2003, ISBN: 9780760734223

Taschenbuch, Gebundene Ausgabe, Erstausgabe

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE-/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean.matt,wrap-around monochrome photog… Mehr…

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE-/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean.matt,wrap-around monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj with embossed,glossy b/w lettered author+title and other b/w printed lettering to front panel,glossy b/w lettering and other red letters to spine/backstrip,rear panel with glossy black lettered story precis/blurb; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Majority of light creasing to top edges,minisculely bumped with reciprocal creases at both head+foot of spine,rear panel with minimal and superficial indents without penetration to board beneath.Top edges aged/toned but without further blemish,fore-edges similar; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5- 244pp [paginated] includes 20 chapters,a Now chapter,author's afterword; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,with blank verso,acknowledgements,also with blank verso,a NOW separator page,a THEN 1963 page the latter two pages also with a blank verso each,and to the rear,2pp blanks,2pp publisher's advert for DBC PIERRE's 'Breakfast with the Borgias' to recto of last page and potted history of Hammer's literary legacy to its verso. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the few,minor exterior faults described that prevent a higher grading.Despite them,it really is an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness. As Rowena struggles with the upheaval of builders while trying to be a dutiful wife to her husband and a good mother to her five small children,her life starts to disintegrate.And then her eldest and prettiest daughter goes missing.Out in the village,a frantic search is mounted - while inside the house reveals its darkest secret: a hidden room with no windows and no obvious entrance.Boarded up,it smells of old food, disinfectant - and death... Set in a world where appearances are everything, and nothing is as it seems,'Touched' is unsettling,claustrophobic,and utterly gripping. The author of 'Mothers and Other Lovers' - winner of Betty Trask Award,, 'Skin', 'You' and the highly acclaimed 'Sleep With Me',which was published in eleven countries and adapted for ITV drama (UK),by Andrew Davies.She spent her very early years in 'the village of the damned',Letchmore Heath in Hertfordshire,the location for the celebrated 1960 film based on John Wyndham's novel 'The Midwich Cuckoos' - and the inspiration,too,for this Hammer novella. 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. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise.** ** 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., LONDON.ARROW in association with HAMMER,2014., 5, US,8vo wraps,p/back 1st edn.[Stated FIRST EDITION,issued same year as the hardback.Complete number line 10 - 1 descending. ] NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from card cover. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,subject/author portrait colour photographic illustrated front cover with capitalised,light mauve lettered author name with multi-colour lettered title,repeated coloured author name and black-lettered title to slightly sunned/faded but lacking reading creases,spine/backstrip,rear cover with critic review and black lettered synopsis; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing - no nicks, tears or splits present,and inevitable but minimal, superficial age-acquired scoring/indents to either card cover - nothing excessive or obtrusive.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/viii-spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - unread,other than my own collation.US,8vo wraps,p/back 1st edn,viiipp+4-280pp [paginated] includes, acknowledgements,author's Prologue.,20 chapters,32pp contemporary biographical b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 16pp apiece,between pp88/9 and pp184/85 respectively,and an 8pp Dioscography; plus [unpaginated] blank,half-title+title pages,a dedication,2pp blanks verso,individual chapter separator pages, and at the rear another 2pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is near exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's twenty-six-year-old age and nature, i.e an ephemeral p/back book. It is only the minimal exterior faults described that prevents a higher grading.Despite them, it really is still an exceptional copy for its cleanliness, brightness and it's overall appearance. Superstar Gladys Knight has spent virtually her entire life singing her heart out for her fans who now rank in the millions. As the soulful voice behind such memorable songs as "Midnight Train to Georgia," "If I Were Your Woman," and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" - to name just a few of the many hits she recorded with her beloved back-up singers,The Pips - Knight remains one of the world's most enduring and endearing performers working on the music scene today. Yet,despite Knight's four decades-long career in the public spotlight,never has this legendary performer shared the private secrets of her life and the equally glorious and painful details of her personal story--until now. For as far back as Gladys can remember,she has always been a performer. A true child prodigy, she was born in Atlanta in 1944 and has been earning her way as a singer since the tender age of four.By the time she was in high school,she was belting out doo-wop ditties and torch songs in juke joints and nightclubs on the "chit'lin' circuit" as the opening act (with The Pips) for the likes of Sam Cooke, Ike & Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, B. B. King, Jackie Wilson, and Little Richard, among others. And then there were the legendary Motown years - and the multi-Grammy Award-winning ones that have followed. Along the way her life has been filled with enormous ups and downs,details of which Gladys shares for the first time in this book.Between the lines of her life story, you'll find her bravely facing many of life's most difficult challenges,including racism, sexual assault,addiction and recovery, and her struggle to break free from disappointing romantic relationships while maintaining a strong sense of personal pride and independence. Immensely candid and down-to-earth,just like the woman herself, Knight's autobiography tells the story of a little girl with a big voice who grew up to become one of the world's brightest stars,while managing to keep her heart and soul.Southern-born-and-bred family values, deep spirituality,and humor intact Gladys Knight,who continues to perform around the world,will celebrate her 50th anniversary in show business in 1998. Winner of numerous Grammy Awards,Knight received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1995 and,in 1996,Gladys Knight and The Pips were inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. Please contact seller 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. Buyers in EU countries may be required to pay Import VAT and a handling fee to the courier/mail service on items costing more than 150 Euros (including shipping costs).For items less than 150 Euros to EU buyers,charges may be minimised by opting to pay myself direct,via my account at Paypal. Please contact seller prior to ordering for more information. ** N.B. 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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., US.NEW YORK,NEW YORK.HYPERION,1997., 4, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour photographic(?) illustrated dw/dj,with white and yellow lettering, montage'd author's portrait colour photographic illustrated rear panel of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present,though book has a slight lean.Front, inner flap of dw/dj has small oblique crease to top corner.Top edges lightly aged,fore-edges brighter but lightly thumbed/grubbed but generally are bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - 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 black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-280pp [paginated] includes prologue,12 chapters and an epilogue,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and author's thanks. The catastrophic power of a giant hurricane can raise coastal waters thirty feet high and blow through houses at speeds far above those of tennis balls served by champions.Perry Stuart,TV meteorologist working routinely before cameras,chiefly predicts periods of English drizzle,with bursts of heavier rain and sunshine to follow.His life calm and ordered,his face familiar to every British household,Stuart's profound weather knowledge and accuracy have given him high status among forecasters, but no physical baptism by storm.Not,that is,until a fellow forecaster offers him a Caribbean hurricane-chasing ride in a small aeroplane as a holiday diversion.By frightening accident,Stuart learns more secrets from the flight than wind speeds - and back home in England he faces threats and danger as deadly as anything that nature can evolve. 'Second Wind',which is Dick Francis's fortieth book,is a twisting, spiralling hurricane of a thriller that will defy anyone to treat the weather as an everyday topic of conversation. Please contact seller,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 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.MICHAEL JOSEPH,1999., 5, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour photographic(?) illustrated dw/dj,with white+yellow lettering to front panel,montage'd author's portrait colour photographic illustrated rear panel of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually 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 black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-280pp [paginated] includes prologue,12 chapters and an epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and author's thanks.Want more Dick FRANCIS titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED catalogues. The catastrophic power of a giant hurricane can raise coastal waters thirty feet high and blow through houses at speeds far above those of tennis balls served by champions.Perry Stuart,TV meteorologist working routinely before cameras,chiefly predicts periods of English drizzle,with bursts of heavier rain and sunshine to follow. His life calm and ordered, his face familiar to every British household,Stuart's profound weather knowledge and accuracy have given him high status among forecasters,but no physical baptism by storm.Not,that is,until a fellow forecaster offers him a Caribbean hurricane-chasing ride in a small aeroplane as a holiday diversion.By frightening accident,Stuart learns more secrets from the flight than wind speeds - and back home in England he faces threats and danger as deadly as anything that nature can evolve. 'Second Wind',which is Dick Francis's fortieth book,is a twisting, spiralling hurricane of a thriller that will defy anyone to treat the weather as an everyday topic of conversation. Please contact seller,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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH,1998., 5, Lancaster, UK: Dalesman, 1984. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 72pp, central section of black and white photographic plates. Pictorial printed light card covers. Light chipping to edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 8vo. Bill looks back at many of the memorable experiences he encountered during a career spanning 46 years, from a bar lad at Stourton to Top-Link driver on the high-speed Trains from Leeds to London., Dalesman, 1984, 3, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE-/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£18.99) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with white and blue-outlined black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Book is slightly cocked.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - near 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 black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked fluorescent silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip, and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-345pp [paginated] includes 39 chapters,a written preview of audio version of 'FRAMED',O'Sullivan's first novel at rear; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with acknowledgements to its reverse,a b/w publisher's advert page for audio version of 'FRAMED' (see my book ID rja807918 for a UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn) towards the rear of the book. The race is on.The stakes are high. Frankie James thought his troubles were behind him.He's busy running his Soho nightclub,and his brother's finally out of prison.But when a postcard arrives from Mallorca,he's stopped in his tracks . . . Is it from his mother - the woman who's been missing for eight years? When the goddaughter of London's fiercest gangster,Tommy Riley, goes missing in Ibiza,Tommy knows there's one man for the job - Frankie James.Just when Frankie was on the straight and narrow,he's now forced with an impossible choice.If he agrees to help find Tanya, he'll be thrown into a world of danger.If he doesn't,Tommy could destroy him. For Frankie James,old habits die hard.One thing's for sure,playing with this gang is no game.But with everything at stake, how can Frankie say no? Want more Ronnie O'SULLIVAN books/titles? For similar and other available titles - fiction+autobiography,please search my MODERN FIRSTS2,BIOGRAPHY and SIGNED catalogues. 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/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., LONDON.MACMILLAN,2017., 5, UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.[Assistant illustrator David Walser,paper engineering by Helen Balmer and Lois Bulow.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price removal - printed to rear board.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,red+white silhouette illustrated upper board with green +gilt lattering,rear board with a colour photograph of the book as a stand-up,stand-alone carousel with red ribbon tie; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Foot of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top edges clean,fore-edges gilt coloured,red silk ribbon tie; 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 paper-covered scenic silhouetted+colour photographic illustrated boards with white letters and bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip.UK, slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn,5 unpaginated double-page white card nativity silhouette cut-outs with text and with a red background,that opens out to form a carousel when boards are back to back and tied with the ribbon. A Nativity pop-up,cut-out designed as stand-alone part carousel,part shadow box,designed by a master paper engineer.A highly collected and prolific children's book illustrator,and an unusual item/ephemera in Pienkowski's bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the canon. Jan Michel Pienkowski,born 1936,Warsaw,Poland: childhood spent in Austria, Germany and Italy.Educated in England and Wales.Read Classics and English at King's College,Cambridge and studied in London.Founder director (1961) of Gallery Five Ltd., greetings card and publishers.As an illustrator of children's books,he works in bold colours and simplified shapes, sometimes (as in the Meg and Mog series) adopting a childlike drawing style. Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal with Joan Aiken's 'Kingdom under the Sea' (1971) and with his own pop-up book 'Haunted House' (1979). Although he collaborated with Aiken on a few of her books,perhaps his finest works are his own pop-up books - 'Haunted House' (1979) and 'Robot' (1981) - see rja1203 - the first of which sold over one million copies.Also a graphic designer for advertising and television,designer of wallpaper, stage designer and art editor.Began his artistic career by designing posters and greetings cards,but later turned to children's book illustration.He is one of the leading artists working in Britain today - then 2004.[ Born 8th August,1932 - d. 19th February,2022.]. 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., LONDON.WALKER BOOKS,2004., 5, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour photographic(?) illustrated dw/dj,with white+yellow lettering to front panel,montage'd author's portrait colourphotographic illustrated rear panel of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collationBright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-280pp [paginated] includes prologue,12 chapters and an epilogue,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and author's thanks The catastrophic power of a giant hurricane can raise coastal waters thirty feet high and blow through houses at speeds far above those of tennis balls served by champions.Perry Stuart,TV meteorologist working routinely before cameras,chiefly predicts periods of English drizzle,with bursts of heavier rain and sunshine to follow.His life calm and ordered,his face familiar to every British household,Stuart's profound weather knowledge and accuracy have given him high status among forecasters, but no physical baptism by storm.Not,that is,until a fellow forecaster offers him a Caribbean hurricane-chasing ride in a small aeroplane as a holiday diversion.By frightening accident,Stuart learns moresecrets from the flight than wind speeds - and back home inEngland he faces threats and danger as deadly as anything that nature can evolve.'Second Wind', which is Dick Francis's fortieth book,is a twisting,spiralling hurricane of a thriller that will defy anyone to treat the weather as an everyday topic of conversation. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH,1999., 5, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with red,yellow+white lettering; and with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned - as usual/normal but clean; contents bright,tight and clean,near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean, unblemished and without bumped corners, publisher's original dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate maroon endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-243pp [paginated] includes 15 chapters; plus [unpaginated] title page,a dedication, acknowledgements,and 4pp blanks to rear. Want more Nick HORNBY titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my SIGNED,MODERN FIRSTS2 and MODERN FIRSTS catalogues. According to her own complex moral calculations,Katie Carr has earned her affair. She's a doctor,after all,and doctors are decent people,and on top of that her husband David is the self-styled Angriest Man in Holloway.When David suddenly becomes good, however - properly, maddeningly,give-away-all-his-money good - Katie's sums no longer add up,and she is forced to ask herself some very hard questions. Nick Hornby's brilliant new novel offers a painfully funny account of modern marriage and parenthood and asks that most difficult of questions: what does it mean to be good? Author's fourth novel. Hornby was recently (then 2001) awarded the E. M.Forster Award by the American Academy of Arts & Letters. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,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., LONDON.PENGUIN/VIKING,2001., 4.5, UK,slim Qrto wraps,1st edn.[Admiral Lord Nelson bi-centenial anniversary programme.] No owner inscrptn and no price-removal from card cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy,colour photographic illustrated card covers with white-lettered title to front and colour Royal Navy logo to both; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks tears or splits present.Top=fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases toany pages' corner tips - appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim Qrto wraps,1st edn,2-111pp [paginated] includes foreword by Queen Elizabeth II,a Welcome preface by First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Alan West,GCB, DSC,ADC,an Introduction by Director General Trafalgar 200,Rear Admiral James Rapp,articles on,about,of Nelson,HMS Victory, Trafalgar etc,RN & RFA at International Fleet Review,Fleet Air Arm, Merchant Navy and historic vessels at the Review,Submarine Service,Trafalgar 200 Summer+Autmn programme's events,profuse colour photographs,acknowledgements.double-page colour map/ chart of International Fleet Review ships with relevant keys. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral wrappered programme. It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and its minimal usage.. Produced in conjunction with SeaBritain 2005,to highlight and celebrate Britain's reliance on the sea with a series of special events staged by the Royal Navy in 2005 to mark the bicentenary of the naval hero,Admiral Lord Nelson.The programme started on Tuesday 28th June in the Solent when HM the Queen,the Lord High Admiral,reviewed the International Fleet off Spithead.Over 100 warships from 36 navies,40 tall ships and many ships from the merchant navy filled eastern Solent for the largest,most diverse and most dynamic review in the Royal Navy's 600 year history.Further events planned on 21st October,the actual anniversary of Nelson's death in 1805, will benmarked with a series of special events: a wreath laid off Cape Trafalgar and services held at his tomb in St Paul's Cathedral in London,and onbaoard his flagship HMS Victory in Portsmouth.On Sunday 23rd October,the Sea Cadets will be prominent in Trafalgar Square as they parade,together with the wider naval service,at the foot of Nelson's Column.In the afternoon, St Paul's will host a service of commemoration for all those who lost their lives at Trafalgar,and as a final tribute to Nelson,a stunning show in Trafalgar Square to celebrate Britain's great maritime heritage - past,present and future. Please contact seller,because of thelighter 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.WEST MOSELEY,SURREY. E. P. HOMAN ASSOCIATES,2005., 4, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 .] FINE-/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£18.99) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,subject/author contemporary b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj with b/w+red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - one small (7/16ths") closed tear/snick at foot of spine/backstrip's front vertical edge - no other major nicks, tears or loss present.Top edges lightly aged/toned with sporadic,but faint dust-soiling flecks,fore-edges toned but brighter; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a black+red striped headband and black+grey facsimile handwritten diary entries illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-420pp [paginated] includes an introduction,Pts 1 (10 chapters,each with a subject's drawn b/w chapter head illustration) + 2,an epilogue,32pp mix of monochrome,colour+b/w contemporary auto+biographical photographs in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp84/5,pp180/1, pp228/9 and pp324/5 respectively,an appendix and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a double dedication,contents list/table, acknowledgements with picture credits to it's reverse,full page subject's 50th birthday celebratory b/w strip cartoon by Tony Husband,individual Pts separator pages also with subject's b/w drawn illustration. Despite the number of claims in publisher's blurbs,not many people actually achieve the status of legend in their own lifetime.Fewer still deserve that status.John Peel is the exception who proves that rule,a Great Briton whose contribution to British culture is undeniable. Beloved by millions - whether for his unstinting championship of musical talent on Radio 1 or for his wildly popular Radio 4 show Home Truths - John was writing this extraordinary book when he died in October 2004.It has now been completed by the woman who knew him best,his wife Sheila Ravenscroft,with help from their four children. The first half of the book,written by John,describes with characteristic humour his early life,from child to man,including his school days and National Service.You can hear the unique Peel voice in every sentence - rarely,if ever,before has a voice been so successfully transferred to paper.The second section, written by Sheila,completes the story,giving us an intimate portrait of the man and his music,and the highs and lows of everyday life at their home in Suffolk. The completion of this book has been a labour of love for John's family and their passion has paid off.It's every bit as extraordinary as he was and a fitting tribute to the man himself. 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/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., LONDON.BANTAM PRESS,2005., 4.5, UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no 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 burgundy cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-320pp [paginated] includes 27 grouped specific subjects/issues with around 2,000 quotations from the funniest and outspoken women around,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,content list/table,and 6 various epigrams/quotations.Following the success of 'Women's Wicked Wit',this latest collection contains nearly 2,000 quotations from some of the funniest and most outspoken women around.Subjects or issues that are guaranteed to fire up these feisty women,these quotations contain some of the most acerbic retorts,sharpest humour and most righteous wit imaginable.Subjects and issues covered include: Life,Love,Other Women, Motherhood,Children,Education,the Workplace,Fame and Fortune, Friendship,Food and Drink,Cars and other infernal machines, Dictators,Couch Potatoes,the Media,Travel and Adventures,Faux Pas,Beauty and Fashion Myths,Ageism and Death.Oh and Men. . . .From Kathy Burke to Mary Woolstonecraft and from Julie Burchill to Susan Sarandon,this highly entertaining collection of quotations by women contains some truly classic one-liners which will have you running for shelter or laughing out loud. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight and smaller size 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., LONDON.PRION/CARLTON PUBLISHING GROUP,2003., 5, UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,facsimile 1st reprint.[The 1912 edition,republished 1965 with a new introduction by Brian Le Messurier,this example,reprint of that 1965 edition in 1966 - so 1st reprint.] VG++/VG+.Owner's inked inscrptn to top corner of front free endpaper which also has 'ghost' sellotape residue to both the top +bottom corners of both sets of endpapers but no price-clip to dw/dj.'Ghost' residue due to previous owner's previous protective covering,which is now extant.Bright,clean, glossy,scenic Dartmoor landscape,b/w photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with blue lettering,blue+black lettering to white spine/ backstrip; with some minimal shelf-wear,creasing and bumping to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj with minimal chipping and reciprocal loss.Top+ fore-edges inevitably aged/toned; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, though there are some small,minor,accidental creases to a few pages' corners - otherwise appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and white endpapers with already described flaws.UK,12mo HB+dw/ dj,1st reprinted edn,vii-xviipp+2-529pp [paginated] includes Brian Le Messurier's introduction to the 1965 reprint on William Crossing: The Man and the Masterpiece.,14 districts of and around Dartmoor with various excursions/walks/trips etc.,along with b/w line illustrated maps and other thumbnail b/w line illustrated landscape views,interspersed throughout the text and the book,notes at rear,indices of places and subjects,road+rail distances and maps lists/tables as the last page; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,publisher's note with blank reverse,Le Messurier's introduction with b/w Boundary map of Dartmoor Forest and Commons to reverse of introduction's last page,a facsimile 2nd edn title page,a preface to 2nd edn,another preface,and a contents list/table. William Crossing's 'Guide to Dartmoor' remains the best guide to the moor ever published,the standard by which those written since have been judged - always to their disadvantage.No other writer has explored the moor so extensively in all weathers,or reflected its atmosphere so accurately. The 'Guide' first appeared in 1909,and for many years has been virtually unobtainable; the few second-hand copies have been eagerly sought and realised high prices.This is a reprint by photo-lithography of the second edition (1912),with the addition of a new introduction by Brian Le Messurier which gives an account of Crossing's unusual life as well as the main changes on the moor since the book was written. More people than ever before visit Dartmoor and wish to know about what they see.The natural features and the antiquities with the legends and traditions attached to them,are here described in full.Whether we drive to the moor or walk on it,or do a little of both,this book is indispensable.Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight and smaller size 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.DAWLISH,DEVON.DAVID & CHARLES (PUBLISHERS) LTD.,1966., 3, UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp. [Complete number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price- clip (US$24.95/ £15.99/$33CAN) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white+blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - virtually 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 beige cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked blue fluorescent gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4-229pp [paginated] includes 16 chapters,notes and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/table,and double- page b/w Middle East map with Baghdad city map in top right-hand corner. In February 2003,Patrick Cockburn secretly crossed the Tigris river from Syria into Iraq just before the US/British invasion,and has covered the war ever since.In 'The Occupation',he provides a vivid and disturbing picture of a country in turmoil, and the dangers and privations endured by its people. 'The Occupation' explores the mosaic of communities in Iraq,the US and Britain's failure to understand the country they were invading and how this led to fatal mistakes. Cockburn,who has been visiting Iraq since 1978,describes the disintegration of the country under the occupation.Travelling throughout Iraq,from the Kurdish north,to Baghdad,Falluja and Basra, he records the response of the country's population - Shia and Sunni, Arab and Kurd - to the invasion,the growth of the resistance and its transformation into a full-scale uprising.He explains why deepening religious and ethnic divisions drove the country towards civil war. Cockburn traces how the occupation's failure led to the collapse of the country, and the high price paid by Iraquis.He charts the impact of savage sectarian killings,rampant corruption and economic chaos on everyday life: from the near destruction of Baghdad's al-Mutanabi book market to the failure to supply electricity,water and,ironically,fuel to Iraq's population. 'The Occupation' is a compelling portrait of a ravaged country, and the appalling consequences of imperial arrogance. Please contact seller @ 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., LONDON.VERSO/NEW LEFT BOOKS,2006., 5, US,slim landscape 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.Originally and first published in the UK (London), Collins & Brown Limited,2002.This US HB+dw/dj,1st edn was published 2003.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, scenic colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with black lettering; front cover: Callanish Standing Stones,Lewis and montage'd scenic,colour photographic illustrated rear cover comprising (l to r) Dunnottar Castle,Kincardine; Passage Tomb,Newgrange; Dun Aenghus fort,Aran Islands; Glendalough monastery,County Wicklow; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Some minor,superficial scoring/indents - nothing excessive though to dw/dj - without too adversely affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges coloured but bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread.Dw/dj photography repeated to bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered glazed boards,with immaculate plain,pale lilac endpapers.US,slim landscape 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 6-128pp [paginated] includes introduction,5 chapters,profuse full & part -page scenic,colour photographs throughout the the text and the book,a glosary,an index and acknowledgements to foot of last page of index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title,and a 3/4-page scenic colour photographic illustrated title page+frntis (Eilean Donan castle,Ross & Cromarty) scenic,colour photographic illustrated contents list/table (Glencoe,Argyll). 'Sacred Celtic Places' combines the atmospheric photography of David Lyons with writer Iain Zaczek's fascination with the Celtic world to evoke the spirits of a vanished civilization.Adopting a thematic approach,Zaczek guides his reader through the tightly woven past of the different Celtic nations; a past filled with legend,mystery and historical reality. Discover the ancient Irish burial mounds and the palaces of a race of gods who lived beneath the earth. Visit landscapes where tales of magic and cunning,strength and military skill still survive and where royal legends and authentic heroes,like William Wallace,once stood.Uncover stones with Ogham markings erected by Druids,strange unidentifiable symbols on a wealth of Pictish slabs,and glorious Celtic artwork on massive ritual boulders. 'Sacred Celtic Places' reveals the beauty and mystery of these sites and will appeal to anyone interested in the magic of the Celtic world. A fascinating visual journey across the landscape that gave birth to the medieval sagas of Ireland and Scotland.It looks at the ancient cultural sites that were home to the Druids,Ogham stones,saints and high crosses,legendary heroes and genuine historical figures. Please contact seller @ 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., USA.NY.BARNES & NOBLE INC.,2003., 5<

