Search Results: Titles starting with C from Quair Books

The Women's Press Ltd, 1985. Good. The 1985 reprint. Trade paperback. With b/w plates. Reading creases to spine. Light blotching and browning to edges. Else, clean and tight. With a preface by Nadine Gordimer and a foreword by Bessie Head.

London: Methuen, 1962. Cloth. Very Good. Reprint. 8vo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Bumped. Gift inscription to ffep, some foxing, else, clean and tight. In Ralph Thomson's wonderful illustrated dust jacket: price-clipped, edgewear, chipped, short closed tear, still, Thomson's striking art work remains complete.

Michael Joseph, 1955. Good. The eighth impression, September 1955. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt lettering and white decoration to spine. Slight lean to spine, rubbing to tail. Edgewear. Vertical bands of tanning to endpapers, else clean. In fair original DJ - price-clipped, ragged edges, loss to bottom of spine.

The Religious Tract Society, 1885. Poor. [1885?] The 'new and improved' Religious Tract Society edition. 8vo (19cm), pp. 156, (2) adverts + b/w frontis and illustrations. Original pictorial green cloth with gilt lettering and framing to spine and upper board. Tatty and worn. Lower joint split, back strip attached, though flapping. Inner hinges cracked, but gatherings still holding. Occasional foxing and blotching to text block. A reading copy of a scarce title. With decorative head- and tail-pieces.

Londres [likely Paris]: et se trouve � Paris Chez Buisson, Libraire, h�tel de Mesgrigny, rue des Poitevins, No. 13., 1790. Good. Later Buisson edition. Two volumes. 12mo, pp. [292]; [252], with half-titles; in this edition the title-page vignettes show a drumming cherub and a blindfolded cherub drawing his bow. Plain modern paper wraps, the rear of volume I and volume II have early pulp paper covers beneath, edges untrimmed. Wrappers a little creased, dog-eared, toned, a little shaken. Volume I only: front blank grubby, pencil notes, POI in ink: "Siena Octbre 18./ 1818," closed tears to leaves G3 (4.5cm) and H4 (5.5cm), staining to the margins at the rear. Volume II only: some foxing to front and rear, scattered grubbiness, tear and small loss to bottom margin of leaf H8 (2.3cm). Good. A robust copy of a later Buisson edition of Montolieu's sentimental bestseller. ESTC lists eight editions of the French text published under British and Irish imprints (dated 1786 or 1787), most of which are likely to… Read More

London: Routledge, 1993. First edition. 8vo. Black buckram, silver lettering to spine. POI to ffep: 'Philip M. Taylor/ ICS, Leeds University'. Else, clean and tight. In the original dust jacket: light creasing to edges. Philip Taylor was Professor of International Communications at the University of Leeds.

Penguin Books Ltd, 1977. Good. Mass market paperback, pp. 331. Shelf wear, tanning to edges and text block, as expected with age. Else a clean, tight copy. The Pelican Freud Library Volume 8.

Parrett & Neves, Ltd., 1934. Good. 8vo, pp. 118, (16) adverts + 2 b/w plates. Blue cloth spine, buff paper boards with black lettering. Spine slightly cocked, rubbed, extremities bumped and worn. Boards, edges and endpapers tanned. POI to ffep. Else, clean. Two adverts and two compliment slips laid in (the latter from H. Wilkinson and 'M.W.' of the Readers' Board of the Diocese of London. Scarce.

London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1898. Later reprint in six volumes. 8vos, pp. [ii], [xii], 432; [viii], 416; [viii], 416; [viii], 416; [viii], 416; [viii], 418 + b/w frontises and 10 plates each. Bevelled boards, bound attractively in illustrated olive and umber cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt and black, olivine edges, brown endpapers. Pushing to spine ends, wear to extremities, a little dusty. Some foxing, else, tight and bright. A handsomely bound set intended to make English Literature accessible to 'the busy man'. n.b. This is a weighty set and will require additional international postage.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo. Green cloth, spine lettered in silver. Top edge pink (faded). Heel of spine bumped, head and corners bruised. Bald patch/ sticker residue to ffep, vertical crease to first two gathering, initials to rear pastedown. Else, clean and tidy. In Lacey Everett's colourful dust jacket: creasing and wear to spine ends, chipped, with small loss to front panel ('y' and hyphen missing from 'A Many Splendoured-Thing'). A Good+/good+ copy of Suyin's two novellas. Han Suyin was the pen name of Elizabeth Kuanghu Chou, later Comber, and finally Ruthnaswamy (1917-2012), a doctor and best-selling author of books predominantly about East Asia. She's perhaps best known for her 1952 novel A Many-Splendoured Thing, although her reputation was overshadowed by her support of the Cultural Revolution (despite recanting her views later in life): "When the epic of modern China is re-examined she and her works will provide important and readable evidence" (The Guardian Obituary).

