Search Results: Authors starting with I from Cocksparrow Books

Parragon, 1997-01-01. 1st Edn, 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. VG++/VG/ND. Box 17 HARDBACK ""SMALL FORMAT,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1997 * Publisher: Parragon. * Binding and cover condition: Glossy laminated colour photo cover, black & white titles to spine and face. No bumps or rubs, dewey label to spine, no other visible faults. In clear adhesive protective film wrapper. VG.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND * Contents condition: Ex school-library but with only single small label to title page. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks to top edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: Colour photos to alternate pages throughout. * Pages: 59 pp. text. i pp. index at rear.* Description: Barbecuing is one of the simplest and most enjoyable ways of preparing food and entertaining family and friends ? there is nothing like the aroma and flavour of barbecued food, and everyone can take turns at… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 1998* Publisher: Arrow Books.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Slight shelf wear to corners & edges. Slight creases to spine & hinge. GD+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations, price mark to fep, no major faults. Very slight colouration to page margins. GD+* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 282 pp. text. No Index at rear.* Product Description:- Somewhat cloying, this romantic drama is set in an Austrian boarding school on the eve of Hitler's invasion. British novelist Ibbotson (The Morning Gift, 1993, etc.) offers a pleasant if inconsequential tale that follows the pre-war adventures of Londoner Ellen Cart after she takes the position of house mother at a socially progressive academy for budding Marxists, musicians, and artists.* This is a GOOD copy with slight shelf wear & minimal tanning.*

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: Reprint.* Date of Publication: 2003 (1949)* Publisher: Dover.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly-used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: B/w photographs, line drawings and diagrams throughout.* Pages: 270 pp. text. vii pp. index, acknowledgements, blank pages and advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- Best available book on quilt-making with full information, full-size patterns for making 46 traditional quilts, 150 other basic patterns for making your own designs, and over 480 helpful illustrations. Guides the beginner through the basic planning and techniques of quilting while providing designs and ideas for the experienced quilt maker. There are also chapters on the history… Read More

SOFTBACK FOLDED MAP SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Reprint.* Imray Yachting Chart.* Date of Publication: 1989* Publisher: Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson.* Binding and cover condition: Folded paper map with blue text, no losses. Contained in clear plastic pocket. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Includes correction slip. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or inscriptions, no tanning, seems lightly used. No marks. VG++* Illustrations: 24 fold map in blue, black, green, white buff and maroon.* Double sided with key to rear.* Product Description :- This paper chart is printed and corrected to Nov. 1989. It covers the Southern coast of England from Start Point to Lizard Point, showing major coastline feature and depths, tidal streams and tidal constants. Inserts are shown for Polperro Harbour, Charlestown Harbour, Mevagissey Harbour, Looe Harbour, Fowey Harbour and Approaches. VG++* A GOOD copy with some wear.*

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 7th.* Date of Publication: 2005* Publisher: The Harvill Press.* Binding and cover condition: Soft illustrated card covers. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. Slight reading creases to spine & hinge. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning. Seems very lightly read. VG+* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 280 pp. text.* Product Description:- Building work in an expanding Reykjavik uncovers a shallow grave. Years before, this part of the city was all open hills, and Erlendur and his team hope this is a typical Icelandic missing person scenario; perhaps someone once lost in the snow, who has lain peacefully buried for decades. Things are never that simple. Whilst Erlendur struggles to hold together the crumbling fragments of his own family, his case unearths many other tales of family pain. The hills have more than one tragic story… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2008(2003)* Publisher: Hermes House.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated stiff card covers with french flaps. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly-used if at all. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: Numerous colour photos throughout.* Pages: 501 pp. text. xi pp. supplements, index and acknowledgements at rear.* Product Description:- A Definative guide to bread-making, over 250 recipes for brads made both by hand and in a bread machine. A comprehensive reference section features traditional breads from all around the world. Numerous photos and explanatory illustrations.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st thus, with absolutely minimal shelf wear.* This book is… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2008(2003)* Publisher: Hermes House.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated stiff card covers with french flaps. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly-used if at all. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: Numerous colour photos throughout.* Pages: 501 pp. text. xi pp. supplements, index and acknowledgements at rear.* Product Description:- A Definative guide to bread-making, over 250 recipes for brads made both by hand and in a bread machine. A comprehensive reference section features traditional breads from all around the world. Numerous photos and explanatory illustrations.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st thus, with absolutely minimal shelf wear.* This book is… Read More

HARDBACK * Edition: 1st.Thus * Date of Publication:1986*Publisher: Collingridge* Binding and cover condition: Brown cloth, Gilt title to spine. Slight Bumps to head and tail VG+* Jacket condition: NOT PRICE CLIPPED some minor shelf wear, sl chipped at top and bottom, Light crease to back cover. GD+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY Lightly foxed to top and fore edges, some marks to eps, a bit grubby. VG. * Illustrations: None* Pages: 445 pp.text.Alphabetical, no Index. This handbook contains an alphabetical description, genus by genus, of a vast range of alpine plants in cultivation today, with detailed descriptions of species, varieties and hybrids. The author has travelled widely and manages an internationally acclaimed nursery specialising in alpine and other hardy plants. His encyclopedic knowledge of the subject is reflected in these pages. A nice copy of an excellent reference work.

Alacrity, 1990-11-22. 1st Edn, 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. F/VG++/VG++. Spare Room Shelf 1 HARDBACK ""PUBLISHER'S HISTORY,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1990.* Pub: Werner Shaw Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Bright dark blue cloth covered boards with decorated gilt titles to face & gilt spine label. No bumps, minor rubs to head & tail of spine. No wear or marks to boards. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated jacket. Not price clipped showing a shelf price of £30.00. Pale blue titles to front and white/blue titles to spine. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to upper edges and to head of spine. (Now in clear un-attached protective jacket). VG++.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear. No annotations or inscriptions, no marks to text. No tanning or other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Numerous colour & a few b/w photo illustrations throughout.* Pages: 293 pp. text. xvi pp. index & blank pages at rear.* Description: A & C… Read More

Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2012-01-01. 1st Thus ?. Paperback. F/F/ND. Box X39 SOFTBACK ""PULL-OUT POSTER STILL ATTACHED,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression line 18 19 20 21 22 TEN 28 27 26 25 24.* Copyright Date: 2012 * Publisher: Andrew McMeel Publishing (Oatmeal).* Binding and cover condition: Mono illustrated stiff card covers showing a cat with a skull and crossbones flag. White titles to spine and face. No shelf wear to edges, corners or to head & tail of spine. No marks. FINE.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, no tanning or other visible faults to pages. No marks to edges. Large fold-out poster attached at rear. FINE. * Illustrations: Numerous colour illustrations and cartoons throughout.* Pages: 131 pp. text. i pp advertisements and poster at rear.* Description:- This book is designed to create suspense/anticipation with page turns analogous to the experience of scrolling down through the panels on the website. For… Read More

HARDBACK "BLITZ EDITION," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1999* Publisher: BLITZ FOR FOR BOOKMART LTD * Binding and cover condition: Plastic laminated black and white photo-illustrated boards, red title to spine and face. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Matching dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £19.99. Minimal shelf wear to top edges and to head of spine. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout. * Pages: 187 pp. text. v pp. index & photo credits at rear.* Description: ?Once you get into the business of torture, you?re lost. Understanding fear is the basis of it all. All our so-called civilisation is covered with a veneer, Scratch it, and underneath you find fear.? Paul Teitgen, survivor of Dachau concentration camp… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1994* Publisher: Countryside Books.* Binding and cover condition: Monochrome photo-illustrated soft card covers. Some considerable shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge but corners creased. Covers a little grubby. GOOD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. Rather untidy dedication to title page. No other annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. VG* Illustrations: A number of b/w photo-illustrations & line drawings within text throughout.* Pages: 251 pp. text. v pp. index at rear.* Product Description:- Between 1900 and 1960 the pattern of everyday life, and particularly country life, altered almost beyond recognition. At the turn of the century transport was mostly horse-drawn; water came from a well; and lamps were used after dark. By the 1960?s most families had cars, bathrooms and electricity, Hampshire looks… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. thus, Reprint.* Date of Publication: Jun. 1997 (1995)* Publisher: Wigmore Publications Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: B/w photo-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. Staple bound, no rust. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly-used if at all. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: B/w line drawn vignettes to most pages.* Pages: 55 pp. text. i pp. reading list at rear.* Product Description:- An introduction and guide to the 38 Flower Remedies, introducing the reader to the work of Dr. Edward Bach. It is ideal for those new to flower therapy, offering straightforward descriptions of the remedies and other practical information, to help use the remedies in everyday situations.* This is a NEAR FINE reprint copy of the 1st edn. with minimal shelf wear reducing… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK. * Edition: 1st. (Shire Publications No:-14).* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1968 (Undated in book)* Publisher: Shire Publications, Tring.* Binding and cover condition: Showing engraving of town plan of Richmond in Orange & Blue. Soft card, stitched cover, No Bumps or rubs. No creases to spine or hinge. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions. No tanning, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: B/W Photos, maps & line drawings.* Pages: 60 pp. text. iv pp. Appendices. Advertisement to inside back cover listing the first 15 Shire Books.* Product Description :- How old is your house and who used to live in it? A pocket guide to tracing the history of your house.* A Clean FINE copy of the First Edition of 10,000, printed (but not dated) 1968 and now hard to find in this condition.*

