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GERVASUTTI'S CLIMBS
Written by Giusto Gervasutti; Nea Morin; Janet Adam Smith.
Stock no. 1829270
Published by Diadem Books.
1st thus
1978.
Very good condition.
A remarkable autobiography by one of the leading Italian mountaineers of the 1930s. Originally published in 1947 under the title 'Scalate Nelle Alpi'. Translated from the Italian by Morin & Smith. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 201 pages including glossary. ISBN: 0906371007. Spine lightly creased (reading wear). Text block browned with some minor foxing. Hinge between page 80 and facing page is pulled but binding tight. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- CLIMBING
- MOUNTAINEERING
- ALPS
- BIOGRAPHY
THE BATTLE OF MARSTON MOOR JULY 2, 1644
Written by John Henry Crockatt.
Illustrated by Graham Humphreys.
Stock no. 1829268
Published by Lutterworth Press.
1st
1976.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Marston Moor was the earlier of the two major battles of the English Civil War. "When and Why" Books. Written for the ten- to fourteen-year-olds. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 79 pages. ISBN: 071882198X. Boards clean and bright. Foxing to top edge of text block. Minor pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, lightly rubbed at edges, tiny closed tear to lower front edge, rear panel is browned and a little grubby.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- HISTORY (CHILDRENS)
- HISTORY
- NORTH EAST UK
- YORKSHIRE
- CIVIL WAR
- CIVIL WAR (ENGLISH)
THE FAIRY DOLL
Written by Rumer Godden.
Illustrated by Gary Blythe.
Stock no. 1329067
Published by Macmillan Children's Books.
1st thus
2006.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
First published in 1956, a delightful story for little girls. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780330442268. Remains of a small label to rear panel of wrapper, wrapper spine is very slightly faded.
TUNING A MINI
Written by Clive Trickey.
Stock no. 1829264
Published by Speed And Sports Publications.
2nd
1966.
Very good condition.
This book first appeared as a series of articles in Cars & Car Conversions. Second Edition. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams. Spine browned, boards rubbed. Text block browned. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown. Last three lines of text on page 3 are very faint but readable. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- CAR REPAIR MANUAL
THE LITTLE ONE IN BETWEEN
Written by Marion St. John Webb.
Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1329063
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd..
1st
1929.
Almost very good condition.
A book of 26 delightful verses accompanied with 4 beautiful colour plates. Blue cloth covers, gilt title to spine and small embossed vignette. 59 pages. Cr 8vo. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Foxing to contents.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
TAI-LU FLIES ABROAD
Written by Shelagh Fraser; Billy Thatcher; Gilbert Harding.
Illustrated by Kenneth Rowell.
Stock no. 1329062
Published by Chatto & Windus Ltd.
1st
1955.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards. Full page b/w illustrations on coloured paper. Further adventures of the noble Siamese Cat, Tai-Lu. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Browning to endpapers, foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped, lightly foxed to spine.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- CATS
- CATS (CHILDRENS)
- CATS (SIAMESE)
CAT'S TALES
Written by Lynton Lamb.
Illustrated by Lynton Lamb.
Stock no. 1329061
Published by Faber & Faber Limited.
1st
1959.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
He was called Cat quite simply because there had been so many cats before him where Andrew lived that the family had run out of names... Lovingly illustrated in b/w drawings. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, black vignette to front cover. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers browned. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with slight loss to spine and tape repaired tear to base of spine.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- CATS
- CATS (CHILDRENS)
TEENY-WEENY AND BABY BUNNY
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang.
Stock no. 1329060
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
Almost very good condition.
A Teeny Weeny Book. Very small format. approx " 2.75 x 3.5". Green paper boards with red spine and yellow titles. Teeny-Weeny is a little girl. B/w text illustrations. Spine is faded and worn with some loss of surface paper at top of spine. Foxing to textblock. Name in ink to top margin of free-endpaper. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- RABBITS (CHILDRENS)
- TEDDY BEAR
A BAD LITTLE BEAR
No author listed.
Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1329059
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde.
Circa
1910.
Almost very good condition.
Small format (9.5x12cm). Grey boards with pictorial onlay and gold title to front cover. 12 colour plates some small b/w illustrations to margins. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (dated 1918). Endpapers browned. Foxing and fingering to contents.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- BEAR
A GUIDE TO FRESHWATER INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS
Written by T.T. Macan.
Stock no. 1829262
Published by Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd..
1st
1959.
Very good condition.
Small format. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine, blind title to front. B/w illustrations. x and 118 pages including index. Spine browned. Edges of boards lightly browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper 'presented to the Conservation Corps by the Publishers Oct '60'. Light foxing to endpapers. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- FRESHWATER LIFE
A BAR OF SHADOW
Written by Laurens Van Der Post.
Stock no. 1829261
Published by The Hogarth Press.
1954.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This is the story of Hara, a Japanese sergeant in command of a prisoner-of-war camp. A penetrating and enthralling study of the Japanese mentality, the Japanese myth, as personified by this demonic, naive, brutal, weirdly idealistic sergeant. Small format. Blue cloth spine with gilt title. Blue and white design paper boards. 58 pages. Reprint in the first year of publication. Boards lightly browned. Minor foxing present mainly to text block. Contents generally clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is browned to spine and rear panel, foxing to rear panel, corners lightly worn with minor chipping.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- JAPAN
- MILITARY
- BIOGRAPHY
WINTER
Written by C.J. Kaberry.
Illustrated by E.C. Croxson.
Stock no. 1329058
Published by Oxford University Press.
Very good condition.
Very small format (6.75 x 11cm). Pictorial paperwraps. B/w illustrations throughout. Staple rusty.