Published by Jonathan Cape. London. 2014, 2014
ISBN 10: 0224097008 ISBN 13: 9780224097000
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
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Condition: UNSPECIFIED. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2014). (2014) later reprint. 8vo (137 x 221mm). Ppx,300. Not illustrated. Light tan paper-covered boards, spine titled in black. Very good in chipped & used dust-wrapper. The dust-wrapper of this reprint states "Winner of the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction 2014." Reprinted many times and constantly in demand. "As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the terminology and read all the classic books, including T.H. White's masterpiece, The Goshawk. She worked in falconry and raptor conservation for many years before becoming a historian of science. But when her father dies and she is knocked sideways by grief, she becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk." "She collects a female gos from a Scottish quayside and takes her home to Cambridge. Then she fills the freezer with hawk food and unplugs her phone, ready to embark on the difficult, ancient business of manning and training the hawk." "To train a hawk you must watch it like a hawk, and so gain the ability to predict what it will do next. Eventually you don't see the hawk's body language at all. You seem to feel what it feels. The hawk's apprehension becomes your own. As the days passed and I put myself in the hawk's wild mind to tame her, my humanity was burning away." MacDonald also discusses T.H. White and some aspects of the pre- and post-war falconry scene, providing an interesting counterpoint to the impassioned self-reflection of the remainder of the book. .
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. 114pp. 8vo. Orihinal boards. A fine copy. . First edition.
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. 440pp. 8vo. Original boards in pictorial dustwrapper. B/w illustrations. A fine copy. First edition.
Published by Jonathan Cape 2014, London, 2014
ISBN 10: 0224097903 ISBN 13: 9780224097901
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: USED_NEARFINE. First Edition. 193 pp., Hardcover with dustjacket. A clean and bright copy. 9780224097901 Small 8vo.
Published by London: Jonathan Cape, [2014]., 2014
ISBN 10: 0224101994 ISBN 13: 9780224101998
Seller: Joe Maynard, Newburgh, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: USED_VERYGOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, SIGNED BY AUTHOR at title-page. Octavo, 213 numbed pages, publisher's blue cloth stamped in blind and metallic blue (hint of page rippling visible at fore-edge, else very good). Pictorial dust jacket (slight soiling and wear, else very good). Hatchard's "SIGNED COPY" belly-band (crease inside front fold area). Signed by Author(s).
Published by London Jonathan Cape 2014, 2014
Seller: Reader's Books, Petworth, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: USED_VERYGOOD. First impression of the first edition of Macdonald's best selling book. Dust jacket has slight shelf wear only and is not price clipped. 8vo.
Published by London, England: Jonathan Cape, 2014, 2014
ISBN 10: 0553419552 ISBN 13: 9780553419559
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: USED_ASNEW. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 327 pages. Published in 2014. The author's fourteenth novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Howard Jacobson's "J". "A snarling, effervescent, and ambitious philosophical work of fiction". "Poses unsettling questions about our sense of history, and our self-satisfied orthodoxies. Jacobson's triumph is to craft a novel that is poignant as well as troubling from the debris" (The Independent). "A real giant. A great, great writer" (Jonathan Safran Foer). An absolute "must-have" title for Howard Jacobson collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed, placed, and dated (shortly after publication) in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "Howard Jacobson London 14-9-2014". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It comes with a pristine copy of the Souvenir Program of the event during which his signature was obtained. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed, placed, and post-publication dated copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: The British Edition significantly precedes the American. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the Booker Prize in 2010 for "The Finkler Question". Finalist for the Booker Prize in 2014 for "J". One of the greatest novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER HOWARD JACOBSON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0553419552. Signed by Author.
Published by London: Jonathan Cape, 2014., 2014
ISBN 10: 0224097121 ISBN 13: 9780224097123
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: USED_VERYGOOD. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 0.44.
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Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
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Condition: UNSPECIFIED. First edition. First edition. Signed by the author. Fine in dust jacket. Set in Sicily at the end of World War II we follow the liberation attempts of the allies as they pursue the Germans north towards the Italian mainland. The book follows with the stories of two Sicilians, Angilu, a young shepherd caught up in corruption, and Ciro Albanese, a local Mafioso. A splendid story that makes it clear that the Mafia were there and are still there with the slaughter of war only a temporary distraction.
