Search Results: Titles starting with S from Blacket Books

Florence: The Giardo Press, 1987. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. . A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Inscribed presentation copy from the author (signed "Neil"). This is no. 166 of 400 copies signed by the author. A little light edge foxing. 391 pages. Frontispiece and 31 illustrations (some in colour). "Errata and Addenda" slip loosely inserted."This bibliography will serve as a definitive record of the work of one of the 20th century's leading authors and arbiters of aesthetic taste.

Paisley: J and R Parlane, 1891. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. A good copy of this rather uncommon small book. Spine lettering faded. 124pp. Illustrated.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1877. New Edition . Hardcover. Good. Hardback. A good plus copy in the original green cloth which is lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine and upper board. Bevelled edges. Lacks front free end-paper. Pp.xii,435. Map. 44 engravings. First published in 1850 "in the present edition every page has been carefully revised by the author.

London: Merlin Press, 1961. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy. The front end-paper is inscribed to Sir Compton Mackenzie by the author as follows: "For Sir Compton with every good wish - Hugh Burnett." Beneath the inscription the author has drawn an original (I assume) captioned cartoon. Unpaginated. A book of cartoons relating to monks.

London: Elek Books, 1959. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A very good copy in a good, complete, dustwrapper which is a bit darkened on spine. Ownership inscription on front end-paper. 304pp. Frontispiece and one other illustration.

Galway Harbour Company, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardback. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which has an edge tear on the rear panel. No ownership inscription. Pp.xiii,337. Illustrated including colour.

Lerwick: The Shetland Times Ltd, 2002. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Softback. 4to. A near fine copy. Signed by the author. 148 pages. Numerous illustrations including colour. A pictorial history of two ships which served the Shetland Isles.

Lerwick: The Shetland Times Ltd, 1982. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is price-clipped but otherwise complete and untorn. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 336 pages. Many illustrations. The story of the ship which became the lifeline of the people of Shetland, her crew and the people who sailed in her.

Royal Northumberland Yacht Club, 1951. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. Large 4to. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt. Rather distinguished gift inscription on the front end-paper. Not foxed. Pp.xiv,124. 38 plans.

London: Collins, 1976. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardback. A very good copy in a near very good dustwrapper which is a little worn at the top of the spine. Small ownership inscription. 160 pages. Numerous illustrations. The author takes 52 types of boat. "For each he gives a map, showing the stretch of coast or estuary concerned, a plan of the hull and rigging, a pencil sketch of the craft in use, and an account of its particular history and uses.

Royal Northumberland Yacht Club, 1951. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Large 4to. A very good copy in a poorish dustwrapper which is foxed and chipped. Pp.xiv,124. 38 plans. Correction Supplements nos. 1 and 2 are loosely inserted.

London: Eveleigh Nash, 1913. First Edition . A good copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. 424pp. Frontispiece and 12 illustrations. A biography of the Galloway-born sailor.

1969. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 226 pages. Many illustrations. Folding plans. This is the story of the development of the large cargo schooners built in Canada for about 80 years up to the early 1920's.

Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. First softback edition. A very good copy with no ownership inscription or other internal marking. 287 pages. Frontispiece, 78 figures and 15 colour plates. The sarcophagus has been described as "one of the most fascinating and beautiful monuments of pre-Romanesque art in Europe". In this book "leading scholars from a range of disciplines describe and analyse all aspects of the sculpture and its context, from the specific to its wider significance.

Board of Tourist Industry Japanese Government Railways, 1941. Revised Third Edition . Soft cover. Good. A good plus copy in white paper wraps lettered in green on spine and front cover and with colour illustration on front cover. 82 pages. Map. Numerous illustrations including colour frontispiece and double-page colour plate. This is no. 3 in the publisher's tourist library series.

London: Collins, 1959. First Edition . A very good copy in a rather poor dustwrapper with chips, tears and internal sellotape repairs. 192pp. Plates and diagrams. A New Naturalist monograph.

Privately Published. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. A very good copy. Illustrated grey card covers. A little wear at edges of spine. 48 pages. Historical events in the life of a Fife burgh.

London: Methuen & Co, 1908. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Will Owen. A very good copy in green decorated cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper board. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.vii,309 + 40pp publisher's adverts dated August 1908. 12 illustrations by Will Owen.

London: The Samoyed Association, 1971. Fourth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is a little faded on the spine. Ownership inscription. 280pp. Numerous illustrations. This edition has been considerably expanded and includes more photographs. A breed history.

London: The Samoyed Association, 1971. Fourth Edition . A very good copy in a rather edge-worn and spine-faded dustwrapper. 280pp. Illustrated. This edition is considerably expanded and with an index added. History, breeding, showing etc.