ARROWSMITH, NANCY with MOORSE, GEORGE:
A Field Guide to the Little People.

Imprint: US.NY,WALLABY/POCKET BOOKS,1978.
Edition: US,8vo p/back,1st edn,2nd imp.
Binding: Paperback., No dw/dj - p/back as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

US,8vo p/back,1st edn,2nd imp.VG+.No owner inscrptn per se,but it seems the half- title page which could have had an owner inscrptn,has been removed - deduced from the book's numerical pagination.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Heinz Edelmann,illustrated front cover with b/w lettering,white spine with black letters,rear cover with white background with precis and coloured vignette.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edge and corners - no reading creases to spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges minimally aged but with some minimal sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners would appear unread - apart from my own collation.US,8vo p/back 1st edn,2nd imp, 5-296pp [paginated] includes contents list /table,author's note,an introduction,3 sections: Light Elves,Dark Elves and Dusky Elves comprising 79 types,b/w line illustrations by Heinz Edelmann interspersed throughout the text and the book,notes,a bibliography and an Index of names,plus [unpaginated] half-title, section separator pages and 6pp blanks at the rear of the book. Being a guide to the lineage,appearance, general characteristics,and case histories of 79 species who pull the gossamer strings of the Universe,including: How two Leshiye caused the Great Squirrel Migration of 1843.That you should not try to help a drowning person (or the Vodyany will be offended). That the Leprechauns and Fairies you may have thought you knew are quite different folk after all! A guide,an excursion into the elusive world of fairy beings encountered and historically seen most often by children, poets,seers,healers,and others gifted with second sight when at peace,and in tune, with their natural surroundings.Elves,so small that they hide beneath a blade of grass and others of human size,run the gamut of being sad,vengeful,and nasty to fun loving,jolly,and kindly.In case you encounter one before consulting this book, just remember you can gain complete power over the sprite by getting him to reveal his/her age,which may be venerable! Rationalists,materialists,be forewarned: the ancient,actual international forces governing earthly incident and momentum lie neither in our heads nor our economics but,rather,in the revelations from 'A Field Guide to the Little People.' Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes -particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja897220. ISBN: 0671790366

£ 6.50 (approx. $US 8.46 )

ARTHUR**, MAX:
LAST OF THE FEW: The Battle of Britain in the Words of the Pilots Who Won It.

Imprint: LONDON.VIRGIN BOOKS/EBURY PUBLISHING,2010.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,b/w contemporary wartime photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Head of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing minimally affecting both the dw/dj and boards.Top edge of upper board has a tiny, centrally placed dent.Top edge imperceptibly toned,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 bright,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine /backstrip and immaculate b/w contemporary wartime photographic illustrated endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xipp+1-290pp [paginated] includes list of abbreviations,an Introduction,6 chapters; profuse subject-related contemporary b/w photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,Acknowledgements and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,author's Note,a Contents list/table, b/w Air Administration map (showing the air defences of South East England and the Midlands). After the fall of France in May 1940, Hitler set his sights on the invasion of Britain.Within weeks he had a vast fleet ranged along the French coast.But his biggest obstacle was the small and under-resourced Royal Air Force - Hitler knew he must gain control of the skies if his invasion fleet was to stand a chance of crossing successfully. And so began the Battle of Britain: thirteen terrifying weeks which saw 2,500 young RAF pilots pitted against the larger and more experienced German forces of the Luftwaffe,high above the English Channel. Despite being vastly outnumbered,by October the multiple daily sorties and dogfights were over.'The Few' had succeeded and though the Luftwaffe continued to attack it was never again in such vast numbers. Hitler's invasion would not now take place.This was his first major defeat. More than a fifth of the British and Allied pilots died during the Battle of Britain.Today (then 2010) the remaining veterans are all in their late eighties and nineties. Acclaimed oral historian Max Arthur has interviewed many veterans and drawn on sound archives and written testimonies of that short but hugely significant battle. In their own words,their memories undimmed by the passage of time,they tell of their experiences. Their stories are as riveting,as vivid and as poignant as they were seventy years ago. Please contact seller,because of the 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,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: rja459513. ISBN: 9780753522271.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

ARTHUR**, MAX:
MEN OF THE RED BERET: Airborne Forces 1940-1990.

Imprint: LONDON.HUTCHINSON,1990.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with red,black and blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major 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 cloth boards with bright,crisp,blockped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,vi-xviiipp+1-430pp [paginated] includes an epigraph,foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales (Colonel-in-Chief The Parachute Regt.),Illustrations list/table, author's Preface,an Introduction,23 chapters,22 b/w maps and 16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 4 blocks of 4pp apiece,between pp110/11, pp142/3,pp238/9 and pp270/1 respectively, Acknowledgements,a brief history of British Airborne Forces,an an Index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and contents list/table. Tough,ruthless,highly adaptable,and efficient,the Airborne Forces has established itself as one of the finest fighting forces in the world. In 1990 it celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. Max Arthur,whose previous books on the Falklands and Northern Ireland met with widespread praise, has compiled from over 150 interviews,a fascinating history of the Airborne Forces and The Parachute Regiment,including all their major operations. This unique chronicle is told entirely in the words of the men who fought in those operations, and of those involved closely with them. They tell of the first experimental parachute jumps in training for the daring raids on Tragino in 1941 and on Bruneval,and their successive deployment in North Africa,Italy, Normandy,on the Rhine Crossing and,most famously,at Arnhem.In the post-war period,they were in action in Palestine,Malaya,Cyprus,Suez, Borneo and Aden.They took part in some of the fiercest fighting of the Falklands War,and their long commitment to Northern Ireland,begun in 1969,continues to this day (then 1990). In all,Max Arthur spent over two years interviewing members of the Airborne Forces and established an extraordinary rapport with them. The result is a compelling testament of outstanding courage,endurance and defiance.'Men of the Red Beret' is one of the most remarkable collections of first-hand accounts of war ever published. 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,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: rja657617. ISBN: 9780091739317.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

ARTHUR**, MAX:
THERE SHALL BE WINGS: The RAF - 1918 to the Present. [Author SIGNED copy.]

Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1993.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn,3rd imp.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: 'To Emrys with my best wishes Max Arthur'

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,3rd imp. [The UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,true 1st edn was also published in 1993.] NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,handwritten,black ink dedication+ signature: 'To Emrys with my best wishes Max Arthur' to title page,and price-clipped dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,contemporary b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj,with b/w,red and grey lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners,a small closed tear to head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj - no other major nicks or tears present.Some minimal water-stained bleeding internally to dw/dj of both head+foot of spine/backstrip,with very slight dulling of board's concomitant edges - without too adversely affecting them.Some minor, minimal,superficial scoring/indents to dw/dj,but without adversely affecting the bds beneath.Book has a slight lean.Top+fore-edges though aged/ toned - as usual/normal - otherwise clean; contents bright,tight,clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a b/w striped headband,and immaculate b/w contemporary photographic illustrated endpapers.UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn,3rd imp,3-412pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3 comprising 13 chapters,an envoi,8pp of contemporary b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp 206/7,an appendix,and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title,SIGNED title page, foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon KGB,CBE,ADC,FRAeS,RAF Chief of the Air Staff,a Contents list/table,an Illustrations list/table,author's Preface,Acknowledgements,a dedication,an epigraph and Pts separator pages, and 2pp blanks at rear. 1 April 1993 marks the 75th anniversary of the birth of the Royal Air Force.To commemorate it,Max Arthur has interviewed over 150 members, past and present,many of whom have never spoken before of their experiences.From their personal and often extremely moving accounts he has created a unique narrative history of the RAF, which ranges from the RFC pilot of a SE5 on the Western Front in 1918 to the first Hercules to land in Sarajevo in 1992. The inter-war years cover the first parachute jump from the wing of a Vimy bomber,attacks on tribesmen in Iraq and on the North-West Frontier,a meeting with T.E. Lawrence and the Schneider Trophy. Inevitably,the major part of 'There Shall Be Wings' concentrates on the Second World War.It covers the aircrews who flew against the German advance into France and in the Battle of Britain,and includes a fine account from the highest-scoring survivor of the battle.The extraordinary tenacity of Bomber Command aircrews is demonstrated,amongst others,by the man who flew a record 127 missions into enemy territory; by the Dambusters; and by a pilot who dropped SOE agents in France and brought back to London a young Francois Mitterand.The fierce battle over Malta is captured by "Laddie" Lucas, while Johnnie Johnson,the highest scoring ace, tells of his time with Douglas Bader. All four surviving RAF holders of the VC (Victoria Cross) contribute their remarkable individual stories. Finally,the post-war years cover the jet-age, combat in Korea,the Radfan,the Falklands and the Gulf as well as the humanitarian missions flown by Hercules and Chinooks. 'There Shall Be Wings' is a wide-ranging, memorable tribute to the skill,courage,spirit and irrepressible humour of those who have served in the RAF during the last 75 years. 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'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: rja560915. ISBN: 034058761X.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

ASHDOWN **, PADDY:
THE ASHDOWN DIARIES: VOLUME ONE 1988-1997. **

Imprint: LONDON.ALLEN LANE/THE PENGUIN PRESS,2000.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,author/subject b/w portrait photographic illustrated upper panel, with raised gilt and white printed lettering, rear panel has author+wife colour photograph; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,solid and sound,near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Publisher's bright,clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip.UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,viii-xviipp(part-paginated)+6-638pp [paginated] includes Contents list/table,list of Plates,author Preface,Acknowledgements,10 chapters (year by year,1988-1997),17 b/w illus (16 political cartoons) throughout the text,16pp contemporary b/w author-related biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp206/7 and pp414/15 respectively,appendices (A-J),and an index.Plus [unpaginated],half-title, b/w cartoon illustrated frntis,title page,a dedication,illustrations list/table,b/w map of The Balkans - verso of which has background notes,and individual year (1988-1997) separator pages.See also rja426513 for a SIGNED,UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn example of this same title. Paddy Ashdown spent the first seventeen years of his adult life serving his country as an officer in the Royal Marine Commandos,a member of the Special Boat Service and,as he now reveals for the first time,an employee of the 'shadowy side' of the Foreign Office.He then went on to become an MP and leader of his party and the international community's High Representative in war-torn Bosnia.Now he tells the story of this extraordinarily varied,adventurous and dramatic life in a book which is continuously gripping, sometimes moving and often very,very funny - in short the very antithesis of the traditional political memoir. He can,and does,write with authority about topics as diverse as evading water bailiffs while fishing illicitly at night (a legacy of his childhood in Northern Ireland); tracking down and destroying infiltrating Indonesian forces in the jungles of Sarawak; landing a raiding party from a submerged submarine; the difficulties of learning Chinese (he holds the equivalent of a first-class degree in Chinese,just one of his six languages); winning an apparently 'hopeless' parliamentary seat; negotiating with Tony Blair and the tragedies of a country wracked by civil war. He is deadly serious when writing about the things that matter to him - his family,his country,his political beliefs, the Bosnian people whose cause he adopted when it was deeply unpopular to do so - but he also has a refreshing gift for seeing the funny side of most situations and illustrates it with self-deprecating wit and a wealth of anecdote.This is the self- portrait of a man who has lived life to the full and whose autobiography would be fascinating even if he had never set foot in the Palace of Westminster. Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight and 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,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: rja591316. ISBN: 0713995106.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

ASHER**, MICHAEL:
GET ROMMEL: The Secret British Mission to Kill Hitler's Greatest General.**

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

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,monochrome photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with gold+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of dw/dj's spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing and a tiny snick to rear lower edge, toward spine/backstrip's gutter's edge.Top+fore- edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain black paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain red endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,11-303pp [paginated] includes Acknowledgements,2 b/w war theatre maps,36 chapters and an Epilogue,8pp contemporary,historical and biographical b/w photographs in 1 block, between pp144/45, Sources,Notes,and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,an epigram,and a Contents list/table. By the summer of 1941 Erwin Rommel was Hitler's favourite general.Sent to North Africa to halt the British advance into Libya,he not only stopped the British offensive but drove them back to their Egyptian base.He seemed to be unbeatable on the battlefield,so the British planned to kill him.On the eve of the next British offensive, 'Operation Crusader',a specially trained commando team landed by submarine behind enemy lines. Marching deep into the desert,they attacked Rommel's headquarters.At the same time,in its first ever combat mission,the newly created SAS parachuted sabotage teams close to the German airfields to knock out the enemy air forces on the ground. Michael Asher reveals how these daring raids were practically impossible from the start - but the volunteer commandos and SAS men had no idea this was effectively a suicide mission.Poor planning and incompetence in high places was matched by fantastic bravery and brilliant improvisation that enabled a handful of the survivors to escape back to British lines and tell their story.From Bob 'Lucky' Laycock,the model for Evelyn Waugh's Lt. Col. Tommy Blackhouse,to the tragic Geoffrey Keyes,awarded a postumous VC for leading the operation,Michael Asher investigates the true story of 'Operation Flipper': the plot to kill Rommel. Please contact seller,because of the weight and 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: rja622916. ISBN: 029784685X.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

ASHLEY, MIKE:
Starlight Man: The Extraordinary Life of ALGERNON BLACKWOOD.

