Search Results: Titles starting with C from D. B. Derbyshire Bookseller PBFA

Camel Drivers - The 17th Aero Squadron in World War I by Otis Reed and George Roland (Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 1st edition 1996). Well illustrated. Hardback in dustwrapper. 155pp including b/w illustrations. 11.25 x 8.75 inches approx. (287mm x 223mm). Dustwrapper spine a touch sunned. Pages a little age toned to margins but otherwise a nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

The Cars of BMC by Graham Robson (Motor Racing Publications, 1st edition 1987). Comprehensive study, well illustrated. Hardback in dustwrapper. 302pp including b/w and colour illustrations. 11 x 8.75 inches approx. (280mm x 223mm). A nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

The Centenary Poe - Tales, Poems, Criticism, Marginalia and Eureka by Edgar Allan Poe edited and with an introduction by Montagu Slater (Theodore Brun Limited in conjunction with The Bodley Head, 1st edition 1949). A numbered limited edition (400 copies + 3 presentation copies) in a full leather binding and signed by the editor Montagu Slater. This copy being number 56 and originally available to members of The Collector's Book Club (copies 1-120). A striking looking binding with a raven to front board. Hardback – full leather binding with title in gilt to spine, gilt decoration to spine and front board, marbled effect decorative endpapers, top edge gilt, and a sewn-in ribbon page marker. Housed in a custom-made slipcase with black buckram to top and bottom, and black paper sides. pp [4] additional half-title and limitation pages, [1]-559. Size: 8.5 x 5.5 inches approx. (221mm x 141mm). Leather just a touch marked and scuffed in places, mainly evident to corner tips and upper spine near head. Front… Read More

A Century of Change - 100 Years of Hebden Bridge and District by Colin Spencer (The Hebden Bridge Literary & Scientific Society, 1st edition 1999). Well illustrated throughout. Hardback in dustwrapper. pp xvi, 202 including b/w and colour illustrations. 10 x 7.25 inches approx. (257mm x 185mm). A nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Challenge Me the Race by Mike Hawthorn (Aston Publications, reprint 1989). Originally published by William Kimber in 1958, re-issued by Aston in 1988. Hardback in dustwrapper. 240pp plus b/w illustrations. 8.75 x 5.75 inches approx. (223mm x 144mm). A touch sunned/faded to dustwrapper spine; pages tanned. Nonetheless, a clean, fresh copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Challenge for the Chalet School by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer (W. & R. Chambers Ltd, 1st edition 1966). No. 55 in the Chalet School series. Dustwrapper art and frontispiece illustration by D. Brook. Hardback in price-clipped dustwrapper. 223pp including b/w frontispiece. 7.5 x 5 inches approx. (190mm x 127mm). Wear and rubbing to dustwrapper; small loss to spine ends and corner tips; a few short edge tears with creasing, especially lower margin of front panel; a little dusty/grubby to rear panel. Boards and spine clean, lightly knocked to lower corners. Light offsetting to endpapers; edges of page-block dusty and spotted but generally pages clean throughout. Overall, showing some light wear but otherwise a reasonably nice, clean copy in collectable condition. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Chambers Biographical Dictionary edited by J. O. Thorne and T. C. Collocott (The Folio Society / W. & R. Chambers, revised edition 1974). Bought in from Chambers by The Folio Society and re-issued with their imprint on the title page; available from 1975/76 as a 'Special Publication' to members. Hardback – full brown morocco with gilt title and decoration, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, and a sewn-in ribbon pagemarker – housed in a custom slipcase. [18], 1432pp. 8.5 x 5.75 inches approx. (215mm x 145mm). Foxing to peliminary and final few pages; foxed/spotted to page edges; gilt to top edge scratched and marked; shelf wear to bottom edge of page-block; ribbon pagemarker split and frayed where it folds under the lower edge of pages. Overall, showing wear from usage and longterm shelf storage otherwise remaining a reasonably nice copy – and quite lovely in its attractive binding. ref. [366.9]: Folio 60 – A Bibliography of The Folio Society 1947-2006. *International shipping rates are… Read More

Champion Year by Mike Hawthorn (Aston Publications, 1989). Originally published by William Kimber in 1959, re-issued by Aston in 1989. Hardback in dustwrapper. 192pp plus b/w illustrations. 8.75 x 5.75 inches approx. (223mm x 144mm). A touch sunned/faded to dustwrapper spine; pages tanned. Nonetheless, a clean, fresh copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Charles Dickens - Conjurer, Mesmerist and Showman by Trevor Dawson (Trevor Dawson, 1st edition 2012).
Illustrated throughout.
Hardback in dustwrapper. pp xiii, 231, including b/w illustrations. Size: 10 x 7 inches approx. (252mm x 176mm).
A nice, clean copy.
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Cheshire Bantams by Stephen McGreal (Pen & Sword, 1st edition 2006). The 15th, 16th & 17th Battalions of the Cheshire Regiment. Hardback in dustwrapper. 256pp including b/w illustrations. 9.5 x 7 inches approx. (242mm x 177mm). Light wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Chesterfield Tramways by Barry Marsden (Middleton Press, 1st edition 2004). Well illustrated throughout. Hardback - glazed boards. [96]pp including b/w illustrations. Size: 9.5 x 6.75 inches approx. (240mm x 172mm). Fading to spine and front board but otherwise a nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

