Search Results: Titles starting with R from Church Street Books

London: Bison Books Ltd, 1992. Tight, clean copy. Only blemish is 3cm wax (?) mark almost completely removed from black endpapers at back. No DJ. Ref06355. Pictorial Boards. VG+/N/a. 25cmx30.5cm.

London: Pergamon Press, 1985. Published to complement the Open University Policy Making in Education course, 150pp. Ex-library with the usual stamps. Only minor signs of use and in surprisingly good condition considering its history. Ref:07968. First P/back Edition. P/back. G++/N/a. 15cmx23cm. Ex-Library.

New York: Peebles Press, 1974. More than 400 ilustrations (b/w with colour frontispiece) covering railways in the "Man in Motion" series. First American edition with blue faux leather covers and gilt lettering to spine. Book has no obvious faults in DJ which is starting to discolour on white rear. Overall a very nice copy. Ref:071110. First US Edition. Faux Leather. VG++/VG+. 22.5x28cm.

Stroud, Glouestershire: Sutton Publishing, 1997. Almost 300 b/w archive photographs - some rare - from the golden age of steam. 244pp inc index. Book has a couple of mild spine creases and modest general wear at extremities, but overall a nice copy. Ref:071128. First P/back Edition. Card Covers. VG/N/a. 19.5cmx26cm.

Kineton: The Roundwood Press, 1967. Reprint of a record of life and history of the villages at the foot of the Edge Hills in Warwickshire, first published in 1896. Red covers with gilt lettering to spine, 153pp inc index with b/w illustrations, inc frontis John Speed map of 1610 (colour). Book has no serious faults in price-clipped DJ which is rubbed, creased (rear) with several small closed tears and small losses from head of spine.. Reprint. Buckram. VG++/G-. 14.5x22cm.

London: Methuen, 1982. In the "New Accents" series, confronts questions over the function of literary study. Card covers, 246pp inc index. Page edges slightly yellowed and the most minor spine crease, otherwise looks almost unread. Ref:082111. First P/back Edition. Card Covers. VG++/N/a. 12.5x20cm.

London: Taylor and Francis, 1960. Very scarce first edition - and almost totally incomprehensible without a Ph.D in Pure Mathematics! Includes an appendix on mechanical barrel-setting calculators. Blue covers with red lettering to front board, 43pp, inc 19pp of tables. Book has just the lightest wear to extremities. Intact DJ has very modest wear to extremities. Ref:082360. First Edition. Cloth. VG++/VG-. 21x26cm.

London: The Harvill Press, 1948. First Publication in English of de Tocqueville's "recollections" of the French Revolution period. Pale cream covers with gold lettering to spine. Book in good condition with minor signs of wear and bumping to head and foot of spine. Pastedowns and endpapers of economy standard paper show paste marks. DJ carrying portrait of de Tocqueville intact but showing signs of general wear with a few nicks at extremities. Overall a decent copy. Ref:06678. First Thus. Cloth. G++/Good. 14cmx21.5cm.

London: Cassell, 1994. Cassell Military Paperback series. Very minor creasing to cover, otherwise in almost unread condition. Ref:06331. P/back. VG++/N/a. 13x20cm.

London: George Routledge, 1895. Leather-stocking edition and last of the Littlepage Maunuscripts. Green covers with gilt and gilt illustration and spine decorations, 506pp plus adverts. Covers have minimal shelfwear, slightly more to head and foot of spine. Page edges and prelims yellowed with age. Upper hinge weak but holding well. No DJ. Ref:125063. First UK (?). Buckram. VG-/N/a. 13x19.5cm.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1979. The former British Prime Minister shows his naturalist side. First American edition, 111pp beautifully illustrated with 33 wood engravings by Rodger McPhail. Book is in excellent condition with virtually no faults and decorated endpapers. DJ shows the most minor wear at extremities. A vey nice copy. Ref:06809. First US Edition. Cloth. VG++/VG+. Illus. by Rodger McPhail. 17cmx24cm.

London: Alec Trianti, 1961. A collection of pattern books with selections from Sheraton, Hope, Ackermann. the Nicholsons and George Smith. Red leatherette covers with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and upper front board, 26pp of illustrated text then 281 b/w illustrations. Book has light foxing to page top edges, otherwise no obvious faults. Fragile semi-transparent cellophane DJ has several tears. Overall a VG copy. Ref:082511. First Edition. Faux Leather. VG++/G+. 19.5cmx25cm.

Lausanne: Albert Skira, 1915. Twenty-second book in Skira's "the taste of our time" series. 55pp covers the artist's life and works with dozens of colour plates tipped in. Book in very good condition, white covers with red lettering and device. DJ shows some signs of wear at extremities with 1cm closed tear on front and 3cm closed tear on rear. But still a very reasonable copy. Ref:06843. First English Translation. Cloth. VG+/Good+. 17x18.5cm.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1989. Award-winning sixth novel from the Norwich author, based in the reign of Charles II. Brown covers with gilt lettering to spine, 371pp. Signed by author on title page. First edition, but fourth printing. Review of newspaper award ceremony laid in. Neat previous owner's name and embossed ex-libris stamp on ffep, very neat small repair to fore edge of front cover, otherwise book is in superb condition. In VG, intact DJ. A very good copy. Ref:081925. First Edition. Cloth. VG++/VG++. 16cmx24cm.

London: Rout and Kegan Paul, 1985. Volume 3 in the Routledge History of English Poetry series, 242pp inc index. Dusty page edges and cancelled University of East Anglia bookshop stamp inside rear cover, otherwise a very solid, clean copy with only minor signs of use. Ref:082096. First P/back Edition. Card Covers. VG/N/a. 15.5x23.5cm.

London: Oxford University Press, 1973. In the Oxford Anthology of English Literature series, 800pp inc indices. Book is in very good condition, in a protected shire-seal cover. Neat, tiny previous owner's name on half-title and modest pencilled annotation in places, but neat ink annotation on pp76-77. But overall a very nice copy. Heavy book will require extra postage. Ref:071257. First Edition. P/back. VG+/N/a. 13.5x21.5cm.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1955. Hodder Yellow jacket edition from the author with "the longest queue at the libraries". 190pp. Very slightly cocked and showing modest general wear.Previous owner's name on half-title. Ref:071356. Reprint. P/back. G/n/a. 12cmx18cm.

Devon: Praxis Publications, 2003. A book about the possibilities of love, a better way of living and free expression for children.107pp. Book has no obvious faults. Ref:07872. First Edition. P/back. VG+/N/a. 13cmx20cm.

London: George Allen, 1913. Trans of the Greek play. Perfect bound green card covers with black lettering on upper cover, 67pp. Covers have wear to head and foot of spine, dusty page edges, otherwise very little signs of use. Ref:114886. First Thus. Card Covers. VG/N/a. 12x18.5cm.

London: Collins, 1959. Novel by the prolific Cumberland/East Anglian author. First edition. Black covers with gilt, 320pp. Covers have modest bumping to extrems but very little wear. Page edges dusty and discoloured, otherwise book is internally very clean and tight. Unclipped DJ has general wear to edges, several small nicks and couple of larger, closed tears on fore edges, with a 3cm loss at foot of spine. DJ is rather grubby. Ref:104410. First Edition. Cloth. VG/G-. Illus. by Kenneth Farnhill (jacket). 14x20.5cm.