Search Results: Authors starting with C from The Last Word

Wellington, New Zealand: Nova Pacifica, 1982. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Signed by Sir Charles Fleming to title page in 1982, This books is very heavy - please contact bookseller to find actual cost to your place. Foreword by Sir Peter Scott. Preface (covering the history of the commissioning and subsequent provenance of the paintings) by Dr J C Yaldwyn. 408 pages, 89 plates in full colour illustrating 155 birds. Imitation leather boards blocked in gold on spine, The colour plates and accompanying texts give the history of the discovery, bio-geography and evolutionary development of the species illustrated and discusses the impact of man and the problems of conservation today.

London: Dent, 1929. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First Edition 8vo., First Edition, preliminaries, half-title, title and fore-edges lightly foxed, top edge red coloured, red cloth, gilt back, No insciptions - one small round bookseller plate on FEP. a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter has two small insect holes to front. Protected in an archival Brodart clear cover now.

London: Frederick Muller, 1967. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Near Fine. 306 pp. A few spots of foxing. Red cards

London: W H Allen & Co Limited, 1893. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 200 pp plus 44 pp adverts at rear. Blue cloth covered boards, Corners bumped, Top pages edges deckled and dusty.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. xxxi, 212pages, [4, ads]. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Top of spine chipped. No booklet in pocket at rear of volume.

Hardcover. Good. Diary with two periods:, one from 13/7/1936 Auckland to England on Wanganella to Sydney then SS Orama to England.to 27 Dec. 1936 ends in Paris mentions soldiers in uniform. ; one is from 19 Dec 1964 to 27 8 1969. Fly to Melbourne (from NZ?) some clippings etc enclosed, travel to Inse india, Aden, Suez, Gibralter, Jordan, bought house in London. Black hard boards - spine mostly gone.

london: C Arthur Pearson Limited, 1952. Second printing. Paperback. Near Fine. 383 pp

Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis, c 1870. Full Leather. Very Good. Octavo Gilt lettering on Full Leather Very Good xxiii, 319 pp, frontisp and title vignette and six other steel engravings. Elaborately embossed and decorated covers and spine with gilt titles. Gilt edges, Owner's name in light pen to two blank front papers. Brown end papers. About 1855 to late 1800's

London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1896. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Brown cloth covered boards. A Practical Treatise for Architects, Students, and Builders. Contents: I.Materials; II.Columns and Stanchions; III.Girders - with Solid Webs; IV.Triangular and Lattice Webbed Girders; V.Manufacture - Connections; VI.Loads and Stresses in Buildings; VII.General Arrangement of Buildings; VIII.Iron and Steel Doors and Traps; IX.Specifications and Quantities. Pp.viii/278/48(publisher's catalogue), 53 figure illustrations, green endpapers with catalogue of Weale's Scientific and Technical series books, rear board a bit blotchy.

London: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd, 2004. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. ISBN10: 0826474616, ISBN13: 9780826474612, Good clean tight copy.Both a literary masterpiece and a practical guide to gardening, perfect for anyone with a passion through to a passing interest in gardens and plants. Black cloth over boards. 208 p.

New Directions, 1941. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Rockwelln Kent. Dark blue cloth covered boards. Owner name on FFEP. In German and English - on facing pages. 435 pages

London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition. Hardcover. Good. A History was written by the Scottish essayist, philosopher, and historian Thomas Carlyle. Original red cloth covers with black lettering and designs. Some gilt to spine. 300 pages.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition. Hardcover. Poor. A History was written by the Scottish essayist, philosopher, and historian Thomas Carlyle. Orioginal red cloth covers with black lettering and designs. Some gilt to spine. 252 pages. Boards seperate from the text block, Sellotape repair to front end papers.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition. Hardcover. Good. A History was written by the Scottish essayist, philosopher, and historian Thomas Carlyle. Orioginal red cloth covers with black lettering and designs. Some gilt to spine. 260 pages.

Auckland, New Zealand: Reed Methuen, 1987. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Size: 7 1/2" X 9 3/4" 198 pages, Signed by the author dated 1987. rear cover of dustjacket a bit stained. red cloth covered boards.

London: Walter Scott, c. 1880. First printing. Paperback. Fine. miniature set of books in red cloth covered box gilt illustrations and titles on front and spines, 6 miniature books, each with 128 pages and red decorative borders and red edges to the pages. Gilt illustrations and titles on front and spines. The books are in beautiful condition, the box is a bit aged with an ink stain to one edge of the top.

London: Brown Watson. First printing. Cards. Good. Jose Luis Macias s. no date, no page numbers. Very condensed version for small children. 12 pages stapled

London: Ward Lock & Co Ltd, 1915. Cloth. Good/good. Tarrant, Margaret w.. 212 pages plus 14 pages of adverts. red cloth with black writing with design of sun and clouds Publication date not shown but circa pre 1938 as there is an inscription London & Melbourne. Includes a dustjacket in good condition - has 1 in missing from bottom right hand corner of dj. Dust Jacket shows Alice holding flamingo. Royal Series advert on rear of dust jacket. Book is unmarked and in excellent order. Price not cut off . Title page calls it Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - different to dust jacket and cover.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. Title page missing Green pictorial boards with title in black on spine; Alice and humpty on front board, publisher's colophon on the rear board. 215 pages which include a four page Easter Greeting at the back. classic Tenniel illustrations . Split along front hinge . Size: 185x130mm Spine cocked

London: British Library Publishing, 2014. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First published by the Folio Society in 2008. This edition reprinted with a new jacket.