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BLUE BUTTERFLIES OF THE LYCAENOPSIS GROUP
Written by J.N. Eliot; A. Kawazoe.
Stock no. 1323094
Published by British Museum (Natural History).
1st
1983.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth, silver title to spine. 309 pages. B/w diagrams, some colour plates. ISBN: 0565008609. Spine and corners bumped. A few light foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is a little edge creased and faded to spine/spine edge of rear panel. There is a damp stain and small tear to base of spine and a barcode label to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ENTOMOLOGY
- BUTTERFLIES
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A HISTORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX VOLUME 1 1928-1939
Written by John B. Blanden.
Stock no. 1823910
Published by Museum Publishing Co..
1st
1981.
Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The Australian Grand prix is the second oldest Grand Prix still being regularly conducted. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0959467130. SIGNED by the author (best wishes) to title page. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- AUSTRALIA
- HISTORY
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AUTO-ARCHITECT: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GERALD PALMER
Written by Gerald Palmer; Christopher Balfour.
Stock no. 1823907
Published by Magna Press.
1st
1998.
Fine condition.
A fascinating story told by this innovative and talented car designer including designing and building the Jowett Javelin. Additional material by Christopher Balfour. Large format. Pale brown glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Limited to 750 copies. 96 pages including index. ISBN: 0951942360. SIGNED by Gerald Palmer on label to front pastedown.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- BIOGRAPHY
- LIMITED EDITION
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MILESTONES IN A MOTORING LIFE
Written by Dudley Noble.
Stock no. 1823906
Published by Advanced Mile-Posts Publications Ltd.
1st thus
1969.
Slightly better than very good condition.
This is an Author's Presentation Copy of which only 250 copies have been issued. The author's extensive and adventurous travels, in the 1920s and 1930s, in his motorcar and sometimes with caravan. Cloth boards, brown spine with gilt title, blue boards with brown oval portraiture to front. B/w photos. xi and 252 pages including index. ISBN: 0362000409. SIGNED and dated (with compliments) by the author to verso of half-title page. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- TRAVEL
- LIMITED EDITION
THE ORIEL WINDOW
Written by Mrs. Molesworth.
Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 1323087
Published by Macmillan & Co..
1st
1896.
Very good condition.
Orange cloth wtih black decorations, gilt title to spine. 182 pages plus 2 page booklist to rear. 7 full-page b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some slight fading to spine and cover edges. Ex-libris plate (small) to front pastedown. Ink address stamp to front free-endpaper. Small booksellers sticker to centre of rear pastedown. Endpapers are foxed. Slight musty smell to contents.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)
- CHILDRENS (ANTIQUARIAN)
LITTLE MISS PEGGY
Written by Mrs. Molesworth.
Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1323085
Published by Macmillan & Co..
1st
1887.
Almost very good condition.
Orange decorated cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w plates. 195 pages. Catalogue to rear dated September 1887. Black endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, spine darkened with some slight fraying of cloth to edges. Tissue-guard to frontis is browned. Some page corner tips are creased.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)
- CHILDRENS (ANTIQUARIAN)
JASPER
Written by Mrs. Molesworth.
Illustrated by Gertrude Demain Hammond.
Stock no. 1323082
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd..
1st
1906.
Good condition.
Orange decorative cloth. Gilt title to spine. B/w plates. 235 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to textblock.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
THE WOOD-PIGEONS AND MARY
Written by Mrs. Molesworth.
Illustrated by H.R. Millar.
Stock no. 1323081
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd..
1st
1901.
Very good condition.
Orange cloth with black and gilt titles. B/w frontis and plates. 192 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, covers slightly grubby. Endpapers browned. Foxing to textblock. Light musty smell to contents.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
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HOUSEHOLD TALES BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Written by Brothers Grimm.
Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 1823898
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode.
1st
1946.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Based chiefly on the Bohn collection of 1884 for which Andrew Lang wrote the introduction, but a few stories from other versions included. 56 b/w illustrations & 5 coloured plates including double-spread title page. Yellow cloth boards, blue titles. 303 pages. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and edge-rubbed, spine heavily faded and also rear panel at spine edge, a few edge-chips and scuffing.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
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BARNEY THE PIRATE
Written by Jess Webb.
Illustrated by Tony Kerins.
Stock no. 1323072
Published by Boisterous Books Ltd.
1st
2014.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
A picture book for anyone to read. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Limited edition of 200 copies. ISBN: 9780993093609. SIGNED by the artist to half title-page. This is copy no. 158.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- PIRATES
- LIMITED EDITION
HALCYON DAYS: RECOLLECTIONS OF POST-WAR VINTAGE MOTORING
Written by Rodney Dale.
Stock no. 1323060
Published by Fern House.
1st
1999.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
The author introduces many of the cars that he grew up with including Bentley, Rolls-Royces, Daimlers and many lesser marques. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 147 pages including index. ISBN: 1902702050. A lovely copy!
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF FIREARMS (CYANAMID WRAPPER)
Written by Nicholas Du Quesne-Bird.
Stock no. 1323051
Published by Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd..
1st
1978.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Observer's Book No. 75. With 119 Black and white photographs and 9 line drawings. ISBN: 0723215715. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper (1982 Cyanamid) is just a little edge creased.