Search Results: England from SmarterRat Books

British Museum Press, 1999. Softcover. Very Good. Near Fine. 1999 British Museum Press, London. Fourth printing, 2000. Softcover. Black and white photographs and illustrations. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Appears to be unread. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear. Pages clean and unmarked. 160 pages.

Collins, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1947 Collins, London. Third impression of 1945 edition. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has brown paper-covered boards with white spine and cover lettering and decorations. 24 black and white illustrations. Eight color plates. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 47 pages. Dust jacket has light surface and edge wear, with chips at the corners and spine ends. Some spots and foxing on back panel of jacket. Series: Britain in Pictures, number 96. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Hendon Publishing Co., Ltd., 1983. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. Copyright 1976. Hendon Publishing Co., Ltd. Third impression, 1983. Softcover, with stapled binding. Oblong. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Black and white photographs. High-quality glossy paper. Small yellow rectangular stain from old price sticker on title page. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Unpaginated. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Columbia University Press, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine ; Very Good Jacket. 1994 Columbia University Press. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has burgundy paper-covered boards with burgundy cloth-covered spine and gold spine lettering. 732 pages. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with some wrinkling at the top edge and a scratch on the back panel. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

APA Publications, 1997. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1997 APA Publications. Small softcover. Color photographs and maps. 80 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear; spine is lightly sun-faded. Spine NOT creased. Pages clean and unmarked. Insight Compact Guides series.

W.W. Norton & Company, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1983 W.W. Norton & Company. Oversize hardcover, 8.75 x 12 inches, has brown paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Color photographs. 128 pages. Printed in Italy. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Small gift inscription in ink on front free endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with light wrinkling at the corners and spine ends. Dust jacket is price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1902 Charles Scribner's Sons. First Edition. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 7.25 x 10.25 inches, has red cloth-covered boards with cream spine and cover lettering, and a black fox head on the spine. Front cover has a black & white paper illustration and black borders. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Top pages edges are gilt. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. Monochrome plates with photographs and illustrations by J. Crawford Wood. 352 pages. Hinges NOT cracked. Binding a little pulled at the frontispiece, otherwise tight. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers have light surface and edge wear; spine lightly sunned with some loss to color in lettering. Two small thin white spots on front cover. Imprinted bookplate of John Mack, with coat of arms and motto: "Et domi, et foris - "Cor Vulneretum" on front… Read More

Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1966. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good+ ; No jacket. 1966 Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. Oversize hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering and cover decorations. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Includes laid-in errata slip. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. Covers have a few small stains and a few light smudges. First 20 pages have a small moisture stain in the bottom front corner. A few pages are lightly foxed. Otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked. 176 pages. "Printed in Great Britain" stamped on verso of title page. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

David & Charles, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1968 David & Charles. Reprint of 1959 edition. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has brown textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rounded. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Front cover cupped. One plate has several creases at bottom corner. Pages clean and unmarked. 176 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

L. C. Page & Company, 1904. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1904 L. C. Page & Company. Copyright 1903. Hardcover has navy cloth-covered boards with red and gold spine and cover lettering and decorations. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Top edges are gilt. Black and white frontispiece with lettered tissue guard. Title page had red and black lettering. Black and white plates. 300 pages. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Two names and ownership info in ink on front free endpaper. Imprinted bookplate of Carroll Alton Means on front endpaper. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. A few pages unopened at fore edge or bottom fold. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

BBC Books, 1988. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1988 BBC Books. SIGNED by author on half-title page. Not personalized: "Sincerely, J Tovey". Softcover. Color photographs by Tim Imrie. 170 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. This book "includes all the recipes demonstrated on the BBC television series 'Eating Out with Tovey' set in the Lake District."