Imprint: LONDON.CONSTABLE,2001.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject's b/w portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with blue+white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj,minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing and some very light,minimal, superficial scoring/impressions to both panels of dw/dj - boards beneath unaffected.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,vi-xviiipp+2-395pp [paginated] includes separate Contents+ Illustration lists/tables,Acknowledgements,an author Introduction,20 chapters,12pp b/w contemporary auto+biographical photographs in 1 block,between pp174/5,Notes and References,an Appendix (Blackwood's Family Trees),Blackwood's books+stories,a Bibliography and an Index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and 2pp blanks at rear. Algernon Blackwood was one of the greatest writers of supernatural fiction of the 20thC - Dion Fortune described him as 'pre-eminent among the writers of occult fiction' - yet he remains a mysterious figure.An indefatigable traveller, an undercover agent during the First World War,a Searcher for the Red Cross,he was also an extremely popular storyteller on radio and television - indeed,he appeared on the first ever television programme. He originated the play,'The Starlight Express', was a member of the magical order of the Golden Dawn,and was acquainted with most of the literary and artistic establishment of his day from Hilaire Belloc to Arthur Machen,from Sinclair Lewis to H.G. Wells. Blackwood revealed that all his stories were based on personal experiences or those of his close friends.This from the man whose stories take us to a lonely island in the River Danube where two travellers face the cosmic powers of the Earth in all their might; and deep into the deserts of Egypt where a lone man witnesses the spirit of the ancient past rise up like a gigantic wall of sand.H.P. Lovecraft said of him,'Of the quality of Mr Blackwood's genius there can be no dispute; for no one has even approached the skill,seriousness and minute fidelity with which he records the overtones of strangeness in ordinary things and experiences . . .' In the 1920's,he published an autobiography.But as its title suggests - 'Episodes Before Thirty' - it covers only the period up to 1899 and it ends,'Of mystical,psychic or so-called "occult" experiences,I have purposely said nothing'.But there was much to be said. Mike Ashley has been researching Blackwood's life for more than twenty years and has discovered a wonderfully complex character - a profound mystic,a delightful storyteller,an innocent child,a wild adventurer,and a remarkable man.Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of his death (then 2001),his full biography is available for the first time and reveals the inside story on this most mystical and magical of men. 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. ** 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. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja562215. ISBN: 9781841572406.

£ 30.00 (approx. $US 39.04 )

ASHWORTH, CHRIS:
RAF BOMBER COMMAND 1936-1968.

Imprint: UK.YEOVIL,SOMERSET.PATRICK STEVENS LIMITED,1995.
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,blue background with super-imposed b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white+ orange/yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip with immaculate plain eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-256pp [paginated] includes author's intro,13 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w photographs and 5 b/w maps throughout the text and the book,appendices (XII), glossary+abbreviations and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a contents list/table. RAF Bomber Command spearheaded the fight against Germany's armed forces and industrial heartland during the Second World War.In the space of six years no less than 389,909 sorties were flown,with a loss of more than 55,000 aircrew and nearly 11,000 aircraft.Although the targeting of specific cities is still the subject of controversy,Bomber Command's overall contribution to the Allied victory is beyond question.But how did a Command, ill-equipped at the outbreak of war,manage to transform itself into such a mighty fighting force? What role did it play when the Second World War gave way to the 'Cold War' and the nuclear age? These questions,and many others,are answered in this,the first full history of Bomber Command.It has been meticulously researched by aviation historian Chris Ashworth who relates the story of the Command from its inception with biplanes, through the wartime days of Halifaxes, Wellingtons and Lancasters to the post-war V-bombers and its disbandment in 1968. 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 value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja508414. ISBN: 1852603089.

£ 19.99 (approx. $US 26.01 )

ASIMOV**, ISAAC:
FOUNDATION AND EARTH.

Imprint: LONDON.GRAFTON,1986.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NMINT/FINE.No owner inscrptn, dw/dj price-clipped. 'FOUNDATION AND EARTH' develops the story that began in FOUNDATIONS EDGE,of Golan Trevize's 'treachery' and the search for the mythical origins of humanity.  This,the author's 5th FOUNDATION novel,in Asimov's popular Foundation series,opens with second thoughts. Councilman Golan Trevize is wondering if he was right to choose a collective mind as the best possible future for humanity over the anarchy of contentious individuals,nations and planets.To test his conclusion,he decides he must know the past and goes in search of legendary Earth,all references to which have been erased from galactic libraries.The societies encountered along the way become arguing points in a book-long colloquy about man's fate,conducted by Trevize and traveling companion Bliss,who is part of the first world/mind,Gaia.  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: rja1041. ISBN: 0385233124.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

ASIMOV**, ISAAC:
NEMESIS. [Uncorrected Proof copy.]

Imprint: LONDON.DOUBLEDAY,1989.
Edition: UK,8vo wraps,Uncorrected Proof copy.
Binding: Wraps., No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo ['C' format paperback] wraps,Uncorrected Proof copy.FINE.No owner inscrptn.An unread copy,as there are no spine/backstrip creases, with slightly grubbed/marked top and lightly aged fore-edges.Contents bright,tight and very clean.Uncommon. A dwarf star,pinkish-red,the colour of blood and destruction.Circling Nemesis is a planet. Circling the planet is a satellite,and circling the satellite,Rotor. one of Earth's hundred space colonies.The fate of Earth,and maybe even Rotor itself,rests with a fifteen-year-old girl. who possesses unique and uncanny mental gifts. 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. ** 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: rja1771. ISBN: 2258031974.

£ 35.00 (approx. $US 45.55 )

ASIMOV**, ISAAC:
THE ALTERNATE ASIMOVS: THE ORIGINAL UNPUBLISHED VERSIONS OF PEBBLE IN THE SKY, THE END OF ETERNITY and BELIEF.

Imprint: LONDON.GRAFTON BOOKS.COLLINS PUBLISHING GROUP,1987.
Edition: UK,12mo paperback Original,p/b 1st edn.
Binding: Paperback Original., No dw/dj,p/back Original,as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,12mo paperback Original,p/b 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.] FINE-.(Graded thus purely because of the ageing/toning of book's edges.) No owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,glossy colour pictorial artwork by Chris Foss, illustrated front cover with brown,blue and black lettering; white spine with brown+blue letters and reading creases, rear cover with white background and red+ black publisher's blurb; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing - no nicks or tears present - and minor superficial scoring to either cover.All edges aged/ toned and with minimal,but sporadic foxing /spotting; contents bright,tight,clean with very minimal foxing,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - carefully read.UK,12mo paperback Original,p/b 1st edn,10-349pp [paginated] includes author's introduction,original versions of the first two listed novels and two versions (the first version and then the published version) of 'Belief',a Final Word; plus [unpaginated] a potted biog of Asimov,title page,a dedication, contents list/table and at rear,2pp publisher's advert of Asimov's other fiction titles. The original unpublished versions of 'Pebble In The Sky','The End Of Eternity' and 'Belief'.The first printing of this publisher's 1987 edition:- 'Grow Old Along With Me' (the original version of the novel 'Pebble In The Sky') / 'The End Of Eternity' (original version) / 'Belief' (first version) / 'Belief' (published version). The stories that were too astounding for 'Astounding'.'Pebble In The Sky' and 'The End Of Eternity' are among the best known of Isaac Asimov's early novels.But what most readers won't know is that both were originally written for - and rejected by - the famous pulp SF magazines of the 1940s and 1950s.Along with Dr Asimov's fascinating commentary on the revisions and on his working relationships with legendary SF editors John Campbell and Horace Gold,'The Alternate Asimovs' offers the rare and delightful treat of watching a master of imagination in his workshop. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK,buyers please note,p/backs' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if p/back is offered P/p free. * P/p FREE - Applies UK only. ** 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. 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja925021. ISBN: 0586071628.

£ 13.00 (approx. $US 16.92 )

ASIMOV**, ISAAC - Edited by:
THE HUGO WINNERS - Volumes One and Two.

Imprint: US.GARDEN CITY,NEW YORK.NELSON DOUBLEDAY,Inc.,(copyright 1962.)
Edition: US,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

US,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Book Club edn.Vos 1+2 in one book.]No owner inscrptn,no publisaher price,as a book club edn.Bright,lightly grubbed white background with colour photographs to dw/dj and gilt coloured lettering to front,spine with red,black and other white-outlined black letters, rear panel with b/w-outlined orange letters; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - some tiny snicks to bot head+foot of spine - no other major nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges toned in bands with minimal,sporadic spotting,fore-edges deckled (untrimmed), foxing to lower edges; contents bright and clean - text block particularly - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright, crisp,clean,tan paper covered boards with faux-leather burgundy blind spine with red blocked letters, endpapers faintly foxed/ spotted.US,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,xi-xivpp+4-849pp [paginated] includes Editor's introduction,Pts 1+2 comprising 23 sci-fi short stories and/or novelettes; 2 appendices,plus [unpaginated] half-title +title pages,Pts/Vols separator pages, contents lists/tables,an Editor introduction to each author/wnner, individual Annual Convention details separator pages. An important addition to any SF enthusiast's shelf,and essential reading for a newcomer to the genre. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** 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. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja927121. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

ASLET**, CLIVE:
WAR MEMORIAL: THE STORY OF ONE VILLAGE'S SACRIFICE FROM 1914 TO 2003.** [Author SIGNED copy.**]

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

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 001.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn but an unused brown+white illustrated bookplate,by John Sutcliffe - exclusively for the National Trust - pasted to top,right-hand corner of ffe,and author's black ink felt tip signature - without dedication - to the title page just below his own printed name and price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj with red and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edge towards head of spine/backstrip has a few tiny,tiny spots,else bright and clean,fore-edges bright and clean without any spots; contents bright,tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original,plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a red+white striped headband and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn,xii-xxxiiipp [part paginated]+2-342pp [paginated] includes list of illustrations,a Preface,13 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp104/5 and pp216/7 respectively,Roll-call of Names on the Lydford War Memorial,acknowledgements,Notes and an Index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page,a dedication,epigram,a Contents list/table,Lydford b/w village map (circa 1922),b/w map Western Front 1915-17,b/w map Thiepval,Battle of the Somme,1916 with another b/w map Normandy and Operation Market Garden (WW2) to it's reverse and 2pp blanks at the rear. Who were the men and women whose names are immortalized on war memorials around the country? Where did they live,how and why did they die? Such questions usually go unanswered.This book unravels the story of one war memorial,in the Dartmoor village of Lydford,tracing the lives of twenty-two men and one woman who made the supreme sacrifice.The result is an intimate portrait of one corner of the countryside in the twentieth century,and an extraordinary tale of the endurance and bravery of otherwise ordinary people - farmers,masons,railway workers, landowners,schoolchildren - who,but for the war memorial,would be forgotten. For the first time,their experiences of war are recounted in vivid detail through original documents: from the battles of the First and Second World Wars to more recent times in the Falklands and Iraq. 'War Memorial' is about the people who laid down their lives for us,and who shall not be forgotten. 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 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: rja603416. ISBN: 9780670921539.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

ASPLUND, UNO:
CHAPLIN'S FILMS - A FILMOGRAPHY.

Imprint: UK.NEWTON ABBOT,DEVON.DAVID & CHARLES,1973.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj. Bright,clean,glossy,laminated,silver background with black,subject portrait silhouette and black+red letters to upper wrap,with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges-no nicks or tears present - though spine/backstrip is slightly faded.Top edge lightly dust-soiled but generally clean,fore-edge cleaner; contents bright,tight and clean also - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Clean black paper-covered boards with bright,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean but lightly toned edged endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,5-204pp includes half-title+ title pages,Contents+Illustrationa lists,a Foreword,15 chapters,12pp contemporary b/w photographs between pp32-35,pp50-53,pp84-87, pp102-105,and pp176-181 respectively,a Bibliography and an Index.Translated from the Swedish by Paul Britten Austin. This book is the first complete survey of Chaplin's work,and includes a detailed synopsis of each and every Chaplin film,from the earliest Keystone farces up to Chaplin's latest and most sophisticated productions, with an assessment of their interest to a present-day viewer.Included are unique statistical data on the original footages and running times of Chaplin's silents, drawn from the archives of the Swedish Board of Censors,whose solemn and often outraged utterances cast comic sidelight on how the watchdogs of early 20thC morality saw Chaplin's art. There are brief biographies of some of Chaplin's more notable colleagues,his rivals and imitators,and biographical information on Chaplin himself and the birth of his immortal 'Charlie' figure.There is a chapter on 'Spurious Chaplin Films'. Uno Asplund is a noted Swedish film journalist. He has devoted many years to collecting and studying Chaplin's films,of which he has a complete library.Book out-of-print,as publisher ceased trading late 1980's. Please contact seller,because of the weight/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: rja22636. ISBN: 0715362569.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

Assorted authors:
GREATEST ANIMAL STORIES - Chosen by Michael Morpurgo.**

Imprint: UK.OXFORD,OXON.OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS,2016.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB,no dw/d,as issued,illustrated 1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB,no dw/d,as issued,illustrated 1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE. No owner inscrptn,and an absence of printed published price.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, paper-covered boards with wrap-around pale blue background with brown illustrated birds+animal figures in a climbing foliage border with brown +white lettering to front,brown lettered spine/ backstrip,rear board with brown prose extract text and a small white bird illustration,and brown+white illustrated endpapers.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top,front corner and diagonally opposed bottom,rear corner tips both with miniscule bump and reciprocal crease to same,and rear board with a few light, but superficial indents.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.UK, Qrto HB,no dw/d,as issued,1st edn,9-253pp [paginated] includes 17 stories - all colour illustrated by 12 assorted illustrators and each preceded by a separator colour vignette illustrated story title page with a story precis /background opposite; plus [unpaginated] half-title with a 'This Book Belongs To' panel (unused - no name inserted),a colour vignetted title page,an introduction by Michael Morpurgo with a colour anthropomorphic animal illustration - a clothed fox,a contents list/ table also with a colour animal illustration - a cat,and reverse of last page with acknowledgements and author+illustrator credits. Both Morpurgo and Geraldine McCuaghrean have contributed a story each. 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 prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional example for its cleanliness and brightness. Former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo and Award-winning children's writer,has collected his greatest animal stories from all around the world and put them in one place . . . Here! From brave mice to hungry wolves,and mischievous spiders to ingenious cats,this is a timeless collection to treasure forever. Beautifully illustrated throughout,a menagerie will come to life before your eyes.There are lots of stories to choose from,including Puss in Boots, The Ugly Duckling, and Peter and the Wolf,so whether you're looking for a quick read or a longer story to lose yourself in,something to read alone or a tale to share,there's a great animal story within for everyone to find.This beautifully-illustrated,sumptuous gift edition is perfectfor young readers to treasure.From squeaks and peeps to growls and howls,all animal life is here.A treasure trove of animal delights,chosen by the UK's best-loved storyteller. 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: rja1033622. ISBN: 9780192748621.

£ 19.50 (approx. $US 25.38 )

ASTIN, SEAN with LAYDEN, JOE:
THERE AND BACK AGAIN: AN ACTOR'S TALE - A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE LORD OF THE RINGS.

Imprint: LONDON.VIRGIN,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,no price-clip to dw/dj, virtually as new.Bright,crisp,clean,colour photographic wrap-around illustrated,dw/dj (still from film LOTR: The Return of the King.); with negligible shelf-wear to edges,no nicks or tears present.Top+fore- edges unmarked,bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.Bright, unblemished,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-326pp [paginated] includes prologue+epilogue,19 chapters,8pp contemporary colour photographs between pp150/1[unpaginated],an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,dedication+acknowledgements page. Sean Astin played the part of Sam Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and is a veteran of over 30 movies,including The Goonies.He won his first acting part at the age of nine and has successfully made the transition from child star to adult star.He also works as a director and producer and has five more films in production. Joe Layden is a journalist and the author of over 30 books, including The Rock Says . . .(with wrestling legend The Rock) which spent five months in the New York Times bestseller chart. TLOTR 2001-2003 is the highest grossing trilogy of all time,(then 2004),breaking all box-office records to secure its place in history.Sean Astin,was there,on set, for nearly two years of his life and this account is of the on- and off-screen events and filming through his eyes. THERE AND BACK AGAIN is an extremely personal,revealing and immensely readable behind-the-scenes look at what it was like to be involved in the making of one of the biggest movie franchises of all time. Please contact seller,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: rja32869. ISBN: 1852271493.

£ 17.99 (approx. $US 23.41 )

ATHERTON, MIKE:
OPENING UP: MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

Imprint: LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2002.
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 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,author/subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with silver gilt+blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A tiny snick to front top corner.Top edges with some minimal dust-soiling and subsequent spotting/ foxing,fore-edges slightly aged/toned but generally and clean; 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,sharp-cornered - the top two corners minimally bumped - original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale blue endpapers.Book has a slight lean.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xvpp+1- 330pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements with photographic acknowledgements to it's reverse, author's preface,20 chapters and an epilogue, 32pp contemporary b/w+colour (the majority) autobiographical photographs in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp48/9,pp112/13,pp208/9 and pp272/73 respectively,an appendix,a Captain's report,career statistics and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,dedication and contents list/table,and 6pp blanks at the rear of the book. From England's most capped captain,Mike Atherton's very personal account of England's fortunes,and of his own,over the past decade is of absorbing interest.For much of his Test career his was the wicket most prized by the opposition,and his account of innings against the great fast bowlers,Allan Donald,Curtly Ambrose,Courtney Walsh and his nemesis,Glenn McGrath,takes readers into the heat of battle, sledging and all. Appointed captain of England when he was just twenty-five,he analyses,with unusual honesty and objectivity,his own sometimes stubborn character and the reasons for his often cool relationship with the press.He provides a perceptive assessment of his own successes and failures and describes his long-term battle for fitness against a painful and debilitating condition of inflammation in the joints. The 'dirt in the pocket' episode,told by means of the diary he kept,makes for fascinating reading,both for his own part and that of the match referee,Peter Burge. These revealing insights make his observations of others involved in the game more authoritative. His sometimes uneasy relations with so-called 'cricket supremo' Ray Illingworth reveal some of the difficulties facing an England captain off the field of play.However,his loyalty to his players,and theirs to him,is clearly evident. Atherton chooses not to disguise his opinions of certain selectors during his tenure as captain; these views on the state of English cricket and the conditions needed for the building of a strong Test side are an important contribution to the current debate (then 2002). Possibly the most thoughtful England captain since Mike Brearley,his uncompromising assessment of himself and vivid pen portraits of fellow players from Gooch and Gower to Stewart, Thorpe and Nasser Hussain are most revealing.A born writer,with the gift of a light touch,this is Atherton in his own words. At sixteen he captained the England Under 19 team and he was made captain of the full England side in 1993 at the age of twenty-five.He represented England in 115 Test matches and captained his country on a record 54 occasions. He has a regular newspaper column in the 'Sunday Telegraph' and is a commentator on Channel 4.He was awarded the OBE in 1997. 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: rja681117. ISBN: 0340822325.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

ATKIN**, RONALD:
REVOLUTION - MEXICO 1910-20.

Imprint: LONDON.MacMILLAN,1969.
Edition: UK,8vo HB,protected dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG. Protected dw/dj,which has left sellotape marks to inside boards where taped down. Minus ffe,no price-clip to dw/dj,fore- edges browned/aged.8vo,354pp includes appendices,general and detailed sources, index and b/w photographs and 3 b/w maps -all called for. The Mexican Revolution of 1910-20 has long exerted a peculiar fascination over the public imagination.Its heroes and heroines,its songs,battles and sieges,all seem larger than life and many hundreds and thousands of printed words and feet of film have been devoted to the exploits of men like Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa - some of them hopelessly over-romantic, others reflecting more accurately the bitterness and cruelty of the period.There has,however,been no single complete account of these years and this book is the first.The story begins with the celebration in Sept,1910 of the centenary of Mexican independence and the eightieth birthday of the dictator Porfirio Diaz,a man whose much praised and outwardly secure-seeming regime was in fact,'dancing on a volcano'. All seemed secure,prosperous and hopeful, yet the miles of new railways and exciting oilfields were based on a hopeless economic policy designed to feather the nests of politicians and drain away the natural wealth of the country,and the great mass of Mexicans,both in the towns and in the haciendas,lived in conditions very close to slavery.Atkins guides the reader through the years that followed, drawing on a wide variety of sources, including eye-witness accounts,newspaper dispatches,diplomatic records and official histories.He introduces the men who succeeded each other at the top of the revolutionary pyramid:most achieved power through bloodshed,most died violently and ignobly.Francisco Madero,the Dreamer,who swept Diaz from power and was in turn toppled and murdered when he gave the people the vote instead of bread and land; Victoriano Huerta the alcoholic general who followed Madero and held his Cabinet meetings in bars and cafes; Venustiano Carranza,the aloof landowner who replaced Huerta; Alvaro Obregon,the one-armed soldier who was to become one of Mexico's outstanding Presidents; Pablo Gonzales,the general who never won a battle,all are placed in their historical perspective. Most important are the accounts of the two archetypal revolutionary figures Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa,who are revealed in all their magnificence and cruelty.The Mexican Revolution was perhaps the first true social upheaval of this century. Between 1910-20,the population of Mexico fell from 15 million to 12 million and its certain that most of the suffering was borne by peasants who had little idea of what was at stake,or of the corruption and self-seeking of their leadership,but for whom anything was preferable to the slavery of the Diaz years. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja1129. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 18.50 (approx. $US 24.08 )

ATKINS, CAROLINE:
What a Hazarda Letter is: The Strange Destiny of the Unsent Letter.

Imprint: LONDON.Safe Have Books Ltd.,2018.
Edition: UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, clean,wrap-around red background with a two-fold off-white letter illustrated dw/dj panels front and rear,front letter with author's red-lettered name with a thumbnail colour illustration of a hand holding an envelope separating christian name from surname,a black-lettered part-title and a red-lettered sub-title; spine/backstrip with blocked,glossy,black-lettered author name and similarly coloured sub-title and blocked, glossy,white-lettered part-title with front's repeated colour thumbnail illustration between the part and sub titles and publisher's white illustrated colophon to foot of same; rear panel of dw/dj with two-fold lettere illustration with black+red-lettered strap-line and 21 assorted authors' names to letter's lower two sections. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - most creasing to top edges and corner tips and head of spine,a small indent to front,lightly affecting the board below - but no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without ageing/toning or any foxing/spotting; contents similar - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,clean,sharp-cornered maroon boards with bright,crisp,blocked,silver gilt-lettered spine,a lilac silk bookmark ribbon sewn in and immaculate plain pale blue endpapers.UK, small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st ednvii-xipp+1-292pp [paginated] includes Contents list/able,author's Introduction,I-VI (1-6) sections: Love Left Unsaid, Fate Intervenes, Thought Better of, Letters As Therapy, And All Because of a Letter. . .,and Not-Quite Letters penned,by,to and from various assorted male+female author's,and Acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title apges,an epigram/letter extract that gives the book's title [Emily Dickinson,from a letter to Thomas Wentworth Higginson,6 August,1885.]. Visually the exterior appearance is still more than acceptable and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minimal,minor faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite that,it really is still a more than acceptable example for its brightness and lack of major detracting faults.                                          Why would anyone write a letter and then not send it? 'What a Hazard a Letter is,' wrote the poet Emily Dickinson,thinking of 'the Hearts it has scuttled and sunk'. Once sent, a letter cannot be taken back: it is like a depth charge dropped into the future, into other people s lives. The moment they re written, letters become, as Janet Malcolm puts it, fossils of feeling: they fix and freeze the sentiments we had at the time, though our lives may quickly move on and we may all too soon have second thoughts. But what if, once written, a letter is not sent or never arrives? What a Hazard a Letter is is the first book to look at the strange phenomenon of the unsent letter. 'What a Hazard a Letter is' is the first book to look at the strange phenomenon of the unsent letter.It collects together some of the most remarkable examples, from fiction and from real life, and explores the fascinating reasons why they came to be unsent, and the consequences sometimes farcical, sometimes agonisingly poignant, and sometimes actually changing the course of history.                                Here, then, are authors from Ian McEwan to Iris Murdoch, Abraham Lincoln to Ernest Hemingway, and Virginia Woolf to Van Gogh: magnificent tirades written in the red mist of rage,delicious to read but all the better for not being mailed; letters whose non-arrival sets a novel's plot careering down a new track; and tender words of love that never quite got said all, in their way,a little more eloquent for being unsent. 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: 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: rja1151924. ISBN: 9780993291173.

£ 14.99 (approx. $US 19.51 )

ATKINSON**, KATE:
BIG SKY. [Author SIGNED copy + Exclusive Waterstones Atkinson Interview.]

Imprint: LONDON.DOUBLEDAY/an imprint of Transworld Publishing,2019.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED+Waterstones Exclusive Interview,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Autrhor SIGNED - without dedication.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED+Waterstones Exclusive Interview,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.Internal printed ISBN reads 9780857526106 whilst to the rear cover,an adhesive label with printed ISBN 9781785175695.] FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrtn,but author's neat,handwritten black ink signature - without dedication - to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp and clean,matt,wrap -around blue background with colour photograph/illustration of a seagull in flight to front panel,with author's capitalised,embossed,matt pale blue-lettered name and capitalised, embossed,matt white-lettered title and an adhesive roundel of black with white-lettered legend of 'Exclusive to Waterstones Interview with Kate Atkinson' and capitalised,white-lettered 'SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR' to same; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name+title as the front's and publisher's white illustrated colophon and capitalised, white-lettered name respectively,to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with white-lettered prose extract.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners,a tiny snick/closed tear to foot of spine/backstrip - no other nicks,tears or splits present - slight,light pushing to same area and similar to front's lower corner tip too.Top+f ore-edges minimally toned but bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - inexplicably top corner tip of rear free endpaper and the preceding blank's tip too,are both with differing sized tip creases? Publisher's bright,crisp,unmarked,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with an impressed silhouette of a standing seagull on a rock,to front's lower corner; spine/backstrip with glossy,blocked,black lettering,a green+ black speckled headband with a sewn-in pale blue and another sewn-in green+black speckled silk bookmark ribbon,and immaculate repeated,colour panoramic coast,beach and sea illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED+ Waterstones Exclusive author Interview,1st edn, 10367pp [paginated] includes story without chapter numeration,song references/lyrics page, and to the rear,after the story,the 7pp author interview; plus [unpaginated]half-title,author SIGNED title page,epigrams [2 - a Zen saying and Malcolm X], a dedication,Acknowledgements, Waterstones Exclusive Interview separator page, author potted biography and 6pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and even internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minimal,minor faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite them,it really is still an exemplary example for its cleanliness, brightness and lack of other detracting faults. An anticipated return of Jackson Brodie - her fifth of the series - ex-military,ex-Cambridge Constabulary,now a private investigator. 'Death at The Sign of the Rook',described as a "brilliantly unique take on the classic country house murder" is for publishing in August 2024. Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village in North Yorkshire,in the occasional company of his recalcitrant teenage son Nathan and ageing Labrador Dido,both at the discretion of his former partner Julia. It's a picturesque setting,but there's something darker lurking behind the scenes. Jackson's current job,gathering proof of an unfaithful husband for his suspicious wife,seems straightforward,but a chance encounter with a desperate man on a crumbling cliff leads him into a sinister network - and back into the path of someone from his past. Old secrets and new lies intersect in this breathtaking new novel,both sharply funny and achingly sad,by one of the most dazzling and surprising writers at work today. 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: rja1137424. ISBN: 9780857526106.

£ 40.00 (approx. $US 52.06 )

ATKINSON**, ALEX & SEARLE**, RONALD - WITH MRS DYSON.
ESCAPE from the AMAZON.** [Illustrated by Ronald Searle.**]

Imprint: LONDON.PERPETUA,1964.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn. FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj. 3 block colour(red+b/w) illustrated dw/dj by Ronald Searle; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present. Minisculely bumped top two corners plus both head+foot of spine/backstrip all with reciprocal creasing.Miniscule rubbing to vertical edge of spine/backstrip's upper edge.Dw/dj is in an excellent condition,given it's age!! Top+fore-edges very,very lightly aged but clean; contents bright,tight and virtually pristine.Publisher's original,pristine,black cloth boards with bright,blocked gilt sihouette (man on a cycle) to upper board's lower,right-hand corner and bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip also,with immaculate plain white endpapers.A really superb copy.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj, illustrated 1st edn,1-105pp includes half-title+ title pages,a b/w illustrated frntis with b/w illustrated verso,a Contents list/table,author's Introductory note,4 chapters,b/w Searle illustrated chapter head-pieces,and 25 full-page b/w cartoons/illus (all Searle). We have to admit,in this instance,that the Amazon in question was about six feet tall, blonde,horribly healthy and given over to free-love as even Ingmar Bergman has shrunk from depicting it.But not Atkinson and Searle. However,suffice it to say that what these intrepid non-travellers did for Russia and America,by not going there,they now do for some handy bits of Europe.Not only do they reveal the rather horrible gastronomic secrets of the French Routiers,at the risk of being splashed with Potage du Jour,they also note down with courage the intimate and revealing pattern of Primitive Nordic Orgies,and plod on to probe secrets surrounding the nocturnal habits of Spanish Castanet Tuners.Searle and Atkinson are men who fear nothing - except going to the places they depict - and this formidable team is now joined by the no less formidable Mrs Dyson, whose voyage by Balsa raft to Cardiff will long be remembered by those natives who stoned her all the way to the station.To the utter dismay of the local tribes,Mrs Dyson did indeed place her large boots on the banks of the true Amazon. And the legend of her acrobatic manoeuvres on the end of a convenient liana has been painfully embodied into local folk-lore.Searle - Atkinson - Mrs Dyson.What a team! And indeed,what a book . . . 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: rja22616. ISBN: No iSBN.

£ 35.00 (approx. $US 45.55 )

ATKINSON**, KATE.
Festive Spirits - Three Short Stories.

Imprint: LONDON.TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS,2019.
Edition: UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. A fund- raising publication in aid of Sightsavers: £1 from sale of every copy going to the charity and all the author's royalties and profits given in support of the charity.An orange with black text,circular adhesive label to front panel.] NMINT/NMINT. Wrapped+protected from day of issue/ purchase,so no owner inscrptn and no price -clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean white background with wrap-around,white,grey, red and random,tiny red fluorescent gilt hearts in a decorative design in the style of cross-stitch embroidery illustrated dw/dj,with red lettering to front,spine and rear panel too.Top+fore-edges without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages corners - unread,apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,publisher's original white cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked red fluorescent gilt portion of dw/dj's design as a central motif to front+rear boards, similar gilt fluorescent lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain red endpapers.UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 3-67pp [paginated] includes 3 Christmas festive short stories: Lucy's Day,Festive Spirit and Small Mercies; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, contents list/table,individual story separator pages,and to the rear 5pp publisheR's advert for author's previous works,each with a critics' review,includes her forthcoming (then 2019) title - #Big Sky' - the return of detective Jackson Brodie,with a note on of,from the charity Sightsavers to its reverse. One for the completist,or even as a perfect Christmas gift: three festive tales from the brilliant pen of Kate Atkinson. 'Lucy would have challenged anyone not to cry at the sight of their child in a Nativity play.Even a sheepish Maude,even a scowling Beatrice - currently attempting a Chinese burn on an adjacent angel.A shepherd shouted something incomprehensible to Joseph.One of the Wise Men wet himself.Beatrice waved enthusiastically - a little too enthusiastically - at Lucy from the angelic choir.It was better than any religion,Lucy thought. From the Costa Award-winning author of 'LIFE AFTER LIFE'. 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 and all overseas 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: rja941521. ISBN: 9780857527127.

