2012, ISBN: 9780007203758

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Subject's bright,crisp,clean, glossy monochrome portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj; with … Mehr…

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Subject's bright,crisp,clean, glossy monochrome portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing to head of spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean, contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading corners to any page - an unread copy? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, original plain blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,vii-xpp+1- 310pp [paginated] includes a Preface,Acknowledgements,9 chapters,8pp subject's contemporary b/w photographs between pp150/51,an Epilogue,chapters Notes and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and separate Contents+Illustrations lists/tables. Born in Nebraska of Irish parents,brought up in Chicago, educated at Dulwich College,and self-taught on those 'mean streets' of Los Angeles about which he wrote,Raymond Chandler - writer,accountant,civil servant,oil executive,poet, recluse,charmer,gentleman,drunk - was full of contradictions as his origins.This is the first authorised biography in over twenty years of the cult novelist who was described by Evelyn Waugh in 1949 as 'the best writer in America' and who inspired 'film noir' and crime writing over the next half century. He did not write his first book till he was fifty,and his life is as unusual and engrossing as one of his stories.At twenty-five,he emigrated back to America; he fought in World War I with the Canadian forces,married a divorced ex-model,and became a wealthy oil executive in the boom-time Twenties,before re-inventing himself as a writer and legendary Hollywood screenwriter.Even his last years were eventful - after his wife's death,he embarked on a manic globe-trotting spree,a series of reckless plane rides,chance encounters,crashed cars and proposals of marriage. With access to hundreds of unseen personal documents, photographs and previously unrecorded accounts by those who knew Chandler,Tom Hiney has unearthed revealing new material about the man and the writer.He vividly evokes those strange early years,brings alive the dangerous glamour of the Hollywood era,and puts Chandler's writing in the context of the organised crime and corruption in LA during Prohibition. He gives illuminating details of friendships with Alfred Hitchcock, Ian Fleming, Somerset Maugham,'Lucky' Luciano, Stephen and Natasha Spender. Fully recorded for the first time is Chandler's most intimate friendship - with Cissy,the wife who was twenty years his senior - as well as his paradoxical relations with other women,his alcoholism,his wit,his loneliness,his suicide attempts,his extravagant generosity.In the light of new discoveries a much rawer,more complex,sympathetic and brilliant Chandler emerges - a man quite as extraordinary as the fiction he wrote. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after the order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **, LONDON.CHATTO & WINDUS,1997., 5, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/VG+. No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,handwritten blue ink inscrptn with date,dedication and signature thus: ' 30th July 1997 (underlined) To Madge and Tom Lots of best wishes 'Thomas' to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy subject's portrait photographic illustrated front+spine of dw/dj (subject holding a cat) with white+yellow lettering to front,repeated to spine but with slight sunning/fading to yellow letters,rear panel with mauve background and white-lettered prose extract from 'Mandarin's Jade (Raymond Chandler); with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - majority of creasing to top edges of dw/dj - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading corners to any page appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate sets of plain dark blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,illustrated,1st edn,vii-xpp+1-310pp [paginated] includes a Preface,Acknowledgements,9 chapters and an Epilogue, 8pp subject's b/w contemporary biographical photographs in 1 block,between pp150/51,chapters' Notes and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page,and separate Contents+Illustrations lists/tables. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable,and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the exterior creasing fault described that prevent a slightly higher grading for the dw/dj. Born in Nebraska of Irish parents,brought up in Chicago, educated at Dulwich College,and self-taught on those 'mean streets' of Los Angeles about which he wrote, Raymond Chandler - writer,accountant,civil servant,oil executive,poet,recluse,charmer,gentleman,drunk - was full of contradictions as his origins. This is the first authorised biography in over twenty years of the cult novelist who was described by Evelyn Waugh in 1949 as 'the best writer in America' and who inspired 'film noir' and crime writing over the next half century. He did not write his first book till he was fifty,and his life is as unusual and engrossing as one of his stories.At twenty-five,he emigrated back to America; he fought in World War I with the Canadian forces,married a divorced ex-model, and became a wealthy oil executive in the boom-time Twenties,before re-inventing himself as a writer and legendary Hollywood screenwriter.Even his last years were eventful - after his wife's death,he embarked on a manic globe-trotting