Search Results: Titles starting with T from David Edward Hellawell

London: Bodleian Library, 2009. 9781851243099. First edition first printing hardback in dust jacket. Fine book in Fine dust jacket. Like new. Book has no inscriptions or annotations, no marks, no damage, is clean and bright, no rolling or spine lean, no weakness to hinges, in tight binding, unfaded, corners are sharp, pages are clean and complete, in fine jacket that is not faded, no tears, no marks, no creases, no bumps, not price-clipped, not a remainder, not an ex-library copy. P. D. James explores the metamorphosis of a genre which has gripped and entertained the popular imagination like no other type of novel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From one of the most widely admired--and widely read--writers of detective fiction at work today comes an illuminating exploration of the human appetite for mystery and mayhem and those writers who have satisfied it. Essential for every lover of detective fiction. A dissertation by one of modern crime writing's most acclaimed authors on the subject of… Read More

London: Kogan Page, 2000 0749431822. First trade paperback edition. Mint condition. 287 pages including index. 24.5 cms by 18.5 cms. "At last, a compendium of sound, practical. tried-and-tested advice for teachers." .

London: Blink Publishing, 2021 9781788704816. Hardback. Fine/Fine. First edition. First printing. Complete number line. Like new. DW is NOT price-clipped. Quarter black titled yellow spine over black paper covered boards. Illustrated in three sections with black and white plates. Illustrated in another section with colour plates Octavo, 422 pages including very detailed index.. AS FEATURED ON CHANNEL 4 TV DOCUMENTARY. .

London: Blink Publishing, 2021 9781788704816. Hard cover. First edition. First printing. Complete numberline. Fine/Fine. DW is not price-clipped. No annotations or inscriptions etc. Quarter black titled yellow spine over black paper covered boards. 410 pages including very detailed index and selected bibliography. Illustrated in three sections with black and white plates. Illustrated in another section with colour plates. Octavo, As featured on Channel 4 TV documentary this is the history of the House of Windsor as it increasingly comes under scrutiny, Here is the story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor's glittering lives after Edward VIII abdicated the throne - lives that were riddled with treachery and betrayal. A Town & Country "Must Read Book" December 11, 1936. The King of England, Edward VIII, has given up his crown, foregoing his duty for the love of Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee. Their courtship has been dogged by controversy and scandal, but with Edward's abdication, they can live… Read More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1996 034068478x. First edition. First printing. Complete numberline. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Unclipped DW. No inscriptions or annotations. 410 pp. Subsequently filmed with great success starring Pierce Brosnan and Geoffrey Rush. .

London: Bodleian Library, 2009. 9781851243099. Hardback First Edition. First Printing. Fine/Fine. DW is not price-clipped. No annotations or inscriptions.160 pages including bibliography. To judge by the worldwide success of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie's Poirot, it is not only the Anglo-Saxons who have an appetite for mystery and mayhem. Talking about the craft of detective writing and sharing her personal thoughts and observations on one of the most popular and enduring forms of literature, P.D. James examines the challenges, achievements and potential of a genre which has fascinated her for more than fifty years as a novelist. From the tenant of 221b Baker Street to the Village Priest from Cubhole in Essex, from the Golden Age of detective writing between the wars to the achievements of the present and a glimpse at the future, P.D. James explores the metamorphosis of a genre which has gripped and entertained the popular imagination like no other type of novel. Written by… Read More

London: Wildwood House, 1977 0704502941. First edition. Hardback. Age mottling on front edge but otherwise VG/VG. Unclipped. No inscription. 316 pages. .

London: Jonathan Cape, 1991 0224031570. First edition. Hardback. Stain at base of spine and front cover. Otherwise VG/VG. No inscription. Unclipped. 273pp. .

London: Faber and Faber, 1992 0571166326. First Edition. First printing of trade paperback edition. Some small indentations on front cover. Otherwise a very good copy. 279 pages. .

