Search Results: Authors starting with A from Cornell Books Limited

Wellington, Auckland & Sydney: A H & A W Reed, no date [c. 1969]. First edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), 288pp. 28 illustrations. Original black cloth, dustwrapper. There are a small number of neat pencil annotations to the text; otherwise, the book is in very good condition. The dustwrapper is in good plus condition (small scuffmark to the front panel, some rubbing of the rear panel). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it.

Oxford: printed for private circulation at the University Press, 1929. First edition (hardback). 4to (29cm by 23cm), xix, 50pp. 12 plates. Original grey cloth spine, blue boards, title label to the spine. Binding rubbed, corners of boards worn, title label chipped, preliminary pages foxed. Overall, this copy is in good condition.

Rotherham: Municipal Museum and Art Gallery, 1964. First edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), 152pp. Frontispiece, 8pp plates, folding chart of marks. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. The book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good condition (rubbed, edges chafed, price-clipped); the dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it.

Tokyo: Kenkyusha, 1934. First edition thus (hardback). 12mo (18cm by 12cm), [x], x, 323pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original black cloth, gilt titling to the spine. Light foxing of the preliminary pages, short ownership inscription, else the book is in very good condition. An unusual edition; the essays themselves are in English, and the introduction and notes (by Tamihei Iwasaki) are in in Japanese. At the back of the book there is an index to the notes, which is in English.

London: N.F.M.T.A., [1955]. First edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 12cm), 72pp. 8pp illustrations. Original brown cloth, dustwrapper. Endpapers browned, else the book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good minus condition (chipped and torn with some loss). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it.

Pretoria: Botanical Research Institute, 1985. Volume 4, Part 2, first edition (softcover). 8vo (24cm by 18cm), ix, 96pp. Text illustrations. Original white card wrappers. This book is in very good condition. ISBN 0621082716

Stad Antwerpen, 1954. First edition (hardback). 4to (33m x 27cm), xlviii, 240pp black & white illustrations. Original white cloth spine, light green boards, dustwrapper. The book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is good plus (a little rubbed and spotted, some creasing of the rear panel). Text in Dutch. A printed booklet containing an English translation of the text is loosely inserted.

London: International Students House, 2010. First edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 15cm), [vii], 145pp. Text illustrations. Original red cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 9780955956553

London: Arthur Barker, 1951. First edition (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 16cm), xxvii, 295pp. Frontispiece and 14 plates. Original green cloth, dustwrapper. There is some foxing to the edges of the text block; overall, the book is in good to very good condition. The dustwrapper is in good to very good condition (light chafing of the edges).

Cambridge: W Heffer & sons, no date [1946]. Second edition, rewritten (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 19cm), viii, 332pp. 390 illustrations. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. Light wrinkling to the the upper margin of the first 80 pages, ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, endpapers foxed, pencil annotations to the rear endpapers. Overall, the book is in good condition. The dustwrapper is in fair condition only (chipped and torn with some loss), but it has now been put in a mylar cover and looks fairly respectable.

Newcastle upon Tyne : Frank Graham, 1970. Facsimile of the 1831 edition (softcover). Oblong 4to (22cm by 28cm), 12pp. Original laminated card wrappers. This book is in very good condition. ISBN 0900409290

London: John C Nimmo, 1892. First UK edition (hardback). Oblong 8vo (17cm by 22cm), 112pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Original grey cloth. Boards rubbed and stained, some spotting of the preliminary pages, chipping to the edges of a couple of pages. Overall, this book is in fair to good condition.

Paris: Librairie Hachette & cie, 1878. First edition thus. 8vo, xxxi, 104pp. 9 plates. Half white vellum, marbled paper-covered boards, brown morocco title label to the spine with gilt titling, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, with the original card wrappers bound in. Spine darkened, scattered foxing of the contents. Overall, this copy is in good condition.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1926. First edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), 256pp. 8 b&w plates by Donald Maxwell. Original green cloth. There is some rubbing and staining of the binding, foxing to the edges of the text block, and an ownership inscription to the front free endpaper; overall, this book is in good minus condition.

Cromer Preservation Society, 2004. First edition (softcover). 8vo (21cm by 15cm), 20pp. Text illustrations. Original laminated card wrappers. This booklet is in very good condition. Cromer Preservation Society Guides no. 2.

London: Stanley Paul & co, 1952. First edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), 256pp. Original red cloth, but lacks the dustwrapper. Short ownership inscription, else the book is in very good condition.

Madras: Printed for private circulation, 1931. First edition (softcover). Oblong 8vo (14cm by 21cm), x, 67pp. Original blue card wrappers. Light rubbing of the covers, light tanning of the contents; overall, this book is in good to very good condition.

Newton Blossomville: Jordans Publishing, 2000. First edition (softcover). 8vo (21cm by 14cm), xii, 229pp. Text illustrations. Original laminated card wrappers. Light rubbing of the covers, else this book is in very good condition. ISBN 0953879909

London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1910]. First edition (hardback). 4to (32cm by 26cm), xviii, 232pp. 30 colour plates by Arthur Garratt. Original white cloth, gilt titling to the spine, gilt design to the front board, top edge gilt. There are a couple of minor bumps to the binding, the endpapers are browned, there is some foxing to the edges of the text block, and a gift inscription to the front free endpaper. Overall, this book is in good to very good condition.

London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1951. First edition (softcover). 8vo, xiv, 254pp. Folding map. Original printed card wrappers. This copy is only in fair to good condition - the covers are rubbed and scuffed, and the lower corner of the text block is a little creased. Signed by the author on the title page.