Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Cocksparrow Books

HARDBACK "HARD TO FIND," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 2nd. revised, 3rd. reprint.* Date of Publication: 1952 (1935)* Publisher: W & H Collingridge.* Binding and cover condition: Cambridge blue cloth, dark blue title to spine and face & design to face. No bumps, minor rubs, some wear and marks to front board and spine. GD.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Top edge coloured (red). Clean, crisp and tight with no only light reading wear, slight marks to endpapers, minimal paper colouration. VG++* Illustrations: B/w photos, line drawings & diags. Within text.* Pages: 254 pp. text. iii pp. index & blank pages at rear.* Description: A post war revision of the 1935 classic written by Hellyer to help those young and old who had acquired a new and undeveloped plot along with their newly built home or a garden which had not yet received the benefit of a proper design and development. Divided into three sections covering the first second and third years,… Read More

E. P. Dutton, 1975-01-01. 1st Edn. 1st Imp. FNL.. Hardcover. VG/VG/VG. Box 05 HARDBACK ""UNCOMMON,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st. FNL.* Date: 1975.* Pub: E.P.Dutton & Co. Inc.* Binding and cover condition: Quarter Bound black paper covered boards with a blind impressed weather vane to face, metallic title to orange cloth spine strip. Some fading to top edges. Some adhesive tape to top and bottom edges. No bumps or rubs, no other visible faults. VG* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing the angel Gabriel weather vane with a horn. Orange-yellow titles to spine and face. Not Price clipped showing a shelf price of $12.95. Small tear to top front edge, now re-inforced. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top and bottom edges. Now in clear un-attached protective jacket. VG* Contents condition: Ex-Library copy with usual stamps and labels. Coloured end papers (orange brown) showing a small amount of tape damage. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear,… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1993* Publisher: The Sporting Life.* Binding and cover condition: Scarlet cloth, silver title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper showing horses at exercise on the Moss-Side gallops. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £17.95. Minimal shelf wear to top edges and to head of spine. Spine slightly faded. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: B/w photos to text throughout.* Pages: 310 pp. text. vi pp. list of results & blank pages at rear.* Description: A personal account of a year in the life of this racehorse trainer, an ex-jump jockey who hand-built his current establishment at Cockerham near Lancaster. For twelves he kept a diary. Each night of 1992, more often in the early hours of the morning, he would scribble away,… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1990* Publisher: Alan Sutton.* Binding and cover condition: Blue cloth, Gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour photographic dust-wrapper. Price clipped. Minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Maps and distance table to end papers. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no marks to text, no visible faults. Seems very lightly used. FINE* Illustrations: Colour photos throughout.* Pages: 148 pp. text. ii pp. Acknowledgements & Index at rear.* Description: Depicting the life of the Thames from Spring to Winter in over 140 colour photographs, with full informative captions and text covering its many diverse aspects - from the rules of the river to the history of Swan upping, from its archaeology to the reintroduction of salmon - a year on the Thames will be of interest to all who visit… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 2nd.* Impression: 4th.* Date of Publication: 1998* Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers ?A Peace Conference at the Quai d?Orsay by Sir William Orpen. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine. some to hinge. Lower corners slightly dreased. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. No tanning. Minimal reading wear. VG++* Illustrations: A few colour but mostly b/w illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: 533 pp. text. xix pp. glossary & index at rear.* Product Description:- This second edition has retained its comprehensive and accessible narrative but has been updated to include a wide range of written and illustrative sources. Recent research has also been incorporated, and the extensive guidance sections have been made more comprehensive to reflect the… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1939* Publisher: The Boy's Friend Library.* Binding and cover condition: Three- colour illustrated soft paper covers showing a menacing oriental criminal threatening a schoolboy. Very slight shelf wear to edges and corners, spine slightly worn and aged with minimal loss. A few slight marks to front and rear. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Staple bound, lightly rusted. Clean, tight & bright. No annotations or inscriptions, a few very slight marks to text especially to page edges. No tanning. VG+* Illustrations: One half page b/w illustration to front page. * Pages: 94 pp. text. iii pp. advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- No. 372 (first series) of The Boy's Friend Library. Menaced by sinister and relentless enemies, Yung Ching is sent to St. Frank's for safety ? and it's left to Nelson Lee, the Schoolmaster-detective, to protect him from deadly danger! Told by Nipper of the Remove. A new volume in… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1997* Publisher: Dover Publications.* Binding and cover condition: Text-illustrated. Colour-illustrated soft card covers. Very slight bumps & rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine but some to hinge. Seems lightly used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Very slight colouration to page edges. VG++* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 70 pp. text. ii pp. blank pages & advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- Enjoy 7 thought-provoking stories that employ charm and humor to examine relations between the sexes from a feminist perspective. In addition to the title story, an 1892 classic that recounts a woman's descent into madness, this collection includes such masterful stories as "Cottagette," "Turned," "Mr. Peebles' Heart," and more.* This is a FINE copy of the… Read More

