Search Results: Titles starting with A from GN Books and Prints

The Aeroplane in War by Claude Graham-White and Harry Harper

Hardback, 'colonial edition' and presumed first edition or first edition thus, year unstated but appears to be 1912 (preface by authors dates from then), with 17 illustrations, published by T. Werner Laurie, London, 244 pages + xvi and 12-page publisher catalogue at rear.

Octavo/8vo. Measures around 9 1/8" by 6 1/8" by 1 3/4". Blue cloth binding, black lettering to front board and spine. Considerable discolouration to spine and heavy tearing and chipping to top of spine with section missing and some tearing to base also. Scuffing and marking, signs of shelf-wear, slightly bumped corners. Some slackness to binding but reasonably firm, hinges appear intact, the odd strained area in textblock. Leaves have been opened unevenly in places and not neatly trimmed. Page edges also browned, marked and scuffed. A little staining and marking to endpapers, the odd mark to page surfaces but otherwise reasonably clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc.… Read More

Against the Odds by Lynda Page Hardcover, 2004, first edition, first print, signed by the author on the title page "With my very best wishes Lynda Page".
In good condition. Some scuffing to dust jacket and a thin score to rear. Blue cloth boards and spine, very clean. Binding firm. Minor signs of shelf-wear. A little tanning and puckering to page edges but quite clean. Page surfaces clean, no writing, underlining, etc. Previous owner bookplate to FFEP. See pictures for more information.

Alfred Tennyson by his Grandson Charles Tennyson Hardback, 1949, first edition, illustrated, published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd., London, 579 pages + xvi.
Measures around 8 1/2" by 5 3/4" by 1 5/8". No dust jacket. Grey cloth binding, faded gilt lettering (with blue label) and detail to spine. Some scuffing to binding but quite clean and colouring vivid. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges, slightly bumped corners. Some slackness to binding but contents reasonably firm. Page edges browned, scuffed and marked. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Page surfaces generally clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Alice in Music Land: Adventures in the Land of Harmony by Ernest La Prade, illustrated by Grace Huxtable.

Hardback, 1952, first edition, published by The Bodley Head, London, 136 pages.

No dust jacket. Pictorial front board and spine. Some marking and scuffing to boards and spine with fading particularly to spine. Bumped corners, which are a little torn. A little browning to page edges and endpapers are marked but page surfaces generally clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, with illustrations in colour by Millicent Sowerby.
Hardback, 1919 reprint, published by Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, London, 157 pages. A scarce copy. Seven out of eight illustration plates contained therein - one, the frontispiece, is missing.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 6 3/8" by 5" by 3/4". Green paper on card binding with cloth spine, gilt lettering to front board and colour pictorial plate/label pasted to front board, black lettering to spine. A little marking and scuffing to binding but reasonably clean. Scuffing and wear to pictorial label. Signs of wear, rubbing and a little tearing at edges, rubbing on hinges, slightly bumped. Book has slight forward tilt. Slackness to binding, cracking to front inner hinge and frontispiece missing thought books contents otherwise intact. Page edges browned, scuffed and a bit marked and foxed. Foxing to page surfaces throughout, heavier to a few pages but lighter elsewhere, though no underlining,… Read More

All on the Irish Shore: Irish Sketches by E OE Somerville and Martin Ross.
Hardback, 1903, third impression, published by Longmans, Green, and Co., London.
Cloth boards and spine, pictorial front board. Gilt lettering and detail to front board and spine. Some fading to spine with a tear at top. Boards are scuffed and a little marked but have retained much of their colouring. Signs of rubbing and shelf-wear. Binding reasonably firm, hinges intact. Page edges browned and foxed. Previous owner name in pencil to FFEP and title page. Foxing to endpapers and a little throughout the book but otherwise page surfaces are quite clean, odd marks here and there but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Anchor and Balance: Det norske Veritas 1864-1989 by Hakon With Andersen and John Peter Collett
This book is the history of a very special institution. Det norske Veritas was founded in 1864 as a classification society for the Norwegian merchant marine. Today Veritas is one of the largest and most important of the international classification societies, with activities around the world....
Hardback 1989, first edition, published by J. W. Cappelen Forlag A.S., 491 pages.
In very good condition, almost like new. Minor scuffing and a little shelf-wear to edges of dust jacket. Binding firm. Slight marking and scuffing to page edges but quite clean. Page surfaces very clean, no writing, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Ancient Celts by Barry Cunliffe

