Search Results: Authors starting with N from Daisyroots Books Ltd

Western Europe Automobile Map - 1:3000,000 with Boundaries, Roads and RailwaysJohn Bartholomew & Son Ltd, Edinburgh, 1952, linen backed full colour map, VG-, card cover, list of additional Batholomew publications also pasted onto linen backing.Owner signature and date on front, unbound, map clean and bright, routes taken by previous owner coloured in, small closed tears along map folds, edges lightly foxed. Cover/linen backing foxed, linen threads becoming lose in places, rubs to edges. MAP, COLOUR, LINEN BACKED, WESTERN EUROPE, BARTHOLOMEW, AA44131 hb 24 MAPS £26.50

The Summer Walkers: Travelling People and Pearl-Fishers in the Highlands of Scotland
NEAT, Timothy
ISBN: 9780862415761
Canongate Books Limited, Edinburgh, 1997, large format soft back with stiff card wraps, near fine, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs, 230 pp.
No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, bump to front lower edge corner. Lovely copy.
SOCIAL HISTORY, SCOTLAND, TRAVELLING PEOPLE, PEARL-FISHERS, DAILY LIFE AND CULTURE, HISTORY, TRAVELLER ORIGINS
46669 SOCIAL HISTORY £31.50

The Devil's WeatherRobert NeillHutchinson, London, 1966, 1st edition, hardback with wrapper, Vg/vg-. 296 pp. stone coloured boards / silver gilt. Previous owner's name stamp on fep. Wrapper not clipped, chipped on spine ends and rubbed on corners. Internally clean and sound. first edition fiction41387 FIC/1st/N £77.00

Matchless Motor Cycles: A Practical Guide Covering all Models from 1933NEILL, F. W.C. Arthur Pearson Limited, London, 1952, 3rd Edition, hardback, GD+, boards red/black, one appendix, illustrated throughout from technical drawings, b/w photographs and adverts relating to the motor cycle, 223 pp.No inscription, annotation in pen on rear endpaper, binding sound, pages tanned and 'well thumbed' through use, endpapers lightly foxed. Boards edgeworn, rubs to head and tail of spine, soiled in places (see scan).TRANSPORT, ROAD, MATCHLESS MOTOR CYCLE, MODELS, ENGINE TYPES, STEERING, TRANSMISSION, RUNNING & MAINTENANCE, COMPETITION & RACING45619 TRANSPORT/ROAD hb 68 £12.00

The Roots of European Security : 40 Years after the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences (1945)NEKRASOV, VNovosti Press Agency Publishing House, Moscow, 1984, soft back, VG, 87 pp, a dozen illustrations from b/w photographs, maps of Europe and Asia printed on inside of covers. No inscriptions or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean, edges lightly rubbed and lower fore-edge corner lightly bumped, small closed tear on bottom edge near spine tail.POLITICS, WORLD AFFAIRS, ALLIED CONFERENCES WW2, EUROPE, SECURITY43627 POLITICS £7.00

Jungletown TalesC NelsonThe Sylvan Press, London, 1943, 2nd imp. hardback, green cloth boards with red hippo illustration, 47 pp, illustrated from drawings by Biro. Boards tanned on spine and edges. Eraser abrasion on fep. Internally clean and sound with no inscriptions. 41223 CHILDS £7.00

Fishing in EdenNELSON, W9781117070551Bibliolife, Charleston, U.S.A, 2010, hardback facsimile (original published 1922) , fine 208 pp, illustrated from 12 b/w photographs and sketches. No inscriptions or annotations, sound square binding, no loose pages, leaves crisp and clean. Excellent copy. A record of 50 years with rod and line in valleys of the Eden and Eamont; to which are added some practical notes on flies and tackle. HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY, FISHING, NORTH CUMBRIA, EDEN AND EAMONT VALLEYS, 1920s43599 HIST/NORTH CUMBRIA £25.00

NEVILLE, BarbaraTomahawk Trail : A Journey to Apacheria, 1885 (LARGE PRINT)9781539791966Barbara Neville, Arizona, 2016, large format softback, near fine, LARGE PRINT, 420 pp. No inscriptions, clean and sound. Tiny curl on front lead corner. LARGE PRINT, FICTION, WESTERN42653 FIC Large Print £13.00

Arms & Armour 1996 hardback with wrapper. Nr fine / nr fine. 432 pp. Illustrated in colour and b/w. No inscriptions. Price clipped. Minimal rubbing to wrapper extremities.

The Bowes of Streatlam, County Durham : The Politics and Religion of a Tudor Gentry FamilyNEWMAN, Christine M. 0902958186Durham County Local History Society, unknown place of publication, 1999, softback with stiff card wraps, near fine, illustrated from four b/w photographs of paintings, 32 pp.No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp. OUT OF PRINT.LOCAL HISTORY, NORTH EAST, COUNTY DURHAM, THE BOWES FAMILY, LOCAL GENTRY, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL HISTORY45264 hb 55 LOCAL HIST/NE £15.00

A History of Wellington College 1859-1959
David NEWSOME
ISBN: 0950979406
Wellington College, Crowthorne, 1984, SIGNED re-issue hardback with dust wrapper, NF/nf, boards green/gilt, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs, 414 pp. Boards clean and firm, signed dedication by author on free front endpaper (see scan), no annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright, flap shadows to end papers, small pale mark to top edge. Dust wrapper clean and crisp, bumps to top edges of back cover, 2cm split to one side of rear lower edge corner, not clipped. Heavy book - UK mainland delivery ONLY.  HISTORY, SIGNED, SOCIAL, SCHOOLS, EDUCATION, WELLINGTON COLLEGE, FOUNDER, EARLY YEARS, NOTABLE HEADMASTERS AND TEACHERS, 1859-1959, CULTURAL HERITAGE HB 77
45970 HISTORY/SOCIAL/SCHOOLS £14.50

