Search Results: Authors starting with C from David Edward Hellawell

London: Harper Collins, 2010 9780007374854. 1st edition. First printing. Number 1. Hardback with dust jacket which is NOT price-clipped. Like New. Octavo xi + 340pp., profusely illustrated throughout with colour & b/w plates, very detailed bibliography and index, No inscriptions or annotations. The true story of the world’s most famous chocolate firms by the award-winning writer and descendant of the Cadbury chocolate dynasty. In 'Chocolate Wars' the bestselling historian Deborah Cadbury takes a journey into her own family history to uncover the rivalries that have driven 250 years of chocolate empire-building. In the early nineteenth century Richard Tapper Cadbury sent his son, John, to London to study a new and exotic commodity: cocoa. Within a generation, John's sons, Richard and George, had created a chocolate company to rival the great English firms of Fry and Rowntree, and their European competitors Lindt and Nestlé. The major English firms were all Quaker family… Read More

London: Methuen, 1996 0413693104. First edition. Hardback. Would be Near Fine/ Near Fine but DW is price-clipped and four central pages are creased. 240 pages. Drawings and prose by one of the UK's best-loved cartoonists. With a preface by Michael Palin. .

London: Jonathan Cape, 1999 0224037293. First edition. Hardback translation of book originally published in Milan in 1991. Fine/Fine. Unclipped. No inscriptions. Almost 9.5" by 6". John Updike wrote on the death of Calvino that: "world literature had been deprived of its most refined and civil voice." These critical essays on world classics are "the most comprehensive sample yet available" of the substantial articles of their kind which he wrote over a period of thirty years from the 1950s to his death in 1985. .

London: Macmillan, 1974 0333007158. Hardback. First Edition. Good. No DW. No annotations or inscriptions. Gilt lettering on spine not faded. The author brings his incomparable wit and insight to bear on many aspects of Indian life, past and present, and his own involvement in them. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 224 pages. .

London: Picador, 2016 9781447298403. First edition paperback. Complete numberline. No inscriptions or annotations. VG. 555 pages. Coloured photograph of author inside back cover. Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories is a brilliant collection of short stories, personally chosen by Andrea Camilleri.It follows Inspector Montalbano from his very first case in Vigata, in which he stumbles upon a young girl lurking outside a courthouse with a pistol in her handbag. When she is taken in for questioning and won't utter a single word, Montalbano must find another way to learn who she is trying to kill, and why . . .Other cases include a missing woman who has run away from the love of her life; an old married couple who appear to be rehearsing their suicides; and a crime so dark there's only one person the inspector can call for help. With twists and turns aplenty, these short stories have all the wit, mystery and culinary gusto that Camilleri's fans have come to love him for. .

London: Picador, 2016 9781447298403. Softback. First edition. First printing. VG. Collectible. Complete numberline. No annotations or inscriptions. 555 pages and not 576 as usually cited. Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories is a brilliant collection of short stories, personally chosen by Andrea Camilleri, following Inspector Montalbano from his very first case in Vigata, in which he stumbles upon a young girl lurking outside a courthouse with a pistol in her handbag. When she is taken in for questioning and won't utter a single word, Montalbano must find another way to learn who she is trying to kill, and why. .

London: Picador, 1987. First edition. First printing of first UK trade paperback edition. VG. No inscriptions but two key sentences marked. This is a bright, tight copy. 274 pages. Essays and character studies by the winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize for Literature. .

London: Faber and Faber, 1995. Third printing of first trade paperback edition. No DW. VG. 528 pages. Some of the classic scientific readings which are accessible to the non-scientist because they are often of literary as well as scientific merit. .

London: Faber and Faber, 1994 0571171974. First edition. First printing of trade paperback edition. Creases on covers and two corners of pages. Small stains on bottom edge. Otherwise a very good clean copy. 422 pages. .

London: faber and faber, 1985 057113949. Trade paperback. No inscriptions. Very Good. A tight and bright copy. 600 pages. Nearly 5" by 8". Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Winner of the Melbourne Age Book of the Year Award. .

London: Faber and Faber, 1992 0571166326. First Edition. First printing of trade paperback edition. Some small indentations on front cover. Otherwise a very good copy. 279 pages. .

London: Faber and Faber, 1991 057116272x. First edition. First trade paperback copy of author's first, highly acclaimed, novel. A very good copy. 296 pages. .

London: Ted Smart, 2005 9780091903398. Hardback. First edition. First printing. Complete number line. Fine/Fine. Like new. No annotations or inscriptions etc. DW is NOT price-clipped. 'Quite simply, this is one of the greatest, most riveting books of war letters I have ever read' - Stephen E. Ambrose on "War Letters". In 2001, Andrew Carroll authored the US top ten bestseller, 300,000 copy selling "War Letters" - a unique compilation of extraordinary correspondence from American soldiers serving in US conflicts throughout history. Following the publication of this landmark work, Andrew was inundated with letters from soldiers all around the world (to date he has a staggering 75,000 letters). Inspired by these messages he embarked on a quest to discover other previously unpublished letters written during conflicts around the globe. For six exhausting months, Andrew travelled the world zealously collecting letters from over 35 different countries. "Behind The Lines" is the remarkable anthology that has… Read More

London: Penguin, 2001 9780140289299. Penguin UK, 2001. Paperback. Excellent condition except for crease at top corner of back cover. No inscriptions or annotations. Where did the Cheshire Cat get its grin? Why was the Dormouse put in a teapot? What made the Mock Turtle cry? Martin Gardner's classic, hugely entertaining edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass explains all these curious puzzles, as well as the countless jokes, rhymes, word games and other delights in Lewis Carroll's extraordinary dreamworld. This definitive volume includes John Tenniel's wonderful Victorian illustrations, the notes from More Annotated Alice and many even newer discoveries. .

Enniscorthy: A History Enniscorthy and Wexford Councils, 2010 9780956057471. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Like New. First edition. First printing. The spine remains undamaged. DW is NOT price-clipped. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. No annotations or inscriptions. 448 pages including detailed index. Printed on excellent paper which is very unlikely to age. Contains lavish Illustrations in colour and B/W. Building upon a collection of documents built up through visiting Auctions, and gathering records from poor houses and other sources, this book throws light on the history and happenings in Enniscorthy from 1530 until 1885. It spans murder trials and land leases and includes references to the famine and other events in Ennisorthy's history. The history of Ireland through the annals of one town. This beautifully produced book would make a fine gift.

London: Collins Harvill, 1985 0002712431. First edition. Hardback. VG/VG. Unclipped. No inscriptions or annotations. Pages lightly browned. 204 pp. The first British edition of this Carver retrospective, originally published in 1983 by his early small press publisher, Capra, on the heels of his critical and commercial success. This British edition was a slightly different collection than the American one, lacking a couple of pieces that appeared in the U.S. edition and including a couple that did not. .

London: The Bodley Head, 1969 037001412x. First edition. Hardback. No DW. VG. A modern pastiche of 'Fanny Hill' from a male perspective. .

London: Michael Joseph, 1965. First edition. Hardback. VG/VG in mylar-protected and unclipped DW. 220 pages. Follows on from Brothers in Law and Daughters in Law. .

London: Ravette,1986 0948456205. First paperback omnibus edition thus. Good. Some wear on spine and covers but a perfectly presentable copy. No inscriptions. 530 pages. .

London: BCA, 1978. Hardback. Fine/Fine. No annotations or inscriptions. Second revised and substantially enlarged edition. DW not price clipped. Translated from the German original by E. B. Garside and Sophie Wilkins. This classic introduction to archaeology was originally written for the general reader but subsequently became a standard reference book in universities. Already translated into 26 languages by 1967, its appeal has been pretty well universal. .