Search Results: Authors starting with A from Blacket Books

Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1931. Third Impression . A very good copy in original blue cloth lettered in black. Smallish inscription on front paste-down. 222pp. 24 illustrations. This is a book on the "modern" whaling industry. It also has three chapters on "Creatures of the Antarctic".

London: Jonathan Cape, 1928. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A very good copy in a good but rather dusty wrapper. 288 pages. A book of short stories.

London: Bell and Daldy, 1861. First Edition . Hardcover. Poor. Hardback. 12mo. Externally a rather poor copy in boards which are badly damp-faded. Internally very good. All edges gilt. Pp.vi,91 + 2pp adverts. Head and tail -pieces. Stories for children which are in the nature of riddles. The solution or key to the riddles is not provided, the parson believing that their meaning will be easily deciphered by the child with the assistance of older friends.

Edinburgh: The Albemarle Press, 1970. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy. Neat ownership inscription. 10 pages + 6 plates. The book was produced as an exercise by two students on the Book and Periodical Publishing course at Napier College, Edinburgh. Uncommon.

London: John Murray, 1940. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which is chipped on the front cover and has some edge tears. Pp.viii,153. 19 illustrations. Includes the early action in the war at sea including the Battle of the River Plate and the failure of the German pocket battleships.

London: Frank Cass, 1967. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good. A very good copy in red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. A clean copy with no ownership inscription or foxing. 287pp. First published in 1794 the book includes an account of the natives of Sierra Leone and "the present state of the slave trade in the West Indies and the improbability of its total abolition".

Leominster: Privately Published. First Edition . Nd. c. 1910? A fair to good copy in rather marked green boards. 126pp. Illustrated with photographs. English country life as it once was. Uncommon.

London: George Bell & Sons, 1890. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. A reasonable copy of a rather fragile little book. Spine lettering faded. Pp.vii,174. 51 figures in text. Erratum slip. Adverts.

London: John Murray, 1914. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Pp.xiii,452 + 12pp adverts. This is an account (which first appeared in the "Times") of three journeys undertaken throughout the UK with a view to experiencing the diversity of British agriculture. It therefore provides a quite comprehensive account of the state of British agriculture just prior to the First World War.

London: Methuen, 1928. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper. Bookplate. Pp.xvii,178. Introductory essay by Sir Montague Shearman. Described as a comprehensive book on tobacco smoking "which will interest and stimulate the fumiphobe and tobaccophile alike"!

London: Methuen & Co, 1930. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Hardback. A good copy in publisher's green cloth with title in black on front board and on spine. Would be very good but for one inch closed tear in cloth of spine. No inscriptions. 392 pages + 8 page publisher's catalogue at rear. Protected in a removable cover.

Cambridge University Press, 1937. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A very good copy in a slightly worn but near very good dustwrapper. 136 pages. One illustration. A little pencilled marking in the text.

Stirling: Eneas Mackay, 1899. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Walter Bain. Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Bevelled edges. Top edge gilt. Other edges uncut. Some browning to end-papers but not foxed and no ownership inscription. Pp.xxxiv,368. 20 illustrations. 8 seals. 3 signatures. List of subscribers.

Benfleet Essex: F. Lewis, 1934. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which is chipped at the spine ends. Smallish ownership inscription. 88 pages of text followed by 52 plates. Frontispiece. Includes embroideries, tapestries and carpets.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1874. Fifth Edition . Hardcover. Good. A good copy in the original pebbled cloth which shows some fading to the spine. A little wear at top of spine. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xlvii,531. One illustration. The text of this volume is stated to be the same as that of the first volume of the author's "Invasion of the Crimea.

Edinburgh: T. Nelson & Sons, 1859. Hardcover. Good. Hardback. Early edition. A good plus copy in publisher's blind stamped red cloth with gilt vignettes and title on front board and on spine. Externally a very good bright copy. No inscriptions. Black and white frontispiece and illustrated title page. Damp stains at foot of first few pages and at rear. Some foxing. 192 pages. Protected in a removable cover.

London: John Murray, 1807. A New Edition, Corrected . Half-Leather. Good. Hardback. A good copy in a half leather binding with rather worn marbled boards. Rebacked with old spine laid down. Small bookplate, ownership inscription dated 1852 and some ink writing on front end-papers. Pp.[xxiv],xxx,351 + 1 page publisher's adverts. Frontispiece and 9 plates. Some foxing. A comprehensive general cookery book with Part XII being "Cookery for the Sick and for the Poor" and Part XIII being "Various Receipts and Directions to Servants." Also included are "Miscellaneous Observations for the Use of the Mistress of a Family." Has been described as "the most popular English cookbook of the first half of the nineteenth century.

Selkirk: James Lewis, 1905. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Isaac Cooke. Hardback. A very good copy in red cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in black on the upper board. No ownership inscription and not foxed. Pp.xii,104. 8 plates + title page illustration. Reminiscences of the countryside to the east of Moffat including Loch Skeen, Meggat. Ettrick and Yarrow.

London: Marcus Ward & Co. Ltd.. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Hardback N.d. Late 19th century? A good copy in publisher's blue cloth with coloured illustration on front board. No inscriptions. Corners and edges rubbed. Pages showing signs of foxing. Many coloured illustrations mainly of cats, mice and frogs. Unpaginated. Protected in a removable cover

Edinburgh: Scottish History Society, 1898. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. A clean copy without ownershipo inscription or other marking. Unopened. Pp.lxxii,323. Described as "the first book issued which contains authentic details of the imports, exports, and home trade of a busy Scottish seaport between 1587 and 1630.