Search Results: Authors starting with C from Clevedon Community Bookshop

London: J. Walker, 1809. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 'Translated by a Lady, from the German of Mr. C.C. Sturm. Edition and printing not known. Very small - 5" x 3". In very good minus brown leather with gilt ruled edges beside blind stamped ornate pattern front and back, with gilt titles, decoration and six horizontal gilt bands. The covers are tight and straight and clean though the leather is a little faded. The corners are a little bumped; tail spine end is chipped.. Lightly tanned and foxed end papers with a few marks; small piece cut out of top edge of front free end paper. Tanned cut edges with marble pattern beneath. The text block is tightly bound, slightly tanned and with some light foxing; the end pages are rather more tanned and foxed. Frontispiece with tissue guard of lady lying on bed; pastoral scene on title page. Good condition.Name of previous owner on a Prelim. Rare. Without jacket.

London: The Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsman, 1951. Illustrated Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A collection of 11 stapled booklets bound in green cloth covers:- The Design of Flat Plates - C.C. Pounder - Session 1949-50 D.C. Rotating Machines - - J.W. Peacock - Session 1949-50 Structural Steelwork Design to B.S.S. 449 (1948) - Session 1949-50 Progress In Paper Insulated Insulated Power Cable Developments - Session 1950-51 Dished Ends And Stayed Surfaces - C.C. Pounder - Session 1950-51 Graphical Methods for Treating Certain Beam Problems - W.R. Needham - Session 1950-51 Electronic Control - K.C. Derrick - Session 1950-51 The Metallurgical Aspects of Welding Low Carbon And Low-Alloy Steels - R. Erskine - Session 1956-57 Boiler Safety Valves - J. F. Pottinger - Session 1950-51 An Introduction To Fluid Mechanics - R. Ingram - Session 1954-55 A Treatise On Ventilation And The Design of Ductwork For Air Flow - Thos. W. Beard - Session 1943 - 44 The covers are in green… Read More

London: George Routledge, 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. ' Comprising all standard forms in commercial, social, legal, political, naval and military and general use'. First edition and printing. In very good minus pale blue cloth boards, black titles to spine. The boards are clean, firm and flat; spine ends and corners a little worn. Unmarked end papers; green Foyles sticker on front paste down. Lightly marked and tanned cut edges. The text block is tightly bound, straight and clean - very good condition. No dedications etc. Without jacket.

London: Macmillan, 1974. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Second edition and first printing. In very good plus brown and orange card with white titles. The covers are clean, straight and firm. Very lightly tanned cut edges. The text block is tightly bound, square and very clean and features many figures. No dedications etc. Near fine condition. Issued without jacket.

London: Faber and Faber, 1938. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. The Faber Library no. 8. In green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Boards browned at top and bottom. Front cover creased. Corners slightly bumped. Cut top edge browned. Owner's signature on inside paste-down endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and cut edges. A few marks on other pages but text mostly clean. Tightly bound. Pink dustjacket with blue illustration. Faded spine. Several open and closed tears along top and bottom and open tear on spine. Covered in clear removable plastic.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1937. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition and printing. In good plus dark green cloth boards, gilt titles to spine strip. The covers are firm, straight and quite clean. Lightly tanned free end papers; the front paste down has name and date. Tanned cut edges, especially the top edge.The text block is in very good condition, tightly bound, square and clean. In fair brown dust jacket, with green titles; chipped and open and closed tears on top edge. Not price clipped. Very scarce.

London: Faber And Faber, 1966. 3rd Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Third edition and fifth printing. In very good brown cloth boards, white title field to spine with gilt titles. The covers are clean and straight; slight wobble from hinge; spine ends a little bumped. Very white and clean end papers. Clean cut edges. The text block pages are tightly bound, square and unmarked - near fine condition - with b/w photos. No dedication etc. Book overall very good condition. In very good pictorial dust jacket with b/w photo of mushrooms to front; unmarked; slight wear to edges. Not price clipped. In quality plastic cover.

Hong Kong: South China Morning Post, 1967. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Second edition and first printing. In near fine bright red cloth boards with black titles and bird to front. The boards are very tight, straight and clean; spine and edges firm. Unmarked end papers; the front paste down is a little creased. Fairly clean cut edges. The text block is in near fine condition, with very firm, flat and clean pages, with bright colour and b/w plates and b/w drawings. No dedications etc. In very good pictorial dust jacket featuring brightly coloured birds and black titles. The jacket is a little grubby, top edges has a few tiny open and closed tears. Not price clipped. Inside quality plastic jacket.

Wageningen, Netherlands: Centre for Agricultural Publications and Documentation, 1966. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 1st edition. Landscape orientation. Grey card boards, with black lettering and illustrated with gold mushrooms. Boards very slightly bent, and top right corner of book slightly bent throughout. Clean and bright text. No dust jacket.

