Search Results: Reference from Cornish Books

London: Stanley Paul, 1915. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Frontis is a colour plate with 6 Shields. 359 Pages. Illustrated with many photographs and drawings and some colour plates. A little foxing to a few pages. Pages uncut. Green cloth cover with Heraldic device has been dampstained and there is some loss of colour. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York: Grolier Incorporated, 1962. Full-Leather. Very Good +. Complete Set of 20 Volumes including volunme 20, the Atlas Volume. Maroon cloth covers with Gilt Decoration and Lettering on spines. Blind Embossed Decoration and Central Monogram on fronts. Textr arranged in Double Colums. Well illustrated with Full-Page and In-Text Photos, Drawings etc. No inscriptions, very nice, clean condition. 10" Tall. Set weighs about 26 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like any more Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: G. Bell & Sons Ltd, 1941. Cloth Spine and Boards. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Interesting General Knowledge Questions. With answers in the back. 8 3/4" Tall. Blue cloth spine with Brown paper covered boards. Black lettering to front. Some edgewear and a little discolouring to cover. No inscriptions. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

London: Nelson, 1957. Translated & Edited by Joyce M. H. Reid. Well Illustrated with many B&W Photos and Colour Maps. Concise & Interesting Text. Cream cloth cover with Gilt lettering to spine. 163 Pages, 14" Tall. Nice presentation inscription pasted on half title page, dated 1959. Small faint stain at bottom of cover and a little fading at spine. Pages in very good, clean condition. Original Light Blue cloth textured card slipcase with original Label pasted on front. Some wear at top cporner of opening (see photo). Werighs 1.7 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Cloth. Near Very Good/Slipcase. Book.

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1967. Soft cover. Very Good. 18th in the series. Designed to answer most questions about Britain. 9 3/8" Tall. Frontis is a colour photo of The Queen visiting the Fleet. No inscriptions. Weighs just over 1 Kilo packed so postage will be a little extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

London: Ward, Lock & Tyler, 1868. Decorative Cloth. Good. Edited by S. O. Beeton. "Comprising Upwards of 12,000 Distinct Articles and Illustrated by Many Maps and Several Hundred Engravings." 893 Pages + 8 Pages of Adverts. Includes Fold-Out Maps (1 detached). Only a little foxing here and there, most pages are in very good, clean condition. Frontispiece is an Engraving of Liverpool, protected by its Tissue Guard. Gift inscription to Front Endpaper Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

The Waverley Book Company Limited 0. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. A Pictorial Treasury of Reading & Reference for Young and Old." With some 6,000 Illustrations. Over 700 of them in Colour and Gravure. Dark Red Cloth cover with imitation leather texture around spines and ochre textured cloth boards. Complete Set in 8 Volumes, Volume 8 has the Fact index. Gilt lettering to spines. Top page edges Red. 10" Tall. Some edgewear, mainly around spines. No inscriptions. Weighs 12 Kilos so postage will be extra. Please ask if you would like more pictures, information or a shipping quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Selfridges & Co, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Jacket. Cyclopaedic and illustrated volume of arcane and commonplace wonders". Sparlky blue white & black hardcover. Sewn in yellow silk bookmark. 8" Tall. No inscriptions. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

London: R. R. Bowker, 1968. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Huge volume, 1704 Pages. Covers Hardbounds, Paperbacks, Trade Boks, Textbooks. Adult Books & Juvenile Books. Brown cloth cover. (Volume 2, Titles also available, I can give a discount on the 2) Very heavy book (3 Kilos) So Postage will be extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

New York: R. R. Bowker, 1968. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Covers Hardbounds, Paperbacks, Trade Books, textbooks, Adult Books & Juvenile Books. Huge volume, 1333 Pages + Directory of publishers. (Volume 1, Authors available, I can give a discount on the 2 books) Very heavy volume (2.5 Kilos) so postage will be extra Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Odhams Press Ltd, 1933. Imitation Leather. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Complete Set in 10 Volumes, Also the matching 2 Volume set of the British Dictionary. A - Z format. Prepared under the General Editorship of J. M. Parrish. Many In-Text illustrations. Text arranged in Double Columns. Subject Words in Bold Capitals. All with Brown Cloth Covers having faux leather Texture . Blind stamped borders and blind embossed Rampant Lion to fronts and spines. Bright gilt lettering & some Decoration to spines. No inscriptions, nice clean pages.Some edge wear & chipping to covers (see photos). Set weighs 7 Kilos so postage outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like any more infromation, pictures or a shipping quote. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: British Museum, 1978. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Complete 13 Volume set. Printed in 3 Columns per page. Vol. 1 has 2721 Columns. Vol 13 has 3076. Maroon Covers with Gilt Lettering to Spines. Cardiff Library stamp is on reverse of Title Page and a red "Reference Section" stamp is on the Title Page. Small ref labels are stuck on the bottoms of the spines. Pages in very nice, clean condition. Slight wear to a few covers bust most are VG+. Heavy set (53 Kilos) so Postage will be extra. Please ask if you would like more information, pictures or a postage quote. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

