A Book for all Reasons, ibooknet & PBFA
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6114 libri di A Book for all Reasons, ibooknet & PBFA
DECLINE AND FALL.
Waugh, Evelyn, · 1960
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1960, paperback, 216pp, [vi] ads., Penguin orange and white livery wiith added cover-art by Derrick Harris, sl. roll and slant to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., spine sl. sunned, edges browned, good plus,
THE PAWNS OF NULL-A.
Van Vogt, A. E., · 1972
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Sphere Books, London, 1972, 1st in imprint, paperback, 224pp, pictorial upper wrapper, the sequel to The World of Null-A, lightly rubbed at extrems., faint diag. crease top cnr. lower wrapper, very good,
FRANKENSTEIN.
Shelley, Mary, · 1994
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin Popular Classics, Harmondsworth, 1994, reprint, paperback, 215pp, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper shows a detail from 'Gross Clinic' byThomas Eakins, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,
LIKE MEN BETRAYED.
Mortimer, John, · 1988
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1988, 1st in imprint, paperback, 204pp, [iv] ads., pictorial upper wrapper by Anne Magill, faint creasing at spine and upper hinge, lightly rubbed at tips, prive blocked out lower wrapper, very good,
AMERICA.
Kafka, Franz, · 1978
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin Modern Classics, Harmondsworth, 1978, paperback, 270pp, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper shows a detail from 'Abstract No. 2' 1935 by Paul Kelpe, light crease top cnr. lower wrapper, very good plus,
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD.
Hardy, Thomas, · 1994
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin Popular Classics, Harmondsworth, 1994, reprint, paperback, 374pp, map in text, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper shows a detail from 'Bringing in the Sheep' by Adolf Ernst Meissner, very faint vertical creases to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,
THE ALLEY GOD (The Captain's Daughter and The God Business).
Farmer, Philip Jose, · 1972
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Sphere Books, London, 1972, 1st in imprint, paperback, 176pp, pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), three short novels, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,
WUTHERING HEIGHTS.
Bronte, Emily, · 1994
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Wordsworth Editions Ltd., Ware - Hertfordshire, 1994, paperback, [x], 417pp, [iii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper shows a detail from 'Moorland' by Frederick J. Widgery, lightly rubbed at tips, near fine,
DOCTOR WHO - Last Man Running.
Boucher, Chris, · 1998
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
BBC Worldwide Ltd., London, 1998, 1st edn., paperback original, [iv], 251pp, [i] ads., tv tie-in, wraparound pictorial cover-art shows Tom Baker in the BBC production, fine,
WAR GAMES.
Bischoff, David, · 1983
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
Puffin / Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1983, 1st in imprint, paperback, 221pp, film tie-in. pictorial upper wrapper shows John Wood and Ally Sheedy in the United Artists production, based on the original screenplay by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes, simultaneous issue with th...
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER.
Lord, Walter, · 1981
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1981, paperback, 186pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., [iii] ads., photo pictorial upper wrapper by Frank Beken, an account of the sinking of the Titanic on the 14th April, 1912, including the voyage, the wreck and the aftermath, lightly rubbed at tips, v...
FLIGHT TO ARRAS.
de Sainte-Exupery, Antoine, · 1975
£7.20 (€8.63 | $9.51 | ¥1,519)
Pan Books, London, 1975, 1st in imprint, paperback, 157pp, [iii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), a pilot's account of a reconnaisance flight over German occupied France in 1940, the chaotic retreat of the defeated French and the pessimism and despair he witnessed, ...
NIGHT FLYER.
Brandon, Squadron-Leader Lewis, DSO, DFC and Bar, · 1972
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
New English Library, London, 1972, 1st in imprint, paperback, 206pp, [ii] ads., in text line drawings, wrap-around pictorial cover-art, the author's experiences as a night fighter navigator who, with his pilot Wing Cdr. James Benson became on of the most successful night figh...
SUNNY SIDE UP.
Marshall, Arthur, · 1987
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Hamish Hamilton, London, 1987, 1st edn., [x], 279pp, cartoons in text, yellow cloth lettered in silver at spine, top edge col'd, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a collection of humourous articles and anecdotes, edges tanned, very good plus in a fine dustwrapper,
SUEZ 1956 - A Personal Account.
Lloyd, Selwyn, · 1978
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
Book Club Associates, London, 1978, club edn., xiv incl. map, 282pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., 2 Osbert Lancaster cartoons in text, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, col'd lettered dustwrapper, an account of the author's time as Britain's Foreign Secretary in Antho...
THEY WALK IN THE CITY - The Lovers in the Stone Forest.
Priestley, J. B., · 1936
£5.50 (€6.59 | $7.27 | ¥1,160)
William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1936, 1st edn., [viii], 515pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, publishers device blind stamped lower board, a novel, rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges dusty and foxed, 4 line ink inscr. fpd and ink sig. ffep., foxing to prleims. a...
THE GOOD COMPANIONS.
Priestley, J. B., · 1932
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1932, 26th imp., viii, 646pp, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, publishers device blind stamped lower board, top edge col'd, a novel of a travelling theatre company, sl. cocked, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., spine and top edge uppe...
BRIGHT DAY.
Priestley, J. B., · 1946
£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)
William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1946, 3rd imp., [viii], 368pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, publishers device blind stamped lower board, Priestley's own favourite, a novel of a middle aged scriptwriter, sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at tips, gilding rubbed at tail ...
TIME AND THE PRIESTLEYS - The Story of a Friendship.
Collins, Diana (foreword by Iris Murdoch), (J. B. Priestley interest), · 1994
£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)
Alan Sutton, Stroud, 1994, 1st edn. UK, xiv, 256pp, numerous in text half tone photo ills.,dark green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, biography of J. B. Priestley and his wife Jacquetta Hawkes by their friend since 1957, Diana Collins, wife of Ca...
THREE MEN IN NEW SUITS.
Priestley, J. B., · 1945
£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)
William Heinemenn Ltd., London, 1945, 1st edn., [vi], 170pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, publishers device blind stamped lower board, plain lettered dustwrapper (unattrib.), a short novel about three de-mobbed servicemen, cocked, a little rubbed and bumped at e...