Search Results: Titles starting with G from Church Street Books

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1906. Second reprint of the 1890 first in the Pitt Press series, edited by A. G.Peskett. Text in Latin, foreword and intro in English. Olive covers with gilt and black rules to both boards, 172pp plus 8pp adverts for the Pitt series. Fold out map frontis (in very good condition). Covers have light wear to extrems, moreso to head and foot of spine. Dusty page edges are lightly foxed, as are prelims. Lower hinge cracked but holding well, otherwise internally clean and tight. Very decent copy for 104-yearsold! Ref:104573. Reprint. Buckram. VG-/N/a. 12x17.5cm.

London: Faber and Faber, 2001. Fourth novel by the author of "The Buddha of Suburbia". First edition, first printing in original wraps. Card covers, 178pp. Book has only very lightest signs of use, in similar, unclipped DJ. A VG copy indeed. Ref:125021. First Edition. Card Covers. VG++/VG++. 13x21.5cm.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980. MGM authorised this biography of the famously reclusive Swedish actress, by the film critic of the London Evening Standard. Brown covers with red and silver lettering to spine,191pp (inc index) with more than 250 b/w photographs. Book has very slight bump to one top edge, otherwise very sound and clean. DJ has minor wear to extremities and a couple of curled edges and tiny nicks. But overall a decnt copy. Ref:071003. First Edition. Cloth. VG/G+. 22.5x28.5cm.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1996. In the Princeton Science Library, translated from Danish by Steven Sampson. Card covers, 199pp inc index, plus 3pp list of series, b/w illustrations. Apart from several production creases in front cover laminate, the book looks unread. Third Printing. Card Covers. VG++/n/a. 14cmx21.5cm.

Caxton, 1988. Profusely illustrated (colour) definitive guide to gardening round the year. Green covers with gilt, 608pp inc index. Dusty top cover edges and dusty, foxed page edges, otherwise book is internally very clean and tight, with little sign of use. In similar, clipped DJ. Overall a VG copy. Heavy book (2.3kg+) will require extra postage. Ref:093398. Reprint. Cloth. VG/VG. 23x28.5cm.

London: C Arthur Pearson, 1940. How to grow any plant in a tank of water. Yellow covers with black lettering. 139pp with b/w illustrations. Pages yellowing but book showing only minor bumping at extremities. Yellow DJ is faded, but not price-clipped, slightly worn at extremities with a couple of minor tears (particularly at head of spine) and with small water stain on left front. Previous owner's name on ffep. Overall a nice little book. Ref:06833. Reprint. Cloth. VG+/G+. 14cmx20cm.

London: Adprint Ltd Authorised UK version published by arrangement with Western Printing of Wisconsin. Illustrated boards, 69pp with illustrated endpapers. ND, but neat gift inscription on ffep dated 1955. Very light rubbing to head and foot of spine, otherwise book is in VG condition. Ref:082068. First UK Edition. Illustrated Laminated Boards. VG+/N/a. Illus. by William Moyers. 20cmx28cm.

London: Cassell, 1888. Published in the "World's Workers" series. Blue covers with gilt lettering on spine and black lettering on front board, with red and black decoration and rules, 128pp plus adverts. Tissue-guarded frontis engraving of Gordon. Boards have modest wear and bumping at extrems and dusty, foxed page edges and prelims. Binding is strained in several places. Ref:093456. Eleventh Thousand. Cloth. G+/N/a. 12.5x19cm.

England: Airlife, 1997. Near fine copy of thrilling story of German ace pilot and war time diplomat Peter Riedel. Presentation and signature on title page and neat previous owner's name and date on ffep. 3mm nick to top corner of otherwise excellent DJ. Ref06344. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. VG++/Near Fine. 16x24cm.

Edinburgh: Mercat Press, 1995. Card covers, 142pp inc index, with b/w illustrations. Covers have just lightest signs of use, no spine creases. A VG copy. Ref:104124. First Edition. Card Covers. VG++/N/a. Illus. by Alyson MacNeill. 15.5x23.5cm.

London: Beaverbrook Newspapers/Daily Express, 1956. Tenth Giles cartoon annual. Landscape, laminated, illustrated card covers, unpaginated. Very light wear to extremities, page edges yellowing. But internally sound and overall a very decent copy. Ref:092896. First Edition. Card Covers. VG/n/a. Illus. by Giles. 25.5x19.5cm.

London: Express Newspapers / Pedigree Books Collectors limited edition, numbered (1727) facsimile of the fifth Giles annual, originally published in 1951. Book has no obvious faults, in similar slipcase. Ref:103961. First Thus. Card Covers. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Giles. 25.5x20cm.

London: Beaverbrook Newspapers/Daily Express, 1955. Ninth Giles cartoon annual. Landscape, laminated, illustrated card covers, unpaginated. Very light wear to extremities, page edges yellowing. Last 32pp inverted in production, otherwise internally sound and overall a very decent copy. Ref:092895. First Edition. Card Covers. VG/n/a. Illus. by Giles. 25.5x19.5cm.

London: Beaverbrook Newspapers/Daily Express, 1954. Eighth Giles cartoon annual. Landscape, laminated, illustrated card covers, unpaginated. Light wear to extremities, page edges yellowing, but internally sound and overall a very decent copy. Ref:092894. First Edition. Card Covers. VG-/n/a. Illus. by Giles. 25.5x19.5cm.

London: Express Newspapers / Pedigree Books, 1960. Fourteenth Giles annual, published in 1960 with foreword by Uffa Fox. Illustrated covers, unpaginated. Covers have light general wear with a couple of light marks inside rear cover. Internally clean and tight. Ref:114855. First Thus. Card Covers. VG-/N/a. Illus. by Giles. 25.5x20cm.

London: BB Books, 1994. Lavishly-illustrated story of the actor's time on an island in the Indian Ocean, filmed for BBC TV. Blue covers with silver lettering to spine, 128pp. Book has no obvious faults, in simlar DJ. A very good copy. Ref:071558. First Edition. Cloth. VG++/VG++. 19.5cmx25.5cm.

London: Dutton, 2000. Maroon cloth-covered spine with gold lettering and beige paper-covered covers in very nice condition. First US edition, with rough-cut page edges. Clean and tight in matching DJ (not price-clipped). Ref:06436. First US Edition. Cloth/paper Covered. VG++/VG+. 14.5x21cm.

London: Andre Deutch, 1974. Inside story of medical care of the poor in the late 1920s by someone who spent five years in and out of hospital from the age of 16. 189pp. Grey covers with gilt lettering to spine. Book's only faults are very minor bumping to head and foot of spine and mild foxing of page edges. DG is not price-clipped and has no real faults. A nice copy. Ref:06742. First Edition. Cloth. VG+/VG+. 14cmx22cm.

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1961. Very tight, clean copy with tiny, neat bookseller's sticker on front endpaper. Bright non-price-clipped DJ with Gillian Willett illustration showing just minimal shelfwear. Re:06504. First Edition. Cloth. VG+/VG. 14.5x21cm.

Exeter: Wheaton, 1963. Histroy of gliding and how to make and fly model gliders - written for younger readers. Blue covers with black and illustration on upper board, 48pp with b/w drawings with colour-wash. Covers have very light bumping to head and foot of spne but virtually no wear. Page edges dusty and foxed, as are prelims, previous owner's stamp on front pastedown, otherwise internally clean and tight. Unclipped DJ has light rubbing at extrems. Overall a VG copy. Ref:104000. First UK Edition. Cloth. VG+/VG. Illus. by Larry Kettelkamp. 18.5x23.5cm.