Search Results: Authors starting with F from Eastleach Books

Viking Press, New York, 1983. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth spined boards, dj, F/VG. viii+200pp, b/w illustrations, index, a nice copy. The sisters are Caroline & Harriet Beecher [Stowe], Charlotte & Susan Cushman [Muspratt], Emily & Lavinia Dickinson

Abbeydale Press, 2009. 1st edition.. Hardback. Printed boards, F. 160pp, a fine copy. Good introduction to goat husbandry for those who have not kept goats before. Includes recipes.

Caxton Publishing Company, 1961. 4th impression.. Hardback. Faux leather, VG. 4 volumes, xx+428pp, xx+479pp, xx+474pp, xiv+532pp, colour frontis to each volume, grand total of 12pp colour & 204pp b/w plates, 44 text figs, index to the whole in vol IV, spines a little marked, otherwise a near fine set. Well illustrated & comprehensive account of the game of football covering the skills needed to play, histories of the league & non leagure teams, histories of the major competitions, the grounds & much more.

Cambridge University Press, 1998. 1st edition.. Hardback. Imitation cloth, dj, F/VG+. vi+179pp, b/w illustrations, index, a fine copy in a nvery slightly edge worn dustjacket. A collection of 8 essays which have all been part o the Darwin College Lectures series.

Unwin Hyman, 1990. reprint of 2nd edition.. Paperback. Large format paperback, VG. x+578pp, 8pp b/w plates, 12 b/w maps, index, fore edges a little yellowed, otherwise a fine copy. A comprehensive history of Africa from the earliest times to the 20th Century.

D Bradford Barton, Truro, 1976. 1st edition.. Hardback. Imitation cloth, dj, F/VG+. 96pp, b/w frontis, b/w illustrations throughout, dustjacket a little worn along the edges. A photographic history of Steam Locomotives on the GWR.

Ure Smith Publications, Sydney, 1952. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, VG/VG. 96pp, tipped in frontis, b/w vignette illustrations, dustjacket a little chipped at the head of the spine, a nice near fine copy. Highlights from the newspaper correspondence & war reporting of the Australian Journalist & writer John Fairfax. His articles on Polynesia & World War II in Europe.

Phillimore, Chichester, 1972. 1st edition.. Hardback. Faux leather, dj, F/VG+xii+356pp, b/w frontis, 16pp b/w plates, index, dustjacket a little bumped at the head of the spine, legibility of the lettering on the rear panel of the dustjacket compromised due to the printing quality, internally fine, a nice copy. booksellers ticket of Charles Wilson Liverpool to the pastedown. Uncommon history of Hay on Wye & the Welsh Marches.

Little, Brown & Co, 1996. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/F. 392pp. a nice fine copy, small mark to fep. Good crime fiction, written by an author with good insight into the legal system.

Kegan Paul International, 1990. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj F/F. xiv+204pp, b/w maps & text figs, index, a fine copy. The author argues that for the Middle East to be less dependant on foreign workers, women from the region must be alowed into the workplace. Bahrain is used as the focus of the book.

for John Sharpe, 1822. reprint.. Hardback. Full calf gilt, VG. 167pp, engraved title & frontis & with 4 engraved titles to each canto, a small pretty binding with 6 compartments, raised bands & blind tooled decoration, gilt borders & tooling to the boards, gilt edges. Rear board affected by a small patch of browning, possibly from a hot object. A nice copy. Falconer's most famous poem & one which his maritime experiences - including being shipwrecked - served him well. William Falconer [ 1732 - 1769 ].

Librairie Académique Didier Perrin, 1888. 1st edition.. Hardback. Quarter leather over marbled boards, G+. vi+601pp, b/w frontis, water stain to the margin of the frontis & the first 10pp, sporadic marginal foxing throughout, leather rubbed, a good copy. Posthumous biography of Frédéric Alfred Pierre Le Comte De Falloux [ 1811 - 1886 ] the French politician & reformer who tried in vain during the 19th century to bring the French Monarchy & Republic closer together.

Government Printer, Lusaka, 1972. 1st edition. Paperback. Paperback, G. [ii]+126pp, 53 b/w plates, covers grubby, occasional pencil marginalia. Republic of Zambia, Ministry of Lands & Natural Resources publication. A guide to the identification, ecology & uses of 53 trees native to Zambia.

John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1821. 1st edition.. Hardback. Half calf over marbled boards, G+. [iv]+iv+viii+200+12+201-452pp, 5 engraved plates, 2 folding plates, 3 folding charts, text figs & charts, upper cover detached & spine defective, occasional foxing, but a nice copy. The Quarterly Journal Of Science, Literature And The Arts Volume XII [ 12 ] N° XXIII [ 23 ] & N° XXIV [ 24 ]. Faraday's papers occupy pp 74 - 96 of N° XXIII & pp 283 - 285 of N° XXIV [ 24 ], in them he is the first to describe the conversion of electrical & magnetic forces into mechanical movement - the basis of the electro magnetic motor. Two plates accompany his papers, one showing his aparatus. The book also contains a paper by E W A Hay 'On An Ancient Monument Of Sculpture In Stone representing The Theban Sphinx, Which was Recently Discovered At Colchester In Essex' which is illustrated with 4 fine plates. Also a separately paginated 12pp paper, with its own title page -… Read More

Hachette, 1952. 40th edition.. Paperback. Paperback, G. 277pp, wrappers & pages yellowed, a good reading copy. An account of daily life in France in the mid 13th century.

Librairie Hachette, 1948. reprint.. Paperback. Paperback, VG. 277pp, pages & covers a little yellowed, a nice copy. Account of life in France in the 11th & 12th centuries.

Orion Business, 1998. 1st edition.. Paperback. Paperback, F. vi+170pp, b/w text figs, index, a nice fine as new copy. How to find the right balance in your life to help you achieve your goals in life.

Orion Business, 1998. 1st edition.. Paperback. Paperback, F. vi+170pp, b/w text figs, index, a nice fine as new copy. How to find the right balance in your life to help you achieve you goals.

Cornell University Press, 2006. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth spined boards, dj, F/F. xiv+235pp, 2 b/w illustrations, index, a fine copy in a fine dustjacket. Study of the way in which trade, commerce & economics was centred around three concepts - Value, Consent & Community through a study of Medieval writing on the subject.

Square One, 1991. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/F. xix+185+14pp, several pp b/w illustrations, a nice as new copy. The journal of a sailor aboard the clipper Samoena, on a round the world voyage in 1898. An interesting book.