bloomsbury london 2017 (55 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2017). 2017 1st edition. 8vo paperback (148 x 210mm). Pp128. Colour photographs throughout, brief bibliography. cover slightly rubbed, clean internally. Good-plus second-hand paperback. In this book, "Usually observed as a flash of blue and orange from a riverbank, most people are aware of kingfishers, but few of us are familiar with the intricacies of their day-to-day lives." This book gives a concise and well-illustrated account of the biology and habits of this splendid bird. Chapters include: Meet the kingfisher; The kingfisher family; Home and away, habitat and movements; Catching fish, and more; Finding and keeping a territory; A mate and a tunnel; From egg to adult; Life and death on the riverbank; Past imperfect, future tense?: How to see a kingfisher. .

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear. The Arden Shakespeare. Edited by R. A. Foakes. London: Bloomsbury, 2017, reprinted, xvii, 437pp., sewn PAPERBACK, very good. The Arden Shakespeare, third series. ISBN 9781903436592.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2017). (2016) 2017 paperback edition. Small 8vo paperback (128 x 198mm). Ppxii,273. B/w frontispiece. Crese to front cover else very good, solidly intact second-hand paperback. The inside story on Barry Hines' classic novel, Kes, or, A Kestrel for a Knave, written by the subject of the story, Barry's younger brother, Richard. The title of the book is from a quote by Edmund Bert, 1619 "There is no way but gentlenesse to redeeme a Hawke." "Born and raised in the South Yorkshire mining village of Hoyland Common, Richard Hines remembers sliding down heaps of coal dust, listening out for the colliery siren at the end of shifts, and praying for his father's safe return. It seemed all too likely that he would follow in his father's footsteps and end up working in the pits, especially when to his mother's horror and his own he failed the 11+, so that unlike his older brother Barry, who had passed the exam to grammar school and who seemed to be heading for great things, Richard was left without hope of academic achievement. Crushed by this, and persecuted by the cruelty of his teachers, Richard spent his time in the fields and meadows just beyond the colliery slag heap. One morning, walking in the grounds of a ruined medieval manor, he came across a nest of kestrels. Instantly captivated, he sought out ancient falconry texts from the local library, and pored over the strange and beautiful language there. With just these books, some ingenuity, and his profound respect for the hawk's indomitable wildness, Richard learned to "man", or train, his kestrel, Kes, and in the process grow into the man he would become. Richard and his experiences with kestrels inspired Barry's classic novel A Kestrel for a Knave. When production began on what would become Ken Loach's iconic film Kes, Richard found himself training the kestrels that would soar on screen and into cinematic history. No Way But Gentlenesse is a superb, moving memoir of one remarkable boy's love for a forgotten culture, and his attempt to find salvation in the natural world." .

Murray, Scott. The title: the story of the First Division. London: Bloomsbury, 2017, 344pp., very good dust-jacket with small tear repaired at bottom front corner, very good black hardcover. ISBN 9781472936615.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2017). 2017 1st edition. 8vo paperback (148 x 210mm). Pp128. Colour photographs throughout, brief bibliography. Remainder mark to edge but a fine new copy. In this book, "Usually observed as a flash of blue and orange from a riverbank, most people are aware of kingfishers, but few of us are familiar with the intricacies of their day-to-day lives." This book gives a concise and well-illustrated account of the biology and habits of this splendid bird. Chapters include: Meet the kingfisher; The kingfisher family; Home and away, habitat and movements; Catching fish, and more; Finding and keeping a territory; A mate and a tunnel; From egg to adult; Life and death on the riverbank; Past imperfect, future tense?: How to see a kingfisher. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 12.99.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2017). (2016) 2017 paperback edition. Small 8vo paperback (128 x 198mm). Ppxii,273. B/w frontispiece. Fine new paperback. The inside story on Barry Hines' classic novel, Kes, or, A Kestrel for a Knave, written by the subject of the story, Barry's younger brother, Richard. The title of the book is from a quote by Edmund Bert, 1619 "There is no way but gentlenesse to redeeme a Hawke." "Born and raised in the South Yorkshire mining village of Hoyland Common, Richard Hines remembers sliding down heaps of coal dust, listening out for the colliery siren at the end of shifts, and praying for his father's safe return. It seemed all too likely that he would follow in his father's footsteps and end up working in the pits, especially when to his mother's horror and his own he failed the 11+, so that unlike his older brother Barry, who had passed the exam to grammar school and who seemed to be heading for great things, Richard was left without hope of academic achievement. Crushed by this, and persecuted by the cruelty of his teachers, Richard spent his time in the fields and meadows just beyond the colliery slag heap. One morning, walking in the grounds of a ruined medieval manor, he came across a nest of kestrels. Instantly captivated, he sought out ancient falconry texts from the local library, and pored over the strange and beautiful language there. With just these books, some ingenuity, and his profound respect for the hawk's indomitable wildness, Richard learned to "man", or train, his kestrel, Kes, and in the process grow into the man he would become. Richard and his experiences with kestrels inspired Barry's classic novel A Kestrel for a Knave. When production began on what would become Ken Loach's iconic film Kes, Richard found himself training the kestrels that would soar on screen and into cinematic history. No Way But Gentlenesse is a superb, moving memoir of one remarkable boy's love for a forgotten culture, and his attempt to find salvation in the natural world." .

