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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. R. C. Duff-Scott (Jacket painting) (illustratore). First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. With dustwrapper painting by Robin Duff-Scott (Lisa St Aubin de Terán's third husband). ***Near fine in black cloth covered boards with silver titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. No bumps or creases. Corners sharp. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean and bright. Nice quality paper stock used. Spine tight. ***In a near fine colour printed dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the publisher's original printed price of £10.95 net. The dustwrapper is complete with no chips, creases or tears. Edges just slightly rubbed. No fading. Dustwrapper bright. ***126 pages. 224mm x 144mm. ***'Lisa St Aubin de Terán (born 2 Oct 1953) is an English novelist, writer of autobiographical fictions, and memoirist. Her father was the Guyanese writer Jan Carew. Lisa St Aubin de Terán was born in 1953 (to Joan Mary Murray and Jan Carew) and brought up in Clapham in South London. She attended James Allen's Girls' School. Her memoir, "Hacienda" (1998), describes how she fell into a whirlwind first marriage to an exiled Venezuelan landowner, Jaime Terán, and lived for seven years at a remote farm in the Andean region of Venezuela. Her second husband was the Scottish poet and novelist George MacBeth. In 1982 she published her first novel, "Keepers of the House", winning the Somerset Maugham Award and a place on Granta's "Best of Young British Novelists" list (1983, issue #7). "The Slow Train to Milan", winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, followed in 1983. In the same year she moved to Wiggenhall St. Mary Magdalen in Norfolk. After her second marriage ended she returned to live in Italy. (Wiki) ***First impression of the true first edition. One of Lisa St Aubin de Terán's harder to find first editions, and only book of short stories. ***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.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Diana Overton (Jacket design) (illustratore). First UK Edition. First printing of the first UK edition. The author's third published book of short stories. ***Near fine in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Boards clean and unmarked. Tail of spine just slightly creased. Corners sharp. Page block edges clean but tanned as usual. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean but heavily tanned as usual (cheap paper stock used). No foxing. No creases or tears. Spine tight. ***In a near fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper, that has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £10.95 net. The dustwrapper is complete, with no chips, tears or creases. No fading. Dustwrapper bright. ***281 pages. 224mm x 145mm. ***'***'By turns humorous and warm, stark and frightening, "Bluebeard's Egg" glows with childhood memories, the reality of parents growing old, and the casual cruelty men and women inflict on each other. Here is the familiar outer world of family summers at remote lakes, winters of political activism, and seasons of exotic friends, mundane lives, and unexpected loves. But here too is the inner world of hidden places and all that emerges from them - the intimately personal, the fantastic, the shockingly real. Whether it's what lives in a mysterious locked room or the secret feelings we all conceal.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***'"Bluebeard's Egg" is a collection of short stories by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, first published in 1983. The book's first American edition was released in 1986 under the name "Bluebeard's Egg and other stories". In this collection, Atwood explores the politics of sex and heterosexual relationships, examining the emotions, betrayals, and casualties of such relationships. Four of the stories in the collection depart from this theme to instead present presumably autobiographic ruminations on the narrator's childhood influences. The majority of these stories are set in downtown Toronto.' (Wiki) ***First printing of the first UK edition, in its original dustwrapper, in near fine, bright condition. ***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.

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback.First Edition Life of Graham Greene Vol 1 1904-1939 Illustrated with B&W photos 738pp price clipped D/J Biography. Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography. We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).

FIRST UK EDITION. Oblong 4to. 8.75 x 11 inches. Unpaginated. [32] pp. Bound in pictorial laminated boards, in unclipped matching dust wrapper, which has small chip at head of spine; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated throughout by the paintings of Thomas Hort, including frontispiece. Decorated by publisher's device on title page. Retold story of the Dutch boy who held back a leak in his local dyke to prevent a catastrophic flood, adapted from Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates, By Mary Mapes Dodge, 1865. Text by Lenny Hort, US author, including children's literature. The atmospheric paintings of land- and seascapes by US artist and book illustrator, Thomas Locker (1937-2012), admirably recall the richness and depth of the Dutch master painters of the seventeenth century. ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS JUVENILE LIT. FICTION CHILDREN'S 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition with 'First published 1985' on the printer's page. ***Near fine in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Boards clean and unmarked. No bumps or creases. Corners sharp. Binding square with no reading lean. Spine tight. Internally also near fine, with no inscriptions. No creases or tears. Pages clean but paper stock lightly tanned as usual. ***In a near fine colour illustrated dustwrapper, that has not been price-clipped, showing the original publisher's printed price of £8.95 net. Dustwrapper complete with no creases, chips or tears. The spine of the dustwrapper is just very slightly faded, otherwise dustwrapper bright. ***205mm x 135mm. 192 pages including a two-page author's note at the back of the book. ***'"Putting the Boot In" is as gripping as it is very funny - a wry and ingenious investigative entertainment. As Duffy valiantly endeavours to crack Athletic's mysterious descent of the League table - scanning his body for sarcomas the while - a team of memorable characters takes its position to confuse and amuse us.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) *** First impression of the true first edition, in its original dustwrapper, in beautiful near fine collectable condition. One of Barnes' lesser known works, published as the third part of the four-novel series featuring the protagonist Duffy, a quirky bisexual private detective. ***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.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Spine lightly bumped at head and tail. Edges and endpapers (particularly top edge. Pages browned, lightly thumbed. Else book is in good condition. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed and stained, slightly worn along edges. It has a small (irregularly shaped) section missing from back cover *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound.

FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. 154 pp. Bound in original black cloth, gilt, in pictorial dust wrapper. Some foxing of edges, but otherwise a very good copy. First edition of the novel by travel writer, Bruce Chatwin (1940-89). It follows the fortunes of a Czech collector of Meissen porcelain. ART / LITERATURE NOVELS LIT. FICTION 20TH CENTURY FIRST EDITION ART / LITERATURE.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. Profusely illustrated throughout. This copy has been inscribed and signed by the author. ***Near fine in black cloth-covered boards with silver titles to the spine. Boards clean and unmarked. No creases or tears. Corners sharp. Internally also near fine, but with a gift inscription 'For John, with much love, from Ja C' in green ink at the top corner of the front free endpaper. ***The author has also INSCRIBED the book 'For John, Heathcote Williams' in the same green ink on the title page. Pages clean. No creases or tears. Produced on nice quality glossy photo-paper. Spine tight. ***In a near fine illustrated dustwrapper which has been neatly corner price-clipped. The dustwrapper is only very slightly edge rubbed. No creases, chips or tears. Dustwrapper bright and clean. ***176 pages including acknowledgements and index at the back of the book. 297mm x 202mm. ***'Nature's blasting, billowing Archangel, A land-manatee, A land-siren, A land-whale. Over sixty per cent of the elephant population has been slaughtered in the last decade. Ivory prices have doubled in two years. Soon the elephant could disappear from the planet altogether. ***In "Sacred Elephant", a powerful alchemy of verse, pictures and prose, Heathcote williams deploys fact and feeling to demolish the myths that keep us complacent about the mammoth's fate. His moving and eloquent work opens our eyes anew to its grace, social sophistication, sensitivity and benign strength so that we may again acknowledge the elephant, in the words of John Donne, "Nature's great masterpiece".' [Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper] ***First impression of the true first edition, in its original dustwrapper, profusely illustrated, and in near fine bright collectable condition. Signed and inscribed by the author, and uncommon thus. 'An alchemy of verse, pictures and prose.' ***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. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Blake, Quentin (illustratore). First Edition. Stated First Published 1980; fourth printing, 1985. Beautifully signed and inscribed by Roald Dahl at front endpaper: "Olwen, Love Roald Dahl." Bold large inscription and signature fills the page. According to prior collector, Olwen in this case refers to Olwen Barnard (born Hill-Duffy), a relation to Sir Joseph Brian Barnard of North Yorkshire. Olwen, pronounced O-loon, is of Welsh origin and a name for girls translating as "white footprint" or "white track." According to legend, the goddess Olwen was so gentle and fragile that white trefoils or clovers grew in her footprints. Olwen is a Welsh favorite, and was also the name of a legendary princess in what is believed to be the earliest Arthurian romance. Other sources cite Olwen as a Welsh sun goddess whose name means golden wheel. According to this tale, she overcame thirteen obstacles to obtain her true love; and thus teaches tenacity in obtaining goals. Red textured boards, gilt spine titles, light shelf wear, bump. Pages near fine; no writing. Dynamic illustration by Quentin Blake profusely throughout. Pictorial bookmark set in stating: "Signed." Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original dust wrapper, light shelf wear; clipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Bookstore label remains above price clipping at lower front flap with price marked out and appearing to say: "KG, Price in [GBP symbol]." Rather humorous and apropos dust wrapper features bold red and black titles with color illustration of the Twits at front panel; back panel features the monkeys standing on their heads with the repeated titles placed upside down. Scarce near fine signed early printing in same wrapper. Bored with playing minor juvenile tricks on each nother, the sick and satisfyingly revolting Twits turn attention to capturing a family of monkeys for a circus act. The monkey's cruel incarceration in a cage is avenged when the birds trick the Twits into believing the world has turned upside-down. Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, most abhorrent people in the world. They hate everything, except playing fiendish pranks on each other, catching unsuspecting birds to put in their bird pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough! With the help of Roly-Poly Bird, they prepare for some well-deserved revenge served cold. And. Roald Dahl's thrillingly grotesque tale features the deliciously wicked, and deftly appropos, artwork of Quentin Blake. They're disgusting and despicable--they're the Twits! "It's nothing but delicious riddance to rotten rubbish! Parents may turn chartreuse or puce at the descriptions of the Twits, but little ones will squeal in delighted disgust." - School Library Journal. Printed in Great Britain by Mackay's of Chatham. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Blake, Quentin (illustratore). First Edition. Stated First Published 1980. Beautifully signed by Roald Dahl at title page: "Roald Dahl." Very attractive. Red textured boards, gilt spine titles, light shelf wear. Pages very good; no writing. Front blank endpaper removed. Dynamic illustration by Quentin Blake profusely throughout. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original dust wrapper, light shelf wear; unclipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Rather humorous and apropos dust wrapper features bold red and black titles with color illustration of the Twits at front panel; back panel features the monkeys standing on their heads with the repeated titles placed upside down. True first edition wrapper without isbn and code at back panel. Rare near fine signed first printing in same wrapper. Bored with playing minor juvenile tricks on each nother, the sick and satisfyingly revolting Twits turn attention to capturing a family of monkeys for a circus act. The monkey's cruel incarceration in a cage is avenged when the birds trick the Twits into believing the world has turned upside-down. Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, most abhorrent people in the world. They hate everything, except playing fiendish pranks on each other, catching unsuspecting birds to put in their bird pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough! With the help of Roly-Poly Bird, they prepare for some well-deserved revenge served cold. And. Roald Dahl's thrillingly grotesque tale features the deliciously wicked, and deftly appropos, artwork of Quentin Blake. They're disgusting and despicable--they're the Twits! "It's nothing but delicious riddance to rotten rubbish! Parents may turn chartreuse or puce at the descriptions of the Twits, but little ones will squeal in delighted disgust." - School Library Journal. Printed in Great Britain by Mackay's of Chatham. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Signed by Author.