Published by Quercus Publishing Ltd / Hachette UK, London, 2021
ISBN 10: 1529406854 ISBN 13: 9781529406856
Seller: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by Lucy Kim (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression with full number line. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly bruised, pronounced lean, price clipped, no inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg only copy. 470pp. 1973: a final, top secret mission to the Moon. Three astronauts in a tiny module, a quarter of a million miles from home. A quarter of a million miles from help. As Russian and American crews sprint for a secret bounty hidden away on the lunar surface, old rivalries blossom and the political stakes are stretched to breaking point back on Earth. Houston flight controller Kazimieras 'Kaz' Zemeckis must do all he can to keep the NASA crew together, while staying one step ahead of his Soviet rivals. But not everyone on board Apollo 18 is quite who they appear to be. Chris Austin Hadfield (b. 1959), is a Canadian retired astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot, author and musician. The first Canadian to perform extravehicular activity in space, he has flown two Space Shuttle missions and also served as commander of the International Space Station. Prior to his career as an astronaut, he served in the Canadian Armed Forces for 25 years as an Air Command fighter pilot.
Published by Quercus Publishing Ltd / Hachette UK, London, 2019
ISBN 10: 178747075X ISBN 13: 9781787470750
Seller: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Ghost (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly bruised, not price clipped (£16.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 403pp. WHEN ESTHER THOREL, the wife of a Huguenot silk weaver, rescues Sara Kemp from a brothel she thinks she is doing God's will. Sara is not convinced being a maid is better than being a whore, but the chance to escape her grasping 'madam' is too good to refuse. INSIDE THE THORELS' tall house in Spitalfields, where the strange cadence of the looms fills the attic, the two women forge an uneasy relationship. The physical intimacies of washing and dressing belie the reality, Sara despises her mistress's blindness to the hypocrisy of her household, while Esther is too wrapped up in her own secrets to see Sara as anything more than another charitable cause. IT IS SILK that has Esther so distracted. For years she has painted her own designs, dreaming that one day her husband will weave them into reality. When he laughs at her ambition, she unwittingly sets in motion events that will change the fate of the whole Thorel household and set the scene for a devastating day of reckoning between her and Sara. THE PRICE OF a piece of silk may prove more than either is able to pay. The author's debut novel.
Published by MacLehose Press/Quercus Publishing Ltd/An Hachette UK company, London UK, 2015
ISBN 10: 0857053469 ISBN 13: 9780857053466
Seller: Pages 'N Pages Bookstore, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. This copy is bright and clean - As New in As New dustjacket.
Published by Quercus Publishing Ltd / Hachette UK, London, 2015
ISBN 10: 1848668481 ISBN 13: 9781848668485
Seller: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Thomas Flintham (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line. SIGNED, DATED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE 'To Alice, Thank you! Piers Torday 28.6.15'. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly bruised, some slight yellowing to page block, not price clipped (£9.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 401pp. This is the story of a boy named Kester. He has rescued the last wild animals in the world and saved his capital city from destruction. But now he must face his greatest challenge yet because 1. The only blue whale on the planet has brought news from across the ocean. 2. A mysterious steel dome has risen from the Four Towers. 3. Out there, somewhere, a brave mouse holds the key to the future. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).