Search Results: Authors starting with A from AJ Scruffles

London: Oxford University Press, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Compact volume of some of the best Russian short stories. Including Gogol's Christmas Eve; Dostoevsky's A Nasty Story; The Queen of Spades and more. Mild rubbing to edges. Small mark to top page edge. Previous owner's blank bookplate. Contents clean and tight. Very good.

London: Bemrose & Sons, 1908. Hardcover. Good. Nicely produced collection of essays on the history and topography of essex by a variety of authors. Topics include Roman Essex, Monumental brasses, the Forest, Witchcraft and superstition and more. With b/w illustrations and maps. Beveled edges. Top edge gilt, fore-edge rough cut. 8vo. Mild sunning to spine. some rubbing and bumping to edges. previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and binding sound. Good.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Good. Reprint edition. DJ has some shelfwear and bumping and toning. Very light foxing to top edge. Some pencil notes within. Contents bright and clean. Good.

London : Archibald Constable & Co., 1907. Hardcover. Good. Comprehensive account of London's churches, including those anterior to the fire, those of Wren and those after Wren. With illustrations by Leonard Martin and photographs. Complete with fold-out map to rear showing locations of the churches. Sunning to spine. Bumping to edges. Mild tanning to page edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Else clean and tight. A sound, complete copy. Good+

London: Bowes & Bowes, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. A guide to investing for the complete novice, describing the journey of an investor from cradle to top of the world, starting with the piggy bank, progressing to the post office and ending with stocks and shares. Dust jacket has some bumping and small tears without loss. Spine toned. Contents clean and prim. Good+

New York: Dover Publications, 2010. Soft cover. As New. An introduction to Distribution theory, a relatively recent mathematical approach to classical Fourier analysis. As new.

London: Oxford University Press, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. 'A Description of the Stage and Theatre of the Athenians and of the Dramatic Performances in Athens'. The second edition, Revised, enlarged and in part rewritten. A comprehensive, scholarly examination of the ancient Greek theatre. With b/w images. Full leather prize binding with manchester grammar school crest to cover. Inner and outer dentelles. Raised bansds and gilt decoration to spine. Marbled end-papers with matching marbling to page edges. 8vo. Prize plate to front pastedown, Very slight sunning to spine. Very light rubbing to edges. Contents bright and clean. Very good.

London: A. & C. Black, 1908. Hardcover. Good. 'Painted by A. Heaton Cooper, Described by W. T. Palmer'. With 75 tissue guarded images of Heaton Cooper's watercolours. With evocative descriptions by Palmer. Decorative cloth. top edge gilt. 8vo. Some rubbing and bumping to edges. Foxing to fore-edge and end-papers. Occasional spotting within. Otherwise clean and tight. Good+

Edinburgh: A. & C. Black, 1926. Hardcover. Fair. From Black's popular series of colour books. With 32 colour illustrations. Some marking and staining to covers. Rubbing to edges and joints. Mild foxing to page edges. Contents otherwise clean and sound, Fair.

London: A. & C. Black, 1926. Hardcover. Fair. A revised edition featuring 32 of Burleigh Bruhl's colour images of Essex. Toning to spine. Marking to rear cover and mild marking to front cover. Light rubbing and bumping to edges. Foxing to fore-edge. Contents otherwise clean and binding sound. Fair.

London: Gresham Publishing, 1919. Hardcover. Good. Encyclopaedic account of British Wild flowers, describing their biology, environment and significance. With numerous b/w images within the text plus colour plates with explanatory overlays. Complete in six volumes. 4to. Fading to gilt of spine of volumes 2 and 3. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Contents clean and bindings sound. Good. *Due to size and weight, extra shipping fees may apply to overseas orders*

Chelmsford: Essex County Council, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Important collection of primary sources, detailing the lives of the ordinary people of Essex, from a variety of professions. Dj has some sunning to spine and tears/marking to rear cover and now in protective jacket. Faint foxing to fore-edge, contents clean and tight. Very good overall.

London: Mansell with Sotherby Parke Bernet Publications, 1971. Hardcover. Good/Good. Facsimiles of the sales catalogues of the libraries of various eminent writers including Oscar Wilde, Lord Byron, Thomas Gray, Lord Macaulay, William Hazlitt, Walter Scott and more. With auctioneers notes showing the buyers and prices realised. Each auction introduced by Munby. Brown cloth. Decorated end-papers. small 4to. Sunning to spines of Djs. Foxing to top edge and few instances of spotting to DJs. Contents clean and tight. Good+

London: Mansell with Sotherby Parke Bernet Publications, 1971. Hardcover. Good/Good. Facsimiles of the sales catalogues of the libraries of various eminent writers including Bernard Barton, Benjamin Haydon, Thomas Moore, Robert Southey and William Wordsworth. With auctioneers notes showing the buyers and prices realised. Each auction introduced by Munby. Brown cloth. Decorated end-papers. small 4to. Sunning to spine of Dj. Foxing to top edge and few instances of spotting to DJs. Contents clean and tight. Good+

London: Athlone Press; University of London, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Study of the hitherto unexamined subject of collecting autographs, initially in the form of letters. From the earliest known collectors of the 17th and 18th centuries to 1914 when the subject had reached cult like proportions With b/w images. DJ has some sunning to spine. Small tears and nicks to edges. Light foxing to page edges but contents clean and tight. Very good overall.

London: Cherry Tree, 1947. Soft cover. Good. Cricket magazine with b/w images. 94pp + ads. General shelf-wear. Some rust staining from staples. Otherwise clean and tight. Good.

London: Iliffe and Sons, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Fair. The annual review of the world's photographic art. DJ has some tears and marking. Contents clean and sound. Good.

London: Methuen & Co., 1963. Hardcover. Good/Good. Ernest H. Shepherd. 40th edition of Milne's second Winnnie the Pooh novel. With b/w decorations by E. H. Shepherd. Green cloth covers with gilt images. Maps to end-papers. Complete wth DJ. DJ has rubbing and tearing to edges, Rubbing to edges. Previous owners name to ffep. Contents clean and tight. Good+

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1955. Hardcover. Fair. E. H. Shepard. Later US printing, featuring the b/w illustrations of Shepard. No DJ. Some leaves loosening with previous owner's tape repairs, not affecting text. Occasional spotting within. Previous owner's name and wear to ffep. A Sound reading copy, Fair.

London: George G. Harrap & Co. , 1939. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. First reprint of Milne's collection of children's fantasy stories. With illustrations by A. H. Watson. No DJ. Mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good.