Methuen paperbacks london (152 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Clean, unread copy in Very Good + condition (almost Near Fine). Personal library stamp on the fly-sheet and title page but rest of the book is completely clean. No marking or writing in the text. Covers are clean and show almost no shelf wear. Binding is firm.

Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Near Fine: shows just a hint of wear to the corner tips; a tiny blue stain at the upper fore-edge; the lower corner of the first page of the 'Select Bibliography' has been torn away at the bottom corner (no text is affected) ; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the mildest wear only and a couple of unobtrusive flaws. . Bright and clean. Close to "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.35 x 0.45 inches) . Language: English and Middle English. Weight: 8 ounces. UP 670. Paperback. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 190 pages.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. pp.ix, 458 pages, a very good paperback.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Black and white pictorial wrapper with black and green lettering. 353 historical and informative pages! "Dr. Lucas examines the novels from The Pickwick Papers to Our Mutual Friend and traces Dickens's growing power to drive deep into the causes of the conditions in which his contemporaries existed - and his emergence as the central consciousness of his age. He shows the importance of nature to Dickens as a rich metaphor of human freedom and potentiality and his concern with time and with the problems of freedom.".…

Soft cover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. First Paperback Printing. 108 pp. Light edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with line drawings by Shirley Hughes. Shirley Hughes; (illustratore). Book.

Paperback. Condizione: UsedAcceptable. Small creases in cover and wear to edges.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 86pp.

Softcover. Condizione: Good. Ninth Edition. Slight bumping to top spine end and upper outer corners. ; Originally published in 1925.

Softcover. Condizione: Good. Reprint. Trade paperback, printed white card covers. 367 pages. Originally published by Oxford University Press in 1931, this is the first paperback printing by this publisher. The bulk of this study comprises an exhaustive study of Shakespeare's Roman tragedies. No previous ownership marks. Mild age wear to covers, interior clean and unmarked. A clean, square, tight copy. Good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Thus. The book is very good with some shelf wear and a reading crease along spine.

Condizione: Fair. 1967. First Edition Thus. 531 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with minor defects. Moderate issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Covers are becoming slightly detached from the text block. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.…

Paperback edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xx, 651 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports ; 20 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 599-608) and index. Subjects; World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns. World War, 1914-1918 Armistices. 1 Kg. …

Soft cover. Condizione: FN+, Near New. Second Edition. 273 pgs.; Excellent Historical Naval / Nautical Fiction. Set during Napoleonic Wars! Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Mike Heslop Cover Art! (illustratore). Book.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good+. Reprint; First Printing. Minor shelf and edge wear, lightly sunned spine, paper slightly age toned at edges. ; First printing of Magnum mass market edition, 1978. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unopened and unread. Wrap around cover artwork by Chris Moore. ; 160 pages; Collection of four short stories comprising: The Golden Bugs; Leg. Forst. ; So Bright the Vision; Galactic Chest. Mass Market PB.…

Softcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st printing thus. [nice tight copy, minor edgewear to cover, itty-bitty scrape mark on front cover, extremely faint shadow from removed price sticker at lower right corner of front cover]. Mass Market PB Very late Cain -- the last novel he published during his lifetime, in fact -- about a guy whose fundraising efforts for a national institute of biography lead him into "the attendant complications of high politics, corporate corruption and a stormy and dangerous love affair with the beautiful Hortense -- the wife of his rich patron." Cain's biographer Roy Hoopes noted that it was the author's "first real attempt to write about contemporary people in what might be called his walk of life: that is, upper-middle-class people from the universities, business, law practices, politics, and journalism," but that the results unfortunately revealed that "time had, indeed, passed Cain by." The book was both a critical and commercial failure, and Cain died the following year. Illustrated by (cover photo) Robert Golden (illustratore).…

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Good. 96 clean pages. no crease to the front or back cover. Neat owners name to the title page. A very good study copy. Book.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Copyright 1961. 315 pp. Solidly and tightly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Pages almost detached from spine. Spine slightly damaged.

Paperback. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: light wear to the extremities; rubbing to the wrapper covers; the binding shows barely discernible lean, but remains secure; there is a single crease at the backstrip; former owner's name at the front endpaper; but the text is clean. Shows mild wear, but remains structurally sound and tightly bound: a clean, sturdy, presentable copy. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches). 527 pages. Shipping Weight: 17 ounces. First Edition Thus [1960], so stated. Third Printing [1964]. The hardcover was first published in 1928; This edition is based upon a reprint made in 1957 with revised bibliographical notes. Academic Press Paperback. First Edition Thus [1960], so stated. Third Printing [1964]. The hardcover was first published in 1928; This edition is based upon a reprint made in 1957 with revised bibliographical notes.…

Mass Market Paperback. Later Edition. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of light use: very slight spine lean; light wear to extremities; mild rubbing to wrapper covers; a patch of scuffing along the middle of the front hinge; some very faint creasing near three of the corners; the pages are lightly tanned, due to age; binding secure; text clean. No longer 'As New', but remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. 159pp. First published in 1968 by Ace Books. Mass Market Paperback. From the back cover: "This volume is a collection of four of his most inventive, humorous and exciting novelettes - each different, each fantastic, and each guaranteed reading pleasure." The four stories here share a common theme: each features humans interacting with aliens in an unusual and inventive way. They also are all good stories, interesting to read and are infused with large doses of Simak's wry wit.…

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good.

Paperback edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xx, 651 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports ; 20 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 599-608) and index. Subjects; World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns. World War, 1914-1918 Armistices. 1 Kg. …

Paperback. Condizione: Fine. First paperback edition, first printing. Magnum book price, £1.10, on the rear cover. Cover illustration note credited. A fine and bright copy. Book.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Reissue. VG, Edgewear, creases, scuffing, ink name, browning. Literary Criticism. Cover design by David Gentleman. 336 pages. Expanded condition report/photo on request.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Card covers, binding tight, book unmarked, some pages may have minor folds to corners but overall in reasonably good condition for age. "It was 2080 AD - election year. Jim Briskin, candidate for the Presidency, was attempting to solve the unsolvable. Earth's overpopulation crisis had driven millions into voluntary deep freeze to wait for better times. Now the pressure was on to wake them up - but where could they go? Eventually a solution presented itself from beyond the limits of human credibility.…

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and nicked. Remains well-preserved overall. Publisher's review copy. Series; A Methuen paperback. Physical description; 80 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm. Subjects; English poetry 20th century. Fell, Alison (1944-). 1 Kg.

1st Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Previous owner's inscription. Physical description: xx, 651 pages, [8] p. of plates: ill., maps, ports; 20 cm. Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns. World War, 1914-1918 Armistices. 1 Kg.…

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Reprinted. 460 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text.