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901 |
COLLOMB , R G , CREW , P , ARTHAUD , B , WRANGHAM , E A ALPINE CLUB GUIDE BOOKS Selected Climbs in the Mont Blanc Range Vol 1 from the Col de la Seigne to the Col du Geant A CLIMBER'S GUIDE
London THE ALPINE CLUB 1967 Paper Back Good + 150x110mm Approx
Pocket-size Paper Back 1967, 246pp..The Alpine Club Guide books for Climbers.[ Mountaineering ].edited by RG Collomb & P Crew [General Editor EA Wrangham].Volume 1 of the Mont Blanc Range.Translated & adapted from the Guide Vallot - compiled with additional material by Collomb & Crew.[ Chamonix France - du Midi .. ] Listed Diagrams & Maps.Preface, Abbrevs; Intro. select Biblio; valley+ other Bases/huts. Index- book in 5 parts.[ book , internally clean throughout without annotion.Sound binding , neat ink name to fep. Small tan staining bottom edge p1-94 diminishing- ie; to start 3x10mm , 3x5mm p30.nowhere near text. Jacket- Publisher protective plastic covering is intact & clean - however wrinkled from being damp - inner endpaper light damp stained Pls see our image.
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902 |
COLLYER, DAVID J. Fly-Dressing
NEWTON ABBOT DAVID AND CHARLES 1985 0715367196 Hard Back VG+ VG 220x145 mm Approx BRADBURY, David
Red boards with Gilt lettering to spine,240pp. 91 Drawings by Derek Bradbury and 8 pages of colour plates. First published in 1975 this is the Sixth Impression and considerred one of the angling classics. VG+/VG- (book - no previous owner name or insc. D/J- bands of soiling/ discolouration to top and bottom of both flaps. 10mm approx. magic tape repair to tear at bottom of rear flap fold. Minor rubbing to extremities).
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903 |
CONAN DOYLE ARTHUR, DOYLE , ARTHUR CONAN THE BRITISH CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS 1914
LONDON: HODDER AND STOUGHTON 1916
225x150mm approx. Blue Buckram with gilt lettering to spine.344pp All maps and plans as expected. Frist Volume of the author's chronicle of the Great War admired for it's easy reading style. VG ( name of previous owner and date to pasted down fep. A few pencil lines to margins and last page browned - probably from the insertion of a newspaper article now removed. Signs of wear to extremities- colour loss only - no freying of cloth. Binding and endpapers sound - if a little floppy. No d/j).
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904 |
CONGDON , PHILIP PER ARDUA AD ASTRA A Handbook of the Royal Air Force Second Revised Updated Edition
Shewsbury AIRLIFE Publishing Ltd 1994 1853104787 2nd Edition Soft Cover Fine - 240 x 185mm Approx
Col illus navy Laminated Paperback , FINE - , no inscsp , 2nd Revised Updated edition , illustrated b/w & colour , 198pps , " it is the ultimate reference handbook on the Royal Air Force " approved by the MOD [ Ministry of defence ] RAF & WRAF , Foreword , ackns , gloss; biblio; , index , Appendix , 21 chpts [ book as new with slight laminate scuff - less 1mm - top/f corner edge [ F minus
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906 |
CONRAD, JOSEPH ALMAYER'S FOLLY
HARMONDSWORTH PENGUIN BOOKS 1936 1st Edition Thus Paper BAack VG 180x110mm Approx
Orange and white card wraps.255 nos.pp. No 36 in Penguin Fiction Series "The Bodley Head" to wraps. Good no d/j (Book- tanning to margins of book block and spine sun faded. Moderate rubbing to foredges of covers. Ink tick to front panel.) See our image of the actual book offered for sale.
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907 |
CONS , DAVID , BSc FRGS CAVECRAFT AN INTRODUCTION TO CAVING AND POTHOLING
LONDON , FIRST EDITION GEORGE HARRAP First Edition Hard Back VG VG 215x138mm Approx
184 pages , yellow boadrs with black lettering , small neat inscp , 5 small fox spots fep and one dot to rear , tight bindings , sound clean copy throughout , d/j not price clipped 18/- small aers scuff/crease to top/f/corner - now in clear protective cover - profuselly illustrated line drawings and mono plates , in 2 parts - Cavers/ caves/ caving ] making a start / fitting out and the technique of caving [ route finding underground / ropework / exhaustion / water in caves / new caves / rescue etc ] author D Cons BSc FRGS - a book cannot replace experience but treated as a primer read in conjunction with training - extremely helpful guide , includes - Where to find caves / narrow passages / ladders / exposure / how to join a club .. ] for those running training schemes and caver's alike
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908 |
CONSTANDUROS , BOB FERRARI Kimberley's Grand Prix Team Guide No 3
LONDON Constanduros & Kimberley 094613202x Soft Cover Fine 215x210mm Approx
Larger slim fomat stapled Paperback , FINE , [ glossy magazine ] Undated , profusely illustrated in colour , plus the Ferrari Team's World Championship Grand prix Results [ from 1950 - to 1980 [ Monaco etc and drivers such as Fangio etc , Kimberley's Grand Prix Team Guide no 3 , writer B Constanduros whose father raced at Goodwood ,Sussex - he freelanced for Autosport - progressed to freelance globally covering the tracks , the chief photographer John Townsend [ Nikon ] world wide specialist in motor racing [ tight binding , no rust to staples , no inscsp , no notable defects
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909 |
CONSTANTINE , MURRAY [ Pseudonym of K Burdekin ] SWASTIKA NIGHT
LONDON VICTOR GOLLANCZ 1940 1st Edition Thus Hard Back Good + 190x130mm Approx
Small red H/b 196pp. 1st ed thus - Left Book Club Edition 1940. 9 chpts by. M Constantine [ pseudonym K Burdekin ] written in 1937 - this futuristic novel should be considered Symbolic rather than prophetic - What if Hitler .... the author feels Nazism is an evil yet cannot last forever as it is too bad to be permanent. .. breaking the body maybe but the spirit? [ The story begins - The Knight turned towards the Holy Hitler chapel ... Hermann was siitiing in the Goebbels chapel ] a thought provoking work of fiction penned by one who lived at the time of horror [ book - tight binding , clean endpapers , no inscsp , wartime paper evenly margin area tanned/browned throughout. 2 slight indentations to frnt/rear base edge from being tied. very clean & tidy covers for this title. PLS see our image.
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910 |
COOGAN , TIMOTHY PATRICK IRELAND SINCE THE RISING 1916 Easter Rising
London Pall Mall Press 1966 1st Edition Hard Back Fine Good+ 240 x 160mm Approx
H/b , Dust Jacket , 1st edition 1966 , illustrated , Irish History [ 1916 - 1966 ] , TP Coogan's most outstanding achievment here is the critical appraisal of the 4 aspects of modern Ireland - Catholicism , Gaelic movement , IRA and the North , Ackns; Intro; 12 chpts , Envoi , Appendices , select biblio , index [ bright green cloth , gilt lettering , book - fine , no inscsp , tight binding ] [ blue shades photo illus D/j not price clipped , 42s in UK only , slightly grubby to white rear from handling , light edgwear col loss/rubbing , 1-2mm loss all corners - now in clear proprietary protective cover
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911 |
COOK , BERYL HAPPY DAYS
London Victor Gollanzc 1995 0575061928 1st Edition Hard Back Fine VG 285x210mm Approx. Cook , Beryl
H/b , Dust Jacket , FINE/VG , 1st edition 1995 , Beryl cook Artist - larger than life & every day folk - with humour , big bold brightly coloured people leading their daily lives [ navy cloth Gilt titles to spine - book - no inscsp fine ] [ col illus D/j not price clipped , £ 14.99 , no fade to spine , no nicks/tears , 2 small puncture holes with assoc crease to spine base , o/w no notable defects , vg
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912 |
COOPER , EMMANUEL POTTERY
LONDON MACDONALD GUIDELINES 1976 0356060012 1st Edition Soft Back VG- 200x145mm Approx
Paperback , 96pp , profusely illustrated mono plates , line drawings , some colour , A unique approach - Information , Activities , Reference , Macdonald Education / Macdonald Guidlines series , E Cooper well know potter teaches students of pottery and exhibits widely home and abroad [ book - minor lpublishers 'laminate peel to rear base corner , yelow stain line to feps , ink nam eto fep , tight bindings , clean throughout , VG-
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914 |
COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE THE DEERSLAYER OR THE FIRST WAR PATH
NEW YORK & LONDON G P PUTMAN'S SONS 1897 First Edition Thus Hard Back G 215x135mm Approx.
