Search Results: Authors starting with F from Inklings & Yarnspinners

London / New York: Hogarth, 2014. 1st USA. hardback. Near fine, 1st USA edition, unclipped d/j (v.g., a little bumping); black boards, gilt spine titling; text block firm, pages unmarked and unread. All edges gilt.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). I am with you always, even unto the end of the world . . .' Peter Leigh is a missionary called to go on the journey of a lifetime. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Bea, Peter sets out on a quest to take the word of God to the farthest corners of the galaxy. His mission will challenge everything - his faith, his endurance and the love that can hold two people together, even when they are worlds apart.

London: World Books, 1971. 1st thus. hardback. Very good, 1st thus edition (publ with Anthony Blond in 1970), unclipped d/j (fair, chipped and torn, in protective sleeve); red boards, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages unmarked but browned.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). A darkly compelling novel of the single-minded pursuit of justice and of a man whose major crime was seeing all too clearly the shape of the war that was to come and how it would destroy the very monarch that it was his duty to protect. It presents in vivid and unforgettable detail, a world of charm and enchantment facing disaster and is a brilliant dstudy of the inflexibile reasoning of men who would murder for ita nd who would, within the decade, see it crumble and disappear.

Auckland: The Pilgrim Press, 1958. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, with clipped attached d/j, spine rubbed, pages tight and unmarked.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Arthur Fairburn was a New Zealand poet and art historian and this work was completed by Denis Glover on the former's death in 1957

Nashville, TN: B&H Academic, 2010. 1st. p/b. Good, covers and pages crisp; some pen underlining and owner's neat inscription on ffep.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). God as Author takes a thoughtful literary approach to understanding the Gospel. Gene Fant writes in the preface: ""Most of us have heard that Christ is 'the Author and Finisher of our faith' (Hebrews 12:2), so it makes sense that the Gospel would be God's story. As many a church message board has noted so succinctly, 'History is His Story.' In our easy discussions of special revelation, I cannot help but wonder if we have missed something awe-inspiring that may be revealed by a reversal of the lens that we turn toward narrative. Perhaps the Gospel is not just like a story; perhaps story, narrative in general, is like the Gospel. My clear conviction is that something stands behind the power of narrative. In fact, I believe that Someone stands behind it. There is an Author whose skill and grace imbues the broad range of the stories that we… Read More

London: Hutchinson Heinemann, 2023. 1st. h/b. Fine, as new (d/j in protective sleeve). Signed to title.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). A CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING When a young American academic Talissa Adam offers to carry another woman's child, she has no idea of the life-changing consequences. Behind the doors of the Parn Institute, a billionaire entrepreneur plans to stretch the boundaries of ethics as never before. Through a series of IVF treatments, which they hope to keep secret, they propose an experiment that will upend the human race as we know it. Seth, the baby, is delivered to hopeful parents Mary and Alaric, but when his differences start to mark him out from his peers, he begins to attract unwanted attention. The Seventh Son is a spectacular examination of what it is to be human. It asks the question: just because you can do something, does it mean you should? Sweeping between New York, London, and the Scottish Highlands, this is an extraordinary novel about… Read More

London: Hutchinson, Heinemann, 2021. 1st. h/b. Fine, signed to title.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). A masterful, generation-spanning love story, set in Austria as it recovers from one war and awaits the coming of another. 1914: Aspiring journalist Anton arrives in Vienna where he meets Delphine, a woman of deep secrets. Anton is entranced by the light of first love, until his country declares war on hers. 1927: For Lena, life in a small town has been cosseted and cold. When her love affair with a young lawyer crumbles, she leaves to take a post at the snow-capped sanatorium, the Schloss Seeblick. 1933: Anton is sent to write about the mysterious Schloss Seeblick. In this place, on the banks of a silvery lake where the roots of human suffering are laid bare, two people will see each other as if for the first time...

London: Hutchinson, 2001. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition (1st imp), unclipped d/j (some bumping), green clothbound boards, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked; some yellowing on edges.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). A vividly evocative novel set in Cold War and New Frontier era America, from the bestselling author of Birdsong and Charlotte Gray. America, 1959. With two young children she adores, loving parents back in London, and an admired husband, Charlie, working at the British embassy in Washington, the world seems an effervescent place of parties, jazz and family happiness to Mary van der Linden. But the Eisenhower years are ending, and 1960 brings the presidential battle between two ambitious senators: John Kennedy and Richard Nixon. But when Frank, an American newspaper reporter, enters their lives Mary embarks on a passionate affair, all the while knowing that in the end she must confront an impossible decision. ÔA novel about adultery, jazz and… Read More

London: Vintage, 2007. 1st. h/b. Very good, limited edition (no 683/1500) and signed to half title, in illustrated/gilt thick board slip case; some bumping and wear on spine & boards (no d/j). Text block tight and unmarked.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Mike Engleby has a secret... This is the story of Mike Engleby, a working-class boy in the seventies who wins a place at an esteemed English university. A man devoid of scruple or self-pity, Engleby provides a disarmingly frank account of English education. Yet beneath the disturbing surface of his observations lies an unfolding mystery of gripping power. When Jennifer, the fellow student he admires from a afar, disappears the reader has to ask: is Engleby capable of telling the whole truth? 'His most brilliant novel yet' Daily Telegraph

London: Vintage, 2008. 1st thus. p/b. Near fine, 1st edition in p/b, text block tight, owner's stamp on ffep.. B (198 x 129). Mike Engleby has a secret... This is the story of Mike Engleby, a working-class boy in the seventies who wins a place at an esteemed English university. A man devoid of scruple or self-pity, Engleby provides a disarmingly frank account of English education. Yet beneath the disturbing surface of his observations lies an unfolding mystery of gripping power. When Jennifer, the fellow student he admires from a afar, disappears the reader has to ask: is Engleby capable of telling the whole truth? 'His most brilliant novel yet' Daily Telegraph

London: British Library, 2017. 1st. h/b. Fine, as new.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). The list of books suppressed in the English language features the sacred and profane, poetic and pornographic, famous and infamous. A history of literary censorship is therefore a history not only of texts but of the authorities that have attempted to prevent their circulation: sovereigns, politicians, judges, prison officers, slaveholders, school governors, librarians, teachers, parents, students, editors and publishers. Censored deals with some of the most contentious and fascinating cases, including works now praised as literary masterpieces, such as James Joyce's Ulysses and Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita; as well as a troubling book about assassination that was implicated in a murder case. The books in this comprehensive study have been chosen to showcase the variety of suppressed literature, the methods and consequences of censorship, and landmarks in the history of free speech.

London: Collins, 2011. 1st. h/b. Fine, as new.. CoffeeTable (250 x 200). Downton Abbey has captured the imagination of the nation. Written by Oscar-winning writer Julian Fellowes the show has become the benchmark for quality drama, and a commentary on all things British. Downton Abbey portrays a world of elegance and decadence, a world of duty and obedience and a world of romance and rivalry: this companion book, full of rich historical detail, takes fans deeper into that period than ever before. Step inside one of the most beautiful houses in Britain, past Carson the butler at the front door and into the grand hallway. Catch a glimpse of the family having drinks in the drawing room before dinner, dressed in their evening finery, whilst Lord Grantham finishes writing a letter in his study. Then climb the grand sweeping staircase to the maze of rooms upstairs and peak through Lady MaryÕs open door to see Anna, her maid, tidying scent bottles and jewellery on the ornate dressing table. Follow Anna… Read More

London: Collins, 2015. 1st. h/b. Fine, as new.. CoffeeTable (250 x 200). Since the moment we first entered Downton Abbey in 1912, we have been swept away by Julian Fellowes' evocative world of romance, intrigue, drama and tradition. Now, in 1925, as Downton Abbey prepares to close its doors for the final time, Jessica Fellowes leads us through the house and estate, reliving the iconic moments of the wonderfully aristocratic Crawley family and their servants as they navigate the emerging modern age. Travelling from Great Hall to servants' hall, bedroom to boot room, we glimpse as we go Matthew and Isobel Crawley arriving for the first time, the death of Kemal Pamuk, Cora's tragic miscarriage, Edith's affair with Michael Gregson, Mary's new haircut, Thomas and O'Brien's scheming, Anna and Bates's troubles with the law, and Carson's marriage to Mrs Hughes. Alongside this will be in-depth interviews with the cast who have worked on the show for six years and know it so well. Packed full of stunning… Read More

London: G. Bell and Sons, 1936. 1st. hardback. Very Good, with clipped d/j (good, bumping and small tears on edges), green clothbound boards with bright gilt spine titling; text block firm, pages unmarked, tanning on endpapers and foxing on edges.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). A memoir of the last six years of the composer's life when Fenby, then a young organist from Scarborough, volunteered to live in Grez-sur-Loing to help the blind and partly paralysed Delius to continue to compose. The vivid account of the painful and exasperating process whereby Fenby was able to help Delius commit to paper such great works as Songs of Farewell and A Song of Summer is unforgettable. Equally gripping is the description of life in the strange household in which Frederick and Jelka Delius received visitors such as Balfour Gardiner, Roger Quilter, Philip Heseltine, Percy Grainger, Thomas Beecham and Elgar. Delius died in 1934 and Eric Fenby heeded Ernest Newman's advice not to wait but to write down his… Read More

New York & London: W. W. Norton, 2018. 1st thus. p/b. Fine, as new.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). This highly anticipated new edition features NEW poets, NEW poems and innovative digital resources. The Sixth Edition of The Norton Anthology of Poetry is an even better teaching tool for instructors and remains an unmatched value for students.

London: Martin Secker, 1928. 24th. h/b. Very good, early edition (1st in 1926, this in 1928), tan boards, printed spine label, text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked. Provenance: from library of Sir Christopher Ondaatje, FRSL.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). When FeuchtwangerÕs two best known novels ÒJew SŸssÓ (ÒPowerÓ) and ÒUgly DuchessÓ were first translated into English in the 1920s, they caused a tremendous sensation in England and then in America. The critics all hailed Feuchtwanger as the master of the historical novelÑthe peer of Dumas and Scott but written with the psychology of our own day. ÒJew SŸss,Ó set in the 18th century Germany (at the time consisting of numerous fragmented independent states), deals with an identity crisis: in order to gain social power, the novel's protagonist attempts to forsake his Jewish heritage and becomes assimilated into the mainstream of German culture. More than that, SŸss finds himself being in the position of potential kingmaker.… Read More

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1972. 1st. h/b. Very good, unclipped d/j (some bumping and chipping, in protective sleeve), red clothbound boards, gilt spine titling, text firm, pages crisp and unmarked.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). A collection of short mysteries from the world of hunting, compiled by the Anne Feversham, wife of Earl of Feversham, and one of the children of the Earl of Halifax. Her brother (the 2nd earl) writes the foreword.

London: I. B. Tauris, 2021. reprint. p/b. Fine, as new. . C (216 x 135). Stalinism, that particularly brutal phase of the Communist experience, came to an end in most of Europe with the death of Stalin in 1953. However, in one country - Albania - Stalinism survived virtually unscathed until 1990. The regime that the Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha led from 1944 until his death in 1985 was incomparably severe. Such was the reign of terror that no audible voice of opposition or dissent ever arose in the Balkan state and Albania became isolated from the rest of the world and utterly inward-looking. Three decades after his death, the spectre of Hoxha still lingers over the country, yet many people Ð inside and outside Albania Ð know little about the man who ruled the country with an iron fist for so many decades. This book provides the first biography of Hoxha available in English. Using unseen documents and first-hand interviews, journalist Blendi Fevziu pieces together the life of a tyrannical ruler… Read More

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2001. 1st. h/b. Fine, as new. Signed to title; d/j in protective sleeve.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). The first book in the phenomenally successful Thursday Next series, from Number One bestselling author Jasper Fforde. 'Always ridiculous, often hilarious ... blink and you miss a vital narrative leap. There are shades of Douglas Adams, Lewis Carroll, 'Clockwork Orange' and '1984'. And that's just for starters' - Time Out. Meet Thursday Next, literary detective without equal, fear or boyfriend. There is another 1985, where London's criminal gangs have moved into the lucrative literary market, and Thursday Next is on the trail of the new crime wave's MR Big. Acheron Hades has been kidnapping certain characters from works of fiction and holding them to ransom. Jane Eyre is gone. Missing. Thursday sets out to find a way into the book to repair the damage. But solving crimes against literature isn't easy when you also have to find time to halt the Crimean War, persuade the… Read More

London: Folio Society, 1995. Folio. hardback. Fine, no d/j, singleton without its companion volumes in the Folio 3-volume set. Red boards with black decorations and titling on front & spine. Unmarked pages clean and crisp, binding tight.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). One of Fielding's great novels in the 1995 Folio Society edition. Illustrations by Simon Brett.

London: Simon & Schuster, 2015. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition (signed to title), unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve), brown boards, silver spine titling bright; text block firm, pages crisp but some yellowing.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Fresh from finishing the Marathon des Sables, Ranulph Fiennes has become the oldest Briton to complete this ultimate endurance test. The world's greatest living explorer, has travelled to some of the most remote, dangerous parts of the globe. Well-known for his experiences at the poles and climbing Everest, he has also endured some of the hottest conditions on the planet, where temperatures regularly exceed 40 degrees and, without water and shelter, death is inevitable.