Search Results: Authors starting with A from TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS

LONDON: HODDER & STOUGHTON. Hard cover with dust jacket. 2nd Printing of the First Edition hard cover. Dark age set Arthurian fantasy novel. Slight wear on board edges. Slight bending on board turning points. The name 'Marion' is written in blue biro on the reverse of the front board. Slight wear/creasing on dust jacket edges. Slight tanning on page edges. Clean pages. Strong binding. Original price not printed on dust jacket. Dust jacket has not been clipped. Location: B35 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1994.

LONDON: METHUEN. Small format hard cover. Adapted from A.A. Milne's stories with new and adapted illustrations in the style of E.H. Shepard. Colour illustrations. Clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Slight wear/bump damage on board edges. Location: PT2 . Very Good. Hardcover. 1997.

LONDON: GEORGE C. HARRAP & CO LTD. 3rd Printing of this edition(november 1939). Hard cover with dust jacket. The dust jacket has several large tears and pieces missing, but the bulk of the DJ survives. Not price cliipped. Tears on DJ spine and the author's name is worn but discrcernable. Jacket art and interior black and white illustrations by A.H. Watson. Blue boards with illustrations on front board. Pages are tanned and slightly foxed. Location: CONE2 . Very Good. Hardcover. REPRINT. REPRINT. 1939.

LONDON: PILOT PRESS LTD. Hard cover. Red boards with gold gilt titles. Moderate wear/creasing on board edges. Foxed endpapers/pastedowns. Foxing on edges of pages. Overall clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: STC7 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Good. Hardcover. First UK Edition.. 1946.

RUTLAND, VERMONT, USA/TOKYO, JAPAN: CHARLES E. TUTTLE. Classic much reprinted 19th Century work(first published in 1871). This is the 4th Printing(1971) of the Tuttle edition, which was first published in 1966. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket(red background). Small tears/Splits on DJ edges. A larger tear on bottom back edge of DJ. Not price clipped(price in Yen and U.S. dollars). Black and white patterned boards with titles in red. NB: board spine is slightly slanted/out of true. Some foxing/marking on front pastedown Slight marking on some pages. Overall clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Corner fold/crease on pages 365-366. Stories from Japanese history, legend and religious/cultural traditions. Black and white illustrations derived from Woodcuts by Japanese artists. Location: M4 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Very Good. Hardcover. REPRINT. 1971.

NEW YORK: DAW. Paperback. First printing of this Daw mass market paperback. Slight wear on cover edges. Slight flat creasing on back cover. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Science fiction novel. Location: CCB1/O . Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. First Thus. 1983.

NEW YORK: BONANZA BOOKS. First Bonanza Books edition. The author recounts some of the noteable battles and incidents of the american Indian wars, from the perspectives of both sides in the conflict. Illustrated with black and white photographs and illustrations. Small splits on the edges of the illustrated dust jacket. Brown cloth boards. Clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1953.

LONDON: MACMILLAN. Paperback. Collection of critical essays on Jonathan Swift's satrical novel 'Gulliver's Travels'. The novel itself is not included with this edition. Slight wear on cover edges. Small area of tippex at top of first inside page where a price has been deleted. Some light fading/disclouration on covers. Strong binding, clean pages. No inscriptions. Location: B30 . Very Good. Soft cover. REPRINT. 1981.

LONDON: THE REPRINT SOCIETY/JONATHAN CAPE. Hard cover. Reddish brown boards with gilt decoration and titles. Small piece of clear tape on top edge of back board. Stain marks on front free endpapers/pastedowns. The same for the back endpapers with an area of surface damage on the back pastedown. Lightly tanned pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black and white illustrations. Introduction and notes on the illustrations by A.E. Popham. Location: RED3 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Good. Hardcover. REPRINT. 1952.

NEW YORK: ACE. Classic science fiction novel, first published by Ace in 1951. A dictatorial empire of the far future should in theory hold all the cards, but the rugged individualist can nevertheless enter a store and buy a super weapon that the empire cannot duplicate or defeat. The stores are impregnable fortresses and open to everyone but soldiers and policemen. Slight wear and creasing on cover edges and exterior spine. Pages are tanned The numbers '85' and '1-17' are written on the front cover. The cover art is uncredited but is a classic example of SF pulp style illustration. . Very Good. Paperback. Second Printing. 1961.

