Born nicholas (22 Ergebnisse)

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The August 1970 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Vol 56 # 2 whole # 321. Contains stories by Ed McBain (Nightshade - 87th Precinct), Nicholas Freeling (Nicolas Davidson - Van Der Valk and the Wolfpack), J J Marric (John Creasey - Gideon: The Young Toughs), and others. Also includes an article by John Dickson Carr (The Jury Box). Light wear at the edges. Light browning to the spine. The internals are clean and tight. A very good or better copy.…

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The August 1970 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Vol 56 # 2 whole # 321. Contains stories by Ed McBain (Nightshade - 87th Precinct), Christianna Brand (Mary Christianna Nicholas - The Scapegoat), Freeling (Nicolas Davidson - Van Der Valk and the Wolfpack), J J Marric (John Creasey - Gideon: The Young Toughs), Celia Fremlin (The Ballad of Corpscandal Manor), Robert L. Fish (In a Country Churchyard), and others. Also includes an article by John Dickson Carr (The Jury Box). Light wear at the edges. Small loss at the bottom of the spine. Light to moderate browning to the spine and the page edges. A very good copy.…

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The August 1970 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Vol 56 # 2 whole # 321. Contains stories by Ed McBain (Nightshade - 87th Precinct), Christianna Brand (Mary Christianna Nicholas - The Scapegoat), Freeling (Nicolas Davidson - Van Der Valk and the Wolfpack), J J Marric (John Creasey - Gideon: The Young Toughs), Celia Fremlin (The Ballad of Corpscandal Manor), Robert L. Fish (In a Country Churchyard), and others. Also includes an article by John Dickson Carr (The Jury Box). Light wear at the edges. Crease at the top right of the back cover. Light browning to the spine and the page edges. A very good or better copy.…

PAPERBACK. 1st edition. 155pp, quarto. Occ. Paper, no. 26. soiling and wear to covers, crease to rear, tight binding, owner stamp, clean throughout, Good +.

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Zustand: Muy bien. Colección "rororo Nº 5291". MUY BUEN ejemplar. 316 pp + 1 h.

Softcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. ISBN: 3499159716 - Paperback Taschenbuch sehr guter Zustand - Erscheinungsjahr: 1983 - Taschenbuch mit 242 Seiten - Index: 500 0.0.

Zustand: Fine. Publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. ISBN 0951525859. Contains 48 printed pages of text with colour and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout. Without any ownership markings and in Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. ART [British].…

Duisburg 1980. 36 S. OKart. Gutes Exemplar.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged. Folded once. In a loose, untidy hand. He is 'much obliged for the note of the 4th.', and as she wishes has sent instructions to 'Davy', to whom he asks her to 'send all communications'. He is 'very sorry indeed' to 'loose [sic]' her as a tenant.…

First Edition. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, paperback. Quarto (24 x 29cm), pp.[32]. Illustrated in colour by the author to every page. SIGNED by the author in black ink in a heart, with 'heart-felt wishes', to title page. Publisher's illustrated soft covers, priced at £6.99. Including an associated bookmark loose to preliminaries. A fine, as-new copy. Signed. …

See his entry by Ruari Maclean in the Oxford DNB. The recipient Vere Henry Collins (1872-1966), was an author and grammatical stickler. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. With Bentley's distinctive stylized signature 'Nicolas Bentley'. After thanking him for his letter he writes (apparently with reference to a newspaper article): 'I am sorry if in using the phrase "I am afraid" I ruffled your grammatical sensibilities. I used it because I meant it. I am always afraid of hurting people's feelings, and I know that sometimes the return of a manuscript must give pain to an author.' He agrees that the phrase is used to often, as a substitute for 'I am sorry'.…

First Edition. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.821; [11], endmatter. With black & white photographic plates. Publisher's black cloth blocked in silver to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £20. Fine / as new. A comprehensively detailed biography of Ian Fleming, packed with new information. Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for non-fiction.…

Zustand: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covers, silver title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. ISBN 1904034683. Contains [xii] 276 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Without any ownership markings. Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).…

[Modern Literature] SIGNED PROOF COPY. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.349 [3]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to publisher bookplate. Copy number 157 of 800. Publisher's pictorial softcovers. Some light creasing to spine. Otherwise fine. Basis for the 1998 movie starring Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill, and a young Scarlet Johansson. Signed.…

First Edition. [Literary biography] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13m), pp.821; [9], endmatter. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Signature obtained directly from Ian Fleming Publiations by Jon Gilbert of this firm (who is acknowledged in the book). With black & white photographic plates. Publisher's illustrated softcovers, priced at £14.99. As new. A comprehensively detailed biography of Ian Fleming, packed with new information. Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for non-fiction. Signed. …

[Crime stories] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo, pp.64. No.11 of just 200 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. In original lilac card covers with a colour / black and white photo montage pasted to the front cover. Price label mark to back cover. Near fine Six short stories from the crime author and screen writer responsible for several episodes of the hit British crime drama 'Waking the Dead'. Signed.…

First Edition. [Literary biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.821; [11], endmatter. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Signature obtained in person by Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert of this firm, at the publisher's book launch party in London. With black & white photographic plates. Publisher's black cloth blocked in silver to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £20. A clean, fresh copy. A comprehensively detailed award-winning biography of Ian Fleming, packed with new information. Winner of the prestigious CWA Gold Dagger for non-fiction. Signed. …

First Edition. [Literary biography] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2] 821 [13]. With two suites of four double-sided black and white photographic plates. Recently re-bound in black half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and navy cloth over boards. With the original dust-jacket and spine bound in at rear. A crisp copy presented in an attractive new leather binding. A comprehensively detailed biography of Ian Fleming, packed with new information. …

First Edition. [Military History] Proof copy, together with FIRST EDITION FOR REVIEW and FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavos, with monochrome photograph illustrations. Proof bound in printed card covers marked 'Unedited' and 'Not for Sale'. Hardcover with original press release and contemporary review from The Guardian, softcover edition in illustrated covers with new artwork to proof and hardcover. All three in fine condition (proof with some rubbing to front panel). An uncommon group- proofs and advance copies of this title are scarce. From the comprehensive archive of Ian Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert (pencil ownership within), whose comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert, page 602.…

