Search Results: Authors starting with S from Church Street Books

London: Bounty Books, 2004. Lavishly-illustrated history of road transport from mail coaches to the monorail. Facsimile edition of the 1967 original (although the front pastedown is a different photograph from the First ed!). No obvious faults with book or DJ. Ref:071083. Reprint. Illustrated Laminated Boards. As New/VG++. 21.5cmx28cm.

Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2002. Aimed at clinical medical students. Reprint of 1999 third edition (First 1988). Card covers, 248pp inc index with b/w illustrations. Covers have just lightest signs of use, no creases. Internally very clean and tight. Ref:104461. Third Edition. Card Covers. VG++/N/a. 17x24.5cm.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. In the "Story of the Nations" series. Maroon half-leather covers with gilt lettering and banding to spine and gilt top page edges, 574pp inc index. Frontis of Alfonso XIII and 36 other b/w illustrations. Endpapers yellowing, foxing to prelims and head and foot of spine worn, but otherwise a very nice, solid copy. Ref:071474. First Edition. Quarter Leather. VG/N/a. 14x20cm.

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton Kent and Co Ltd, 1923. Limited first edition (6000). Rural scenes on endpapers. Nice tight copy with rough-cut page edges. Rubbed at corners and some edges a little grubby, but a decent little book. Neat gift inscription and religious quotation on reverse of half-title page. Ref:06448. First Edition. Decorated Paper-Covered Boards. G+/N/a. 15.5cmx9.5cm.

London: Cassell, 1955. Eighth book in a series to interest young people in nature and handicrafts (1st 1940). Blue covers with gilt on spine and upper cover, 128pp with line drawings by the author. Covers have light shelfwear and bumping to extrems. Spine sunned. Dusty page edges foxed, as are prelims, with mild foxing throughout. Otherwise internally clean and tight. No DJ. Ref:114732. Seventh Edition. Cloth. G+/N/a. Illus. by T. J. S. Rowland. 15x23cm.

Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1986. Seven essays on the situation of writing in history and society. Card covers, 192pp. Only the very lightest signs of use. Ref:081999. Reprint. Card Covers. VG++/N/a. 13.5x20.5cm.

London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co. Essays by the controversial Victorian cleric, in the Scott Library, green covers with gilt lettering to spine and front with gilt decorated front cover corners and rules. ND but c1900. Gilt top page edges, 286pp plus 18pp adverts. Some pages uncut. Presentation sticker on front pastedown - dated 1902 - foxing to page edges and prelims, mild bumping and wear to extremities. But internally very clean and tight and overall a very decent copy. Ref:082352. Cloth. VG-/N/a. 12.5x17.5cm.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1879. Examination of Donne's work. Card covers, 160pp inc index. Cancelled University of East Anglia bookshop stamp inside rear cover, foxed rear cover, light spine crease, otherwise books has only modest signs of use. An VG copy. Ref:082147. First P/back Edition. Card Covers. VG+/n/a. 14x21.5cm.

London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1967. A dictionary of materials and processes used in the restoration and preservation of all kinds of works of art. Blue covers with gilt lettering to spine. Book has just very minor bumping to foot of spine. DJ shows some wear at extremities with a small loss at top back. Otherwise a clean, tight copy. Ref:06953. Revised Edition Reprint. Cloth. VG+/G+. 14.5x22.5cm.

London: Spring Books, 1975. Black covers with gilt lettering to spine, 304pp inc index. Book is clean and tight, DJ has very modest edgewear. A nice copy. Ref:071015. Sixth Impression. Cloth. VG/VG-. Illus. by Frederick Curl. 14.5x22.5cm.

Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1989. Story of a vicar who ran a weekly newspaper for more than 40 years in a Wiltshire village. Published in collaboration with Wiltshire County Council Library and Museum Service. First edition signed by the author. Card covers, 142pp inc index with b/w illustrations. Crease across rear cover and mild crease near joint on front cover, but no spine creases and very little other sign of wear. Overall a VG copy. Ref:082566. Signed by Author. First Edition. Card Covers. VG+/N/a. 15.5x22cm.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1881. In "The Great Artists" series. Blue covers with black letering and decoration, 133pp inc index with numerous b/w illustrations (inc pull-out) and frontispiece portrait of Bartolommeo. Decorated endpapers. General wear at extremities and spine slightly discoloured with rubbing at head and foot. Neat previous owner's name on ffep, otherwise a very reasonable copy. Ref:071075. Presumed First. Cloth. G++/N/a. 13.5cmx19.5cm.

Bath: Lansdown Press, 1984. First edition, illustrated card covers, stapled booklet, 49pp (inc index) plus 26pp of plates and two full-page maps (all b/w). Book has only light signs of use, a couple of small, light marks on covers which have just light rubbing at extremities. A VG copy. Ref:092934. First Edition. Card Covers. VG/N/a. 20x25.5cm.

London: Macmillan, 1978. Examination of the reasons behind increasing unemployment. Book in excellent condition. Only real fault is sunning and fading to spine. Ref: 06627. First Edition. P/back. VG++/N/a. 13.5cmx21.5cm.

London: Pan Books, 1952. A modern view of ancient myths, first edition specially written for Pan. Illustrated Great Pan No. GP17 (2/6), p/back, 196pp inc index plus adverts. B/w illustrations. Very clean, tight copy with only the most minor signs of use. No cover creases. Spine lightly sunned and page edges yellowed. But in great shape for a 57-year-old p/back. Ref:093160. First Edition. Card Covers. VG+/N/a. 11x18cm.

London: The Sunday School Union In the "Splendid Lives" series. Illustrated blue covers with black and white lettering on decorated spine and upper cover, 122pp with b/w illustrations, inc. frontis of Chalmers. ND but early 1920s. Covers have only very light wear to extrems. Page edges browned (possibly by smoky atmosphere) and this has affected pages. Otherwise very tight for its age. Ref:114712. Third Edition. Cloth. VG/N/a. 12.5x18.5cm.

London: J. M. Dent, 1943. In the Temple Shakespeare series. Red cloth covers with gilt and gilt motif on upper cover, 124pp inc index with Eric Gill illustrations on half- and title pages, TEG. Covers have almost no wear and internally clean and tight. DJ has general light shelfwear. Ref:125011. Reprint. Cloth. VG+/G+. Illus. by Eric Gill. 11x13.5cm.

London: J. M. Dent, 1925. In the Temple Shakespeare series with glossary and notes by Israel Gollancz. Buckram covers with black lettering on spine and blind-stamped motif on upper cover, 178pp inc index, marbled endpapers, rough-cut fore edges and TEG. Frontis print of Warkworth Castle. Covers have just modest light shelfwear, ffep foxed otherwise internally clean and tight. No DJ. Ref:125010. Reprint. Buckram. VG-/n/a. 11x13.5cm.

London: J. M Dent, 1903. In the "Temple" series. Maroon covers with gilt, 141pp inc notes, with b/w landscape frontis, gilt top edges and rough-cut others. Yellow and black coat-of-arms on endpapers. Modest wear to cover extrems, slightly more at head and foot of spine, foxed prelims and page edges, otherwise internally clean and tight. Covers have a few light marks. Ref:104136. Buckram. G+/N/a. 10.5x13.5cm.

London: J. M. Dent, 1947. In the Temple Shakespeare series. Learther covers with gilt and red and gilt motif on upper cover, 165pp inc index with Eric Gill illustrations on half- and title pages, marbled endpapers and TEG. Covers have just modest shelfwear, but internally clean and tight. Fragile DJ has general light shelfwear and sunned spine. Ref:125006. Reprint. Leather. VG/G. Illus. by Eric Gill. 11x13.5cm.