A Guide to Teesdale (The Handy Guide)
NICHOLSON, C. P.
British Periodicals Limited, London, 1937, A5 size softback with stiff card wraps, GD+, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs , maps and contour maps, 109 pp. Inscribed on front end paper, former bookseller description affixed to inside front cover (see scan), no annotations, text block detaching from its cover along front inner hinge (see scan), pages clean, tanned, edges rubbed and dust stained. Covers intact with moderate shelf wear, chips to spine head and tail, bump to front lower corner with creasing (see scan), quite grubby, water staining to back cover. Press cutting about Roman Remains at Leicester included.
LOCAL HISTORY, NORTH EAST, TOPOGRAPHY, VISITOR GUIDE, TEESDALE, RECOMMENDED PLACES TO VISIT, WALKS, ARCHITECTURAL AND LANDSCAPE FEATURES
hb 78 46023 LOCAL HIST/NE £31.50

Wednesday Early ClosingNicholson. Norman.0571103219Faber & Faber, London, 1975, 1st edition hardback with wrapper, signed dedication by the author on title page, 202pp, brown boards/ gilt, NF/vg, wrapper features artist's sketch of Black Combe from Millom by Juliet Renny, not price clipped, tiny splits at tail of wrapper spine,internally clean and sound. Pease look at the scanned pictures which form part of the description. 41996 BIOG/ N £71.50

The Birth of Tragedy and The Genealogy of Morals NIETZSCHE, FriedrichDoubleday & Company, Inc., New York, c. 1959, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, 299 pp. Translated by Francis GolffingNo inscription, previous owner name written in pen on inside of front cover, binding sound, pages clean, lightly tanned. Wraps crisp, tanned, a little grubby in places, gentle rubs to edges and corners.PHILOSOPHY, MORAL AND AESTHETIC APPROACHES TO LIFE, CHRISTIANITY, HUMAN VALUES, SCIENCE, APOLLONIAN & DIONYSIAN SPIRITS45811 PHILOSOPHY hb 71 £16.50

Countdown to Millennium; Rooney MatthewsNigel Suckling, Rooney Matthews185028394xPaper Tiger / Collins & Brown, London, 1997, large format softback, VG, ex school library with usual stamps, 112 pp, lavishly illustrated mostly in colour. No loose pages, sound binding, no inscriptions, clean and sound copy. art, fantasy, Rooney Matthews41825 ART £12.00

Derbyshire (The Buildings of England) Pevsner. Nikolaus revised by Williamson. Elizabeth0140710086Penguin Books, London, 1978, hardback with wrapper VG/vg, black/gilt boards, 405 pp, illustrated with 100 b/w plates, 24 architectural diagrams and maps of Derbyshire and Chesterfield. No inscriptions, pages clean and bright throughout, not price clipped. Dust jacket lightly chipped on edges, small closed tear near back flap. Comes with original book review from The Times June 1978. 43284 ARCHIT/PEVSNER £9.00

Lets Look at Scottish Gemstones
NIMLIN, Jock
Jarold & Sons Ltd., Norwich, c. 1980, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, illustrated throughout from colour photographs, unpag.
No inscription or anotations, sound tight binding, light tanning to edges of each page, otherwise pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, tanned, gentle rubs to edges and corners.
SCIENCE, GEOLOGY, ROCKS, MINERALS, GEMSTONES, HISTORY OF COLLECTING, WHAT TO LOOK FOR, LOCATIONS
46675 SCIENCE/GEOLOGY £11.50

NIN, AnaisDelta of Venus : Erotica by Anais NinBook Club Associates, London, 1978, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/gd+, boards red/gilt, dark cream endpapers, 250 pp.Boards clean and firm, no inscription or annotations, binding sound, slight lean to the spine, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean, gentle rubs to edges and corners, bump and small open tear to head of spine, now protected in acid free archive paper. FICTION, LITERATURE, ANAIS NIN, ANTHOLOGY, 15 SHORT STORIES, EROTICA, COLLECTOR44889 hb 12 FICT/LIT/N £18.50

Preliminary Operations of Weaving. Volume 1: Preparation of Grey or Plain Warps
NISBET, H.
Emmott & Co. Limited, Manchester, 1914, hardback with blind embossed red boards and brown text on spine strip, illustrated from 200 pen and ink technical drawings, 388 pp, xxv advertisements at the back.
Boards edge worn, grubby in places, two inscriptions on front free end paper (see scan), no annotations, sound tight binding, slight lean to the spine, pages clean, lightly tanned, dust staining to all edges.
ANTIQUARIAN, INDUSTRY, WEAVING, VARIETIES OF YARN, TEXTILE MANUFACTURE, PREPARING WARPS, KNOTTERS, BEAM WARPING, DRYING SLASHERS, LOOMING IN, DRAWING IN, TWISTING AND TYING IN
46384 ANTIQUARIAN/INDUSTRY £21.50

Wings over Sands : A Concise History of Cark Airfield & RAF Grange-over-Sands (signed copy)John Nixon9780957102194Razorsharp Books, UK, 2012, signed first edition softback, near fine, 208 pp, illus in the text from b/w photos and drawings. Lovely crisp copy. Out of print title. LAKE DISTRICT. RAF, CARK, FLOOKBURGH AIRFIELD, PILOT TRAINING, NO. 9 LIGHT ARTILLERY UNIT, 650 SQUADRON42527 MILIT RAF £36.00