F a thorp (5 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Fine condition. No jacket, as issued. First Large Print Edition. Leicester: Ulverscroft / F. A. Thorp, 1987. A beautiful copy of the first Ulverscroft Large Print edition. Fine condition. Bright, shiny, clean, square, & tight. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Two enchanting and affectionate horses, bred for stamina, intelligence, and skill in working with bulls, prove to be scared stiff of cows -- and even sheep. Illustrated with 24 pages of photos. Original green and white covers with full-color photograph of two horses & riders on the front. Ulverscroft Large Type. From the rear cover: "The story of how the first Camargue horses set foot on British soil in the late summer of 1984. The author had always nursed one particular ambition -- to bring home to his farm in Cornwall working horses from the famous wetlands of southern France. He and his wife Louella chose two horses and rode them back. Their 1,000 mile route encompassed ancient fortified towns in the Languedoc, rocky plains, prehistoric caves, the Dordogne, the Loire and the waterways of Brittany.". First Large Print Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. 310pp. + 24 pages of photos.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine condition. No jacket, as issued. First Large Print Edition. Leicester: Charnwood / F. A. Thorp, 1983. A beautiful copy of the first Charnwood Large Print edition. Fine condition. Bright, shiny, clean, square, & tight. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Charnwood Large Type. Full color illustration of the author and a polar bear on the front cover. From rear cover: "Aiming to set a new record for taking a sailing boat as close as possible to the North Pole -- the author bought and converted an old lifeboat, set off on his lone voyage in 1959, accompanied by Nelson, his one-eyed, three-legged sea dog. Trapped by ice in latitude 76N, he had to turn south and winter in Greenland. The next year he was caught in drift ice off Spitzbergen. His harrowing adventures included an encounter with a polar bear, being lost in a blizzard, and a narrow escape from being crushed by a capsizing iceberg." Keywords: Arctic Ocean. Voyages and Travels. . First Large Print Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. 360pp.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine condition. Etat de la jaquette : No dust jacket, as issued. First Charnwood Edition (so stated). Leicester, England / Anstey, Leicestershire: Charnwood / F. A. Thorp, 2000. SCARCE in the US. We have only this one copy, but it is available now and ready to ship today from Henderson, Nevada. NOT a library discard. Fine condition. Just a tiny bit of very mild shelfwear to the cover. Bright and shiny. NO chips, tears or fading. NO owner's name or bookplate. Hinges are perfect. Sharp corners. Pages are crisp. clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. NOT a remainder. Bound in the original full color laminated boards. From the rear cover: "Annie Abbott returns to Browhead, the beautiful, lonely hill farm above Bassenthwaite Lake, with only her pride and her baby daughter to sustain her. Her parents are dead, her old friends dare not be seen with an unmarried mother and the other farmers will not help a woman who presumes to buy sheep and raise crops without a husband at her side. Except for one man. Reed Macauley, son of the district's most prosperous landowner, knows that Annie is the only woman he will ever love. Secretly, he helps her any way he can. Secretly, because Reed has married another woman." Goodreads rating 4.09 stars. Keywords: Large Print Edition. Large Type Edition. First Charnwood Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Fine condition/No dust jacket, as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. (viii), 648pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrateur).…

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine condition. Etat de la jaquette : No dust jacket, as issued. First Charnwood Edition (so stated). Leicester, England / Anstey, Leicestershire: Charnwood / F. A. Thorp, 1999. NOT a library discard. We have only this one copy, but it is available now and ready to ship today from Henderson, Nevada. NOT a library discard. Near Fine condition. Just a bit of mild shelfwear to the cover. Bright and shiny. NO chips, tears or fading. NO owner's name or bookplate. Hinges are perfect. Sharp corners. Pages are unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. NOT a remainder. Bound in the original full color laminated boards. From the rear cover: "Sequel to THE SILENCE OF STRANGERS. Cosseted heiress Jenna Townley is used to getting her own way. And when she meets ambitious young Conal Macrae, she soon knows that this is the man she must marry, despite her father's disapproval. Their courtship is fiery and their marriage passionate. But their happiness is threatened by tragic and sinister family secrets which refuse to be buried. Is Jenna destined to repeat her mother's tragedy, or can she triumph over the past and keep both the Townley legacy and the man she was meant to love?" Goodreads rating 3.97 stars. 'Lively prose and a fine gift for detailling' - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. Keywords: Large Print Edition. Large Type Edition. First Charnwood Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket, as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. (x), 566pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrateur).…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine condition. Etat de la jaquette : No dust jacket, as issued. First Charnwood Edition (so stated). Leicester, England / Anstey, Leicestershire: Charnwood / F. A. Thorp, 1994. NOT a library discard. We have only this one copy, but it is available now and ready to ship today from Henderson, Nevada. NOT a library discard. Fine condition. Just a tiny bit of very mild shelfwear to the cover. Bright and shiny. NO chips, tears or fading. Hinges are perfect. Sharp corners. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. Pages are otherwise crisp, clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. NOT a remainder. Bound in the original full color laminated boards. Winner of the Boots Romantic Novel of the Year Award (1988). From the rear cover: "Daisy Brindle begins life as a 'field girl', the poorest of the poor. Then one day handsome Miles Thornley, Lord Thornley's heir, rides into her life. Soon, she gives herself to Miles, but when he destroys Cassie, a simple orphan child, Daisy realises that he is not the perfect man of her dreams, but a dangerous enemy. Driven to the streets of Liverpool, Daisy is rescued from destitution by honest sea captain, Sam Lassiter. Relentlessly, she plots her revenge on Miles Thornley - until Sam Lassiter makes her choose between him and her obsession." Goodreads rating 3.93 stars. Keywords: Large Print Edition. Large Type Edition. First Charnwood Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Fine condition/No dust jacket, as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. (viii), 844pp. + 12 pages of ads. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrateur).…