573 pages,red boards/gilt lettering,a Mowhawk EditionThe Works of James Fenimore Cooper,ist thus,[the Knickerbocker Press.][The Leather Stocking Tales]book in good condition lacks free blank front page.illustrated with Vinagrettes to chapters plus tissue guard Frontispiece odf Deerslayer standing over his victim.,plus afine line drawing of a traditional peace pipe to title page.with 5 pages preface to the Leather Stocking Tales followed by 2 page preface to The Deerslayer probably the first in order of the reading and yet the last to be published after the last of the Mohicans..every new chapter begining with a relevent prominent quote.[Judith Hutter redskin indian warriors ]older child and adult reading
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915 |
COOPER, WILLIAM DURRANT THE HISTORY OF WINCHELSEA ONE OF THE ANCIENT TOWNS ADDED TO THE CINQUE PORTS
LONDON JOHN RUSSELL SMITH 1850 1st Edition Hard Cover Good 230X145mm Approx.
Olive green cloth boards with blind embossed boards and gilt title to spine. vii+ 264pp + 12 page publisher's catalogue at end. Fold out frontis map (street plan) of Winchelsea in 1763 by Charles Stephens + 10 other plates as listed in the instructions to the binder. Numerous other line illustrations and tables in text. Good- Shelf wear to cloth boards principally to head and tail of spine where there are nicks to cloth, corners rounded, name of a previous owner to title page, moderate foxing to prelim and end pages, frontis plan has creasing and nicks to foredge from careless closure, a couple of sections are strained in the binding and slightly proud at foredge of book block. No cracks to endpapers).
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916 |
COPELAND , ROBERT SPODE
Princess Risborough Shire Publications Ltd 2004 0747803641 Soft Cover VG+ 210x150mm Approx
Paper Back , VG+ , 40pp.2004., cover shows floral jar = blue/white plate. profusely illustrated colour+ B/w plates. Places to visit, further reading- index. Spode maks with dates. 5 Headings - the business - early productions , oriental influence , earthenwares , bone china.[ spode is hughly decorative] clean stapled booklett , tight binding , no inscsp/annotion , light fade to spine-line and inked over price to rear o/w fine with bright clean covers as new - clean throughout.
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917 |
COPPER, BOB EARLY TO RISE A SUSSEX BOYHOOD
LONDON HEINEMANN 1976 0434144576 1st Edition Har Back VG Good 220x140mm Approx. Inscribed and Signed By Author on Title Page
SIGNED Copy, H/b Dust Jacket VG/Good ,1st edition 1976. Rust brown cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. 266 nos.pp Photos to end papers, 26 b/w photo. illustrations as called for. 3rd volume in the autobiography of Bob Copper member of the folk singing Copper family of Rottingdean East Sussex, in which he tells of the changes after the Great War which brought about the collapse of a traditional way of life in the rural community. The book also completes the publication of the Copper Families collection of Folk Songs commenced in his first book "A Song For Every Season". The copy offered for sale has the attribute of being warmly inscribed by Bob Copper on the title page to a fellow resident of Rottingdean who's neat name and address label remains affixed to the front end paper. VG/Good (Book- Corners a little rounded but no significant bumps. Dust Jacket- price clipped with some colour loss/ rubbing to spine and flap fold edges to which this book is prone + small rubbing loss to head. Now in a proprietary protective wrapper. No other notable defects to book or jacket). See our image of the actual book.
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35.00 GBP
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918 |
CORBETT , HARRY SOOTY'S FANCY DRESS PARTY , a POP UP Book
LONDON PUBLICITY PRODUCTS 1956 Hard Back Good 170x230mm Approx
UNCOMMON, A Sooty and Sweep Pop-Up Book , Undated oblong h/b.circa 1950's.Famous Television hand puppets [ TV 's Teddy Bear Magician]always up to mishief.1956 ink inscp to bottom 1st page.Three pop-up scenes+4 colour picture pages, all with text beneath. Original Sooty illustrator Monique Partridge.some marks & loss of colour to rear+rear bttm corner scuf 2mm col loss.Slimmer laminate of spine worn 20mm tear line top/frnt left and 2mm top/fnt centre edge, magic tape to top right corners apperas to be covering corner scuff col loss and 20mm line tear to rear. PLS see our image
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919 |
CORBETT, HARRY SOOTY AND THE BALLOONS a POP UP Book
LONDON PURNELL 1976 361034148 1st Edition Harback VG 165x235mm Approx.
1st edition , A Sooty and Sweep pop up book , col illus hardback , in very good condion - 3mm nickline tear to top rear and tiny scuff to bottom /f corner ; colour illustrated internally - tigt binding , sound and clean copy , all pop up's and pictures totally intact and clean , no inscsp / annotations ,VG
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920 |
CORKE , SHIRLEY , University Medieval Hitory Teacher GUILDFORD A PICTORIAL HISTORY , Earliest Times - to 1974
Chichester PHILLIMORE 1990 0850337747 1st Editon Hard Back Fine VG+ 250x190mm Approx.
1st.Unpaginated- S Corke - University Medieval Teacher - recently 15 years in Guildford Muniment Room as Archivist-in-Charge .Phillimore series - Pictorial History of Guildford , Surrey. Earliest beginings to 1974. illustrated end-papers, Red boards+gilt titles, book - tight bindings, clean throughout., no inscps.[ old photo illus D/j not price clipped,£10.95, no notable defects to book or jacket,. now in clear proprietory protective cover PLS see our image
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921 |
CORNISH, CHARLES JOHN ANIMAL ARTISANS AND OTHER STUDIES OF BIRDS AND BEASTS
LONDON FIRST EDITION LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO 1907 First Edition Hard Back VG 220x140mm Approx WILSON, PATTEN
Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front board.xxxiv 274pp. Frontis b/w and 1 other portrait of the author and 12 charming drawings by Patten Wilson as expected. Studies of animal behaviour and associations made between them sellected by the late author's wife the greater number having previously been published in the "Spectator" or "Country Life" magazines. Here republished with a memoir of his life by his widow. VG (no d/j) bookplate to front paste down. No other former ownership marks. Slight edge wear to extremities - mailnly colour loss no fraying of cloth. Water splash stains to spine and a few other lesser marks to boards.
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922 |
CORNWELL , BERNARD GALLOWS THIEF
LONDON HARPER 2001 0007127154 1st Edition Hard Cover Fine VG+ 240 x 156mm Approx
Hard Cover , Dust Jacket , 1st edition , 281pp , Fine/VG+ , illustrated maps to feps , renouned author Bernard Cornwall [ author of the Sharpe series / The Warlord Chronicles etc ] here the year is 1817 , London , Old Bailey , .. Sandman has 7 days to snatch the innocent man from hanging , [ book tight bindings , no inscsp with col illus d/j not price clipped , £16.99 , minor wrinkle and minor crease line to top rear ]
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923 |
CORNWELL , E .L. COMMERCIAL ROAD VEHICLES
London B T Batsford Ltd 1960 1st Edition Hard Back VG Good 230X150mm Approx
H/b , Dust Jacket ,VG/G, 288pp. 82 illust. being line drawings + photo. plts.The book traces the development of passenger and goods carrying vehicles operated by every type of motive power - of particular interest are the many photo. illust. An Authoritative & Comprehensive work of appeal to everyone interested in road transport.( book - no inscsp , tight binding , clean throughout vg ] col illus D/j - not price clipped , 30s. edgwear crease-lines & tiny nicks+5x3mm minor loss top rear spine.- now in clear proprietary protective cover . Pl see our image
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924 |
CORNWELL , PATRICIA PORTRAIT OF A KILLER Jack the Ripper Case Closed
New York G P Putnam 's Sons 2002 0399149325 1st Edition Hard Back Fine VG+ 240 x 160mm Approx
H/b larger format , Dust Jacket , FINE/VG+ , 1st edition , sepia illustrated , 387pps , Factual - non-fiction by Patricia Cornwell the same renouned fiction author of the forensic Dr Kay Scarpetta series , internationally accliamed [ author - a pathologist in real life - helped establish the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science & Medicine and servews as its Charirman of the Board , with her knowledge of criminal investigation and her consumate skills P Cornwell has produced a book which is compelling as it is authentic , 28 chpts , bibli; index [ book as new , tight bindings , no inscsp ] illus D/j not price clipped , 27.95 dollars , very minor edge rub to f/lower corner o/w no notable defects
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925 |
CORNWELL, BERNARD SHARPE'S ESCAPE Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign 1810
LONDON HarperCollins 2004 0007120133 First Edition 1st Imp. Hard Back Fine Fine 240 x 160mm Approx
H/b , Dust Jacket , FINE/FINE , 1st edition , black boards with gilt lettering to spine. 350 nos. pp. Richard Sharpe in his finest form, reunited with Patrick Harper, and facing enemies on every side. ( No previous owner name or insc., col illus D/J - non price clipped. No notable faults to book or jacket. In proprietary protective wrapper).