2003, ISBN: 9780760734223

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London: The Quality Book Club, 1972. 206 pages, double-page map, index. Page edges lightly foxed. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. Life among the 'Tiblets' as a volunteer at the nurse… Mehr…

London: The Quality Book Club, 1972. 206 pages, double-page map, index. Page edges lightly foxed. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. Life among the 'Tiblets' as a volunteer at the nursery camps for Tibetan refugee children at Dharamsala, near the palace of the Dalai Lama. Dervla Murphy moved on to Simla, hitch-hiked to Delhi, and then bicycled up the Kulu Valley.. Book Club. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo., The Quality Book Club, 1972, 3, New., 6, Paperback / softback. New. <p><b>Main Description: </b>This issue opens with the story of<b> </b>Melania and her real estate-magnate husband, who decide to divest themselves of their entire wealth. These early Christians, who sold off their many estates and freed eight thousand slaves, were only exceptional in the amount they gave away. Jesus, after all, had advised a rich man, “Go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor.” And he emphatically warned that you cannot serve two masters: you cannot serve God and money. What does that mean for Christians today, in a society and economy premised on the accumulation of capital? How can we resist and subvert the power of money?<b></b></p> <p><b>On this theme:</b></p> <p>- Clare Coffey looks at how multilevel marketing commodifies friendship.</p> <p>- Sharon Rose Christner describes what happens when a Vatican palace becomes a homeless shelter.</p> <p>- Alastair Roberts writes in praise of Mary of Bethany’s extravagant love.</p> <p>- A photojournalist asks what’s left of the Cuban Revolution seventy years after it began.</p> <p>- Jack Bell revisits William Cobbett’s spirited defense of the vanishing British commons.</p> <p>- Maria Weiss finds pain and friendship in the forced community of a leper colony.</p> <p>- Maureen Swinger reveals the joys and pitfalls of owning twenty-two cars (collectively).</p> <p>- Robert Lockridge describes what he’s learned running a pay-as-you-can café.</p> <p><b>Also in the issue: </b></p> <p>- The winning poems in the 2023 Rhina Espaillat Poetry Award contest</p> <p>- An excerpt from Eugene Vodolazkin’s new novel, <i>A History of the Island</i></p> <p>- Reviews of Kerri ní Dochartaigh’s <i>Thin Places</i>, Lydia Millet’s <i>Dinosaurs</i>, and Jennifer Banks’s <i>Natality</i></p> <p>- Readings on Christianity and money from Eberhard Arnold, Peter Riedemann, Nicolai Berdyaev, Basil of Caesarea, Maria Skobtsova, C. S. Lewis, and Dorothy Day</p> <p><b><i>Plough Quarterly</i></b><b> features stories, ideas, and culture</b> for people eager to apply their faith to the challenges we face. Each issue includes in-depth articles, interviews, poetry, book reviews, and art.</p>, 6, Paperback / softback. New. Carmen Boullosa's Cleopatra Dismounts tells three versions of the life of Cleopatra. In the first sequence, Marc Antony had just disemboweled himself, knowing they had lost the war against Octavian and believing that Cleopatra was dead. Hugging his corpse, Cleopatra castigates Octavian and history for its betrayal of her, recalling variously how she had herself delivered to Caesar in a roll of carpet, and bore his child (Caesarion); the twins and third child she bore to Marc Antony; the bitterness of the recent military defeat. At this point Diomedes, variously described as an informer and her official chronicler, intercedes, admitting that this version of the story is not true to the brilliant, accomplished woman who was the true Cleopatra really was. Telling of how he betrayed Cleopatra, by altering the histories of her reign and allowing Caesar and others to destroy or change her scrolls, he begins again with the story of Cleopatra's flight from Pompey (the Roman leader who was placed in charge of Cleopatra and her brothers and sisters after Ptolemy Auletes, her father and ruler of Egypt, died). The girl queen (Cleopatra inherited the throne as a teenager) sneaks with several faithful servants out of the palace into a wagon, accompanied by a group of brightly costumed gladiators, on her way to Ascalon. She and her supporters carve the words &quot;Queen of Kings&quot; (Cleopatra's motto in real history) into the boards of the wagon in which she is traveling, and leave it behind when they reach Rome. When they are beset by pirates, Cleopatra stages an elaborate show using some costumes the young gladiator Apollodorus, who has become part of her retinue, helped her buy. She convinces the pirates that she is Isis (a myth which was in reality part of her statecraft). She makes an alliance with them and is taken in peace to Cilicia. The third and longest version of the Cleopatra story is a delightful interlude in which Cleopatra goes live with the Amazons. Cleopatra is at war with the Ruling Council of her husband and brother Ptolemy (she was, historically, forced to marry her brother because she could not rule alone as a woman). The Ruling Council has sent an envoy to summon her to Alexandria to make peace, but when she realizes it is a trap, she flees with her retinue. She arrives in Pelusium, a trade center on the Mediterranean, where many merchants have been stranded by bad weather, and where, as if by magic, she sees a replica of the cart, carved with the words &quot;Queen of Kings,&quot; she left behind in Rome. Chased by the &quot;reception committee&quot; of the Ruling Council, she escapes on the back of a magical