Search Results: Authors starting with C from AJ Scruffles

London: Pelican / Penguin, 1958. Soft cover. Good. Interesting exploration into the social and psychological effects of industry. Tanning to spine and page edge. Some rubbing and wear to edges. But contents clean and tight. Very good.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Some very light shelfwear to covers. Contents crisp, clean and square. Very good condition.

London: Hugh Quekett, 1957. Soft cover. Fair. Actor's edition of this one act play. Staples rusting. Used but still usable. Fair condition.

London: Hugh Quekett, 1957. Soft cover. Fair. Actor's edition. Comedy in one act for Women. Owner's/Actor's notes inside. Used but still usable. Fair condition.

London: E. Moxon, Son & Co., 1880. Hardcover. Good. Full leather binding of the collected works of the late 18th and 19th century Scottish poet who played a role in the creation of University College London. Includes The Pleasures of Hope. With a critical memoir by William Rossetti and b/w illustrations by Thomas Seccombe. Engraved title page and frontisportrait. No date but c. 1880. Marbled end-papers. All edges gilt, inner dentelles. Rubbing to edges and joints, bumping to corners. Tanning to page edges but contents clean and sound. Good overall.

New York: McGraw Hill, 1986. Soft cover. Very Good. Some mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Very good.

London: Samuel French, 1927. Soft cover. Fair. Acting edition of this one act play. Soft covers. owner's/actors name on cover. Used but still usable. fair/ Good.

London: Methuen Publishing Ltd, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Collection of short biographies of notable ancient figures from around then world. Arranged by role, including rulers, warriors, Scientists, philosophers etc. With b/w images. Some very light bumping to edges. Else prim and clean. Very good.

London: Stationery Office Books; HMSO, 1993. Soft cover. Near Fine. Features 63 high quality colour full page images of the posters with an introductory essay. Some infinitesimal shelf-wear. Contents crisp and clean. Near fine.

London: Heron, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Attractive brown leatherette Heron edition of Capote's 'non-fiction novel' on the murders of the Clutter family in 1959. Lavish gilt design and titling. Foxing to top and fore edge. Small marks to free-endpapers (tape residue from a previous owner's protective jacket). Contents clean and tight. A particularly bright example. Very good.

London: Reaktion Books, 1989. Soft cover. Very Good. Exploration of Nash's landscape painting, with colour and b/w images. Some shelfwear. Clean and tight. Very good.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1974. Hardcover. Good/Good. Some minor shelfwear to dust jacket. Light foxing to fore-edge and DJ folds. Contents clean and tight. Good condition.

London: Faber & Faber, 1988. Hardcover. Good/Good. Reprinting in the same year as the first printing. Spine slightly cocked, toning to DJ. Tanning to page edges. Contents clean and tight, Good.

Cheadle: Carcanet, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. Interesting analysis of Henty bibliography and the publishers he was involved with; pointing out discrepancies in previous bibliographies and including a guide to American editions plus other works that Henty may have written or edited (including Jefferies' Bevis) plus a listing of his illustrators. Signed by the author to the title page. In protective jacket. Slight sunning to spine. Contents clean and sound. Very good.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Some light shelfwear. Contents prim and clean. Very good condition

London: Chapman & Hall, 1903. Hardcover. Good. The Edinburgh edition of Carlyle's biography of the Prussian King, completed in 1865. Complete in five volumes. With numerous fold-out maps and frontispieces. Sunning to some spines. Occasional spotting to page edges. Light bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good+

London: Chapman & Hall, 1907. Hardcover. Good. Pleasant volume containing Carlyle's complex novel. An early example of meta-fiction in which a reviewer grapples with a curious philosophical text. Together with his essays of heroes and heroism. Red cloth with gilt decoration. Printed on fine paper. Previous owner's name to ffep. Toning to spine and rear cover. Light buping to edges. contents clean and tight. Good+

London: Oneworld Publications, 2011. Soft cover. Near Fine. Radical exploration of the period before the big bag and the arrow of time. Some very mild shelf-wear. Near fine.

London: Macmillan & Co. , 1940. Hardcover. Fair. John Tenniel. Special leather edition of The Children's edition of Through the Looking Glass with b/w drawings as well as 16 full page colour illustrations by Sir John Tenniel. Pictorial endpapers. All edges gilt. Sunning to spine and parts of covers. Rubbing and slight loss to spine. One Signature (containing the Jabberwocky) loose (and trying to escape). But contents are otherwise clean and binding generally sound. Fair/good condition overall.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1961. Soft cover. Good. Charming ppb edition of Alice, interesting for using Carroll's own illustrations produced in his own original manuscript, Alice's adventures underground. Mild shelf-wear. Toning to spine. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good.