Search Results: Titles starting with N from Church Street Books

London: Allan Wingatwe, 1953. First unabridged cheap edition of Mailer's best-known book. Red covers with black lettering to spine, 540pp. Page edges and endpapers yellowing, otherwise book is very solid with unmarked covers. DJ has a sunned spine and top edge, several small nicks and creases and a couple of small losses, particularly 2cm missing top fore corner. Ref:071653. Sixth Cheap Edition. Cloth. G+/G-. 14cmx22cm.

London: L. & G. Seeley, 1842. Scarce title, half-leather on marbled boards with gilt rules on spine, 214pp plus 4pp adverts, with a couple of b/w illustrations, inc frontis. Only light wear to extrems, some stains on endpapers and dusty, foxed page edges. Tiny, faded, library sticker on spine. Light foxing in text bloc, with a couple of light marks. Copperplate "Ryton Village Library 394" on front endpapers, otherwise internnally clean and tight. Ref:103879. Third Edition. Half Leather. VG/N/a. 11x18.5cm.

London: David Bogue, 1845. Second part only of two-volumes considered the best account of the Santa Fe expedition. Green tooled covers with gilt lettering to spine. Very nice condition with uncut page tops and protected in plastic sleeve. Some foxing. Ref:06740. First Edition. Cloth. VG/N/a. 11cmx17.5cm.

New York: Harry N. Abrahams, 1987. Wonderfully-illustrated celebration of the first 100 years of the Society from its founding in 1888. Brown faux leather covers with gilt lettering to spine and front which also has gilt decoration, 484pp inc index. Gilt page edges and silk bookmark, which is still tucked in as if the book was unopened and, indeed, it looks unread. There are no obvious faults. A beautiful copy, but heavy and will require extra postage. Ref:071280. First Edition. Faux Leather. As New/n/a. 24x29.5cm.

London: Thomas Kelly, 1862. Corrected and enlarged edition, Volume one only, but has all 56 hand-coloured plates inc. tiger's head vignette on half-title and the often missing "White Negroes". This copy ihas ben professionally rebound in green calf with brown spine. Matching green spine panels with gilt. Marbled endpapers. Lower third of frontis portrait of the Count of Buffon is missing. Text stops mid-sentence at pp680, so there are possibly two pages missing at the rear. But plates are present and mostly in good condition. Foxing throughout. Now a splendid looking copy with some stunning illustrations. Heavy copy might require extra postage. Ref:114804. New, Enlarged Edition. Full Leather. VG/N/a. 21x27.5cm.

London: Macmillan, 1989. Revised and rewritten edition explains the basic methods and principles of history. 442pp inc index. In very good condition with only minor crease to rear cover and very minor wear to corners. Spine is uncreased. Ref:06823. Third Edition. P/back. VG/N/a. 13.5x21.5cm.

Lolndon: J. M. Dent, 1947. No. 922 in the Everyman Library, first published in 1928. Beige covers with gilt, 345pp inc index. Modest general wear to cover extremities, more particularly at head and foot of spine. 0.5cm split at head of spine. Page edges dusty and hinges starting to weaken. Otherwise a solid copy. REf:0932. Reprint. Cloth. G-/N/a. 11cmx17.5cm.

London: Rout and Kegan Paul, 1978. A systematic examination of the concept of substance, 394pp inc index. Apart from small cancelled stamp (cat) and date on title page and the lightest spine creasing, the book has no obvious faults. A VG copy. Ref:081947. First P/back Edition. Card Covers. VG++/N/a. 14cmx21.5cm.

New / Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Comprehensive introduction to the philosophy of mind. Card covers, 642pp inc biblography. Covers show only very lightest signs of use with no spine creases. Internally very tight. Some highlighting and brief notes in contents, otherwise text seems clean. A VG copy indeed. Heavy book may require extra postage Ref:103785. First P/back Edition. Card Covers. VG++/N/a. 16.5x23.5cm.

London: I. B. Tauris, 1992. Semi-academic attempt to unravel the history and social context of the holocaust. Card covers, 356pp inc index. Page edges a little discoloured and a couple of page corners turned down, spine slightly sunned, otherwise covers and text bloc very clean and tight. Ref:114666. First P/back Edition. Card Covers. VG++/N/a. 14x21.5cm.

Dublin: James M'Glashan, 1849. All the current tips in the Victorian kitchen from when food was in season, to how to carve and how to make cheese. Light-brown covers with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and blind-stampd decoration to front board, 328pp with several woodcuts, inc frontis of maid in kitchen. Covers have general wear, 0.5cm missing at head and foot of spine, which is faded. Both hinges very weak - but holding. Ffep is missing, pp23/4 loose, very small hole in edge of frontis verso, several marks on covers, particularly rear. Neat previous owner's name on frontis verso and bookseller's sticker on front pastedown. Overall a delicate, but intact copy of a fascinating mid-Victorian social document. Ref:093621. First Edition. Cloth. Poor/N/a. 10.5x17.5cm.

Dharamsala, Ndia: Norbu Chophel, 1991. Red card covers, 206pp. Light creasing to covers, but overall a very good copy. Ref:071694. Reprint. P/back. VG/N/a. 14x19.5cm.

London: Caxton Publishing Complete four-volume set on everything you need to know about music. Red, tooled faux leather covers with gilt lettering and motifs to spine and front - and, unusually, in a very good set of wrappers. 275pp, 279pp, 276pp and 272pp (inc index). ND. All four books have the most modest wear to head and foot of spines, which is reflected in the DJs, otherwise an excellent set. Heavy set of books will require extra postage. Ref:071233. Faux Leather. VG+/VG. 20cmx27cm.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987. English verse over 700 years. Blue covers with gilt lettering and rules to spine and lettering to front board, 974pp inc index. A few page corners have been folded and a stain on the rear flyleaf has left a small mark on the rfep, otherwise book is in VG condition indeed. Intact DJ has light rubbing to a couple of corners, very light wear, a slightly faded spine and the flyleaf stain. Overall a nice copy. Heavy book may require extra postage. Ref:093090. Reprint. Cloth. VG+/VG. 14x22.5cm.

London: The Dolmen Press, 1973. B/w card covers, 79pp. The lightest rubbing to edges, no creases. A nice copy. Ref:081990. First Edition. Card Covers. VG/N/a. 15.5x22cm.

New Zealand: Whitcombe and Tombs Revised and enlarged third edition, 140pp, inc index, with numerous b/w illustrations and 18 full-colour plates. Green covers with black lettering to spine and front. Book has some wear to all extremities and previous owner's sticker on ffep. DJ also has wear all round, some minor losses and cracking at parts of spine edges. Overall not a bad copy though. Ref:071481. Cloth. G/G-. 13x19cm.

The Old Newportonian Society, 1974. History of the school, founded in 1588, near Saffron Walden in Essex. Blue covers with gilt lettering to spine and school emblem on front board, 127pp inc index, with b/w illustrations. Extremities of covers a little bumped and rubbed, but internally the book is clean bright and tight. Overall a very decent copy. Ref:082756. First Edition. Buckram. VG-/N/a. 14x22cm.

London: Vintage, 1998. Martin Amis's tenth novel. First p/back edition, first printing, signed by the author on title page. Card covers, 149pp. Page edges yellowing very slightly, otherwise only the lightest signs of use. Ref:093309. Signed by Author. First P/back Edition. Card Covers. Almost as New/N/a. 13x19.5cm.

London: Cassell, 1952. Blue covers with white lettering to spine, 224pp. Covers have general light wear and bumping to extremities, sunned patches at head and foot of spine and top edges, yellowed, foxed, dusty page edges, gift inscription on ffep. Foxed prelims. Discoloured, price-clipped DJ has severe wear to extremities, several losses and several closed tears and nicks. The DJ isn't pretty! Ref:093043. First Edition. Cloth. G/Almost Acceptable. 13cmx19cm.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1940. Love story in Hodder's Yellow Jacket series, 320pp. Red covers with blind-stamped decoration to front and black lettering to spine. DJ has a couple of neat repairs and some losses, particularly at head and foot of spine, which has led to slight sunning of spine. Ref:071226. Reprint. Cloth. VG/G-. 12cmx18cm.