fourth estate london 1999 (39 resultados)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1999). 1999 1st paperback edition. Small 8vo (128 x 179mm). Ppxvi,239. B/w photographs, illustrations, maps, bibliography. Good second-hand paperback. An interesting account of the discovery of the coelacanth in 1938 and the subsequent fourteen-year search for a complete specimen. Samantha Weinberg describes subsequent extensive research up to 1998, including the discovery of the Indonesian population of these fish, as well as observation of live specimens. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1999). 1999 1st edition. Small 8vo. Ppxvi,239. B/w photographs, illustrations, maps, bibliography, decorative end-papers. Grey boards. Very good in dust-wrapper. An interesting account of the discovery of the coelacanth in 1938 and the subsequent fourteen-year search for a complete specimen. Samantha Weinberg describes subsequent extensive research up to 1998, including the discovery of the Indonesian population of these fish, as well as observation of live specimens. .

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition. 10" x 8". 288pp, illustrated in colour and black and white. Fine hardback in fine, protected, dustwrapper.

Vg/Vg (clean bright undamaged dj save fr slight rounding/rubbing to top edge. clean blue cloth with gilt titles on spine, a very good clean bright copy) no insciptions or marginalia. 1st Edition. Niall Duthie's triumphant third novel: a pillow book (designed to be read in ten-minute stretches before bed) about the nature of perception in the twentieth century Lobster Moth is two stories: that of a lepidopterist, Robert Gilmerton, a Scottish soldier recovering from his wounds in a convalescent home in1916; and David Orr, an actor/film producer at the end of the century, who is about to make a film of Gilmerton's life. The two parts of this extraordinary novel, a work of something approaching genius, develop into an extended dialogue about metamorphosis, acting (both the discipline and the presentation of the inner self to the outside world), mimicry, that moment when impression becomes interpretation. Sprinkled with thrilling philosophical asides -- about myth, Shakespeare, the nature of cinema and biography, biology, war -- Lobster Moth is an absorbing and moving story of a lepidopterist, a man who studies moths, 'the simplest creatures available',

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 223pp. 20cm. Illustrations in the text. Hard cover in dust jacket. A fine clean copy William Bligh at Kealakekua Bay; the Bounty; The South Sea; New Holland; Coupang; Java; Copenhagen 1801; Appendix: The Men on the Boat (the Bounty's launch). [344g].

First. Novel by a Scottish author , which is the story of a Scottish lepidopterist , recovering from his wounds in 1916. 306pp. Green cloth with VG dj. , slightly sunned to edges. Otherwise vG.

First edition. Octavo-size paperback original. Page edges and prelims a little foxed, bookseller's stamp on the half-title, o/w very good.

Paperback. 215,(1) Seiten. Covers scuffed, else Good. ISBN 1857029585.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Black cloth boards, silver lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 9.5ins x 6.25ins, xiii, (i), 402pp. 76 figures and 27 tables within the text. Previous owners name and address sticker to front free endpaper. VG / VG.

Second printing (Australian issue). Hardcover. Top edge slightly foxed, o/w fine in like dustjacket, with the spine background slightly faded (not affecting lettering). Illustrated with b/w drawings and plates.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 9.75ins x 8ins, endpapers as maps, 288pp. Extensively illustrated throughout. Dw has minor creasing to top corner otherwise VG / VG.

c.430pp. 8vo. Original cloth and dustwrapper. A very good, bright copy. First Australian Edition.

First edition (Australian issue). Hardcover. Top edge slightly foxed, o/w fine in like dustjacket. Illustrated with b/w drawings and plates.

First edition. Octavo-size paperback original. Fine in an added archival jacket for this copy.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original vivid purple cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 385 printed pages of text. ISBN 1857028414. Monochrome maps. Without any ownership markings. Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, unused new book. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. AMERICA [History].

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition later printing 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near mint condition. Black hardback with gilt titles, dustjacket in near mint condition. Galileo's life written in the light of his daughter's letters translated for the first time. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

PB 12mo G/-- Bibliography. 246 pages. 1st PB ed. Some scuffing to wraps; partial crease at lower front wrap; crease at front wrap/spine joint; tight; clean interior.

proof copy 280pp F in red paper wrappers.

Condición: Very Good. 8vo. hardcover. 402pp. index, b/w illus. Very good+, light tanning to page edges. / Very good+ d/w.

8vo, 283pp. A good paperback copy in paper wraps with general mild wear, and in like illustrated dust jacket.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original tan paper covered boards, copper title and author lettering to the spine with copper striped bands. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 431 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with sun fading to the spine and rear gutter, copper lettering and bands not affected, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. COMMUNISM.

first edition 239pp ills. F in F d/w.

first edition 429pp some ills. NF (sl tanning) in NF d/w (sl.loss of surface laminate to head of cover).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original forest green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. Quarto. 10'' x 8''. Contains 288 pp with monochrome and colour illustrations and photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £25.00. Member of the P.B.F.A. LONDON (Londinium).

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. First printing. Her first book, a notable short story collection. Fine in fine dustjacket, protected by an archival quality, removable, transparent, inert jacket protector.Overseas buyers please read shipping terms and estimated transit times prior to ordering.' 'We understand collectors needs in terms of accurate grading and proper packaging'.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Fine quarto 288pp., col. & b/w pls., text ills., maps, bibliog., index,

First edition. Octavo-size paperback original. Fine in an added archival jacket. Inscribed by the author on the title-page: "To ___, With Best Wishes, David Foster, Berrima 1999".

1st edition softback with stiff wrappers New book octavo xxxi + 319pp., notes, discographies, index, Definitive account: 'Manchester, a predominantly working-class city, away from the nation's capital, has been at the margins of English culture for centuries. The explosion of music and creativity in Manchester can be traced back from Victorian music hall and the jazz age, to Northern Soul and rock and roll, through to acid house and Oasis. But its roots are in Manchester s history as a melting pot of popular idealism and dissent, from the industrial revolution on, via film, theatre, comedy and TV'.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Fine octavo. 429pp., b/w pls.,index,

Cloth w/DJ. Condición: VG/G. Not Illustrated Ilustrador. First Thus. London, UK: Fourth Estate. VG/G. (1999). First Thus. Cloth w/DJ. The story of the fatal duel which killed Russia's greatest poet. . 8vo., x, 398 pp., Small dj tears along edges; slightly cracked back at t/p, some crinkling of various margins due to moisture .