hamish hamilton ltd penguin group random house london (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Mike Terry, illustrations by Mary Rayner (illustrator). 1st Edition. First collected edition, subsequent impression with number line '3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2'. Illustrated boards as issued. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some slight yellowing to page block, not price clipped (no published price), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 382pp, illustrated. Ronald Gordon King-Smith (1922-2011), was a prolific English writer of children's books, primarily using the pen name Dick King-Smith. He is best known for 'The Sheep-Pig', set in rural England, where King-Smith spent twenty years as a farmer, it features a lone pig on a sheep farm. It was adapted as the movie 'Babe' in 1995.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Covers and illustrations by David Nash, David Holmes, Mary Newcomb et al (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, sixth impression with '6' on copyright page. Decorated boards, no jacket as issued. Some edge wear and rubbing to top and bottom of covers and spine, nasty dirty fingerprints and some spotting to front and back covers, page fore edges and endpapers, corners rubbed and bruised, yellowing and damp cockling to page block, no inscriptions, internally fairly clean and tight, looks as if this book has accompanied its previous owner on several journeys through the woods in wind and rain! Not a great copy, reading only. 391pp, illustrated. From the walnut tree at his Suffolk home, Roger Deakin embarks upon a quest that takes him through Britain, across Europe, to Central Asia and Australia, in search of what lies behind man's profound and enduring connection with wood and with trees. Meeting woodlanders of all kinds, he lives in shacks and cabins, builds hazel benders, and hunts bush plums with aboriginal women. At once autobiography, history, a traveller's tale and a work of natural history, Wildwood is a lyrical and fiercely intimate evocation of the spirit of trees, in nature, in our souls, in our culture, and in our lives. Roger Deakin (1943-2006), kept notebooks in which he wrote his daily thoughts, impressions, feelings and observations. Discursive, personal and often impassioned, they reveal the way he saw the world, whether it be observing the teeming ecosystem that was Walnut Tree Farm, thinking about the wider environment, walking in his fields, on Mellis Common or on his travels at home, or contemplating his past and his present life. Quite a scarce book, even in this compromised condition!.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, second impression with '2' on copyright page. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLUE PEN, ON TITLE PAGE 'To Jans and Uzman in fellowship. Hari Kunzru'. Some minuscule edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, bottom corners very slightly rubbed, not price clipped (£14.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy, looks unread. 273pp. A dizzying, nail biting ghost story about modern America from the bestselling author of 'The Impressionist'. Two twenty something New Yorkers, Seth awkward and shy and Carter the trust fund hipster. They have one thing in common, an obsession with music. Rising fast on the New York producing scene, they stumble across an old blues song long forgotten by history and everything starts to unravel. Carter is drawn far down a path that allows no return, and Seth has no choice but to follow his friend into the darkness. Electrifying, subversive and wildly original 'White Tears' is a ghost story and a love story, a story about lost innocence and historical guilt. This unmissable novel penetrates the heart of a nation's darkness, encountering a suppressed history of greed, envy, revenge and exploitation, and holding a mirror up to the true nature of America today. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Jacket and illustrations by Jackie Morris (illustrator). 1st Edition. First published in the USA in 1927, this is a fifth impression of the 'New Exclusive Signed Edition' of 2019, with '005' on copyright page. SIGNED BY JACKIE MORRIS, ON 'EXCLUSIVE SIGNED EDITION' PAGE, WITHOUT DEDICATION IN BLACK PEN. In almost 'as new' condition, with 'Signed Copy' sticker to front jacket, not price clipped (£12.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy, looks unread. 207pp, illustrated, illustrated endpapers. Little Eepersip doesn't want to live in a house with doors and windows and a roof, so she runs away to live in the wild, first in the Meadow, then by the Sea, and finally in the Mountain. Her heartbroken parents follow her at first, bringing her back home to 'safety' and locking her up in the stifling square of the house. But she slips away once more, following her wild heart out of the door and far away. American author Barbara Newhall Follett (1914-c.39), was just thirteen years old when she published 'The House Without Windows' in 1927. The book went on to become a million copy bestseller. Years later, as an adult herself, Barbara followed in the footsteps of her radical heroine, dissatisfied with the limitations of life as a respectable married woman, she walked out of her house one day and simply disappeared (it is now thought she was murdered by her husband, the body was never discovered and he was never brought to trial). An extraordinary feminist fable for the next generation of nature lovers and escapees to discover and cherish. Newly introduced by Jackie Morris, and filled with her beautifully drawn art 'The House Without Windows' is an irresistible paean to the natural world and its transcendent effect on the human heart. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Getty Images (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WITHOUT DEDICATION, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, 'Signed Copy' sticker to front jacket, gift inscription to ffep, not price clipped (£12.99), internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy, looks unread. 105pp. Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Step out into a world of Go Home vans. Go to Oxbridge, get an education, start a career. Do all the right things. Buy a flat. Buy art. Buy a sort of happiness. But above all, keep your head down. Keep quiet. And keep going. The narrator of 'Assembly' is a Black British woman. She is preparing to attend a lavish garden party at her boyfriend's family estate, set deep in the English countryside. At the same time, she is considering the carefully assembled pieces of herself. As the minutes tick down and the future beckons, she can't escape the question, is it time to take it all apart? The author's debut novelette, endorsed by Bernadine Evaristo. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Jacket and illustrations by Jackie Morris (illustrator). 1st Edition. First published in the USA in 1927, this is a first impression of the 'New Exclusive Signed Edition' of 2019, with '001' on copyright page. SIGNED BY JACKIE MORRIS, ON 'EXCLUSIVE SIGNED EDITION' PAGE, WITHOUT DEDICATION IN BLACK PEN. In almost 'as new' condition, not price clipped (£12.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy, looks unread. 207pp, illustrated, illustrated endpapers. Little Eepersip doesn't want to live in a house with doors and windows and a roof, so she runs away to live in the wild, first in the Meadow, then by the Sea, and finally in the Mountain. Her heartbroken parents follow her at first, bringing her back home to 'safety' and locking her up in the stifling square of the house. But she slips away once more, following her wild heart out of the door and far away. American author Barbara Newhall Follett (1914-c.39), was just thirteen years old when she published 'The House Without Windows' in 1927. The book went on to become a million copy bestseller. Years later, as an adult herself, Barbara followed in the footsteps of her radical heroine, dissatisfied with the limitations of life as a respectable married woman, she walked out of her house one day and simply disappeared (it is now thought she was murdered by her husband, the body was never discovered and he was never brought to trial). An extraordinary feminist fable for the next generation of nature lovers and escapees to discover and cherish. Newly introduced by Jackie Morris, and filled with her beautifully drawn art 'The House Without Windows' is an irresistible paean to the natural world and its transcendent effect on the human heart. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).