Waugh Alex (42 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Second Printing. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear to boards, some soiling to page ends; Jacket is present, price clipped, some edge tears and chips. An imaginary island on the Equator has suddenly achieved importance through the discovery of oil - what will happen to the men and women living under the tensions of life on this island?At one end of this island is the oil refinery where the members of the staff live in constant proximity to one another, and where emotions are heightened by the lack of privacy. The men are goaded by ambitions for power, while the women are drawn into affairs of love and passion. At the other end of the island is a hotbed of politics where a British diplomat is attempting to retain the island under Britain's sphere of influence; where an ailing king is fearful of what will happen when he is succeeded by a young and untrained prince; where a nationalist group is plotting to overthrow the monarchy and seize the oil fields.Waugh handles brilliantly his political plots, but always interwoven with them are the personal dramas of love and fear, of cowardice and courage. Rich in detail and characterisation, and in the exotic colours and customs of this strange land, the novel has constant suspense and variety.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Blue cloth, orange lettering, lightly rubbed and spotted. Text solid. Novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Front end paper cut out, else a solid copy in a modestly worn jacket. ; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; X.

Hardcover. Good+ with no dust jacket; Edges bumped. Front cover and top of spine have some soiling. Endpapers have spotting ; 538 pages.

Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Light edge wear, owner's name inside, slight darkening of end papers. Content clean, binding strong and tight. Dust jacket Good only with edge wear, small edge chips at top/bottom of spine, light soiling. Dust jacket encased in Brodart protector. 289 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDFirst edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. 8.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 247 pp., Brn Illus e.p., Brn & Cream Blindstamped Covers, Gilt title, VG, no DJ, 1st ed (Stated).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Bound in thin card stapled buff coloured wrappers. 127pp: Articles include; Peacocks Bring me Luck by Compton Mackenzie; Hitler in His Eyrie by G.Ward Price; What Causes Cancer by Dr.Paul Lazarus; As Goebbels Sees Us by W.G.Knop; Our Navy in the Next War by Vice.Adm Usborne; Naz Boss of Danzig by Frederich Raabe;Love and the Biologist by Julian Huxley; A Modern South Sea Bubble by Alex Waugh etc. A very engaging miscellany. Covers tanning slightly,lightly splitting along spine, text discoloured due to cheap paper used in the production, else very good. Size 9x14cms.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: Very Good. 1932. Hardcover. Very good quarter leather bound over marbled boards. Title on sticker to spine. Previous owners name to FFEP. Light shelf wear. remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

First edition. 520 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a bit of wear and a few short edge-tears.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A clean, tight copy. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

hard cover. Condition: Very Good. No jacket. New York:Farrar & Rinehart. 1930. viii+304pp. Illustrated by Lynd Ward. Hardcover. Green boards lightly soiled and shelfworn, with gilt on cover and spine strip dulled. Internally clean, free of previous owners marks or signatures. The binding is tight and hinges intact. A very good, tight copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. LIMITED EDITION. (1976). 8vo. LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION one of 1600 copies SIGNED by Szalay. Slightest soiling to f.f.e.p. in otherwise good, clean textblock. Slightest wear to forecorners of barely rubbed boards. Uneven discoloration to edges and closed end of rubbed and lightly soiled slipcase. VG in VG slipcase. Illustrator.…

Condition: Very Good. 1932. Hardcover. Very good quarter leather bound over marbled boards. Title on sticker to spine. Previous owners name to FFEP. Light shelf wear. remains very good. . . . .

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

1st Ed. 271 PP. Cloth cover, dj with a few rubs/chips. Light foxing, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.8. A travel book to the Caribbean, Lebanon . as well as the Seychelles, where, because of the tropical languor, the replica of Big Ben in the town square chimes twice to ensure it is heard.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.