Search Results: Titles starting with N from Nigel Sustins Books

London: Ormonde Publishing, 1982. Rare two-volume set in plastic ring binders, 82 microfiche in pockets, including index. 8 pages of introductory material. Extra postage required outside Europe.. Hardcover. Very Good.

UK: Blackie, 1896. The 6-volume subscription issue in green cloth with gilt to spine and black decoration, bevelled edges, all volumes generally good, spine ends and corners pushed with slight fraying to some, a little dust and foxing to edges, Vol. 1 has some marking to rear board; 1,000 engravings on wood, and 16 colour plates with tissue guards that identify the plants depicted. An excellent and attractive set. Extra postage required in the UK and beyond.. Hardcover. Good.

UK: Phillimore, 1976. Signed by the author and dated 4.12.1976 to front free endpaper, also signed by artist (the author's son), very good red cloth with a little wear and rubbing to top of spine, faint flecks of foxing to edges, many maps, drawings and charts, d/w is very good, with slight rubbing and marking; the first ever natural history of the island, the result of much original research.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Richard Le Sueur.

UK: Penguin Viking, 2007. A signed unread first printing of the author's second novel, fine in fine d/w, signed by her to title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

UK: Faber & Faber, 2002. Scarce signed first printing, a paperback original with dust-wrapper, the first Jim Stringer mystery featuring the Brookwood Necropolis Railway, signed by author to half-title. Mild creasing to spine, rubbing and creasing to edges in places, one corner creased, some tanning to edges, the last few pages rucked at the top edge. Dust-wrapper slightly rubbed to the edges with a few marks, predominantly very good. Other Jim Stringer mysteries available signed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Good/Good.

London: Macmillan, 1976. One of the lesser-known modern day crime novels of Cadfael-creator Peters/Pargeter, rare first edition, ex-library with dust-wrapper (minus the flaps) laminated to the boards, new endpapers, only other major library signs are a stamp to copyright page, and evidence of removal of sticker from rear endpaper. Browning and shelf-wear marks to edges, book is cocked, otherwise text is predominantly clean and sound.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good.

Bath: John Browne, 1807. Owner bookplate to front pastedown, leather binding scuffed and rubbed, internally predominantly very good with occasional spotting.. Reprint. Hardcover. Good.

London: H Colburn, 1817. Half-leather with marbled boards, fraying and losses to spine and corners, spine partly detached, front hinge cracked, edges browned and dusty, frontispiece portrait of Baroness de Stael Holstein. Bookplate to front endpaper of Robert Washington Oates (cousin to Captain Oates of Antarctic fame). Extra postage required outside Europe.. Hardcover. Acceptable.

UK: Oxford University Press, 1881. A very good copy of the first edition of the 'Revised Version', New Testament, 1881, 14 x 22 cms, black leather, newly bound to judge from its quality, four raised bands to spine, gilt lettering and ruling, pale stains and dust to edges, marbled endpapers have some offset cellotape residue (dry), but otherwise internally very good with printed marginal notes; half-title is clipped to the top, and has on the reverse: 'published by Henry Frowde, Oxford Warehouse; C J Clay, Cambridge Warehouse'.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

UK: Hodder, 1975. New edition of a novel first published in 1955, signed by author to title page, very clean cloth cover with mild wear, some foxing marks to edges, d/w is chipped and rubbed in places, with two small tears to front, wear to top of spine, and small patches to front and a strip to the spine where the surface has been worn, showing white beneath, some fading of colour to spine, spilling over to front and back of jacket, but otherwise clean and bright; scarce in hardback, and even scarcer signed.. Signed by Author. New Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

London: Clothworkers' Company, 1949. Rare 10-page booklet on the history and customs of the Clothworkers' Company bound in maroon boards with gilt lettering and coat of arms, September 1949. Inserted is a Christmas card for 1949 from the 'Master, Wardens and Court', four pages tied with ribbon in a card cover. There are two tinted illustrations showing 'Teaseling' and 'Shearing' in the 18th Century with the appropriate tools depicted beneath. The final page gives some historical details.. Hardcover. Good.

Canada: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1995. This is the original exhibition catalogue published by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in 1989, very good paperback with minimal rubbing.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Arthur Barker, 1938. Second printing (1938) of a rare novel, cloth is worn and pushed to spine ends but clean, book is cocked, dust and foxing to edges, browning to endpapers, text is very good; protected dust-wrapper is browned and chipped, with losses to top of spine, top and bottom of front panel near the flap ('arp' of Sharp, and 'ree' of Tree missing), and the upper part of the rear flap, but most of the attractive cover artwork is present.. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable.