Search Results: Authors starting with A from David Edward Hellawell

London: Jonathan Cape, 2009 9780224074704. Hardback. Fine/Fine. First edition. First printing. Complete number line. Like new. DW is NOT price-clipped. No annotations or inscriptions or highlighting etc. 358 pages including a very detailed index, useful notes and an excellent bibliography. 8vo. Item Height 240mm Item Width160mm Item Weight 634g. From Pearl Harbor to 9/11 to the assassination of JFK to the Birthers, Aaronovitch probes and explores the major conspiracy theories (and theorists) of our time. In doing so, he examines why people believe these conspiracies, and makes an argument for a true scepticism. In this age of terrorism, the role of conspiracy is a serious one, one that can fuel radical or fringe elements to violence. For David Aaronovitch, there came a time when he started to see a pattern among these inflammatory theories. These theories used similarly murky methods with which to insinuate their claims: they linked themselves to the supposed conspiracies of the past (it happened then… Read More

London: John Murray, 2020: 9781529337211. Hardback. Fine/Fine. First edition. Second printing. Number 2. Like new. No annotations or inscriptions. DW is not price-clipped. 332 pages + xv pages.. 8.66 x 5.51 x 1.26 inches. In this diary, which he kept throughout 2019, Stig Abell introduces and reflects on the books that he read during his 50-minute commute to work as editor of the Times Literary Supplement. To broaden his horizons, he selected a different genre each month and worked through an eclectic reading list, For a whole year on his train to work, Stig Abell read books from across genres and time periods. Then he wrote about them, and their impact on our culture and his own life. The result is a work of many things: a brisk guide to the canon of Western literature; an intimate engagement with writers from Shakespeare to JK Rowling, Marcel Proust to Zora Neale Hurston; a wise and funny celebration of the power of words; and a meditation on mental unrest and how to tackle it. It.. It will help you… Read More

Aldershot: Gower, 1987 0566026058. Hardback reprint of book first published in 1986. Near Fine/Fine. The book looks to be unread but on the front end page an unsigned decorative ex libris book plate looks to have been used to cover over some sort of stamp. No other stamps anywhere else. No inscriptions. 212 pages including index. .

Paris: Hachette, 1963. Hardback. First Edition. VG. No DW. Previous owner's name neatly inscribed at top of title page. No other inscriptions or annotations. Text in French. Illustrated throughout with 8 tipped-in colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations. Artificial leather maroon covers with gilt decorations. A most attractive copy. 289pp + list of illustrations etc. Various distinguished French writers contribute the 10 chapters which build up a biography of Proust and a literary critique of his writings. .

London: Boxtree, 1998 9780752211992. Hardback. Like new. First edition. First printing. Complete number line. Fine/Fine. Like new. 264 pages. No annotations or inscriptions etc. 'I cried because I did not have an office with a door, until I met a man who had no cubicle.' - Dilbert. Following on from his previous bestselling business books, "The Dilbert Principle" and "The Dilbert Future", Scott Adams applies his acute wit to the workplace and delivers a deceptively perceptive take on the place that we all spend so much time in: the office. Using the same blend of essays and cartoons that kept the "Dilbert Principle" on the bestseller list for almost a year, this hilarious treatise on office life will have Dilbert fans rolling around with laughter in their ever smaller cubicles. .

London: William Kimber, 1974 071830103X. Hardback. No DW. No inscriptions or annotations. Some discolouration on covers. Otherwise VG. 334 pages including index. Many fine B/W photos of many of today's star actors in their early days. An extensive history. Foreword by Peter Hall and Afterword by Trevor Nunn. First Edition. Very Good. 8vo - over 7 3/4 " - 9 3/4 " tall. An authoritative account of one of the world's greatest theatre companies in its formative years. Based on author's academic thesis. Many interviews with actors and directors. .

London: Leslie Frewin, 1964. First edition. Hardback in November 1964. VG in somewhat tatty DW. 77 pages including many b/w photos. (Extracts from Kennedy's speeches.) .

London: Kogan Page, 1999 0749427280. First edition. First printing of first UK hardback edition. Fine/VG. Some notes have come though some other paper on to the Dust Wrapper which is otherwise in very good condition. Not price clipped. No inscriptions. 211 pages. 6" by 9.5". .

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995 0297814281. Hardback. First edition. VG/VG. Slight indentations on front edges. DW is not price-clipped. 289 pages including index. No inscriptions or annotations. Illustrated with black and white plates. Blue/silver cloth hardback. Filled with high drama, priceless art, extraordinary individuals, political manoeuvrings, graft and corruption, a true story, still being told. .Just as Nazi Germany appropriated works of art - paintings, sculptures and antiques - from all over Europe in 1939 and 1940, so the Soviet army set up "trophy brigades" to transport the same works of art, and many more, to Moscow and Leningrad in 1945. This book by two Russian art historians sets out to reveal how they did this and what happened to these works of art. With the end of the Soviet Union, many of these stolen works are now likely to go on display in Russia or be returned to their rightful owners in Europe. This book will be of interest to those who want to know what there is and… Read More

London: Phoenix, 2004. First edition. Paperback. One crease to front cover and inside pages. Spine also creased. Otherwise VG. A bright, clean copy. No inscriptions. 273 pages including 24 pages of 'Leviathan'. The first in the Erast Fandorin series of detective stories set in imperial Russia. .

Viking: New York, 2003 067003133x. First Edition. First printing with complete numberline. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. Plates in colour and B/W with numerous maps. Quarter bound. Slight bumping at base of spine and one very small nick on back cover of un-price-clipped DW is repaired but the usually superior American binding and the complete lack of inscriptions or annotations means that this deserves to be placed in the Fine category. 491 pages including index. Over 6" by 9.5". A new study of a notorious mutiny which challenges some 'received truths'. .

London: Doubleday, 2003 038560484X. First edition. First printing of first hardback edition. Complete numberline. VG/VG. No inscriptions. Not price clipped. 6" by 9.5". 413 pages. An excellent copy of a book which has now been successfully filmed. .

London: Michael O'Mara, 2019 9781789291650. Hardback. First Edition. First printing. Complete numberline. Fine. No DW as published but with illustrated coloured covers. 224 pages. The official companion to the hit TV show, Peaky Blinders, fully illustrated in colour. 224 pages. Packed full of behind-the-scenes stories and interviews with the cast and creators of the show, this is the first official book. 'A must-read for fans of the ruthless Shelby clan' Daily Express 'A hoard of information lurks inside the first official companion to the hit drama' Sunday Express 'A heavyweight hardback in every sense of the word . . . essential reading for fans of the series' Birmingham Mail Walk through The Garrison Tavern's saloon bar doors and onto the streets of Birmingham, past the fire-belching factories and away to the horse fairs on the edge of town. Welcome to the world of the Peaky Blinders. Since it first hit our screens in 2013, Peaky Blinders has evolved from cult hit to a global phenomenon. By Order… Read More

London: Headline, 1998 0747222991. Hardback. First edition. First printing. Complete numberline. Fine. No DW. No annotations or inscriptions. 215 pages including detailed index. Illustrated throughout in B/W. The true story of the giraffe named Zarafa which was transported from Africa to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris in 1827. .

London: Jarrolds, 1958. First edition. Hardback. VG. No Dustwrapper. Signed by author to Marilyn Rosenberg on title page. 223 pages. No annotations or inscriptions. Book is dedicated to Henry Williamson. Book has brown cloth boards with very little wear and very clean. This is a novel about the discovery of black-winged stilts (an extremely rare and migratory wanderer to Britain) nesting in Wiltshire and of the ensuing disturbance to the area by the media and twitchers. The author was a well-known journalist and environmentalist. .

London: Viking/Penguin, 1995 0670859664. First printing. First edition. Hardback. Has 'Damaged' stamped across top edge but for the life of me I can't find damage in what is otherwise VG/VG. No inscriptions or annotations. Unclipped. 373 pages. .

Edinburgh: Canongate, 2009 9781847675989. Hardback. Revised First UK edition of book originally published in USA. First printing. Number 1. VG/VG. DW is NOT price-clipped and intact but worn at the edges. One nick repaired. No annotations or inscriptions. 582 pages. An essential companion book to the 5 TV series THE WIRE has been widely hailed as the greatest television series of all time. It portrays the war of attrition between the city's hardened police force, and its drug dealers, and the blurring of good and evil, justice and injustice, right and wrong. Over its five series it has built up a detailed, rich and layered portrait of Baltimore: from its corner boys touting dope and its dock workers facing extinction, through the strained education system and tainted halls of power, to the crumbling media establishment. Rafael Alvarez - a reporter, essayist and staff writer for the show - brings the reader inside this world, detailing many of the real-life incidents and personalities that have… Read More

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1972 0297993585. Third impression of 1971 hardback edition. Ex-university library with usual stamps etc. Otherwise VG/VG in mylar-protected and unclipped DW. Looks like it was only once taken out of the library. 250 pages including index. .

London: Sage, 1998 080396644X. Unread new copy. Fine. Soft covers.194 pages. No inscriptions or annotations. "Alvy and Robbins offer you ideas, strategies, and words of wisdom gleaned from practical experience to help you prepare for anything a school might encounter." .

London: Simon & Schuster, 2013 9781471130472. UK hardback reprint of American edition., Fine/VG. DW is not price-clipped. No inscriptions or annotations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. UK reprint, large 8vo, 655 pages including index and many B/W photo illustrations. Stephen Ambrose is also the author of 'Band of Brothers' which tracks the events after D-Day and was made into a very well-received TV documentary series. .