCESTER.ALAN SUTTON PUBLISHING,1989.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with black and brown lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Minimal bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of dw/dj's spine/ backstrip.Internally to dw/dj,both head+ foot of same slightly affected by waterstaining and light bleeding from the black cloth boards (bds).Some minor scoring+indents to both panels of dw/dj - but without adversely affecting the bds beneath.Top edges bright but very lightly foxed/spotted,fore-edges bright and cleaner; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, generally clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and generally bright, clean plain white eps.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,v-viipp+1-174pp [paginated] includes contents list/table with b/w map of village of Ashton-under-Hill to recto of last page of contents table,11 chapters,profuse contemporary scenic and biographical photographs (many from the author's personal collection),8 full-page colour paintings all interspersed throughout the text and the book.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and 2pp blanks at rear. Fred Archer's anecdotes,illustrated with over 50 of his own photographs and 8 pages of colour illustrations,bring to life this lost village of his childhood. The village has its cornerstones: the old doctor who goes on his rounds with his gun; the chapel elder with a gift for water-divining; the biblical old shepherd; the cowman who knows so much of life and is so content with it. There are also eccentrics: the artist who fires his muzzle-loader up into the apple tree every 5 November; Jasper Hill,the coalman,whose thrifty wife feeds him on pastry lard,and who shouts at the referee as he watches the village football team from the plum tree at the bottom of his garden; Ponto,who sleeps rough and is the butt of village practical jokers. Then,there are annual events,relished by all: sprout picking championships,village fetes,ploughing against a 'skinny wind from Russia',racing down the village street on home-made stilts or down the slope of Holcomb nap on the slippery summer grass on sledges made out of old cider barrels. Here,picturesque black and white thatched cottages are grim hovels for the thirty-shillings-a-week farm labourers; and old men remember ploughing with oxen and mowing with scythes while the Fordson tractor ousts the last generation of the great shire horses. In 'The Village of My Childhood' Fred Archer's descriptions,together with his contemporary photographs and the colour illustrations,create a highly nostalgic and evocative book,revealing the bygone life of a village,which will be of interest to all who love English rural life. 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,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja588215. ISBN: 0862995574.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

ARCHER**, JEFFREY:
TO CUT A LONG STORY SHORT.

Imprint: LONDON.HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS,2000.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£16.99) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour+b/w pictorial illustrated dw/dj,with gilt+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Some minimal,light scoring and indents to rear panel+spine/backstrip of dw/dj - boards beneath generally,are minimally affected. Top+fore-edges aged/toned - as usual/normal; contents bright,tight,solid and sound.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered publisher's original, plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain yellow endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 9-272pp [paginated] includes preface,15 short stories - each with a twist in the tail; 9 of the stories based on true incidents; plus [unapginated],half-title+ title pages,a dedication,contents list/table,individual story title separator pages - each with a b/w vignette illustration. Author's fourth story collection and shows him at the top of his form.A satisfying read,and it is fascinating to discover how many of the stories are based on true incidents that the author has witnessed or about which he has been told. 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja481414. ISBN: 0002261499.

£ 7.99 (approx. $US 10.40 )

ARDIZZONE**, EDWARD:
THE ADVENTURES OF TIM.

