Search Results: Authors starting with O from Cocksparrow Books

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1984* Publisher: Macmillan Childrens Books.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated soft card covers, no bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners, no creases to spine or hinge. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or inscriptions, no marks to text, minimal reading wear. No tanning. FINE* Illustrations: Colour illustrations throughout.* Pages: Un-paginated but contains 36 pp. text.* Product Description:- ?One morning, a few days before Christmas, Arthur and Humphrey, the leaders of the church mice, were in the porch admiring the Christmas tree.? So begins this, one of the twentieth centuries? favourite children?s books which has run to many reprints and editions. Simple and attractive, beautifully illustrated, this series of stories has quite an extensive text, not just a few couplets, and for that reason they make for a great bed-time… Read More

HARDBACK "UNCOMMON FIRST EDITION," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1979* Publisher: Hutchinson.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, silver title to spine and face. No bumps or rubs, some marks to face and spine. VG+* Jacket condition: Beautiful colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £3.95. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. Top back edge creased and one small tear to rear top of spine. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Colour photo-illustrated end papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos throughout, many by Snowdon.* Pages: 60 pp. text.* Description: One of the most beautifully illustrated books that we have for sale. Written by jockey John Oaksey and illustrated by Snowdon, one could not have a better evocation of the story of the Whitbread Horses, Pride… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus* Impression: 14th.* Date of Publication: 2007* Publisher: Cannongate.* Binding and cover condition: Soft colour photo-illustrated card covers. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges & corners. Slight creases to spine & hinge but severe crease to lower front corner. GD+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. Slight colouration to paper throughout. GD* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 442 pp. text. iv pp. Blank pages & advertisement at rear.* Product Description:- One of the many refreshing things about Barack Obama is his self-deprecating sense of humour. But as Dreams from My Father proves, Obama is no fool, and knows the cold realities that face him, even though this intelligently written book is filled with optimism and hope & humour. The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama details the dramatic journey that constituted his… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 2nd. showing number line.* Date of Publication: 2011* Publisher: Phoenix.* Binding and cover condition: Black sketch-illustrated soft card covers on a yellow and orange ground. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly-used if at all. Has ?Orange Prize for Fiction? sticker to front. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 336 pp. text. x pp. blank pages, reading group and discussion notes at rear.* Product Description:- Natalia is on a quest: to discover the truth about her beloved grandfather. He has died far from home, in circumstances shrouded in mystery. Recalling stories her grandfather told her as a child, Natalia suspects he may have died trying to unravel two mysteries. One was the fate of a tiger which escaped during German bombing… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 9th.* Date of Publication: 1990 (1974)* Publisher: Fontana (Collins)* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers. No bumps, minor rubs to front edges. Very slight creases to top front corner. No creases to spine or hinge. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, & tight. No Annotations or Inscriptions Very slight paper colouration throughout. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 496 pp. text.* Product Description:- Marine historical fiction at its best. An intrigueing story featuring Jack Aubrey and his friend Stephen Maturin. Their comfortable existence as country gentlemen is shattered as Jack is overnight reduced to a pauper. But after fleeing to France to escape debtors' prison, he finds himself hunted as Napoleon has ordered the internment of all Englishmen in France.* This is a NEAR FINE copy with minimal shelf wear & tanning reducing it to VG.*

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. * Date of Publication: 2007* Publisher: Harper Perennial.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. Slight reading creases and dishing to spine. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, no marks. No tanning, lightly read. VG+* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 313 pp. text. xxviii pp. Notes & illustrations at rear.* Product Description:- Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon, Stephen Maturin, sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Among them is a beautiful and dangerous spy -- and a treacherous disease which decimates the crew..* This is a NEAR FINE copy reduced by light reading wear to VG*

