Search Results: Authors starting with R from David Ford Books

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1967. First edition An altogether new approach to Mozart's scores. The author takes us through 3 operas scene by scene, sometimes bar by bar, describing, analysing and commenting upon music, plot and character as they interact on each other, closely relating the libretti to the originals and to their own age, surveying and comparing the views of earlier critics, revealing countless startling nuances. HB, 1st ed, 303pp, 12 b/w illustrations. Light bumping to spine and front board. Dust jacket v slightly browned and edgeworn. A VG copy and DJ.

London:The R S Surtees Society, 1983 1st thus or The Richest Commoner in England. Numerous illustrations in black & white and colour by John Leech. Introduction by Rebecca West, 412pp. Mint condition, bound in red with gilt. Gold slipcase in Fine condition .

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co Ltd, 1968. First edition A guide to the aircraft of the world in 1966-67. Hardcover book , 1st ed, iii, 612pp, xxviii, with advertising early, b/w illustrations throughout. 22.5 x 32.5cms. Gilt to spine and front board. A Very Good copy. Pictures available. copy. Bottom front corner bumped edges lightly rubbed.

London: Printed by J. Hughes for J. Brindley and C. Corbett, 1737 New edition, revised. Volume One only. Hardcover book . Early full leather with raised bands to spine and gilt border lines to front and back boards. 384pp, 16.5 x 10.5 cm. With engraved frontispiece plate showing portrait of Rabelais, plus 2 other engraved plates (folding), and some decorative engraved headings. Preliminary pages and preface include a detailed life of Rabelais, before the main text which consists of 'The First Book of Rabelais, treating of the Inestimable Life of the Great Gargantua.' Note: the reference on the title page to 15 engravings refers to the complete works; all plates in this volume are present. Good+ copy. The contents are very good, generally clean with occasional minor foxing, with one section of paper browned. Front and back hinges splitting but holding. The covers are generally worn and rubbed, with some leather losses to spine, which has no sign of a title label. Pictures available.

London: Collins, 2006 First Edition New Naturalist First edition: Patterened endpapers. Dustjacket designed by Robert Gillmor. 609pp. With over 170 colour or b&w photos and illustrations in text. A book about the ecology of woodland trees by one the world's most renowned experts. A Fine unmarked copy copy in a Fine Dust Jacket ,still shrink wrapped. Pictures available

London: J.M.Dent, 1986 .Hardcover. Cloth and dustjacket. 445pp. Signed by Oliver Rackham to title page-no dedication. Illustrated with 25 b&w photo plates and many maps and figures in text. Britain's landscape history and resulting natural history. Very Good in Fine protected price clipped jacket. Very light sunning to jacket spine, Previous owners inscription to front end paper. Pictures available.

London: Collins, 2006 New Naturalist reprint the same year as first published. Patterened endpapers. Dustjacket designed by Robert Gillmor. 609pp. With over 170 colour or b&w photos and illustrations in text. A book about the ecology of woodland trees by one the world's most renowned experts. A Fine unmarked copy copy in a Fine unclipped Dust Jacket ,very, very slight fade to spine. Pictures available.

London, George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1937 A children's story featuring a young bear called Mary, who is based on a real bear born in the bear pits at Berne. HB with blue paper boards and black illustration of Mary to front, black text to front and spine. 1st ed. 114pp. Many illustrations by Irene Williamson. Bumping and rubbing to both spine ends and corners, l oss to spine base. Foxing throughout. Covers stained and scuffed to back. Inscription of previous owner to FEP. Several ilustrations coloured with crayons by previous owner. A good copy.

London: Christopher Helm / A & C Black, 1998 First edition. HB. Cloth and pictorial dustjacket. 511pp, h: 24 cm. With 86 colour plates painted by Tracey Pedersen & Kristin Williams, including some whole page showing one species against habitat, b/w distribution & regional maps. Covers the 560 species found in this region. With detailed introduction on biogeography, conservation and individual islands. Near Fine in Fine protected jacket. Clean and unmarkedexcept for the Book plate of the author and ornithologist Bryan Sage. No inscriptions and not price clipped.

Shepperton: Ian Allan, 1967 Facsimile reprint of the original 7th June to 30th September 1914 timetables. Paperback book : laminated pictorial card wrappers. 169pp. H: 28cms. Colour folding map at back. Very Good : clean, light edge creasing and rubbing to wrapers. Pictures available.

Southampton: Adlard Coles, 1959 First edition. HB. Cloth, and dustjacket. Foreword then 67 pages of full page b&w photographs with detailed captions on opposite page, quarto. Some excellent photos showing racing and other dinghys in action on various waters, as well as some of named sailors and designers. Eight of the images are by Morris Rosenfeld. Very Good in Good jacket. Light browning to covers, clean pages. Jacket is very worn with losses to rear panel and top and bottom of spine.

Southampton: Adlard Coles, 1959 First edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper 'To Thunderclap.' HB. Cloth, and dustjacket. Foreword then 67 pages of full page b&w photographs with detailed captions on opposite page, quarto. Some excellent photos capturing the light and action of sailing on various waters, showing racing and other dinghys in action, as well as some of named sailors and designers. Eight of the images are by Morris Rosenfeld. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Light marks to covers, and endpaper, clean pages, with slight stretch to binding near front . Jacket has light wear to edges.

London; Collins,1972 Hardcover reprint with dustjacket, 306 pages with many colour illustrations. Still a highly regarded volume on the subject. A Fine copy in a near Fine unclipped jacket with publishers protective overlay fitted. With the signature of the artist Adrian Williams to front end-paper. Light crease to rear of jacket. Pictures available.

London, Orion, 1993 Hardcover book , First Edition with dustjacket. 278 pages. A Inspector Rebus novel. A Fine book in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. No inscriptions. Pictures available. Nice copy. Pictures available.

London: Orion Books 2014 Hardcover book , First edition with dustjacket. 451 pages. The Complete Rebus Short StoriesA Very Good copy in Fine unclipped dust jacket. Some very small splashes on rear blank pages. No inscriptions.Pictures available.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1941 First edition. HB. Dark green cloth with gilt title to spine and blind-stamped title to front cover, no dustjacket. 336pp. With coloured maps to endpapers showing Miss Lee's Islands and 26 line drawings in text, including frontispiece. Further adventures of Swallows and Amazons. A Good+ copy. Bright gilt to covers, rubbed cover edges. Clean inside overall with light tanning to edges and endpapers. Original owner's name to flyleaf margin and gift inscription on second blank.

London, T.C & E.C. Jack, n.d. Hardcover, First Edition no Dustjacket. 457 pages. Essays, Poems Maxims & Prose passages arranged by Arthur Ransome of Swallows and Amazons fame. blue boards with gilt Art Neauveu design to front and spine( artist R.T.R.) A tightly bound copy with light mottled staining along fore-edge repeated along rear edge. Light foxing to prelim pages. No inscriptions. Still a nice copy. Pictures available.

London: Studio Vista 1996 Techniques in watercolour and other media. Hb, first edition, 23x28cms, 128pp fully illustrated. A Fine copy in Fine dust jacket. No inscriptions andnot price clipped. Pictures available.

Stroud, Tempus Publishing Ltd, 2007 Soft cover book , first edition, 192 pages with illustrations.On it's completion the longest bridge in the world but within two years the bridge and the career of Thomas Bouch had collapsed. A Fine copy without inscriptions. Pictures available.

London: J Diprose 1858 Complete Edition by the American Horse Tamer. Reprinted from the American Edition. Small soft covers, 11x17cms, 36pp. Orange covers with portrait drawing to front cover. Rear cover shows advert for The Zebra Tam-ed. Covers rubbed to all edges with some loss to top corner and top edge. Spine has losses but item still tight. Pages tanned with some creasing. An interesting item in Good condition.