Search Results: Authors starting with M from David Ford Books

London: Constable & Co, 1936. First edition A sketch of Lord Bolingbroke and his wives. HB, 1st ed, 275pp with 16 b/w plates. Foxing early and late and to foredge. Slight cracking to hinges within the volume, although the pages are secure. Previous owner has made pencil notes in the margins. The spine has gilt lettering, and there is very light bumping and rubbing to the front and back boards and spine. A G+ copy.

Hertford: Hertford Town Council, 1993. Second Edition A history of this town. Introduction by Dr Violet A. Rowe. Foreword by the Marquess of Salisbury. HB, xxvi, 197pp, 28 b/w photographs, maps and illustrations throughout. Family trees to pastedowns and endpapers. Presentation inscription to ffep, signed by the mayor R.G. Hodgson. A fine copy and near fine dust jacket.

London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1960 First Edition,(UK) translated from German by Michael Bullock. HB. Black cloth with gilt titles, and pictorial dustjacket by Marina Hoffer. 581pp. Novel. From the library of the late Sid James, comedy actor, and avid reader/collector. Very Good in Very Good jacket no inscriptions light wear to jacket with tear to rear panel.

London: Chatto & Windus 1996 The definitive new guide to wild flowers, plants and trees. Hb, 23x28.5cm, 480pp with colour illustrations throughout. A Very Good copy in near Fine dust jacket. Dark stain along bottom edge of boards possibly from a damp shelf or spill. Text unaffected by this. Pictures available. Heavy volume , may require extra postage.

London: Collins, 1951 First Edition. New Naturalist No.15. HB. Cloth and pictorial dustjacket by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis. 320pp. With 45 colour photos by John Markham & others, 68 b&w photos, plus 20 maps and figs. in text.Very Good in Very Good dustjacket,clean green buckram covers with slight creasing to spine front end paper lightly brownedoff-setting) No inscriptions. jacket lightly faded to spine with browning to edges of internal flaps and lightly rubbed to top of spine. Now in clear sleeve. Still a presentable copy.

London: Collins, 1974 Third edition. New Naturalist No.15. HB. Cloth and pictorial dustjacket by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis. 320pp. With 45 colour photos by John Markham & others, 68 b&w photos, plus 20 maps and figs. in text. This copy belonged to Martin Woodcock the Bird Artist with his small name stamp to front end paper . A Fine copy in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. A Very nice copy.

London: Little, Brown 2008 First edition. Signed by the editor with message to named recipient, on title page. Hardcover book . Cloth and pictorial dustjacket. 471pp. With 8 pages of colour illustrations (reproductions of artworks from the Western Front), and b&w photos, in plates, and small b&w photos of individual soldiers in the text. Moving accounts of the Great War from a large range of servicemen, and popular songs etc. A Fine copy. Photos available.

Westminster: The Proprietors or the Architectural Review (undated) Selected by Mervyn and Macartney. A large folder (46x60cms) containing 25 architectural plates. Large scale examples of architectural details which are representative of their several periods. Included on the plates are small photographic reproductions, which show the actual work. Includes the following: Staircase at Thorpe Hall; Porch at Rainham; King's Bench Walk Doorways; Panelling and Chimneypiece in New River Company's Offices; Judge's House, Salisbury; Exterior Brickwork from Enfield; Library Chimneypiece, Thorpe Hall; Staircase in the Guildhall, Rochester; Dining-Room, Chimneypiece, Bourdon House, London; Staircase in Cromwell House, Highgate; Chimneypiece ascribed to Settignano, in South Kensington Museum. Plates have very light browning to edges. Folder has green cloth spine, green paper covered boards and fold-ins, black lettering to front with list of plates, list of plates also pasted inside front… Read More

London: Frances Lincoln, 2011 First edition, first impression. HB. Green cloth, gilt titles, and colour pictorial dustjacket. 144pp, large square quarto. With mostly colour illustrations throughout, including original photos by Graham Salter. The places where Dickens lived throughout his life, as well as his travels. A Fine copy, with light rubbing to cover edges. Photos available.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1953 Hard cover book with dust jacket. First Edition, xvii, 466pp, frontis, 71 illustrations and 4 illustrations in the text. Some bumping to spine ends, light tanning and spotting to foredge with a few heavier spots to endpapers. Pictorial dust jacket aged with minor chipping (now in protective sleeve). A Very Good copy in Good+ dust jacket. No inscriptions, pictures available.

