Mcewan Bill (16 results)

Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Near fine -- illus. wraps. Special issue of Granta (#7 - 1983) -- an important & influential gathering of early '80s up-and-coming Brit novelists.

Illus (illustrator). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 225mm). Pp228+26pp ads. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, maps, large fold-out map to rear. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults, good-plus in slightly tanned and used dust-wrapper. A hard-to-find comprehensive guide to flyfishing and trolling for salmon and sea-trout on Loch Lomond. The book includes a useful fold-out coloured map of the loch which, although not a chart, shows trolling lanes and danger areas, as well as place names and features on the shore such as boat hire and car parks. The map is inside the back cover, under the dust-wrapper flap - and easily missed! .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illus (illustrator). First Edition.

Illus (illustrator). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 225mm). Pp228+26pp ads. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, maps, large fold-out map to rear. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Top edge a little dusty but very good in dust-wrapper. A hard-to-find comprehensive guide to flyfishing and trolling for salmon and sea-trout on Loch Lomond. The book includes a useful fold-out coloured map of the loch which, although not a chart, shows trolling lanes and danger areas, as well as place names and features on the shore such as boat hire and car parks. The map is inside the back cover, under the dust-wrapper flap - and easily missed! .

Illus (illustrator). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 225mm). Pp228+26pp ads. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, maps, large fold-out map to rear. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. End-paper initials M.E.G. (angling author Malcolm Greenhalgh). Top edge a little dusty but very good in dust-wrapper. A hard-to-find comprehensive guide to flyfishing and trolling for salmon and sea-trout on Loch Lomond. The book includes a useful fold-out coloured map of the loch which, although not a chart, shows trolling lanes and danger areas, as well as place names and features on the shore such as boat hire and car parks. The map is inside the back cover, under the dust-wrapper flap - and easily missed! .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. slight wear to wrapper. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Tony Steers (illustrator). Jacket In Good Condition, Some Denting And Discolouration On The Top. Front And Back Boards In Good Condition, Slight Discolouration On The Bottom Of The Spine. Tight Bindng. Some Yellowing On The Edges Of The Pages. Fold Out Map Fully Stuck In. Signature From Previous Owner Within.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illus (illustrator). The jacket is shelf rubbed.A bit of scarring.Tightly bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 1st 1980. Very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Foreword by Billy Connolly. A compendium of Loch Lomond lore which will prove an indispensable companion to all who venture with rod and line upon its waters. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps & illustrations plus a few colour plates. 228 pages plus local interest adverts to rear. Fold out map to rear pastedown. Bumps/knocks to spine and corners. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Some mis folding to fold-out piece to rear pastedown. Wrapper is price-cut with browning and some chips and nicks. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo. Pp 228. Illustration and adverts. Original cloth. Price clipped d/w. Signed by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. A First Edition, First Printing. Near fine, without dust jacket as issued. Signed by two of the authors represented, Kazuo Ishiguro and Ian MaEwan. Light wear to covers. Prices on rear cover blacked out. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illus (illustrator). First Edition. Green cloth with green photographic dustjacket, which is price-clipped.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Reminiscences of watching St Mirren from the 50s to the 80s. 8vo. 48pp. Fine copy and scarce. From our large stock of football books and publications.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Bill Botten (dustwrapper illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. First printing of the true first edition of the author's first published book. Attractive black and white wrap-around dustwrapper illustration by the artist and illustrator Bill Botten. ***Very good in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked, with just a small bump to the cloth on the front board. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Corners sharp. Slight reading lean to the binding. Page block edges slightly foxed. Internally also very good, with no ownership instructions. Please note there is some foxing, mainly to the blank page opposite the first page of text, with a small smudge to the margin of p.24 (please see scans). ***In a very good black and white wraparound illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £2.50 net. The dustwrapper is complete, with no creases, chips or tears - just a light crease to the laminate surface on the front panel. No fading even to the spine. There is some light rubbing to the extremities, and the dustwrapper feels slightly slack around the book (perhaps having a stiff protective cover at one stage). ***204mm x 132mm. 165 pages. ***Stories: Homemade; Solid Geometry; Last Day of Summer; Cocker at the Theatre; Butterflies; Conversation with a Cupboard Man; First Love, Last Rites; Disguises. ***'"First Love, Last Rites" introduces an extraordinary new writer whose stories lurk darkly in the mind long after they have been read. Under Ian McEwan's manipulation, depravity may take on the guise of innocence, butterflies become sinister and incest is made somehow acceptable. He is able to project a view of the world through the pellucid consciousness of a child and then show it being fouled by the macabre until that world appears a murky grey. He distills the awakening sensations of first love, delicately traces love's ritual initiations and infuses these with a luxuriant sensual imagery'. (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First printing of the true first edition, complete in its original attractive black and white illustrated wrap-around dustwrapper by the illustrator Bill Botten. A very good copy, with the aforementioned faults. Of interest to collectors of the fiction of Ian McEwan, and the vibrant dustwrapper designs by artist Bill Botten. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

1st Edn,. 228 pages, lge 8vo, advs, illus, vg+ in dj.