Search Results: Authors starting with W from Cocksparrow Books

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Reprint thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1874* Publisher: Macmillan And Co.* Binding and cover condition: Maroon leather, gilt title & banding to spine and decorative frame to front & rear. No bumps, minor rubs to edges & corners. Considerable wear & some ageing to head and tail of spine. GD++.* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. Now in clear lucite un-attached protective wrapper. ND * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. End papers marbled. Dated dedication to ffep. Considerable foxing to prelims. All edges gilt with minimal age. Text clean, crisp and bright with no reading wear. Hinges slightly shaken. VG+.* Illustrations: None. * Pages: 1054 pp. text. xxv pp. glossary & blank pages at rear.* Description: The complete works including the Tragedies, The Comedies, The Poems and The Sonnets. An detailed glossary is included at the rear.* A NEAR VG++ text copy with minor faults reduced by binding age and wear reducing… Read More

Ward Lock & Co., 1920-01-01. 1st. Edn. Thus 1st. Imp?. Hardcover. VG/GD++/ND. Box X38 HARDBACK ""DECORATIVE BINDING,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. thus?* Date: Pre 1926.* Pub: Ward Lock & Co.* Binding and cover condition: light olive green boards with a tipped on circular picture of school master to front. Black title & decoration to spine & black frames to face. Raised decoration overall to spine and face. Minor bumps & rubs to edges, corners and to head and tail of spine. Slight marks to back board, no other visible faults. GD++* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text. Colour illustrated Sunday School presentation book plate to front end paper. No tanning to text. Some offsetting to endpapers & slight toning to all edges. VG* Illustrations: One single colour plate to frontis.* Pages: 320 pp. text. iv pp. adverts & blank pages at rear.* Description: Frederic William Farrar was a cleric schoolteacher and… Read More

George Newnes Ltd, 1954-01-01. 1st Edn Thus, 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. VG++/VG+/ND. Box X38 HARDBACK ""VOL II RADIO SERVICING (PART 2)."" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1954?.* Pub: George Newnes Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Maroon boards with gilt titles to spine & face. No bumps, minor rubs. Some slight marks to all edges and wear to head & tail of spine, some age & wear to spine overall. VG.* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Some slight toning to all edges. VG+* Illustrations: B/w Line drawn illustrations and circuit diagrams throughout.* Pages: 464 pp. text. ii pp. blank at rear.* Description: This is an early volume in the Newnes Radio and Television Servicing series. It is Vol II Part II and contains descriptions and circuit diagrams for Radio sets available from approximately 1945 to 1953 produced by nineteen companies commencing… Read More

George Newnes, 1959-01-01. 1st. Edn. 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. VG+/VG/ND. Office HARDBACK ""VOL V RADIO & TV."" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1958 ?.* Pub: George Newnes Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Maroon boards with gilt titles to spine & face. Minor rubs. Slight shelf wear to corners and to head & tail of spine, spine somewhat dull. VG++.* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Some age to all edges. VG+* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos, line drawn illustrations and circuit diagrams throughout.* Pages: 620 pp. text. xxi pp.indices.* Description: This is a fairly early volume in the Newnes Radio and Television Servicing series. It is Vol VI and contains descriptions and circuit diagrams for pre-1958 Radios produced by thirty five companies commencing with Alba and running through to Vidor & TV models, produced by thirty four companies… Read More

George Newnes Ltd, 1953-01-01. 1st Edn Thus, 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. VG++/VG+/ND. Office HARDBACK ""VOL I RADIO SERVICING."" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1953?.* Pub: George Newnes Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Maroon boards with gilt titles to spine & face. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to corners and to head & tail of spine, spine somewhat dull. VG+.* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Some slight toning to all edges. VG++* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos, line drawn illustrations and circuit diagrams throughout.* Pages: 560 pp. text. i pp. blank at rear.* Description: This is an early volume in the Newnes Radio and Television Servicing series. It is Vol I and contains descriptions and circuit diagrams for pre-1953 radio models, produced by twenty six companies commencing with Bush and running through to Vidor. At the… Read More

George Newnes Ltd, 1955-01-01. 1st Edn Thus, 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. VG++/GD++/ND. Office HARDBACK ""VOL III 1953-1954."" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1955?.* Pub: George Newnes Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Maroon boards with gilt titles to spine & face. No bumps, minor rubs. Some slight age to spine & edges. VG++.* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Some very slight age & masrks to all edges. VG+* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos, line drawn illustrations and circuit diagrams throughout.* Pages: 544 pp. text. ii pp. blank at rear.* Description: This is an early volume in the Newnes Radio and Television Servicing series. It is Vol III and contains descriptions and circuit diagrams for Radio & television sets available from approximately 1953 to 1954 produced by twenty seven radio companies commencing with Ambassador and running… Read More

