Search Results: Authors starting with G from Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA

Constable Young Books Ltd, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NF/VG-. MAITLAND, Anthony. 1st Edition. 14 x 22 cm brown boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine, 190[2]pp with black and white illustrations by Anthony Maitland. With original unclipped dust jacket priced at 18s. net. The book is signed and inscribed by the author, 'To all the Townsends/ ( especially Penny)/ Love From/ Leon Garfield 1970'. A near fine book clean and bright with just a touch of shelf wear and the author's inscription to the half title page. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) is a little creased and rubbed along the spine tips corners and edges most noticeably along the top edge with minimal loss to the corners and two small 0.5 cm closed tears at the head of the spine and a 1.3 cm closed tear at the foot of the rear panel. From the collection of John Rowe Townsend and Jill Paton Walsh. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you… Read More

Leaden Hall Press, 1896-1897 1896. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+. Grey green cloth with black stamped titles and decoration to the front and spine. Top edge gilt, bottom edge uncut. Unpaginated with 71 pages of jingles and black and white illustrations based around the theme of the horn book together with 3 pages of adverts including one for The History of the Horn Book by Andrew Tuer. A very good plus book with rubbing to the spine tips and corners with a small 3mm split in the cloth on the upper joint and two 2-3mm black dots on the rear boards A little toning to the free endpapers and a split in the front endpaper although the binding remains firm. The book is very clean, without names, inscriptions and book plates. There is a little toning to the uncut edges there are a few pages with a very small pencil cross in the margin at the bottom. All in all a book packed with charming illustrations that echo contemporary interest in the horn book from an illustrator possibly better known for the… Read More

Legend Books Limisted, 1993. 1st Thus. Softcover. NF. FANGORN with lettering by FELL, Elitta. 1st Thus. Soft Cover Edition 19.5 x 28.2 unpaginated (92). Signed by Stan Nicholls and Fangorn. A fine book which is now protected by a removable, firm, archival cover. An excellent copy of this signed first edition. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Bantam Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG++/NF. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 15.7 x 22 cm purple boards gilt stamped titles to the spine. 333(1)pp in original unclipped jacket priced at £15.99. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page. A touch of pushing to the corners and foot of the spine, a little rubbing to the foot of the spine. and two tiny dimple dents on the front board. Internally, the book is clean with just the merest hint of uniform toning to the page edges and the author's signature and inscription to the title page. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown), is in excellent condition with no loss or rubbing. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Legend Books Limited, 1994. 1st Thus. Softcover. F. FANGORN with lettering by FELL, Elitta. 1st Thus. Soft Cover Edition 19.5 x 28.2 unpaginated (92). Signed by David Gemmell. A fine book which is now protected by a removable, firm, archival cover. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Bantam Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NF/VG+. 1st Edition. 15 x 24 cm burgundy boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine, [viii] 327 [1]pp. In original unclipped dust jacket priced at £16.99. Signed an inscribed by the author to the title page. A near fine book noting just a hint of shelf wear in a very good + jacket with a little rubbing at the corners and a little creasing along the top edge of the rear panel. The dust jacket is now protected in a clear removable cover. All in all an excellent signed 1st Edition copy. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926. VG+. Reprint. 121 x 190 mm full leather binding by Zaehnsdorf with raised bands and gilt stamped titles to the spine. All edges gilt, decorative dentelles with binders stamp, marbled endpapers xii, 563 pp (1) with illustrations by the author throughout. A lovely looking binding with a slightly toned spine with three small dings to the front board and one to the rear. Internally the book is beautiful, clean and bright, without names, inscriptions or bookplates and with very bright gilt edges. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Random House, 1951. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 1st US Edition. 13.1 x 19.3 cm grey patterned boards with black publisher's device to the front and gilt and black titles to the spine. Top edge black, 248pp with original unclipped jacket priced at $2.50. A very good plus book with a hint of pushing to the spine and a small bruise to the bottom corner of the rear board and dust marking to the bottom edge. Internally there is no name, inscription or bookplate and the book appears unread. The binding is firm and square. The dust jacket which is now protected in a clear removable jacket (not shown in our images) and presents very well with just a hint of toning and a faint pencil inscription "3HD" on the top of the rear panel and a little rubbing to the spine tips and corners with some surface abrasion and a 1.5cm closed tear at the foot of the spine. All in all a very nice copy. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or… Read More

