Search Results: Authors starting with A from Island Books

Leo Cooper,, [1974]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, very faintly browned dustwrapper. Published in Cooper's concise Famous Regiments series, edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks. Sutcliffe, p.106.

Ian Allan, [Shepperton,, 1979]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with very numerous photographs and diagrams in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.

Cambridge,, 1912. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece; tan buckram, original gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a near fine copy. This renowned collection, comprising over 10,000 books and pamphlets, was particularly strong in tracts relating to the Cambridge 'controversies'. The catalogue identifies the authors of numerous anonymous publications.

Batsford,, [1956]. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and 129 monochrome illustrations (manu full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, backstrip a little faded else a very good, clean copy.

Almark,, [1972]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.

Collins,, 1946. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 20 plates on 14, neat inscription on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a very good copy in the dustwrapper.

1919. 8vo., with frontispiece, very numerous illustrations in the text and a double-page map, neat ownership inscription on front free endpaper; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, yellow top, backstrip a little faded (but all lettering entirely legible), a good, clean copy. First published in 1898.

Macmillan,, 1924. 8vo., First Edition thus, with a frontispiece, numerous charming illustrations in the text and a large folding map coloured in outline; original series binding of green cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and blind, a near fine copy. With the bookplate of the Selkirk Hill & Rock Club Library on front paste-down. Nice copy of the first pocket edition of this famous guide, first published in 1901. The early titles of the Pocket series are distinguished by their superior blocking and lettering. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.

Macmillan,, 1919. 8vo., Fifth Impression, with frontispiece, very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and large folding map coloured in outline; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, blue top, a near fine copy. With 4pp series catalogue at end. First published in 1898.

Macmillan,, 1903. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present), very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and a folding map coloured in outline; original series binding of blue cloth gilt, gilt back, gilt top, a very good, bright, clean copy. With 4pp series catalogue at end. A scarce example of the first edition bound in blue cloth rather than the green cloth of the early titles.

Leo Cooper,, [1976]. 8vo., First Edition, with 15 plates on 8; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Cooper's concise 'Famous Regiments' series, edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks. Sutcliffe, p.21.

Ian Allan, [Shepperton],, [1980]. Sm. folio, First Edition, with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.

[Privately Printed, Malvern],, [1989]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Ian Allan,, [1967]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and illustrations in the text; brown cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustswrapper. Ottley, 12072.

Ian Allan, [Shepperton],, [1977]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 12533.

University Press, Cambridge,, 1946. 8vo., First Edition; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. This copy was formerly in the library of the eminent naval historian J.H. Owen with his initials on front free endpaper. Loosely inserted is an offprint of the author's 'Japanese and American Strategy in the Pacific' (RUSI Journal 1948). Enser, p.413 (recording only the US edition of the following year).

Terence Dalton, Lavenham,, 1972. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations and maps in the text, and endpaper maps; ivory cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Sampson Low Marston,, [1938]. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous fine photographs (the majority full-page) in the text; cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. Includes details of seventy-three ocean liners and concise histories of seven leading shipping companies. Scarce, especially in this condition.

Freshfield, [Formby],, [1987]. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT INNER WRAPPER. SCARCE.

Seeley,, 1893. 8vo., First Edition, with a tinted frontispiece and 15 tinted plates, neat contemporary inscriptions on front free endpaper, preliminaries and title lightly spotted; original pictorial green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and colours, gilt back, yellow endpapers, upper board (only) lightly damp-marked at lower edge else a bright, clean copy.