Search Results: Titles starting with J from Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA

Gay & Hancock, 1913. Hardcover. VG+. FOLKARD, Charles. 26 x 34.5 bevelled blue cloth with gilt stamped decoration to the front, recased with new endpapers unpaginated [40]pp with 12 tipped in colour plates with captioned tissue guards. With original red silk bookmark with gold painted jackdaw. A smart copy with just the merest hint of rubbing to the corners and rear board which also has a small 0.7mm gouge near the top edge. Internally the book is clean and bright with only a bookplate for Major Sir Brunel Cohen, MP and disability campaigner. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1924 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG++. 13.7 x 25.5 cm brown cloth with gilt stamped titles to the spine. Uncut bottom edge, [viii] 248pp. A dated gift inscription from one of the authors RBJ to his sister Alice. The boards are clean with bright titles. There is a little pushing to the spine tips and a little shelf wear with a bruise on the bottom edge of the lower board. Internally clean, with just the author's inscription and a little toning to the free endpapers. An interesting signed early twentieth century reassessment of Austen and her work. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Eveleigh Nash, 1909 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG++. 1st Edition 14.5 x 23 cm purple cloth with blind stamped borders front and rear and gilt stamped titles to the front and spine. Top edge purple and other edges uncut. 259[1]pp With tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece and folding facsimile letter. [Gilson M288] Clean boards with some toning to the spine and a little loss of colour at the joint tips and a small bruise to the bottom corner of the upper board. Internally, without name, inscription or bookplate and just a little toning to the free endpapers and a little spotting to the first few and last few pages. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Longmans, Green & Co, 1899 1899. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+. 1st Edition. 12.5 x 19.7 cm white cloth backed green cloth boards with gilt stamped boarder and titles to the spine. Uncut edges, 124[4]pp, erratum slip tipped in at p.87. [Gilson M233] Toning and dust marking to spine with a few splash marks on the lower joint. Internally there is a gift inscription to the front free endpaper but otherwise the book is clean. An examination of Jane Austen's contemporaries and her works. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Cupples Uphams & Co, 1883 1883. VG+. 1st Edition 14 x 21.5 cm red cloth with paper titles label to the front 50[2]pp. [Gilson M156] A very good copy with a little fading to the spine and top edge and a touch of rubbing to the spine tips. Internally there is a library bookplate with a discard stamp on the front pastedown together with the remnants of a label and card holder on the rear pastedown and connected page. Otherwise clean and bright. An ex-library volume in much better condition than is normally found. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Kestrel Books, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NF/NF. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 18.6 x 22.7 pictorial paper covered boards with titles to the front and spine. Brown endpapers, 47(1)pp with colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Signed by the Alan Ahlberg to the front free endpaper. In an unclipped dust jacket priced at £2.75 net. A near fine book with a little shelf wear to the top and bottom edges in a near fine dust jacket, now protected in a clear, removable cover (not shown), with just a hint of creasing to the spine tips. A fabulous tale of Jeremiah and his search for his grandmother's tarts. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Pelican Publishing Company , 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG++. 1st Edition. 22.2 x 28.6 cm bright blue boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine. Bright blue endpapers, 144pp including 86 full page illustrations. In original unclipped dust jacket. A very good plus book bright and without name, inscription or bookplate. There is a patch of slight toning to the front board and some shelf wear to the top and bottom edges and corners. The dust jacket is a little creased at the spine tips, corners and bottom edges but presents very well in its removable, clear cover (not shown). A lovely biography / exploration of Willcox Smith's work packed full of beautiful illustrations. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

W & A K Johnston. VG-. 66 x 54 cm folded map with 12 panels. One large map of Crimea with two smaller inset maps one showing Sevastopol harbour in detail and the other the surrounding states, 'the seat of the war in the East'. Tears to the edges of 1-4 cm at the folds and 5 smaller tears where the corners of panels. There is some spotting most obviously to panels that are on the outside of the folded map but to a lesser extent internally. An interesting and scarce survivor. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Methuen & Co Ltd, 1927. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. VG++. Signed Limited Edition, No. 4 of 250 printed on handmade paper. 13.5 x 20.4 cm cream linen backed blue paper covered boards with title label to the spine. Uncut edges xv[i] 288pp. There is a touch of toning to the spine and a very little rubbing to the corners. The spine label has a little toning and rubbing. Internally, there is an ownership name on the front pastedown and a hint of toning to the free endpapers, but otherwise the pages are clean and bright. The binding is tight and square. All in all a lovely poetry collection printed on high quality paper with the author's signature. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Andre Deutsch, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. F/NF. 1st Edition. 14 x 22.1 cm brown boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine. Bright green endpapers 187 (1)pp. With original unclipped dust jacket priced at £2.50 net. A fine book clean and bright, without name, inscription or bookplate in a near fine jacket with a tiny 2mm tear to the to edge of the front panel. The binding is form and square - the book appears unread. The dust jacket is now protected in a removable clear jacket (not shown in our images). Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.