NEWTON ABBOT, UK: SCIENCE FICTION BOOK CLUB/READERS UNION. Book Club edition. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Slight wear/peeling on DJ edges. No printed price on DJ. Not price clipped. Brown boards with gilt titles on board spine. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: STC59 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus.. 1979.

LONDON: SIDGWICK & JACKSON. Science fiction novel. Hard cover. Ex-library book. Dust jacket has been pasted to the boards. Slight wear on board edges. Moderate wear and soiling/staining on boards. Flap with book description/original price has been stuck to a back endpaper. Library issuing form and card pocket at the back of the book. Tanned pages. Clean pages. Strong binding. Initials on front pastedown. Location: GAL1 . Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1967.

LONDON: HUTCHINSON. Hard cover with dust jacket. Surface wear and peeling on DJ edges. Not price clipped. Foxing on inside edges of DJ and slight foxing on back of DJ. Blue boards. Moderate slant to board spine. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black and white photograph illustrations(plates) plus black and white line illustrations. Location: NBK1 . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1955.

LONDON: ATLANTIC BOOK PUBLISHING. Children's novel set during the time of Hannibal. Abridged edition. Slight wear and peeling on cover edges. Covers are slightly soiled and lightly creased. Pages are tanned and slightly foxed. . Good. Mass Market Paperback. First Thus. 1967.

LONDON AND GLASGOW: BLACKIE. No date. Date given is approximate. Ex-library book. Residue of issuing form on front free endpaper. No other library markings. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Creasing/small nicks,tears on top edge of DJ. Has been price clipped. Light blue boards. Top edges of book's pages are dark stained(part of the design). Tanned pages. Pages are slightly foxed. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Colour frontispiece illustration by M. Mackinly. No other illustrations. Historical adventure novel set at the time of the Roman invasion of Britain. Location: PUR1Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Very Good. Hardcover. REPRINT.. 1950.

LONDON: GEORGE G. HARRAP & CO LTD. Second printing(1943) of the First Edirion. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Rubbing/small closed tears on DJ edges. Not priced Clipped. Colour fading on DJ spine, author's name is very diffcult to read. Red boards with gilt titles on board spine. Moderate slant to board spine. Pages are foxed. Previous owner gift inscription on front free endpaper(dated Christmas 1943). Published under the Book Production War Economy standard. Black and white photograph illustration(plates) The story of the founding of the British Home Guard(Local Defence Volunteers) during World War 2. 136 numbered pages. Location: WL1 . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2nd Printing. 1943.

LONDON: GEORGE G. HARRAP & CO. LTD. Paperback. Gray covers with illustration on front cover(woman in medieval dress). Bottom section of cover spine is peeling, exposing underlying binding. Front endpaper has been parly removed, the part that remains has a previous owner inscription. This name is also on the copyright page and on a blank section of the preface. Top corner folds/creases on several pages. Interior binding is weak in places but pages are holding. French fairy tales told in a simplified manner to aid the pupil in learning French. French language text. Introduction by the author in English. French/English vocabulary at the back of the book. Black and white illustrations. Location: GRA4 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Good. Paperback. REPRINT.. 1919.

NEW YORK: AVON BOOKS. Paperback. Crime thriller. Mass market paperback. Slight wear on cover edges. Flat creasing/wear on exterior spine. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Copyright 1988 but is apparently a much more recent reprint. Location: RED3 . Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. REPRINT. 1988.

LONDON: NEW ENGLISH LIBRARY. Mass market paperback. Slight wear on cover edges. Tanned and slightly foxed pages. Overall clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: HC1 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Good. Paperback. REPRINT.. 1983.

LONDON: THE BOOK CLUB. Novel. Fiction. The story of Laurence Carroll as he grows from childhood to adult years. Hard cover with dust jacket. This novel was first published in 1964. First publication in this Book Club edition. Foxing and light soiling on page edges. Otherwise clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Foxing on edges of dust jacket. Slight wear on DJ edges. Price on DJ has not been clipped. Location: BOL1 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 1965.