Search Results: Authors starting with A from MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP

Venezia, Il Comitato Editore, 1960. . 8vo.,pp. x,256, paperback; foxing to rear upper edge, creasing to spine and lightly to upper corners, otherwise very good.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. Ltd., 1898. . Limited edition of 660 copies, 8vo., pp.xii,324 in full vellum wrappers, gilt, b/w frontispiece, decorative title page, 3 further b/w plates with tissue-guards, illuminated letters and tailpieces, titles printed in red; foxing to plate at p.111, with toning to adjacent text, superficial split to vellum at foot of spine, a near-fine copy of this scarce volume.

London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1951. . Limited edition, no. 378 of 380 copies, 4to., pp.45, pictorial full vellum, gilt, printed on Arnold’s unbleached paper rag, colour frontispiece and plates; light toning to edges, a fine copy. Designed, produced and published by Christopher Sandford at the Golden Cockerel Press.

London: Privately printed, 1891. . 8vo., pp.ix,99,v(adverts), uncut, cream paper-covered boards lettered in red, b/w frontispiece; ownership bookplate and bookseller’s sticker to front paste-down endpaper, ownership autograph to front free endpaper, toning to reverse of frontispiece, toning to spine, light wear to extremities, with paper partially split along upper joint (board firm), light roll to spine, surface soil and light bubbling to boards, internally clean and very good, a good copy overall.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991. . 8vo., pp.x,220, navy cloth, gilt; near-fine in vg unclipped dust-jacket.

Sheffield: The Author/Branch Line Society, 1985. . 8vo., pp.unpaginated, paperback (pictorial stapled wrappers), b/w illustrations; ownership sticker to reverse of front wrapper, a little light foxing to pale wrappers, otherwise very good.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017. . 4to., pp.608, paperback; fresh and near-fine.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2001. . 8vo., pp.cxxi,246, navy hardcover, gilt; a fine copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket, which is sunned to spine/inner margins.

Oxford University Press, 2001. . 8vo., pp.cxxi,246, navy hardcover, gilt; from the library of D.E. Luscombe, with editor’s presentation inscription to front free endpaper, a near-fine copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine, with small closed tear to front upper margin, else very good.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. . 8vo., pp.xii,313, pink cloth lettered in black, b/w plates; small ownership inscription toupper margin of front free endpaper, light foxing to top edges, a very good(+) copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is sunned to spine, with 2cm closed tear to rear upper margin, else very good.

Aldershot: Lund Humphries, 2004. . First edition, 4to., pp.160, grey hardcover lettered in silver, colour-illustrated; a fresh and near-fine copy, in vg+ unclipped dust-jacket.

Cambridge University Press, 1997 . Large 8vo., pp.xviii,456, paperback, 206 b/w illustrations; neat ownership nameplate to front wrapper verso, scotch-tape reinforcement to fore-margins of wrappers, a very good, fresh copy.

Berkely: Oannes, 1963. . Limited edition of 500 copies, large 8vo., pp.108, paperback with pictorial jacket pasted down, monochrome illustrations; small closed tear to front upper margin of jacket, a very good copy.

London: Heinemann, 1990. . First edition, signed by Douglas Adams, 8vo., pp.(vii),208, blue hardcover, gilt, colour plates; author’s autographed inscription to title page, toning to edges of text-block, with foxing to top edges, a very good copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which has light rubbing to extremities, and light sunning to spine.

Edinburgh/London: Oliver and Boyd, 1936. . First edition, 8vo., pp.viii,191, black cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece portrait; lacks front free endpaper, light toning to half title, light sunning to spine and (partially) to rear board, else very good without dust-jacket.

New York: The American Numismatic Society, 1957. . 8vo., pp.ix,187,xiv, printed wrappers (paperback), folding map, 14 b/w plates; a clean and near-very good copy.

Lisbon: Livraria Bertrand, 1965. . French language, large 8vo., pp.438, paperback, 1 colour plate; crease to upper corner of front wrapper and early leaves, toning to spine, surface soil and light wear to wrappers, a good copy.

Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2000. . 8vo., pp.xii,153, green hardcover, gilt, with printed paper label to front board; slight toning to margins, a very good, clean copy.

Switzerland: Editions du Griffon Neuchatel, 1962. . 4to., pp.129, grey cloth lettered in white, numerous b/w plates as well as several colour plates; slight tone to upper edges, a fresh and near-fine copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is just lightly toned to margins.

Edinburgh: Adam and . 8vo., pp.xxii,646,(i), uncut, rebacked with new endpapers, pictorial brown cloth, gilt, with original spine laid down over new spine, engraved frontispiece with tissue-guard, further b/w plates with tissue-guards; pencilled ownership inscription to title, foxing to early leaves, light wear at lower corners of boards, a good+ copy.