Search Results: Authors starting with V from Cocksparrow Books

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1963* Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth, silver title to spine. Very light bumps, some minor shelf wear to edges and corners. Very slight spine lean. Boot?s ?Book lovers Library? label to front. Has book-mark anchor to head of spine but no book-mark VG* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of 12/6 net. Minor shelf wear to top and bottom edges and to head and tail of spine with minimal loss & some light marks. (Now in clear jacket,) VG* Contents condition: Repeat of ?Boots? label on jacket but no stamps or labels to contents. Clean & tight with some slight reading wear, some light marks & minor creases to a few pages and to end papers, all edges slightly grubby, otherwise no visible faults. VG* Illustrations: B/w diagram showing the lineage of the houses of York and Lancaster.* Pages: 191 pp. text. iii… Read More

SOFTBACK ?ANNUAL PUBLICATION.? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2014* Publisher: The Society of Dorset Men.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing Dorchester (High West Street), by Arthur Cecil Fare. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly used if at all. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photo-illustrations, line drawings and maps within text throughout.* Pages: 214 pp. text. & advertisements.* Product Description:- Including numerous articles of county interest, poems, illustrations and history of the area. There are several articles relating to the Great War including one about RN Division, Collingwood and a history of ?The Horse & The Red Umbrella,? café in Dorchester.* This… Read More

HARDBACK * Edition: 1st. UK* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 1997* Publisher: Banyan Tree Publishing* Binding and cover condition: Red cloth, Gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, MINT* Jacket condition: NOT PRICE CLIPPED, No shelf wear, Fine* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY clean, crisp, tight and bright. No inscriptions, no marks. Fine * Illustrations: Many B/W illustrations.* Pages: 222 pp. text. xvii pp. Notes, Bibliography & Index. Contents: Preface - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Parliamentary debates and the public campaigns - Organisations and their activities - Journals and other publications - Student activities - The Round Table Conference - Support in other countries - Eyes and ears of the Raj: Indian political intelligence - The changing of the guard: from British to Indian hands - Biographies - Sources - Bibliography - Illustration credits - Index. An AS NEW, first edition copy, of a seminal reference work on the Campaigns.*

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1986* Publisher: Curzon Press.* Binding and cover condition: Text-illustrated soft card covers, black titles to spine and face. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges. No creases to spine or hinge but heavy crease to lower rear corner. Seems lightly-used. VG* Contents condition: Ex-library copy with usual stamps and labels and dewey label to spine, now in clear un-attached library slip-on cover. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or marks to text, edges slightly marked, no tanning or other visible faults. VG* Illustrations: Complete photo-facsimile text on 56 plates.* Pages: 256 pp. text. lxxii pp. glossary, indices, wordlist and blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- This Asian Studies monograph on the Book of the Righteous Wiraz covers the outstanding example of Iranian apocalyptic literature. It is in Middle Persian and was probably written during the later period of the Sasanian dynasty (A.D.… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2004* Publisher: Harper Collins.* Binding and cover condition: Illustrated. Photo-illustrated soft card covers as shown in listing. Two strands of barbed wire. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges & corners. Some reading creases to spine & hinge with minimal spine lean. Carefully used. GD++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, very small inscription to fep. No marks to text. No tanning. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 311 pp. text. i pp. advertisement at rear.* Product Description:- A Lindsay Gordon Mystery, second in the series of six novels. Unrest in the ranks of protesters at a women?s peace camp ends in murder. Journalist Lindsay Gordon is already on the scene when the trouble breaks out and as she peels back the layers of deception, she finds that no-one ? ratepayer or reporter, policeman or peace woman ? seems wholly above… Read More

HARDBACK "SPECIES GUIDE" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st. Imp.* Date of Publication: 1995* Publisher: Florigellum.* Binding and cover condition: Claret cloth, gilt title to spine. Minimal wear to edges and corners. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, absolutely minimal shelf wear to top edges and to head of spine. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos, and b/w line drawings within text.* Pages: 151 pp. text. ix pp. glossary, references & index at rear.* Description: Although wisterias have been grown and admired in China and Japan for over 1000 years, the first wisteria to become known in Europe was the American Wisteria, which arrived in 1724. The Asiatic species were not introduced until much later, the Chinese Wisteria first blooming in Britain in 1819, three years after its arrival from… Read More

