Gilkes John (24 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: As New. 2002 paperback. Very minor shelf wear to covers and edges. Pages are unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. y Very Good. n 2nd Impression. London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2019. Book. Illus. by John Gilkes (map). Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. 2nd Impression. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Twelfth in the series of Saxon Stories, following Uhtred of Bebbanburg after the death of King Edward. 343pp illustrated with black and white map. Gilt lettering to spine. Minor bumping to spine and corners, slight sunning to edges and one tiny mark to top edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minimal edge and surface wear, otherwise very good. John Gilkes (map) (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. y Very Good. y First Edition, First Printing. London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2007. Book. Illus. by John Gilkes (map). Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fourth novel in the series of Saxon Stories, set in the time of King Alfred. 318pp illustrated with a double page black and white map. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight forward lean to spine and minor marking to edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minimal edge and surface wear, otherwise very good. John Gilkes (map) (illustrator). Book.…

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. First American Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Soft cover/NF w/light shelfwear to edges & corner tips. First published in UK, 1997; this is the 1998 1st American Edition, 1st Thus. Archaeological mystery of 13 crystal skulls of varying sizes --- carvings of clear, milky quartz (known in the art world as "rock crystal") that thrilled the world. Claimed pre-Columbian finds from Maya temples. Overtime, specimens held by the British Museum & the Smithsonian show they were actually produced in 19th century Europe w/modern tool & Brazilian rock crystals . Popular speculations generated volumes in print, film & games. 387 pgs w/photos (color & b/w) & illustrations, an evolution in 25 chapters. Peter Cox & John Gilkes (Illustrators) (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Slight rubbing to edges otherwise in very good condition. Next day dispatch by Royal Mail in sturdy, recyclable packaging. 1000's of satisfied customers! Please contact us with any enquiries.

With an Introduction by John Masefield. 64 pp. 12mo, publisher's printed boards in plain flimsy wrapper. First edition. Fine. Top of wrapper's backstrip removed to expose title lettering; light soiling and use.

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. 96pp, bw & col illus.

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published In 2016 : 1st. Paperback Edition : Penguin Books : Overall , A Very Nice Book .

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Condition Notes: Small mark to the foot of the upper board. Previous owners' name and date to the first blank. Text complete, clean and tight but with a hint of age-toning; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over black boards with silver titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 6¼" (1 kg); pp (xxix) 304; Index; Bibliography; Cover art by Dan Mogford; Includes: Black & white photographs; Maps; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #191063 ||. John Gilkes (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Published In 2006 : Reprinted Edition : : Time Warner Books : Overall , A Very Nice Book .

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Published In 2019 : 1st. Edition : 1st. Printing : Harper Collins Publishing : Overall , A Very Nice Book .

Soft cover. Condition: As New. First Paperback. Thomas Cochrane (1789-1872) was one of the most daring and successful naval heroes of all time. Patrick O'Brian, C. S. Forester and Captain Marryat all based their literary heroes on the man Napoleon nicknamed "the sea wolf." Yet Cochrane's real life adventures far exceeded the daring and romantic exploits of his fictional counterparts. From the bestselling author of 'Under the Black Flag' comes the definitive biography of Thomas Cochrane, the swashbuckling nineteenth-century maritime hero who "packed [in] enough drama and history to shame both Horatio Nelson and Sir Francis Drake" (Ken Rignle, Washington Post) In this fascinating account of Thomas Cochrane's extraordinary life, David Cordingly ('Under the Black Flag' and 'The Billy Ruffian') unearths startling new details about the real-life "Master and Commander"¿from his heroic battles against the French navy to his role in the liberation of Chile, Peru, and Brazil, and the stock exchange scandal that forced him out of England and almost ended his naval career. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, his own travels, wide reading, and original research, Cordingly tells the rip-roaring story of the archetypal Romantic hero who conquered the seas and, in the process, defined his era. Text is supplemented with full color replications of paintings plus B&W illustrations and maps. As new paperback privately owned. No marks. Copyright 2007. 1st published in 2007 as a hardcover, this paperback edition published 2008. Full print-line indicates this copy is from 1st print-run. IBN-13: 978-1-59691-587-9. ISBN-10: 1-59691-587-0. No LCCN. MSR = $18.00. Stanfield, Clarkson (Cover Art) ;Gilkes, John (Cartographer) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. xii, [2], 382, [2] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Maps. Select Bibliography. Index. Sir Alistair Allan Horne CBE FRSL (9 November 1925 - 25 May 2017) was a British historian and academic best known for his works about armed conflicts involving 19th- and 20th-century France, including his classic about the Algerian War, A Savage War of Peace. A former spy and journalist, Horne wrote more than 20 books on travel, history, and biography. Horne became a senior member at St Antony's College, Oxford in 1970 and a fellow of the college in 1978. He was made an honorary fellow in 1988, a position he held until his death. He was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2003 for services to Anglo-French relations. Horne worked as a foreign correspondent for The Daily Telegraph from 1952 to 1955, stationed in Berlin. In 1953, he was recruited by MI6 and used his job as a journalist as a cover for his spying. "EMINENTLY PROVOCATIVE AND READABLE."-THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. Sir Alistair Horne has been a close observer of war and history for more than fifty years and in this wise and masterly work, he revisits six battles of the past century and examines the strategies, leadership, preparation, and geopolitical goals of aggressors and defenders to reveal the one trait that links them all: hubris. In Greek tragedy, hubris is excessive human pride that challenges the gods and ultimately leads to total destruction of the offender. From the 1905 Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War, to Hitler's 1941 bid to capture Moscow, to MacArthur's disastrous advance in Korea, to the French downfall at Dien Bien Phu, Horne shows how each of these battles was won or lost due to excessive hubris on one side or the other. In a sweeping narrative written with his trademark erudition and wit, Horne provides a meticulously detailed analysis of the ground maneuvers employed by the opposing armies in each battle. He also explores the strategic and psychological mindset of the military leaders involved to demonstrate how devastating combinations of human ambition and arrogance led to overreach. Making clear the danger of hubris in warfare, his insights hold resonant lessons for civilian and military leaders navigating today's complex global landscape. A dramatic, colorful, stylishly-written history, Hubris is a much-needed reflection on war from a master of his field. First U.S. Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. John Gilkes (Maps) and Shiela Peczenik (Author pho (illustrator).…

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Printing [Stated]. xxv, [3], 399, [3] pages. Guest List. Illustrations. Note on Sources. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Signed by the author on the title page. Minor corner crease at several back pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Sarah Bartlett Churchwell (born May 27, 1970) is a professor of American Literature and Public Understanding of the Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK. Her expertise is in 20th- and 21st-century American literature and cultural history, especially the 1920s and 1930s. She has appeared on British television and radio and has been a judge for the Booker Prize, the Baillie Gifford Prize, the Women's Prize for Fiction, and the David Cohen Prize for Literature. She is the director of the Being Human festival and the author of three books: The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe; Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby; and Behold America: A History of America First and the American Dream. She has written for The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Book Review, The Times Literary Supplement, The Spectator, the New Statesman,[3] The Guardian and The Observer, the Financial Times, Prospect, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, the Independent on Sunday, as well as international newspapers including Süddeutsche Zeitung, Blätter, the Times of India, The Hindu Times, and many others. The autumn of 1922 found F. Scott Fitzgerald at the height of his fame, days from turning twenty-six years old, and returning to New York for the publication of his fourth book, Tales of the Jazz Age. A spokesman for America's carefree younger generation, Fitzgerald found a home in the glamorous and reckless streets of New York. Here, in the final incredible months of 1922, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald drank and quarreled and partied amid financial scandals, literary milestones, car crashes, and celebrity disgraces. Yet the Fitzgeralds' triumphant return to New York coincided with another event: the discovery of a brutal double murder in nearby New Jersey, a crime made all the more horrible by the farce of a police investigation, which failed to accomplish anything beyond generating enormous publicity for the newfound celebrity participants. Proclaimed the crime of the decade even as its proceedings dragged on for years, the Mills-Hall murder has been wholly forgotten today. But the enormous impact of this bizarre crime can still be felt in The Great Gatsby, a novel Fitzgerald began planning that autumn of 1922 and whose plot he ultimately set within that fateful year. Careless People is a unique literary investigation: a gripping double narrative that combines a forensic search for clues to an unsolved crime and a quest for the roots of America's best loved novel. Overturning much of the received wisdom of the period, Careless People blends biography and history with lost newspaper accounts, letters, and newly discovered archival materials. With great wit and insight, acclaimed scholar of American literature Sarah Churchwell reconstructs the events of that pivotal autumn, revealing in the process new ways of thinking about Fitzgerald's masterpiece. Interweaving the biographical story of the Fitzgeralds with the unfolding investigation into the murder of Hall and Mills, Careless People is a thrilling combination of literary history and murder mystery, a mesmerizing journey into the dark heart of Jazz Age America. Derived from a Kirkus review: Churchwell has written an excellent book on a novel that remains a favorite in English courses in American high schools and colleges. Surprisingly, she even manages to find fresh facts that escaped previous scholars, including one of F. Scott Fitzgerald's own published comments about his novel, a book that, as Churchwell notes, neither sold well nor received uniformly favorable reviews. Churchwell weaves together a variety of strands: a summary of the novel (including its earlier drafts), a biographical account of the years Fitzgerald was working on the novel (including the time he and Zelda were living and partying in Great Neck, near the novel's setting), and an account of a sensational New Jersey murder case in 1922 (the year that Gatsby takes place), an investigation that resulted in arrests and a trial but no convictions. Churchwell also digs deeply into the architecture of the novelâ"looking, for example, for the relevance of specific details Fitzgerald mentions. She also examined Simon Called Peter, a novel that Nick Carraway picks up early in Gatsby; she read countless New York newspaper and magazine files looking for items in 1922 that may have found their way into the novel (car wrecks, wild parties and the like). She haunted the rich Fitzgerald archives at Princeton and elsewhere and, employing the clarity of hindsight, chides most of the early critics who missed what Fitzgerald was up to. Prodigious research and fierce affection illumine every remarkable page. John Gilkes (Maps) and Wynn Richards (Jacket photo (illustrator).…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A personally inscribed and signed First Edition of The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by bestselling historian Erik Larson. This copy is warmly inscribed "To Francy", signed by Erik Larson, and dated 2/3/20 on the title page. In this acclaimed work of narrative history, Larson chronicles Winston Churchill's first year as Prime Minister during the Blitz, drawing upon diaries, newly available archival material, and firsthand accounts to portray both the political leadership and the personal lives of Churchill and his family during Britain's darkest hours of World War II. Published by Crown Publishers in 2020, this copy is a stated First Edition and retains its original dust jacket. The personal inscription makes it especially appealing to collectors seeking more than a standard signed copy. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From The Noble Quill: Rare Signed Books We believe every signed book has a story beyond its pages. Each volume is carefully inspected, accurately described, and securely packaged so it can be enjoyed by its next collector for years to come. Books are shipped in protective packaging with the utmost care to help ensure safe arrival. Maps by John Gilkes (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 66 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.15 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1920. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 76, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 76 76.…