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By: Anon
Price: £10.00
Publisher: Wakefield, EP Publishing Ltd: 1977
Seller ID: 104992
72pp. Pictorial covers, slight wear to edges, slight creases but overall very good. Page edges browned. NO INSCRIPTIONS. Black and white line drawings. Internally CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT.; 104992; 4to (small) View more info
Price: £15.00
Publisher: London, Frances Lincoln: 1993
Edition: 2nd Impression
Seller ID: 112114
Green boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket which is not price-clipped. There are No Inscriptions or other Marks. 192 pp. Illustrated with colour photographs and drawings. Further reading; Useful addresses; Plant Index; General Index; Hardiness zones; Acknowledgments. Overall, this is an Excellent, Clean, Tight and Bright, Near 'As New' copy. "This book explains how to design and construct formal and informal p... View more info
By: Ballinger, John
Price: £8.00
Publisher: Aberystwyth, The National Library of Wales: 1928
Edition: 1st and Limited Edition of 1000 copies only
Seller ID: 106988
Printed at the private press of the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. Limited to 1,000 copies only. A series of essays on various documents from Welsh history in the library. Grey card covers, pencil name/writing on corner, foxing spots, fading, stain to front cover which runs through to the reverse of black/white frontispiece. Foxing spots to page edges, (10) + 64pp, rough cut pages, illustrated in black and white, hinges sound, internally clean and bright. Papers... View more info
By: Ballinger, John
Price: £12.00
Publisher: Aberystwyth, The National Library of Wales: 1928
Edition: 1st and Limited Edition of 1000 copies only
Seller ID: 113159
Printed at the private press of the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. Limited to 1,000 copies only. A series of essays on various documents from Welsh history in the library. Marine Blue cloth spine with Bright Gilt titling, and blue patterned paper covered boards. The boards are lightly rubbed to the tips of the corners o/w in VG plus condition. Light foxing spots to page fore edges. Internally there is a stamped name/address and a separate n/a sticker of 2 former... View more info
Price: £45.00
Publisher: London, John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd: 1922
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 112913
Brown boards with bright orange titling to the spine, and a single orange border to the front board. No dustjacket. Very slight wear to the extremities (negligible) and the covers are now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and the book looks Near Fine. The page fore-edges are foxed/spotted and the top edge is 'dusty'. Internally some light and patchy foxing with some (very light) scattered foxing/patches here and there in the book o/w No Inscr... View more info
Price: £14.00
Publisher: London, Seeley Service & Co Ltd: 1929
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 9033
In the original publishers' Tan Buckram cloth covered boards with gilt titling/decoration to the spine and the same decoration to the front cover. A very, very, slight fading to the base colour of the spine but all titling clear and legible. A few tiny spots on the spine - pretty negligible. No Dustjacket. 288pp. Minor light browning on the front free endpaper, with a former owner's name and date (Xmas 1929) in old ink on the same page. Many black and white illustrations... View more info
By: Brookes. A. J
Price: £15.00
Publisher: London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd: 1944
Edition: Presumed 1st Edition
Seller ID: 108766
Green decorated (illustration of Oast-houses) boards with black titling to the spine and front cover. No Dustjacket. (xii) + 152 pp. Black and white Frontispiece and Illustrated throughout in b/w. "The series was written especially for members of Young Farmers' Clubs, School pupils interested in Farming, and those who wish to enter a Farm Institute." A lovely Period item. No Inscriptions. Overall a Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; Pitman Farming Books; 8vo 8... View more info
By: Brown, Jonathan
Price: £9.00
Publisher: Ipswich, Farming Press: 1993
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 111020
Orange boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket which is not price-clipped. The dustjacket has some VERY slight fading to the edges of the front cover and there is one small tear to the top rear corner of the dustjacket which is now neatly repaired to the inside with clear archive tape. There are NO Inscriptions or other Marks. (ix) + 112 pp. Illustrated with b/w photographs and colour prints. References and Select Bi... View more info
Price: £59.00
Publisher: London, Virtue & Co Ltd,: 1931
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 8972
Original tan cloth boards with identical green titlings and identical horse and jockey illustration on the front covers. A single horseshoe 'motif' on the spine indicates Volume 1, and 2 horseshoes indicate the same for Volume 2 . (Dated 1931 - The First Edition - but as the binding is a variant it MAY be a Second printing? - or maybe the Gilt titled edition is the second print? ). NO dustjackets. VERY light edgewear to the boards - negligible. Books are now in a new pro... View more info
By: Bruce, James
Price: £12.00
Publisher: London, Eyre and Spottiswoode: 1954
Edition: 1st Edition UK
Seller ID: 004838
Clean navy blue boards, red title block to spine with gilt titling/borders. A light crease line to the spine and the corners and head/tail of spine are slightly 'bumped'. In the original publisher's black/white lettered dustjacket which is chipped and edge worn/torn - but is now repaired and in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks VG. Top page fore-edge crimson. The remaining page fore-edges slightly 'tanning'. ALL hinges tight. (x) + (6)... View more info
By: Buckland Frank
Price: £18.00
Publisher: London, Smith Elder & Co: 1886
Edition: New Edition
Seller ID: 9329
