Search Results: Titles starting with O from Church Street Books

London: Claremont / Penguin, 1996. Almost 200 British birds described, illustrated with mainly Archibald Thorburn paintings. Scarce revised edition of the Frederick Warne 1987 edition. Illustrated boards, 192pp inc index. Only light signs of use, inc light mark (1cm) on page edges. Ref:093363. Revised Edition. Illustrated Laminated Boards. VG++/N/a. Illus. by Archibald Thorburn and Others. 10cmx16cm.

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1944. Tribute to the Merchant Navy's part in WWII. 220pp with 17 full-page photographs, published to war economy standards. Blue covers with gold lettering to spine. Book tight and sound but with bumping to extremities and slight bubbling of cloth on front cover. Non-price-clipped DJ shows wear on all edges and some small losses. Ref:06906. First Edition. Cloth. G+/G-. 14.5x22cm.

London: Lawrence and Wishart Ltd, 1940. Account of seizure of power in Russia from historical documents. First edition in very good condition for age. Covers and page edges tanned, no tears, a nice tight copy. Ref:06637. First Edition. P/back. G++/N/a. 12cmx18.5cm.

Starston, Norfolk: R. Riches Brief history of the area - particularly the village of Starston - with accounts of incidents going back to the 16th Century. Scarce copy of a stapled, unpaginated (48pp) booklet with card covers, illustrated in b/w. White covers with maroon lettering and drawing of Starston church on front cover. Book has just light signs of use and lightly foxed cover. Ref:093520. First Edition. Card Covers. VG/N/a. 15.5x21cm.

London: Tavistock Publications, 1980. Examination of ways of dealing with "mentally abnormal" offenders, from criminal responsibility to possible reforms in the way offenders/patients are handled. Brown covers with gilt lettering to spine. 369pp (inc index). Book in very good condition. Only blemishes are very mild foxing to top page edges, two neat previous owners' names on ffep, along with corner stamp "Sample copy only, A.B.P. Andover". DJ showing just the most minor wear at corners. A nice copy. Ref:07818. First Edition. Cloth. VG++/VG+. 13.5cmx20.5cm.

London: Hutchinson, 1986. Very nice copy in similar DJ designed by Ailstair Taylor. Neat previous owner's name and date on ffep. Ref:06512. First Edition. Cloth. VG+/VG+. 14.5x22cm.

London: John Murray, 1881. Withdrawn from Hammersmith School of Building and Arts and Crafts library with "Withdrawn" stamped (lightly) across upper board, ticket pocket on front pastedown and sticker on ffep, otherwise minimum of stamps. Green covers with gilt and gilt insignia on upper board, maroon endpapers, 366pp, plus 32pp adverts, with 73 illustrations. Covers have moderate wear and rubbing to extrems, moreso at head and foot of spine and splits at head of both joints. Page edges dusty and discoloured, otherwise internally clean and tight. Heavy book may require extra postage. Ref:104516. Second Edition (revised). Cloth. G-/N/a. 16x23cm. Ex-College Library.

London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1950. Essays on literature and writers, revised and expanded from those which appeared mostly in the "Daily Worker". Card covers, 119pp. Grubby covers have modest shelfwear, but discoloured edges and spine. Page edges dusty with tiny stain at foot of spine. But internally clean and tight. Ref:114731. First Edition. Card Covers. G+/N/a. 13x19cm.

E. W. Wright, 1996. The East coast port between the wars. Scarce first edition, stapled booklet, self-published, card covers, 43pp with b/w illustrations. Book has no obvious faults. A VG copy. Ref:092994. First Edition. Card Covers. Almost as New/N/a. 15x21cm.

London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994. Comic novel set in the depressed North of the 1930s, by the prolific author and playwright. Black covers with gilt, 228pp. Decorated endpapers. Apart from lightest bumping to head and foot of spine (almost unnoticeable) and yellowing page edges, book has no obvious faults. Unclipped DJ has just very light shelfwear. Ref:114898. First Edition. Cloth. VG+/VG. 16x24cm.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1932. First printing of Grove Edition (No.22) of Galsworthy's works. Green covers with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and front board, 301pp, green top page edges, decorated endpapers. Light bumping to extremities, modest wear to head and foot of spine, which has 3cm split at top of front joint. Neat previous owner's name on half-title, otherwise very clean and tight internally. Ref:082490. First Thus. Cloth. G+/N/a. 11cmx17.5cm.