Borthwick Institute, University of York, 1972. Good. 4to. With b/w plates. Purple card wrappers with black lettering and image to front, stapled. Browning to front wrapper, light soiling to back. Nick to head of spine. Else, clean and tight.

Jonathan Cape, 1931. Good. 8vo., pp.317 + b/w frontispiece. The 1931 Life & Letters Series (vol.13) reissue of the original 1926 edition, with cancel title page. Green cloth boards with silver lettering to spine and upper board. Light soiling, wear to upper hinge and head of spine. Penciled ownership inscription to ffep. Spotting to endpages. Else, a tight copy.

London: Duckworth, 1949. 4th impression of collected illustrated album edition (originally published 1940). Large 8vo, pp. [54], [2] + copious b/w illustrations by B. T. B. and Nicolas Bentley. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and decoration to upper board. Top edge red. Lettering and decoration dulled. Edges rubbed. Stains to fore-edge. Endpapers and final gathering foxed, former with a few stains. Lightly toned, else, clean and tidy. In good illustrated dust jacket: tanned, edgewear, some creasing and nicking, small losses to spine ends and extremities, tears and staining to spine. Very good/ good.

2000. Boxed postcard selection of British and American celebrity portraits shot by Rankin in colour and b/w. In original glossy illustrated cardboard presentation box (16.3 x 12.3cm) featuring Debbie Harry to front: bumped and rubbed. Comprises 32 postcards. Good-only/ fine. Scarce. Promotional postcards produced to complement Rankin's 2000 book of photographic portraits CeleBritation. Featuring Forest Whitaker, Tori Amos, Quentin Crisp, David Bowie, Richard E Grant in drag, Nenah Cherry, Minnie Driver and Macy Gray, amongst others.

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1958. Near Fine. First UK edition. 8vo, pp. [viii, incl. family tree], 302, [2]. Fawn cloth, green-stamped lettering to spine and upper board. Top edge green. Light bruising to spine ends and bottom corners. Light spot to top edge. Scant, faint spotting to endpapers, else, clean, bright and tight. In VG original DJ - price-clipped, lightly rubbed. A grand copy of De la Roche's 16th Jalna novel.

London: Viking Books, 1994. Hardback. Good. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Black cloth, spine lettered in silver. Gentle wear and bruising to spine ends and corners, bump to top edge of bottom board. Lightest spotting to top edge, staining to leading edge. Signed in black pen to title page, with a little offsetting to adjacent page. In the original dust jacket: creasing and wear to extremities and edges, light scoring to rear panel. A robust copy of the prize-winning novelist's sixth novel, considered one of the best novels of the 1990s. Good+/ good+

Bloodaxe Books, 2001. Very Good. 8vo., 24cm, pp.221. Light shelf wear, otherwise a very good copy. 'Poetry Society Special Commendation' (Front cover).

London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1937. Cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. 187, [1] + seven b/w wood engraved headpieces by Enid Marx. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Gentle bruising to extremities, some edges rubbed, stain to heel of spine. Scatter of fox spots to edges and endpapers, gently toned, else, pleasingly clean and tight. In the classic Enid Marx-designed dust jacket: toned, spine darkened and rubbed at joints, loss to head of spine, numerous closed tears, including a flap to spine and an arc to front panel, amateur taping to reverse. Still, a lovely, bright copy of Allinson's autobiographical novel, unusual, especially in the rare Enid Marx dust jacket. Very good/ good+ With a printed dedication to her partner Judith Wogan, am actor and owner of Grafton Theatre, London. One of only 1210 copies. Francesca Allinson (1902�1945) was a folk musician with roots in the labour and pacifist movements. A polymath and multi-stringed creative, she was… Read More

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. Very Good. FIRST THUS. 8vo. Blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Spine ends bruised, else, clean and tidy. In Peter Bate's vibrant dust jacket: price-clipped, spine sunned, creasing to edges, nick to spine. A nice copy. Very good/ very good.

Book Club Associates (by arrangement with Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1981. Good. 8vo., pp. 382. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. A bright, tight copy. Originally sold as damaged stock (final index pages cut roughly at fore edges): label to DJ and ffep, 'D' to end pastedown, 2cm abrasion to bottom ffep. Includes photographs and a forward by Clare Leighton. Edited by Alan Bishop with Terry Smart.