Search Results: Authors starting with B from Cocksparrow Books

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 6th Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1948 (1941)* Publisher: University of London Press Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Pale blue cloth, black title to spine & face with vignette to face. Minor bumps & rubs, minor shelf wear some fading and glue bleed through to spine. ACC* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Owner?s name & date (1950) to fep. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with light reading wear, no marks to text, v. slight foxing to eps. VG.* Illustrations: Several b/w photos and line drawn vignettes within text throughout.* Pages: 167 pp. text. i pp. final illustration at rear.* Description: The Rev. George Bramwell Evens (1884-1943) was, under the pseudonym Romany (and sometimes The Tramp), a British radio broadcaster and writer on countryside and natural history matters ? quite possibly the first to broadcast on such issues. He was also a Minister of the Methodist Church. This volume relates to a journey… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Early.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: Undated* Publisher: Abbey Fine Arts * Binding and cover condition: Glossy chestnut brown cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps. Minimal rubs to corners and head & tail of spine, VG+* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust jacket with white title on dark brown background. Considerable shelf wear to top and bottom edges & to head and tail of spine with minor chips. Spine somewhat faded. Now in clear unattached protective jacket. GD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, clean, crisp, tight and bright. Very light paper colouration to page edges. No inscriptions or annotations, two slight marks to fep. Rear hinge slightly shaken. VG * Illustrations: 47 pp. B/w photos & 7 pp Colour Plates.* Pages: 220 pp. text. xxii pp. index at rear.* Description: A scholarly discussion of the advance of early earthenware techniques from 1660 to 1860 as the early private and local pottery gave way to a much more… Read More

HARDBACK "VOL 6 IN THE SERIES," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st ?* Date of Publication: 1992. * Publisher: Harry Margary, Lympne Castle, Kent. * Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine only. Absolutely minimal wear. VG++.* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing the armorial bearing of the Ordnance Survey with dark green titles to spine and face. Very minor shelf wear to head and tail of spine, some minor spotting to front of jacket. Now in a clear un-attached protective wrapper. VG+. * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, some very slight marks to top page edges, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: One single colour plate to frontis. Some b/w line drawn illustrations to introduction. Numerous single sided map section reproductions throughout. * Pages: 214 pp. text. lxii pp. introduction and appendices at front & blank pages at… Read More

HARDBACK "RARE VOL 8 IN THE SERIES," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st * Date of Publication: 1991. * Publisher: Harry Margary, Lympne Castle, Kent. * Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine only. No visible marks or wear. FINE.* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing the armorial bearing of the Ordnance Survey with red titles to spine and face. No visible shelf wear to top or bottom edges, head or tail of spine, some spotting to front & rear of jacket. Now in a clear un-attached protective wrapper. VG++.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible marks to page edges, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Some b/w line drawn illustrations & b/w full page plates to introduction. Numerous single sided map section reproductions throughout. * Pages: 252 pp. text. lxxiv pp. introduction and appendices at front & blank pages at rear.*… Read More

HARDBACK "VOL 7 IN THE SERIES," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st * Date of Publication: 1989. * Publisher: Harry Margary, Lympne Castle, Kent. * Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine only. No visible marks or wear. FINE.* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, absolutely minimal marks to page edges, otherwise no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Some b/w line drawn illustrations & b/w full page plates to introduction. Numerous single sided map section reproductions throughout. * Pages: 208 pp. text. lxx pp. introduction and appendices at front & blank pages at rear.* Description: A reproduction of the 110 sheets of the survey in early state in ten volumes of which this is volume VII containing those for North Central England (Cheshire, Derbyshire, most of Flint, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire and… Read More

HARDBACK "VOL 4 IN THE SERIES," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. * Impression: 1st ?* Date of Publication: 1986. * Publisher: Harry Margary, Lympne Castle, Kent. * Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine only. No visible faults. FINE.* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing the armorial bearing of the Ordnance Survey with mid-green title to spine and face. Some shelf wear to top and bottom edges, head and tail of spine. Some minor spotting. Now in a clear un-attached protective wrapper. VG++. * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with light reading wear, no marks to text, some slight marks to page edges, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: One single colour plate to frontis. Some b/w line drawn illustrations to introduction. Numerous single sided map section reproductions throughout. * Pages: 98 pp. text. lxv pp. introduction and appendices at front.* Description: A reproduction of… Read More

