Search Results: Authors starting with R from Andrew James Books

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st US edition with unclipped dust jacket, no inscription very clean throughout. An Inspector Quantrill crime novel full of psychological suspense by one of Britain's most acclaimed crime writers

Smithsonian/Collins, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Unclipped dust jacket, no inscription or markings immaculate throughout. Its the stuff of nightmares, the dark inspiration for literature and film. But astonishingly, cannibalism does exist, and in Among The Cannibals travel writer Paul Raffaele journeys to the far corners of the globe to discover participants in this mysterious and disturbing practice. Illustrated with his own photographs this is a gripping account of some of the more unsavoury aspects of human civilisation

English Universities Press, 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In very good condition without dust jacket. Original black buckram boards with white titles to spine in very good clean condition. Internally clean throughout. A study of the nature and origin of Coal as it relates to, and aimed at the Coal Mining and related Industries

Picador, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket, free from nicks and tears, no inscription very clean throughout. A novel by the French writer Rambaud about Napoleon's exile and the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon becomes flesh and blood on these pages, sulking, demanding adoration, deaf to advice, Rambaud can capture a character in a paragraph, imperial arrogance in a sentence and terror in a single image.

London: Orion Books, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Unclipped dust jacket, no inscription clean throughout. A postal surcharge may apply for overseas buyers

London: Orion Books, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Unclipped jacket, small neat inscription to blank fep otherwise internally fine. All books sent securely packed

Orion Books, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears, no inscription or markings very clean throughout. A collection of eighteen short stories by the author of 'A Double Life'. The title story tells of a fifty year old schoolmaster who rediscovers the dangerous nature of love with the other stories ranging in time and space from Franco's Spain to the Colonel's Greece and fr4om Rural France to Beverley Hills

U.S.A.: University of California Press, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st ed, ex library copy otherwise very good. Library labels to jacket front and spine and inside rear cover. No Stamps or other markings although jacket has been taped to boards and have left a mark where removed. Jacket in protective sleeve. Otherwise internally clean, will make a very good study / reference copy. Overseas buyers please note a small additional shipping fee may apply. Pat Brown is considered as one of the two or three most effective Governors of California. This is a well researched and vividly written account of his life and his politics, who through his strength and charisma orchestrated the creation of contemporary California.

John Lane The Bodley Head, 1923. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fred Lawson. 1st printing in good to very good condition with unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears to edges but with small 'snag' to rear face discoloured to edges and spine now in protective sleeve. Red paper covered boards with cloth backstrip. Pictorial woodcut inset and titles. Some discolouration to rear face. Internally clean. A collection of short plays by Dorothy Ratcliffe with Yorkshire Dales association. Delightfully illustrated with woodcuts by Fred Lawson.

U.S.A.: Grove Press, 2014. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing virtually as new with unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears and very clean throughout.

Harper Collins, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket, no inscription, very clean throughout. A terrifying novel of psychological suspense

London: Senate, 1997. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minimal handling wear to covers, spine crease free, no inscription, fore edge of text block is partially stained which does not affect the inner pages. Introduced by Vyvyan Holland. On the page, the stage, or in conversation, none could match the linguistic dexterity and immense sabre fast with of Oscar Wilde. Here is a dazzling and delightful collection of epigrams that restore to life a unique intellect whose style, humour, wisdom and sheer love of words has cheered and entertained generations of readers. REDUCED POSTAL RATES APPLY

Lyons Press, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing, near fine in near fine unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears and clean throughout other than light yellow remainder mark to lower edge of text block. The Letters home of GI Morris Redmann, who signed up for the US Army in 1943 at the age of 18. His letters home are a daily account of the rigors of training and of life in battle during Europe's harshest winter in fifty years. He was a prolific and brilliant letter writer, his intelligence and integrity shine on every page. Sadly he died in battle in January 1945.

Harper Collins, 1999. 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. Small tear to top of jacket spine and a couple of small chips along jacket front spine edge, not affecting the boards. Internally very clean throughout. Overseas buyers please note a small additional postal charge may apply

Dover Publications, 1975. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Covers and spine crease free, very slightly bumped to fore edge corners, internally clean throughout without markings etc. Unabridged reprint of the 1928 first edition published by Faber & Gwyer with 91 full page plates.

London: Dorling Kindersley, 1995. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Slight small dog ear to corners of front cover, no inscription, text clean throughout, binding secure. The ultimate history of Rock revealed in the most accurate and detailed collection of Artist biographies ever assembled, from Abba to ZZ Top. Indispensable reference manual for all music lovers, from the casual pop enthusiast to the devoted rock connoisseur Overseas buyers please note additional postal charges apply

London: Atlantic Books, 2007. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Unclipped dust jacket, no inscription clean throughout. For years Omar Youssef has taught history to the children of Bethlehem. A school master who has championed the pupils in his care. His passion for teaching has waned however and he begins to consider retirement. But when a favourite former pupil is arrested for murder, Omar is convinced that he has been framed and Omar discovers a strength he thought he had lost as he sets out to prove the ex pupils innocence. A debut novel. Rees has ten years experience as a journalist in the Middle East, including six years as Jerusalem correspondent for 'Time' Magazine

Headline, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing in unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears. No inscription or markings very clean throughout, slight fade to page edges. Overseas buyers please note a small additional postal charge will apply

Brunner/Mazel, 1997. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Without dust jacket (as published). No inscription or markings very clean throughout. Please note additional postal charges will apply (UK + £1.30)

St. Martin's Press, 1988. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st paperback, covers and spine crease free other than light diagonal crease across rear top corner, no inscription or markings clean throughout. A collection of essays about the traditions of the ancient civilizations of the World