Light tan cloth boards with (slightly dulled) gilt titling to the spine and a gilt/maroon illustration to the front cover. No dustjacket. The boards have some rubbing to the extremities, some rub marking to the spine, and particularly to the corners where a couple of Tips only are through to the boards, a little bumping to the head/tail of the spine, but NO damage. All hinges are sound and tight. Plain dark brown endpapers - with a former owners' heraldic bookplate (Harr... View more info
By: Cantrill, T. C. and O. T. Jones
Price: £12.00
Publisher: London, Archaeologia Cambrensis: 1911
Edition: Reprinted from Archaeologia Cambrensis
Seller ID: 113181
July 1911. In black printed, very browned (possibly originally light green? ) and ragged edged/torn with a little loss, paper covers. The paper spine is split and with some losses to the spine. Internally VERY GOOD Plus. 33pp (paginated from the original 253-286) illustrated with one 'plan and section' in b/w in the text. No Inscriptions or Marks. Fascinating info for the student/researcher, etc. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall View more info
By: Carmarthenshire (Auctioneer: Mr. George Goode)
Price: £55.00
Publisher: Carmarthen, Mr. George Goode (Auctioneer): 1855
Edition: Presumed First UK Edition
Seller ID: 114335
Fold-Out Auctioneers details and Estate Plans = 'Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Valuable & Important FREEHOLD ESTATES. The PENVOLECARE ESTATE Comprising the Farms of Penvolecare, Bailey, Penybankbach and Waunllwyd in the Parish of Conwil Elvet; The Farms of Penygare, Llan, Pantglas, and Penybwlch, in the Parish of Abergwili; The Farm of Cwmllyniogie in the Parish of Trelech-Ar-Betyws; and The Farm of Rhyalltfawr, in the Parish of Llannon; All in the County of CARM... View more info
By: CECIL
Price: £22.00
Publisher: London, George Routledge & Sons: 1873
Edition: Third Edition
Seller ID: 113275
Acceptable/'GOOD' ONLY. A Sound copy in Contemporary quarter maroon calf with gilt titling, (edges lightly rubbed) with green cloth covered boards ( somewhat rubbed, bumped, marked and scuffed - otherwise Good). Internally the book needs new endpapers as the front lacks all before the Title page and the rear lacks the rear free endpaper which has been torn away. Some grubby marks throughout with some 'side-lining' markings to the text here and there. The top corner blank... View more info
Price: £95.00
Publisher: Foochow, China, Youtingshi - Sold By Ling Yu Sing: 1916
Edition: Presumed First Edition
Seller ID: 114061
No date, but this is an early 20th Century Chinese book with 12 hand-painted illustrations depicting the tale of the the cultivation of Silk, starting with Silkworm Eggs. The book has a 'fold-out accordion binding' which when folded out to the full extent, cover to cover, measures c. 3. 5 Metres (c. 11' 5" or c. 350cms) with a wood cover front and back. A Chinese "Foo" character is carved into front board and attractively infilled with a green chalky substanc... View more info
By: Collingwood, W. G., Illustrated by A. Reginald Smith
Price: £22.00
Publisher: London, Frederick Warne & Co Ltd: 1933
Edition: Reprinted with Revisions
Seller ID: 61067
A Very Good Plus, Revised, 1933 reprint edition of this very popular work, originally first published in 1902. Very Clean Crisp Tan Cloth bound Boards, titled in bright Gilt to the spine and titled/bordered in maroon to the front board. No Dustjacket. Small 'rub' points to the very TIPS of the corners and inner corners of the head/tail of the spine but overall VG/NF covers. Top edge brown/olivine. The remaining page fore edges are a little 'dusty' and have slight , very ... View more info
By: Crombie Max ( Designed and Edited)
Price: £5.00
Publisher: Northwood,, Knights Press Ltd: (1940s)
Edition: Presumed First UK Edition
Seller ID: 9198
The Lute, Lyre and Lotus Minithologies, No 26. NO Date but c. 1942. Decorated Card covers. Some light shelfwear - foxing/'rubbing' to edges/corners, rear cover, and rusty staples, o/w Very Good. Internally NO Inscriptions or Marks. 24 pp. Printed in b/w. With delightful b/w illustrations by Gerald Gardiner. An Anthology of Prose and Poetry on the 'Four Seasons'. At the time of listing I also have No. 8 In this most attractive series - 'The Chaffinch on the Bough. A Minia... View more info
By: Crombie Max (Designed and Edited by)
Price: £5.00
Publisher: Northwood,, Knights Press Ltd: (1940s)
Edition: Presumed First UK Edition
Seller ID: 9197
The Lute, Lyre and Lotus Minithologies, No 8. NO Date but c. 1942. Decorated Card covers. Small amount of light shelfwear - foxing/'rubbing' to edges/corners, rear cover, and some tiny spots of rust to spine by the staples, o/w Very Good. Internally NO Inscriptions or Marks. 24 pp. Printed on glossy paper in b/w. With delightful b/w illustrations by Gerald Gardiner. An Anthology of Prose and Poetry on the 'English Scene'. At the time of listing I also have No. 26 in this... View more info
By: Dammerman, K. W.
Price: £40.00
Publisher: Amsterdam, J. H. de Bussy Ltd: 1929
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 110913
This copy has been Rebound with a Red cloth spine, and red paper covered boards with the original cover pasted to front cover, which is grubby/stained. Names/prices written on the half title. There are also some very occasional ink notes/underlining - but only on a very few pages. Many attractive Colour plates and lots of black/white illustrations. The plate on p 388 has edge repairs with tape. OVERALL Internally VERY clean, tight and bright. (xi) + 473pp. Contents cover... View more info
Price: £3.50
Publisher: St David's, Merrivale: 1989
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 113539
Pictorial laminated card covers. The edges of the covers are slightly discoloured and there are 2 marks to the front cover. No dustjacket as issued. Otherwise NO Inscriptions or other Marks. Internally Fine. 40 pp. Illustrated with b/w photographs, maps and plans. Bibliography. Overall, apart from the minor blemishes to the covers, this is an Excellent, Clean, Tight and Bright, VG copy. " This book traces the story of the limeburning industry in North-West Pembrokesh... View more info