Hardback, 1997, first edition, first print, published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 324 pages + xii.
In good condition. Some scuffing to dust jacket, a little edge-wear and slight tearing at rear. Black cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine, slight marking but quite clean and firm, small signs of shelf-wear. Binding quite firm. A little marking to page edges but quite clean. Title page contains stamp saying 'damaged' but the seller can see little obvious damage apart from the tear to the dust jacket. Page surfaces generally clean, no inscriptions, marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.

Animal Friends by Jane Werner, A Little Golden Book, pictures by Garth Williams.
Hardback, 1953, first edition, published by Frederick Muller Ltd., London.
Pictorial card boards with some marking and scuffing but cover art still quite vivid. Binding firm. Browning to page edges but. Gift inscription to front endpaper and previous owner name on inside of front cover but otherwise page surfaces generally clean apart from the odd mark, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Annals of Yorkshire from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, compiled by John Mayhall.
Hardback, 1861, published by Joseph Johnson, Leeds, 768 pages, illustrated.
Patterned brown cloth boards and spine with raised detail. Gilt lettering to front board and spine. Some fading to lettering though title still visible, some fading to cloth. Boards are quite scuffed and a little marked, with signs of rubbing and shelf-wear. Corners bumped and torn. Hold on outer rear hinge. Inner hinges are cracked, though boards are still attached to textblock but only just. Page edges browned. A couple of shop stamps (to front pastedown and page one) and a couple of previous owner name inscriptions (to front pastedown and title page). Some marks to page surfaces here and there, the odd bit of marking, staining or foxing. Otherwise otherwise page surfaces clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Annotated Mother Goose, with an Introduction and Notes by William S. Baring-Gould and Cecil Baring-Gould; the complete text and illustrations in a fully annotated edition.

Hardback, 1962, first edition thus, published by Bramhall House, New York, 350 pages.
Measures 11" by 8 3/8" by 1 1/8". Dust jacket has some scuffing and minor marking, with discolouration towards edges and heavily so on spine area. Also some tears to jacket and several tape repairs. Creasing and a little tattering at edges. Paper on card boards with cloth spine, a little marking though otherwise clean, with some discolouration to board edges. Binding firm. Page edges a little browned, with some marking and scuffing. Page surfaces clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.

Anthony Trollope: An Autobiography in Two Volumes - Volume I.
Hardback, 1883, second edition, with frontispiece of the author, published by William Blackwood and Sons, London, 259 pages + xiv.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 7/8" by 5 1/2" by 1 1/8". Red cloth binding, black lettering to front board, gilt lettering to spine. Marking and scuffing to binding, some discolouration to spine. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Book has slight forward tilt. Slackness to binding, cracking to inner hinges, some strain to textblock but contents mostly firm. Page edges browned, scuffed and a bit marked, fore-edges deckled, upper edges cut. Newspaper article clipping apparently from 25 January 1896 tipped in to verso of front free endpaper, which also contains some pencil marking. Half-title page contains pencil text and inked name. The odd dog-eared corner. Occasional marks to page surfaces but generally clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information

The Anthropos-Spectre-Beast by Tadeusz Konwicki Hardback, 1977, published by Oxford University Press, 189 pages.
In good condition. Scuffing to dust jacket but quite clean, very slight edge-wear. Royal blue cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine, slight discolouration to upper board and spine edges but quite clean and firm, small signs of shelf-wear. A little marking to page edges, some tanning but reasonably clean. Previous owner inscription to front pastedown but page surfaces generally clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.

