hamish hamilton ltd uk (94 risultati)

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. In this book, Pat Barr looks at a large cross-section of British women who lived in very diverse circumstances and different parts of India. She gives fascinating accounts of the lives of these women who became actively involved in India's social problems and its struggle toward independence. One chapter explores the work done by British women during World War II, when India was threatened by Japanese invasion. Included are photographs, a bibliography, and an index. This copy is clean and solid.

Condizione: Good. 186 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket with light wear to edges. Black & white photographs throughout. Light pen marking couple pages. Otherwise clean tight copy. Record # 750009.

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Well-illustrated (illustratore). Second Printing of 1987. 'A sketch of the wide-ranging activities of medieval women in Northern Europe from the 12th to the 15th century'. Simultaneously published in U.S. under title: A small sound of the trumpet. xiv, 271 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked copy, still quite fresh. Tight, square binding, no wear to the cloth. Similar, unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 745g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Used-Acceptable. 218 pp. A great study or work or reading or research copy! Solidly bound copy with moderate to heavy use. Moderate browning, tanning, foxing or discoloration on page edges, not affecting text. Clean text on brittle pages. Slanted spine.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First British Edition. For this study, de Botton asks where our worries about status come from and what, if anything, we can do to reduce them. He looks at how people have coped with these anxieties in the past with a range of unexpected examples and entertaining anecdotes. Author also of THE CONSOLATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY, THE ARCHITECTURE OF HAPPINESS, KISS AND TELL, THE ART OF TRAVEL, among others. Basis for the television series, STATUS. Fine, first British edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.{Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} NF61.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. The only library marking on the book is a card envelope on the front end paper. There are a few pages with highlighting. The dust jacket has fading on the spine area. Illustrated. 394 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover in dust jackety, not price-clipped, clean tight and unmarked.

Decorative Cloth. Condizione: Fine. The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel Jack. First published in 1722, this is the First Published in the Novel Library, With Note and Preface by the Editor. Book in fine condition in decorated paper covered boards and slightly faded blue cloth spine with gold imprint. Slight shelf wear on cover edges but tight, clean.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. The sdvanced Camel fighters of the RFC/RAF of the First WOrld War. Includes many b/w photographs. 64pp. Oblong format book. Rubbing and several nicks to edges of DJ with 2cmx6cm triangular segment at base of rear DJ missing.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Caroline Crossland (illustratore). 0241131081. A laminated pictorial board Hardcover. Not ex. library. 90 pages, illustrated. 1 cm. tear on title page, otherwise contents clean, tight and bright. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good-. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Illustrated by Else Hasselriis (illustratore). 1st UK Edition. 1st UK edition; ex library copy; fep removed; rubber stamps on rear of title page; otherwise nice copy in attractive d/w; ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 233 pages.

Glossy Pictorial Boards. Condizione: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). No Jacket. Drawing Illustrations Throughout. (illustratore). Reprint edition. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾". Not Signed or Inscribed.

Cloth Covered Boards/Hard Back. Condizione: Book is Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Dustjacket is Very Good++. First Edition. 213 pages. DJ & book have slight wear to spine-ends, very slight wear to corners, DJ has slight wear to top front edge.Text is spotless. Very nice condition.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition - Paperback. 60 pages approx. - unpaginated. Shiny pictorial paperback with light wear to covers' corners and spine-ends. Pages very clean, nice condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Illustrated throughout with numerous black and white illustrations (illustratore). 1st Edition. Some handling wear and marks including foxing to pages and tanning to closed page edges. Jacket has some fading to the spine, not price clipped.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Dustjacket Very Good. First Edition - Later Print Run. 316 pages. Dustjacket has light surface wear, light ruibbing to spine-ends and edges, wear to boards' corners. Hardback binding has wear/creases to spine-ends. Pages very clean and in nice condition.

Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: Dustjacket Very Good/VG +. First Edition. 193 pages. Dustjacket has a 6mm nick with creases to top spine-end, light wear/crease to bottom spine-end, some wear to corners. Book has a light reading crease to spine, light wear to spine-ends and corners. Page-edges a little darkened. Pages very clean and sound.