Imprint: LONDON.CHANCELLOR PRESS,1985.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.NFINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj by Edward Ardizzone; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.Miniscule rubbing with reciprocal loss to both top corners - no other nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped,again with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges lightly aged but clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Dw/dj design repeated to glossy laminated boards with clean,plain white endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,16-300pp [paginated] includes half-title page,Ardizzone colour illustrated vignetted title page,contents list/table, introduction to 'Tim',profuse b/w+colour illustrations - all by Ardizzone - throughout the book and the text. As an omnibus,the book contains the following 6 stories/adventures: 'Tim and Ginger': Tim and Ginger love to sit with the old boatman,who tells them tales about the sea,ships and dangerous tides.Ginger, however pays no attention to the old man's warnings,and,one day he is trapped by the tide.Tim has to come to the rescue. . . , 'Tim and Charlotte': Charlotte is washed ashore near Tim's house one day and Tim, resourceful as ever,comes to her rescue. Charlotte eventually becomes one of the family.However,trouble begins when Charlotte's true identity is discovered. 'Tim's Friend Towser': Tim and Ginger are cabin boy's on the S.S. Royal Fusilier.One day they find a strange stowaway - a tiny puppy.Tim and Ginger love their new friend,but they have one enormous problem - Captain Piper hates dogs! 'Tim to the Lighthouse': One dark stormy night little Tim wakes up to find that there is no light shining from the lighthouse near his home.Ships passing in the night might be wrecked on the treacherous rocks.Brave Tim sets out with his old friend Captain McFee to solve the mystery of the lighthouse. 'Tim in Danger': When Ginger tires of being a landlubber and runs away to sea, Tim and Charlotte set out in search of their friend,and finally,'Tim All Alone': One day Tim arrives back at his home by the sea.He has been on a long holiday. Imagine his surprise when he finds his house locked and shuttered and no sign of his parents! Tim sets out to solve this mystery and has some hair raising adventures along the way.Here for the first time are six of the famous 'TIM' stories together in one volume.These delightful tales of one little boy's adventures have given many children pleasure over the years and ensured Edward Ardizzone's position as one of the great children's illustrators. Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone,1900- 1979,worked as Edward Ardizzone.Born in Haiphong,China,the son of an employee of the Eastern Telegrah Company,the eldest of five children.He lived in the Far East until he was five and then moved with his family to England.Ardizzone lived in Ipswich until he was 14,'and it was here', he wrote,'that I learnt to know and love the little coastal steamers that I have drawn so often in the TIM books.' He attended evening classes in life drawing given by Bernard Meninsky at Westminster School of Art,while employed as a statistical clerk in London (1916-26).He worked freelance as an illustrator from 1926,achieving widespread recognition with his first children's book 'Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain(1936),the first of the famous TIM books. Served in the Royal Artillery(1939-40); Official War Artist(1940-45), noted for his war diaries.Taught illustration at Camberwell School of Art(1948-52).Worked for UNESCO in India(1952-53).Part-time tutor at the Royal College of Art School of Etching(1953-61).Ardizzone worked in watercolour, pen and ink, pencil and lithograph as a painter,printmaker, greetings card designer and illustrator of over 170 books, many of them his own. He was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal (1956) for 'Tim All Alone' and the Carnegie Medal(1955) and Hans Christian Andersen Medal(1956) with 'The Little Bookroom'.He particularly enjoyed illustrating poetry.He worked mainly from memory,early developing a freely drawn and unmistakable style that changed very little during the course of his long career.He acknowledged the influence of Bernard Meninsky on his work,and also the 19thC draughtsmen Daumier,Dore and Caldecott.His brother-in-law Gabriel White considered 'perhaps no artist since Randolph Caldecott has captured so easily the qualities essential in successful illustration for a child.Ardizzone's are bold and clear and tell the tale in the simplest lines and colours.Ardizzone was awarded the CBE (UK honour) in 1971.In 1973, a retrospective of his work was held at the V & A Museum in London. Please contact seller,because of the 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 FREE worldwide. 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: rja26487. ISBN: 0907486932.

£ 35.00 (approx. $US 45.55 )

ARDIZZONE**, EDWARD:
TIM AND LUCY GO TO SEA.

