Search Results: Authors starting with A from Church Street Books

London: Collins, 1946. Blue covers with gilt, 320pp inc index with 15pp of b/w illustrations. Lower edges rough-cut. Book has mild bumping to head and foot of spne and dulled top cover edges and spine, but no significant faults other than 1cm ink stain to edges of 20pp. Page edges are yellowed and dusty, otherwise internally clean and tight. Price-clipped DJ has moderate wear to extrems and a few light, grubby marks. Ref:093603. First Edition. Cloth. VG-/VG-. 14.5x22cm.

London: English Universities Press, 1958. Basic theory and principles of navigation in the Teach Yourself Books series. Blue covers with silver lettering in blue panel on spine and blind stamped motif and decoration to front, in traditional black and yelow DJ. Top and bottom edges of cover a little sunned. Price-clipped DJ has some creasing, small losses to head and foot of spine, 2x1.5cm loss to foot of front and closed (repaired) tear to top of front. But still a very solid copy. Ref:07861. First Edition. Cloth. G++/G-. 11.5cmx18cm.

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1960. Comprehensive work on meteorology prepared for pilots and navigators at flying training schools. Brown covers with gilt on spine (slightly faded) and upper cover, 404pp inc index with one bloc of b/w and colour plates and two fold-out graphs. Covers have mild shelfwear and bumping. Dusty, yellowed page edges. Binding starting to weaken in a couple of places, but holding well. No DJ. Heavy book may require extra postage. Ref:114962. First Edition. Cloth. VG-/N/a. 15.5x24.5cm.

Newton Harcourt, Leics: Milepost 92 1/2, 1996. Photographic portayal of preseved steam lines. Laminated, illustrated boards, 48pp, illustrated in colour. Book has no obvious faults in DJ with tiny closed tear at head of spine. Ref: 103735. First Edition. Illustrated Laminated Boards. Almost as New/VG+. Illus. by Dr. W. A. Sharman. 23x30cm.

London: Longmana Green, 1959. Introductory textbook for students of education. Green covers with silver lettering. Book in very good, tight condition apart from some water stains, which have not seriously affected the book. They have also affected inside of DJ but are not visible on the outside. DJ has some minor signs of wear and a 1cm closed tear, otherwise it's sound. 484pp. Ref:06757. Third Edition. Cloth. VG/G++. 13cmx19cm.

Dublin: James M'Glashan, 1849. All the current tips in the Victorian kitchen from when food was in season, to how to carve and how to make cheese. Light-brown covers with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and blind-stampd decoration to front board, 328pp with several woodcuts, inc frontis of maid in kitchen. Covers have general wear, 0.5cm missing at head and foot of spine, which is faded. Both hinges very weak - but holding. Ffep is missing, pp23/4 loose, very small hole in edge of frontis verso, several marks on covers, particularly rear. Neat previous owner's name on frontis verso and bookseller's sticker on front pastedown. Overall a delicate, but intact copy of a fascinating mid-Victorian social document. Ref:093621. First Edition. Cloth. Poor/N/a. 10.5x17.5cm.

London: Marshall, Morgan and Scott, 1968. Description of hundreds of international stamps with a bible theme. Maroon faux leather covers with gilt lettering to spine, 124pp. The very lightest spotting to prelims and mildest signs of use, in DJ with only very modest edge wear. A very nice copy. Ref:071539. First Edition. Faux Leather. VG+/VG+. 13x20cm.

London: George G. Harrap, 1929. First edition, maroon covers with gilt, 222pp inc index, b/w illustrations, inc frontis, maps, and fold-out map at rear (tinted). Covers have general edge wear and light bumping, but some damp stains (not affecting text bloc) and other small marks. Dusty page edges, clean evidence of sticker removal from ffep and handwritten previous owner's name on front pastedown. Some leaves have obviously been cut by hand and leaves of index are still uncut. Otherwise internally clean and solid with fold-out map in VG condition. Ref:114753. First Edition. Cloth. G+/N/a. 14.5x22.5cm.

London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1947. Orange cloth with red lettering. Minor foxing, but very sound. Ref:06260. Second Edition. Cloth. VG/N/a. 14cmx22cm.

London: Macmillan, 1988. Guide to the changing social structure of Britain. Halsey's classic sociology work. 650pp inc index. Blue covers with gilt lettering to spine. Book has no obvious faults in like DJ. Ref:071014. Second (revised) Edition. Cloth. VG+/VG+. 17cmx24cm.

