Search Results: Titles starting with C from Ripping Yarns

London: V&A Museum, 1971. 1st Edition. . Paper Covers. Good. Catalogue for the exhiition to commemorate the founding of the Oriental Ceramic Society in 1921. Covers bumped with creasing to back cover, a little dusty externally. Inside clean tight and vg. Size: 9.5 x 7 Inches

London: Duckworth, 1900. First Edition. . Hardback. Good. 1st edition of English language version of 'Friedenfest' translated from the original German. Cream cloth boards a little smudged and thumbed, spine darkened, rubbed and worn at head and tail, inksplodge on rear board. Owner's name on front endpaper. Some occasional scattered foxing. Very sound tight copy. Size: 20.5x 15cm

London: Artery, 1983. 1st Edition . Paper Covers. Good. Paperback, 56pp. from the library of the late poet Adrian Mitchell and dedicated to him by the author. Good tight and clean copy.

London: Henry Colburn English and Foreign Public Library, 1811. Leather Binding. Original binding. Brown leather boards, 294pp. Preface indicates this may be the first edition. Publisher's list of similar titles of 'Works of Instruction and Amusement for Young People' on single page following preface. Silk bookmark detached found within. 2 neat signatures of previous owners respectively in pencil and ink on endpaper and page following. Leather binding covering worn and missing in places at spine and external boards; some gilt decoration still visible in places. Boards a little loose but still attatched. Brown tape has been applied by a previous owner to 2nd and third hinge to strengthen. Very light, scattered, occasional foxing to some pages. Main text block tight. More photos available on request. Size: 5.5 x 3.5 Inches

London: Secker & Warburg, 1992. 1st Edition. . Paperback. Good+. White paperback, 46pp. Signed with dedication to the late poet Adrian Mitchell, from the private library of Adrian Mitchell. front cover has small faint waternark to fore edge, bumped at top corner but otherwise very good, clean and tight.

London: Blackie and Son. Hardback. Good+. D. L. Mays. Red boards, corners and spine slightly bumped. Book plate to FFEP. Four black and white illustrated plates by Mays, including one to frontispiece. 255pp. Size: 7 x 5 Inches Approx

London: Blackie and Son. Hardback. VG. D. L. Mays. Beige boards with pictorial design to spine. Corners and spine bumped. Neat bookplate to FFEP. 255pp. Size: 8 x 5 Inches

London: Hurst & Blackett Ltd, 1932. 1st Edition . Hardback. Good/No Dustwrapper. Black cloth boards, 285 pp. Externally scuffed at ends of spine and corners; slight water damage to corner of board; foxing to page ends. Internally scattered foxing to some pages but good tight copy. Size: 9 x 6 Inches

London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1887. Hardback. Good-. Red boards with gilt design. Covers and spine a little grubby. Corners and spine bumped. Small mark to spine. Edges rubbed. Hinges cracked but text block tight. All pages gilt edge. Size: 7 x 5 Inches

Winchester College, 1968. Paperback. Good. Corners and spine bumped, covers were once shut by piece of paper stuck to side, so tear on edges where that has been opened. Photographs by Michael Rosen, Drawings Deliria, Simon Halliday and Jimmy Madge. Edited and designed by Andrew Hislop, Galen Strawson and Count Nicolas Solluhub. Advertisements either side of main journal. Size: 10 x 12 Inches Approx

London: George Routledge, 1946. 1st Edition. . Hardback with Dustwrapper. Good/Good-. Guy de Selincourt. Turquoise green cloth boards, 309pp. B&w illustrations. Calicut, the old seaman sails on 'Tessa'. Dw is worn at corners and ends of spine with small nicks missing at corners, 1cm loss at top of spine and closed splits at base of spine. Small ink blot to front cover dw. Book itself clean externally with a little bumping to ends of spine and corners. Inside, neat ink name and address to 1st free ep, pastedowns just starting to wrinkle. Well-thumbed but good tight copy.

London: Antelope Books [Hamish Hamilton], 1975. Hardback. Good/Good. Juliet Palmer. Pictorial boards with matching, unclipped, dust jacket. Spine faded. FFEP missing, otherwise complete. Small brown marks and school library stamp to rear endpaper. Size: 7 x 5 Inches

London: George C. Harrap & Co.. Hardback. Good. M. L. Kirk. Beige cloth boards with pictorial onlay to front and gilt lettering to spine. 224 pp, 11 colour plates. by M. L. Kirk. Boards slightly bumped and rubbed at edges, slightly grubby, pictorial onlay slightly rubbed; front hinge cracked but contents otherwise tight and good. Size: 6½ x 8½ Inches

London: Andre Deutsch, 1967. 1st Edition. . Hardback in Dustwrapper. VG/G+. Antony Maitland. Blue cloth boards. Unclipped dustwrapper. Pages slightly browned. Slight staining to top page edges. Dustwrapper rubbed & chipped at edges. No inscriptions.

London: Dean and Son. Hardback. Good+. Green boards, black pattern to spine. Book plate to inside front board. FFEP missing. Colour illustrated plate to frontispiece. Pages slightly tanned 248pp. Size: 7 x 5 Inches

New York: Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, 1901. Hardback. Good. G. Demain Hammond. Green boards with pattern design. Corners and spine bumped and rubbed, edges worn. Book plate to inside paste down. Some scattered foxing to outer text block. Size: 7 x 5 Inches

London: L. Miller & Son (Fawcett Publications). Fair. Paper covers. Front shows illustration of Captain Marvel Jr knocking a man's head off, with the caption 'Captain Marvel Jr. battles the man with 100 heads!'; advert for body building correspondence course to rear. First story 'The Man Who Lived Forever'. Covers worn at edges & spine, creased, slightly marked. Some wear & creasing to some page edges. Complete and in good reading condition.

London: Cassell, 1887. Red cloth-covered boards, 280 pp plus 20 pp publisher's lists. Gilt tile to spine, black decoration to rear, front and spine. B&w frontispiece with tissue guard, Decorated beige endpapers. B&w illustration throughout. Spine bumped at ends, covers rather marked. Neat ink name of previous owner to 1st free endpaper, Tender at some hinges, with one page loose. Otherwise good.

London: Nisbet & Co. London. Hardback. Good. Red boards with black silhouette to front board, corners and spine slightly bumped. Book plate to FFEP. Illustrated plate to frontispiece. Some lightly foxing. 284pp. Size: 8 x 6 Inches Approx

London: Hutchinsn and Company. Hardback. Good+. Orange boards, edges a little faded. Corners, edges and spine a little worn. Some scattered foxing to outer text block and endpapers. Inscription in pencil to FFEP. Size: 7 x 5 Inches Approx