Search Results: Titles starting with C from Greystone Books

Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1999. NrF. Revised Edition. Paperback. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Cecil Scott Forester. A new and revised edition.in which the author, Sanford Sternlicht, focuses on the life of C S Forester, his writing, character models, chronology, the historical background of 'The Hornblower Saga', and the nautical veracity of the novels and stories that spawned a world-wide readership for Forester. With Notes And References, Selected Bibliography, and Index. No underlining or highlighting.. A near fine copy of a New And Revised Edition. . Revised Edition. Paperback. Near Fine.

Tewkesbury.: Privately Published, 1993. VG. Complete set of four booklets of 'The Norfolk Blue Light Adventures'; each a complete story. 'The Mystery Train Journey' (iv,20pp), 'The Black Carriage' (vi,18pp), 'The Mysterous House In The Woods' (iv,20pp) and 'The Watery Escape' (iv,30pp). Illustrated by Gill Jeffreys. In these children's/young novels a fantasy world is arrived at by a mysterious train. All in very good to fine condition. A VERY SCARCE complete set of first editions.. First Editions. Booklets. Very Good. Illus. by Gill Jeffreys.

Perth, Scotland: Black Ace, 2009. NrF/NrF. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PAUL WRIGHT, on half-title page. Inscription reads, 'To ---- and/-------/Best wishes/Paul Wright'. A novel in which Sol Singleton lives to work and hated it when his annual summer holiday came around. However, on this occasion, a routine visit to the hairdresser's, turns into a bizarre and increasingly nightmarish situation, in which he ends up as part of an elaborate plan to dispose of bodies. A near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed. First edition, First Printing. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Tiverton, Devon: Halsgrove, 2005. NrF/NrF. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, RICHARD D RYDER, on blank front endpaper. Inscription reads, 'To ----/Happy Christmas/2005!/from --------/& --- & with the/author's regards/Richard Ryder'. Profusely illustrated with maps, family history charts, and photographs. This is a book on many levels. It is a biography of a family covering some 250 years. At one level it is a book about sex, murder, mystery and black magic. At another, it is about the serious business of national politics and war. But it is also about the everyday lives of a dynasty of Dorset squires, their lives, hopes and fears, and their roles in the complexities of the British class system. The author makes several discoveries of historical importance concerning a mysterious and influential eighteenth century pampthleteer and the macabre death of a key figure in the passage of the Great Reform Bill. This… Read More

Dover, Kent: Limpet Press, 2012. Fine. First edition limited, numbered and signed by the author. This copy being number 27 of 100. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, MARILYN DONOVAN, without dedication or inscription on the title-page. Paperback. 46pp. The poems were inspired by the artwork of the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. A fine copy of a SCARCE first edition, limited, numbered and signed.. Signed by Author, Marilyn Donovan. First Edition Limited, Numbered, Signed. Paperback. Fine.

Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1975. NrF/NrF. First edition, first printing in d/w price-clipped. Illustrated with a map frontispiece 'Wales In 1284: The Statute Of Rhuddlan'. Deep-seated as may be our faith in the working of our present Parliamentary sysem through 'democratically' elected representatives, it may come as a matter of surprise to learn that even under the more authoritarian system of Medieval days, when the Constitution was in its infancy was in process of evolution, the right of direct appeal to the Throne in Parliament was open to the humblest of the King's subjects, not only from his English realm but from all domains of the Crown, whether in Wales, Ireland or Gascony, as the accepted prsctice of the Parliamentary scene, a practice, indeed, encouraged by the Sovereign, in respect of grievances not normally remediable through the medium of the Courts, this with the object of rectification by the Crown itself. With Index Of Petitions: Chancery', 'Index… Read More

London: Quartet Books, 1995. Fine/NrF. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY SOUTH AFRICAN AUTHOR, SHIRLEY ESKAPA. Inscription reads, 'For ------ & -----,/warmest wishes/Shirley/London, August, '95'. A novel of family drama. A fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, SHIRLEY ESKAPA. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Presentation Copy From The Author. First Edition, Frst Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good.

Milton Keynes: Author House, 2011. Fine. Paperback. 125pp. Profusely illustrated with line-drawings by Jessica Windhorst. This uproarious collection reveals the lawless Wild West in all its savage and unpredictable glory. Crammed with crazy characters and more twists than a sack full of rattlesnakes 'Call Me Randy' is certain to appeal to the untamed cowboy heart of any man or woman. A fine copy of a SCARCE first edition, first printing. . First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Fine. Illus. by Jessica Windhorst.

Birchington, Kent: Ozaru Books, 2014. Fine. First edition, first printing. Paperback. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication or inscription on title-page. (viii),287pp. An historical novel and the first in the author's 'Cairnmor' trilogy. The story moves between the rugged rural isle of Cairnmoor, a quiet country mansion in Oxfordshire, the industrial yards of the Clyde, and the chambers of London lawyers, with a climax in the House of Lords. A fine copy of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.. Signed by Author. First edition, First Printing. Paperback. Fine.

Birchington, Kent: Ozaru Books, 2014. Fine. First editions, first printings. Three paperbacks. EACH BOOK SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, SALLY AVISS, without dedication or inscription on title-page. EACH BOOK TOGETHER WITH A PAPER FLYER ABOUT THE TRILOGY. A SCARCE fine set of the author's trilogy SIGNED BY SALLY AVISS. HEAVY PLEASE CONTACT US ABOUT POSTAGE. ORDERS OUTSIDE OF UK MAY HAVE EXTRA POSTAGE.. Signed by Author. First Editions, First Printings. Paperbacks. Fine.