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Reprint.* Impression: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1985 (1973)* Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated soft card covers. No bumps. minimal shelf wear to edges and corners. No creases to spine or hinge. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, bright & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, absolutely minimal reading wear. No tanning. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 60 pp. text. xii pp. note, bibliography and index at rear.* Product Description:- This book describes many different sources of local history discovered by the authors in the course of extensive research and travel throughout Britain and Ireland. Local history is discovered through printed books, local records, national archives, museum collections, newspapers, pictures, maps and, of course, the vigorous memories of local folk. The landscape is a vital source whose every feature adds a chapter or a footnote… Read More

SOFTBACK ?NUMBER 290 IN THE DISCOVERING SERIES,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Reprint.* Impression: 1st. Thus. Revised and enlarged.* Date of Publication: 1999 (1985 & 1973)* Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges and corners & very slight crease to lower rear corner. No creases to spine or hinge. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, bright & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning. FINE* Illustrations: Numerous black and white photos and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 220 pp. text. xx pp. note, bibliography, useful address lists and index at rear.* Product Description:- Local history is all around us. The observant visitor and sensitive resident alike recognise aspects of local history in the distinctive place-names, customs, architecture, environment and community of every town and parish. Thoughtful observers begin to… Read More

SOFTBACK (Shire No. 93) SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 2nd. Revised.* Date of Publication: 1973 (1970)* Publisher: Shire Publications.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated design to soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. No creases to spine or hinge but small kink to spine. Minimal shelf wear to covers. Un-read. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. Light tanning to page margins throughout. VG* Illustrations: One block 8 pp. b/w photos & b/w line drawn family trees.* Pages: 66 pp. text. vi pp. Record office list & index at rear.* Product Description:- In researching a family tree or pedigree you learn who your ancestors were, where they lived, how they earned a living, what wealth or social position they attained and what contribution they made to their community. In this book the authors explain their well tried method of plotting a family tree and compiling a family history, devoting a chapter to each of… Read More

HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1975* Publisher: Faber & Faber.* Binding and cover condition: Brown cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear to lower edges. VG++.* Jacket condition: NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but showing no shelf price, colour illustrated jacket showing various craft objects on an orange-brown ground. White title to face and black/white to spine. Minimal shelf wear to head and tail of faded spine. No Losses. VG.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Minimal offsetting to rear end papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright. No inscriptions or annotations, seems lightly used. No other visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: Numerous b/w vignettes & full page illustrations throughout.* Pages: 105 pp. text. vi pp. index, etc. at rear.* Product description:- In the countryside, traditional crafts were of necessity geared to economy and self-sufficiency, and Barbara… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2007* Publisher: Corgi Books* Binding and cover condition: Photo-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. Absolutely minimal creases to spine & front cover. Seems very lightly used. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. No tanning. Very slight reading wear. VG++* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 459 pp. text. v pp. appendices & advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- Film tie-in reissue of Clifford Irving's bestseller about the literary hoax of our times, his own scam to promote the notional 'autobiography' of Howard Hughes.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with minimal shelf & reading wear reducing it to VG++*

HARDBACK ?SIXTY-PLUS YEARS OLD? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Reprint* Date of Publication: 1950 (1948)* Publisher: Reprint Society. * Binding and cover condition: Waxed blue linen cloth, gilt title & border to red spine label. Very light bumps to corners, minor rubs to head and tail of spine, no other visible faults. VG* Jacket condition: Dull red paper dust wrapper. black and white design & title to spine and face, showing no shelf price. Considerable shelf wear to top edge and to head & tail of spine with slight tears. Spine badly faded. ACC* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, top edge coloured red but faded, small amount of foxing to end-papers & a few marks to fore edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 256 pp. text. no index at rear.* Description: With grace and elegance, Margaret Irwin continues the story begun in "Young Bess," providing an intimate peek into the world of… Read More