Search Results: Titles starting with B from Cocksparrow Books

SOFTBACK ?UNCOMMON IN THIS EDITION,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus* Impression: 21st.* Date of Publication: 1990* Publisher: PAN* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers (lighted torch laying on the tarmac). No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp tight & bright. Minimal sunning to top edge. FINE * Illustrations: None.* Pages: 229 pp. text. v pp. advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- The second book in the critically-acclaimed Kinsey Millhone series following the alphabet in their titles. Female, age thirty-two, self-employed and wiser than she used to be. For Kinsey Millhouse, private investigator, only one thing stays the same. When a client sits down in a chair across the desk, she never knows what?s going to happen next?* This is a FINE copy with absolutely minimal ageing.*

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Revised.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1994* Publisher: Queen Anne Press.* Binding and cover condition: Laminated colour pictorial cover, Maroon & black title to cream spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Matching dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED. Minimal shelf wear to tail of spine. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight glue marks to end papers, otherwise no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: B/w photo reproductions throughout.* Pages: 224 pp. text. No index at rear, arranged by date.* Description: Since the Victorian era cricket has inspired more literature - and journalism - than any other sport. Back Page Cricket spotlights the events that have shaped the game during this century in an original and dramatic way through contemporary press reaction and archive photographs; these are complemented by a commentary by EW Swanton… Read More

HARDBACK, VERY UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1955* Publisher: Collingridge Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Mid chestnut brown cloth, silver title to spine. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges and to head and tail of spine. No marks. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing a flying worker honey-bee, black and brown titles to face and black titles to spine. NOT PRICE CLIPPED showing a shelf price of 15/-. Some very slight shelf wear to top & bottom edges and some minor losses to tail of spine. Some slight spotting overall, in clear un-attached protective wrapper. GD++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Top edges coloured (red-brown), and slightly faded. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight marks to margins & fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: A number of b/w line drawings and diagrams within text throughout.* Pages: 110 pp. text. xi pp., glossary, list of… Read More

HARDBACK, ?VERY UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1955* Publisher: Collingridge Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Bright red-orange cloth, black title to spine. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges and to head and tail of spine. No marks. VG+* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing a flying worker honey-bee, black and brown titles to face and black titles to spine. NOT PRICE CLIPPED showing a shelf price of 15/- net. Some shelf wear to top & bottom edges and with no losses. Very slight age darkening to spine. Edges of cover folded to fit in clear protective wrapper which was attached to end-papers with sellotape (Now gone). VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with only light reading wear, no marks to text. Sellotape marks to end-papers with slight age to end-papers, margins & fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: A number of b/w line drawings and diagrams by David Hutter within… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1930* Publisher: Ernest Benn.* Binding and cover condition: Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and illustration to face. No bumps, minor rubs lower corners and tail of spine, spine a little aged. GD++* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Grey end papers with small vignette illustrations of dogs. Clean, crisp, and tight with very slight reading wear, no marks to text, minimal colouration to pages throughout. VG* Illustrations: B/w line drawn humorous illustrations throughout.* Pages: 127 pp. text.* Description: All these poems, songs & pieces appeared in Punch, with exception of a couple one of which was printed in the Daily Mail and one which is from ?La Vie Parisienne.? The humour may be considered by some to be dated but, should you give them a try, you will be enchanted by the rhymes, fascinated by the relevance and cheered by the very English humour.* A NEAR VG… Read More

HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 3rd. Revised.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: Spring 1948 (1944)* Publisher: B.T. Batsford Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Red cloth, faded gilt title to spine and impressed title to face. Rubs to edges and corners, cloth heavily marked. ACC.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Illustrated end papers, engraving to front and map to rear. Owners book plate, address label and some slight damage to front end-paper. Clean, crisp, and tight with light reading wear, top edge coloured red, a very few rust marks to text, slight marks top fore-edge. VG.* Illustrations: Numerous colour & b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 118 pp. text. ii pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: Contents:- A note on the author, Foreword, Acknowledgement, Bath Panorama, Roman Bath, Mediaeval Bath, Tudor and Stuart Bath, The Bath of Beau Nash, The Bath of Smollett and Sheridan, The Bath of Jane Austen,… Read More

HARDBACK, ?UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st. Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1963 (1960)* Publisher: Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth, silver title to spine. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear & sunning to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. VG+* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Owners name to ffep. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight marks to top & fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 59 pp. text. vi pp., further reading list, biographical index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Studies in French literature, No.6, The first part of this brief study suggests a general approach to the Fleurs du Mal, the second follows the poems in the order in which Baudelaire wished them to be read, an order he considered essential to the full understanding of his meaning and his art.* A NEAR VG++ reprint copy… Read More

