picador edition first edition (277 risultati)

24.0 x 18.0cms 364pp b/w & colour Illusts very good hardback & dustwrapper This book compares and contrasts the lives of Grace Cossington Smith and Stella Bowen. Although they were both born in Australia in the early 1890s Bowen lived and painted in Paris Cossington Smith lived and painted in Sydney. 'The bohemian and the spinster they are live mirror images of each other two sides of a coin'.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Picador 2004 First Edition First Printing Bruised at top and base of spine, slight spine lean and page edges lightly browned else Fine book in lightly rubbed Dust Jacket, with 'The Crazy Rulers of the World' sticker on the front panel ''In 1979 a secret unit was established by the most gifted minds within the US army. Defying all known military practice - and, indeed, the laws of physics - they believed that a soldier could adopt the cloak of invisibility, pass cleanly through walls and, perhaps most chillingly, kill goats just by staring at them. '' Basis for the film. Book.

277pp. First novel set in Benares against the clash of traditional and modern values. Fine in fine dw.

Cloth, 8vo, xx pp, 33 ills plus others in text. Large scrape to rear pastedown endpaper, otherwise Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Good condition. This is a trade size softcover book. Minor warping in text block. Tiny bump at bottom edge of back cover and at bottom of spine. 326 pages with index, bibliography and a few illustrations.

209pp. Memories of family secrets set in Calcutta. Fine in fine dw.

293pp. Three long tales of modern urban India. Fine in fine dw.

Condizione: Very Good. 8vo. Hardcover in very good condition. 332pp. Illustrated end pages. As Noelle copes with a turbulent adolescence, futher confused by the male and felmale role models she had as a girl, her father begins to metamorphose into the loving parent she had always longed for - only now outfitted with pedal pushers and pink lipstick. Could becoming a woman make her father a completely different person?

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Picador 1995 First Edition in the UK First Printing Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine book in like Dust Jacket ''. Antar begins to unravel the puzzle. the novel traces the adventures of the enigmatic Murugan and the strange truth of what took place, years before. They are events which haunt and twist the fate of characters from the past, present and future and ones that come to reveal the true nature of the 'Calcutta Chromosome'. ''. Book.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. VG.

Mass market paperback. ISBN 0330265962. In near Fine condition with small ring mark to front cover. Member of the P.B.F.A. COLOMBIA.

First edition. A hardback accordian style book, with 14 folding leaves, plus endpapers (25 foot in length) with black & white drawings by Matteo Pericolli of Thames riverside building profiles - from Hammersmith to the Isle of Dogs (North Bank); and The Dome at Greenwich to Putney Bridge, on the South Bank. Includes a soft cover pamphlet with an introduction by Wilf Self, essay by Iain Sinclair, and afterword commentary by Matteo Pericolli, and a key to the sectional maps. Both of these are contained within a decorated slipcase. An attractive and unusual book. VG+ condition.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. VG+ original wrappers, pages slightly tanned, covers laminated, else a fine copy.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Special Edition. Very good condition. This is a trade size softcover book. Cover corners are lightly bumped. Spine tips are very lightly rubbed. Small light stain at top edge of back cover. 380 pages with index and 36 illustrations.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. VG.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, stone grey lining papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Full printer's code 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2. Contains (x), 292 pp with 26 monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £14.99. Member of the P.B.F.A. CLIMATOLOGY & WEATHER.

Hardcover. Condizione: Collectible, Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Octavo, Hard Cover. Edgar Award-winner for 1999., As New/As New. Rober Clark's second novel, "a flawlessly crafted and suspenseful novel of mystery, murder, and two men's search for truth".

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. VG.

8vo, 388pp. A very good paperback copy. Uncorrected Proof Copy.

First edition in publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers [softback]. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 258 printed pages of text. Dust marking to the closed page edges, light rubs to the cover edges and in near Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0330481398 PROOF COPY (Advance).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, silver title and author lettering to the spine, turquoise blue end papers . 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 280 printed pages of text. Fine clean condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with minimal rubs and creases to the spine ends and corners, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves 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. ISBN 0330323369 SHORT STORIES (Novella).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original forest green paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, black end papers. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 245 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves 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. ISBN 9780330449359 MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers [softback]. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains 353 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0330492675 PROOF COPY (Advance).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 343 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves 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. ISBN 0330432737 MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

8vo, signed on title by the Author, orig. cloth gilt. Fine in fine dustwrapper.

First UK edition hard back binding in publisher's original maroon paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. ISBN 0330352016. Contains 298 printed pages of text. Without any ownership markings. Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original forest green paper covered boards, white title and author lettering to the spine, lime green end papers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¾''. Contains 245 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781447274759 MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, silver title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 267 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves 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. ISBN 0330419889 MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original yellow cloth covers, black lettering to the spine. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 280 page ISBN 0330333208. SIGNED by the author to the title page. Corners turned-in, free from inscription. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition price clipped dust wrapper with thin damp line across the bottom of lower cover, crease lines to spine tips and corners, spine colours not faded. Dust wrapper without any tears or chips and supplied in archive acetate film protection, this is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper and can easily be removed should you so wish. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.