Search Results: Authors starting with N from Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA

Viking, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG++/NF. 14 x 22.3 cm blue boards with silver stamped titles to the spine [viii] 309[1]pp with original unclipped jacket priced at £15.00. Signed to the title page by the author and Craig Charles who played Lister in Red Dwarf. The boards are clean with bright titles and firm spine tips and corners. Internally there is a touch of light spotting to the edge of the text block and to the prelims and last couple of pages. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) is in near fine condition. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Walker Books Ltd, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. F/NF. KAY, Jim. 1st Edition, 1st Impression with number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. 16.5 x 21.3 cm blue black and white and pictorial boards with white titles to the spine. Blue and white decorative endpapers 214[2]pp with illustrations by Jim Kay original unclipped dust jacket priced at £12.99. Signed by the author to the half title page. A fine book, clean and bright with only the authors signature to the half title page, in a near fine jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) with just a hint of rubbing to the head of the spine. All in all a very collectable copy of this marvellous book, the first to win both the Carnegie and the Greenaway Medals in the same year. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NF/VG+. 1st Edition. 15.5 x 25 cm purple boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine. Colour pictorial endpapers showing a collection of front covers from Oz magazine, 376pp with 24 full page colour and black and white illustrations and line drawn headers to each chapter. In original unclipped dust jacket priced at £18.99 net. A near fine book with a little pushing to the foot of the spine and a hint of shelf wear. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) has a touch of rubbing to the spine tips and corners with a little surface abrasion and a tiny 2 mm closed tear to the bottom of the front joint. All in all an excellent copy of this look at the 1960's from the someone, who as the editor of Oz magazine, was at the centre of it all. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images… Read More

Whitman Publishing Company, nd (1938) 1938. Softcover. VG. 24.4 x 30.5 cm unpaginated 12 'linen-like' pages with colour illustrations on every page. A very good copy with splits in the spine of 2cm at the head and 1cm at the foot. A little spotting to the cover and a couple of marks to the margins of one page. All in all a charmingly illustrated version of Beatrix Potter's classic tale. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Jonathan Cape, 1960. 1st Thus. Hardcover. VG++/VG+. 1st one-volume abridged Edition. 13 x 20.2 cm green cloth with pale green titles to the spine. Pictorial endpapers, 398pp with black and white illustrations by Isobel and John Morton-Sale. In original unclipped jacket priced at 16s net. With a gift inscription from the Beverley Nichols to fellow author Paul Gallico on the front free endpaper. The boards are clean and bright with a little bruising to the bottom corners and a little dust staining to the top edge. Internally clean, only the author's gift inscription on the front free endpaper. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable clear cover (not shown), is a little toned and dust marked on the rear panel has two 1cm closed tears on the tips of the fore edge and one on the bottom edge of the front panel. There is a tiny chip on the top joint of the lower panel with some associated creasing. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you… Read More

Pelican Publishing Company , 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG++. 1st Edition. 22.2 x 28.6 cm bright blue boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine. Bright blue endpapers, 144pp including 86 full page illustrations. In original unclipped dust jacket. A very good plus book bright and without name, inscription or bookplate. There is a patch of slight toning to the front board and some shelf wear to the top and bottom edges and corners. The dust jacket is a little creased at the spine tips, corners and bottom edges but presents very well in its removable, clear cover (not shown). A lovely biography / exploration of Willcox Smith's work packed full of beautiful illustrations. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Motor Racing Publications, 1994, 2003, 2008 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. F/NF. Limited Edition of the Standard Binding set (2,200). Green boards with gilt titles to the spine, buff endpapers and publisher's original dust jackets, each with a different photograph and superimposed car outline. Editions numbered 1417, 565 & 1088. Volume 1 has been signed directly by 36 team members, 31 to the front free endpaper and 5 to the dedication page. Vol.1: The Front Engined Cars – a fine copy noting a small crease in the bottom right corner of the front panel and ghosting from the signatures on the dedication page through to the title page. Vol.2: Spaceframe Cars – a fine copy. Vol.3: Monocoque V8 Cars – a fine book in a near fine dust jacket, its back panel having some light scoring and a 1.5cm closed tear at its bottom edge. All dust jackets are now protected by a clear removable cover. The team signatures are as follows: LH Column ~ Colin Atkins, Engine Build Shop-Foreman * Ben Casey, Racing… Read More