Rayner Gordon: First Edition (25 results)

Condition: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good Jacket. First Edition. First Edition, first impression. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover, first ed. first print, very good condition. Jacket is unclipped with just a light bump to the spine head otherwise very clean. Boards are pristine. Internally excellent throughout. Clipping of Matt cartoons laid in. DP. Matthews, Derek (illustrator). Used.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued. 1st Edition. The book is very good with light edge wear, some ink marks on the front cover and previous owners name on the ffep. Rayner, Gordon (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing, signed by the authors without a dedication, light wear to the labelled dust jacket. Orders received by 3pm Sent from the UK that weekday in recyclable card packaging. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2011, 1st edition, 1st impression, complete number line. Near Fine book in Fine unclipped dustjacket (£16.99). Book has small neatly handwritten purchase date on front pastedown with neat previous owner's name sticker else fine, no other inscriptions or markings, unread. Internally pristine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line. Some edge wear and creasing to top and bottom of jacket, spine and folds, corners slightly bruised, some dents affecting front jacket. Not price clipped (£16.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy. 359pp. The story of the Telegraph's astonishing M.P.'s expenses scoop. From duck houses to house flipping, tampons to sparkly loo seats, the almost unbelievable story of the biggest political scandal to hit Parliament for a generation. Quite scarce in this first impression. Cartoons by Matt (Pritchett) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 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. Jacket by Mike Terry, illustrations by Mary Rayner (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Tidy jacket. Copy is free of inscriptions and appears unread.

1st edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Liber E Bibliotheca Domestica. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. SIGNED by both authors. Physical description; viii, 358 pp., illustrations, 24 cm. Subjects; Political corruption. Press coverage. Politicians. Finance. Investigative reporting. Great Britain. Labour Party. Conservative Party. 1 Kg. …

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. 240mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 359pp. Signed by both authors on title page. Black/gilt hardback cloth cover.

1st edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Liber E Bibliotheca Domestica. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. SIGNED by both authors. Physical description; viii, 358 pp., illustrations, 24 cm. Subjects; Political corruption. Press coverage. Politicians. Finance. Investigative reporting. Great Britain. Labour Party. Conservative Party. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Signed by 1st edition. Limited edition of 250 copies. Hardbound, no dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in as new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. 55,573 aircrew of Bomber Command lost their lives during the Second World War, yet no campaign medal was awarded and their bravery and sacrifice went largely unrecognized. On 28 June 2012 this was corrected with the dedication and unveiling of the Bomber Command Memorial in The Green Park, London. The journey from the initial idea to the unveiling of the memorial was a long and complex one and 'The Bomber Command Memorial - We Will Remember Them' tells the story of the campaign; locating a site, obtaining permission, raising the funds, designing the memorial, and the opening ceremony. The book also tells the remarkable story of Bomber Command from the viewpoint of those who took part, and veterans reflect on the experiences they had and what the memorial means to them. 50% of all receipts go to the Bomber Command Memorial Fund registered charity. Ref O 1.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by both authors on title page. Dustwrapper is protected. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Large 8vo. pp viii, 358. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered gilt on spine. Signed by both authors on the title page. Cartoons by Matt. ISBN: 0593065417 Fine in fine dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line. DOUBLE SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, WITHOUT DEDICATION, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly bruised, some slight creases to back jacket, not price clipped (£16.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 359pp. The Daily Telegraph's expose of MPs' expenses, which dominated the news agenda for more than six weeks, made history by leading to the resignation of the Speaker and several Cabinet ministers, as well as taking Gordon Brown to the very brink of losing his grip on power. It is a story which began in the unlikely setting of a Chilean vineyard, when Robert Winnett, the paper's deputy political editor, first learnt from Gordon Brown's controversial aide Damian McBride, that a disk containing details of every MP's expense claims may have been obtained by a whistleblower. Winnett was destined to become the reporter who would secure the disc and its contents for his newspaper, landing what has been described by some commentators as 'the political scoop of the century'. Together with Gordon Rayner, Winnett ran a team of reporters who pored through more than a million expenses documents. Astonishing details began to emerge: Gordon Brown's peculiar cleaning arrangements, Oliver Letwin's tennis court, Sir Peter Viggers' duck house, Douglas Hogg's £2200 bill for cleaning his moat, house flipping and tax dodging, and the suggestion of deliberate fraud. 'No Expenses Spared' is the riveting inside story of the biggest political scandal to hit Parliament for a generation, with reverberations that continue today. Scarce signed. Cartoons by Matt (Pritchett) (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A hardback book with both book and jacket in fine condition, dated 2009, First Edition. The inside story of the scoop which changed the face of British politics - by the team who broke it.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st edition. signed by Darlow and two Bomber Command members, 127pp, oblong, quarto, hc w/jacket in mylar, ribbon bookmark, tight binding, clean throughout, clean boards with sharp corners, clean and tight jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. No Expenses Spared: The inside story of the scoop which changed the face of British politics - by the team that broke it. A First edition, First printing copy. A fine book, in a fine DW. Uniquely signed by both authors; illustrator Matt Pritchett and additionally signed by one of its contributors and providing "valuable insights", Benedict Brogan. Signed. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition 2nd Printing. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Repaired; Front Free Endpaper Missing; Front Fixed Endpaper, Rear Fixed and Free Endpapers Pulled From Removal of Book Pocket, Jacket Cover; Corners, Spine Bumped; Heavy Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Heavily Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Moderately Chipped; Moderate Fading Due to Sun Exposure; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. CONTENTS: Foreword; WINTER 1 The Winter Battle 2 Cold Days 3 Winter Entertainment 4 The World of Imagination 5 Lamps and Teapots 6 Christmas 7 January and Sickness 8 Memories of Night 9 Days of Light and Shadow; SPRING 10 Easter and Spring Promise 11 Purges and Lumberjacks 12 Happy Times 13 First Memories 14 The Hired Man 15 Days of Growing Up 16 Sundays 17 Wonderful Grandparents 18 Schools Days 19 Country Characters; SUMMER 20 Summer Adventures 21 Change and Progress 22 The Barefoot Days 23 Paying the Mortgage 24 Difficult Weather Days 25 Country Customs 26 Summer Travel 27 Old-Fashioned Eating; AUTUMN 28 Harvest-time 29 The Feel of Fall 30 Party Lines and Matchmakers 31 A Hired Man Called Sammy 32 Cats and Spooks 33 Memories. SYNOPSIS: Mostly in Clover, Harry Boyle's first book, is a lively series of reminiscences of his childhood spent on a farm in Huron County, Ontario. With a winning blend of nostalgia and amusement, he writes of the people and events, the trials, triumphs, tears and laughter which stand out most boldly in his recollections of his boyhood. Yet for all its charm, his account is essentially realistic. Mr. Boyle has skilfully refrained from applying to the past a coating of sugary sentimentalism. Dozens of people stroll in and out of the author's recollections, leaving vivid impressions of their personalities. He lovingly recalls his family: his grandparents, who occasionally provided a haven from a storm of parental wrath; his warm-hearted but taciturn father, and his mother, the family financier, whose skilful management of her teapot bank kept the family solvent in moments of financial stress. Affectionately, the author observes in retrospect the quirks and foibles of the aunts, uncles and cousins who were part of his childhood world. He remembers the long succession of hired men who worked for his father. The author recalls the yard whose fences for a time constituted the boundaries of his world, and the animal inhabitants of the world. He describes the festive events which marked his family's calendar, the annual baking of the Christmas cake, or their one-day holiday at the lake. The descriptions of country cooking that occur regularly throughout the book are calculated to make the reader throw away his diet sheet and run for the nearest strawberry shortcake. The most outstanding quality of the book is the sensitivity with which Mr. Boyle writes of the difficult years that lie between boyhood and manhood. He describes with unusual insight the incidents which for him were milestones on the path that led out of the complexities of adolescence to the more stable world of adulthood. Equally sensitive are his descriptions of the rural world in which he grew up. His long-standing familiarity with the outdoors has bred in him an articulate appreciation of the many-faced beauty of the fields and woods. Everyone who longs to escape for a few hours from the present-day world to one more leisurely and simple, will find Mostly in Clover the ideal vehicle. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gordon Rayner (illustrator). Ex-Library.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 76 pages. Features: Cover art of girl being thrown from saddle; Editorial entitled "If Germany Wins" in the wake of US Ambassador to Canada, James H.R. Cromwell being rebuked by his superiors for telling a Canadian audience that the future of world democracy depends upon victory over Germany; Nice full-page Fargo truck ad shows a Kraft cheese vehicle in service; The Passport (fiction); Your Mind and Your Car - safe driving is an attitude of mind; Political comments on the absence and return of U.S. Ambassador to Britain, Joseph Kennedy; Tux Luck (fiction); James H.R. Cromwell - U.S. Ambassador to Canada - photo and article; How many civic, home and health problems in Australia and New Zealand have been solved through direct land taxation; Red Drops Falling (fiction); Wonderful article and photos of Canada's Library of Parliament; Wakeville, Awake! (Part 3) (fiction); Full-page ad for the 1940 Dodge car; Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 8 - Coast Defense - article with photos; Gordon Dunstan's Thirteenth Quiz; Nice Chevrolet Truck ad; Full-page colour photo ad features the beautiful Dionne Quintuplets!; Colour full-page ad for the Ford V-8 engine; Photos of Miss Diana Blythe Barrymore in Woodbury soap ad; Nice 1940 DeSoto car ad; The Winnipeg Volunteer Signal Training School; College for Indian Youth at Ohsweken, Ontario; Half-page two-colour ad for Alka-Seltzer features photo of hockey game between the Maple Leafs and New York Rangers with Syl Apps and Gordie Drillon on the ice; Nice colour photo ad for the 1940 Studebaker Champion inside back cover. Somewhat above-average external wear. A nice vintage issue. Rayner (cover art); Price, Norman; Overman, Charles; Summers, Gloyne (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First Edition. (Hitchin, Herts: Fighting High Ltd 2012). First UK Edition. A RARE DOUBLE-SIGNED COPY by war veteran Harry Irons DFC (now deceased) and co-author Steve Darrow. A fine copy in a near fine intact dustwrapper which is a little edge-rubbed with surface marks that show when held to the light. Signed by Steve Darlow and Harry Irons DFC to the title page. ISBN: 978 0 9571163 1 3. Inexplicably uncommon double-signed in this way. Photographs/scans available upon request. Signed by Author.…