HARDBACK, ?UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 3rd.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1947* Publisher: C. Arthur Pearson.* Binding and cover condition: Dull green cloth, black title to face & faded spine. Very slight bumps, considerable rubs, corners cropped. Some marks to boards. GD.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with absolutely minimal reading wear, no marks to text, very slight marks to end-papers, top & fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: Several b/w photos, line drawings and diagrams within text.* Pages: 205xii pp. text. XXX pp. index, advertisements & blank pages at rear.* Description: This book was written by the managing director of The Gloster Garden Honey Company. This book was written for the man who wants to make money from their bees. It is unromantic, terse, and every page deals only with hard facts. It is extensively indexed. The book is laid out in the same order as a… Read More

HARDBACK, ?UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.? Date of Publication: 1913* Publisher: Cambridge at the University Press.* Binding and cover condition: Rose carmine cloth, black title & decoration to spine & face. In poor condition nibbled at hinges & tail of spine. Edges and corners aged and faded. ACC* Jacket condition: ND.* Contents condition: Ex-Library with circular stamps to several pages and obliterated label to front paste-down dated 1914, (University College of Wales). Later owners name in pen to ffep. Clean, crisp and, tight with no reading wear, some slight age marks, otherwise no visible text faults. VG.* Illustrations: A number of b/w line drawings and diagrams within text throughout.* Pages: 128 pp. text. ix pp., bibliography, index & advertisements plus blank page at rear.* Description: This interesting treatise is one of the ?Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature,? sufficiently well respected to have been re-printed a number of times as a culturally important classic. It is… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st?* Date of Publication: 1928* Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston & Co.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine & to face. Impressed logo to rear cover. Considerable shelf wear. Bump to lower edge and some marks to boards. GD* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, & tight with light reading wear, some slight foxing and showing age to edges. Fore and lower edge rough cut. GD++* Illustrations: B/w portrait photo to frontis.* Pages: 310 pp. text. xvi pp. index & blank pages at rear.* Description: The reminiscences of a genial, busy doctor whose profession brought him into contact with all sorts of people. It is written from Harley Street and the subjects are therefore the great and good of the era. Small beer it is, but like much small beer harmless and refreshing if taken in judicious quantity. The language is fairly Victorian and non-confrontational but for an insight into medical… Read More

HARDBACK WITH DUST JACKET SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Reprint. * Date of Publication: Un-dated. Probably (1933) From ?By the same author? list. Last title ?Charmian, Lady Vilart.?* Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston & Co.* Binding and cover condition: Red cloth, Black title to spine and black border to face with simulated signature ?Jeffery Farnol?. Grubby and with some damp marks. ACCEPTABLE.* Jacket condition: White paper wrapper with red title to spine and face plus border and signature, price clipped. Chipped & torn to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine but near complete. ACCEPTABLE.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with little reading wear, some marks to text and some pages turned during printing. GD+.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 536 pp. text.* Description: "In a glade of the forest, yet not so far but that one might hear the chime of bells stealing across the valley from the great minister of Mortain on a still evening, dwelt Beltane… Read More

HARDBACK "100 YEARS OF SEASIDE ENTERTAINMENT," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1999 * Publisher: Collins & Brown.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated glossy laminated boards showing entertainers and pictures of two piers, red & black titles to spine and face. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE.* Jacket condition: Matching dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of £14.99. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to head of spine otherwise no visible faults. Now in clear un-attached protective wrapper. FINE * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks, otherwise no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour b/w & monochrome photos throughout. * Pages: 144 pp. text. i pp. blank at rear.* Description: Pertwee presents a nostalgic look at the heyday of the British seaside resorts, from the early Punch & Judy shows to the building of the great… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: Un-dated, Mid 60's* Publisher: Fleetwood Publications Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing one copy each of The Magnet and The Gem. Minor bumps & rubs. Some shelf wear to edges & corners. Light creases to spine & hinge. GD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, medium tanning throughout especially to page margins and edges. GD* Illustrations: B/w line drawn illustrations throughout.* Pages: 80 pp. text.* Product Description:- Fleetway Publications. A compilation of stories from Magnet and Gem focusing on Greyfriars and its most famous student Billy Bunter.* This is a GD copy of the 1st. thus with some age and shelf wear.*

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1955 ?* Publisher: L.T.A. Robinson Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Red cloth, black title to face. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but showing no shelf price. Considerable damage including creases, tears and some loss to rear re-inforced and repaired. (about 1½ square inch loss.) ACC* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour & b/w illustrations & photos throughout.* Pages: 94 pp. text.* Description: Dust wrapper shows a Bert Trautmann save from the Manchester City versus Newcastle United cup final, England versus Scotland international at the back. Sections include, York City ? Giant Killers, The Bishops Lay the Wembly Bogey, Soccer Springboks, Lessons from… Read More

