Search Results: Authors starting with L from Cocksparrow Books

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2008 (2007) * Publisher: Sphere.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated stiff card covers showing a scene from the catacombs, light rubs. Black & silver titles to face and yellow and silver to spine. Minor shelf wear to edges, none to spine or hinge. Slight reading creases to spine. VG. * Contents condition: Clean, crisp tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, no tanning or other visible faults. Very slight age darkening to page edges. VG+ * Illustrations: None.* Pages: 480pp. text. vi pp. blank pages at rear. * Product Description:- The first novel in the series. A modern serial killer - hunting an ancient secret. A woman is left to die as the rebuilt Globe theatre burns. Another woman is drowned like Ophelia, skirts swirling in the water. A professor has his throat slashed open on the steps of Washington's Capitol building. A deadly serial killer is on the loose, modelling his… Read More

HARDBACK "HARD TO FIND," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1964 * Publisher: George Allen & Unwin.* Binding and cover condition: Dark grey cloth, silver title to spine. No bumps or rubs, minor shelf wear. VG+* Jacket condition: Black & white photo-illustrated dust wrapper on green ground. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of 28s. net. Some shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. Label damage to tail of spine. Some ageing. GD++* Contents condition: Ex-Library with usual neat stamps and labels. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with light reading wear, no marks to text. VG* Illustrations: One b/w photo to frontis.* Pages: 179 pp. text. xviii pp. list of sources, appendices, index, & advertisements at rear.* Description: This book introduces the general reader to the complex effects which the weather has had on agricultural production during recent centuries, and to the consequences of the seasonal rhythm in farming for matters as far apart… Read More

SOFTBACK "MINIATURE VOLUME WITH SUEDE COVERS," SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1909* Publisher: Chatto and Windus.* Binding and cover condition: Overlapping maroon suede leather, soft card covers showing a gilt title to spine only. No bumps or rubs. Slight fading & minimal wear to spine especially at head and tail. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Patterned and coloured end papers. All edges bright gilt. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. Dated dedication (Sept 8th. 1910,) to ffep. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. No tanning or other visible faults. VG+* Illustrations: None. * Pages: 79 pp. text. ii pp. blank pages at rear.*Product Description:- A collection of prayers written by Stevenson on:- Success, Grace, At Morning, Evening, In Time of Rain, etc.etc.* This is a FINE text copy of the 1st./1st. thus, with minimal cover faults & a written dedication reducing it to VG+.*

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1981* Publisher: The Parson Woodforde Society.* Binding and cover condition: Plastic comb binding, soft card covers with clear plastic front cover. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges & corners. Seems lightly-used. Slight marks to rear cover. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or inscriptions. A very few slight marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Top & fore edges a little grubby. VG+* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 195 pp. text. xxxv pp. notes & index at rear.* Product Description:- Edited, with a six page introduction, by R.L.Winstanley. The original diary runs from 1740-1803 and this is the first volume of the Norfolk Years 1776-1777. The whole transcription is printed in a typewriter-style font. It is one of 17 volumes published by the Parson Woodforde Society and is the only version that contains the full text of the diary. Earlier… Read More

The Folio Society, 1959-01-01. 1st Edn Thus, Reprint.. Hardback. VG+/VG+/ND. Box 29 HARDBACK ""FOLIO SOCIETY EDITION,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Reprint. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1959 * Publisher: The Folio Society. * Binding and cover condition: Dull green textured cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine only and black decorative border and design to face. No bumps, minimal rubs to edges, corners, head and tail of spine. Spine minimally faded and aged, no other visible faults. VG+.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper or slip case. ND * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured and illustrated end-papers showing a native village amongst palm trees (olive green and white). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, a very few slight marks to text, all edges slightly aged. No other visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: A number of b/w line drawings to frontis & throughout, some with olive green background and highlights.* Pages: 127 pp. text.… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 3rd.* Impression: 5th. with amendments* Date of Publication: 1976 * Publisher: HMSO* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. No visible shelf wear to edges or corners. No creases to spine or hinge. AS NEW* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, no visible faults. No tanning. AS NEW* Illustrations: B/w plates & line drawings with maps throughout.* Pages: 63 pp. text. including Bibliography & additional references at rear.* Product Description:- This is the fifth impression of the third edition, with amendments made in 1976. The text is supported by illustrative plates, maps & geological cross-sections. Part of the extensive series of British Regional Geology.* This is a FINE copy in AS NEW condition.*

HARDBACK * Edition: 1st. * Date of Publication: Approx 1985* Publisher: Clare Son & Co,* Binding and cover condition: Blue cloth, Gilt title to spine and front board. FINE* Jacket condition: NOT PRICE CLIPPED Some minor shelf wear, top edge and spine slightly faded and scuffed VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY clean, crisp, tight and bright. No Inscriptions, Three fold landscape school photo (1985) tipped on to rear endpaper.* Illustrations: B/W photos and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 163 pp. text. The three Volumes bound together in this book are: 1, The First Thousand Years circa 904-1964 by L.S.Colchester, 2, The Cedars and The Tudways by David Tudway Quilter and 3, The last Twenty Years by Alan Quilter. A near FINE copy reduced to very good by slight shelf wear and fading to the dustjacket (no loss).

