Search Results: Titles starting with D from Goldring Books

Southampton: Southern Newspaper Group, 1993. A Fine unmarked copy. A large format volume of 160 pages. The official guide to the anniversary events. Contains the background to D-Day, Preparations in the South, Life during the war years, The landings - Utah and bloody Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword, D-Day legends - Pegasus Bridge, Poinre du Hoc, Ste Mere Eglise and the French resistance. The genius behind the D-Day success, the work of the Royal British Legion. 2. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boston, Mass.: Alyson Wonderland, 1990. A Fine unmarked copy. A large format volume written and illustrated by the cartoonist author. This is the first book of this new imprint which focuses on books for and about the children of lesbian and gay parents. A1A. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Willhoite, Michael. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Bachman and Turner, 1979. Gold title on blue boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a touch of foxing to front endpaper and a small line of marking probably by removal of a dustjacket protector else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket is complete with some foxing to reverse and inner flaps. After publication of Daisy Greig's life story in 1978, many readers wrote to her and the publisher asking for more details of the incidents related briefly and this book is the answer to that request. It offer the reader a series of delightful recollections ranging from Edwardian days until the 1970's, touching on encounters with personalities, royals and otherwise, her narrative evokes the atmosphere of the periods of which she writes. A1E. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Collins, 1979. A Very Good+ unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. The author is the pseudonym of Pauline Glen Winslow. Damaris St. Cloud was the toast of Regency London, but the young and lovely wife of the ageing Earl of Malfrey was so circumspect that they called her 'the cool countess'. Suddenly scandal erupted which took Damaris post haste to a Brussels rife with rumour in the aftermath of Waterloo, and then on an eventful voyage to the New World, where she found her fortunes linked to those of a self-centred adventurer. The aristocratic beauty was not welcome in a puritanical New England township, yet her charm soon won all hearts. **** NOT EX LIB **** C3A. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Bantam Press, 1990. A very clean and unmarked copy VG+ with a pictorial dustjacket which is price clipped. The autobiography of Sir Rex Harrison who died in 1990 and was playing in Somerset Maugham's "The Circle" on Broadway only 3 weeks before his death. An entertaining personal history by the internationally famous actor. 36 photographic illustrations. **** NOT EX LIB *** 2. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Kingsley, Hampshire: Leader, 1980. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. Foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. The New Zealand author first met the ballet dancer, who was completely paralysed by polio, when he was working at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases and when he became a journalist he met her again, twenty years later, he found that although she was still paralysed she had won herself an independent life as an internationallly famous painter particularly for her dance pictures. **** NOT EX LIB **** **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.81 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** 2. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Kingsley, Hampshire: Leader, 1980. A Fine copy with decorative bookplate to front endpaper with complete dustjacket which has a single closed tear to top corner edge. Foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. The New Zealand author first met the ballet dancer, who was completely paralysed by polio, when he was working at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases and when he became a journalist he met her again, twenty years later, he found that although she was still paralysed she had won herself an independent life as an internationallly famous painter particularly for her dance pictures. *** NOT EX LIB *** **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.81 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** 2. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Chatto and Windus, 2011. An As New copy in an As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 292 pages. Gillian Lynne is one of the world's pre-eminent choreographers, the groundbreaking creative force behind blockbusters such as Cats and The Phantom of the Opera. But she started her career as a ballerina, and learnt to dance alongside Margot Fonteyn, Moira Shearer, Beryl Grey and Frederick Ashton during the Second World War. A Dancer in Wartime tells the story of Gillian's extraordinary childhood. From Miss Madeleine Sharp's Ballet Class for Young Ladies in Bromley, to being evacuated with her theatre school to rural Leicestershire; from performing in the West End with doodlebugs falling to touring a devastated Europe, the early years were hard, exciting and dramatic. And when the call came to join Sadler's Wells - well, what ballerina hopeful could have asked for more? D4A. First. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

Edinburgh: Mainstream, 2004. A Fine uninscribed copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. The moving account of the author's experience in 1986 when she and her Italian boyfriend were hijacked by PLO terrorists on a Pan Am flight from Bombay to Germany when it stopped in Pakistan, enduring 17 hours of terror. The terrorists were convinced that Pakistani troops were about to storm the plane and forces as many as possible into the aisle to massacre them and in the slaughter that followed 21 people were dead and over 100 injured. Catherine was near fatally wounded, her left buttock blown off by a grenade and in spite of his own injuries, her boyfriend Picci saved her life by dragging her, bleeding heavily, from the plane. Over the years that followed she endured over 20 operations to heal her mutilated body and also began two major lawsuits, one against Pan Am and the other for medical negligence. She had to call on every resource she had, physical, psychological, emotional and financial as she… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, 1989. First edition, First Printing. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. This is the journal of of a man who, after having flown more than 3 million miles to most of the world's exotic places, left a Christian career at its peak to begin an inner journey towards self-discovery, to him the most exotic destination of all. His premise is life happens on a path that Jesus called 'the strait and narrow' and is basically a journey into constant new discoveries. Using the Sermon on the Mount as his road map, he encountered truths that challenged many of his traditional beliefs.Stan Mooneyhan was a former president of World Vision and special assistant to Billy Graham. R4. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2012. An As New copy in an As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 309 pages. Before she was a detective, before she was a reluctant wife and distracted mother, before she was even a debutante, Dandy Gilver spent one perfect summer with the Lipscotts of Pereford. The golden memories of it have sustained her through many a cold snap in Perthshire. So when two of the Lipscott sisters beg her to help the third, she can hardly refuse. Sweet, pretty Fleur Lipscott: where is she now? The astonishing answer to this is that Fleur - still Miss Lipscott, indeed more Miss Lipscott than ever - is buried alive in the tiny seaside village of Portpatrick, working as a schoolmistress at St Columba's College for Young Ladies. But she is one of the few remaining, for St Columba's has been shedding mistresses as a snake its skins and the exodus is far from over. With mistresses vanishing and corpses mounting up, can Mrs Gilver, detective, pass… Read More