spree,a series of reckless plane rides,chance encounters,crashed cars and proposals of marriage. With access to hundreds of unseen personal documents, photographs and previously unrecorded accounts by those who knew Chandler,Tom Hiney has unearthed revealing new material about the man and the writer.He vividly evokes those strange early years,brings alive the dangerous glamour of the Hollywood era,and puts Chandler's writing in the context of the organised crime and corruption in LA during Prohibition.He gives illuminating details of friendships with Alfred Hitchcock, Ian Fleming,Somerset Maugham,'Lucky' Luciano,Stephen and Natasha Spender.Fully recorded for the first time is Chandler's most intimate friendship - with Cissy,the wife who was twenty years his senior - as well as his paradoxical relations with other women,his alcoholism,his wit,his loneliness,his suicide attempts,his extravagant generosity.In the light of new discoveries a much rawer,more complex,sympathetic and brilliant Chandler emerges - a man quite as extraordinary as the fiction he wrote. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **, LONDON.CHATTO & WINDUS,1997., 4, UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt colour painting portrait of subject - Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1665-1714),oil on canvas by William Wissing (1656-87) with bright,crisp,fluorescent red gilt lettered title+sub-title and capitalised,black-lettered author name to front panel of dw/dj,spine/backstrip with miniaturised colour portrait detail from front illustration at head with remainder of spine a fluorescent red gilt panel with bright, glossy,white-lettered part-title and capitalised black-lettered author name and white illustrated+lettered publisher's colophon to foot of same; rear panel of dw/dj with colour portrait painting of subject and Duke of Gloucester (as a boy), studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller Br,oil on canvas c.1694. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - head of spine/backstrip with miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing,but no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges lightly toned but without foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears an unread copy,other than my collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked white lettering - part-title and author name and publisher's white lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of spine/backstrip and immaculate plain red endpapers. UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,xiipp+2-626pp [paginated] includes reverse of illustrations list/table 16 chapters,16pp historical colour+monochrome illustrations/paintings/portraits in 1 block,between pp306/7, Acknowledgements,Endnotes,a Bibliography and an Index; plus [unpaginated]half-title+title pages,a dedication,Ccontents list/table,double-page Genealogical family tree chart [The House of STUART],the recto of illustrations list/table,and Author's Note with blank verso. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness and lack of detraccting faults.In 1702,fourteen years after she helped oust her father from his throne and deprived her newborn half-brother of his birthright, Queen Anne inherited the crowns of England and Scotland. Childless,despite seventeen pregnancies that had either ended in failure or produced heartrendingly short-lived offspring,in some respects she was a pitable figure.This poorly educated and chronically shy invalid seemed ill-equipped to take on the responsibilities of sovreignty,but against all expectations she proved Britain's most successful Stuart ruler. Her reign was marked by many triumphs,including union with Scotland and glorious victories in war against France.Yet even while her great general,the Duke of Marlborough,was performing feats of military genius on the continent,Anne's relationship with his wife Sarah was becoming ever more rancorous.Political differences partly explained why the Queen's earlier passionate adoration for this wilful and outspoken woman transformed to loathing,but Sarah precipitated the final rupture with the startling claim that, despite Anne's ostensibly happy marriage,it was the Queen's lesbian infatuation with another lady-in-waiting,Abigail Masham,that had destroyed their friendship.Having lost the will to continue a ruinously expensive war that the Marlboroughs and their political allies favoured,the Queen changed her ministers and embarked upon a peace process that some condemned as dishonourable.Drawing widely on unpublished sources,Anne Somerset vividly depicts the clashes of personality,party rivalries and backstairs intrigues that aroused such strong feelings atthe time,and made politics so contentious.Traditionally depicted as a weak ruler dominated by female favourites and haunted by remorse at having deposed her father,Queen Anne emerges rather as a woman whose great good sense and unshakeable commitment to duty enabled her to overcome private tragedy and painful disabilities,setting her kingdom on the path to greatness.Please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.** N.B. Buyers in EU countries may be required to pay Import VAT and a handling fee to the courier/mail service on items costing more than 150 Euros (including shipping costs).For items less than 150 Euros to EU buyers,charges may be minimised by opting to pay myself direct,via my account at Paypal.Please contact seller,prior to ordering,for more information. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **, LONDON.HarperPress/HarperCollinPublishers,2012., 5<

