Search Results: Vintage Books Pre-1975 from Book Attic

James Nisbet & Co. Ltd.; Undated. Hardcover. Red cloth covered boards with gold lettering and decoration to front and spine. No dust cover. Spine to top and bottom has shelf wear. Spine sunned. Corners bumped and rubbed. End papers tanned with presentation plaque to front paste down. With illustrations by Fred Pegram. 472 pp. Select list of books suitable for presents and prizes by well-known and popular writers to the rear of book. Pages yellowing to edges. Netting showing through guttering between board and book at front.

Collins Clear Type Press; undated. c. 1910. Illustrated by Arthur A.Dixon. Maroon cloth covered boards. Corners slightly rubbed and bumped. Spine very slightly sunned. Maroon end papers. Very good condition.

Grolier Society; 1900. No dust cover. Foreword by S.P.B.Mais. Full coloured frontispiece, 64 pages of plates and numerous illustrations in the text.
Green cloth covered boards, with gilt lettering to spine. Some age spotting to pages. Binding a little loose.

University of London Press; 1942. First edition. Hardcover no dust jacket. Yellow/beige cloth covered boards. Front board slightly warped, corners bumped and rubbed. Spine has rust spotting due to previous poor storage. Slight fraying to top spine guttering at front. White end papers. It appears FFEP is missing. Illustrations by J. Gale Thomas. Colour frontispiece and b/w ills.

Heinemann Educational Books Ltd.; 1963. Third edition, reprint. 215 pp. Formulae and diagrams. Hardcover with unclipped dust cover. Dust cover intact but has small portions missing and small tears, marks to the front. Spine sunned. Previous owners name and address to FFEP. Good condition.

J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd.; 1904. Fifth edition. The Temple Classics edited by Israel Gollancz M.A. Full calf skin, olive green with gilt decoration to front. Back board has marks. Spine is faded with gilt lettering. Corners bumped and rubbed. Top and bottom of spine thinned and small parts missing fron top and bottom. Book plate to FFEP. Front hinge loose to top. Some foxing to front and rear first and last few pages. Picture portrait of Oliver Cromwell with protective tissue leaf. Book forward facing.

Brockhampton Press; 1957. Hardcover- no dust cover. Ex library book so stamps etc associated with this. First Published. 120 pages. Blue cloth with dark blue and light blue stripes. Contains black,white and blue illustrations throughout by Burgess Sharroks. Book has been well read, thumb marks evident-seems to add to its charm. First couple of pages have been reattached neatly. White free end papers been stuck down to boards. Minimal tanning and foxing. Some brown staining to pages occasionally throughout book. Spine is sunned and corners bumped and rubbed. Shelf wear evident to spine ends.

Collins Clear Type Press; undated. c. 1910. Illustrated by F.C. Tilney. Maroon cloth covered boards. Corners slightly rubbed and bumped. Maroon end papers.