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1997* Publisher: John Murray (Publishers) Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Black & White photo-illustrated soft card covers in clear un-attached protective jacket. No bumps or rubs. No shelf wear to edges or corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly used if at all. FINE* Contents condition: School copy. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. Small school stamp to inside of front cover. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photo-illustrations, line drawings and diagrams within text throughout.* Pages: 162 pp. text. iv pp. glossary, acknowledgements & index at rear.* Product Description:- This is an SHP Official Text which means it has been created by the Schools History Project for use with the GCSE specifications. A comprehensive and well thought out discussion of the inter-war years of the German state and the bearing which they… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus, JUBILEE EDITION.* Impression: 1st. * Date of Publication: 2002* Publisher: time Warner.* Binding and cover condition: Soft illustrative card covers. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges & corners. Minimal creases & dish to spine. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, no marks. Minimal reading wear. Very slight colouration to page edges. VG* Illustrations: 3 x 16pp. blocks of colour & b/w photos with line drawn map.* Pages: 409 pp. text. lxxiii pp. Notes, bibliography, acknowledgements & index at rear.* Product Description:- Royal is Lacey's second bite of the Windsor cherry as in 1977 he produced Majesty to coincide with the Queen's Silver Jubilee. Much of this book is rehashed for the early part of Royal. In 1977, Majesty was considered cutting-edge stuff as it dared to portray the Royal Family as real people, rather than as semi-detached descendants of the… Read More

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE US," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 2001* Publisher: Gollancz.* Binding and cover condition: Royal blue cloth, silver title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Coloured illustration to dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED but showing no shelf price. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with no reading wear, no marks to text, minimal paper colouration to page margins and edges. VG++* Illustrations: None* Pages: 406 pp. text.* Description: The kingdom of Valdemar faces war with its most powerful enemy, the neighbouring kingdom of Karse. And only one man can save Valdemar; a man with a gift so terrifying that even the Heralds, the country?s magical protectors, fear him. Lavan Chitward is a very unhappy young man; pulled away from his country home by his parents' ambitions and resettled… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: Reprint Thus.* Date of Publication: 1992* Publisher: Routledge.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Some slight shelf wear to edges & corners. Light creases to spine & hinge. Lightly-used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, & tight. Some annotations & pencil underlining to introduction, a very few marks to text, slight age to page margins and edges. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 432 pp. text. vii pp. bibliography and blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- One of the most ?modern? of eighteenth-century novels, Les Liasons Dangereuses is the brilliantly observed and vividly rendered story of two libertines and the innocent characters they plot to destroy.* This is a VG reprint copy with minor faults.* Aldington, Richard

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: ++++ * Publisher: David and Charles Publishing plc.* Binding and cover condition: B/w photo-illustrated soft card covers with red frame. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: One block of 16 pp. b/w photos. Several b/w line drawn maps and plans within text.* Pages: 326 pp. text. lxxiv pp. appendices, bibliography & acknowledgements at rear.* Product Description:- An insight into the methods and equipment of the Commando and Ranger units, including the special tactics and techniques which they developed to spearhead the Allied invasions. It includes personal and eye-witness accounts, which aid understanding of the campaigns and their aims and achievements. Accurately… Read More

Victor Gollancz, 1939-01-01. 1st Thus, 1st. Imp.. Hardcover.. VG+/ACC/ND. Box X42 HARDBACK ""READING COPY,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1939 * Publisher: Victor Gollancz.* Binding and cover condition: Dull blue cloth covered boards, black title to spine only. Minor bumps, no rubs, covers heavily marked front and back. ACC.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND *Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with little or no reading wear, no marks to text, slight nibbles and marks, to end papers, owners name in pencil to ffep, top edge darkened and spackled, otherwise no visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: NONE. * Pages: 160 pp. text. i pp. blank at rear.* Description: Originally published in Hungary in 1939 and in the UK later the same year, the book sold really well just before the outbreak of WW2. The author, taking information from German newspapers and other publications, claimed that Germany could not… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 2008* Publisher: Rider* Binding and cover condition: Soft card, colour photo-illustrated covers. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges, none to corners. No creases to spine or hinge. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. No tanning. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 223 pp. text. v pp. selected reading list at rear.* Product Description:-In this very special book, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will lead you towards opening your heart and finding true peace in a troubled world. Set out in a series of distinct steps towards enlightenment, How to Practice is a constant and daily companion for spiritual seekers of ALL FAITHS in their quest to practise morality, meditation and wisdom.* This is a FINE copy with minimal shelf wear.*

SOFTBACK ?SECOND BOOK PUBLISHED IN THE SHIRE SERIES,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1968* Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Design in light orange brown showing windmill with dark blue soft card covers. Minimal self wear. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. Neat owners signature to fep. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, minimal reading wear. VG+* Illustrations: A number of b/w photos & line drawings within text. Some line drawn maps.* Pages: 31 pp. text. i pp. advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- Discovering Norfolk is based on circular tours that cover all the main places of interest in the county. These routes are devised for the motorist who does not want to spend all day on crowded main roads. Each can be done very comfortably in a day. In addition there are walking tours of Norwich, Great Yarmouth and King?s Lynn.* This is a VERY GOOD+ copy of the 1st.… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1968* Publisher: Shire Publications.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. No creases to spine or hinge. Lightly aged. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. Dedication dated Christmas 1970, no inscriptions or marks to text, no other visible faults. minimal tanning to page edges. VG* Illustrations: One block 32 pp. b/w photos.* Pages: 62 pp. text. ii pp. bibliography & advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- Contents include the origins of inn signs, royal and heraldic signs, animal signs, signs of travel, trade signs, sporting signs, great events and occasions, famous people, comic and curious signs.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. edition with minimal shelf wear & light tanning reducing it to VG+*

SOFTBACK (EVERYMAN EDITION) SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Reprint* Date of Publication: 1964* Publisher: Dent Dutton* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrative soft card covers, no bumps or rubs. Slightly grubby. Some slight shelf wear to spine, no creases to spine or hinge. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, seems very little used. Very slightly grubby to fore edge. VG+* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 174 pp. text.* Product Description:- By turns witty, insightful, self-deprecating and philosophical, in these essays Lamb offers an unusually warm, human glimpse of life in a circle that included such luminaries as Coleridge, Wordsworth and William Hazlitt. Published in 'The London Magazine' in the early 1820s, these often nostalgic essays are an important document in the development of autobiographical writing. This is a VG copy with minimal shelf wear and some ageing but no foxing.*

HARDBACK, ?UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Date of Publication: Not Known.* Publisher: Collins Clear Type Press.* Binding and cover condition: Red cloth, black title & decoration to spine & face. Some bumps & rubs, minor shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. Some slight marks. GOOD* Jacket condition: No Dust Jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with only light reading wear, no marks to text, some slight marks to prelims, top & fore-edge aged. VG.* Illustrations: A number of colour plates within text throughout.* Pages: 424 pp. text. ii pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: Lamb?s tales are meant to be submitted to the young reader as an introduction to the study of Shakespeare, for which purpose his words are used whenever it was possible to include them. It is hoped that in later years they will gain a greater appreciation of the full works with this foundation.* A VG text copy with some considerable faults and no dust… Read More

HARDBACK ?RARELY AVAILABLE,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st ?* Date of Publication: Not shown.* Publisher: Unmarked.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth covered spring back folder, gilt title to face in impressed rectangular frame. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear. VG+* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight damp marks to lower edge of a few pages, otherwise no tanning or other visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: 96 colour plates.* Pages: Unpaginated content 96 pp in grey card wrapper.* Description: Each single sided page shows one particular genus of cacti with a detailed colour photo (many in flower), reference number, name, country of origin, relative size of the illustration to real life and personal descriptive note. The plates in this compilation, cover numerous cacti and succulents, they are not arranged alphabetically but seem to follow the reference… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1994* Publisher: Avon Gardens Trust.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers. Lower front corner slightly bumped, no rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges, corners & covers. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems little used if at all. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photo-illustrations, line drawings and diagrams within text throughout.* Pages: 125 pp. text. xi pp. bibliography, index & blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- The county of Avon possesses superlative historic parks and gardens, both urban and rural, which brilliantly illustrate the history of gardening inn England. Both editors have been involved with the Avon Gardens Trust since its inception in 1996 and David Lambert is also Conservation Officer with… Read More