Search Results: Authors starting with S from Cornish Books

London : Birmingham: Elliot Stock : Cornish Brothers, 1890. Vellum. Near Very Good. Lovely collection of Songs and Sonnetts from South Wales. Quarter Vellum Binding with Marbled paper-covered boards. Gilt title and Floral motif on front vellum. Top page edges Gilt, other edges Untrimmed. 128 pages, 6 1/2" Tall. Some edge wear, espescially at tips of corners. No inscriptions. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

London: Andre Deutsch, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A uniquely valuable insight into modern Islam". 399 p.pages, 850g, 9 1/2" tall. No inscriptions. Jacket colour a little faded at spine. Unclipped.

London: Hutchinson. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Romantic Novel of the French Revolution. With Frontispiece and 4 other illustrations in colour. Burgundy cloth with bright gilt lettering to front and spine. Slight patchy loss of colourto front. 191 Pages.Pictorial endpapers (ex library stamp on front endpaper.) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: George G. Harrap & Co Ltd, 1937. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Exciting Western Adventure. Green cloth cover with black lettering and linear decoration to front. Black lettering to spine. Frontis colour Illustration shows 2 prospectors slithering over snow. Plate is loose. Some patchy loss of colour to cover. Hinges sound. 8 1/2" Tall. Presentation label on endpaper dated 1935. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

London: Michael Joseph, 1945. Cloth. Good+. Biographies of St Teresa of Avila and St Therese of Liseux. Blue cloth cover with Silver Lettering on lighter blue ground on spine. 182 Pages. Some edge wear. Catholic lending library label on front and stamp on back. No other inscriptions or stamnps. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Michael Joseph, 1961. Unusual Novel, about the jottings of Edmund Carr, a man with a short time to live. Brown cloth cover with Gilt Lettering on spine. 155 Pages. No inscriptions except 'first edition' penciled on ffep. Jacket has some edge wear and a couple of nicks. Clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good +/Near Very Good. Book.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1938. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Biography. Illustrated with B&W Photos, and reproductions of portraits etc. Frontis iluss. a lovely Portrait painting of Pepita in monochrome. Brown cloth cover with Gilt lettering on spine. 282 Pages. Slight fading to cloth on front & back. Small specks of browning on page edges. Old illustrated Bookplate on Endpaper. No inscriptions except old penciled price. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: William Heinemann, 1955. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Poetry describing the Countryside through the Seasons. Ivory paper-covered boards with dull Gilt Lettering on green ground to spine. 107 Pages. No inscriptions. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Bournemouth: Liverpool Victoria Group, 1997. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Interesting History of the Benevalent Society founded in 1843 in the immediate aftermath of the Industrial revolution. It's aim was to aid poor people unable to pay for a decent burial of their loved ones. Unusual social history of the plight of the poor in Liverpool. Well illustrated with many B&W and some Colour Photos etc. 123 pages, 760g, 10 1/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Very slight edge wear to jacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Macmillan, 1980. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Complete Set of 20 Volumes. Enourmous Reference Work, a new Music Dictionary, Encyclopedic and Universal, based on the original compiled by Sir George Grove in 1870-1890. Includes substantial articles on many topica new to "Grove" e.g. Ethnomusicology & Electronic Music. Text arranged in Double Columns.Vol. I, A to Bacilly, contains 899 pages and the other volumes are of similar size. Brown cloth covers with Gilt Lettering on Blue Grounds to spines. 10" Tall. No inscriptions. Very nice, clean set. Weighs almost 40 Kilos so Shipping Outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Constable, 1942. Card Covers. Good+. Interesting Brochure by an anonymous Author, corncerning the reasons for the fall of the Third French Republic. and the subservience of France to Germany. Foreward by Viscount Cecil Authorised Translation. Buff card cover with Red & Black Lettering & Borders to front. 57 Pages, 110g, 7 1/2" Tall. Small triangular piece missing from top left corner of cover (see photo). Previous owner's name on ffep, no other inscriptions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Paris: Librairie Francaise et Anglaise de Truchy, 1848. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. Very thoughtful & useful book intended for French Students of English. English Texts (designed to be Translated), taken from Shakespeare, Milton, Pope, Byron, Walter Scott, and many more. May explanatory and instructive Footnotes in French. Contemporary Brown Half Leather Binding with Marbled paper covered boards. 7" Tall. Some wear to leather and rubbing to boards (see photo). Previous owner's inscriptions, dated 1860 and 1882 on front free endpaper and half title page. a Few spots of occasional foxing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall

Paris: Micocosme/Editions Du Seuil, 1965. Paperback. Good. French Text Illustrated with many small B&W Photos. Unpaginated A-Z Reference, book is 2cm thick. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

E P Dutton, 1985. Quarter Cloth. Near Very Good/Very Good. No inscriptions. Small spots of browning on top page edges. Edge wear at bottom edge of one board. Very slight edge wear to jacket. Unclipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

W.H. Allen / Virgin Books, 1984. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Novel. 9 1/2" Tall, 188 pages, 460g. No inscriptions. Slightr edge wear to jackt. Unclipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Hutchinson Children's Books, 1995. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. Rackham, Arthur & Caldecott, Randolph & Blake, Greenaway, Kate & Blake, Quentin & Others. Foreword by Quentin Blake. Extensive Selection of Illustrated Childrens Stories & Rhymes. Includes much loved Classics and more modern works. Dark Blue Cloth with Bright Gilt Lettering to spine. 10 1/4" Tall, 512 Pages. No inscriptions. Some blue scribble on blank preliminary page and title page. Some edge wear with a little curling to top of jacket. Not clipped. Weighs 1.6 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Paris: Les Libraires Associes, 1759. Full-Leather. Fair. Volume 5 Only. Contemporary Full leather Binding with 6 Raised bands to spine. Gilt decoration in top compartment, Title label missing from 2nd and Tome No: in 3rd. Title Page printed in Black & Red. Illustrated with some full page B&W Plates. 5 1/2" Tall. Front endpaper and last page of Table des Chapitres missing, also a quarter of page 35 is torn away and the first illustration (opposite page 15) has a fine closed tear. Some leather missing from bottom of spine (see photo). Binding firm, pages clean. "1759" penciled under the printed date in Roman numerals MCC,LIX. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall

Rue De Foin Saint-Jacques, N. 11, Paris: Santin, Libraire De La Cour, 1821. Half-Leather. Near Very Good. 4 1/4" Tall (105mm). Complete Set of 4 Volumes; Tome Premier, Tome Second, Tome Troisieme et Tome Quatrieme. FRENCH TEXT. Beautifully illustrated with 19 Full-Page Plates. Each Tome dated 1821. Contemporary Brown Calf Half-Leather Bindings with paper-Covered boards having a Feather Pattern, and Leather corners. Blind tooled decoration to spines. Title & Vo. Nos indented on spines (labels missing) see photos. Same "Feather Pattern on Endpapers. From the collection of Reginald Rodgers of West Cornwall (his Bookplate illustrated with a Red Deer pasted on Endpapers.) Vol I, 376 Pages; Vol. II, 314 Pages; Vol III, 355 Pages & Vol IV, 347 Pages. Set weighs 380g. Some edge wear with little pieces of leather missing at tops of spines (see photos). Hinges sound & Bindings firm. Pages in very good condition. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall

Taschen GmbH, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good +/Near Fine. Monet, Claude. Beautifully illustrated with many Colour Plates. Also a B&W Portrait Photo of the great French Impressionist and another of the Artist with his beautiful Water Lily panoramic Painting at Giverny. Red hardcover. 220 Pages, 1.5 Kilos, 12 1/8" Tall. No inscriptions. Small bump on bottom edge. Jacket has very slight curling at the bottom. Book weighs 1.5 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

Ian Allan : In Association with the National Maritime Musem, 1992. Cloth. Very Good/Near Very Good. Fascinating account of 700 years history of the Royal Navy. Includes the Great Battles but also focuses on daily life and conditions, including Royal Marines & Aircrew. Remarkable reference work. Well illustrated with many B&W Photos. Blue cloth cover with Gilt Lettering to spine. 424 Pages, 12" Tall. No inscriptions. A little faint browning to title page. Jacket has a small closed tear (1/2" long) at top edge which has caused some curling. Also so a very small closed tear on back corner with a little chipping. (Both Repaired now from inside with clear tape.) Large book, weighs 2.1 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall