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OldMod67
10th Dec 2019
Book
Ransom Riggs - The Conference Of Birds (2020)
Front cover photograph from the collection of Billy Parrott.
Jacket design by Lindsey Andrews.

OldMod67
9th Dec 2019
Book
Sylvain Neuvel - Sleeping Giants (2016)
Page count taken from uncorrected proof copy.

OldMod67
7th Dec 2019
Book
J. R. R. Tolkien - The Hobbit [Graphic Novel] (1991)
More detail: Illustrated by David Wenzel. Adapted by Charles Dixon, with Sean Deming.
First published in three comic volumes by Eclipse, 1989. One volume edition, also by Eclipse, followed in January 1990. First one volume edition in UK by Unwin, 1990.

OldMod67
7th Dec 2019
Book
Barbara Strachey - Journeys Of Frodo (1981)
First published by Unwin Paperbacks 1981. Reprinted 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989.
Retail price in 1989, £6.99

OldMod67
7th Dec 2019
Book
J. R. R. Tolkien - The Hobbit (1979)
This entry copy acquired December 1979.
Pricing detail :
United Kingdom £0.85
Australia $2.50 (recommended)
Canada $2.75
Typeset in 10 on 11 point Times and printed in Great Britain by Cox & Wyman Ltd, London, Reading and Fakenham. © George Allen Unwin (Publishers) Ltd. 1979.
Unwin Paperbacks, 40, Museum Street, London, WC1A 1LU

OldMod67
3rd Dec 2019
Book
J. Meade Falkner - Moonfleet (1962)
Front and rear cover opened reveals full image, by F.R. Exell (unsigned)
Fly title contains the note 'For all readers from 9 upwards, especially boys'

OldMod67
25th Nov 2019
Book
Hilaire Belloc - Selected Cautionary Verses (1964)
For reference, my 1971 edition lists pricing on rear as follows:
United Kingdom 25p. 5/-
Australia $0.75
New Zealand $0.75
South Africa R0.60
Canada $1.15

OldMod67
25th Nov 2019
Book
Barrie Sturt-Penrose - The Art Scene (1969)
Priced inside flap 35/-

OldMod67
23rd Nov 2019
Book
Andrew Kaufman - The Tiny Wife (2011)
Note: no dustjacket. Printed boards. Cover illustration also by Tom Percival. Some copies include 'By the author of All My Friends Are Superheroes' in title-matching text, bottom right corner.

OldMod67
15th Nov 2019
Book
Peter Boxall - 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2012)
NB: Reverse of title page states 'First published in Great Britain in 2008 by Cassell Illustrated ' Preface to the second edition states first edition was published March 2006.

OldMod67
15th Nov 2019
Book
Nick Churchill - Yeah Yeah Yeah (2011)
Thanks JPGR&B. I wasn't sure if it was directly connected enough, so thanks for that!

OldMod67
14th Nov 2019
Book
Robert Louis Stevenson - The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde And Other Stories (2004)
The 'other stories' are: The Body-snatchers, Markheim, Olalla, The Suicide Club.
NB: The Body-snatchers is also known as The Body Snatcher, first published in 1884.

OldMod67
14th Nov 2019
Book
Philippa Pearce - Tom's Midnight Garden (2014)
Collector's Library edition, dustjacket features Susan Einzig's cover illustration for the first edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1958. A feature of CRW's imprint Collector's Library is gilt edging and ribbon bookmark. The series was purchased by Macmillan in 2015.

OldMod67
14th Nov 2019
Book
Mark Twain - The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer (2004)
Collector's Library were (at the time this was published) an imprint of CRW Publishing Limited. This range of gilt-edged pocket sized hardback were bought by Macmillan in March 2015.

OldMod67
14th Nov 2019
Book
Mark Twain - The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn (2012)
Penguin English Library edition, cover design by Coralie Bickford-Smith

OldMod67
14th Nov 2019
Book
Nick Churchill - Yeah Yeah Yeah (2011)
As an aside, there was a tie-in exhibition of photographs from the book held at The Lighthouse in Poole (formerly Poole Arts Centre) from February 1st - March 10th 2012. It was pretty good (and free!).

OldMod67
10th Nov 2019
Book
Isaac Asimov - Foundation, Foundation And Empire, Second Foundation (2010)
Everyman's Library, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, London, Toronto. ISBN above is UK edition. (US edition: 9780307593962) Titled The Foundation Trilogy on cloth spine.

OldMod67
10th Nov 2019
Book
Mark Twain - The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn (2003)
Cover: detail from Milking Time (1875) by Winslow Homer in the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington. Page 47 features facsimile of the first edition title page, Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly 1884. Note: UK edition published December 1884 and USA edition February 1885 by Charles L. Webster.

OldMod67
10th Nov 2019
Book
Ronald Searle - Les Tres Riches Heures De Mrs Mole (2011)
First published as a special limited edition by Artist's Choice Editions, Oxford. Originally to be 156 numbered copies, but amended to 196. Starting with 4pp text from Ronald Searle and ending with a note from his wife Monica, the book contains 47 colour illustrations that Ronald did for his wife as she was undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. Published in 2011 by Blue Door, an imprint of HarperCollins.

OldMod67
9th Nov 2019
Book
Jamie O'Keefe - Thugs, Mugs And Violence (1998)
Reprinted in March 1999 (3rd edition)

OldMod67
9th Nov 2019
Book
John Walter - The Pistol Book (1988)
Published in Great Britain (£16.95 net) by Arms & Armour Press, but also distributed in USA by Sterling Publishing Co. Inc. and Australia by Capricorn Link (Australia) Pty Ltd.

OldMod67
9th Nov 2019
Book
Richard Winer - The Devil's Triangle (1974)
Published 1974, my copy is 9th printing.

OldMod67
9th Nov 2019
Book
Billy Hayes - Midnight Express (1983)
The 1983 edition illustrated was reprinted twice that year and again in 1984, UK price increasing to £1.75 net.

OldMod67
8th Nov 2019
Book
Oscar Lenius - A Well-Dressed Gentlemen's Pocket Guide (1998)
Oscar Lenius is a pseudonym of Heinrich Thomas Rusche, a leading men's outfitter from Munster, Germany.

OldMod67
6th Nov 2019
Book
Edward Lear - A Book Of Nonsense (1961)
An Everyman Paperback published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, Bedford St, London, W.C.2
E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc, New York, USA. Cover design by Dodie Masterman ©1961 J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd. Prices 4s net

OldMod67
1st Nov 2019
Book
Shirley Jackson - The Lottery (2014)
Correct, that would be 'The Lottery and Other Stories'.

OldMod67
30th Oct 2019
Book
Shirley Jackson - The Haunting Of Hill House (1977)
Cover price 65p (UK) $1.90 (Australia) $2.15 (New Zealand)

OldMod67
15th Oct 2019
Book
Matthew Collin - Altered State: The Story Of Ecstasy Culture And Acid House (1998)
'With contributions from John Godfrey'

OldMod67
14th Oct 2019
Book
Tony Palmer - All You Need Is Love (1977)
Cover price 85p. ISBN listed inside is 0297772511, being the HB edition.

OldMod67
14th Oct 2019
Book
Joe Claro - My Bodyguard (1981)
Short teenage novelisation of the film which went on release in Summer 1980. Based on the screenplay by Alan Ormsby.


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