Connell Shirley (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st US edition, 1st printing ; xi, 294 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. ; LC: F3031; Dewey: 997/.11; OCLC: 8826510 ; ISBN: 0060150823; 9780060150822 LCCN: 82-48612 ; "Portions of this work originally appeared in somewhat different form in the Sunday times" ; black cloth in price-clipped pictorial dustjacket ; bookseller's label on front endpaper ; Contents: Surrender -- The yawning gap -- The rights and wrongs of history -- The long road to war -- Argentina's General Patton -- My job is war -- A most ungentlemanly act -- Task Force South -- The battle for peace -- Enter Al Haig -- The Empire strikes back -- Operation Blackbuck -- Death of the Belgrano -- A final chance for peace -- D-Day -- The blackbird and the falcon -- Bomb alley, Death valley -- The other casualty -- The Battle for Goose Green -- A Bay too far -- Advance on Stanley -- Surrender --Maps: Falklands Islands -- The Battle for Government House -- South Georgia -- Stanley, East Falklands -- Super Etendard, Exocet -- HMS Sheffield -- British Landings at San Carlos -- A4P Skyhawk, Mirage IIIA -- Sea Harrier -- Battle Plan for Goose Green -- Disaster at Bluff Cove -- THe British Advance on Stanley -- South Atlantic. ; G/G. Book.…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original colour illustrated stapled paper covers. 8vo. 10½'' x 8''. Contains 12 pages [including the covers] with many monochrome stills throughout, some small inset stars of the show. In Very Good clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. STAGE & THEATRE.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 30. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1950 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 30.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Edited by Herschel Brickell. Pages lightly age-toned, surface abrasion on spine head, else near fine in a very good age-toned dust jacket with spine sunned small chips and tears along the extremities. The winning story for this year was "A Courtship"by William Faulkner. Other contributors include J.D. Salinger ("Just Before the War with the Eskimos"), Shirley Jackson, Paul Bowles, Evan S. Connell, Jr., Hortense Calisher, Jessamyn West, Jean Stafford, Mary Lavin and others. In the short Salinger biographical piece it mentions that he is considering writing a novel but will abandon it if he is spreading himself too thin.…