Search Results: Cat 20 from Black Cat Bookshop

London: Hutchinson. Ex-library. 5th thousand, circa 1929. Early reprint of uncommon title. Text clean & complete. Spine faded & repaired on hinges. Blue cloth, black title still legible on spine . Good. Hardcover. reprint.

London: Arthur Barker. A detailed history with black & white photos. Fascinating details about early history of this Birmingham club. Very minor edge wear . Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1981.

Edinburgh : Sportsprint Books. Dozens of black & white pictures. All the greats - Dennis Mortimer, Cowans, Withe, Gray, Little, Aitken, Lynn, Dixon, Platt, Hithens are features . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1999.

London: Cassell. Includes the Austin-Cooper & Morris-Cooper. Perfect for the owner drivers. Dozens of photos & diagrams . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1962.

USA: T F H Publications. Glazed boards without dustwrapper as issued . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition.

London: Collins. Very large hardback (approx 10.5" x 12.5"). 16 colour plates & numerous black & white drawings. Original blue cloth, titled gilt with gilt bird design on front board. Spine a touch faded. Prelims very lightly foxed . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1935.

London: Spon. Landscape format. Blind stamped boards with elaborate gilt title. Book consists of alphabets ancient & modern, with numerals from the 8th century onwards. Including gothic, church text, large & small, German arabesque, initials for illumination. For the use of draughtsmen, masons, decorative painters. lithographers, engravers, carvers etc. Hinges a little pulled. Top of spine starting to split. Minor corners wear. Small ink spots to lower page edges when closed. Name in ink written on verso of front endpaper which has caused small ink spot on title page. Contents clean & complete . Very Good. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. 1860.

London & Boston: Partridge Press. Nice selection of colour & black & white photos. Neat ownership signature inside . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1994.

Newton Abbot, UK: David & Charles. Many famous & infamous floods, storms, tidal disasters & other weather tragedies are explained & detailed. Numerous black & white photos, maps, charts etc . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1976.

London: Ward Lock. Black & white fontis & 2 other plates. Black cloth, titled gilt. Red / white abstract design on board & spine. W H Smith library plate on front pastedown. A little foxed in places now. Hinges pulled. Spine dulled. Some signs of wear to corners & head / foot of spine. Uncommon now. No dustwrapper (as issued?) . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1906.

London: Alan Sutton. First one volume of canal walks North, Midlands & South. Numerous colour & black & white photos. Dustwrapper price clipped . Fine. Hardcover. 1st thus. 1994.

London: Victoria & Albert Museum / HMSO. 5th impression. Large format with numerous black & white illustrations of rubbings & detailed catalogue of where they (& many others) are located. Front cover has lost "ings" of title - rubbed away no doubt ! . Very Good. Soft cover. reprint. 1979.

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Ex library. Usual stamps / plates. Boards grubby. Spine browned. Edge & corner wear . Good. Hardcover. reprint. 1936.

London: Travel Book Club. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st thus. 1947.

Dublin, Ireland: George Faulkner. Contemporary full leather binding with more recent spine, five raised bands, burgundy leather label, titled gilt, date in gilt at base of spine. Possibly the work of Jonathan Swift though now thought to be the work of John Oldmixon (1673-1742). Volume 5 of the authors works. Very clean internally, showing only minor signs of wear on corners. A handsome copy of a difficult title . Very Good. Hardcover.

London: Hodder. A reading copy only . Poor. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1934.

London: Hodder. Burgundy cloth, titled gilt. Spine a touch faded . Very Good. Hardcover. reprint. 1952.

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Ex-library. Front panel of dustwrapper affixed to front pastedown. Neat circulating library label attached at top of half title. Spine a little browned. Text clean. Difficult to find title . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1933.

London: Hodder. First trade edition. Uncommon early title. Original brown cloth, titled gilt on spine, black on upper boards. Boards damp stained as are 1st few pages. Blank front endpaper lacks a small piece . Poor. Hardcover. 1st thus. 1911.

London: Routledge & Sons. Original blind stamped red cloth, decorated in gilt on front board, titled & decorated in gilt on spine. The faerie Queene disposed into twelve bookes, fashioning XII morall vertues, to which is added his Epithalamion. With glossary. All edges gilt. Spine has been neatly re-laid due to wear at head & foot, resulting in the need for replacement endpapers (a professional job) . Very Good. Hardcover. 4th Edition. 1856.