Search Results: Titles starting with C from JimsOldBooks

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1931. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, a small half-inch tear to the left-hand side at the top of the spine, binding starting to split at tilte page, otherwise a good clean copy, with black titles on spine still clear, of this hard-cover romantic novel. No publication date shown, but the book was first printed in 1931, this would probably be a slightly later edition from maybe later that year or a little bit later. The author (real name was Mary Phyllis Joan Morton, née Logan) wrote more than twenty other romantic novels in the 1920s and 30s, many of which were translated into French and Spanish. She was also the mother of Valentine ("The Man in Black") Dyall. 319pp.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: The Reprint Society, 1962. Reprint Society edition. Slight creasing to edges of dustwrapper, minor bumping to ends of dark red spine strip and to corners of yellow boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1961, this is a Reprint Society edition ffrom the next year. The author's account of an expedition with her husband to a remote part of Mozambique in 1959 in search of a pot of diamonds buried in the grave of a Native chief. 190pp, 7 b&w illustrations, 4 maps.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Sydney, Australia: Collins, 1984. Slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Deals with the settlement of the Gippsland area of Victoria in the mid nineteenth century, mainly by emigrants from the Scottish highlands. 214pp, b&w illustrations.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1946. Unclipped dustwrapper has creasing and quite a few tears to the edges, some bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards and some old damp-marking to back of same, some foxing to outer pages, but otherwise a not too bad copy of this hard-cover book. One of the author's stories for children featuring the same characters from his "Family Afloat" and other books. 309pp, b&w drawings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Illus. by De Selincourt, Guy. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: The Reprint Society, 1944. Reprint Society edition from 1944. Creasing and tears to the edges of dustwrapper, minor shelf-wear to bottom edge of brown boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's autobiography from his childhood in the late nineteenth century up to the 1940s. 304pp.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Inverness: Club Leobhar, 1976. Some foxing (or similar rusty marks) to unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of dark red boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. Thirteen stories by the author, set in Lewis and in London, dealing with a young man from the Hebrides. 106pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Minor scuffing to outer edges of cover, pencil notes and underlinings by previous owner in some of the sections, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Cambridge Companions to Literature" series, this contains fourteen pieces by various authors on the life and work of Mary Wollstonecraft, best-known for her "A Vindication of the Rights of Women". 284pp. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1953. No dustwrapper, some fading to spine of blue boards but gilt titles theron are still clear, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, but otherwse a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Volume 83 (LXXXIII) in the publisher's Camden Third Series, this contains three pieces, namely: "A Briefe Collection of the Queenes Majesties most high and most honourable Courtes of Records" by R Robinson, edited and with introduction by R L Rickard; "The Hastings Journal of the Parliament of 1621" edited and with introduction by Lady de Villiers; and "The Minute Book of James Courthope" edited and with introduction by Orlo Cyprian Williams. 36pp (Briefe Collection), 46pp (Hastings Journal), 91pp (Minute Book).. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hemel Hempstead: Fountain Press, 1973. Dustwrapper has been repaired with tape, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the life and travels of the author, a professional photographer, including pre-war Germany, Russia and the Balkans; his WW2 service, and post-war travels in South Africa, China, Australia and most places in between. 134pp, 9 colour and 15 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Travel Book Club, 1955. Travel Book Club edition. Some creasing and small tears to edges of dustwrapper, some old damp-marking to red boards, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of same, two previous owners' names (one scribbled out) inside front board and on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's account of six weeks travelling around southern Italy. 186pp, 71 b&w illustrations.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Cassell, 1953. Creasing and tears to edges of price-clipped dustwrapper, with the bottom inch missing at the spine. Minor bumping to spine ends of blue boards, top corner of f/ep has been clipped off (possibly had a previous owner's name on?), but otherwise a good clean tght copy of this slim hard-cover book. The author's account of a climbing trip to Norway, including to the Lofoten Islands. 85pp, 58 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1970. Very slight creasing to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some yellow marking (NOT from tobacco) to the white panels of same, minor bumping to spine ends of blue boards, some yellowing to the edges of the b&w plates, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Part of the publisher's ''The Canals of the British Isles'' series, this one looks at canals of the East Midlands (east of the Trent) and of London. Originally published in 1966, this is a second edition from 1970. 294pp, 16 b&w plates, 15 maps and diagrams.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Bernard Geis Associates, 1964. Some creasing and wear to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to ends of red cloth-covered spine and to corners of black paper-covered boards, an ink stamped address on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A collection of extracts from the US TV show "Candid Camera" featuring conversations with young children. "Kids Say the Funniest Things" sort of thing. These children (who are all named on the last two pages) would now be in their late sixties. 182pp, b&w illustration throughout.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2000. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Looks at the history and use of the canoe in north America (US and Canada). Signed by the author on half-title "Jim Poling Sr". 143pp, numerous colour illustrations, also some in b&w.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1861. Three volume set. Packaged weight is just under 3 kilos, so extra postage will be required from buyers outside the UK. Green cloth-covered faux-Morocco style boards have some wear to spine ends and corners, also small tears to top ends of spines. Some rubbing to the boards but gilt lines to inner side of boards (next to spine) and corners are still bright. Hinges starting to split inside front and back covers (volumes 1 and 2, not so much to volume 3). A previous (original?) owner's name inside front board of volume 1 and 2, erased on volume 3. Otherwise a not too bad set of volumes, part of the publisher's "Nichol's Library Edition of the British Poets" series. This contains the text of the "Canterbury Tales" (not Bowdlerised but with some of the spelling modernised: lines 3275-6 of the Millers Tale reads "...as clerkes be full subtle and full quaint. And privily he caught her by the queinte" rather than "As… Read More

Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1991. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. A collection of excerpts from diaries written by English women between the early seventeenth century and the 1940s. 431pp.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: London Magazine Editions, 1974. Some fading to spine and front panel of unclipped dustwrapper, also some creasing to top edge. Bumping to spine ends and corners of black boards, a previous owner's name and date (1977) on f/ep, otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book. A collection of poems by this South African author. 50pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: World Books, 1968. Book Club edition issued by World Books in 1968. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends of green boards, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover novel. The story deals with a Dutch Merchant Navy captain sailing on the Arctic Convoys during WW2. 379pp. . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Book Club, 1958. Book Club edition from 1958. Some creasing to the edges of dustwrapper, some discolouration to back panel of same, minor shelf-wear to bottom edge of red boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover novel. Set in the American South like many of the author's other stories, this one takes place in Louisiana at the time of the Civil War. 244pp.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 2003. Very slight creasing to top edge of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Looks at two brothers from Boston, Lincolnshire (2nd Lieut. Geoffrey Staniland and his brother Capt. Meaburn Staniland of the 1/4th Lincolnshire Regiment) who were killed in Belgium on 14th April and 29th June 1915. Signed and inscribed by the author to original owner on title page "For .... , best wishes, Martin Middlebrook". 144pp, b&w illustrations throughout.. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.