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

A Natural Death by Nancy Price (Malmarie Press, second edition 2017). From the blurb - 'Three young people enter the slave society of South Carolina, eleven years before the Civil War'. Originally published by Little, Brown and Company in 1973, this second edition 'with new materials and illustrations by the author'. Hardback with decorated front board and illustrated endpapers, in dustwrapper. pp [10], 263, [1] colophon, [1] blank, [5] reviews, including b/w illustrations. 8.75 x 5.75 inches approx. (223mm x 146mm). 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.*

Naughty Amelia Jane! by Enid Blyton (George Newnes Limited, 9th edition 1953), illustrated by Sylvia I. Venus. Originally published in 1939, this copy being a later 1953 printing. Hardback in price-clipped dustwrapper. 160pp including b/w illustrations. 8.25 x 5.5 inches approx. (207mm x 142mm). Dustwrapper rubbed and worn with some creasing, especially to spine ends and edges; rear panel marked and smudged with printer's ink from another dustwrapper (presumably during production or whilst on the book shelf). Boards nice and clean, a touch knocked to lower corners; spine ends a little turned-in; endpapers foxed and marked, prize label to front free endpaper; pages a touch dusty in places, the occasional corner crease, but generally clean throughout. Nonetheless, remaining a nice, clean copy – attractive in its dustwrapper. *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… Read More

Nelson Mandela – A Life in Cartoons edited by Harry Dugmore, Stephen Francis and Rico Schacherl (David Philip Publishers, 1st edition 1999). A collection of cartoons depicting Nelson Mandela. SIGNED BY THE EDITORS. Hardback in dustwrapper, with slipcase. 191pp including b/w illustrations. 11.5 x 11 inches approx. (296mm x 280mm). A nice, clean copy - uncommon with slipcase. *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.*

Never a Dull Moment by Peter Cheyney (Collins, 2nd impression March 1943). The eighth title in the 'Lemmy Caution' series by Peter Cheyney (1896-1951) and originally published January 1942, this copy being the 1943 second impression. Dustwrapper with attractive artwork by an uncredited artist, and original price of 4/6 to front flap. Hardback in dustwrapper. 192pp. Size: 7.5 x 5 inches approx. (190mm x 129mm). Dustwrapper lightly rubbed and worn to extremities; spine lightly sunned and dulled; some light foxing/spotting; dusty and marked in places. Cloth a little dusty; spine ends turned-in; a touch bruised to corner tips. Some occasional foxing and dustiness but pages generally clean throughout; spotting to edges of page-block with some encroachment onto page; corner creasing to rear endpaper. Overall, showing light wear but otherwise a particularly nice, clean copy complete with dustwrapper – lovely. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order… Read More

New Selected Poems by Carol Ann Duffy (Picador, 1st edition 2004). A collection of poems 1984 – 2004. Signed by Carol Ann Duffy to the title page. Interestingly there appears to be two issues of this book with full 1st printing numberlines. This copy with the attractive dustwrapper art by Angie Lewin and with blue boards (ISBN 9780330433945), and another issue with a photographic style dustwrapper and black boards (ISBN 0330433945); precedence unknown. Hardback in dustwrapper. pp xvi, 253. Size: 8 x 5.5 inches approx. (203mm x 138mm). A nice, clean copy – lovely. *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.*

No Landing Place - Volume 2 More Tales of Aircraft Crashes in Snowdonia by Edward Doylerush (Midland Publishing LImited, 1st edition 1999).
Well illustrated throughout.
Card covers. 112pp including b/w illustrations. Size: 8.5 x 6 inches approx. (215mm x 152mm).
A nice, clean copy.
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Noblesse Oblige - An Enquiry into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English Aristocracy by Alan S. C. Ross, Nancy Mitford, Evelyn Waugh, 'Strix', Christopher Sykes and John Betjemen (Hamish Hamilton Ltd, reprint 1978). A collection of humourous essays, with illustrations by Osbert Lancaster.Hardback in price-clipped dustwrapper. 114pp including b/w illustrations. Size: 8 x 5.25 inches approx. (204mm x 133mm). Dustwrapper lightly bruised to spine ends and corner tips; a little creased to top edge of front panel. Boards lightly knocked to lower corner; spine-ends lightly turned in. Overall, light handling and shelf 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.*

North-East England in the Middle Ages by Richard Lomas (John Donald Publishers Ltd, 1st edition 1992). Detailed study, with references and bibliography. Hardback in dustwrapper. pp xii, 219. Size: 9.5 x 6.25 inches approx. (240mm x 155mm). Light sunning to dustwrapper spine. Top edge of page-block a touch dusty and spotted. 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.*

Nymph Fishing for Chalk Stream Trout by G. E. M. Skues (The Flyfisher's Classic Library, 1997). A nicely done reprint in an edition of 500 copies of this classic work first published by Adam and Charles Black in 1939. Hardback – textured leather-style binding with gilt titles to spine and gilt device to front board, page-block top edge gilt, sewn-in ribbon page marker, housed in a clothbound slipcase. viii, 136pp plus colour frontispiece and two b/w plates. 9.5 x 6.25 inches approx. (240mm x 158mm). Slipcase a touch marked and dusty, small splash mark (and just visible in accompanying image). Nonetheless, a lovely, clean copy in very presentable 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.*

The Nymph and the Grot - The Revival of the Sanserif Letter by James Mosley (Friends of the St Bride Printing Library, 1st edition 1999).
Produced to accompany the "Primitive Types" exhibition 29 January - 24 April 1999.
Hardback - printed boards. 56pp including b/w illustrations. Size: 11.25 x 8.5 inches approx. (286mm x 213mm).
Some wear and rubbing to spine ends; a small spot (5mm) of surface abrasion/loss to upper margin of rear cover.
Overall, light wear but otherwise a nice, clean copy.
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