London: Macmillan, 2002. First novel by well-known horse-racing insider. First edition, first printing. Black covers with silver, 423pp, blue endpapers. Lightly dusty top page edges, otherwise book looks unread. In similar, unclipped DJ. Ref:114876. First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. VG++/VG++. 16x24cm.

Canada: Bond Street Books / Doubleday, 2006. Journalists' 10-year travels through war-torn areas around Iraq. Maroon covers with gilt, 297pp inc index. Covers have just lightest bumps to top edges, but no obvious wear. Page edges a little dusty. Unclipped DJ has no appreciable wear. A VG copy. Ref:104351. First Canadian Edition. Cloth. VG++/VG++. 16x23.5cm.

London: Chatto and Windus with the Hogarth Press, 1968. Slim hardback in the Phoenix Living Poets series, with red covers and gilt lettering to spine and motif to front, 48pp. Apart from foxing to top page edges, book has no obvious faults. Price-clipped DJ has modest rubbing to extremities. But overall a VG copy. Ref:081955. Second Impression. Cloth. VG+/VG-. 14.5x22cm.

London: Gay and Bird, 1905. Three poems by the American writer with new colour illustrations by Pyle. Brown covers with gilt lettering to spine and front board with gilt decoration on front board and blind-stamped horse and carriage motif repeated on spine. Tissue-guarded frontis, gilt top page edges, 164pp, but only right-hand pp carry text and illustrations so paginated to 82pp. Light wear to extremities, foxing to prelims, neat previous owner's name pencilled on ffep. Book very slightly cocked, but text bloc clean and tight. Ref:082681. First Thus. Buckram. G+/N/a. Illus. by Howard Pyle. 13cmx21cm.

Surrey: Ordnance Survey, 1954. Fold-out Ordnance Survey map, sheet 126, of the Norwich and north-east Norfolk area. Published in 1954 after complete revision in 1952, cloth-backed paper. Modest bumping and wear to extremities of covers, but map is in very good condition. Ref:071273. P/back. G++/N/a. 13cmx21.5cm.

London: Collins, 1950. Novel by the prolific Cumberland/Suffolk author. Pink covers with gilt, 256pp. Modest bumping to head and foot of spine, but very little wear. Cover and page edges dusty. Otherwise internally clean and tight. Unclipped DJ has general wear to extrems with several small nicks and 1cm loss at head of spine. Ref:104392. First Edition. Cloth. VG-/G-. 13.5x20cm.

Peterborough: Fastprint Publishing, 2011. Author's third novel - as well as several non-fiction works - is a fact-based historical tale set in late 18th Century Suffolk town of Bungay, the author's home town. First edition inscribed and signed by author. Card covers, 303pp. Covers have virtually no signs of use, no spine creases and internally very clean and tight. Ref:125058. By Author. First Edition. Card Covers. Almost as New/N/a. 13x20cm.

London: Faber and Faber, 1968. Black covers with gilt lettering to spine, 320pp inc index. Book has dusty page edges, occasional light, pencilled marginalia and cancelled University of East Anglia bookshop stamp inside rear cover, otherwise it is in VG condition. Intact DJ has light rubbing to extremities. Overall a VG copy. Ref:081965. First Edition. Cloth. VG+/VG-. 14.5x22cm.

London: Ordnance Survey Folded maps in the 1:25000 First Series (approx 46 x 48cm unfolded). Wast Water is 1961 edition, Borrowdale is 1963. Cover of Borrowdale is sunned, but both maps are in VG condition with no tears. Both maps have previous owner's name on front cover and are in a plastic sleeve. Borrowdale also has a small mark on the cover. Ref:093200. VG. 12cmx24cm (folded).