Search Results: Titles starting with E from Cornish Books

London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1975. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. Delightful Gardening Biography of a deeply sensitive and highly knowledgeable man. "one of our greatest Gardeners and most lovable personalities, who regarded plants as individuals and banished Botanical misfits and curiosities to his Lunatic Asylum under the Keepership of a sane minded Magnolia!" (I wonder if that would work with children?) Illustrated with B&W Photos and some lovely watercolour plates by E. A. Bowles. Green cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. 9 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Tiny closed tear (1/4" long) to jacket at bottom of spine. Not clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

London: Hulton Press 0. Cloth Spine and Boards. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrated Stories and Factual Articles. Includes 8 Adventure Strip Stories, including a Colour Dan Dare Story,"Operation Moss" and a Jack O'Lantern Story. Green cloth spine and Red paper covered boards with Black & Yellow Eagle and white lettering. 10 1/2" Tall, 700g. Some edge wear, especially at corners. Presentation Label on back of frontis, no other inscriptions. Pages in very good, clean condition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Hulton Press 0. Cloth Spine and Boards. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrated Stories and Factual Articles. Includes 8 Adventure Strip Stories, including a Colour Dan Dare Story,"The Vanishing Scientists" and a Jack O'Lantern Story " the devil of Bransbury". Green cloth spine and Red paper covered boards with Black & Yellow Eagle and white lettering. Endpapers have double page Hilarious "Thelwell" illustrations. 10 1/2" Tall, 700g, 173 Pages. Some edge wear, especially at corners. Presentation Label on ffep obscuring a little of the picture, no other inscriptions. Pages in very good, clean condition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Hulton Press 0. Cloth Spine and Boards. Good+/No Jacket. Illustrated Stories and Factual Articles. Includes 8 Adventure Strip Stories, including a Colour Dan Dare Story,"space Race" and a Jack O'Lantern Story " the Dancing Bear". Green cloth spine and Red paper covered boards with Black & Yellow Eagle and white lettering. Endpapers illustrated with Yachts. 10 1/2" Tall, 700g, 173 Pages. Some edge wear, especially at corners. Gift inscription and name on "Book belings to" page. No other inscriptions. Pages in very good, clean condition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Longacre Press, 1960. Cloth Spine and Boards. Very Good/Good+. 5 Adventure Strip Stories, including a Colour Dan Dare Story,"Moon Run". First Illustrated Story "Hawkeye without his Glasses". Green cloth spine and Red Pictorial Boards illustrated as the jacket. Endpapers have hilarious illustrations by Norman Thelwell, of a School Sports Day at front and Firework Night at the back. 173 Pages, 700g, 10 1/2" Tall. Gift inscription on back of title page, dated 1960. Some edge wear. Jacket has a very small closed tear at bottom corner of spine, 1/" long (repaired from the inside with clear tape). Clipped. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Longacre Press, 1963. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Revised Edition of the 1958 Publication. Very informative book, Contents include Car Design, Sports-Cars and Forrmula Junior, Grand Prix Racing, American Hot-Rods, Hill=Climbing, Rallying Around and much more. Very well illustrated with many B&W Photos. Colour Frontispiece illustrated with Racing Cars. Green cloth cover with indented Gilt Letterinmg to spine. 191 Pages, 840g, 10 1/2" Tall. A few spots of light foxing to endpapers. No inscriptions except penciled price and bookseller ref on ffep. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company Limited, 1893. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Contents: The Voyages of Francis Pelsart to Australasia; The Voyage of Captain Abel, Jansen, Tasman for the Discovery of the Southern Countries; an Account of New Holland and the Adjacent Islands 1699 - 1700, by Captain William Dampier. Blue cloth cover with slightly dull gilt lettering to spine. 192 Pages + Adverts. 5 3/4" Tall, 110g. No inscriptions except old price in corner of free endpaper. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall

London: Griffin, Bohn and Company, 1861. Half-Leather. Good+. Two Books, bound in One volume. Each has it's own Title Page, with vignette illustration, dated 1861. Early Ballads include several on Robin Hood, also Lady Greensleeves, the Nut Brown Maid, Chevy Chase, King Henry V's Conquest. 252 pages. Songs range from Udall to Sheridan. Includes many from Shakespeare. Also John Lyly, Beaumont & Fletcher, Middleton, Shirley, Dreden & more. 268 pages including Index. Conbtemporary Brown Half-Leather Binding with 5 raised bands to spine. Gilt title on fark red ground in 2nd compartment. Marbled paper-covered boards (combed pattern) and Leather corners. 610g, 6 1/2" Tall. Replaced endpapers. Leather worn at corners and top of spine. Some rubbing to boards. Hinges sound & text block firm. No inscriptions. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

London: Collins, 1946. Pictorial Boards. Very Good +/Near Very Good. Prehistoric, Celtic and Roman Britain. Illustrated with Colour and B&W Photos and illustrations. 47 pages, 250g, 9" tall. From the library of Professor Charles Thomas, Cornish Archaeologist and Historian, his Bookplate is on the endpaper. No other inscriptions except old penciled price on ffep. Jacket has some edge wear and a little chipping around spine.

London: National Trust, 2003. First British Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. Complete with CD and Booklet in plastic piches at the back. Curator, Mimi Waitzmann gives a detailed account of the 19 Instruments, including: Harpsicords, Spinets, Virginals, Clavichords and Pianos. Also an interesting History. 112 p.pages, 7706, 11 1/4" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket unclipped.