SOFTBACK ?SPANISH LANGUAGE EDITION? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 5th.* Date of Publication: 1957* Publisher: Coleccion Austral. No:- 298* Binding and cover condition: Soft printed light cream card covers in paper jacket. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf-wear to tail of spine. No creases to spine or hinge. FINE* Dust-jacket: Glazed paper jacket, black print and blue design to cream background. Not price clipped and with shelf price of 18 ptas. on adhesive label to back cover. Head & tail of spine slightly chipped & rubbed. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight with absolutely minimal overall page colouration throughout. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no other visible faults. Small booksellers label to fep. VG++* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 166 pp. text. xviii pp. advertisement book list at rear.* Product Description:- ?La Alegria del Capitain Ribot? is a refreshing denouement of many novels in contemporary European literature of which… Read More

HARDBACK ?UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1982* Publisher: Spindlewood.* Binding and cover condition: Grey cloth, gilt title to spine. No rubs slight bump to lower rear edge, minimal shelf wear with very slight fading to top edge. VG* Jacket condition: Black and white illustrated dust wrapper showing two cyclists at the centre of a natural landscape, now in protected jacket. NOT PRICE CLIPPED showing a shelf price of £6.95. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers, (tan). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 181 pp. text. iii pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: Brenda Vale has created a rich and detailed tableau of an England 75 years on. In doing this she revives an English Literary tradition of utopian writing too long obscured by… Read More

HARDBACK "FOLLOW UP TO THE AUTONOMOUS HOUSE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2000* Publisher: Thames & Hudson.* Binding and cover condition: Tan cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine & blind logo to face. No bumps or rubs, no visible shelf wear. FINE.* Jacket condition: NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but showing no shelf price to jacket. Publishers adhesive price label to rear of jacket. £18.95, colour illustrated jacket showing a colour photo of a modern eco-house, absolutely minimal shelf wear to head and tail of spine. No Losses. Now in clear un-attached protective wrapper. FINE.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers (olive green). Clean, crisp, tight and bright. No inscriptions or annotations, seems un-used. No visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Numerous b/w line drawn illustrations, plans and diagrams throughout.* Pages: 238 pp. text. xvii pp. appendices & index at rear.* Product description:- In 1975 Brenda &… Read More

HARDBACK "One of the HOME-FRONT series," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1940* Publisher: B.T.Batsford Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Bright red cloth, black title to spine. No bumps or rubs, minimal wear to head and tail of spine. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour illustration to stiff paper dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of 3s. 6d. Slight chips & shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. Some ageing particularly to spine. GD+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight foxing to top and fore edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: B/w photos and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 88 pp. text. ii pp. index at rear.* Description: Edmund Vale describes and elucidates the old buildings of the countryside, village and town ? the castles, abbeys, cathedrals, parish churches, country houses, farmhouses, town houses,… Read More

SOFTBACK ?SPANISH LANGUAGE, AUSTRAL EDITION No. 1296? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 3rd.* Date of Publication: 1973* Publisher: Espasa-Calpe, S.A.* Binding and cover condition: Blue & white soft card covers with black titles to spine & face, no bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners, very slight creases to spine & hinge. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. Some neat annotations and underlining to first third of text, no other marks or tanning. GD+* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 256 pp. text. xvi pp. index & advertising list at rear.* Product Description:- Dramatist, poet and novelist, he was part of the movement, the generation of 98. In his teenage years he travelled to Mexico and settled in Madrid from 1897. He was Professor of aesthetics at the Academy of fine arts of San Fernando. He is known as one of the bohemian poets both for the extravagance of his appearance (with a scruffy beard of almost half a meter) and his extravagant… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2001* Publisher: Cico Books Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Colour text-illustrated soft card covers showing a red haze on a yellow ground. Red and black text to spine and face. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear, no reading creases to spine or to hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. No tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: None. * Pages: 207 pp. text. xxxv pp. appendices and index at rear.* Product Description:- The Immune System Cure provides simple techniques for supercharging your immune system to resist and prevent disease. Through diet, exercise, stress reduction and nutritional supplements, including plant sterols and sterolins, you can harness the power of your immune system in just 30 days and help it combat a number of autoimmune conditions such as… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2013* Publisher: Nick Hern Books.* Binding and cover condition: Colour text-illustrated soft card covers with French flaps. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly-used if at all. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 170 pp. text. iiv pp. blank pages, chronology at rear.* Product Description:- My First Play is a unique collection of pieces by playwrights, actors and theatre directors - all of them regular Nick Hern Books authors - in response to the simplest of briefs: write about your first play. Candid, hilarious, and often sharply revealing, the resulting pieces - many of them written in the hurly-burly of work on a new production - combine to prove the power of theatre to entrance us, and hold us… Read More

