Search Results: Titles starting with G from Books Bought and Sold

Newcastle Staffs: G H Downing and Co Ltd, 1954. Trade catalogue for G H Downing and Co Ltd manufacturer of the ACME clay roofing tile. 60 pages in very bright clean condition with many old period photographs of buildings with the tiling plus many colour and B/w illustrations. loosley inserted is a type written letter from the company presenting the catalogue to a customer. Outer boards very lightly rubbed on edges, a very nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 ¾ x 7 ½ Inches. Hardcover.

London: The Great Western Railway, 1932. Very informative book on the engines of the Great Western Railway. 72 pages in clean condition, many B/w photographs and illustrations, all present as published plus very informative text, NO dustwrapper, outer illustrated card covers are lightly marked and a little rubbed to spine. A pleasing example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . Paper Covers. Good Plus/No Jacket. 7¼ x 5 Inches. Paper Cover Booklet.

London: Samuel Highley, 1845. No. VI October 1845 from the series of Guy's hospital reports issued for reference on latest techniques, complete in itself commences page 173 to page 324 plus index. 4 plates, topics covered include On the pathology of Rhthisis; T Addison. Cases in Medical Jurisprudence; A S Taylor and many more. Book is very good, little dusty, card covers with original cloth spine. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. Illustrated Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 25 Cms X 14.5 Cms. Card Covers.

London: Hutchinson and Co Ltd, 1958. First edition of this novel INSCIBED BY RUSSELL BRADDON on title page, To Veronica with best wishes for Christmas and for a floodless 1962 Love Russ. 256 pages in very bright clean condition just some light browning to endpapers where flaps of wrapper have lain. Dustwrapper is price clipped, little wear on edges and a couple of tiny tears. A nice example of this book SEE IMAGES, DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Inscribed By Author. First Edition First Printing. Boards. Very Good/Good Plus. 7 ½ x 5 Inches. Hardcover.

London: Hammond Hammond and Company , 1943. Illustrated book from 1943 first printing was 1942, Contains 48 pages in bright clean condition just a couple of light faint marks to blank margins of a few pages, previous owners name neatly written on indside front board, Many colour illustrations, all present as published. Dustwrapper is present but marked with some losses and tears SEE IMAGE has been price clipped, Outer illustrated boards are clean but rubbed to corners and some light browning to cloth spine.Though not perfect still a pleasing example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . Reprint. Illustrated Boards Cloth Spine. Good Plus/Poor. Illus. by Leslie S Haywood. 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ Inches. Hardcover.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2006. First edition of this book on the subject of gambling, 328 pages in very bright clean condition with several colour and B/w photographs. SIGNED by MIKE ATHERTON on title page. Dustwrapper is also bright and clean, a nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 9 ½ x 6 Inches. Hardcover.

Oxford Uk: Griffith Institute, 1982. Very informative book on Game Boxes and Accessories from the Tomb of Tut'ankhamun. 54 pages in very bright clean condition plus 24 full page plates at rear,some are photographs and some illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text, Dustwrapper is rubbed on edges with couple of small tears to top edge,not price clipped, A pleasing example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Good Plus. 11 x 9 Inches. Hardcover.

London: John Murray, 1925. A detailed history of big game and other sport in the wilds of British Columbia, 360 pages in overall clean condition but with medium to light foxing throughout , many old period photographs. Outer boards have light speckling to boards and light wear to edges, embossed gold stag on front is bright, gold lettering on spine is a little dulled. A sound copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First Edition. Gold Decorated Boards. Good/No Jacket. 9 x 5¾ Inches. Hardcover.

London: Elliot Stock, 1895. Second edition of this book, descibing a garden through the course of a year 220pp accompanied by beautiful line drawings. Book is very good with bright cream card covers, a little chipped at base of spine, these are covered by a Glassine wrapper printed in gold, the wrapper is complete but browned and marked with age, a little chipped top and bottom of spine, still a pleasing copy SEE IMAGE DETAILED PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. Reprint. Card Covers. Very Good/Good. 17.5 x 11 Cms. Card Covers.

London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd., 1914. Excellent book on the Dolomites with chapters on the history and the flora of the Dolomitesby F M Spencer Thomson illustrated with a map and photographs by the author and others. 355 pp plus 24 pages of adverts, many period photographs. Book in very good condition slightly bumped on two corners. DETAILED PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. Second Edition. Gold Embossed Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 19.5 x 13.5 Cms. Hardcover.

