Search Results: Titles starting with O from Missing Books

Published by Essex County Standard, Colchester, 1907, 1st edition.Red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine and front cover, no dustwrapper. 11.75ins x 9.25ins, [iv], viii, 264ppliv (index). Title page printed in red and black. Plate depicting earliest corporate seal of Colchester opposite the title page. Translated and transcribed by W. Gurney Benham this volume provides a series of pictures of local government in Colchester from the time of Richard II to that of Henry VIII. Spine a bit faded, otherwise VG.

Published by Essex County Standard, Colchester, 1907, 1st edition. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine and front cover, no dustwrapper. 11.75ins x 9.25ins, [iv], viii, 264pp, liv (index). Title page printed in red and black. Plate depicting earliest corporate seal of Colchester opposite the title page. Translated and transcribed by W. Gurney Benham this volume provides a series of pictures of local government in Colchester from the time of Richard II to that of Henry VIII. Many of the pages are unopened to the top – hence have not been read. Spine rather faded, otherwise VG.

Issued by the Oban Town Council, 1966, 1st thus. Softcover. Illustrated card covers, stapled. 7ins x 5ins, 120pp plus a folding town plan. Illustrations within the text.Covers rather rubbed. Contents VG, covers only G.

Published by Phaidon, Oxford, 1980, 1st edition. Brown cloth boards with image of bird blind stamped to front board, gilt lettering to spine under pictorial, priceclipped dustwrapper. 11.25ins x 8.75ins,112pp. Illustrated throughout in both b/w and colour with many examples of Sir Peter Scott's art. VG / VG.

Published by his Trustees for the benefit of his school at Boldre. Printed for T.Cadell and W.Davies, London, 1809, 1st edition. Half leather binding with marbled boards. Gilt lettering and decoration to spine. 8.75ins x 5.75ins, x, [ii], 208pp plus 20pp plates. Nineteen of these plates are oval aquatints, the other comprises 3 illustrations of ruins. There are 8 illustrations of the ""Norfolk tour"" (all oval aquatints) and 12 of the Welsh tour. Original spine has been relaid with slight loss to the edges. VG.

Published by Charles Muskett, Norwich, 1845, 1st edition. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamped decoration to front and rear boards. No dustwrapper. 9ins x 5.75ins, viii, 156pp plus folding map and two plates depicting decoy pipes. Folding map and title page rather browned. Previous owners pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Small mark to edge of spine G+ nr VG.

Published by Michael O'Mara, London, 1997, 1st edition. 9.5ins x 6ins, front endpapers depict family tree, viii, 248pp plus 16pp plates. Vg / VG.

Published by Queen Anne Press, Harpenden, 1999, 1st edition. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 9.5ins x 6.25ins, 320pp. Illustrations within the text by ""Hoby"" (David Haselhurst). Signed by the author and illustrator on the title page. Previous owners name to top of front free endpaper. VG nr F / VG nr F.

Published by Thomasson-Grant, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1988, 1st edition. Green cloth boards, white and yellow lettering to spine, blind stamped lettering to front cover, under pictorial dustwrapper. 12.25ins x 10.25ins, 364pp including 289 photographs (some folding). Four line Christmas gift inscription to top of front free endpaper else VG / VG. Nb heavy book (2.6k pre-packing) please contact seller for postage quote.

Published by The Book Guild, Lewes, 1992, 1st edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 9.5ins x 6.25ins, 284pp. Illustrations within the text. Signed by the author to the title page. An account of the life of a man who spent 17 years working at the Minsmere bird reserve in Suffolk. small scuff to front cover of dw else VG / VG.

Published by Doubleday & Co, New York, 1969, 1st edition. Pictorial boards under identically illustrated dustwrapper. 10.5ins x 7.5ins, pictorial endpapers, 192pp. Illustrated throughout by drawings and diagrams by the author. A story of how the Dutch have tried to build a land where only sea existed before. Both corners of the front flap of the dw clipped. Gift inscription to base of half title. VG / VG.

Published by Spurbooks Ltd, Bourne End, 1975, 1st edition. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 9ins x 6.25ins, 142pp. Large number of photographic illustrations within the text. Previous owners signature to front pastedown under the flap of the dw. Dw chipped to top & bottom of spine. VG / G+

Published by Age Exchange Theatre Company, London, 1983, 1st edition. Softrback. Illustrated card covers, stapled. 11.5ins x 8.25ins, 48pp. Period photographs and adverts within the text. Recollections from members of the Guild. VG.

Published by Orion Books, London, 2002, 1st edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 7.75ins x 6ins, illustrated endpapers, 81pp. A collection of quotations and epigrams. VG / VG.

Published by the New Spalding Club, Aberdeen, 1893, limited edition of 525 copies. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt crest to front board. 10.5ins x 8ins, xx, 399pp plus colour frontis and 3 plates. All plates tissue-guarded. Light foxing. Free endpapers browned. Small oval public library stamp to front and rear free endpapers. No other library markings. VG.

Published by The Home Publishing Company, Croydon, c1950, 2nd edition. [Population figure is that for 1950]. Softcover. Illustrated card covers, stapled. 7.25ins x 4.75ins, 76pp plus covers and a folding map. Adverts and illustrations within the text. Leading edge of map a bit tatty where it projects beyond the text block. Generally G+ nr VG.

Published by the National Tourist Publicity Organisation for Ireland, nd (possibly 1940's). Illustrated card covers. 7ins x 4.25ins, xvi, 82pp, xvii to xxxviii plus 16pp b&w photographic illustrations. Roman numeral pages are mostly advertisements for guest houses, coach tours, etc. A little rubbed to edge of spine else VG.

Published by The Lewes Press, Lewes, 1933, 1st edition thus. Blue cloth boards, black lettering to spine, white paper label to front board with title in black and the town crest in colour. 7.5ins x 5.25ins, xviii, 74pp, pps xix to xl plus frontis and 15pp plates. Also 3 plans within the text (one double page). The pages listed in roman numerals are mostly advertisements for local firms. Errata slip pasted to bottom of contents page. Some speckling to the spine else VG.

Published by Bord Failte, Eireann, nd (probably late 1950's)

Published by the British Publishing Company, Gloucester, nd (c1927 from text references). Softcover. Original illustrated card covers, stapled. 7.5ins x 5ins, 92pp. Illustrations within text. Double page map to centre. Staples rusty otherwise VG.