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Levi Pinfold Cover Art (illustrator). First Edition. ------------( 1st Printing of this edition ) ----hardcover, a Fine example, in a Near Fine/Fine dustjacket with a wee bit of very light rubbing, this is the issue with the HOGWARTS' House Colours on the fore edge of the text block, ---features the HUFFLEPUFF house crest on the jacket and line illustrations exclusive to Hufflepuff, by Kate Greenaway Medal winner Levi Pinfold. --- new extra content includes fact files and profiles of favourite characters, and the book has edges of thext block in the HUFFPUFF house colours (yellow on the top and bottom edges and yellow and black on the fore edge (same as Harry's school scarf), any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)--- Size: 5.25w x 8h Inches. Not Signed. NOT Price Clipped.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2017). 2017 1st edition. 8vo paperback (148 x 210mm). Pp128. Colour photographs throughout. Slight shelf-wear, small ink-spot to bottom edge o/w a fine unread copy. "With their wild glare, swift turn of foot and secretive nature, hares have long been a symbol of our sweeping, open countryside and it is always thrilling to spot a hare in the wild. A favourite subject of artists and writers, hares have held significance in British culture and folklore for centuries, from Druidic associations with spring to the Easter Bunny and Lewis Carroll's mad March Hare. Focussing on our two British species - the Brown Hare and its relatives the Mountain Hare and Irish Hare - Nancy Jennings uses up-to-date research to offer insights into the lives of these enigmatic animals, covering their biology, evolution, habitats and behaviour, including their famous 'boxing' rituals, and reveals why this almost mythical animal of hill and meadow is so sensitive to the changes we make to age-old farming landscapes." Chapters include:- Meet the hares; Evolution and adaptations; Relatives around the world; The lives of hares; Breeding machines; Growing up fast; Eat or be eaten; Conservation of hares; Humans and hares; Folklore and art; How to see hares. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Paperback, 2017). (2016) 2017 paperback edition. 8vo paperback (128 x 197mm). Pp320. B/w vignette illustrations. Red card covers titled in yellow and white. Mint new copy. "We should all know exactly where our meat comes from. But what if you took this modern-day maxim to its logical conclusion? What if you only ate animals you killed yourself? Fed up of friends claiming to care about the provenance of their food, Louise Gray decides to follow the argument to its logical extreme. Starting small, Louise shucks oysters and catches fish. Gradually she gets to know countrymen and women who teach her how to shoot pigeons and rabbits. As she begins to reconnect with nature and her own upbringing in the countryside, Louise starts to question modern attitudes to the meat we eat. How did we end up eating so much meat, with no idea how animals are raised and killed on our behalf? Louise begins to look into how our meat is processed, including the beef in burgers, cheap chicken, bacon and farmed fish. She researches halal slaughter and visits abattoirs to ask whether modern technology can make eating meat more humane. She goes on a pheasant shoot and onto a grouse moor and contemplates whether there is still a place for game shooting in modern Britain. And she delves into alternative food culture in the UK, sourcing roadkill and cooking herself a lovely bit of squirrel stir-fry. The biggest animal Louise kills is a red deer stag, a moment she describes in a chapter about taking responsibility, growing up and her relationship with her own father. Towards the end of her challenge, Louise explores alternative sources of protein, including insects, in vitro meat and plant-based proteins. She reflects on the impact of the growing global demand for meat and argues that all of us eating less meat should be a key part of fighting climate change. Louise's writing about nature, food and the environment is liberally dashed with humour and she gets to the heart of modern anxieties about where our meat comes from, asking the most important question of all: is it possible to be an ethical carnivore?" .

23.0 x 15.0cms 392pp very good paperback Favilla wants to break the stuffy rules that have defined our relationshiip with language. .

23.0 x 19.0cms 192pp colour illusts very good+ paperback with French flaps The chapters are: nature; health; why animals matters; resources; the solutions.

22.0 x 15.0cms 292pp b/w illusts very good hardback & dustwrapper Hayes went to new York in 2009. He was 48 years old and fellin love with the city''s rhythms and with Oliver Sacks the writer and neurologist.

22.0 x 14.0cms 310pp b/w illusts very good+ hardback & dustwrapper South Africa and England played a 10 day cricket match on the eve of World War II (3-14 March 1939). This book balances this game against the threat of the encroaching war and brings ''these two disparate strands together in an evocative and vibrant denouement''.

24.0 x 16.0cms 316pp colour illusts very good+ hardback 7 dustwrapper Hopps ran a series of innovative art aglleries : Ferus Gallery (Los Angeles); Corcoran Gallery (Washington DC); the Menil Collection (Houston).

paperback, 8vo, xiv,181pp, illustrated, maps, clean and tight, no inscriptions, spine not creased, Very Good condition. ISBN: 1474286364.

1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, 418pp, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. not price-clipped. ISBN: 9781408851654.

24.0 x 16.0cms 351pp b/w illusts very good+ hardback & dustwrapper This book chronicles the intertwined lives & works of these four writers in a crucial year of change for literature.

27.0 x 22.0cms 256pp colour illusts very good+ hardback & dustwrapper This book guides you through the magical subjectsThe essays are: the journey; potions & alchemy; herbology; charms; astronomy; divination; defence against the dark arts; care of magical creatures; past present future.

30.0 x 22.0cms 164pp b/w & colour illusts very good+ hardback with decorated boards (No dustwrapper as issued) This dictionary begins with ass bear & ''beast of Gevaudan''. It ends with wild boar wolf & zebra.

23.5 x 15.5cm 331pp b&W illust softcover very good+ Correspondence by the wife of Augustus John to her husband friends and family.

A4 336pp colour illusts very good paperback & cover This book details the linked-up waterways isolated cuts and quiet waters that may not be fully navigable by larger boats. It looks at their construction history scenery heritage engineering architecture folklore wildlife & art.

second edition).Octavo, paperback,256 pp.,colour photographs. This popular RSPB field guide is a rich resource of information on Britain's most familiar garden wildlife. For the second edition, the field guide sections are updated and expanded to offer comprehensive coverage of the many species that are now found in British gardens. Offering practical advice on attracting wildlife to your garden, this friendly handbook is full of tips on how to encourage garden visitors to stick around. It also includes appendices containing practical guides to wildlife gardening projects that have been expanded for the second edition. Every type of flora and fauna is covered, with species sorted into groups including mammals, birds, insects, wild flowers, trees and fungi. Each account covers identification, habits, characteristics, food and garden conservation.

Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm, 172 pp,in double-column format, colour ills. 416 lots. The sale sections comprised: Continental Literature & History - Lots 1-14; English Literature & History 15-112; Miscellaneous Lots 113-117; Autographs & Memorabilia Lot 118-190; Modem First Editions Lots 191-215; Children's, Illustrated Books & Original Artworks Lots 216-238; Art & Architecture Lots 239-311; Travel Lots 312-347; British Topography Lots 348-368; Science & Natural History Lots 369-384; Sport Lots 385-416. Fine.

21.5 x 14.0cms 211pp very good+ paperback & cover This book discusses the phenomena of place-related phobias mapping out a detailed landscape of anxiety and analysis of the interweaving conscious and unconscious elements that constitute them.

First edition, seventh print. 341pp. Hardback. Book and dust jacket are in Fine condition. Jacket fitted with a new removable clear cover. Securely packaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. "First published in Great Britain 2017" statement and first printing number code sequence 1 through 10 to the copyright page. SIGNED by the two-time Patras Bokhari, Ainsfield-Wolf Book, and Prime Minister's Literature Award-winning British-Pakistani author to the title page. This contemporary re-imagining of Sophocles' 'Antigone' featuring British Muslim families and politicians, garnered numerous accolades including The Women's Prize for Fiction, and a longlist for The Man Booker Prize. Fine, tight and unread in crisp white boards with black embossed titles to the spine, bright yellow headband and tail-band; in a fine dust jacket; original printed £16.99 price still intact to the front inner flap. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition, Special Edition. First Edition thus. Third printing. 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 are established reputable First Edition sellers and understand collectors needs in terms of accurate grading and proper packaging'.

FIRST EDITION 8vo. black clothbound hardback, silver gilt, in dust jacket. 289pp. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Dust jacket has not been price-clipped. VG/VG. (Shelf 200) ISBN: 9781408891049 PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

8vo, xiv + 153pp. Original yellow wrapper. b/w photographic illustrations throughout. A near-fine to fine copy.

First edition, first print. Hardback. The sixth title in 'The Granchester' series. Book and dust jacket are in Fine condition. Jacket fitted with a new removable clear cover. Securely packaged.