HARDBACK "VOL 5 IN THE SERIES," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st ?* Date of Publication: 1987. * Publisher: Harry Margary, Lympne Castle, Kent. * Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine only. Absolutely minimal wear. VG++.* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing the armorial bearing of the Ordnance Survey with violet titles to spine and face. Some minor shelf wear to top and bottom edges, head and tail of spine, some minor spotting to front of jacket. Now in a clear un-attached protective wrapper. VG+. * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, some very slight marks to page edges, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: One single colour plate to frontis. Some b/w line drawn illustrations to introduction. Numerous single sided map section reproductions throughout. * Pages: 180 pp. text. lvi pp. introduction and appendices at front.*… Read More

HARDBACK "HARD TO FIND VOL 1 IN THE SERIES," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st * Date of Publication: 1975. * Publisher: Harry Margary, Lympne Castle, Kent. * Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine only. Some wear to corners and to head and tail of spine & to rear hinge. VG+.* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing the armorial bearing of the Ordnance Survey with red titles to spine and face. Considerable shelf wear to top or bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Some nicks, now re-inforced & in a clear un-attached protective wrapper. VG.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear. Owners name in neat pen inscription to ffep. No marks to text, some marks to top & fore edges, no other visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: One colour reproduction to frontis, some b/w line drawn illustrations & b/w full page plates to introduction. Numerous single sided map section… Read More

HARDBACK "VOLUME III. HARD TO FIND," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st * Date of Publication: 1981. * Publisher: Harry Margary, Lympne Castle, Kent. * Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine only. No Wear or marks. FINE.* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing the armorial bearing of the Ordnance Survey with brown titles to spine and face. Minor shelf wear to top edges and to head of spine. Some very slight nicks, now re-inforced & in a clear un-attached protective wrapper. VG++.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear. Owners initials to front paste down. Some marks to top & fore edges, no other visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: One colour reproduction to frontis, some b/w line drawn illustrations & b/w full page plates to introduction. Numerous single sided map section reproductions throughout. * Pages: 160 pp. text. liv pp. introduction and appendices at… Read More

HARDBACK ?VOLUME 6 IN THE SERIES,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 2nd.Revised. Impression:- 3rd. reprint.* Date of Publication: 1975 (1970)* Publisher: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Light green cloth boards, black title to spine and face. Lower corners bumped & with minor rubs, some light wear to spine. GD++* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust jacket showing a Perch. Front flap price clipped. Some shelf wear and interior slightly stained. GD++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Front end paper removed. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with very minor reading wear. Some slight marks to end papers. Top & fore-edge slightly dusty. GD+* Illustrations: One b/w line drawn diagram and a block of 32 coloured plates.* Pages: 136 pp. text. ix pp. index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Item No 6 in the Warne?s series of Observer titles. The first chapter, a classified index of species, is followed by descriptions of the different families ? all of which are… Read More

HARDBACK ?GERMAN LANGUAGE PUBLICATION,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Reprinted.* Date of Publication: 1970 (1928)* Publisher: J.F.Lehmanns Verlag.* Binding and cover condition: Dull navy-blue cloth, gilt title to face & date to spine. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to edges, corners and head & tail with a slight split to edge of spine. GOOD* Jacket condition: ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with only light reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks to prelims & paste-downs and to top and fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG* Illustrations: Four pages of colour illustrations of national flags & b/w photos, silhouettes and line drawings of the naval vessels throughout.* Pages: 425 pp. text, appendices, tables and statistics. xvii pp. index & advertisements at rear.* Description: A German language post World War I ?Pocket Book of War Fleets,? contains details of the navies of the world with names, silhouettes and photographs of everything from a… Read More

SOFTBACK "HARD TO FIND OUTSIDE THE US," SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1968* Publisher: Walker & Co. Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated stiff card covers showing brickwork and a pillar. French flaps. Black titles to spine & b/w to face. Minimal shelf wear to edges & to tail of spine. Slight age darkening. VG+.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, no tanning or other visible faults to pages. Seems lightly used. Some slight age darkening overall, (not tanning). VG++. * Illustrations: Numerous b/w photographs and some mono (green and white) plans and maps.* Pages: 179 pp. text. xiii pp. Bibliography, index & credits at rear.* Description:- An Official guide to Four |Generations of building in the old Dominion. The Virginia Museum, first Statewide arts agency in the nation and a pioneer in carrying the arts to the people via its Artmobiles and Satewide Theater Arts Systems, has… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2015* Publisher: Amazon.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing a pair of eyes and a Monarch butterfly in a wide landscape. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly-used if at all. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: B/w line drawn vignettes to chapter headings.* Pages: 211 pp. text. v pp. blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- Like many of us, Grace lives in the midst of a hectic rat race. On the surface, she seems to do well: she lives in a beautiful home, drives a luxurious car, and has a promising career in the most prestigious law firm in Toronto. But inside, Grace is dying. Recent tragic events bundled with years of pressure to… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1982* Publisher: David & Charles* Binding and cover condition: Plum coloured cloth, Gilt title to spine and face. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustrative dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £7.95 on publishers label. Some shelf wear to top & bottom edge and small tears to head of spine. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright, very small pen inscription to fep, no marks to text, seems little used. VG* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 177 pp. text. vi pp., Bibliography, Acknowledgements & index at rear.* Description: The various types of wall hangings are discussed here, as are fabrics, threads and accessories. The author looks at how to find lively designs and to put them on the fabric ? and at the possible use of other crafts such as fabric dyeing and printing,… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1991* Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson* Binding and cover condition: Dark Blue cloth, Silver title to spine. No Bumps or Rubs, FINE* Jacket condition: NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £14.99, some minor shelf wear to top edge and head of spine, one small tear at head of spine (1/4? No loss) and bottom front edge (3/4? No loss) VG * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, clean, crisp, tight and bright. No inscriptions or annotations, seems un-read FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 250 pp. text. No Index.* Set in several times and places including ancient and modern India, present day Oxford and Chartres, this subtle and original novel has real imaginative power. A FINE clean copy of an uncommon title reduced to VG+ by some faults to the jacket.

