Recent Arrivals from R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.These edns are generally believed to be export edns which are released before the trade editions' distribution in the country of origin.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,black background with superimposed,colour infographic of US,British and Russian flag and subject's thumbnail b/w portrait photograph illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised red-lettered… Read more

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG+. No owner inscrptn and no clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.These are generally believed to be export edns which are released before the trade editions distribution in the country oforigin.Bright,crisp,clean,subject's glossy colour portrait photographic front panel of dw/dj with capitalised. white-lettered author name with capitalised,red-lettering with black shadow outline and other part-capitalised white-lettered sub-title, slightly… Read more

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG. No owner inscrptn and price-clipped dw/dj.Wrap-around,glossy,red+black vertical sections (approx. 2/3rds and 1/3rd respectively) illustrated dw/dj with subjects' b/w thumbnail portrait photographs to front red panel, capitalised white lettered title with red illustrated hammer+sickle beneath to front black section,and black-lettered sub-title in front red section,a lightly sunned spine/backstrip with black lettering,rear panel of dw/dj with glossy red… Read more

UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.VG+.No owner inscrptn and minus issued dw/dj.Publisher's original,dark brown cloth boards with minor marks and capitalised red-lettered part title (PHILBY) at head of spine,lightly dulled gilt-lettered authors' names and Le Carre's too - each within a double underlined faux boxes,publisher's colphon to foot of same with negligible shelf-wear,bumping and creasing to edges and corners and iimaculate… Read more

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,black background to front panel+spine of dw/dj with capitalised red lettered part title with a white background circle and other red-lettered and capitalised white lettering to part of sub-title and capitalised,white-lettered authot name,faded red-lettered title,bright white-lettered author name and white lettered publisher colophon on spine/backstrip, rear panel of… Read more

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,reprint. [First published 1979 (UK),reprinted November,1979 (x3),then this edn December,in 1979.] VG/NFINE. No owner inscrptn no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.These are generally believed to be export edns which are released before the trade edn in the country of origin.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy,wrap-around white background with montaged (3 visible and 2 obscured),thumbnail b/w portrait photographs of the book's… Read more

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,reprint.[First published 1979 (UK),reprinted November,1979 (x3),then this edn December,in 1979.] VG/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,wrap-around white background with montaged (3 visible and 2 obscured),thumbnail b/w portrait photographs of the book's subjects to the front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised,brown-lettered author name and black-lettered title with dark grey shadow outlining and brown lettered sub-title,and an orange+white… Read more

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,reprint.[First published 1979 (UK),reprinted November,1979 (x3),then this edn December,in 1979.] VG/NFINE. No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy, wrap-around white background with montaged (3 visible and 2 obscured),thumbnail b/w portrait photographs of the book's subjects to the front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised,brown-lettered author name and black-lettered title with dark grey shadow outlining and brown lettered sub-title,and an orange+white buildings… Read more

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line1.] No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around blue background with a black silhouette illustration to front panel of dw/dj,with glossy,capitalised red lettered author name and orange and yellow lettered title and other white+yellow lettering, similarly glossy,capitalised coloured lettering to spine/background; rear panel with a critic's review in capitalised and similarly coloured letterring… 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 and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,scenic b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj panels, with superimposed b/w and orange lettering in either black or orange panels to front panel rear panel with black lettered critics' review in orange superimposed panels,a maroon cirular adhesive 'Waterstones… 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,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[First published in Italy as 'Il castello dei destini incrociati.' Translated from the Italian by William Weaver. First published in England by Martin Secker & Warburg Limited, [London],1977.This particular example reprinted by same publisher, 1993. Pages 3 to 48 originally appeared in Italo Calvino's 'Tarots: The Visconti Pack in Bergamo and New York. Grateful acknowledgement is… Read more

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] NFINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip - absence of publisher's price.These edns are generally believed to be Export edns which precede the domestic trade issue in its country of origin.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial,subject's portrait painting detail by Maria Cosway,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with black lettering,miniaturised… 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,landscape 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,2nd reprint.[1st edn was Sept, 1985,reprinted Dec,1985,and then reprinted again in Sept,1989 (this edn)].FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but author/illustrators' neat,handwritten black ink signature - without dedication - to title page,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… Read more

UK,thick 12mo p/back,1st edn.FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from card cover.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,sharp-cornered, white background covers with black+red lettered front cover with glossy black line illustration,red background spine/backstrip with b/w lettering,rear cover with red+black lettered blurb and critics' reviews respectively; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present,spine/backstrip slightly concave due to age and production process… 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.Bright, crisp,clean, matt,subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj - front+back,with glossy white+red letteredd title to front, similarly lettered spine/backstrip; rear panel with grey,red+white lettered manager+player quotes and montaged colour photographs; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no… 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.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,subject's portrait colour photographic illustrated dw/dj - front+back,with glossy white+red lettered title to front, similarly lettered spine/backstrip; rear panel with grey,red+white lettered manager+player quotes and montaged colour photographs; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears… Read more

UK,8vo HB,1st edn.VG+. Neat gift presentation + date thus: 'To Arthur Xmas 1929' to top corner of a slightly off-set foxed/spotted front free endpaper.Publisher's generally bright and clean,original sharp-cornered - exception of lower rear (gently bumped) - blue cloth boards with a single-line blocked border edge to front board, an age-darkened spine/backstrip but capitalised,gilt blocked lettered title,author and publisher's colophon still… 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