£ 12.00 (approx. $US 15.62 )

ATKINSON**, KATE:
HUMAN CROQUET. **

Imprint: LONDON.DOUBLEDAY,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 and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around montage'd,colour illustrations illustrated dw/dj panels,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Dw/dj's spine/backstrip inevitably sunned and faded.Top+fore-edges slightly toned but overall generally bright and clean - no foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain tan/khaki cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark green endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,11-349pp [paginated] includes b/w illustration to last page; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, a dedication,an epigraph,and sections separator pages. Author's 2nd book following on from 'Behind the Scenes at the Museum',her highly acclaimed and award-winning (Whitbread Book of the Year') debut novel. Want more Kate ATKINSON titles? For similar and other titles,please search my MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogue. Once it had been the great forest of Lythe - a vast and impenetrable thicket of green with a mystery in the very heart of the trees.And here,in the beginning,lived the Fairfaxes, grandly,at Fairfax Manor,visited once by the great Gloriana herself. But over the centuries the forest had been destroyed,replaced by Streets of Trees - Chestnut Avenue,Laurel Bank,Sycamore Street,and all that was left was Boscrambe Woods and the great Lady Oak.The Fairfaxes had dwindled too; now they lived in 'Arden' at the end of Hawthorne Close and were hardly a family at all. There was Vinny (the Aunt from Hell), irritating and irritable - 'Fun doesn't get the washing done' - with her cats and her crab-apple face.And Gordon,who had forgotten them for seven years and,when he remembered,came back with fat Debbie,who shared her one brain cell with a poodle and had something wrong with her tubes. And then there were Charles and Isobel,the children.Charles,the acne-scarred Lost Boy, passed his life awaiting visits from aliens and the return of his mother.But it is Isobel to whom the story belongs - Isobel,born on the Streets of the Trees in the muddled middle of the twentieth century,drops into pockets of time and out again.Isobel is sixteen and she too is waiting for the return of her mother - the thin,dangerous Eliza with her scent of nicotine, Arperge and sex,whose disappearance is part of the mystery that still remains at the heart of the forest. Kate Atkinson's first novel 'Behind the Scenes at the Museum' won the Whitbread First Novel Award,and then was chosen as the overall 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year - see my book ID rja695917 for UK,HB+dw/dj,1st edn. Her new book.'Human Croquet.',is an audacious blend of history,comedy and tragedy,drawing on Shakespeare and the place of the forest in the imagination, distilled through the lives of an eccentric suburban family. 'Human Croquet' confirms Kate Atkinson as an outstanding writer of lyrical prose,and as a unique new voice in British fiction. See also,my book ID rja464 for a UK,8vo wraps,uncorrected proof.MINT - unread.See also my book ID rja849919 for UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn example. Please contact seller,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,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: rja730217. ISBN: 0385405960.

£ 55.00 (approx. $US 71.58 )

ATKINSON**, ALEX & SEARLE**, RONALD:
RUSSIA for BEGINNERS: By Rocking-Chair Across Russia. [Illus by Ronald Searle.**]

Imprint: LONDON.PERPETUA LTD.,1960.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn. [Distributed by Michael Joseph Ltd.,London.Made and printed in Great Britain by Balding & Mansell Ltd.,Wisbech, Cambs.,in Perpetua 12-point leaded,on paper made by the Inveresk Paper Cp.,at Musselburgh,Scotland.] VG++/VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt red background with b/w artwork by Ronald Searle,illustrated dw/dj with b/w lettering; with some inevitable but negligible shelf-wear and creasing with some miniscule chipping to edges and corners - no major nicks, tears or loss present.Both head+foot of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj,have miniscule,closed nicks/ tears with the backstrip also slightly dulled/ sunned.Top edges slightly aged and dust-soiled, fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,would appear unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,generally clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt decorated vertical border edging towards boards' spine/backstrip's gutter edges,with a gilt silhouette of Russian domed church/buildings architectural decoration to lower corner of upper board and bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters also to spine/backstrip and clean plain red endpapers.Rear board had 3 small splashes/spots and the front endpapers have 2 small smudges and both sets of same show off-setting from dw/dj's inner flaps.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,illustrated 1st edn,15-93pp includes 9 chapters including a postscript,14 full-page,3 double-page and chapter head-pieces b/w line illustrations - all by Ronald Searle throughout the text and the book,and an index; plus [unpaginated] b/w illustrated blank,half-title page,double-page illustrated blanks,double-page illustrated title page,b/w illustrated frntis,a Contents list/table,an Introductory note with b/w vignette illustration,and 2pp blanks at rear. Described hard,but fairly and honestly,it really is not as bad as it reads or would sound - particularly given the book's age and passage of time. 'Russia for Beginners' is a no-holds barred report by a team of intrepid pen-and-ink satirists who have nothing whatever to hide. Never having been to Russia in their lives,Alex Atkinson and Ronald Searle are free to show us the real Russia,the Russia few tourists are evr privileged to see,A heart-to-heart chat with Khrushchev? A trip to the forbidden Virgin Lands? An evening of poker at the Laughing Cossack Saloon? The authors spared themselves no pains in attempting to further East-West understanding. Concealing nothing from the moment the first postcards were exchanged with the Town Clerk at Zhadanov until the time when Mr Atkinson was forcibly escorted from the waiting room at Moscow Airport with a coat thrown over his head, this book is essential for all rocking-chair readers who have till now lacked the visas, money,or imagination,to visit Russia for themselves.The final pages,in which the author throws caution to the winds and indulges in a frankly personal question-and-answer session about the significance of his experiences,are especially revealing. 'Russia for Beginners' is the most devastating travel book since these keen- eyed investigators gave us 'USA for Beginners'. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and 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 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: rja554615. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 65.00 (approx. $US 84.59 )

ATKINSON**, KATE:
WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS?

Imprint: LONDON.DOUBLEDAY/TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS,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 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with blue+black 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' cornertips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a gold headband, a dark blue sewn-in silk bookmark ribbon and immaculate grey+white flecked endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,13-348pp [paginated] includes Pts I- VI; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,Thanks,an epigram,Pts separator pages,and 4pp blanks at the rear. Want more Kate ATKINSON titles? For similar and other titles,please search my MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogue. In a quiet corner of rural Devon,six-year -old Joanna Mason witnesses an appalling crime. Thirty years later the man convicted of the crime,Andrew Decker,is released from prison. In Edinburgh,sixteen-year-old Reggie,wise beyond her years,works as a nanny for a GP.But Dr Hunter has gone missing and Reggie seems to be the only person who is worried. Across town,Detective Chief Inspector Louis Monroe is also looking for a missing person, unaware that hurtling towards her is an old friend - Jackson Brodie - himself on a journey that is about to be fatally interrupted. In an extraordinary virtuoso display,Kate Atkinson produces one of the most engrossing, brilliantly written and piercingly insightful novels of this or any year.'When Will There Be Good News?' sheds new light on the nature of fate,and on to the human condition itself. 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. **

CANCELLED/04/10/2023.

Stock number: rja724917. ISBN: 9780385608015.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )