Search Results: Authors starting with R from Steve Liddle

Alan Sutton, Stroud, 2007. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. An impressive, scholarly work, much broader in scope than the title suggests. The Dee accident is contextualised by contemporary and later accidents, backed up with technical discussion. Clean, tight and sound copy, about as new, very presentable. No inscriptions. 224 pages, indexed, bibliography, chronologies, plates. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Railways; ISBN: 075244266X. ISBN/EAN: 9780752442662. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0022159. . 9780752442662

Louis Cellot, Paris/London, 1768. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Note that it is correct for this edition that Vols. 6 and 7 have a London imprint. Good, clean and sound copy. Original spines missing, replaced with good quality plain tan calf, paper spine label to each volume, neatly lettered in ink. Original marbled endpapers. Boards rubbed and bumped at edges. Old ownership inscriptions on front free endpaper. All edges gilt. Two portrait frontispieces in vol. 1 ( Corneille and Racine ), both by Gaucher, 12 other plates by H. Gravelot contained in the first five volumes. Text blocks generally very clean. Some minor browning and staining around the endpapers. A few pages loosening where they meet the inner joints. 7 vols., complete, full collation on request. Approx. size 7.5" by 5".  Text is in French. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Theatre & Plays; French Language; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27070. .

John Murray, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Letters of Samuel Johnson, nephew of Sir Joshua Reynolds. A smart and presentable copy in the original blue cloth and gilt binding. Text block has scattered foxing throughout, small ownership inscription. Loosely enclosed are two newspaper reviews and a handwritten letter from Radcliffe presenting the book to the Rev. J. T. Campion. xvi + 244 pages, plates, index. Size approx. 8.5" by 6". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27913. .

J. Harrop, H. Smith , Manchester, 1791. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. A good set of the first three volumes, tight and sound in binders' cloth, gilt lettered on spines. Third volume has the ticket of 'Wilde Bookbinder Manchester' on the front pastedown. The text of the first two volumes is quite foxed in places but largely clean. Bindings are stamped 'Historic Society' on the spines, slightly frayed at spine tops, corners a little bumped. There are no plates. No inscriptions. Collation on request. Approx. size 9" by 6". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Books on Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 28130. .

Ian Allan, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clean, tight and sound copy. Dust jacket not faded or price clipped, just very light wear to top edge. No inscriptions. Profusely illustrated. 239 pages, plates, maps etc, bibliography, index. Approx. size 9" by 6". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Railways; ISBN: 0711001855. ISBN/EAN: 9780711001855. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27396. . 9780711001855

By the author, 2006. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Limited edition of 200 copies. Beautifully printed by Stamperia Valdonega, Verona, using Dante Val Version type. With the author's equally well printed card order form loosely inserted. Clean, tight and sound copy. No inscriptions. 24 pages. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 24336. .

Bollingen Foundation / Pantheon Books, New York, 1953. Second impression . Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Clean, tight and sound copy. Dust jacket ( designed by McKnight Kauffer ) not price clipped, a little rubbed, some minor wear. No inscriptions. xxii + 355 pages, many b/w plates, map, catalogue of plates, index. Size approx. 12" by 9". Very heavy - oversea customers please enquire re shipping costs. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 28737. .

Asia Publishing House, 1965. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Asia Historical Series No. 2. A good, tight and sound copy in publisher's binding. Dust jacket is price clipped and is a good example with only very light wear. No inscriptions. Not ex-library. xiii + 191 pages, portrait frontispiece portrait of Sir John Lawrence, bibliography, index. Approx. size 9" by 6".  Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; government; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 25278. .

Poligrafa, Barcelona, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Very good sound copy in a similar, unclipped dust jacket which has two very small closed tears at edges. No inscriptions. 191 pages, profusely illustrated with colour photography by Ricardo B. Sanchez. Approx. size 10" by 12". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Travel & Places; ISBN: 8434309475. ISBN/EAN: 9788434309470. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 25546. . 9788434309470

Félix Lajouane, Buenos Aires, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Inscribed by Author. Tight and sound copy in contemporary quarter cloth, gilt lettered, over marbled paper boards. Occasional erasable pencil underlining of text. Boards slightly rubbed. Endpapers browning. Attractive bookbinder's ticket of Encuadernacion, Barcelona, to front pastedown. Ink presentation inscription BY AUTHOR on title page. Ownership inscriptions on front free endpaper. vii + 343 pages, index.  Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Anthropology; Countries & Travel; Inscribed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 24343. .

Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Princeton Oriental Studies series - Social Science No. 2. Clean, tight and sound copy. Dust jacket price clipped, worn at edges, rubbed and dust soiled. Some erasable underlining in text. xii + 180 pages, notes, bibliography, index. Approximate size about 9" by 6". Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 26945. .

Macmillan, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Detailed account of the 1905 investigations in Rhodesia ( as it was known then ). Tight, sound and presentable copy in the original binding. Cloth a little soiled and dusty. Text block generally good, half title pasted to front pastedown leaf, presumably to remove evidence of ownership, occasional light foxing, corner creases etc. but very serviceable. Xv + 106 pages, many illustrations including colour plates. Size: 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History ; Countries & Travel; Archaeology; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0020234. .

City of Bristol Museums, Bristol, 1992. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Very presentable, clean, tight and sound copy. No inscriptions. 85 pages, numerous illustrations, maps, bibliography, index.. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Natural History & the Environment; ISBN: 0900199393. ISBN/EAN: 9780900199394. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0023099. . 9780900199394

William Blackwood and Sons,, 1897. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. A very good, clean, tight and sound copy. A little scattered foxing to text and edges otherwise definitely in above average condition .Publisher's hardcover binding, gilt lettered. Ownership inscriptions on front free endpaper. xvi + 465 pages, numerous plates and diags.. Size approx. 8" by 6". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sports & Pastimes; CRICKET; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 25617. .

Orion, 2000. later impression. Softcover. Very Good/not applicable. Inscribed by Author. Three titles in this collected edition: Knots & Crosses, Hide & Seek, Tooth & Nail. Very good copy, clean and presentable. Spine with light crease. Inscribed and signed on the title page by the author plus his trademark noughts and crosses doodle. 732 pages, profusely illustrated, index. Approx. size 9" by 5". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Crime Fiction; Inscribed by Author. ISBN: 0752837990. ISBN/EAN: 9780752837994. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 28445. . 9780752837994

Henri Laurens, Paris, 1921. New edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: A. Robida. Decent, tight and sound copy. Usual slight browning of first and last leaves. Original decorated binding a little rubbed, slightly faded on spine, gilt lettering dulled. Ownership inscription on front free end paper. iv + 111 pages, many coloured illustrations. Approx. size 11" by 9". Text is in French. Illustrator: A. Robida. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; French Language; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 25166. .

Bodley Head, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Cecile Walton. Very presentable, clean, tight and sound copy. Text block has just a few spots of foxing. Publisher's hardcover binding, lightly sunned on spine, in the rare and fragile clear film and paper dust jacket. This is quite heavily chipped at the head of the spine panel but remains largely intact. 99 pages. Approx. size 9" by 5". Illustrator: Cecile Walton. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 26376. .

Tuttle, Rutland, Vermont, 1985. Ninth Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Excellent and definitive study. 483 pages, illustrations, bibliography, indexed. Very good copy in an unclipped wrappper and the original cardboard slipcase. A very sound and presentable book. Size: 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History ; ISBN: 0804809178. ISBN/EAN: 9780804809177. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0020528. . 9780804809177

Larose, Paris, 1944. First Edition. Softcover. Kanak ( French spelling: Kanak since 1984; earlier Canaque) are the indigenous Melanesian inhabitants of New Caledonia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific. Ethnographic research has shown that Polynesian seafarers have intermarried with the Kanaks over the centuries.The Kanaks refer to the European inhabitants of New Caledonia as Caldoches. Sound copy of this useful study. Text block browning as usual due to poor paper quality. Printed wrappers are sound but a little dust soiled. 199 pages, bibliography, plates. Size: 8vo. Text is in French. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Anthropology; travel; French Language; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 24207. .

Thames & Hudson, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Influential and stylish publication. Clean, tight and sound copy. No inscriptions. Dust jacket is complete, not price clipped, short closed tear to top edge of front panel. 244 pages, numerous colour plates, bibliography, index. Size approx. 11" by 10".  Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 28011. .