Search Results: Authors starting with A from Jacques Gander

Peking: Henri Vetch, 1938. Limited edition on eof 650 copies issued.Maroon silk binding with gilt lettering and Chinese dragon vignette decoration to the front board.xvi,104 pages , 6 page catalogue of other Henri Vetch titles. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, 45 monochrome plates, 18 text figures done in line, 5 tables depicting forms for various periods,a map of Chingtechen and the kilns of Fouliang and a ceramic map of China.6.75 X 9.75 inches.Very good copy, the book is a bit rubbed, and faded on the spine. Ex library label of the Rt. Hon. Malcolm Macdonald P.C., O.M. on the front pastedown, also gift inscription to the same from Henry Yeung on the front free endpaper. Subsequent owner's name and date also on the front free endpaper.Another owner's name stamp appears three times on the preliminary pages. Han-shan Tang, specialist Asian and Far East book sellers tag to rear pastedown. Browning to page edges, occasional spotting to some pages. Very sound and solid binding,with firm… Read More

London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1854. "with directions for the preparation of food for invalids and children, &c. &c. " Original brown cloth with blindstamped borders and decorations, with gilt lettering and publisher's "Nelson;s Household Library" armorial logo on the spine in gilt.[iv]396 pages, plus 16 pages of publisher's adverts. 8 plates describing carving.4.4 X 6.6 inches. Gift inscription at the top of the half title page. Cloth rubbed along the sides of the spine. A good copy.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Thomas Cautley Newby, Publisher, 1983. Green cloth with white green lettered illustrated dustwrapperxxiv, Colour frontispiece, illustrated with photos, maps, charts, diagrams and drawings etc. 6.25 X 9.25 inches. The dustwrapper has some age toning to the spine and margins, and the page edges also show a little age toning, otherwise book and dustwrapper are near fine, the book is unmarked with no annotatiosn etc.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Action Press Ltd., 1937. Green cloth with black lettering in dustwrapper illustrated with a portrait of Mosley, flanked by the Union Jack and the fascist flag. Undated with no edition details given [1937]. 168 pages with a frontispice photo portrait of Mosley, plus 5 further photo plates. With adverts for other books "For Students of Fascism" on the rear endpapers. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. Very good book a little faded at the edges, in a very good dustwrapper which is a little rubbed, with light edge wear and minor edge tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Long Acre, London: A. Close, Sold By Edward Stanford, 1909. Blue cloth embossed with black lettering on front and rear boards and also on the spine. The full title printed on the boards continues: Consisiting of sailing directions for 300 ports, harbours, and anchorages with general directions for Ostend, Ymuiden, Hamburg, and Esberg, Compiled by A. Close, London, from governement surveys and from the latest notices to mariners. xvi, 486 pages, i-lxiv advertising, 1-4 index. 6.5 X 10 inches. A good copy lacking the first page otherwise sound and complete with rubbing to corners and spine ends, and edges, Owner's name label fixed to front, The black lettering is rather indistinct against the dark blue cloth, especially on the spine.. 1909 Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London & Liverpool: Automatic Telephone & Eletric Co. Ltd, 1957. Hardback in dustwrapper. Grey boards with gilt lettered spine and front board in grey dustwrapper with lettering and design in red white and black. 105 pages, Well illustrated with monochrome photos and drawings and diagrams. Near fin ebook in a near fine dustwrapper. 7.75 X 10 inches. This book whilst covering a speicialised subject, is also a superb example of book design and production at its best.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1931. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. A very good copy, pretty clean throughout with mild spotting and a few small marks on the page edges. Boards very bright , spine is creased from opening the book No dustwrapper.. First Edition.