°°° 16 CABINET AND LARGE-CABINET PHOTOGRAPHS by famous St. Petersburg-based Photographers; THE COLLECTION IN DETAIL, chronologically [MANY PHOTOS SIGNED by Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna, paternal great-great-grandmother of King Charles III of the United Kingdom (*1948) and pat. great-great-great-grandmother of King Felipe VI. of Spain (*1968), 1 SHORTLY INSCRIBED by her son Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich, 1 perhaps**** inscr. by Tsarina Maria Alexandrovna): 1) TSAR ALEXANDER II (1818-1881, Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland; assassinated March 13, 1881; Photo: Levitsky (late 1860ies, later draw after he opened his Studio at Nevsky Prospect), 1890s. / 2) probably GRAND DUCHESS ALEXANDRA IOSIFOVNA (Photo: Levitsky, Moika-Studio), INSCRIBED ''Alexandra chatelaine d'Orianda 1874'' ****) which should refer to Tsarina Maria Alexandrovna, yet she looks more like Alexandra Iosifovna. / 3) GRAND DUKE KONSTANTIN NIKOLAYEVICH OF RUSSIA (Photo: Bergamasco). / 4) GRAND DUCHESS ALEXANDRA IOSIFOVNA OF RUSSIA (Photo: Pasetti), early 1870ies; embossed, SIGNED ''Alexandra''. / 5) Gr.D. ALEXANDRA IOSIFOVNA . . . (Photo: Levitsky, Moika-Studio), 1870ies. / 6) Same photo, later draw at Nevsky-Studio), 1890ies; SIGNED ''Alexandra''. / 7) Gr.D. ALEXANDRA IOSIFOVNA . . . (Photo: Bergamasco); hand-coloured, wearing a black dress [her brother-in-law Tsar Alexander II was murdered in 1881], SIGNED ''Alexandra 1881/1882''. / 8) Gr.D. ALEXANDRA IOSIFOVNA . . . (Photo: Pasetti), SIGNED ''Alexandra 1884''. / 9) Gr.D. ALEXANDRA IOSIFOVNA . . . (Photo: Pasetti), SIGNED ''Alexandra 1900''. / 10) Similar Photo (Photo: Pasetti), SIGNED ''Alexandra 1900''. / 11) 4 CHILDREN OF KONSTANTIN AND ALEXANDRA (see above, right to left): GRAND DUCHESS VERA KONSTANTINOVNA OF RUSSIA (1854-1912, granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I and first cousin of Tsar Alexander III; legally adopted by King Karl of Württemberg and Queen Olga Grand Duchess in 1871, arranged marriage to Duke Eugen of Württemberg, lived and died in Stuttgart); GRAND DUKE KONSTANTIN KONSTANTINOVICH OF RUSSIA (1858-1915, grandson of Tsar Nicholas I, became a renowned poet and playwright under the pen name 'K.R.'[Konstantin Romanov] (see also below); GRAND DUKE VYACHESLAV KONSTANTINOVICH OF RUSSIA (1862-1879, Romanov Grand Duke and youngest son of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia and his wife Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (see also below); GRAND DUKE DMITRY KONSTANTINOVICH OF RUSSIA (1860-1919, son of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich and Cousin of Tsar Alexander III, followed a military career (Photo: Bergamasco; famous photograph: very similar one [same session] in Alexander Palace St. Petersburg). / 12) GRAND DUKE VYACHESLAV KONSTANTINOVICH OF RUSSIA (Photo: Giulio Rossi, Milano [1823-1884, ''è stato un pittore e fotografo italiano''], see also above). / 13) GRAND DUKE KONSTANTIN KONSTANTINOVICH OF RUSSIA (in military uniform, grandson of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, 4th child of the Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia and his spouse Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg; his eldest sister Grand Duchess Olga married King George I of the Hellenes in 1867, therefore he is the great-great-grandbrother-in-law of King Charles III; Photo: Pasetti). / 14a) GR.-D. KONSTANTIN KONSTANTINOVICH . . . (Wedding day photo [see below], April 27 1884), later INSCRIBED ''un futur père, 1886'' [a becoming father (his 1st son 'John' was murdered by revolutionsts in 1918)]. / 14b) his wife GRAND DUCHESS ELIZABETH MAVRIKIEVNA OF RUSSIA, born Princess Elisabeth Auguste Marie Agnes of Saxe-Altenburg (1865-1927, Wedding day photo [see above], April 27 1884); Photos: Bergamasco (this photo is also on Wikipedia!). / 15) their latest son PRINCE OF THE IMPERIAL BLOOD GEORGY KONSTANTINOVICH OF RUSSIA (1903-1938, youngest son of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia and his wife Grand Duchess Yelizaveta Mavrikiyevna, i.e. Elisabeth Auguste Marie Agnes of Saxe-Altenburg, see right above. . . --- Few photos slightly spotty; OVERALL A VERY GOOD SET. …

First Edition. [Exhibition Catalogue] INSCRIBED COPY, First edition, second impression. Octavo (21 x 21cm), pp.136. Illustrated in colour and black and white. INSCRIBED by the artist in black ink to half-title: 'For Edward | Peter Blake.' Publisher's black soft covers. Corners lightly bumped; very light wear to covers. Very good. From the library of the writer, media and film executive Edward Milward-Oliver. Signed.…

[Theatre Programme] ORIGINAL PROGRAMME, BOOKMARK AND SIGNED BOOKLET. Octavo (24 x 14cm), pp.[80]. Including interviews with both Wright and Pullman about the creation of the play, and profiles of the cast. Also including the rare fold-out booklet 'How to Read the Alethiometer,' loosely inserted. Publisher's black soft covers, stapled twice. SIGNED in our presence by Philip Pullman in black ink to an inner flap of the insert. A little light wear to covers. Near fine. A rare fold-out booklet accompanying the programme for the acclaimed stage production at the National Theatre, Winter 2003, starring Anna Maxwell Martin, Dominic Cooper, Timothy Dalton and Ben Whishaw. This is the second appearance of the 'Alethiometer' fold-out, following a limited release (reportedly 200 copies) upon publication of 'The Amber Spyglass' in 2000. This version has an NT design on the cover, otherwise identical to the original printing. Signed. …