Search Results: Titles starting with A from Cornish Books

London: Stanley Paul, 1915. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Frontis is a colour plate with 6 Shields. 359 Pages. Illustrated with many photographs and drawings and some colour plates. A little foxing to a few pages. Pages uncut. Green cloth cover with Heraldic device has been dampstained and there is some loss of colour. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Medina, Ohio: A. I. Root Company, 1908. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good. Highly practical & Expert Guide. Very well illustrated with many B&W Drawings and photos. A - Z Format makes it a very easy to use Reference. Text divided into Double ColumnsSubject Words in Bold Type and also head the columns. Black cloth cover with large Gilt Bee on front, framed by blind-dtamped Title. D|ull Gilt lettering and picture of Hive on spine. 536 p. pages, 1.3 Kilos, 10" Tall. Some edge wear. Cloth worn at corners. Hinges sound. Penciled note relating to text on fly leaf. No other inscriptions. Weight 1.3 Kilos so Shipping Outside UK will be extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1908. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Contents include "The Nature of the Nerve Impulse", "Sleep, Sleeplessness & Dreaming". Dark Blue Cloth cover with Gilt Lettering to spine. 2223 Pages, 350g, 7 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Some tobacco odour otherwise a nice, clean copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 3 books in one omnibus volume: "The Murder at the Villa Rose"; "The Secret of the House of the Aroow" and "The Mystery of the Prisoner in the Opal". Buff cloth cover with Black lettering & horizontal lines on front & spine. 1,037 p.pages, 8" Tall. Weighs just over 1 Kilo so shipping Outside UK will be a little extra. Some tanning to spine and light soiling to cover. Name and initials penciled on endpaper and tiny penciled price on ffep. No other inscriptions.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1988. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Hedgecoe, John ( Photographs ). A Journey through Cornwall's past and present photographed by John Hedgecoe." Grey cloth cover with Gilt lettering to spine. 182 Pages + Maps & Index. 10" Tall, 750g. No inscriptions. Jacket not clipped. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Cathay Books, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Alphabetical Guide to the Techniques & Recipes for 190 Dishes, from Soups to Starters to Cakes & desserts. Illustrated with 115 Colour Photos." 128 Pages, 750g, 11 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

AA Publishing, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good +/Near Very Good. Garratt, Colin ( Photographs ). Exploring Britain's Railway Heritage". Well Illustrated with many fine Colour Photos by Colin Garratt. 144 Pages, 10 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Some edge wear to jacket Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1893. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Gibb, William. Beautiful souvenir of the Scottish Literary Giant, author of the "Waverley Novels". Descriptive text by the Hon. Mary, Monica, Maxwell Scott. Beautifully illustrated with 25 Chromolithograph Plates and a Frontispiece, Painted by William Gibb, protected by tissue guard. Blue Quarter-cloth with Brown cloth covered boards. Gilt Lettering and Armorial Bearing to front. 12 1/2" Tall. Gift inscription as a wedding gift on ffep, dated 1899. Unfortunately the tissue guards have stuck to 3 of the Plates, including the frontis. 3 pages & 1 plate are detached. Cloth slightly faded and worn at spine ends. Book weighs 2.1 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like more Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

Bristol / London: E. W. Savory Ltd. / Elliot Stock, 1911. Delightful Children's book in the style of an old Chapbook. A page for each letter of the Alphabet with a large B&W illustration above. e.g. "A is an Apple Tree.etc". Each page Printed on one side of the paper only. Endpapers have Vignettes of the illustrations, printed on Art paper. Buff cloth spine with Green/Grey paper-covered Boards. Vignette illus in bottom left corner and 3 pictures of Flowers in a pot decorate the top. Black lattering. A light green ribbon is fixed into the boards so the book can be tied shut. Fore and bottom p[age edges untrimmed. 11 1/2" Tall, 620g. Tips of corners worn.No inscriptions. An occasional spot of foxing on some pages. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth Spine and Boards. Very Good. Illus. by Lewin, F. G.. Book.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1934. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Fascinating broad view of Biology by the Leader of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-9. Illustrated with many In Text Drawings. 252 Pages. No inscriptions. A little faint browning to page edges. Dark blue cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. Spine colour and a small area at top of front board faded. (See photo) Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Michael Joseph, 1973. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Much practical information in the first half and the second half is a dictionary with descriptions and colour illustrations of over 250 species. Red cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. 12 1/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket has a little curling/wrinklins at top & bottom edges and 2 small closed tears on back corners. Weighs over 1 Kilo so postage will be a little extra. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall

London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1927. Original Wraps. Good. Thoughtful and Dramatic Play dealing with Lincoln's carreer, commencing after John Brown's attempt to free Slaves, when Lincoln is about to be asked to become President of the United States. Original Grey Card Wraps with Printed Lettering on front & spine. 7" Tall. Some wear and small pieces missing from spine ends (se photo). No inscriptions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall

London: Bracken Books, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. reprint of the much loved Illustrated Children's book, first published by Marcus Ward in 1882. The story of an English Victorian Family on their trip to the Continent. Includes the Lace Makers of Caen, Versailles, The Museums, Gardens & Markets of Paris. Blue cloth cover with Gilt lettering to spine. 56 Pages, 360g, 8 1/2" Tall. Previous owner's name on corner of endpaper. Very slight edge wear to jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Macdonald, 1965. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. The magnificent Rock Temples of Ramses II. Beautifully illustrated with 48 Colour and 88 B&W photos. 192 p.pages, 1.5 kilos, 10" tall. No inscriptions. Jacket unclipped. Protected in removable clear plastic. Wight, 1.5 kilos so shipping Outside UK will be extra.

Green Umbrella Publishing, 2008. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Foreword by Gordon Smart. Well Illustrated with many fine colour and B&W sots of Celebrities, including: Diana, Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones, Kylie Minogue and many more. Landscape Format, 9 1/2" Tall X 11" Wide. No inscriptions. Jacket not clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

London: J. Lawrence, in the Poultry ; J. Nicholson and J. Sprint, in Little-Britain ; Etc, 1713. Full-Leather. Good+. The Second Edition, in two volumes. Vol I contained Richard Baxter's narrative of his life and times. Volume II is complete in iteself and contains the Biographies and Literary Works of the ejected Ministers etc. This Material is arranged by Counties, and begins with London, Westminster & Southwark. Preface xxxii (32 pages). Main Text 864 pages. Contemporary Brown Full-Leather Binding with blind-tooled decorative panel on front & back. 4 shallow raised bands to spine. 7 3/4" Tall, 840g. Split to leather on right side of spine (2" long0 and another smaller one (1/2" long at top corner of spine. Narrow pieces of leather missing at spine ends. Corners worn. Hinges cracked but boards firmly attached. Text block firm. No inscriptions. Only a very occasional small spot of foxing. Pages in nice, clean condition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ -… Read More

London: John Russell Smith, 1862. Full-Leather. Near Good. Frontis illustrated with a full-page Engraved Illustration of "the appearance of the Roman Dubris". Introduction up to page xviii followed by "Notes on the Origin and Antiquity of the Cinque Ports, Two Ancient Towns and Their Members", Illustrated with an Engraved Plate showing 2 Views of the Roman Pharos and a Map. 38 Pages. Followed by the account of the Grand Court at Shepway, pages 39 - 95. Followed by 9 Appendices, pages 96 - 164, which include; Extract from the Charter of King Edward I, List of Lord Wardens, and Order of Procession in 1694 and 1765. Decorative Headers and Tailpieces an an Engraved illustration of the Bredenstone. Text enclosed within Linear Border & Margin. Contemporary Brown Full-Leather Binding with 5 Raised Bands to spine. Gilt Title on Black Ground in 2nd Compartment and Gilt Decoration fills the others. Endpapers and All Page Edges Marbled. 8 1/2" Tall, 750g. 2 narrow strips of leather… Read More

Toronto: McCLelland & Stewart, 1981. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Very Good. ISigned by Author(s). Signed by Author(s) "Power means control over other people's lives. The men in this book excercise that kind of authority and in gaining their new-found status in an astonishingly brief period of time they have quickened the pulse of Canada." 517 Pages. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the Title Page. Blue Cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. Dustjacket is not price clipped but has 2 small tears. Large, Heavy book so postage will be a bit extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Limited. Cloth. Near Very Good/Fair. Undated Edition, circa 1950s. Exciting Western adventure. Frontis Illustrated with a monochrome painting of a rider being pursued by Red Indians (same as the Colour Picture on the Jacket ). Orang cloth cover with Black Lettering to front & spine. 349 Pages, 380g, 7 1/2" Tall. Presentation Label pasted on Endpaper. No other inscriptions except a small penciled price in corner of free endpaper. Page edges have some fine specks of browning. Jacket has some wear and a few closed tears (repaired on inside with clear tape), a small piece missing from front and a few little bits from spine corners, not near the lettering (see photos) Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Faber and Faber, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. ISigned by Author(s). Signed by Author(s) The careers of 11 Admirals, from The Armada to the Napoleonic Wars to World War II. Flat signed by the Author " Andrew Lambert ", with no other inscriptions. 492 p.pages, 860g, 9 1.2" tall. Jacket unclipped.