Complete with CD and Booklet at the back. Curator Mimi Waitzmann gives a detailed account of the 19 Instruments. Includes: Harpsicords, Spinets, Virginals, Clavichords and Pianos. Also an interesting History.112 p.pages, 770g, 11 1/4" tall.No inscriptions. Jacket unclipped.

London: Hutchinon & Co, 1904. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. From the Library of Standard Biographies, "The Early Life of Goether" Edited by W. Von Knoblauch. Books I - IX of the Biography Translated by John Oxenford. Newly Edited, with Notes Etc. Frontis. illustrated with a Portrait of Goethe. Green cloth cover with bright Gilt Foliate Decoration & Lettering on spine. 378 Pages, 380g, 7" Tall. Previous owner's stamp on endpaper. Ffep removed. Nice, clean copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall

London: The Folio Society, 2011. Quarter Cloth. Fine/Slipcase. Well illustrated with Colour Photos. Grey Quarter-cloth cover illustrated paper-covered Boards. Gilt Lettering on spine. In Slipcase. 416 Pages, 1.7 Kilos, 10 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Weight, 1.7 Kilos so Shipping Outside UK will be extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Showtime Print and Graphics Limited, 1990. Soft cover. Near Very Good. Official Souvenir Programme "Malcolm Field Agency Ltd proudly Presents EARTHA KITT, on Tour with Special Guest Star DANNY WILLIAMS. Portrair Photo of Eartha on front cover and full length colour portrait on the back with "To Katherine, Eartha Kitt" written in blue felt tip pen. Programme illustrated with Colour and Monochrome photos. 11 1/2" Tall. Slight wear to cover, no other inscriptions, pages clean. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

33 King Street, Covent Garden,: F. S. Ellis, 1863. Full-Leather. Very Good. Complete Set of 3 Volumes in beautiful Brown Morroco Full-Leather Bindings by Zaehnsdorf. 5 Raised Bands to spines with Gilt Lettering in 2nd & 3rd compartments. Gilt Foliate Designs to fronts & backs and within spine compartments. All page edges Gilt. Endpapers Marbled. 7 1/2" Tall. Title Page of each volume has a Vignette illus. of the 3 Graces. Vol. I begins with An Apology, Prologue & Author's Note. Then come the 12 Poems under the 6 Months, March to August (including "Atlanta's Race", "Cupid & Psyche" & "Pygmalion and the Image".) Vol. II continues with the 6 Poems under the Months September to November (including "The Death of Paris", "The Land East of the Sun and West of the Moon" & "The Lovers of Gudrun".) Vol. III continues with the 6 Poems under December to January (including "The Golden Apples",… Read More

London: Penns in the Rocks Press : William Collins, 1941. Paper Covered Boards. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Well illustratred with 12 Colour Plates (mainly Landscape Paintings) and 17 B&W Photos. Decorative White Paper-Covered Boards. 47 Pages, 210g, 9" Tall. A few spots of light browning to cover (see photo). No inscriptions, clean copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

Florence: Flor & Findel, 1907. Vellum. Very Good. Third Edition, 1907 Contemporary Vellum Binding with Red & Black Title on spine. "W.J.H." in gilt in top right corner. Beveled Edges. Decorative Endpapers, Wonderful stories of old Florence: including "The Hill of St. Miniato, A.D. 250-400"; "Palazzo Buondelmonte"; "Piazza Dei Mozzi"; "Piazza Santa Filicita"; "St. Peir Scheraggio"; "Santa Maria Novella" and much more. 254 Pages, 310g, 7 1/2" Tall. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Toronto: Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1994. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Chapters include "Lost in the Supermarket, The Making of the President, The Taste Factory, You're Green I'm Greed, &" 365 Pages. Grey Boards with Silver Lettering to Spine. Red Endpapers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1859. Half-Leather. Near Very Good. Very interesting Articles including: Help's Spanish Conquest in America; The Roman Catacombs; The Hudson's Bay Territory; Library of the British Museum; Life & Correspondence of Lord Cornwallis; The West Indies, as they were and as they are; Rifled Guns & Modern Tactics, and more. Contemporary Black Half-Leather Binding with 5 Raised Bands to spine. Gilt Lettering in 2nd & 4th Compartments. Marbled Paper-covered Boards (combed pattern) and Leather Corners. Endpapers and all-pagepedges Combed Pattern. 608 Pages, 870g, 8 1/2" Tall. Attractive Antique Bookplate illustrated with a Horn "William Hornby, Royal Navy". Some edge wear and a little rubbing to boards (see photos). 2 very small closed tear to leather at right corners of spine ( 1/4" long ). No inscriptions. Pages in very good clean condition. ( Other similar volumes available, I'm happy to give a quantity discount on 2 or… Read More

Edinburgh & London: Archibald Constable and Company : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1825. Original Wraps. Near Good. Original Blue Printed Wraps. Page edges untrimmed. This issue contains 11 interesting Articles including: "Treatise on Christian Doctrine" by John Milton; "Proposals for founding an University in London" by an Oxonian; "William Meister's Apprenticeship (Goethe)"; "The Book of Fallacies." The Articles are Paginated from 272 to 526 + Adverts. 8 3/4" Tall, 340g. Most of Paper backstrip missing from spine. Binding strained in the middle, otherwise secure. No other inscriptions. Pages in very good, clean condition. (Other similar issues of the Edinburgh Review also available, I'm happy to give a quantity discount on 2 or more). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall