Resultados de búsqueda: the United Kingdom from Black Sheep Books

Penguin Books, 1950. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good-/Fair. Piper, John. Piper describes and paints the Romney Marsh a southern English landscape in Kent. Boards covered with marbled paper, faux white label with black titling to front and spine, illustrated with water-colour paintings and drawings by John Piper, 36 pages plus16 colour plates. Light edge wear, previous owner's name and address with date inked to ffep. Dust jacket shows sunning to spine, wear and tear with loss of 3/4 by 2 inch piece to top of back, small pieces missing to spine ends, two small holes to back, three closed tear to back. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

New Plymouth, New Zealand: Greeme Laurenson, 1980. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good-/Good. This book makes a contribution to the record of pioneering life in New Zealand, and concentrates particularly on the Shetland Islanders who came to regard New Zealand as their "Second Home". Blue boards with gilt titling on spine and front, end papers have black and white maps, each one different, black and white illustration on title page, illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and maps, 146 pages. Lower spine end slightly bumped, there is a quarter-inch rubbed spot on back left edge near bottom, otherwise book is in great shape. Dust jacket has edgewear, closed tears and chipping to bottom edge, a one-inch by quarter-inch open tear on back left edge near bottom, light shelf wear, but is clean and bright. This is a handsome book. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees.… Leer más

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Compiled by Cyril Tawney, well-known folk singer, book is a compilation of one hundred fifteen Navy songs from the author's personal collection. Blue boards with gilt titling on spine, illustrated with black and white photographs, thirteen page introduction, four appendices, list of sources, glossary, index, etc., 177 pages. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has negligible shelfwear - this is a handsome book. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Kenneth Cox. Hardcover. Very Good+. Compilation of family history of the author, published by the author. Insciption by author on end paper (dated 1980) Blue cloth with gilt titling on spine, illustrated with black and white plates, a pocket inside back cover holds three family trees: Thomas Gray; George Cox and Mortimer; book is in an acetate jacket, 94 pages. Book appears to be without flaws. Acetate jacket has light shelf wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Robert Scott, 1927. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good. First appearing in columns of the Sussex County Herald and Eastbourne Chronicle, these essays are directed to "all those who take a pleasure in the simple entertainment of the country-side." Brown textured boards with black titling, lovely colour paste down in a simple black border on front, iillustrated throughout with attractive black and white drawings. Cover has wear to corners and spine ends, a few small pale smudges but is basically clean and bright, text block edges slightly darkened, owner's name in ink on end paper, light foxing on end papers, occasional spots in text, binding is tight. In spite of flaws, this is a handsome book. 128 pages Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo -… Leer más

London, England: Hamish Hamilton and Jonathan Cape, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Volume Two of the Crossman Diaries - considered "the most important book on British government to have appeared since the war" by the "Financial Times. Green cloth with gilt titling on spine, tan end papers, illustrated with black and white photographs. Text block edges slightly smudged. Dust jacket, which is price-clipped, has light shelf-wear and edge wear. This book is in great shape. 851 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: MacDonald, 1968. First Edition. . A Hard Cover. Good+/Good. A companion to The Blandings Castle Saga of P.G. Wodehouse Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Brown boards with gilt titling to spine. Light edge wear, minor bumping to free corners, light age darkening to textblock edge, previous owner's signature in ink on first endpaper. Dust jacket shows sunning to spine, it is price clipped, edges worn and reinforced at spine ends and back flap with small pieces of scotch tape. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Edinburgh: Andersons Edinburgh Ltd.. Hardcover. Good+. A "Thistle Library" Volume. Tartan plaid (Cameron) cloth cover, rounded corners, gilt titling and illustration on front, red text block edges, marbled end papers, black and white frontispiece and illustrated throughout with black and white plates, plaid ribbon marker, publisher's advertising at back, tiny plate inside back cover naming the tartan used on the cover, 178 pages. Cover cloth is worn - the boards are visible underneath the cloth at the spine and corners. Textblock is fine. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall

Cythera Press, 1969. Hardcover. Good+/Fair. Rowlandson, Thomas. Introductory essay by Gert Schiff. Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827) was considered to be the greatest English cartoonist during the turn of the century. Red cloth with black titling on spine and front, illustrated end papers, illustrated with fifty colour plates. Unpaginated. Light discoloration to back from damp damage to top and bottom, damp damage to back board, some edge wear. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has edge wear, open and closed tears, chipping, rubbing, damp stains to back. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

London: Virtue And Co.. Hardcover. Half leather bound volumes with gilt titling on red label and gilt decorated raised bands on spine. Frontispiece. Beautifully illustrated . Volume 1 and 2 of a four volume set. These volumes show wear to covers, foxing, cracking to gutters between endpapers. The binding is sound and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Southampton: Ordnance Survey Office. Card Cover. Very Good. Circa 1932. Map #35, published by Authority of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. A folded full-colour map on fabric-backed paper, card covers, front cover elaborately illustrated with brown and white motor-car on a country lane, coat of arms, highly decorative borders inside a plain green border, brown and green titling; back cover has a diagram of sheets of map. Cover has very minor wear at edges and corners, map appears to be without flaws. This is a very handsome publication. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

London: Architectural Association Inc., 1932. Hardcover. Fair/-. Book is divided into two sections, the first being a day book for the year of 1932, and the second being Architectural Association information, covering such topics as accounts, balance sheet, by-laws, council's reports, etc. Grey boards with black cloth spine, red titling and black illustration on front, black printer's advertising on back. There are seven pages of advertising at front of book, and eighty pages at back of book; there is a 32 page reference section containing miscellaneous technical data near front of book, and in the back section an alphabetical index to advertisers as well as a trades directory. 219 pages. Corners and edges worn, rubbing to cover, spine cover missing, split between endpapers which at the front show frayed edges along the split exposing the webbing, front cover is loose, age darkening to textblock. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for… Leer más

London: Simpson Spence & Young, 1983. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/-. A world wide directory of major coal and ore ports. Blue cloth with gilt titling on spine and front, gilt border on front, 320 pages, small pamphlet about the book is taped to back endpaper. Corners and spine ends are very slightly worn, there are some small marks on first two end papers, otherwise book is in great shape. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Simpson Spence & Young, 1991. Third Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+/-. A world wide directory of major coal and ore ports. Blue cloth with gilt titling on spine and front, 360 pages. This handsome book appears to be without flaws. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1956. A Hard Cover. Good+/Fair. Subtitled: The History of Wm. Thomson & Co. of Leith and Edinburgh, and of the Ships owned and managed by them (1825 - 1955). This book tells the story of the birth, growth and health survival of one of the oldest shipping companies in the world in continuous private ownership. Red cloth with gilt titling on spine and decoration on front, red and white map on endpapers, black and white frontispiece and black and white illustrations throughout, 230 pages. Corners slightly bumped, corners and spine ends slightly worn, text block edge is darkened and has some small spots on leading edge. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has some edge wear, a two-inch closed tear at front, 1.5 by 1 inch open tear on spine, and a one by three inch open tear at right front bottom corner. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian… Leer más

London: The Covenant Publishing Company, 1947. Card Cover in Wraps. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Card cover, attached paper wrapper, frontispiece, 6 illustrations, 71 pages plus index, publisher's advertising on back cover. Dust jacket attached at spine; front has yellow and white stripes with purple illustrations and titling on top half, white illustration on purple background at bottom half, purple titling on spine. Dust jacket has edge wear with closed tears at spine ends and upper front corner, spine ends missing pieces of cover, cover has shelf wear, foxing on text block edges and end papers, stains on pp. 28-29, a few pages in the first half of the book have half-inch split at lower spine end. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" -… Leer más

London: Simpson Spence & Young, 1991. Third Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+/-. A world wide directory of major coal and ore ports. Blue cloth with gilt titling on spine and front, 360 pages. This handsome book appears to be without flaws. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Simpson Spence & Young, 1983. Fourth Edition. . Hardcover. Good/-. A world wide directory of major coal and ore ports. Blue cloth with gilt titling on spine and front, 390 pages. Spine is cracked at page one,on first page, two pages are detached, but present. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1811. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A New Edition with notes by Richard Hurt, Lord Bishop of Worcester. Original Morroco calf binding with raised bands with gilt titling on black spine label, marbled boards, speckled text block edges, marbled endpapers, green ribbon markers. Volume II has two plates of illustrations. Volumes II, III, IV, and V are generally in very good condition with some wear at corners and edges, spines are sunned, first and last few pages of each volume are heavily foxed. Volume VI has damp damage to rear board and approximately last 80 pages(foxing, damp stains, and mold marks). Volume I is missing. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Leer más