Glossy Pictorial Card. Condizione: NEAR FINE (NEAR NEW). No Jacket. Richard Orr, Philip Weare, Gary Hincks. (illustratore). This is the first edition. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12". NOT Signed or Inscribed. PAPERBACK.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: Dustjacket Very Good +. Reprint. 278 pages. Dusrtjacket has a light scuff to rear, light suirface wear, light wear to spine-ends, small creases to corners. Hardback has light fading to edges, light wear to spine-ends and boards' corners. Pages very clean.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dustjacket. First Edition. 314 pages. B&W illustrations. No dustjacket. Yellow hardback binding with a few light marks to front board. Pages are fine and unmarked.

STIFF PAPER PRINTED WRAPPERS. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. FIRST EDITION THUS. (5) + 6 - 191 + (1) PAGES.THERE IS MINOR WEAR AT THE SPINE ENDS. JAMES T. FARRELL PROVIDES AN ESSAY TITLED "REFLECTIONS AT FIFTY" ON PAGES 26-32 IN "PERSPECTIVES" MAGAZINE, NUMBER FOURTEEN, WINTER, 1956. THE ESSAY IS AN INTROSPECTIVE LOOK AND MEMORIES OF HIS YOUTH IN CHICAGO. HE REFLECTS ON HIS SUCESSFUL NATURALISTIC AND MORALISTIC WRITING AS A WRITER TO LEAVE A LEGACY THAT REFLECTS "THE RECORDED TRUTH OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE, OF THE MEMORY OF MANKIND." THERE ARE ALSO ARTICLES BY JAMES THURBER, AND THREE POEMS BY W. H. AUDEN AND OTHERS. Size: 6" x 9".

STIFF PAPER PRINTED WRAPPERS. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. FIRST EDITION THUS. (5) + 6 -191 + (1) PAGES. THERE IS MINOR WEAR AT THE SPINE ENDS. JAMES T. FARRELL PRESENTS AN INTROSPECTIVE AND PHILOSOPHICAL CONSIDERATION OF HIS LIFE PURPOSE AS HE APPROACHES HIS 50TH BIRTHDAY. HIS REFECTIONS PAUSE ON HIS CHILDHOOD IN CHICAGO, HIS IMPETUS TO BECOME A WRITER, HIS LIFE IN NEW YORK CITY AND PARIS AND HIS WRITING CAREER. HE PROCLAIMS THAT "STORIES ARE ONLY ONE PART OF THE RECORDED TRUTH OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE, OF THE MEMORY OF MANKIND." THIS ARTICLE IS INSIGHTFUL, PROPOSING HIS PERSONAL FEELINGS ABOUT THE DRIVE TO WRITE AND ITS PURPOSE. THIS ESSAY HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN FRENCH, GERMAN AND ITALIAN. THE MAGAZINE ALSO CONTAINS THREE ;POEMS BY W. H. AUDEN. Size: 6" x 9".

Soft cover. Condizione: Fair. 1st Edition. 486 pages. Age-dulled light pink background soft covers which are rubbed to edges and worn to covers' corners and edges. Moderate browning to page-edges o/w pages clean.

Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Dustjacket Fine. First Edition. 481 pages. Dustjacket has slight wear to corners, slight creasing to spine-ends. Book has very light wear with small creases to spine-ends, minimal wear to corners. Text is spotless. Very nice condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Dustjacket Good ++. First Edition. 358 pages.B&W plates. Book has a musty smell. Dustjacket has light wear to corners, price-clipped. Clean blue hardback binding has light wear to spine-ends and boards' corners. Page-edges lightly browned o/w pages clean and tidy.

Cloth. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. First Edition/First Printing. Unopened, unclipped Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.

Card Cover. Condizione: As New. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softback.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Dustcover Very Good +. 1st Edition. 398 pages. Unclipped dustjacket has slight creasing to spine-ends and upper-edges. Clean black hardback binding has small creases/wear to spine-ends, slight wear to corners. Pages very clean, very nice sound condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good ++. Condizione sovraccoperta: Dustjacket Very Good ++. First Edition - Later Print Run. 230 pages. Very clean pale cream background dustjacket. Very clean dark red hardback binding. Very clean pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair ++. Condizione sovraccoperta: Dustjacket Good. 199 pages. Ex-library, flyleaf removed. Dustjacket infolds taped to end-papers, stamp to title-page rear and last page. Dustjacket has small chips to spine-ends and corners, not price-clipped. Hardback binding has some wear to spine-ends, page-edges darkened/foxed. Pages generally clean.