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Soft cover. Zustand: As New. FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING. FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING - Proof copy. - Hand Signed by the author to the very first page which is the actual full title page: 'With Best Wishes - Truda Thurai' - Following Independence from the British, Ceylon's future looks bright. A new prime minister is creating a modern nation. But his legacy is an unexpected one. The deals that brought him to power turn into a time-bomb and the country is contorted by bloody race riots. - CONDITION & DESCRIPTION: This book is a softcover. Colour remains vibrant. Condition is good. Some creasing to the front and rear covers. - This is a large book with 820 pages which includes the 'glossary of terms' and 'Bibliography'. - All pages are clean and tightly bound. - Books signed by this author are very scarce. - END - Our orders are shipped within 1 or 2 business days. - Thanks for your interest. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. - (illustrator). First Edition & Fourteenth Printing. Based on the real-life story of Kevin Lewis, the film follows his childhood of abuse, his descent into a life of crime and how he put his life together again afterwards. It was made into a movie in 2010. The screenplay was written by Mark Thomas and Kevin Lewis with additional writing by Nick Moran. A British biographical drama film directed by Nick Moran and co-written by Moran and Kevin Lewis. The film, based on Kevin Lewis' autobiography of the same name, [this book] and details Lewis' adolescent and young adult life, having been raised in a violent, abusive family on a small council estate called New Addington in the 1980's. Scottish singer/songwriter KT Tunstall wrote the song 'Boy' for the movie. Condition & Description: The dustjacket retains price to front prelim. Lightly creased to rear panel top edge. Now housed in a removable plastic archival sleeve. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Boards are in a very good clean condition. Kevin Lewis signature on the full title page. Apart from browning to pages, all pages are clean and tightly bound. - E N D - THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST - Our orders are shipped within 1 or 2 business days. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING. 1st/1st - FLAT-SIGNED by Gwyneth Jones (born February 14, 1952) is an English science fiction and fantasy writer and critic, and a young adult/children's writer under the name Ann Halam. - Jones' works are mostly science fiction and near future high fantasy with strong themes of gender and feminism. - She is the winner of two World Fantasy Awards, BSFA short story award, Children of the Night Award from the Dracula Society, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Philip K. Dick Award and co-winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award. She is generally well-reviewed critically and, as a feminist science fiction writer. - DIVINE ENDURANCE is a strange novel set in a far future Asia. Abandoned androids (in the form of a young woman and her cat companion) travel to what is now Indonesia, which is embroiled in an post-apocalyptic political turmoil. The androids are programmed to grant humans their greatest desire. Both androids fulfill their duties, with rather dark consequences. The novel mixes political allegory, metaphysics and a touchingly beautiful lesbian love story. Told in a desultory, opiated prose. - In 1984 Divine Endurance, a science fiction novel for adults, was published under her own name and in which she created the term gynoid. - CONDITION & DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOK - The original dustjacket houses this book. Vividly illustrated. Browning to edges and lightly creased at spine top and bottom and corners. Silvery-blue cloth boards with lettering to the spine. Bumped to corners; otherwise a nice condition. Flat signed to the full title page: 'Best Wishes Gwyneth Jones'. All pages are present, clean and tightly bound. - END - Our orders are shipped within 1 or 2 business days. - Thanks for your interest and I hope you like the book enough to buy it. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING. Hand-Signed to the full title page, states: In Sisterhood - Gail Dines - Gail Dines (born 29 July 1958) is professor emerita of sociology and women's studies at Wheelock College in Boston, Massachusetts. - A radical feminist, Dines specializes in the study of pornography. Described in 2010 as the world's leading anti-pornography campaigner, which was the same year as this book was published. - Condition and Description of the book: The original dustjacket houses the book. It's in a great condition and has the price to inner front prelim intact. Black cloth spine and partial front and rear board houses silver gilt lettering which is in a great condition too. Red paper boards front and rear are clean and in a good order. Tightly bound to the inner page block. Grey endpages front and rear are clean. There are a few small soil marks you can see on the edge when the book is closed but other than this the 204 pages [including index], are in a clean and tightly bound condition. A good overall condition. - E N D - Thanks for looking and hope you want to buy. - Rapid dispatch [same day if possible, or as soon as]. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Like New. First (1st) Edition. Unread . Signed "Love Roald Dahl" to the title page NO INSCRIPTION! . Front/Back: Like New . Pages: Like New . Spine : Like New . Page Edges: Like New . Jacket: Like new - a little shelfwear . Not price-clipped . This edition was printed in 1979 . Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Original Dustjacket. Eileen Walton & Wendy McLerie (illustrator). FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING. FOUR1st/1st - ALL HAND SIGNED. DUSTJACKETS ALL PROTECTED IN ARCHIVAL SLEEVES. - BOOK ONE: The Gypsy's Return - 1981: The original dustjacket, designed by WENDY MCLERIE, houses this book. Retains price of £6.75 net, to the inner prelim. The dustjacket is complete and intact. Lightly rubbed at the edges and a few very small marks in general, with handling. Boards are black cloth with silver gilt to the spine. Good clean condition. Firm boards are tightly bound to inner page block. The inscription from Sara Judge is on the first blank end-page and reads: With love -- Sara Judge. Very light browning to end-pages front and rear. 192 pages are clean and tightly bound. - BOOK TWO: They Call Me Miranda - 1982: Miranda Hawton, mistress of Hazelwood, has lost her memory. Her husband knows the truth, but he will tell her nothing. When her new companion, Betsy Potter, comes to stay, she decides to help her mistress, and through her, Miranda meets charming Adam Rushmore. But there is a feeling of antagonism, which turns to frightening hatred - and soon Miranda is in danger of her life. - The original dustjacket, designed by EILEEN WALTON, houses this book. Retains price of £7.25 net, to the inner prelim. The dustjacket is complete and intact. Lightly rubbed at the edges and a few very small marks in general, with handling. EILEEN WALTON was the artist who designed the dustjacket for this book. Eileen was a prolific dustjacket designer and has designed dustjackets for numerous authors during the twentieth century. Boards are blue cloth with silver gilt to the spine. Good clean condition. Firm boards are tightly bound to inner page block. The inscription from Sara Judge is on the first blank endpage and reads: With best wishes -- Sara Judge. Very light browning to endpages front and rear. 190 pages are clean and tightly bound. BOOK THREE: Lucifer's Hold - 1983 : "A Gothic romance of a fin de siecle diabolist and his mesmeric domination of two sisters" - The original dustjacket, designed by EILEEN WALTON, houses this book. Retains price of £7.75 NET, to the inner prelim. The dustjacket is complete and intact. Lightly rubbed at the edges and a few very small marks in general, with handling. Boards are black cloth with silver gilt to the spine. Good clean condition. Firm boards are tightly bound to inner page block. The inscription from Sara Judge is on the first blank end-page and reads: With best wishes -- Sara Judge. Very light browning to endpages front and rear. 176 pages are clean and tightly bound. BOOK FOUR: Tabitha's Revenge 1984: Although Tabitha Thomas is only nine years old when her parents die, she vows to travel to London to seek her fortune and gain revenge on Philip Cambridge, the man who wronged her Mother. There, Mr Anthony Warren, a wealthy man, decides to turn Tabitha into a beautiful and accomplished lady. But Tabitha never forgets her childhood vow and excitement mounts in this Victorian tale when she effects a return to the Cambridge estate of her youth. The original dustjacket, designed by EILEEN WALTON, houses this book. Retains price of £7.95 net, to the inner prelim. The dustjacket is complete and intact. Lightly rubbed at the edges and a few very small marks in general, with handling. Boards are black cloth with silver gilt to the spine. Good clean condition. Firm boards are tightly bound to inner page block. The inscription from Sara Judge is on the first blank end-page and reads: With my love -- Sara Judge. Very light browning to endpages front and rear. 190 pages are clean and tightly bound. [END] Books are shipped within 1 to 2 days of purchase and will be sent fully insured. Signed by Author(s).