Search Results: Authors starting with K from World of Rare Books

G. Morrish, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 168 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to free endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Pages remain intact. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Light marks overall. Some water staining to boards.

The Sunday School Union, 1111. Hardcover. Good. 144 pages. No dust jacket. Red pictorial cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Chapman and Hall, 1926. Hardcover. Good. 1926. First Edition. 273 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Shakespeare Head Press, 1946. Hardcover. Good. 1946. No Edition Remarks. 98 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Sunning to spine and boards. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains.

The School of Accountancy, Secretaryship, Banking, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 354 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to endpaper & pastedowns. Some pages are dog-earred. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends causing fraying to cloth.Book has forward lean. White staining present.

William Heinemann Ltd, 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1955. First Published. 354 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine. Gilt lettering has darkened. Noticeable white staining.

Leonard Hill (Books) Limited., 1957. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1957. First Edition. 114 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Occasional thumb-marking present. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild sunning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Reinforced with tape to insides. Light tanning to spine and edges. Some dark rubbed marking to panels.

Oxford University Press, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. Reprinted. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards.

P. Allan & Co, 1923. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1923. First Edition. 164 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white illustrated frontispiece, with other plates throughout. Pages and plates are mildly tanned and foxed, but text and images remain clear. Binding is firm. Sticker to front free endpaper. Noticeable marking to some pages throughout; text is not obscured. Boards have moderate shelf-wear, with noticeable corner bumping and some scuffing to edges. Spine is moderately sunned. Light rubbing and scuffing overall, with some noticeable marking also.

Literatten, 1986. Paperback. Good. 1986. 127 pages. Signed by the author. Pink pictorial paperback. Flat signed by Author. Printed in German. Inscription to front endpaper. Interior of rear cover is also inscribed. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Corners are dogeared in places. Paperback is lightly rub worn and thumbed with light shelf wear to edges and corners. Light creases to corners and spine. Tanning to spine and edges.

The Bodley Head, 1966. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1966. First Published in GB. 32 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial paper covered boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.

The Bodley Head, 1966. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1966. First Published in GB. 32 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial paper covered boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.

G. Bell & Sons, 1945. Hardcover. Good. 1945. Reprinted. 189 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning to text block edges. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Boards are slightly bowed.

S.P.C.K., 1960. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1960. Reprinted. 531 pages. Plain dust jacket over red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with tears and creasing. Moderate tanning to spine.

University Tutorial Press, 1930. Hardcover. Good. 1930. 4th Edition. 279 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to half-title page. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.

The M.I.T. Press, 1965. Paperback. Acceptable. 1965. First Edition Thus. 276 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Minor dog-eared corners. Paper covers have moderate edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners. Moderate tanning to spine and covers.

W. Collins Sons & Co., 1926. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1926. No Edition Remarks. 221 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Light thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Cracking to front hinge with exposed binding, causing board to be loose. Binding is shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends with moderate splits to joints. Moderate sunning to spine and edges.

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1941. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1941. 4th edition. 279 pages. Tan dust jacket over blue cloth and gilt lettering. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. More pronounced tanning and foxing to free end papers and pastedowns. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable.Light tanning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears, and creasing. Loss to jacket's spine head.

Independently published, 2017. Paperback. Good. 2017. No Edition Stated. 97 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial paperback. Flat signed by the author to front endpaper. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning or foxing. Paper cover has minimal wear.

Oxford University Press, 1968. Hardcover. Good. 1968. No Edition Remarks. 64 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards. Contains colour illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Pencil and pen markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Minor sunning to spine and boards. Visible wear marks to boards.