Search Results: Titles starting with A from World of Rare Books

Music For Pleasure, 1978. Vinyl. Good/. This item is a vinyl record and has been visually graded. G+, light hairlines on surface. Sleeve has light ring/edge wear, writing and sticker on back panel, G.MFP 50413 Sleeve Condition:GOOD

Association of British Aero Clubs and Centres Ltd, 1965. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1965. Reprint. 251 pages. Grey dust jacket over grey cloth. Well bound and clean pages, with moderate tanning to text block edges. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Moderate crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Moderate tanning and creasing, with rubbing and marking.

Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1933. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1933. 90 pages. Lettering to jacket with black boards and yellow lettering to spine. Light tanning to text pages with light tanning and foxing to endpapers, paste-downs and text edges. Label to front paste-down. Scrapes, small bumps and dog ears to text pages edges. Uneven text pages. Some rubbing and thumbing to the board edges and wear to the spine ends. A few marks to front and rear boards. Bumps to boards edges. Fair wear to dust jacket with tears, chips and creases to the spine, edges and corners. Foxing and tanning to jacket with light water marks.

Oxford University Press, 1966. Hardcover. Good. 1966. Reprinted. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Pictorial boards. Contains colour illustrated plates. Pages are mostly clean overall, with mild tanning throughout. Occasional thumb-marking. Plates are bright and clear, with some light tanning and foxing to edges. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Minimal tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Slightly bowed.

Dean & Son Ltd., 1967. Hardcover. Good. 1967. First Edition. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Grey cloth rebind, with pictorial hardcover. Fully illustrated in colour by J B Long. Pages are bright and clear, with very light thumbing to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear with light rubbing and heavy corner bumping. Heavy creasing and light marking overall, with little crushing to spine ends. Slight warping to front board.

Dean & Son Ltd., 1967. Hardcover. Good. 1967. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth. Fully illustrated throughout. Very light marking to pages and mild cracking to hinges. Light foxing and rubbing to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Moderate bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean, with heavy sunning to spine. Slight warping to front board.

Medici Society, 1965. Hardcover. Good. 1965. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Blue and white pictorial boards with a cloth spine. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn with some slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped and spine ends are a little crushed. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. With some tanning to spine and edges.

Sweet & Maxwell, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. 37th Edition. 395 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering and crest. Pages are moderately tanned with light foxing throughout and staining to text block top. Inscription to the front pastedown, Ex Libris insert to ffep. Binding is firm with light corner bumping and ring staining to the warped boards. Spine is tanned with light shelf wear and splitting to edge.

English Universities Press, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1959. Reprinted. 192 pages. Red and black dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as minimal foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

English Universities Press, 1949. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1949. First Edition. 320 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over orange cloth. Well bound and clean pages, with moderate tanning to text block edges. Pencil inscriptions to ffep. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Book has noticeable forward lean. Unclipped jacket with heavy edge wear, large tears and chipping, causing loss around edges and spine. Small area of loss to edges.

English Universities Press, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. Third Impression. 246 pages. No dust jacket. Colour illustrative dust jacket over green cloth with colour and black and white photographic plates throughout. Dust jacket has a laminated cover folded over the boards. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning and book is forward leaning. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Stanley Paul & Co, 1913. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1913. 318 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth. Contains black and white plates. Light tanning and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout, with exposed netting. Heavy tanning to rough-cut text block edges. Light cracking to front hinge. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Heavy bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends, causing cloth to fray. Binding remains firm, with tanning overall.

Co-Operative Printing Society Ltd., 1939. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1939. First Edition. 297 pages. Yellow dust-jacket over green cloth and card. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pen and pencil to front endpaper and pastedown. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Book has forward lean. Dirt marking to top of board. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Jacket has heavy tanning. White marking to front of jacket.

Stanley Paul, 1964. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1964. 251 pages. Laminated pictorial red dust jacket over orange cloth boards. Contains black and white photographic plates. Firm binding to lightly tanned pages and plates with bright copy throughout. Embossed stamp to fep. Minor foxing to endpapers and page edges.Infrequent light finger marks and small stains to page edges. Moderate wear and bleach spotting to boards with sunning to spine and board edges. Pronounced forward lean. Light rub wear to edges and bumped corners. Moderate rub wear and markings to grubby, laminated jacket with light tanning. Moderate foxing and small stains. Sticker to rear.

Frederick Muller Ltd., 1954. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1954. 96 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Tanning along spine and board edges. Forward leaning. Mild rub wear to surfaces and edges with crushing to spine ends and bumps to corners. Mildly chipped dust jacket has a few creases, scuffs and small tears. Light tanning. Rubbing with shelf wear. Price clipped.

D.L.M.S, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Contains black and white illustrations with colour frontispiece and plates. Cracks to hinges and guttering with a few loose plates and missing frontispiece. Inscriptions and scribbling to pastedowns with a few illustrations coloured in. Tanning, foxing and thumbing throughout with a few dog-eared pages. Boards have rub wear and marking with backward lean and sunning to spine. Bumping and scuffing to corners, edges and spine ends with bowing to front board.

L. Martinet, 1938. Hardcover. Good. 1938. 72 pages. No dust jacket. In French. Pictorial boards with grey lettering. Colour and B&W illustrations throughout. Heavy tanning throughout. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners. Heavy tanning to spine and board edges. Mild staining and marking to boards.

Juvenile Productions, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. Unpaginated. Black and white photographic dust jacket over red cloth with photographic black and white plates throughout. Light tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Slight dog-eared pages throughout as well. Boards have light rubbing and visible water damage to the front top corner. Soft crushing to spine ends as well. Unclipped jacket with pen inscriptions to the front inside flap and moderate edge wear. Noticeable rubbing and tears to the edges, corners and spine as well.

Oxford University Press, 1937. Hardcover. Good. 1937. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Oxford University Press, 1937. Hardcover. Good. 1937. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.