Search Results: Authors starting with C from Goldring Books

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1894. Author's Edition. Stiff card boards have been covered in brown paper which has been glued to boards. Internally clean and unmarked. Interesting publisher's catalogue to rear which has full page illustration of each title. The American author George Washington Cable (1844-1925) was noted for his realistic stories of Creole life. He served in the Confederate Army in the American War of Independence, and was a great friend of Mark Twain. Comprises short stories :- Sieur George,'Tite Poulette, Belles Demoiselles Plantation, Jean-ah Poquelin, Madame Delicieuse, Cafe Des Exiles and "Poisson Jone". 260 pages. Delightfully illustrated publisher's catalogue of American authors bound in at rear. **** THE SCARCE DAVID DOUGLAS EDITION **** 11. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

Berkshire: D and N Publishing, 1999. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front endpaper. A Fine unmarked copy. The book takes you to the literary heart of Old Berkshire and walking these carefully planned routes and the places they visit offer a unique and enthralling insight into the lives and work of the major literary figures that once lived in the county. Clear concise route maps and descriptions with details of the writers' lives and work enhanced by colour illustrations. Includes Alexander Pope, Jane Austen, Mary Russell Mitford, Oscar Wilde, Kenneth Grahame, Jerome Klapka Jerome, Agatha Christie, D.H. Lawrence, John Betjeman, and more. 51. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Horam, East Sussex: Owlers, 2006. SIGNED BY AUTHOR and dated Dec 07 to half title page. A clean, tight and unmarked copy. 476 pages. 81 photographs and other illustrations in the text. A 'warts and all' account of National Service, of a REME craftsman in the UK and Malaya in the late 1950's and early 1960's. Soldiers will readily recognise and chuckle at the wickedly accurate portraits of army drill instructors and the pithy badinage that passes for barrack room humour. 1. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: SPCK, 1937. Card covers are unmarked with no wear. Internally there is foxing to top edge and to endpapers else a clean, tight and unmarked copy. viii + 226 pages. These talks attempt to explain why one should attend public worship, and how to make both corporate worship and bedside prayers a spiritual education. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY *** **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R8. First. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1938. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy apart from a small name to inside cover. xii + 102 pages. 8 illustrations. Modern discovery has shed a brilliant light upon the Bible, and of the Old Testament in particular. For 18 centuries the extant records of the ancient world had been searched for anything that which might throw additional light on the Bible story, but apart from meagre reference by Greek historians, outside of their own sacred writings, the children of Israel might never have existed. Today this has all changed with the discoveries in Egypt, Babylonia, Assyria, Palestine and in other ancient lands. This small work illustaretes the discoveries at that time. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R7. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1977. A Very Good+ copy with dust marking to top edge and a small signature to front endpaper. The dustjacket is complete and also G+. An erudite analysis of Italian literature by the English academic comprising :- The Italian Herirage, The Political Conscience, Social Change, The Catholic Consience and The Dissection of Man- The Twentieth Century. Uniform with the Comparative Literature Series each of which conveys the character of a nation's literature through discussion of the writers. 14. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1958. Silver title on blue cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally a portion of the front endpaper has been removed (presumably to remove a name/address)and there is a strip of age darkening to endpapers else a clean, tight and unmarked copy. Dustjacket has chipping and is price clipped. 256 pages. This is not a medical history in the conventional sense, although it covers the whole sweep of medicine, in time and distance, from Dawn Man to radio-isotopes and from China to Peru. It is factual and scientifically instructive, recounting the romance of discovery with the latest advances, but still conveys the social purpose which has taken the author from the Equator to the North Pole. 13 . First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Geneve: Editions Labor, 1936. Réparations enregistrées. Couverture insolée et tachée. Ruban adhésif sur les extrémités du dos. Intérieurement propre et sans marque xii + 321 pages. Table des Matieres: Preface; Avertissement sur le Vocabulaire; Articles de 1537; Confession de Foi de 1537; Ordonnances de 1541; Serment des Ministres; Ordonnances des Eglises de Campagne; Congregation sur l'Election Eternelle avec les Reflexions des Ministres; Accord sur les Sacraments avec l'Epitre du Meme Argument; Lettre au Protecteur d'Angleterre; Dedicace du Commentaire sur les Cinq Livres de Moise; Dedicace du Commentaire sur l'Harmonie Eangelique; Dedicace du Commentaire sur les Actes des Apotres; Argument du Livre des Actes. R8. Soft Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Jonathan Cape, 2003. A clean and unmarked copy with dustjacket which is not price clipped and has marks to back. First edition, first printing. 255 pages. Translated from the Italian by Martin McLaughlin. Italo Calvino (1923-1985) was an Italian journalist and writer of short stories and novels, lionised in Britain and the United States, he was the most-translated contemporary Italian writer at the time of his death, and a noted contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature. The pieces collected here range from the early 1950's to his last interview just before his sudden death. Apart from shedding light on his own formative experience and evolution as an author, his writings also examine the major events of 20th century history from a very personal viewpoint: his memories of Fascism in San Remo in the 1930's, his participation in the Resistance in the Ligurian hills in the 1940's, his militant communism in the early 1950's, and his exit from the Italian Communist Party in… Read More

