Search Results: Titles starting with M from Cornish Books

Lipsae : Londini: Sumptibus Ottonis Holtze : Prostat Apud David Nutt, 1867. LATIN TEXT. Prooemium, Index and "Annales Ciceroniani ( vii Pages ) followed by Main Text, 1460 Pages. Text arranged in Double Columns. CONTENTS: Opera Rhetorica; Orationes; Epistolae, Opera Philosophica, Fragmenta, Adnotatio et Indices. 11 1/4" Tall, 3.2 Kilos. Black Full-Leather Prize Binding (Backstrip completely missing from spine.Front and rear Boards detached but present.). Attractive Central Gilt School badge with Armorial Bearing on front. Gilt Floral Border to front and back and on inside borders. Endpapers and all page edges Marbled. Ffep detached but present. Text block firm. A few spots of foxing to Title Page (see photos), otherwise pages in very good, clean condition. Very faint penciled name in corner of blank preliminary page. No other inscriptions. Book weighs 3.2 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like any more Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: 4to -… Read More

De Luca, 1982. Soft cover. Very Good. Published to accompany the Exhibitions in Manchester & Edinburgh. Well illustrated with Large Colour Plates and many B&W In-Text Reproductions of fine Paintings. 112 Pages, 580g, 12" Tall. No inscriptions. Some wear at spine ends and a very small closed tear at top left corner of spine. Pages in very nice, clean condition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: B. T. Batsford, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. Inspirational and Challenging Machine Embroidery Course. Decorative Work and Free Machine Embroidery - Tension Techniques - Insertions, Openwork and Edges - Lacy Effects - Textural Techniques and Unusual Surfaces. Projects & Exercises Included. Well Illustrated with 64 Line Drawings and 53 Colour Photos. 125 Pages, 900g, 11 1/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket not clipped. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2007. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. Thrilling account of the great British explorer. Illustrated with Colour and B&W Photos. 402 pages, 670g, 9 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions except penciled price. Slight rubbing to jacket. Unclipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Andre Deutsch, 1977. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. Bemelmans, Ludwig. Delightful Children's story about a little Girl called Madeline who lived in an old House in Paris. Every page has a large Illustration by the Author, with some text beneath. Some pictures in full-colou and others part-colour. This copy is a 7th impression of the first edition. 13 1/4" Tall, 480g. Slight edge wear. No inscriptions. Illustrated "Book Belongs to" labels at top corners of title page with no names. Jacket clipped. Protected by removable clear plastic wrapper. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

Scholastic Children's Books, 1989. Soft cover. Fine. Bemelmans, Ludwig. Delightful Children's story about a little Parisian Girl called Madeline and her adventures in London. Every page has a large part colour lustration by the Author, with some text beneath. This copy is the Renewed Copyright Edition. 13 1/4" Tall, 480g. No inscriptions. Seems unread. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

Scholastic Children's Books, 1981. First Thus. Soft cover. Near Fine. Bemelmans, Ludwig. Delightful Children's story about a little Parisian Girl called Madeline. Every page has a large part colour lustration by the Author, with some text beneath. This copy is the Renewed Copyright First Edition. 13 1/4" Tall, 480g. No inscriptions. Very slight edge wear. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

38 Soho Square, London: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1916. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Rainey, W. Exciting children's story about Aunt Madge who has 3 English nieces and takes in 4 more American ones! Undated Edition, circa 1916. Well illustrated with Eight Full-Page Half-Tonr Plates by W. Rainey. Green cloth cover with iLight Green, Blue & Black llustration of Girls playing Tennis, on front. Pale Green Lettering above and in corner. Similar coloured illus. of 3 Girls riding Black horses, on spine with pale Green lettering above. 399 p.pages, 7 1/2" Tall, 500g. Slight edge wear. Hinges sound & text block firm. No inscriptions.

London: Doubleday, 2008. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The story of the Lygon Family of Madresfield Court, with its 160 rooms, spectacular Tudor Hall and Medieval Moat. Evelyn Waugh, author of "Brideshead revisited" was a regular visitor in the 1930s. Comes with some press cuttings. Illustrated with Colour Photos. 383 p.pages, 500g, 9 1/4" tall. 383 p.pages. Penciled inscription erased from half-title page. No other inscriptions. Jacket unclipped.

London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1887. Half-Leather. Good+. Brown Half Leather Cover with 4 Raised Bands to Spine and Leather Corners. Gilt Title and Vol No in 2 Compartments. Gilt decoration on bands. Marbled Endpapers.Very well illustrated with many Plates and In Text illustrations. Article include "Angelica Kaufman and her Engravers, and "Randolph Caldecott". 432 Pages + The Chroinicle of Art and General Index. 12 1/4" Tall. Some wear to leather with small pieces missing at spine ends. Corners worn through to boards. Hinges sound and Binding firm. Pages in very good, clean condition except for one which has the tops and bottom cut out. No inscriptions. Weighs 2.5 Kilos so SAhipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would likje more pictures, information or a Shipping Quote. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, 1882. Half-Leather. Near Very Good. Black Half Leather Cover with Marbled paper-covered boards and Leather Corners. Spine divided by Gilt Horizontal Lines with Gilt Title and Date. Very well illustrated Periodical with 41 B&W Full-Page Plates and many In Text illustrations. Frontis shows "The Fisher Folk's Harvest" by P. Jacomb Hood, Other Artists include G. F. Watts, Thomas Moran, J. F. Millet, Cellini & Van Dyck. Articles include Alma-Tadema's House, Nuremberg Art and The Hill Collection. 528 Pages + Art Notes. 12 3/4" Tall, 2.9 Kilos. Some edge wear, tips of bottom corners a little worn. Ffep missing.otherwise Binding firm. Pages in very good, clean condition. No inscriptions except old penciled price. Weighs 2.9 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would likje more pictures, information or a Shipping Quote. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, 1887. Half-Leather. Near Very Good. Black Half Leather Cover with Marbled paper-covered boards and Leather Corners. 5 Gilt Decorated Raised Bands to Spine with Gilt Title on Red Ground in 2nd compartment and Gilt Date in 4th. Very well illustrated Periodical with 12 fine Monochrome Full-Page Plates printed on thick paper. Also many In Text illustrations. Frontis illus. "Venetian Bead Stringers" by C. C. Van Haanen. Other Artists include: Albert Moore, Gustave Jacquet, Jules Worms, Adolph Menzel & Emile Wauters. Articles include: Angelica Kaufman; Randolph Caldecott; Movements in American Painting; Art at the Manchester Jubilee Exhibition; Art in New Zealand & Siena as a Cradle of Art. 432 Pages + Chronicle of Art (52 Pages). 12 3/4" Tall, 2.5 Kilos. Some edge wear. Rubbing and scrapes to boards. Hinges sound & Binding firm. Pages in very good, clean condition. No inscriptions. Weighs 2.5 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra.… Read More

2 Old Bailey, Ludgate Hill, London: G. Henderson, 1833. Half-Leather. Good. Beautifully illustrated with 19 Full-Page Hand-Cojloured Plates, most having 4 illustrations. Protected by tissue guards. Title continues: "together with original and select Papers & Reviews on the Principles and Practice of Cultivation. Edited by James Rennie, M.A. Proferssor of Zoology, King's College, London." Period Brown Half-Leather Binding with Marbled paper-covered boards and leather corners. 10" tall, 640g. 1/4 of the leather missing from bottom of spine. Boards rubbed, one leather corner missing from back. Split to leather down rigfht side of spine.and remains of old spine tape on leather. Front board attached by old clear tape. No inscriptions.

