Search Results: Titles starting with S from Jacket and Cloth

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1914. Hardcover. See description. PRATER, Ernest. DESCRIPTION: Clue illustrated cloth. Eight full page colour illustrations by Ernest Prater Language: English. Book Condition: Fair: Wear to corners and edges. Heavy chipping to upper spine end cloth with 2cm tear to upper front spine edge. Rubbed cloth with light soiling to rear. Tightly bound with lightly toned intact endpapers and strong hinges. Prize presentation plate to front paste down dated 1914 along with previous owners details. Toned pages with spotting, primarily to margins throughout from heavily spotted and toned text block edges. DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 292, catalogue. Size: 8vo 20cm by 14cm.

London: Phoenix House Ltd, 1962. Hardcover. See description. SWAN, Donald. DESCRIPTION: Orange illustrated DJ over mint green cloth. Illustrated by Donald Swan Language: English. Book Condition: Very Good+: Very sharp corners, edges and spine ends. Clean cloth. Tightly bound with clean intact endpapers and very strong hinges. Lightly toned unmarked pages. Very minor faint spots to corners of text block edge DJ Condition: Good+: Wear, creasing and chipping to upper spine end and corners. Light wear to spine edges. Clipped. Lightly soiled covers Pages 224. Size: 19.5cm by 12cm.

Manchester: S. R. Challoner. Hardcover. See description. DESCRIPTION: Sixteen bound volumes of the Serpent magazine for the period 1921- 1923. Hand decorated paper paste on plate to front and rear. Cloth spine. Contains nine issues from the 1921-1922 term and seven issues from 1922-1923 terms Language: English. Book Condition: Poor: Very heavy wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Endpapers are intact although gutters are cracked on the subsequent pages. DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 190. Size: 8vo 25cm by 19.5cm. POSTAGE: PLEASE NOTE - This is a heavy item and will require additional postage for overseas deliveries. We will contact you with the additional charges. Please see our postage policy on our shop front for more information. "BOOK RESUME: The Serpent magazine was published between 1917-1956. The Serpent replaced the Manchester University Magazine in February 1917 and derived its name from the snake which appeared in the arms of the University of Manchester. Paper shortages during the latter… Read More

London: Cecil Palmer & Hayward, 1918. Hardcover. See description. First Edition. DESCRIPTION: Light brown cloth board with dark brown quarter binding to spine. Black lettering to front cover and paper title piece to spine. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Light wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Rubbed cloth. Soiled title plate to spine. Tightly bound with toned and shadowed intact endpapers and strong hinges. Cracked gutter to title page and netting visible. Clean unmarked pages. DJ Condition: Na. Pages 69.

London: Macmillan & Co, 1922. Hardcover. See description. 1st Edition / 2nd Impression. Inscribed by author. Inscribed by author with no signature. DESCRIPTION: Green cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. Inscription to ffep possibly from author Language: English. Book Condition: Good+: Stain marks to front cloth. Intact endpapers and with tanning from pastedown. Inscription from author on ffep. DJ Condition: Na. Pages 238. Size: 8vo 19cm by 12cm. AUTHOR: Headmaster of Shrewsbury School and Eton.

London: George Newnes, 1917. Softcover. See description. PADDAY, C. M.. First Edition. DESCRIPTION: First publication of Joseph Conrad's short story 'The Tale'. With 3 illustrations by C.M. Padday. Paper plain covers with blue Strand design and red 'Powerful Story by Joseph Conrad' to top, and 'The Fate of the Kaiser' to centre Language: English. Book Condition: Poor: Heavy wear to corners, edges and spine. Loss of lower front right corner. Front wrapper 50% detached from spine. Rear wrapper detached. Pages a little browned and binding fragile, with slight staining and back cover detached. Pages 62; 323 - 416. BOOK RESUME: Edition of the Strand from the First World War, including a short play 'Blood and Iron', concerning the Grim and Terrible fate of Kaiser Wilhelm II.