Search Results: Titles starting with B from Church Street Books

Cambridge: Silent Books, 1985. Collection of facts and fables gleaned from the presenters' Radio Norfolk show. First edition signed on title page by both authors. Perfect bound, card covers, 152pp with b/w illustrations. Apart from very light shelfwear, book looks unread. Ref:114865. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Card Covers. Almost as New/N/a. 15.5x23.5cm.

London: MacMillan, 1926. First reprint in Macmillan's "Illustrated Pocket Classics" (1st 1904). Red covers with gilt on spine and upper cover, TEG, 190pp inc index plus 2pp adverts. Covers have light bumping and wear to extrems, slightly more to head and foot of spine and a couple of very light marks. Dusty page edges are lightly yellowed, as are prelims, otherwise internally very clean and tight. Ref:114896. Reprint. Cloth. VG/N/a. Illus. by W. S. Gilbert. 11x17.5cm.

London: BCA / Vermilion, 2000. Advice on treating your own back problems, from an Australian physiotherapist. Black covers with gilt, 204pp inc index. Book has no obvious faults, in unclipped DJ which shows minimal signs of use and a couple of small marks (inside). Ref:093462. Reprint. Cloth. Almost as New/VG+. 15.5x24cm.

London: Chatto and Windus, 2001. Accalimed first novel by the Chinese author. Uncorrected publisher's proof. Card covers, 172pp. Book has just light shelfwear and green felt-tip line across top page edges. Otherwise internally clean and tight. Ref:114752. Uncorrected Publisher's Proof. Card Covers. VG+/N/a. 14x20.5cm.

LONDON: Herbert Jenkins, 1952. Red covers with black lettering to spine, 222pp plus 2pp adverts. Book has sunned spine, the lightest bumping to extremities and dusty top page edges. Otherwise a very clean tight, attractive copy. No DJ. Ref:093024. First Edition. Cloth. VG/N/a. 13x19cm.

London: Adlard Coles / Granada Publishing, 1981. Designed for use with Reed's Nautical Almanac. Paper-covered boards with yellow and white lettering to spine and illustrated front, 119pp inc glossary. Book has very light wear at extremities, slightly yellowing page edges, and mildly sunned spine. Small calculation on rear pastedown. But internally clean and tight and overall a VG copy. Ref:092924. Reprint. Paper-Covered Boards. VG+/N/a. 13.5cmx20.5cm.

London: Private Eye / Andre Deutsch, 1987. Collected cartoons of war artist Monty Stubble and the heroics of Corporal "Taffy" Kinnock's marauders in their battle with the Fuhrer, Herr Thatchler. Written by Eye editor Ian Hislop. Card covers, unpaginated. Book has only the lightest signs of use. First edition. Ref:082033. First Edition. Card Covers. VG/N/a. Illus. by Nick Newman. 23.5cmx15.5cm.

Tallahassee: The Naiad Press, 1991. A Hollis Carpenter mystery set in 1936. Card covers, first edition, 208pp plus 8pp of adverts. Book has light cover edge wear, bump to foot of spine and crease to lower fore corner of rear cover. But internally clean and tight and overall a very decent copy. Ref:103725. First Edition. Card Covers. VG-/N/a. 14x21cm.

London: John Gifford, 1946. Authoritative advice on cultivation of shrubs with illustrations by the author. Produced to war economy standards, green covers with gilrt lettering to spine, 134pp inc index. Endpapers are discoloured, ffep has top fore corner cut off and small gift inscription. But the book is sound and tight. Colourful, but price-clipped DJ has a mild damp stain which is only visible internally, a few tiny losses and closed tears - none of which are on the front. Ref:071385. First Edition. Cloth. G+/fair+. Illus. by Rosemary Shields. 13cmx19cm.

London: Longmans, Green, 1936. Green covers with gilt lettering and rules to spine, 438pp. Very light wear to extremities and a couple of light marks. Foxing to prelims and page edges, which are a little dusty. Otherwise book is internally clean and tight. Ref:092855. First Edition. Cloth. VG/N/a. 15x22.5cm.

