Search Results: Authors starting with C from Daisyroots Books Ltd

BEATON, M C Death of a Dentist (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 13) American first edition0892966432Mysterious Press, New York, 1997, 1st US printing, hardback with wrapper. Near fine/vg+. 200 pp. No inscriptions, not clipped. Square sound binding. AMERICAN FIRST EDITION FICTION, CRIME, SCOTLAND 42655 FIC 1st B £15.00

Help for Glaucoma Sufferers The Result of Twenty Five Years Ophthalmic Nutritional Research into Glaucoma ControlEvans. Stanley. C. 0710900252Telecoll Publications, Suffolk, n.d., comb bound booklet, VG, pink card wraps, 168pp and 131 fig. s in b/w, no inscriptions, clean pages.glaucoma treatment, nutritional therapy, eye health 42243 MBS/ HEALTH £12.50

The Book of the Rudge : A Complete Guide for Owners and Prospective Purchasers of 1933-39 Rudge-Whitworth Motor CyclesCADE, L. H. & ANSTERY, F.Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd, London, 1948, fourth edition hardback with card boards and cloth spine, GD, illustrated throughout from b/w technical drawings and photographs, 108 pp.No inscription or annotations, cracked spine, title page partially separated from front board, pages edge worn, tanned and foxed, dust staining to edges. Appreciable shelf wear to boards and 'well thumbed' through use, overall quite grubby with water marks to the rear (see scans).TRANSPORT, ROAD, MOTOR CYCLES, RUDGE-WHITWORTH, 1933-39, DRIVING, TOURISNG, LEGAL MATTERS, INSURANCE, LUBRICATION, OVERHAULING45624 TRANSPORT/ROAD hb 67 £21.50

Cleator and Cleator Moor: Past and PresentCAINE, Caesar ISBN: 0904131025Michael J. Moon, Whitehaven, 1973, hardback with dustwrapper, VG+/vg. Facsimile re-print of the 1916 Titus Wilson original. Red boards/gilt, 475 pp, seventy illustrations comprising b/w photographs and drawings, one neat inscription from local church in Cleator on front pastedown (see scan), no annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright, edges of text block lightly tanned. Wrapper lightly tanned, gentle rubs to edges, small open tear on head of spine strip, now in protective acid-free archive film. LOCAL HISTORY, WEST CUMBRIA, LAKE DISTRICT, CLEATOR MOOR, TOPOGRAPHY, SOCIAL HISTORY43891 LOCAL HISTORY/WEST CUMBRIA £80.00

The Martial Annals of the City of YORKCAINE, Caesar.Bedford Press, York, 1898, hardback, vg, black buckram with gilt coat of arms, gilt title, 255x190 mm, concave bound, twenty plates plus thirty six chiefly steel engravings in the text, four tail pieces to chapters, tissue guarded frontis. Light scattering of foxing to page edges, no inscriptions, no loose pages, sound binding. Really nice copy. Heavy book - UK mainland delivery only. HISTORY, YORK, ROMAN, SAXON, NORMAN, PLANTAGENENT, LANCASTRIAN, YORKIST, TUDOR, STUART, HANOVARIAN45792 ANTI /hist hb 67 £34.50

CAINE, PhilipThe Hollow President; Breakfast in Beirut; To Catch a Fox; Picnic in Iraq (signed copies)Philip Caine, 2015 - 2017, four signed paperbacks, fine. Signed by the author, comes with the author's business card. Lovely crisp copies. FICTION, THRILLER, MIDDLE EAST45035 HB 35 FIC coll. £21.50

CALDECOTT, RandolphThe Three Jovial Huntsmen : One of R. Caldecott's Picture BooksFrederick Warne & Co., London, no date, hardback with printed boards, VG, eight beautiful full page colour illustrations in addition to 23 line drawings by R. Caldecott, 30 pp.No loose pages, gift inscription on title page (see scan), no annotations, lean to the spine, sound binding, pages and end papers clean and bright. Boards firm with several light marks to front and back, gentle rubs to edges.CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED, HARDBACK, RANDOLPH CALDECOTT, PICTURE BOOK, STORY BOOK44618 hb cc CHILD'S COLL/ILLUSTRATED £11.50

Count your Blessings : The Autobiography of Maqbul Caleb, BishopCALEB, Maqbul (Bishop)Privately published, Himachal, Pradesh, 2006, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, includes a glossary, hand drawn maps on endpapers, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs, 258 pp.No inscription, numerous annotations in pencil within the text, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, light shelf wear, bump to head of spine. BIOGRAPHY, MAQBUL CALEB, MINISTER, BISHOP, RELIGIOUS VOCATION, PERSONAL REFLECTIONS & EXPERIENCES, INDIA45244 hb 55 BIOG/C £34.50

Small Wars: their Principles and Practice
CALLWELL, Colonel C. E.
PBS Book Club, Abingdon, 1976, hardback with wrapper, VG/vg-, green cloth with gilt title, 559 pp. contains three pages of fold-out plans. Facsimile reproduction of the 1906 third edition original. Wrapper heavily tanned, inscribed by previous owner on front end paper and title page (see photos.). Page edges lightly tanned. Internally sound. MILITARY, WARFARE, REGULAR ARMY TECHNIQUES
46374 MILIT £96.50