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Not Known.* Date of Publication: Not Known, (1850)* Publisher: Charles Daly at 19 Red Lion Square.* Binding and cover condition: Dark green textured cloth, gilt title & frame to spine and with impressed design to face. Boards bumped & rubbed particularly to corners. ACC.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Light yellow end papers. Both hinges severely shaken but not detached. Small notes to end papers. A few pencil notes to contents. Some spotting to prelims, otherwise clean and bright with some reading wear. All edges grubby. ACC.* Illustrations: Two b/w prints to frontis and title pages.* Pages: 300 pp. text. v pp. index & blank page at rear.* Description: This small book (page size 2 ½ x 4 ½ inches) contains the famous monographs and essays by John Locke and Francis Bacon and also biographical sketches of the two authors. Empiricism & the Theory of Knowledge were the grounding for modern philosophical… Read More

HARDBACK "MINIATURE (13 x 7 cms.) LEATHER BOUND VOLUME, HARD TO FIND." SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Reprint.* Impression: 1st.?* Date of Publication: 1825 * Publisher: T. Davison of Whitechapel, for Thomas Tegg many other subscribers.* Binding and cover condition: Greenish black leather, gilt title & design to spine and blind stamped frame and logo to face. Gilt tooling to insides of boards. Slight rubs to top and bottom edges and corners. Front spine hinge heavily rubbed. GD* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Canary yellow end papers. Neat signature to title page. Text block clean, crisp, tight and bright, with a few light fox marks to a several pages, otherwise no visible faults. All edges brightly gilt. VG* Illustrations: One b/w tissue guarded portrait print to frontis and line drawn etching to title page.* Pages: 262 pp. text. iii pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: The title page reads as follows :- The Conduct of the… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus, Reprint.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1993 (1988)* Publisher: Hill House Publications.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers black titles to spine and face. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly-used if at all. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: A number of b/w & some colour photographs. 2 x line drawn maps to frontis.* Pages: 205 pp. text. iii pp. index at rear.* Product Description:- The author, who spent two years in Guyana, gives a vivid picture of the country?s many-sided life: its multi-racial population and amazingly varied terrain. She describes, too, her everyday domestic life in Guyana, setting up a home, making a garden, going to market. She tells of adventures ? and some… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Reprint.* Date of Publication:1990 (1989)* Publisher: Studio Editions.* Binding and cover condition: Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps slight rubs, minor wear. VG* Jacket condition: Colour illustrations to dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, no shelf price indicated. Slight shelf wear & slight chips to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with minimal reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning. VG++* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 173 pp. text. ii pp. after-word at rear.* Description: A lovely-full illustrated-trip down golf's memory lane which looks at the great courses, the great names and also provides a section on golfing etiquette. The book is richly illustrated with over 220 photographs of players, memorabilia, magazine covers and other ephemera. It covers the period from the end of the 19th century to… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. FNL.* Date of Publication: 1998* Publisher: The Harvill Press.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing a face mask with eyes closed. No bumps, single reading crease to spine, no wear creases to boards or to hinge. No rubs to spine. Seems lightly used if at all. FINE.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or marks to text. no tanning to text. No age darkening to edges. No visible faults. FINE. * Illustrations: NONE.* Product Description:- On a property in western New South Wales a man named Holland lives with his daughter Ellen. Over the years as she grows into a beautiful young woman, he plants hundreds of different gum trees on his land. When Ellen is nineteen her father announces his decision: she will marry the man who can name all his species of Eucalypt, down to the last tree. This fascinating novel follows the fortunes of her suitors and… Read More