A Book for all Reasons, ibooknet & PBFA
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6114 libri di A Book for all Reasons, ibooknet & PBFA
COME TO GRIEF.
Francis, Dick, · 1996
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan Books, London, 1996, 1st in imprint, paperback, [vi], 407pp, [ii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper by Lesley Howling, lightly rubbed at tips, faint crease lower cnr. upper wrapper, sl. loss ot gilt lettering, edges tanned, very good,
BONECRACK.
Francis, Dick, · 1980
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan Books, London, ND (circa 1980's), reprint, paperback, 188pp, double page map in text, [iii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper by Colin Thomas, tiny creases at tips, edges tanned, very good plus,
10-lb PENALTY.
Francis, Dick, · 2000
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan Books, London, ND (circa 2000), reprint, paperback, [vi], 308pp, [v] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper by Tony Hutchings, faint crease lower cnr. upper wrapper, edges tanned, very good plus,
LIEUTENANT HORNBLOWER.
Forester, C. S., · 1968
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan Books, London, 1968, 6th imp., paperback, 253pp, [iii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), very sl. roll and slant to faintly creased spine, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, good plus,
VENDETTA.
Dibdin, Michael, · 1999
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Faber and Faber, London, 1999, reset edn., paperback, [vi], 292pp, [ii] ads., photo pictorial wrappers, an Inspector Aurelio Zen mysteryedges tanned, very good plus,
GOD IS AN ENGLISHMAN.
Delderfield, R. F., · 0
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Coronet, London, ND, paperback, 670pp inc. 1pp map, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), the first volume of the Swann Family saga, roll to spine, light creasing to spine and wrappers, edges tanned, lacks title page, good reading copy,
POSEIDON'S GOLD.
Davis, Lindsey, · 2000
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Arrow, London, ND (circa 2000), reprint, paperback, 365pp, map and double page pedigree in text, [iii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, light creasing to spine and upper hinge, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good,
THE IRON COBWEB.
Curtiss, Ursula, · 1958
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Pan Books, London, 1958, 1st in imprint, paperback, 156pp, [iv] ads., #G116, pictorial upper wrapper by 'Peff', rubbed at extrems., wrinkling to spine, light creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, good,
THE INNOCENCE OF FATHER BROWN.
Chesterton, G. K., · 1980
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND (circa 1980), reprint, paperback, 248pp, [v] ads., Penguin green and white livery with added cover art by David De Silva, twelve short stories, faint creasing to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good plus,
MR. STANDFAST.
Buchan, John, · 1994
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Wordsworth, Ware - Herts, 1994, 1st in imprint, trade paperback, [x], 287pp, [iii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper, in the Wordsworth Classics series, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good plus,
THE SOLDIER'S RETURN.
Bragg, Melvyn, · 0
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Sceptre, London, ND, reprint, trade paperback, [vi], 375pp, photo pictorial montage wrappers, edges tanned, very good plus,
A HANDGUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE.
Woodcock, Martin, · 1985
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Treasure Press, London, 1985, 1st in imprint, 96pp, illustrated in colour throughout by Hermann Heinzel, pocket format about 8 x 5 inches, pictorial coloured laminated boards, a clear and simple guide to the most common birds for inexperiences bird-watchers describing and ill...
DRACULA.
Stoker, Bram, · 2000
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND (circa 2000), reprint, paperback, 449pp, film tie-in, photo pictorial upper wrapper shows a still from the Universal Pictures production, in the Penguin Popular Classics series, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good plus,
007 JAMES BOND - A REPORT.
Snelling, O. F., · 1965
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Panther, London, 1965, reprint, paperback, 192pp, laminated pictorial wrappers, an examination of James Bond, his predecessors, his image, his women, his adversaries and his future, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, ink name, address and date on half title, very good,
SOUTH - The Endurance Expedition.
Shackleton, Sir Ernest, CVO, · 1914
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, ND, reprint, paperback, xxii, 418pp, 8pp half tone photo ills., maps/diagrams in text, [v] ads., photo pictorial wrappers, Chackleton's own account of the Antarctic expedition in Endurance in 1914, a little rubbed at tips, edges tanned, very good,
THEIR TRADE IS TREACHERY.
Pincher, Chapman, · 1986
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 1986, 5th imp., paperback, xii, 318pp, decorated upper wrapper, expanded edition from the original hardback about the penetration of MI5 by Soviet intelligence, with much facinating new material and naming several who had previously been unidenti...
WIENER DOG ART - A Far Side Collection.
Larson, Gary, · 1993
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Warner, London, 1993, reprint, paperback, 111pp, illustrated throughout in line, half tone and colour (8 plates), [i] ads., large format (8 x 8 inches approx.), coloured pictorial wrappers, a collection of cartoons, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,
METAMORPHOSIS and other stories.
Kafka, Franz (English translation by Willa and Edwin Muir), · 1971
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1971, reprint, paperback, 218pp, [v] ads., pictorial upper wrapper shows a detail from 'Le Hibou' by Max Ernst, in the Penguin Modern Classics series, contains the title story Metamorphosis, The Great Wall of China, Investigations of a Dog, The Burrow,...
THE DEATH ZONE.
Dickinson, Matt, · 1999
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Arrow, London, ND (circa 1999), reprint, small trade paperback, [x], 211pp, 16pp coloured photo ills., 3 in text maps, [i] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the author's Everest ascent via the North Face route in May 1996 with Alan Hinkes, at a time when ther...
LIFE AND DEATH OF A PHARAOH - TUTANKAMEN.
Desroches-Noblecourt, Christiane, · 1972
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1972, reprint, small trade paperback, 223pp, half tone frontis photo, 32 coloured plates by F. L. Kenett, plans, line drawings and numerous half tone photo ills. in text, pictorial upper wrapper, a description of the discovery of the tomb, its contents...