HARDBACK* First Thus. 1977. B.C.A. London: 4to - over 93/4n - 12" tall. Black Cloth (Gilt Spine). Good + / Fair. This guide contains nearly 300 alphabetiacally arranged entries ranging from Adam's pottery to Workboxes, and is the distillation of many years of experience on the parts of both the author and the editor. Whether you are on the point of starting a collection, have already started one, or are simply a happy browser wanting to know what it is that has caught your eye, this book will entertain, enlighten and encourage you. Revised and updated by James Mackay. Book Club edition 1977, hard back. Some wear, foxing and chips to d/w, good. + overall. An interesting book. .B & W photos and line drawings throughout. 162pp. vi pp. Index. £2.40.

HARDBACK, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1982* Publisher: The Hogarth Press.* Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. VG+* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper, yellow and violet titles to face and blue titles to somewhat faded spine. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of £8.95. Absolutely minimal, shelf wear to top & bottom edges. Now in clear protective jacket. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight marks to top & fore-edge & minimal colouration to paper throughout, otherwise no visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 352 pp. text. ii pp, blank pages at rear.* Description: The most revealing book that Laurens van der Post wrote about his extraordinary and eventful life; it is a distillation of the experiences that have… Read More

HARDBACK "WINNER OF THE 2020 MILES FRANKLIN AWARD," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus ? * Impression: 1st Stated "1".* Date of Publication: 2021.* Publisher: Harper Via. * Binding and cover condition: Purple brown cloth covered boards, gilt title & illustration to spine only. No bumps or rubs. No marks. FINE (AS NEW).* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper with maroon and yellow shaded titles to spine and face. No shelf wear to top or bottom edges, head or tail of spine. Now in clear un-attached protective wrapper. FINE (AS NEW).* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers (orange brown). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE (AS NEW).* Illustrations: NONE. * Pages: 306 pp. text. viii pp. Dictionary, Author's note, acknowledgements, notes & blank pages at rear.* Description: The peoples, languages and wildlife of Australia have been purposely decimated for a great many years. The history of this vast… Read More

HARDBACK, ?UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Imp: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 1968* Publisher: Leo Cooper.* Binding and cover condition: Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to upper & lower edges, a very few slight marks. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper, Black titles to spine & face. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of 25s. Minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. No annotations to text. Presentation to Cpl. P. Attwood to half title. This presentation made on the occasion of the disbandment of the 1st. Battalion on the 14th. December 1968. Top edge slightly spotted, otherwise clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text. VG++.* Illustrations: A number of b/w photos within text.* Pages: 129 pp. text. viii pp., list of battle engagements acknowledgements and blank pages at rear.* Description: This is one… Read More

HARDBACK " VOLUME II ONLY, RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 2nd.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1875* Publisher: John Hodges.* Binding and cover condition: Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and face with JH logo to lower front board. Considerable bumps & rubs to edges & corners with minor losses to head ? tail of spine. ACC* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Very dark green end papers. Clean & crisp, with minor reading wear, some slight age marks to text and to prelims, faint owners name and date to half title. Hinges and binding cracked but no pages loose, damaged or missing. GD* Illustrations: Small b/w design vignettes to head and tail of chapters throughout.* Pages: 271 pp. text. xviii pp. book index at rear.* Description: A collections of traditions and stories from Yorkshire written by the Victorian vicar responsible for the hymn ?Onward Christian Soldiers?. Subtitled ?Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events,? vol II… Read More

HARDBACK, ?UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 2nd.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1875* Publisher: John Hodges.* Binding and cover condition: Royal blue cloth, gilt title to spine & logo with title to face. Considerable bumps & rubs, spine torn and faded, head and tail worn and with some losses. Boards have some marks. ACC* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers (black). Neat owners inscription to half title dated 1875. Top edge rough cut and somewhat aged. Crisp & tight with light reading wear, some foxing to prelims and text, all edges aged. GD+.* Illustrations: A number of b/w vignette designs at chapter headings throughout.* Pages: 279 pp. text. ii pp., blank pages at rear.* Description: A residence of many years in Yorkshire, and an inveterate habit of collecting all kinds of odd and out-of-the-way information concerning men and matters, furnished the author, when he left Yorkshire in 1872, with a large amount of material,… Read More

Crimson Publishing, 1990-03-01. Reprint.. Paperback. F/F/ND. 22.6 x 13.2 x 0.8 cm. Box 80 SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Reeprint.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1993* Publisher: Jarrold Printing for The Ordnance Survey* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated laminated stiff card covers. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: colour illustrations within text throughout. Photographs & maps.* Pages: 77 pp. text. iv pp. notes & index at rear with a page of safety notes to inside rear cover.* Product Description:- The Pathfinder Series each contain 28 walking tours of the area in question with complete transportation information and mapping. Terry Marsh regularly contributes to national and local press including Lake… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus* Impression: 7th.* Date of Publication: 2005* Publisher: Michael Joseph.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. No visible faults. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, no visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: Colour photos throughout.* Pages: 234 pp. text. vii pp. Appendices & Index at rear.* Product Description:- In her new cookbook, Dr McKeith provides over 200 recipes and menu plans for daily life, from mouth-watering smoothies to lunches on the run to family meals. Take the food test at the beginning of the book and you will also get to tailor your own plan according to your specific needs, whether you would simply like more energy throughout the day, you'd like to lose some weight, or you're stressed out.* This is a FINE AS NEW copy with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. US. Rare in the UK.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1995* Publisher: Dutton* Binding & cover condition:Quarter Bound Black/grey cloth, Gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, FINE* Jacket condition: NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of $19.95, colour cover, FINE* Contents: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, clean, crisp, tight & bright. Scarlet end papers, No inscriptions or annotations. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 193 pp. text. vii pp. Notes & blank.* Description: The moment genteel Southern bachelor Tristam Heade arrives in Philadelphia in search of a rare book, a mysterious metamorphosis begins. He is mistaken everywhere for a man of whom he has never heard. His diabolical double is everything he is not: a high-living playboy and an insatiable womaniser who goes by the name of Angus T. Markham. Rosamond Smith once again shows her genius with this riveting psychological thriller. A FINE copy appearing AS NEW.*

SOFTBACK "FIRST AMERICAN PAPERBACK PRINTING." SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: July 1965* Publisher: Signet for The New American Library.* Binding and cover condition: Illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs, very slight shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems little used. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. All edges coloured red. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. Small stain to half title. Light overall tanning to paper throughout. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 160 pp. text. no appendices at rear.* Product Description:- The James Bond adventure novel that takes 007 to the exotic Orient "to the suicide gardens of the maniacal Dr. Shatterhand"and the arms of the most enticing heroine Fleming ever created, the delightful Kissy Suzuki. The high voltage thriller that topped the New York Times bestseller list for over five months.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st.… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st.Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2006* Publisher: BCA (Hodder & Soughton)* Binding and cover condition: Stiff card covers, very slight shelf wear to edges & corners, no creases. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, No tanning. Seems un-read. FINE* Illustrations: none B/w Tables.* Pages: 264 pp. text. No Index.* Product Description :- Years of experience working to help resolve the money difficulties of many individuals and families has taught Alvin Hall one crucial insight: our financial status has little to do with the amount of money we earn. The real factor that determines our success or failure with money is how we handle the various emotions and relationships that impact the decisions we make about money. Alvin shows us how to make sure the money we work hard to earn works hard for us, and sets us a clear pathway for long-term financial success. A Near FINE copy.

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st. FNL.* Date of Publication: 1995* Publisher: Dutton-Signet, Penguin.* Binding and cover condition: Quarter bound, red paper covered boards with gilt title to blue cloth spine strip. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear. FINE* Jacket condition: B/w photo-illustrated dust wrapper on blue white and red background. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of $27.95. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top edge and to head of spine. Two very small scratches and slight fading to rear of jacket. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Numerous colour & b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 221 pp. text. iii pp. bibliography, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Through a brilliant use of Winston Churchill?s childhood letters, and those of the adults involved in his upbringing… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. FNL.* Date of Publication: 2010.* Publisher: MacMillan Children's Books.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing A compass enclosing a silhouette of a man with a gun." No bumps or rubs, shelf wear or reading creases to spine. Seems lightly used if at all. FINE. * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or marks to text. No tanning or other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 340 pp. text. vi pp. blank, notes & advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- Sherlock Holmes - Think you know him? Think again. A dead man walking, a scarred face, a crime that shattered a country. Sherlock Holmes knows that adults keep secrets. But he didn?t expect to find the world?s most famous assassin apparently living in Surrey when he?s meant to be dead ? and his own brother somehow involved. When no one will tell you the truth, sometimes you have… Read More