Search Results: Authors starting with N from Andrew James Books

Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai (Japan Cultural Socitey), 1968. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With rubbing to edges and cover faces but with minimal creasing, small chip to head of spine. Owners name and stamp to ffep otherwise clean throughout. A criticism of Japanese fiction in the Meiji and Taisho eras. Part of a series of books published by the Japan Cultural Society and aimed at students of Japanese Studies.

Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai (Japan Cultural Socitey), 1969. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Light handling wear to covers but with minimal creasing. Slightly chipped to head of spine. Binding secure. Owners stamp and inscription to ffep otherwise clean throughout. A criticism of 'Showa' or contemporary Japanese literature. Part of a series of books published by the Japan Cultural Society to assist students of Japanese Studies

J M Dent, 1957. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing, In very good condition with good to very good unclipped dust jacket. Jacket slightly faded with minimal shelf wear other than small closed tear to top front spine edge. Blue cloth boards in very good condition, small spot to lower left front quartile otherwise clean. Internally no inscription or markings. A collection of Nash's humorous verse illustrated by Sendak.

Cardiff Naturalists Society, 1920. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In very good condition, Stapled pamphlet with thin card covers lightly soiled and with a couple of marks to rear but remaining crease free and internally clean throughout. Very scarce guide and instructions to members of the Cardiff Naturalists Society who were to participate in the Faunistic Survey of Cardiff that they were undertaking.

Stacey International, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears. Light green paper covered boards with a little damage along rear top edge otherwise very good. Clean throughout. Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan at the time of writing, lays out, in this highly readable book, his detailed analysis and testament of what has guided him to guide and shape Kazakhstan and develop the nation in the future. Modern Kazakhstan is the success story of Central Asia, a country that has developed into a powerhouse both regionally and globally since separating itself from the old USSR.

Ashgate Pub Ltd, 2002. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 2002 reprint. No jacket. Virtually as new other than owners name to ffep and slight bump to rear top corner

Oxford University Press, 2000. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Virtually as new, covers crease free, light single crease to spine, internally immaculate

Brook & Chrystal, 1891. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. In very good condition, original buckram boards with gilt titles and edging to front and spine, gilt top edge. Gift inscription to verso of ffep. Some spots of foxing to fore edge of text block but internally clean. One or two 'dog ears' to pages. A collection of essays describing some of the characters and places to be found in Lancashire (see contents photo for details)

Thomas Telford Publishing, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In immaculate condition other than sticky label residue mark to top of p. 143. Genuinely in stock and normally dispatched within 24 hours.

Thomas Telford Publishing, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In immaculate condition throughout. Genuinely in stock.

Random House of Canada Ltd, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing with unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears with light creasing to base of jacket spine otherwise near fine. No inscription or markings very clean throughout. An outrageous and intimate portrait of the former Canadian Prime Minister.

Guilford Press, 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing with unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears. Faded to jacket spine. Black boards with gilt titles to spine. No inscription and very clean throughout. Using revelations gained from recently published correspondence this provocative biography, up to Freud's middle age, sheds new light on current debates about his theories.

Good to very good, blue cloth boards faded to spine with black titles to front and spine, some light wear to top and bottom of spine and rubbed to corners, Previous owners name to front end paper otherwise very clean throughout.This book received literary acclaim (ranking it with All Quiet on the Western Front) when first published in 1919, it describes in a detailed narrative the German offensive of 1918 and the return "Push" later in the year leading up to the battle of Amiens and the end of the First World War. The detail is very precise and clearly taken from the authors personal records written at the time. The narrative is provided from an Officer's perspective and as such a lot of his "concerns" are to do with getting a comfortable bed, not missing lunch, will there be wine etc, rather than the atrocious conditions that his men had to endure, in their hastily dug trenches and bolt holes. The book remains interesting and worth reading from a historical viewpoint as it highlights the attitude of… Read More

Granta, 2013. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing, with unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears. very clean throughout. This startling debut about Georgia under Soviet rule and a boy born with the spirit of Stalin inside him is astute and intense with insight

Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1952. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st english language edition 1952. Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket is worn to edges with some slight loss to top and bottom of spine and corners. Repaired tear to top rear jacket edge. Internally clean with some age discolouration to end papers only. This book won the Stalin Prize in 1950. Three parts complete in one volume, the story tells of a struggling state farming community and its battle to improve with the help of the Communist System. Author pseudonym for Galina Yevgenyevna Volyanskaya

Ian Allan, 1973. Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. With price clipped dust jacket with one or two small tears and light creasing to edges. No inscription or markings clean throughout

Viking Cruises / Jonathan Cape. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears, and clean throughout. The history of the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia. Sumptuously illustrated with colour and black and white photographs. This edition specially published for customers of Viking River Cruises.

Picador, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing. Please note the first UK edition was published by Picador in 2003 and not 2002 as stated in some other listings. With unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears, very light creasing to head of spine otherwise fine. No inscription or markings very clean throughout.

Bell And Hyman, 1982. 5th or later Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book itself near fine in very good unclipped dust jacket. Jacket has small repaired tear to rear upper top edge otherwise near fine. Very clean throughout

Faber & Faber, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st printing, in unclipped dust jacket, jacket has a couple of repaired small tears to top rear fore edge and top rear spine edge otherwise very good. Internally clean throughout. A collection of tributes to the welsh poet and writer with contributions from Philip Larkin and R S Thomas amongst others.