HARDBACK "PART OF THE RENOWNED SERIES," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Reprinted & revised.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2003* Publisher: The Readers Digest Association.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated and laminated covers. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Colour photos to most pages throughout.* Pages: 153 pp. text. vii pp. index & acknowledgements at rear.* Description: Focuses on the busy season of sowing and planting, day to day tasks to do and plants that look their best at this time of year. A beautifully photographed book to be treasured by any gardener whether experienced or inexperienced. This is part of the All Season Guide to Gardening series, the other titles in the series are Early Spring, Summer, Late Summer, Autumn and Winter.* A… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 3rd.* Date of Publication: 2002* Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers with French flaps. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. No tanning. AS NEW* Illustrations: colour & b/w photos & illustrations within text throughout including tablature at rear.* Pages: 219 pp. text. v pp. biographies, credits, bibliography & index at rear.* Product Description:- Guitar Facts is an indispensable A-Z guide for anyone who wants to learn more about the most versatile of instruments. Created by authors who are all players themselves, this guide is perfect for the beginner and the more experienced player alike. Whether you want to play basic chords, need some tips on how to… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1949* Publisher: His Masters Voice.* Binding and cover condition: Illustrated soft card covers showing an HMV record with gilt and red titles to centre. Red titles to black spine. Serious shelf wear to edges & corners. Spine torn creased and worn, split but complete (sewn binding.) Covers somewhat grubby. ACC* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. No annotations or inscriptions to text. Considerable tanning to page margins and all edges darkened with age. Some minor tears to front and rear end pages. ACC* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 315 pp. text. iii pp. adverts at rear.* Product Description:- This complete catalogue of HMV recorded music includes records issued up to & including June 1948 (Supplement No. 4806), it includes a complete list of organisations, conductors, singers, speakers and instrumentalists. Composers are listed in chronological order, a pronunciation guide and a glossary of musical terms is followed… Read More

HARDBACK "WARTIME EDITIION," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 2nd. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1941-42 * Publisher: B.T.Batsford.* Binding and cover condition: Green cloth, black title to spine and face. Minimal bumps to all corners, minor rubs to head & tail of spine, no other visible faults. VG+* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper by Brian Cook. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, with publishers label showing shelf price of 7s 6d. Some shelf wear to top & bottom edge and small chips & tears to head & tail of spine. Spine slightly aged and faded. GD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with minimal reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks to fore edge. VG+* Illustrations: Coloured frontis & b/w photos within text throughout.* Pages: 244 pp. text. iv pp. index at rear.* Description: This book is an ideal introduction to the man-made legacy of England, both in the text which comprises contributions by well-know writers and in the 114 magnificent photographic… Read More

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus?* Date of Publication: Approx. 1850 (Pre 1897)* Publisher: Juvenile Publishers Company? or maybe W.J.Holland & Co. New York.* Binding and cover condition: Blue-grey cloth with faded gilt impressed title & highlights to spine & face. Impressed title & design to back board. Minor bumps, some rubs to edges, corners and head/tail of spine with a few marks overall. GD+* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, and tight with light reading wear. Coloured and patterned end-papers, (ffep removed,). Bound-in full size ?Presentation? page with inscription to Ernest by His Uncle on Feb 9th, 1897. No marks to text, slight marks and age to top and fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG* Illustrations: Coloured frontis showing Romeo & Juliet and b/w ?phototype engravings? throughout.* Pages: 512 pp. text.* Description: Poems of Love and Friendship; Heroism and Adventure; Childhood… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: Late.* Date of Publication: Not Shown* Publisher: Charles N. Veal & Company.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers showing the market square. White titles and blue ground. No bumps or rubs, shelf wear or reading creases to spine, minimal wear to covers. Seems lightly used if at all. FINE.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or marks to text. No tanning or other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: B/w photos, line drawn maps and advertisements to virtually every page throughout. * Pages: 180 pp. text. large fold-out map at rear.* Product Description:- A brief history precedes a full treatment of the towns main features and attractions. There are a number of small sketch maps and a large fold out street map at the rear. Numerous advertisements throughout.* This is a FINE text copy with no visible faults AS NEW.*

Odhams Press Ltd., 1932-01-01. 1st Edn Thus, 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. VG/GD+/ND. Box X33 HARDBACK ""RARELY AVAILABLE FIRST,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: Undated but copyright 1932.* Publisher: Odhams Press Ltd. * Binding and cover condition: Black leather-cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps, minor rubs to corners and to head and tail of spine, some creases and a split at head to spine (now repaired). Some age and minor wear. GD+.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with light reading wear, no annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, slight age marks to endpapers. Milid tanning throughout particularly to page margins and edges, otherwise no visible faults. VG.* Illustrations: One 16pp. block of coloured maps of the world.* Pages: 1352 pp. text.* Description: This encyclopaedia was produced by Odhams between the wars and its references cover a wide field. In… Read More