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001. STATED FIRST EDITION. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. An historical novel set against the backdrop of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Flood, a tragedy that cost the lives of some 2,200 people when the South Fork dam burst on Memorial Day weekend in 1889. The book brilliantly imagines the lives that were lived, lost and irreparably changed by a tragedy that could never have been averted. 16. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1950. Red title on black cloth boards with a few light wear marks, internally endpapers of world map with characters from many nations forming a line, top edge red, a little light foxing to a few pages else clean and unmarked. Overall a G+ copy. The author's selection of his journalistic writings from all over the world during the period 1946-1950 whilst working for the Daily Express and Picture Post magazine. C3C. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxfordshire: Routledge, 2010. A Fine unmarked copy with no inscriptions. Second edition updated. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the main actors and machinery of American foreign policy. It also offers an assessment of the foreign policy records of the Clinton and the two Bush administrations. It examines how America struggled to find a defining role in the decade after the Cold War and then assesses the revolution in US foreign and security policy brought about as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The book provides an inside account of the major actors in US foreign policy - the White House, the State Department, the Pentagon, intelligence agencies, Congress, media and public opinion. It then considers the priorities of US foreign policy. 15. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Thames and Hudson, 2002. Printed title label on green cloth boards in green slipcase which has some creasing to spine. Separate identification key and introduction. A near Fine copy with a VG slipcase. First UK edition. An exquisite homage to the colourful celebrity of the insect world, the butterfly. With more than 300 photographs of real butterflies, depicted in all their lightness and brilliance by the author, Professor of Photography in California, and presented in a unique accordion-fold format. Each panel of this 'Orihon' book, a traditional Japanese format, stands on its own visually, yet is also designed to lead to the next panel so that the flight itself appears to glide, panel, after panel. It can also be displayed as a delightful art object. 3. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macmillan, 1989. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which has a little creasing to top. Volume 2 of Macmillan Anthologies of English Literature series, which brings together drama, poems and prose from a wide range of English Renaissance authors. Many complete texts are included and there are substantial selections from major writers such as Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne and Milton with the texts having been carefully modernised making them fully accessible to readers for the first time but still reflecting the rich and various styles of the period. 13. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1979. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. Foreword by Gerald Durrell. 24 pages of illustrations. First UK edition. In this insider's explanation of zoos, the noted conservationist describes the life of a modern zoo, with a style as beguiling and colourful as the antics he celebrates. He describes the work and world of the keeper, the vet, the researcher, the curator and many more, and his astonishing animal lore ranges from aardvark to zebra, as he tells how zoo vets operate on the broken leg of an 8 foot komodo dragon and stitch the tongue of Krinkles the aardvark. He tells how fast one has to run to outpace a mamba, how to avoid being squashed by a mischievous elephant, and how to scare a Bengal tiger back into its cage. Abounding with incidents from major zoos around the world. **** NOT EX LIB **** 12. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Anthony Blond, 1967. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a strip of age darkening to endpapers) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The son of Lord Glenavy, a journalist for many newspapers including the Irish Times and the Sunday Dispatch, a television celebrity, writer and humourist, known for his endearing stammer, his autobiography is a cool, honest look at his real life. Illustrated. **** NOT EX LIB **** B2B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Capstone Publishing, 2001. SIGNED BY ROGER CAMRASS on front endpaper with inscription - 'Tim, Following in your great footsteps, now is the time for personal atomisation, 23/09/01'. Picking up where Cap Gemini Ernst and Young's last blockbuster 'Blur' leaves off, this book creates a radical manifesto for the future of organizations. The authors examine the radical changes that are going to sweep across the global economy in the next decade, and their revolutionary theory is put to the test, looking at all sectors of business. 14. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books, 1986. Sussex has a great wealth of stories from its long history and a fascinating folklore. These are tales from its rich treasury. Some are legends of dragons and magic. Others tell of piracy and smuggling. The old seasonal customs have their place too, as have the famous and infamous characters from the past. 51. First. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Osmond, Don. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Éditions De La Martinière, 1996. Une belle copie. Avec ses 674 pages et ses 500 photographies en noir et en couleurs, La Fabuleuse Histoire De La Boxe raconte 300 ans d'un sport dont la sanction supreme, le K.O. redouté par certains, souhaité par D'autres, en fait une discipline particulière. **** DÉBALLÉ POIDS EST 2.5 KILO PEUT EXIGER D'APPOINT FRAIS DE PORT **** B2F. Couverture Rigide. Très Bon/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Michael Joseph, 1987. A near Fine unmarked copy with slight age fading to page edges else very clean, unmarked and with no inscriptions.with VG+ dustjacket . A fictional saga of Sara and Josiah Wedgwood who created the famous pottery. This is the author's first novel for Michael Joseph. L. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.