Search Results: Authors starting with H from Church Street Books

Corgi, 1973. Minor creasing and crease to spine. Ref:06324. First P/back Edition. P/back. G+/N/a. 11cmx18cm.

London: Faber and Faber, 1980. Nine early 20th Century poets inc Hardy, Yeats, Pound, Eliot and Stevens. Blue covers with gilt lettering to spine, 316pp inc index. Book has the lightest foxing to page edges and dusty covers in intact DJ which has several very small nicks and closed tears. Overall a very sound copy and internally clean and solid. Ref:082150. First UK Edition. Cloth. VG+/G+. 15x21.5cm.

Surrey: The Technical Press, 1943. Navigation as it used to be. Blue covers with gilt lettering to spine and front board, 132pp inc index, with b/w illustrations and frontis of Tychonis Brahe measuring the sun's altitude in 1587. Covers are rubbed and bumped at extremities, particularly head and foot of spine where lettering is sunned. Prelims are foxed with a few mild marks and neat names and addresses of two previous military owners on ffep. There is a mild mark on pp31, a few pages have hed the corners turned and page edges are dusty and a little foxed, otherwise internally clean and tight. Ref:082561. First Edition. Cloth. G+/N/a. 17x21cm.

London: Michael Joseph, 1981. First edition of this selection, foreword by Hammond Innes. Green covers with gilt lettering to spine, 255pp. Ex-library copy with usual stamps and marks, remains of date sticker on ffep, page edges a tad grubby, but otherwise a solid book. Intact DJ has light rubbing and wear to extremities, but overall a reasonable copy. Ref:082323. First Edition. Cloth. G/G. 14cmx22.5cm. Ex-Library.

Osceola, WI.: Motorbooks International, 1995. Very scarce American publication dedicated to US farmers who still use ancient farm machinery. Perfect-bound card covers, 96pp inc index, with numerous colour illustrations. Apart from very lightest shelfwear, covers have no obvious faults and no creases. Neat inscriptions on ffep and near book's dedication, otherwise internally clean and tight.Ref:114836. First American p/back Edition. Card Covers. VG++/N/a. 21x23cm.

Aylsham: M F Barnwell and Sons, 1991. Tour of the county with numerous b/w illustrations. 244pp with fold-out map at rear. Book in very reasonable condition with very minor wear and creasing to covers with a few modest marks on the rear. Previous owner's name on ffep. Ref:06927. Third Edition. Decorated Card Covers. G++/N/a. 12cmx19cm.

London: Ward Lock, 1982. Authorititive introduction to the science and practicalities of the subject. First edition inscribed by the authors on ffep "To mum and dad, lots of love, Jill & John". Green covers in very good conditon with only the most minor bumping. DJ in similar condition. A very nice copy. Ref:06754. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Cloth. VG+/VG+. 16cmx22cm.

New York: Peebles Press, 1974. More than 400 ilustrations (b/w with colour frontispiece) covering railways in the "Man in Motion" series. First American edition with blue faux leather covers and gilt lettering to spine. Book has no obvious faults in DJ which is starting to discolour on white rear. Overall a very nice copy. Ref:071110. First US Edition. Faux Leather. VG++/VG+. 22.5x28cm.

Ondon: Constable, 1947. "The Midnight Bell", "The Siege of Pleasure" and "The Plains of Cement", introduction by J. B.Priestley. Red covers, 511pp, black top edges. Spine is missing, but has a neat amateur replacement in green. Joints badly cracked, but holding with the help of tape. Text bloc is solid with heavily foxed edges and prelims. But a decent reading copy. No DJ. Ref:104079. Reprint. Cloth. Acceptable/N/a. 12x19cm.

London: Philip Allan, 1928. Accounts of 15th and 16th Century Meditarranean pirates. No.4 in the "Nautilus Library". Blue covers with gilt lettering on spine and gilt nautilus on front board, 276pp, with rough-cut fore and lower edges. Covers modestly bumped and rubbed at extrems (particularly head and foot of spine) with a couple of mild marks. Prelims and page edges foxed, bookseller stamp on ffep as well as ink pricing note. Otherwise a sound copy. Ref:093282. Second Edition. Cloth. G/N/a. 11.5cmx17.5cm.

New York: Ballantine Books, 2004. First edition, first printing. Light green, paper-covered boards with darker green spine and silver lettering, 372pp, rough-cut fore edges. Covers have light bump to one fore corner and very mild partial crease at another. But internally very clean and tight. Intact DJ has no obvious faults and is in a protective cover. Overall a VG copy. Ref:093161. First Edition. Paper-Covered Boards. VG++/Almost as New. 16.5cmx24cm.