Yale University Press, 2011. Softcover. Good. Good+. 2011 Yale University Press. Softcover. Black and white plates. 395 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased, but there is light wrinkling. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Covers curled at corner tips. Page edges lightly tanned. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1950 B. T. Batsford. First Edition. First printing. "First Published 1950" on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Top page edges are red. Color frontispiece. Black and white illustrations. Black and white plates. Photographs by Herbert Felton. Binding tight. Spine has just a slight lean. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 99 text pages, 126 pages of plates. "A Batsford Book." Printed in Great Britain. Dust jacket, with color wrap-around illustration of Wells Cathedral, has light surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and small tears. Jacket spine has some small areas where color is rubbed off. Dust jacket is price clipped. Series: The British Art and Building Series. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Thames and Hudson, 1985. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1985 Thames and Hudson. Softcover, with stapled binding. Oversized. Brown on sepia illustrations. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Covers lightly curled at corners. Soft crease on the back cover. Pages clean and unmarked. 32 pages. Selected and edited by Stuart D. Ludlum. Series: "Exploring Britain 100 Years Ago". Facsimile of an article by William H. Rideing, originally published in Harper's new monthly magazine: New York, 1881. Printed in Great Britain.

British Broadcasting Corporation, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1978 British Broadcasting Corporation. First Edition. Hardcover has black cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Endpapers slightly yellowed. Pages clean and unmarked. Based on the BBC1 series of the same name. 208 pages. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear. Small nicks at front spine edge of jacket. Contents: Nelson by David Howarth; Thos. Cook & Son by John Pudney; Florence Nightingale by Philippa Stewart; Robert Burns by David Daiches; Marlborough by Correlli Barnett; Lloyd George by John Grigg.

The Macmillan Company, 1966. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Good ; Fair Jacket. 1966 The Macmillan Company. 10th edition with 45 maps and plans. Small hardcover with red plastic pebble-textured flexible covers and gold spine and cover lettering. Map endpapers. Many fold-out color maps. Two index ribbons, one red, one green. Page edges colored light blue. NOT ex-library. Book is in excellent condition except that the rear endpaper has partially pull away (about and inch) from the plastic cover at the spine. Name in ink on half-title page. Pages clean and unmarked. Cover title: Baedeker's Great Britain I. 260 pages. Red dust jacket with yellow lettering has tattered top and bottom edges, with several tears. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1980 William Morrow and Company, Inc. Oblong hardcover, 8.6 x 12.25 inches, has pictorial paper-covered boards. Color illustrations by Eric Thomas. Two fold-out illustrations at center. High-quality glossy paper. 46 pages. Made and printed in England. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Small amount of foxing near top edge of covers and inside top edge of jacket.. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with some wrinkling at the top edge. Dust jacket is price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Saunders and Otley, 1842. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jackets. 1842 - 1849 Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street, London. Originally four volumes, now bound in two. Vols. 1 and 2 dated 1842; vol. 3, 1843; and vol. 4, 1849. NOT ex-library. Hardcovers, half-bound (spine, part of the boards, and corners) in brown leather over red, white, and blue narrow combed marbled paper. Matching marbled endpapers. All page edges marbled in same pattern as well. Spine has five gilt embellished raised bands and gilt lettering. Title on red panel, author and volume numbers on black panel; remaining panels have elaborate with gilt devices. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with boards exposed at some tips. Covers have moderate surface and edge wear, with some rubbing and peeling to the surface of the leather along exterior hinge lines, edge, and corners. One signature in the second bound volume (within vol. 3) is loose but still attached. Imprinted bookplate on front endpaper of first… Read More

Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Near Fine ; Good Jacket. 1956 Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Third impression of 1936 edition, with amendments. Small hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering and decorations. Black and white photographs. Fold-out map. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends. Pages clean and unmarked. 81 pages. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with some wrinkling and chipping at the top and bottom edges. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Da Capo Press, 2002. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Near Fine. 2002 Da Capo Press. Trade paperback. 274 pages. Map at front. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. Introduction by Jan Morris. In Search of England was first published in 1927.