Search Results: Authors starting with M from Cocksparrow Books

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 2nd. Thus. * Impression: 2nd * Date of Publication: 1988(1976) * Publisher: Edward Arnold.* Binding and cover condition: Stiff card covers, light rubs. Black titles to spine and face. Minimal shelf wear to edges, none to spine or hinge. In clear self adhesive protective film cover. VG+. * Contents condition: Ex school-library copy with usual stamps and labels, clean, crisp tight & bright. No other annotations, marks or inscriptions, no tanning or other visible faults. Very slight age darkening to page edges. VG+ * Illustrations: B/w diags & line drawings within text throughout.* Pages: 113pp. text. x pp. Index at rear. * Product Description:- "The Soil" provides a good basis for geographers, biologists, environmental scientists and others who need an introduction to soils but who only have a basic science education. The topics are dealt with systematically, covering soil classification, formation, types and properties, and the book stresses the importance of… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1941* Publisher: His Masters Voice.* Binding and cover condition: Text illustrated soft card covers showing a HMV logo at foot. Black and white text on a red ground. White title to black spine. No bumps, light rubs. Minor shelf wear to edges & corners. Some wear but no creases to square spine (triple staple bound.) Very slight reading creases to hinges. Lightly used but a bit grubby. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no major faults. No tanning but all edges darkened with age. VG+* Illustrations: None. * Pages: 416 pp. text. Record shop stamp to inside front cover.* Product Description:- This complete catalogue of HMV recorded music includes records issued up to June 1940 (Supplement No. 4006), with the General and Connoisseur Records combined in one alphabetical index. (First issued in cross-index form in 1921).* This is a NEAR VG+… Read More

HMSO, 1989-06-01. 1st Edn, 1st. Imp.. Paperback, Staple Bound.. VG+/F/ND. Box X03 SOFTBACK ""UNCOMMON,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1989.* Publisher: HMSO. Publications.* Binding and cover condition: Staple bound colour photo-illustrated stiff card covers showing students and teachers in a school library. White titles to front cover. No shelf wear to edges, or to head or tail of spine. No visible marks. In clear slip-on library jacket. FINE.* Contents condition: Ex school library copy with usual stamps and labels. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions to text, no tanning or other visible faults to pages. Seems lightly used if at all. VG+.* Illustrations: Colour photo illustrations within text.* Pages: 36 pp. including apps at rear.* Description:- Good Practice in Schools. Chapters:- 1) Library Success, 2) Regular Customers, 3) Learning The Library, 4) Staffing Matters, 5) What's in it, 6) Does It Work, 7) Planning… Read More

HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1978 * Publisher: Barrie & Jenkins. * Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine only. No bumps or rubs, a little dusty, no other visible faults. FINE.* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing an illustration of a canary on a section of perch & b/w photos to rear. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £3.95. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine with very slight nicks. Covers slightly grubby. VG. * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight dusty marks to edges, lightly used. VG++.* Illustrations: A 16pp. block of colour illustrations & numerous b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 121 pp. text. viii pp. glossary, notes, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Jack Nelson has been a keen ornithologist since the age of eight,… Read More

London: Lock 1920, 1920-01-01. 1st Thus,. Hardcover. VG+/GD+/ND. Box 49 HARDBACK ""CHILDREN'S CLASSIC,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Reprint.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1920.* Pub: Ward Lock & Co. Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Grey textured cloth covered boards with a black frame and a circular picture of a sea scene tipped on to front board. Black titles & decoration to spine. Minor bumps & rubs. Considerable wear to edges, corners, head & tail of spine. GD* jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND.* Contents condition: Prize gift inscription dated 1925 to ffep. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, a few very slight marks to text. No tanning or other visible faults. Some slight toning to all edges. VG+* Illustrations: Coloured full page illustration to frontis. * Pages: 319 pp. text. iv pp. advertisements & blank pages at rear.* Description: Fifteen-year-old Ralph, mischievous young Peterkin and clever, brave Jack are shipwrecked on a coral reef with only a telescope and a broken… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1980* Publisher: Hutchinson.* Binding and cover condition: Green cloth, silver title to spine. No bumps or rubs, top edges very slightly aged, no other visible faults. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper, price clipped. Minimal shelf wear to top edge and to head of spine which is very slightly faded. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, b/w line drawings and maps within text.* Pages: 251 pp. text. xxix pp. directory of organisations, references & index at rear.* Description: In this examination of the evolution of the traditional countryside the author concludes that some of the solutions for its future lie in lessons that could be learnt from the past. He argues for an imaginative rural landscape policy, recognising that the fate of wildlife is… Read More

HARDBACK * Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1942* Publisher: William Collins* Binding and cover condition: Pictorial cover, White and rose red paper covered boards. White title to spine with title and design to face. Some damage at head & tail of spine. GD* Jacket condition: No Dust Jacket.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY clean, crisp, bright and sewn binding tight. Top corner of fep clipped. No annotations or inscriptions. Very slight ageing to end papers. No foxing. GD++* Illustrations: 8 Plates in colour several illustrations in b/w* Pages: 48 pp. text. No index at rear. One of the ?Britain in Pictures? series, Rose Macaulay was one of the most acclaimed of contemporary English writers and like many in his field has a fine prose style. Those who read this book will be taken on a fascinating journey through the social life of the English from the ancient Britons to the 20th century, finding a similarity of behaviour across the centuries, from eating and drinking… Read More

Macmillan, 1895-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. VG/GD/ND. Box 42 HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus Globe Edition.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1895* Publisher: MacMillan & Co.* Binding and cover condition: Dark Green cloth, Gilt title to spine and gold block logo to face. Bumps to corners & spine. Minor rubs to head & tail of spine and top/bottom edges. Damp marks to lower front and all back board. GOOD for age.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY with aristocratic book plate. Crisp, really tight and fairly bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight offsetting marks to end papers, pages uncut from page 120 onwards. VG.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 476 pp. text. viii pp. Glossary and ii pp advertisement tipped in at rear.* Description: The Chronicles cover the period 1326-1400 and include descriptions of all the important events that took place in England, France, Scotland, Ireland and Flanders during these years… Read More

HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1915* Publisher: University Tutorial Press.* Binding and cover condition: Blue-black waxed cloth, gilt title to spine and blind impressed title to face. Corners lightly bumped, no rubs, minor shelf wear. GD+* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Black end papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with light reading wear, slight age marks to end papers, top and fore edge. VG* Illustrations: B/w photos, and line drawings throughout with numerous circuit diagrams.* Pages: 449 pp. text. xx pp. appendices, answers to questions index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Written in the ?heyday? of electrical engineering development, the object of this book was to meet the need of a good text-book on Continuous Current Electrical Engineering concerned mainly with engineering practice, but containing also a sufficient amount of electrical science to form the necessary… Read More

HARDBACK "UNCOMMON OUTSIDE THE US," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1949* Publisher: Macoy Publishing Co.* Binding and cover condition: Black textured cloth, gilt title to spine and face. No bumps, minimal rubs, showing very slight age. VG++* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight ageing to page edges. VG++* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 429 pp. text. viii pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: With this Ephemerides and a Table of Houses, covering the years 1800 to 2000 all the necessary equipment is at hand to enable one to set up an estimate chart for any historical period, significant event, or for any individual?s date, within this two hundred year period. An extremely useful tool in a single source for the student and practitioners of the Science of Astrology.* A VG++ copy with NO MAJOR FAULTS. No dust jacket.*

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1992* Publisher: BBC Books.* Binding and cover condition: Orange brown cloth, silver title to spine. Light bumps to top corners, minimal rubs, no sunning. VG* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper, price clipped, showing no shelf price. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top edge and to head of spine. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Black end-papers. Small neat dedication to prelims. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text. VG++* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 251 pp. text. v pp. index at rear.* Description: A TV tie-in, this book explores the history of carnivores by focusing on today's descendants and their early ancestors. There are more than 200 species of carnivore in existence which are more diverse than any other living group of vertebrates. The one feature which distinguishes carnivores from… Read More

Headline Book Publishing, 1993-10-28. 1st Edn. 1st Imp. FNL.. Hardcover. VG++/F/VG++. Box X36 HARDBACK ""WW I HISTORY,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st. FNL.* Date of Publication: 1993.* Publisher: Headline. * Binding and cover condition: Maroon cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine only. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE.* Jacket condition: Coloured photo-illustrated dust wrapper showing troops ""going over the top"". NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of £19.99. Some shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine with one small tear now re-inforced. In clear un-attached protective wrapper. VG++ * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight age darkening to top edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: Four x eight page blocks of b/w photos, several b/w line drawn maps within text. * Pages: 601 pp. text. xxviii pp. index & blank pages at… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1994* Publisher: Wordsworth Classics.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-read. FINE* 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 line drawings & prints throughout.* Pages: 391 pp. text. viii pp. Blank and one advertisement at rear.* Product Description:- This novel tells of Diamond, the motherless son of a poor coachman, who is awakened one night by the rushing of the North Wind. When a voice calls to him from outside, the wind is revealed as a beautiful woman, who takes Diamond in her arms and introduces him to many adventures.* This is a FINE copy with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1999* Publisher: Tideway House, Gazelle Book Services.* Binding and cover condition: Dark Blue cloth, Gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. AS NEW.* Jacket condition: colour Photo Cover, NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £16.95. Minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. NR FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. AS NEW* Illustrations: 2 X 8pp blocks of b/w photos.* Pages: 245 pp. text. xvi pp. Epitaph & indices at rear.* Description: So what made Kipling 'tick'? His Celtic roots, his early Indian childhood -- or a clash between both cultures? This unusual non-literary biography discloses the man behind the name and its 'received' image; reveals why he wrote so compellingly about the sea and ships; had a love affair with steam and motive power, becoming a… Read More

HARDBACK "DOCTOR WHO ANNUAL 2006," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2005* Publisher: Panini Publishing Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated laminated boards showing Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper with the Tardis to front cover. Black orange & white titles to spine and face. No bumps or rubs, some slight impression marks to front. VG+.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper (probably as issued.) ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no filling in, no visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, strips and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 61 pp. text. i pp. puzzle solutions and magazine advert at rear.* Description: Four Stories, thrilling adventures in Time and Space! This annual features Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor. With background articles on a number of characters, jokes, strip cartoons, puzzles and even a biographical section on Rose Tyler. The 2006… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 4th. rep.* Date of Publication: 1994(1987)* Publisher: Corgi Books.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. Single crease to spine, none to hinge. Seems lightly-used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, slight tanning to page margins and edges. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 273 pp. text. xv pp. index and advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- Claire Macdonald's fresh approach to food has won her a wide appreciative audience. With her husband , the high Chief of Clan Donald, Claire ran the charming and popular Kinloch Lodge Hotel on the Isle of Skye, where she combines her best seasonal ingredienrs with flair and ingenuity to create truly original dishes.* This is a NEAR VG+ copy with minimal reading & shelf wear.*

HARDBACK * Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st,* Date of Publication: 1996* Publisher: Doubleday* Binding and cover condition: Dark Green cloth, gilt title to spine. No Bumps or rubs. FINE * Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated, price clipped cover, minimal shelf wear, VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY clean, crisp, tight and bright, no inscriptions or annotations. Top edge very slightly marked, seems un-read. VG++* Illustrations: B/W line drawings throughout.* Pages: 233 pp. text. x pp. Index.* Product Description :- "Lunch" means different things to different people, and this collection of recipes covers every type of lunch, from business lunches, like savoury profiteroles and goat's cheese roulade, to picnic and packed lunches, such as game pastries, Scotch quails' eggs and sausage hotpot, as well as a selection of starters and main courses for special occasions. The book also contains a chapter on brunch, including kedgeree, eggs benedict, muffins and pigs in blankets, provides… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1993* Publisher: Brandon Books.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers. Black text to spine and face. Slightly faded in places. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning but some damp damage to top inner edge of some pages. Small inscription inside rear cover. Slight marks to page edges. GOOD* Illustrations: A number of b/w photo-illustrations, line drawings and maps within text throughout. Some advertisements.* Pages: 232 pp. text. xxxiv pp. maps & index at rear.* Product Description:- An intimate journey through the landscape, the past and the present of the beautiful place at the western edge of Europe. This book covers the history, the folklore and the Archaeology one of the most… Read More

HARDBACK "NELSON CLASSICS EDITION," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Reprint.* Date of Publication: Undated.* Publisher: Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Duck egg green cloth, gilt title to spine. Front corners very lightly bumped no rubs, board edges very slightly faded otherwise no visible faults. VG+* Jacket condition: Printed red & white paper dust wrapper . NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of 3/-. Slight shelf wear & ageing to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Spine considerably faded. GD++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks to book list at rear, otherwise no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout: None.* Pages: 279 pp. text. xi pp. Nelson advertising book list at rear.* Description: The Heroes (Or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children)' by Charles Kingsley. This book covers some of the myths and legends of… Read More

HARDBACK "NELSON CLASSICS EDITION," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Reprint.* Date of Publication: Undated.* Publisher: Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Duck egg green cloth, gilt title to spine. Front corners very lightly bumped no rubs, board edges very slightly faded otherwise no visible faults. VG+* Jacket condition: Printed red & white paper dust wrapper . NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of 3/-. Slight shelf wear & ageing to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Spine considerably faded. GD++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks to book list at rear, otherwise no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout: None.* Pages: 279 pp. text. xi pp. Nelson advertising book list at rear.* Description: The Heroes (Or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children)' by Charles Kingsley. This book covers some of the myths and legends of… Read More