2012, ISBN: 9780007203758

Hardback. New. Welcome to Elydor, where kingdoms collide and love reigns supreme 🔮❤️⤍🔥â¨ï¸â½¨She was the one line he swore heâ¤d never cross. Now sheâ¤s the only o… Mehr…

Hardback. New. Welcome to Elydor, where kingdoms collide and love reigns supreme 🔮❤️⤍🔥â¨ï¸â½¨She was the one line he swore heâ¤d never cross. Now sheâ¤s the only one who can save him.Marek spent years running from a past that still haunts him, and for an immortal, thatâ¤s a hell of a long time. But when an ancient power rises from the oceanâ¤s depths, heâ¤s forced back into the one place he swore heâ¤d never return. And into the arms of the only woman he ever loved.Lady Isolde has built her life on control. . . of her lands, her legacy, and the feelings she buried the day a dashing Thalassarian captain disappeared. When he returns, asking for her help to retrieve the legendary Wind Crystal, she agrees, even knowing it could destroy her all over again.The sea is rising. War is coming to Elydor. And the only thing more dangerous than the mission ahead is the passion between Marek and Isolde that never really died.This addictive and fated romantasy read is perfect for fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses, Quicksilver, Fourth Wing and When the Moon Hatched.Readers love C.L. Mecca:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'Keeps you utterly obsessed to the end!'- Reader Review⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'I really don't ever want it to end' - Reader Review⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'The banter was so good and the tension was wonderful.' - Reader Review⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'Fast-paced, fun, and full of heart.' - Reader Review⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'A captivating fantasy world.' - Reader Review, 6, #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  ÂA thrilling finale to a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in American fantasy fiction.ÂÂStephen King You followed The Passage. You faced The Twelve. Now enter The City of Mirrors for the final reckoning. As the bestselling epic races to its breathtaking finale, Justin CroninÂs band of hardened survivors await the second coming of unspeakable darkness. The world we knew is gone. What world will rise in its place? The Twelve have been destroyed and the terrifying hundred-year reign of darkness that descended upon the world has ended. The survivors are stepping outside their walls, determined to build society anewÂand daring to dream of a hopeful future. But far from them, in a dead metropolis, he waits: Zero. The First. Father of the Twelve. The anguish that shattered his human life haunts him, and the hatred spawned by his transformation burns bright. His fury will be quenched only when he destroys AmyÂhumanityÂs only hope, the Girl from Nowhere who grew up to rise against him. One last time light and dark will clash, and at last Amy and her friends will know their fate. Look for the entire Passage trilogy: THE PASSAGE | THE TWELVE | THE CITY OF MIRRORS Praise for The City of Mirrors ÂCompulsively readable.ÂÂThe New York Times Book Review ÂThe City of Mirrors is poetry. Thrilling in every way it has to be, but poetry just the same . . . The writing is sumptuous, the language lovely, even when the action itself is dark and violent.ÂÂThe Huffington Post ÂThis really is the big event youÂve been waiting for . . . A true last stand that builds and comes with a bloody, roaring payoff you wonÂt see coming, then builds again to the big face off youÂve been waiting for.ÂÂNPR ÂA masterpiece . . . with The City of Mirrors, the third volume in The Passage trilogy, Justin Cronin puts paid to what may well be the finest post-apocalyptic epic in our dystopian-glutted times. A stunning achievement by virtually every measure.ÂÂThe National Post ÂJustin CroninÂs Passage trilogy is remarkable for the unremitting drive of its narrative, for the breathtaking sweep of its imagined future, and for the clear lucidity of its language.ÂÂStephen King, 0, SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE AND WINNER OF A PEN/HEIM GRANT A stunning, wildly original debut from a rising star of Korean literatureÂsurreal, chilling fables that take on the patriarchy, capitalism, and the reign of big tech with absurdist humor and a (sometimes literal) bite. From an author never before published in the US, Cursed Bunny will shock and surprise readers with each new tale. Translated by the acclaimed Anton Hur, Bora ChungÂs stories are unique and imaginative, by turns thought-provoking and stomach-turning, where monsters take the shapes of furry woodland creatures and danger lurks in unexpected corners of apartment buildings. But in this unforgettable collection, ChungÂs absurd, haunting universe could be our own, illuminating the ills of contemporary society., 0, UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt colour painting portrait of subject - Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1665-1714),oil on canvas by William Wissing (1656-87) with bright,crisp,fluorescent red gilt lettered title+sub-title and capitalised,black-lettered author name to front panel of dw/dj,spine/backstrip with miniaturised colour portrait detail from front illustration at head with remainder of spine a fluorescent red gilt panel with bright, glossy,white-lettered part-title and capitalised black-lettered author name and white illustrated+lettered publisher's colophon to foot of same; rear panel of dw/dj with colour portrait painting of subject and Duke of Gloucester (as a boy), studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller Br,oil on canvas c.1694. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - head of spine/backstrip with miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing,but no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges lightly toned but without foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears an unread copy,other than my collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked white lettering - part-title and author name and publisher's white lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of spine/backstrip and immaculate plain red endpapers. UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,xiipp+2-626pp [paginated] includes reverse of illustrations list/table 16 chapters,16pp historical colour+monochrome illustrations/paintings/portraits in 1 block,between pp306/7, Acknowledgements,Endnotes,a Bibliography and an Index; plus [unpaginated]half-title+title pages,a dedication,Ccontents list/table,double-page Genealogical family tree chart [The House of STUART],the recto of illustrations list/table,and Author's Note with blank verso. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness and lack of detraccting faults.In 1702,fourteen years after she helped oust her father from his throne and deprived her newborn half-brother of his birthright, Queen Anne inherited the crowns of England and Scotland. Childless,despite seventeen pregnancies that had either ended in failure or produced heartrendingly short-lived offspring,in some respects she was a pitable figure.This poorly educated and chronically shy invalid seemed ill-equipped to take on the responsibilities of sovreignty,but against all expectations she proved Britain's most successful Stuart ruler. Her reign was marked by many triumphs,including union with Scotland and glorious victories in war against France.Yet even while her great general,the Duke of Marlborough,was performing feats of military genius on the continent,Anne's relationship with his wife Sarah was becoming ever more rancorous.Political differences partly explained why the Queen's earlier passionate adoration for this wilful and outspoken woman transformed to loathing,but Sarah precipitated the final rupture with the startling claim that, despite Anne's ostensibly happy marriage,it was the Queen's lesbian infatuation with another lady-in-waiting,Abigail Masham,that had destroyed their friendship.Having lost the will to continue a ruinously expensive war that the Marlboroughs and their political allies favoured,the Queen changed her ministers and embarked upon a peace process that some condemned as dishonourable.Drawing widely on unpublished sources,Anne Somerset vividly depicts the clashes of personality,party rivalries and backstairs intrigues that aroused such strong feelings atthe time,and made politics so contentious.Traditionally depicted as a weak ruler dominated by female favourites and haunted by remorse at having deposed her father,Queen Anne emerges rather as a woman whose great good sense and unshakeable commitment to duty enabled her to overcome private tragedy and painful disabilities,setting her kingdom on the path to greatness.Please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.** N.B. Buyers in EU countries may be required to pay Import VAT and a handling fee to the courier/mail service on items costing more than 150 Euros (including shipping costs).For items less than 150 Euros to EU buyers,charges may be minimised by opting to pay myself direct,via my account at Paypal.Please contact seller,prior to ordering,for more information. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **, LONDON.HarperPress/HarperCollinPublishers,2012., 5<

2012, ISBN: 0007203756

[EAN: 9780007203758], Usato, ottimo stato, [SC: 8.65], [PU: -], Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion: A Biography This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780007203758], Usato, ottimo stato, [SC: 8.65], [PU: -], Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion: A Biography This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping., Books<

2012, ISBN: 0007203756

[EAN: 9780007203758], usado, muito bom estado, [SC: 4.17], [PU: HarperCollins Publishers], SOMERSET ANNE QUEEN THE POLITICS OF PASSION, The book has been read, but is in excellent condit… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780007203758], usado, muito bom estado, [SC: 4.17], [PU: HarperCollins Publishers], SOMERSET ANNE QUEEN THE POLITICS OF PASSION, The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<