Search Results: Authors starting with A from Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller

London: A.J.S. Motor Cycles, 1950. Compiled and issued by the manufacturers. Pp. 100, text figures; demy 8vo; printed paper wrappers, stapled, lightly soiled and faded; some light foxing and soiling, a few corners creased; A. J. S. Motor Cycles, London, 1950. Edition CM-13..

N: George G. Harrap & Company Ltd, 1964. The Germans and their creative writing under and since Bismarck. Pp. x+246, 16 plates, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, slightly soiled with edges a little rubbed, and a small split to foot of backstrip near lower panel; fore edge of leaves a trifle foxed and bottom edge a little soiled, occasional light foxing; Harrap, 1964. First U.K. edition. *The author sets out to explain in sociological terms the continuity of German writing from 1870 onwards.

Melbourne: Allan Morrison, 193-. Abbotsford Baptist Church. Hoddle Street. [cover title]. Pp. 16; small f'cap 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, lightly soiled and slightly creased, the edges a trifle rubbed; a little light foxing, pp. 8-9 a trifle soiled at inner margins (staples rusted); printed by Allan Morrison, Melbourne, n.d.[c.1932].

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1965. Pp. [viii]+114; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards a trifle sprung, the edges lightly rubbed and with a couple of tiny bruises; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and foxed, edges slightly rubbed and split; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, minor production (trimming) fault to top edge of a couple of leaves, a little light foxing; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1965. First edition. *Short stories originally published in the Bulletin, Quadrant, and Hemisphere.

London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. Ld, n.d.. In three volumes, illustrated by John Leech. Pp. xx+432+xvi+416+xviii+418, 30 hand coloured plates (10 each volume), black & white title page vignette, text illustrations and decorative initials, the title pages printed in red & black, indices; roy. 8vo; dark blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, light brown cloth boards, the upper boards with blue cloth inlays decorated pictorially in gilt, the boards slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed, a couple of the fore-corners slightly bruised; uncut, Volumes II & III partly unopened; bookplate of Frederick Arthur Robinson on upper pastedowns, the free endpapers lightly offset, a few small edge chips or splits, hinges tender at a couple of points, some light foxing; Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. Ld., n.d. [c.1880?]. *Originally published by Punch in 1847-8. John Leech, a friend of Thackeray, was the leading Punch artist from 1842 until his death in 1864.

N: N, 196-. Pp. 48, text illustrations; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, a little worn and foxed, list of American and English (Sheffield) knife makers listed on the verso of front wrapper, which also has an ownership sticker, author's advertisement on the recto of back wrapper; occasional light foxing of leaves, privately published by the author, no place, no date[?1960].

New York: Old Stile Press, 2007. Battle of the Wilderness. Cover illustration by Wayne Vansant and cartoons by Dheerja Verma. Pp. 48, illustrated title page, black & white text illustrations, coloured map and cartoons, glossary, further reading, index; med 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Osprey Publishing, New York, 2007. First U.S edition. *The Battle of the Wilderness was fought in May 1864 when the Union Forces crossed the Rapidan River with the intention of getting between the Confederate Forces and Richmond (capital of the Confederate South). General Lee and the Southern Forces attacked General Grant's forces in this inhospitable 70 square miles of rough terrain, thickets and scrub.

no place: Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority, n.d.. Western Australia. [cover title]. Pp. 16(last blank), printed in brown on yellow wove paper, text illustrations (1 full page), 1 full page map; med. 8vo; printed paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled, with edges slightly rubbed, tiny chip to bottom edge of lower wrapper and to top fore-corner of upper wrapper; leaves a trifle creased and chipped; n.p., n.d. *Booklet explaining the aims and functions of the Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority which was established on July 1, 1972.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1989. Pp. x+390(last blank); med. 8vo; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Dutton, New York, 1989. First edition..

Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998. Pp. xiv+226, headpiece illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in silver, top fore-corner of upper board bruised; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, security sticker on lower pastedown; Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1998. First edition. *'The sometimes uproarious, sometimes ignominious relationship between law and baseball' [wrapper blurb]. Examines issues such as drug use, enforcement of contracts, and the rights of owners and managers.

Oldbury, Birmingham: Accles & Pollock Ltd, 1959. Small single fold trade brochure, promoting the company's stainless seamless steel tube (about half the outside diameter of .0039" tube they exhibited at the New York Worlds' Fair in 1939), with an example of the tube and bore inserted; 13.5 cm. x 11 cm.; Accles & Pollock Ltd, Oldbury, Birmingham, n.d.[1959?]..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Illustrated by Stephen Gammell. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper with Caldecott Medal sticker on front panel; Knopf, New York, 1988. Second printing. *Winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1989.

Oxford: The Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1968. Pp. x+332(last blank), 2 plates, appendices, index; med. 8vo; qr. natural linen over blue papered boards, the spine lettered in blue, faintly soiled and rubbed, with small surface chip to cloth just below the head, the boards a trifle scuffed, with tiny stain to upper board; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, some foxing, mainly to top edges of leaves; The Oxford Bibliographical Society/Oxford University Press, 1968. First edition. Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications, New Series, Volume XV.

London: Chatto & Windus, 2004. Pp. [vi]+216 med. 8vo; grey boards, spine lettered in gilt, top fore-corners of boards bruised; dust wrapper, top fore-corners slightly creased; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; Chatto & Windus, London, 2004. First edition..

London: Chatto & Windus, 2007. Pp. xxii+490, 32 plates (16 coloured), pictorial headpieces, coloured pictorial endpapers, text maps (4 double page), bibliography, index; med. 8vo; pictorial papered boards; three-quarter length dust wrapper with 'rippled' top edge, as issued; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper free endpaper, leaves lightly browned, small mark to fore-edges; Chatto & Windus, London, 2007. First edition. *'About the river from source to sea. It covers history from prehistoric times to the present; the flora and fauna of the river; paintings and photographs inspired by the Thames; its geology, smells and colour; its literature, laws and landscapes; its magic and myths; its architecture, trade and weather' [wrapper blurb].

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987. Pp. [vi]+234; med. 8vo; tiny bruise to fore-edge of lower board; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1987. First trade edition. *Shortlisted for the 1987 Man Booker Prize.

London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1996. Pp. [vi]+278(last blank); demy 8vo; light brown boards, spine lettered in black; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the text block browned, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Sinclair-Stevenson, London, 1996. First edition..

London: Chatto & Windus, 2009. Pp. [xii]+404(last blank), 32 plates (16 coloured), black & white pictorial headpieces, coloured pictorial endpapers, full page map, chronology, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; grey boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Chatto & Windus, London, 2009. First edition. *'The history of the city, from the first refugees arriving in the mists of the lagoon in the fourth century to the rise of a great mercantile state and trading empire, the wars against Napoleon and the tourist invasions of today' [wrapper blurb].

London: Chatto & Windus, 1999. Pp. [xii]+140(last blank); demy 8vo; grey boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the upper endpapers and top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Chatto & Windus, London, 1999. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page.

London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1961. Pp. 266+[4](pictorial advertisements), numerous text figures, index; cr. 8vo; yellow boards, lettered and decorated in black; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with a longer (4 cm.) closed tear from head of backstrip into front panel; inked signature on upper free endpaper; C. Arthur Pearson, London, 1961. Commercial Vehicle Maintenance series.