Search Results: Titles starting with O from Cocksparrow Books

HARDBACK ?VOLUME 16 IN THE SERIES,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition:1st.* Reprint: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1953* Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Beige cloth boards, claret title to spine and face. Slight bumps & minor rubs. Some age marks overall. Spine darkened. GD* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with very minor reading wear. No annotations or inscriptions. Top edge slightly darkened. VG* Illustrations: Numerous b/w line drawings with some coloured illustrations. Illustration of keyboard at rear.* Pages: 183 pp. text. x pp. appendices, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Item No 16 in the Warne?s series of Observer titles. The first chapter, on Sound, is followed by descriptions of the instruments of the modern orchestra, their origins and development, together with notes on the ancient instruments of the past. Stringed instruments, wind, percussion, the organ ? all are… Read More

HARDBACK ?NO 5 IN THE SERIES,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Revised.* Impression: 1st. Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1956? (1939)* Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co.* Binding and cover condition: Mid Brown cloth, black title to spine and face. Minor age to edges & corners, severe patchy fading to both boards. ACC* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text. Untidy inscription to fep, no tanning, all edges a little aged and dusty. VG* Illustrations: 46 colour plates & 26 b/white.* Pages: 220 pp. text. vi pp. index & acknowledgements at rear.* Description: This pocket-guide to the wild animals of the UK has been entirely written by the well known naturalist W.J. Stokoe. It contains descriptions not only of species which are native to the country but also species that have been introduced over the last 100 years. The information given will enable the reader to identify and become familiar… Read More

SOFTBACK ?1981 US EDITION? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1981* Publisher: The Theological Publishing House.* Binding and cover condition: Black & White photo-illustrated soft card covers, different to that illustrated, no bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners, no creases to spine or hinge. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions to text, slight marks to fep, no reading wear. VG++* Illustrations: Six pages colour & b/w photos and b/w line drawings within text.* Pages: 139 pp. text. xli pp. notes & advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- This book of His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been written with the intention of giving information to those wishing to know some of the basic facets of Buddhadharma in Tibet. Further it touches upon a number of points of practical importance for those who wish to progress along the path of Dharma, while it should… Read More

BCA, 1991-01-01. 1st Edn Thus, 1st. Imp?. Hardcover. VG++/F/VG+. Box X41 HARDBACK ""BCA Edition,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st. ?* Date: 1991.* Pub: The Automobile Association.* Binding and cover condition: Glossy brown illustrated. Gilt titles to spine. No bumps or rubs. Very slight marks to lower edges and to tail of spine, no other visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour-illustrated jacket with an inset map and a mono photograph. Not price clipped but showing no shelf price. Minor shelf wear to all edges and to head and tail of spine. In clear adhesive film wrap. VG+.* Contents condition: Ex school-library copy with the usual stamps and labels. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text. No tanning or other visible faults. Minimal toning to top edges. VG++* Illustrations: Colour maps & mono photo-illustrations throughout.* Pages: 184 pp. text. xxv pp. index & blank pages at rear.* Description: This book is published to celebrate the… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1935* Publisher: J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Dark Brown cloth, Small gilt title to spine, small impressed design to front board. No Bumps or Rubs, slight marks to boards. VG * Jacket condition: no dust jacket * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, clean, crisp, tight and bright. No inscriptions or annotations, some foxing to prelims and endpapers. VG* Illustrations: Colour illustration to frontis and b/w line drawings throughout within text.* Pages: 60 pp. text. iv pp. Index at rear.* Product Description:- A NEAR FINE copy without jacket and with only very minor shelf wear and some foxing to reduce it to VG.

The Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries., 1935-01-01. Late Impression 1935.. Map. VG/ACC/ND. Box X14 SOFTBACK ORDNANCE SURVEY FOLDED MAP SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Not known.* Date of Publication: 1935* Publisher: The Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries.* Binding and cover condition: Stiff card covers showing red outlined area of the Metropolitan Traffic Area, red and grey decorative surround. Considerable shelf wear to all front corners and wear to front edges. Rear board cornered and somewhat darkened. Rear hinge re-inforced with dark grey tape. Some creases to front. Linen backed map. ACC.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Folded map on a linen backing. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, No tanning, no hinges broken. VG* Illustrations: Multicoloured map showing contours in shades of brown.* Pages: 35 pages folded in five rows of seven. Key of symbols to lower edge* Product Description :- This printed paper map is based on linen. It shows the Greater… Read More