London: Richard Dennis, 1980. Hardback book, Laminated pictorial boards. 93 pages, well illustrated. 9.25 X 12.4 inches. Very good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: The Greyhound Racing Association, , 1933. Khaki cloth with a colour illustration of greyhounds racing by Cecil Aldin laid on within an embossed gilt border. 40 pages. Well ilustrated with photographs and a map. 8.6 X 10.6 inches.Cloth dustsoiled with some splash spots on the back, otherwise a very good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Transport Bookman Publications, 1980. Hardcover book in photo illustrated dustwrapper. 151 pages. Well illustrated with photographs, 9.5 X 7.25 inches. Very good book in a very good dustwrapper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: IPC Magazines Ltd, 1975. Laminated pictorial boards, 143 pages, 7.75 X 10.75 inches. Very nice copy, original £1.00 price intact, some browning to page edges, spine intact and unworn, corners a little bumped.All very sound inside and out.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1900. Maroon buckram with gilt lettering on the spine and front board along with gilt hunting and shooting decorative vignettes. xii, 228 pages. Illustrated with eight plates with tissue guards by Archibald Thorburn. 6 X 9 inches. Slightly rubbed at the edges and the spine a little sunned, Overall a very good copy, a good solid and sound binding, Some offsetting to the free endpapers, otherwise all quite clean and unmarked througout, with no foxing, and all complete and in good order.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Archibald Thorburn.

New York: William Radde , 1850. Two volumes of Hull's Jahr, 1850 and 1851, Third US edition from the fourth or Paris edition. Both volumes in black half leather, spines adn corners. with gilt lettering an ddecorations on teh spines. Mottled papered boards, and marbled endpapers.Repertory : xxiv, 837 pages plus publisher's adverts 2 pages. . Symptomatology : xlvii, 1025 pages, plus publisher's adverts.7 pages. 5 X 8 inches. Rubbing to edges, and some wear to corners. Good sound and solid bindings and hinges on both volumes. Inside all complete, clean and unmarked thoroughout. A very good set. . Third American Edition. Half Leather. Very Good/No Jacket.

Glasgow: Robert Maclehose, 1929. Red buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. xiv[xv-xvi] 482 pages.,with 35 maps one folding. Excellent account of the Division which was formed over the Winter of 1914/15. Small stain to top of front board and spine faded, embossed stamp of private collector's library, else very good condition. Signed on page facing title page by Philip R.Robertson, Major-General who after commanding the 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) became Commanding Officer of the 17th Division in late July 1916. He also wrote the Preface. Nice Association copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Glasgow: Printed for the Division By Robert Maclehose & Co. Ltd., The Universsity Press, 1929. Red cloth with gilt lettered spine, divsion formation sign of two white rectangles on the front board witithin a gilt ruled panel. Top edge red.xiv[ii]482 pages.Illustrated with numerous maps on the text pages, plus a folding map at the rear of the book.6 X 9 inches. Book a little faded on the spine, spotting to the page edges,first and final pages.Corner sa little bumped. Very good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1927. Green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and front board with small gilt daffodil vignette.xii, 324 pages. Illustrated with photographs. 6 X 9 inches. A bit rubbed to thr edges, and with a cup ring semi circle mark on the front. Otherwsie a very good copy. No dustwrapper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Stroud: Privately Printed, 1953. Green cloth with gold lettering on the spine and front board.Title page, then foreword and contents, 2 pages unpaginated, main text: 151 pages, 5.5 X 8.75 inches. Very good copy, . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: W. H Allen & Co., 1859. This edition greatly revised and updated from the previous edition due to advances in the science of warfare, as the author explains in the preface. Original mulberry cloth with gilt title on the spine and decorative embossing on the spine, and front and rear boards, with a cannon on the front and artillery horse on the rear panel. xxiv, 354 pages, 16 plates present out of 17 listed in the contents.4.5 X 6.75 inches. Some wear to cloth at the spne cornerr and points from rubbing and corners pushed inwards a bit, Very good copy. Eight Edition.

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited Undated, first printing, circa 1940s. Green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. 164 pages, 5 X 7.5 inches. A good copy, no dustwrapper. . First Printing.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd., 1962. Papered boards in Thelwell illustrated dustwrapper. 58 pages, Illustrated by Thelwell with drawings. 5 x 7.5 inches. Very good book in a very good dustwrapper. clean and unmarked throughout, no inscriptions etc. Original "10s 6d net" price intact on the dustwrapper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Norman Thelwell.