2010, ISBN: 9780819445278

Taschenbuch, Gebundene Ausgabe

UK,slim 8vo wraps,s/back original,1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,handwritten,black ink inscrptn+signature: 'Best wishes Roger Grimley' to title page,no dw/dj - wraps as … Mehr…

UK,slim 8vo wraps,s/back original,1st edn.FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,handwritten,black ink inscrptn+signature: 'Best wishes Roger Grimley' to title page,no dw/dj - wraps as issued.Bright,crisp, clean, glossy laminated,b/w photographic illustrated upper wrap with green letters; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Sharp-cornered card wraps,top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly an unread example? UK,slim 8vo wraps,1st edn,5-60pp [paginated] includes 2 parts comprising an intro and 9 chapters,a double-page b/w sketch map of bus routes,8pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 4pp apiece,between pp21/4 and pp37/40 respectively,a few others interspersed throughout the text and the book,bus time-tables; plus [unpaginated] author SIGNED title page,contents list/table and acknowledgements. 'This is the story of the people of Widecombe-in-the-Moor who pioneered the regular public motor passenger services in the first half of the twentieth century.Life can be hard in the harsh,lonely environment of Dartmoor,with high rainfall,sudden mists,winds and heavy snow during the long winter months "when the wind whistles cold on the moor of a night" to quote the well known song "Widecombe Fair".To earn a living called for resilience,resourcefulness and hard work.If that living was to be made by running motor vehicles then there was the additional challenge of steep hills,narrow twisting lanes with stone walls and the mechanical unreliability of the early vehicles. People like Ernest and Wilfred Beard,Fred Chowen,Emily Jane French and Bill Miners enabled moorland folk to travel and see more of the world.This book is dedicated to their memory.' Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item, for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., UK.DROITWICH SPA,WORCS.KITHEAD LTD.,1995., 5, Amphoto Books, 2010-09-07. Paperback. Used:Good., Amphoto Books, 2010-09-07, 0, P.M. Heldt, 1936. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1936. Second Edition. 438 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Black and white photographic frontispiece with illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Minor markings to some pages. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Medium crushing to spine ends causing fraying to cloth. Wear marks and slight mottling overall., P.M. Heldt, 1936, 2.5, Good. New York, 1952. Blue cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; mild edge wear; binding is cocked; musty smell present; 8vo, 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall; no jacket. Illustrations in black and white; inteiror is unmarked; 311 pages., 2.5, London: Lutterworth Periodicals, 1960. 64 pp. Digest format. General wear; no interior markings. Future high-speed jet cover art by Redmill. This issue contains: STORIES: Veteran's Duty by C. T. Stoneham; Clean-up at Kamboola by Arthur Catherall; Lucky Escape by Ford Whitaker; Danger by Moonlight - part three of three by Geoffrey Morgan. ARTICLES: Giving the Bible a New Look by Cecil Northcott; Your Dog and Your Camera by George L. Wakefield; Giant Digging Machine by Richard J. Salter; The Olympic Games of 1960 - anonymous; Collecting Butterflies - anonymous; Win Your Club Fishing Match by Harry Brotherton; Jazz Recordings by John Waddell; and Music Makers in Liverpool by Gordon Joseph; along with all the usual features; including the monthly Crossword Puzzle - unmarked.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Redmill;. 12mo. Magazine., Lutterworth Periodicals, 1960, 3, NY: St. Martin's Press (1993). 8vo; color pictorial stiff covers; softcover; 422 pages; foreword by Tom Clancy; black and white photographic illustrations; signed by the author; lightly edgeworn else a very good clean tight copy., NY: St. Martin's Press (1993), 0, UK,8vo 'C' Format paperback,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to rear cover.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,mountain scenic colour photographic illustrated covers with white and pale blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present and no reading creases to spine/backstrip.Minimal,minor,superficial scoring and indents to both covers but without penetration.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean - a couple of faint smudges to fore-edges but not excessive; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original colour photographic illustrated card covers with bright,crisp,blue+white ink printed lettering to spine/backstrip.UK,8vo 'C' format p/back,1st edn,8-357pp [paginated] includes verso page of author's introduction,a foreword by Joe Simpson,15 assorted authors' individual contributions - each illustrated with a with mountain/peak scenic,b/w photograph as headpiece to each,a glossary, acknowledgements,a bibliography and photographic credits; plus [unpaginated] half-title with mountain scenic b/w photographic frntis to its verso,title page,contents list/table with dedication to its verso and 2pp blanks at the rear. 'Epic' is a collection of fifteen memorable accounts of legend-making expeditions to the world's most famous peaks,often in the world's worst possible conditions.Clint Willis has gathered the most exciting climbing literature of the modern age into one cliff-hanging volume.Reading 'Epic'is like sifting through fifteen of the greatest action sequences ever filmed - but it's more than that: 'Epic' is great writing - and a truly great read. And yet,as Willis writes in his introduction,'This book includes nothing that can't stand on its merits as prose.Robert Bates, Peter Boardman, Greg Child, John Climaco,Art Davidson, Maurice Herzog, Tom Hornbei, Eric Shipton, Joe Tasker, H.W. Tilman, and Stephen Venables are all climbers who write very well.Jon Krakauer and David Roberts are superb writers who happen to climb.Peter Mathiessen is another fine writer who has spent time in the mountains and plays for high stakes.Alfred Lansing is a writer who got hold of a wonderful story - Shackleton's - and did it justice. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK,buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free. Available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always., SCOTLAND.EDINBURGH.MAINSTREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY (EDINBURGH) LTD.,1997., 5, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.Owner's inked name to front pastedown but no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour illustrated biographical artwork by Charles Sims,to front panel with white lettering and subject's contemporary b/w portrait photographic rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain dark green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and clean plain white endpapers - inscrptn excepted.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-237pp [paginated] includes prologue,11 chapters and an postscript,8pp contemporary autobiographical b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp114/15,and 7 b/w cartoons interspersed elsewhere in the text,a select bibliography,and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,separate contents and illustrations lists/tables,and acknowledgements. Nancy Astor was the first elected woman (to take her seat!) in the British parliament and one of the most distinguished political hostesses of her time.Bernard Shaw,Winston Churchill and T.E. Lawrence are just a few of the glittering company who came to dine with her at Cliveden. Nancy was born in Virginia and settled in England with her second husband,the millionaire Waldorf Astor.She became known for her acidic wit,honesty and interest in women's rights.She was a passionate Christian Scientist and a fervent prohibitionist,though she did not adhere rigidly to the ideals of either cause. In this biography Anthony Masters examines her origins,her political career and the relationships which influenced her.With Philip Lothian, Billy and Julian Grenfell and T.E. Lawrence she had intense platonic love affairs.But she also made her husband Waldorf very happy for much of his life and was greatly loved by her children.Of her disastrous first marriage there was only one sad reminder - her son Bobbie,who drank heavily and seemed bent on a course of self-destruction.As a politician Nancy was erratic and unpredictable: caprice and ineffective idealism destroyed her potential so that the unusual qualities which many people detected in her came to nothing.She became very unpopular over the stand which she and her group,the 'Cliveden Set',took on appeasement for she was known to have entertained at least one high-ranking member of the Nazi Party.Energetic and yet often misguided,loyal and yet occasionally possessive to an alarming degree,Nancy was a woman of many contradictions.This is a sensitive new study of an exceptional woman. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,1981., 5, The Caxton Publishing Company Limited, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. Reprinted. 230 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Volume I. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Book is forward leaning., The Caxton Publishing Company Limited, 1949, 2.5, SPIE Press, 1997. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1050grams, ISBN:9780819445278, SPIE Press, 1997, 0<