Richmond, Surrey: Reynolds & Hearn, 2007. NrF. First edition, first printing. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, on half-title-page. Inscriptions read, 'To -----/Hope you enjoy the read/best wishes/Graeme Harper' and 'To -----/With best wishes/Adrian Rigelsford'. 228pp. Illustrated with photographs, including David Tennant, Camille Coduri, Noel Clarke, Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman, Russell T Davies, Phil Collinson, Julie Gardner, Neill Gorton, Michelle Collins, Roger Lloyd Pack, John Barrowman, Cybermen, Daleks. Graeme Harper (born 1945) is a British television director who worked on ' Doctor Who' episodes in the 1980s and the new series, and is uniquely qualified to explain how the show's techniques have evolved. Adrian Rigelsford (born 1969) is a British writer who has written 'Doctor Who' scripts and books about 'Doctor Who'. The book is part production diary, part memoir and is an insight into the making of a modern… Read More

Great Britain: Trevennick Books, 2009. VG+. Limited And Numbered First Edition, First Printing. This being number 785. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'To -----/Enjoy the sequel/D C Bourne'. 288pp. This novel combines mystery and suspense wirh wonderful portrayals of the Cornish landscape Trapped by circumstance, separated by rock, ice and time, only the bonds of love and friendship hold Nathan, Zadie and Soloma together - until a single, desperate message brings a summons from the past. TOGETHER WITH A SEPARATE FLYER FOR THE BOOK. Corner crease to lower corner of rear cover; else a very good plus copy of a SCARCE LIMITED AND NUMBERED FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.. Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed. Limited And Numbered Edition. Paperback. Very Good Plus.

Washington D.C.: United States Of America War Office, 1958. Good. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. 87pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. An interesting American War Office publication about camouflage. Covers grubby, spotted and dusted, with some creasing; spotting to edges; else a good only copy of the SCARCE 1958 first edition, first printing.. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Good.

London.: Apollo, 1958. VG. First edition. Small paperback. 66pp. An excellent book for the Medical Orderly in camp. The chapters include; Camp Hygiene, Infectious Deseases; Common Non-Infectious Complaints; Skin Conditions; Hints On Nursing; Diet And Invalid Cookery and First Aid. A very good copy of a very scarce book.. First Edition. Small Paperback. Very Good.

USA: Privately Published, 2015. Fine. First edition, first printing. Paperback. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, KATE REGNERY, without dedication or inscription on title-page. The fourth novel in the author's Winslow Brothers series. A fine copy of the first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.. Signed by Author. First edition, First Printing. Paperback. Fine.

Connecticut, U.S.A: Bayberry Institute Press, 2013. NrF. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. SIGNED TWICE BY THE AUTHOR, WILLIAM O'NEILL CURATOLO. SIGNED ONCE ON HALF-TITLE PAGE, A PRESENTATION COPY, which reads, '11-19-14/(To) -----/I enjoy your weekly blog!/Perhaps you will enjoy my/one-airplane-side-long/tale about Pharma/scientists and businessmen/behaving badly!/Sincerely,/Bill/(another ex-Pfizer guy)'. AND SECONDLY, A FULL SIGNATURE, ON TITLE-PAGE, 'William O'Neill Curatolo'. A novel in which competition in the Biotech Drug Discovery and Internet Drug Sales worlds brings out the best and worst in altruistic and ambitious men. A near fine copy of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED TWICE BY AUTHOR,. Signed Twice By Author, William O'Neill Curatolo. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Near Fine.

Camden, New Jersey: Campbell Museum, 1972. VG. Revised and enlarged second edition. Large format paperback. (172)pp. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photographs. A fascinating museum collection of objects relating to the service of soup and its equipage. The objects are made of silver, pewter and ceramics and from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. With Glossary and Bibliography. Minor spotting to endpapers; else a very good copy of the revised and enlarged second edition.. Revised And Enlarged Second Edition. Large format paperback.. Very Good.

Thornleigh, NSW, Australia: Shekinah Creative Ministry Co-Op, 1994. NrF. First edition. Large oblong paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY CO-AUTHOR AND WIFE OF NOEL DAVIS, TRISH DAVIS, on half-title page. Inscription reads, 'To Dear ------/Great to touch/down with you/Much love/Trish'. 135pp. Size of covers, 27 by 20.5 cms. Illustrated with graphics by Rob O'Brien. There is a graphic reprensentation on the half-title page of a red dust illustration which is repeated on page 66. A collection of poems by Noel And Trish Davis inspired by a 1993 trip around Australia influence by Aboriginal spirituality. Minor sunning around spine; else a near fine copy of a SCARCE first edition SIGNED BY TRISH DAVIS.. Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed. First Edition. Large Oblong Paperback. Near Fine. Illus. by Rob O'Brien.

Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton, 2005. Fine/Fine. First edition in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PAUL HEINEY, without dedication or inscription on half-title page. Profusely illustrated with line-drawings by Bill Ledger. The book brings together some of the finest scientific minds on how the laws of science apply to everyday life. With Index. A fine copy, in a fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.. Signed by Author, Paul Heiney. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Bill Ledger.

Argyll, Scotland: Argyll Publishing, 2004. NrF/NrF. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. Illustrated with photographs, and map endpapers. A well-researched and authoritative biography of Alan Mackintosh (1893-1917). He was a war poet and officer with the Seaforth Highlanders: he was killed during the Battle of Canbrai in 1917. With Bibliography and Glossary. A near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of an UNCOMMON first edition, first printing. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. NO inscriptions, highlighting or underlining.. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine.