Search Results: Authors starting with E from Sue Lloyd-Davies Books

LONDON: B T Batsford Ltd. Hardcover. Hard Cover. Fair/Fair. Ex-Lib Usual Stamps and Marks. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 115 illus. B/w illus in text throughout. With the industrial revolution Britain demonstrated the way of industrialisation, and ushered in the modern world. This charts the technological advances that heralded the new age.; 60036 .

Oxford: At the Clarendon Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1960. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. FINE Tan cloth-covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's decorated dustjacket. The dustjacket is generally VG with some light foxing (light yellowy-browny spotting) and a few neatly closed edge tears. The base colour to the spine of the d/j is lightly 'sunned', but all lettering/titling is still very clear and bright. The dustjacket is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks Very Good. The page fore-edges are very lightly 'toned' with age and with the odd spot, but overall this is an EXCELLENT, VERY CLEAN, TIGHT and BRIGHT copy. Internally a little light foxing to the endpapers and first blank, and with an odd edge spot here and there, but o/w ALL hinges tight and NO Inscriptions or other Marks. (xix) + 166 + 23 single-sided b/w illustrations of Engraved Gems. 172 b/w… Read More

London: BUTTERWORTHS. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1987. Fourth Edition. Paperback. 0408012331 . In the original publisher's card covers. Ex- Reference Library with minimal library markings. Covers: - Electrical Measurements; Optical Measurements; Nucleonic Instrumentation Technology; Nuclear Techniques; Non-Destructive testing; Noise Measurement; etc. Overall an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; Ex-Library; Jones' Instrument Technology series; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

London: Routledge. 1991. Hardcover. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket.; 48630 .

CHARLES SKILTON LTD 1985 1ST EDIT H/B. Hardcover. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Good Plus to Very Good/No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo. SIGNED (WITH PLEASURE) BY THE AUTHOR. A collection of Russian proverbs, fables, folklore and political allegory featuring bears. Internally a fine copy; cover slightly rubbed.; 9674 .

OXFORD, 1959. 1959. Hardcover. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library Usual Stamps Marks. BOARD COARNERS BUMPED SLT NICK TO CLOTH; 48782 .

LONDON: MICHAEL JOSEPH LTD. 1954. Hardcover. CLOTH BOUND BOARDS with Gilt. Good Plus. First Edition. 8vo. FRONTISPIECE. 290 PP. A DELIGHTFUL BOOK ABOUT THE INTIMATE VARIETY OF HUMAN COURTSHIP, WRITTEN WITH SCHOLARSHIP AND WIT. INSCRIPTION ON TITLE PAGE. FOXING. ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT. FADED SPINE. LABEL INSIDE FRONT BOARD. ; 60469 .

MACDONALD. Hardcover. First Edition1985. Hard Cover in D/W. Very Good/Nr Fine. 4to - Approx 82 x 10" tall, x nearly 2" thick. A superb guide to all available collections of prints, photos, paintings etc. and the type and make up of the collections. Invaluable to re searchers and historians. This copy is Ex Lib (Reference), with the usual stamps/markings, etc. Lib markings confined to the ffep and the rfep, with a few circular 1/2" stamps in book. No other markings. Overall a very clean, tight, Very G o o d c opy in Nr Fine d/w.; s50047 .

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. , LTD.. Very Good with no dust jacket. c1932. Reprint (Revised and with additional chapters). Hardcover. Black boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. No dustjacket. The page edges are browned/foxed and there is also some light foxing to the internal front and back pages. Otherwise NO Inscriptions or Marks. (xii) + 435pp. Illustrated in b/w with b/w maps and plans, plus a colour frontispiece of Lord Nelson. Index. Revised and with additional chapters on "The Navy In The Great War" by Captain A. C. Dewar. Apart from the foxing, as mentioned above, this is an Excellent, Clean, Tight and Bright 'VG' copy. "An account of all the principal operations in which the British Navy has been engaged from the reign of King Alfred to the end of the First World War." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

LONDON: CONSTABLE. 1932. Hardcover. CLOTH BOUND BOARDS with Gilt l. Good plus/very Good. First Edition. 8vo Thick. VOLUMES 1 AND 2. A few blind stamps. set. Includes certain letters republished from original sources.; 60199 .

PWS- KENT PUBLISHING 1989 H/B. 1989. Hardcover. 0534917127 . GOOD EXLIBRIS USUAL STAMPS & MARKS BOXGF; 8305 .

London: The Khalili Family Trust. As New with no dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Paperback. 1874780196 . MINT copy. In the original publisher's glossy pictorial card covers with full sized inner flaps. No dustjacket, as issued. UNUSED - still in its original shrink wrap, and the wrap only opened to look at publishing details. There are NO Inscriptions or Marks. 468 pp. 475 Wonderful colour illustrations, etc. Glossary; Bibliography; Index. Overall, this is an Excellent, Clean, Tight and Bright 'As New' copy. FABULOUS! "This work covers the arts of the Meiji period from 1868 till 1912." This book is overweight and very heavy @ 3.100 Kilos and MAY require extra postage depending on your location. See Images. ; Large 4to 11" - 13" tall .