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1985. Cream coloured title on blue spine with cream boards, internally clean, tight and unmarked. VG+. Pictorial dustjacket is complete with only very slight shelf wear. VG+. Black and white photographic illustrations.The true story of the CEO of a billion dollar corporation who cuts himself adrift from the executive life to circumnavigate the globe alone to re-establish his values. A story of courage and survival and the evaluation of his life as he faces certain death. **** SCARCE IN UK **** 4. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2007. An As New copy with an As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. Translated from the French by Frank Wynne. Venice, 1756: the city is at the height of its prodigious power, but as the madness of Carnival descends, a dark force stalks the gothic shadows. The body of one of Venice's brightest actors has been discovered: crucified, his eyes gouged out and lines of verse carved into his chest. It is not an isolated killing, for the murderer, known only as Chimera, is determined to people the nine circles of Dante's Inferno with the traiterous, the depraved and the gluttonous. Only by releasing the Black Orchid - childhood friend of Casanova, rake, gambler, lover, spy and soon-to-be-detective - a man condemned to death for adultery and awaiting his execution beneath the Bridge of Sighs, can the Doge of Venice hope to put an end to the grotesque killings. L. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over… Read More

Lewes, East Sussex: The Book Guild, 2005. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. Foreword by John Major. The authors, both former Tory politicians, argue that the EU is marching down a road that will lead us to ruin, and explain how several British Prime Ministers and politicians have lied to the people while the EU marched steadily towards a federal superstate. They propose a programme to reform the Brussels bureaucracy, curb the ambitions of the federalists, and re-establish the EU as a body which all Europeans can enthusiastically endorse. C3C. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chichester, Sussex: New Wine Press, 2008. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page with message 'God bless'. A Fine unmarked copy. 127 pages. Photographic illustrations. Foreword by David Hathaway. The author's ministry 'Step Out in Faith' has grown into an International Bible School for the rural parts of Africa and the Far East, as well as a Bicycle Ministry that plants churches in the most remote villages. The book shows the key to only doing the Father's will and knowing how to discern that through prayer and time with God. R6. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chichester, Sussex: New Wine Press, 2008. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page with message 'God bless'. A Fine unmarked copy. 127 pages. Photographic illustrations. Foreword by David Hathaway. The author's ministry 'Step Out in Faith' has grown into an International Bible School for the rural parts of Africa and the Far East, as well as a Bicycle Ministry that plants churches in the most remote villages. The book shows the key to only doing the Father's will and knowing how to discern that through prayer and time with God. R6. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chichester, Sussex: New Wine Press, 2003. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page without inscription. A Fine unmarked copy. 128 pages. Photographic illustrations. Foreword by David Hathaway. The author's ministry 'Step Out in Faith' has grown into an International Bible School for the rural parts of Africa and the Far East, as well as a Bicycle Ministry that plants churches in the most remote villages. 'The book is the evidence of the power and anointing which has begun to follow Suzanne's ministry'. R6. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chichester, Sussex: New Wine Press, 2006. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page without inscription. A Fine unmarked copy. 191 pages. Photographic illustrations. Foreword by Bob Deering. The author's ministry 'Step Out in Faith' has grown into an International Bible School for the rural parts of Africa and the Far East, as well as a Bicycle Ministry that plants churches in the most remote villages. The book helps to realise the importance of knowing the power that God releases when we serve Him and remain faithful to Him in every area of our lives. R6. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Milan: Mediane Libri, 2007. A Fine unmarked copy. 147 pages. + 16 track CD. Definitely one of the best known Italian directors. Dario Argento's groundbreaking production has become a cornerstone redefinition of the horror-thriller genre through his personal and original style. This book is a tribute to his astounding career. It contains dazzling rare on-set pictures, original movie posters and an exclusive interview with Argento on his collaboration with Ennio Morricone and with Claudio Simonetti, the author of his best known soundtracks. Along with the book comes a CD compilation with the best tracks from the original film scores. Text in English and Italian 22. First. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macmillan, 1981. A near Fine unmarked copy with nearf Fine complete dustjacket. The Dark Horse of the novel is an English bred racehorse, sold cheaply after a disappointing first season, to race in Calcutta in the early 1930's. The book traces his various owners, the stark contrast is shown between the rich glamour of the Indian racing world and the every day misery of Calcutta's teeming slums. With it's remarkable cast of characters, its vivid evocation of India, it is not just a novel because the story is true. B2B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.