W Strahan (and 29 others), 1778. New Edition. 13.7 x 21.5 cm recent full leather with five raised bands. New endpapers (ii)vi preface (xx) contents 397(1) (24)index. Lacking the frontispiece but with the large folding plate showing 'The Order of a Modern Bill of Fare'. The modern boards are in fine condition. Internally the book is surprisingly clean with uniform toning to the edge of the first and last pages only. There is a previous owners name in the top right hand corner of the title page and a facsimile of the author's signature on the first page of text to indicate an authorised edition. The folding plate has a long repaired tear to the gutter edge but is clean and complete. All in all a very good clean copy in a neat modern leather binding. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Putnam, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG. 1st Edition. 12.8 x 20 cm black boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine. Top edge yellow, 255[1]pp, with original unclipped dust jacket designed by John Minton and priced at 15s. net. Clean boards with just a hint of toning to the titles on the spine. Firm corners and just a hint of pushing to the foot of the spine. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate and just a touch of toning and spotting to the fore edge of the text block. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable clear cover (not shown), and presents well. It is a little toned and marked in the white areas particularly on the rear panel. The spine tips and corners are a little rubbed with minimal loss and a couple of closed tears with associated light creasing. All in all a very good looking 1st Edition copy of this influential novel that focussed on homosexuality at a time when is was still illegal in the UK. Goff was later influential as administrator… Read More

Faber and Faber, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG/VG. 1st Edition 14 x 22.2 cm red cloth with black and gilt stamped titles to the spine. 175[1]pp with original unclipped jacket designed by Michael Ayrton priced at 25s net. The boards have been well protected by the jacket and are clean with bright titles. There is a bruise to the bottom corner of the front board and a little shelf wear to the bottom edge. Internally, there is a bookplate to the front pastedown but otherwise the pages are clean. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable clear cover (not shown), has a little rubbing to the head of the spine, edges and corners together with some toning to the spine but is complete and presents very well. A very collectable copy of this 1st Edition of collected essays. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Collins, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG/VG. 1st Edition, 1st Impression. 21.5 x 13.5 cm family tree endpapers. 477 (2)pp, signed by the author to the verso of the front free endpaper. With original price clipped dust jacket. A very good book with just a bruise to the top corner of the front board and a hint of pushing to the spine. Internally, there is an ownership name and the author's signature to the verso of the front free end paper and a little spotting to the edge of the text block. The dust jacket, which is now in a removable clear jacket (not shown), is a little rubbed on the corners and spine tips with a little surface paper loss and a hint of toning to the spine. All in all a very nice signed copy of this Graham's 5th Poldark novel. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG. 1st Edition, 1st Impression. 13.5 x 19.6 cm blue cloth with silver monogram to the front and titles to the spine, 317pp (3) publisher's catalogue. Signed and dated by the author to the title page. The boards are very good with pushing to the spine tips and corners and three small 2-3mm splits in the cloth at the head of the spine. Internally, the book has no inscriptions except for the author's dated signature. There is spotting which is concentrated on the prelims and edge of the text block but is also sprinkled throughout book. All in all a scarce Winston Graham 1st Edition, which is even scarcer signed. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG-/VG. 1st impression. 13.7 x 21.5cm dark green boards with silver titles to the spine. Pale blue family tree endpapers 409pp, together with un-clipped dust jacket priced at £3.95 net, with a Post-it note from Winston Graham to publisher Michael Williams placed in and a signed card, laid in. The boards are a little faded at the spine tips with a touch of pushing to the foot of the spine. Internally, the book is clean and bright. The jacket is in near fine condition and now in a clear, protective, removable jacket (not shown). A lovely book with two Winston Graham signatures. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 1st Edition,1st Impression. 13.7 x 21.7cm black boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine. Pale blue family tree design endpapers, 508pp, together with an unclipped dust jacket priced at £4.95 net. Signed by the author to the verso of the front free endpaper. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Heinemann, 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG. 1st Edition. 13 x 19.7cm green cloth with gilt stamped titles and decoration to the front and spine, blind stamped publisher's device to the rear and uncut edges viii, 271 (4) author's works + 20pp publisher's catalogue and including photographic portrait frontispiece of the author. The boards are clean with bright, gilt titles. A little light rubbing to the edges and spine tips which also have a hint of pushing. Internally, there is a little splitting of the endpapers at the front hinge although the binding remains firm. There is toning to the endpapers and the occasional light spot and an ownership name to the title page. The book is now protected by a rigid, removable, plastic cover (not shown) A work consisting of six short stories that this Irish early feminist writer described as an 'experiment'. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are… Read More

F Lewis, 1935. Limited Edition. Hardcover. NF/VG. Limited Edition, one of 500 copies. 25.5 x 32 cm green cloth with gilt stamped titles to the front and spine and publisher's device to the front, xv (i) 55 (1) with 55 full page plates including frontispiece, 21 in full colour. In original dust jacket priced at 32/6 net. The book is in near fine condition, clean and bright with the merest hint of shelfwear. Internally there is no name inscription or bookplate and just a little spotting to the very edge of the text block. The cream dust jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) presents well considering its age. It is a little spotted and dust marked with just a touch of toning to the spine minor chipping to the head and foot of the spine to a maximum of 3mm and minimal loss to the fore edge corners. There is a 1.5 cm closed tear at the bottom of the front panel with a touch of associated creasing. All in all a very nice copy with some lovely illustrations… Read More

George Routledge & Sons Limited, 1890. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG-/VG-. 7.7 x 10.2 cm yellow cloth backed paper covered pictorial boards with green leaf boarders. All edges yellow, teal endpapers, unpaginated (24)pp with 12 pages each with colour pictorial boarders with details of each month and 10 full page colour illustrations including decorative title page. With original dust jacket/ postage wrapper. [Schuster& Egan 11. 9a)] The boards have been well protected by the dust jacket and are clean and bright with firm sharp corners. There is a little dust staining to the very tips of the spine and the spine itself has some bumping and bruising but remains firm. Internally the book is without name inscription or bookplate and is generally clean and bright although there is a mark from the adhesive edge on the dust wrapper on the front pastedown that has transferred a little onto the front free endpaper. The rear endpapers have a tidemark that runs across them but this not visible anywhere else… Read More

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NF/VG+. 1st Edition, 1st Impression. 25.2 x 31.5cm, yellow cloth spine with green cloth boards gilt and black stamped titles to the front and black titles to the spine, green endpapers, uncut edges, 11pp, black and white photographic frontispiece and 20 tipped in coloured images printed on heavy hand-made paper, together with original dust jacket. A near fine book with bright clean boards and only a hint of rubbing to the corners. Internally, the book is without names inscriptions or bookplates and only a small book seller's ticket on the front paste down. The dust jacket is in very good condition considering its age with one 6cm closed tear extending from the top of the spine around onto the front board and a smaller one of under 1cm to the top edge of the rear panel. There is a little marking and some light rubbing to the corners. It is now in a removable clear jacket (not shown) and presents very well. All in all, a very… Read More

Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, nd (1925) 1925. 1st Thus. Hardcover. F/NF. 1st Edition. 7.8 x 10.2cm black cloth backed pictorial paper covered boards. All edges yellow, pale yellow endpapers [24]pp with 23 colour illustrations. With original glassine jacket with text reading, 'The coloured illustrations are the actual first printing of the 1890 Almanck. The Text for the Year 1926 is now inserted' [Schuster & Egan 19 17a) ] A fine copy, clean and bright with no name, inscription or book plate internally and no marking. The scarce dust jacket is exceptionally well preserved with a couple of very small (under 2mm) closed tears only. An extremely lovely, collectable copy Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.