China Safari - An American Explorer in the Forbidden Pamirs by Robert M. Lee (Sporting World Library, 1988). Originally published in 1986 by Amwell Press as a limited edition of 1000 copies, this copy a later printing published by Sporting World Library. Hardback in dustwrapper. pp xviii, 270, plus colour plates. 9.25 x 7.5 inches approx. (235mm x 185mm). A nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

Christina Rossetti - A Divided Life by Georgina Battiscombe (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1st (US) edition 1981). Biography of the poet. Hardback in dustwrapper. 233pp plus b/w illustrations. Size: 9.25 x 6.25 inches approx. (235mm x 161mm). Light wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

The Chronicles of Milnthorpe by Roger K. Bingham (Cicerone Press, 1st edition 1987). A history of the market town in Cumbria, formerly in the county of Westmorland.Signed to the title-page by the author. Hardback in dustwrapper. pp [10], 467, including b/w illustrations, plus illustrated endpapers. Size: 9.5 x 6.25 inches approx. (239mm x 158mm). A little sunned/faded to spine but otherwise a nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available.*

The Chronicles of Pendre Sidings - The Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society 1950 - 2000 by John L. H. Bate (RailRomances, 1st edition (2001)).
A detailed account, well illustrated throughout.
Hardback in dustwrapper. 264pp including b/w illustrations. Size: 11 x 9 inches approx. (280mm x 225mm).
Light sunning to dustwrapper at foot of spine, front panel, and bottom edges.
Nonetheless, light wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy.
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Clapham and Streatham Tramways including Tooting and Earlsfield by John B. Gent and John H. Meredith (Middleton Press, 1st edition 1997). Well illustrated throughout. Hardback - pictorial boards. 96pp including b/w illustrations. Size: 9.5 x 6.75 inches approx. (240mm x 172mm). A nice, clean copy. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

The Clarets Collection 1946-1996 - A Post War Who's Who of Burnley Football Club written by Ray Simpson (published by the author/Burnley FC, 1st edition 1996), foreword by Jimmy McIlroy. Signed by the author, twenty seven players and Margaret (Harry) Potts. Marlon Beresford, Ian Brennan, Frank Casper, Tommy Cummings, Michael Docherty, Alex Elder, David Eyres, Bryan Flynn, Gerry Harrison, Adrian Heath, Willie Irvine, Les Latcham (twice), Jimmy McIlroy, Kurt Nogan, Vince Overson, Derek Scott, Alan Stevenson, Peter Swan, Stephen Thompson, Jim Thompson, Chris Vinnicombe, Colin Waldron, Paul Weller, Doug Winton, plus three un-identified (to me) on the front endpaper. Hardback in dustwrapper. 402pp including b/w illustrations. 8.5 x 6 inches approx. (218mm x 156mm). Dustwrapper showing wear, tear and creasing. Boards a little marked and rubbed; pages age tanned to margins and with the occasional grubby handling mark; page-block sagging a little in the binding. Overall, wear commensurate with handling and… Read More

Classic British Scrambling by Don Morley (Osprey Publishing Limited, 1st edtion 1986).
Subtitled: All post-war two-stroke and four-stroke scrambles motorcycles - AJS to Wasp.
Well illustrated throughout.
Hardback in dustwrapper. 192pp including b/w illustrations. Size 8.5 x 7.5 inches approx. (218mm x 190mm).
Light shelf wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy.
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Classic Woodcut Art and Engraving - An International Collection and Practical Handbook by John R. Biggs (Blandford Press, reprint 1989).
A standard work and originally published in 1958, this copy a reprint of the 1988 re-issue.
Card covers. 176pp including b/w illustrations. Size: 9.25 x 6 inches approx. (233mm x 155mm).
Showing some handling and shelf wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy.
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Clothes and the Child - A Handbook of Children's Dress in England 1500-1900 by Anne Buck (Ruth Bean Publishers, 1st edition 1996).
A detailed study, well illustrated throughout.
This book a rewritten, updated and enlarged edition of "Children's Costume in England from the fourteenth to the end of the nineteenth Century" by Phillis Cunnington & Anne Buck (A & C Black, 1965).
Card covers. 271pp including b/w and colour illustrations. Size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches approx. (240mm x 190mm).
A nice, clean copy.
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