2015, ISBN: 1ca549092bb6a53fcedd7d89d5c1dd26

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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE-/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£17.99) to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,monochrome and colour monta… Plus…

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE-/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£17.99) to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,monochrome and colour montage'd photographic illustrated dw/dj,with blue,orange and white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean with minimal thumbing; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from aforementioned light thumbing(?).Bright,crisp,clean, publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,b/w striped headband,and immaculate plain maroon endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-ixpp+1-354pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,a prologue,41 chapters and an epilogue,16pp contemporary b/w+colour (the majority) autobiographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp114/5 and pp226/7 respectively,a glossary,picture acknowledgements,and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and a dedication. See also book ID rja382211 - 'Eight Lives Down',for another UK,HB,1st edn by this author. Some days Chris Hunter's feels that his whole life has been a war zone - from the reeking drug dens of the south coast of England through the high-threat landscapes of Iraq,Colombia,the Middle East and Afghanistan,and on to the streets of Edinburgh and London . . . In this edgy,fast-paced and incredibly moving account,he chronicles the remarkable journey of a teenager with few hopes and limited prospects who went on to become one of the most accomplished counter-terrorism operators in Britain.With raw intensity,Hunter describes his baptism of fire as a young troop commander in Bosnia,and how,as a bomb-disposal expert in Northern Ireland and Iraq,he witnessed horrendous acts of violence - some of which targeted him and his fellow operators personally.He catapults us into some of the most perilous places on earth as he and his team track down a succession of potent terrorist cells and attempt to disrupt their networks.Whether they are responding to the 2005 London suicide bombings or trying to foil Al Qaeda airline plots,he provides a fascinating,no-holds barred insight into a world that has never been so compellingly documented by an insider.Gritty,action-packed and heart-breaking by turns,this is the portrait of a man prepared to sacrifice everything - including himself - in his pursuit of the world's most sophisticated and unrelenting bombmakers Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.BANTAM PRESS,2010., 5, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] NFINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£18.99) to dw/dj.Bright,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with white embossed letters, similar embossed letters to spine/backstrip,rear panel with monochrome photographic rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or splits present.Minimal bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine,rear top corner with miniscule rubbing and reciprocal loss to same and book with a very slight lean.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, unblemished,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine,a red+black striped headband and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-323pp [paginated] includes 22 chapters,and acknowledgements as last printed,paginated page; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication to Peter Hitchens (1949-2011),an epigram, and to the rear,6pp blanks. Want more Ian McEWAN titles? For similar and other titles please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2,1001 books You Must Read Before You Die and SIGNED catalogues. Serena Frome,the beautiful daughter of an Anglican bishop, has a brief affair with an older man during her final year at Cambridge,and finds herself being groomed for the intelligence services.The year is 1972.Britain,confronting economic disaster,is being torn apart by industrial unrest and terrorism and faces its fifth state of emergency.The Cold War has entered a moribund phase,but the fight goes on,especially in the cultural sphere. Serena,a compulsive reader of novels,is sent on a 'secret mission' which brings her into the literary world of Tom Haley,a promising young writer.First she loves his stories,then she begins to love the man.Can she maintain the fiction of her undercover life? And who is inventing whom? To answer these questions, Serena must abandon the first rule of espionage, trust no one. McEwan's mastery dazzles us in this superbly deft and witty story of betrayal and intrigue,love,and the invented self. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@b;ueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK and all overseas buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free.Free P+p available UK only. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always., LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,2012., 5, U.S.A.: Bloomsbury USA, 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st US edition. HC in dust jacket. 1st Printing. Abel Jones Jr., a civil rights lawyer s son turned black Washington neo-con, has met an unlikely end: collapsing at the Rebel Yell dinner theater, surrounded by actors in Confederate regalia, with his white second wife at his side. Hope Jones Blackshear, Abel s first wife and mother of his only son, is left confounded by the turn his life took in his later years. Sharing a drink after the funeral with Abel s old friend Nicholas Gordon, Hope lets herself reminisce about first meeting Abel at Harvard, and their early married days as a foreign service couple in Manila and Martinique. But her own version of history is altered by that of Nicholas, a dandified Brit who seems to know more than he lets on. To fully understand the story of Abel Jones, for her own sake and that of their teenage son, Hope journeys from Nashville to Rome, seeking the connection between the Abel she loved, a child of Southern terror in the sixties, and the Abel who became a White House watchdog of global terror, driven to measures Hope could never have imagined.The work of one of our gutsiest writers, Rebel Yell is a novel of resilient love, political intrigue, and family secrets, steeped in our country s racial history and framing our unique political moment. A clean copy in excellent condition!, Bloomsbury USA, 2009, 5, London: Left Book Club, 1938 red papered boards with black titling, clean copy but hows some sge toning to closed edges, the physical, social and political threats of mass airborne bombing, and how it may be guarded against, with examples from the Spanish Civil war, intended to forewarn the British of the threat from the Luftwaffe, 296pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall., Left Book Club, 1938, 3<