HARDBACK * Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1942* Publisher: William Collins* Binding and cover condition: Pictorial cover, White on sky blue paper covered boards. White title to spine. Spine heavily sunned and with some cracking and damage. Corners lightly rubbed, top edge slightly darkened. ACC* Jacket condition: No Dust Jacket.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY clean, crisp, bright and sewn binding tight. No annotations but with dated (1943) gift inscription to fep. No foxing. Paper very slightly off white. VG* Illustrations: 12 Plates in colour 26 illustrations in b/w* Pages: 45 pp. text. iv pp. lists & blank pages at rear. One of the ?Britain in Pictures? series, Mr Fisher has written a brief guide to birds indigenous to Britain and the particular importance of this volume is that he gives interesting notes on the strength and viability of the various species in the war time period. Fascinating to see how the fortunes of endangered species have changed. There… Read More

HARDBACK EDITION, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1993* Publisher: Robson Books Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Purple cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps, rubs or shelf wear to boards. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper, white titles to spine and face. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of £10.95. No shelf wear to top or bottom edges or to head & tail of spine. Now in clear protective wrapper. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight marks to top & fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: Several b/w line drawings within text.* Pages: 166 pp. text. iii pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: The late great Les Dawson is at his funniest in this book ? a rollicking , lusty saga of sex, love and deceit. As he himself described it: ?The Blade and The Passion? is not just a saga of rich, rumbustious adventure, it is a record of… Read More

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1965* Publisher: The Bodley Head.* Binding and cover condition: Chestnut brown cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, very slight shelf wear. VG++* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 287 pp. text. ii pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: William Trevor's third novel. Mrs. Mooney, separated from her husband, a butcher who descended into alcoholism, runs a boarding house for working men. Her daughter Polly entertains the boarders by singing and flirting with them. The interaction between mother, daughter and residents and the impropriety of their behaviour forms the framework of this moody and somewhat dated social commentary.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. edition with minimal faults but without dust jacket.*

MONTHLY MAGAZINE No:- 88, ?JULY 1991? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. Date of Publication: 1991* Publisher: Diamond Publishing Group Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Soft glossy green yellow and white paper covers, absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges and corners. Spine worn. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, no annotations, clean, crisp, & tight, page margins very slightly aged, hardly used. VG+* Illustrations: B/w photos & line drawn illustrations throughout.* Pages: 77 pp. text. 84 pp. Back number list, Catalogues & advertisements at rear.* Product Description :- This issue features articles on ?The early Works of W.B.Yeats?, Collecting Erle Stanley Gardner, Creator of ?Perry Mason?, The works of Edward Lear with Bibliography ~ Nonsense and humour. The works of W.Heath Robinson ~ illustrator and creator, a biblography of collectible titles from the Marvelman Comics and Annuals. A price guide to Anne Rice, supernatural writer and a piece on collecting signed… Read More

MONTHLY MAGAZINE No:- 49, ?APR 1988? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. Date of Publication: 1988* Publisher: Diamond Publishing Group Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Soft red, green, yellow and white paper covers, absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges and corners. Spine very slightly worn & faded. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, clean, crisp & tight. No inscriptions, a few under-linings to listings, no marks to text, seems lightly used. Page margins lightly aged. VG++* Illustrations: B/w photos & line drawn illustrations throughout.* Pages: 65 pp. text. 82 pp. Letters, back number list, catalogues & advertisements at rear.* Product Description :- This issue features articles on ?The Adventure Stories of Bessie Marchant?, ?The illustrated books of W. Russell Flint,? an introduction to the novels of John Buchan the creator of Richard Hannay and the works of Paul Theroux. In addition there are articles on collecting bookplates, on the ?Knockout Comic? one of the most… Read More

MONTHLY MAGAZINE No:- 90, ?SEPT 1991? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. Date of Publication: 1991* Publisher: Diamond Publishing Group Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Soft glossy red yellow and white paper covers, absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges and corners. Spine slightly worn and split at head. GD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, clean, crisp, & tight. A few annotations to adverts and catalogues, page margins lightly aged, seems very lightly used. GD+* Illustrations: B/w photos & line drawn illustrations throughout.* Pages: 73 pp. text. 94 pp. Back number list, Catalogues & advertisements at rear.* Product Description :- This issue features articles on ?The Classic Works of Graham Greene?, The Military Memoirs of the Age of Marlborough, The stories of Richard Hughes & The Post-War Books of Daphne Du Maurier, with articles on Early Cricket Books and The London Mystery Magazine.* This is a GOOD copy with some shelf wear and a few annotations.* No 90 in The Series.