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2000* Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers.* Binding and cover condition: Colour text-illustrated soft card covers with gilt sticker reading "World Memory Champion 1999-2000." This is different to the stock image. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Some small marks, slight spine lean. 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: Coloured illustrations & line drawn vignettes throughout. Some pages on coloured paper.* Pages: 153 pp. text. vii pp. bibliography & index at rear.* Product Description:- A repertoire of ways to enhance memory - by training it to be more effective, and by following various tried and tested practical techniques and systems to combat forgetfulness by the six times current World Memory… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2008 * Publisher: * Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated cover, plastic laminated. No bumps or rubs, FINE* Jacket condition: No dust jacket probably as produced. * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, clean, crisp, tight and bright. No inscriptions or annotations. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour illustrations throughout.* Pages: 108 pp. text. iv pp. Notes, and Index at rear.* ""Gregory O'Brien has successfully combined his knowledge of art and his ability to communicate with young people in producing what can only be described as a stunning and vibrant introduction to contemporary New Zealand art." --Judges of the NZ Post Book Awards for Children and Young People, on" Welcome to the South Seas. A FINE copy with only very minor shelf wear showing to boards.

HARDBACK, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1991* Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE.* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper with black title to spine and face. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £14.99. Minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head of spine. Now in clear, unattached, protective jacket. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, lightly used if at all, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Two 8pp. blocks of b/w photos.* Pages: 205 pp. text. x pp. discography at rear.* Description: The author charts Annie Lennox's career from the early troubled days of The Tourists through the monumental success of the Eurythmics to the recent (1990?s) decision to take a pop sabbatical at the height of her career to work on behalf of the… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 1998* Publisher: Arrow Books.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges, corners & front cover. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 240 pp. text. xxxv pp. appendices, bibliography index & blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- A study of how we understand others, ourselves and society. It looks at research indicating that, for example, people with autism - a mainly male disorder - cannot detect emotions from pictures of eyes; and that children remember when their wishes have been fulfilled better than when they have not.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st./1st. FNL, with minimal shelf wear reducing it to VG++*

HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1991* Publisher: Phaidon Press.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps, minor rubs to top edge & corners, no other visible faults. VG+.* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper with detail from ?Reine de Joie, 1892?. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £14.95. Slight shelf wear and ageing to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright, decorated end papers, small neat dedication to half title. Little or no reading wear, very slight marks to page margins, otherwise no visible faults. VG+* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 79 pp. text. ii pp. reading list, acknowledgements & blank pages at rear.* Description: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec worked at the centre of night-life in fin-de-siecle Paris. This book reproduces his images of… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 3rd* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1995* Publisher: Periplus.* Binding and cover condition: Soft colour illustrated card covers. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. Single light crease to spine but not to hinge. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, line & maps throughout.* Pages: 302 pp. text. vi pp. index at rear.* Product Description:- This is the most complete guide to Bali ever produced. Hundreds of pages of travel tips and dozens of lively articles cover every aspect of Balinese history, art and culture, with visits all around the island to lots of little known places. Rare turn-of-the-century archival photos, from an earlier generation of explorers, coupled with breathtaking landscapes, portraits, and unique photo coverage of Balinese dance and rituals by top professionals,… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 1946* Publisher: Collins.* Binding and cover condition: Green paper covered boards, white title to spine and face. Very light bumps & some rubs to top & bottom edges and to head and tail of spine. VG* Jacket condition: Paper dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing no shelf price. Considerable shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Some chips and tears. Section lost at top rear. ACC* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with only minor reading wear, no marks to text, offsetting and foxing to end papers and slight marks within text block. VG* Illustrations: Colour plates & b/w prints and line drawings including maps.* Pages: 48 pp. text.* Description: In this volume Sean O?Faolain has brilliantly condensed the history of Ireland, and although inevitably any story of Ireland must deal fully with its political history, he has also touched on the salient… Read More