66 Chandos St., London: The Gresham Publishing Company. Cloth. Good+. Complete in 6 volumes. Well illustrated with many Full-Page Plates including Fold-Out Plates. 6 Colour Frontispieces, 16 Coloured Maps, 14 Colour Plates & 37 B&W Plates. Also many In-Text illustrations. Each volume has 400 pages. Maroon cloth covers with Gilt Lettering on spines and blind-stamped publisher's logo on fronts. Undated Editions, probably circa 1920s. 8" Tall, 6.2 Kilos. Some edge wear with a little fraying to cloth at spine ends. Hinges sound & text blocks firm. No inscriptions. Pages & Plates in very good, clean condition. Weight, 6.2 Kilos so shipping Outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you'd like more pictures, information or a Shipping Quote. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Paternoster Row, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1836. The Volume on Botany by Rev. J. S. Henslow, Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge. Printed Title Page dated 1836 followed by Illustrated Title Page dated 1835. Engraved Illustration depicts 2 boys collecting Plants, after H. Corbould. Introduction followed by Part 1, Descriptive Botany and Part II Physilogical Botany. In-Text Illustrations. Contemporary Brown Calf Half-Leather Binding with Blue Paper Covered Marbled Boards and Leather Corners. Gilt Title on Black ground to spine and "Penzance Library" in Gilt letters at the bottom. "Penzance Library" (this would be the famous Private Library in Morrab Gardens not the Public one) stamped on ffep and penciled Ref. No on endpaper. 322 Pages, 330 Pages, 6 3/4" Tall. 2 small pieces of leather missing from spine. Some rubbing and a small scrape to boards. Slight edge wear. Hinges sound & Binding firm. Only a very occasional spot of foxing,… Read More

London: William Luscombe, 1976. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Large selection of names, listed under the Zodiac Signs with explanations of their meanings. 96 Pages, 390g, 9 1/2" Tall. Previous owner's name on Index. Some fine scores to back of cover. Pages in nice, clean condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Exciting new Visual Encyclopedia of the Natural World produced in association with the Natural History Museum, London." Over 2,000 Full-Colour Photos. 304 Pages, 1.6 Kilos, 11" Tall. No inscriptions. Slight edge wear to jacket which is curling a little at the top. Unclipped. Book weighs 1.6 Kilos so Shipping Outside UK will be extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Harper Collins, Landmark, 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. This "Photographic Atlas combines the Vertical Aerial Photography of "Getmapping" ,Creators of The Millennium Map, with Collins acclaimed Road Mapping in a Single Volume that Covers the Entire Country in Unprecedented detail. This book is from the same series as LONDON, The Photographic Atlas and EDINBURGH The Photographic Atlas. These Titles Draw on THE MILLENNIUM MAP, a Contemporary Domesday Book, that promises to be a social record of the utmost Historical Importance to future generations. (Slight crease to Dustjacket and crease to Title Page) 774 Pages of Aerial Photographs and maps. Books comes in Original Plastic Briefcase. Huge and Heavy Volume so Postage will be extra. Please ask if you would like a quote or any more photos. Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall

London: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1932. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Complete 12 Volume Set + The World Atlas Volume. Crimson cloth covers with blind stamped "Owl" Design on fronts. Gilt Lettering & a little Decoration to spines. Page edges Red. Text arranged in Double Columns. Illustrated with sone In-Text Photos and Drawings. Atlas Volume has 224 Pages of Coloured Maps & Flags + 171 Page Index. 7 1/2" Tall. Vol 1 has 765 Pages and the other vols are about the same. Spine colour faded but Gilt Lettering is clear. Slight edge wear. No inscriptions, nice, clean copies. Set weighs nearly 9 Kilos so SHipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like any more pictures, information or a Shipping Quote. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. a Survey of English Genealogy as a Whole. 2/3 of the book deals with the Social & Historical Background and Subject Matter of English Genealogy. The rest is concerned with Study, Literature & Technique." 397 Pages. Black cloth cover with bright gilt lettering to spine. Some wear and tears to top & bottom of spine. Pages in very good condition, a little browning to edges. Library stamps on endpaper & Title Page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Manchester University Press, 1983. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Some tanning to cover. No inscription, pages clean but with slight marginal tanning due to paper quality. Previous owner's address label on back of ffep. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall