transworld publishers penguin random house london (22 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: As New. First Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket after Neil Gower (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, subsequent impression with number line '7 9 10 8 6'. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, very faint old dampstain to top of spine, remains of old sticky label to back jacket, not price clipped (£25.00), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg only copy. 455pp. Bill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. Full of extraordinary facts and astonishing stories 'The Body, A Guide for Occupants' is a brilliant, often very funny attempt to understand the miracle of our physical and neurological make up. A wonderful successor to 'A Short History of Nearly Everything', this new book is an instant classic. It will have you marvelling at the form you occupy, and celebrating the genius of your existence, time and time again.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Cover photo by Isaac Marley Morton (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with '1' on copyright page. Largely pale blue covers and photo, no jacket as issued. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of covers and spine, corners slightly bruised, slight lean, price on back cover (£20.00), no inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy. 326pp, illustrated endpapers. From sleeping in a car to get a good shot of 73962 Dick Mabbutt to trainspotting with Joe Jonas, Francis Bourgeois has been on one hell of a ride over the past year. Bringing joy to millions, his epic journeys have highlighted the importance of connecting with your passions. In 'The Trainspotter's Notebook', Francis shares his greatest trainspotting adventures and takes you with him across the fields and footbridges of Britain, passing through historic terminals and backwater stations in pursuit of tones, thrash and locomotive perfection. Told in his inimitable style, these hilarious and heart warming tales take you behind the scenes of his most popular videos, and celebrate the places and people of the railway. Are you ready to depart? English trainspotter and social media personality Francis Bourgeois. Quite a scarce book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by Shutterstock (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with '1' on copyright page. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed and bruised, slight lean, faint crease down centre of front jacket, not price clipped (£22.00), no inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg copy. 665pp. If, like Kane, you're a Denied Access Area spy for the CIA, then boundaries have no meaning. Your function is to go in, do whatever is required, and get out again, by whatever means necessary. You know when to run, when to hide and when to shoot. But some places don't play by the rules. Some places are too dangerous, even for a man of Kane's experience. The badlands where the borders of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan meet are such a place, a place where violence is the only way to survive. Kane travels there to exfiltrate a man with vital information for the safety of the West, but instead he meets an adversary who will take the world to the brink of extinction. A frightening, clever, vicious man with blood on his hands and vengeance in his heart. By the author of 'I Am Pilgrim'.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, signed or possibly inscribed by Norris on title page ("Hay on Wye - 28.5.18"), has very slight shelfwear to spine ends and lower corner of rear board, otherwise a sharp, clean Near Fine copy in like dust jacket which has a hint of shelfwear to spine ends, and a touch of faint rubbing.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Carrie Ackroyd (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with '1' on copyright page. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some very slight yellowing to page block, not price clipped (£25.00), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy, looks almost unread. 419pp, illustrated. Travelling a thousand miles and across three billion years, Christopher Somerville (walking correspondent of 'The Times' sets out to interrogate the land beneath our feet, and how it has affected every aspect of human history from farming to house construction, the Industrial Revolution to the current climate crisis. In his thousand mile journey, Somerville follows the story of Britain's unique geology, travelling from the three billion year old rocks of the Isle of Lewis, formed when the world was still molten, down the map south eastwards across bogs, over peaks and past quarry pits to the furthest corner of Essex where new land is being formed by nature and man. Demystifying the sometimes daunting technicalities of geology with humour and a characteristic lightness of touch, Somerville's book tells a story of humanity's reckless exploitation and a lemming like surge towards self annihilation but also shows seeds of hope as we learn how we might work with geology to avert a climate catastrophe. It cannot fail to change the way you see the world beyond your door. Quite a scarce book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket and illustrations by Micaela Alcaino (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, subsequent impression with number line '7 9 10 8 6'. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some nicks to bottom of spine, corners very slightly bruised, price clipped, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 298pp, illustrated, illustrated endpapers. Traditional ploughland is disappearing. Seven cornfield flowers have become extinct in the last twenty years. Once abundant, the corn bunting and the lapwing are on the Red List. The corncrake is all but extinct in England. And the hare is running for its life. Written in exquisite prose 'The Running Hare' tells the story of the wild animals and plants that live in and under our ploughland, from the labouring microbes to the patrolling kestrel above the corn, from the linnet pecking at seeds to the seven spot ladybird that eats the aphids that eat the crop. It recalls an era before open roofed factories and silent, empty fields, recording the ongoing destruction of the unique, fragile, glorious ploughland that exists just down the village lane. But it is also the story of ploughland through the eyes of man who took on a field and husbanded it in a natural, traditional way, restoring its fertility and wildlife, bringing back the old farmland flowers and animals. John Lewis Stempel demonstrates that it is still possible to create a place where the hare can rest safe. Now quite a scarce book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Richard Ogle (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with '1' on copyright page. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WITHOUT DEDICATION, IN RED PEN, ON TITLE PAGE. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, 'Signed Copy' sticker to front jacket, corners slightly bruised, not price clipped (£20.00), internally clean tight and almost square, overall a vg+ copy. 471pp. It's been seventeen months since the Bloodsmith butchered his first victim and Operation Maypole is still no nearer to catching him. The media is whipping up a storm, the top brass are demanding results, but the investigation is sinking fast. Now isn't the time to get distracted with other cases, but Detective Sergeant Lucy McVeigh doesn't have much choice. When Benedict Strachan was just eleven, he hunted down and killed a homeless man. No one's ever figured out why Benedict did it, but now, after sixteen years, he's back on the streets again, battered, frightened, convinced a shadowy 'They' are out to get him, and begging Lucy for help. It sounds like paranoia, but what if he's right? What if he really is caught up in something bigger and darker than Lucy's ever dealt with before? What if the Bloodsmith isn't the only monster out there? And what's going to happen when Lucy goes after them? Quite scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Anna Morrison (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, subsequent impression with number line '3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2'. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, IN HEAVY BLACK PEN, WITHOUT DEDICATION, ON TITLE PAGE. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some faint dints to leading edges of front folds, Waterstones Exclusive 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front jacket, not price clipped (£16.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and almost square, overall a vg+ copy. 265pp. Mother to five children, journalist and author Clover Stroud has navigated family life across two decades, both losing and finding herself. In her touching, provocative and profoundly insightful book, she captures a sense of what motherhood really feels like, how intense, sensuous, joyful, boring, profound and dark it can be. 'My Wild and Sleepless Nights' examines what it means to be a mother, and reveals with unflinching honesty the many conflicting emotions that this entails: the joy and the wonder, the loneliness and despair. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by James Weston-Lewis (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with '1' on copyright page. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, top corners very slightly rubbed, not price clipped (£20.00), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 339pp. In the beginning was the earth. From the Paleozoic volcanoes that stained its soil, to the Saxons who occupied it, to the Tudors who traded its wool, to the Land Girls of wartime, John Lewis-Stempel charts a sweeping, lyrical history of Woodston, the quintessential English farm. With his combined skills of farmer and historian Lewis-Stempel digs deep into written records, the memories of relatives, and the landscape itself to celebrate the farmland his family have been bound to for millennia. Through Woodston's life, we feel the joyful arrival of oxen ploughing, we see pigs rootling in the medieval apple orchard, and take in the sharp, drowsy fragrance of hops on Edwardian air. He draws upon his wealth of historical knowledge and his innate sense of place to create a passionate, fascinating biography of farming in England. Woodston not only reminds us of the rural riches buried beneath our feet but of our shared roots that tie us to the land. Quite scarce in this first impression.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by Dominic Forbes (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with '1' on copyright page. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WITHOUT DEDICATION, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE. some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners bruised and split, slight lean, inside front flap slightly creased, not price clipped (£12.