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926 |
CORNWELL, PATRICIA HORNET'S NEST
London,Little/Brown,First Edition UK 1997
1st ed. 240x160mm approx,red boards with black lettering,d/j,375 pgs,the author the outstanding creator of the crime thriller novels of the Dr K Scarpetta series.Here we meet Deputy Chief Virginia West in the swarming violence of Charlotte.yet another businessman is found murdered. Tiny nick crease top spine and clear liquid has been spilt to lower/r/rear -water mark to foredges. VG/VG
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927 |
CORNWELL, PATRICIA BLACK NOTICE THE NEW SCARPETTA NOVEL
London,Litte/Brown,First Edition 1999
1st ed. 240x160mm approx,black boards with gilt lettering,black feps,415 pgs,d/j,[the author has won numeroous international awards for her detective crime thriller novels of which Postmotem was her first. The book,although a clean copy,has a score line across the foredge and the Dustjacket tiny rub to top/R corner and as the dustjacket appears to be 1mm taller than the book itself a slight crease effect to top, a read only copy,[other titles available in better condition] G/VG
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929 |
CORRAN, DAVID WATERCOLOURS OF NORFOLK PAST
LOGGERHEADS, SHROPSHIRE S.B.PUBLICATIONS 1990 1870708407 First Ediiton Hard Back VG+ VG+ 220x270mm Approx BENSLEY, MICK Inscribed and Signed By Artist
Burgundy Boards with gilt lettering to spine. 72pp. 34 beautiful colour plates of evocative of Norfolk Past, many of maritime, waterway and fishing interest by Sheringham born artist Mick Bensley who trained at the Norwich School of Art. The pictures are accompanied by verse by David Corran and b/w vignettes. Inscribed and signed by Mick Bensley on half title page. VG+/VG+ (No notable defects to book or dust jacket - the latter is non price clipped and now protected in a proprietary protective wrapper).
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40.00 GBP
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930 |
COSLING,GERALD,HARRIS,PETER AROUND OTTERY ST MARY THE OLD PHOTOGRAPHS SERIES
BATH ALAN SUTTON 1994 0752400304 First Edition Soft Cover Fine 234x164mm Approx
128 pages,ink inscsp,to fep,laminated card wraps,paperback softback,[topography euphemera],A pictorial history, sepia covers,mono plates,Renouned as the birth place of the great poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge...the River Otter..an old Devonshire town...best diary lands of S'W'...Georgion serge mill./brickworks . surrounds[Whimple/Feniton/Escot/Tipton St Jon etc..][places/people/events/work/play/war..]
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931 |
COSSONS , NEIL , TRINDER , BARRIE THE IRON BRIDGE SYMBOL OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
NEW JERSEY, USA MOONRAKER PRESS , FIRST EDITION 1979 239001877 First Ediiton Hard Back F VG 250x200mm Approx
140 pages , lilac bopards gilt lettering , no inscsps, yellow feps , d/j not clipped , minor even fade to spine , now in clear protective covers , the author's Cossons and Trinder uniquely qualified to write this book , the latter well known historian [ author The Industrial Revolution Shropshire ] while N Cossons is Director Ironbridge Gorge Museum and President Assoc.Industrial Archaeology.10 chpts , appendix , illustrated numerous mono plates plus some colour plates .In July 1779 the arches of the ist bridge ever to be built of iron spanned the River Severn at Caolbrookdale ..
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932 |
COSTIN , DIANA GRAVE TALES FROM BERKSHIRE A UNIQUE GUIDE TO THE COUNTY'S STRANGE STRIKING AND CURIOUS EPITAPHS AND MEMORIALS
SEAFORD , FIRST EDITION S B PUBLICATIONS 1999 1857701577 First Ediiton Soft Back VG+ 210x146mm Approx
120 pages , light lime green card wraps with colour photo to front and rear , small line crease to top rear o/w fine , not clipped , no incssp , interior as new , illustrated mono plates and line drawings , 11 chpts , [ accidental deaths / animals / armed services / centenarians / children / Frogmore Estate / husbands and wives / notable people / trades / writers / misc ...
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4.00 GBP
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933 |
COTCHETT, LUCRETIA EDDY THE EVOLUTION OF FURNITURE
LONDON BATSFORD 1938 1st Edition Hard Back VG VG 260x185mm Approx
H/b , Dust Jacket , 1st edition , illustrated , brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front board, viii+ 118pp. Frontis b/w plate+ 44 other b/w plates on art paper of Period Houses and their Furniture. A work on the evolution of furniture, not so much the details of construction and form but more on the underlying social, historical and architectural influences which are responsible for changes in style. Begining with Gothic times through the influence of the Renaisance, the period of Louis xiv, xv, and xvi, the empire, the eighteenth century cabinet makers , and so to the time of writing. VG/VG (book- a little sporadic foxing chiefly to prelim and end papers and to foredges. No previous owner name or inscription. Binding sound and boards clean. The Brian Cook illustrated dust jacket has loss around the head of the spine of 45x12mm approx and some loss to top flap folds. Non price clipped in a proprietary protective wrapper).
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25.00 GBP
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935 |
COTTON , WILLIAM CHARLES , MA MY BEE BOOK
BATH Kingsmead Reprints 1970 0901571350 1st Edition Thus Hard Cover Near Fine VG 190x125mm Approx
H/b , Dust Jacket , NearFINE/VG , 1st edition thus - Kingsmead Reprints 1970 - Facsimilie of Original of 1842.[ 19th Century Bee Books] by WC Cotton MA of Christ Church , Oxon. Thorough work - home and abroad ie; bees in Siberia , Nadir hives , Cottagers , beekeepers advice of yesteryear , how they make their wax - an authoritive work - 402pp+ illustrated by WOODCUTS Listed on 2 pages+.List of bee books - listed on 7 pages +.Prelude of Motoes - 6 pages+. Preface &. Postscript +. Contents listed over 3 pages. [ Science/Refereence]. Blind embossed green boards+bright gilt bee motif to front+ gilt titles to spine- book - no notable defects , paper begining to lightly tan. no inscsp , tight binding [ brown D/j not price clipped , 50s , very mild stains to spine area - spine itself light fade , light edgewear- now protected in clear proprietary clear cover [pls see our image
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22.50 GBP
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936 |
COTTRELL , JOHN A CENTURY OF GREAT SOCCER DRAMA
NEWTON ABBOT , FIRST EDITION THUS SPORTSMANS Bookclub 1972 Ist Edition Thus Hard Back Fine VG 220x135mm Approx
H/b , Dust Jacket FINE/VG, 1st edition thus -Sportsmans, 207pp. illustrated 27 b/w plates.Tan brown boards+gilt lettering - book as new , no inscsp [ photo illus D/j not price clipped, some handling grubbiness to white rear, small loss 5x3mm to top/f spine edg e- now in clear proprietary protective cover] J Cottrell author of Man of Destiny etc .. here begins with the spartan players of 1870's.[ Proud Preston/ Fatty Foulkes / White Horse Cup final / Wee Blue Devils / Dixie Dean /Ten Goal Payne / defeat pre war German & Italian teams etc - to World Cup 1970 . Pls see our image
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937 |
COTTRELL, LEONARD THE MOUNTAINS OF PHARAOH 2000 YEARS OF PYRAMID EXPLORATION
London,Robert Hale,1956
220x145mm approx,maroon boards with gilt lettering,d/j,272 pgs,foxing to 1st few and last few pgs,page foredges to side,ink inscp to fep.Reprint,frontispiece:Chephren,builder of the 2nd Pyramid,with 27 photographic illustrations and 10 diagrams and maps,Bibliography/Table of Dynasty's.By the author of All Men are Neighbours/Madam Tussaud/Life under the pharaohs/One Man's Journey etc...L Cottrell,one of the senior members of BBC Features Depmt.,during recnt 12 yrs he has produced 100's of documentary programmes,among them.The Bull of Minos/The man Who Found Troy/The Tomb of Tutankhamun..The Pyramids are know to the Arabs by the title of this book,The Mountains of Pharoah.This book also contains fascinating human ancedotes of the old time explorers. The dustjacket one line crease to front,tiny rub to corners,tint nick to spine base and 5mmxspine width colour loss to top/spine.VG/VG
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9.00 GBP
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938 |
COUCH , GRACE DEEP SEA MOKEY
LONDON COLLINS 1947 1st Edition Hard Back Good Good 165x230mm Approx Couch , Grace
Oblong H/b , Dust Jacket , 1st edition 1947, colour illustrated by the author Grace Couch. An animal childrens underwater adventure with Mokey the toy donkey and Apricot the ginger tabby cat. Unpaginated [ col illus board book with sky-blue cloth spine - picture repeated on D/j.- sewn - binding strained at endpapers - middle binding souind.- hence binding is slack - small-hand ink inscsp.to fep.Good- no tears or annotation.] D/j not price clipped , 4/- , red spine, med edgwear, some small colour losses., now in clear proprietray protective cover. PLS see our image
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939 |
COULDREY , VIVIENNE , SISLEY , ALFRED ALFRED SISLEY The English Impressionist
LONDON DAVID & CHARLES 1992 0715399209 1st Edition Hard Back VG VG 295x330mm Approx Sisley , Alfred
H/b very large fomat , VG/VG , D/j , 1st edition , colour illustrated , author & journalist V Couldrey written widely on Arts & Antiques - incl.the V & A Album , former Collector's World editor [ the Art of Louis Comfort Tiffany etc] Alfred Sisley born France of English parents , he is one of the original group that came to be known as the Impressionists , in this book the breathtaking beauty of Sisley's work is revealed , Intro , 6 chpts , profusely illustrated colour= b/w [ book green cloth , peach feps , tight binding , no inscsp , few minor markings to Title page [ grubby finger tops ?] o/w Fine [ col illus D/j shows Regatta at Molesey near Hampton Court 1874- and to rear - The road to Sevres Louceciennes , not price clipped - however small publisher's price label to fep , £ 35 , miniscule-less1mm,dot col loss one corner o/w no notable defects , d/j green/blue
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940 |
COULSON , DAVID , CLARKE , JAMES MOUNTAIN ODYSSEY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
JOHANNESBURG , FIRST EDITION MACMILLAN SOUTH AFRICA 1983 0869541374 First Ediiton Hard Back VG VG 290x220mm Approx Signed by Illustrator
240 pages , blue boards with gilt lettering , minor edgewear top/tail spine/corner tips , neat ink name to fep , Key Map to the Mountains to feps , sound bindings clean copy , the d/j not clipped , the dustjacket 3mm closed tear to f/base spine crease , A SIGNED COPY by this well known photographer David Coulson , the text by J Clarke .,illustrated maps , charts , line drawings and many colour plates . J Clarke global journalist 30 yrs and now Ed Ex on The Star, Johannesburg also author and enviromentalist - D Coulson well known photographer has travelled Southern Africa long periods of tim eover ten years , a full time professional photographer - a Fellow Royal Geographical Society , select biblio , 14 section headings .[ oldest rocks on earth / ancient north/ Red Mountains / the roof of africa/ gold fever etc.. ]
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941 |
COULTER,STEPHEN,DOSTOEVSKY THE DEVIL INSIDE THE TRAGIC LIFE OF DOSTOEVSKY
LONDON JONATHAN CAPE 1960 FIRST EDITION Hard Back VG+ VG 200x135mm Approx
Black boards with silver lettering,384 pgs,[Biographical Novel],by the author of Damned Shall Be Desire[the controversial novel of the passionate life of Guy Maupassant],The author's prose is fast and colourful,energetic and intelligent..with a fascinating detail of the of the period. VG+/VG (book- no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- non price clipped. Light shelf soiling and sun browning to spine).
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942 |
COUPLAND, SIR REGINALD LIVINGSTONE'S LAST JOURNEY
LONDON: COLLINS 1945 FIRST EDITION
1st ed. 220x145mm approx. Light Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. 271pp b/w photo. Livingstone frontispiece and b/w photo. of Stanley op p144. 5 Maps as advertised. Notes and references at end.Written by an authority on Livingstone whose previous works include The Exploitation of East Africa and Kirk on The Zambesi. This work contains reference to The Kirk and Waller Papers which had only just become available at the time of writing. VG. no d/j. Book clean- no insc. corners a little rounded but no significant bumps. Gilt lettering a litle dulled.
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943 |
COWAN , PAMELA THE MILK TRAIN , THE SILK TRAIN AND THE SKUNK THE STORY OF REGINA'S UNION STATION
CANADA SASKATCHEWAN GAMING CORPORATION / HERITAGE REGINA Soft Back VG+ 205x140mm Approx.
36 pages , stapled pale lilac illustrated card wraps , Undated - $1.00 , Classic Regina , WW1 photo to rear - old Union Stn , chronology , ackn;, three generations of railway station buildings have seen processions human dramas climaxinfg with 2 world wars , illustrated line drawings and mono plates , booklet , sound copy , no incssp , undated
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3.00 GBP
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944 |
COWARD , NOEL THE MARQUISE A Comedy in Three Acts Contemory British Dramatists Volume L111
London Ernest Benn Ltd 1927 1st Ediiton Soft Cover Good 185x140mm Approx
Paperback , Good , 1st edition , 1927 , sound copy , no inscsp / annotations , opposite Listed Characters of the Play is a stuck-in List of who played these characters when the play was produced by W Graham Browne , Interior some very light fox spotting , Yellow exterior fox browned giving appearance of a bit grubby , small loss top/tail spine 2/3mm
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945 |
COWARD, T.A. THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND THEIR EGGS 3 VOLS ALL FIRST EDITION PRINTINGS
London FREDERICK WARNE 1919 1st Edition Hard Back VG 160x130mm Approx THORBURN, ARCHIBALD
Series I 1919. Brown leatherette with gilt and black lettering and gilt blocked design of a Jay.Pictures to end papers, 376pp. 242 colour illust by Thorburn and others + 65 b/w photos. by Richard Kearton and others. Series II 1920 Brown leatherette with gilt and black lettering and gilt blocked design of what seems to me to be a Kingfisher in flight, pictures to end papers, 376pp, 213 col illust reproduced from Lord Lilford's work "Coloured Figures of the birds of the British Islands" + 69 b/w photos by Kearton and others. ( Marren in his book the observer's book of wayside and woodland states that the first edition of series II should have a gilt blocked design of a wader with no note of a reprint until the 2nd edition of 1923). The copy offered for sale is dated 1920 on the title page with no other printing stated on copyright page. There is also Xmas 1920 in ink written on reverse of front end paper. Series III Migration and Habits with observations on our rarer visitants. Brown leatherette with gilt and black lettering and gilt blocked design of a plover. 308pp. 68 col. and 68 b/w phots. NB this vol. is not dated on the title page. Copywright page 1926 with no other printing history. This vol has the remnants of it's dust jacket - rear panel and flap fold present and none of the other vols. in the series published after 1926 are mentioned. Marren makes no mention of a reprint between the first and the second edition of 1929. All vols VG no dust jackets except for remnant of jacket Series III. Vol I has Ink E from H Xmas 1920 to reverse of ffep in same hand as the ink date to Vol II. Vol III has no gift insc. or date but 10/6 net in pencil to reverse of ffep. There is a little shelf wear to extremities Vol I more so than the others and there is also a liquid splash to bottom corner of book block which has ingressed up to 1mm of margins of some pages. (Not significant but worthy of mention). Please see our image of the actual books offered for sale.
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45.00 GBP
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947 |
COWELL, CYRIL & ADAMS, MORLEY ADAM THE GARDENER , A Pictorial Guide to Each Week's Work, 1946
LONDON LANE PUBLICATIONS FOR THE SUNDAY EXPRESS 1946 1st Editon Paper Back VG 135x205mm Approx
Illustrated paper wraps, 144pp.1946 A pictorial guide to each week's work in the garden, with a full gardening calendar and plans for new gardens. Contains invaluable gardening tips and usefull advice reprinted from the cartoon strip of Adam the Gardener in the Sunday Express. War Economy Production. Cover price 2/6 VG A little light soiling to covers and front corners have light creasing. No previous owner name or insc. In quite remarkable condition for age. PLS see our image
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5.00 GBP
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948 |
COWEN , PAINTON ROSE WINDOWS , Stained Glass
LONDON Thames & Hudson 1979 0500810214 1st Edition Paper Back VG 280x205mm Approx.
1st Edition,144pp, P Cowen.History of Stained Glass the Rose Windows - appeal to Historian & layman alike , illus 59 Colour+82 b/w plates+ line drawings.In 4 parts -Light into darkness+plates, The making+plates , The meaning+plates & Divine Geometry.Sorce ref; further reading,index.vg [col illus Laminated p/b, no inscsp, sound copy, clean throughout, Exterior light edgewear, with some wrinkles to the publisher laminate to covers. . PLS see our image
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6.95 GBP
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949 |
COWPER, FRANCIS A PROSPECT OF GRAY'S INN
LONDON: GRAYA 1985
225x145mm approx. Charcoal Boards with gilt lettering to spine. 222pp. 6 plates being illustrations by Jacqueline Geldart and map of Gray's Inn and Holborn c.1600. First published by Stevens and Sons in 1951 this is the 2nd revised edition published by Graya - the house magazine of Gray's Inn and provides a view of Gray's Inn from the middle ages. Of Interest to the lover of London, Social Historian and Lawyer.Appenices ;- List of Treasurers of Gray's Inn 1951 -1985 and Masters of the Bench of Gray's Inn 1985. VG+/VG+( Book clean - no insc or bumps. D/J. negligable rubbing to head and tail of spine. In protective wrapper).
