Search Results: Authors starting with H from David Edward Hellawell

London: Jonathan Cape, 2003 9780224063782. Hardback. First edition. 11th impression. No inscriptions or annotations etc.. VG/VG. DW Intact but invisibly reinforced in three small places. DW is NOT price-clipped. Interior of book clean and bright, binding tight, . Bound in black cloth, spine stamped in gold. Maroon endpapers. 272 pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The main character in this original, delightful book is Christopher John Francis Boone. He is autistic: hates to be touched, relates well to animals but not to human emotions, and has an extremely logical brain e. g., knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. Everyday life to him means little, except for routine, order, and knowing what will happen next. When he finds his neighbour's dog, Wellington, dead on a neighbouring lawn, he sets out to find the killer and write a murder mystery novel about it. Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2003. The overall winner of the… Read More

Newton Abbott: David and Charles, 1973 0715362240. First edition. Hardback. Ex-university library with usual stamps etc Otherwise VG/VG in mylar-protected and unclipped DW. 322 pages including index. Numerous b/w illustrations. .

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2002 0297607626. First hardback edition. First printing. Fine/Fine. Collectible. DW is not price clipped. No inscriptions or annotations. 210 pages. 15 B/W photos. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. An excellent copy of this memoir of growing up in Berlin between 1914 and 1933 written by the German-Jewish historian in exile in England. Memoir of the years leading to the Nazi rule of Germany and explaining how it was possible for the Nazis to gain a fotthold. Ends in 1933. Haffner (1907-1999) was a famous German historian who published two books on the rise of Hitler, but this is an edition of personal unpublished manuscripts of his memoirs discovered after his death and translated into English by his son. This English edition contains new material discovered since the publication of the German edition, over 350,000 copies of which had already been sold in Gemany. This book went straight to the top of the non-fiction German bestseller list, where it stayed for 42… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977 052120951x. First edition. Hardback. Ex-university library with usual stamps etc. 351 pp. Over 14 cms. by 22 cms. Otherwise VG/VG in unclipped and mylar-protected DW. .

London: Berg, 1998 1859739172. First edition. Trade paperback. Only read once but neatly highlighted so VG. 196 pages including index. .

New York: William Morrow/HarperCollins, 2003 0060509392. Stated first edition. Hardback first printing:- complete numberline. Fine/Fine as new. No inscriptions or annotations. DW Not price clipped. 394 pages. Deckled edges to pages. A powerful first novel not easy to obtain in hardback form in the UK. Mrs. Kimble (2003) is Jennifer Haigh's debut novel. Covering several decades from the 1960s to the late 1990s, it is about a man who marries three women and in turn ruins each of their lives. Accordingly, the book is about three rather than just one "Mrs. Kimble." Mrs. Kimble won the PEN/Hemingway Award 2003 for outstanding first fiction. .

London: Orion, 1995 0752800620. First trade paperback edition. Small indentation on front cover which is also present on first few page. Otherwise this is a bright, tight copy. No inscriptions. Short stories about horse racing and the criminal fraternity by such as Hemingway, Agatha Christie, Damon Runyon and many more. 487 pages. Over 9" by 6". This is a heavy item so extra postage will be required. .

London: Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd, 1993 1856191656. First edition. Hardback. First printing. VG/VG. Signed by the author on title page. Otherwise no annotations or inscriptions. DW has some repair on reverse side but is intact and not price-clipped. The autobiography of a railway worker's son who, with dazzling speed, rose to be one of the most powerful, outspoken and charismatic figures in European theatre. This book chronicles how, against the odds, the author achieved his ambition. In his early 20s, he was running London's Arts Theatre, putting on provocative plays, including "Waiting for Godot". Three years later he staged his first opera, and directed Olivier and Ashcroft at Stratford-upon-Avon. Before he was 30 he had created the Royal Shakespeare Company. Few men take such risks or live so fully, and his new book illuminates his complex, intriguing personality. He describes the ups and downs of his controversial professional and private life and shines light on the many artists involved in his… Read More

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1989 0297796569. First edition. First printing of first hardback edition. Near Fine/ Near Fine. Price clipped DW. No inscriptions or marks of any kind. Nearly 9" wide by over 11" tall. 400 pages including index. Lavishly illustrated throughout with plates and maps, mainly in colour. Definitive eye-witness accounts of 500 years of conflict which still resonate in the Middle East of today. Linking texts and essays are written by a team of leading authorities. This is a heavy item and will require extra postage. .

London: BCA, 1969. First edition. Hardback. VG/G in slightly damaged but unclipped DW. 147 pp. including index. .

Sussex: The Harvester Press, 1977 0391006827. Ex-university library but apparently only taken out twice. Usual stamps etc. Otherwise VG/VG in mylar-protected DW. No inscriptions or annotations.386 pages. Large octavo. .

New York: Basic Books, 1999. 0465044212. First Edition stated. First printing of first American hardback edition. Complete numberline. 241 pp. Fine in fine unclipped DW. No inscriptions or annotations. 8.5" by 5.5". "The best account yet of Mathew Arnold's mysterious hesitations and painful triumphs. Hamilton is everything a biographer should be." The New Republic. .

London: Open University/PCP, 1993 1853962430. Soft covers. Like New. No inscriptions or annotations. xiv + 212 pages incl. indices, bibliography & notes. Yellow softback covers. Size: 9" tall By 6 " Wide .

London: Sage Publications Ltd, 2008 1412945623. Trade paperback. Like New. No annotations or inscriptions. 295 pages. .

London: Educational Book Co. Ltd., ca 1930. Good. Hardback with gilt top edge to text block. No DW. No inscriptions or annotations. 607 pages. Illustrated with 72 illustrations. Frontispiece by Harry Furniss. Volume 18 of the Charles Dickens Library. Covers a little marked, scuffed and rubbed. Top and bottom edges of spine slightly worn. Clean contents and firm binding. Contains biography, guide to novels, bibliography, alphabetical list of characters. .

London: Metro Books, 1999 1900512602. Soft cover. VG. First edition.. First printing. Complete numberline. Signed by Phil Hammond on title page as Dr Phil. No other annotations or inscriptions. 6.5" by 9" tall. Slight wear on spine edge. Collectible. 215 pages including index and potted biographies of authors. How do you spot if your surgeon's a dud? Did you know that coffee-drinking lessens the risk of sucide? That one third of the 62 different sorts of artificial hip on the market have not been properly tested? That most cases of AIDS in babies are preventable? "Trust me (I'm a doctor)" examines health issues from a consumer's perspective, exposing the myths and reluctance of the medical profession to pass on findings to patients. Trust Me, I'm a Doctor was originally a BBC Two television programme looking at the state of health care in Britain with a combination of factual reporting and satire, presented by Phil Hammond. .

London: Penguin Books, 1999 9780140289251. Softcover. Fine. No annotations or inscriptions. 336 pages including index. Accompanyng the major television series.The sequel to the international bestseller, 'FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS'. In very different parts of the world, evidence exists of a common legacy - shared by cultures separated by hundreds, sometimes thousands of years. From Mexico to Iceland, Cambodia to Easter Island, China to Egypt we are findng a common astronomical wisdom handed down from a time before history, a time perhaps before the 'Great Flood'. A common wisdom from a lost civilisation which might hold the key to our own identity onearth. 'HEAVEN'S MIRROR' is a personal quest for the answer - the culmination of eight years of painstaking research. .

London: Hutchinson, 2003 9780091801687. Hardback. First printing of first edition. Complete numberline. Fine/Fine. The Hungry Spirit, by esteemed British business guru Charles Handy, is an extraordinarily eloquent and original treatise on the discomfort that many feel as a result of the overriding quest for corporate profit and personal advancement. Offering a carefully considered and compelling alternative vision, the book challenges the status quo on everything from capitalism and organization to goal-setting and morality. With nods to Kant, Keynes, Sartre and Drucker, The Hungry Spirit is not your usual business tome, but that, of course, is part of Handy's plan. .

London: Hutchinson, 1994 9780091780227. Hardback tenth reprint in year of publication. Ex-libris label (unsigned) on first title page. Slight bumps on corners of hard covers and unclipped DW. Otherwise VG/VG. 280 pages. An extraordinarily eloquent and original treatise on the discomfort that many feel as a result of the overriding quest for corporate profit and personal advancement. Offering a carefully considered and compelling alternative vision, the book challenges the status quo on everything from capitalism and organization to goal-setting and morality. With nods to Kant, Keynes, Sartre and Drucker, The Hungry Spirit is not your usual business tome, but that, of course, is part of Handy's plan. .

London: Hutchinson, 1997 9780091801687. Hardback. First printing of First edition. Complete numberline. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. In unclipped glossy DW. 272 pages including index. The Hungry Spirit is not your usual business tome, but that, of course, is part of Handy's plan.This is a radical synthesis of Charles Handy's philosophy of organizations and the individual in a dramatically changing social, business and political environment. In his characteristically personal anecdotal style, Handy describes why he believes materialist capitalism is self-limiting, efficiency may be the enemy of a cohesive society, and religion and science hold only false certainties. He then builds a new theory of meaning, based on the search for identity, the role of the arts and the idea of immortality. Unconventional organization is his model - for business and the individual - requiring new learning systems for a better future. .