Recent Arrivals from Crouch Rare Books

Adam & Charles Black, 1886. hardcover. 8vo size, 438pp, cloth covered boards with title on spine ( a little colour leaching at bottom of covers), engraved frontis, there are a few small spots in text but overall contents very clean, binding very firm, overall very good

University Tutorial Press Ltd., 1962. hardcover. 8vo size, 344pp, publisher's boards with title on spine and compass rose on upper cover, rubbed in placesm a stain on upper cover and overall well used, paste down library sticker of the Convent of the Ladies of Mary- Merrow Grange, the book is full of diagrams and good photos illustrating geographical features… Read more about this item

Sphere Books, 1981. soft cover. 4to size (23.5 x 18 cms), 254pp, colour illustrated card covers with just very slight wear, contents very clean, binding very firm, overall near fine

D. C. Thomson & Co, cover, a few small marks and rbbs. hardcover. quarto size, 27.5 x 19.5 cms, 125pp, publisher's boards with title on spine and design on upper cover- top of spine torn, bruise to lower edge of upper cover and a few rubs and marks, colour illustrated end papers, binding firm, small neat inscription… Read more about this item

David & Charles and The Readers Union, 1970. soft cover. thick paperback size, xvii,529pp, illustrated card wrappers, contents very clean, binding very firm, corners of covers slightly creased and reading creases on spine, however overall very good

D. C. Thomson & Co, 1965. hardcover. quarto size, 27.5 x 19.5 cms, 125pp, red publisher's boards with title on spine and design on upper cover, colour illustrated dustwrapper (not price clipped but a tear has been professionally repaired at base of spine), overall very good 

Hodder & Stoughton, 1960. hardcover. 8vo size, 183pp, publisher's boards with title on spine, attractive line drawing throughout, spine slanted and a few smudges on boards, a few spots on front end papers and on a couple of leaves, but overall the text is clean, binding very firm, overall good

The Daily Mirror., no date probably 1960s. hardcover. 4to size, 77pp, colour illustrated publisher's boards with title on spine, illustrated end papers, contents mostly clean but there are some pencil notes and ball point markings, binding very firm, slightly rubbed at top and base of spine,overall very good

Simon & Schuster, 1955. soft cover. 4to size, 28 x 21 cms, 32pp, illustrated card cover, a little age markedcontents very clean, binding very firm, the stamps have been neatly apllied to the squares, overall very good 

The Daily Mirror., no date probably 1960s. hardcover. 4to size, 77pp, colour illustrated publisher's boards with title on spine, illustrated end papers, contents mostly clean but a few puzzles have been filled in in pencil, binding very firm,one corner slightly rubbed,overall very good

Brian Fraser-Smith, 2008. soft cover. paperback size, 160pp, colour illustrated card covers, 8 pages of photo illustrations, contents very clean, binding very firm, a few reading creases on covers but overall very good

The Daily Mirror., no date probably 1960s. hardcover. 4to size, 77pp, colour illustrated publisher's boards with title on spine, illustrated end papers, contents mostly clean but a few puzzles have been filled in in pencil or biro and a few pictures coloured in quite neatly, binding very firm,overall very good

Collins, 1960. hardcover. 8vo size, 192pp, publisher's boards with title on spine, attractive line drawing throughout, contents very clean, binding very firm, overall very good

Macmillan and Co, 1952. hardcover. 8vo size, 316pp, publisher's boards, title on spine and design blocked blue and black on front cover, numerous attractive line drawings throughout, text pages clean, the spine is slanted otherwise overall very good

BCA by arrangement with the University of Kansas Press, 2004. hardcover. thick 8vo size, xxiii,660pp, publisher's boards with title gilt on spine, colour illustrated dustwrapper (not price clipped), tables, maps and numerous photo illustrations, contents very clean, binding very firm, very small mark on top edge but overall fine / as new, probably unread. Please note: this… Read more about this item

Odhams Books, 1965. hardcover. large 4to (28 x 21 cms) size, 221pp, colour illustrated publisher's boards with title on spine (slight wear on corners), attractive line drawing throughout, colour illustrated end papers with a school prize label on ffep from St Peters Guildford, contents very clean, binding very firm, overall very good 

Macmillan and Co, 1953. hardcover. 8vo size, 341pp, publisher's cloth covered boards with title on spine and colour blocked illustration on upper board, some child's hand written notes on the rear end papers (1. Blessed are the poor in spirit, the kingdom of Heaven is theirs. 2. Blessed are the Merciful... etc), otherwise contents very clean, the fore edge… Read more about this item

Collins, 1960. hardcover. 8vo size, publisher's boards with title on spine, colour illustrated frontis, 4 attractive line drawings, contents very clean, binding very firm although there are some marks on the covers, has a paste down prize label from St Peter's Guildford on front free end paper, overall very good

Sampson Low, Marston & Co, undated, c mid 1950s. hardcover. large 25.5 x 19 cms, 8vo size, 156pp, publisher's boards with cloth spine, attractive colour line drawings throughout, illustrated endpapers, contents seem very clean although a crossword puzzle has been roughly completed, binding slightly shaken, 4 leaves have closed tears in top open corner one of which touches the… Read more about this item

Methuen & Co, 1953, . hardcover. 8vo size, 164pp, publisher's boards with title on spine, colour illustrated dustwrapper (not price clipped but defective top and bottom of spine and corners), illustrated frontis and attractive line drawing throughout, neat ownership inscription on ffep otherwise contents very clean, binding very firm, overall: dw fair and the book itself very good