Published by London: Jonathan Cape, 2014, 2014
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
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Published by Jonathan Cape 2014-2018, London, 2014
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Cloth. Condition: USED_NEARFINE. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Sam Barker; Steve Double; Jeffrey Delannoy (illustrator). First edition. First edition, first impression copies of three novels by successful author Irvine Welsh, in their original unclipped dust wrappers. First edition, first impressions of Irvine Welsh's The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins, A Decent Ride and Dead Men's Trousers. All in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with their original unclipped dust wrappers. In The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins (2014), Irvine Welsh created two of his most memorable female protagonists, and one of the most bizarre, sado-masochistic folies à deux in contemporary fiction. Featuring murder, depravity and revenge, The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins tells a dark and subversive story, tapping into two great obsessions of our time: how we look and where we live. In A Decent Ride (2015), Welsh returns to his character Terry Lawson, first introduced in Glue, this book taking place a further 10 years after the events of Porno. The book's title is a double-entendre on Lawson's sexual prowess, and his job in this novel as a taxi driver. Dead Men's Trousers (2018), set in 2015, follows Renton, Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie as they meet up again as middle-aged men. Fast and furious, scabrously funny and weirdly moving, this is a spectacular return of the crew from Trainspotting. Irvine Welsh is a Scottish author and playwright, famous for his 1993 novel Trainspotting. In publisher's original cloth bindings, with original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, cloth is in excellent condition, apart from some marks to the front boards of The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins and A Decent Ride, and to the rear board of Dead Men's Trousers. A little bumping to the rear upper extremity of The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Minor wear to the upper extremities of the dust wrappers, and some faint marks to the front and rear of the wraps to The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins and A Decent Ride. Near Fine. book.
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Published by London: Jonathan Cape and Queen Anne Press, 2014, 2014
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. [Children's illustrated] LIMITED EDITION. In three volumes, complete. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.48; pp.48; pp.48. Publisher's white hardcovers in glossy pictorial dust-wrappers, the three volumes are presented in a racing green slip-case. A facsimile of the first edition of Ian Fleming's famous children's story about the Pott family and their adventures with the magical car, Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang. The original edition was illustrated by renowned artist John Burningham as only his second commission; for this edition he has re-worked some of his original artwork for the book. Fine/as new. Edition limited to 100 copies, this set being one of a few marked 'o/s' [out-of-series]. A classic adventure story featuring a high-spirited family and their magical car. Basis for the Oscar-nominated film musical scripted by Roald Dahl.
Published by London: Jonathan Cape and Queen Anne Press, 2014, 2014
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. [Children's illustrated] LIMITED EDITION. In three volumes, complete. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.48; pp.48; pp.48. Publisher's white hardcovers in glossy pictorial dust-wrappers. A facsimile of the first edition of Ian Fleming's famous children's story about the Pott family and their adventures with the magical car, Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang. The original edition was illustrated by renowned artist John Burningham as only his second commission; for this edition he has re-worked some of his original artwork for the book. As new. Edition limited to 100 copies, this set being one of a few marked 'o/s' [out-of-series] without the slipcase, although it does have the benefit of being the bibliographer's own copy, with his pencilled note and signature. Gilbert's encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography.
Published by Jonathan Cape. London. 2014, 2014
ISBN 10: 0224097008 ISBN 13: 9780224097000
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
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Condition: UNSPECIFIED. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2014). 2014 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Ppx,300. Not illustrated. Fawn boards, spine titled in black. Fine copies. First edition, first printing. The paperback proof copy has been signed by the author*. This is the winner of the 2014 Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction. Already reprinted many times and constantly in demand. "As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the terminology and read all the classic books, including T.H. White's masterpiece, The Goshawk. She worked in falconry and raptor conservation for many years before becoming a historian of science. But when her father dies and she is knocked sideways by grief, she becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk." "She collects a female gos from a Scottish quayside and takes her home to Cambridge. Then she fills the freezer with hawk food and unplugs her phone, ready to embark on the difficult, ancient business of manning and training the hawk." "To train a hawk you must watch it like a hawk, and so gain the ability to predict what it will do next. Eventually you don't see the hawk's body language at all. You seem to feel what it feels. The hawk's apprehension becomes your own. As the days passed and I put myself in the hawk's wild mind to tame her, my humanity was burning away." MacDonald also discusses T.H. White and some aspects of the pre- and post-war falconry scene, providing an interesting counterpoint to the impassioned self-reflection of the remainder of the book. .
Published by London Review Bookshop [&] Jonathan Cape, 2014, 2014
Seller: Rothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB), Dulverton, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. Limited numbered 1st edition 1st printing (31 of 75) signed by author. 8vo (9¼ x 6 ins). Original quarter bound in Kaduna green goatskin on decorative paper-laid sides, top edge red (Fine), in matching patterned and leather-lined slipcase (Fine). Pp. 215 printed on Logan Book Wove 150gsm paper (no other inscriptions).
Published by London: Jonathan Cape and Queen Anne Press, 2014, 2014
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
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Condition: UNSPECIFIED. [Children's illustrated] LIMITED EDITION, only of only 100 copies, this set being additionally SIGNED BY THE ARTIST John Burningham to volumes one and two. 3 volumes, tall octavos (25 x 17 x 5cm in box), complete. Pp.48, 48, 48. Publisher's white hardcovers in glossy pictorial dust-wrappers. As new. A facsimile of the first edition of Ian Fleming's famous children's story about the Pott family and their adventures with the magical car, Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang. The original edition was illustrated by renowned artist John Burningham as only his second commission; for this edition he has re-worked some of his original artwork. The three volumes are presented in a racing green slipcase and are absolutely fine. Signatures obtained in person by Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert.
Published by London: Jonathan Cape and Queen Anne Press, 2014, 2014
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
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Condition: UNSPECIFIED. First edition thus, one of 50 deluxe issue copies, numbered by the artist, this being number 112. Included with the three text volumes are two prints, signed and numbered 12 of 50 by Burningham. The deluxe edition was numbered 101-150; a further 100 trade copies, numbered 1-100, were also issued. This edition is a facsimile of the first edition, published as three separate adventures as it was in 1964, with the illustrations reworked by the artist. Three vols, octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spines and front covers in gilt, front covers numbered in red. [Together with:] two prints by John Burningham housed in the green cloth portfolio. All housed together in the grey cloth slipcase. Illustrations by John Burningham. A fine set.
Published by London: Jonathan Cape and Queen Anne Press, 2014, 2014
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. [Children's illustrated] DELUXE LIMITED EDITION, one of just 50 sets, accompanied by two prints, measuring 297 x 210mm, SIGNED and numbered by John Burningham. Three volumes plus portfolio, housed in a grey cloth slipcase (34 x 24 x 6cm), pp.48; pp.48; pp.48. Bound in racing green cloth blocked in red and gilt, illustrated endpapers. A facsimile of the first edition of Ian Fleming's famous children's story about the Pott family and their adventures with the magical car, Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang. The original edition was illustrated by renowned artist John Burningham as only his second commission; for this edition he has re-worked some of his original artwork for the book. A classic adventure story featuring a high-spirited family and their magical car. Basis for the Oscar-nominated film musical scripted by Roald Dahl. The deluxe edition was numbered 101-150 (this being number 105); a further 100 trade copies, numbered 1-100, were also issued. This copy is from the Ian Fleming Bibliographical Archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled ownership to endpaper. His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography.
Published by London: Jonathan Cape and Queen Anne Press, 2014, 2014
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Signed
Condition: UNSPECIFIED. [Artwork] Three lithographs signed and numbered by illustrator John Burningham, each being number 3 of 15. Three lithograph prints on art paper (297 x 420 mm), with publisher's off-white mounts. The prints show the gangsters being apprehended, Chitty flying over the Goodwin lightship, and Chitty sailing in front of a large ship. These elegant prints were published by the Queen Anne Press to celebrate the book's 60th anniversary. Two limited boxed sets of the book were issued, one of which [the deluxe edition] included two of these images as bonus lithographs, but in a reduced size. Fine/as new. The original edition was illustrated by renowned artist John Burningham as only his second commission; for this edition he has re-worked some of his original artwork.