Imprint: LONDON.SCHOLASTIC CHILDREN'S BOOKS,1999.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK.slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus. [Originally and first published OUP,1958. This item by Scholastic Ltd.,1999.Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1,so 1st edn thus.] FINE-/FINE-.Bright,crisp, exceptionally clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Edward Ardizzone,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with red lettering - design repeated from boards - pink coloured spine/backstrip with black lettering,a plain,unillustrated apple green rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Small bump with reciprocal creases at head of spine/backstrip with reciprocal creasing to dw/dj in concomitant area - basically the ONLY fault - hence grade of FINE-. Wany more ARDIZZONE titles? For similar or other titles by him,please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. Book written and illustrated by Ardizzone, which joins together his adventuresome characters from Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain, and Lucy Brown and Mr. Grimes. Ardizzone's first three children's books were so well-received along with his other work as graphic artist and painter, he was opted to be one of the first Official War Artists alongside Bawden, Eric Ravilious and Barnett Freedman. He traveled to France in March,1940 with the British Expeditionary Force together with Bawden and Freedman, and was the only one of the group to later publish his experiences with the retreat that ended at Dunkirk. Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone,1900- 1979,worked as Edward Ardizzone.Born in Haiphong,China,the son of an employee of the Eastern Telegrah Company,the eldest of five children.He lived in the Far East until he was five and then moved with his family to England. Ardizzone lived in Ipswich until he was 14,'and it was here', he wrote,'that I learnt to know and love the little coastal steamers that I have drawn so often in the TIM books.' He attended evening classes in life drawing given by Bernard Meninsky at Westminster School of Art, while employed as a statistical clerk in London (1916-26).He worked freelance as an illustrator from 1926,achieving widespread recognition with his first children's book 'Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain (1936),the first of the famous TIM books. Served in the Royal Artillery(1939-40); Official War Artist(1940-45), noted for his war diaries.Taught illustration at Camberwell School of Art(1948-52).Worked for UNESCO in India(1952-53).Part-time tutor at the Royal College of Art School of Etching(1953-61).Ardizzone worked in watercolour,pen and ink,pencil and lithograph as a painter,printmaker, greetings card designer and illustrator of over 170 books,many of them his own. He was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal (1956) for 'Tim All Alone' and the Carnegie Medal(1955) and Hans Christian Andersen Medal (1956) with 'The Little Bookroom'.He particularly enjoyed illustrating poetry.He worked mainly from memory,early developing a freely drawn and unmistakable style that changed very little during the course of his long career.He acknowledged the influence of Bernard Meninsky on his work,and also the 19thC draughtsmen Daumier,Dore and Caldecott.His brother-in-law Gabriel White considered 'perhaps no artist since Randolph Caldecott has captured so easily the qualities essential in successful illustration for a child.Ardizzone's are bold and clear and tell the tale in the simplest lines and colours.Ardizzone was awarded the CBE (UK honour) in 1971.In 1973, a retrospective of his work was held at the V & A Museum in London. 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 or FREE. That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** This item offered P+p included. Available UK only. ** ** 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: rja950021. ISBN: 0439010454.

£ 32.00 (approx. $US 41.64 )

ARMITAGE*, SIMON:
KID [A special Poetry Firsts edition.**]

Imprint: LONDON.FABER & FABER,2010.
Edition: UK,slim,small 8vo,no dw/dj as issued,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim,small 8vo,no dw/dj as issued,1st edn thus. [Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, matt,wrap-around 3-colour (b/w+dull lemon yellow) pictorial artwork by Peter Clayton, illustrated paper-covered boards,with capitalised,black-lettered title+author's name to white background to front board; spine backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author as front's and publisher's black-lettered colophon to foot of same,rear panel with poetry verse extract from KID,and a black-lettered synopsis.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present and immaculate burnt orange +white illustrated endpapers.Top edges with minimal,faint hint of dust-soiling,fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.UK,slim,small 8vo HB,no dw/dj as issued,1st edn,v-viipp+1-88pp [paginated] includes a Contents list/table,Acknowledgements, 48 poems; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages.                                       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 10+ year-old age.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. This volume is the second of 4 collections to be published by Faber and Faber (then 2010), which then expanded to a collection with other poets,preceded by Sylvia Plath (the first volume and see the previous alpha-numerical book ID rja1103023 for a UK,slim,small 8vo HB, 1st edn,5th imp; 'ARIEL',from this series) and including Wendy Cope, Philip Larkin, Don Paterson, and Alice Oswald.                      Simon Armitage's 'KID' won the inaugural Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 1992,and marked the arrival at Faber and Faber of one of the most distinctive new voices to have emerged in decades.                          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: rja1103123   . ISBN: 9780571259304.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

ARMITAGE.** [POET LAUREATE], SIMON:
The Owl and the Nightingale. [Author SIGNED copy. Illustrated by Clive Hicks-Jenkins.]