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy. 408pp. Deep within the Arctic Circle, three scientists from the UK's Arctic Research Station trudge through a blizzard in search of shelter. They see a cabin ahead. It appears abandoned. No lights. No snowmobile outside. But as they push open the door, the smell hits them. Rank and foetid, there's something bad inside. Then movement. A man lies slumped, his face disfigured by livid pustules. Blood runs from his nostrils; his chest glistens blackly. The team's medic, Dr Sheila Mackenzie, pushes forward to examine him when the convulsions start. Blood, bile and mucus spray into the air. The doctor knows it's too late she's been contaminated. Within hours, a full scale operation to contain this contagion is underway. Samples are rushed to the laboratories at Porton Down on high alert. What they discover changes everything. Supported by phone and data intercepts, British Intelligence reaches a terrifying conclusion, that Russia has been developing a new generation of bio weapons. Dispatched to investigate, MI6's Luke Carlton finds himself on a serpentine trail of lies and deception. From a mysterious factory in Lithuania, via arrest and imprisonment, and ultimately back to Britain, he discovers that they've been looking in the wrong place all along. On 6th June 2004, while reporting from Al-Suwaidi, a district of Riyadh, Gardner was shot six times and seriously injured in an attack by Al Qaeda sympathisers. His colleague, Irish cameraman Simon Cumbers, was shot dead. Of the bullets which hit Gardner in his torso (others passed through his shoulder and leg) most missed his major organs but one hit his spinal nerves and he was left partly paralysed in the legs and since then has used a wheelchair. The Saudi Arabian government had forced Gardner to use official minders, who ran away once the firing started. The Saudi government promised compensation but they have never paid (of course). After 14 operations, seven months in hospital and months of rehabilitation, he returned to reporting for the BBC in mid 2005, using a wheelchair or a frame. Despite his injury, he still occasionally reports from the field including places like Afghanistan, Colombia and now Ukraine, but usually comments on top stories from a BBC studio. The gunman who shot Gardner and Cumbers, Adel al Dhubaiti, was later captured and executed by Saudi authorities in January 2016. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Janet Bell (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE 'For dear Pat, with my love, Marcia xx'. Some minuscule edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, scratch / crush line to mid page fore edges, not price clipped (£16.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and almost square, overall a vg+ copy, looks unread. 287pp. When Tim confides in Mattie that he needs a sabbatical from work and a fresh place to live, she suggests he move into one of the cottages at her family's home in the beautiful English countryside. She senses there's something he's not telling her, but she has faith that he'll fit right in with the eccentric but affectionate crowd at Brockscombe. As he gets to know the warm jumble of family who share their lives, Tim discovers that everyone there has their secrets. There's Kat, a retired ballet dancer who longs to take the stage again, Charlotte, a young navy wife struggling to bring up her son while her husband is at sea, and William, who has tried hard to get over his estranged wife, though it's much harder now that she's trying to move into the cottage Tim just occupied. And even when she's far away, Tim knows there's Mattie, beautiful, engaging, clever Mattie. Can Tim open up to her? Would it matter, he wonders, if he did? Marcia Willett, the master of the charming country novel, once again weaves the stories of her vibrant, lovable characters into this heartwarming read. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Seventh impression. Two page map by Liane Payne, based on an original by J. Reynolds, 1851 and eight pages b/w photographs. Jacket design by Jo Thomson. Black boards with white lettering to front, back and spine. A near fine, clean, tight book with slight rubbing to corners in a near fine, unclipped (priced at £16.99), three quarter length jacket. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes nor inscriptions. 416 pp. Appears little read. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Becci Kelly (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WITHOUT DEDICATION, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, page fore edges have stencil of pine tree design as issued, corners bruised, 'Signed by the Author sticker to front jacket, some faint dints to front jacket, slight lean, not price clipped (£12.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy. 327pp, illustrated endpapers. Lauren and her father Niall live alone in the Highlands, in a small village surrounded by pine forest. When a woman stumbles out onto the road one Halloween night, Niall drives her back to their house in his pickup. In the morning, she's gone. In a community where daughters rebel, men quietly rage, and drinking is a means of forgetting, mysteries like these are not out of the ordinary. The trapper found hanging with the dead animals for two weeks. Locked doors and stone circles. The disappearance of Lauren's mother a decade ago. Lauren looks for answers in her tarot cards, hoping she might one day be able to read her father's turbulent mind. Neighbours know more than they let on, but when local teenager Ann-Marie goes missing it's no longer clear who she can trust. In the shadow of the Highland forest, Francine Toon captures the wildness of rural childhood and the intensity of small town claustrophobia. In a place that can feel like the edge of the word, she unites the chill of the modern gothic with the pulse of a thriller. It is the perfect novel for our haunted times. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Milan Bozic (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLACK BIRO, ON TITLE PAGE 'For Emma, Armistead Maupin'. Some edge wear to top and bottom of largely white jacket and spine, corners slightly bruised, 'Signed First Edition' sticker to front jacket, not price clipped (20.00), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 294pp. Born in the mid twentieth century and raised in the heart of conservative North Carolina, Armistead Maupin lost his virginity to another man 'on the very spot where the first shots of the Civil War were fired'. Realizing that the South was too small for him, this son of a traditional lawyer packed his earthly belongings into his Opel GT (including a beloved portrait of a Confederate ancestor), and took to the road in search of adventure. It was a journey that would lead him from a homoerotic Navy initiation ceremony in the jungles of Vietnam to that strangest of strange lands, San Francisco in the early 1970s. Reflecting on the profound impact those closest to him have had on his life, Maupin shares his candid search for his 'logical family', the people he could call his own. 