Search Results: Authors starting with S from Books in Bulgaria

London: Pan Books. Very Good. 2002. Revised Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Light reading and cover creases, slight shelf wear. ; First printing of Pan paperback edition with full number line, 2002. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover design uncredited incorporating image "The 59th Regiment under attack from a host of Ghilzais" courtesy of the Illustrated London News. ; B&W photographs and maps; 224 pages; From early Victorian times, the vulnerability of the Indian sub-continent to an invasion by Russia engaged the attention of British politicians of every political persuasion. In the Victorian era it was known as the "Great Game", and to ensure that her own rather than Russia's interest prevailed, Britain twice invaded Afghanistan in the 19th century. There were frequent clashes with the fiercely independent Pathans whose reputation for bravery, cruelty and cunning was tempered by the mutual respect with which tribesman and British soldier regarded each… Read More

London: Bantam. Very Good-; Some reading and cover creases, some edge wear, small ink . numerals to front endpaper. ; Nice tight copy, no names inside.. 1989. Reprint. Paperback. Mass Market PB . First Printing; 299 pages; Dmitry Kalyangin's cover is unravelling. For 20 years he has been a mole inside the Soviet Union's politburo, where the opportunities for espionage are unprecedented, but so are the dangers of discovery. ; 0553175246 .

London: Hutchinson. Fair with no dust jacket; Ex library copy with usual stamps and marks . inside. Missing DJ and rear endpaper, some scribble to edges of reading . block, light foxing to endpapers, some repair inside. ; Possible library . binding with black cloth boards quarter bound black leather with gilt . lettering to spine.. 1934. Hardcover. Ex-Library . 320 pages; Monsieur le Vicomte had been guillotined yet by some twist of fate he managed to escape and seek refuge in Turin. But by an even more perverse twist of fate, he is apprehended, leaving him once and for all in the hands of the French. .

London: Pan Books. Very Good+; Minor edge wear, small ink initials to front endpaper. ; First . Pan printing X75. Nice tight flat copy.. 1961. Reprint. Paperback. Mass Market PB . First Printing; 349 pages; A spell binding drama set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, filmed starring Stewart Granger and notable for the longest swordfight sequence in Hollywood history. .

London: Pan Books. Very Good+; Minor edge wear to lightly sunned spine, paper toned. ; Pan . X262. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Cover artwork by Tayler.. 1963. Reprint. Paperback. Mass Market PB . First Printing; 192 pages; Three breath-taking adventures in the incredible life of Cesare Borgia. .

London: Rebel Inc.. Very Good+. 1998. Reprint; Third Printing. Paperback. Trade PB . Minor shelf and edge wear. Publisher's promotional sticker to front cover. ; Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Introduction by Howard Marks. ; 288 pages; The story of Zachary Swan, an American drugs smuggler, whose intricate and ingenious scams ran rings around police and customs officials during the late 1960s and early 1970s. .

London: Futura Orbit. Near Fine. 1984. First British Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Minor edge and shelf wear, slight foxing to edges of reading block. ; First UK edition, first printing with no other printings listed, 1984. Nice tight copy, no names inside, appears unread and near as new. Cover artwork uncredited. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 576 pages; A unique adventure in a world on the brink of ultimate change, a world in which magic rules - and science struggles to live again. A masterful blend of high technology and high sorcery combined to create a classic epic of science fantasy. Prologue by Roger Zelazny. .

London: Futura Orbit. Very Good. 1986. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Some reading creases and edge wear. ; Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; 320 pages; The third book in the series of the Swords of Power forged by Vulcan. .

London: Futura Orbit. Very Good. 1992. First British Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light creases, light edge and shelf wear, light foxing to inside covers, endpapers and edges of reading block, paper starting to tone. ; Nice tight copy, no names inside. Wrap around cover artwork by David Bergen. ; 336 pages; Vulcan, forger of the Swords of Power, was the last God to die. Now humans possess all the Swords, some for good, some for evil. Woundhealer id the Sword of Healing, and is said to lie in the White Temple, far to the south. Mark, Prince Consort of Tasavalta seeks the sword to help regain the sight of his son. But others too seek the sword with less charitable reasons. .

London: Picador. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. Third Printing. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blue endpapers. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread. ; B&W Photographs; 340 pages; The distinguished neurologist and master storyteller turns the spotlight upon himself as he recounts his boyhood in wartime Britain. .

