Search Results: Authors starting with O from Church Street Books

London: MacMillan, 1963. O'Casey's six books combined in two volumes for the first time in the St. Martins Library series. Card covers, Vol 1 - 666pp; Vol II - 665pp. Books in uniform condition. Covers have light general wear, Vol I has a light crease to lower cover corner and Vol II has a patch of tiny spots of white paint. Both have discoloured spines. Page edges are dusty, grubby and with a damp stain, although this does't affect the pages. Internally clean and tight and overall a very solid set. Ref:114701. First Thus. Card Covers. VG-/N/a. 11.5x17cm.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1997. Fascinating study of how we understand others, ourselves and society. Brown covers with gilt lettering to spine. 272pp (inc index). Book has no obvious faults and DJ has only the most minor signs of use. A very nice copy. Ref:07821. Fifth Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/VG++. 16cmx24cm.

Lodon: Collins, 1958. Second impression of these memoirs published in the same month (Nov. 1958) as the first. Mongomery wrote the original entirely in pencil. Book in very clean, sound condition without DJ. Neat previous owner's name and address on ffep. Ref:06587. Second Impression Dec 1953. Cloth. VG/N/a. 15cmx23cm.

England: Airlife, 1984. Tight, clean copy with very small rubbed area on spine. Very minor spotting to page top edges. G+/na. Ref:06380. First Edition. Cloth. G+/N/a. 18.5cmx24.5cm.

Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1982. Official guide to the collection with numerous photographs of the old flying machines. Used, but very clean condition. Ref:06402. First Edition. P/back. G++/N/a. 14.5x21.5cm.

Yeovil: Foulis Aviation/Haynes, 1989. P/back first edition. Slightly bent outer corners from poor storage, otherwise a very clean copy. Ref:06543. First Edition. Oversized p/back. VG/N/a. 17x23cm.

London: Harper Collins, 1998. Lavishly-illustrated with colour photographs - mostly taken by the author - the journey recreates the early explorers' treks to find the source of the great African river. Illustrated card covers, 384pp inc index, with many maps. Book, signed by the author on title page, has only the lightest signs of use and no creases to covers or spine. A very good copy. Heavy book may require extra postage. Ref:082085. Signed by Author. First P/back Edition. Card Covers. VG+/N/a. 19x26.5cm.

London: Ernest Benn, 1962. Beige covers with gilt, 278pp inc index with b/w illustrations. Covers have just very light bumping to head and foot of spine. Dusty page edges a little foxed, otherwise internally very clean and tight. No DJ. Ref:104239. First Edition. Cloth. VG+/N/a. 16x23.5cm.

Exeter: The University of Exeter, 1968. Written in 1908, but not finished and therefore not published until 1968. The work now has a bibliography of more recent works added. Blue covers with gilt lettering to spine, 175pp inc index, with 31 b/w plates and Deveon map endpapers. Book has light wear to lower board edges and dusty top page edges, otherwise very clean and sound internally. DJ has light wear to extremities, rubbing and tiny loss to head of spine. Overall a very decent copy. Ref:082462. First Edition. Cloth. VG+/VG-. 14.5x22.5cm.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1954. Hodder Yellow Jacket, reset edition of the sixth adventure in the Scarlet Pimpernel story, 192pp. A couple of light marks on covers, lightly foxed page edges, very little sign of use and overall VG condition for a 54-year-old p/back. Ref:081772. Reprint. Card Covers. VG/N/a. 12.5x18.5cm.

London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1902. Comprehensive study of the game. Green covers with gilt, 320pp plus adverts (NB 4pp have been neatly removed from the index, ending it halfway through "R"), with numerous b/w diagrams and photographs, inc frontis of the author. Covers have light bumping and rubbing and a few marks, foxing to prelims and page edges are dusty. Neat previous owner's name and address (dated 1930) on half-title. Apart from missing pages, book is internally clean and tight. Ref:093225. First Edition. Cloth. G/N/a. 15x22cm.

London: Allman and Sons, 1969. An account of woodcarving and its rewards. Red covers with gilt, 188pp with many b/w illustrations. Green endpapers. Covers have light bumping to head and foot of spine, dusty page edges, previous owner's sticker on front pastedown. Unclipped DJ has modest wear to edges, particularly head and foot of spine, but no tears. Ref:103938. First Edition. Cloth. VG+/VG-. Illus. by Derek Gabriel, Roger Parmiter. 22x28.5cm.

Boston: Shambhala, 1987. Shambhala Dragon edition of the classic I Ching by the noted 15th Century Chinese Buddhist. Trans by Thomas Cleary. Nice copy with only minimal evidence of previous use. Ref:06525. First Edition. P/back. VG/N/a. 16x23cm.

London: Knight and Co, 1881. Fifteenth edition of the Education Acts Manual with an introduction and notes by Owen. Green covers with gilt lettering and rules on spine, blind-stamped Knight's monogram front and back, 635pp inc index plus more than 60pp of adverts. Yellow endpapers with adverts. Extremities lightly rubbed and bumped, a couple of mild marks on covers and hinges weakening. But overall very presentable for its age. Heavy book may require extra postage. Ref:082319. Fifteenth Edition. Cloth. VG-/N/a. 15cmx22cm.

London: Methuen, 1919. "Some common sense occasional papers for the times". First edition limited to 10,000 copies. Beige covers with sunrise illustration to front and brown lettering to front and spine, priced on front cover at two shillings, 104pp. Covers and page edges a little grubby, but a very solid copy. Ref:071312. First Edition. Card Covers. G+/N/a. 11.5cmx17cm.