Search Results: Titles starting with C from Bensons Antiquarian Books

Great Britain: Kestrel Books, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Scoular Anderson. Hard back in good condition. Slight fading to the cover edges, tidy and bright throughout, binding is very good. In good dust jacket with some light wear. 206 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Scotland: I. E. W. Gilmour, 1983. Soft cover. Good. A staple-bound booklet in near very good condition. Light creasing to covers, small mark around staples where they are rusting slightly, otherwise clean internally, binding is very good. 44 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Scotland: I. E. W. Gilmour, 1983. Soft cover. Good. A staple-bound booklet in near very good condition. A couple of light markings to covers, internally clean, binding is very good. 44 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York: Oxford University Press , 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First English edition of the complete works of Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934). Hardcover with dust jacket. The covers are clean- the jacket likewise- light toning to the inner jacket flaps. Clean internally, a few light foxing spots to the outer page edges, light signs of use.

London: Martin Secker, 1926. Hardcover. Good. Hard back in good condition, a decent reading copy. Sunning and slight lean to spine, some marking and rubbing to covers, small loss at spine ends. Previous owner's stamp and signature on front end paper, moderate foxing to first and last few pages, occassional light foxing elsewhere, otherwise clean internally. Binding is good and secure. 188 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1965. 1st Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth binding in excellent condition, very slight signs of wear to the covers, the dust jacket with fading on the spine and toning to the rear. Outer page edges toned, light toning to the pages. Ink signature on the endpaper. Pages; XII, 603-1040. 1st edition.

London: Charles Knight, 1844. Cloth. Good. Complete in 2 volumes. Green cloth bindings, slightly later 19th century bindings retaining the publisher's original covers internally (Knights Weekly Volume). The cloth is rubbed, the inner hinges have loosened (loosened internally) and the text blocks loosening from the covers, volume 1 with repaired tear to the title page and the introduction page, with the repair covering but not obscuring the text on the intro page, margin repair to 42 in volume 2. Some toning and marking in places. Armorial bookplate and signature on the endpapers. Pages; 222/240, with ads. Historical novel by Scottish writer Charles Macfarlane 1799-1858. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

Bruxelles: J. Rozez, 1880. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2 pamphlets/ unbound, without the printed paper covers. Campagne de 1870 - 29 pages, 2 sheets of coloured folding maps of the Battle of Sedan. Preceeded by l'Homme de Sedan- Bruxelles; Office de Publicite, 1870. Pages 150, (2). Toning to the pages, minor marking.

London: Constable & Co Ltd, 1999. Hardcover. Good. Hardback in good+ condition. Ex-library markings on first few pages, some yellowing to page margins, internally clean otherwise. Covers are bright and clean, binding is sound. Slight lean to spine. In very good dust jacket with very minor creasing, no library markings. Thriller. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Seeley and Company, 1885. Soft cover. Fair. Printed paper front cover, lacks the paper rear cover. Marking and toning to the front cover, repair to the fore-edge of the front cover. Loosened on the spine a bit, margin chip to the last sheet. Some foxing and toning to the pages. Charmingly illustrated and well written volume of a 1880's bike tour through southern England to Canterbury. Good reading copy. Pages; 78, (2). Illustrated by the authors. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Aberdeen.: Scottish Cultural Press, 1994. Soft cover. Good. Paperback in good+ condition. Some rubbing and creasing to cover edges. Creasing to a couple of page edges, otherwise clean internally, binding is very good. 114 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Cape Town: Argus Printing and Publishing., 1891. First Edition. . Cloth. Good. Bound in dark green cloth with gilt titling. In good+ condition. Minor rubbing to the covers, minor marking to the end papers and title page, very slight browning to page margins, otherwise clean internally. Binding is very good. First edition - with errata slip. Contains 68 poems, 177 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. The covers are clean, the jacket likewise. Clean internally, no inscriptions. Pages; XII, (2), 242, (4). The story of Wynn Foster's early Vietnam years, as commander of attack squadron 163 on board USS Oriskany, upto and after his casualty of antiaircraft artillery. Airlife UK publishing distribution label over the publishing details.

Dublin: Capuchin Order, 1962. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dark grey printed softcovers, a few marks to the covers, rear inner hinge overpulled a bit, bright and tidy internally, the last 30 pages (patrons of the Capuchin Order) printed on poorer quality browned paper. 512 pages. Contains many photographic views, and a section on 1000 year old carved stone high crosses (with 42 photos), 150 pages of all manner of interesting ads (from all over Ireland), also includes full page adverts for Austin Seven Mini, Ford Anglia, Woolseley cars, Mercedes Benz, Esso, full page VW Beetle ad on the rear cover.

New York: Sterling Publishing Co, 1981. Trade Paperback. Good. Paperback in near very good condition. Minor markings to covers, internally clean, binding is tight. 192 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Washington: Smithsonian, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with dust jacket. The covers are clean, the jacket likewise, clean internally, no inscriptions, slight toning to the outer page edges. 309 pages.

Aberdeen: Spalding Club, 1888. Cloth. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Limited edition. 1888-'92. Pages; (2), XVIII, 278, 22 / (2), LXVI, (2), 496. Contains 15 sheets of plates (complete as per list- 8 colour and 7 black and white). Olive coloured cloth bindings, with Spalding club crest on the front covers. Volume 2 neatly rebacked with the original cloth overlaid. The gilt has faded and rubbed off from volume 1 spine, vol 2 spine a bit faded, covers pretty nice looking looking- slight faded. The text is complete, foxing to volume 1 endpapers, a few marks to volume 1 title, some toning and marking in places, one plate in vol 2 with some marks, the first 2 colour plates in vol 2 with black ink notes at the side of the shields (regarding their history).

London: J. M. Dent and Sons, 1926. Hardcover. Good. Hard back in good condition. Minor marking and rubbing to covers, some foxing to external page edges. Inscription on front end paper, some foxing internally, mainly affecting first few pages and page margins. Binding is good and secure. 130 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1904. Half-Leather. Good. Volume 1 of the 3 volume 1904 edition. Maroon leather with maroon cloth covers, the leather on the spine is worn and chipped with loss, rear cover detached, front cover held by the strings. Tidy internally, toning to the pages, mostly minor marking. Pages; XV, (1), 576. Weighs 2.5 kgs unpacked, so will cost extra in postage. Good reference copy, or to complete a set. Illustrated throughout. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hard back in good+ condition. Minor wear to cover edges. Slight browning to end papers, a couple of minor markings internally, otherwise clean. Binding is very good. In good dust jacket, a bit grubby with minor wear to edges. 312 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall