Search Results: Authors starting with K from Sue Lloyd-Davies Books

CASSELL/ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1994 C/B. 1994. V GOOD EXLIB STAMPS TO LAST PAGE FBH; 9097 .

MCGRAW HILL, 1990. 1990. Paperback. 0071007385 . Illustrated Soft Back Cover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library Usual Stamps Marks.; 48961 .

London And New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. ,. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1964. Reprint. Hardcover. SIGNED copy by the Author/Illustrator Kay Nixon. Clean cream coloured textured cloth boards with a 'cut-out' paste-down paper image in full colour to front cover, and deep black titling to the spine and front cover. A very odd binding, and at first I thought this was a re-bind - but it seems that most Signed reprints of this date were formatted this way and published with different cut-outs on the front cover and no dust-jackets - all cover illustrations being illustrations from the story inside. Internally and Externally Excellent - a VERY Clean, Tight & Bright copy. SIGNED in silver marker-type pen on the foot of the front free blank endpaper = " With Good Wishes Kay Nixon Blundell ". NO other inscriptions or marks in the book. Unpaginated. Profusely and charmingly illustrated by the author Kay Nixon, with full colour and black & white pictures. A… Read More

GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN 1978 H/B. 1978. Hardcover. 0043520731 . GOOD D/W V GOOD 1SBN 0043520731 EXLIB LABEL & STAMPS MARK TO BEP & SMALL STAIN TO PAGE EDGES BOXJO; 9531 .

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 006430079X . Pictorial laminated card covers. No dustjacket as issued. There are some crease lines running down the spine, which has a slightly faded base colour although the lettering is still bright and clear. The page fore-edges are slightly tanned and grubby and the front cover has small scratches which can only be seen if held up to the light. Otherwise No Inscriptions or other Marks. (xii) + 233 pp. Illustrated in b/w. List of Illustrations; Bibliographic Note; List of Cited Literature on Velazquez; Index. Overall, apart from the minor 'faults', as detailed above, this is a Clean, Tight and Bright, 'Very Good Minus' copy. " This important study of Velazquez and his art describes his life and times giving a new perspective on the man and his work. All of his major paintings are described with fresh observations regarding attribution, dating, and… Read More

Hardcover. Printed in the United States of America for Farleigh Dickinson University Press. 8vo Cloth D.W. 170+ivpp First Edition 1988. Each of the subjects has contributed extracts from three of there published titles. ex libris but v clean, fine/fine FB7R; 48208 .

London: Barrie & Rockliff, 1969. HB. 4to. Coloured plates. good dw fair - some stain marks from tape on fep. Ex libris usual stamps marks labels etc BOXGH; 48270 .

KARL BAEDEKER 1929 13TH REVISED EDIT. GOOD PENCIL MARKINGS TO BEP SMALL TEAR TO FRONT MAP BOXF8; 8177 .

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1897. Second Edition. Hardcover. Baedeker's 'Russia' in French. Slim Red cloth Boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and to the front board. The background colour to the spine is slightly fading towards pink but all lettering is clear and bright. The very corner tip to the lower front cover is rubbed through but all else is near fine. The book is in Excellent condition - Very Clean, Tight and Bright. All hinges secure. Good deep colour to the front and rear boards. This is the "Deuxieme Edition. Avec 14 cartes et 22 Plans" - ALL Maps and plans are in Near Fine condition, intact and as called for. The original 'russian green' ribbon bookmarker is still present and complete. All edges marbled. (xlviii) + 447 pp. Plain Lemon endpapers - but the front pastedown has a black printed list of 'Guides Baedeker'. The ffep has a former owner's name, place, and date written in pencil, and his… Read More

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 2006. Presumed First UK Edition. Paperback. 0713489847 . In the original publisher's pictorial card covers. NIce smooth spine, looks unread near as new, but one small mauve spot to the page fore-edges near the rear of the book, so can't be listed as New. Internally No Inscriptions or Marks. 336 pp. Illustrated in b/w with the usual chess diagram examples. "Garry Kasparov has dominated the world of competitive chess for longer than any world champion. The period 1999-2005 represents one of the most fascinating and controversial phases of his career, including repeated and frustrated attempts to reunify the world championship. Following his retirement, this must-have guide is a celebration of the final years of one of the greatest players of our time. A large selection of games are covered, accompanied by in-depth annotation and analysis". See Images; Batsford Chess; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .

Kingswood: The World's Work (1913) Ltd. Good+ with no dust jacket. (1913). First Edition. Hardcover. Titles to spine rubbed and dull, edges bleached but covers sound. Internally quite clean and tight. A good+ reading copy. Name/Writing on e/p and half title. Half title has 2 stamps, dated 3 June 1953. Black/white frontispiece. Stamp; Petty Officers Mess, HMS Blackcap on t/p. Slight foxing. 218 pp. Illus in black/white. Stamp to rear e/p. ; 002776; 8vo .

Trumbull, Connecticut, U.S.A.: Weatherhill. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0834800810 . NOT PRICE CLIPPED, slight creasing to edges of dustwrap, black cloth covered boards with red cloth spine, edges of boards slightly faded, bright gilt titling to spine, silver decs to front board, NO INSCRIPTIONS, 167pp, profusely illustrated in black/white, CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. Small stamp to corner of half title. "An historical narrative of Hachijo Island, an isolated penal colony in the Pacific Ocean 240 miles south-east of Tokyo. From 1606 to 1881 nineteen hundred men, women, and children were banished here."; 107113; 8vo (large) .

Reading: Osprey Publishing. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 0850451736 . Dark Green cloth bound boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket, which is not price-clipped. There are light clear 'fleck' marks to the dustjacket covers, in the laminate as printed I think, and only seen if you squint closely at it. Otherwise there are NO inscriptions or other marks. (16) + 160 pp. Illustrated with b/w and colour plates. Select Bibliography; Index; Overall, this is an Excellent, Clean, Tight and Bright, 'FINE' copy. "A lavish guide to the uniform and equipment of the soldiers-American, French, British, Indian and German-who fought on the North American continent from 1753 to 1815." ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

VIKING 1992 1ST EDIT H/B. Hardcover. V GOOD NO FEP FB13; 8530 .

MICHAEL JOSEPH 1973 1ST EDIT H/B. Hardcover. GOOD D/W GOOD BOXGG; 8331 .

London: Secker & Warburg ,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1971. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0436231212 . Fine black cloth-covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dust-jacket. Jacket design by Mike Dempsey. The dustjacket is NOT price-clipped and is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks Fine. The page fore-edges have some pale foxing (very light scattered tan spotting) , but internally there are NO Inscriptions or Marks, just the odd pale spot to the very edge, o/w FINE . (4) + 277 pp. "Shingo Ogata is close to retirement, & begins recalling strange dreams that make him question his life & his family. He sets about making amends as he meditates on the aging process & nature's beauty." . Katawaba was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968. This is the first novel of his to be translated into English (by Edward M. Seidensticker) since that… Read More

New York: Springer. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0387948929 . A Good Plus Ex-University library hardback book with a few stamps & labels = Labels and a stamp on the front endpapers. Stamp to the page fore-edges, and a 'withdrawn' stamp at the foot of the reverse of the title page. NO other library marks that I can see. Entirely unworn internally, may be unread. In the original publisher's glossy lettered laminated boards. Spine sunned/faded. (xxiii) + (1) + 353 pages. " Prove It with Figures displays some of the tools of the social and statistical sciences that have been applied to the proof of facts in the courtroom and to the study of questions of legal importance. It explains how researchers can extract the most valuable and reliable data that can conveniently be made available and how these efforts sometimes go awry. In the tradition of Zeisel's 'Say It with Figures', a standard in the field of social… Read More

PUBLISHED BY AUTHOR 1943 1ST EDIT S/B. Paperback. GOOD CREASE TO FRONT COVER SOME FOXING TO PAGE EDGES & BACK COVER BOXF8; 8188 .

Calton, UK: T. & A. D. Poyser. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0856610259 . Blue boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's 'Hawaiian Geese' illustrated dustjacket (illustrated by Tim Halliday). The dustjacket is not price clipped. First Edition. 154pp + 1 advert leaf. Illustrated with a full colour frontispiece, a suite of 24 b/w Plates and many b/w maps, plans and illustrations in the text. A former owner's name is written at the top of the half title o/w No Inscriptions or Marks. A Detailed account of the biology and ecology of the nene, or Hawaiian goose, and the conservation effort directed at its preservation. An Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: John Murray. As New in As New dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 0719553466 . Black boards with bright Gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket. The dustjacket is Not price-clipped. NO Inscriptions or Marks. (xii) + 385 pp. Illustrated in b/w; 1 Map in b/w; Gl; ossary of Place Names; Bibliography; Index. An Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright Near 'As New' copy. "John Keay's epic, expert study of the twenthieth-century demise of colonial rule in the Far East The names echo like the last long notes of a bugle call: Hiroshima, Dien Bien Phu, Tiananmen Square; MacArthur and Mountbatten; The Quiet American and Bridge over the River Kwai. In a twentieth-century welter of war, Depression and Communism four empires crumbled and the West was bundled out of the East. John Keay's acclaimed study of this imperial finale draws on contemporary sources ranging from Ho Chi Minh to Dirk Bogarde. The narrative swoops from the… Read More