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

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy,contemporary monochrome montage'd photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with white lettering,white-lettered spine,rear panel with contemporary single,b/w photograph and white lettered part synopsis; 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 - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, glazed boards with dw/dj design repeated to same,a b/w striped headband and immaculate plain pale grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-192pp [paginated] includes 8 chapters,profusely illustrated with b/w regional battle maps+keys and historic contemporary b/w photographs throughout the text and the book,appendices(6): German Waffen SS Knight's… Read More

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy,contemporary monochrome+b/w montage'd photographic front panel of dw/dj with red,grey+white lettering,similar coloured letters to spine/backstrip,rear panel with contemporary b/w+ sepia montage'd photographs; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - one tiny snick to rear,top corner tip - no other nicks,tears or splits present,and minimal bumping with reciprocal creasing to head of spine/backstrip and minimal creasing to front+rear top edges.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and pale b/w photographic illustrated endpapers.UK,Qrto HB +dw/dj,illustrated,1st… Read More

UK,slim 12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st reprint edn.[Originally and first published by this publisher in 1944.This first reprint,1947.Uncommon reprint - and also as a 1st edn - either with or without a dw/dj,for a book of its age,and given it's period of production,i.e. 1940-1947 - with wartime paper-rationing, and the poor quality of cheap paper stock generally used and survival rates of air-raids on domestic and commercial properties i.e publishers+printers.At the time,any dw/dj would have been of substandard quality and prone to subsequent disintegration and usually discarded.With war-time paper rationing and conservation of that and other materials, pulping was actively encouraged,so publishers with restricted and limited quantities for publishing,opted towards highly acidic and therefore cheaper paper, allowing for more books to be produced. Books made with this cheaper material tend to degrade faster, exhibiting several faults,blemishes, foxing/spotting etc.,and subsequently are uncommon… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt b/w biographical montage'd (upper panel) photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with white,brown and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Dw/dj's spine/backstrip lightly sunned/faded.Top corners minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges minimally aged/toned - as usual/
normal - but generally bright and clean; contents bright,
tight,clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,top two corners minimally bumped and creased, otherwise sharp-cornered publisher's original,plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a dark green+white striped headband and clean plain pale silver/grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st… Read More

UK,rectangular 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,glossy laminated,colour, scenic photographic upper wrap and colour, portrait photograph too,with b/w critic reviews to rear wrap; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Minimally bumped to head of spine/backstrip with miniscule creasing.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine. Bright,clean,green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and bright,unmarked colour scenic photographic endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,v-viipp+ 1-215pp includes colour scenic photographic illustrated half-title page,3/4 double-page colour scenic photographic+b/w line illus title page,contents list, A.W. introduction,Pts 1-5 (each Part with 3/4 double-page colour scenic photographic+b/w line illus title),b/w line illus+partial OS maps,profuse colour scenic photographs throughout the text,and an… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj [Nan Bield towards Small Water and Haweswater scenic photograph - front,and author portrait photograph - rear]; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing to head+foot of spine/backstrip and a few indents to upper wrap,which in some cases has gone through to boards beneath.Top edge lightly dust-soiled and minimally foxed/spotted, fore-edge clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine.Publisher's original clean air-force blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate identical,colour scenic photographic endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-223pp [paginated] includes scenic colour photograph illustrated half-title page [High Sweden Bridge],double-page scenic colour photograph illustrated title page [Honister Pass],reverse of… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] NMINT/NMINT. Wrapped and proected from day of issue/purchase,so NO owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with glossy red+yellow and matt white lettering to front,a red spine/backstrip with b/w letters,rear panel with colour photograph and critics' white+gold lettered reviews and thumbnail colour photographs of dw/dj of 'Restless' and 'Ordinary Thunderstorms'; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – pristine,unread, apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,a gold headband and immaculate/clean plain white sets of endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£18.99) to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,monochrome scenic photographic illustrated dw/dj with some minimal colour tinting to photograph,with red,black,pale yellow and white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a yellow+white speckled headband,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,3-353pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-4 comprising 25,12,5 and 21 chapters respectively.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication, epigrams,Pts separator pages and to the rear,a note about… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.[Complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£18.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,monochrome scenic photographic illustrated dw/dj with some minimal colour tinting to photograph,with red,black,pale yellow and white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Some miniscule,light rubbing to both rear corners of dw/dj,and similar to both head+foot of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean,fore-edges slightly less aged than the top edges.A slight mark to top edges from a faint and diluted mudsplash (internally) to pp158/9 top edge.Bright and generally clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a yellow+white speckled headband,and immaculate plain white endpapers.Internally and centrally to rear lower edge of dw/dj,is a couple of water(?) splashes/stains… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.Owner's neat black ink name to top ffe and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,crisp,glossy laminated wrap-around scenic colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no major nicks or tears - though some miniscule bumping and rubbing with reciprocal loss to lower edge's bottom upper board's corner and to the foot of spine/backstrip
also.Minimal sunning/fading to spine/backstrip - as usual/normal.Top+fore-edges generally clean; contents bright,tight
and pristine.Bright,clean,unblemished,publisher's original green cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,11- 203pp [paginated+2 scenic colour,double-pages to
rear unpaginated] includes half-title,double-page colour scenic photographic illustrated title-page/frntis [Yr Aran from Llyn Gwynant],photographs list,author preface,47 full-page double- page colour scenic photographs many… 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,wrap-around white background with colour sports action and portraiture ilustrated dw/dj panels,subject colour photograph to front panel with glossy red-lettered title and embossed,glossy black-lettered subject's name and capitalised,glossy,black-lettered sub-title {MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY] all to front panel; white spine/backstrip with similarly glossy,coloured+ lettered first part of title and glossy,black-lettered subject's name as the front's,and publisher's capitalised red+white-lettered illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with sport's action colour photograph and black-lettered prose extract from book. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright,crisp,clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to… Read More

SCOTLAND,12mo 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.] NMINT.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to card cover.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour photographic illustrated front card cover with green+gold coloured lettering,repated colour lettering to spine /backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – pristine,unread,other than my own collation.Scotland12mo p/back Original,1st edn,2- 250pp [paginated] includes an introduction,10 chapters, 16pp contemporary b/w biographical photographs in 1 block,between pp123/24,a decade of match results (1993… Read More

UK,12mo paperback original,p/back 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.] VG++.No owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover. Bright,clean,glossy, colour pictorial colour illustrated card covers with neglgible shelf-wear to edges,front corners with minimal corner creases/wrinkles and minimal superficial scoring/indents,rear corners unaffected - no nicks,tears or splits present.Spine/backstrip with NO reading creases.Top edges aged/toned as usual/normal,fore-edges slightly brighter; contents clean,tight,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,unread,other than my own collation.UK,12mo paperback original,p/back 1st edn,5-160pp [paginated] includes 16 chapters; plus [unpaginated] story synopsis and title page. He sank deeper,deeper.The black sullen… Read More

UK,slim 8vo wraps,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn thus.[Originally published by David & Charles,1983.A new edition of the late author's work,updated by his son Gabriel Hemery.] FINE.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,green/white pictorial line illustration by Brian Ainsworth, to upper wrap and publisher blurb/advert to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners and miniscule scoring/indentations to rear wrap.Top+fore- edges bright and
clean,contents bright,tight and near pristine. UK,slim 8vo wraps,1st edn thus,1-144pp [paginated] includes introduction,15 chapters,profuse b/w maps+contemporary photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,an epilogue,acknowledgements,a bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and contents list/table.
Walkers,railway enthusiasts,lovers of Dartmoor,and anyone with an interest in industrial archaeology,will be delighted by this excellent guide… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.MINT/MINT.Colour photographic dw/dj. Red paper-covered boards with silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip, blue plain endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,271pp includes b/w line illus chapter headpieces,b/w maps,24pp colour photographs, appendices(4) and an index. In early March 1998,David Hempleman-Adams set off on a 600 mile journey which would take him into the record books as one of the most successful all-round adventurers the world has ever seen.Facing wind-chill down to minus 90 centigrade,he man- hauled his sledge to the North Pole across the constantly shifting ice of the frozen Arctic Ocean.He knew that if he succeeded he would be the first person to complete the explorers' Grand Slam,a challenge which has seen him conquer the North and South Magnetic Poles,become the first Briton to walk solo and unsupported to… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,female portrait colour photographic illustrated front panel
of dw/dj,with white+orange lettering, rear panel with author's b/w portrait photograph; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edges and corners - a couple of small,1/2" high closed tears to foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj,one each to each of spine/backstrip's gutter's edges and with light reciprocal creasing.Top rear corner of dw/dj minisculely rubbed with reciprocal loss too.Light,
superficial scoring to both panels of dw/dj,but without penetration or affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges though very lightly toned, are generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine
- no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original speckled orange cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver… 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, glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with b/w and yellow lettering to front; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-338pp [paginated] includes 17 chapters,acknowledgements and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents list/table and to rear a blank after the index,16pp contemporary b/w scenic+autobiographical photographs in 1 block,a double-page b/w drawn illustrated map of the… Read More

UK,12mo paperback original,p/back 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.] NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover.Bright,clean,glossy,colour pictorial colour illustrated card covers with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - and NO reading creases to spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges all very,very lightly aged/toned - and not with the usual degree normally encountered with p/bs of this 40-year old age - no foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,would appear unread other than my own collation.UK,12mo paperback original,p/back 1st edn,5-160pp [paginated] includes 16 chapters; plus [unpaginated] story synopsis and title page. He sank deeper,deeper.The black… Read More

UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.NMINT.Pictorial colour decorated laminated boards with gilt letters to upper and white and yellow letters to spine/backstrip.UK,Qrto HB,1st edn,44pp with colour comic strip format. Wallace has lost his slipper,and it's replacement - the Longlife Indoor Carpet Clog with Reinforced Everything - just isn't comfy.But when he and Gromit turn the clock back to return to the slipper's last recorded sighting - calamity - a malfunction in the time-space continuum lands man and dog thousands of years from home and their mid-morning elevenses.So begins the Oscar-winning characters' first ever cartoon strip adventure.The stars of 'A Grand Day Out', 'The Wrong Trousers' and 'A Close Shave'… Read More

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Alejandro Colucci,illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with embossed,capitalised white-lettered author name and other printed,capitalised white lettering,and embossed,capitalised gilt-lettered title,a dark spine/ backstrip with printed similarly coloured+lettered author name+title as front and publisher's capitalised white lettered and white illustrated colophon to foot of same, rear panel with dark ground to a dark illustration of a sword and a critic's white-lettered review and gold coloured-lettered prose extract. Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - head of spine/backstrip with minimal bumping and reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear… Read More