Embellish and StitchCAMPBELL-HARDING, Valerie and GREY, MaggieISBN: 9780955537103D4daisy Books, Middlesex, 2007, large format softback with stiff card wraps, VG, illustrated title page in addition to colour photographs throughout, 56pp.No inscription, signature on title page (see scan), inside of rear cover annotated, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, light shelf wear with rubs to edges and corners, small shop label on rear.CRAFTS, TEXTILES, STITCHING, APPLIQUE, FELTING, COUCHING, GATHERS & WEAVES, EQUIPMENT, TECHNIQUES, RESOURCES45177 hb 1 CRAFTS/TEXTILES £7.00

Brathay the First Twenty-Five YearsBruce & Margaret CampbellAppendixes by Brian Ware Brathay Hall Trust, Ambleside, 1972, 1st edition, card wraps, 80 pp, eight b/w illus from photos in the text, map of Brathay estate on back cover. Neat inscription. Good clean and sound copy. OUTDOOR EDUCATION, BOY'S CLUBS, BRATHAY EXPLORATION GROUP, LAKE DISTRICT42594 Explore £11.50

Black Water Don CamsellVirgin Books, London, 2000, 1st edition hardback with wrapper, VG/vg. 204 pp, eight plates of b/w photographs. No inscriptions, not clipped, minimal shelf wear.H1031 MILIT navy £6.50

CAMUS, Albert
The Collected Fiction of Albert Camus: The Outsider, The Plague, The Fall, Exile and the Kingdom
Hamish Hamilton, London, 1960, hardback with dust wrapper, GD/gd, boards blue/gilt, 400 pp.
Ex-lib with usual stamps and labels, boards edge worn, spine head and tail sunned, no inscription, 'scribbles' to end papers and half-title page, 0.5cm split to inner hinge between front end papers, otherwise binding sound, slight lean to the spine, pages clean and bright, edges of text block tanned. Wrapper clean and crisp, rubs and bumps to edges and corners, 0.5cm splits to either side of spine head and tail, price not clipped, now protected by acid-free archive film,
FICTION, LITERATURE, ALBERT CAMUS, COLLECTION OF NOVELS
46701 FIC/COLL/C £21.50

Skip Cannon Recalls A Lifetime of Scouting in Westmorland (SIGNED)CANNON, Jim ISBN: 9780955082344Helm Press, Natland, 2006, SIGNED 1st Edition softback with illustrated stiff card wraps, as new, illustrated throughout from over 80 b/w photographs and sketches, 150 pp. Author signature on title page (see scan).CUMBRIA, LAKES, WESTMORLAND, SCOUTS, OUTDOOR ADVENTURE, SOCIAL HISTORY44260 hb 28 LAKES/PEOLE OF THE LAKES £21.50

Skip Cannon Recalls A Lifetime of Scouting in WestmorlandCANNON, Jim ISBN: 9780955082344Helm Press, Natland, 2006, 1st Edition softback with illustrated stiff card wraps, Fine, illustrated throughout from over 80 b/w photographs and sketches, 150 pp.No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and crisp. Wraps clean and crisp.CUMBRIA, LAKES, WESTMORLAND, SCOUTS, OUTDOOR ADVENTURE, SOCIAL HISTORY44261 hb 28 LAKES/PEOLE OF THE LAKES £16.50

CANTRELL, KatThe Marriage Contract (Desire Large Print)ISBN: 9780263072099Mills & Boon, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, London, 2017, hardback with laminated pictorial boards, VG, 288 pp. Ex-library with usual stamps, no inscription, neatly written letters on front free endpaper and rear endpaper, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Boards clean and firm, gentle rub to leading lower edge corners.LARGE PRINT, ROMANCE, MILLS & BOON45375 hb 58 LARGE PRINT £11.00

Fashion by Chance 1960-1974 A Visual Autobiography CAPECE, CleoniceISBN: 9781851497676Antique Collectors Club (ACC Editions), Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2014, large format softback, nf, 246 pp, illustrated throughout from b/w and colour photographs, copies of newspaper articles and drawings (see scans). Illustrated cover, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, minimal shelf wear.ARTS, FASHION, BIOGRAPHY, CLEONICE CAPECE, ITALIAN, FASHION DESIGNER43983 Hb 21 ARTS/FASHION £10.00

Chef Cardini
CARDINI, Jack
Jack Cardini (self published), Sacramento, U.S.A. 1956, 1st Edition, softback with stiff card wraps and comb binding, GD, b/w frontispiece, 209 pp including alphabetical recipe index.
No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, tanned, occasional creasing of page corners. Moderate shelf wear to wraps, tanned with spots and stains to both front and back, small tear between top and comb binding on back cover. The Art of French-Italian Continental Cooking
hb 81 41894 COOK/ FRENCH £21.50

Collins, 1947 hardback with wrapper, 47 pp, eight colour plates, 21 illustrations in black and white. VG/vg. Minimal rubs to both book and wrapper. Not clipped. Tiny tears on top edge of jacket, previous owners blind stamp on title page.

CAREY, M. V.
Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators in The Mystery of Monster Mountain. Series 20. Armada C1333
Fontana Paperbacks, London, 1978, paperback, VG illustrated from four pen and ink drawings, 158 pp.
Covers and spine strip intact, gentle rubs to edges and corners, reading crease, no annotations, broken spine, pages clean, tanned. Nice tidy copy.
COLLECTORS PAPERBACK, FONTANA PAPERBACKS, ARMADA, JUNIOR/TEEN ADVENTURE STORY, ALFRED HITCHCOCK, THE THREE INVESTIGATORS, M. V. CAREY
46338 COLL P/BACK £16.50