London: Folio Society 2005 HB, 2nd printing, Introduced by Joanna Trollope. xiii, 234pp, 10 illustrations by Natacha Ledwidge. Bound in blue cloth blocked with a design by the artist, darker blue slipcase. Very slight rub mark to corner of slipcase. A Fine copy in near Fine slipcase. A tiny mark to the inside edge of slipcase . a lovely copy without any inscriptions.

Glasgow: David MacBrayne Ltd, 1901 New edition of Official Guide to places, scenery, history, touring. hardcover: gilt , pictorial card wrappers with cloth spine. 156pp plus 32pp timetables.. With b&w photos and line drawings, 5 maps. Wrappers lightly rubbed and creased. Small split in cloth along 4cm of spine edge. previous owners name to front pastedown. Text pages clean. A Good copy. pictures available.

London: Martin Secker, 1930 First edition. HB. Crimson cloth, black titles to spine, and dustjacket lettered in brownon buff paper. 230pp. Printed on laid paper, with hand-cut fore-edges. With frontispiece photo of painted portrait of John Lord Hervey, and 5 other b&w illustrations in plates. Biographical sketches of Irish notables: Lord Hervey (George II's Vice-Chamberlain and Lord Privy Seal); the Bishop of Derry; George Robert Fitzgerald of Turlough, and 'Humanity' Martin, MP for Galway and founder of the RSPCA. Very Good in Good+ jacket, now in clear removable sleeve. Clean covers, well bound, the pages have some small marks and spots, and closed edges and endpapers are browned. Jacket soiled from handling generally and with losses to edges.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1956 First edition. HB. Green cloth with silver titles, and pictorial dustjacket by Fritz Wegner. 328pp. With b&w photos in plates. A fresh look at the career of Roger Casement, his work exposing atrocities in the Congo and South America, and his support for Irish Nationalism in the First World War, which led to his execution by the British government for treason. Very Good in Very Good jacket, now in clear sleeve. Jacket clean and bright, but edges rubbed with creasing and tiny losses; price-clipped.

Glasgow, Alex. Maclaren & Sons, 1934 Hardcover, reprint. No dustjacket. 195 pages, illustrated. A Very Good copy. First printed in 1927. The History, geology, features and associations of Staffa. A Very Good, tightly bound copy in Blue cloth, with light marking and rubbing to coversl. Bookplate of previous owner to front paste-down. . Pictures available.

London. Folio Society. 2009. Hardcover second printings thus of the folio society edition. 3 Volume set bound in green quarter leather in slipcase. Book Volume 1-376pp, Book volume 2-519pp, Book volume 3-458pp. Numerous illustrations. A Fine set in a near fine slipcase. Very, light handling to base of slipcase. Lovely set. Pictures available. Very Heavy set may require extra postage.

London: Robin Clark, 1987 First edition. A signed presentation copy from the author to a friend (inscribed on half-title). Hardcover book . Cloth and dustjacket. 242pp. With 5 b&w illustrations in plates, and coloured reproduction of a French print to endpapers contrasting two attitudes to food: Il faut manger pour vivre and Il faut vivre pour manger. Partly a biography of the French gourmand Grimond de la Reynière, whose life spanned the late Ancien Regime, the French revolution and after; includes selections from his book The Almanach des Gourmands. Fine copy. in a Very Good dustjacket , very light edge wear. Pictures available.

Charmouth, Dorset: A.S. Clark, 1938 Presumed First edition. Undated but gift inscription August 1938. Hardcover book . Paper covered thick card boards, with yellow pictorial dustjacket. 240pp. Historical novel set in Dorset in Puritan England after the Civil War. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Clean covers and pages, tanning to endpapers; 4cm tear to top spine; small neat gift inscription on flyleaf. Jacket bright, light handling marks & small tear to lower front. Pictures available.

Midlothian, Macdonald Publishers, 1978 Hardcover, First Edition, 467 pages with illustrations and dustjacket. Covering the lives of the Lords of the Isles from Somerled to the fall of the Lordship in 1493 and the branches that rose threafter. a Fine copy with the armourial bookplate of the previous owner, in a Very Good dustjacket which has light handling wear . Pictures available

London, Constable & Robinson Ltd. 2009 Hardcover book , First edition in dustjacket. 239 pages with many illustration. a detailed exploration of the year that Hitler ceased to be a problem just for Germany , the purging of the Army and the beginning of the persecution of the Jews. The Kendrick affair is also detailed. a Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket. No inscriptions and not price clipped. Pictures available.