bull. He carries her across the Mediterranean to the land of the Amazons, who take her in. The Amazons welcome her into their society of women, eschewing marriage and traditional female roles to live as warriors and hunters. They sing her the stories of their joining the Amazons and of the many myths that surround them. She meets a group of aged poets, kidnapped by the Amazons to write verses for them, because they love poetry and music. She learns that one Amazon, Orthea, is in love with a god who has the power of extreme heat and cold, and who caused an earthquake that day. The Amazons go to bed, falling into each other's arms and making love. Though initially disgusted, eventually Cleopatra falls asleep in the protective (and erotic) embrace of Hippolyta, the Amazons' queen. The next day, the Amazons go to battle a group of rebellious male warriors who charge the Amazons and seek, ultimately, to follow the Sirens. Charging them on their horses, driving cattle at them, the Amazons battle the men. One of their prized poets, however, in an act of suicide, surrenders himself to the Sirens, who devour him before everyone. This breaks the spell and the men cease their clamoring to get to the Sirens. Cleopatra sees Orthea consummating her passion for the god, which kills her. The Cyrene male warriors, who withstood the Sirens' onslaught in their fort by plugging the windows with rocks and mud, invite Cleopatra and the Amazons to their court to celebrate their successful protection of so many men. Hippolyta declines but sends Cleopatra with her blessing. Once there, she is joyfully reunited with the gladiator Apollodorus and her faithful maidservant and right hand Charmian. The Cyrenes offer to ally with her against her enemies in Ptolemy's Ruling Council. The alliance between Cleopatra and Caesar (wherein she was smuggled to him rolled up in a carpet, and he assisted her in defeating her enemies in Egypt, part of history) is presaged. At the close of the piece, Cleopatra returns to bid goodbye to the Amazons. She finds them naked, covered in blood, having just sacrificed a horse. Hippolyta is holding the horse's castrated penis. She repudiates her earlier alliance with the Amazons and returns to Cyrene alone, to her military campaign to become the queen history knows., 6, Paperback / softback. New. Threon, the Vagabond King, is torn from a life in the palace and forced to scrape a living on the streets. Meeting a witch of the underworld, a rebel soldier and a woman cursed by a god, he seeks retribution through a quest to reclaim his home and throne., 6, US,slim landscape 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.Originally and first published in the UK (London), Collins & Brown Limited,2002.This US HB+dw/dj,1st edn was published 2003.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, scenic colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with black lettering; front cover: Callanish Standing Stones,Lewis and montage'd scenic,colour photographic illustrated rear cover comprising (l to r) Dunnottar Castle,Kincardine; Passage Tomb,Newgrange; Dun Aenghus fort,Aran Islands; Glendalough monastery,County Wicklow; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Some minor,superficial scoring/indents - nothing excessive though to dw/dj - without too adversely affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges coloured but bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread.Dw/dj photography repeated to bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered glazed boards,with immaculate plain,pale lilac endpapers.US,slim landscape 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 6-128pp [paginated] includes introduction,5 chapters,profuse full & part -page scenic,colour photographs throughout the the text and the book,a glosary,an index and acknowledgements to foot of last page of index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title,and a 3/4-page scenic colour photographic illustrated title page+frntis (Eilean Donan castle,Ross & Cromarty) scenic,colour photographic illustrated contents list/table (Glencoe,Argyll). 'Sacred Celtic Places' combines the atmospheric photography of David Lyons with writer Iain Zaczek's fascination with the Celtic world to evoke the spirits of a vanished civilization.Adopting a thematic approach,Zaczek guides his reader through the tightly woven past of the different Celtic nations; a past filled with legend,mystery and historical reality. Discover the ancient Irish burial mounds and the palaces of a race of gods who lived beneath the earth. Visit landscapes where tales of magic and cunning,strength and military skill still survive and where royal legends and authentic heroes,like William Wallace,once stood.Uncover stones with Ogham markings erected by Druids,strange unidentifiable symbols on a wealth of Pictish slabs,and glorious Celtic artwork on massive ritual boulders. 'Sacred Celtic Places' reveals the beauty and mystery of these sites and will appeal to anyone interested in the magic of the Celtic world. A fascinating visual journey across the landscape that gave birth to the medieval sagas of Ireland and Scotland.It looks at the ancient cultural sites that were home to the Druids,Ogham stones,saints and high crosses,legendary heroes and genuine historical figures. Please contact seller @ 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., USA.NY.BARNES & NOBLE INC.,2003., 5<

2003, ISBN: 9780760734223

Paperback / softback. New. Carmen Boullosa's Cleopatra Dismounts tells three versions of the life of Cleopatra. In the first sequence, Marc Antony had just disemboweled himself, know… Mehr…