George Newnes Ltd, 1954-01-01. 1st Edn Thus, 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. VG++/VG+/ND. Office HARDBACK ""VOL II TELEVISION SERVICING (PART 1)."" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1954?.* Pub: George Newnes Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Maroon boards with gilt titles to spine & face. No bumps, minor rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges and head & tail of spine, spine somewhat dull. VG+.* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Some slight toning to all edges. VG+* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos, line drawn illustrations and circuit diagrams throughout.* Pages: 560 pp. text. ii pp. blank at rear.* Description: This is an early volume in the Newnes Radio and Television Servicing series. It is Vol II Part I and contains descriptions and circuit diagrams for television sets available from approximately 1948 to 1953 produced by twenty seven companies… Read More

George Newnes, 1958-01-01. 1st. Edn. 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. VG+/VG++/ND. Office HARDBACK ""VOL V RADIO & TV."" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1958 ?.* Pub: George Newnes Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Maroon boards with gilt titles to spine & face. Minor rubs. Slight shelf wear to corners and to head & tail of spine, spine somewhat dull. VG++.* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Some age to all edges. VG+* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos, line drawn illustrations and circuit diagrams throughout.* Pages: 610 pp. text. xx pp. valve and tube data, viii pp. stations and component codes, iv pp. index. Four off three page fold-outs of service guides at rear.* Description: This is a fairly early volume in the Newnes Radio and Television Servicing series. It is Vol V and contains descriptions and circuit diagrams for pre-1957 Radios produced… Read More

George Newnes Ltd, 1957-01-01. 1st Edn Thus, 1st. Imp.. Hardcover. VG++/GD++/ND. Box X38 HARDBACK ""VOL IV. 1955-56 MODELS. Copy 1."" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1957.* Pub: George Newnes Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Maroon boards with gilt titles to spine & face. No bumps or rubs. Some some age & wear to spine overall. VG+.* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Some slight toning to top & fore-edges. VG+* Illustrations: B/w photos & line drawn illustrations and circuit diagrams throughout.* Pages: 584 pp. text. ii pp. blank at rear.* Description: This is an early volume in the Newnes Radio and Television Servicing series. It is Vol IV and contains descriptions and circuit diagrams for Radio & Television sets available from approximately 1955 & 1956 produced by thirty two companies (Radio) commencing with Ace and running through to Vidor… Read More

Country Life Books. Hardcover. Box X44 0

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2006* Publisher: Folio Society.* Binding and cover condition: Decorated ochre and brown cloth covers, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, slight spine lean, no other visible faults. VG* Slip case condition: No slip case.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, coloured and decorated end papers, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Numerous colour & b/w illustrations within text throughout by Brian Grimwood.* Pages: 386 pp. text. x pp. indices at rear.* Description: This collection of poems was first published by Random House in 1964 (USA) and by Faber and Faber (UK) in 1966. This Folio edition (2006) is a beautiful presentation with an introduction by well known author Alexander McCall Smith.* A NEAR FINE copy with NO MAJOR FAULTS reduced by minor spine lean and no slip case to VG*

Wm. Dotesio, For The Library Press., 1907-01-01. 1st Thus, 1st. Imp.. Hardback. VG+/VG++/ND. Box X29 HARDBACK ""VERY HARD TO FIND,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1907.* Pub: Wm. Dotesio for The Library Press.* Binding and cover condition: Dark maroon cloth covered boards with gilt title within rectangular frame to spine, no title to face. No bumps, minimal rubs to corners and to head and tail of spine, no other visible faults. VG++* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Neat pen dedication to ffep. One page (145/6) historically repaired with clear tape. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text. Some spotting to prelims and to top edges. VG+* Illustrations: A number of b/w illustrations, ""pedigrees"" maps and photos.* Pages: 262 pp. text. xiv pp. index & logo at rear.* Description: Bradford-on-Avon, A History and Description reprinted from the Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine of 1859 and… Read More

HARDBACK "NO 321 IN THE EVERYMAN SERIES, UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Reprint: 5th.* Date: 1930 (1908).* Pub: Everyman's by J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Light brown cloth covered boards with small, gilt title & design to spine strip and none to face. No bumps, some rubs to all edges and to corners, considerable damp damage to boards overall, spine spotted. ACC.* Jacket condition: Grey/green paper dust wrapper, with black title and design to spine and face. Wear and losses to top and bottom edges, to head and tail of spine and rear flap fold torn. Spine age darkened. Not price clipped but showing no shelf price. Now re-inforced and in clear un-attached protective jacket. ACC* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Patterned and coloured end papers with EVERYMAN design. Top edge coloured (black). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Very slight toning to fore edge. Complete with 1930's… Read More