'Sooner or later, we have to venture beyond our biological family to find our logical one, the one that actually makes sense for us', he writes. 'We have to, if we are to live without squandering our lives'. From his loving relationship with his palm reading Grannie who insisted Maupin was the reincarnation of her artistic bachelor cousin Curtis, to an awkward conversation about girls with President Richard Nixon in the Oval Office, Maupin tells of the extraordinary individuals and situations that shaped him into one of the most influential writers of the last century. Maupin recalls his losses and life changing experiences with humour and unflinching honesty, and brings to life flesh and blood characters as endearing and unforgettable as the vivid, fraught men and women who populate his enchanting novels. What emerges is an illuminating portrait of the man who depicted the liberation and evolution of America's queer community over the last four decades with honesty and compassion and inspired millions to claim their own lives. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by Christopher Brown (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WITHOUT DEDICATION, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE. Some edge wear and creasing to top and bottom of jacket and spine, top corners rubbed and bruised, some slight creasing to front folds, some yellowing to page block, 'Signed copy' sticker to front jacket, not price clipped (£17.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and almost square, overall a vg copy. 558pp. No picture was more beautiful than Raphael's 'Pandora'. Discovered by a dashing young lieutenant Raymond Kelvedon in a Normandy Chateau in 1944, she had cast her spell over his family, all artists and dealers, for fifty years. Hanging in a turret of their lovely Cotswold house, Pandora witnessed Raymond's tempestuous wife Galena both entertaining a string of lovers, and giving birth to her four children Jupiter, Alizarin, Jonathan and superbrat Sienna. Then an exquisite stranger rolls up, claiming to be a long lost daughter of the family, setting the three Belvedon brothers at each other's throats. Accompanying her is her fatally glamorous boyfriend, whose very different agenda includes an unhealthy interest in the Raphael. During a fireworks party, the painting is stolen. The hunt to retrieve it takes the reader on a thrilling journey to Vienna, Geneva, Paris, New York and London. After a nail biting court case and a record smashing Old Masters sale at Sotheby's, passionate love triumphs and Pandora is restored to her rightful home. Classic Jilly Cooper, scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF. Paperback. 19.5x12.5cm. 359 pages. Flat spine. Flat covers. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Dispatched with TRACKING boxed in cardboard. ref dbnch.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF. Paperback. 23.5x15.5cm. 391 pages. Flat spine. Flat rear cover. FRONT COVER BOTTOM CORNER TIP HAS A CREASE. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Flat pages are tanned. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard, ref ZITAN.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF. Paperback. 23.5x15.5cm. 323 pages. Flat spine. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref zx-prf.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. UNCORRECTED BOOK PROOF. Paperback. 23x15.5cm. 341 pages. Flat spine. Flat front cover. REAR COVER IS CREASED ACROSS THE BOTTOM CORNER. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 190.3.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket photos by Charles Toop (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, subsequent impression with number line '5 7 9 10 8 6'. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, IN NARROW BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE, WITH PRINTED AUTHOR NAME CROSSED THROUGH 'Dear Aunt Joan, I hope you enjoy this! All best Rowland'. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, slight lean (Aunt Joan read it!), some yellowing to page block, corners slightly bruised, price clipped, no other inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy. 410pp, illustrated. April 1982. Argentine forces had invaded the Falkland Islands. Britain needed an answer. And fast. The idea was simple, to destroy the vital landing strip at Port Stanley. The reality was more complicated. The only aircraft that could possibly do the job was three months from being scrapped, and the distance it had to travel was four thousand miles beyond its maximum range. It would take fifteen Victor tankers and seventeen separate in flight refuellings to get one Avro Vulcan B2 over the target, and give its crew any chance of coming back alive. Yet less than a month later, a formation of elderly British jets launched from a remote island airbase to carry out the longest range air attack in history. At its head was a single aircraft, six men, and twenty one thousand-pound bombs, facing the hornet's nest of modern weaponry defending the Argentine forces on the Falkland Islands. There would be no second chances. Very scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First printing of the first U.K. edition (the true first edition). A very fine (as-new) copy in a very fine (as-new) jacket. A clean, tight copy in an unclipped jacket. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. This copy is one of just 1,500 numbered copies that has been SIGNED by Bailey on the special limitation page (as pictured). A beautiful copy of Bailey's debut novel. Signed-UK-LD. Signed by Author(s).