Search Results: Titles starting with C from Keel Row Books

London; The Crime Club, Collins, 1982., 1982. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 230. Bound in red publisher's cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the unclipped publisher's pictorial dust-jacket. Small (2 cm) closed tear to dust-jacket else a Fine copy in a Near Fine dust-jacket. Kallen's stylish fast-moving mystery novel featuring the enigmatic duo Greenfield and Rome, described by the observer as "amongst the the most engaging yoke-fellows in literate detection".

Cambridge; W Heffer & Sons Ltd, 1961., 1961. Hardcover. FACSIMILE. Octavo. Viii, 384 pp. Book Condition: Very Good. Blue buckram. Cover cloth damp stained; contents very clean with no annotation or inscriptions. Photographically reprinted from Methuen 1900 original. Scarce.

Whitehaven; Ann Dunn, Market Place [1795?]., 1795. Mass Market Paperback. 12 mo, pp. 24. Stab-stiched in gutter margin. Engraved title cut by "RM" and 7 further cuts (4 of which are also by RM) throughout text. Lightly soiled; edges nicked & creased with minor loss; uncut and unopened. The triptych title cut features scenes copied from a 1760s London broadside "The Valiant Apprentice"; RM identity remains is unknown but may be one Macgregor who called himself an engraver and lived in Whitehaven in the latter half of the eighteenth century and whose cuts are known to be based on London broadsides of the late seventeenth century. Rare- ESTC records just 2 copies. Ann Dunn the printer was the daughter of Whitehaven's first chapbook printer John Dunn, and was responsible for numerous publications in the late eighteenth century. ESTC 172452

London; Michael Joseph, 1978., 1978. Hardcover. First Edition. Illustrated throughout by D J Watkins-Pitchford, including frontispiece. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Very minor creasing to jacket at head of spine otherwise a very clean, crisp copy; no annotation or inscriptions.

Huddersfield; CJC Burhouse Limited 1988, 1988. Mass Market Paperback. Quarto. Softcover. 5 separately paginated sections divided by captioned colour card tabs, with pages numbered as double-page pairs rather than sequentially. Sections comprise: Plated Components, Silver Components, Gold Components, Calibrated Gemstones and Hardware. Illustrated throughout except for Gemstones section, in black-and-white. Pictorial card covers, spiral-bound. Creasing to card tabs where they protrude from textblock, otherwise a Near Fine copy, No annotation or inscriptions. Comprehensive catalogue aimed at the fashion and craft market, containing everything from Bangles to Tie Pins, keyrings, clock movements and threading wire including prices both for individual items and in bulk.

Warrington; Sunrise Publishing Company, 1899., 1899. Softcover. Duodecimo. 11 pp. Frontispieceof Eyre's Warrington press & silhouette of Eyres in text; Sunrise Publications list to rear. Book Condition: Very Good. Original pink pictorial stapled wraps. Covers surface soiled with gift inscription handwritten to upper margin; a few nicks & creases; very minor loss to front edge. Internally very clean with no annotation. Poem "William Eyres" by Arthur Bennett inside front cover. Scarce.

London; Studio Vista, 1980., 1980. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Large octavo. 119. Over 90 illustrations mostly in colour and mainly taken especially for the book. Book condition: Near Fine. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Original beige cloth with brown titles in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. 1cm closed tear and associated creasing to jacket at top of rear joint; minor foxing to reverse, which is invisible when the wrapper is on the book. A clean copy with no annotation or inscriptions.

Newcastle Upon Tyne; Trade Union Printing Services, 1995., 1995. Softcover. Square octavo (softcover). Vol I 109 pp, 1993; Vol II 114 pp, 1995. Book Condition: Near Fine. Two volumes in square format pictorial card wraps. Vol I small crease to front cover & address label of former owner inside cover. Volume 2 printed name label inside front cover. Both volumes well illustrated with archive photographs and plans. Volume 1 is a historical sketch of 26 collieries still in existence in 1947, while Volume 2 features a further 12 collieries in greater detail. Scarce, particularly as a set.

Edinburgh; Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1845., 1845. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Two volume matching set comprising "A Complete Treatise..." (pp. 281) plus "Key to the Complete Treatise..." (pp. 219). Diagrams and formulae in text. Original blind-stamped cloth with gilt titles. Unobtrusive damp-staining to boards and loss to spine cover cloth (approx 1 inch by 1/2 an inch) of "Key" volume. Presentation inscription from the Author to ffep of each volume and 'Tables' pasted to both paste-downs of "Treatise". Some pages unopened. Scarce.

Oxford; Oxford University Press, 1905., 1905. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Italian text. Large octavo, pp., viii, 740. Original dark blue cloth with gilt titles & university crest. Slight damp staining to head of spine (cloth is wrinkled but colour not affected). Internally clean with very lightly tanned endpapers and Foyles label to fep. No inscriptions.

London; Folio Society, 1992., 1992. Hardcover. Large octavo. Book Condition: Near Fine. Green cloth with gilt titles and decoration housed in matching plain green slipcase. Case surface scuffed to one side, otherwise in very good condition. Illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton.