HARDBACK, ?UNCOMMON,? ISBN:- 978-0-9633920-8-4, SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Imp: 1st. Limited to 500 copies.* Date of Publication: 2006* Publisher: Hermitage Antiquarian Bookshop.* Binding and cover condition: Crimson lake cloth, gilt title & decorative borders to spine & face. No bumps or rubs, no shelf wear. FINE, AS NEW.* Jacket condition: Text illustrated glossy dust wrapper, red and blue titles to spine and face with blue decorative frame on speckled cream ground. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but showing no shelf price. No shelf wear. Now in clear protective wrapper. FINE, AS NEW.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no marks to top or fore-edge, no visible faults. FINE, AS NEW.* Illustrations: A small number of b/w photos and one block of 24pp. of colour photos.* Pages: 160 pp. text. xxxvi pp. indices, ivpp. notes about author, at rear.* Description: This is the final volume of a scholarly work and series of… Read More

SOFTBACK ?UNCOMMON OUTSIDE THE U.S.A.?, SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 1979* Publisher: Ballantyne Books.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing ?The Fourth Horseman of The Apocalypse, by Jean Duc de Berry. No bumps, minor rubs. Some slight shelf wear to edges & corners. No crease to spine or hinge but very lightly dished. Seems lightly-used. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, considerable tanning. Some colouration to page edges. VG* Illustrations: Two 16pp blocks of b/w photos & one 8pp block of colour illustrations. Double page b/w maps at front and rear.* Pages: 581 pp. text. c pp. epilogue, bibliography, reference notes & index at rear.* Product Description:- The 14th century gives us back two contradictory images: a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry, and a dark time of ferocity and spiritual… Read More

SOFTBACK "SEPTEMBER 1980 EDITION," SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st .* Date of Publication: 1980 * Publisher: Provincial Grand Lodge of Surrey.* Binding and cover condition: Beige soft card covers with black text to face and shield to front, no title to spine. Minor shelf wear to edges & corners, none to head or tail of spine. No visible marks except some impressions to boards. VG.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, no tanning or other visible faults to pages. Seems lightly used if at all. Same age darkening to all edges. VG++. * Illustrations: NONE except adverts at rear.* Pages: 323 pp. text. xvi pp. notes, adverts, lists & blank pages at rear.* Description:- Contains the list of Craft Lodges, (arranged in numerical order) and also with Details of Mark, Royal Ark Mariner and other Degrees, Memoranda and General Information. * This is a FINE text copy of the 1st thus. 1st. Imp. with slight age and wear reducing it to VG.*

SOFTBACK PAMPHLET SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1989* Publisher: Marshall Pickering.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated staple bound soft card covers, very slight creases to binding. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or inscriptions. No tanning, seems un-read. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 40 pp. text.* Description: Celtic Songs and Blessings, one of the publications in the Christian Spirituality Series.* A NEAR FINE copy with NO MAJOR FAULTS.*

HARDBACK "POPULAR EDITION," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Popular Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1939 (1933)* Publisher: Constable & Co. Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Blue cloth, dark blue title to spine. Slight bumps & rubs to corners and to head and tail of spine, slight marks and ageing. GD++* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks to fore edge, top edge a little dusty & aged. GD++* Illustrations: None* Pages: 304 pp. text.* Description: Peter Abelard was one of the most famous of thinkers and teachers in the Middle Ages, but he provoked especial controversy in his own time and was twice condemned as a heretic. His fights with contemporary figures are legendary. This novel tells the famous story of Abelard and Heloise, in which a young girl falls in love with the great theologian, their love affair and their inevitable downfall.* A NEAR VG copy with only minor… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2005* Publisher: Shire Publications.* Binding and cover condition: Stiff card covers, No Shelf wear to edges or corners, No creases to front, spine or hinge. AS NEW* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, No tanning. AS NEW* Illustrations: B/w & Colour photos throughout.* Pages: 47 pp. text. i pp. Index.* Product Description :- Throughout the history of photography from its earliest days until the present digital era, an amazing number of cameras have been designed and manufactured to look like some completely different object. During the Second World War, some of these were used for genuine espionage purposes. Others were made for no reason other than to provide photographers with something a little out of the ordinary and many, especially in the later years, were little more than toys. Many are illustrated and described in this new book… Read More

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 3rd. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1945(1943)* Publisher: A Bee Craft Book.* Binding and cover condition: Red cloth covered boards, damp damage and edge-wear overall. Bumps & rubs to edges and corners. No creases to spine or hinge. ACC* Jacket Condition: Monochrome (sepia) photo-illustrated paper jacket with brown titles to spine and face, considerable wear to top & bottom edges and to head and tail of spine with tears and some slight losses. Now in clear protective jacket. GD.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Neat owners signature in ink to ffep. Not price clipped & showing a shelf price of 3/6d. net. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, minor colouration & very slight marks to end-papers. Top and fore-edge slightly aged. VG+* Illustrations: Several b/w photos within text.* Pages: 114 pp. text. iii pp. bibliography, index & blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- A short guide to the Life… Read More