London: P R M Publishers, 1962. The author describes the Scriptures by showing the relevant lines and bringing their true message as she sees it. 299 pages in clean condition, title page has remains of a sticker that has been removed from over the publishers details so only a few letters can be seen, on rear of title page an erratum sticker has been pasted and an address of publishers pasted over the original publishers details.Outer boards have small piece of inside of wrapper stuck to it at bottom of front board, dustwrapper is worn on edges, a few light marks and crease and couple of small closed tears, longest 4cms long. A pleasing copy of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First Edition. Boards. Good Plus/Good Plus. 22 X 14 Cms. Hardcover.

Pallotti: Universidade de Caixas do Sul, 1997. Excellent book on the traditional costumes throughout history of the Brazilian state Rio Grande do Sul 199 pages in very bright clean condition, many colour illustrations,all present as listed plus very informative text,the text is in English, Spanish and Portugese. Dustwrapper is also very bright and clean, not price clipped, comes in original thin card slipcase which is a little marked and rubbed on edges. HEAVY BOOK 2.1Kg with sound packaging EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Illustrated Laminated Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 12 ¼ x 10½ Inches. Hardcover.

Amsterdam: Elsevier Publishing Company, 1966. Very informative book on this subject, the proceedings of a symposium organized by the Mechanical tess of lubricants panel of the Instute of Petroleum held in Brighton 21-23 October 1964. Pages not numbered but a couple of hundred or more, all in very bright clean condition, many B/w photographs and illustrations, all present as published plus very informative text, Dustwrapper is a little browned to spine and a few light marks, HEAVY BOOK 1.6 Kg with packing EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.A nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Good Plus. 11 x 8½ Inches. Hardcover.

Tokyo: Tokyo News Service, 1954. Excellent book on the Geishas of Pontocho Japan, one of the oldest Geisha districts. 195 pages in very bright clean condition just some light browning to endpapers, Many B/w photographs by Francis Haar, all present, plus very informative text, Dustwrapper is a little worn on edges with some light marks, boards are very attractively decorated, a very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition First Printing. Decorated Boards. Very Good/Good Plus. Illus. by Francis Haar. 10 ¼ x 7¼ Inches. Hardcover.

UK: Private Print, 1900. Very informative book on the Buckley family privately printed, with family charts and details of people from 1300s to 1900s. Contains 38 pages in bright clean condition, NO dustwrapper, outer boards are very lightly rubbed on edges a nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition First Printing. Embossed Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 11 ¼ x 8¾ Inches. Hardcover.

Boston: Beacon Press, 1970. Interesting autobiography of a player and conductor in the Boston symphony orchestra inscribed and signed by him on front endpaper. 162 pages in very bright clean condition, many B/w photographs, all present as published plus very informative text, Dustwrapper is rubbed and worn to edges with some light marks, price clipped, a very nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . Signed / Inscribed By Author. Second Printing. Boards. Good Plus/Good. 9 ¼ x 6¼ Inches. Hardcover.

London: John Van Voorst, 1854. Detailed book on Carnivorous Ground Beetles Indigenous to the British Isles. 224 pages in overall clean condition just some light foxing to first couple of pages and occasional small spots elsewhere. complete with 3 colour plates at rear plus very informative text. Outer boards are rubbed and worn on edges with boards showing through in small patches on corners, wear top and bottom of spine, surface of boards are rubbed.Though not perfect a pleasing copy of an interesting collectable book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First Edition. Boards. Good/No Jacket. 9 x 5¾ Inches. Hardcover.

London: J M Dent and Sons Ltd, 1916. Original 1916 publication first edition of this book, 223 pages in clean condition just some very light browning to endpapers, some pages have been cut open leaving pieces sticking out and small loss to one page in the margin see images. NO dustwrapper, outer boards are lightly marked to edges and slightly faded to spine. Though not perfect still a pleasing example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First Edition. Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. 7 ¾ x 5¼ Inches. Hardcover.

London: John Murray, 1915. Book subtitled "Being the usages of war on land" issued by the great General Staff of the German Army 152 pages a little light foxing throughout and endpapers a little browned. Overall a pleasing copy SEE IMAGE DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 19 x 13 Cms. Hardcover.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. Book translated by Nea Morin and Janet Adam Smith, giving Giusto Gervasutti's account of his mountaineering exploits. 201 pp with several splendid B/w photographs Book very good plus, wrapper bright just a little rubbed and creased along edges still a very good copy. DETAILED PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE VIA EMAIL ON REQUEST.. First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 22 X 14.5 Cms. Hardcover.