Search Results: Titles starting with A from AJ Scruffles

London : Smith, Elder & Co.; Longmans, Green & Co., 1911. Hardcover. Good. Handsome edition of Weyman's 1904 historical novel. Red cloth with gilt decoration, Top edge gilt Some light bumping and rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good.

London: The Great Western Railway (GWR), 1925. Hardcover. Good. First edition of James' writings on his visits and researches into Abbeys and monastic remains. With colour images of manuscripts, photographic plates, illustrations within the text and decorated initials. Quarter cloth. 8vo. Rubbing to top and tail of spine.Rubbing to edges. Mild bumping to edges. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Very mild tanning to page edges. Otherwise clean and sound. Good.

London: The Folio Society, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. Gentle Folio Society edition of the letters exchanged between the ill fated 12th century Monk and Nun on spiritual matters and their catastrophic love affair and marriage. With wood engravings by Raymond Hawthorn. No slipcase but with protective wrapper. Some mild wear and marking to covers but contents crisp and clean. Very good.

Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1982. Hardcover. Good. Handsome edition of Faulkner's allegorical novel of Southern culture and history, taking place before, during and after the civil war. With introduction in Russian, text in English. With map (annotated in english) to rear. Some rubbing to cloth boards and very flight fading to gilt titling. Otherwise nice, tight and clean. Good+ condition.

Devizes: Wiltshire Natural History Society; British Record Society, 1914. Hardcover. Good. Complied medieval records of deaths and inheritances in the county of Wiltshire during the reign of Edward III. Printed with gothic titling. Half leather with marbled boards. Some rubbing and scratching to leather. Small contained worm damage rear cover. But otherwise a clean and tight copy. Handsome binding. Good+

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Soft cover. Good. Some tanning to covers. Previous owner's name to endpaper. Contents clean and tight. Good+

London: The Folio Press; J. M. Dent; Folio Society, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Pleasant Folio Society edition of Robertson's account of the discovery of Tahiti, supplemented with additional extracts from the writings of his crew. Published under the Folio Press imprint. Complete with protective DJ with front and rear flaps. Engravings by Robert Gibbings. DJ is price-clipped. Volume is otherwise crisp and clean. Near fine.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1953. Soft cover. Good. Reprinted from the 1903 edition. Soft-cover, stapled booklet. Some marking, shelfwear and very occasional notes within. Good.

London: The Folio Press; J. M. Dent; Folio Society, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Pleasant Folio Society edition of Robertson's account of the discovery of Tahiti, supplemented with additional extracts from the writings of his crew. Published under the Folio Press imprint. Complete with protective DJ with front and rear flaps. Engravings by Robert Gibbings. DJ is price-clipped. Volume is otherwise crisp and clean. Very good.

London: National Maritime Museum, 1990. Soft cover. Very Good. Generously illustrated account of many technical and artistic achievements of Cook's voyages and the context in which these journeys and discoveries were made. Some mild shelf-wear. Contents crisp and clean. Very good.

Amsterdam: World Discovery Guide Books; Logos Tekstproducties, 2001. Soft cover. Near Fine. Detailed and contextualized guide to Crete. With b/w and colour images. Some very light shelf-wear. Contents crisp and clean. Near fine.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1913. Hardcover. Good. Handsome leather edition of Stevenson's memoir of his immigrant experiences in America describing his arrival in New York and his journey to San Francisco. Fine paper edition. Red leather covers with gilt titling and design. All edges gilt. Decorated endpapers. Rubbing to extremities. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Signature to ffep. Contents clean. Nice and tight. Good+ condition.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1913. Hardcover. Good. Pleasant decorated cloth edition of Stevenson's memoir of his immigrant experiences in America describing his arrival in New York and his journey to San Francisco. Green cloth with gilt to spine and blind-stamping to cover. Decorated endpapers. Top edge gilt. Hinges reinforced. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Rubbing and fraying to top and tail of spine. Occasional pencil underlining within. Binding sound. Good.

London: William Heinemann, 1977. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Early reprint of Steinbeck's translation/retelling of Arthurian legends, done in the late 1950s and remained unfinished upon his death. Enraptured by the tales of King Arthur and his Knights, Steinbeck sought to do as Mallory as convey the legends in an accessible way to a contemporary audience. Stories include Merlin, The Knight with two swords, Morgan Le Fay, Gawain, Lancelot and more. Nicely produced volume with decoration to titles. Lacks DJ. Light bumping and creasing to spine. mild tanning to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. With DJ. Extremely light foxing to page edge. Previous owner's name to ffep. Couple of instances of pencil underlining. Contents bright and clean. Very good overall.

Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1910. Hardcover. Fine. Eliot's first novel. Rubbing to edges. Mild fraying to top and tail and spine. Contents clean and binding sound. Good

New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Bumping to edges. Foxing to fore-edge. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. *Due to size and weight extra shipping fees may apply to overseas orders*

London: The Faith Press, 1920. Hardcover. Good. Fascinating collection of sketches of interesting churches, with the author's striking b/w drawings. No DJ. No date but c. 1920. Some bumping to covers, fading to gilt on spine. Contents clean and sound. Good overall.

London: The Folio Society, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good. The most amusing and/or exciting episodes extracted from Casanova's famous memoir. Lavish pictorial cover, full colour plates. Some light rubbing to edges. Contents bright and clean. Very good.

London: The Folio Society, 1995. Hardcover. Good. David Eccles. Splendid Folio Society volume of selected crime stories that appeared in the Strand Magazine. Including How the Brigadier came to the Castle of Gloom by Arthur Conan doyle; The Lost Legion by Rudyard Kipling; Mirage by W. Somerset Maucgham; The News in English by Graham Greene. Twenty stories in total. With illustrations by David Eccles. Complete with slipcase. Decorative cloth binding. Some very light shelfwear to slipcase and volume, Sunning and light marking to spine. Contents clean and tight. Good+