Search Results: Cultural and Social History from Compass Books

London: Parkins & Gotto Ltd. Book is undated, but would guess at around mid 1920's, with maroon boards. Front board has a band of fading to the top adge, about 2" deep. Book is for recording a baby's firsts - name, d.o.b., first tooth, favourite story, first little socks etc. Also has adverts for a variety of items thought to be of use to either mother or baby during this time. Also contains some tear-out slips to post off for items such as Ovaltime, coal tar soap, and even a free sample of "dentifirce twice a day" tooth powder. A lovely copy of a very endearing little book.. First Edition.. Hard Back. Very Good/No Jacket.

San Francisco: Fearon Publishers, 1957. Book has some discolouring to page edges and feps commensurate with age. Signed by the author on fep. Wrapper has heavy general discolouring and heavy rubbing to edges, hinges and corners. There is some splitting to top of hinges with creasing to top of rear cover. If you would like images of the book or the signature please email.. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Back. Very Good/Good.

London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1897. Blue boards with gilt design and letteirng to front and spine. With bumped and rubbed corners, shelf wear, rubbing to hinges and light foxing to eps. Sweet little copy.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Buckinghamshire: Shire Publications, 1982. Book has light rubbing to edges of covers and slight wear to cover faces.. First Edition.. Booklet. Very Good+.

London: Warrington & Co Spine uncreased, some wear to edges and hinges, some very small marks to front cover and staples a little rusty.. Reprint. Booklet. Good.

Croydon: Croydon Natural History & Scientific Society, 1976. Booklet has slight discolouring to cvoers.. Presumed First Edition.. Booklet. Near Fine.

London: Duckworth & Co, 1933. Pink boards with faded spine, shelf wear and rubbed corners, spotting to first & last few [pages o/w interior nice and clean. A look ta all aspects of life in the British Isles.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1989. A factual look at the difficulties facing the police in the 1980s. Book has a previous owner's name on fep. Wrapper has a little general discolouring and some shelf wear.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Edinburgh: Thomas C. Jack "Embracing an investigation of the records of the organisations of the fraternity in England, Scotland, Ireland, British colonies. France, Germany and the United States. Derived from official sources." price is for all three volumes. No date or addition given. Red boards with gilt design and lettering to boards and spine, gilt page edges marbled endpapers and red leather binding. There is some chipping and rubbing to raised bands on spine, rubbing to hinges and edges of boards, corners are bumped and on some corners the leather has rubbed away to the board. There is some general light marking to the board faces and some very light foxing here and there to margins of text and illustrations there is also some heavier foxing to first and last few pages of each volume. Generally these are very nice tight copies. Unfortunately due to the weight of the combined volumes were unable to ship outside of the UK. If you require images of these books please feel free to e-mail… Read More

London: Lincoln Williams Publishers No date or edition given. Book has some fading to board faces, shelf wear with bumping to corners of boards, darkened page edges and foxing to first and last few pages and slight foxing here and there to margins that little to text. There is also a recipe written on front page. A nice tight copy.. Presumed First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Madras: The Christian Knowledge Society Press, 1853. "Comprising numerous directions for plain wholesome cookery, both of Oriental and English with much miscellaneous matter answering all general purposes of reference connected with household affairs likely to be immediately required by families, messes and private individuals, residing at presidencies or outstations. By the author of "manual of gardening for western India" the spine of this book has at some point been detached from the binding, torn and then carefully repaired with glue. There is a large crack down the centre and at the top where clearly it was broken before repair. There is some loss to cloth at hinges and to head and foot of spine and there are interior mends to front hinges and to page 2 and 3. Otherwise binding is generally tight except for a small chunk of pages (193 to 200) which are loosening at the bottom half of binding. Boards have heavy bumping to corners, bumping to top rear edge, rubbing to corners… Read More

London: James & James, 1998. This includes a selection of articles from the London Illustrated News about the college. Book has shelf wear with bumping to corners and head & foot of spine. wrapper has shelf wear with slight creasing to edges.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Montréal: Gordon & Gotch, 1925. Covers of booklets are rather worn, especially bottom front corner and rear corner, there is heavy rubbing to the blue of covers (again particularly to front bottom corner), staples are rusty and EPS are grubby. pages 19, 20, 21, 22 (in a block) are loose but present. With colour illustrations throughout. For scans or pictures of the covers please e-mail.. Presumed First Thus.. Canvas Covers. Good - Fair. Booklet.

London: Andrew Dakers Ltd, 1952. Book near fine but for yellowed and spotted page edges. D/w has 1" square chunk missing from front cover, rubbing and loss to corners, loss to head and foot of spine and top of rear cover, faded spine and general wear to edges. Price clipped.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Fair.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. 'A domestic history of Eddrig'. Brown boards with slight shelf wear.. Reprint.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket.