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First printing of this revised edition. The book was originally published by Putnam in 1952 and this new edition has been enlarged, up-dated and entirely re-written with mostly new illustrations. In good condition for its. Bumped at head and tail of book spine. The pages are very heavily tanned making them very brown, but the book remains eminently readable. The dust jacket is complete an....
First UK edition in very good condition for its age. Some light tanning to pages. Minor bump at head and tail of spine and also in the middle of the top and bottom edge of each board. The dust jacket is complete and still shows the price. It is showing signs of wear and is scuffed at the edges. SYNOPSIS: “A celebration of cricket using fact and fantasy. Contributors include Arlott, ....
A first UK edition hardback in very good condition for its age. This slim volume is bumped at head and tail of book spine. Tanning to pages. Titles to spine remain bright. The dust jacket is complete, still shows the price, but is showing signs of wear to the extremities.
SYNOPSIS: “Set in wartime , this is the story of a young seaman deserting after being blown up and ....
First UK edition in very good condition for its age. Bumped at base of book spine and some rubbing to the edges of the boards. Tanning to pages. The dust jacket is complete and still shows the price. It is showing signs of wear and the spine and front panel are faded. SYNOPSIS: “The Alderman is the title bestowed by his colleague, Brian Johnson, upon Don Mosey, one of the best-known....
First UK edition. Bumped at head and tail of book spine. Previous owner’s neat inscription on ffep. Price still on dustjacket. A remarkable account of a remarkable life. “A small boy who roams across Edwardian Australia with his actress mother in pursuit of his father, the ‘dramatic cock o’ the North’… A university aesthete who edits his own Cambridge po....
First UK edition which is in very good condition. The dustjacket is a little grubby and yellow. Price still on dustjacket. Book bumped at head and tail of book spine. Val Hennessy interviews about 50 famous people about their books. Hilarious and opinionated and often bawdy. Among those put through the mill are Bob Geldof, Anita Brookner, Fiona Richmond, Henry Root, James Herbert, Joan Colli....
Union Dues is set in the late sixties and moves from the coal-mining area of West Virginia to the back streets of Boston, where Hunter McNatt, a widowed miner, goes in search of his runaway son Hobie. Price still on dustjacket. IN STOCK READY FOR IMMEDIATE DISPATCH
First edition with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing. Unpriced dustjacket. A novel of erotic obsession. “When Vega and Paul meet at a party, they immediately embark on a sexual relationship that knows no boundaries, acknowledges no taboos. Soon, their erotic abandon is mirrored by a criminal recklessness that spirals rapidly into a vortex of fatal destruction&....
he book is in very good condition for its age. The dustjacket is rubbed and scuffed but is complete. Price still on dusjtakcet. The book is bumped at the head and tail of the book spine and at the bottom of the front board. Tanning to pages and foxing to leading edges of pages not affecting page faces. “Vaczek’s bawdy, baleful mind is a subtle statement on virtue, ambition, love....
First edition with a full 1 to 9 number sequence indicating a first printing. Age tanning to pages. Bumped at tail of book spine. Rubbing to boards. Price still on dustjacket. “Sir Edwin Rice has decided to divorce Lady Angelica, ex-rock star. She has behaved intolerably. He petitions the Court to set him free. Angelica fights back. She is not what he things – but then what....
First US edition hardback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing. Stated ‘First Edition’. Bumped at head and tail of spine and some rubbing to boards. Some tanning to pages. The dust jacket is complete, still shows the price, but is showing signs of wear at the extremities. Small crease to front fold in of the jacket.
SYNOPSIS: “Peter Ha....
A First UK edition in very good condition. Bumped at head and tail of book spine and some tanning to pages. The dust jacket is complete and still shows the price, with some slight signs of wear to the extremities and some foxing to the internal flaps.
SYNOPSIS: “Lawson is a cantankerous recluse. His world has narrowed down to his library and his continuous feud with his h....
First UK edition in very good condition for its age. Minor bump to head and tail of book spine. Heavy tanning to pages making them very brown, but the book remains eminently readable. The dust jacket is complete and still bears the price.
SYNOPSIS: “A serious work of literary art from a Pulitzer Prize winner that addresses the subject of modern heterosexuality. Butler’s narra....
So deceptive. So blood-chilling. So read it ! Price still on dustjacket. Heavy age tanning to pages. Dust jacket is creased along top edge. Bumped at head and tail of book spine. IN STOCK READY FOR IMMEDIATE DISPATCH
This is a book club edition which is in very good condition for its age. Bumped at head and tail of book spine. Age tanning to pages making them rather brown, but the book remains eminently readable. The dust jacket is complete with just some minor shelf wear to the bottom edge.
SYNOPSIS: “A doctor turned fugitive must save himself and stop a lethal drug-tampering plot”. IN S....
Set at the time of the First World War, this is an interweaving of fact and fiction revolving around the transfer of Lenin from his safe exile in Zurich to the chaos of Petrograd. Price still on dustjacket. Minor bumps to head and tail of book spine. IN STOCK READY FOR IMMEDIATE DISPATCH