London: Cassell, 1901. Reprint in Sept 1901, of First edition November 1900, written by a special correspondent of the "Daily News". Signed by author below frontis portrait, but this may be printed. Village library copy with one attractive stamp at start of first chapter, accompanied by pencilled name, dated 1912. Red covers with black lettering on spine and upper cover, both covers have black illustrations, 303pp, grey endpapers. "Pictures" in title refers to word pictures as the only illustration is frontis. Covers have modest wear and bumping to head and foot of spine, with a couple of light marks. Spine is slightly sunned. Hinges cracking, but holding well. Light foxing to dusty page edges and prelims. Book is very slightly cocked, but clean and solid for its 110 years. Ref:114814. Reprint. Buckram. G+/N/a. 13x19.5cm.

Loughborough: Wills and Hepworth, 1972. Ladybird series 601. Paper-covered boards, 52pp, with colour illustrations. Light wear and bumping to cover extrems, dusty page edges. Previous owner's neat name on ffep and title page. No DJ. Ref:114646. First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. VG-/N/a. Illus. by B. H. Robinson. 12x18cm.

London: A & C Black, 1926. Twenty paintings (inc. cover and frontis) of familiar county scenes by Heaton Cooper. Beige buckram covers with Ipswich scene laid in, illustrated in colour. Light wear to cover extrems, particularly edges of spine, rust marks from text block staples and light foxing to prelims. Upper hinge just starting, but holding well. Illustrations in VG+ condition. Overall a very decent copy. No DJ. Ref:125062. First Edition. Buckram. VG-/N/a. Illus. by A Heaton Cooper. 16x22.5cm.

London: A & C Black, 1926. Twenty paintings (inc. cover and frontis) of familiar county scenes by Heaton Cooper. Beige buckram covers with King's Lynn scene laid in, illustrated in colour. Light wear to cover extrems, particularly edges of spine, rust marks from text block staples and light foxing to prelims. But illustrations in VG+ condition. Overall a very decent copy. No DJ. Ref:125061. First Edition. Buckram. VG-/N/a. Illus. by A Heaton Cooper. 16x22.5cm.

London: Methuen, 1958. Herbert brings back the Earl of Caraway, a character from one of his earlier novels ("Number Nine"). DJ designed by Thelwell. Blue covers with red lettering to spine, 283pp. Book has dusty top cover and page edges and mild bumping to head and foot of spine. But text bloc is clean and tight. Intact DJ has general light wear and a couple of very small closed tears. Overall a decent copy. Ref:093041. First Edition. Cloth. VG/VG-. 13.5cmx20.5cm.

Chelmsford: Essex County Council, 1969. Covers the cloth trade, transport, agriculture, small industry and the population of Essex in the 18th Century. No 49 of the Essex Record Office Publications. White laminated boards with black agricultural illustration to front with green lettering to front and spine, 183pp inc index with map rear endpapers. Apart from slightly dusty top page edges and the lightest bump to foot of spine, the book has no faults. Ref:082261. First Edition. Illustrated Laminated Boards. VG++/N/a. 16cmx25.5cm.

London: Book Club Associates, 1979. Continuation of the Oxford History of England. Blue OUP covers with gilt lettering to spine, 719pp inc index. Apart from slight yellowing of page edges, book is in very good, solid condition. DJ has wear at extremities, a couple of small nicks (one repaired) and spine is faded and a little frayed at head. Still a reasonable copy. Ref:071042. Reprint. Cloth. VG/G+. 14.5x22cm.

London: George Bell, 1898. In Bell's Cathedral Series. Green covers with black lettering to spine and upper board with black decoration on spine and both boards, 152pp, plus 2pp adverts with 46 b/w illustrations. Covers have light bumping to head and foot of spine, but minimal wear to extrems. Page edges dusty and foxed, as are prelims. Previous owner's name and address on ffep. Binding weak near rear, but holding well. Ref:104331. First Edition. Buckram. VG/N/a. 13x19cm.

London: Sir Isaac Pitman, 1940. Blue covers with red lettering and rules to spine and upper board, 231pp inc index with 8pp adverts, b/w illustrations inc frontis of seagull. Covers have moderate bumping and wear at extrems, sunned spine and a few grubby marks, as have dusty page edges. Apart from previous owner's name on ffep an internally clean, solid copy. No DJ. Ref:103974. First Edition. Cloth. VG-/N/a. Illus. by P. H. Legg (diagrams). 12.5x19cm.

London: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press, 1954. Scholarly contribution to trade union history and insight into social and industrial progress in the print trade. Green covers with gilt decoration and lettering on red spine panel, 487pp inc index. Dusty, slightly yellowed page edges, otherwise book has no obvious faults and is internally very clean and tight. Intact DJ has just very light general wear and a couple of tiny closed tears. Ref:093648. First Edition. Cloth. VG++/VG. 14.5x22.5cm.