HARDBACK, ?UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Imp: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 1990* Publisher: Smithsonian Books.* Binding and cover condition: Light orange cloth, dark blue title to spine. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to head and tail of spine. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing native American on horseback, dark blue and brown titles to spine and face. NOT PRICE CLIPPED but showing no shelf price. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to head & tail of spine. Spine and adjacent edges faded. Now in clear protective wrapper. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight marks to ffep (erased pencil price marks), otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: A number of b/w line drawn maps, tables and diagrams within text.* Pages: 228 pp. text. xlv pp., appendix, references, index, & blank pages at rear.* Description: Rogers (assoc. curator of… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2001* Publisher: Routledge.* Binding and cover condition: Textual soft card covers, no bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to corners, no creases to spine or hinge. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, no visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 293 pp. text. xix pp. notes index & blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- Thanks to changing moral standards, aggressive marketing and above all the economic benefits of new technology, the pornography industry has not merely survived but prospered. In the process the industry has expanded its ranks to include some of the nation?s largest companies and thousands of new entrepeneurs. In ?Obscene Profits? Fred S. Lane III takes an unblinking look at how dirty pictures, phone sex, and X-Rated videos have become a $20 billion industry. This is a FINE,… Read More

HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1997.* Pub: Salisbury & Stonehenge Editions Facsimiles.* Binding and cover condition: Illustrated boards with small gilt title to red spine label. The whole to be a facsimile of the original leather binding. No bumps, rubs or other visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Photo-illustrated matching colour illustrated dust wrapper. Not price clipped showing no shelf price.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Very slight dusty to top edge. FINE* Illustrations: A number of b/w l/dwn illustrations throughout including one three page fold-out showing a picture of Sarum Cathedral.* Pages: 78 pp. text. v pp. advertisements & blank pages at rear.* Description: Originally published in 1753 it was originally entitled "A series of particular and useful Observations made with great Diligence and Care, upon that… Read More

HARDBACK ?VOLUME 36 IN THE SERIES,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1965* Publisher: Warne.* Binding and cover condition: Red cloth, black title to spine and face. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal wear. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated paper jacket with blue title to spine & claret and black title to face. Neatly price cropped with new Warne?s printed shelf-price of 6/- net, some slight ageing. Spine aged & faded with slight marks. Shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine with minor chips and rubs. GD++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with absolutely minimal reading wear, no marks to text, edges very lightly aged. VG++* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photographs & line drawings within text throughout. Illustrated end papers.* Pages: 195 pp. text. xx pp. brasses, bibliography & index of illustrations at rear.* Description: Item No 36 in the Warne?s series of Observer titles.… Read More

HARDBACK "NO 35 IN THE SERIES," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1964.* Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Chestnut brown cloth, black title to spine and face. No bumps or rubs, small light fade at head of spine. VG* Jacket illustration: Colour photo showing an early 18th century room, from Henrietta Place, London, with period furniture. (By courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum,)* Jacket condition: Green ground with brown and white wavy border. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of 6/- net on publishers circular adhesive label. Considerable shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Minor losses. ACC* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, neat owners inscription to fep, otherwise no visible faults. VG.* Illustrations: B/w line drawings throughout. Rare features of this book are the coloured end-papers of different woods with key… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK "NO 37 IN THE OBSERVERS SERIES."* Edition: 1st. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1966* Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co.* Binding and cover condition: Light Grey cloth, maroon title to spine and face. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. Minimal age to head and tail of spine. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper. Top corner clipped, BUT showing shelf price of 7/- net on Warne & Co. label. Slight shelf wear to top edge and to head of spine. Flap folds a little rubbed. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Printed end papers showing sculpture time-line. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 103 pp. text. xxviii pp. Biographical notes & index at rear.* Description: This Observer's Book of Sculpture is a must-have collectable item for anyone with an interest in the field of… Read More

HARDBACK ?VOLUME 25 IN THE SERIES,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Reprint.* Impression: 1st. (Series list at rear shows up to No 30, Cats.)* Date of Publication: 1960* Publisher: Frederick Warne.* Binding and cover condition: Light green cloth, mid-green title to spine and face. Light bump to lower front corner, no rubbing, no other visible faults. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour-illustrated dust wrapper showing Galliardia and Morning Glory. Price corner un-clipped & showing shelf price of 5/- net. Spine and edges lightly faded. Minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. In protective libra-film cover. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, neat owners? signature to front end paper & slight stains to the top edge of the last two pages. Clean, crisp and tight with absolutely minimal reading wear, no marks to text, top edges very lightly aged. VG+* Illustrations: 100 colour and 100 half-tone illustrations by John Lupton.* Pages: 232 pp. text. ix pp. index at… Read More

HARDBACK ? NO 28 IN THE SERIES,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Revised.* Impression: 2nd Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1966 (1959)* Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co.* Binding and cover condition: Bright Apple Green cloth, dark green title to spine and face. Very slight age to edges, no other visible faults. VG+* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper in clear detachable film cover showing cod and haddock, not price clipped showing shelf price of 7/- net on circular F.Warne & Co Ltd. label. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Very slightly aged. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning, top edge a little aged and dusty. VG++* Illustrations: 125 plates of which 62 are in colour.* Pages: 152 pp. text. x pp. index & blank pages at rear.* Description: This pocket-guide to the salt-water fishes contains descriptions of 164 species. The information given will enable the… Read More

HARDBACK ?VOLUME 16 IN THE SERIES,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1957* Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Beige cloth boards, claret title to spine and face. Slight bumps & minor rubs, slight wear to spine. Some age marks to lower edges. GD+* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with very minor reading wear. Small neat inscriptions to prelims. All edges darkened. VG* Illustrations: Numerous b/w line drawings with some coloured illustrations. Illustration of keyboard at rear.* Pages: 185 pp. text. viii pp. appendices & index at rear.* Description: Item No 16 in the Warne?s series of Observer titles. The first chapter, on Sound, is followed by descriptions of the instruments of the modern orchestra, their origins and development, together with notes on the ancient instruments of the past. Stringed instruments, wind, percussion, the organ ? all are dealt with,… Read More

HARDBACK ?VOLUME 36 IN THE SERIES,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1965* Publisher: Warne.* Binding and cover condition: Red cloth, black title to spine and face. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal wear. VG+* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated paper jacket with blue title to spine & claret and black title to face. Not price clipped showing shelf-price of 5/-, some slight ageing. Spine aged & faded with slight mark. Shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine with minor chips and rubs, some slight label damage to rear, now in clear wrapper. GD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with absolutely minimal reading wear, no marks to text, edges & end papers which are lightly aged. VG+* Illustrations: A few colour & numerous b/w photographs & line drawings within text throughout. Illustrated end papers.* Pages: 195 pp. text. xx pp. brasses, bibliography & index of illustrations at rear.* Description:… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. Full Number Line.* Date of Publication: 1992* Publisher: Bloomsbury Books an imprint of Godfrey Cave.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-laminated covers. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. (As issued).* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, top edge a little dusty. FINE.* Illustrations: 100 b/w illustrations throughout.* Pages: 184 pp. text. v pp. Index at rear.* Description: A comprehensive guide to the history of the steam locomotive in the British Isles from Trevithick?s 1804 engine to the cessation of steam traction by British Railways in 1968.* A FINE copy with NO MAJOR FAULTS. No dust jacket.*

HARDBACK ?VOLUME 10 IN THE SERIES,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Reprint.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1959* Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Mid brown cloth, black title to spine and face. Spine very slightly faded. Slight bumps & rubs to corners, absolutely minimal wear. VG* Jacket condition: No jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with absolutely minimal reading wear, no marks to text, edges & end papers lightly aged. VG* Illustrations: 170 b/w photos, some line drawings & 12 colour pages within text throughout.* Pages: 260 pp. text. xiii pp. index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Item No 10 in the Warne?s series of Observer titles. This book illustrates, and describes in simple language for the general reader, not only the basic minerals, rocks and fossils which make up our planet but also the dramatic, if gradual changes which have sculptured it surface in the way we see now. Last listed book to… Read More

HARDBACK ?VOLUME 6 IN THE SERIES,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 5th. Impression:- Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1958* Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Mid green cloth boards, dark blue title to spine and face. Slight bumps & minor rubs, some wear to spine. Some age marks overall. GD* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and bright with very minor reading wear. Slightly slack at central ?coloured illustration block?. Small neat dedication to fep. All edges slightly dusty and darkened. VG* Illustrations: A few b/w line drawings with some coloured illustrations & one or two b/w photos.* Pages: 148 pp. text. xiv pp. index index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Item No 6 in the Warne?s series of Observer titles. The first chapter, a classified index of species, is followed by descriptions of the different families ? all of which are individually dealt with, Petromyzonidae ~ The lampreys. The… Read More

HARDBACK ?SERIES NUMBER 23,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1974* Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Red cloth, black title to spine and face. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing the ?hard to find? Highland Railway ~ Jones Goods in yellow livery. Price clipped. Minimal shelf wear to top and to head of spine. Spine slightly darkened. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Some damage to front paste down, otherwise clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight darkening to end papers. VG* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos within text throughout.* Pages: 180 pp. text. xiii pp. Museum and Operational Lines lists with index at rear.* Description: Although the age of steam has passed, the subject holds a fascination for many, and there are numerous enthusiasts to whom this book will appeal. Many of the locomotives… Read More