Imprint: LONDON.Faber & Faber Ltd.,2021.
Edition: UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Authoor SIGNED personalised bookplate.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED, illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but author's neat handwritten black ink signature to a pasted,personalised Simon Armitage colour illustrated bookplate to the title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,wrap-around matt,colour pictorial illustration by Clive Hicks-Jenkins,illustrated dw/dj with author's orange-lettered name and white-lettered title along with illustratator's name letters; plus an adhesive circular red with white-lettered 'Signed copy' label on front of dw/d; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured and lettered author+illustrator names and title as the front's and publisher's white-lettered initialled,illustrated colophon to foot of same, rear panel of dw/dj with colour foliage illustration with the tiniest speck of an abrasion/puncture to an edge of a leaf towards the spine's gutter - but without any penetration to board beneath.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no other nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright crisp,clean without blemish/foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered original plain white cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip, a gold coloured headband,and immaculate plain reddish-brown endpapers.UK,slim,small 8vo HB+ dw/dj,author SIGNED bookplate,1st edn,vii-xivpp+ 3-85pp [paginated] includes a Contents list/ table,author's Introduction,the translated poem with colour illuminated capital letter at each verse,8 full-page,full colour illustrations - includes frntis - by Clive Hicks-Jenkins interspersed throughout the text and the book, Acknowledgements as a last page; plus [unpaginated] half-title,thumbnail colour illustraion to recto of frntis,author SIGNED bookplate to title page,and a title separator page after the Introduction and before the Poem's start page.   Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the fault described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite that it is still is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of other detracting faults.    A witty and enchanting illustrated edition of the medieval debate poem,in a new translation by the Poet Laureate.                                Following his acclaimed translations of 'Sir Gawain and the Green knight' and Pearl',Simon Armitage shines light on another jewel of Middle English verse.In his highly engaging version, Armitage communicates the energy and humour of the tale with all the cut and thrust of the original.An unnamed narrator overhears a fiery verbal contest between the two eponymous birds, which moves entertainingly from the eloquent and philosophical to the ribald and ridiculous.The disputed issues still resonate - concerning identity,cultural attitudes,class distinctions and the right to be heard.Excerpts were featured in the BBC Radio 4 podcast The Poet Laurate Has Gone to His Shed.Including the lively illustrations of Clive Hicks-Jenkins,this is a book for the whole household to read and enjoy.  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 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: rja1122424. ISBN: 9780571357291.

£ 50.00 (approx. $US 65.07 )

ARMOUR**, TOMMY:
A Round of Golf with Tommy Armour.

Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON.1960.
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.[Preceded by US,1st edn issue,a year earlier,1959. Author's 2nd book/title following on from his first and best-seller 'How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time'.] FINE/VG++. Owner's neat ink name+date inscrptn to recto of ffe and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,generally clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork (non-credited) illustrated front panel+spine of dw/dj, with red and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj bumped,creased and minimally rubbed and rear inner flap with an accidental approx 1/2" internal vertical crease to it's entire length.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned,but still generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,clean but slightly sunned,sharp-cornered,original plain green cloth boards with a black ink golf club 2 hand-grip vignette to front board's lower right-hand corner and bright,crisp,blocked gilt title+ publisher letters to printed gilt double-line edged dark green box/label on spine/backstrip and clean multi-green coloured golf links illustrated endpapers.Part of the dw/dj illustration/design has 'ghosted' or bled through,to the front board beneath.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,1-143pp [paginated] includes 15 chapters,4 colour block (green,pale green,and b/w) illustrations by Merrit D. Cutler as chapter head pieces,part page and full page illustration and technique diagrams throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half- title page,publisher advert for Armour first best-seller book with full page colour illustration to it's reverse by Cutler,title page,a dedication,a Contents list/table,title separator page,a Note about author and 2pp blanks at the rear.Described hard but fairly and honestly - not as bad as it reads or would sound! See my book ID rja651616 for his 3rd book - 'Tommy Armour's ABC's OF GOLF',a UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. A BOOK FOR EVERY GOLFER by one of the acknowledged Masters of the Game. Nine holes of a friendly foursome described stroke by stroke,with instruction and advice both technical and strategic given to the players who are of very different prowess,the whole lit up by anecdotes from Tommy Armour's personal experience to illustrate his points. Instructive,entertaining,and splendidly illustrated by Merrit D. Cutler. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item for correct [insured,or 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: rja651716. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

ARMSTRONG, SUE:
In Search of Freedom: The Andreas Shipanga Story As told to.

Imprint: GIBRALTAR.ASHANTI PUBLISHING,1989.
Edition: GIBRALTAR,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Unknown signatures.

GIBRALTAR,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but a presentation inscrptn - "With compliments of the SWATF Sergeant Majors.18/8/89" (followed by/with) six unknown,undecipherable ink signatures - presumably,the donors? Glossy,country map with superimposed b/w photographs,white+red letters to upper panel; rear panel with b/w map; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and clean also.Clean,red, paper-covered boards with white ink printed letters to spine/backstrip and plain,white eps - no bumped corners and no dog-ear creasing to page corners either. Gibraltar,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,i-vi+1- 164pp includes half-title+title pages, contents list,34 chapters,5pp introduction,a prologue,16pp contemporary b/w photographs between pp84/85,an epilogue and an index. For more than a quarter of a century SWAPO - the South West African People's Organisation of soon to be independent Namibia - has been a political and military reality throughout much of southern Africa. Thousands of lives have been lost in a guerilla war that has never been adequately covered by the media.Few people - in Africa or elsewhere - are aware of the make-up of SWAPO as a political organisation; of the reason why the movement ultimately resorted to violence as a means of achieving change; or of the panoply of characters involved during the past three decades (then 1989). Andreas Shipanga's story,as told to Sue Armstrong,relates all this and more.He tells of the contract labour system which formed the basis of SWAPO demands for change; the first stirrings of political consciousness among the tribespeople; and the efforts of the South African security police in the early days to stifle opposition.This is a powerful,sad,but true story.Shipanga was a founder member of SWAPO in Cape Town in 1957.He returned to Windhoek as political organiser in 1963 and witnessed the reluctant birth of the armed struggle against South African occupation of Namibia.He was forced to flee the country when the revolutionary of which he was a member was discovered.In exile for 14 years,he became a roving ambassador for SWAPO based in Cairo before moving to headquarters in Lusaka.Soon he found himself a victim of the liberation movement through which he had hoped to achieve freedom. Shipanga's experiences - as a herdboy in a large Ovambo family,a teacher in northern Namibia,a contract fisherman in Cape Town,then as a freedom fighter who became a victim of ruthless power politics - encapsulates the full richness and complexity of the human drama in southern Africa.This is the first time the inside story of an African liberation movement has been told prior to independence.Many of Shipanga's anecdotes shed entirely new light on the liberation struggle.His revelations are an important contribution to the historic political debate in Namibia today.South-West Africa has been known internationally as Namibia since 1968,when the United Nations General Assembly changed the territory's name.This resulted in a protracted struggle between South Africa and forces fighting for independence,particularly after the formation of the South West Africa People's Organisation in 1960.The territory became the independent Republic of Namibia in 1990. [SWATF is an abbreviation for the South West African Territorial Force.It was the forerunner of the Namibian Defence Force and was basically an extension or auxiliary of the South African Defence Force to combat the SWAPO insurgency.It was formed on 1 August 1980 from Southwest Africans serving as personnel in SADF (South Africa Defence Force) units.It was part of the Department of Defence of SouthWest Africa. It was headed by an Administrator general who was always a SADF general.There was the SWATF/SADF Joint Committee for Planning,Liaison and Co-ordination. As a "joint" command the SWATF was responsible for logistics,finances and administration while the SADF was responsible for military operations.] Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja22886. ISBN: 0620135484.

£ 28.00 (approx. $US 36.44 )

ARMSTRONG, DAVID:
Less Than Kind.

Imprint: LONDON.HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS,1994.
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 9 - 1 descending.COLLINS CRIME CLUB series/ imprint.] FINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy, monochrome photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with red+white lettering to front panel of dw/dj,similarly coloured lettering repeated to dark green spine/backstrip,and a circular, thumbnail b/w Crime Club logo at head of spine, and rear panel with critics' red+white lettered reviews on a dark green background; all with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no major tears or splits present - all corners tips,top+bottom - minisculely rubbed with reciprocal colour paper loss,and a tiny pin-prick abrasion to rear-facing gutter's fold on the spine.Top edges lightly toned but clean, fore-edges slightly brighter and without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – virtually pristine,possibly unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering and Crime Club logo to foot of same and immaculate/clean endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,8-190pp [paginated] includes 30 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title with story precis and author's debut title to verso of same,title page with epigram (title taken from "A little more than kin,and less than kind!" - Hamlet),a dedication with blank verso, and to the rear,2pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior faults described that prevent a slightly higher grading.Despite them,it really is an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness. It is 1968,and Charles Somerville,son of impoverished land owner Philip Somerville,is on the run fromLondon drug dealers in the Welsh Borders. In nearby Lllantrisillio,newly arrived James and Suzie's sylvan idyll is suddenly and brutally shattered by the voyeuristic behaviour of their farming neighbour. Also in the Border country is Birmingham policeman,John Monroe,who is liaising with his Welsh colleagues on a routine inquiry.But when there is an unexplained death in the area,he finds himself inexorably drawn into the investigation . . . one which is to uncover a tangle of dangerous passions and tensions running beneath the calm rural scene. 'Less Than Kind' is a gripping story of psychological menace which offers a penetrating insight into the darkest recesses of the mind.A remarkable followup to author's acclaimed debut novel,'Night's Black Agents.' 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 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: rja1019622. ISBN: 0002324946.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

ARNOLD **, CATHARINE:
NECROPOLIS: LONDON AND ITS DEAD.

