Search Results: Authors starting with E from Washburn Books

London/Toronto/Bombay/Sydney: George G Harrap & Co Ltd, 1945 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Part of Harrap's Modern Language Series. Collection of extracts, divided into four parts graded on a basis of length and difficulty. Includes pieces by George Eliot, Charlotte Bronte, Dickens, Hardy and Swift. Slight fraying to edges of covers and discolouration to page edges, previous owner's name to inside front cover and front endpaper, otherwise very good copy..

The Ryedale Folk Museum and The Hutton Press Ltd, 2000 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A record of the local thatch preserved in the Ryedale area of Yorkshire, illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. 48pp.Minimal shelfwear, otherwise near fine copy with no marks or inscriptions..

London: SPCK and Bradford: The Church Bookshop Book. Illus. by Lewis Crowther. Good. Card Covers. Presumed First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Guide to Wharfedale for the walker, cyclist or motorist. Undated, circa 1940. 135pp with index, illustrated with 6 maps and 8 photographs, in black and white. Preface by the Bishop of Bradford. Spine creased and faded, top edges soiled and foxing to all edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

London: Chatto & Windus, 1939 Book. Very Good. Red Cloth Boards. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Phoenix Library edition. Book of essays on the effects of the First World War by the English journalist and novelist Charles Edward Montague (1867-1928), first published in 1922. 228pp. Gilt lettering and design to spine. Minor bumping to spine and corners, spine a little faded and former owner's name in tiny writing to pastedown, otherwise very good copy..

London: Chatto & Windus, 1930 Book. Very Good. Tan Cloth Boards. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Collection of essays on writing and language, published posthumously. 254pp. Black lettering to spine, top edges tinted. Bottom edges unevenly cut. Minor bumping to base of spine, slight sunning to endpapers and small ripple to cloth on front board. Former owner's book plate to front pastedown and signature to endpaper, otherwise very good copy..

Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1981 Ex-Library. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Description and photographs of the Greek terracottas in the Ashmolean Museum. 45pp, illustrated with 46 black and white photographs. Front endpaper missing, library stamps to verso of title page and bottom edges, top edge of back cover faded and slight creasing to cover, otherwise good copy..

London: The Reprint Society, 1962 Book. Very Good. Red Cloth Boards/Cream Spine. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Fictionalised story of the concubine of Saul, King of the Israelites. 479pp. Gilt lettering on green title label to spine, top edges tinted. Minimal spotting to fore-edges and former owner's details to front pastedown, otherwise lovely clean copy in VG clean DJ with minimal edgewear..

Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1996 Book. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Overview of the relationship between man and the sea from Roman times to the present day. 165pp with index, illustrated in black and white. Also loosely enclosed, gift card in original cellophane of 'North Sea Passage' by David A Worrall. Slight lean to spine and bumping to corners, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has slight edge and surface wear, otherwise very good..

London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922 Book. Fair. Red Cloth Boards. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Story in The Girl's New Library series. 288pp with colour illustration to frontis. Decorated endpapers. Blind stamped design to boards, gilt lettering to spine. Some bumping to spine and corners, page edges soiled, some marking to pages, a few creased page corners and a 1.5" tear to edge of one page, otherwise a fair reading copy of a scarce title..

London and Redhill: Lutterworth Press, 1944 Book. Fair. Beige Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Mystery adventure story for children featuring a masked highwayman. 183pp. Black lettering to spine. Top edges dusty, foxing to fore-edges and pastedowns and former owner's details to endpaper, otherwise fair reading copy. Unclipped DJ is edgeworn, with slight loss to spine and corners and soiling to rear panel..

London: John Murray, 1910 Book. Good. Green Cloth Boards. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Novel first published in 'The Outlook'. 186pp. Cover has yap edges, gilt lettering and leaf design. Title page printed in red and black, top edges gilt. Some bumping and rubbing to corners and quite a bit of foxing to edges and endpapers, otherwise good tight copy with no inscriptions..

London: Thames & Hudson, 1967 Book. Very Good. Blue Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Survey of the most creative achievements of the British people, from Neolithic times to the 20th Century. 320pp, illustrated with 378 plates (4 in colour). Gilt design to front board and lettering to spine. Top edges tinted red. Slight marking to boards and edges and volume a little musty, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. DJ is price-clipped, with slight rubbing to corners, otherwise very good. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage will be required for 1st class or overseas shipping..

London: The British Library, 2007 Book. Near Fine. Light Brown Cloth Boards. First Edition, Second Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Exploration of the evolution of the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the Quran and the theological commonalities and points of disagreements among their adherents. 292pp with index, illustrated with 16 pages of colour plates. Black lettering to spine. Minimal marking to edges, otherwise near fine copy. Unclipped DJ has minimal shelfwear, otherwise near fine..

London: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 1952 Book. Good. Black Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Handbook to all aspects of Shakespeare's life and works, his friends and acquaintances, the contemporary theatre and other dramatists of the time. 741pp, arranged alphabetically by topic and illustrated with 32 pages of black and white photographs to rear. Gilt lettering to spine. Maps to endpapers. Left hinge starting to show webbing, bumping to spine and corners and minor marking to edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. DJ is price-clipped, edgeworn with some loss and sellotape repair, otherwise fair. .

London, New York & Toronto: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1945 Book. Good. Grey Cloth Boards. Reprint. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. No.54 in the Home University Library of Modern Knowledge. Work on Utilitarianism, Moral Judgments and Free Will, first published in 1912. 256pp with index. Slightly musty, with some soiling to top edges and former owner's name to endpaper, otherwise good copy..

London & New York: Longman, 1978 Book. Good. Soft cover. 2nd Impression. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Study of the gentry from the Norman conquest to modern times. 214pp with index. Spine faded and slight marking to edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions..

Bristol & Philadelphia: Institute of Physics Publishing, 1996 Book. Near Fine. Illustrated Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Story of the difficulties encountered during ten years of trying to date the famous relic, using accelerator mass spectrometry. Foreword by D Allan Bromley. 336pp with index, illustrated with black and white photographs. Minimal shelfwear, otherwise near fine unmarked copy..

London: Robert Hale Ltd, 1983 Book. Good. Tan Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The first book about the new county of Humberside, an overview of its people, places and traditions, illustrated with a black and white map and numerous photographs by the author. Silver lettering and border to brown label on spine. Minor spotting to edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has some marking and creasing to edges, otherwise good..

London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1966 Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Literature in Perspective Series. 160pp with index, illustrated with black and white plates. Some edge and surface wear to cover, creasing and rubbing to spine, former owner's name to endpaper and hinges pulling, otherwise good reading copy..

Birmingham: The University of Birmingham Press, 1999 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 11" Tall x 9.5" Wide. Study of the meteorological framework for reading the skies of landscape art, comparing Constable's skies to those produced by other artists from the Middle Ages to the 19th Century. 288pp with index, illustrated throughout with colour reproductions. Slight edge and surface wear to cover, with some wrinkling and indentations to rear panel, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage may be required for Air Mail shipping..