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Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 4th Edition By Publisher. 187 pages. " What do a dead cat, a computer whiz-kid, an Electric Monk who believes the world is pink, quantum mechanics, a Chronologist over 200 years old, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (poet), and pizza have in common? Apparently not much; until Dirk Gently, self-styled private investigator, sets out to prove the fundamental interconnectedness of all things by solving a mysterious murder, assisting a mysterious professor, unravelling a mysterious mystery, and eating a lot of pizza - not to mention saving the entire human race from extinction along the way (at no extra charge). " >> Cover creasing.; paper pull to front cover. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Lionel Jeans Illustrated Cover. (illustratore). Book. …

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PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Here is "The Writer's Book : Practical Advice by Experts in Every Field of Writing" . Published by Barnes & Noble, the book was Presented by the Author's Guild and Edited by Helen Hull. This is 1969 10th Printing. From the cover blurb: "This book is a comprehensive and imaginative collection of essays on every phase of the writer's art and craft: forty noted authors discuss the making and marketing of the novel, short story, poem, magazine article, the TV and Film Play. Here is practical professional advice on problems of characterization, style, conflict, and plot for everyone who wants to write. This book was issued well before the internet, and exhibits nothing remotely akin to the modes necessary for writing today. Thus it should prove fascinating for anyone interested in such near-past thinking. We've provided two scans of the Table of Contents, which is fairly lengthy, so view it carefully. SERIES : Everyday Handbooks TITLE : The Writer's Book AUTHORS : Pearl Buck, Paul Gallico, Jacques Barzun, Lionel Trilling, Babette Deutsch, Lajos Egri, Ann Petry, John Hersey, Rex Stout, Arthur Koestler, Faith Baldwin, W H Auden, Frederick Lewis Adams, Katherine Anthony, Leonora Speyer, Phyllis McGinley, Niven Busch, Winston Churchill, et al AEGIS : The Author's Guild EDITOR : Helen Hull IMPRINT : Barnes & Noble PLACE : New York DATE : (1969) STATUS : Out of Print - OP DETAILS : Trade paperback; 5 " x 8', card-stock wraps (cover printed in brownish-orange with white and black lettering - a picture of a plumed ink pen decorates the front cover); 353 pages CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted: EXTERIOR -- No creasing to spine; soft impacts have caused creasing to the lower fore-edge corners, front and back; the cover surfaces have modest rub and a touch of abrasion; cover edges have scattered mild nicking (most noticeable at spine extremities. BINDING -- Tight INTERIOR -- Clean and free of marking. Soft bumps to a few leaf corner tips. All in all a well preserved copy.…

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Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. The Collector's Manual of British Land and Freshwater Shells: Containing figures and descriptions of every species, an account of their habits and loc. Book.

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PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Paperback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, 15 pp, wrappers, some browning to the text but very good. Inscribed presentation copy "with the authors compliments to W D Roebuck Esq". The recipient was William Denison Roebuck (1851- 1919). Reprinted from the Northamptonshire Natural History Journal. Signed by Author(s).…

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Condizione: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Second printing of the true first edition, published in the same year as the first printing. With a striking dustwrapper design by Claudia Zeff, using an illustration by Lionel Jeans. ***Very good in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The gilt is still beautifully bright. No bumps or creases whatsoever. Corners sharp. Page block edges clean. Internally also very good with no inscriptions. A few top corner tips just very slightly creased - hardly noticeable. Paper stock tanned as usual. Slight reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. ***In a very good illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £9.95 net. The dustwrapper is complete, with no chips or tears, and only slight creasing to the extremities. Dustwrapper bright. ***247 pages. 242mm x 162mm. ***'"Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" is a humorous detective novel by English writer Douglas Adams, published in 1987. It is described by the author on its cover as a "thumping good detective-ghost-horror-who dunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy-epic". The book was followed by a sequel, "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul". The recurring major characters are the eponymous Dirk Gently, his secretary Janice Pearce and Sergeant Gilks. Adams began work on another novel, "The Salmon of Doubt", with the intention of publishing it as the third book in the series, but died before completing it. A BBC Radio 4 adaptation of six episodes was broadcast from October 2007. A second series based on the sequel was broadcast from October 2008. The genesis of the novel was in two Doctor Who serials written by Adams, "City of Death" (in which an alien tries to change history at the cost of erasing humanity from existence) and in particular the cancelled serial "Shada", which first introduces a Cambridge professor called Chronotis who is hundreds of years old. He has been living and working at a Cambridge college for centuries, apparently attracting no attention (noting with appreciation that the porters are very discreet). In "Shada", Chronotis's longevity is due to him being a Time Lord, and his time machine is an early model TARDIS. These trademark elements from Doctor Who were removed by Adams for Dirk Gently. Shada was cancelled before completion due to a production strike and later released on VHS with Tom Baker narrating the unfilmed segments. The story was also animated in 2017 and released on DVD. A number of elements in the novel were inspired by Adams' time at university. For example, one plot thread involves moving a sofa which is irreversibly stuck on the staircase to Richard MacDuff's apartment; according to his simulations, not only is it impossible to remove it, but there is no way for it to have got into that position in the first place. In a similar incident that occurred while Douglas Adams attended St John's College, Cambridge, furniture was placed in the rooms overlooking the river in Third Court while the staircases were being refurbished. When the staircases were completed, it was discovered that the sofas could no longer be removed from the rooms, and the sofas remained in those rooms for several decades.' (Wiki) ***A second printing of "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency", in very good collectable condition. Of interest to collectors of Douglas Adams, Science Fiction first editions. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Claudia Zeff (Jacket design), Lionel Jeans (Jacket illustration) (illustratore).…

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Condizione: Fair. 1884. No Edition Remarks. 125 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown illustrated cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Noticeable splits and loss to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Gilt lettering is darkened. Visible wear and bubbling marks to boards.…