Search Results: Authors starting with S from Delph Books

Shepperton, Great Britain: Ian Allan, 1962. Second Edition . Buckram. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo. This is a 1962 2nd edition of a 1961 original. 215 pages including detailed index. Very well illustrated throughout with very good black and white photographic plates and drawings. At the rear is an excellent multi-folding plate showing a cut-away view of The Cock O' The North. This is an excellent study of the outstanding contribution to a locomotive design made by Nigel Gresley. The front end paper has been neatly replaced and the top of the text block shows some signs of foxing. In original dark blue buckram gilt hard cover binding. Very Good+ in Very Good+ most attractive pictorial price-clipped dust wrapper. A substantial book. WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK.

London, Great Britain: Quercus, 2013. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Large 4to. 1st edition. Large 4to. 224 pages including detailed index. Superbly produced on quality art paper and lavishly illustrated throughout with excellent colour plates. A fascinating account of this important order. In original most attractive glossy pictorial paper covered boards in Fine condition. A VERY substantial book. WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK.

Leeds Great Britain: The Author, 1927. First Edition . Soft cover. Near very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 25 pages. Very nicely produced on quality paper. This was issued for Christmas 1927 and consists of 12 short songs devoted to different flowers e.g. snowdrop, violet, primrose, daisy, etc.. Each song is printed on a separate page with the accompanying music on the facing page. Bound in original textured card covers with a coloured plate representing the flowers of the garden laid down on the front. A very attractive and unusual item. Reduced postage on this item. Delph Books Tel: 0161 764 4488

Oxford, Great Britain: The Oakwood Press, 1991. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good++. A5. 1st edition. 104 pages including index and appendices. This is No 179 in the Oakwood Locomotion Papers series. Contains good maps and numerous excellent black and white photographic plates together with detailed accompanying text. In original attractive pictorial plum card card covers. Very Good++. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM.

Oxford, Great Britain: The Oakwood Press, 1989. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good++. A5. 1st edition. 96 pages. This is No 172 in the Oakwood Library Railway History series. Contains several maps, track layouts, reproductions of old documents and numerous excellent black and white photographic plates together with a detailed account of the history of this line. In original attractive pictorial mustard card covers. Very Good++. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM.

Lancaster, Great Britain: The Regiment, 1979. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good++. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st edition. 4to. 78 pages including several interesting appendices. Illustrated with a large number of maps. This is an unusual and scarce history of the regiment. In original red pictroial card covers with a plastic slide binder. Very Good++. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM.

Manchester Great Britain: EJ Morten Publishers, 1973. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo. This is a 1973 reprint of an 1909 original. 8vo. 246 pages including index. 17 good black and white illustrations including a very good double page map of the Viking settlements. In original bright red cloth gilt hard cover binding. Very Good+ in Very Good+ attractive decorative dust wrapper. A really nice tight copy in removable protective transparent cover.

London, Great Britain: The Medici Society Limited, 1923. First Edition . Half-Leather. Very Good++. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1st edition. 262 pages with 4 fine folding maps and 12 others + 3 splendid black and white photographic plates. This is volume II only and covers the key period 1914-1917. In most attractive half-leather binding with the regimental crest in gilt on the front cover. Top edge gilt. Very Good++. A really nice clean tight copy. WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK.

Shepperton, Great Britain: Ian Allan, 1995. Reprint . Buckram. Very Good++/Very Good++. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This is a 1995 reprint of a 1992 original. 4to. 288 pages. Very nicely produced on quality art paper. Lavishly illustrated throughout with excellent, crisp, black and white photographic plates with good supporting text. A splendid publication. In original black buckram gilt hard cover binding. Very Good++ in Very Good++ attractive pictorial dust wrapper. A VERY substantial book. WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK.

London Great Britain: H.M.S.O., 1993. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. A4. 1st edition. 60 pages. Well illustrated with black and white plates and diagrams. This is the report from Health & Safety Executive investigation into this problem. Very comprehensive and detailed. Original card covers showing one or two very slight marks. The book has been punched to fit in a ring file. Very Good. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM (UK).

Preston, Great Britain: Harris Museum and Art Gallery, 1991. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. Almost Square Format. 1st edition. 28 pages. Very well illustrated throughout with crisp black and white photographic plates, drawings and reproductions of old documents. A very attractive and appealing account of Preston and the cotton industry 1791 - 1991. This was produced in conjunction with an exhibition "Old Yarns Respun" organised by the Harris Museum and Art Gallery. In original pleasing pictorial card covers which have a previous owner's name neatly inscribed at the top corner. Very Good+. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM.

Stalybridge, Great Britain: Geo Whittaker, 1929. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Sam Fitton. 1st edition. 271 pages. Substantial book. 8vo. List of subscribers. Introduction by Ammon Wrigley. Mainly poetry with some prose, mostly in dialect. A good number of good illustrations by the author. A fine Lancashire book. In original pleasing light brown gilt hard cover binding. A very tight clean copy. Very Good ++. Protected by removable Mylar-type transparent dust wrapper. WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK.

Stalybridge, Great Britain: Geo Whittaker, 1930. Second Impression . Hardcover. Very Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2nd impression of a 1929 original. 271 pages. Substantial book. 8vo. Introduction by Ammon Wrigley. Mainly poetry with some prose, mostly in dialect. A good number of good black and white illustration by the author. A fine Lancashire book. The frontispiece is in facsimile (very good). A little foxing of front free end paper. In original pleasing light brown gilt hard cover binding. A very tight clean copy. Very Good ++. WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK.

Uppermill Great Britain: Saddleworth Historical Society, 1984. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. A5. 1st edition. 96 pages. Very well illustrated throughout with excellent black and white photographic plates. This is a splendid account of Saddleworth as seen through the eyes of Ammon Wrigley. In original attractive pictorial card covers. Very slight crease at the edge of first few pages. Very Good+. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM.

London, Great Britain: The Epworth Press, 1935. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. 224 pages. This book is described as " The Love-Story of a Lincolnshire Farmer" and is well told by the popular local author Samuel Horton. Quite a scarce book, in its original grained blue cloth covers . The front end paper has been replaced. All in all a Very Good copy of a most interesting book. In protective removable transparent Polycon wrapper.

Manchester, Great Britain: Thomas Agnew, Repository of Arts, 1848. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good++. Large 4to. this is a single volume which follows the set of the 3 volumes entitled "The History of the Foundations in Manchester of Christ's College, Chetham's Hospital and the Free Grammar School". 206 pages including detailed index. This volume has been professionally rebound in tan buckram covered boards with a calf spine bearing a contrasting leather title label. A very pleasing clean and tight volume - good for another 150 years. Approximately 30cm x 24cm. Very Good++. A very substantial and scarce book. WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK.

Manchester Great Briatin: Sherratt & Hughes, 1922. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. 1st edition. 272 pages. Small 8vo. A collection of fascinating stories and poems in Lancashire dialect and literary English by this well-known Radcliffe author. Date and small rubber stamp on front end papers. Original grey/green cloth gilt binding. Very Good.

Carlisle, Great Britain: S Jefferson, 1842. First Edition . Half-Leather. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1st edition. xiii pages (including lengthy list of subscribers) + 462 pages including detailed index and illustrated with numerous plates and engravings. A very substantial tight clean copy. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. In early half leather binding with raised bands and somewhat rubbed marbled paper covered boards. Very Good+. A very nice item. WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK.

London, Great Britain: Arms and Armour Press, 1987. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good++. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1st edition. 68 pages. Well illustrated throughout with black and white and colour photographic plates, with good supporting text This is No17 in the Uniforms Illustrated series. In original attractive pictorial card covers. Very Good++. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM.

London, Great Britain: J Tripplin, 1878. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 844 pages including detailed index + 21 splendid coloured folding plates gathered at the rear. The book has been professionally respined with the original backstrip neatly laid on and given new end papers. There is some foxing but all in all it is an excellent tight clean copy. In original dark green gilt cloth hard cover binding. Very Good. This is a VERY substantial book. WILL REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE. PLEASE CONTACT ME AND I'LL ADVISE ON ACTUAL POSTAL COST.