London And Edinburgh: T Nelson & Sons Ltd and T. C. & E. C. Jack. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. (1930s). Presumed First UK Edition. Hardcover. In the Publisher's original green cloth covers, black titling/lettering on front board & spine, black wavy bordering around edges of the front cover. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket = White based colour pictorial dustjacket, with dark green lettering, with a green " 2/6 net " and a colour illustration of Augustus John's 'lady cello player Suggia' on the front cover. Not clipped, but a little dusty/grubby (as usual with a white based d/j) and with a couple of closed (neatly repaired to the reverse) tears from age/storage. Possible First Edition. Slim 8vo. NO Date (? 1930s ? ). 78 pp. Plus 6 f/p reproductions in full colour. Light foxing mainly to e/p's and to the very edges of the 'rough-cut' page fore-edges. This contains a biography of the artist and discussion of his work.… Read More

Philadelphia: J.B Lippincott and Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth, blind stamped sl. decorated boards, with a gilt title to the spine, but no publishers legend. The head and tail of the spine is a little scuffed, chipped, faded and bumped, but complete. All hinges sound. Yellow flecked endpapers. x + 394 pp. The Author's Dedication reads " To Virginia, My Dear and Only Daughter.........I have not attempted to describe the Opera, the Ball-Room, the Matinee. These, the Highways of Fashionable Life are open, in our country, to the multitude. I have wandered into paths less frequented and tell what I have seen; hoping to show the effects of a system, in which pleasure is the chief aim, on the Heart and on the Destiny of Woman." Mary Henderson Eastman (1818-1890) ......"Captain and Mrs. Eastman were stationed at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, from 1841 through 1848. Already an accomplished artist, Captain Eastman recorded the daily… Read More

Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Ltd. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0850597757 . Dark blue boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket, which is price-clipped. There is very light rubbing to the bottom of the board's spine. There is edge-wear, creasing and scratch marks to the dustjacket covers. There are several closed tears to the dustjacket which are neatly repaired to the inside with clear archive tape. There is very light fading to the base colour of the spine although the lettering is still bright and clear. There are NO inscriptions or other marks. 320 pp. Illustrated with b/w plates and b/w diagramatic endpapers of the ship. Five Appendices; Index. Overall, apart from the 'faults', as detailed above, this is a Tight and Secure, 'Very Good' copy. "In her brief life the Titanic, at the time of her launch the world's largest man-made moving object, inspired huge… Read More

LONGMANS GREEN & CO LTD 1968 1ST EDIT H/B. Hardcover. GOOD PLUS D/W V GOOD EXLIB LABEL & MINIMAL STAMPS BOXJH; 9355 .

GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD 1961 2ND IMP. H/B. Hardcover. V GOOD D/W V GOOD EXLIB LABEL & STAMPS SOME SMALL MARKS TO PAGE EDGES BOXJY; 9731 .

Paris: ACHCByz. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2012. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 2916716335 . This book written to accompany the Exhibition at the museum in the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel - the Scriptorial d Avranches - around its favorite themes of writing , calligraphy, the aesthetics of the book, sacred art, etc. Here 'Reflections of Armenia' concentrates mainly on manuscripts and religious art. With around fifty pieces, the exhibition seems very modest in view of the immense Armenian artistic heritage scattered in several countries around the world. But, thanks to the work of Edda Vardanyan, curator of the exhibition, this book features the sacred art collections of the Armenian Museum of France (Paris) . Some very slight edge wear to the tips of the corners o/w near as New. An ink presentation Inscription by 'Edda' (the Author/curator) on the half title. Otherwise internally no other marks, very clean tight and bright. The number 1359 in a circle in ink is… Read More

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. No date, (c 1910) This is a delightful book from a time when toys were built with wood and tools. Contents include: Toys made out of various materials; Means of transit; Music; Toys made chiefly of wood. Many black/white and color illustrations. 119 pages. Blue boards, black illus and titling to front board, edges faded, spine dulled, stail to rear board. Extremities rubbed, corners and head/tail of spine bumped. Name/Writing on e/p reads - Bilston Education committee, St Luke's Inf School. Very slight foxing spots otherwise CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. ; 002990; 8vo .

HUTCHINSON & CO 1961 1ST EDIT H/B. Hardcover. GOOD D/W GOOD EXLIB LABEL & STAMPS TEAR TO BACK & SMALL TEAR TO FRONT OF D/W, PAGE EDGES GRUBBY BOXJX; 9716 .