Search Results: Authors starting with R from David Edward Hellawell

London: Cohen & West, 1952. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. No DW. Pages vii + 219. 8vo. - over 7.75" - 9.75" tall. Navy blue covers. Full of pencilled annotations and underlinings etc of key sentences or passages. (These might be helpful to someone new to anthropology.) 2 former owners' names and addresses neatly inside front cover. Some page ends lighlty foxed. A seminal text in anthropology by one of the leading proponents of 'functionalism'. "This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. " .

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1910. First edition. Hardback. Untrimmed. No DW. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Some wear to covers and spine. Not foxed. Bookplate inside front cover is fine pictorial presentation of Mill Hill School Library with Ex Libris heading. Some marks on borders of this bookplate (e.g. library number) but otherwise no inscriptions or annotations. 184 pages (including index) followed by lists of other Clarendon publications. Contents: Samuel Johnson: The Leslie Stephen Lecture, Delivered in the Senate House, Cambridge, February 22, 1907. On the Two-Hundreth Anniversary of Johnson's Birth. Johnson Without Boswell. Johnson on Shakespeare. Early Lives of the Poets. Johnson's Lives of the Poets. .

London: Methuen, 1967. First edition. Hardback. Ex-university library with usual stamps etc. Otherwise VG/VG in mylar-protected and unclipped DW. 517 pages. This is a heavy item so extra postage may be required. .

London: Penguin, 2007 9780141188935. Paperback. Penguin Modern Classic. VG. No inscriptions or annotaions. 1168 pp. A tight, well-bound copy. This is the astounding story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world - and did. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged stretches the boundaries further than any book you have ever read. It is a mystery, not about the murder of a man's body, but about the murder - and rebirth - of man's spirit. First published in 1957, Atlas Shrugged was Ayn Rand's greatest achievement and last work of fiction. In this novel, she dramatizes her unique philosophy through an intellectual mystery story that integrates ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, politics, economics, and sex. .

London: Orion, 2004 9780752851129. First impression. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. DW not price-clipped. No inscriptions. 399 pages. 6" by 9.5" A John Rebus police procedural. "One of Britain's leading novelists in any genre." New Statesman. An illegal immigrant is found murdered in an Edinburgh housing scheme: a racist attack, or something else entirely? Rebus is drawn into the case, but has other problems: his old police station has closed for business, and his masters would rather he retire than stick around. .

London: Orion, 2020 9781398701120. Hardback. Fine/Fine. First edition. First printing. Complete numberline. Intact DW is NOT price-clipped. 336 pages. Size: 9.8 X 6.5 X 1.4 inches . This is a Waterstones exclusive edition featuring an introduction by Ian Rankin and the original script of 'John Rebus: Lockdown Blues'. An excellent copy. Collectible. "From the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin, comes one of the must-read books of the year: A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES 'Genius ... Only great novels capture the spirit of the age. This is one of them.' THE TIMES * * * * * 'He's gone...' When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it's not good news. Her husband has been missing for two days. Rebus fears the worst - and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect. He wasn't the best father - the job always came first - but now his daughter needs him more than ever. But is he going as a father or a detective? As he leaves at dawn to drive… Read More

London: Orion, 2022 9781398709355. Hardback. First edition. First printing. Complete numberline. Fine/Fine. Like new. 331 numbered pages plus extras. DW is NOT price-clipped. No annotations or inscriptions etc. John Rebus had been in court plenty of times, but this was his first time in the dock...John Rebus stands accused: on trial for a crime that could put him behind bars for the rest of his life. Although it's not the first time the legendary detective has taken the law into his own hands, it might be the last. What drove a good man to cross the line? Or have times changed, and the rules with them? Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke faces Edinburgh's most explosive case in years, as a corrupt cop goes missing after claiming to harbour secrets that could sink the city's police force. But in this investigation, it seems all roads lead to Rebus - and Clarke's twin loyalties to the public and the police will be tested to their limit. A reckoning is coming - and John Rebus may be hearing the call for… Read More

London: Orion, 2001 9781398709355. First edition. First impression. Complete numberline. Hardback. Fine/Fine. NOT price-clipped. No inscriptions, annotations or highlighting etc.. 399 pp. A student has gone missing in Edinburgh. She's not just any student, but the daughter of extremely well-to-do and influential bankers. There's almost nothing to go on until Detective Inspector John Rebus gets an unmistakable gut feeling that there's more to this than just another rebel, high on daddy's money and more. Two leads emerge: a carved wooden doll in a six inch coffin abandoned at a rural beauty spot and an Internet role-playing game run by a mysterious cyber guru.Rebus takes the unpromising historical material and runs with it, leaving DC Siobhan Clarke to take her chances with the virtual Quizmaster. She's young enough to know how to navigate the net, but is she old enough and wise enough to pick up the clues in such a complex case?Rebus takes his eye off the ball, intrigued as to… Read More

London: Orion, 2007 9780752868608. First edition. First impression. Hardback. Complete numberline. Fine/Fine. No inscriptions or annotations. DW is not price-clipped. Collectible. 380 pages. 6" by 9.5". 240mm x 156mm dark blue cloth boards, metallic red titles. The farewell of Inspector John Rebus. An illegal immigrant is found murdered in an Edinburgh housing scheme: a racist attack, or something else entirely? Rebus is drawn into the case, but has other problems: his old police station has closed for business, and his masters would rather he retire than stick around. .

London: Macmillan, 1994 0333621344. First edition. First printing. Complete numberline. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Unclipped. No inscriptions or annotations. 319 pp. .

London: Kaye and Ward, 1973 0333596919. Revised UK hardback edition of book originally published in France in 1965. Ex-university library but clearly never taken out as it is in pristine condition apart from the usual labels etc. VG/VG in mylar-protected but price-clipped DW. 222 pages with lavish illustrations and photos in b/w and colour. .

London: British Institute of Management, 1971 0851180752. First edition. Hardback. Ex-university library with usual stamps etc. Otherwise VG/VG in mylar-protected and unclipped DW. 289 pages including index. An early classic in the management field by one of the pioneers of Management By Objectives (MBO) .

London: Bowes and Bowes, 1960 0370002164. First edition. Good. Hardback. No DW. Ex-library from Mill Hill School with attractive ex-libris plate of the school library inside front cover. 126 pages. Over 4 and a half inches by 7". Covers discoloured and bumped with lettering on spine faded. Internally in excellent condition. Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy; (known in the West as Leo Tolstoy) (September 9, 1828 - November 20, 1910) was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist fiction. Many consider Tolstoy to have been one of the world's greatest novelists. A volume from the Studies in Modern European Literature and Thought series. ISBN number not indicated internally so must have been on missing DW. .

London: BBC, 1997 0563387041. First edition. Hardback. VG/VG. Some slight creases but otherwise excellent. Not price clipped. No inscriptions or annotations. 256 pages including index. 10" by 7.5". Many B/W photos. Published to accompany the acclaimed TV series. Many first hand accounts of the holocaust etc. These provide some new insights into the workings of the Nazi machine. .

London: Bloomsbury, 1990. First edition. Hardback. Fine in unclipped DW which has inside mottling that does not show through to front and is otherwise VG. No inscription. 277 pages. .

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1980 0048270229. Second impression hardback. VG in decorated boards. 127 pages including illustrations and index. An amusing anthology of humorous quotations. .

London: Cassell, 1997 0304348481. Hardback. One very careful owner. Not ex-library. 9780304348480. First edition. Fine/Fine. 640 pages. 4to-over 9"-12" tall. Intact DW is not price-clipped. As new. No highlighting. inscriptions or annotations. An annotated guide to quotations, this textbook provides a collection of some of the most familiar sayings in the English-speaking world. It looks in particular at those quotations whose origins are disputed or which exist in variant forms, highlighting popular misconceptions and misquotations. The commentary on the quotations is erudite, witty and bears all the hallmarks of the wisdom and experience Rees has acquired over the years of chairing radio programmes on the subject. A very enjoyable read as well as an excellent reference work. Some of Rees' comments are more rewarding and revealing than the quotes! .

London: Cassell, 1997. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Unclipped. 640 pages. This is a heavy item so extra postage may be required. .

London: Hutchinson, 1997 0091792304. First Edition. First printing . Hardback. 328 pages. Some very slight marks on fore edge of book, otherwise VG in VG unclipped DW. No inscriptions. Almost 9.5" by 6". .

London: Hutchinson, 1989 0091738547. First edition. Hardback. pp. 298. VG/VG in unclipped DW. 5.5" by almost 9". No inscriptions. .