Search Results: Local History from Mike Park Ltd

Stoke-on-Trent: C.M.C. Publishers, 1987. Illustrated, quarto, pp 80, very clean internally, paperback, corner of upper cover folded and creased, spine a little worn at the staple, a trace of a price sticker. . First Edition. Paperback. Good.

London: Greater London Council, 1975. Illustrated, large octavo, pp (4), 215, brown cloth in good condition, the dustwrapper is a little worn stretched and faded. SCARCE. With the expansive signature of Carlo Curley covering the title page ! [Carlo James Curley was an American classical concert organist who lived much of his later life in Great Britain. He was the resident organist at the Alexandra Palace in the 1970s. ]. First Edition. Cloth. Good/A little worn and stretched.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1981. A few illustrations, octavo, pp xii, 353, the first few pages are faintly creased vertically, top edge a little foxed otherwise very clean internally, green cloth very good, the dustwrapper is a little used and rubbed with one small tear, the front foldover is creased and price-clipped.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Slightly worn and rubbed.

Jerusalem: Goldberg's Printing Press, 1935. Illustrated, 12mo, pp 104, slightly used internally, corners creased, a folding map at the rear in very good condition, paperback, covers a little soiled and creased. [With many period advertisements].. Paperback. Good.

Halifax: Free Press Not dated - perhaps 1890/1895 ? Illustrated, horizontal octavo, pp 48, completely loose and a bit worn, lacking the rear cover. RARE. [Together with another copy, incomplete.]. First Edition. Paperback. Poor.

Heamoor, Penzance: Published by the author, 1966. Horizontal 8vo, pp 60, a neat lightly pencilled signature on the front endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, pale blue boards showing slight signs of wear, the dustwrapper is a little marked and frayed, with a few small closed tears, now nicely protected in a removable plastic film. VERY SCARCE. . First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Slightly worn and frayed.

London: B.T. Batsford, 1982. Illustrated, large octavo, pp 243, a very good copy in dustwrapper.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

Stroud, Gloucestershire.: Sutton Publishing Limited, 2000. Illustrated, large 8vo, pp xiv, 210, a very good copy in a very slightly worn dustwrapper which is slightly faded around the spine. [The scarce hardback edition]. [Fred Whitsey's copy with his bookplate. He was the gardening correspondent of the Sunday and Daily Telegraph for a total of 45 years. A quiet unassuming man, a pacifist, a notable amateur violin player and a great gardener.] . Cloth. Very Good/Slightly rubbed.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1931. Illustrated, pp xvi, 254, fore-edge foxed, (occasionally affecting the margins of the pages), otherwise clean internally, cloth showing the slightest signs of wear but really very good, in a frayed and rubbed dustwrapper with a few small tears.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn.

Asgill House trust & Friends of RBG Kew, 2006. NEW. Very well illustrated, small slim quarto, pp 96. a very good copy in dustwrapper. [Artists' Kew reveals Kew in its charming detail as well as in its full natural beauty by the Thames. It is about people too: their interaction with those settings, and the settings in turn as public places for simple relaxation and fun as well as the backdrop for enjoyment of botanical delights. Indeed, Kew today is more popular than ever: with visitors to the Royal Botanic Gardens and The National Archives, and as a residential community. More than 50 artists particpated in the exhibition on which Artist's Kew is based. The charitable share of proceeds from the sale of their work was in support of Kew's plans to construct a purpose-built gallery to display the world's most important collection of botanical art and manuscripts. The contemporary art shown in this book builds upon Kew's eclectic tradition: to inspire, to excite, to strengthen the… Read More

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997. Very well illustrated, quarto, pp (12), 352, very clean internally, blue cloth in good condition, the dustwrapper is slightly worn and slightly wrinkled round the edges. [A heavy book - extra postage may be needed]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn.

Bedford: The "Mercury" Press, 1881. A double-page frontispiece, one further plate, one full page illustration and two text illustrations, pp 128 (+ 12 blank pages at rear), a bit weak and slightly worn internally, title page creased, small slim 8vo, rear hinge cracked. lacking the free rear endpaper (and therefore lacking half the endpaper map), the rear blanks have several "dimple" marks running through them. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper, which also carries the neat inscription "E.W.N. Mallows, 1920, from Henry Brierley, Biddenham".]. First Edition. Cloth. Fair.

London New York & Toronto: Geoffrey Cumberledge, Oxford University Press, 1956. Second impression. Small octavo, pp (6), 186, illustrated with small line drawings by Lynton Lamb and eight photographic plates, very clean internally, cloth-backed patterned boards, a slight mark on the title label otherwise vert good, the dustwrapper (also by Lynton Lamb) is not price-clipped and shows only slight signs of use. Signed by author on the title page and with a short but charming typed note from the author loosely inserted. A great copy. . Signed letter from author. Cloth-backed boards. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Lynton Lamb.

Town Hall: Bideford Joints Advertising Committee, 1948. 1948 edition. Illustrated, a folding map, 12mo, pp 88, very slightly worn. paperback, the covers slightly faded and worn. [Postage will be reduced]. Paperback. Good.

Raynes Park, London: Carters Tested Seeds, 1932. Very well illustrated, octavo, pp 402, very slightly age-toned, blue boards with gilt lettering, the spine a bit worn and beginniung to split at the joints but still firm. [A very comprehensive listing of flowers and vegetable seeds, with a few sundries.]. First Edition thus. Boards. Good.

London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1924. Illustrated with 16 plates and a few line drawings in the text, small quarto, pp xii, 196, purple cloth. SCARCE, but a poor copy - two plates are loose and frayed, rather worn internally with a few small manuscript notes, various splashes and stains, the cloth is faded, worn and marked. A working copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Poor.

Manchester: John Heywood, 1887. Illustrated with drawings throughout, large 8vo, pp 131, printed in red-brown ink, edges uncut, bound in card with original printed limp vellum/parchment dustwrapper, a little marked and rubbed, some foxing internally on the very edges of the pages. With inscription on front endpaper - "To Thomas Barlow Esq., with the editor's kind regards, May 11, 1887". [Almost certainly a gift to Thomas Barlow, the youngest of seven children of John Barlow, a Quaker of Alderley Edge in Cheshire. In 1848 he founded the firm Barlow & Co. in Manchester, manufacturing and trading in textiles in the UK. From the mid-1850s the firm started importing cotton from America and began exporting textiles to India and the Far East. In 1864 he founded Thomas Barlow & Bro. and during the 1870s and 1880s established his own trade agencies in Calcutta, Shanghai and Singapore to export goods from the UK, to import tea and coffee, and to acquire his own plantations in these… Read More

Edinburgh and London: Oliver & Boyd, 1924. Well illustrated, small thick quarto, pp xx, 316, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, very slightly used internally, blue cloth a little worn and scuffed, the head and tail of the spine pulled. A heavy book - extra postage may be necessary for some areas.. First Edition. Cloth. Good.

Knaphill, Woking: Published by the author, 1987. Illustrated, small slim octavo, pp 32, paperback, a very good copy. [Postage will be reduced]. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Paternoster Row, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1816. Two volumes. Illustrated with a folding plan in the first volume, 12mo, (measures 180mm x 108mm], the first volume is partly unpaginated, the second volume is (4), 211, (i), slight age-toning and the occasional blemish, the frontispiece is awkwardly folded and along with the title page a bit browned, but otherwise clean and sound internally, half calf and boards, rubbed, lacking most of the spine labels, with the tiny armorial bookplate of William Booth Grey - the son of George Harry Grey (1737, MP for Staffordshire in 1761 and succeeded as the 5th Earl of Stamford 30 May 1768). He is considered to be the artist of two plant collages, in the style of Mary Delany, acquired by the British Museum in 2008. RARE. [William Salisbury, botanical nurseryman, has been erroneously described as a brother of Richard Anthony Salisbury. In the preface he states that from 1791 he was employed by the Board of Agriculture in conducting… Read More