Search Results: Authors starting with O from AJ Scruffles

San Diego: Academic Press, 2006. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 2nd Edition. Some light shelfwear and bumping. Contents crisp and clean. very good.

San Diego: Academic Press, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Some bumping and rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good.

Berlin: Springer Verlag, 1998. 5th or later Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Some mild shelf-wear and creasing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good.

London: Macmillan & co., 1892. Hardcover. Good. Interesting history of Florence through the lives of some of its key figures: Dante, the Cathedral builders and the monks. Green cloth with gilt detailing. Top edge gilt. Spine slightly cocked. Bumping and rubbing to edges and joints, Marking to covers. Occasional spotting within. Good overall.

London: Macmillan & Co., 1891. Hardcover. Good. From the English Men of Action Series. With frontisportrait. Some toning to spine. Bumping to edges. Toning to covers. Mild foxing to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Good.

London: The Reprint Society, 1950. Hardcover. Good. No DJ. Previous owner's name to ffep, Contents clean and tight. Good.

London: William [Gulielmus] Pickering, 1831. Hardcover. Good. Pickering's Diamond Classics edition of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad. In the original ancient greek, printed in 'diamond type' - 'the smallest ever printed'. A pioneering series that produced classic texts in a compact form with a tiny yet still legible (to those with good eyesight) typeface and bound in cloth, another innovation of William Pickering's. With frontisportrait of Homer and Pickering'd Dolphin/Anchor device to title page (which Pickering copied from Aldus Manutius's renaissance Aldine Press). 64mo. (90x55mm) 351 & 272pp. Spine labels are toned with loss to volume one. Mild discoloration to cloth. Bumping to edges of boards. Mild spotting to front-matter. But otherwise clean and sound. Good.

New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1975. Soft cover. Good/Fair. Rubbing and tears to cover with large tear fixed with tape. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and tight. Good.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint with new foreword. Thorough account of the wine blight of the 1860s, caused by the arrival of the Phylloxera insect. Some mild bumping to DJ. Light rubbing to edges of volume. Contents clean and prim. Binding tight. Very good.

London: Thames & Hudson, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Detailed examination of Landseer's work, with numerous b/w and colour images. 4to. DJ has some marking and toning to cover, sticker residue to front flap. Mark to rear end-paper. Otherwise crisp. clean and tight. Very Good overall.

London: Robinson, 1658. Hardcover. Good. Two books bound as one. Advice to a Son (sixth edition) (1658) and Political Reflections upon the Government of the Turks and Discourses on Machiavelli, The King of Sweden, Martin Luther et al. (1662). Both published by Thomas Robinson. A courtier during the English Restoration, Osborn found fame for his book of advice for his son. A somewhat controversial text for its misogynist tone, it was parodied in his life time, questioned by Swift and Johnson and even denounced for atheistic undertones. Stout 18mo. Full calf. decorated initials. Marks and scratches. Slight loss to top of spine. Bookplate, owner's inscription. Tanning. Occasional small tears but no loss. Binding is firm and contents clean overall. Good.

London: Heron, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. Pleasant Heron edition of Stevenson's collaborative darkly comic novel. With introduction and b/w illustrations. Foxing to top edge. Some small marks to free-end-papers. Contents crisp and clean. Very good.

London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1909. Hardcover. Good. Lavishly illustrated account of the history of the nineteenth century and how it reflected in the culture, fashions and mores of society. Features hundreds of images of pictures and engravings, with dozens of colour plates reproduced from La Mode, Gallery of Fashion and Hogarth amongst others. Complete First Edition in three volumes, the first detailing 1790 to 1817, the second 1818-1842 and the third 1843 to 1874. With an introduction by Grace Rhys. Splendid half leather binding done by Bumpus. Blue polished calf. All edges gilt. Raised bands and gilt decoration to spine. 8vo. (220x160mm) [xvi] 180+164+157pp. Armorial bookplate of Harold H. Wernher to each volume. Occasional nicks to leather and rubbing to corners. Abrasion to band on volume one. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good.

London: C. Hitch & L. Hawes etc., 1757. Hardcover. Poor. Complete works of the 17th century dramatist. Full leather with gilt decoration and titling to spine. Marbled end-papers. Frontisportrait. Severe rubbing and wear to spines and joints. Front board of volume II detached. Others starting, one with previous owner's amateur repairs.. Toning within but contents clean. Poor but internally sound.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Account of the role of King's Secretary, and how it grew from a simple administrative role to one of lasting political importance in the 15th century. With 3 b/w plates. DJ has toning and rubbing to edges. Foxing to top edge. Content otherwise clean and tight. Very good overall.

London: The Western Book Club, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Melodramatic western. Dust jacket has some toning and mild foxing to edges of flaps. Contents crisp and clean. Very good.

London: Elm Tree Books, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Tremendous photographic exploration of Bhutan by photojournalist Edmunds who was given special access by the Royal Family. 4to. Dust jacket has some mild shelfwear. Volume is crisp and clean. Very Good.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1994. Soft cover. Fine. In crisp fine condition.