Dublin: Fallons. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good. Coghlan, Eileen. In her first book "Fairy Tales" Mrs de Valera retold traditional narratives which she had heard in childhood in Fingal. For her later books, of which this is the fourth, she has written original stories and has succeeded in preserving much of the atmosphere of the old North-Leinster Folk Legends." B&W Full page Illustrations by Eileen Coghlan. SIGNED by the Author "Sinead de Valera" on half title page, no other inscriptions. Undated Edition, book comes with a newspaper cutting of Jacqueline Kennedy's visit to Dublin, with a photo of her chatting to Bean de Valera. 133 Pages, 300g, 8 1/2" Tall. Very slight edgewear at top edge of jacket and a very light brown stain around spine ( as if a splash of tea dropped on it and was wiped away. Only visible at the edge of the stain.) Not clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York & London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Bailey, Vernon Howard. Charming Book describing 1930s New York, with many evocative B&W Illustrations by Vernon Howard Bailey. Notes by Arthur Bartlett Maurice. The right hand Pages have Full-Page illustrations whilst the Explanatory Text is on the left. Frontis illustrated with "the great Canon of Lower Broadway". Title Page illustrated with a Skyline. Blue cloth cover with Silver Lettering and Linear design to front & spine. 255 Pages, 1.2 Kilos, 10 3/4" Tall. Cloth at front and spine very faded. Small closed tear to cloth at topf of spine and a very small tear on right side of spine (see photo). Previous owner's initials, dated 1935 on ffep. No other inscriptions, Pages in very good, clean condition. A few very light spots of foxing, mostly marginal. Book weighs 1.2 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be a little extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Thomas Cadell, 1822. Cloth. Good+. Complete "Devonshire", with Parts I & II bound in one Volume. Part I Contains the GENERAL HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE, Paginated to ccclv (355). Part II has its own Title Page (also Dated 1822) and Contains the PAROCHIAL HISTORY, Paginated to 581 (Includes the Isle of Lundy). Followed by Additions and Corrections, Index of Parishes; Index of Villages, Manors and Bartons; Index of Families; Index of Names & Titles and Genenral Index, bringing the Pagination of Part II to 682. Very detailed Local History. Well illustrated with 34 Plates, including a Colour Plate of "Painted Glass.Beer Ferrers Church" and Double-Page Plates "Dartmouth Haven", "Exmouth Haven", "Plymouth Haven", "View of Plymouth Dock" and a Fold-Out Plan of Exeter. Title Page, Contents and List of Plates Pages are followed by the Double-Page Map of Devonshire. Contemporary Cloth Binding with Brown Leather Title Label on spine. All… Read More

London: T. Cadell, 1806. Half-Leather. Good+. Complete with all 3 Double-Page County Maps and the Fold-Out Triple Page Colour Plate of "Antient Stained Glass in Chesham-Bois and Chetwode Churches". 44 Plates in total, many Double-Page. Very detailed Local Histories. Contemporary Half-Leather Binding. All page edges Marbled. 742 Pages, 2.3 Kilos, 11" Tall. LEATHER BACKSTRIP MISSING and boards detached (but present). Text block firm. Attractive illustrated Bookplate witha Falcon on Endpaper. No inscriptions. Pages and Plates in very good, clean condition. Book weighs 2.3 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like any more Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814. Half-Leather. Good. Complete with large Folding Frontis. Map of Cornwall and the 38 engraved Plates, showing many fine views and Architectural Detail. Folding Plates include: St. Michael's Mount, Land's End, Curclaze Tin Mine, Logan Stone & Cape Cornwall. Contemporary Half Leather Binding ( spine missing ). Top Page Edges Gilt and other edges untrimmed. cclii pages on Cornwall followed by 394 Pages of Parochial History. From the Library of Cornish Historian P.A.S. Pool, his name is written on the back of the ffep. Bookplate with Armorial Bearing on Endpaper. No other inscriptions. Boards detached but present, marbled boards rubbed and have a few small pieces missing. Map in good condition, no tears, just a few small areas with very light brown discolouring. Light Marginal staining to a few plates. 2 have closed tears and another has a small, closed marginal tear. Pages in very good, clean condition, very little foxing. Weighs 2.7 Kilos so postage… Read More

London: Heinemann, 1982. Soft cover. Good+. Well illustrated Biography of the great "Bapu", with B&W Photos. 120 pages, 370g, 9 1/2" Tall. Small creases to cover. Previous owner's name on title page, no other inscriptions. Pages clean. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Bear Hudson Ltd, 1944. Original Wraps. Near Very Good. Very interesting Stapled Booklet. Clear Instructions for making interesting Toys from everyday Materials. Each one Illustrated with Clear Line drawings showing the Construction & finished Toy. Projects include: Rubber Band Pistol, Noah's Ark, Model Tank, Matchbox Castle, Tin Can Train, Fighting Bhoys, Snake in the Grass, Walking Bird, Armoured Car Puzzle & Model Lorry. Landscape Format Book, 6" Tall x 9 3/4" Wide. Original Card Cover with Colour Illustration of an elderly gentleman, boy & girl with their Toys. Unpaginated, Booklet is nearly 1/8" Thick. Weighs 65g. A little very light soiling to cover. Tiny creases at tips of corners. No inscriptions. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall