Search Results: Authors starting with N from Books-on-Sea

Large 8vo HB. pp; xix, 209. Colour frontis & 7 additional colour plates by Folkard, small B&W illustrations and decorative head-pieces to text. Previous owner's name pencilled to ffep. Slight offsetting to endpapers, slight spotting to half-title page and final blanks, some marks to verso of frontis. Edges of text-block discoloured. Fundamentally Very Good in yellow cloth, lettered green to upper board and spine. In a Good, price-clipped, jacket with moderate shelf-wear, and some scuffing to the head of the spine. May require additional shipping costs, depending on destination.

4to HB. pp; unpaginated. Illustrated throughout with 6 movable illustrations (All in VGC and fully operable), the final one having a rear panel to demonstrate the mechanism. Very Good in pictorial boards, with a laid-on movable illustration to the upper board. May require additional shipping costs, depending on destination.

Large 8vo HB. pp; unpaginated (Approx 200). Colour frontis & 3 additional colour plates, B&W illustrations and head-pieces to each story. Light marking to endpapers and throughout (But not enough to affect contents). Exterior Very Good in blue cloth, lettered and stamped gilt to upper board and spine. Some light wear to the spine-ends. Curiously, although most Collins titles are relatively common, I can find no reference to this title anywhere. May require additional shipping costs, depending on destination.

8vo HB. pp; 55, viii (Local advertising), adverts to endpapers. B&W plates. 3 incidences of inked marginal comments. Toning to free endpapers. Previous owner's name to head of ffep. Overall Good in blue cloth, lettered and stamped gilt to upper board and spine (Spine faded). Mild rubbing to extremities

4to PB. pp; 48. B&W illustrations. Good in card covers with moderate shelf-wear, and some scuffing to the spine-ends

Large 8vo HB. pp; 36. Section of B&W & plates to rear. Very Good in pale green mock-morocco boards, with card-covered spine over. In a Very Good jacket with light shelf-wear. Jacket stuck down at flaps

Small 4to HB. pp; x, 188. Illustrated throughout. Hospital stamps to both sets of endpapers. Internally Very Good, Externally Good in green cloth, lettered gilt to upper board and spine, with some old marking to both boards, bumping to the corners, and a degree of fading to the spine and margins.
May require additional shipping costs, depending on destination.

Folio sized card covers containing 24 card sheets (Measuring approx 15 x 12 inches). 21 of the sheets feature large B&W photographs of various aspects of the North Tyne fishing industry, the remaining 3 sheets feature text. All sheets in excellent condition, illustrated card folder has some light wear to the edges. May require additional shipping costs, depending on destination.

Large 8vo HB. pp; prelims, 584. Illustrated throughout. Text in double-column. Spotting to endpapers and discolouration to edges of text-block. Good in red cloth, blind-stamped to upper board and gilt to spine (Gilt faded). Some mild rubbing and bumping to extremities, with some light marking to both boards. An edition originally published in 18 parts on behalf of the Red Cross, which collected the royalties (Not due to AH under 'Trading With the Enemy' legislation). Date usually given is 1939, but at least one picture is captioned 1940.
May require additional shipping costs, depending on destination.

Large 8vo HB. pp; 57. Section of B&W & colour plates to rear. Very Good in grey mock-morocco boards, with card-covered spine over. In a Very Good jacket with light shelf-wear

Large 8vo PB. pp; 107. Illustrated throughout. Some old staining to the bottom corners of the last few pages. Fair in card covers with moderate shelf-wear, overall discolouration, and some light scuffing to the rear cover. The first in a proposed 7-volume series to accompany the 1952 Milan Triennale Exposition. A scarce item

Large 8vo HB. pp; 75. Illustrated throughout. Sun-fading to inner edge of upper board and spine, but overall Near-Fine in pictorial boards. May require additional shipping costs, depending on destination.

Large 8vo HB. pp; viii, 470. Engraved frontis, additional full and part-page engraved illustrations. Spotting to endpapers and edges of text-block, with overall toning to paper stock. Good in pebbled brown cloth, lettered gilt to spine. Some bumping to the extremities, and some marking to both boards. May require additional shipping costs, depending on destination.

8vo HB. pp; 91, ii. Previous owner's name to ffep, with his bookplate to the front pastedown (Maj. Desmond Gurney Buxton, 1898-1987, Deputy Sheriff of Norwich and High Sheriff of Norfolk). Some light spotting scattered throughout, otherwise Very Good in pictorial card boards (Overall toning, and some light bumping to the extremities)

8vo HB. pp; 150. lacking rear free endpaper. Spotting to front endpapers and title page, discolouration to edges of text-block. Fair in blue cloth, lettered red to upper board and spine. In a Poor jacket, with chipping to the edges and spine-ends, marking to the rear panel, and discolouration to the spine. Naughton's first novel, scarce in the jacket