London: Virago. Very Good+. 1983. Reprint; Eighth Printing. Paperback. Slight cover corner creasing, light edge and shelf wear with light cover scuffing. ; Eighth printing of Virago paperback edition, 1993. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover design by the Senate showing "Portrait of Lady Lavery" by Sir John Lavery. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; Virago Modern Classics; 364 pages; Author's most successful book first published in 1930 with a new introduction by Victoria Glendinning. Nineteen-year-old Sebastian is heir to the vast country estate, Chevron. A deep sense of tradition and love of the English countryside binds him to his inheritance, yet he loathes the cold and extravagant society of which he is a part. It is July 1905 and Chevron is hosting a lavish party. Amongst the guests are two people who will change Sebastian's life: Lady Roehampton, who will initiate him in the art of love; and Leonard Anquetil, a polar explorer who will lead Sebastian and his free-spirited… Read More

London: Pocket Books. Very Good. 2005. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Minor cover creases and shelf wear, light foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; First UK paperback edition, first printing with full number line. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread and near as new. Cover design by David Mann. ; 192 pages; Sequel to An Englishman in Paris. The Parisien now wants to be a paysan, but it's easier said than done... .

London: Collins. Very Good. 1983. First British Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light shelf and edge wear, corners lightly bumped, tiny ding to inside front cover. ; Pictorial cloth boards, decorated endpapers. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; I Can Read it all by Myself Beginner Books; Colour Illustrations; 48 pages; Sick of being a bunny, P. J. Funnybunny decides to try being something else... .

Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books. Near Fine. 1998. Reprint; Thirty-First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Penguin reissue edition with new cover, thirty-first printing overall, 1998. Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread and near as new. Cover photo by James Darell. Translated from the original French by Irene Ash. ; Penguin Essentials; 112 pages; A young girl becomes involved in a dangerous game to wreck her father's plan to re-marry. .

Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books. Good+. 1991. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Ex-Library . Ex library copy, usual stamps and marks inside. Some reading and cover creases, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block ; Nice tight copy with library stiffened card covers. Cover artwork by Graham Humphreys. Translated from the original French by Anthea Bell. ; 256 pages; Occupied France 1942 and famous Hollywood film director Constantin von Meck, having returned to his native Germany prior to the war, is making another comic film for the Nazis. Constantin has a voracious apetite for life, but while filming in Provence is confronted by the horrific reality of the Nazi regime. .

Paris: J'Ai Lu. Very Good+. 1978. Not First Edition. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading creasing and shelf wear. ; Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside.; 158 pages .

Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books. Fair. 1980. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Some reading and cover creases, some cover scuffing, some loss to top and fore edge of front cover with associated non text open corner tears to first few leaves, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Reading copy only. Cover photo by Steve Campbell. ; 224 pages; A novel about the tempestuous course of a relationship between a young playwright and a ravishingly beautiful actress. .

London: Corgi. Good; Light reading and cover creases, some shelf and edge wear with large . split to rear edge of spine, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading . block. ; Good reading copy, no names inside.. 1983. Reprint. Paperback. Mass Market PB . First Printing; 400 pages; Ashley Welles had been the name she gave when millionaire rancher, Grant Copeland, had found her stranded in a blizzard and taken her home. What followed was a night of passion between two dynamic, unhappy people, as wild as the snowstorm raging outside. In the morning she was gone, a beautiful elusive woman he could never forget. But a woman who, as his search for her would discover, was destined to be his bitterest rival... ; 055212270X .

Sceptre. Very Good. 1989. Reprint. Paperback. Trade PB . Sticker tear to front cover, light shelf wear, cover corners creased. ; Bhusan Singh returns home to India in 1929 after a prolonged stay abroad and is flung into jail on conspiracy charges at a time of strikes, suspicion and Hindu-Muslim unrest. .

London: William Heinemann Ltd. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; Some rubs and sight loss to base of . unclipped DJ, corners lightly bumped and rubbed, reading block edge toned, . light foxing. ; Fawn cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight . copy, no names inside. DJ design by Peter Dyer with artwork by John . Heseltine.. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing; 216 pages; Novel which is both a love story and a mystery, set in a continent poised for revolution, and a world on the edge of war. For eminent scientist Sir Nitin Basu, spending the summer of 1914 at a remote hill station in the Himalayas, the arrival of a single Danish woman, hired as his secretary by his sister, is as alarming as an invasion. Tall, fair, unconvential, Miss Anna Hansen is a feminist, a women ahead of her time spending a year traveling before her marriage to an English diplomat. Before she leaves she will come perilously close to loving another man, stumbling upon evidence, she thinks, of a… Read More