Imprint: LONDON.SIMON & SCHUSTER UK Ltd.,2006.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,2nd imp.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,2nd imp.[Complete number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around blue+white skyscape background with b/w+grey montaged London's architectural landmarks illustrated dw/dj,with capitalised gilt lettered part-title,remainder of sub-title in capitalised white lettering, author's name in capitalised pale blue lettering,spine/backstrip with gold+pale blue capialised part-title and author's name ink printed letters,rear panel with critic's (Peter Ackroyd) white lettered review.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,or creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges aged/toned but without foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – near pristine,possibly unread, apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering and same,and immaculate/clean pale blue background with darker blue illustrated LONDON in the 1880s map - repeated to each set of endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,2nd imp,1-304pp [paginated] includes author's Introduction,12 chapters,and interspersed throughout the book, with contemporary historical b/w illustrations reproductions and a few modern b/w photographs, Notes,a 6pp Bibliography,a list of web sources, and an Index; plus [unpaginated] b/w tombstone vignetted half-title with blank verso,title page,a dedication with blank verso,a contents list/table,part-title with repeated tombstone vignette illustration separator page,double-page b/w map repeated from endpapers (London in the 1880s),Acknowledgements with blank verso,and to the rear 2pp blanks. See also my book ID rja811118 - 'CITY of SIN: London and Its Vices.' for a UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,by same author.    Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior fault described that prevents a higher grading.Despite that,it really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faaults. Necropolis is a luminous,oddly beguiling account of how London has treated its dead, ranging from Roman burial rites to the horrors of the plague,from the founding of the great Victorian cemeteries to the more recent trends of collective grief and the cult of mourning, such as that surrounding the death of Princess Diana. Leaving no headstone unturned,Catherine Arnold unearths one of the great untold histories of the nation's capitol.Skillfully blending history,architecture,archaeology,and anecdote, she also explores phenomena like bodysnatching, public executions,and the rise of the undertaking trade. Ghoulishly entertaining and full of fascinating nuggets of information, Necropolis is destined to become a classic work on the city. 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 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: rja1026322. ISBN: 0743268334.

£ 14.99 (approx. $US 19.51 )

ARNOTT, JAKE:
Johnny Come Home.

Imprint: LONDON & CHICHESTER.HODDER & STOUGHTON LTD.,/SCEPTRE,2006.
Edition: UK,8vo French wraps,1st edn,3rd imp.
Binding: No dw/dj,p/back original.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo French wraps,1st edn,3rd imp.NFINE. No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - French wraps - as issued,a s/back original - it's and the first format's appearance.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork,by Autumn Whitehurst, illustrated wraps,with white,grey,yellow+ lilac lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Unfortunately,some light,superficial scoring/indents to front cover - visible mainly,under bright lights though.No reading creases to spine/ backstrip - possibly an unread example? Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - just 2 (accidental?) creases to top corners of 39/42pp tips - no other dog-ear creases to any other pages' though.UK,8vo French wraps,1st edn,3rd imp,1-278pp [paginated] includes 28 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,title separator page,and 4pp blanks at rear. It's 1972 and as the dreams of the Sixties give way to anger and political unrest,the charismatic anarchist Declan O'Connell commits suicide,leaving his boyfriend Pearson and fellow squatter Nina to try to make sense of what has happened. Enter Sweet Thing,a sreetwise rent boy,who has an uncanny hold over glam rock star Johnny Chrome; and in the wings lurks Detective Sergeant Walker,'hippy specialist' of the newly formed Bomb Squad, who knows more about O'Connell than anyone ever suspected. The course of all their lives is about to change forever - for better and for worse. In this taut,powerful novel,Jake Arnott portrays four people searching for a sense of identity,their emotional and sexual turmoil mirrored by the turbulence of the times.Bringing that era vividly to life,h captures the mood of Britain at a turning point in our history. 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja529915. ISBN: 0340840358.

£ 6.50 (approx. $US 8.46 )