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PUGWASH ALOFT
Written by John Ryan.
Illustrated by John Ryan.
Stock no. 1328995
Published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books.
1st thus
2008.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Peach pictorial boards. Colour and two-tone illustrations. ISBN: 9781845078225. Top edge of textblock is partially dust marked. Wrapper spine is slightly faded.
MEN WHO RULED KENYA: THE KENYA ADMINISTRATION 1892-1963
Written by Charles Chevenix Trench.
Stock no. 1829209
Published by The Radcliffe Press.
1st
1993.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A study of the Kenya Administrative Service from its beginning in 1892 until Kenyan independence. An unusual story in British colonial history in that much of Kenya was long regarded as a 'white man's country' and attracted a mixed bag of settlers, mainly hardworking farmers but a few playboys. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xi and 316 pages including index. ISBN: 1850435715. Small date written in ink to front pastedown. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, rubbed at corners, small dampstain to base of spine, publisher's price label to front flap.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- KENYA
- POLITICS
HANDBOOK FOR THE DAIMLER 3.8 LITRE MAJESTIC SALOON WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND DISC BRAKES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1829208
Published by The Daimler Company Limited.
2nd
1960.
Good condition.
Second Edition. A handbook prepared to provide the essential information required for the satisfactory running of the Daimler 3.8 Litre "Majestic" Saloon. Tan cloth boards, gilt title to front board. B/w photos and illustrations. 83 pages. Boards marked and grubby. Damp staining to top and bottom of boards and contents (pages crinkled). Hinge between pages 16 and 17 pulled wide exposing webbing but binding is tight. A good working copy only.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- CAR OWNER'S MANUAL
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LADYBIRDS (NN 81)
Written by Michael E.N. Majerus.
Stock no. 1829206
Published by Harper Collins.
1st
1994.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
New Naturalist No. 81. 16 colour plates and over 150 b/w photos and drawings. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 369 pages including index. ISBN: 0002199343. Top & tail of spine very lightly bumped from shelf wear else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is bright and clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- ENTOMOLOGY
- INSECT
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WILD & GARDEN PLANTS (NN 80)
Written by Max Walters.
Stock no. 1829205
Published by Collins.
1st
1993.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
New Naturalist No. 80. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 16 colour plates and over 60 b/w photos and drawings. 200 pages including index. ISBN: 0002193760. Minor bump to top of spine. Minor crease to vertical edge of front endpaper (cannot capture on camera). Else a lovely, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded at spine (as is normal) else fine.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- BOTANY
- FLOWERS
- WILD FLOWERS
- GARDENING
- GARDEN FLOWERS
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CAVES AND CAVE LIFE (NN 79)
Written by Philip Chapman.
Stock no. 1829204
Published by Collins.
1st
1993.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
New Naturalist No. 79 An outstanding and cohesive account of what is now known of this extraordinary world. Covering the fascination of caves, the cave habitat, limestone caves in Britain and Ireland, cave fauna and flora, cave communities, caves through the Pleistocene and the future of caves. B/w photos. ISBN: 0002199076. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly scuffed, spine is bright.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- CAVES AND CAVING
PLUGGED
Written by Eoin Colfer.
Stock no. 1328979
Published by Headline.
1st
2011.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A brilliant crime debut. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 277 pages. ISBN: 9780755379989. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine slightly bumped.
- Categorised in:
- LITERATURE
THE MACWHIRTER SKETCH BOOK
Written by Edwin Bale.
Illustrated by John MacWhirter.
Stock no. 1328978
Published by Cassell & Company Limited.
1st
1906.
Very good condition.
Being reproductions of sketches in colour and pencil. Pale blue/green cloth with dark titles and vignette of a flower to front cover. 24 examples (tipped-in plates) in colour and many b/w pencil sketches. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine browned. Some pale page edge browning and endpapers lightly browned. Front joint is partially cracked.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- WATERCOLOUR
SKETCHES FROM NATURE
Written by Katharine Macwhirter.
Illustrated by John MacWhirter; Hubert Von Herkomer.
Stock no. 1328977
Published by Cassell & Company Limited.
1st
1913.
Very good condition.
Green cloth, black titles. 24 mounted colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in pencil to front pastedown. Heavy foxing to contents but plates not affected. Corner crease to frontis (the portrait by Von Herkomer).
- Categorised in:
- ART
- NATURAL HISTORY
- WATERCOLOUR
SPIDER IN THE SKY
Written by Anne Rose.
Illustrated by Gail Owens.
Stock no. 1328976
Published by Harper & Row.
1st
1978.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Based upon the story 'How the Sun Came' from American Indian Mythology by Alice Marriott and Carol K. Rachlin. Relates how Grandmother Spider brought fire and light to the animals in the long ago. Matt blue pictorial paper boards. B/w and two tone illustrations. ISBN: 0060250739. Spine and corners lightly rubbed. Small patch of surface paper damage to front free-endpaper. Small brown spot affecting inner margins of last few pages. Some light damp staining to inner margins of endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is a bit grubby and foxed, tear to top corner of rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- SPIDERS
- MYTHS AND MYTHOLOGY
A BOOK OF THE SEASONS
Written by Eve Garnett.
Illustrated by Eve Garnett.
Stock no. 1328975
Published by Frederick Muller Limited.
1969.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
An anthology of seasonal poetry. Brown cloth spine, white pictorial boards. 4 full-page colour illustrations and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0584620047. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Light foxing to textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, foxed to spine.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
PANSIES
Written by Clifton Bingham; Frances Ridley Havergal; et al.
Stock no. 1328973
Published by Ernest Nister.
Circa
1933.
Good condition.
White cloth, gilt title and decoration to front cover. Lovely colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. White covers are grubby, ink imprint to front cover. Front joint and some hinges cracked. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Staples rusty. A few small brown spots to some page margins.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
- NISTER
- CHROMOLITHOGRAPH