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10.00 GBP
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950 |
COWPER, WILLIAM THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN
LONDON , FIRST EDITION PENGUIN 1953 First Edition Hard Back VG+ VG 185x125mm Approx SEARLE,RONALD
44 pages,1st ed. Yellow pictorial boards, Illustrated throughout with comic drawings by artist Ronald Searle. a sound clean copy,no inscps-dust Jacket not price clipped, with the exception of marking to rear near bottom edge and corner is very clean. Two closed tears of 20 &25 mm approx top front and chip of 4x1mm at head of spine. ( now in protective wrapper).[King Penguin/Comic ballad/ illusrated verse]
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7.50 GBP
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951 |
COX, J. CHARLES , LLD FSA COUNTY CHURCHES: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
LONDON GEORGE ALLEN & COMPANY LTD 1912 1st Edition Hard Back VG 170x110mm Approx
Olive cloth with gilt decs and titles to sunned spine+ blind embossed front board.xvii + 251pp. Frontice photo. plate + 16 other such plates on art paper as called for. Numerous line illustrations in text. Published in the Country Churches Series by George Allen and Co. VG no d/j (Book- a sunned spine with light shelf wear commensurate with age. Gift book plate to front paste down and ink previous owner name to ffep. A little occasional foxing throughout. No other notable defects). See our image of the actual book offered for sale.
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5.00 GBP
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952 |
COX, R. HIPPISLEY THE GREEN ROADS OF ENGLAND
LONDON METHUEN 1914 First Edition Hard Back VG 225x150mm Approx. W.W.COLLINS R.I.
Blue Cloth boards with gilt lettering and white/green dec to front cover. xiv, 217 pp + 32 of publisher's adverts dated Aug 1913. 24 illustrations by W.W.Collins R.I. , 8 maps in colour and 87 plans. A comprehensive study of the Green Roads of England with reference to the watersheds, earthworks and hill forts along the ways. VG (No previous owner name, insc nor annotations. Light foxing mainly to prelims and foredges. Light wear to cloth, mainly colour loss at extremities- no fraying and spine a little dulled. A sound copy.
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30.00 GBP
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953 |
CRACKNELL,BASIL E PORTRAIT OF SURREY
LONDON,HALE,FIRST EDITION 1970
1st ed. 222x142mm approx,dark orange boards with gilt laid on label to spine and prange top foredges,255 pgs,clean copy no inscps to book,the Dustjacket not faded,by the author of Portrait of London River.he was a regular contributor to the Surrey County Journal before it ceased publication,Surrey is one of the most beautiful and threatened counties in England..Dr Cracknell has lived in Surrey for 20 years and has visited al its nooks and crannies..and writen numerous articles.[illustrated with 2 maps and 33 photographic plates,set in 3 parts,Surrey north of the Chalk,-Surrey on the Chalk and South of the Chalk,[Croydon/Richmond/ Wimbledon/Horsham etc.], VG+/VG+
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4.95 GBP
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954 |
CRAIG , ELIZABETH MORE EVERY DAY DISHES , TASTY NUTRITIOUS AND ECONOMICAL COOKERY RECIPIES FOR USE WITH LYLE'S GOLDEN SYRUP AND TATE & LYLE'S PACKET SUGARS
LONDON TATE & LYLE , PRIVATELY PRINTED Softback Poor 185x130mm Approx
68 pages , brown patterned rusty stapled card wraps with inches rule to rear and red lettering to front with minor edgewear colour loss all edges , small area colour loss 5x2mm to front , some minor stains to rear , top staple bound tight but lower staple adrift , slight stain/brown to feps o/w clean throughout , Undated circa 1940's , illustrated small sepia plates and 3 full page advertising colour plates [ Sugar packets display / attractive glass jar of syrup for table use / the syrup tin , no inscsp or annotations
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2.00 GBP
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955 |
CRAMPTON , CHARLES CANE WORK , REVISED Edition , a Practical Text-book on Cane Basket Work Illustrated with Working Drawings and Photographs of Examples , Also an Introduction on Cane & Its Uses
LEICESTER DRYAD HANDICRAFTS 1926 Hard Back Good 220x140mm Approx.
h/b, 67pp. Dryad publishers of craft work and tool suppliers , practical guide , illustrated easy to follow b/w plates and line drawings.[ All types baskets , weaving cae work] by C Crompton of the Dryad Cane Works.Intro;9 chpts plus 2 whole sections 0n a] Various backets with wooden bases b] baskets with cane base.. sound copy , school presentation inscsp. o/w no annotaion, paper creamed over the years. Boards appearing a little grubby from handling - PLS see our image
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4.00 GBP
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956 |
CRANE , WALTER QUEEN SUMMER OR THE JOURNEY OF THE LILY AND THE ROSE
LONDON : CASSELL 1891 1st Edtn
Large quarto 40 clour plates Penned and portrayed by Walter Crane in his distinctive style this is the large paper edition limited to 250 copies of which this is number 3.Original decorative boards and dec. end papers with velum quarter binding. No inscriptions and book clean. Wear to corners of boards with shelf wear to paper cover at edges principally to top and bottom of boards. A VG copy of a scarce book by an eminent and collected illustrator.
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500.00 GBP
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957 |
CRASCREDO COUNTRY SENSE & COMMON SENSE
LONDON FIRST EDITION COUNTRY LIFE 1928 First Ediiton Hard Back VG+ VG 255x195mm Approx. EDWARDS, LIONEL
Mid Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front board. 115pp. Frontis in colour + 27 other full page b/w line drawings by Lionel Edwards as listed. Sequel to the author and Illustrator's Horse Sense & Sensibility. VG+/VG (no previous owner name or insc. A suggestion of foredge foxing. no bumps or other notable defects. Dust Jacket non price clipped -cover 12/6net. 10x8mm chip at head around rear spine fold 5x4mm approx chip at tail of spine simillarly at rear spine fold. 10mm approx closed tear to bottom rear and other insignificant nicks. Negligable wear to flap folds and spine edges and very clean in proprietary protective wrapper). Very Good collectable condition.
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50.00 GBP
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958 |
CRAWFORD , DOROTHY H , Professor / OBE DEADLY COMPANIONS , How Microbes Shaped Our History
Oxford OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2007 0192807196 1st Edition Hard Back Fine Fine 225x140mm Approx.
Unread NEW book, h/b,d/j,1st. DH Crawford Professor medical Microbiology & Ass.Principal for Public understanding of Medicine at Edinburgh University,Fellow Academy Medical Sciences & Fellow Royal Soc.Edinburgh- Awarded OBE Iin 2005 for services to medicine in higher education.The story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes.250pp. PLS see our image
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4.00 GBP
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959 |
CRAWSHAW , ALWYN A BRUSH WITH ART A Beginner's Guide to Watercolour Painting a Channel Four Book
London Harper Collins / Channel Four 1991 0004126467 1st Edition Hard Cover VG+ VG 270x200mm Approx
Larger format Laminated H/b , Dust Jacket , VG+/VG , 1st edition , profusely illustrated ,96pps , A Channel Four Book as seen on TV , artist and writer A Crawshaw of television programmes on art , also a Lecturer on art , this book is a beginner's guide to Watercolour , Foreword , Intro , materials , making the series , gallery , in 12 sections set around Topsham / Exeter Quay / Brixham Harbour / Dawlish beach etc [ observation / people / animals / skies / water / boats / selection / sketching / aper etc [col illus book , no inscsp , tight binding ] [ matching d/j price clipped ] no notable defects to either
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960 |
CRAWSHAW , ALWYN CRAWSHAW'S SKETCHING AND DRAWING COURSE
LONDON Harper Collins / Channel Four 1995 0004127919 1st Edition Hard Cover VG+ VG+ 270x200mm Approx
Larger format Laminated H/b , Dust Jacket , VG+/VG+ , 1st edition , profusely illustrated ,128pps , A Channel Four Book as seen on TV , artist and writer A Crawshaw of television programmes on art , also a Lecturer on art , this book captures the atmosphere of the balmy Bahamas with 10 Programme Headings [ perspective / tone / movement / pastel etc [ col illus book as new with small previous owners bookplate to fep / inner flap side hence vg+ ] [ matching d/j not price clipped , £14.99 , very minor ruffle top rear corner , vg+
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15.00 GBP
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961 |
CREER, STANLEY SOUTHERN STEAM- SOUTH AND EAST
TRURO CORNWALL: BRADFORD BARTON 1973
220x210mm approx. Black boards with gilt lettering to spine. 96pp. A pictorial tribute to the Southern Region during the steam age in the 20 years or so since nationalisation. Area covered comprises Kent plus parts of Surrey and Sussex served by the lines from Victoria. F/VG+( d/j - minor rubbing - no nicks or tears).
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5.00 GBP
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962 |
CRICHTON,MICHAEL DISCOSURE
London,Century,First UK Edition 1994
240x160mm approx,400pgs,postscript/afterword,Black boards with silver lettering with photograph of author on back od Dustjacket which is slightly creased/bumped to both top corners,the director of The Great Train Robbery and author of Jurassic Park this thriller is also a very thought provoking as it deals with thestory of sexual harrasement to a man,VG+/VG
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5.00 GBP
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963 |
CRIPPS, WILFRED JOSEPH OLD ENGLISH PLATE, ECCLESIASTICAL, DECORATIVE, AND DOMESTIC: ITS MAKERS AND MARKS
LONDON: JOHN MURRAY 1891
235x165mm approx. Dark Green cloth boards with chamferred edges, Loepard Head gilt plate mark to top board. Gilt lettering to spine. First published in 1878 this is the fourth edition revised and corrected with 117 illustrations, and upwards of 2,400 facsimiles of plate marks.Contains a wealth of information including chapters on Care of Old Plate, The Mediaeval Guilds of goldsmiths in France and England, Legislation from the time of Charles II. Table of London Marks, Provincial Assay-Towns and their marks, The Edinburgh Goldsmiths and their marks, Ditto for Ireland etc.G+ Book sound- endpapers cracked but hings holding, mod to occasional foxing principally to prelim and rear pages and page edges. Name of previous owner in ink on title page (Queen's Works Sheffield). Bottom front corner bumped as is tail of spine the former causing cloth to split. Moderate wear generally to extremities.
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12.00 GBP
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964 |
CROCKETT, SAMUEL RUTHERFORD THE SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF SIR TOADY LION WITH THOSE OF GENERAL NAPOLEON SMITH
LONDON GARDNER, DARTON AND CO Hard Back Good 205X155mm Approx. BROWNE, GORDON
Green cloth boards with black, yellow and white illust. and titles. xiv + 379pp + 16 pp of publisher's adverts. Undated, copyright 1897 in USA Stokes. Appears therefore to be 1st UK or early reprint of such. Title continues "An improving history for old boys, young boys, good boys, bad boys, big boys, little boys, cow boys and tom boys" Frontis + 68 other line illustrations by Gordon Browne as called for. Adventures of our heroes Arthur George (Toady Lion) and Hugh John Picton Smith ( General Napoleon Smith) two young boys inspired by events of history and empire. The illustrations by Gordon Browne are particularly charming if at times a little non p.c. for today. Good (Book- moderate general shelf wear to boards but no fraying or splits to cloth. Light foxing to end papers rear cracked and front starting but mull and tapes holding. Pencil name and date 1899 to ffep. Sewing and binding otherwise sound). Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale.
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10.00 GBP
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965 |
CROMBIE,MAX SALT SEA HORSES AN ANTHOLOGY IN MINIATURE OF NAUTICAL VERSE
NORTHWOOD,MIDDLESEX KNIGHTS PRESS Fine 186X110mm Approx D W BURLEY
24 pages,stapled card wraps,paperback softback,sound,no inscsp,a fine copy,The Lute and Lotus Series of Minithologies 5,illustrated with decorations by DW Burley, Devised and edited by Max Crombie.[undated]
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8.00 GBP
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967 |
CROMPTON, RICHMAL STILL WILLIAM
LONDON , THIRD IMPRESSION GEORGE NEWNES 1926 Hard Back VG 190x122mm Approx Henry, Thomas
252 pages,red boards with bright black lettering,a little grubby,light foxing to foredges,sound bindings,no inscsp., illusrated by Thomas Henry.,14 chpts.[ Just William tales],Childrens illustrated.
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968 |
CROMPTON, RICHMAL WILLIAM AND THE POP SINGERS
LONDON FIRST EDITION NEWNES 1965 First Ediiton Hard Back VG+ VG+ 190x130mm Approx FORD, HENRY
Green boards with gilt lettering and green to top edge of pages. 190pp. Near Fine in like non price clipped dust Jacket. (Green top edge a little faded. No previous owner name or insc. Minor rubbing to top of rear panel and head of spine. In proprietary protective wrapper). Collectable condition.
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140.00 GBP
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969 |
CROMPTON, RICHMAL WILLIAM AND THE SPACE ANIMAL
LONDON THE CHILDREN'S BOOK CLUB By Arrangement with George Newnes Ltd Hard Cover VG VG 190x130mm Approx Henry , Thomas
H/b , Dust Jacket , Undated circa 1960's , illustrated by T Henry , bright mid-blue boards with black lettering to spine, 256pps Frontis b/w line illustration + numerous other illustrations in text , Just William series of books for boys ( book- no previous owner name or insc. binding sound , col illus D/j not pric eclipped , 10 6d by Newnes , moderate rubbing and small nicks to extremities with small loss to all corners , max 2x2mm , rear med fox browned now in a clear proprietary protective cover
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8.50 GBP
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970 |
CROMPTON, RICHMAL WILLIAM AND THE MOON ROCKET
LONDON GEORGE NEWNES 1954 1st Edition Hard Back VG+ VG 190x130mm Approx THOMAS HENRY
Green boards with gilt lettering to spine and front board. 248pp. Frontis + numerous other b/w line illustrations by Thomas Henry. VG+/VG (book- no previous owner name or insc. green to top edge a little faded and hint of foxing to foredges. No other notable defects. D/J - non price clipped - cover 8/6 net. Minor rubbing to extremities with a little loss to illust. at corner tips. 10mm approx. closed tear to bottom of rear panel and a little shelf soiling to white of rear panel. Now in proprietary protective wrapper).
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60.00 GBP
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971 |
CROMPTON, RICHMAL WILLIAM - THE DICTATOR
LONDON George Newnes Limited 1938 Hard Back VG VG 190x130mm Approx Henry , Thomas
Red boards with black lettering to spine , 256pp. Frontis + numerous other line illustrations by Thomas Henry. William appoints himself as Dictator of the Outlaws. November 1938 reprint. 1st Edition was June 1938 (book No previous owner name or inscription, Light spotting to prelim end papers and foredges. Extremities of boards a little faded. Dust Jacket - non price clipped with edge wear and a little shelf soiling. Chips and minor tears. Max area of loss 12x6mm approx at tail of spine at rear fold. Max tear 15mm approx. Now in proprietary protective wrapper).
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125.00 GBP
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972 |
CROMPTON,RICHMAL JIMMY AGAIN
LONDON NEWNES, 1st Edition Had Back VG 185x120mm Approx ROBERTS, L
Green boards with gilt lettering to fnt and spine, boy to spine,25x25mm thumb size blotch stain to rear,256 pgs,no insc.to book,illustrated Lunt Roberts,by the author of the William Books.,book sound,no cracks to hinges. VG
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15.00 GBP
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973 |
CROSSLEY , MARJORIE SPEED AND TRAVEL POP - UP PICTURES
LONDON PURNELL Play Books 1968 1st Edition Hard Back Good 165x235mm Approx.
Hard Back oblong , Good , 1st edition 1968 , 10 pps , Laminated col illus boards , Poetry verses by M Crossley , illustrated colour throughout incl. feps , a Purnell Play Book Pop-Up Picture Book with 3 double-page pop-up's - all intact , no repairs / annotations , tight binding , of transport on land , air , sea , space - boys illus books [ Interior - fine with no notable defects , no inscsp ] [ Exterior - tiny edgewaer scuff to corners and base edges , publisher's laminate clear covering lifting along spine , Two Tears exposing card to top left corner area - 5mm to spine fold and 40mm along top edge ,
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8.00 GBP
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974 |
CROSTON , JAMES ON FOOT THROUGH THE PEAK OR A SAUNTER AMONG THE HILLS AND DALES OF DERBYSHIRE
MANCHESTER JOHN HEYWOOD 1868 2nd Edition Hard Back VG 190x120 Mm Approx
Original Victorian green cloth with gilt lettering, decs to spine and blind embossed gometric lines to front cover. xii + 411pp + 31pp of adverts of local interest. Folding map + 21 b/w illustrations in text as expected. 2nd Edition which includes a new feature to that of the first, being an " Itenerary serviceable to the tourist" Chapters include Castleton, Hope Dale, Eyam, Stoney Middleton, Baslow, Edensor, Haddon, Birchover, Matlock, Dove Dale, Bakewell, Buxton etc. VG ( Wear to extremities of boards but no significant fraying of cloth. WH Smith booksellers embossed stamp to ffep. A previous owner name and date to prelim blank page. Rear paste down looks as if lifted to replace mull and rear hinge slightly stiffer than front but no other sign that the book may have been rebacked.. 50mm approx tear to folding map at a fold - but complete. Overall a very nice copy of a relatively early Peak District travel guide with interesting contemporary adverts.
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975 |
CROUCHER , NORMAN OBE TALES OF MANY MOUNTAINS
AMANDA PRESS 1989 0951433709 1st Edition Soft Back Fine 235x150mm Approx.
SIGNED copy , paperback 279pp , author photographic plate front and rear , illustrated 2 mountain range Maps [ Kashmir / Chile ], 11 colour and 6 mono plates , author and climber N Croucher lost both legs below the knee aged 19 yrs , awarded OBE 1977 , more than once " Man of the year " - TV This is Your Life , 1976 , not only conquering top mountains [ the Eiger / Muztagh Ata / Mont Blanc ] , and disability also very involved with sports for disabled people - an entertaining and inspiring read , 10 chpts , Gloss;, Climbing technique , conversion table , ascents
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976 |
CROWDER , MICHAEL PAGANS AND POLITICIANS
LONDON HUTCHINSON 1959 1st Edition Harback VG VG 220x145 mm Approx
Hard Cover 1st edition , Dust Jacket , well illustrated with 33 pages mono plates , photographs taken by the author M Crowder to show how the old Africa is giving way to the new - plus one Fold-out Route Map to rear , the author born 1934 London , Hertford College Oxford , A First in Politics, Philosophy and Economics - a Freelance journalist and photograher specialising in Africa - Ass Editor The Nigeria Magazine - for this book he travelled with a Creole journalist from Sierra Leone [ book and d/j - VG , ink inscsp to fep benrath inner flap of d/j , very small loss top/tail spine - now in clear protective proprietary cover , not price clipped 25s
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977 |
CROWTHER , ANNIE THE PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION WINDMILL AND THE ROUND HOUSE AT LEWES
LEWES Pipe Passage Books 2001 09541146204 1st Edition Paper Back Fine 250x185mm Approx
Paper Back larger format , FINE - book new , slim vol colour illus covers , profusely illustrated b/w , 108pps , Music+ words to Hey The dusty Miller to feps , no inscsp , tight binding , The Round House in Pipe Passage , Lewes , is the base of a smock winmill built atop the ancient Town Wall in 1801 [ owners over the centuries include the Shelley families= Virginia Woolf ]
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978 |
CROXTON , SMITH A , BLAINE , Capt , CAMERON , Capt , Etc GUN DOGS Their Training Working & Management
London Seeley Service & Co Ltd 1940 1st Edition Thus Hard Back Good+ 220 x140mm Approx
Hard Back , Good+ , illustrated 31 b/w listed plates , Undated circa 1930's/40's - "Contents drawn from Hounds & Dogs 1932 , edited by A Croxton Smith , 13 authoritive Contributors , 114pps+2 pages publishers adverts , 10 chpts [ best for one man / pointers - setters / retreivers / trials / spaniels etc ] yellow cloth book - Interior - sound clean copy throughout , tight binding , no inscsp - Exterior - spine & all surrounding edges fox browned light- med - not effecting titles - interior paper also foxed to 1st - and last few pages [ internal - VG ] [ external Good ] overal - Good+
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979 |
Cruickshank, Charles The German Occupation of the Channel Islands
LONDON FIRST EDITION Published for the Trustees of the Imperial War Museum by Oxford University Press 1975 0192158082 First Ediiton Hard Back VG+ G+ 220x145 mm Approx
Black Boards with red title block to spine and silver lettering. Red Endpapers, xii + 370pp. 8 b/w photo. plts 6 maps and 2 diags. as expected. Official history of the German occupation of the Channel Islands from official English, German and Channel Island sources. VG+/G+ (book- ink stamp signature of previous owner to endpapers (4 to front and 2 to rear + one on front flap fold - for good measure. No other notable defects. D/J - non price clipped. Moderate wear to extremities- mainly colour loss/ chips. and red title to spine a little faded compared to front title but still distinct).
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980 |
CUDDON, J A JUGOSLAVIA THE COMPANIAN GUIDE TO
London,Collins,First Edition 1968
1st ed. 205x150mm approx,orange boards with laid on plate to spine and gilt lettering,d/j,maps to feps with relevent numbered areas,480 pgs,fully mapped,illustrated[with 63 b/w photographic plates] and indexed.A highly praised comprehensive guide that has been frequently likened to that of the Baedecker guides.The author was born 1928,educated at Douai and Oxford,author numerous plays,The Owl's Watch Song[a study of Istanbul] and others novels that have been translated into many languages,.first visited Jugoslavia after the war and has returned regularly to build up a remarkable thorough knowledge of the country and its people. The dustjacket is not price clipped,small rub to all corners,10mm closed tear to crease at base of back and 5mm closed tear base spine rear, VG+/VG
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981 |
CUMMING , PRIMROSE THE CHESTNUT FILLY
LONDON BLACKIE & SON LTD 1944 Hard Back VG 230x 170mm Approx. Lloyd , Stanley
Hard back VG , Undated on war-issue paper circa 1900's -pos undated 1st edition - , illustrated 25 full-page lovely drawings by Artist Stanley Lloyd , 190pp Navy boards with Gilt titles to spine & white to front , blue top foredge .Primrose Cumming .15 chpts - for all lovers of ponies and horses [ Childrrens illustrated ] Schoolboy Randall Gray makes a bid for the filly [ Amber Light ] [ book - no inscsp / annoation / colour-in , sound clean copy , light fox to foredge , light tanning to 1st/last few pages , Exterior - very good with no notable defects - pls see image
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982 |
CUNLIFFE, BARRY EXCAVATIONS AT FISHBOURNE 1961-1969
LONDON THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES 1981 First Edition Hard Back Fine VG+ 280x220mm Approx.
Burgundy Cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. 2 Vols. - Vol I : The Site -221pp + 91 plts. Vol II : The Finds 399pp + 28 plts. Detailed account and meticulous record of the excavation and examination of the 1st Century AD Roman Palace at Fishbourne, Chichester West Sussex carried out between 1961 and 1969. Fine in VG+ price clipped dust jackets. The latter are now in proprietary protective wrappers. Due to the weight of these volumes a contribution to the cost of postage in excess of the standard charge will be sought. NOAMAZON
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45.00 GBP
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983 |
CUNNINGHAM , PETER , FSA HAND-BOOK OF LONDON Past & Present A New Edition Corrected & Enlarged
LONDON JOHN MURRAY 1850 1st Edition Thus Hard Cover VG 195x130mm Approx
Hard Cover , VG , 1850 , 2nd edition - 1st thus ,recased brown cloth boards , Gilt titles to spine , chunky , 604pps , Preface to 2nd edition , Intro , [ Place to see ] 2 Plans , Chronology of London Occurances , begining A Abchurch Lane / Abingdon Street / Abney Park Cemetry - One Fold-out Map of Ground floor of New Houses of Parliment , - One Grounf plan of Westminster Abbey , Additions & Corrections , Index chiefly of Persons Mentioned [ book - a sound copy , no inscsp / annotations , foredge fox browned , paper fox creamed ]
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984 |
CUNNINGHAM, GEORGE GODFREY LIVES OF EMINENT AND ILUSTRIOUS ENGLISHMEN FROM ALFRED THE GREAT TO THE LATEST TIMES
GLASGOW A.FULLARTON &CO 1835 Hard Back Poor 235x150mm Approx
Original Green Cloth Boards with floral design and laid on paper title to spine. Odd Vol. Vol II-Part I. From the accession of Henry VII to the Accession of James I. 3 b/w engraved plts. 224pp. Introduction and short biographic studies of eminent, mainly nobility and clerical during the period. Poor - Name of previous owner and date 1844 to ffep. Mod. foxing to engravings. End papers sound. Edgewear to cloth which has split for 2/3rds of lenght of rear spine fold. Binding otherwise quite sound. A useful reading copy.
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985 |
CURD , THOMAS RURAL THOUGHTS IN THE HOLY LAND BY A NATURALIST
UCKFIELD UCKFIELD PRESS , PRIVATELY PRINTED Ist Edition Thus Hard Cover Fine Firne 210x150mm Approx
Hard Cover , Dust Jacket , Undated privately printed , 160 pps , cream d/j with author's bird illustration to front , d/j not price clipped , both book and dustjacket as new , no inscsp. After military service the author , T Curd , joined military police in Palestine , as a keen nature lover he was daily watchful of the natural scene with its flora and fauna Here is a book to interest both those who have served in the Middle East and the wildlife / animals / birds / river life / plant enthusiasts / naturalist's , illustrated with one Map , mono plates and line drawings by the author
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986 |
CURRIE W.B. DAYS AND NIGHTS OF GAME FISHING
LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN 1984 FIRST EDITION
1st ed. 240x160 mm approx. Blue Boards with gilt lettering to spine. 192pp. Illustrated by Charles Jardine this a book in the tradition of Negley Farson A R B Haldane and Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart, evocative and informative fishing writing at its very best. F/VG+ (book- no noteable faults. D/J - A little water staining to top reverse side at head of spine. A little rubbed and crease to top edge front. No other faults).
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987 |
CUSHION,JOHN ENGLISH PORCELAIN
LONDON,CHARLES LETTS,1974 FIRST EDITION
1st ed. 232x168mm approx,black boards with gilt lettering,book as new,no inscps,72 pages,the dustjacket intact but price clipped,a Collectors Letts All Colour Guides,the author leading authority in field of ceramics,Senior Research Assistant Depmt.of Ceramics Victoria and Albert Museum, Hon.Member English Ceramic Circle,President Morley College Ceramic Circle,lecturer and has published many books in this field.Illustrated in colour,all plates listed,Marks,Biblio.,Gloss.,[other title available- John Cushion's Continental Porcelain] F/VG+
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988 |
CUSHION,JOHN CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN
LONDON,CHARLES LETTS,1974 FIRST EDITION
1st ed. 232x168mm approx,black boards with gilt lettering,book as new,no inscps,79 pages,the dustjacket intact but price clipped,a Collectors Letts All Colour Guides,the author published many books in this field,a Lecturer on Ceramics,Senior Research Ass.Depmt.Ceramics Victoria and Albert Museum,Hon;Mem;English Ceramic Circle and president Morley.Cer;Circle.Illustrated Listed colour plates[61],Marks,Glos;,Biblio;-[ other Title available- English Porcelain], F-/VG+
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989 |
CUSS , EDWIN , GRIFFITHS , PHILIP , Collated by THE CHURN , COLN AND LEACH VALLEYS In Old Photographs
Stroud ALAN SUTTON 1990 0862998549 1st Editon Paper Back VG+ 220x155mm Approx.
Laminated Paper Back VG+, 1st edition , 160pp.darker green photo illus wraps.Profusely illustrated archive photographs collected by E Cuss & P Griffiths who proceed in a leisurely way from each River source to the Thames. The 3 Rivers featured all flow down the South East slopes of the Cotswold Hills. Book set out in 3 parts. [ Cirencester / Arlington / Southrop / Rencomb / Chedworth / Northleigh etc] no notable defects to book bar miniscule edgwear. No inscsps. Pls see our image
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990 |
CUTHBERTSON, D C ROMANTIC SCOTLAND THE STORY OF THE SHIRES
STIRLING , SCOTLAND ENEAS MACKAY 1938 First Edition Hard Back VG VG 192X126mm Approx
310 pages plus 10 pages publisher's adverts,blue boards,bright gilt lettering,2 different maps to feps, foxing to foredges and 1/2 title page,no inscsps,-the Dustjacket also fox spotted,5x5mm loss base spine,shows Robert the Bruce to front,now in clear protectice wraps,Frontispiece ;-Sir William Wallace , 2 pages listed illustrations,mono plates,Contents lists 26 regional places from Lanarkshire to the -Hebrides/Orkney/Shetland]It takes Scotland shire by shire and interestingly tells all great deeds-battles/legends/romance of each in turn.The author knows Scotland well and has a wide public.
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991 |
d'ENDRODY. Lt. Col A.L. GIVE YOUR HORSE A CHANCE THE TRAINING OF HORSE & RIDER FOR THREE-DAY EVENTING AND SHOW JUMPING
LONDON J.A.ALLEN & CO 1986 0851319017 Hard Cover VG VG 220x145 mm Approx
H/b , Dust Jacket , VG/VG , illustrated , Yellow boards with gilt lettering to spine.xxiii+544pp, Over 160 figs in text, 113 b/w photos + over 20 tables. First published in 1959 this remains one of the foremost books in the field of Three-Day Eventing and Show Jumping. VG/VG ( No previous owner name or inscriptions, a little light soiling (liquid splash) to foredges. D/j non price clipped. Moderste rubbing to extremities with tiny nicks/chips to laminate , in clear proprietary protective cover
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992 |
D'ENNO , DOUGLAS ROTTINGDEAN Through Time
Chalford Amberley Publishing 2009 1848681976 1st Edition Paper Back Fine 235x165mm Approx
1st.96pp. D d'Enno. Social History of coastal seaside village edge South Downs Sussex - Rottingdean [ Rudyard Kipling, Bob Copper ... ] A Pictorial history [ Photographic History with plates all pages in Sepia and Colour. Paper back - Fine, book as new.[ no inscsp . tight binding. PLS see our image
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993 |
DA, LOTTIE & ALEXANDER, JAN BAD GIRLS OF THE SILVER SCREEN
LONDON: PANDORA 1990 FIRST UK EDITION
285x220mm approx. Black Boards with silver lettering to spine.210pp. Exploration into the lives and careers of those famous actresses who have slunk and smouldered their way across the screen in teh roles of harlots,vamps, courtesans, streetwalkers, gangster's molls, cheating wives and Park Avenue call girls from the early days of silent cinema to the time of writing. Copious b/w illust. VG+/VG+ (book- no noteable faults, free of previous owner names and insc. Dust Jacket - a little rubbing to top corners. Non price clipped. No other noteable faults.
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994 |
DABBS, ALBERT & KING-SMITH, D IRONS IN THE FIRE A RECORD OF THE MATTHEWS WRIGHTON GROUP OF COMPANIES
LONDON MATTHEWS WRIGHTSON 1951 First Edition Hard Back VG+ 230X155mm Approx
Dark Green Buckram with Vellum quarterbinding and gilt lettering. 83pp. Frontis + 26 other b/w illust. as expected. Company history of the Insurance Brokerage Group with chapters on the Origins of Lloyds of London, trade during the world wars and maritime and non marine markets. VG+ No previous owner name or insc. Binding tight and boards clean with no significant shelf wear.
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995 |
DAHL , ROALD MORE TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED
London MICHAEL JOSEPH 1960 0718119193 1st Edition Hard Back Fine VG+ 220x140mm Approx
1st..127pp. Fine in near fine D/J .black cloth boards+gilt titles.( the latter has negligable rub o top corners) no inscsp, book as new. Tales of mystery and suspense.[ made into TV series] A Collection of Brilliant short stories by this Award winning, renouned author PLS see our image
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996 |
DAHL , ROALD THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF CHARLIE AND MR WILLY WONKA
LONDON UNWIN HYMAN 1987 0044400748 First Edition Thus Hard Back VG VG 240X160mm Approx FOREMAN, MICHAEL
Blue Boards with silver lettering to spine. 316pp. Omnibus edition containing both of Dahl's "Charlie" books - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. illustrated by Michael Foreman.First Edition Thus. Book - a few light finger marks to ffep. No previous owner names or insc. Dust Jacket - light abrasion to laminate 5x2mm approx to front. Non price clipped. Otherwise no other noteable faults to book or jacket. VG/VG
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15.00 GBP
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997 |
DAHL , ROALD , STEADMAN , RALPH THE MILDENHALL TREASURE
LONDON JONATHAN CAPE 1999 0224060171 1st Edition Thus Hard Back VG VG 295x225mm Approx Signed by Illustrator
SIGNED Copy, Large H/b, Dust Jacket,VG/VG, 1st edition thus - illustrated by Award winning Artist Ralph Steadman with his expected humour & satire. Renouned & numerous Award Winning Author Roald Dahl wrote this true tale in 1946 - it tells of how Gordon Butcher, a Suffolk ploughman , uncovered a hoard of Roman silver and was cheated out of his fortune. A Savage parable of Innocence and Greed.79pp.[ book - navy boards & silver titles to spine, no inscsp, tight binding, minor1/2mm scuff/col/loss spine base. Signed by Ralph Steadman to Title page [ no other insc]. Artist col wrapparound D/j ploughing scene not price clipped.rubbed around head of spine and to 2 corners. Now in clear proprietary protective wrapper . PLS see our image
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998 |
DAHL, ROALD BFG, The
LONDON HarperCollins Audio 1992 0411870130 Very Good
Two cassete audio book. Read by Amanda Root and Jeremy Bulloch. "hrs 56mins listening time. VG (no notable wear/scratches to outer case. No other apparent defects).
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999 |
DAHL, ROALD MOI BOY , Souvenirs D'enfance
Francaise / France Gallimard 1985 2070333930 Paper Back VG+ 180x105mm Approx
1985.205pp+18pp publishers adverts.Text - French.Childrens Folio Junior. b/w Illustrations. Story of a boy's childhood - the author's Roald Dahl.[ Autobiography / Autobiographie] VG+ (Book- no previous owner name or insc. No notable defects, no inscsp, tight binding, clean throughout. PLS see our image
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1000 |
DAIKEN,LESLIE CHILDRENS TOYS THROUGHOUT THE AGES
London,Spring Books,First Thus 1963
1st ed. 230x150m approx,rose illustrated boards,ink inscp.to fep,d/j,207 pgs,bibliography,118 illustrations,this new and revised edition has many new illustrations,a lively authorative comprehensive study set out in toys that teach/that move/in music/in books/in easter/doll's/doll's houses/war play/toy/soldiers/baa lambs to sell;-and;-Historical retrospect/some collections/some British public collections..an extremely interesting book of facts.The dustjacket has slight grubiness to rear board and slight creasing to top front and top spine, VG/VG as desc.
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