An antique print of puffins by Roland Green. Pen and Ink.
This print was taken from the book 'Birds and Their Young' by T. A. Coward. This particular edition was published in 1923 by Gay & Hancock Limited, London. Very clean.
Mounted and matted with white and antique-white acid-free card, measuring 8" x 10" (20.3cm x 25.4cm) with a window size of a little under 6" x 8" and comes in a cellophane bag.
This would make for a lovely gift and may appeal to those interested in birds, nature, Britain, or art generally.

An antique print of a wren and young by Roland Green. Pen and Ink.
This print was taken from the book 'Birds and Their Young' by T. A. Coward. This particular edition was published in 1923 by Gay & Hancock Limited, London. A few small marks but otherwise very clean.
Mounted and matted with white and antique-white acid-free card, measuring 8" x 10" (20.3cm x 25.4cm) with a window size of a little under 6" x 8" and comes in a cellophane bag.
This would make for a lovely gift and may appeal to those interested in birds, nature, Britain, or art generally.

An antique print of a jay and its young by Roland Green. Coloured plate.
This print was taken from the book 'Birds and Their Young' by T. A. Coward. This particular edition was published in 1923 by Gay & Hancock Limited, London. Dimpling to plate but very clean.
Mounted and matted with white and cream acid-free card, measuring 7" x 9" (17.8cm) x 22.8cm) with a window size of a little under 5" x 7" and comes in a cellophane bag.
This would make for a lovely gift and may appeal to those interested in birds, nature, Britain, or art generally.

A print of a painting of the south isle of the church of Allhallows, Barking, London, by John Fulleylove. An antique print, guaranteed to be over 100 years old.
This print was taken from the book 'The Romance of London' by Gordon Home. This particular edition was published in 1910 by Adam and Charles Black, London. Some marking and scuffing around the edges but otherwise clean. Mounted and matted with white and antique-white acid-free card, measuring 10" x 8" (25.4cm x 20.3cm) with a window size of a little under 8" x 6" and comes in a cellophane bag. This would make for a lovely gift and may appeal to those interested in London, British history, monarchy and Christianity

A print of a painting of Edward the Confessor's Chapel showing the Shrine of the Confessor and the Tomb of Henry V at Westminster Abbey, London, by John Fulleylove. An antique print, guaranteed to be over 100 years old.
This print was taken from the book 'The Romance of London' by Gordon Home. This particular edition was published in 1910 by Adam and Charles Black, London. A little light marking and scuffing around the edges but otherwise clean. Mounted and matted with white and antique-white acid-free card, measuring 10" x 8" (25.4cm x 20.3cm) with a window size of a little under 8" x 6" and comes in a cellophane bag. This would make for a lovely gift and may appeal to those interested in British history, monarchy, Christianity and Gothic architecture

A print of a painting of the Tower of London as viewed from Tower Bridge, by John Fulleylove. An antique print, guaranteed to be over 100 years old.
This print was taken from the book 'The Romance of London' by Gordon Home. This particular edition was published in 1910 by Adam and Charles Black, London. A little marking and some scuffing around the edges but otherwise clean. Mounted and matted with white and antique-white acid-free card, measuring 10" x 8" (25.4cm x 20.3cm) with a window size of a little under 8" x 6" and comes in a cellophane bag. This would make for a lovely gift and may appeal to those interested in British history, monarchy and Christianity.

An antique print showing a painting of an early polo scene from centuries ago with Arabic inscriptions. This print/plate was taken from a book containing two titles in one: 'Riding' by Captain Robert Weir and others; and 'Polo' by J. Moray Brown. Part of the Badminton Library series. Published in 1902 by Longmans, Green, and Co., London. Some marking, scuffing and foxing, but reasonably clean. Mounted and matted with white and cream acid-free card, measuring 9" x 7 (22.8cm x 17.8cm) with a window size of a little under 7" x 5" and comes in a cellophane bag. This would make for a lovely gift and may appeal to those interested in polo, equestrian, horse-riding or sport generally.