London: Martin Secker, 1923. Green covers with black spine strip and white title patch. 82pp with four pages of adverts. Rough-cut lower edges and black top edges. Endpapers yellowing and only the most modest signs of use, otherwise a very attractive, tight, clean copy. Ref:07975. Reprint. Paper-Covered Boards. VG+/N/a. 15cmx21cm.

London: McGraw Hill, 1973. Blue covers with black lettering, 134pp inc index. Covers have just light wear to extrems, internally very clean and tight. Ref:104477. First P/back Edition. Card Covers. VG/N/a. 19x24.5cm.

South Australia: Wakefield Press, 1991. Hilarious accout of an Australian nurse working and travelling in Saudi Arabia. P/back first edition. Neat gift inscription on half-title, otherwise clean, tight copy with only minor wear to extremities. Ref:06645. First Edition. P/back. VG/N/a. Illus. by A f Kersting (photographs). 12.5cmx19.5cm.

David Leesley, 1988. A personal testimony of unshakeable Christian belief. Very scarce, self-published first edition. Blue leather-look buckram, with gilt emblem on upper board, 123pp with colour illustrations by Jepson and colour photographs by the author. Covers have virtually no wear and internally very clean and tight. Unclipped DJ has light general edge wear. Ref:104369. First Edition. Faux Leather. VG+/VG-. Illus. by Peter Jepson. 15x21.5cm.

London: Stanley Paul, 1930. Rider-Haggard's scarce last novel, finished in 1924 and published posthumously (1st 1930). Second Impression, green covers with gilt, 285pp. Covers bumped with several marks. All extrems rubbed with several closed splits to joints. "W. H. Smith Library" sticker on front pastedown.Grubby page edges have a few stains, which have travelled 0.5cm onto pages in a couple of places. Several partly-erased pencilled figures on ffep and rfep and a couple of rfeps have small top corners snipped. Otherwise text bloc is fairly clean and solid. Not attractive, but a sound reading copy. No DJ. Ref:114747. Second Impression. Cloth. Poor/N/a. 12x18cm.

London: Penguin, 1953. Introduction to the writings of Irish philosopher George Berkeley. First edition issued as Pelican A286. Very nice tight, clean copy. Minimal signs of wear, spine and page edges starting to brown and occasional pencil highlighting which is not intrusive. Neat previous owner's name on half-title page Ref:06711. First Edition. P/back. VG/N/a. 11cmx18cm.

Hong Kong: South China Morning Post, 1992. Selection of cartoons published in the South China Morning Post. In near fine condition signed by the cartoonist "To Martin best wishes, regards, Paul Best" with original cartoon of artist in action on half-titlte page. A very nice copy, Laminated boards, landscape. Ref:06472. Signed by Author/illustrator. First Edition. Decorated, Laminated Boards. Near Fine/N/a. Illus. by Paul Best. 17.5x27cm.

London: Michael Joseph, 1981. First edition of this selection, foreword by Hammond Innes. Green covers with gilt lettering to spine, 255pp. Ex-library copy with usual stamps and marks, remains of date sticker on ffep, page edges a tad grubby, but otherwise a solid book. Intact DJ has light rubbing and wear to extremities, but overall a reasonable copy. Ref:082323. First Edition. Cloth. G/G. 14cmx22.5cm. Ex-Library.

Croydon, Surrey: Bedford Books, 1982. Card covers, 135pp, plus adverts. Covers have very little sign of use, but a sunned spine. Internally very clean and tight. Ref:104298. First P/back Edition. Card Covers. VG+/N/a. 14x21.5cm.

London: John Lane / the Bodley Head, 1912. Story of a Suffoilk family who lived in Wortham Hall for four centuries. Blue covers with gilt, gilt emblem on upper cover and white rules to upper cover and spine, 336pp inc index, plus 16pp of adverts. Gilt top edges and 25 full-page b/w illustrations (inc frontis) and fold-out family tree. Covers have almost no wear, light bumping to head and foot of spine. Foxed page edges and tanning to ffep and rfep, previous owner's label on front pastedown, otherwise internally very clean and tight. No Dj, but a very good copy. Ref:114777. First Edition. Cloth. VG++/N/a. 15x22cm.