Paperback / softback. New. Carmen Boullosa's Cleopatra Dismounts tells three versions of the life of Cleopatra. In the first sequence, Marc Antony had just disemboweled himself, knowing they had lost the war against Octavian and believing that Cleopatra was dead. Hugging his corpse, Cleopatra castigates Octavian and history for its betrayal of her, recalling variously how she had herself delivered to Caesar in a roll of carpet, and bore his child (Caesarion); the twins and third child she bore to Marc Antony; the bitterness of the recent military defeat. At this point Diomedes, variously described as an informer and her official chronicler, intercedes, admitting that this version of the story is not true to the brilliant, accomplished woman who was the true Cleopatra really was. Telling of how he betrayed Cleopatra, by altering the histories of her reign and allowing Caesar and others to destroy or change her scrolls, he begins again with the story of Cleopatra's flight from Pompey (the Roman leader who was placed in charge of Cleopatra and her brothers and sisters after Ptolemy Auletes, her father and ruler of Egypt, died). The girl queen (Cleopatra inherited the throne as a teenager) sneaks with several faithful servants out of the palace into a wagon, accompanied by a group of brightly costumed gladiators, on her way to Ascalon. She and her supporters carve the words &quot;Queen of Kings&quot; (Cleopatra's motto in real history) into the boards of the wagon in which she is traveling, and leave it behind when they reach Rome. When they are beset by pirates, Cleopatra stages an elaborate show using some costumes the young gladiator Apollodorus, who has become part of her retinue, helped her buy. She convinces the pirates that she is Isis (a myth which was in reality part of her statecraft). She makes an alliance with them and is taken in peace to Cilicia. The third and longest version of the Cleopatra story is a delightful interlude in which Cleopatra goes live with the Amazons. Cleopatra is at war with the Ruling Council of her husband and brother Ptolemy (she was, historically, forced to marry her brother because she could not rule alone as a woman). The Ruling Council has sent an envoy to summon her to Alexandria to make peace, but when she realizes it is a trap, she flees with her retinue. She arrives in Pelusium, a trade center on the Mediterranean, where many merchants have been stranded by bad weather, and where, as if by magic, she sees a replica of the cart, carved with the words &quot;Queen of Kings,&quot; she left behind in Rome. Chased by the &quot;reception committee&quot; of the Ruling Council, she escapes on the back of a magical bull. He carries her across the Mediterranean to the land of the Amazons, who take her in. The Amazons welcome her into their society of women, eschewing marriage and traditional female roles to live as warriors and hunters. They sing her the stories of their joining the Amazons and of the many myths that surround them. She meets a group of aged poets, kidnapped by the Amazons to write verses for them, because they love poetry and music. She learns that one Amazon, Orthea, is in love with a god who has the power of extreme heat and cold, and who caused an earthquake that day. The Amazons go to bed, falling into each other's arms and making love. Though initially disgusted, eventually Cleopatra falls asleep in the protective (and erotic) embrace of Hippolyta, the Amazons' queen. The next day, the Amazons go to battle a group of rebellious male warriors who charge the Amazons and seek, ultimately, to follow the Sirens. Charging them on their horses, driving cattle at them, the Amazons battle the men. One of their prized poets, however, in an act of suicide, surrenders himself to the Sirens, who devour him before everyone. This breaks the spell and the men cease their clamoring to get to the Sirens. Cleopatra sees Orthea consummating her passion for the god, which kills her. The Cyrene male warriors, who withstood the Sirens' onslaught in their fort by plugging the windows with rocks and mud, invite Cleopatra and the Amazons to their court to celebrate their successful protection of so many men. Hippolyta declines but sends Cleopatra with her blessing. Once there, she is joyfully reunited with the gladiator Apollodorus and her faithful maidservant and right hand Charmian. The Cyrenes offer to ally with her against her enemies in Ptolemy's Ruling Council. The alliance between Cleopatra and Caesar (wherein she was smuggled to him rolled up in a carpet, and he assisted her in defeating her enemies in Egypt, part of history) is presaged. At the close of the piece, Cleopatra returns to bid goodbye to the Amazons. She finds them naked, covered in blood, having just sacrificed a horse. Hippolyta is holding the horse's castrated penis. She repudiates her earlier alliance with the Amazons and returns to Cyrene alone, to her military campaign to become the queen history knows., 6, New., 6, Paperback / softback. New. A scrappy maid must outsmart both palace nobles and Low Gods in a new YA fantasy by Margaret Owen, author of the Merciful Crow series., 6, US,slim landscape 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.Originally and first published in the UK (London), Collins & Brown Limited,2002.This US HB+dw/dj,1st edn was published 2003.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, scenic colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with black lettering; front cover: Callanish Standing Stones,Lewis and montage'd scenic,colour photographic illustrated rear cover comprising (l to r) Dunnottar Castle,Kincardine; Passage Tomb,Newgrange; Dun Aenghus fort,Aran Islands; Glendalough monastery,County Wicklow; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Some minor,superficial scoring/indents - nothing excessive though to dw/dj - without too adversely affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges coloured but bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread.Dw/dj photography repeated to bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered glazed boards,with immaculate plain,pale lilac endpapers.US,slim landscape 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 6-128pp [paginated] includes introduction,5 chapters,profuse full & part -page scenic,colour photographs throughout the the text and the book,a glosary,an index and acknowledgements to foot of last page of index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title,and a 3/4-page scenic colour photographic illustrated title page+frntis (Eilean Donan castle,Ross & Cromarty) scenic,colour photographic illustrated contents list/table (Glencoe,Argyll). 'Sacred Celtic Places' combines the atmospheric photography of David Lyons with writer Iain Zaczek's fascination with the Celtic world to evoke the spirits of a vanished civilization.Adopting a thematic approach,Zaczek guides his reader through the tightly woven past of the different Celtic nations; a past filled with legend,mystery and historical reality. Discover the ancient Irish burial mounds and the palaces of a race of gods who lived beneath the earth. Visit landscapes where tales of magic and cunning,strength and military skill still survive and where royal legends and authentic heroes,like William Wallace,once stood.Uncover stones with Ogham markings erected by Druids,strange unidentifiable symbols on a wealth of Pictish slabs,and glorious Celtic artwork on massive ritual boulders. 'Sacred Celtic Places' reveals the beauty and mystery of these sites and will appeal to anyone interested in the magic of the Celtic world. A fascinating visual journey across the landscape that gave birth to the medieval sagas of Ireland and Scotland.It looks at the ancient cultural sites that were home to the Druids,Ogham stones,saints and high crosses,legendary heroes and genuine historical figures. Please contact seller @ 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., USA.NY.BARNES & NOBLE INC.,2003., 5<

