Search Results: Authors starting with J from David Ford Books

Liverpool: J. Langdon & Sons, 1938 First edition. Paperback book : yellow paper wrappers, lettered and illustrated in red, stapled binding, with string attached near top (for hanging up). 112pp, quarto. With b&w illustrations in text throughout, and two coloured pages showing shoes. Trade catalogue of a variety of clothing products, as well as shoes, travelling bags and cases, and even leather footballs. Fair condition only.The poages are generally good or very good, well held, but with rusted staples and some creases and wear to some edges. The wrappers are frayed, with large loss to front though the two images of factories are still intact. Pictures available.

Watford: Pageprint (Watford) Ltd 1988 A history of Watford, with the extensive use of b/w photography and illustration. HB, iv, 372pp, 22.4 x 30cms. Slight tanning/yellowing to page edges. Dust jacket price clipped. A Very Good+ copy in Very Good+ dust jacket.

Derby: Transport Publishing Co 1977 Hardcover book , first edition. 22x29cms, 440 pages, with around 1,000 illustrations. A Very Good copy in Very Good edge worn Dustjacket. The endpaper and frontis illustration has had the top corner snipped- possibly to remove previous owners name,

London, The Architectural Press, 1970 Hardcover book, first edition in dustjacket. 219 pages with illustrations. A History of modern architecture in Britain. A near Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket. Slight darkening of closed page edges. No inscriptions , not price clipped. Pictures available.

London: Cassell, 1962 First edition. Hardcover book . Green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, and colour photo-illustrated dustjacket. 369pp. With 44 b&w photos and illustrations in plates, and 5 maps (some folding). The author and her diplomat husband recreated Stanley's famous journey across East Africa to find David Livingstone, and in the process discovered new information about the actual route that he took. Very Good book in Very Good jacket. Clean covers with light spotting to closed edges. Jacket has light rubbing to edges, and a little marking to back.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1969 First edition. Hardcover book . Cloth and photo-illustrated dustjacket. 144pp. No illustrations. A Very Good+ book in a Very Good+ jacket. Light spotting to top closed page edges. Pictures available.

London: Evans Brothers, 1960 First edition. Hardcover. Maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine, and dustjacket. 248pp. Maps to endpapers. With b&w photos in plates. The earthquake in 1935 in Quetta in north east India that killed over 35,000 people; and the relief effort by the British army in the area. Very Good in Very Good jacket, now in clear sleeve. Covers clean. Light foxing to edges. Jacket complete with light handling wear. not price clipped no inscriptions.

Cawthorne, Cawthorne Victoria Jubilee Museum, 1991 Hardcover First edition , Signed by the author and by the Designer to title page -no dedication. With commemorative book mark with the name of the previous owners. A Fine copy in sadly a poor dustjacket which has been torn along foredge loosing the front flap and some of the front. The Book however is fine. with a small name and address lavel to front end-paper. Pictures available.

Yeovil: Haynes Publishing Group, 1984 First edition. Hardcover book , Laminated colour photo boards, no dustjacket as issued. 56pp. With 8pp of colour photos, otherwise b&w photos and illustrations in text. Super Profile series. Very Good : Feint light foxing spots to some pages. No inscriptions. Pictures available. Pictures available.

London: Faber and Faber, 1972 First edition, inscribed and signed by the author. HB, cloth boards, gilt spine titles, and pictorial dust jacket, 90pp with b/w line drawings by Adamson. Geoffrey Jackson was the British Ambassador to Uraguay who was held to ransom by Tupamaros guerrillas, and during his kidnapping he compiled these memories and stories of animals he had met during his career and his concerns for conservation.Written for children and adults. Inscribed by the author on flyleaf. Minor crease to spine end, light browning to back endpaper; light edge rubbing to jacket. Near Fine in near Fine protected dust jacket.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1950-54 First editions thus, 1950 and 1954. Two Penguin Scores. Paperbacks: card wrappers printed with colour decorative patterns, titled to front and spine, small oblong format, 102pp & 144pp. Penguin Scores No.9 and No.24. Symphony No. 1 has a biographical note(7pp) by McNaught and introduction by Gordon Jacob, who edited the series. Symphony No.2 has an introduction again by Jacob (which is translated into German and Spanish also). Very Good copies. Both have neat owner's name inside front wrapper. No.1 has some wear to wrapper spine. Well bound pages. Pages clean, the scores unmarked. Photos available.

Surrey: Transport Bookman Publications 1976 How it all started. for the author, from a hill climb in 1947 to his involvement in car racing including Le Mans from 1956-1964.Hardcover, First edition , Hardcover book 188pp with 82 b&w photographs. A near Fine copy in like dw. Very light crease across jacket and cover. Light spotting along top edge. No inscriptions and not price clipped.Pictures available.

London. Jonathan Cape. 1970. Hard Cover book . First Edition.(UK) In dust jacket. vi, 268 pages, with illustrations. Why do some cities thrive and others decline. A Very Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket. Darkening to top closed page edges , No inscriptions, Jacket,un-clipped with very slight sunning. Pictures available.

Allenwood, NJ: Airbrush Action, 2001 First edition. Hardcover book . Black cloth, gilt title and pictorial dustjacket. 119pp, large quarto. With colour photos throughout, mostly whole page reproductions of Scott Jacobs' photo-realist paintings of Harley Davidson motorcycles, and a few other vehicles. Near Fine in Fine protected jacket . Pictures available.

Paris: Librairie Larousse A study of the architecture and styles to be found in pre-war Prague. Translated by M Brimicombe. HB, 186pp with publishers advertising late. B/w photograhs throughout. Lightly spotted early, late and to edges. Lightly rubbed to boards. Dust jacket aged with creasing and edgewear. A VG+ copy with G+ DJ.

Sleaford, Heritage Lincolnshire,2007 Softcover book, first edition . a detailed look at the 134 remaining windmills of the 500 that originally stood in the county. illustrated throughout with a map of locations.

London, Paul Hamlyn, 1964 Hardcover book, Revised edition. 443 pages with 32 scale plans of instruments. Consisting in the main of 1855 Italian violin and lute makers with nearly 1800 photographs A Very Good copy in a Very Good lightly worn dustjacket. Small scuff inside front cover, Pictures available.

London, Wilkes & Co, 1902 Hardcover book, First edition, bound in white Vellum with gilt titles and decoration, marbled endpapers. Portrait frontis , 264 pages, rough cut edges A day to day record of events at the Authors 'House' whilst master there. Including new arrivals and depatures, House football cup teams, cricket results , rowing, fives, athletics, racquets etc. A Very Good copy . Pictures available.

London: Hakluyt Society 1996 Second Series, Volume 184. Hardcover book , cvii, 392pp, frontis, 18 figures. Dust jacket rubbed with some marks to rear, lightly rubbed to edges and folds. A Very Good copy in Good dust jacket.

London, Picador, 2008. Hardcover,with dustjacket 178 pages. First Edition. Wonderful poetry from Clive James. A Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket. No inscriptions or priceclipping.