Search Results: Authors starting with M from Clevedon Community Bookshop

London: Queen Anne Press, 1967. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Green cloth covers; author & title in gilt on spine. Cut edges lightly tanned. Endpapers clean. Text block tight; pages clean. Contains a small no of b/w diagrams. Unclipped, pictorial dust jacket; slight wear round edges; small, closed tear at top right corner of spine; white back slightly grubby; intro to book on front flap; list of other books in the Watney Series on back.

Salisbury, Wilts: C.M. Rowe, 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Privately published. First edition and printing. In very good plus mid blue cloth boards, with gilt titles to front and back strip. The covers are tight, clean and straight; corners show slight wear. Unmarked end papers and cut edges. The text block is in very good plus condition, with clean, firmly bound pages illustrated with b/w plates. Title page has small circular stamp with 'Wilts County Library' printed in purple and a six digit number in black underneath. Author's signature and date (25 Nov. 1966). Without jacket.

London: Collins, 1971. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7_ - 9_" tall. First edition, fifth printing. In near fine bright green cloth boards, gilt titles to back strip; tightly bound, unmarked covers. Very clean end papers without inscriptions. Slightly foxed top edge. Near fine text block, firm and clean without any defects. Includes 61 colour photos by D.P. Wilson and others; 62 black and white photos and 88 figures and drawings. In very good illustrated dust jacket, white titles; very slight wear to edges,. Price clipped, but with price sticker.

Berchtesgaden Anzeiger Publishing House, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. ISBN 3925647198. 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 extremely heavy, we will need to contact you before completion of purchase to advise you of extra postage costs.

London: A. & C. Black, 1111. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. E.M. Stephenson and others. Not dated. Edition and printing not known. In very good green linen covers with brown titles and circle with plants, wild animals etc inside and a sun and moon outside. The covers are firm, flat and clean; edges a little worn. Slightly foxed end papers and cut edges. The text block is tight, straight and unmarked with colour frontispiece and 3 others in the text as well as b/w plates and drawings and figures mostly buy the author. Very good condition. No dedications etc. Issued without jacket.

London: George G.Harrap, 1910. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Stories from Old English and Celtic Sources". Edition and printing not known. In good quarter brown lather and gilt decorated olive green cloth. The spine has gilt titles and decoration. The covers are unmarked and quite firm; corners bumped and frayed, spine ends chipped. Blue, clean pictorial end papers; field with 'This Book Belongs To', (but not filled in). Tiny red bookseller's sticker from J.J. Banks & Son, Cheltenham on front paste down. Gilt top cut edge; the fore and tail edges are age-toned; the fore edge is also deckled. The text block pages are tightly bound and foxed throughout - good condition. With b/w plates. No dedications etc. Without jacket.

London: Macmillan, 1111. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. From 'Macmillan's New Story Readers' series - no. 9. Not dated. Circa late 1930s. In good red staple-bound card, with black drawing to front of children crabbing and black titles. The covers are firm; the white background to illustration and list of series on back cover are a bit grubby and tanned. Lightly tanned cut edges. The text block is tightly bound, square and not tanned or foxed and quite well read - good condition. With b/w drawings. No inscriptions etc. Scarce.

London: A. & C. Black, 1111. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. E.M. Stephenson and others. Not dated. Edition and printing not known. In very good green linen covers with red titles and circle with plants, wild animals etc inside and a sun and moon outside. The covers are firm, flat and clean; edges a little worn. Slightly foxed end papers and cut edges. The text block is tight, straight and unmarked with colour frontispiece and 5 others in the text as well as b/w plates and drawings and figures mostly buy the author. Very good condition. No dedications etc. Issued without jacket.

London: Cambridge At The University Press, 1936. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Edited with notes and vocabulary by G. M. Edwards. First edition and sixth printing. In very good minus russet coloured cloth boards, black titles and logo to front. The boards are clean and flat; a little wobbly from slight damage to hinge; spine ends and corners frayed. Lightly tanned end papers; a few notes on front free end paper; name of previous owner on front paste down. Fairly clean cut edges. The text block is in very good minus condition, tight, straight and clean. No dedications etc. Without jacket.

Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1928. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition and printing. In good plus quarter light tan cloth ad dark grey boards with white title field and black titles to front; tan title field to spine with black titles. The covers are very tight, straight and very slightly tanned around the edges of rear; worn corners. Unmarked end papers; the front free end paper has small gift aid sticker. Age-toned cut edges; the fore and tail edges have Western Daily Press stamp; the tail edge is deckled. Very good text block with tightly bound pages, hardly marked except for very light tanning around some page edges. With a few b/w phoots.Small slip attached to end page with name and title. Very good condition, especially for 1928. No dedications etc. Issued without jacket. Scarce.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. A reprint of 1935 edition. In very bright turquoise cloth boards, black title field to spine with gilt titles. The boards are very firm and flat, clean and very slightly shelf-cocked. Both free end papers have narrow vertical tanned strip. Fairly clean cut edges. The text block is tight, straight and clean - very good condition. No dedications etc. Inside fair grey-bordered dust jacket with red oval title field with white titles. The jacket is grubby and with tears on both edges, and small pieces missing. Not price clipped.

London: Longmans, Green and Co Ltd, 1945. 3rd Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New Impression 1960. Red cloth boards; slight wear round edges; author, title & pbl in gilt on spine. Cut edges lightly tanned; top & fore edge lightly foxed. Endpapers clean. Text block tight; pages clean; Contents Page at front, Index at back; list of other books by the author on back of half-title page. Pale blue, unclipped, chipped dust jacket is slightly grubby; spine & creases are tanned; author, title & pbl on front in maroon; ditto on spine with pbl logo; info about book on front flap; info about another book by author on back & back flap; protected by a plastic sleeve. Please contact us for cost of postage if shipping outside the UK.

Matador, 2017. Soft cover. Good. 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: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. In The Mariners Library - No 6. Edition and printing not known - 'first published in 1927'. In near fine beige linen-effect cloth boards, with blue compass motif on front and blue titles to spine cloth. Very lightly foxed free end papers; name and date on front free end paper. Tinted blue top edge; the fore and tail edges are very slightly foxed. The text block is in near fine condition - tightly bound, unmarked and square. In good plus pictorial dust jacket, with image of boats at sea and blue borders on the top and tail edges; top edge slightly chipped, spine area sunned. Not price clipped.

University of Bristol, 2003. Soft cover. Good. 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 extremely heavy, we may need to contact you before completion of purchase to advise you of extra postage costs.

Haynes, 1991. Hardcover. Good. 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 good 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 extremely heavy, we will need to contact you before completion of purchase to advise you of extra postage costs.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1951. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Nora S Unwin. 9th impression/printing 1964. Blue cloth boards; bumped corners; wear round edges; spine faded at lower end and top; author, title & pbl in gilt on spine; small gilt embossed illustration of Peter Pan on front. Cut edges grubby. Endpapers slightly grubby; 2cm tear to bottom of front hinge; owner's book plate on ffep; shop label on fpdep. Text block tight; pages gen clean with only occasional marks. Numerous b/w illustrations. Well worn & torn pictorial dust jacket is unclipped & protected by a plastic sleeve; preamble on front flap & list of other Peter Pan books on back.

London: Nelson, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Nelson edition. In red cloth boards, very good, clean, tight, straight copy. Spine tight, lettering in gilt. Endpapers and cut edges clean. Text block c lean, with colour and black and white photographs, black and white drawings and colour maps. Dust jacket purple with sepia illustration on front, very good condition, with no chipped edges.

London: Hodder And Stoughton, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A Comedy In Three Acts". In 'The Uniform Edition Of The Plays of J.M. Barrrie' series. Edition and printing not known. In near fine bright limp black leather boards, with gilt rondel to front with initials JMB to front and gilt decorated back strip. The covers are tight, square and clean. Clean grey and white marbled end papers. Gilt top cut edge; the fore and tail edges are lightly tanned. The text block is tightly bound, straight and unmarked, with purple ribbon marker. Very good condition. No inscriptions etc. Without jacket.

London: Walter Scott;, 1891. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Translated from the second edition by W.J. Greenstreet, M.A., St. John's College, Cambridge, with an introduction by G.F. Stout, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge". First English edition and printing. In very good dark red buckram, with blind stamped horizontal bands and circular design, gilt titles to front and gilt titles to back strip. The covers are tight, square and clean; spine cloth ends bumped and a little frayed. Slightly tanned and foxed end papers and cut edges. The text block is tightly bound and straight; prelims and end pages lightly foxed; otherwise pages unmarked. No inscriptions etc. Very good condition and excellent for age. Rare edition.