London: The National Corporation for the Care of Old People, 1963. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A Socio-medical Report on Old Age in a Country Practice". First edition and printing. In good plus orange card, black titles to front and back strip. The covers are tight, quite clean and a little shelf-cocked. Lightly marked front paste down end paper - this is due to newspaper articles sellotaped to facing free end paper. Fairly clean cut edges. The text block is tightly bound and unmarked - very good condition. Shows not much use. Not annotated. Without jacket. Rare.

London: Oxford At the Clarendon Press,, 1951. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Second edition and sixth printing. In very good plus black cloth boards, gilt titles to back strip. The coves are straight, tight, bright and clean; spine ends a little bumped. The front free end paper is tanned, with name, brief address and date; the rear end papers feature maps, with tanned free end paper. Slightly tanned cut edges. Very good text block, with tight pages, square and unmarked. Not annotated. Without jacket.

London: Arthur H. Stockwell, 1111. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Not dated. Believed to be circa early 1900s.The author also published a collection of poems called ' Pearls'. Arthur H. Stockwell are involved in self-publishing. This title is in very good, red boards, with gilt titles to front and spine and gilt decoration to front; clean and tightly bound. Both free end papers tanned; cut edges tanned. The text block is on beige paper, tight and clean. Very scarce.

Hamlyn, 1988. Hardcover. Fine. All of our books without an ISBN number (normally pre-1970 in date) are described individually in detail. Books with an ISBN number (this one included) are all offered for sale in a reasonable condition or better: some may be in very good, near fine, or fine condition. If the condition is critical to your decision to purchase, then please contact us and we will let you know our view of its condition. If the book is very heavy, we will may need to contact you before completion of purchase to advise you of extra postage costs.

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1926. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. First edition, first printing. In 'Churchman's Popular library' series. In olive green linen-effect boards, with illustration in black on front, slightly sunned around the edges, but otherwise very good, clean, tight covers. Spine firm, ends slightly chipped. Endpapers lightly tanned, front free endpaper has approx one inch of top edge removed. Cut edges age-toned. Text block slightly tanned. Very scarce.

London: Thornton Butterworth, 1935. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1935 Keystone Library impression. In maroon cloth boards, spine very faded and top edge faded. Silver lettering on spine, and embossed logo on front cover. Corners bumped. Foxing to prelims and a small amount of marks throughout, including cut edges. Clear text. Frontispiece and nine other illustrations. No dust jacket.

Watford, Herts: Argus Books, 1977. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A MAP Technical Publication. First edition and printing. In very good turquoise card, with illustration of tool on front, white and black titles. The covers are very tight, front is very clean, but the rear has dents and a few small marks. Very clean end papers and cut edge. The text block is tightly bound and unmarked, near fine condition, with black and white photos and diagrams. No inscriptions etc.

Hobart: MBA Publishing, 1994. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. White soft cover with author, title and picture of a boat in blue on front; intro and photo of the author on back; tiny stain on bottom of front; slight wear round edges. Cut edges clean. Endpapers clean bar a tiny stain on lower fep. Text block tight, pages clean. Author's signature on title page. Contains many b/w photos, tables, maps and illustrations. Excellent condition. No jacket.

Leicester: Bible Pictures Inc Ltd, 1943. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Red cloth boards; slightly bumped corners & wear at top of spine; Title in gilt on front; ditto on spine with pbl. Cut edges lightly tanned; Colour pictorial endpapers clean bar a dedication in ink on ffep & marks on reverse. Text block tight; pages clean; pictures in colour; Contents on title page. map at end with Chronological Index. Colour, unclipped pictorial dust jacket with minor chips; comments on flaps & back.

London: The Studio" Ltd, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Edition and printing not known. In very good blue cloth boards, gilt titles to front and back strip. The covers are clean, very tight and straight and with sound edges. Unmarked black end papers; the front ones are a little warped. Lightly tanned and foxed cut edges. The text block is in very good condition, with tightly bound pages throughout, some are marked and a little foxed. With 128 b/w tipped in b/w illustrations - mezzotints and etchings - and frontispiece of cockerel. Name of previous owner on a prelim. No jacket. Heavy. Please contact us for cost of postage if shipping from outside the UK.

London: Blandford Press, 1951. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition and printing. In very good navy cloth boards, silver titles to back strip. The covers are clean and very firm, with sunning to ends of spine and surrounding area. Lightly tanned vertical strip on the free end papers (from side flap of jacket). Dedication on front free end paper. Slightly age-toned cut edges. The text block is in very good condition, with tightly bound, clean pages. In fair dark red dust jacket, with white titles. The jacket is covered in quality clear plastic cover which protects the tears (open and closed) and the small pieces missing from all edges. Not price clipped.