UK; Savoy Books. . Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated [108] pp and undated. Book Condition: Near Fine. Pictorial card wraps. A very clean uncreased copy with no annotation or inscriptions. Adapted from Michael Moorcock's Chronicles of Hawkmoon with Introduction by Burne Hogarth. Scarce.

Detroit; Cadillac Motor Car Division, 1941., 1941. Mass Market Paperback. FIRST EDITION. Softcover quarto, pp 160. 120 figures within text. Original maroon quarter cloth with two-tone maroon and peach textured card boards. Spine split at lower joint with very minor loss and a little worn at head of spine; boards lightly soiled and a little creased. Contents clean and crisp; no annotation or inscriptions. A Very Good copy. Reference manual for the adjustment and repair of the 42-Series motor car. Scarce.

Oxford; Basil Blackwell, 1959, 1959. Hard Cover. SECOND EDITION. Octavo, pp. xiv, 370. 10 numbered monochrome plates to the rear of the book, of which two are double-page. Publishers' navy blue cloth with gilt titles to spine in unclipped printed cream dust-jacket. Spine tip slightly rubbed. Contents clean and crisp, with contemporary ownership stamp to ffep. two small tape repairs to reverse of top edge of dust-jacket, with associated browning, and jacket spine lightly toned. A near fine copy in very good jacket. New edition of the Shweich Lectures originally published in 1947. Includes an introduction to the Geniza material, the work of the Tibetan Masorettes and early texts including ancient translations of the Bible.

London; William Heinemann Ltd., 1930., 1930. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Small Octavo, pp. [6], 270. Bound in publisher's Persian blue cloth blocked in black on front with author's symbol and on back with publisher's windmill device, with gilt titles to spine. With the original publisher's cream dust-jacket illustrated in scarlet. Scattered foxing to text-block edges else square, neat and free from ownership marks, inscriptions or annotation. Dust-jacket lightly soiled and rubbed to edges with some small nibbles and nicks to edges, free from major loss or large tears. Overall a Very Good copy in a Very Good dust-jacket. Very Good in a Very Good dust-jacket. First edition with the correct issues points for the first printing as listed in Stott, e.g. "in" instead of "it" at p.181, line 4. This delicious satire of London's inter-war Literati, originally serialised in Harper's Magazine from March to July 1930, was Maugham's personal favourite of all the books he had written. Stott, Raymond Toole,… Read More

London; W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1939., 1939. Mass Market Paperback. Collins Mystery Novels/White Circle Pocket Novel, Volume 244. Sixth Impression. Octavo, pp. 252, [4] catalogue. Cerise pictorial card wraps in matching unclipped dust-jacket with advertisements to rear. Very light foxing to white cover panels and edge of textblock otherwise remarkably clean and bright. Jacket a little rubbed to edge with splits at rear fold; spine white panel lightly toned; initials unobtrusively inscribed to rear. A Near Fine copy in very good jacket. Mystery story originally published in 1935.

London; Secker and Warburg. 1995., 1995. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Octavo, pp. [6], 248. Ivory white publishers' cloth over boards with gilt spine titles. Original illustrated publishers' dust-jacket in ivory and scarlet. Corners and spine tips slightly bumped. Tight, clean pages with no ownership marks. Author's signature to half-title. Bright clean jacket, not price clipped. Near Fine in Near Fine. A signed first edition by arguably one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. A synchronous meeting between two widowers, a West-German art historian specialising in gravestones and a polish art restorer, leads to a well intentioned project to create a "cemetery of reconciliation". A biting satire set against the political backdrop of 1980s Gdansk.

Cambridge; Cambridge University Press, 2007, 2007. Hard Cover. Octavo, pp. xiv, 608. 7 maps, of which 1 double-page; 55 monochrome figures throughout text. Publishers' black cloth with gilt titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Clean and bright, with no annotation or inscriptions; dust-jacket very slightly surface scuffed to rear. The primary reference work on the subject. Second volume of the two-volume set, reflecting modern archaeological discoveries and fresh textual analysis; covers the period up to the sixth century empire of Justinian and his successors. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

London; Rupert Hart-Davis, 1968., 1968. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 177, [1]. Scarlet publishers' cloth with gilt spine titles. Silver and scarlet alchemical illustrated publishers' dust-jacket. Faintly toned to paste-downs, otherwise a tight, bright, clean copy free of inscriptions and annotations. Dust-jacket spine-sunned with minor wear to spine-tips and corners, unclipped with bright and vibrant illustrations. Award-winning novel, and modern retelling of the Faustian myth, which defined the New Wave science fiction movement of the 1960s and 1970s.

London; Chapman and Hall, 1866., 1866. Hard Cover. Third Edition. Two volumes bound as one. Octavo, pp. vi, 320, 320. 40 engravings by Phiz and Marcus Stone, including frontispiece. Publishers' original green cloth, with gilt titles in oval cartouche to spine and decorative foliate borders in blind to boards. Cover cloth bright but worn at corners with split to lower joint (approx 6-inches); shaken with split inner hinges. A little light toning and foxing, mainly to prelims, otherwise contents clean with no annotation or inscriptions. A Good copy. Single volume edition with all the illustrations of the First Edition.