Self Published, 1979. Book resulting from a series of talks on the planets by the author. First edition, inscribed and signed by the author inside front cover. Card covers, 147pp inc index. Book has just light shelf wear, no spine creases. A few light marks on page edges, oherwise internally very clean and tight. Ref:104596. By Author. First Edition. Card Covers. VG/N/a. 14x21cm.

Sevenoaks, Kent: Novello Score for Handel's 1738 oratorio, edited and with piano accompaniment by Mendelssohn. Card covers, 176pp inc index. ND. Covers have modest wear at extrems, but internally very clean and tight. Ref:104624. Reprint. Card Covers. VG-/N/a. 17x25cm.

London: George Routledge In "The Angler's Library". ND, but first edition from 1897/8. Green covers with gilt and brown and cream decoration on spine and upper board, 256pp plus adverts, with b/w illustrations inc frontis of bass. Mild bumping to extrems, but very little wear to covers. Bookseller's sticker removed from front pastedown, and dusty page edges, otherwise internally very clean and tight. An excellent copy for its age. Ref:104215. First Edition. Buckram. VG+/N/a. 13x19cm.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1965. Young people's story about a girl haunted by a dream of becoming a ballerina. Pink covers with blue lettering to spine, 110pp with b/w illustrations. Page edges very slightly yellowed, otherwise book has no obvious faults. Price-clipped DJ has light edge wear and a couple of very small, closed tears at lower rear. Overall a VG copy. Ref:103850. First Edition. Cloth. VG++/VG. Illus. by Anne Linton. 13.5x20.5cm.

Wroxham, Norfolk: Broads Tours Collectable booklet containing several of Hannaford's charming watercolours of the Norfolk Broads. Grey, stapled card covers with black lettering and boat illustration, 16pp with fold-out map and painting. Illustrated in colour and b/w. Book has only very light signs of use. Unclipped DJ has short splits at head and foot of spine and a mark on lower rear. But overall a VG copy. ND, but 1970s. Ref:093670. Twenty-ninth Impression. Card Covers. VG+/VG-. Illus. by C. A. Hannaford. 15x23.5cm.

London: The Religious Tract Society, 1895. Blue covers with gilt lettering on spine and upper board which also carries a gilt lighthouse, 224pp, with b/w illustrations, many full-page and all present. Covers have light bumping and wear to extrems, sunned spine and dusty, foxed page edges and prelims. Bookseller's small sticker and previous opwner's neart stamp on front pastedown, otherwise internally very clean and tight. Overall a VG copy. Ref:103892. First Edition. Buckram. VG-/N/a. 14x19.5cm.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. Fascinating account of escape across the Himalayas in WII and the years he spent in Tibet, by one of Germany's top pre-war mountaineer's (first ascent of north face of the Eiger in 1938). Translated from German by Richard Graves and with an introduction by Peter Fleming. Second impression in the same year as the first edition. Blue covers with gilt lettering to spine, 288pp with faded red page top edges and b/w illustrations. Top edges of covers and foot of spine a little faded and page edges and prelims foxed. Page edges yellowed. But text bloc otherwise clean and tight. No DJ. Ref:093002. Second Impression. Cloth. G+/N/a. 14x22cm.

London: Orion, 1997. Story of the Dutch international football captain and world player of the year's first 12 month's as Chelsea manager. First edition signed by the author on half-title verso : "Best wishes. Here's to another blue day! Harry Harris". Blue covers with silver, 294pp with two blocs of coloured illustrations. Covers have a couple of very light bumps, but virtually no wear. Dusty, lightly marked page edges, othewise internally clean and tight. Unclipped DJ has modest shelfwear at extrems, one closed (repaired) 1cm tear at top rear, otherwise sound. Ref:114954. By Author. First Edition. Cloth. VG/G++. 18x25.5cm.

London: Alec Trianti, 1961. A collection of pattern books with selections from Sheraton, Hope, Ackermann. the Nicholsons and George Smith. Red leatherette covers with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and upper front board, 26pp of illustrated text then 281 b/w illustrations. Book has light foxing to page top edges, otherwise no obvious faults. Fragile semi-transparent cellophane DJ has several tears. Overall a VG copy. Ref:082511. First Edition. Faux Leather. VG++/G+. 19.5cmx25cm.