Jonathan cape london 1990 (27 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Unknown. Octavo, softcover, fine in white French pictorial wraps. Park builds his stories around symbols of transcendence, like the make, kite or colors, red flowers, oranges from Spain. A boy feels his soul take flight on his first kiss. Symbols focus the writing. Tales range across a whole spectrum of human experience. 191 pp. Book. …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Ppvi,214. Not illustrated. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. A little dusty and used but good-plus in dust-wrapper. Novel about the last Loch Maree salmon. "The last of the wild Atlantic salmon have returned. Now there are only three left to map out the destiny of the species. And there is only one man who can tell their story. He has seen their decline mirrored in the events of his own lifetime. The Last Salmon tells of voyage and endurance in the face of fantastic odds. It tells of creation beneath the mountains of Slioch, Beinn Eighe and the dark Sgurr Dubh, against a background of the most beautiful land remaining in Europe. It explores the far reaches of the Atlantic and Scottish freshwater systems through a man's eyes and the salmon's senses. The man is John Howard, born and raised in the magical Weald of Kent, separated from the salmon by hundreds of miles and millions of years of evolution but drawn ever closer to its fate until the and the fish are united in a shared quest for survival. The Last Salmon is a novel about the destruction of landscape and species, and the persistence of hope." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Ppvi,214. Not illustrated. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. Novel about the last Loch Maree salmon. "The last of the wild Atlantic salmon have returned. Now there are only three left to map out the destiny of the species. And there is only one man who can tell their story. He has seen their decline mirrored in the events of his own lifetime. The Last Salmon tells of voyage and endurance in the face of fantastic odds. It tells of creation beneath the mountains of Slioch, Beinn Eighe and the dark Sgurr Dubh, against a background of the most beautiful land remaining in Europe. It explores the far reaches of the Atlantic and Scottish freshwater systems through a man's eyes and the salmon's senses. The man is John Howard, born and raised in the magical Weald of Kent, separated from the salmon by hundreds of miles and millions of years of evolution but drawn ever closer to its fate until the and the fish are united in a shared quest for survival. The Last Salmon is a novel about the destruction of landscape and species, and the persistence of hope." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1990). 1990 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Ppvi,214. Not illustrated. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Fine in dust-wrapper. Novel about the last Loch Maree salmon. "The last of the wild Atlantic salmon have returned. Now there are only three left to map out the destiny of the species. And there is only one man who can tell their story. He has seen their decline mirrored in the events of his own lifetime. The Last Salmon tells of voyage and endurance in the face of fantastic odds. It tells of creation beneath the mountains of Slioch, Beinn Eighe and the dark Sgurr Dubh, against a background of the most beautiful land remaining in Europe. It explores the far reaches of the Atlantic and Scottish freshwater systems through a man's eyes and the salmon's senses. The man is John Howard, born and raised in the magical Weald of Kent, separated from the salmon by hundreds of miles and millions of years of evolution but drawn ever closer to its fate until the and the fish are united in a shared quest for survival. The Last Salmon is a novel about the destruction of landscape and species, and the persistence of hope." .…

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Hard Cover. First edition. 254pp. Fine. D/j is fine. (loc 1072).

Original publisher's red paper-covered boards, gilt title spine, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: xiv, 274pp., illustrations, maps, afterword.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st UK Edition. Fine/Fine. 1st UK Edition. Contemporary romantic drama. Jacket by Tim Pearce. Scan on request.

116pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. A near fine copy. First edition. Signed on paper tipped in on ffe.

first edition 229pp, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, heavy tanning).

249pp. 8vo. Original boards. Fine in dustwrapper. Unreliable memoirs III. First edition.

230pp. 8vo. Original boards in pictorial dustwrapper. A very good copy. First UK edition. Signed on label adherred to verso to title page.

first edition proof copy 178pp NF in wraps (sl.sunned spine, small stain to rear wrapper, small inscription on upper corner ffep).

first edition proof copy 316pp NF (sl.sunned spine) in wraps.

Original publisher's black paper-covered boards, silver title spine, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: vi, 216pp., illustrations, chapternotes & references. Fine copy.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Black and White illustrations. Very Good, without dust jacket.

First edition. Octavo, boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. (2940).

First edition. A fine copy, in pictorial dust jacket with light crease across lower rear panel; 2" mark on half title.

Condizione: Very Good. 8vo. hardcover. 287pp. index, b/w illus. Very good+. / Very good+ d/w.

Condizione: Fine. First English edition hard back binding in publisher's original terracotta paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. ISBN 0224027239. Contains 211 printed pages of text. Without any ownership markings. Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.…

first edition 384pp NF (v sl bump to lower edge of front board by corner) in VG+ d/w (sl rubbing, minor wear to spine head, small crease to rear flap).

Condizione: Fine. First edition hard back publisher's original illustrated laminated covers. 9" x 11" unpaginated, royal blue end papers. In very Nr. Fine condition with corners slightly turned in, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE.

Condizione: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy paper covers, gilt lettering to the spine, photographic end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. ISBN 0224024590. Contains xii, 183 printed pages of text with colour illustrations throughout. From the library of Kitty [Dorothy] Black [1914-2006], successful theatre administrator, internationally acclaimed and distinguished translator of continental plays who eventually became a leading play agent. Fine condition book, in near Fine condition dust wrapper with slight sun fading to the spine, not price clipped. SIGNED presentation copy by the author to the title page 'Dear Kitty, From one scribe to another, Love Sophie, December 1994.' Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. INDIA (Bharat Ganarajya). …

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. A smart two volume set of works by acclaimed children's author Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. A two volume set.In the publisher's original cloth bindings. In the original unclipped dust wrappers.A set of works by Roald Dahl,a British author of popularchildren's literatureand short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartimefighter ace. His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide and he has been called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century".Illustrated throughout by Quentin Blake, an English cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and children's writer. Blake has illustrated over 300 books, including 18 written by Roald Dahl, which are among his most popular works.Including:(1990) 'Esio Trot'.The first edition. The last of Dahl's books to be published in his lifetime. The story of an aging lonely man (Mr. Hoppy), trying to make a connection with a person that he has loved from afar (his widowed neighbour, Mrs. Silver).(1995) 'The Magic Finger'.The first impression of this illustrated edition published by Viking. The story is narrated by an unnamed eight-year-old girl who is growing up on a remote ruralfarmin the Englishcountryside, who possesses a 'magic finger' that activates inadvertently whenever she gets angry. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. In the original unclipped dust wrappers.Externally, excellent. Ink inscription to front paste down of 'Esio Trot'. Dust wrappers are very smart, with minor shelf wear to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. Quentin Blake (illustratore). book.…

A first edition, first printing of Something Leather by Alasdair Gray, published by Jonathan Cape, London in 1990. A fine copy free from internal inscriptions, the boards bound in publisher's original blue cloth with debossed wasp motif, Hello debossed to the front board, Goodbye similarly debossed to the rear board, gilt titling to the spine, the text block bright and crisp. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with fading to the spine and light internal spotting. Wrapper design by Aladair Gray. Something Leather is Alasdair Gray's provocative 1990 novel-in-stories, set largely in Glasgow and centred on four women from different social backgrounds: June, Donalda, Senga and Harriet. Framed by sexual initiation and leather fetishism, it is really a broader social comedy about class, desire, work and self-invention. Gray later regretted the sensational title, feeling it distracted readers from the book's wider portrait of Glaswegian life.…

Hardback. Condizione: Fine. very near Fine. First edition. Slim 8vo. [4], 5-62, [2] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of £6.95 net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrations, full-page, done by Quentin Blake. A small crease on the front flap.

A first edition, first printing published by Jonathan Cape in 1990. A near fine book with some slight bumping to the head and base of the spine. Clean internally. In a like, clipped wrapper. Rare.