HARDBACK , SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2005* Publisher: The Bodleian Library.* Binding and cover condition: Olive brown paper covered boards, black title to spine and face. Slight bumps to top front edge, no rubs, no other visible faults. VG++.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* 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: One page of road signs at rear.* Pages: 56.* Description: As a document reflecting the enduring problems of war occupation and invasion, the pamphlet continues to be of interest long after it has served its original purpose. In particular for the millions of British who, since the end of the Second World War have holidayed or settled in France, it offers a fascinating glimpse of France herself and of British attitudes to France at a crucial time in the history of both countries, an instructive guide against which to… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Imp: 3rd.* Date of Pubn: 1994* Publisher: Llewellyn Publications.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated, soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to covers. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. 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: A number of b/w photos and line drawn illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: 182 pp. text. xlii pp. appendices, glossary and advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- At last, Wiccan families can take heart! Here is the first book written specifically for pagan parents who want to introduce their children to the principles of Witchcraft. Wiccan activist and mother Ashleen O'Gaea offers encouragement, shares her own family's experiences, discusses real-life challenges and how to deal with them, and provides a wealth of… Read More

Dover Publications Inc., 1964-02-01. Paperback. F/F/ND. 0.7 x 13.5 x 21.1 cm. Box 84 SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: ?* Date of Publication: (1964)* Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. No creases to spine or hinge or other visible faults. Seems un-used. 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: None.* Pages: 65 pp. text. xi pp. afterword at rear.* Product Description:- The Book of Tea is something of a curiosity: written in English by a Japanese scholar, it was first published in 1906, in the wake of the naval victory over Russia with which Japan asserted its rapidly-acquired status as a world-class military power. It was a peak moment of Westernisation within Japan. Clearly, behind the publication was an agenda, or at least a mission… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 15th.* Date of Publication: 1992* Publisher: Pocket Books.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated, soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. A few small impact marks to front cover. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. 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: None.* Pages: 191 pp. text. i pp. advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- "The Klingon Dictionary" is the first comprehensive sourcebook for Klingon language and syntax, including fundamental rules of grammar as well as words and expressions that illustrate the complex nature of Klingon culture. It features a precise pronunciation guide, rules for proper use of affixes and suffixes, and a small phrasebook with Klingon translations for essential expressions such as… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 1989* Publisher: Penguin* Binding and cover condition: Photo-montage illustrated soft card covers showing native and archaeological artifacts. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. Very slight colouration to page margins & edges. Slight chips tolast few pages. VG+* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 194 pp. text. vi pp. blank pages & advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- This collection of six short stories by Ben Okri , a Nigerian writer resident in London, who won the Booker Prize in 1991. He brings to life the violence, frustration, humour and beauty of everyday life in Nigeria. The stories are set in Nigeria and reflects the mad, exotic and often dangerous chaos which reigns there. They include jumbled… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2001* Publisher: Hodder Children?s Books.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card illustrated covers. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge but minor dent at back. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, no visible faults. Seems un-read. FINE * Illustrations: B/w line drawings WITHIN TEXT throughout.* Pages: 155 pp. text. i pp. Advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- Matt's new girlfriend, Lauren, has gone on a study trip and left her beautiful horse, Lady Roseanne, at Half-Moon Ranch. Keen to impress, Matt pays lots of attention to the appaloosa mare. So he loses it big-time when he finds lovely Lady covered in cuts and scratches. He blames the new wrangler, Karina Cooper but his sister Kirstie suspects someone or something else is to blame...* This is a FINE copy with minimal shelf wear.* Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1973* Publisher: Editorial Everest.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Minor shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge but lower front corner heavily creased. In clear un-attached library wrapper. 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. Edges very slightly grubby. VG+* Illustrations: Numerous colour photographs, with b/w line drawn map to front zoned in colour.* Pages: 64 pp. text. lv pp. notes in French, English and German.* Product Description:- A beautifully illustrated guide to the Cathedral of Gerona with a main text in Spanish. It gives the background of the city, its Roman history and the development of the surroundings of the Cathedral. There are notes at the end in three different languages including English.* This is a VG+ text… Read More