GENERAL from R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.

UK,landscape 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour-wash illustrated (from The Graphic,1876) upper panel of dw/dj with brownlettered,panelled title and yellow lettered author name; black lettered text and a colour map of 19thC Plymouth,illustrated rear wrap,with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - tiny 1/4" closed tear at head of rear-facing… Read more

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,white wrap-around background with colour pictorial artwork by Sue Macartney-Snape,illustrated dw/dj front+rear panels with blue-green lettered part title and capitalised black-lettered sub-title,black-lettered author+illustrator names and blue-green lettered Foreword by Giles Brandreth to foot of front panel,blue-green part title and black -lettered author+illustrator names… Read more

UK,slim,small 8vo wraps,1st edn.FINE. Noowner inscrptn and no price removal from colour scenic Dartmoor photographic illustrated rear,card cover.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,sharp-cornered b/w+colour photographic front+rear card covers respectively, with white lettering to both,white spine/backstrip with black lettering; all with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to… Read more

UK,landscape 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn, no clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour-wash illustrated upper wrap with author/ illustrator facsimile signature; b/w line illus rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Some light impressions/indents,barely perceptible,to both dw/dj panels.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine.Sharp-cornered,bright,clean,publisher's… Read more

UK,thick 12mo p/back,reprint.[Originally first published Weidenfeld & Nicolson,(LONDON,1991) 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.This reprint by ABACUS (UK,LONDON),published in 1992 and reprinted in same year,again in 1993 (x 3),1994 and this reprint in 1995.] VG++.No owner inscrptn and no price removal from card cover.Bright, with light age grubbing but glossy,colour pictorial artwork from a hand-coloured etching by Helena Zakrzewska Rucinska,illustrated front cover… Read more

UK,8vo,wraps/softback,Limited,No'd,493/1250,3rd edn,but a 1st thus. [This is a Strictly Limited edn,No. 493 0f 1250 only.A facsimile part reproduction of William White's History,Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Devon first published by William White Limited of Sheffield in 1890.] NFINE/FNE. No owner inscrptn,and an absence of publisher's printed price to card covers.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy, sharp-cornered,contemporary sepia photographic illustrated card covers - front… Read more

UK,small 8vo wraps,s/back,1st edn.[This edn is the 2nd in the Non-League Yearbook series following on from the success of the 1980- 81 issue.] VG+. No owner inscrptn but an inked small rectangle to top,right-hand corner of front card cover.and no price removal from rear cover.Bright,crisp,clean,colour photographic illustrated front with capitalisedwhite+orange lettered title and white lettered editor namcoloured title repeated to… Read more

UK.8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG++/VG++.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy, colour photographic portrait mug shots with capitalised white-lettered title to a red background horizontal panel towards top edge and capitalised black-lettered author name to another similar panel at lower edge,red background panels at head+foot of spine/ backstrip sunned and faded - almost invisible but b/w lettering (title +publisher) within them visible,similarly colour photographic portrait mug shots as… Read more

UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued(?),1st edn.FINE-. No owner inscrptn. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,sharp-cornered - excluding front board's top corner tip with tiny knock,other corners unaffected,paper-covered boards of pale grey background with Parisian-themed colour illustrations and glossy capitalised lettered part title with a glossy red dot over the 'I' in PARIS,remainder of title in red lettering to upper board,a red cloth blind-spine with… Read more

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn,noprice-clip - absence of published price.These are generally accepted as export issues/edns and are distributed before the trade release in the country of origin.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around white background with b/w photograph of Peary with telescope searching ofr the horizon.1908-9,to front panel,with capiatlised,black-lettered… Read more

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated upper panel with white+gold colour lettering,and modern colour,scenic photographic illustrated rear panel of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears… Read more

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Originally published,Andrew Melrose Ltd.,1953.] FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,dw/dj unclipped - absence of publisher price.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour,pictorial illustrated upper wrap (detail from painting 'Haymaking' by George Stubbs),publisher advert to rear wrap with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Spine/ backstrip minimally sunned/faded.Top edge slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal - fore-edges less so… Read more

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Originally and first published by same publisher,1996.This edn 2003.] FINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy, colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with capitalised white lettering to front,brown background spine/backstrip with capitalised white lettering and with slight fade/sunning at foot of same;rear panel with superimposed critics' white lettered reviews; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - one… Read more

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn per se,but residual evidence of removal of an ssumed adhesive label to top,right-hand corner of front free endpaper and what looks like a same-sized residual but faint 'bleed' from verso of coloured front free endpaper to concomitant spot to following half-title,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around red background with colour cartoon artwork by Olly Copplestone,illustrated… Read more

UK,Qrto wraps/s/back,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,14th imp. [Number line 15 17 19 20 18 16 14.Originally and first published in UK,Qrto HB, 2005 by the same publisher,this being a subsequent s/back issue.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj,as issued - pristine - and virtually as new.Bright,clean,wrap-around,colour photographic artwork by BANKSY,illustrated covers; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners,and immaculate plain white… Read more

UK.slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,repetitive,narrow horizontal bands of colour pictorial artwork,illustrated front panel with capitalised white lettering,cream spine/backstrip with impressed capitalised fluorescent red gilt lettered part title+author name and other flat printed capitalised remainder of title,rear panel of dw/dj with repeated colour illustration of front but with overlaid modern colour photograph of jockeys and… Read more

US,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9th imp.[Comlete number line 10 9.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (US $25) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy colour photographic illustrated front+rear dw/dj panels with black lettering to front,white+pale blue lettering to a pale mauve spine/backstrip,rear panel with mauve lettered resume and dark green lettered critic's review; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks… Read more

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,reprinted 2004 (three times).Near FINE/Near FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, montaged monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj with a mixed assortment of items as glossy,monataged monochrome thumbnail photographs and whie+pale brown lettering to front panel,similarly lettered spine/backstrip,rear panel with critics' reviews with similar colored lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top… Read more

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,compact,handwritten ink inscrptn: 'To Gordon, Freda & Richard With very best wishes Hope you enjoy it! Rex (forward slash with date written below that) October 2001. ' to front free endpaper,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around very pale taupe background with b/w scenic sketch of village environs to the front panel of… Read more

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Originally, one of only 22 titles published in 1942.] VG+/VG.Neat,handwritten ink owner name+date (1943), plus ink written date: 14/8/43 to front inner flap of dw/dj. Generally bright,crisp,clean,red background with 4 white line-bordered edges with white lettering and white fireplace/hearth silhouetted vignette/design illustrated front panel of dw/dj,plain red rear panel with 4 white line-bordered edges; with negligible shelf-wear… Read more