London: Gower, 1979 0566021153. First edition. Hardback. Owner's bookplate (not signed) on front end-page but otherwise seems to be in mint condition. So Fine/Fine. Unclipped. 221 pages. .

London: Cassell and Co, 2001 0304362298. Hardback reprint. VG/VG. Unclipped DW. No inscriptions. 9 1/2" tall by 7 3/4" wide. 144 pages including glossary and index. Excellent full colour photos by Steve Shott. This is a book in very good condition. .

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1986 0140082603. First edition. Penguin paperback edition. VG+. 144 pages. .

London: Hamlyn, 1977 0600319717. First edition. Hardback. Price written on front end-page otherwise Very Good/Very Good. Unclipped. 176 pages including index and mainly b/w photos. .

Melbourne: Hutchinson Australia, 1987 0091689309. First edition. Hardback. VG in VG DW. Neat inscription on front end page. 220 pages. Numerous B/W illustrations. Foreword by Bob Hawke. Some perceptive psychological insights into the minds and characters of some very famous cricketers by one of England's best educated fast bowlers. .

London: Virago, 2008 9780860680352. Paperback. VG. Virago Classic Non-fiction. 75th Anniversary Edition. No inscriptions. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. This is a bright, tight copy. XXVII + 612 pages. Preface by Shirley Williams, the British politician who is the daughter of Vera Brittain. Excellent lengthy introduction by Mark Bostridge. This is a unique record of one woman's experience of twenty-five of the most cataclysmic years in modern history, and a Virago Classic bestseller. "A haunting elegy for a lost generation." The Times. .

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001 9780297645948. Hardback. Second impression. Fine/VG. DW is price-clipped otherwise like new. No annotations or inscriptions. 258 pages including detailed index. Joan Plowright has had quite a life, not least having been married for twenty years to Laurence Olivier. She feels enough time has elapsed for a no holds barred approach. They met in the mid-1950s when Olivier was still married to Gone With the Wind star Vivien Leigh. Joan was the daughter of a north country newspaper editor and his wife who was an amateur actor of note. One of her brothers, David, became the chief executive of Grenada TV. She went to drama school, worked at the Royal Court at the height of its Look Back in Anger celebrity, starred in plays by Arnold Wesker and John Osborne, and then Olivier came into her life. They started an affair - she had been married briefly to a young actor. Then Vivien Leigh, a manic depressive, suddenly consented to Olivier divorcing her. Her marriage to Olivier… Read More

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1982 014048132x. First printing of first UK paperback edition thus. VG. Previous owner's name written on front end page. This is a bright, tight copy. 290 pages. Front cover features the eyes of Elizabeth Taylor who was then appearing in a production of The Little Foxes on stage in London. .

London: Heron Books, 1960s. Hardback. Heron Books de-luxe editions. Collectible. Size = octavo: 8vo. No DW as published. 293 pages. Fine. No annotations or inscriptions. Photo is of another book by this author which is exactly the same design format and quality as this edition. Frontispiece drawing of the author. Original illustrations by Janina Ede. An excellent example of the handsome books which Heron printed in Switzerland in the 1960s.Good condition faux leather cover with outstanding gilt decoration, decorative end pages, Pages clean and white. Place marker silk ribbon in place. Excellent sized print. Gilt titles on spine. Would make a fine gift. William Somerset Maugham, famous as novelist, playwright and short story writer, was born in 1874, and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at Kings School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas Hospital with a view to practising medicine, but left to focus exclusively on writing. In 1927, he settled in… Read More

London: Boardman, 1945. First edition. Hardback. Front endpage inscribed. Unclipped DW repaired but intact. Otherwise VG/VG. 152 pages including bibliography. Many illustrations and photographs etc. An early case for a state-subsidised National Theatre and National Opera in England. .

London: Methuen, 1967. Third hardback edition. No DW. Over 6" by 9.5". Ex-university library with usual stamps etc. 243 pp. Many illustrations. Photocopied obituary of author pasted inside front cover. .