Search Results: Titles starting with F from R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip to dw/dj.Colour photographic dw/dj; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing - no nicks or tears present - miniscule bumping with reciprocal creases to head of spine/backstrip which also appears unfaded.Top edge lightly dust-soiled,fore-edge generally clean and bright; contents bright,tight and very clean.Dark blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp, blocked,silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-209pp includes half-title+title pages,contents+ illustrations lists,18 chapters, 6+8pp b/w photographs between pp56/7 and pp120/21 respectively,2pp glossary and a blank to rear. Like the Sopwith Camel and the Spitfire,time has given to the McDonnell F4 Phantom the qualities of a classic - that collection of often nebulous characteristics which,for some reason or another,captures the affection and… Read More

UK.POOLE,DORSET.BLANDFORD PRESS,1984.UK,12mo wraps,no dw/dj - as issued,paperback original,p/back 1st edn.[Softback/paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title. Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.] NFINE.No owner inscrptn.Colour photographic upper wrap,white text to black rear wrap; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing or bumping to edges.Spine/ backstrip has creases indicating a read copy.Top+fore-edges slightly aged but clean,contents bright,tight and very clean.UK,12mo (approx 7" tall x 4.25" wide) paperback original,p/b 1st edn,7-285pp includes half-title+title pages, contents list,an author introduction,22 chapters including a 500 question 60's quiz. The Sixties - from the Beatles to the Blues,from mini-skirts to kaftans,from Liverpool to San… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip to dw/dj.15 full-page colour illus+colour chapter head+tail pieces by JUAN WIJNGAARD.(KATE GREENAWAY AWARD winner). Choice of 26 best loved fairy tales - ranging from GRIMM to PERRAULT,JOSEPH JACOBS and the elaborate fantasy of ARABIAN NIGHTS.Translated from the French version which introduced these tales to Europe. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG.Very slightly grubbed,price-clip to dw/dj.B/w line illus,by FAITH JACQUES.Classical myths drawn from various sources and styles.Homer,shortened translation of Antigone and Agamemmemnon follow Sophocles+Aeschylus, Anaes on Aeneid, Golden Ass on Apuleis - to Andrew Lang, A.J.CHURCH and even LAMB. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 001.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork [images from a series of portraits from 'The Allies' by Eugene Burnand (1850-1921) - pencil and pastel on paper.] illustrated dw/dj with capitalised,white with grey flecked lettered title and author name to front of dw/dj; a white spine/backstrip with capitalised black with white flecked title and author name,a thumbnail colour detail from front image and publisher's colour illustrated initialled name colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with coloured part facial portrait and critics' black-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present and majority of light creases to top edges and top corner tips - these tips with miniscule bumping.Top+fore-edges bright crisp, clean without ageing/toning or foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – pristine with no… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/VG+. No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten signature - without dedication - to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no major nicks,tears or splits present. Head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creases.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine. Bright,clean,dark blue cloth boards with bright,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip with clean,plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,vii-xiv+1-289pp [paginated] includes half-title,author SIGNED title page, b/w illus frntis maps+illus list,Upper Himalaya foothills b/w map,a foreword,8pp contemporary colour and scenic photographs - includes two double-page photographs - between pp130/31,18 chapters,a postscript and appendices. Every year the death toll on Mount Everest's perilous slopes rises.For… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.MINT/MINT. Want more Lynne Reid BANKS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS and CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogues. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR… Read More

UK,12mo p/back 1st edn. [Originally published by William Collins (London),1972 as UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.This is the first p/back edn.] VG+. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from generally sharp-cornered,glossy,colour photographic illustrated card cover.Capitalised pale pink-lettered author's name and title and critic's review beneath them both to front cover; no reading creases to a flat,black coloured spine/backstrip with similarly coloured author+ title as the front's; with publisher's coloured colophon to head and book's part ISBN 3384 to foot of same; rear cover with black background and capitalised,pale pink lettered author name and same critic as front but different review,white-lettered synopsis with further critics' reviews beneath that. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping/creasing to edges and corners; foot of spine minisculely bumped with reciprocal crease - but no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges with ubiquitous ageing/toning; contents bright, tight and clean even with… Read More

UK,8vo wraps,no dw/dj,as issued(?),1st edn thus.NFINE.No owner inscrptn and appears an unread copy,lacking any spine/backstrip creasing.Rackham colour pictorial decorated upper wrap with black letters,black letters listing of other HARRAP illustrated classics to rear wrap.Minimal shelf-wear to edges with top+fore-edges clean, contents bright and pristine.UK,8vo wraps,1st edn thus,7-287pp includes Rackham b/w illustrated half+title pages,illustrator note, contents+ illustrations lists/tables,b/w chapter and other head+tail pieces(9),b/w illustrations in text (50),12 back to back full-page,full-colour plates all called for.An anthology of twenty-four fairy tales from the 1932 edn.
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UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,illustrated 1st edn. [ 'FAIRY TALES FROM GRIMM' originally and first published (US) E. Stern & Co.,1909, illustrated by Ethel Franklin Betts.] GOOD+.No owner inscrptn - small portions at top+ bottom of front's plain white paper pastedown amateurishly removed exposing card board beneath but the hinge is solid and sound and unaffected.Possibly done to remove ownership details? Rear pastedown with sporadic foxing/spotting,as is the facing last page,but to a lesser degree.Bright,crisp,generally clean,brightly coloured pictorial artwork of a seated giant at a table sharing food with a Tom Thumb-sized figure,with a female figure hold a dish with a bread loaf in the background,by Ethel Betts, illustrated paper-covered card board to front cover with capitalised lettered title within a horizontal scroll/banner,a complete,intact and without nicks, tears or splits,a green cloth blind-spine without lettering,rear cover with age-worn and grubbed plain white paper background… Read More

UK,12mo wraps,p/back original,1st edn.[Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title. Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn, but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.This example,at the time (1961),was the ONLY British format preceding both the UK+US HB+ dw/dj,1st edns published simultaneously in 1973.There was a US edn/issue but only in 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn also published in 1961,by Random House.] FINE-. Neat,black inked owner name to top internal edge of card cover and no price removal to cover.Bright,crisp,clean and sharp-cornered,matt,multi-coloured repeated geometric design illustrated covers with black lettering to front and author's thumbnail b/w portrait and black lettering to rear cover; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and appears no reading creases to spine/backstrip - though there is one diagonal corner… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[19 stories from his 1888 and 1892 collections.1865-1895 was the period of his most intense interest in folklore.] FINE/NFINE.Owner's inked name to ffe but no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - usually indicates an export edition,and generally believed to precede UK trade issue/distribution. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by P. J. Lynch,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with white+yellow lettering,rear panel with oval black+yellow vignette illustration; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners,minor,light,superficial scoring/indents to both panels of dw/dj but without any penetration or affecting boards beneath.Top+fore- edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright, crisp,clean,publisher's original,sharp-cornered,dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edns.[Complete number line for all three titles: 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptns and only 3rd title without a price-clip to dw/dj, others both price-clipped.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour illustrated white background illustrated dw/dj with capitalised glossy gilt author name and red lettered title to front panel,lettering repeated to spine/backstrip,story precis to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges unblemished other than lightly aged/ toned,fore-edges similarly aged/toned but to a lesser degree,therefore brighter and also without foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - they appear unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, plain dark brown,navy blue and red cloth boards individually and respectively; with… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour illustration+colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Some inevitable,light scoring/indentations to both panels of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, solid and sound,near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread example? Bright,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain grey cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-205pp [paginated] includes author's note,a prologue,31 chapters+epilogue (South Georgia+Ascension),annexes A-G,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp82/3 and pp114/5 respectively,6 b/w maps,and a b/w sketch.Plus, [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents+illustrations+maps lists/tables,foreword by Sir… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Colour illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Approx 1" closed tear to head of spine/backstrip,and similar to upper,front corner,chipping and rubbing to head of spine/backstrip also,and rubbing to spine/backstrip front+rear edges.Top edge lightly dust-soiled and aged/toned,fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents bright, tight,solid and sound and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread? Bright,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and b/w proprietary library bookplate pastedto front pastedown - no other library notation - rear endpapers also bright and clean.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xpp+1-193pp [paginated] includes 7 chapters; plus [unpaginated] novel precis,title page,and dedication.Author's debut novel. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes -… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[A title from the Collins Crime Club imprint/ series.FINE-/FINE-.No owner inscrptn,price-clip to dw/dj,but a publisher's small,gold circular adhesive price-label still in situ to dw/dj's front inner flap.Bright, crisp,clean,colour photographic illustrated upper panel of dw/dj,b/w rear panel with author's other listed works/ titles; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Light bumping with reciprocal creasing to head of spine/ backstrip and similar to top edges of dw/dj. Book has a slight lean.Top edge lightly aged/toned with some light, minimal,sporadic foxing,fore-edges brighter but lightly marked/ grubbed; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tipss - possibly an unread copy? Publisher's sharp-cornered, bright,crisp and clean,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters and Collins Crime Club logo to spine/backstrip,and near… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price- clip to dw/dj.Sepia and b/w illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to dw/dj's edges - no nicks or tears present - miniscule bumping to head+foot of spine/backstrip and corners with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned - as usual/ normal - contents bright,tight and clean.Clean,blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-341pp [paginated]. Author's debut novel,stimulated after meeting Ruth Rendell,whilst he was defending a murder case in 1993.A barrister specialising in criminal defence, representing people disadvantaged by poverty and discrimination. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes -particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Sepia and b/w illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to dw/dj's edges - no nicks or tears present - miniscule bumping to head+foot of spine/backstrip and corners with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/ toned - as usual/ normal - contents bright,tight and clean with pp45-52 having perforated edges - amateurishly opened or production fault? [as uncut/untrimmed from original production?]. Clean,blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-341pp [paginated]. Author's debut novel, stimulated after meeting Ruth Rendell,whilst he was defending a murder case in 1993.A barrister specialising in criminal defence,representing people disadvantaged by poverty and discrimination.… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,colour+ monochrome montage'd photographic illustrated dw/dj, with black+brown lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore- edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean - near pristine - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,otherwise appears unread - apart from my own collation.Some minor,tiny accidental corner creases to a few pages.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, generally sharp-cornered - top rear corner minisculely bumped - original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xpp+2- 278pp [paginated] includes an author's preface,9 chapters, 16pp contemporary b/w photographs and facsimile illustrations,a bibliography,notes and references,and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price- clip to dw/dj.Slight shelf-wear dw/dj extremities.8vo,263pp,b/w photographs. The British Royal family are the most talked about family in the world. Because of their unique role - they are the longest-surviving functional monarchy in the world today - their responsibilities and duties as ambassadors for Britain expose them to constant public scrutiny,both at home and abroad.They are an intensely close-knit and loyal family who can only relax and be themselves in the company of each other and that small band of relatives - the Queen's "Second Eleven" - and intimates who know and understand the rigorous demands made upon them by the Court Calendar,their own high standards,centuries of tradition,and by our changing society which now puts a sometimes intolerable burden of "accountability" upon them.What are the Royals really like as a family? At the centre is Queen Elizabeth herself,whom the world has come… Read More