2003, ISBN: 9780760734223

New. A wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, drive around the British Isles in a cl… Mehr…

New. A wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, drive around the British Isles in a clapped-out forty-year old hearse in search of famous - and not so famous - tombs, graves and burial sites. Along the way, he launches a daredevil trespass into Highgate Cemetery at night, stumbles across the remains of the Welsh Druid who popularised cremation and has time to sit and ponder the imponderables at the graveside of the Lady of Hoy, an 18th century suicide victim whose body was kept in near condition by the bog in which she was buried. A truly unique, beautifully written and wonderfully imagined book., 6, US,slim landscape 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.Originally and first published in the UK (London), Collins & Brown Limited,2002.This US HB+dw/dj,1st edn was published 2003.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, scenic colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with black lettering; front cover: Callanish Standing Stones,Lewis and montage'd scenic,colour photographic illustrated rear cover comprising (l to r) Dunnottar Castle,Kincardine; Passage Tomb,Newgrange; Dun Aenghus fort,Aran Islands; Glendalough monastery,County Wicklow; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Some minor,superficial scoring/indents - nothing excessive though to dw/dj - without too adversely affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges coloured but bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread.Dw/dj photography repeated to bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered glazed boards,with immaculate plain,pale lilac endpapers.US,slim landscape 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 6-128pp [paginated] includes introduction,5 chapters,profuse full & part -page scenic,colour photographs throughout the the text and the book,a glosary,an index and acknowledgements to foot of last page of index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title,and a 3/4-page scenic colour photographic illustrated title page+frntis (Eilean Donan castle,Ross & Cromarty) scenic,colour photographic illustrated contents list/table (Glencoe,Argyll). 'Sacred Celtic Places' combines the atmospheric photography of David Lyons with writer Iain Zaczek's fascination with the Celtic world to evoke the spirits of a vanished civilization.Adopting a thematic approach,Zaczek guides his reader through the tightly woven past of the different Celtic nations; a past filled with legend,mystery and historical reality. Discover the ancient Irish burial mounds and the palaces of a race of gods who lived beneath the earth. Visit landscapes where tales of magic and cunning,strength and military skill still survive and where royal legends and authentic heroes,like William Wallace,once stood.Uncover stones with Ogham markings erected by Druids,strange unidentifiable symbols on a wealth of Pictish slabs,and glorious Celtic artwork on massive ritual boulders. 'Sacred Celtic Places' reveals the beauty and mystery of these sites and will appeal to anyone interested in the magic of the Celtic world. A fascinating visual journey across the landscape that gave birth to the medieval sagas of Ireland and Scotland.It looks at the ancient cultural sites that were home to the Druids,Ogham stones,saints and high crosses,legendary heroes and genuine historical figures. Please contact seller @ 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., USA.NY.BARNES & NOBLE INC.,2003., 5<

2003, ISBN: 9780760734223

US,slim landscape 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.Originally and first published in the UK (London), Collins & Brown Limited,2002.This US HB+dw/dj,1st ed… Mehr…

US,slim landscape 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.Originally and first published in the UK (London), Collins & Brown Limited,2002.This US HB+dw/dj,1st edn was published 2003.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, scenic colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with black lettering; front cover: Callanish Standing Stones,Lewis and montage'd scenic,colour photographic illustrated rear cover comprising (l to r) Dunnottar Castle,Kincardine; Passage Tomb,Newgrange; Dun Aenghus fort,Aran Islands; Glendalough monastery,County Wicklow; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Some minor,superficial scoring/indents - nothing excessive though to dw/dj - without too adversely affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges coloured but bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread.Dw/dj photography repeated to bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered glazed boards,with immaculate plain,pale lilac endpapers.US,slim landscape 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 6-128pp [paginated] includes introduction,5 chapters,profuse full & part -page scenic,colour photographs throughout the the text and the book,a glosary,an index and acknowledgements to foot of last page of index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title,and a 3/4-page scenic colour photographic illustrated title page+frntis (Eilean Donan castle,Ross & Cromarty) scenic,colour photographic illustrated contents list/table (Glencoe,Argyll). 'Sacred Celtic Places' combines the atmospheric photography of David Lyons with writer Iain Zaczek's fascination with the Celtic world to evoke the spirits of a vanished civilization.Adopting a thematic approach,Zaczek guides his reader through the tightly woven past of the different Celtic nations; a past filled with legend,mystery and historical reality. Discover the ancient Irish burial mounds and the palaces of a race of gods who lived beneath the earth. Visit landscapes where tales of magic and cunning,strength and military skill still survive and where royal legends and authentic heroes,like William Wallace,once stood.Uncover stones with Ogham markings erected by Druids,strange unidentifiable symbols on a wealth of Pictish slabs,and glorious Celtic artwork on massive ritual boulders. 'Sacred Celtic Places' reveals the beauty and mystery of these sites and will appeal to anyone interested in the magic of the Celtic world. A fascinating visual journey across the landscape that gave birth to the medieval sagas of Ireland and Scotland.It looks at the ancient cultural sites that were home to the Druids,Ogham stones,saints and high crosses,legendary heroes and genuine historical figures. Please contact seller @ 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., USA.NY.BARNES & NOBLE INC.,2003., 5<