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CATHEDRALS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2116479
Published by Great Western Railway Company.
1st
1924.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Card wraps. With 74 illustrations by photographic reproductions and 74 drawings. 1" tear to base of spine. Cover edges are browned and creased. Foxing throughout. Wrapper is unevenly browned and foxed, with tears and chips; some bits of loss along edges.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- CHURCHES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
CONDEMNED AS A NIHILIST
Written by G.A. Henty.
Illustrated by Walter Paget.
Stock no. 2116470
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Circa
1900.
Very good condition.
A story of escape from Siberia. Green pictorial cloth. Gilt titles. 8 b/w plates plus a map of Russia. 352 pages plus 32 page booklist to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A little chipping/fraying to cloth at top and tail of spine. Bookplate to front pastedown.
CLOCK THIS MY LIFE AS AN INVENTOR
Written by Trevor Baylis.
Stock no. 2116467
Published by Headline.
1st
1999.
Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The incredible story of the man who invented the award-winning clockwork radio, the stunningly simple idea that has revolutionised the lives of millions. ISBN: 0747277567. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few grubby marks.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- INVENTIONS
MODERN BOY No. 40 NOVEMBER 19TH 1938
Written by W.E. Johns; Murray Roberts; et al.
Stock no. 1403765
Published by The Amalgamated Press.
1938.
Almost very good condition.
Weekly magazine, paperwraps. Contains an installment of Biggles' Rescue Flight. Staples a little rusty. Spine torn at top and bottom. Contents detached from covers. Writing in pencil to top of front cover. Some marks to covers. Pages browned.
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PRINTED KATE GREENAWAY A CATALOGUE RAISONNE
Written by Thomas E. Schuster; Rodney K. Engen.
Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1403761
Published by T.E. Schuster.
1st
1986.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A fully comprehensive reference book listing over 600 major items with hundreds of variants within each heading. Covering published books, greetings cards, periodicals, ephemera and spinoffs. Green cloth, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0951175203. SIGNED with dedication to front endpaper. Light grubby mark to text block edge. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is a little edgeworn with light fading at folds.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- REFERENCE
- BOOKS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
VANWALL 2.5 LITRE F1: A TECHNICAL APPRAISAL
Written by Ian Bamsey.
Stock no. 1810780
Published by Haynes Publishing Group.
1st
1990.
Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The definitive Vanwall arrived in 1956, a British Racing Green car capable of beating the best of the reds. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour and b/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 085429838X. A very nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- VANWALL (CARS)
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SNORUM A CHORUS OF COUNTY TALES
Written by John Barrington Barrett.
Illustrated by Carol Walklin.
Stock no. 1713405
Published by Mullet Press.
1st
1994.
Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Limited to 150 copies. B/w illustrations. Dark cloth boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0951992155. Copy no. 141. Wrapper has a couple of marks.
- Categorised in:
- LITERATURE
- COUNTRYSIDE
- LIMITED EDITION
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A GENIUS FOR FAILURE: THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN ROBERT HAYDON
Written by Paul O'Keeffe.
Stock no. 1713374
Published by The Bodley Head.
1st
2009.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The tragedy of Haydon lay in the extent to which his failures were unwittingly engineered by his own actions - his refusal to resort to the painting of fashionable portraits, for example, and his self-destructively acrimonious relationship with the RA. Colour plates. 568 pages. ISBN: 9780224062473. SIGNED by author to title page. This copy would make a wonderful gift.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ART HISTORY
- BIOGRAPHY
THE INVINCIBLE FIFTH
Written by E.E. Cowper.
Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1403731
Published by The Children's Press.
circa
1945.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Light blue boards. Black titles to spine. B/w frontis. 216 pages. Spine and corners worn. Bottom of boards scuffed. Prize presentation plate to front pastedown. Frontis is partially detached. Couple of hinges cracked. A few marks to page margins but contents generally clean. Dustwrapper is edgeworn and creased with a few small tears. Rear panel and spine are grubby.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
THE PRISONERS OF SEPTEMBER
Written by Leon Garfield.
Stock no. 1504164
Published by Kestrel Books.
1st
1975.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Originally published by Penguin in paperback format in 1975. Green boards, gilt title to spine. An adventure story for older children set in the French Revolution. A story full of intrigue, daring and terror. 280 pages. ISBN: 0722650973. A little bumping to top corners and base of spine. Large pen inscription to front endpaper. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small chips and tears, spine slightly faded.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- HISTORICAL STORY
THE SECRET VOYAGE
Written by Gordon Grant.
Stock no. 1403726
Published by George Harrap & Co.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Uncle Ben gives Tommy a Chinese brush. When Tommy uses it to draw ships he is whisked away on the Secret Voyage in search of sunken Chinese Treasure. Green cloth with black titles to spine and vignette to front board. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. 56 pages. Spine, corners and bottom of boards bumped. A little foxing to top of boards. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to contents. Price-cut dustwrapper is edgeworn with some small tears and small areas of loss to top and bottom of spine and front fold. Spine is browned and scuffed. Front cover is browned and a little marked. Dustwrapper is foxed.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
SAMBO AND SUSAN AND OTHER TALES
Written by Katharine Harrison-Wallace.
Illustrated by Katharine Harrison-Wallace.
Stock no. 2116403
Published by Apple Tree Press.
2012.
Fine condition.
Contains: The Adventures of Sambo and Susan, Jim The Huntsman and The Story of a Disobedient Salmon. A modern republication of the original. ISBN: 9780957306509.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- HORSE AND PONY STORY