Bill bryson foreword (7 resultados)

Full Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Original offwhite cloth hardcover with dark brown lettering on the front cover and the spine. Jacket is not price clipped. Lightwear. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall an EXCELLENT book in a VERY GOOD dust jacket. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Hardcover.…

Ring-bound Paperback. Condición: Fine. First Edition. Fine. First edition. Ring-bound paperback. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication on verso of front cover. Signing reads, 'With all best wishes!/Kate'. WITH SCARCE separate Addenda Slip. Profusely illustrated with line-drawings/maps of walks. A collection of walks/rambles on Orkney, Scotland. A fine copy of a SCARCE first edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Signed by Author.…

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. FOLIO SOCIETY. Very good hardbound book in protective, decorative, cardboard slipcover. VERY GOOD - Collectible. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with '1' on copyright page. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLUE PEN, ON TITLE PAGE 'To Robin's friends (heart doodle), Rikke'. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly bruised, not price clipped (£16.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 207pp. The powerful and moving memoir by a scientist and mother of three of how she learned to live again, after a sudden severe infection caused her to die and then revive, but locked in, completely paralysed, and only able to blink an eye. At the age of 38, Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard a Danish scientist, wife and mother of three, is struck down by an acute bout of bacterial meningitis. She awakes from a coma in intensive care to find herself locked in, unable to show she is conscious except by blinking her eye. It becomes her only form of communication as in the months that follow, Kjærgaard's husband Peter sits beside her helping to interpret every eye movement. She struggles with every basic of life, painfully learning how to breathe, move, eat and speak again. Despite being given a five per cent chance of survival, she works intensively to recover and to achieve every small breakthrough. 'The Blink of an Eye' is a celebration of love and family and every little thing that matters when life is in the balance, written by a scientist uniquely able to describe her physical and mental journey to recovery. Scarce signed. Jacket by Shutterstock (ilustrador). Signed by Author(s).…

Condición: Very Good. Reprint. VG: in very good condition with green slipcase. Previous owner's inscription to half title page. 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). xi, 306pp. B/w illustrations. Green hardback cloth cover with pictorial cover and gilt titles.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 338pp, profusely illustrated in full colour, large fold out map loosely laid in at rear. Deep green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine, blind impression on front panel. Illustrated endpapers. 4to. Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. Dust wrapper just a little bumped on extreme edges, verging towards a rub at the base of the spine.…

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Folio Society Edition. xi, 306pp, index, bibliography, bw ills, endpaper maps. Highly decorated green cloth in slipcase. Small sticker scar to slipcase otherwise excellent. A four month journey in the country between the Orinoco and Amazon Rivers. Size: 8vo.…